Chapter 6 · Ṣaṣṭho’dhyāyaḥ (Sixth Chapter)
Verse 4
हे धूम्रलोचनाशु त्वं स्वसैन्यपरिवारितः। तामानय बलाद् दुष्टां केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम् ॥ ४ ॥
hē dhūmralōcanāśu tvaṁ svasainyaparivāritaḥ | tāmānaya balād duṣṭāṁ kēśākarṣaṇavihvalām || 4 ||
Translation
O Dhūmralochana, surrounded by your army, bring that wicked one by force, distressed by dragging her by the hair.
Word by word
- he
- O
- dhūmralocana
- Dhūmralochana
- śu
- (vocative particle)
- tvaṁ
- you
- svasainya
- with your army
- parivāritaḥ
- surrounded
- tām
- her
- ānaya
- bring
- balāt
- by force
- duṣṭāṁ
- wicked
- keśākarṣaṇavihalām
- distressed by dragging her by the hair
Meaning
Shumbha orders Dhūmralochana to lead his army and forcibly capture Ambika, whom he calls wicked, intending to humiliate her by dragging her by the hair.