Shloka 59
Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness
Sanskrit
प्रज्ञाप्राकारसंयुक्तमस्थिस्थूणं परं महत् ।
चर्मभित्तिमहारोधं मांसशोणितलेपनम् ॥
Transliteration
prajñāprākārasaṃyuktam asthisthūṇaṃ paraṃ mahat |
carma-bhitti-mahārodhaṃ māṃsa-śoṇita-lepanam ||
Translation
(Ce corps) est immensément grand : pourvu du rempart de l’intelligence, avec les os pour piliers ; la peau pour mur et une vaste enceinte, enduite de chair et de sang.
Speakers
Not from Devi Mahatmyam; likely within the Markandeya Purana’s early didactic narration (exact speaker pair not specified from the given excerpt).
Key Themes
Philosophical allegoryEmbodiment and impermanenceVairagya (dispassion)Self-knowledge