Shloka 52
ततो जग्राह केशेषु माल्यवत्सु महाबल: । स केशेषु परामृष्टो बलेन बलिनां वर:
tato jagrāha keśeṣu mālyavatsu mahābalaḥ | sa keśeṣu parāmṛṣṭo balena balināṃ varaḥ ||
પછી મહાબળીએ ફૂલમાળાથી શોભિત તેના વાળ પકડી લીધા. આ રીતે બળવાનોમાં શ્રેષ્ઠ તે પુરુષ બળપૂર્વક વાળથી જકડી લેવાયો।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how physical domination—especially acts meant to shame, such as seizing someone by the hair—marks a moral and social escalation in conflict. It implicitly contrasts strength used for righteous restraint with strength used for humiliation and coercion.
A powerful figure grabs another person by the hair, described as garlanded, and forcibly handles him. The language emphasizes raw strength and the degrading nature of the act, indicating a turning point toward harsher confrontation.