Shloka 57

Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas

Sanskrit

पातयामास चैवान्यान् घण्टास्वनविमोहितान् ।

असुरान् भुवि पाशेन बद्ध्वा चान्यानकर्षयत् ॥

Transliteration

pātayāmāsa caivānyān ghaṇṭāsvanavimohitān | asurān bhuvi pāśena baddhvā cānyānakarṣayat ||

Translation

دیوی کی گھنٹی کی آواز سے مبہوت بعض اسوروں کو اُس نے زمین پر گرا دیا؛ اور بعض کو پھندے میں باندھ کر گھسیٹتی ہوئی لے گئی۔

Word by Word

• pātayāmāsa: she caused to fall
• pātayāmāsa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (धातु)
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (लिट्-परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत), causative (णिच्) ‘to cause to fall’; 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (निपात) emphasizing

• anyān: others
• anyān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ghaṇṭā-svana-vimohitān: bewildered by the sound of the bell
• ghaṇṭā-svana-vimohitān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghaṇṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + svana (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-√muh + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); past passive participle (क्त) ‘vimohita’; compound: ‘ghaṇṭāyāḥ svanena vimohitāḥ’

• asurān: demons
• asurān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• bhuvi: on the ground
• bhuvi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• pāśena: with a noose
• pāśena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• baddhvā: having bound
• baddhvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bandh + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having bound’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• anyān: others
• anyān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• akarṣayat: she dragged/pulled
• akarṣayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ (लङ्) imperfect/past, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Narratorial voice within the Devi Mahatmyam

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Devī (Caṇḍikā/Durgā)

Shakti Aspects

• Caṇḍikā / Durgā (bell-bearing
• noose-wielding)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Māyā and moha
• Subjugation of demonic forces
• Iconographic attributes (bell, noose)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Adharma is not only defeated by force but also by the collapse of its delusion; when moha breaks, the asuric will loses standing and is ‘brought to ground’.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

An ākhyāna segment: it reinforces Purāṇic teaching on divine governance of the moral cosmos, without being a genealogical or manvantara catalogue.

What is the esoteric significance?

The bell-sound signifies the shock of awakened awareness that disorients egoic tendencies; the noose symbolizes karmic binding and the Devī’s power to restrain and redirect prāṇa/impulses.