Shloka 30
Adhyāya 22: Śālva’s Weapon-Shower, Dāruka’s Wounding, and the Māyā-Report of Vasudeva’s Father
यक्षाणां राक्षसानां च दानवानां च संयुगे । राज्ञां च प्रतिलोमानां भस्मान्तकरणं महत्,इतना ही नहीं, वह यक्षों, राक्षसों, दानवों तथा विपक्षी राजाओंको भी भस्म कर डालनेवाला और महान था
yakṣāṇāṁ rākṣasānāṁ ca dānavānāṁ ca saṁyuge | rājñāṁ ca pratilomānāṁ bhasmāntakaraṇaṁ mahat |
Vāyu nói: “Trong chiến trận, đó là một sức mạnh lớn—có thể thiêu thành tro không chỉ Yakṣa, Rākṣasa và Dānava, mà cả những vị vua thù địch đứng về phía đối nghịch.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the overwhelming force that can arise in righteous struggle: when opposition aligns with destructive or unrighteous intent, a divinely-backed power is portrayed as capable of total neutralization—symbolically ‘reducing to ashes’ forces that threaten order.
Vāyu is describing the extraordinary destructive capacity present in a battle context—so great that it could annihilate various non-human adversarial classes (Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Dānavas) as well as opposing kings.