Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
कांश्चित्तुण्डप्रिहारेण खुरक्षेपैस्तथापरान् ।
लाङ्गूलताडितांश्चान्यान् शृङ्गाभ्याञ्च विदारितान् ॥
kāṃś cit tuṇḍaprihāreṇa khurakṣepais tathāparān | lāṅgūlatāḍitāṃś cānyān śṛṅgābhyāṃ ca vidāritān ||
ខ្លះៗ គេវាយដោយការបុកច្រមុះរបស់វា; ខ្លះទៀត វាបោះចោលដោយការទាត់ជើងក្រចក; ខ្លះ វាវាយបុកដោយកន្ទុយ; ហើយខ្លះទៀត វាខ្ទេចបំបែកដោយស្នែង។
Adharma’s nature is indiscriminate harm—using whatever ‘limb’ or capacity is available. The text contrasts this with the Goddess’s purposeful, discriminating destruction aimed at restoring order.
A battle-description within sacred narrative; not a cosmological/genealogical pancalakṣaṇa segment.
The many modes of assault reflect how tamas manifests in varied ways—dullness, aggression, and destabilization—striking the ‘gaṇas’ (inner faculties) unless steadied by higher śakti.