Shloka 41
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
रथानामयुतैः षड्भिरुदग्राख्यो महासुरः ।
अयुध्यतायुतानाञ्च सहस्रेण महाहनुः ॥
rathānām ayutaiḥ ṣaḍbhir udagrākhyo mahāsuraḥ |
ayudhyatāyutānāñ ca sahasreṇa mahāhanuḥ ||
उदग्रः नाम महाबलः असुरः षट्षष्टिसहस्ररथैः सह युयुधे; महाहनुश्च सहस्रायुतैः समरे युयुधे।
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FAQs
The piling up of numbers underscores a Purāṇic contrast: magnitude without dharma cannot secure victory. The narrative prepares the reader to see power as rooted in righteousness, not arithmetic.
Carita with epic-style enumeration; it serves storytelling and theological emphasis rather than cosmological accounting.
Enormous troop counts can represent proliferating vāsanās (latent tendencies). The battle motif externalizes inner struggle where tendencies multiply, yet can be cut down by concentrated Śakti.