Shloka 6.70.47
त्रिशिरा–देवान्तक–महोदर–मत्त (महापार्श्व) वधः | Slaying of Trisira, Devantaka, Mahodara, and Matta (Mahaparsva)
स तस्यशीर्षाण्यसिनाशितेनकिरीटजुष्टानिसकुण्डलानि ।क्रुद्धःप्रचिच्छेदसुतोऽनिलस्यत्वष्टुस्सुतस्येवशिरांसिशक्रः ।।।।
sa tasya śīrṣāṇy asinā śitena kirīṭajuṣṭāni sakuṇḍalāni |
kruddhaḥ praciccheda suto 'nilasya tvaṣṭuḥ sutasyeva śirāṃsi śakraḥ ||
Then, enraged, the son of the Wind cut off his heads with a sharp sword—those heads adorned with crowns and earrings—just as Śakra (Indra) severed the heads of Viśvarūpa, the son of Tvaṣṭṛ.
Enraged wind god's son, cut off the three heads of Trisira adorned with earrings just as Indra cut off the heads of Vishwarupa, son of Twashta.
The verse frames battlefield justice through a mythic parallel: when destructive power threatens cosmic and social order, decisive removal of that threat is presented as a dharmic necessity.
Hanumān, now controlling the opponent, uses the seized sword to behead Triśiras; the poet compares it to Indra’s slaying of Viśvarūpa.
Hanumān’s daṇḍa-nīti in war—firm execution of duty to protect allies and uphold the righteous cause.