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Shloka 33

Adhyaya 88The Manifestation of the Matrikas and the Slaying of Raktabija

माहेश्वरी त्रिशूलेन तथा चक्रेण वैष्णवी ।

दैत्याञ्जघान कौमारी तथा शक्त्यातिकोपना ॥

māheśvarī triśūlena tathā cakreṇa vaiṣṇavī /

daityāñ jaghāna kaumārī tathā śaktyātikopanā //

మాహేశ్వరీ త్రిశూలంతో సంహరించింది, వైష్ణవీ చక్రంతో. కౌమారీ పరమక్రోధంతో తన శక్తితో దైత్యులను కూడా కూల్చివేసింది।

माहेश्वरीMāheśvarī
माहेश्वरी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmāheśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)
त्रिशूलेनwith the trident
त्रिशूलेन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottriśūla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
चक्रेणwith the discus
चक्रेण:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootcakra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)
वैष्णवीVaiṣṇavī
वैष्णवी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvaiṣṇavī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)
दैत्यान्demons (Daityas)
दैत्यान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन (Plural)
जघानshe slew
जघान:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्
कौमारीKaumārī
कौमारी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkaumārī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
शक्त्याwith the spear/javelin (śakti)
शक्त्या:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśakti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)
अति-कोपनाexceedingly furious
अति-कोपना:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + kopanā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘exceedingly wrathful’ qualifying ‘कौमारी’
Narrative voice within the Devi Mahatmyam

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MāheśvarīVaiṣṇavīKaumārī
MāheśvarīVaiṣṇavīKaumārī (Mātṛkās)
ShaktismMātṛkā emanationsDivine weaponsCollective defense of dharma

FAQs

Dharma is upheld through coordinated capacities: discernment (cakra), transformative force (triśūla), and disciplined valor (Kaumārī’s śakti).

Episodic narrative supporting sectarian theology (Śākta synthesis of multiple divine powers).

The Mātṛkās represent integrated faculties of the psyche; their weapons are yogic instruments—cutting delusion (cakra), piercing the triple knot (triśūla), and directing concentrated will (śakti).