Shloka 26
पीड्यमानासु मायासु तासु तास्वसुरोत्तमा: । पुनर्बहुविधा माया: प्राकुर्वन्नमितौजस:,उससे असुरोंकी वे सारी मायाएँ नष्ट हो गयीं। तब उन अमित तेजस्वी दानवराजाओंने पुनः नाना प्रकारकी मायाएँ प्रकट की
pīḍyamānāsu māyāsu tāsu tāsv asurottamāḥ | punar bahuvidhā māyāḥ prākurvann amitaujasaḥ ||
When those various illusory stratagems were being countered and broken, the foremost of the Asuras found all their tricks undone. Then, endowed with immeasurable might, those lords among the Dānavas again manifested many new kinds of māyā.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral contrast: when deceptive powers (māyā) are checked, those committed to adharma tend to respond not with restraint but by generating further deception. It suggests that reliance on illusion and trickery perpetuates turmoil, whereas dharmic strength aims to dispel confusion rather than multiply it.
Arjuna describes a battle-like situation in which the Asuras’ various magical illusions are being overcome and destroyed. In response, the powerful Dānava leaders again create many new forms of māyā, escalating the confrontation through renewed magical stratagems.