Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Verse 16
ततः परशुहस्तं तमायान्तं दैत्यपुङ्गवम्। आहत्य देवी बाणौघैरपातयत भूतले ॥ १६ ॥
tataḥ paraśuhastaṁ tamāyāntaṁ daityapuṅgavam | āhatya dēvī bāṇaughairapātayata bhūtalē || 16 ||
Translation
Then the Goddess, striking the chief of demons approaching with an axe in hand with a multitude of arrows, caused him to fall on the ground.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- paraśuhastaṁ
- holding an axe
- tam
- him
- āyāntaṁ
- approaching
- daityapuṅgavam
- chief of demons
- āhatya
- striking
- devī
- Goddess
- bāṇaughaiḥ
- with a multitude of arrows
- apātayat
- caused to fall
- bhūtale
- on the ground
Meaning
Nishumbha, now wielding an axe, advances, but the Goddess fells him with a barrage of arrows, bringing him down.