चिच्छेद च धनुः सद्यो ध्वजं चातिसमुच्छ्रितम् । विव्याध चैव गात्रेषु च्छिन्नधन्वानमाशुगैः
She immediately cut his bow and his towering banner, and struck his limbs with swift arrows, shattering his weapon.
स च्छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः । अभ्यधावत तां देवीं खड्ग-चर्मधरो ऽसुरः
Deprived of his bow, chariot, horses, and charioteer, the demon, now on foot and armed with sword and shield, rushed toward the Goddess.
सिंहमाहत्य खड्गेन तीक्ष्णधारेण मूर्धनि । आजघान भुजे सव्ये देवीमप्यतिवेगवान्
Striking the lion on the head with his sharp-edged sword, he, full of furious energy, also struck the Goddess on her left arm.
तस्याः खड्गो भुजं प्राप्य पफाल नृपनन्दन । ततो जग्राह शूलं स कोपादरुणलोचनः
O delight of kings, her arm received his sword, which shattered upon impact; then, his eyes red with rage, he seized his spear.
चिक्षेप च ततस्तत्तु भद्रकाल्यां महासुरः । जाज्वल्यमानं तेजोभी रविबिम्बमिवाम्बरात्
Then that great demon hurled his blazing, radiant spear at Bhadrakali, shining like the sun's disk in the sky.
दृष्ट्वा तदापतच्छूलं देवी शूलममुञ्चत । तच्छूलं शतधा तेन नीतं स च महासुरः
Seeing the spear rushing toward her, the Goddess released her own spear; by her weapon, his spear was shattered into a hundred pieces, and the great demon was destroyed.
हते तस्मिन् महावीर्ये महिषस्य चमूपतौ । आजगाम गजारूढश्चामरस्त्रिदशार्दनः
When that mighty and valiant commander of Mahisha's army was slain, Camara, the terror of the gods, arrived mounted on an elephant.
सो ऽपि शक्तिं मुमोचाथ देव्यास्तामम्बिका द्रुतम् । हुङ्काराभिहतां भूमौ पातयामास निष्प्रभाम्
He too hurled his spear at the Goddess, but Ambika swiftly, with a loud humkāra, struck it down to the ground, rendering it powerless.
भग्नां शक्तिं निपतितां दृष्ट्वा क्रोधसमन्वितः । चिक्षेप चामरः शूलं बाणैस्तदपि साच्छिनत्
Seeing his shattered spear fallen to the earth, Camara, filled with rage, flung his trident, but the Goddess cut it apart with her arrows.
ततः सिंहः समुत्पत्य गजकुम्भान्तरे स्थितः । बाहुयुद्धेन युयुधे तेनोच्चैस्त्रिदशारिणा
Then the lion, leaping up, stood between the elephant's temples and fought fiercely in hand-to-hand combat with that great enemy of the gods.
युधायमानो ततस्तौ तु तस्मान्नागान्महीं गतौ । युयुधाते ऽतिसंरब्धौ प्रहारैरतिदारुणैः
As they battled, both fell from the elephant to the ground and, inflamed with fury, fought each other with exceedingly terrible blows.
ततो वेगात्खमुत्पत्य निपत्य च मृगारिणा । करप्रहारेण शिरश्चामरस्य पृथक्कृतम्
Then, with a sudden leap into the sky and a swift descent, the lion, with a blow of his paw, severed Camara's head.
उदग्रश्च रणे देव्या शिलावृक्षादिभिर्हतः । दन्तमुष्टितलैश्चैव करालश्च निपातितः
Udagra was struck down in battle by the Goddess with rocks, trees, and the like; Karala too was felled by blows from Her teeth, fists, and palms.
देवी क्रुद्धा गदापातैश्चूर्णयामास चोद्धतम् । वाष्कलं भिन्दिपालेन बाणैस्ताम्रं तथान्धकम्
The Goddess, enraged, crushed Uddhata with blows from Her mace; she shattered Vaskala with a club, and with arrows struck down Tamra and Andhaka.
उग्रास्यमुग्रवीर्यञ्च तथैव च महाहनुम् । त्रिनेत्रा च त्रिशूलेन जघान परमेश्वरी
The Supreme Lady struck down Ugrāsya, Ugravīrya, and Mahāhanu as well, and with Her trident, the three-eyed one slew Trinetra.
