Shloka 9
Adhyaya 87 — The Slaying of Dhumralochana and the Emergence of Kali; the Fall of Chanda and Munda (Chamunda Named)
Sanskrit
पार्ष्णिग्राहाङ्कुशग्राहियोधघण्टासमन्वितान् ।
समादायैकहस्तेन मुखे चिक्षेप वारणान् ॥
Transliteration
pārṣṇi-grāhāṅkuśa-grāhi-yodha-ghaṇṭā-samanvitān /
samādāyaika-hastena mukhe cikṣepa vāraṇān
Translation
गजान् ससारथीन् अङ्कुशधारिणो महायोधान् घण्टानिनादसहितान् एकहस्तेन गृहीत्वा स्वमुखे प्राक्षिपत्।
Speakers
Narrative within Devi Mahatmyam
Primary Deities
Kālī
Key ThemesShaktismMythic hyperboleTriumph over martial powerTerror as divine strategy