ਰੂਆਲ ਛੰਦ ॥

ROOAAL STANZA

Decorating their forces many demon-generals marched towards the battlefield.

Many warriors are with half-shaven heads, many with fullshaven hads and many are with matted hair.

All of them in great fury, are causing the dance of their weapons and armour.

They are running and striking blows, causing their sharp swords to shake and glitter. 4.68

All the blows of weapons and arms, which struck the goddess, they appeared as garlands of flowers around her neck.

Seeing this all the demons were filled with anger and astonishment.

Many of them, running ahead repeatedly strike blows with their weapons.

And with shouts of “kill, kill”, they are fighting and falling down.5.69.

The horse-rider generals are driving forward theh horses and the elephant-rider generals are goading their elephants.

Facing unlimited weapons, the enemies’ generals, enduring the blows, are still making an assault.

The armies crushing the warriors are marching forward and showering their arrows.

Many heroic fighters, becoming limbless, have fallen down in the battlefield.6.70.

Some where the shafts are falling like rain-showers and somewhere the swords are striking blows collectively.

The elephants seen together are like stony rocks and the heads of the warriors appear like stones.

The crooked arms appear like octopus and the chariot wheels are like tortoises.

The hair seem like noose and scum and the crushed bones like sand.7.71.

The warriors have bedecked themselves with weapons and the elephants are roaring wihil moving forward.

The horse-riding warriors are speedily moving with the sounds of various types of musical instruments.

Holding their weapons in their hands, the heroes are shouting “kill, kill”.

Blowing many conches, the demons are running in the battlefield.8.72.

The conches and horns are being blown loudly and the generals of the enemy are ready for war.

Somewhere the cowards, forsaking their shame, are running away.

The sound of large-sized drums is being heard and the flags are fluttering.

The forces are roaming and striking their maces.9.73.

The heavenly maids are bedecking themselves and offering ornaments to the warriors.

Selecting their heroes, the heavenly ladies are being bound with them in wedlock by showrering the oil impregnated with the essence of flowers.

They have taken away the warriors with them in their vehicles.

The heroes inebriated for fighting in thhe war, jump from the vehicles and being shot with arrows, fall down below.10.74

Delightfully shouting in the battlefield, the heroic generals have waged war.

Who had several times conquered the king and other chieftains of gods.

Whom Durga (Kapali) chpped and threw in various directions.

And with those who had ground the mountains with the strength of their hands and feet 11.75.

The enemies speedily marching agead are killing countless horses.

And in the battlefield, the terrible stream of blood is flowing.

The weapons like bow and arrows, sword, trident and sharpo axe are being used.

The goddess Kali in great rage, struck down and killed both Chand and Mund.12.76.