Shloka 26
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
देवा ऊचुः दानवैर्मुनिशार्दूल ! जम्भाद्यैर्भूर्भुवादिकम् ।
हृतं त्रैलोक्यमाक्रम्य क्रतुभागाश्च कृत्स्नशः ॥
devā ūcuḥ dānavair muniśārdūla! jambhādyair bhūrbhuvādikam |
hṛtaṃ trailokyam ākramya kratubhāgāś ca kṛtsnaśaḥ ||
دیوتاؤں نے کہا: “اے رشیوں میں شیر! جَمبھ وغیرہ دانَووں نے تینوں جہانوں کو روند کر بھور، بھوور اور دیگر لوکوں پر قبضہ کر لیا ہے، اور یَجْیوں کے تمام حصے بھی چھین لیے ہیں۔”
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FAQs
The crisis is framed as both political (loss of realms) and ritual (loss of kratu-shares). In Purāṇic ethics, cosmic stability depends on yajña-order; when it is disrupted, restoration becomes a dharmic necessity.
This is governance-of-worlds narrative, adjacent to manvantara-style concerns (maintenance of order across worlds), though not a formal manvantara enumeration.
‘Kratu-bhāga’ signifies the rightful flow of energy/merit to higher faculties. Asuric takeover represents misdirection of life-force toward egoic drives, starving the ‘deva’ principles within.