Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
इति क्रोधसमाध्मातमापतान्तं महासुरम् ।
दृष्ट्वा सा चण्डिका कोपं तद्वधाय तदाकरोत् ॥
iti krodhasamādhmātamāpatāntaṃ mahāsuram /
dṛṣṭvā sā caṇḍikā kopaṃ tadvadhāya tadākarot
Al ver a aquel gran asura abalanzarse, hinchado de furia, Caṇḍikā asumió entonces la ira sagrada para darle muerte.
The text distinguishes asuric anger (self-driven destruction) from divine ‘kopa’ as a controlled, purpose-bound force used for loka-rakṣā (protection of the worlds).
Carita: exemplary divine intervention narrative rather than cosmogenesis or genealogy.
Caṇḍikā’s ‘wrath’ symbolizes transformed energy—raw affect is sublimated into śakti that cuts through obstruction (avidyā/tamas) rather than multiplying it.