खड्गं फलकमादाय पुप्लुवुश्चण्डसक्तयः
Seizing swords and shields, the fierce warriors leapt forward.
निवारयन्त्यो वेत्रिण्यो व्युच्छलन्ति स्मशक्तयः
The victorious women, blocking the way, brandished their spears.
सिहाङ्काश्चैव बिभ्राणाः शक्तयो व्यचलन्पुरा
Some warriors, roaring like lions, advanced bearing their spears.
स्फुरत्कराः प्रचलिताः शक्तयः काश्चिदाददुः
With flashing hands, some warriors seized their spears and rushed forth.
छत्रैर्गगनमारेजे निःसंख्याशशिमण्डितम्
Countless parasols, adorned with moon-like jewels, filled the sky.
तिमिरं नुनुदे भूयस्तत्काण्डमणिरोचिषा
The darkness was dispelled by the radiance of those jewel-tipped parasols.
तालवृन्ताः शतविधाः क्रोडमुख्या बले ऽचलन्
Hundreds of palm-leaf fans, led by the chief, moved in the army's embrace.
ज्वलत्केशापिशङ्गाभास्तडिद्भासुरदिङ्मुखाः
With flaming hair and bodies shining like lightning, they faced all directions.
प्रचेलुर्दण्डनाथायास्सेना नासीरधाविताः
The army of Daṇḍanāthā advanced, their swords unsheathed and ready.
तत्समानायुधकरास्तत्समानस्ववाहनाः
They carried weapons and rode vehicles equal to those of their opponents.
तमालश्यामलाकाराः कपिलाः क्रूरलोचनाः
Dark as tamāla trees, tawny, with fierce eyes, they stood ready.
अथ श्रीदण्डनाथा च करिचक्ररथोत्तमात्
Then, from the best of elephant-chariot cars, Śrī Daṇḍanāthā appeared.
वज्रघोष इति ख्यातं धूतकेसरमण्डलम्
Her lion, known as Vajraghoṣa, had a mane that shook like thunder.
दंष्ट्राकटकटत्कारबधिरीकृतदिक्तटम्
Its gnashing fangs made a rattling sound that deafened the quarters.
विबन्तमिव भूचक्रमापातालं निमज्जिभिः
It seemed as if the earth's surface was being swallowed by those plunging jaws.
सिंहवाहनमारुह्य व्यचलद्दण्डनायिका
Mounting her lion vehicle, Daṇḍanāyikā set out.
उद्वेगं बहुलं प्राप त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
Great fear arose in the three worlds, among all moving and unmoving beings.
किं वा मुसलघातेन भूमिं द्वेधा करिष्यति
Will she split the earth in two with a blow from her mace?
इति त्रस्तहृदः सर्वे गगने नाकिनां गणाः
Thus, with hearts filled with fear, all the hosts of celestial beings in the sky—
मुहुर्द्वादशनामानि कीर्तयन्तो नभस्तले
Repeatedly reciting the twelve names in the expanse of the heavens—
अश्वानन महाप्राज्ञ येषु मे कौतुकं महत्
O wise one with the face of a horse, among these, I have great curiosity—
पञ्चमी दण्डनाथा च संकेता समयेश्वरी
Pañcamī, Daṇḍanāthā, Saṃketā, and Samayeśvarī—
वार्ताली च महासेनाप्याज्ञा चक्रेश्वरी तथा
Vārtālī, Mahāsenā, Ājñā, and Cakreśvarī as well—
संकटे दुःखमाप्नोति न कदाचन मानवः
In times of distress, a human never suffers—
तेषामनुग्रहार्थाय प्रचचालच सा पुनः
For the sake of granting them favor, she moved again—
निर्याणसूचनकरी दिवि दध्वान काहली
The Kāhalī, sounding in the sky, signaled the departure—
वीणासंयतपाणीनां शक्तीनां निर्ययौ बलम्
The force of the Śaktis, with hands poised on vīṇās, set out—
वीणावेणुमृदङ्गाद्याः सविलासपदक्रमाः
With vīṇās, flutes, mṛdaṅgas, and other instruments, proceeding with graceful steps—
मयूरवाहनाः काश्चित्कतिचिद्धंसवाहनाः
Some rode on peacocks, and a few on swans—
सर्वाश्च श्यामलाकाराः काश्चित्कर्णीरथस्थिताः
All were of dark complexion; some stood upon chariots drawn by elephants—