rishiruvaach.
The Rishi said:
nihanyamaanan tatsainyamavaloky mahaasurah . senaaneeshchikshurah kopaadyayau yoddhumathaambikaam.
Then Ciksura, the great asura general, seeing that army being slain (by the Devi), advanced in anger to fight with Ambika.
s deveen sharavarshen vavarsh samare'surah . yathaa merugireh shringan toyavarshen toyadah.
That asura rained showers of arrows on the Devi in the battle, even as a cloud (showers) rain on the summit of Mount Meru.
tasyachchhittvaa tato devee leelayaiv sharotkaraan . jaghaan turagaan baanairyantaaran chaiv vaajinaam.
Then the Devi, easily cutting asunder the masses of his arrows, killed his horses and their controller with her arrows.
chichchhed ch dhanuh sadyo dhvajan chaatisamuchchhritam . vivyaadh chaiv gaatreshu chhinnadhanvaanamaashugaih.
Forthwith she split his bow and lofty banner, and with her arrows pierced the body of that (asura) whose bow had been cut.
sachchhinnadhanvaa viratho hataashvo hatasaarathih . abhyadhaavat taan deveen khadgacharmadharo'surah.
His bow shattered, his chariot broken, his horses killed and his charioteer slain, the asura armed with sword and shield rushed at the Devi.
sinhamaahaty khadgen teekshnadhaaren moordhani . aajaghaan bhuje savye deveemapyativegavaan.
Swiftly he smote the lion on the head with his sharp-edged sword and struck the Devi also on her left arm.
tasyaah khadgo bhujan praapy paphaal nripanandan . tato jagraah shoolan s kopaadarunalochanah.
O king, his sword broke into pieces as it touched her arm. Thereon his eyes turning red with anger, he grasped his pike.
chikshep ch tatastattu bhadrakaalyaan mahaasurah . jaajvalyamaanan tejobhee ravibimbamivaambaraat.
Then the great asura flung at Bhadrakali the pike, blazing with lustre, as if he was hurling the very sun from the skies.
drishtvaa tadaapatachchhoolan devee shoolamamunchat . tachchhoolan shatadhaa ten neetan s ch mahaasurah.
Seeing that pike coming upon her, the Devi hurled her pike that shattered his pike into a hundred fragments and the great asura himself.
hate tasminmahaaveerye mahishasy chamoopatau . aajagaam gajaaroodhashchaamarastridashaardanah.
Mahisasura's very valiant general having been killed, Camara, the afflictor of devas, mounted on an elephant, advanced.
so'pi shaktin mumochaath devyaastaamambikaa drutam . hunkaaraabhihataan bhoomau paatayaamaas nishprabhaam.
He also hurled his spear at the Devi. Ambika quickly assailed it with a whoop, made it lustreless and fall to the ground.
bhagnaan shaktin nipatitaan drishtvaa krodhasamanvitah . chikshep chaamarah shoolan baanaistadapi saachchhinat.
Seeing his spear broken and fallen, Camara, full of rage, flung a pike, and she split that also with her arrows.
tatah sinhah samutpaty gajakumbhaantarasthitah . baahuyuddhen yuyudhe tenochchaistridashaarinaa.
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.
yudhyamaanau tatastau tu tasmaannaagaanmaheen gatau . yuyudhaate'tisanrabdhau prahaarairatidaarunaih.
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.
tato vegaat khamutpaty nipaty ch mrigaarinaa . karaprahaaren shirashchaamarasy prithak kritam.
Then the lion, springing up quickly to the sky, and descending, severed Camara's head with a blow from its paw.
udagrashch rane devyaa shilaavrikshaadibhirhatah . dantamushtitalaishchaiv karaalashch nipaatitah.
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.
devee kruddhaa gadaapaataishchoornayaamaas choddhatam . vaashkalan bhindipaalen baanaistaamran tathaandhakam.
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.
ugraasyamugraveeryan ch tathaiv ch mahaahanum . trinetraa ch trishoolen jaghaan parameshvaree.
The three-eyed Supreme Devi killed Ugrasya and Ugravirya and Mahahanu also with her trident.
bidaalasyaasinaa kaayaat paatayaamaas vai shirah . durdharan durmukhan chobhau sharairninye yamakshayam.
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.
evan sanksheeyamaane tu svasainye mahishaasurah. maahishen svaroopen traasayaamaas taan ganaan.
