Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
एवं दैत्येन्द्र रत्नानि समस्तान्याहृतानि ते ।
स्त्रीरत्नमेषा कल्याणी त्वया कस्मान्न गृह्यते ॥
evaṃ daityendra ratnāni samastāny āhṛtāni te / strīratnam eṣā kalyāṇī tvayā kasmān na gṛhyate
Vì thế, hỡi chúa tể loài daitya, mọi châu báu đều đã được đem đến cho ngài. Người cát tường này là một ‘bảo châu nữ’—cớ sao ngài không thu nhận nàng?
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A central ethical tension is exposed: the asura mindset treats persons—and even the Goddess—as commodities. The Devi Mahatmyam answers this by asserting Shakti’s absolute autonomy and the futility of coercive desire.
Didactic narrative (ākhyāna) illustrating dharma/adharma rather than a pancalakṣaṇa catalog section.
Calling the Goddess ‘strīratna’ is a deliberate narrative irony: Shakti is the source of all ‘ratna’ (value), yet the asura reverses the hierarchy, imagining he can possess the Source as one more object.