Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 34
Andhaka’s Coronation, Boons from Shiva, and the Daiva–Asura War (Vahana Catalogues)
पदातिरपि संक्रुद्धः पदातिनमथोल्बणम् परस्परं तु प्रत्यघ्नन्नन्योन्यजयकाङ्क्षिणः
padātirapi saṃkruddhaḥ padātinamatholbaṇam parasparaṃ tu pratyaghnannanyonyajayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
পদাতিকরাও ক্রুদ্ধ হয়ে ভয়ংকরভাবে প্রতিপক্ষ পদাতিককে আঘাত করতে লাগল; পরস্পরের উপর জয়লাভের আকাঙ্ক্ষায় তারা ঘনিষ্ঠ যুদ্ধে একে অন্যকে প্রহার করল।
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FAQs
Krodha and jaya-kāṅkṣā (lust for victory) reduce persons to opponents; the verse cautions that when victory becomes the sole aim, mutual harm becomes normalized and dharma recedes.
Vamśānucarita/Carita: event-focused narration within lineage/history cycles, here expressed as battlefield description rather than cosmological creation accounts.
Infantry represent the many (common forces) driven by shared passions; their mutual striking symbolizes saṃsāric entanglement—beings bound in reciprocal aggression through desire and anger.