Shloka 66
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
पातितै रथनागाश्वैः असुरैश्च वसुन्धरा ।
अगम्या सा अभवत् तत्र यत्राभूत् स महारणः ॥
pātitai rathanāgāśvairasuraiśca vasundharā / agamyā sābhavat tatra yatrābhūt sa mahāraṇaḥ
വീണ രഥങ്ങൾ, ആനകൾ, കുതിരകൾ, അസുരന്മാർ എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് അവിടത്തെ ഭൂമി കടക്കാനാകാത്തതായിത്തീർന്നു—ആ മഹായുദ്ധം നടന്ന സ്ഥലത്ത്.
FAQs
Unchecked violence produces only obstruction and ruin; the verse paints the tangible consequence of adharma—collapse of worldly order—before Devī re-establishes balance.
Anucarita (illustrative episode) embedded in Manvantara narration, emphasizing the purāṇic function of exemplifying dharma through story.
The ‘impassable earth’ can be read as the mind-field clogged by passions (ratha/nāga/aśva as senses and powers) until Śakti clears the path by subduing them.