Shloka 46

Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi

Sanskrit

शivikāyāṃ समारोप्य सहिताः दैत्यदानवाः ।

शिरः सु शivikāṃ कृत्वा स्वस्थानाभिमुखं ययुः ॥

Transliteration

śivikāyāṃ samāropya sahitā daityadānavāḥ | śiraḥ su śivikāṃ kṛtvā svasthānābhimukhaṃ yayuḥ ||

Translation

เมื่อวางนางบนเสลี่ยงแล้ว เหล่าไทตยะและทานวะร่วมกันแบกไว้เหนือศีรษะ มุ่งไปยังถิ่นของตน

Speakers

• Garga (narrator)

Key Themes

• Carrying away (haraṇa)
• Group complicity
• Approaching consequence