Chapter 6: Dhumralochana burnt to ash

इत्याकर्ण्य वचो देव्याः स दूतोऽमर्षपूरितः ।
समाचष्ट समागम्य दैत्यराजाय विस्तरात्

ityākarṇya vaco devyāḥ sa dūto'marṣapūritaḥ |
samācaṣṭa samāgamya daityarājāya vistarāt

The Rishi said: Hearing these words of the Devi, the messenger, filled with fury, went back and told the king of the daityas everything in full.

तस्य दूतस्य तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्यासुरराट् ततः ।
सक्रोधः प्राह दैत्यानामधिपं धूम्रलोचनम्

tasya dūtasya tadvākyamākarṇyāsurarāṭ tataḥ |
sakrodhaḥ prāha daityānāmadhipaṃ dhūmralocanam

When the lord of the asuras heard the messenger's report, he flew into a rage and spoke to Dhumralochana, a chief of the daityas.

हे धूम्रलोचनाशु त्वं स्वसैन्यपरिवारितः ।
तामानय बलाद् दुष्टां केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम्

he dhūmralocanāśu tvaṃ svasainyaparivāritaḥ |
tāmānaya balād duṣṭāṃ keśākarṣaṇavihvalām

Dhumralochana, go at once with your army around you. Drag that wicked woman here by force, dragging her by the hair till she is helpless.

तत्परित्राणदः कश्चिद्यदि वोत्तिष्ठतेऽपरः ।
स हन्तव्योऽमरो वापि यक्षो गन्धर्व एव वा

tatparitrāṇadaḥ kaścidyadi vottiṣṭhate'paraḥ |
sa hantavyo'maro vāpi yakṣo gandharva eva vā

And if anyone else rises to protect her, kill him, whether he be a deva, a yaksha or a gandharva.

तेनाज्ञप्तस्ततः शीघ्रं स दैत्यो धूम्रलोचनः ।
वृतः षष्ट्या सहस्राणामसुराणां द्रुतं ययो

tenājñaptastataḥ śīghraṃ sa daityo dhūmralocanaḥ |
vṛtaḥ ṣaṣṭyā sahasrāṇāmasurāṇāṃ drutaṃ yayo

The Rishi said: So commanded, the daitya Dhumralochana set out swiftly, surrounded by sixty thousand asuras.

स दृष्ट्वा तां ततो देवीं तुहिनाचलसंस्थिताम् ।
जगादोच्चैः प्रयाहीति मूलं शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः

sa dṛṣṭvā tāṃ tato devīṃ tuhinācalasaṃsthitām |
jagādoccaiḥ prayāhīti mūlaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ

He saw the Devi standing on the snowy Himalaya and shouted aloud to her: Come before Shumbha and Nishumbha.

न चेत्प्रीत्याद्य भवती मद्भर्तारमुपैष्यति ।
ततो बलान्नयाम्येष केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम्

na cetprītyādya bhavatī madbhartāramupaiṣyati |
tato balānnayāmyeṣa keśākarṣaṇavihvalām

If you will not come to my master willingly today, then I will take you by force, dragged helpless by your hair.

दैत्येश्वरेण प्रहितो बलवान् बलसंवृतः ।
बलान्नयसि मामेवं ततः किं ते करोम्यहम्

daityeśvareṇa prahito balavān balasaṃvṛtaḥ |
balānnayasi māmevaṃ tataḥ kiṃ te karomyaham

The Devi said: You are sent by the lord of the daityas, you are mighty and you have an army with you. If you take me by force like this, what can I do to you?

इत्युक्तः सोऽभ्यधावत्तामसुरो धूम्रलोचनः ।
हुङ्कारेणैव तं भस्म सा चकाराम्बिका ततः

ityuktaḥ so'bhyadhāvattāmasuro dhūmralocanaḥ |
huṅkāreṇaiva taṃ bhasma sā cakārāmbikā tataḥ

The Rishi said: At these words the asura Dhumralochana rushed at her, and Ambika burned him to ashes with nothing more than the sound "hum".

अथ क्रुद्धं महासैन्यमसुराणां तथाम्बिका ।
ववर्ष सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तथा शक्तिपरश्वधैः

atha kruddhaṃ mahāsainyamasurāṇāṃ tathāmbikā |
vavarṣa sāyakaistīkṣṇaistathā śaktiparaśvadhaiḥ

Then the great army of the asuras grew enraged, and Ambika rained sharp arrows on it, along with spears and battle-axes.

