Chapter 8 · Aṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ (Eighth Chapter)
Verse 60
तांश्चखादाथ चामुण्डा पपौ तस्य च शोणितम्। देवी शूलेन वज्रेण बाणैरसिभिर्ऋष्टिभिः ॥ ६० ॥
tāṁścakhādātha cāmuṇḍā papau tasya ca śōṇitam | dēvī śūlēna vajrēṇa bāṇairasibhirṛṣṭibhiḥ || 60 ||
Translation
Then Cāmuṇḍā devoured them and drank his blood. The Goddess with spear, thunderbolt, arrows, swords, and javelins.
Word by word
- tān
- them
- cakhāda
- devoured
- atha
- then
- cāmuṇḍā
- Cāmuṇḍā
- papau
- drank
- tasya
- his
- ca
- and
- śoṇitam
- blood
- devī
- Goddess
- śūlena
- with spear
- vajreṇa
- with thunderbolt
- bāṇaiḥ
- with arrows
- asibhiḥ
- with swords
- ṛṣṭibhiḥ
- with javelins
Meaning
Cāmuṇḍā devours the demons and drinks Raktabīja’s blood, while Caṇḍikā continues attacking him with various weapons, coordinating to deplete his blood.