ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ

She killed the black mountains like demons, just as the sun-rays destroy the darkness.,

The army ran away out of fear, which hath been imagined by the poet like this:,

As though seeing the mouth of Bhim filled with blood, Kaurvas have run away from the battlefield.180.,

KABIT,

On receiving orders from king Sumbh, the warriors of great strength and composure, marched towards Chandi in great rage.,

Chandika taking her bow and arrow and Kali her sword, with great force destroyed the army in an instant.,

Many left the battlefield out of fear, many of them became corpses with arrows, routed from its place the army hath fled helter skelter like this:

Just as in the desert, millions of the particles of dust, fly away before the violent wind.181.,

SWAYYA,

Kali, taking the double-edged sword and Chandi her bow, have threatened the forces of the enemy like this:,

Many have been chewed by Kali with her mouth, and many have been beheaded by Chandi.,

A sea of blood hath appeared on the earth, many warriors have left the battlefield and many are lying wounded.

Those who have fled, they have told Sumbh like this: “Many heroes are lying (dead in that place.”182.,

DOHRA,

Seeing such a violent war, Vishnu thought,

And sent the powers for the help of the goddess in the battlefield.183.,

SWAYYA,

As commanded by Vishnu, the powers of all the gods came for help for powerful Chandi.,

The goddess, in reverence, said to them: “Welcome, you have come as though I have called you.”,

The poet hath imagined well in his mind the glory of that occasion.,

It seemed that the stream of Sawan (the rainy month) hath come and merged in the sea.184.,

Seeing the great many of the demons, the warriors of the powers of gods went in front of them for war.,

With great force killed many with their arrows and caused the confronting warriors to lie dead in the battlefield.,

Kali chewed many with her molars, and had thrown asunder many of them in all the four directions.,

It seemed that while fighting with Ravana, in great fury, Jamwant had picked up and destroyed the great mountains.185.,

Then taking the sword in her hand, Kali hath waged a ferocious war with the demons.,

She hath destroyed many, who are lying dead on the earth and the blood is oozing out of the corpses.,

The marrow, which is flowing from the heads of the enemies, the poet hath thought about it in this way:,

In seemed that slipping down from the peak of the mountain, the snow hath fallen on the earth.186.,

DOHRA,

When no other remedy was left, all the forces of the demons fled away.,

At that time Sumbh said to Nisumbh: “Take the army and go to fight.”187.,

SWAYYA,

Obeying the orders of Sumbh, the mighty Nisumbh hath arrayed and moved forward like this:,

Just as in the war of Mahabharata, Arjuna, filled with anger had fought with Karan.,

The arrows of Chandi struck the demon in great number, which pierced and crossed the body, how?,

Just as the young shoots of paddy in the field of a farmer in the rainy month of Sawan.188.,

At first she caused the warriors to fall with her arrows, then taking her sword in her hand she waged the war like this:,

She killed and destroyed the whole army, which resulted in the depletion of the strength of the demon.,

At that place there is blood everywhere, the poet hath imagined its comparison like this:,

After creating the seven oceans, Brahma hath created this eighth new ocean of blood .189.,

The power Chandi, taking the sword in her hand, is fighting in the bettlefield with great ire.,

She hath destroyed four types of army and Kalika hath also killed many with great force.,

Showing her frightening form, Kalika hath effaced the glory of the face of Nisumbh.,

The earth hath become red with blood, it seems that the earth is wearing the red sari.190.

All the demons, recouping their strength are resisting Chandi again in war.,

Equipping themselves with their weapons they are fighting in the battlefield like the months surrounding the lamp.,

Holding her ferocious bow, she hath chopped the warriors into haloves in battlefield.,