Shloka 373
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
एभिम्मया निहन्तव्या दुर्विनीता: सुरारय: । “इसलिये मैं अवतार लेकर इस पृथ्वीकी रक्षा अवश्य करूँगा। ऐसा सोच-विचारकर भगवान् मधुसूदनने जगत्के लिये अवतार ग्रहण करनेके निमित्त अपने अनेक रूपोंकी सृष्टि की अर्थात् वाराह
ebhirmayā nihantavyā durvinītāḥ surārayaḥ |
“ഇവ (ഉപായങ്ങൾ/രൂപങ്ങൾ) കൊണ്ടു തന്നെ ദേവന്മാരുടെ ദുർവിനീത ശത്രുക്കളെ ഞാൻ നിഹനിക്കണം.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames righteous force as a duty when it serves the protection of dharma: the divine (or the rightful authority) may be obliged to restrain and destroy arrogant, undisciplined aggressors who threaten cosmic and social order.
Vaiśampāyana narrates a resolve to eliminate the enemies of the gods; the surrounding passage (as reflected in the provided Hindi) elaborates that the Lord, contemplating the earth’s protection, determines to take avatāras—Varāha, Narasiṃha, Vāmana, and human forms—to subdue overbearing demonic forces.