Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Verse 29
ततो निशुम्भः सम्प्राप्य चेतनामात्तकार्मुकः। आजघान शरैर्देवीं कालीं केसरिणं तथा ॥ २९ ॥
tatō niśumbhaḥ samprāpya cētanāmāttakārmukaḥ | ājaghāna śarairdēvīṁ kālīṁ kēsariṇaṁ tathā || 29 ||
Translation
Then Nishumbha, regaining consciousness, took up his bow and struck the Goddess, Kālī, and the lion with arrows.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- niśumbhaḥ
- Nishumbha
- samprāpya
- regaining
- cetanām
- consciousness
- āttakārmukaḥ
- taking up the bow
- ājaghāna
- struck
- śaraiḥ
- with arrows
- devīṁ
- the Goddess
- kālīṁ
- Kālī
- kesariṇaṁ
- the lion
- tathā
- and
Meaning
Nishumbha, recovering from his earlier defeat, grabs his bow and attacks the Goddess, Kālī, and her lion with arrows, resuming the fight.