Shloka 18

Adhyaya 86 — Dhumralocana’s Mission and His Ashing by the Goddess; Shumbha Sends Chanda and Munda

Sanskrit

हे चण्ड हे मुण्ड बलैर्बहुभिः परिवारितौ ।

तत्र गच्छत गत्वा च सा समानीयतां लघु ॥

Transliteration

he caṇḍa he muṇḍa balair bahubhiḥ parivāritau / tatra gacchata gatvā ca sā samānīyatāṃ laghu

Translation

‘اے چنڈ! اے منڈ! بہت سے لشکروں کے ساتھ گھیر کر وہاں جاؤ؛ اور جا کر اسے جلد یہاں لے آؤ۔’

Word by Word

• हे: O
• हे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• चण्ड: Caṇḍa
• चण्ड: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; proper name

• हे: O
• हे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• मुण्ड: Muṇḍa
• मुण्ड: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; proper name

• बलैः: with troops
• बलैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘with forces’

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन; adjective to balaiḥ

• परिवारितौ: surrounded
• परिवारितौ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘surrounded’ (addressing the two)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• गच्छत: go
• गच्छत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘go!’

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) ‘having gone’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सा: she
• सा: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्मणि-कर्तृ/subject of passive), एकवचन; ‘she’ (the Goddess)

• सम्-आनीयताम्: let (her) be brought
• सम्-आनीयताम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘let her be brought’

• लघु: quickly
• लघु: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: लघु (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘quickly’

Speakers

• Śumbha (commanding Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa) as reported by the narrator

Primary Deities

• Śumbha
• Caṇḍa
• Muṇḍa
• Devī (target)

Shakti Aspects

• Devī as the desired captive (misrecognized as an object of possession)

Key Themes

• Possession vs devotion
• Asuric strategy
• Hubris
• Śāktism

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The asuric mindset treats the Divine as capturable and controllable; the text critiques domination and objectification, contrasting it with reverence and surrender.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

A narrative unit within Manvantara framing; serves as dharma-upadeśa through story rather than genealogical lists.

What is the esoteric significance?

Trying to ‘bring the Goddess’ outwardly symbolizes the attempt to force transcendence into the ego’s enclosure—an inversion that inevitably triggers the Goddess’s fierce corrective power.