Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 38
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
शरैः शस्त्रैश्च सततं वध्यमाना महात्मना वीरभद्रेण देवाद्या अवहारमर्कुत
śaraiḥ śastraiśca satataṃ vadhyamānā mahātmanā vīrabhadreṇa devādyā avahāramarkuta
Bị Vīrabhadra đại tâm liên tục đánh trúng bằng tên và binh khí, các vị thần hàng đầu rơi vào thế thoái lui, đội ngũ rối loạn.
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FAQs
The verse underscores that even exalted powers (devādyāḥ) are not immune to the consequences of adharma within ritual life; when sacrifice is divorced from right intention and reverence, it becomes vulnerable to corrective force.
Primarily vamśānucarita/legendary narrative (deeds of divine agents). It is not cosmogenesis (sarga) but a didactic episode embedded in Purāṇic historiography.
Vīrabhadra represents the fierce aspect of dharma’s enforcement: the ‘arrows and weapons’ signify unerring karmic/ethical consequence that dismantles pride and restores cosmic equilibrium when ritual authority is misused.