Shloka 41
Adhyaya 82 — Death of Shumbha
रथानामयुतैः षड्भिरुदग्राख्यो महासुरः ।
अयुध्यतायुतानाञ्च सहस्रेण महाहनुः ॥
rathānām ayutaiḥ ṣaḍbhir udagrākhyo mahāsuraḥ |
ayudhyatāyutānāñ ca sahasreṇa mahāhanuḥ ||
ఉదగ్ర అనే మహాబలుడు అసురుడు ఆరు మిరియద రథాలతో యుద్ధం చేశాడు; మహాహను వెయ్యి మిరియదలతో సమరంలో పోరాడాడు।
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FAQs
The piling up of numbers underscores a Purāṇic contrast: magnitude without dharma cannot secure victory. The narrative prepares the reader to see power as rooted in righteousness, not arithmetic.
Carita with epic-style enumeration; it serves storytelling and theological emphasis rather than cosmological accounting.
Enormous troop counts can represent proliferating vāsanās (latent tendencies). The battle motif externalizes inner struggle where tendencies multiply, yet can be cut down by concentrated Śakti.