ततो धुतसटः कोपात् कृत्वा नादं सुभैरवम् ।
पपातासुरसेनायां सिंहो देव्याः स्ववाहनः

tato dhutasaṭaḥ kopāt kṛtvā nādaṃ subhairavam |
papātāsurasenāyāṃ siṃho devyāḥ svavāhanaḥ

Then the Devi's own mount, the lion, shook its mane in anger, gave a terrifying roar and fell upon the asura army.

कांश्चित् करप्रहारेण दैत्यानास्येन चापरान् ।
आक्रम्य चाधरेणान्यान् स जघान महासुरान्

kāṃścit karaprahāreṇa daityānāsyena cāparān |
ākramya cādhareṇānyān sa jaghāna mahāsurān

Some great asuras it killed with blows of its paws, others with its jaws, and others it crushed under its weight.

केषाञ्चित् पाटयामास नखैः कोष्ठानि केसरी ।
तथा तलप्रिहारेण शिरांसि कृतवान् पृथक्

keṣāñcit pāṭayāmāsa nakhaiḥ koṣṭhāni kesarī |
tathā talaprihāreṇa śirāṃsi kṛtavān pṛthak

With its claws the lion tore open the bellies of some, and with slaps of its paw it struck off the heads of others.

विच्छिन्नबाहुशिरसः सृतास्तेन तथापरे ।
पपौ च रुधिरं कोष्ठादन्येषां धुतकेसरः

vicchinnabāhuśirasaḥ sṛtāstena tathāpare |
papau ca rudhiraṃ koṣṭhādanyeṣāṃ dhutakesaraḥ

Others it left with arms and heads severed, and shaking its mane it drank the blood from the bellies of still others.

क्षणेन तद्बलं सर्वं क्षयं नीतं महात्मना ।
तेन केसरिणा देव्या वाहनेनातिकोपिना

kṣaṇena tadbalaṃ sarvaṃ kṣayaṃ nītaṃ mahātmanā |
tena kesariṇā devyā vāhanenātikopinā

In a moment that whole army was destroyed by the Devi's great-hearted mount, the lion, blazing with fury.

श्रुत्वा तमसुरं देव्या निहतं धूम्रलोचनम् ।
बलं च क्षयितं कृत्स्त्रं देवीकेसरिणा ततः

śrutvā tamasuraṃ devyā nihataṃ dhūmralocanam |
balaṃ ca kṣayitaṃ kṛtstraṃ devīkesariṇā tataḥ

Shumbha heard that the asura Dhumralochana had been slain by the Devi and that his whole army had been destroyed by her lion.

चुकोप दैत्याधिपतिः शुम्भः प्रस्फुरिताधरः ।
आज्ञापयामास च तौ चण्डमुण्डौ महासुरौ

cukopa daityādhipatiḥ śumbhaḥ prasphuritādharaḥ |
ājñāpayāmāsa ca tau caṇḍamuṇḍau mahāsurau

Shumbha, lord of the daityas, burned with anger, his lip trembling, and he gave his command to the two great asuras Chanda and Munda.

हे चण्ड हे मुण्ड बलैर्बहुभिः परिवारितौ ।
तत्र गच्छत गत्वा च सा समानीयतां लघु

he caṇḍa he muṇḍa balairbahubhiḥ parivāritau |
tatra gacchata gatvā ca sā samānīyatāṃ laghu

O Chanda, O Munda, take a large army with you and go there. Once there, bring her here quickly.

केशेष्वाकृष्य बद्ध्वा वा यदि वः संशयो युधि ।
तदाशेषायुधैः सर्वैरसुरैर्विनिहन्यताम्

keśeṣvākṛṣya baddhvā vā yadi vaḥ saṃśayo yudhi |
tadāśeṣāyudhaiḥ sarvairasurairvinihanyatām

Drag her by the hair or bind her. If you have any doubt of winning the fight, then strike her down with every weapon and with all the asuras.

तस्यां हतायां दुष्टायां सिंहे च विनिपातिते ।
शीघ्रमागम्यतां बद्ध्वा गृहीत्वा तामथाम्बिकाम्

tasyāṃ hatāyāṃ duṣṭāyāṃ siṃhe ca vinipātite |
śīghramāgamyatāṃ baddhvā gṛhītvā tāmathāmbikām

When that wicked woman is wounded and the lion struck down, seize that Ambika, bind her and return quickly.