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Shloka 25

Adhyaya 87 — The Slaying of Dhumralochana and the Emergence of Kali; the Fall of Chanda and Munda (Chamunda Named)

Sanskrit

ऋषिरुवाच तावानीतौ ततो दृष्ट्वा चणाडमुण्डौ महासुरौ । उवाच कालीं कल्याणी ललितं चण्डिका वचः ॥

Transliteration

ṛṣir uvāca tāvānītau tato dṛṣṭvā caṇḍa-muṇḍau mahāsurau / uvāca kālīṃ kalyāṇī lalitaṃ caṇḍikā vacaḥ

Translation

ऋषिरुवाच— अथ तौ महादैत्यौ चण्डमुण्डौ समानीतौ दृष्ट्वा शुभा चण्डिका कालीं मृदुभिर्वचोभिरभाषत।

Word by Word
ऋषिःthe sage
ऋषिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तौthose two
तौ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), द्विवचन
आनीतौbrought
आनीतौ:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-नी (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; ‘brought’
ततःthen
ततः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Context)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/क्रमवाचक (then/from there)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)
चण्डCaṇḍa
चण्ड:
Karma (कर्म/Object within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootचण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)
मुण्डौMuṇḍa (and)
मुण्डौ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (समासोत्तरपद-रूप)
चण्डमुण्डौCaṇḍa and Muṇḍa
चण्डमुण्डौ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootचण्ड + मुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन
महासुरौthe great demons
महासुरौ:
Karma (कर्म/Object apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootमहासुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (महान् असुरः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
कालीम्to Kālī
कालीम्:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootकाली (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कल्याणीthe auspicious one
कल्याणी:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootकल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (epithet)
ललितम्gentle, charming
ललितम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootललित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (for vacaḥ)
चण्डिकाCaṇḍikā
चण्डिका:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootचण्डिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
वचःwords, speech
वचः:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
Speakers
Frame narrator Ṛṣi (within Devi Mahatmyam narration); Caṇḍikā addressing Kālī
Primary Deities
Caṇḍikā (Devī/Durgā)Kālī
Shakti Aspects
Caṇḍikā; Kālī (as Devī’s emanated fierce power)
Key Themes
ShaktismDivine battle (asura-vadha)Emanation of powers (śakti-prādurbhāva)Name-bestowal as theological marker

FAQs

Even within fierce conflict, Devī’s sovereignty includes restraint and right ordering: Caṇḍikā’s ‘gentle speech’ to Kālī shows that divine ferocity is not uncontrolled rage but purposeful protection of dharma.

Primarily within Manvantara/Anucarita (narrative of a Manvantara and exemplary deeds). The Devi Mahatmyam is embedded as a sacred episode illustrating dharma-protection within the Sāvarṇika Manvantara frame.

Caṇḍikā and Kālī function as the commanding consciousness and the executing power: the scene depicts śakti as differentiated yet non-dual—Devī’s will (ājñā) and Devī’s force (kriyā) operating in harmony.

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