Chapter-VII ॥ Slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa ॥
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Sanskrit
ॐ ऋषिरुवाच॥ १॥
Transliteration
om ṛṣiruvāca || 1||
English Translation
1.The Sage said:
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Sanskrit
आज्ञप्तास्ते ततो दैत्याश्चण्डमुण्डपुरोगमाः।
चतुरङ्गबलोपेता ययुरभ्युद्यतायुधाः॥ २॥
Transliteration
ājñaptāste tato daityāścaṇḍamuṇḍapurogamāḥ |
caturaṅgabalopetā yayurabhyudyatāyudhāḥ || 2||
English Translation
2.Then receiving the command, the Asuras headed by Chaṇḍa and Muṇḍa, fully equipped with arms, marched with the full fourfold complement of the armies.
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Sanskrit
ददृशुस्ते ततो देवीमीषद्धासां व्यवस्थिताम्।
सिंहस्योपरि शैलेन्द्रशृङ्गे महति काञ्चने॥ ३॥
Transliteration
dadṛśuste tato devīmīṣaddhāsāṁ vyavasthitām |
siṁhasyopari śailendraśṛṅge mahati kāñcane || 3||
English Translation
3.They saw the Goddess on a lofty golden peak of the Himālayas, seated on her lion, smiling.
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Sanskrit
ते दृष्ट्वा तां समादातुमुद्यमं चक्रुरुद्यताः।
आकृष्टचापासिधरास्तथान्ये तत्समीपगाः॥ ४॥
Transliteration
te dṛṣṭvā tāṁ samādātumudyamaṁ cakrurudyatāḥ |
ākṛṣṭacāpāsidharāstathānye tatsamīpagāḥ || 4||
English Translation
4.Seeing her, they got excited and made effort to capture her. Some went near her with swords drawn and bows bent in readiness.
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Sanskrit
ततः कोपं चकारोच्चैरम्बिका तानरीन्प्रति।
कोपेन चास्या वदनं मषीवर्णमभूत्तदा॥ ५॥
Transliteration
tataḥ kopaṁ cakāroccairambikā tānarīnprati |
kopena cāsyā vadanaṁ maṣīvarṇamabhūttadā || 5||
English Translation
5.Thereupon, the Mother became exceedingly angry towards those foes; and her face then became dark as ink, with anger.
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Sanskrit
भ्रुकुटीकुटिलात्तस्या ललाटफलकाद्द्रुतम्।
काली करालवदना विनिष्क्रान्तासिपाशिनी॥ ६॥
Transliteration
bhrukuṭīkuṭilāttasyā lalāṭaphalakāddrutam |
kālī karālavadanā viniṣkrāntāsipāśinī || 6||
English Translation
6.From the plane of her forehead, furrowed with knitted eyebrows, immediately emerged forth Kālī of the terrible face, having the sword and the noose.
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Sanskrit
विचित्रखट्वाङ्गधरा नरमालाविभूषणा।
द्वीपिचर्मपरीधाना शुष्कमांसातिभैरवा॥ ७॥
Transliteration
vicitrakhaṭvāṅgadharā naramālāvibhūṣaṇā |
dvīpicarmaparīdhānā śuṣkamāṁsātibhairavā || 7||
English Translation
7.She held a strange skull - topped staff, a garland of human skeletons, her ornament. Wearing for her garment a tiger skin she looked terrible with her body, all skin and bone.
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Sanskrit
अतिविस्तारवदना जिह्वाललनभीषणा।
निमग्नारक्तनयना नादापूरितदिङ्मुखा॥ ८॥
Transliteration
ativistāravadanā jihvālalanabhīṣaṇā |
nimagnāraktanayanā nādāpūritadiṅmukhā || 8||
English Translation
8.A wide gaping mouth and her lolling tongue striking fear, with sunken eyes, all red, she filled the quarters with her roar.
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Sanskrit
सा वेगेनाभिपतिता घातयन्ती महासुरान्।
सैन्ये तत्र सुरारीणामभक्षयत तद्बलम्॥ ९॥
Transliteration
sā vegenābhipatitā ghātayantī mahāsurān |
sainye tatra surārīṇāmabhakṣayata tadbalam || 9||
English Translation
9.She fell on the army, on the great Asuras fast, slaughtering them. And she devoured the army of the foes of the gods.
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Sanskrit
पार्ष्णिग्राहाङ्कुशग्राहयोधघण्टासमन्वितान्।
समादायैकहस्तेन मुखे चिक्षेप वारणान्॥ १०॥
Transliteration
pārṣṇigrāhāṅkuśagrāhayodhaghaṇṭāsamanvitān |
samādāyaikahastena mukhe cikṣepa vāraṇān || 10||
English Translation
10.With one hand, she took and put into her mouth the elephants, along with their guards on both the sides, the drivers with their spikes, the warrior-riders and the hanging bells.
