Shloka 5
Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account
तस्य तैरभवद्युद्धमतिप्रबलदण्डिनः ।
न्यूनैरपि स तैर्युद्धे कोलाविध्वंसिभिर्जितः ॥
tasya tair abhavad yuddham ati-prabala-daṇḍinaḥ |
nyūnair api sa tair yuddhe kolā-vidhvaṃsibhir jitaḥ ||
তেওঁ অতি প্ৰবল দণ্ড আৰু বলৰ অধিকাৰী হৈও তেওঁলোকৰ সৈতে যুদ্ধ কৰিলে; তথাপি সেই যুদ্ধত সংখ্যা কম হ’লেও কোলবিধ্বংসক তেওঁলোকৰ হাততে তেওঁ পৰাজিত হ’ল।
FAQs
Worldly strength and administration (daṇḍa) are not absolute; circumstances and collective forces can overcome even a strong ruler—prompting the turn toward higher refuge.
Vaṃśānucarita (accounts of royal lines) within a Manvantara frame: the king’s career arc is narrated as part of purāṇic historical exempla.
Defeat ‘by fewer’ signals that subtle inner forces (desire, fear, attachment) can overpower gross strength; this anticipates the doctrine of Mahāmāyā’s binding power.