Previous Verse
Next Verse

Shloka 22

Adhyaya 89The Wrath of Shumbha and Nishumbha and the Fall of Nishumbha

दुरात्मंस्तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति व्याजहाराम्बिका यदा ।

तदा जयेत्यभिहितं देवैराकाशसंस्थितैः ॥

durātmaṃstiṣṭha tiṣṭheti vyājahārāmbikā yadā / tadā jayetyabhihitaṃ devairākāśasaṃsthitaiḥ

അംബിക “ഹേ ദുഷ്ടാ—നിൽക്ക, നിൽക്ക!” എന്ന് വിളിച്ചപ്പോൾ, ആകാശസ്ഥ ദേവന്മാർ “ജയം!” എന്ന് ജയഘോഷം ചെയ്തു.

दुरात्मन्O wicked-souled one
दुरात्मन्:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
तिष्ठstand/stop
तिष्ठ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
तिष्ठstop!
तिष्ठ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (पुनरुक्ति emphatic)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)
व्याजहारspoke/uttered
व्याजहार:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-आ-हृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; अर्थे ‘उवाच’
अम्बिकाAmbikā
अम्बिका:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
यदाwhen
यदा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: when)
तदाthen
तदा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (correlative adverb: then)
जयbe victorious / win
जय:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजि (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘जय’ = ‘विजयी भव’
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative)
अभिहितम्was proclaimed/said
अभिहितम्:
Kriyā (क्रिया/भाव)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-धा (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘उक्तम्’
देवैःby the gods
देवैः:
Karta (कर्ता; कर्मणि प्रयोगे)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental/कर्ता in passive), बहुवचन
आकाश-संस्थितैः(who were) stationed in the sky
आकाश-संस्थितैः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआकाश (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थित (कृदन्त; सम्-स्था धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘संस्थित’ = क्त (PPP) from सम्-स्था; समासः—सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (‘आकाशे संस्थिताः’) विशेषणम् ‘देवैः’ प्रति
Narratorial

{ "primaryRasa": "vira", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

AmbikāDevas
Ambikā
ShaktismDivine encouragementMoral polarityBattle proclamation

FAQs

Dharma does not merely defend; it calls adharma to account openly. The devas’ ‘jaya’ signifies that righteous order is upheld when the Divine Mother confronts evil directly.

Didactic sacred narrative (ākhyāna) meant to inspire devotion and courage; not a pancalakṣaṇa enumerative segment.

‘Stand!’ is the demand that the shadow (durātman) face awareness without evasions. The devas in the sky can be read as higher faculties witnessing the confrontation.