Shloka 15
Adhyaya 90 — Dharma Teachings
चिच्छेदापततस्तस्य मुद्गरं निशितैः शरैः ।
तथापि सोऽभ्यधावत्तां मुṣ्टिमुद्यम्य वेगवान् ॥
cicchedāpatatas tasya mudgaraṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ / tathāpi so 'bhyadhāvat tāṃ muṣṭim udyamya vegavān
स गच्छन् सा तीक्ष्णैः शरैस्तस्य गदां चिच्छेद। तथापि क्रोधवेगेन शीघ्रः स तामभ्यधावत् मुष्टिमुद्यम्य।
FAQs
When external instruments fail, stubborn ego resorts to raw aggression; the text highlights the irrational persistence of adharma even after repeated defeat.
Carita: narrative teaching by portraying the psychological profile of the asura—escalation, then desperation.
The shift from weapons to fist symbolizes regression from strategy to instinct; spiritually, it mirrors how unpurified tendencies fall back to crude reactions when challenged.