Chapter 7 · Saptamo’dhyāyaḥ (Seventh Chapter)
Verse 16
क्षणेन तद् बलं सर्वमसुराणां निपातितम्। दृष्ट्वा चण्डोऽभिदुद्राव तां कालीमतिभीषणाम् ॥ १६ ॥
kṣaṇēna tad balaṁ sarvamasurāṇāṁ nipātitam | dṛṣṭvā caṇḍō’bhidudrāva tāṁ kālīmatibhīṣaṇām || 16 ||
Translation
In a moment, all that demon army was destroyed. Seeing this, Chanda rushed towards the extremely terrifying Kālī.
Word by word
- kṣaṇena
- in a moment
- tad
- that
- balaṁ
- army
- sarvam
- all
- asurāṇāṁ
- of the demons
- nipātitam
- destroyed
- dṛṣṭvā
- having seen
- caṇḍaḥ
- Chanda
- abhidudrāva
- rushed towards
- tāṁ
- her
- kālīm
- Kālī
- atibhīṣaṇām
- extremely terrifying
Meaning
Kālī swiftly annihilates the entire demon army, and Chanda, witnessing this destruction, charges at her in a desperate attempt to confront the terrifying Goddess.