Shloka 25
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
सोऽपि कोपान्महावीऱ्यः खुरक्षुण्णमहीतलः ।
शृङ्गाभ्यां पर्वतानुच्चैश्चिक्षेप च ननाद च ॥
so 'pi kopānmahāvīryaḥ khurakṣuṇṇamahītalaḥ /
śṛṅgābhyāṃ parvatānuccaiścikṣepa ca nanāda ca
وهو أيضًا، عظيمُ البأسِ شديدُ الغضب، خضَّ الأرضَ بحوافِره؛ وبقرنيه قذفَ الجبالَ الشامخةَ إلى العلاء، وزأرَ زئيرًا مدوّيًا.
FAQs
Unchecked krodha (wrath) expresses itself as violence that destabilizes the world; the verse paints anger as a force that tramples dhārmic order (symbolized by the earth) and weaponizes nature itself (mountains).
Primarily within Vaṃśānucarita/Carita (narrative of deeds) rather than Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara/Vaṃśa; Devi Mahatmyam functions as an exemplary sacred history of Devī’s intervention.
The asura’s hooves and horns signify tamasic force acting through the senses and instinct; ‘hurling mountains’ suggests the ego’s attempt to overturn stable inner ‘peaks’ (dharma/steadiness), which Devī will re-center.