Shloka 37
बाणयुद्धम्, हरिहरसंवादः, ज्वरप्रकरणम्, अनिरुद्धमोचनम्
Bāṇa’s War, the Jvara Episode, Hari–Hara Dialogue, and Aniruddha’s Release
ताम् अग्रतो हरिर् दृष्ट्वा मीलिताक्षः सुदर्शनम् मुमोच बाणम् उद्दिश्य छेत्तुं बाहुवनं रिपोः
tām agrato harir dṛṣṭvā mīlitākṣaḥ sudarśanam mumoca bāṇam uddiśya chettuṃ bāhuvanaṃ ripoḥ
ताम् अग्रतः स्थितां दृष्ट्वा हरिः मीलिताक्षः सुदर्शनं बाणम् इव मुमोच, रिपोर्बाहुवनच्छेदाय बाणम् उद्दिश्य।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
In this verse, Sudarśana functions as Vishnu’s instrument of cosmic order—an embodiment of divine sovereignty that cuts down the proliferating force of adharma (here pictured as a ‘forest of arms’).
Parāśara presents Vishnu’s intervention as purposeful and measured: Hari acts with concentrated steadiness and targets the source of violent power, showing that kingship and history remain under the governance of the Supreme.
Vishnu is depicted not merely as a warrior-deity but as the Supreme Preserver whose will restores balance—his weapon becomes a metaphysical act of re-establishing dharma in the world.