Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तस्य विष्णुर्महातेजा: पाणिना चेतनां हरत्‌ । स पपात ततो भूमौ गिरिराज इवाहतः,ऐसा कहकर महातेजस्वी भगवान्‌ विष्णुने हाथसे मारकर उस दैत्यके प्राण हर लिये और वह वच्रके मारे हुए गिरिराजकी भाँति पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा

Transliteration

tasya viṣṇur mahātejāḥ pāṇinā cetanāṃ harat | sa papāta tato bhūmau girirāja ivāhataḥ ||

Translation

于是大威光明的毗湿奴以手击之，夺去其命息。那魔族随即坠落大地，如山王遭金刚雷霆击碎而崩。

Word by Word

तस्यof him/that (demon)

विष्णुःVishnu

महातेजाःof great splendor

पाणिनाwith (his) hand

चेतनाम्life, consciousness

हरत्taking away, depriving

सःhe (that one)

पपातfell

ततःthen, thereafter

भूमौon the ground/earth

गिरिराजःthe king of mountains (a great mountain)

इवlike, as if

आहतःstruck, smitten

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Viṣṇu

the demon (asura/daitya; implied by context)

earth (bhūmi)

mountain (girirāja)

thunderbolt (vajra; implied by the simile in the Hindi gloss)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents divine power as protective and corrective: when destructive forces threaten dharma, the divine acts decisively to remove that threat. The ethical emphasis is not on violence for its own sake, but on restoring moral order and safeguarding beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Viṣṇu strikes the opponent with His hand, depriving him of life, and the demon collapses to the ground. The fall is compared to a great mountain brought down by a mighty blow, highlighting the overwhelming nature of the divine act.