Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Verse 40
खण्डं खण्डं च चक्रेण वैष्णव्या दानवाः कृताः। वज्रेण चैन्द्रीहस्ताग्रविमुक्तेन तथापरे ॥ ४० ॥
khaṇḍaṁ khaṇḍaṁ ca cakrēṇa vaiṣṇavyā dānavāḥ kṛtāḥ | vajrēṇa caindrīhastāgravimuktēna tathāparē || 40 ||
Translation
Demons were cut piece by piece by Vaiṣṇavī’s discus, and others by Aindrī’s thunderbolt released from her hand.
Word by word
- khaṇḍaṁ khaṇḍaṁ
- piece by piece
- ca
- and
- cakreṇa
- by discus
- vaiṣṇavyā
- by Vaiṣṇavī
- dānavāḥ
- demons
- kṛtāḥ
- made
- vajreṇa
- by thunderbolt
- aindri
- Aindrī
- hastāgravimuktena
- released from the hand
- tathā
- also
- apare
- others
Meaning
Vaiṣṇavī slices demons into pieces with her discus, while Aindrī destroys others with her thunderbolt, further decimating the demon army.