Shloka 14
Adhyaya 90 — The Slaying of Shumbha and the Reabsorption of the Goddesses into Ambika
अश्वांश्च पातयामास रथं सारथिना सह ।
हताश्वः स तदा दैत्यश्छिन्नधान्वा विसारथिः ।
जग्राह मुद्गरं घोरमम्बिकानिधनodyataḥ ॥
aśvāṃś ca pātayāmāsa rathaṃ sārathinā saha / hatāśvaḥ sa tadā daityaś chinnadhānvā visārathiḥ / jagrāha mudgaraṃ ghoram ambikānidhanodyataḥ
सा तस्य हयान् रथं च सारथिना सह निहत्य पातयामास। ततः दैत्यः हतहयः छिन्नधनुः निःसारथिश्च अम्बिकां हन्तुमुद्यतः घोरां गदां जग्राह।
FAQs
Adharma loses its ‘vehicles’—resources, momentum, and enabling allies—when confronted by truth; stripped of supports, it resorts to brute force.
Carita: a didactic mythic episode illustrating the collapse of asuric power structures.
Horses/chariot/charioteer can symbolize prāṇa, body, and directing intellect. Devī’s act signifies mastery over the psycho-physical apparatus that ego uses to ‘charge’ toward its aims.