Shloka 7
Vṛtra’s Cosmic Threat, Viṣṇu’s Upāya, and the Conditional Vulnerability
Udyoga-parva 10
अमृतं चाह्तं विष्णो दैत्याश्व निहता रणे । बलिं बद्ध्वा महादैत्यं शक्रो देवाधिप: कृत:,“विष्णो! आपने ही (मोहिनी अवतार धारण करके) दैत्योंके हाथसे अमृत छीना एवं युद्धमें उन सबका संहार किया तथा महादैत्य बलिको बाँधकर इन्द्रको देवताओंका राजा बनाया
amṛtaṃ cāhṛtaṃ viṣṇo daityāś ca nihitā raṇe | baliṃ baddhvā mahādaityaṃ śakro devādhipaḥ kṛtaḥ ||
舍利耶说道：“噢，毗湿奴！你从代底耶众手中夺回甘露（amṛta），又在战场上将他们尽数击倒。你缚住大代底耶婆利，使释迦（因陀罗）得以成为诸天之主。”
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate sovereignty and cosmic stability are upheld when destructive, unjust power is restrained. Viṣṇu’s acts—recovering amṛta, defeating the Daityas, and binding Bali—are presented as dharma-protecting interventions that re-establish rightful order under Indra.
Śalya addresses Viṣṇu, recounting well-known mythic episodes: Viṣṇu takes back the amṛta from the Daityas (alluding to the Mohinī episode), defeats them in battle, binds the Daitya king Bali, and thereby installs Indra (Śakra) as the ruler of the gods.