चक्रकृत्तकरिग्रामपादकूर्मपरंपरा
A succession of elephant villages, their feet like turtles, cut by wheels.
विलूनकाण्डैः पतितैः सफेना बलचामरैः
With broken stalks fallen, and foaming fans of the army.
दैत्यवीरेक्षमश्रेणिमुक्तिंसपुटभासुरा
The ranks of demon heroes, shining with released shields.
प्रावहच्छोणितनदी सेनयोर्युध्यमानयोः
A river of blood flowed between the two armies as they fought.
प्रहरद्वयपर्यन्तं सेनयोरुभयोरपि
For the duration of two attacks, in both armies.
अस्त्रप्रत्यस्त्रसंक्षोभैस्तुमुलीकृतदिक्तटः
By the clash of weapons and counter-weapons, the quarters were made tumultuous.
विमुक्तैर्विशिशैर्भीमैराहवे प्राणहारिभिः
With released, terrible arrows in battle, taking lives.
शृणु सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि कुम्भसंभव सङ्गरे
Listen, O Kumbha-born, I will tell you everything about the battle.
दैत्याङ्गसंगे संप्राप्ताः कोटिसंख्याः शिलीमुखाः
Countless arrows, numbering in the tens of millions, arrived in the company of the Daityas.
मर्माभिनत्प्रचण्डस्य महाराज्ञी महेषुभिः
The mighty queen struck the vital points of the fierce ones with great arrows.
ववष शरजालेन महता ललितेश्वरीम्
Lalitā, the sovereign, was enveloped by a vast shower of arrows.
महातरणिबाणेन तन्नुनोद महेश्वरी
Maheśvarī repelled them with a most powerful arrow.
गायत्र्यस्त्रं तस्य नुत्यै ससर्ज जगदंबिका
Jagadambikā released the Gāyatrī missile for their destruction.
चाक्षुष्मतमहास्त्रेण शमयायास तत्प्रसूः
She subdued their offspring with the mighty Cākṣuṣmat missile.
विश्वावसोरथास्त्रेण तस्य दर्पमपाकरोत्
With the Viśvāvasu missile, she removed their arrogance.
महामृत्युञ्जयास्त्रेण नाशयामास तद्बलम्
She destroyed their strength with the great Mṛtyuñjaya missile.
धारणास्त्रेण चक्रेशी तद्बलं समनाशयत्
With the Dhāraṇā missile, the ruler of the wheels completely annihilated their force.
अभयङ्करमैन्द्रास्त्रं मुमुचे जगदंबिका
Jagadambikā released the Indra missile, which bestows fearlessness.
राजयक्ष्मादयो रोगास्ततो ऽभूवन्सहस्रशः
Then diseases such as royal consumption arose by the thousands.
नामत्रयमहामन्त्रमहास्त्रं सा मुमोच ह
She released the great missile of the three-name mantra.
हुङ्कारमात्रतो दग्ध्वारोगांस्ताननयन्मुदम्
With a single utterance of 'huṅ', she burned up those diseases, bringing joy.
विधातुं त्रिषु लोकेषु नियुक्ताः स्वपदं ययुः
Appointed to act in the three worlds, they returned to their own places.
कालसंकर्षणीरूपमस्त्रं राज्ञी व्यमुञ्चत
The queen released the missile in the form of Kālasaṃkarṣaṇī.
ततः सहस्रशो जाता महाकाया महाबलाः
Then, thousands of beings arose, vast in body and immense in strength.
धूम्रलोचनदैत्यश्च चण्डमुण्डादयो ऽसुराः
Dhūmralocana the Daitya, Caṇḍa, Muṇḍa, and other Asuras appeared.
शुम्भश्चैव निशुम्भश्च कालकेया महाबलाः
Śumbha, Niśumbha, and the powerful Kālakeyas also emerged.
ते सर्वे दानवश्रेष्ठाः कठोरैः शस्त्रमण्डलैः
All those foremost Dānavas, with their fierce circles of weapons,
हाहेति क्रन्दमानाश्चशक्तयो दैत्यमर्दिताः
Crying out 'Ha! Ha!' and wailing, their powers were crushed by the Daitya-slayer.
अथ देवी भृशं क्रुद्धा रुषाट्टहासमातनोत्
Then the Goddess, greatly enraged, let out a roaring laugh in her wrath.
समस्तदेवतेजोभिर्निर्मिता विश्वरूपिणी
Formed from the combined energies of all the gods, she appeared as the one of universal form.