Chapter 8 · Aṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ (Eighth Chapter)
Verse 5
कोटिवीर्याणि पञ्चाशदसुराणां कुलानि वै। शतं कुलानि धौम्राणां निर्गच्छन्तु ममाज्ञया ॥ ५ ॥
kōṭivīryāṇi pañcāśadasurāṇāṁ kulāni vai | śataṁ kulāni dhaumrāṇāṁ nirgacchantu mamājñayā || 5 ||
Translation
Let the fifty clans of demons of immense valor and the hundred clans of Dhaumras march forth by my command.
Word by word
- koṭivīryāṇi
- of immense valor
- pañcāśat
- fifty
- asurāṇāṁ
- of demons
- kulāni
- clans
- vai
- indeed
- śataṁ
- hundred
- dhaumrāṇāṁ
- of the Dhaumras
- nirgacchantu
- let them march
- mamājñayā
- by my command
Meaning
Shumbha commands fifty powerful demon clans and a hundred Dhaumra clans to mobilize, further escalating the scale of the demonic forces against the Goddess.