Shloka 82
Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha
Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site
इस प्रकार महाबली शक्तिशाली वीर कार्तिकेयने समरांगणमें अनेक आततायी देवद्रोहियोंका संहार कर डाला ।। बाणो नामाथ दैतेयो बले: पुत्रो महाबल: । क्रौज्च॑ पर्वतमाश्रित्य देवसंघानबाधत,राजा बलिका महाबली पुत्र बाणासुर क्रौंच पर्वतका आश्रय लेकर देवसमूहोंको कष्ट पहुँचाया करता था
bāṇo nāmātha daiteyo baleḥ putro mahābalaḥ | krauñca-parvatam āśritya deva-saṅghān abādhata ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: There was a Daitya named Bāṇa, the mighty son of Bali. Taking refuge on Mount Krauñca, he continually harassed the hosts of the gods—an archetypal aggressor whose power, when turned against the divine order, becomes a cause for righteous counteraction in war.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power divorced from dharma becomes oppression: Bāṇa’s strength is portrayed as harmful when used to torment the devas, implying that righteous resistance in war is justified to restore order and protect the innocent.
The narrator introduces Bāṇa, a mighty Daitya and Bali’s son, who establishes himself on Mount Krauñca and repeatedly troubles the divine hosts, setting the stage for divine or heroic retaliation.