Shloka 39
Adhyaya 88 — The Manifestation of the Matrikas and the Slaying of Raktabija
पलायनपरान् दृष्ट्वा दैत्यान् मातृगणार्दितान् ।
योध्धुमभ्याययौ क्रुद्धो रक्तबीजो महासुरः ॥
palāyanaparān dṛṣṭvā daityān mātṛgaṇārditān / yoddhum abhyāyayau kruddho raktabījo mahāsuraḥ
மாத்ருகணங்களால் துரத்தப்பட்டு ஓட முயன்ற தைத்தியர்களைக் கண்டு, மகாஸுரன் ரக்தபீஜன் கோபமுற்று போருக்கு முனைந்தான்।
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FAQs
When adharma is cornered it often escalates; Raktabīja’s anger symbolizes the reactive intensification of egoic forces when confronted by divine order (śakti).
This passage is primarily not pañcalakṣaṇa material (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita) but a dhārmic-ākhyāna (sacred narrative) embedded in the Purāṇa.
The Mātṛkās represent differentiated powers of consciousness; the demon’s advance indicates the surfacing of deeply rooted impressions (saṃskāras) when purification begins.