Shloka 5
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
सूर्येन्द्राग्न्यनिलेन्दूनां यमस्य वरुणस्य च । अन्येषां चाधिकारान् स स्वयमेवाधितिष्ठति ॥
sūryendragnyanilendūnāṃ yamasya varuṇasya ca / anyeṣāṃ cādhikārān sa svayamevādhitiṣṭhati
Chính hắn đã chiếm đoạt và ngự trị các quyền năng và chức vị của Thần Mặt Trời, Indra, Thần Lửa, Thần Gió, Thần Trăng, Yama, Varuṇa, cùng các chư thiên khác nữa.
FAQs
Adharma is portrayed not merely as personal evil but as the unlawful seizure of cosmic functions (adhikāra). When rightful offices that sustain order are usurped, the universe requires a rebalancing force—here, the emergent Devī.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of divine conflict and restoration of order) rather than Sarga/Pratisarga; it also implicitly concerns Manvantara insofar as the gods’ offices maintain the age’s cosmic administration.
The demon’s ‘taking over’ of deities’ jurisdictions symbolizes the obscuration of inner faculties (illumination, vitality, discernment, restraint). The text prepares for the revelation that the harmonizing power (Śakti) can reconstitute these scattered functions into a single, sovereign presence.