Ch 18 Verse 1 Verse

Sanskrit Text

५.१८ अष्टादशोऽध्यायः । महिषासुरवधः । महिष उवाच । तस्यास्तु भगिनी कन्या नाम्ना चेन्दुमती शुभा । विवाहयोग्या सञ्जाता सुरूपावरजा यदा ॥ १ ॥

English Translation

Mahiṣa said :-- O Devī! Mandodarī had a sister Indumatī; unmarried and endowed with all auspicious signs. She grew up in time to a marriageable age.

Ch 18 Verse 2 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तस्या विवाहः संवृत्तः सञ्जातश्च स्वयंवरः । राजानो बहुदेशीयाः सङ्गतास्तत्र मण्डपे ॥ २ ॥

English Translation

The Svayambara assembly (a marriage in which the girl chooses her husband from among a number of visitors assembled together) was then called for the marriage of the maiden Indumatī.

Ch 18 Verse 3 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तया वृतो नृपः कश्चिद्बलवान् रूपसंयुतः । कुलशीलसमायुक्तः सर्वलक्षणसंयुतः ॥ ३ ॥

English Translation

The Kings from various parts came there and the maiden Indumatī selected from among them a beautiful strong king, of noble lineage and endowed with all auspicious signs.

Ch 18 Verse 4 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तदा कामातुरा जाता विटं वीक्ष्य नृपं तु सा । चकमे दैवयोगात्तु शठं चातुर्यभूषितम् ॥ ४ ॥

English Translation

At that time, by the undescribeable power of Destiny, Mandodarī seeing the deceitful, cunning, and hypocrite King of Madra, became passionate and desired to marry him.

Ch 18 Verse 5 Verse

Sanskrit Text

पितरं प्राह तन्वङ्गी विवाहं कुरु मे पितः । इच्छा मेऽद्य समुद्भूता दृष्ट्वा मद्राधिपं त्विह ॥ ५ ॥

English Translation

That slender woman Mandodarī then addressed her father thus :-- “O Father! Seeing the King of Madra in this assembly, I am desirous to marry him; so perform also my marriage ceremony now.”

Ch 18 Verse 6 Verse

Sanskrit Text

चन्द्रसेनोऽपि तच्छ्रुत्वा पुत्र्या यद्भाषितं रहः । प्रसन्नेन च मनसा तत्कार्ये तत्परोऽभवत् ॥ ६ ॥

English Translation

When the king heard this request from her own daughter privately, he became very glad and began with promptness, to make preparations for the marriage.

Ch 18 Verse 7-8 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तमाहूय नृपं गेहे विवाहविधिना ददौ । कन्यां मन्दोदरीं तस्मै पारिबर्हं तथा बहु ॥ ७ ॥ चारुदेष्णोऽपि तां प्राप्य सुन्दरीं मुदितोऽभवत् । जगाम स्वगृहं तुष्टो राजापि सहितः स्त्रिया ॥ ८ ॥

English Translation

He invited the King of Madra to his own palace and gave him in marriage his own daughter Mandodarī, according to due rites and ceremonies with an abundance of dowry and wealth. The King of Madra Cārudeṣṇa became very glad to marry the beautiful Mandodarī and went back with her to his own abode.

Ch 18 Verse 9-10 Verse

Sanskrit Text

रेमे नृपतिशार्दूलः कामिन्या बहुवासरान् । कदाचिद्दासपत्न्या स रममाणो रहः किल ॥ ९ ॥ सैरन्ध्र्या कथितं तस्यै तया दृष्टः पतिस्तथा । उपालम्भं ददौ तस्मै स्मितपूर्वं रुषान्विता ॥ १० ॥

English Translation

The King Cārudeṣṇa then enjoyed her for good many days; when one day a maid-servant found the king in sexual intercourse with another maid-servant in a lonely place and divulged this to Mandodarī; she finding the king in that state became angry and rebuked him with a slight smiling countenance.

