Shloka 193
Kroṣṭu–Yādava Lineages, the Syamantaka Jewel, Krishna’s Birth Context, and the Māyāmoha Account
देवासुरक्षयकराः प्रजानां च हिताय वै । हिरण्यकशिपू राजा वर्षाणामर्बुदं बभौ
devāsurakṣayakarāḥ prajānāṃ ca hitāya vai | hiraṇyakaśipū rājā varṣāṇāmarbudaṃ babhau
പ്രജകളുടെ ഹിതത്തിനായി, ദേവ–അസുരക്ഷയകാരകനായി, രാജാവ് ഹിരണ്യകശിപു ഒരു അർബുദം (ഒരു കോടി) വർഷം ഭരിച്ചു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific interlocutors not explicit in this single verse)
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: देवासुरक्षयकराः = देव + असुर + क्षय + कराः (समासवत् पदसमूहः); वर्षाणामर्बुदं = वर्षाणाम् + अर्बुदम् (सवर्णदीर्घ/सन्धि-समाससदृश संयोगः)
FAQs
Hiraṇyakaśipu is an asura king famed in Purāṇic literature as a powerful ruler whose reign becomes a catalyst for major divine interventions and moral teaching narratives.
“Arbuda” is a traditional large number, commonly taken as ten million; here it indicates an extraordinarily long reign measured in years.
Purāṇic narration often frames even destructive forces within a larger cosmic order: a ruler’s rise and fall can serve as a mechanism through which dharma is ultimately clarified and restored over time.