Shloka 18
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
युध्यमानो यथाशक्ति निघ्नन् ब्रह्मद्विषो युधि ।
मायामाश्रित्य पापेन भिन्नः शूलेन वक्षसी ॥
yudhyamāno yathāśakti nighnan brahmadviṣo yudhi | māyāmāśritya pāpena bhinnaḥ śūlena vakṣasī ||
Luchando con todas sus fuerzas, abatía en batalla a quienes odian a Brahman (esto es, el orden brahmánico y la ley sagrada); pero aquel pecador, recurriendo a la māyā, le atravesó el pecho con un tridente.
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FAQs
Even righteous strength can be endangered by adharma’s reliance on deception (māyā). The verse contrasts straightforward valor (yathāśakti) with crooked means (māyā-āśraya).
Ākhyāna. It is a moralized battle vignette rather than cosmological or genealogical enumeration.
The ‘trident to the chest’ can symbolize a threefold affliction (tāpa-traya or guṇa-triśūla) piercing the heart when vigilance against illusion lapses.