[Advaita-l] A question for the Keralites (Kolamandala)

[Bhaskar YR]

sAshtAnga praNAms Sri Jaldhar Vyas prabhuji
Hare Krishna

It is going to be Navaratri soon so I was looking over the Chandi Patha in preparation.  The frame story of it is that King Suratha is in sorrow because his kingdom was invaded by the "kolAvidhvaMsi"s and he was betrayed by his own ministers and relatives which is why he has come to Medha Rshi's ashrama for refuge.

>  sumedha (here in South India we translate 'dvijavaryasya medhasaH as sumedha only 😊) is Rishi, suratha is king and samAdhi is Vaishya.  I have heard in some discourse the background of devi mAhAtmya is very similar to that of geeta.  In geeta it is arjuna's vishAda and in devi mAhAtmya suratha and samAdhi-s rAga-dvesha.  Yes, there is no details available about 'kOlAvidhvaMsi-s'.  kOlAvidhvaMsi might be the visheshaNa of some kings' dynasty.  Prabhuji I am just wondering do we really have to dig deep into it when the essence of this text is something entirely different and when it is exclusively devi para!!??

Your humble servant
Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar