Shloka 33

मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः

Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association

Devanagari script

इत्थम् उन्मार्गयातेषु तेषु दैत्येषु ते ऽमराः उद्योगं परमं कृत्वा युद्धाय समुपस्थिताः

Transliteration

ittham unmārgayāteṣu teṣu daityeṣu te 'marāḥ udyogaṃ paramaṃ kṛtvā yuddhāya samupasthitāḥ

Translation

इस प्रकार जब वे दैत्य सन्मार्ग से भटककर उन्मार्ग में जा पड़े, तब अमर देवताओं ने परम उद्योग करके युद्ध के लिए उपस्थित हो गए।

Word by Word

इत्थम्thus, in this manner

उन्मार्गयातेषुamong those who had gone to the wrong path

तेषुamong them

दैत्येषुamong the Daityas (demons)

तेthey

अमराःthe immortals (gods)

उद्योगम्effort, undertaking

परमम्supreme, utmost

कृत्वाhaving done/made

युद्धायfor battle

समुपस्थिताःassembled, came forward

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Devas (Amarāḥ)

Daityas

FAQs

What is the significance of the Daityas ‘going off the right path’ in the Vishnu Purana?

Their deviation (unmārga) signals a breakdown of dharma, prompting the Devas to act so that cosmic order and rightful governance can be restored.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Devas’ response to adharma here?

Parāśara presents the Devas as taking decisive, unified effort (udyoga) when disorder intensifies—an archetypal pattern of corrective action within the Purāṇic moral universe.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Devas’ defense of dharma functions within Vishnu’s overarching sovereignty as the preserver of cosmic order in the Vishnu Purana’s worldview.