Shloka 57

Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas

Sanskrit

पातयामास चैवान्यान् घण्टास्वनविमोहितान् ।

असुरान् भुवि पाशेन बद्ध्वा चान्यानकर्षयत् ॥

Transliteration

pātayāmāsa caivānyān ghaṇṭāsvanavimohitān | asurān bhuvi pāśena baddhvā cānyānakarṣayat ||

Translation

Einige Asuras, vom Klang ihrer Glocke verwirrt, ließ sie zu Boden stürzen; andere band sie mit einer Schlinge und schleifte sie fort.

Word by Word

• pātayāmāsa: she caused to fall
• pātayāmāsa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (धातु)
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (लिट्-परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत), causative (णिच्) ‘to cause to fall’; 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (निपात) emphasizing

• anyān: others
• anyān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ghaṇṭā-svana-vimohitān: bewildered by the sound of the bell
• ghaṇṭā-svana-vimohitān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghaṇṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + svana (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-√muh + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); past passive participle (क्त) ‘vimohita’; compound: ‘ghaṇṭāyāḥ svanena vimohitāḥ’

• asurān: demons
• asurān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• bhuvi: on the ground
• bhuvi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• pāśena: with a noose
• pāśena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• baddhvā: having bound
• baddhvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bandh + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having bound’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• anyān: others
• anyān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• akarṣayat: she dragged/pulled
• akarṣayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ (लङ्) imperfect/past, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Narratorial voice within the Devi Mahatmyam

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Devī (Caṇḍikā/Durgā)

Shakti Aspects

• Caṇḍikā / Durgā (bell-bearing
• noose-wielding)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Māyā and moha
• Subjugation of demonic forces
• Iconographic attributes (bell, noose)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Adharma is not only defeated by force but also by the collapse of its delusion; when moha breaks, the asuric will loses standing and is ‘brought to ground’.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

An ākhyāna segment: it reinforces Purāṇic teaching on divine governance of the moral cosmos, without being a genealogical or manvantara catalogue.

What is the esoteric significance?

The bell-sound signifies the shock of awakened awareness that disorients egoic tendencies; the noose symbolizes karmic binding and the Devī’s power to restrain and redirect prāṇa/impulses.