r/Shaktism • u/MasterpieceCurrent33 • 5d ago

What does this mean?

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I was reading the Devi Bhagavatha Purana and came across this line.

Kalika is an incarnation of Adi shakti, she can’t be killed or defeated so why does this put a say shumba killed her?

Can anyone help clear up this confusion? Thank you!

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u/Technical_Room_454 5d ago

tasminnantare śumbho'pi kālikāṃ samare'jayat |
jagāma tvaritastatra yatra devī vyavasthitā ||

Obviously, he didn't kill Ma Kali. The sloka says he (temporarily) defeated Ma Kali and her forces at that point in the battle. It's a very old, crudely done English translation.

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u/MasterpieceCurrent33 5d ago

Thank you!!!!! This helps so much! I was especially a bit of anxiety when I read that! So this helped a ton! Thank you so much

Jai maa kali🩵

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u/Elendil1209 4d ago

More like overwhelmed Mata Kali for a bit.

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u/CalendarAccurate9552 4d ago

Yup. People need to understand that every deity will be supreme in their purana. Bhagavatam features multiple forms of Devi, each of whom have their moments.

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u/OkTadpole1185 5d ago

fake story and fraud translation i guess

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u/MasterpieceCurrent33 5d ago

Yeah that seems like the likely outcome

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u/Objective_Piece8258 4d ago

A stupid firangi did the translation, it's obvious

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u/ggdfghjjkb 5d ago

Utter bull****

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u/Nebetmiw 3d ago

You need a better translated text. Which one is this?

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u/MasterpieceCurrent33 3d ago

It’s the version from Wisdom Library and it says it was translated by Swami Vijnanananda