ततो बलेन महता काशिराजबलेन च । पौंड्रको वासुदेवोऽसौ केशवाभिमुखो ययौ
tato balena mahatā kāśirājabalena ca | pauṃḍrako vāsudevo'sau keśavābhimukho yayau
પછી પોતાના મહાબળ અને કાશીરાજના બળ સાથે, ‘વાસુદેવ’ કહેવાતો તે પૌંડ્રક કેશવના સામને આગળ વધ્યો।
Narrator (Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages
Scene: Pauṇḍraka, backed by Kāśī’s army, advances boldly toward Keśava, proclaiming himself ‘Vāsudeva’; two forces converge under dust and war-cries.
Imitating divine names and status does not grant divine authority; adharma, even when backed by power, ultimately confronts the true Lord.
The verse is set in the wider narrative connected with Kāśī through the Kāśīrāja, within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya compilation.
None; it is a martial/narrative progression.
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