Shloka 53
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
निश्वसान्मुमुचे यांश्च युध्यमाना रणेऽम्बिका ।
त एव सद्यः सम्भूता गणाः शतसहस्रशः ॥
niśvasānmumuce yāṃśca yudhyamānā raṇe 'mbikā / ta eva sadyaḥ sambhūtā gaṇāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
وأولئك الذين أطلقتهم أمبيكا بنفَسها وهي تقاتل في ساحة المعركة—أولئك أنفسهم صاروا في الحال جموعًا (gaṇa) بمئات الألوف.
FAQs
When dharma is defended, support arises from the very power of the divine—help is not merely external; it unfolds naturally from the source when the cause is righteous.
Though it uses creation imagery (emanation of gaṇas), it is not the cosmological ‘sarga’ of the Purāṇa; it is localized, mythic emanation within an ākhyāna.
Breath (niśvāsa) is prāṇa: from the Goddess’s prāṇa arise auxiliary powers—suggesting that when inner life-force is aligned, manifold capacities (gaṇas) manifest spontaneously.