Chapter 7 · Saptamo’dhyāyaḥ (Seventh Chapter)
Verse 17
शरवर्षैर्महाभीमैर्भीमाक्षीं तां महासुरः। छादयामास चक्रैश्च मुण्डः क्षिप्तैः सहस्रशः ॥ १७ ॥
śaravarṣairmahābhīmairbhīmākṣīṁ tāṁ mahāsuraḥ | chādayāmāsa cakraiśca muṇḍaḥ kṣiptaiḥ sahasraśaḥ || 17 ||
Translation
The great demon Chanda covered the fierce-eyed Kālī with greatly terrifying showers of arrows, and Munda hurled thousands of discs.
Word by word
- śaravarṣaiḥ
- with showers of arrows
- mahābhīmaiḥ
- greatly terrifying
- bhīmākṣīṁ
- fierce-eyed
- tāṁ
- her
- mahāsuraḥ
- great demon
- chādayāmāsa
- covered
- cakraiḥ
- with discs
- ca
- and
- muṇḍaḥ
- Munda
- kṣiptaiḥ
- hurled
- sahasraśaḥ
- by the thousands
Meaning
Chanda attacks Kālī with a barrage of terrifying arrows, while Munda hurls thousands of discs, attempting to overwhelm her with their combined assault.