Shloka 32
इत्य् आज्ञप्तास् ततस् तेन प्रगृहीतमहायुधाः उद्यतास् तस्य नाशाय दैत्याः शतसहस्रशः
ity ājñaptās tatas tena pragṛhītamahāyudhāḥ udyatās tasya nāśāya daityāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
Thus commanded by him, the Daityas—hundreds of thousands in number—seized their mighty weapons and rose up, intent upon his destruction.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
FAQs
This verse highlights the recurring Purāṇic motif of adharma organizing itself in force, setting the stage for the reassertion of universal order under divine sovereignty.
Parāśara presents the asuric response as a consequence of command and collective mobilization—an outward surge of power that ultimately serves to reveal the limits of brute force against the cosmic order.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the narrative assumes a cosmos where ultimate sovereignty belongs to the Supreme Reality; asuric aggression becomes a prelude to the restoration of dharma governed by that higher principle.