Shloka 10
Adhyaya 87 — The Slaying of Dhumralochana and the Emergence of Kali; the Fall of Chanda and Munda (Chamunda Named)
तथैव योधं तुरगै रथं सारथिना सह ।
निक्षिप्य वक्त्रे दशनैश् चर्वयन्त्यतिभैरवम् ॥
tathaiva yodhaṃ turagai rathaṃ sārathinā saha /
nikṣipya vaktre daśanaiś carvayanty ati-bhairavam
ಅದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ದೇವಿಯು ಆ ಯೋಧನನ್ನೂ, ಕುದುರೆಗಳನ್ನೂ, ಸಾರಥಿಯೊಡನೆ ರಥವನ್ನೂ ತನ್ನ ಬಾಯಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿ ದಂತಗಳಿಂದ ಚವಚವನೆ ಚವೆಯಿತು—ನೋಡಲು ಅತಿಭೀಕರ।
FAQs
The ‘war-machine’ (soldier–horse–chariot–driver) is swallowed whole: violence as a system is dismantled at its roots when confronted by the higher power that upholds dharma.
Carita (narrative of divine deeds), serving as a dharma-restoring mythic account.
Chewing with teeth signifies discriminative destruction: the Goddess ‘processes’ and reduces hostile karma into nothingness, leaving no capacity for renewed harm.