Now while his own army was being thus destroyed, Mahishasura terrified those troops of the devi with his own buffalo form.
kaanshchittundaprahaaren khurakshepaistathaaparaan. laangoolataaditaanshchaanyaan shringaabhyaan ch vidaaritaan.
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.
vegen kaanshchidaparaannaaden bhramanen ch. nihshvaasapavanenaanyaanpaatayaamaas bhootale.
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.
nipaaty pramathaaneekamabhyadhaavat so'surah. sinhan hantun mahaadevyaah kopan chakre tato'mbikaa.
Having laid low her vanguard, the Asura rushed to slay the devi's lion; then Ambika displayed her wrath.
so'pi kopaanmahaaveeryah khurakshunnamaheetalah. shringaabhyaan parvataanuchchaanshchikshep ch nanaad ch.
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.
vegabhramanavikshunnaa mahee tasy vyasheeryat. laangoolenaahatashchaabdhih plaavayaamaas sarvatah.
Crushed by his impetuous wheelings the earth crumbled to pieces; and the ocean, lashed by his tail, overflowed in every direction.
dhutashringavibhinnaashch khandan khandan yayurghanaah. shvaasaanilaastaah shatasho nipeturnabhaso'chalaah.
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.
iti krodhasamaadhmaatamaapatantan mahaasuram. drishtvaa saa chandikaa kopan tadvadhaay tadaakarot.
Chandika, looking on the great Asura, who was swollen with rage and advancing, then displayed her wrath in order to slay him.
saa kshiptvaa tasy vai paashan tan babandh mahaasuram. tatyaaj maahishan roopan so'pi baddho mahaamridhe.
She flung her noose over him and bound the great Asura. And he, bound in the great battle, quitted his buffalo shape.
tatah sinho'bhavatsadyo yaavattasyaambikaa shirah. chhinatti taavat purushah khadgapaaniradrishyat.
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.
tat evaashu purushan devee chichchhed saayakaih. tan khadgacharmanaa saardhan tatah so'bhoonmahaagajah.
Immediately the devi with her arrows chopped off the man together with his sword and shield. Then he became a huge elephant.
karen ch mahaasinhan tan chakarsh jagarj ch. karshatastu karan devee khadgen nirakrintat.
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.
tato mahaasuro bhooyo maahishan vapuraasthitah. tathaiv kshobhayaamaas trailokyan sacharaacharam.
The great Asura then resumed his buffalo shape, and shook the three worlds with all that is moveable and immoveable therein.
tatah kruddhaa jaganmaataa chandikaa paanamuttamam. papau punah punashchaiv jahaasaarunalochanaa.
Enraged thereat Chandika, the mother of the world, quaffed a sublime beverage again and again, and laughed as her eyes gleamed ruddy.
nanard chaasurah so'pi balaveeryamadoddhatah. vishaanaabhyaan ch chikshep chandikaan prati bhoodharaan.
And the Asura roared out, puffed up with his strength and valour and frenzy, and hurled mountains against Chandika with his horns.
saa ch taan prahitaansten choornayantee sharotkaraih. uvaach tan madoddhootamukharaagaakulaaksharam.
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.
devyuvaach.
The devi spoke:
garj garj kshanan moodh madhu yaavatpibaamyaham. mayaa tvayi hate'traiv garjishyantyaashu devataah.
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.
rishiruvaach.
The rishi spoke:
evamuktvaa samutpaty saa''roodhaa tan mahaasuram. paadenaakramy kanthe ch shoolenainamataadayat.
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.
tatah so'pi padaa''kraantastayaa nijamukhaattatah . ardhanishkraant evaaseed devyaa veeryen sanvritah.
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.
ardhanishkraant evaasau yudhyamaano mahaasurah . tayaa mahaasinaa devyaa shirashchhittvaa nipaatitah.
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.
tato haahaakritan sarvan daityasainyan nanaash tat . praharshan ch paran jagmuh sakalaa devataaganaah.
Then, crying in consternation, the whole asura army perished; and all the hosts of deva were in exultation.
tushtuvustaan suraa deveen sah divyairmaharshibhih . jagurgandharvapatayo nanritushchaapsaroganaah.
With the great sages of heaven, the devas praised the Devi. The Gandharva chiefs sang and the bevies of apsaras danced.