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Uttama Charitra

Chapter 10 — दशम अध्याय

The Slaying of Śumbha

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| dhyānam | oṃ uttaptahemarucirāṃ ravicandravahni- netrāṃ dhanuśśarayutāṅkuśapāśaśūlam | ramyairbhujaiśca dadhatīṃ śivaśaktirūpāṃ kāmeśvarīṃ hṛdi bhajāmi dhṛtendulekhām ||

oṃ ṛṣiruvāca || 10.1||

niśumbhaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ prāṇasammitam | hanyamānaṃ balaṃ caiva śumbhaḥ kruddho'bravīdvacaḥ || 10.2||

balāvalepaduṣṭe tvaṃ mā durge garvamāvaha | anyāsāṃ balamāśritya yuddhyase cātimāninī || 10.3||

devyuvāca || 10.4||

ekaivāhaṃ jagatyatra dvitīyā kā mamāparā | paśyaitā duṣṭa mayyeva viśantyo madvibhūtayaḥ || 10.5||

tataḥ samastāstā devyo brahmāṇīpramukhā layam | tasyā devyāstanau jagmurekaivāsīttadāmbikā || 10.6||

devyuvāca || 10.7||

ahaṃ vibhūtyā bahubhiriha rūpairyadāsthitā | tatsaṃhṛtaṃ mayaikaiva tiṣṭhāmyājau sthiro bhava || 10.8||

ṛṣiruvāca || 10.9||

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ devyāḥ śumbhasya cobhayoḥ | paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāmasurāṇāṃ ca dāruṇam || 10.10||

śaravarṣaiḥ śitaiḥ śastraistathā cāstraiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ | tayoryuddhamabhūdbhūyaḥ sarvalokabhayaṅkaram || 10.11||

divyānyastrāṇi śataśo mumuce yānyathāmbikā | babhañja tāni daityendrastatpratīghātakartṛbhiḥ || 10.12||

muktāni tena cāstrāṇi divyāni parameśvarī | babhañja līlayaivograhuṅkāroccāraṇādibhiḥ || 10.13||

tataḥ śaraśatairdevīmācchādayata so'suraḥ | sāpi tatkupitā devī dhanuściccheda ceṣubhiḥ || 10.14||

chinne dhanuṣi daityendrastathā śaktimathādade | ciccheda devī cakreṇa tāmapyasya kare sthitām || 10.15||

tataḥ khaḍgamupādāya śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat | abhyadhā vata tāṃ devīṃ daityānāmadhipeśvaraḥ || 10.16||

tasyāpatata evāśu khaḍgaṃ ciccheda caṇḍikā | dhanurmuktaiḥ śitairbāṇaiścarma cārkakarāmalam | aśvāṃśca pātayāmāsa rathaṃ sārathinā saha || 10.17||

hatāśvaḥ sa tadā daityaśchinnadhanvā visārathiḥ | jagrāha mudgaraṃ ghoramambikānidhanodyataḥ || 10.18||

cicchedāpatatastasya mudgaraṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | tathāpi so'bhyadhāvattāṃ muṣṭimudyamya vegavān || 10.19||

sa muṣṭiṃ pātayāmāsa hṛdaye daityapuṅgavaḥ | devyāstaṃ cāpi sā devī talenorasyatāḍayat || 10.20||

talaprahārābhihato nipapāta mahītale | sa daityarājaḥ sahasā punareva tathotthitaḥ || 10.21||

utpatya ca pragṛhyoccairdevīṃ gaganamāsthitaḥ | tatrāpi sā nirādhārā yuyudhe tena caṇḍikā || 10.22||

niyuddhaṃ khe tadā daityaścaṇḍikā ca parasparam | cakratuḥ prathamaṃ siddhamunivismayakārakam || 10.23||

tato niyuddhaṃ suciraṃ kṛtvā tenāmbikā saha | utpāṭya bhrāmayāmāsa cikṣepa dharaṇītale || 10.24||

sa kṣipto dharaṇīṃ prāpya muṣṭimudyamya vegavān | abhyadhāvata duṣṭātmā caṇḍikānidhanecchayā || 10.25||

tamāyāntaṃ tato devī sarvadaityajaneśvaram | jagatyāṃ pātayāmāsa bhittvā śūlena vakṣasi || 10.26||

sa gatāsuḥ papātorvyāṃ devī śūlāgravikṣataḥ | cālayan sakalāṃ pṛthvīṃ sābdhidvīpāṃ saparvatām || 10.27||

tataḥ prasannamakhilaṃ hate tasmin durātmani | jagatsvāsthyamatīvāpa nirmalaṃ cābhavannabhaḥ || 10.28||

utpātameghāḥ solkā ye prāgāsaṃste śamaṃ yayuḥ | sarito mārgavāhinyastathāsaṃstatra pātite || 10.29||

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve harṣanirbharamānasāḥ | babhūvurnihate tasmin gandharvā lalitaṃ jaguḥ || 10.30||

avādayaṃstathaivānye nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ | vavuḥ puṇyāstathā vātāḥ suprabho'bhūddivākaraḥ || 10.31||

jajvaluścāgnayaḥ śāntāḥ śāntā digjanitasvanāḥ || 10.32||