Chapter 7 · Saptamo’dhyāyaḥ (Seventh Chapter)
Verse 19
ततो जहासातिरुषा भीमं भैरवनादिनी। कालीकरालवक्त्रान्तर्दुर्दर्शदशनोज्ज्वला ॥ १९ ॥
tatō jahāsātiruṣā bhīmaṁ bhairavanādinī | kālīkarālavaktrāntardurdarśadaśanōjjvalā || 19 ||
Translation
Then Kālī, with great anger, laughed terribly, making a dreadful roar, her terrifying mouth with shining, difficult-to-behold teeth.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- jahāsa
- laughed
- atiruṣā
- with great anger
- bhīmaṁ
- terrifying
- bhairavanādinī
- making a dreadful roar
- kālī
- Kālī
- karālavaktrāntaḥ
- within her terrifying mouth
- durdarśa
- difficult to behold
- daśana
- teeth
- ujjvalā
- shining
Meaning
Kālī responds to the demons’ attack with a terrifying laugh and dreadful roar, her shining teeth within her fearsome mouth amplifying her menacing presence as she prepares to counter Chanda and Munda.