Shloka 43
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
गजवाजिसहस्रौघैरनेकैरुग्रदर्शनः ।
वृतो रथानां कोट्या च युद्धे तस्मिन्नयुध्यत ॥
gaja-vāji-sahasra-oghair anekair ugradarśanaḥ |
vṛto rathānāṃ koṭyā ca yuddhe tasminn ayudhyata ||
সেই যুদ্ধে উগ্রদর্শন হাজার হাজার হাতি ও ঘোড়ার বহু স্রোতে পরিবেষ্টিত হয়ে, এবং এক কোটি রথে ঘেরা অবস্থায় যুদ্ধ করল।
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FAQs
The text deliberately magnifies the hostile host to magnify the protective compassion and fearlessness that Devī embodies for devotees.
Carita. Such battle catalogs are didactic-poetic devices, not cosmological doctrine proper.
Elephants and horses can symbolize heavy momentum and restless drive; chariots symbolize directed agency. The asura surrounded by these suggests the self encased by compulsions—precisely what Śakti liberates.