ऋषिरुवाच॥
The Rishi said:
निहन्यमानं तत्सैन्यमवलोक्य महासुरः ।
सेनानीश्चिक्षुरः कोपाद्ययौ योद्धुमथाम्बिकाम्॥
Then Ciksura, the great asura general, seeing that army being slain (by the Devi), advanced in anger to fight with Ambika.
स देवीं शरवर्षेण ववर्ष समरेऽसुरः ।
यथा मेरुगिरेः शृङ्गं तोयवर्षेण तोयदः॥
That asura rained showers of arrows on the Devi in the battle, even as a cloud (showers) rain on the summit of Mount Meru.
तस्यच्छित्त्वा ततो देवी लीलयैव शरोत्करान् ।
जघान तुरगान् बाणैर्यन्तारं चैव वाजिनाम्॥
Then the Devi, easily cutting asunder the masses of his arrows, killed his horses and their controller with her arrows.
चिच्छेद च धनुः सद्यो ध्वजं चातिसमुच्छ्रितम् ।
विव्याध चैव गात्रेषु छिन्नधन्वानमाशुगैः॥
Forthwith she split his bow and lofty banner, and with her arrows pierced the body of that (asura) whose bow had been cut.
सच्छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः ।
अभ्यधावत तां देवीं खड्गचर्मधरोऽसुरः॥
His bow shattered, his chariot broken, his horses killed and his charioteer slain, the asura armed with sword and shield rushed at the Devi.
सिंहमाहत्य खड्गेन तीक्ष्णधारेण मूर्धनि ।
आजघान भुजे सव्ये देवीमप्यतिवेगवान्॥
Swiftly he smote the lion on the head with his sharp-edged sword and struck the Devi also on her left arm.
तस्याः खड्गो भुजं प्राप्य पफाल नृपनन्दन ।
ततो जग्राह शूलं स कोपादरुणलोचनः॥
O king, his sword broke into pieces as it touched her arm. Thereon his eyes turning red with anger, he grasped his pike.
चिक्षेप च ततस्तत्तु भद्रकाल्यां महासुरः ।
जाज्वल्यमानं तेजोभी रविबिम्बमिवाम्बरात्॥
Then the great asura flung at Bhadrakali the pike, blazing with lustre, as if he was hurling the very sun from the skies.
दृष्ट्वा तदापतच्छूलं देवी शूलममुञ्चत ।
तच्छूलं शतधा तेन नीतं स च महासुरः॥
Seeing that pike coming upon her, the Devi hurled her pike that shattered his pike into a hundred fragments and the great asura himself.
हते तस्मिन्महावीर्ये महिषस्य चमूपतौ ।
आजगाम गजारूढश्चामरस्त्रिदशार्दनः॥
Mahisasura's very valiant general having been killed, Camara, the afflictor of devas, mounted on an elephant, advanced.
सोऽपि शक्तिं मुमोचाथ देव्यास्तामम्बिका द्रुतम् ।
हुङ्काराभिहतां भूमौ पातयामास निष्प्रभाम्॥
He also hurled his spear at the Devi. Ambika quickly assailed it with a whoop, made it lustreless and fall to the ground.
भग्नां शक्तिं निपतितां दृष्ट्वा क्रोधसमन्वितः ।
चिक्षेप चामरः शूलं बाणैस्तदपि साच्छिनत्॥
Seeing his spear broken and fallen, Camara, full of rage, flung a pike, and she split that also with her arrows.
ततः सिंहः समुत्पत्य गजकुम्भान्तरस्थितः ।
बाहुयुद्धेन युयुधे तेनोच्चैस्त्रिदशारिणा॥
Then the lion, leaping up and seating itself at the centre of the elephant's forehead, engaged itself in a hand to hand fight with that foe of the devas.
युध्यमानौ ततस्तौ तु तस्मान्नागान्महीं गतौ ।
युयुधातेऽतिसंरब्धौ प्रहारैरतिदारुणैः॥
Fighting, the two then came down to the earth from the back of the elephant, and fought very impetuously, dealing the most terrible blows at each other.
ततो वेगात् खमुत्पत्य निपत्य च मृगारिणा ।
करप्रहारेण शिरश्चामरस्य पृथक् कृतम्॥
Then the lion, springing up quickly to the sky, and descending, severed Camara's head with a blow from its paw.
उदग्रश्च रणे देव्या शिलावृक्षादिभिर्हतः ।
दन्तमुष्टितलैश्चैव करालश्च निपातितः॥
And Udagra was killed in the battle by the Devi with stones, trees and the like, and Karala also stricken down by her teeth and fists and slaps.
देवी क्रुद्धा गदापातैश्चूर्णयामास चोद्धतम् ।
वाष्कलं भिन्दिपालेन बाणैस्ताम्रं तथान्धकम्॥
Enraged, the Devi ground Uddhata to powder with the blows of her club, and killed Baskala with a dart and destroyed Tamra and Andhaka with arrows.
