Chapter 8 · Aṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ (Eighth Chapter)
Verse 48
वैष्णवीचक्रभिन्नस्य रुधिरस्रावसम्भवैः। सहस्रशो जगद्व्याप्तं तत्प्रमाणैर्महासुरैः ॥ ४८ ॥
vaiṣṇavīcakrabhinnasya rudhirasrāvasambhavaiḥ | sahasraśō jagadvyāptaṁ tatpramāṇairmahāsuraiḥ || 48 ||
Translation
The world was filled with thousands of great demons of that measure, born from the flow of blood of him wounded by Vaiṣṇavī’s discus.
Word by word
- vaiṣṇavī
- Vaiṣṇavī
- cakrabhinnasya
- wounded by the discus
- rudhirasrāva
- flow of blood
- sambhavaiḥ
- born from
- sahasraśaḥ
- by thousands
- jagadvyāptaṁ
- world was filled
- tatpramāṇaiḥ
- of that measure
- mahāsuraiḥ
- with great demons
Meaning
Vaiṣṇavī’s discus strike on Raktabīja causes his blood to flow, spawning thousands of demons identical in form and strength, filling the world with his clones and intensifying the battle.