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Sanskrit
तथैव योधं तुरगै रथं सारथिना सह।
निक्षिप्य वक्त्रे दशनैश्चर्वयन्त्यतिभैरवम्॥ ११॥
Transliteration
tathaiva yodhaṁ turagai rathaṁ sārathinā saha |
nikṣipya vaktre daśanaiścarvayantyatibhairavam || 11||
English Translation
11.Likewise, putting into her mouth the cavalry with their horses and the chariots with the charioteers she chewed them most frightfully with her teeth.
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Sanskrit
एकं जग्राह केशेषु ग्रीवायामथ चापरम्।
पादेनाक्रम्य चैवान्यमुरसान्यमपोथयत्॥ १२॥
Transliteration
ekaṁ jagrāha keśeṣu grīvāyāmatha cāparam |
pādenākramya caivānyamurasānyamapothayat || 12||
English Translation
12.She caught one by the hair, the other by the neck. She assaulted one with her foot and crushed the other by hugging to her chest.
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Sanskrit
तैर्मुक्तानि च शस्त्राणि महास्त्राणि तथासुरैः।
मुखेन जग्राह रुषा दशनैर्मथितान्यपि॥ १३॥
Transliteration
tairmuktāni ca śastrāṇi mahāstrāṇi tathāsuraiḥ |
mukhena jagrāha ruṣā daśanairmathitānyapi || 13||
English Translation
13.She caught in her mouth the arrows and the great missiles hurled by those Asuras and gnashed them in fury with her teeth.
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Sanskrit
बलिनां तद्बलं सर्वमसुराणां दुरात्मनाम्।
ममर्दाभक्षयच्चान्यानन्यांश्चाताडयत्तदा॥ १४॥
Transliteration
balināṁ tadbalaṁ sarvamasurāṇāṁ durātmanām |
mamardābhakṣayaccānyānanyāṁścātāḍayattadā || 14||
English Translation
14.She pounded the entire army of the mighty wicked Asuras, devoured some and beat others.
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Sanskrit
असिना निहताः केचित्केचित्खट्वाङ्गताडिताः।
जग्मुर्विनाशमसुरा दन्ताग्राभिहतास्तथा॥ १५॥
Transliteration
asinā nihatāḥ kecitkecitkhaṭvāṅgatāḍitāḥ |
jagmurvināśamasurā dantāgrābhihatāstathā || 15||
English Translation
15.Some were struck by the sword; some were beaten by the staff with skull- top. Other Asuras perished lacerated by the edge of her teeth.
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Sanskrit
क्षणेन तद्बलं सर्वमसुराणां निपातितम्।
दृष्ट्वा चण्डोऽभिदुद्राव तां कालीमतिभीषणाम्॥ १६॥
Transliteration
kṣaṇena tadbalaṁ sarvamasurāṇāṁ nipātitam |
dṛṣṭvā caṇḍo’bhidudrāva tāṁ kālīmatibhīṣaṇām || 16||
English Translation
16.Seeing that the entire army of the Asuras was in a moment laid to the ground, Caṇḍa ran towards the terrible Kālī.
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Sanskrit
शरवर्षैर्महाभीमैर्भीमाक्षीं तां महासुरः।
छादयामास चक्रैश्च मुण्डः क्षिप्तैः सहस्रशः॥ १७॥
Transliteration
śaravarṣairmahābhīmairbhīmākṣīṁ tāṁ mahāsuraḥ |
chādayāmāsa cakraiśca muṇḍaḥ kṣiptaiḥ sahasraśaḥ || 17||
English Translation
17.The great Asura with terrific showers of arrows and Muṇḍa with discuses hurled in thousands covered her of terrific eyes.
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Sanskrit
तानि चक्राण्यनेकानि विशमानानि तन्मुखम्।
बभुर्यथाऽर्कबिम्बानि सुबहूनि घनोदरम्॥ १८॥
Transliteration
tāni cakrāṇyanekāni viśamānāni tanmukham |
babhuryathā’rkabimbāni subahūni ghanodaram || 18||
English Translation
18.Those innumerable discuses entering her mouth shone like so many orbs of the Sun entering in the midst of a cloud.
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Sanskrit
ततो जहासातिरुषा भीमं भैरवनादिनी।
काली करालवदना दुर्दर्शदशनोज्ज्वला॥ १९॥
Transliteration
tato jahāsātiruṣā bhīmaṁ bhairavanādinī |
kālī karālavadanā durdarśadaśanojjvalā || 19||
English Translation
19.Then Kālī of terrible face, laughed fiercely in wrath making a frightful noise, her gleaming teeth dazzling the eyes.
