Shloka 23
Adhyaya 89 — The Wrath of Shumbha and Nishumbha and the Fall of Nishumbha
शुम्भेनागत्य या शक्तिर्मुक्ता ज्वालातिभीषणा ।
आयान्ती वह्निकूटाभा सा निरस्ता महोल्कया ॥
śumbhenāgatya yā śaktirmuktā jvālātibhīṣaṇā / āyāntī vahnikūṭābhā sā nirastā maholkayā
Eine lodernde, furchterregende Macht, die Śumbha entfesselte—heranrollend wie eine Feuerballenmasse—wurde von einem gewaltigen, meteorgleichen Geschoss zur Seite geschlagen.
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FAQs
Raw force and terror (flame-like aggression) can be checked by a higher, steadier power. The narrative asserts that adharma’s ‘energy’ is not ultimate; it can be redirected and nullified.
Akhyanic battle episode serving devotional and moral instruction; outside the core pancalakṣaṇa taxonomy sections.
The flaming śakti is uncontrolled passion/violence; the ‘great ulkā’ is the descending corrective insight (or grace) that interrupts the momentum of destructive impulses.