Shloka 47
Adhyaya 91 — Cosmic Recapitulation
पुनश्चाहं यदा भीमं रूप कृत्वा हिमाचले ।
रक्षांसि भक्षयिष्यामि पुनीनां त्राणकारणात् ॥
punaś cāhaṃ yadā bhīmaṃ rūpa kṛtvā himācale | rakṣāṃsi bhakṣayiṣyāmi punīnāṃ trāṇa-kāraṇāt ||
पुनश्च हिमालये घोररूपं समास्थाय, मुनिरक्षणार्थं राक्षसान् भक्षयिष्यामि।
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FAQs
Fierceness can be dharmic when it defends the vulnerable and safeguards spiritual practice. The verse frames wrath not as cruelty but as protective compassion directed toward predatory forces.
Carita: divine intervention to preserve ṛṣi-life and tapas, a recurring purāṇic rationale for avatāras.
The Himālaya symbolizes inner stillness and ascent; rākṣasas are disruptive impulses that ‘consume’ attention and vitality. Devī ‘devouring’ them implies the conversion of negativity into power that protects contemplation.