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Sanskrit
उत्थाय च महासिंहं देवी चण्डमधावत।
गृहीत्वा चास्य केशेषु शिरस्तेनासिनाच्छिनत्॥ २०॥
Transliteration
utthāya ca mahāsiṁhaṁ devī caṇḍamadhāvata |
gṛhītvā cāsya keśeṣu śirastenāsinācchinat || 20||
English Translation
20.Mounting on the great lion, the Devi hastened at Caṇḍa. Catching him by the hair, she severed the head with her sword.
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Sanskrit
अथ मुण्डोऽभ्यधावत्तां दृष्ट्वा चण्डं निपातितम्।
तमप्यपातयद्भूमौ सा खड्गाभिहतं रुषा॥ २१॥
Transliteration
atha muṇḍo’bhyadhāvattāṁ dṛṣṭvā caṇḍaṁ nipātitam |
tamapyapātayadbhūmau sā khaḍgābhihataṁ ruṣā || 21||
English Translation
21.Seeing Chaṇḍa fell, Muṇḍa hastened at her. She felled him too to the ground, striking him with the sword in his wrath.
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Sanskrit
हतशेषं ततः सैन्यं दृष्ट्वा चण्डं निपातितम्।
मुण्डं च सुमहावीर्यं दिशो भेजे भयातुरम्॥ २२॥
Transliteration
hataśeṣaṁ tataḥ sainyaṁ dṛṣṭvā caṇḍaṁ nipātitam |
muṇḍaṁ ca sumahāvīryaṁ diśo bheje bhayāturam || 22||
English Translation
22.Seeing Caṇḍa and the great warrior Muṇḍa vanquished, the remaining army left unslain, striken with terror, fled in every direction.
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Sanskrit
शिरश्चण्डस्य काली च गृहीत्वा मुण्डमेव च।
प्राह प्रचण्डाट्टहासमिश्रमभ्येत्य चण्डिकाम्॥ २३॥
Transliteration
śiraścaṇḍasya kālī ca gṛhītvā muṇḍameva ca |
prāha pracaṇḍāṭṭahāsamiśramabhyetya caṇḍikām || 23||
English Translation
23.And K ālī bearing the heads of Chaṇḍa and Muṇḍa went up to Caṇḍika and said laughing all the while frightfully loudly.
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Sanskrit
मया तवात्रोपहृतौ चण्डमुण्डौ महापशू।
युद्धयज्ञे स्वयं शुम्भं निशुम्भं च हनिष्यसि॥ २४॥
Transliteration
mayā tavātropahṛtau caṇḍamuṇḍau mahāpaśū |
yuddhayajñe svayaṁ śumbhaṁ niśumbhaṁ ca haniṣyasi || 24||
English Translation
24.In this sacrifice of battle I have brought to you here two victims, Chaṇḍa and Muṇḍa. You yourself will slay Śumbha and Niśumbha.
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Sanskrit
ऋषिरुवाच॥ २५॥
Transliteration
ṛṣiruvāca || 25||
English Translation
25.The Sage said:
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Sanskrit
तावानीतौ ततो दृष्ट्वा चण्डमुण्डौ महासुरौ।
उवाच कालीं कल्याणी ललितं चण्डिका वचः॥ २६॥
Transliteration
tāvānītau tato dṛṣṭvā caṇḍamuṇḍau mahāsurau |
uvāca kālīṁ kalyāṇī lalitaṁ caṇḍikā vacaḥ || 26||
English Translation
26.Then seeing the two great Asuras Chaṇḍa and Muṇḍa brought to her, the auspicious Candikā spoke nice words to Kālī.
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Sanskrit
यस्माच्चण्डं च मुण्डं च गृहीत्वा त्वमुपागता।
चामुण्डेति ततो लोके ख्याता देवी भविष्यसि॥ २७॥
Transliteration
yasmāccaṇḍaṁ ca muṇḍaṁ ca gṛhītvā tvamupāgatā |
cāmuṇḍeti tato loke khyātā devī bhaviṣyasi || 27||
English Translation
27.As you have come to me bringing Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, you will henceforth become famous in the world as Goddess Cāmuṇḍa.
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Sanskrit
॥ इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे सावर्णिके मन्वन्तरे देवीमाहात्म्ये सप्तमः ॥ ७॥
Transliteration
|| iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye saptamaḥ || 7||
English Translation
Here ends the seventh of Devi Māhātmya in Markandeya Purana during the period of Sāvarni, the Manu.