Shloka 11
Adhyaya 88 — The Manifestation of the Matrikas and the Slaying of Raktabija
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे भूप विनाशाय सुरद्विषाम् ।
भवायामरसिंहानामतिवीर्यबलान्विताः ॥
etasminn antare bhūpa vināśāya suradviṣām |
bhavāyāmarasiṃhānām ativīryabalānvitāḥ ||
അന്നേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ, ഹേ രാജാവേ, ദേവദ്വേഷികളുടെ നാശത്തിനും അമരഗണങ്ങളുടെ ക്ഷേമത്തിനുമായി, അത്യദ്ഭുത വീര്യബലസമ്പന്നമായ ശക്തികൾ പ്രാദുര്ഭവിച്ചു।
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FAQs
Divine power manifests in proportion to the need of restoring balance—destruction here is not cruelty but removal of what obstructs cosmic welfare. The verse frames violence within a dharmic teleology: protection of the righteous and re-establishment of order.
Best classified as Vaṃśānucarita / didactic sacred history (it narrates exemplary divine action), with a dharma-oriented purpose rather than cosmographic or genealogical cataloguing.
‘At that moment’ indicates kairos—when inner readiness meets grace. The arising of extraordinary powers suggests that when consciousness aligns with dharma, latent śaktis manifest to overcome inner ‘asuras’ (hostility to the divine).