Shloka 18
Adhyaya 87 — The Slaying of Dhumralochana and the Emergence of Kali; the Fall of Chanda and Munda (Chamunda Named)
ततो जहासातिरुषा भीमं भैरवनादिनी ।
काली करालवक्त्रान्तर्दुर्दर्शदशनोज्ज्वला ॥
tato jahāsa atiruṣā bhīmaṃ bhairavanādinī | kālī karālavaktrāntar durdarśadaśanojjvalā ||
تب کالی نے شدید غضب میں ہولناک قہقہہ لگایا—بھیرَو کی گرج جیسی دہاڑ کے ساتھ؛ اس کا منہ ڈراؤنا کھلا تھا اور اس کے دہکتے دانت دیکھنے میں بھی ہیبت ناک تھے۔
FAQs
The divine ‘fierce’ form is not cruelty but protective necessity: when adharma becomes violent and entrenched, the restoring power manifests in a terrifying mode to end harm decisively.
Carita: a theophany within a battle episode. It reinforces dharma by depicting the Goddess as the ultimate regulator of cosmic order.
Kālī’s laugh/roar represents the shattering of fear-based delusion; ‘dreadful to behold’ signals the ego’s inability to face impermanence (kāla). The blazing teeth symbolize discriminative power that ‘chews’ through illusion.