Matsya Purana — War of Devas and Dānavas: Yama and Kubera Defeated; Kālanemi’s Māyā and the A..., Shloka 175

Devanagari script

स्थिता वमन्तो धावन्तो गलद्रक्तवसासृजः दानवानां सहस्राणि व्यदृश्यन्त मृतानि तु //

Transliteration

sthitā vamanto dhāvanto galadraktavasāsṛjaḥ dānavānāṃ sahasrāṇi vyadṛśyanta mṛtāni tu //

Translation

เห็นดานวะนับพัน—บางตนยืนนิ่ง บางตนอาเจียน บางตนวิ่งพล่าน—เลือดและไขมันไหลออกจากกาย; แท้จริงแล้วล้วนเป็นศพ

Word by Word

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ): standing/remaining

• वमन्तः (vamantaḥ): vomiting

• धावन्तः (dhāvantaḥ): running

• गलद् (galad): dripping/streaming

• रक्त (rakta): blood

• वसा (vasā): fat

• सृजः (sṛjaḥ): discharging/oozing forth

• दानवानाम् (dānavānām): of the Dānavas (demons)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi): thousands

• व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta): were seen/appeared

• मृतानि (mṛtāni): dead

• तु (tu): indeed/and.

Speaker

• Sūta (narrator) recounting the scene (likely within the Matsya–Manu dialogue framework)

Entities Mentioned

• Dānavas

Tags

• War
• Daitya-Dānava
• Puranic battle
• Violence imagery
• Narrative

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse does not describe Pralaya or cosmic dissolution; it is a graphic battlefield depiction emphasizing the mass death of the Dānavas.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

Indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic theme that adharma-driven forces (here, Dānavas) meet destruction; in royal ethics, war is portrayed as catastrophic and thus to be undertaken only for the protection of dharma and subjects, not for cruelty or gain.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu, temple-building, iconographic, or ritual procedure is taught in this specific verse; it functions purely as narrative war imagery.