Shloka 28
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
तथा देवा ददुस्तस्मै सेनां नैऋतसंकुलाम् । देवशत्रुक्षयकरीमजय्यां विष्णुरूपिणीम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
tathā devā dadus tasmai senāṃ nairṛta-saṅkulām |
deva-śatru-kṣaya-karīm ajayyāṃ viṣṇu-rūpiṇīm ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : De même, les dieux lui accordèrent une armée foisonnante de Nairṛtas—une hoste invincible, portant la forme et la puissance de Viṣṇu—destinée à anéantir les ennemis des dieux. Le passage présente la guerre divine comme un acte légitimé : la force n’est pas donnée pour un profit personnel, mais pour rétablir l’ordre cosmique en écartant ceux qui menacent la stabilité légitime des devas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and victory are portrayed as legitimate when aligned with the protection of cosmic order: the gods bestow an invincible force not for conquest as ego, but for the removal of those who endanger the devas’ rightful balance—an ethical framing of violence as duty-bound, not self-serving.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the gods grant ‘him’ (contextually, the divinely supported commander—often identified in this episode with Kumāra/Kārttikeya in many recensions and summaries) an invincible army packed with Nairṛtas, characterized as Viṣṇu-like, specifically meant to destroy the enemies of the gods.