उग्रास्यमुग्रवीर्यं च तथैव च महाहनुम् ।
त्रिनेत्रा च त्रिशूलेन जघान परमेश्वरी॥
The three-eyed Supreme Devi killed Ugrasya and Ugravirya and Mahahanu also with her trident.
बिडालस्यासिना कायात् पातयामास वै शिरः ।
दुर्धरं दुर्मुखं चोभौ शरैर्निन्ये यमक्षयम्॥
With her sword she struck Bidala's head down from his body, and dispatched both Durdhara and Durmukha to the abode of Death with her arrows.
एवं सङ्क्षीयमाणे तु स्वसैन्ये महिषासुरः।
माहिषेण स्वरूपेण त्रासयामास तान् गणान्॥
evaṃ saṅkṣīyamāṇe tu svasainye mahiṣāsuraḥ | māhiṣeṇa svarūpeṇa trāsayāmāsa tān gaṇān || 21 ||
Now while his own army was being thus destroyed, Mahishasura terrified those troops of the devi with his own buffalo form.
कांश्चित्तुण्डप्रहारेण खुरक्षेपैस्तथापरान्।
लाङ्गूलताडितांश्चान्यान् शृङ्गाभ्यां च विदारितान्॥
kāṃścittuṇḍaprahāreṇa khurakṣepaistathāparān | lāṅgūlatāḍitāṃścānyān śṛṅgābhyāṃ ca vidāritān || 22 ||
Some he laid low by a blow of his muzzle, and others by stamping with his hooves; and others, lashed with his tail, and slashed with his horns.
वेगेन कांश्चिदपरान्नादेन भ्रमणेन च।
निःश्वासपवनेनान्यान्पातयामास भूतले॥
vegena kāṃścidaparānnādena bhramaṇena ca | niḥśvāsapavanenānyānpātayāmāsa bhūtale || 23 ||
And others again by his impetuous speed, his bellowing and his wheeling; and others by the blast of his breath he laid low on the face of the earth.
निपात्य प्रमथानीकमभ्यधावत सोऽसुरः।
सिंहं हन्तुं महादेव्याः कोपं चक्रे ततोऽम्बिका॥
nipātya pramathānīkamabhyadhāvata so'suraḥ | siṃhaṃ hantuṃ mahādevyāḥ kopaṃ cakre tato'mbikā || 24 ||
Having laid low her vanguard, the Asura rushed to slay the devi's lion; then Ambika displayed her wrath.
सोऽपि कोपान्महावीर्यः खुरक्षुण्णमहीतलः।
शृङ्गाभ्यां पर्वतानुच्चांश्चिक्षेप च ननाद च॥
so'pi kopānmahāvīryaḥ khurakṣuṇṇamahītalaḥ | śṛṅgābhyāṃ parvatānuccāṃścikṣepa ca nanāda ca || 25 ||
And he, great in valour, pounding the surface of the earth with his hooves in his rage, tossed the high mountains with his horns, and bellowed.
वेगभ्रमणविक्षुण्णा मही तस्य व्यशीर्यत।
लाङ्गूलेनाहतश्चाब्धिः प्लावयामास सर्वतः॥
vegabhramaṇavikṣuṇṇā mahī tasya vyaśīryata | lāṅgūlenāhataścābdhiḥ plāvayāmāsa sarvataḥ || 26 ||
Crushed by his impetuous wheelings the earth crumbled to pieces; and the ocean, lashed by his tail, overflowed in every direction.
धुतशृङ्गविभिन्नाश्च खण्डं खण्डं ययुर्घनाः।
श्वासानिलास्ताः शतशो निपेतुर्नभसोऽचलाः॥
dhutaśṛṅgavibhinnāśca khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍaṃ yayurghanāḥ | śvāsānilāstāḥ śataśo nipeturnabhaso'calāḥ || 27 ||
And the clouds, pierced by his swaying horns, were shattered to fragments; and mountains fell in hundreds from the sky, being cast down by the blast of his breath.
इति क्रोधसमाध्मातमापतन्तं महासुरम्।
दृष्ट्वा सा चण्डिका कोपं तद्वधाय तदाकरोत्॥
iti krodhasamādhmātamāpatantaṃ mahāsuram | dṛṣṭvā sā caṇḍikā kopaṃ tadvadhāya tadākarot || 28 ||
Chandika, looking on the great Asura, who was swollen with rage and advancing, then displayed her wrath in order to slay him.
सा क्षिप्त्वा तस्य वै पाशं तं बबन्ध महासुरम्।
तत्याज माहिषं रूपं सोऽपि बद्धो महामृधे॥
sā kṣiptvā tasya vai pāśaṃ taṃ babandha mahāsuram | tatyāja māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ so'pi baddho mahāmṛdhe || 29 ||
She flung her noose over him and bound the great Asura. And he, bound in the great battle, quitted his buffalo shape.
ततः सिंहोऽभवत्सद्यो यावत्तस्याम्बिका शिरः।
छिनत्ति तावत् पुरुषः खड्गपाणिरदृश्यत॥
tataḥ siṃho'bhavatsadyo yāvattasyāmbikā śiraḥ | chinatti tāvat puruṣaḥ khaḍgapāṇiradṛśyata || 30 ||
Then he became a lion suddenly. While Ambika is cutting off its head, he took the appearance of a man with a sword in his hand.
