Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Verse 6
हन्यमानं महासैन्यं विलोक्यामर्षमुद्वहन्। अभ्यधावन्निशुम्भोऽथ मुख्ययासुरसेनया ॥ ६ ॥
hanyamānaṁ mahāsainyaṁ vilōkyāmarṣamudvahan | abhyadhāvanniśumbhō’tha mukhyayāsurasēnayā || 6 ||
Translation
Seeing the great army being destroyed, bearing anger, Nishumbha then rushed with the chief demon army.
Word by word
- hanyamānaṁ
- being destroyed
- mahāsainyaṁ
- great army
- vilokya
- having seen
- amarṣam
- anger
- udvahan
- bearing
- abhyadhāvan
- rushed
- niśumbhaḥ
- Nishumbha
- atha
- then
- mukhyayā
- with chief
- asurasenayā
- demon army
Meaning
Nishumbha, witnessing the devastation of his army, charges into battle with his elite demon forces, driven by fury.