Shloka 68
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
परमैश्वर्यमतुलं प्राप्स्यसे मत्परिग्रहात् ।
एतद्बुद्ध्या समालोच्य मत्परिग्रहतां व्रज ॥
paramaiśvaryamatulaṃ prāpsyase matparigrahāt /
etad buddhyā samālocya matparigrahatāṃ vraja
मम भावं प्रविश्य मदीया भूत्वा त्वं परमामतुलां सार्वभौमश्रियं प्राप्स्यसि। एतद् बुद्ध्या सम्यक् विमृश्य मया स्वीकृतो भूयाः।
FAQs
The asura offers ‘aiśvarya’ as bait, implying that sovereignty comes from attachment to him. Devi’s stance will invert this: true sovereignty is intrinsic (svābhāvikī śakti) and is proven by victory over arrogance.
Didactic narrative embedded in vaṃśānucarita: the Purana uses dialogue to dramatize moral psychology (temptation, pride, discernment).
‘Parigraha’ (taking/possessing) signals bondage; in yogic terms it is grasping (aparigraha’s opposite). Devi, as liberation, cannot be obtained through grasping—only through transformation (the battle as inner sādhanā).