Shloka 39
Adhyaya 88 — The Manifestation of the Matrikas and the Slaying of Raktabija
पलायनपरान् दृष्ट्वा दैत्यान् मातृगणार्दितान् ।
योध्धुमभ्याययौ क्रुद्धो रक्तबीजो महासुरः ॥
palāyanaparān dṛṣṭvā daityān mātṛgaṇārditān / yoddhum abhyāyayau kruddho raktabījo mahāsuraḥ
মাতৃগণের দ্বারা তাড়িত হয়ে পলায়নে উদ্যত দৈত্যদের দেখে মহাসুর রক্তবীজ ক্রুদ্ধ হয়ে যুদ্ধের জন্য অগ্রসর হল।
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FAQs
When adharma is cornered it often escalates; Raktabīja’s anger symbolizes the reactive intensification of egoic forces when confronted by divine order (śakti).
This passage is primarily not pañcalakṣaṇa material (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita) but a dhārmic-ākhyāna (sacred narrative) embedded in the Purāṇa.
The Mātṛkās represent differentiated powers of consciousness; the demon’s advance indicates the surfacing of deeply rooted impressions (saṃskāras) when purification begins.