Shloka 4
Sati's Death & Virabhadra — Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
तामागतां सती दृष्ट्वा जयमेकामुवाच ह किमर्थं विजया नागाज्जयन्ती चापराजिता
tāmāgatāṃ satī dṛṣṭvā jayamekāmuvāca ha kimarthaṃ vijayā nāgājjayantī cāparājitā
เมื่อสตีเห็นชยามาเพียงลำพัง จึงตรัสว่า “เหตุใดวิชยาไม่มา และชยันตี กับอปราชิตาอยู่ที่ไหน?”
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FAQs
The verse models accountability and completeness in dharmic action: Satī’s question assumes that associated strengths/virtues (victory, triumph, unconquerability) should accompany the undertaking—an implicit call to wholeness, not partial effort.
It remains within narrative exposition (ākhyāna). It does not directly treat creation cycles (sarga/pratisarga) or dynastic catalogues (vaṃśa), but advances a character-driven episode.
The cluster Vijayā–Jayantī–Aparājitā reads as a triad of ‘victory-energies’ (śaktis). Their absence can foreshadow a ritual/social constraint (e.g., being engaged elsewhere) or a deliberate narrative device to highlight the cause (nimantraṇa/ritual obligation) given next.