Shloka 31
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
अन्यैरपि सुरैर्देवी भूषणैरायुधैस्तथा ।
सम्मानिता ननादोच्चैः साट्टहासं मुहुर्मुहुः ॥
anyair api surair devī bhūṣaṇair āyudhais tathā | saṃmānitā nanādoccaiḥ sāṭṭahāsaṃ muhur muhuḥ ||
മറ്റു ദേവന്മാരും ആഭരണങ്ങളും ആയുധങ്ങളും നൽകി അവളെ ആദരിച്ചു; അപ്പോൾ ദേവി ഘണ്ടാനാദസമമായ അട്ടഹാസത്തോടെ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും ഗർജിച്ചു।
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FAQs
The laughter/roar conveys fearless certainty: when aligned with dharma, one acts without inner hesitation, and adharma is psychologically ‘broken’ even before combat.
Carita: a dramatic turning point marking the Devī’s readiness to restore cosmic equilibrium.
The Devī’s sound is mantra-like: vibration as power. ‘Sāṭṭahāsa’ can signify the transcendence of fear—laughter that dissolves the seeming finality of demonic power.