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The Demon King’s Council Deliberation and the Mobilization of an Army to Conquer the Devas
महिष उवाच । मह्यं तु कथिता बाला नारदेन महर्षिणा । सा चाजित्य सुराध्यक्षं न लभ्येत वराङ्गना ॥
mahiṣa uvāca | mahyaṃ tu kathitā bālā nāradena maharṣiṇā | sā cājitya surādhyakṣaṃ na labhyeta varāṅganā ||
महिष ने कहा कि नारद रिशि ने मुझे एक लड़की के बारे में बताया। वो लड़की बहुत खास है। देवताओं के राजा को हरा के भी वो नॉर्मल तरीके से नहीं मिलेगी।
Mahiṣa
It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative device: a sage’s report (Nārada) establishing an extraordinary figure whose attainment becomes the plot’s impetus.
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No explicit ethical instruction is stated; the verse sets up a narrative tension around desire, power, and exceptional agency.
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