Shloka 44
Sati's Death & Virabhadra — Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
शरास्त्वमोघान्मोघत्वमापन्नान्वीक्ष्य केशवः दिव्यैरस्त्रैर्वीरभद्रं प्रच्छादयितुमुद्यतः
śarāstvamoghānmoghatvamāpannānvīkṣya keśavaḥ divyairastrairvīrabhadraṃ pracchādayitumudyataḥ
Voyant que les flèches—pourtant infaillibles—étaient devenues sans effet, Keśava se prépara à recouvrir et submerger Vīrabhadra d’armes célestes.
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FAQs
When ordinary means fail, the narrative shows a turn to subtler, ‘divine’ means—yet this is not mere aggression; it functions as a test of relative divine prerogatives and the limits placed upon power by cosmic order.
Episode-based carita (Vamśānucarita/carita) within the mythic narration, illustrating divine interactions rather than cosmogenesis or genealogical catalogues.
‘Amogha becoming mogha’ dramatizes that labels like ‘infallible’ are contextual in Purāṇic poetics: a power may be infallible against ordinary foes yet checked before an equal/complementary divine principle (here, Śaiva power embodied in Vīrabhadra), supporting the text’s non-sectarian theology.