Ch 18 Verse 11-12 Verse

Sanskrit Text

कदाचिदपि सामान्यां रहो रूपवतीं नृपः । क्रीडयँल्लालयन्दृष्टः खेदं प्राप तदैव सा ॥ ११ ॥ न ज्ञातोऽयं शठः पूर्वं यदा दृष्टः स्वयंवरे । किं कृतं तु मया मोहाद्वञ्चिताहं नृपेण ह ॥ १२ ॥

English Translation

Again, on another occasion, Mandodarī saw the king willingly engaged in amusements and sports with an ordinary beautiful woman and became very sorry and thought thus :-- When I saw him in the Svayamvara, I could not recognise him as a cheat; I am deceived by this King; Oh! What a wrong act have I done through delusion. This King is a rogue and he is totally shameless and has no dislike for contemptible things; it is now too late to repent for him.

Ch 18 Verse 13 Verse

Sanskrit Text

किं करोम्यद्य सन्तापं निर्लज्जे निर्घृणे शठे । का प्रीतिरीदृशे पत्यौ धिगद्य मम जीवितम् ॥ १३ ॥

English Translation

How can I have any affection for this husband; fie on my living now! I forsake from this very day all the pleasures with my husband and all other worldly pleasures, and I take recourse now to contentment alone.

Ch 18 Verse 14-15 Verse

Sanskrit Text

अद्यप्रभृति संसारे सुखं त्यक्तं मया खलु । पतिसम्भोगजं सर्वं सन्तोषोऽद्य मया कृतः ॥ १४ ॥ अकर्तव्यं कृतं कार्यं तज्जातं दुःखदं मम । देहत्यागः क्रियते चेद्धत्यातीव दुरत्यया ॥ १५ ॥

English Translation

I have committed a very wrong act that I ought never to have done; therefore it causes intense pain to me now. If I now commit suicide, then that sin will never forsake me, and I must have to enjoy the consequences thereof.

Ch 18 Verse 16-17 Verse

Sanskrit Text

पितृगेहं व्रजाम्याशु तत्रापि न सुखं भवेत् । हास्ययोग्या सखीनां तु भवेयं नात्र संशयः ॥ १६ ॥ तस्मादत्रैव संवासो वैराग्ययुतया मया । कर्तव्यः कालयोगेन त्यक्त्वा कामसुखं पुनः ॥ १७ ॥

English Translation

And if I return to my father’s house, I will not be happy there, for my companions seeing me thus will, no doubt, ridicule me. Therefore, it is now advisable for me to avoid all the sensuous pleasures, become dispassionate and remain here patiently and abide by the strange combinations of Time.

Ch 18 Verse 18 Verse

Sanskrit Text

महिष उवाच । इति सञ्चिन्त्य सा नारी दुःखशोकपरायणा । स्थिता पतिगृहं त्यक्त्वा सुखं संसारजं ततः ॥ १८ ॥

English Translation

Mahiṣa said :-- Thus that women lamented and remorsed and began to remain there, very much sorrowful and distressed, renouncing thoroughly all the pleasures of the world.

Ch 18 Verse 19 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तस्मात्त्वमपि कल्याणि मामनादृत्य भूपतिम् । अन्यं कापुरुषं मन्दं कामार्ता संश्रयिष्यसि ॥ १९ ॥

English Translation

O Auspicious One! I am the king, yet you are showing your dislike for me; know, eventually, you, too, will be passionate and entertain afterwards an illiterate coward.

Ch 18 Verse 20 Verse

Sanskrit Text

वचनं कुरु मे तथ्यं नारीणां परमं हितम् । अकृत्वा परमं शोकं लप्स्यसे नात्र संशयः ॥ २० ॥

English Translation

Keep my word even now, it will be of great benefit and it will serve as a medicinal diet to you as to all women. In case you do not follow my advice, you will have to meet with extreme pain and misery, certainly.

Ch 18 Verse 21-22 Verse

Sanskrit Text

देव्युवाच । मन्दात्मन् गच्छ पातालं युद्धं वा कुरु साम्प्रतम् । हत्वा त्वामसुरान्सर्वान्गमिष्यामि यथासुखम् ॥ २१ ॥ यदा यदा हि साधूनां दुःखं भवति दानव । तदा तेषां च रक्षार्थं देहं सन्धारयाम्यहम् ॥ २२ ॥

English Translation

Hearing the words of Mahiṣāsura, the Devī said :-- O you fool! Go to the lower worlds or stand up for fight; I will send you and the other Dānavas unto death and then go away at my pleasure. O Demon! I take up form to preserve the righteous, whenever they suffer pain in this earth.

