Shloka 8
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
Sanskrit
ऋषिरुवाच इत्त्थं निशम्य देवानां वचांसि मधुसूदनः । चकार कोपं शम्भुश्च भ्रुकुटीकुटिलाननौ ॥
Transliteration
ṛṣir uvāca itthaṃ niśamya devānāṃ vacāṃsi madhusūdanaḥ / cakāra kopaṃ śambhuś ca bhrukuṭīkuṭilānanau
Translation
仙人说道：诸神之言如是入耳，摩杜苏达那（毗湿奴）与商婆（湿婆）皆生忿怒，双眉紧蹙，面容起纹。
Word by Word
ऋषिःthe sage
ऋषिः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
क्रिया (Verb/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
इत्थम्thus
इत्थम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्थम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार-अव्यय (adverb of manner)
निशम्यhaving heard
निशम्य:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि-√शम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन
वचांसिwords
वचांसि:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन
मधुसूदनःMadhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
मधुसूदनः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमधुसूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (मधुं सूदयति इति)
चकारmade/did
चकार:
क्रिया (Verb/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
कोपम्anger
कोपम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकोप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
शम्भुःŚambhu (Śiva)
शम्भुः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootशम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
चand
च:
समुच्चय (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
भ्रुकुटीकुटिलाननौ(the two) with faces made crooked by frowning
भ्रुकुटीकुटिलाननौ:
विशेषण (adjectival to dual subjects)
TypeAdjective
Rootभ्रुकुटी + कुटिल + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (भ्रुकुट्या कुटिलम् आननम् यस्य) विशेषणम् (मधुसूदन-शम्भ्वोः)
Speakers
Rishi narrator (within the Devi Mahatmyam narration)
Primary Deities
VishnuShivaDevas (collectively)
Shakti AspectsWrath as the catalytic condition for tejas to emanate and coalesce into Devī
Key ThemesDivine wrath as righteous responseProtection of cosmic orderNarrative transition to manifestation
FAQs
The text distinguishes righteous indignation from passion: divine ‘anger’ is the energetic resolve to restore order when dharma is violated.
Carita—an event pivot that leads to the manifestation of the cosmic corrective power.
Knitted brows symbolize concentrated awareness; when consciousness (Viṣṇu-Śiva principles) focuses, latent power (Śakti/tejas) externalizes into an effective form.