Sacred Texts

Śrī Durgā Saptaśatī

Ṛṣi Mārkaṇḍēya

Chapter 7 · Verse 5

Chapter 7 · Saptamo’dhyāyaḥ (Seventh Chapter)

Verse 5

ततः कोपं चकारोच्चैरम्बिका तानरीन् प्रति। कोपेन चास्या वदनं मषीवर्णमभूत्तदा ॥ ५ ॥

tataḥ kōpaṁ cakārōccairambikā tānarīn prati | kōpēna cāsyā vadanaṁ maṣīvarṇamabhūttadā || 5 ||

Translation

Then Ambika, greatly enraged towards those enemies, and with her face becoming dark-colored with anger.

Word by word

tataḥ
then
kopaṁ
anger
cakāra
made (showed)
uccaiḥ
greatly
ambikā
Ambika
tān
those
arīn
enemies
prati
towards
kopena
with anger
ca
and
asyāḥ
her
vadanaṁ
face
marṣivarṇam
dark-colored
abhūt
became
tadā
then

Meaning

Ambika, provoked by the demons’ attempt to seize her, becomes greatly enraged, her face darkening with fury, signaling the unleashing of her divine wrath against Chanda, Munda, and their army.