मुखे समुद्गता ये ऽस्या रक्तपातान्महासुराः । तांश्चखादाथ चामुण्डा पपौ तस्य च शोणितम्
The great asuras who emerged from his blood as it touched the ground, Camunda devoured them, and she also drank his blood.
देवी शूलेन चक्रेण बाणैरसिभिरृष्टिभिः । जघान रक्तबीजं तं चामुण्डापीतशोणितम्
The goddess struck Raktabija—whose blood had been drunk by Camunda—with her trident, discus, arrows, swords, and spears.
स पपात महीपृष्ठे शस्त्रसंहतितो हतः । नीरक्तश्च महीपाल रक्तबीजो महासुरः
Struck by the multitude of weapons, the great asura Raktabija, covered in blood, fell to the earth, O king.
ततस्ते हर्षमतुलमवापुस्त्रिदशा नृप । तेषां मातृगणो जातो ननर्तासृङ्मदोद्धतः
Then, O king, the gods attained incomparable joy, and their host of Mothers, intoxicated with blood, began to dance.
विचित्रमिदमाख्यातं भगवन् भवता मम । देव्याश्चरितमाहात्म्यं रक्तबीजवधाश्रितम्
O venerable one, you have narrated to me this marvelous account—the glorious deeds of the Goddess centered on the slaying of Raktabīja.
भूयश्चेच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं रक्तबीजे निपातिते । चका शुम्भो यत्कर्म निशुम्भश्चातिकोपनः
I wish to hear further, what actions Śumbha performed, and Niśumbha, greatly enraged, after Raktabīja was struck down.
चकार कोपमतुलं रक्तबीजे निपातिते । शुम्भासुरो निशुम्भश्च हतेष्वन्येषु चाहवे
When Raktabīja was slain, Śumbha the demon, and Niśumbha, and the others who had fallen in battle, were seized by boundless wrath.
हन्यमानं महासैन्यं विलोक्यामर्षमुद्वहन् । अभ्यधावन्निशुम्भो ऽथ मुख्ययासुरसेनया
Seeing his great army being destroyed, Niśumbha, filled with indignation, then rushed forward with his chief demon forces.
तस्याग्रतस्तथा पृष्ठे पार्श्वयोश्च महासुराः । संदष्टौष्ठपुटाः क्रुद्धा हन्तुं देवीमुपाययुः
At his front, behind him, and on both sides, mighty demons, their lips bitten in anger, approached to slay the Goddess.
आजगाम महावीर्यः शुम्भो ऽपि स्वबलैर्वृतः । निहन्तुं चण्डिकां कोपात्कृताव युद्धं तु मातृभिः
Śumbha, of great valor, also came, surrounded by his own forces, intent on killing Caṇḍikā in his wrath, and battle was joined with the Mothers.
ततो युद्धमतीवासीद्देव्या शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः । शरवर्षमतीवोग्रं मेघयोरिव वर्षतोः
Then there was an exceedingly fierce battle between the Goddess and Shumbha and Nishumbha, with a torrent of arrows as intense as the downpour of rain from storm clouds.
चिच्छेदास्ताञ्छरांस्ताभ्यां चण्डिका स्वशरोत्करैः । ताडयामास चाङ्गेषु शस्त्रौघैरसुरेश्वरौ
Caṇḍikā cut down those arrows of theirs with her own volleys of arrows, and struck the two lords of the demons on their limbs with showers of weapons.
निशुम्भो निशितं खड्गं चर्म चादाय सुप्रभम् । अताडयन्मूर्ध्नि सिंहं देव्या वाहनमुत्तमम्
Nishumbha, seizing a sharp sword and a brilliantly shining shield, struck the lion, the supreme vehicle of the Goddess, on its head.
निशुम्भो निशितं खड्गं चर्म चादाय सुप्रभम् । अताडयन्मूर्ध्नि सिंहं देव्या वाहनमुत्तमम्
Nishumbha, seizing a sharp sword and a brilliantly shining shield, struck the lion, the supreme vehicle of the Goddess, on its head.
छिन्ने चर्मणि खड्गे च शक्तिं चिक्षेप सो ऽसुरः । तामप्यस्य द्विधा चक्रे चक्रेणाभिमुखागताम्
When his shield and sword were cut down, the demon hurled a spear; even as it came toward her, she split it in two with her discus.
