Shloka 58
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
केचिद् द्विधा कृतास्तीक्ष्णैः खड्गपातैस्तथापरे ।
विपोथिता निपातेन गदया भुवि शेरते ॥
kecid dvidhā kṛtās tīkṣṇaiḥ khaḍgapātais tathāpare | vipothitā nipātena gadayā bhuvi śerate ||
کچھ تیز تلوار کے وار سے دو ٹکڑے ہو گئے؛ اور کچھ گدا کے ضرب سے چکناچور ہو کر زمین پر پڑے رہے۔
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FAQs
The text dramatizes the certainty of consequences: entrenched violence and pride return as unavoidable ‘cutting’ and ‘crushing’—the moral law is depicted as immediate and decisive.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa proper; it is narrative theology (ākhyāna) used to inculcate trust in divine justice.
Sword and mace can be read as two modes of inner purification: sharp viveka (cutting) and steady tapas (crushing resistance).