Shloka 68
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
क्षणेन तन्महासैन्यमसुराणां तथाम्बिका ।
निन्ये क्षयं यथा वह्निस्तृणदारुमहाचयम् ॥
kṣaṇena tanmahāsainyamasurāṇāṃ tathāmbikā / ninye kṣayaṃ yathā vahnistṛṇadārumahācayam
Sa isang iglap, winasak ni Ambikā ang malawak na hukbo ng mga asura—gaya ng apoy na lumalamon sa malaking bunton ng damo at kahoy.
FAQs
Dharma’s restoring force can be swift when the time is ripe; the simile teaches that entrenched wrongdoing, however massive, is fragile before awakened divine power.
Anucarita within Manvantara: a paradigmatic episode portraying the protection of the worlds and the defeat of asuric forces.
Fire represents jñāna/tejas; the ‘heap of grass and wood’ is accumulated saṃskāra and egoic momentum—burned instantly when Śakti manifests as illuminating power.