ऋषिरुवाच॥
The Rishi said:
इत्याकर्ण्य वचो देव्याः स दूतोऽमर्षपूरितः।
समाचष्ट समागम्य दैत्यराजाय विस्तरात्॥
The messenger, filled with indignation on hearing the words the Devi, returned and related them in detail to the king of the daityas.
तस्य दूतस्य तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्यासुरराट् ततः।
सक्रोधः प्राह दैत्यानामधिपं धूम्रलोचनम्॥
Then the asura monarch, enraged on hearing that report from his messenger, told Dhumralocana, a chieftain of the daityas:
हे धूम्रलोचनाशु त्वं स्वसैन्यपरिवारितः।
तामानय बलाद् दुष्टां केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम्॥
'O Dhumralocana, hasten together with your army and fetch here by force that shrew, distressed when dragged by her hair.
तत्परित्राणदः कश्चिद्यदि वोत्तिष्ठतेऽपरः।
स हन्तव्योऽमरो वापि यक्षो गन्धर्व एव वा॥
'Or if any one else stands up as her saviors, let him be slain, be he a god, a yaksa or a gandharva.'
ऋषिरुवाच॥
The Rishi said:
तेनाज्ञप्तस्ततः शीघ्रं स दैत्यो धूम्रलोचनः।
वृतः षष्ट्या सहस्राणामसुराणां द्रुतं ययौ॥
Then the asura Dhumralocana, commanded thus, went forth quickly, accompanied by sixty thousand asuras.
स दृष्ट्वा तां ततो देवीं तुहिनाचलसंस्थिताम्।
जगादोच्चैः प्रयाहीति मूलं शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः॥
On seeing the Devi stationed on the snowy mountain, he asked her aloud, 'Come to the presence of Sumbha and Nisumbha.
न चेत्प्रीत्याद्य भवती मद्भर्तारमुपैष्यति।
ततो बलान्नयाम्येष केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम्॥
'If you will not take to my lord with affection now, here I take you by force, distressed when dragged by your hair.'
देव्युवाच॥
The Devi said:
दैत्येश्वरेण प्रहितो बलवान् बलसंवृतः।
बलान्नयसि मामेवं ततः किं ते करोम्यहम्॥
'You are sent by the lord of the asuras, mighty yourself and accompanied by an army. If you thus take me by force, then what can I do to you?'
ऋषिरुवाच॥
The Rishi said:
इत्युक्तः सोऽभ्यधावत्तामसुरो धूम्रलोचनः।
हुंकारेणैव तं भस्म सा चकाराम्बिका ततः॥
Thus spoken to, the asura Dhumralocana rushed towards her and thereupon Ambika reduced him to ashes with a mere heave of the sound 'hum'.
अथ क्रुद्धं महासैन्यमसुराणां तथाम्बिका।
ववर्ष सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तथा शक्तिपरश्वधैः॥
Then the great army of asuras became enraged and showered on Ambika sharp arrows, javelins, and axes.
ततो धुतसटः कोपात्कृत्वा नादं सुभैरवम्।
पपातासुरसेनायां सिंहो देव्याः स्ववाहनः॥
Then the lion, vehicle of the Devi, shaking its mane in anger, and making a most terrific roar, fell on the army of the asuras.
कांश्चित् करप्रहारेण दैत्यानास्येन चापरान्।
आक्रम्य चाधरेणान्यान् स जघान महासुरान्॥
Some asuras, it slaughtered with a blow of its fore paw, others with its mouth, and other great asuras, by treading over with its hind legs.
केषांचित्पाटयामास नखैः कोष्ठानि केसरी।
तथा तलप्रहारेण शिरांसि कृतवान् पृथक्॥
The lion, with its claws, tore out the hearts of some, and with a blow of the paw severed heads from others.
विच्छिन्नबाहुशिरसः कृतास्तेन तथापरे।
पपौ च रुधिरं कोष्ठादन्येषां धुतकेसरः॥
And it severed arms and heads from others, and shaking its mane drank the blood from the hearts of others.
क्षणेन तद्बलं सर्वं क्षयं नीतं महात्मना।
तेन केसरिणा देव्या वाहनेनातिकोपिना॥
In a moment all that army was destroyed by that high-souled and exceedingly enraged lion that bore the Devi.
श्रुत्वा तमसुरं देव्या निहतं धूम्रलोचनम्।
बलं च क्षयितं कृत्स्नं देवीकेसरिणा ततः॥
When Sumbha, the lord of asuras, heard that asura Dhumralocana was slain by the Devi and all his army was destroyed by the lion of the Devi, he was infuriated, his lip quivered and he commanded the two mighty asuras Chanda and Munda.
चुकोप दैत्याधिपतिः शुम्भः प्रस्फुरिताधरः ।
आज्ञापयामास च तौ चण्डमुण्डौ महासुरौ॥
cukopa daityādhipatiḥ śumbhaḥ prasphuritādharaḥ | ājñāpayāmāsa ca tau caṇḍamuṇḍau mahāsurau || 21 ||
The lord of the asuras, Shumbha, was infuriated, his lip quivered, and he commanded the two mighty asuras Chanda and Munda:
हे चण्ड हे मुण्ड बलैर्बहुभिः परिवारितौ ।
तत्र गच्छत गत्वा च सा समानीयतां लघु॥
he caṇḍa he muṇḍa balairbahubhiḥ parivāritau | tatra gacchata gatvā ca sā samānīyatāṃ laghu || 22 ||
'O Chanda, O Munda, go there with large forces, and bring her here speedily.'
केशेष्वाकृष्य बद्ध्वा वा यदि वः संशयो युधि ।
तदाशेषायुधैः सर्वैरसुरैर्विनिहन्यताम्॥
keśeṣvākṛṣya baddhvā vā yadi vaḥ saṃśayo yudhi | tadāśeṣāyudhaiḥ sarvairasurairvinihanyatām || 23 ||
'Drag her by her hair or bind her. But if you have any doubt about doing that, then let the asuras strike her in the fight with all their weapons.'
तस्यां हतायां दुष्टायां सिंहे च विनिपातिते ।
शीघ्रमागम्यतां बद्ध्वा गृहीत्वा तामथाम्बिकाम्॥
tasyāṃ hatāyāṃ duṣṭāyāṃ siṃhe ca vinipātite | śīghramāgamyatāṃ baddhvā gṛhītvā tāmathāmbikām || 24 ||
'When that shrew is wounded and her lion stricken down, seize that Ambika, bind her and bring her quickly.'