Shloka 40
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
महिषासुरसेनानीश्चिक्षुराख्यो महासुरः ।
युयुधे चामरश्चान्यैश्चतुरङ्गबलान्वितः ॥
mahiṣāsura-senānīś cikṣurākhyo mahāsuraḥ |
yuyudhe cāmaraś cānyaiś caturaṅga-balānvitaḥ ||
مہیشاسُر کی فوج کا سپہ سالار، مہابلی چِکشُر نامی اسُر جنگ میں لڑا؛ اور چامَر وغیرہ بھی چارگانہ لشکر سے آراستہ ہو کر معرکے میں برسرِ پیکار ہوئے۔
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FAQs
Adharma often appears organized and well-resourced (caturaṅga-bala). The text implies that numerical strength and military structure are secondary before the principle of righteous power (Śakti).
Carita: battlefield narration and naming of antagonists; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa catalogs, though it uses list-like style.
The ‘fourfold army’ can symbolize the coordinated instruments of embodied life (body, senses, mind, ego) marshaled under ignorance; Devī’s victory later signifies their reintegration under higher order.