Shloka 16
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
गर्ग उवाच देवानां दानवानाञ्च युद्धमासीद् सुदारुणम् ।
दैत्यानामीश्वरो जम्भो देवानाञ्च शचीपतिः ॥
garga uvāca devānāṃ dānavānāñ ca yuddham āsīt sudāruṇam | daityānām īśvaro jambho devānāñ ca śacīpatiḥ ||
گرگ نے کہا: دیوتاؤں اور دانَووں کے درمیان نہایت ہولناک جنگ چھڑ گئی۔ دَیتّیوں کا سردار جمبھ تھا اور دیوتاؤں کا شچی پتی (اندر)۔
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FAQs
Cosmic governance is portrayed as contested: when adharma consolidates (asura leadership), even devas face defeat unless they renew alignment with higher support (to be shown through Dattatreya).
Mythic-event narration (vaṃśānucarita in the broad sense of ‘accounts of notable deeds’), rather than sarga/pratisarga.
The ‘dreadful war’ can symbolize the inner struggle between luminous tendencies (deva) and grasping/egoic forces (asura), with named leaders representing dominant patterns.