Adhyaya 181: The Descent of Hari to Relieve Earth’s Burden: Kamsa, Balarama, Krishna, and the Goddess

Adhyaya 181 frames a crisis of sacred order (dharma) through the motif of Earth (Medinī) oppressed by an excess burden of violent, incarnate asuras. Vyāsa narrates the doctrinal premise of avatāra: wh