Shloka 40
पौण्ड्रक-वधः, कृत्या-प्रशमनम्, वाराणसी-दाहः
ततः काशिबलं भूरि प्रमथानां तथा बलम् समस्तशस्त्रास्त्रयुतं चक्रस्याभिमुखं ययौ
tataḥ kāśibalaṃ bhūri pramathānāṃ tathā balam samastaśastrāstrayutaṃ cakrasyābhimukhaṃ yayau
ຕໍ່ມາ ກອງທັບໃຫຍ່ແຫ່ງກາຊີ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍຫມູ່ປຣະມະຖະ ຖືອາວຸດແລະອັດສະຕຣາຄົບຖ້ວນ ເຄື່ອນຕົວໄປປະຈັນໜ້າຈັກຣາໂດຍກົງ।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
In this verse it functions as Viṣṇu’s enforcing power—an emblem of divine sovereignty that no merely assembled army, however well-armed, can ultimately resist.
By describing the fully armed forces moving against the Cakra, Parāśara highlights that human and even semi-divine hosts act within a larger cosmic rule where Viṣṇu’s will safeguards dharma.
Viṣṇu is implicitly affirmed as the Supreme regulator: his Cakra represents the transcendent authority that subordinates all political and martial strength to the maintenance of cosmic order.