Shloka 52
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
क्लिश्यत्यहर्निशं पापो यश्च त्वां दानवाधमः ।
तमप्येनं समारुह्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ हनिष्यति ॥
kliśyaty aharniśaṃ pāpo yaś ca tvāṃ dānavādhamaḥ | tam apy enaṃ samāruhya dvijaśreṣṭha haniṣyati ||
योऽसौ पापिष्ठो दानवानामधमो रात्रिन्दिवं त्वां पीडयति; तमप्येनमारुह्य, हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ, त्वं हनिष्यसि।
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FAQs
The text legitimizes force when used to end persistent, unjust oppression that targets dharma-practice. The goal is not vengeance but the restoration of conditions for tapas and societal order.
Ākhyāna culminating in a dharma-restoring action; it is not a manvantara/vaṃśa listing but a moralized episode typical of purāṇic instruction.
Mounting the ‘sun-given’ horse implies harnessing illumined vitality to overcome tamasic obstruction. The slaying of the demon symbolizes cutting off recurring afflictive patterns that harass the practitioner ‘day and night’.