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Shloka 54

Devanagari script

चण्डं मुंडं रक्तबीजं प्रैषयत्क्रमतोऽ सुरान् । तेपि चाज्ञापिता दैत्या ययुर्यत्राम्बिका स्थिता

Transliteration

caṇḍaṃ muṃḍaṃ raktabījaṃ praiṣayatkramato' surān | tepi cājñāpitā daityā yayuryatrāmbikā sthitā

Translation

मग त्याने क्रमाने चंड, मुंड आणि रक्तबीज या असुरांना पाठविले. आज्ञा मिळताच ते दैत्यही जिथे अंबिका उभी होती तिथे गेले।

Word by Word
चण्डम्Chanda
चण्डम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.), नाम (proper name)
मुण्डम्Munda
मुण्डम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.), नाम (proper name)
रक्तबीजम्Raktabīja
रक्तबीजम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrakta (रक्त, प्रातिपदिक) + bīja (बीज, प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयसमास (descriptive), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.), नाम (proper name)
प्रैषयत्sent forth
प्रैषयत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√iṣ (इष्/इष् ‘send’ धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect, लङ्-लकार), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद
क्रमतःin order, successively
क्रमतः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkramatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (Avyaya), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘क्रमेण/क्रमशः’
असुरान्the demons
असुरान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया बहुवचन (Acc. pl.)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा बहुवचन (Nom. pl.)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction), समुच्चय (and)
आज्ञापिताःhaving been ordered
आज्ञापिताः:
Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootā-√jñā (ज्ञा धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) + kta (क्त)
Formकृदन्त (causative PPP), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा बहुवचन (Nom. pl.), ‘commanded/ordered’
दैत्याःthe Daityas
दैत्याः:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा बहुवचन (Nom. pl.), ‘the Daityas’ (apposition to te)
ययुःwent
ययुः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyā (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect, लिट्-लकार), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (pl.), परस्मैपद
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Deśādhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (relative adverb), देशवाचक (where)
अम्बिकाAmbikā (the Goddess)
अम्बिका:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootambikā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)
स्थिताःwas stationed, stood
स्थिताः:
Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
Formकृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)—अम्बिकायाः विशेषणम्
Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Caṇḍikā

Role: destructive

Characters & Entities
A
Ambika
C
Chanda
M
Munda
R
Raktabija

FAQs

The verse highlights how adharmic forces move under compulsions of ego and command, while Ambikā—Shiva’s Śakti—stands as the stabilizing divine power that restores dharma; it points to the Siddhānta insight that Pati (Shiva) acts through Śakti to subdue bondage-producing forces.

Though the verse narrates a battle, it supports Saguna worship by showing the Divine actively present and “stationed” for protection; in Shaiva Siddhanta, Linga worship honors Shiva as Pati, and devotion to Ambikā reflects the same reality—Shiva with Śakti—guiding devotees from fear toward refuge.

A practical takeaway is śaraṇāgati (taking refuge): recite the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while mentally invoking Ambikā’s protective presence; applying vibhūti (Tripuṇḍra) and wearing rudrākṣa can be adopted as Shaiva disciplines to cultivate steadiness amid inner ‘asuric’ impulses.

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