Shloka 39
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
ततः सोऽपि पदाक्रान्तस्तया निजमुखात्ततः ।
अर्धनिष्क्रान्त एवासीद् देव्याः वीर्येण संवृतः ॥
tataḥ so 'pi padākrāntas tayā nijamukhāt tataḥ / ardhaniṣkrānta evāsīd devyā vīryeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ
Then, though pressed down by her foot, he began to emerge from his own mouth; yet he remained only half-emerged, checked and constrained by the Goddess’s power.
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FAQs
Evil may attempt to ‘reappear’ in new forms, but it cannot fully manifest when confronted by higher power aligned with dharma. Restraint is as crucial as destruction.
Narrative theology (devī-māhātmya) rather than lakṣaṇa material; it functions as dharma-sustaining exemplum.
Emerging ‘from the mouth’ suggests the resurgence of ego through speech/thought. Being ‘half-emerged’ indicates partial activation of vāsanās that are arrested by śakti (inner power).