Shloka 3
Adhyaya 89 — The Wrath of Shumbha and Nishumbha and the Fall of Nishumbha
ऋषिरुवाच
चकāर कोपमतुलं रक्तबीजे निपातिते ।
शुम्भासुरो निशुम्भश्च हतेष्वन्येषु चाऽहवे ॥
ṛṣir uvāca cakāra kopam atulaṃ raktabīje nipātite | śumbhāsuro niśumbhaś ca hateṣv anyeṣu cāhave ||
聖仙は言った。「ラक्तबीジャ（Raktabīja）が討たれると、阿修羅シュンバ（Śumbha）とニシュンバ（Niśumbha）は比類なき憤怒に満たされた。戦場では他の戦士たちもまた次々と斃れていたからである。」
FAQs
Adharmic power reacts to loss with intensified aggression; the teaching is that resistance may spike when entrenched wrongdoing is challenged—steadfastness is required.
Episode-based dharma protection within manvantara narration (Manvantara/vaṃśānucarita style), illustrating divine governance over cosmic order.
The ‘atula kopa’ represents the last surge of ego when its supports are collapsing—an inner psychology mirrored as outer mythic warfare.