Chapter 8 · Aṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ (Eighth Chapter)
Verse 59
यतस्ततस्तद्वक्त्रेण चामुण्डा सम्प्रतीच्छति। मुखे समुद्गता येऽस्या रक्तपातान्महासुराः॥ ५९ ॥
yatastatastadvaktreṇa cāmuṇḍā sampratīcchati | mukhe samudgatā ye’syā raktapātānmhāsurāḥ || 59 ||
Translation
Cāmuṇḍā receives with her mouth the blood from wherever it flows, and the great demons arisen from the fall of blood in her mouth.
Word by word
- yatastataḥ
- from wherever
- tadvaktreṇa
- with that mouth
- cāmuṇḍā
- Cāmuṇḍā
- sampratīcchati
- receives
- mukhe
- in mouth
- samudgatā
- arisen
- ye
- who
- asyāḥ
- her
- raktapātāt
- from the fall of blood
- mahāsurāḥ
- great demons
Meaning
Cāmuṇḍā catches Raktabīja’s blood in her mouth before it reaches the ground, consuming any demons that arise within her mouth, thwarting their multiplication.