Shloka 22
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
कांश्चित्तुण्डप्रिहारेण खुरक्षेपैस्तथापरान् ।
लाङ्गूलताडितांश्चान्यान् शृङ्गाभ्याञ्च विदारितान् ॥
kāṃś cit tuṇḍaprihāreṇa khurakṣepais tathāparān | lāṅgūlatāḍitāṃś cānyān śṛṅgābhyāṃ ca vidāritān ||
کچھ کو اس نے سونڈ کے واروں سے مارا، کچھ کو کھُروں کی لاتوں سے اچھال دیا؛ کچھ کو دُم سے پیٹا اور کچھ کو سینگوں سے چیر پھاڑ ڈالا۔
FAQs
Adharma’s nature is indiscriminate harm—using whatever ‘limb’ or capacity is available. The text contrasts this with the Goddess’s purposeful, discriminating destruction aimed at restoring order.
A battle-description within sacred narrative; not a cosmological/genealogical pancalakṣaṇa segment.
The many modes of assault reflect how tamas manifests in varied ways—dullness, aggression, and destabilization—striking the ‘gaṇas’ (inner faculties) unless steadied by higher śakti.