Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 88, Shloka 3
Adhyaya 88 — The Manifestation of the Matrikas and the Slaying of Raktabija
अद्य सर्वबलैर्दैत्या षडशीतीरुदायुधाः । कम्बूनां चतुरशीतिर्निर्यान्तु स्वबलैर्वृताः ॥
adya sarvabalair daityāḥ ṣaḍaśītir udāyudhāḥ / kambūnāṃ caturaśītir niryāntu svabalair vṛtāḥ
ယနေ့ ဒိုင်တျတို့၏ တပ်ခွဲ ၈၆ ခွဲ—လက်နက်အပြည့်အစုံဖြင့်—အင်အားအကုန်ဖြင့် ထွက်ချီကြစေ; ထို့ပြင် ကမ္ဗူတို့၏ တပ်ခွဲ ၈၄ ခွဲလည်း မိမိတို့၏ အင်အားဖြင့် ဝန်းရံလျက် ထွက်ခွာကြစေ။
FAQs
Adharma seeks security in numbers and armaments; the narrative repeatedly shows that quantity cannot overrule righteous power aligned with cosmic order.
Anucarita: cataloging forces is a Purāṇic narrative technique to depict the scale of adharma before its defeat, heightening the didactic impact.
The numbered ‘divisions’ can be read as proliferating thought-patterns; when ego feels threatened, it multiplies strategies—yet all remain within the field that Devī (awareness) can subdue.