Shloka 61

Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account

Sanskrit

खड्गिनी शूलिनी घोरा गदिनी चक्रिणी तथा ।

शङ्खिनी चापिनी बाणभुशुण्डी परिघायुधा ॥

Transliteration

khaḍginī śūlinī ghorā gadinī cakriṇī tathā | śaṅkhinī cāpinī bāṇa-bhuśuṇḍī parighāyudhā ||

Translation

تو تلوار بردار، ترشول بردار—ہیبت ناک؛ گدا بردار اور چکر بردار؛ شنکھ بردار، دھنش بردار؛ تیروں، بھوشُنڈی اور پریگھ (لوہے کے ڈنڈے) کو ہتھیار بنانے والی ہے۔

Word by Word

• खड्गिनी: sword-bearing
• खड्गिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खड्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा, एकवचन; तद्धितान्त/प्रातिपदिक ‘-इन्’ (possessive: ‘having a sword’) used as epithet

• शूलिनी: trident-bearing
• शूलिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having a trident/spear’

• घोरा: terrible, fierce
• घोरा: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गदिनी: mace-bearing
• गदिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गदिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having a mace’

• चक्रिणी: discus-bearing
• चक्रिणी: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having a discus’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘also/likewise’

• शङ्खिनी: conch-bearing
• शङ्खिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्खिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having a conch’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आपिनी: bow-bearing
• आपिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having a bow’ (चापिन्/आपिन्)

• बाणभुशुण्डी: the weapon ‘bāṇa-bhuśuṇḍī’
• बाणभुशुण्डी: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाणभुशुण्डी = बाण + भुशुण्डी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा, एकवचन; weapon-name (a kind of missile/club)

• परिघायुधा: armed with a parigha (iron club)
• परिघायुधा: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिघायुधा = परिघ + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-सदृशार्थे तत्त्पुरुष-प्रयोग: ‘whose weapon is a club/iron bar (parigha)’

Speakers

• Brahmā to Devī

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Devī
• Brahmā

Shakti Aspects

• Martial Devī; protective warrior aspect (Chāṇḍikā/Durgā-like iconography implied)

Key Themes

• Protection of cosmic order
• Devī’s martial iconography
• Destruction of evil (adharma)
• Shaktism

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divine compassion includes protection: the same supreme Mother who grants virtues also confronts forces that threaten order—suggesting that firmness against adharma is itself sacred.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Narrative-theological support for sustaining the world (sthiti) by defeating disruptive forces; it complements Sarga/Pratisarga by emphasizing preservation through divine intervention.

What is the esoteric significance?

Weapons can be read as inner powers: sword as discernment, trident as mastery over guṇas, discus as concentrated will, bow/arrow as focused intention—Devī as the integrated force of spiritual discipline.