Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Verse 3
भूयश्चेच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं रक्तबीजे निपातिते। चकार शुम्भो यत्कर्म निशुम्भश्चातिकोपनः ॥ ३ ॥
bhūyaścēcchāmyahaṁ śrōtuṁ raktabījē nipātitē | cakāra śumbhō yatkarma niśumbhaścātikōpanaḥ || 3 ||
Translation
And further, I desire to hear what action Shumbha and the extremely enraged Nishumbha did after Raktabīja was slain.
Word by word
- bhūyaḥ
- further
- ca
- and
- icchāmi
- I desire
- ahaṁ
- I
- śrotuṁ
- to hear
- raktabīje
- Raktabīja
- nipātite
- having been slain
- cakāra
- did
- śumbhaḥ
- Shumbha
- yat
- what
- karma
- action
- niśumbhaḥ
- Nishumbha
- atikopanaḥ
- extremely enraged
Meaning
The king requests the sage to narrate the actions of Shumbha and the furious Nishumbha following Raktabīja’s defeat, continuing the dialogue.