उन्ममाथ रथं चापि तं बाणैर्हृद्यताडयत् । स भग्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः
unmamātha rathaṃ cāpi taṃ bāṇairhṛdyatāḍayat | sa bhagnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ
وحطّمت مركبته أيضًا، وأصابته بالسهام في صدره. وقد انكسر قوسه، وتهدّم مركبه، وقُتلت خيوله وسائقه، فبقي عاجزًا لا حيلة له.
Sūta (contextual deduction)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Arrows strike Caṇḍakopa’s chest; chariot splinters; the asura stands ‘viratha’—bow broken, horses and charioteer down—while Ambikā remains poised, lion steady.
Adharma loses strength when pride and power-symbols are dismantled; Devī’s arrows restore moral order by striking at the ‘heart’ of wrongdoing.
Setu-kṣetra is the narrative setting; the māhātmya frames the region as protected by the Goddess and thus worthy of pilgrimage.
None is directly stated in this verse.
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