Shloka 14
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
सौम्येन स्तनयोर्युग्मं मध्यं चैन्द्रेण चाभवत् । वारुणेन च जङ्घोरू नितम्बस्तेजसा भुवः ॥
saumyena stanayor yugmaṃ madhyaṃ caindreṇa cābhavat / vāruṇena ca jaṅghorū nitambas tejasā bhuvaḥ
ソーマの力によって彼女の両乳房が成り、インドラの力によってその腰が成った。ヴァルナの力によって脛と腿が成り、そして大地の光輝によってその臀部が成った。
FAQs
The Goddess embodies the harmonious functioning of cosmic principles—nourishment (Soma), sovereignty (Indra), moral-cosmic order (Varuṇa), and stability (Earth).
Carita; descriptive theology that supports the ensuing combat narrative (dharma’s restoration through Devī).
The mapping of cosmic powers onto bodily regions suggests that the universe is mirrored in the divine body (and, by extension, in the subtle body). Devī’s form is a cosmogram: sovereignty, order, nourishment, and groundedness are integrated into one liberating power.