Shloka 10
Adhyaya 87 — The Slaying of Dhumralochana and the Emergence of Kali; the Fall of Chanda and Munda (Chamunda Named)
तथैव योधं तुरगै रथं सारथिना सह ।
निक्षिप्य वक्त्रे दशनैश् चर्वयन्त्यतिभैरवम् ॥
tathaiva yodhaṃ turagai rathaṃ sārathinā saha /
nikṣipya vaktre daśanaiś carvayanty ati-bhairavam
Cũng vậy, Nữ Thần quăng cả chiến binh, ngựa và chiến xa cùng người đánh xe vào miệng mình, rồi nhai nghiến bằng răng—cảnh tượng ghê rợn tột cùng khi trông thấy.
FAQs
The ‘war-machine’ (soldier–horse–chariot–driver) is swallowed whole: violence as a system is dismantled at its roots when confronted by the higher power that upholds dharma.
Carita (narrative of divine deeds), serving as a dharma-restoring mythic account.
Chewing with teeth signifies discriminative destruction: the Goddess ‘processes’ and reduces hostile karma into nothingness, leaving no capacity for renewed harm.