Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Verse 31
ततो भगवती क्रुद्धा दुर्गा दुर्गार्तिनाशिनी। चिच्छेद तानि चक्राणि स्वशरैः सायकांश्च तान् ॥ ३१ ॥
tatō bhagavatī kruddhā durgā durgārtināśinī | cicchēda tāni cakrāṇi svaśaraiḥ sāyakāṁśca tān || 31 ||
Translation
Then the divine Goddess Durgā, enraged, the destroyer of distress, cut those discuses and arrows with her own arrows.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- bhagavatī
- divine Goddess
- kruddhā
- enraged
- durgā
- Durgā
- durgārtināśinī
- destroyer of distress
- ciccheda
- cut
- tāni
- those
- cakrāṇi
- discuses
- svaśaraiḥ
- with her own arrows
- sāyakān
- arrows
- ca
- and
- tān
- those
Meaning
In response to Nishumbha’s barrage of discus weapons, the enraged Goddess Durgā, known for alleviating suffering, counters by destroying his discuses and arrows with her own precise arrows, asserting her dominance.