Chapter 10 · Daśamo’dhyāyaḥ (Tenth Chapter)
Verse 20
स मुष्टिं पातयामास हृदये दैत्यपुङ्गवः। देव्यास्तं चापि सा देवी तलेनोरस्यताडयत् ॥ २० ॥
sa muṣṭiṁ pātayāmāsa hṛdayē daityapuṅgavaḥ | dēvyāstaṁ cāpi sā dēvī talēnōrasyatāḍayat || 20 ||
Translation
The chief of demons struck the Goddess’s heart with his fist; she, the Goddess, also struck him on the chest with her palm.
Word by word
- sa
- he
- muṣṭiṁ
- fist
- pātyāmāsa
- struck
- hṛdaye
- on the heart
- daityapuṅgavaḥ
- chief of demons
- devyāḥ
- of the Goddess
- taṁ
- him
- ca
- and
- api
- also
- sā
- she
- devī
- Goddess
- talena
- with palm
- urasya
- on the chest
- atāḍayat
- struck
Meaning
Shumbha lands a blow on the Goddess’s heart with his fist, but she retaliates with a powerful palm strike to his chest.