Shloka 47
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
कोटिकोटिसहस्रैस्तु रथानां दन्तिनां तथा ।
हयानां च वृतो युद्धे तत्राभून्महिषासुरः ॥
koṭikoṭisahasraistu rathānāṃ dantināṃ tathā / hayānāñca vṛto yuddhe tatrābhūnmahiṣāsuraḥ
Sa digmaang iyon, si Mahiṣāsura ay nakatindig doon, napalilibutan ng mga karwahe, elepante, at kabayo sa di-mabilang na karamihan—mga koro sa ibabaw ng mga koro at mga libo-libo.
FAQs
Adharma may appear immeasurable and entrenched, but the Purāṇic lesson is that its apparent magnitude is not a true measure of strength against the divine.
Again, this is an episode (ākhyāna) used for instruction and devotion; it is not genealogical or cosmological enumeration.
Mahishasura surrounded by innumerable ‘vehicles’ suggests consciousness trapped in layers of momentum and force. The Devi’s intervention represents the breakthrough of liberating power (śakti) into that density.