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Śrī Durgā Saptaśatī

Ṛṣi Mārkaṇḍēya

Chapter 6 · Verse 19

Chapter 6 · Ṣaṣṭho’dhyāyaḥ (Sixth Chapter)

Verse 19

क्षणेन तद्बलं सर्वं क्षयं नीतं महात्मना। तेन केसरिणा देव्या वाहनेनातिकोपिना ॥ १९ ॥

kṣaṇēna tadbalaṁ sarvaṁ kṣayaṁ nītaṁ mahātmanā | tēna kēsariṇā dēvyā vāhanēnātikōpinā || 19 ||

Translation

In a moment that whole army was brought to destruction by the great-souled lion, the mount of the Goddess, in his fierce anger.

Word by word

kṣaṇēna
in a moment
tat
that
balam
army
sarvam
whole
kṣayam
to destruction
nītam
was brought
mahātmanā
by the great-souled one
tēna
by that
kēsariṇā
lion
dēvyāḥ
of the Goddess
vāhanēna
the mount
atikōpinā
exceedingly angry