क्रोधं च तद्विनाशेन प्राप्ताः पञ्च चमूवराः
With her destruction, five commanders of the army were seized by wrath.
सा सर्पिणी कथाशेषं नीता नकुलवीर्यतः
That serpent-woman, her story ended, was subdued by the valor of the mongoose.
एकोद्यमेन शस्त्रौघैर्नकुलीं तामवाकिरन्
With single-minded effort, they showered the mongoose with volleys of weapons.
लघुहस्ततया युद्धे चक्रे वै शस्त्रवर्षिणी
With swift hands in battle, she unleashed a rain of weapons.
वज्रसारमयैर्दन्तैर्व्यदशन्मर्म सीमसु
With teeth made of adamant, she bit into the vital points and boundaries.
उदग्रदंशनकुलैर्नकुलैराकुलीकृताः
The mongooses, biting fiercely, caused confusion among the mongooses.
देशन्तस्तद्द्विषां सैन्य सकुलाः प्रज्वलक्रुधः
In the midst of the enemy forces, the army of mongooses, blazing with wrath, spread out.
पृष्ठतो प्यदशन्केचिदा गत्य व्याकृतक्रियाः
Some, from behind, bit with swift movement, their actions clearly displayed.
नकुलैरभिभूतास्ते न्यपतन्नमरद्रुहः
Overpowered by the mongooses, those immortal trees fell down.
भोगिभोगानि वाकृष्य व्यदशन्रसनातलम्
The serpents, having seized the coils of other serpents, bit into their tongues.
सूक्ष्मरूपा विशन्तिस्म नानारन्ध्राणि बभ्रवः
The brown serpents, in subtle forms, entered various crevices.
निजसैन्यानि दीनानि करङ्कः कोपमास्थितः
Karaṅka, filled with rage, saw his own troops disheartened.
अन्ये ऽपि च चमूनाथा लघुहस्ता महाबलाः
Other commanders of the armies, swift-handed and mighty, too—
बभ्रूणां दन्तकोटीषु कठोरघट्टनं व्यधुः
They struck fiercely against the hard tips of the brown serpents’ fangs.
पञ्चापि ते चमूनाथविसृष्टैरेकहेलया
Even those five commanders, dispatched by the brown serpents, with a single gesture—
विशीर्णगात्रा नकुला नकुलीं पर्यवारयन्
The wounded mongooses surrounded the female mongoose.
नकुलानां परावृत्त्या महान्तं रोषमाश्रिता
With the retreat of the mongooses, the female mongoose was seized by great wrath.
वह्निज्वालापरीताग्रं संदधे शार्ङ्गधन्वनि
She set her arrow, its tip wreathed in fire-flames, upon the Śārṅga bow.
वज्राङ्गा वज्रलोमानो वज्रदंष्ट्रा महाजवा
With bodies like thunderbolts, thunderbolt-haired, thunderbolt-fanged, and of great speed—
वज्राकारैर्नशैस्तूर्ण दारयन्तो महीतलम्
With thunderbolt-like blows, they swiftly tore the earth apart.
वज्रसंपातसदृशा नासाचीत्कार कारिणः
They produced sounds from their nostrils like the crash of thunderbolts.
पराक्रमं बहुविधं तेनिरे ते निरेनसः
Those sinless ones displayed many kinds of valor.
विनष्टाः प्रत्यवयवं विनेशुर्दानवाधमाः
The vile Dānavas were destroyed, perishing limb by limb.
एवं वज्रमयैर्बभुमण्डलैः शण्डिते बले
Thus, with circles of thunderbolt-bodied beings devastating the army—
संग्राममधिकं तेनुः समाकृष्टशरासनाः
They engaged in an even fiercer battle, drawing their bows fully.
पट्टिशेन करङ्कस्य चिच्छेद कठिनं शिरः
With a sword, she cut off the hard head of Karaṅka.
उत्पत्योत्पत्य तार्क्ष्येण व्यलुनादसिना शिरः
Again and again, Tārkṣya swiftly severed the head with his sharp sword.
तादृशं लाघवं दृष्ट्वा नकुल्या श्यामलांबिका
Seeing such agility, Nakulī, the dark-complexioned Ambikā, was amazed.
निजाङ्गदेवतत्त्वं च तस्यै श्यामांबिका ददौ
Śyāmāmbikā then bestowed upon her the true knowledge of her own divine essence.
हतशिष्टा भीतभीता नकुलीशरणं गताः
The survivors, terrified and trembling, sought refuge with Nakulī.