Chanda and Munda Discover Katyayani; Mahishasura’s Proposal and the Vishnu-Panjara Protection
श्रुत्वाथ वाक्यं मयजो ऽब्रवीच्च शुल्कं वदस्वाम्बुजपत्रनेत्रे दद्यात्स्वमूर्धानमपि त्वदर्थे किं नाम शुल्कं यदिहैव तभ्यम्
śrutvātha vākyaṃ mayajo 'bravīcca śulkaṃ vadasvāmbujapatranetre dadyātsvamūrdhānamapi tvadarthe kiṃ nāma śulkaṃ yadihaiva tabhyam
فلما سمع كلامها قال ابنُ مايا: «سمّي الشولكا، يا ذاتَ العينين كبتلات اللوتس. من أجلكِ أهب حتى رأسي. فما الشولكا حقًّا؟ قوليها هنا والآن.»
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Desire is disciplined by obligation: the daitya’s intensity is redirected into a vow-like readiness to meet conditions. The ethical lesson is that commitment is proven by willingness to bear cost, not by boasts of dominion.
Vaṃśānucarita (episode narrative) with a didactic overlay about dharma in social contracts. It remains within the story-layer rather than cosmological categories.
Offering one’s head is a hyperbolic symbol of ego-surrender, foreshadowing a theme common in Purāṇas: true ‘worthiness’ is measured by submission to a higher order (dharma/daivī-śakti), not merely martial success.