Chapter 10 · Daśamo’dhyāyaḥ (Tenth Chapter)
Verse 19
चिच्छेदापततस्तस्य मुद्गरं निशितैः शरैः। तथापि सोऽभ्यधावत्तां मुष्टिमुद्यम्य वेगवान् ॥ १९ ॥
cicchēdāpatatastasya mudgaraṁ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | tathāpi sō’bhyadhāvattāṁ muṣṭimudyamya vēgavān || 19 ||
Translation
She cut his approaching mace with sharp arrows; nevertheless, he swiftly rushed at her, raising his fist.
Word by word
- ciccheda
- cut
- āpatataḥ
- approaching
- tasya
- his
- mudgaraṁ
- mace
- niśitaiḥ
- with sharp
- śaraiḥ
- arrows
- tathāpi
- nevertheless
- saḥ
- he
- abhyadhāvat
- rushed
- tāṁ
- her
- muṣṭim
- fist
- udyamya
- raising
- vegavān
- swift
Meaning
The Goddess destroys Shumbha’s mace with arrows, but he persists, charging at her with raised fist in a desperate attack.