Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
छिन्नेऽपि चान्ये शिरसि पतिताः पुनरुत्थिताः ।
कबन्धा युयुधुर्देव्याः गृहीतपरमायुधाः ॥
chinne 'pi cānye śirasi patitāḥ punar utthitāḥ | kabandhā yuyudhur devyā gṛhītaparamāyudhāḥ ||
কারও মস্তক ছিন্ন হলেও তারা পতিত হয়েও পুনরায় উঠে দাঁড়াল; শিরোহীন কबंधরূপে, শ্রেষ্ঠ অস্ত্র ধারণ করে, তারা দেবীর সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ করল।
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Evil can persist even after ‘identity’ is broken—habit-energy continues; therefore spiritual struggle is against deep saṃskāras, not merely surface notions of self.
Ākhyāna (narrative episode) serving as stuti-in-action for Devī; not a sarga/manvantara/vaṃśa catalogue.
Kabandhas symbolize action divorced from true seeing (headlessness): compulsive forces that continue to ‘fight’ even without discernment—an image of tamas/rajas operating without buddhi.