Shloka 6
Adhyaya 7 — Harishchandra Tested by Vishvamitra: The Gift of the Kingdom and the Pandava Curse-Backstory
तत्क्रन्दितानुसारī च सर्वारम्भविघातकृत् ।
एकस्मिन्नन्तरे रौद्रो विघ्नराट् समचिन्तयत् ॥
tatkranditānusārī ca sarvārambhavighātakṛt | ekasminnantare raudro vighnarāṭ samacintayat ||
并有一者循那呼号而来，乃摧毁一切事业之人。顷刻之间，凶猛的Vighnarāṭ——“障碍之主”——便构思了他的计谋。
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FAQs
The verse personifies “vighna” (obstruction) as an active force: when dharma rises (the Goddess’ campaign), adharma responds not only with violence but with disruption—confusion, sabotage, and the breaking of resolve. Ethically, it warns that righteous action must anticipate impediments and proceed with steadiness (dhṛti) rather than abandoning the undertaking at its first blockage.
This belongs primarily to “Vaṃśānucarita” in the broad Purāṇic sense of narrated deeds (carita) within the Devi Mahatmyam’s mythic history, rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara. It is a battle-episode detail inside the celebrated śākta-māhātmya narrative.
Esoterically, Vighnarāṭ represents the inner tendency that ruins spiritual ‘ārambha’—the start of sādhana, vows, or decisive action—through doubt, distraction, and fear triggered by “krandita” (alarm/outcry). The Goddess’ path is often opposed first by vighnas that fracture intention before any direct confrontation occurs.