Shloka 57
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
प्रणिपत्य ततो देवा दत्तात्रेयं मनीषिणम् ।
नाकपृष्ठमनुप्राप्ता यथापूर्वं गतज्वराः ॥
praṇipatya tato devā dattātreyaṃ manīṣiṇam / nākapṛṣṭham anuprāptā yathāpūrvaṃ gatajvarāḥ
Daraufhin gelangten die Götter, nachdem sie sich vor dem weisen Dattātreya verneigt hatten, wieder zur Himmelsstätte wie zuvor—befreit von ihrem Kummer.
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FAQs
Reverence to wisdom (ṛṣi) and alignment with dharma restores stability; distress (jvara) is treated as a symptom of cosmic/moral disorder that can be resolved.
Narrative denouement reinforcing dharma and right hierarchy (devas honoring ṛṣi); not a creation or dynastic segment.
‘Heaven regained’ symbolizes restoration of sattva and order in the psyche/cosmos after tamasic-asuric disruption is neutralized.