Shloka 40
Adhyaya 91 — The Gods’ Hymn to Kātyāyanī and the Goddess’ Prophecy of Future Manifestations
पुनरप्यतिरौद्रेण रूपेण पृथिवीतले ।
अवतीर्य हनिष्यामि वैप्रचित्तांस्तु दानवान् ॥
punar apy atiraudreṇa rūpeṇa pṛthivītale /
avatīrya haniṣyāmi vaipracittāṃs tu dānavān
വീണ്ടും ഞാൻ അത്യന്തം ഘോരരൂപം ധരിച്ചു ഭൂതലത്തിൽ അവതരിച്ച്, വൈപ്രചിത്ത വംശജനായ ദാനവന്മാരെ വധിക്കും।
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FAQs
Compassion includes ferocity when protecting the moral order. The Goddess’s ‘terrible form’ is not cruelty but decisive intervention against entrenched violence and predation.
Upākhyāna with demon-lineage reference (a light touch of Vaṃśa via ‘Vaipracitta’), though its main function is prophetic narrative, not systematic genealogy.
The ‘fierce form’ represents the awakened power that cuts through deep-seated habitual patterns. ‘Descent to earth’ signifies bringing higher discernment into embodied life, not keeping spirituality abstract.