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The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā
तस्या अनुचरा देव्यॊ बाध्योऽसंख्यातकोटयः ॥ तास्तां देवीं महाभागोॊं परिवर्य व्यवस्थिताः ॥
tasyā anucarā devyo bādhyo'saṃkhyātakoṭayaḥ || tāstāṃ devīṃ mahābhāgoṃ parivārya vyavasthitāḥ ||
Unzählige Kroren ihrer begleitenden Göttinnen standen geordnet da und umringten jene erhabene, glückverheißende Göttin.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
It preserves a common Purāṇic literary device—hyperbolic enumeration (koṭi)—used to convey cosmic scale and to support later iconographic concepts of divine entourages.
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The verse is descriptive; it underscores the theme of collective agency and organized support around a central figure.
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