Shloka 15
Adhyaya 90 — The Slaying of Shumbha and the Reabsorption of the Goddesses into Ambika
चिच्छेदापततस्तस्य मुद्गरं निशितैः शरैः ।
तथापि सोऽभ्यधावत्तां मुṣ्टिमुद्यम्य वेगवान् ॥
cicchedāpatatas tasya mudgaraṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ / tathāpi so 'bhyadhāvat tāṃ muṣṭim udyamya vegavān
Als er heranstürmte, zerschnitt sie seine Keule mit scharfen Pfeilen. Dennoch, rasch vor Zorn, stürzte er auf sie zu und hob die Faust.
FAQs
When external instruments fail, stubborn ego resorts to raw aggression; the text highlights the irrational persistence of adharma even after repeated defeat.
Carita: narrative teaching by portraying the psychological profile of the asura—escalation, then desperation.
The shift from weapons to fist symbolizes regression from strategy to instinct; spiritually, it mirrors how unpurified tendencies fall back to crude reactions when challenged.