तत एवाशु पुरुषं देवी चिच्छेद सायकैः।
तं खड्गचर्मणा सार्धं ततः सोऽभून्महागजः॥
tata evāśu puruṣaṃ devī ciccheda sāyakaiḥ | taṃ khaḍgacarmaṇā sārdhaṃ tataḥ so'bhūnmahāgajaḥ || 31 ||
Immediately the devi with her arrows chopped off the man together with his sword and shield. Then he became a huge elephant.
करेण च महासिंहं तं चकर्ष जगर्ज च।
कर्षतस्तु करं देवी खड्गेन निरकृन्तत॥
kareṇa ca mahāsiṃhaṃ taṃ cakarṣa jagarja ca | karṣatastu karaṃ devī khaḍgena nirakṛntata || 32 ||
And he tugged at her great lion with his trunk and roared, but the devi cut off his trunk with her sword as he tugged.
ततो महासुरो भूयो माहिषं वपुरास्थितः।
तथैव क्षोभयामास त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्॥
tato mahāsuro bhūyo māhiṣaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ | tathaiva kṣobhayāmāsa trailokyaṃ sacarācaram || 33 ||
The great Asura then resumed his buffalo shape, and shook the three worlds with all that is moveable and immoveable therein.
ततः क्रुद्धा जगन्माता चण्डिका पानमुत्तमम्।
पपौ पुनः पुनश्चैव जहासारुणलोचना॥
tataḥ kruddhā jaganmātā caṇḍikā pānamuttamam | papau punaḥ punaścaiva jahāsāruṇalocanā || 34 ||
Enraged thereat Chandika, the mother of the world, quaffed a sublime beverage again and again, and laughed as her eyes gleamed ruddy.
ननर्द चासुरः सोऽपि बलवीर्यमदोद्धतः।
विषाणाभ्यां च चिक्षेप चण्डिकां प्रति भूधरान्॥
nanarda cāsuraḥ so'pi balavīryamadoddhataḥ | viṣāṇābhyāṃ ca cikṣepa caṇḍikāṃ prati bhūdharān || 35 ||
And the Asura roared out, puffed up with his strength and valour and frenzy, and hurled mountains against Chandika with his horns.
सा च तान् प्रहितांस्तेन चूर्णयन्ती शरोत्करैः।
उवाच तं मदोद्धूतमुखरागाकुलाक्षरम्॥
sā ca tān prahitāṃstena cūrṇayantī śarotkaraiḥ | uvāca taṃ madoddhūtamukharāgākulākṣaram || 36 ||
And she, shivering to atoms with showers of arrows those mountains that he hurled, spoke to him in confused words, while her mouth was rendered ruddier by the mead that she had drunk.
देव्युवाच॥
devyuvāca || 37 ||
The devi spoke:
गर्ज गर्ज क्षणं मूढ मधु यावत्पिबाम्यहम्।
मया त्वयि हतेऽत्रैव गर्जिष्यन्त्याशु देवताः॥
garja garja kṣaṇaṃ mūḍha madhu yāvatpibāmyaham | mayā tvayi hate'traiva garjiṣyantyāśu devatāḥ || 38 ||
Roar, roar on your brief moment, O fool, the while I quaff this mead! The gods shall soon roar, when I shall slay thee even here.
ऋषिरुवाच॥
ṛṣiruvāca || 39 ||
The rishi spoke:
एवमुक्त्वा समुत्पत्य साऽऽरूढा तं महासुरम्।
पादेनाक्रम्य कण्ठे च शूलेनैनमताडयत्॥
evamuktvā samutpatya sārūḍhā taṃ mahāsuram | pādenākramya kaṇṭhe ca śūlenainamatāḍayat || 40 ||
Exclaiming thus she leaped upwards and sat herself on that great Asura, and kicked him on the neck with her foot and struck him with her spear.
ततः सोऽपि पदाऽऽक्रान्तस्तया निजमुखात्ततः ।
अर्धनिष्क्रान्त एवासीद् देव्या वीर्येण संवृतः॥
And thereupon, caught up under her foot, Mahisasura half issued forth (in his real form) from his own (buffalo) mouth, being completely overcome by the valour of the Devi.
अर्धनिष्क्रान्त एवासौ युध्यमानो महासुरः ।
तया महासिना देव्या शिरश्छित्त्वा निपातितः॥
Fighting thus with his half-revealed form, the great asura was laid low by the Devi who struck off his head with her great sword.
ततो हाहाकृतं सर्वं दैत्यसैन्यं ननाश तत् ।
प्रहर्षं च परं जग्मुः सकला देवतागणाः॥
Then, crying in consternation, the whole asura army perished; and all the hosts of deva were in exultation.
तुष्टुवुस्तां सुरा देवीं सह दिव्यैर्महर्षिभिः ।
जगुर्गन्धर्वपतयो ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः॥
With the great sages of heaven, the devas praised the Devi. The Gandharva chiefs sang and the bevies of apsaras danced.