Shloka 26
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
देवा ऊचुः दानवैर्मुनिशार्दूल ! जम्भाद्यैर्भूर्भुवादिकम् ।
हृतं त्रैलोक्यमाक्रम्य क्रतुभागाश्च कृत्स्नशः ॥
devā ūcuḥ dānavair muniśārdūla! jambhādyair bhūrbhuvādikam |
hṛtaṃ trailokyam ākramya kratubhāgāś ca kṛtsnaśaḥ ||
ଦେବମାନେ କହିଲେ— “ହେ ମୁନିଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ବ୍ୟାଘ୍ର! ଜମ୍ଭ ଆଦି ଦାନବମାନେ ତ୍ରିଲୋକକୁ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରି ଭୂଃ, ଭୁବଃ ଆଦି ଲୋକଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଦଖଲ କରିଛନ୍ତି, ଏବଂ ଯଜ୍ଞର ସମସ୍ତ ଭାଗ ମଧ୍ୟ ଛିନିନେଇଛନ୍ତି।”
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FAQs
The crisis is framed as both political (loss of realms) and ritual (loss of kratu-shares). In Purāṇic ethics, cosmic stability depends on yajña-order; when it is disrupted, restoration becomes a dharmic necessity.
This is governance-of-worlds narrative, adjacent to manvantara-style concerns (maintenance of order across worlds), though not a formal manvantara enumeration.
‘Kratu-bhāga’ signifies the rightful flow of energy/merit to higher faculties. Asuric takeover represents misdirection of life-force toward egoic drives, starving the ‘deva’ principles within.