Chapter 12 · Dvādaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Twelfth Chapter)
Verse 33
पश्यतामेव देवानां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत। तेऽपि देवा निरातङ्काः स्वाधिकारान् यथा पुरा ॥ ३३ ॥
paśyatāmēva dēvānāṁ tatraivāntaradhīyata | tē’pi dēvā nirātaṅkāḥ svādhikārān yathā purā || 33 ||
Translation
Indeed, while the gods were looking, she disappeared there itself; those gods, also fearless, resumed their own duties as before.
Word by word
- paśyatām
- while looking
- eva
- indeed
- devānāṁ
- of the gods
- tatraiva
- there itself
- antaradhīyata
- disappeared
- te
- they
- api
- also
- devāḥ
- gods
- nirātaṅkāḥ
- fearless
- svādhikārān
- their own duties
- yathā
- as
- purā
- before
Meaning
The sage describes how the Goddess Caṇḍikā vanished before the gods’ eyes, allowing them to return to their divine roles fearlessly, as they did before the demonic disturbances.