Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Verse 22
ततः काली समुत्पत्य गगनं क्ष्मामताडयत्। कराभ्यां तन्निनादेन प्राक्स्वनास्ते तिरोहिताः ॥ २२ ॥
tataḥ kālī samutpatya gaganaṁ kṣmāmatāḍayat | karābhyāṁ tanninādēna prāksvanāstē tirōhitāḥ || 22 ||
Translation
Then Kālī, rising up, struck the sky and earth with her hands; with that roar, the previous sounds disappeared.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- kālī
- Kālī
- samutpatya
- rising up
- gaganaṁ
- sky
- kṣmām
- earth
- atāḍayat
- struck
- karābhyāṁ
- with hands
- tanninādena
- with that roar
- prāksvanāḥ
- previous sounds
- te
- they
- tirohitāḥ
- disappeared
Meaning
Kālī’s powerful actions and roars, striking the sky and earth, overpower all previous sounds, dominating the battlefield.