खड्गिनी शूलिनी घोरा गदिनी चक्रिणी तथा। शङ्खिनी चापिनी बाणभुशुण्डीपरिघायुधा ॥ ९ ॥
khaḍginī śūlinī ghōrā gadinī cakriṇī tathā | śaṅkhinī cāpinī bāṇabhuśuṇḍīparighāyudhā || 9 ||
Translation
Terrible, you bear the sword and the trident, the mace and the discus, the conch and the bow; arrows, the bhuśuṇḍī and the iron club are your weapons.
Word by word
- khaḍginī
- bearing the sword
- śūlinī
- bearing the trident
- ghōrā
- terrible
- gadinī
- bearing the mace
- cakriṇī
- bearing the discus
- tathā
- and also
- śaṅkhinī
- bearing the conch
- cāpinī
- bearing the bow
- bāṇabhuśuṇḍīparighāyudhā
- whose weapons are arrows, the bhuśuṇḍī and the iron club
Meaning
The gentle qualities are followed by the weapons of the warrior Goddess, the same ones she will carry against the demons in the chapters to come. The bhuśuṇḍī is an old missile weapon; the parigha is an iron-bound club.