Adhyaya 88 — The Manifestation of the Matrikas and the Slaying of Raktabija
चण्डाट्टहासैरसुराः शिवदूत्यभिदूषिताः ।
पेतुः पृथ्व्यां पतितांस्तांश्चखादाथ सा तदा ॥
caṇḍāṭṭahāsair asurāḥ śivadūty-abhidūṣitāḥ /
petuḥ pṛthvyāṃ patitāṃs tāṃś cakhādātha sā tadā //
Bởi những tràng cười dữ dội của Mẹ, các asura—bị Śivadūtī hành hạ—ngã xuống đất; rồi Mẹ nuốt chửng những kẻ đã ngã ấy.
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Evil often collapses under the exposure of its own pretensions; the ‘laughter’ motif conveys the undoing of arrogance when confronted by a higher reality.
Episodic narrative; contributes to the character-portrait of Devī’s emanations rather than lineage/time cycles.
Fierce laughter symbolizes the shattering of ego-gravity; ‘devouring’ indicates reintegration—negativity is not merely expelled but transmuted back into the ground of Śakti.