Shloka 46
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
ताभ्यां शुम्भाय चाख्याता अतीव सुमनोहरा ।
काप्यास्ते स्त्री महाराज भासयन्ती हिमाचलम् ॥
tābhyāṃ śumbhāya cākhyātā atīva sumanoharā | kāpy āste strī mahārāja bhāsayantī himācalam ||
तौ शुम्भं प्रत्यवदताम्—‘काचिद् नारी, महाराज, अत्यन्तमनोहरा, तत्र तिष्ठति हिमालयं प्रकाशयन्ती।’
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FAQs
The verse shows how outward splendor becomes a catalyst for inner vice when filtered through greed and domination—an implicit warning about sense-driven appropriation.
Carita (narrative action leading to the asuras’ confrontation with Devī).
Himālaya functions as a symbol of the ‘high place’ of consciousness; the Goddess ‘illumining’ it suggests śakti as the light that reveals the summit of being.