Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Verse 36
तस्य निष्क्रामतो देवी प्रहस्य स्वनवत्ततः। शिरश्चिच्छेद खड्गेन ततोऽसावपतद्भुवि ॥ ३६ ॥
tasya niṣkrāmatō dēvī prahasya svanavattataḥ | śiraścicchēda khaḍgēna tatō’sāvapatadbhuvi || 36 ||
Translation
The Goddess, laughing resoundingly at him emerging, then cut his head with her sword, and he fell on the ground.
Word by word
- tasya
- his
- niṣkrāmataḥ
- emerging
- devī
- Goddess
- prahasya
- laughing
- svanavat
- resounding
- tataḥ
- then
- śiraḥ
- head
- ciccheda
- cut
- khaḍgena
- with sword
- asau
- he
- apatat
- fell
- bhuvi
- on the ground
Meaning
The Goddess, with a resonant laugh, swiftly beheads the emerging being with her sword, causing it to collapse, completing Nishumbha’s defeat.