Shloka 10
Kaṃsa’s Council of Asuras and the Strategy Against the ‘Powerful Child’
तथापि खलु दुष्टानां तेषाम् अभ्यधिकं मया अपकाराय दैत्येन्द्रा यतनीयं दुरात्मनाम्
tathāpi khalu duṣṭānāṃ teṣām abhyadhikaṃ mayā apakārāya daityendrā yatanīyaṃ durātmanām
ومع ذلك، يا سادةَ الدَّيتْيَة، ينبغي لي أن أُضاعف السعي لإيقاع الهلاك بأولئك الأشرار ذوي النيات الخبيثة؛ فإن قمعهم هو العمل اللازم لصون الدَّرْمَة.
Likely a Deva authority figure addressing the Daitya leaders within Parāśara’s narration to Maitreya (exact speaker not specified in the provided excerpt).
FAQs
This verse frames the restraint of the wicked (duṣṭa/durātman) as necessary effort for preserving dharma and the stability of the world-order.
It is not merely rivalry; it functions as a narrative expression of cosmic governance where adharma must be checked so that universal order can endure.
Even when not named directly, the Purāṇic worldview assumes Vishnu as the supreme sustaining power (the preserver) under whose sovereignty forces of adharma are ultimately restrained.