Shloka 40
पौण्ड्रक-वधः, कृत्या-प्रशमनम्, वाराणसी-दाहः
ततः काशिबलं भूरि प्रमथानां तथा बलम् समस्तशस्त्रास्त्रयुतं चक्रस्याभिमुखं ययौ
tataḥ kāśibalaṃ bhūri pramathānāṃ tathā balam samastaśastrāstrayutaṃ cakrasyābhimukhaṃ yayau
Тогда огромные силы Каши вместе с полчищами праматхов, вооружённые всеми видами оружия и метательных снарядов, двинулись прямо навстречу Чакре.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
In this verse it functions as Viṣṇu’s enforcing power—an emblem of divine sovereignty that no merely assembled army, however well-armed, can ultimately resist.
By describing the fully armed forces moving against the Cakra, Parāśara highlights that human and even semi-divine hosts act within a larger cosmic rule where Viṣṇu’s will safeguards dharma.
Viṣṇu is implicitly affirmed as the Supreme regulator: his Cakra represents the transcendent authority that subordinates all political and martial strength to the maintenance of cosmic order.