Shloka 7
Kaṃsa’s Council of Asuras and the Strategy Against the ‘Powerful Child’
मद्राष्ट्रे वारिता वृष्टिर् यदा शक्रेण किं तदा मद्बाणभिन्नैर् जलदैर् आपो मुक्ता यथेप्सिताः
madrāṣṭre vāritā vṛṣṭir yadā śakreṇa kiṃ tadā madbāṇabhinnair jaladair āpo muktā yathepsitāḥ
ਜਦੋਂ ਸ਼ਕ੍ਰ ਨੇ ਮਦ੍ਰ ਦੇਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਰਖਾ ਰੋਕੀ, ਤਾਂ ਕੀ ਹੋਇਆ? ਮੇਰੇ ਤੀਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਛਿਦ੍ਰੇ ਬੱਦਲਾਂ ਨੇ ਮੇਰੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਪਾਣੀ ਛੱਡ ਦਿੱਤਾ।
A king/ruler of Madra (as quoted within Parasara’s narration to Maitreya)
FAQs
It highlights how prosperity and drought are tied to cosmic governance; rainfall becomes a narrative marker of divine control and the testing of royal power.
Through brief, vivid quotations of kings, Parasara shows rulers asserting authority over their realms, yet always within a cosmos where divine forces like Indra influence outcomes.
In the Vishnu Purana’s worldview, all sovereignty—of gods like Indra and of earthly kings—ultimately rests in Vishnu as the supreme ground of order; such episodes implicitly point to that higher source of power.