Shloka 3
Adhyaya 90 — The Slaying of Shumbha and the Reabsorption of the Goddesses into Ambika
श्रीदेव्युवाच । एकैवाहं जगत्यत्र द्वितीया का ममापरा । पश्यैता दुष्ट मय्येव विशन्त्यो मद्विभूतयः ॥
śrīdevyuvāca | ekaivāhaṃ jagatyatra dvitīyā kā mamāparā | paśyaitā duṣṭa mayyeva viśantyo madvibhūtayaḥ ||
ദേവി പറഞ്ഞു—ഈ വിശ്വത്തിൽ ഇവിടെ ഞാൻ മാത്രമേ ഉള്ളൂ; എന്നെക്കാൾ പുറമെ മറ്റാരുണ്ട്? ഹേ ദുഷ്ടാ, നോക്കുക, എന്റെ ഈ വിഭൂതികൾ വീണ്ടും എന്നിലേക്കു തന്നെ ലയിക്കുന്നു।
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This verse is the Mahavakya (Great Saying) of the Devi Mahatmyam, asserting the ultimate non-dual (Advaita) reality of the Goddess. It declares that all diverse forms of divinity are merely projections of the singular Supreme Shakti.
Shumbha mocked the Devi for relying on the strength of others (the Matrikas/Seven Mothers) to fight. In response, She demonstrates her omnipotence by absorbing all the Shaktis back into Her own body to fight Shumbha alone.
It represents the process of Samhara (dissolution) or involution, where the multiplicity of the manifest universe (represented by the Vibhutis/Matrikas) collapses back into the singular Source (The Devi) before the final liberation.