Shloka 23
Adhyaya 89 — The Wrath of Shumbha and Nishumbha and the Fall of Nishumbha
शुम्भेनागत्य या शक्तिर्मुक्ता ज्वालातिभीषणा ।
आयान्ती वह्निकूटाभा सा निरस्ता महोल्कया ॥
śumbhenāgatya yā śaktirmuktā jvālātibhīṣaṇā / āyāntī vahnikūṭābhā sā nirastā maholkayā
Một uy lực rực cháy, đáng kinh hãi mà Śumbha phóng ra—đến như một khối lửa—đã bị một vật phóng lớn tựa thiên thạch đánh bật sang bên.
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FAQs
Raw force and terror (flame-like aggression) can be checked by a higher, steadier power. The narrative asserts that adharma’s ‘energy’ is not ultimate; it can be redirected and nullified.
Akhyanic battle episode serving devotional and moral instruction; outside the core pancalakṣaṇa taxonomy sections.
The flaming śakti is uncontrolled passion/violence; the ‘great ulkā’ is the descending corrective insight (or grace) that interrupts the momentum of destructive impulses.