खड्गपात्रशिरःखेटैरलङ्कृतचतुर्भुजा। कबन्धहारं शिरसा बिभ्राणा हि शिरःस्रजम् ॥ ९ ॥
khaḍgapātraśiraḥkhēṭairalaṅkṛtacaturbhujā | kabandhahāraṁ śirasā bibhrāṇā hi śiraḥsrajam || 9 ||
Translation
Her four arms were adorned with the sword, the cup, a severed head and the shield; she wore a necklace of headless trunks and a garland of heads on her head.
Word by word
- khaḍgapātraśiraḥkhēṭaiḥ
- with sword, cup, head and shield
- alaṅkṛtacaturbhujā
- her four arms adorned
- kabandhahāram
- a necklace of headless trunks
- śirasā
- on her head
- bibhrāṇā
- wearing
- hi
- indeed
- śiraḥsrajam
- a garland of heads
Meaning
Her four arms carry the sword and shield of battle and the cup and head of the cremation ground. Kabandhahāra is read as a necklace of headless trunks worn on the breast.