Chapter 8 · Aṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ (Eighth Chapter)
Verse 38
चण्डाट्टहासैरसुराः शिवदूत्यभिदूषिताः। पेतुः पृथिव्यां पतितांस्तांश्चखादाथ सा तदा ॥ ३८ ॥
caṇḍāṭṭahāsairasurāḥ śivadūtyabhidūṣitāḥ | pētuḥ pṛthivyāṁ patitāṁstāṁścakhādātha sā tadā || 38 ||
Translation
The demons, terrified by Shivadūtī’s fierce loud laughs, fell on the earth, and then she devoured those fallen ones.
Word by word
- caṇḍāṭṭahāsaiḥ
- with fierce loud laughs
- asurāḥ
- demons
- śivadūtyabhidūṣitāḥ
- terrified by Shivadūtī
- petuḥ
- fell
- pṛthivyāṁ
- on the earth
- patitān
- fallen
- tān
- them
- cakhāda
- devoured
- atha
- then
- sā
- she
- tadā
- then
Meaning
Shivadūtī’s terrifying laughs cause the demons to fall, and she devours the fallen, intensifying the destruction.