Shloka 48
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
तोमरैर्भिन्दिपालैश्च शक्तिभिर्मुसलैस्तथा ।
युयुधुः संयुगे देव्याः खड्गैः परशुपट्टिशैः ॥
tomarairbhindipālaiśca śaktibhirmusalaistathā / yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge devyā khaḍgaiḥ paraśupaṭṭiśaiḥ
அவர்கள் சூல்கள், பிந்திபாலங்கள், ஈட்டிகள், கதைகள், வாள்கள், கோடாரிகள், பட்டிசங்கள் கொண்டு நெருக்குப் போரில் தேவியை எதிர்த்து மோதினர்।
FAQs
The text depicts the full spectrum of aggression turned toward the divine; devotion learns that fear arises from ‘weapons’ of the mind, yet the divine steadiness is not shaken by them.
It is part of the Devi’s mythic cycle (ākhyāna) serving bhakti and dharma, outside the five formal characteristics.
The many weapons can be read as many vṛttis (mental modifications) attacking inner clarity; the Goddess represents the unfragmented power that meets each modification with appropriate counter-force.