Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
केषाञ्चिद्वाहवश्छिन्नाश्छिन्नग्रीवास्तथापरे ।
शिरांसि पेतुरन्येषामन्ये मध्ये विदारिताः ॥
keṣāñcid bāhavaś chinnāś chinnagrīvās tathāpare | śirāṃsi petur anyeṣām anye madhye vidāritāḥ ||
အချို့၏ လက်များကို ဖြတ်တောက်လိုက်ကြ၏။ အချို့၏ လည်ပင်းကို ဖြတ်ခွဲလိုက်ကြ၏။ အချို့၏ ခေါင်းများ ကျသွားကြ၏။ အချို့သည် အလယ်မှ ခွဲကွဲသွားကြ၏။
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The dismemberment imagery communicates the dismantling of adharma’s ‘organs’—its capacities for action, speech, and domination—when confronted by divine order.
Narrative theology (ākhyāna) embedded in the Purāṇa; not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa unit.
Cut arms/heads can represent the severing of compulsive karma (action-power) and egoic identity (head), leaving no coherent agency for the asuric impulse.