Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
लक्ष्मीश्चीत्पत्य सम्प्राप्ता दत्तात्रेयं महामुनिम् ।
स्तूयमाना सुरैः सर्वैर्दैत्यनाशान्मुदान्वितैः ॥
lakṣmīś cītpatya samprāptā dattātreyaṃ mahāmunim / stūyamānā suraiḥ sarvair daityanāśān mudānvitaiḥ
और लक्ष्मी अपने स्वामी के साथ वहाँ आकर महर्षि दत्तात्रेय के पास पहुँची; तथा दैत्यों के विनाश से हर्षित होकर सभी देवताओं ने स्तुति की।
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Auspicious order returns after adharma is checked; sages (ṛṣis) function as stabilizers of dharma, and divine prosperity aligns with righteous victory.
Episode-level narrative closure supporting dharma; not a formal pancalakṣaṇa unit.
Lakṣmī ‘returns’ when the field is purified—symbolizing that prosperity naturally gravitates toward dharmic centers (ṛṣi-tejas, devas’ order).