Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Verse 18
स रथस्थस्तथात्युच्चैर्गृहीतपरमायुधैः। भुजैरष्टाभिरतुलैर्व्याप्याशेषं बभौ नभः ॥ १८ ॥
sa rathasthastathātyuccairgṛhītaparamāyudhaiḥ | bhujairaṣṭābhiratulairvyāpyāśēṣaṁ babhau nabhaḥ || 18 ||
Translation
He, standing in a chariot, very high, holding supreme weapons with his eight incomparable arms, shone, pervading the entire sky.
Word by word
- sa
- he
- rathasthaḥ
- standing in a chariot
- tathā
- and
- atyuccaiḥ
- very high
- gṛhītaparamāyudhaiḥ
- holding supreme weapons
- bhujaiḥ
- with arms
- aṣṭābhiḥ
- eight
- atulaiḥ
- incomparable
- vyāpya
- pervading
- āśeṣaṁ
- entire
- babhau
- shone
- nabhaḥ
- sky
Meaning
Shumbha, standing tall in his chariot with eight arms wielding supreme weapons, dominates the battlefield, his presence filling the sky.