कोपाध्मातो निशुम्भो ऽथ शूलं जग्राह दानवः । आयातं मुष्टिपातेन देवी तच्चाप्यचूर्णयत्
Then Nishumbha, inflamed with anger, the demon seized a trident; as it approached, the Goddess shattered it with a blow of her fist.
अथादाय गदां सो ऽपि चिक्षेप चण्डिकां प्रति । सापि देव्या त्रिशूलेन भिन्ना भस्मत्वमागता
Then he took up his mace and hurled it at Caṇḍikā; but the Goddess shattered it with her trident, and it was reduced to ashes.
ततः परशुहस्तं तमायान्त दैत्यपुङ्गवम् । आहत्य देवी बाणौघैरपातयत भूतले
Next, as that foremost of demons approached wielding an axe, the Goddess struck him down to the ground with a shower of arrows.
तस्मिन्निपतिते भूमौ निशुम्भे भीमविक्रमे । भ्रातर्यतीव संक्रुद्धः प्रययौ हन्तुमम्बिकाम्
When Niśumbha, of terrible might, fell to the earth, his brother, greatly enraged, advanced to slay Ambikā.
स रथस्थस्तथात्युच्चैर्गृहीतपरमायुधैः । भुजैरष्टाभिरतुलैर्व्याप्याशेषं बभौ नभः
Standing on his chariot, grasping supreme weapons, with his eight unmatched arms he filled the entire sky and shone brilliantly.
तमायान्तं समालोक्य देवी शङ्घमवादयत् । ज्याशब्दं चापि धनुषश्चकारातीव दुः सहम्
Seeing him advancing, the Goddess sounded her bell, and the twang of her bowstring was unbearably loud.
पूरयामास ककुभो निजघण्टास्वनेन च । समस्तदैत्यसैन्यानां तेजोवधविधायिना
She filled the quarters with the peal of her bell, which diminished the valor of all the demon armies.
ततः सिंहो महानादैस्त्याजितेभमहामदैः । पूरयामास गगनं गां तथैव दिशो दश
Then the lion, with mighty roars, filled the sky, the earth, and all ten directions, as if maddened by the great rutting elephant.
ततः काली समुत्पत्य गगनं क्ष्मामताडयत् । कराभ्यां तन्निनादेन प्राक्स्वनास्ते तिरोहिताः
Then Kālī leapt up and struck the sky and the earth with her hands; by that sound, all previous noises were overpowered.
अट्टाट्टहासमशिवं शिवदूती चकार ह । तैः शब्दैरसुरास्त्रेसुः शुम्भः कोपं परं ययौ
Śivadūtī let out a dreadful, wild, and terrible laugh; at those sounds, the demons trembled, and Śumbha was seized by intense rage.
दुरात्मंस्तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति व्याजहाराम्बिका यदा । तदा जयेत्यभिहितं देवैराकाशसंस्थितैः
When Ambikā called out, 'Stay, you wicked ones, stay!', then the gods stationed in the sky shouted, 'Victory!'
शुम्भेनागत्य या शक्तिर्मुक्ता ज्वालातिभीषणा । आयान्ती वह्निकूटाभा सा निरस्ता महोल्कया
The power unleashed by Śumbha, terrifying with blazing flames, as it approached like a mass of fire, was destroyed by a great meteor.
सिंहनादेन शुम्भस्य व्याप्तं लोकत्रयान्तरम् । निर्घातनिः स्वनो घोरो जितवानवनीपते
By the lion’s roar of Śumbha, the three worlds and all their realms were filled; the dreadful sound, like thunder, conquered, O king of the earth.
शुम्भमुक्ताञ्छरान्देवी शुम्भस्तत्प्रहिताञ्छरान् । चिच्छेद स्वशरैरुग्रैः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
The Devi cut down the arrows released by Shumbha, and Shumbha, in turn, with his fierce arrows, struck down hundreds and thousands of her missiles.
ततः सा चण्डिका क्रुद्धा शूलेनाभिजघान तम् । स तदाभिहतो भूमौ मूर्च्छितो निपपात ह
Then Chandika, enraged, struck him with her spear; struck by it, he fell unconscious to the ground.