Shloka 5
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
स छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः ।
अभ्यधावत तां देवीं खड्गचर्मधरोऽसुरः ॥
sa cchinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ | abhyadhāvata tāṃ devīṃ khaḍga-carmadharo 'suraḥ ||
അവന്റെ ധനുസ്സ് തകർന്നു, രഥം പൊളിഞ്ഞു, കുതിരകൾ കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടു, സാരഥിയും നിഹതനായി. അപ്പോൾ ഖഡ്ഗവും പരിചയും ധരിച്ചു ആ അസുരൻ ദേവിയിലേക്കു നേരെ പാഞ്ഞുവന്നു.
FAQs
When external supports (weapons, vehicles, allies) collapse, the asura still rushes forward through sheer aggression; the text contrasts this blind rajasic force with Devi’s composed sovereignty—power guided by dharma prevails over power driven by rage.
This passage belongs to a narrative upākhyāna within the Purana, not directly to sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vamsha/vamshanucarita exposition; it functions as dharma-kathā illustrating divine intervention and the destruction of adharma.
The stripping away of the asura’s ‘equipment’ symbolizes the collapse of ego’s props; yet ego still charges. Devi represents buddhi/śakti that meets raw impulse and subdues it.