Matsya Purana — War of Devas and Dānavas: Yama and Kubera Defeated; Kālanemi’s Māyā and the A..., Shloka 128

Devanagari script

पाशेन दानवेन्द्रस्य बबन्ध च भुजद्वयम् ततो बद्धभुजं दैत्यं विफलीकृतपौरुषम् //

Transliteration

pāśena dānavendrasya babandha ca bhujadvayam tato baddhabhujaṃ daityaṃ viphalīkṛtapauruṣam //

Translation

പാശംകൊണ്ട് അവൻ ദാനവേന്ദ്രന്റെ ഇരുകൈകളും ബന്ധിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് ബന്ധിതഭുജനായ ആ ദൈത്യന്റെ പൗരുഷബലം നിഷ്ഫലമായി।

Word by Word

• pāśena: with a noose

• dānavendrasya: of the lord of the Dānavas (demon-chief)

• babandha: (he) bound

• ca: and

• bhujadvayam: the pair of arms

• tataḥ: then

• baddha-bhujam: whose arms were bound

• daityam: the Daitya (demon)

• viphalī-kṛta-pauruṣam: whose valor/strength was made fruitless, whose prowess was nullified

Speaker

• Sūta (narrator) describing the action within the episode

Entities Mentioned

• Dānava-indra (lord of the Dānavas)
• Daitya
• pāśa (noose)

Tags

• Daitya-Dānava
• Combat
• Subjugation
• Pauruṣa
• Mythic narrative

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse is not about Pralaya; it depicts the restraint and defeat of a Daitya leader, emphasizing the curbing of destructive power rather than cosmic dissolution.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

It models the ethical principle that brute force (pauruṣa) must be restrained when aligned with adharma—paralleling a king’s duty to subdue violent aggressors and a householder’s duty to control harmful impulses.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or temple-architecture rule is stated; the key motif is the pāśa (noose) as a ritual-symbolic instrument of restraint and subjugation in Puranic narrative.