Shloka 63
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 ||
Selbst wenn ihnen die Köpfe abgeschlagen waren, erhoben sich manche, obgleich gefallen, wieder; als kopflose Rümpfe (Kabandhas) ergriffen sie ihre besten Waffen und kämpften gegen die Göttin.
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FAQs
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.