Shloka 18
Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman
Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra
उस अलौकिक जन्तुको देखकर सब दैत्य एक साथ हो वेगपूर्वक उसका सामना करनेके लिये हठात् खड़े हो गये; क्योंकि वे कालसे मोहित हो रहे थे ।।
tatas te samabhidrutya varāhaṁ jagṛhuḥ samam | saṅkruddhāś ca varāhaṁ taṁ vyakarṣanta samantataḥ ||
见那非凡之兽，诸达底耶齐聚一处，骤然起身，挟猛势迎战——皆为时（kāla）所惑。继而他们一齐冲上，合力擒住婆罗诃。怒火炽盛之下，他们紧抓不放，从四面八方拖拽祂。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how beings deluded by kāla (the overpowering force of Time and destiny) can rush into adharma with collective fury, mistaking aggression and numbers for righteousness and real strength; it implicitly contrasts such delusion with the steadiness of the divine order that ultimately prevails.
A group of Daityas, acting together in anger, charge at Varāha, seize him immediately, and begin pulling him from all directions—setting the scene for a confrontation between demonic force and the divine presence.