ਸ੍ਵੈਯਾ ॥

SWAYYA,

Raktavija was very much pleased on seeing powerful Chandi coming.,

He moved forward and penetrated into the forces of the enemy and in anger moved further for his demeanour.,

He gushed forward with his army like clouds, the poet has imagined this comparison for his demeanour.,

The arrows of the warriors move as though enormous clouds are raining heavily.130.,

The arrows shot by hands of the warriors, piercing the bodies of the enemies, cross to the other side.,

Leaving the bows and piercing the armours, these arrows stand fixed like cranes, the enemies of fish.,

Many wounds were inficted on the body of Chandi, form which the blood flowed like a stream.,

It seemed that (instead of arrows), the snakes (sons of Takshak) have come out changing their garbs.131.,

When the arrows were shot by the hands of the warriors, Chadika roared like a lioness.,

She held arrows, bow, sword, mace disc, carver and dagger in her hands.,

She destroyed the canopies, separated the palanquins from the elephants.,

It seemed that Hanuman after setting Lanka on fire, has thrown down the loft of the palace of the citadel.132.,

Chandi, taking her superb sword, twisted the faces of the demons with her blows.,

She destroyed those demons, who had obstructed her advance with their strength, being arrayed in rows.,

Eroding the demons by creating fear, she ultimately crushed their bones.,

She drank the blood as Krishna quaffed fire and the sage agastya drank the water of ocean.133.,

Chandi began the war very swiftly holding the bow in her hand, she killed the unaccountable number of demons.

She killed all the army of the demon Raktavija and with their blood, the jackals and vultures satisfied their hunger.,

Seeing the dreadful face of the goddess, the demons ran away from the field like this.,

Just as with the blowing of swift and forceful wind, the leaves of the fig tree (peepal) fly away.134.,

With great the mighty Chandika, holding the sword in her hand, destroyed the horses and the enemies.,

Many were killed with arrows, disc and mace and the bodies of many were torn by the lion.,

She killed the forces on horses, elephants and on foot and wounding those on chariots hath rendered them without chariots.,

The elements lying on the ground at that place seem to have fallen like mountains during the earthquake.135.,