Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 8
Andhaka’s Coronation, Boons from Shiva, and the Daiva–Asura War (Vahana Catalogues)
पराजित्य महीपालान् सहायार्थे नियोज्य चा तैः समं मेरुशिखरं जगामाद्भुतदर्शनम्
parājitya mahīpālān sahāyārthe niyojya cā taiḥ samaṃ meruśikharaṃ jagāmādbhutadarśanam
ಭೂಮಿಪಾಲಕರನ್ನು ಪರಾಜಯಗೊಳಿಸಿ, ಸಹಾಯಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ಸಹಚರರಾಗಿ ನಿಯೋಜಿಸಿ, ಅವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಅದ್ಭುತದರ್ಶನವಾದ ಮೇರುಶಿಖರಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳಿದನು।
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FAQs
Power is portrayed as being consolidated to meet a higher collective purpose: even earthly rulers (mahīpālas) are subordinated and redirected toward a larger cosmic objective, suggesting that political authority is ultimately instrumental within dharma-driven cosmic order.
Best classified under Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative (accounts of rulers and conflicts) rather than sarga/pratisarga; it functions as episodic history of divine and royal actors in a campaign setting.
Meru symbolizes the cosmic axis and seat of divine order; the movement toward Meru indicates a reorientation from terrestrial politics to a cosmic center, where decisions and battles often take on universal significance.