Shloka 4
Adhyaya 89 — The Wrath of Shumbha and Nishumbha and the Fall of Nishumbha
हन्यमानं महासैन्यं विलोक्ष्यामर्षमुद्वहन् ।
अभ्यधावन्निशुम्भोऽथ मुख्ययाऽसुरसेनया ॥
hanyamānaṃ mahāsainyaṃ vilokyāmarṣam udvahan | abhyadhāvanniśumbho 'tha mukhyayāsurasenayā ||
မိမိ၏တပ်ကြီးကို သတ်ဖြတ်ဖျက်ဆီးနေသည်ကို မြင်လျှင် မီးလောင်သကဲ့သို့ ဒေါသထွက်နေသော နိရှုမ္ဘသည် အဆုရတပ်၏ အဓိကတပ်ခွဲကို ဦးဆောင်ကာ ချက်ချင်း ရှေ့သို့ တိုးဝင်လာ하였다။
FAQs
The verse depicts how attachment to power and possession turns into rage when threatened; it cautions that leadership without dharma becomes destructive bravado.
Dharma-protective episode embedded in manvantara narration; not sarga/pratisarga, but within the manvantara-anchored sacred history stream.
Niśumbha’s ‘charge’ symbolizes reactive mind (krodha) rushing to reassert control when the ego’s structures (its ‘army’) are dismantled.