Shloka 26
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
वेगभ्रमणविक्षुण्णा मही तस्य व्यशीर्यत ।
लाङ्गूलेनाहतश्चाब्धिः प्लावयामास सर्वतः ॥
vegabhramaṇavikṣuṇṇā mahī tasya vyaśīryata /
lāṅgūlenāhataścābdhiḥ plāvayāmāsa sarvataḥ
اس کی تیز گھومتی حرکتوں سے زمین پھٹ گئی۔ اور اس کی دُم کے وار سے سمندر طوفانی ہو کر ہر طرف اُمڈ آیا اور ہر جگہ سیلاب پھیلا دیا۔
FAQs
Adharma is portrayed as socially and cosmically contagious: one being’s violent agitation becomes collective suffering (earth breaks, waters overflow). The text frames Devī’s intervention as restoration of balance.
Carita (deed-narrative) used as dharma-upadeśa through mythic exemplum; it is not a manvantara/genealogical passage here.
Earth (stability) and ocean (emotion/collective unconscious) are disturbed by ‘whirling momentum’—a symbol of rajas-tamas turbulence. Devī’s role is the sattvic axis that stills and contains.