Shloka 45
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
वृतः कालो रथानाञ्च रणे पञ्चाशतायुतैः ।
युयुधे संयुगे तत्र तावद्भिः परिवारितः ॥
vṛtaḥ kālo rathānāñca raṇe pañcāśatāyutaiḥ / yuyudhe saṃyuge tatra tāvadbhiḥ parivāritaḥ
ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಲನೆಂಬ ಅಸುರನು ಐವತ್ತು ಸಾವಿರ ರಥಗಳಿಂದ ಸುತ್ತುವರಿದು, ಅಷ್ಟೇ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯ ಯೋಧರಿಂದ ಪರಿವೃತನಾಗಿ, ರಣಮಧ್ಯದ ಘೋರ ಸಮರದಲ್ಲಿ ಯುದ್ಧಮಾಡಿದನು।
FAQs
Evil often appears as overwhelming force and organization; the Devi narrative stresses that sheer numbers and military display cannot overturn dharma when divine order is awakened and defended.
This is not a sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita passage; it is an upākhyāna (sacred episode) used to teach dharma through the Devi’s victory—ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa rather than a direct instance of it.
The named asura ‘Kāla’ evokes the motif that even ‘Time/Death’ is ultimately circumscribed; the Goddess stands as the transcendent power before which the cycles of destruction lose their tyranny.