Sacred Texts

Śrī Durgā Saptaśatī

Ṛṣi Mārkaṇḍēya

Chapter 6 · Verse 20

Chapter 6 · Ṣaṣṭho’dhyāyaḥ (Sixth Chapter)

Verse 20

श्रुत्वा तमसुरं देव्या निहतं धूम्रलोचनम्। बलं च क्षयितं कृत्स्नं देवीकेसरिणा ततः ॥ २० ॥

śrutvā tamasuraṁ dēvyā nihataṁ dhūmralōcanam | balaṁ ca kṣayitaṁ kṛtsnaṁ dēvīkēsariṇā tataḥ || 20 ||

Translation

When he heard that the asura Dhumralochana had been slain by the Goddess, and that the entire army had been destroyed by her lion,

Word by word

śrutvā
having heard
tam
that
asuram
asura
dēvyā
by the Goddess
nihatam
slain
dhūmralōcanam
Dhumralochana
balam
the army
ca
and
kṣayitam
destroyed
kṛtsnam
entire
dēvīkēsariṇā
by the Goddess's lion
tataḥ
then