Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Verse 4–5
ऋषिरुवाच ॥ ४ ॥ चकार कोपमतुलं रक्तबीजे निपातिते। शुम्भासुरो निशुम्भश्च हतेष्वन्येषु चाहवे ॥ ५ ॥
ṛṣiruvāca || 4 || cakāra kōpamatulaṁ raktabījē nipātitē | śumbhāsurō niśumbhaśca hatēṣvanyēṣu cāhavē || 5 ||
Translation
Shumbha the demon and Nishumbha, with incomparable anger, acted when Raktabīja was slain and others were killed in battle.
Word by word
- cakāra
- did
- kopam
- anger
- atulaṁ
- incomparable
- raktabīje
- Raktabīja
- nipātite
- having been slain
- śumbhāsuraḥ
- Shumbha the demon
- niśumbhaḥ
- Nishumbha
- ca
- and
- hateṣu
- slain
- anyeṣu
- others
- āhave
- in battle
Meaning
The sage describes how Shumbha and Nishumbha, consumed by unparalleled rage, reacted to the deaths of Raktabīja and other demons in the battle.