“The Devi Mahatmya” in Chapter 7 describes the allegorical battle where The Divine Mother Of the universe Emerges In Her Fierce And Formidable Form As Maa Maha Kaali, Slays the asuras chanda and munda, And Is Revered As Maa Chamunda.

chanda and munda, the servants of the asura brothers shumbha and nishumbha who had dispossessed the gods, seizing sovereignty over the three worlds, symbolize those deformities of the ego that exaggerate our ego’s sense of importance, power, or reputation, leading to a tendency to boast or make oneself appear greater than they are. They also symbolize the arousing or provoking intense desire that stimulate or evoke lustful feelings. In these asuras we recognize our ego’s sense of false self, and the delusions and desires attached to it. By The Blessings Of Maa Chamunda, the deserving devotees Are Guided to attain the strength to subdue and humble the ego by overcoming these aspects of it.