Shloka 14
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
युधायमानौ ततस्तौ तु तस्मान्नागान्महीं गतौ ।
युयुधातेऽतिसंरब्धौ प्रहारैरतिदारुणैः ॥
yudhāyamānau tatas tau tu tasmān nāgān mahīṃ gatau | yuyudhāte 'tisaṃrabdhau prahārair atidāruṇaiḥ ||
तयोः संग्रामे प्रवृत्तयोस्तौ तस्माद्गजात् भूमौ अवतीर्य, परमक्रोधेन घोरप्रहारैः सुदारुणं युयुधाते।
FAQs
When pride of position (mount, advantage) is lost, the struggle becomes bare and direct. The text implies that adharma ultimately must face reality without its supports—and is then overcome by the aligned force of dharma.
Still within the Devi Mahatmyam’s battle narration (māhātmya). It is best classified as dharma-kathā rather than a pancalakṣaṇa expository segment.
Descending to the earth indicates grounding: conflict moves from ‘elevated’ projections to the field of embodied experience. The dreadful blows symbolize intense tapas-like friction through which asuric momentum is exhausted.