Shloka 21
Adhyaya 84 — The Gods’ Hymn after the Slaying of Mahishasura and the Goddess’ Boon
दुर्वृत्तवृत्तशमनं तव देवि शीलं रूपं तथैतदविचिन्त्यमतुल्यमन्यैः ।
वीर्यं च हन्त्रि हृतदेवपराक्रमाणां वैरिष्वपि प्रकटितैव दया त्वयेत्थम् ॥
durvṛttavṛttaśamanaṃ tava devi śīlaṃ rūpaṃ tathaitadavicintyamatulyamanyaiḥ / vīryaṃ ca hantṛ hṛtadevaparākramāṇāṃ vairiṣvapi prakaṭitaiva dayā tvayettham
देवि, दुष्टानां वृत्तिनिग्रहः स्वभावस्तव। अचिन्त्या त्वद्रूपा, अन्येन केनचित् असमा। देवतेजः अपहृत्य स्थितान् ये शत्रून् त्वं संहरसि तत्र ते बलं दृश्यते; तथापि शत्रुष्वपि तव करुणा प्रकटैव—एवं त्वमेव।
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FAQs
Power is presented as dharma-aligned: the Goddess’s strength is not mere domination but the restoration of order, coupled with compassion even toward opponents—an ideal of force governed by moral purpose.
Primarily within Vaṃśānucarita/Carita-style narrative theology (accounts of divine deeds) rather than sarga/pratisarga; it functions as a stuti embedded in the sacred history of Devi’s interventions.
The ‘inconceivable form’ points to Śakti as beyond conceptual grasp, while ‘compassion toward enemies’ signals the non-dual subtext: even hostile forces are ultimately within the Goddess’s field and are transformed/ended for cosmic balance.