Shloka 42
Parāśara’s Counsel on बुद्धि (Discernment), Karma-Consequences, and Avoidance of Pāpānubandha Actions
फिर तो दुन्दुभियाँ, जोर-जोरसे बजनेवाले शंख, ढोल और नगाड़े आदि सहस्रों बाजे बजाये जाने लगे ।।
asurāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ smṛtilopo mahān abhūt | māyānāśaś ca balavān kṣaṇena samapadyata ||
मग दुन्दुभी, जोरदार नाद करणारे शंख, ढोल व नगारे इत्यादी सहस्रों वाजू लागले। तेव्हा सर्व असुरांची स्मरणशक्ती मोठ्या प्रमाणात नष्ट झाली; आणि क्षणातच त्यांच्या सर्व मायांचा बलवान् विनाश झाला।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power grounded in deception and pride is unstable. When clarity and remembrance (smṛti) are lost, strength collapses; dharmic or higher forces can shatter māyā in an instant, showing that inner steadiness is more decisive than outward might.
A thunderous sounding of many war-instruments arises. At that moment the Asuras collectively suffer a great lapse of memory and composure, and their magical/illusory powers are suddenly destroyed.