बिडालस्यासिना कायात् पातयामास वै शिरः । दुर्धरं दुर्मुखं चोभौ शरैर्निन्ये यमक्षयम् । कालं च कालदण्डेन कालरात्रिरपातयत्
She severed Bidāla’s head from his body with a sword; both Durdhara and Durmukha were sent to the abode of Yama by Her arrows; Kālarātri struck down Kāla with the staff of death.
अग्रदर्शनमत्युग्रैः खड्गपातैरताडयत् । असिनैवासिलोमानमच्छिदत् सा रणोत्सवे । गणैः सिंहेन देव्या च जयक्ष्वेडाकृतोत्सवैः
She struck Agradarśana with exceedingly fierce sword-blows; with her sword, she cut down Asilomā in the festival of battle, while the Goddess’s hosts and lion exulted in the celebration of victory.
एवं संक्षीयमाणे तु स्वसैन्ये महिषासुरः । माहिषेण स्वरूपेण त्रासयामास तान् गणान्
As his own army was being destroyed in this way, Mahiṣāsura, in his buffalo form, began to terrify those hosts.
कांश्चित्तुण्डप्रिहारेण खुरक्षेपैस्तथापरान् । लाङ्गूलताडितांश्चान्यान् शृङ्गाभ्याञ्च विदारितान्
Some he struck with his beak, others with blows from his hooves; still others he battered with his tail, and some he tore apart with his horns.
वेगेन कांश्चिदपरान् नादेन भ्रमणेन च । निश्वासपवनेनान्यान् पातयामास भूतले
With his speed he knocked down some, others he felled with his roar and whirling motion; and yet others he cast to the ground with the force of his breath.
निपात्य प्रमथानीकमभ्यधावत सो ऽसुरः । सिंहं हन्तुं महादेव्याः कोपं चक्रे ततो ऽम्बिका
After scattering the hosts of Pramathas, that demon rushed forward to kill the lion of Mahadevi; then Ambika became enraged.
सो ऽपि कोपान्महावीर्यः खुरक्षुण्णमहीतलः । शृङ्गाभ्यां पर्वतानुच्चैश्चिक्षेप च ननाद च
He too, mighty in his wrath, trampled the earth with his hooves, hurled mountains high with his horns, and let out a roar.
वेगभ्रमणविक्षुण्णा मही तस्य व्यशीर्यत । लाङ्गूलेनाहतश्चाब्धिः प्लावयामास सर्वतः
The earth was shattered by his furious spinning and speed; struck by his tail, the ocean overflowed in all directions.
धुतशृङ्गविभिन्नाश्च खण्डं खण्डं ययुर्घना । श्वासानिलास्ताः शतशो निपेतुर्नभसो ऽचलाः
Clouds, split apart by his swinging horns, scattered in fragments; hundreds of mountains fell from the sky, swept down by the force of his breath.
इति क्रोधसमाध्मातमापतान्तं महासुरम् । दृष्ट्वा सा चण्डिका कोपं तद्वधाय तदाकरोत्
Seeing that great demon, swollen with rage and rushing to attack, Caṇḍikā then became angry for his destruction.
सा क्षिप्त्वा तस्य वै पाशं तं बबन्ध महासुरम् । तत्याज माहिषं रूपं सो ऽपि बद्धो महामृधे
She cast her noose upon him and bound the great demon; even as he was bound in that great battle, he abandoned the form of a buffalo.
ततः सिंहो ऽभवत् सद्यो यावत्तस्याम्बिका शिरः । छिनत्ति तावत्पुरुषः खड्गपाणिरदृश्यत
Then, in an instant, he became a lion; but as Ambikā struck off his head, a man wielding a sword appeared there.
तत एवाशु पुरुषं देवी चिच्छेद सायकैः । तं खड्गचर्मणा सार्धं ततः सो ऽभून्महागजः
Immediately, the Goddess cut down that man with her arrows; together with his sword and shield, he then became a great elephant.
करेण च महासिंहं तं चकर्ष जगर्ज च । कर्षतस्तु करं देवी खड्गेन निरकृन्तत
With his trunk, he seized the great lion and roared; but as he dragged, the Goddess severed his trunk with her sword.
ततो महासुरो भूयो माहिषं वपुरास्थितः । तथैव क्षोभयामास त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
Then the great demon once more assumed the form of a buffalo, and in the same way, he shook the three worlds, with all their moving and unmoving beings.