As the fierce battle raged, the great asuras sprang forth from the blood of Raktabija whenever it touched the earth. Yet Camunda, the terrifying aspect of the Goddess, devoured these asuras and drank Raktabija’s blood, preventing them from multiplying. With her trident, discus, arrows, swords, and spears, the Goddess struck Raktabija, whose blood Camunda had consumed. Assailed by a multitude of divine weapons, Raktabija, covered in blood, finally fell to the earth. At this moment, the gods rejoiced with incomparable joy, and the host of Mother goddesses, intoxicated by the blood of battle, broke into a victorious dance. Hearing this marvelous account of the Goddess’s glorious deeds and the slaying of Raktabija, the king asked the sage to narrate further: What did Shumbha and Nishumbha do, enraged after Raktabija’s fall? After Raktabija was slain, Shumbha, Nishumbha, and the surviving asuras were seized by boundless wrath. Seeing his mighty army destroyed, Nishumbha, filled with indignation, rushed forward at the head of his chief demon forces. On all sides, mighty demons, their lips bitten in anger, advanced to slay the Goddess. Shumbha, of great valor, also came, surrounded by his own troops, intent on killing Chandika in his rage. Battle was joined between the asura brothers and the host of Mother goddesses. A fierce battle erupted, with torrents of arrows pouring down like storm clouds. Chandika cut down their arrows with her own volleys, striking the two demon lords on their limbs with showers of weapons. Nishumbha seized a sharp sword and a brilliantly shining shield, striking the lion, the supreme vehicle of the Goddess, on its head. When his shield and sword were destroyed, the demon hurled a spear, but the Goddess split it in two with her discus. Inflamed with anger, Nishumbha grabbed a trident, which the Goddess shattered with a blow of her fist. He then hurled his mace at Chandika, but she reduced it to ashes with her trident. When he approached wielding an axe, the Goddess struck him down to the ground with a shower of arrows. As Nishumbha, of terrible might, fell to the earth, his brother Shumbha, greatly enraged, advanced to slay Ambika. Standing on his chariot, grasping supreme weapons, Shumbha’s eight unmatched arms filled the entire sky and shone brilliantly. Seeing him advance, the Goddess sounded her bell, and the twang of her bowstring was unbearably loud. She filled the quarters with the peal of her bell, diminishing the valor of all the demon armies. The lion roared mightily, filling the sky, earth, and all ten directions, as if maddened by a great rutting elephant. Kali leapt up, striking the sky and earth with her hands; her sound overpowered all previous noises. Shivaduti let out a dreadful, wild, and terrible laugh, causing the demons to tremble, and Shumbha was seized by intense rage. When Ambika called out, “Stay, you wicked ones, stay!” the gods stationed in the sky shouted, “Victory!” The power unleashed by Shumbha, terrifying with blazing flames and approaching like a mass of fire, was destroyed by a great meteor. Shumbha’s lion-like roar filled the three worlds and all their realms; the dreadful sound, like thunder, conquered all. The Devi cut down the arrows released by Shumbha, and Shumbha, in turn, struck down hundreds and thousands of her missiles with his fierce arrows. Then Chandika, enraged, struck him with her spear, causing him to fall unconscious to the ground. Regaining consciousness, Nishumbha seized his bow and attacked the Devi, Kali, and the lion with arrows. Again, the lord of the demons multiplied his arms ten thousandfold and, armed with a discus, covered Chandika with a shower of weapons. The blessed Durga, destroyer of difficulties, cut down those discuses and arrows with her own sharp shafts. Nishumbha, with great speed, seized his mace and, surrounded by the demon army, rushed to slay Chandika. As he rushed forward, Chandika swiftly struck down his mace with her sharp-edged sword, and he seized his spear. Niśumbha, destroyer of the immortals, advanced holding his spear, and Chandika pierced his heart with her own spear, driven with force. From his heart, split by the spear, another mighty and powerful being emerged, shouting, “Stop!” As he came forth, the Goddess laughed aloud and then, with her sword, severed his head, so that he fell to the ground. The lion tore apart fierce demons with its fangs and claws, while Kali and Shivaduti struck down other asuras. Some great demons, pierced by the spear of Kaumari, could not move; others were driven away by Brahmani with water sanctified by mantra. Thus, the Goddess and her hosts triumphed, defeating the mighty asuras and restoring joy to the gods.