DEVI BHAAGAVATAM - SKANDA 5
5#10c. Devi and the minister
The minister spoke again to Devi, “Please agree to become the wife of Mighty Mahishan, I beg of you Devi! If you do not like to have a husband or enjoy the worldly pleasures, why are you born as a woman?”
Devi mocked at him and said, “You are the befitting minister for your mighty king Mahishan! Do I have the qualities associated with my gender? No! Do I have the gender that suits my qualities? No!
I am a woman in my figure and the qualities of a Deva will suit it. I am a man in my qualities which belong to an asuran. So I have the form of a female and the qualities of a male. Mahishan has the form of a man and qualities of woman.
Otherwise would he seek the boon that he could get killed by a woman? Brahma did not bestow the boon on him forcefully. He himself wanted that boon from Brahma.
A blade of grass can act like Vajraayudam by divine grace. A Vajraayudam can become a blade of grass if god’s grace is not there.
His weapons can not harm me. His army cannot win me. Explain all these to your mighty Mahishan. The future happenings will depend on his present decision”
The minister was crestfallen on hearing these words from Devi.
5#10c. Devi and the minister
The minister spoke again to Devi, “Please agree to become the wife of Mighty Mahishan, I beg of you Devi! If you do not like to have a husband or enjoy the worldly pleasures, why are you born as a woman?”
Devi mocked at him and said, “You are the befitting minister for your mighty king Mahishan! Do I have the qualities associated with my gender? No! Do I have the gender that suits my qualities? No!
I am a woman in my figure and the qualities of a Deva will suit it. I am a man in my qualities which belong to an asuran. So I have the form of a female and the qualities of a male. Mahishan has the form of a man and qualities of woman.
Otherwise would he seek the boon that he could get killed by a woman? Brahma did not bestow the boon on him forcefully. He himself wanted that boon from Brahma.
A blade of grass can act like Vajraayudam by divine grace. A Vajraayudam can become a blade of grass if god’s grace is not there.
His weapons can not harm me. His army cannot win me. Explain all these to your mighty Mahishan. The future happenings will depend on his present decision”
The minister was crestfallen on hearing these words from Devi.