Devishataka 13_11

13_11

Likewise, the Goddess who shone, gleamed, through victories born of prudence, through the triumphs of good conduct. Of what sort? Having slain the buffalo-demon by the fall of her foot, having killed the demon Mahiṣa by the strike of her foot, on the courtyard of battle, the field of conflict. Furthermore, revered by people free of passion: by the negation of rajas, tamas is negated even more distantly; hence it means: bowed to by sattvic persons, as in 'those devoid of rajas reach the supreme abode.' // 12