Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 26
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
तोमरैर्वज्रसंस्पर्शैः शक्तिभिर्मार्गणैरपि जलेशं ताडयामास मुद्गरैः कणपैरपि
tomarairvajrasaṃsparśaiḥ śaktibhirmārgaṇairapi jaleśaṃ tāḍayāmāsa mudgaraiḥ kaṇapairapi
وَجر جیسی ضرب رکھنے والے توَمروں، شکتیوں اور تیروں سے اس نے جلَیش کو مارا؛ مُدگر اور کَنپ سے بھی ضربیں لگائیں۔
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FAQs
Escalating weaponry illustrates how conflict multiplies harm once restraint fails; the purāṇic lesson often implied is that victory grounded only in force is unstable, necessitating a dharmic, divinely guided resolution.
Vamśānucarita-style martial narration within the broader purāṇic account of divine-asuric struggles; it supports the narrative arc leading into avatāra-driven restoration of balance.
Assault on ‘Jaleśa’ symbolizes an attack on the sustaining, life-supporting element (waters/order). The ‘vajra-like’ contact evokes Indra’s paradigm of decisive divine power, but here mirrored through asuric aggression—highlighting the inversion of sacred power when wielded without alignment to ṛta/dharma.