Ch 18 Verse 23-25 Verse

Sanskrit Text

अरूपायाश्च मे रूपमजन्मायाश्च जन्म च । सुराणां रक्षणार्थाय विद्धि दैत्य विनिश्चितम् ॥ २३ ॥ सत्यं ब्रवीमि जानीहि प्रार्थिताहं सुरैः किल । त्वद्वधार्थं हयारे त्वां हत्वा स्थास्यामि निश्चला ॥ २४ ॥ तस्माद्युध्यस्व वा गच्छ पातालमसुरालयम् । सर्वथा त्वां हनिष्यामि सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीम्यहम् ॥ २५ ॥

English Translation

O Lord of the Daityas! Formless, birthless I am; yet, at times, I take up form and be born to save the Devas. Know this firmly. O wicked Mahiṣa! The Devas prayed to Me for your destruction. Therefore I will not rest until I kill you. I speak all these truly to you. Therefore fight or go to Pātāla, the abode of the Asuras; I speak truly to you again that I will destroy you wholly.

Ch 18 Verse 26 Verse

Sanskrit Text

व्यास उवाच । इत्युक्तः स तया देव्या धनुरादाय दानवः । युद्धकामः स्थितस्तत्र सङ्ग्रामाङ्गणभूमिषु ॥ २६ ॥

English Translation

Vyāsa said :-- O King! Hearing thus the Devī’s words, the Dānava took up his bow and came to the battle, fully stretching the string of his bow up to his ears, and began to shoot sharpened arrows with great force

Ch 18 Verse 27 Verse

Sanskrit Text

मुमोच तरसा बाणान्कर्णाकृष्टाञ्छिलाशितान् । देवी चिच्छेद तान्बाणैः क्रोधान्मुक्तैरयोमुखैः ॥ २७ ॥

English Translation

The Devī, too, hurled with anger, arrows tipped with iron and cut off the Asura’s arrows to pieces.

Ch 18 Verse 28 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तयोः परस्परं युद्धं सम्बभूव भयप्रदम् । देवानां दानवानाञ्च परस्परजयैषिणाम् ॥ २८ ॥

English Translation

The fight between them rose to such a terrible pitch that it caused terror to both the Devas and the Dānavas, trying hard to be victorious over each other.

Ch 18 Verse 29 Verse

Sanskrit Text

मध्ये दुर्धर आगत्य मुमोच च शिलीमुखान् । देवीं प्रति विषासक्तान्कोपयन्नतिदारुणान् ॥ २९ ॥

English Translation

In the midst of the terrible encounter, the demon Durdhara came up to fight and made the Devī angry and shot arrows, all terribly poisonous and sharpened on stones, at Her.

Ch 18 Verse 30-31 Verse

Sanskrit Text

ततो भगवती क्रुद्धा तं जघान शितैः शरैः । दुर्धरस्तु पपातोर्व्यां गतासुर्गिरिशृङ्गवत् ॥ ३० ॥ तं तथा निहतं दृष्ट्वा त्रिनेत्रः परमास्त्रवित् । आगत्य सप्तभिर्बाणैर्जघान परमेश्वरीम् ॥ ३१ ॥

English Translation

The demon Trinetra, well skilled in the uses of arrows and weapons, seeing him killed, came up to fight and shot at the Great Goddess with seven arrows.

Ch 18 Verse 32 Verse

Sanskrit Text

अनागतांस्तु चिच्छेद देवी तान्विशिखैः शरान् । त्रिशूलेन त्रिनेत्रं तु जघान जगदम्बिका ॥ ३२ ॥

English Translation

Before these arrows came on Her, She cut them to pieces with Her sharp arrows and by Her trident killed Trinetra.

Ch 18 Verse 33 Verse

Sanskrit Text

अन्धकस्त्वाजगामाशु हतं दृष्ट्वा त्रिलोचनम् । गदया लोहमय्याऽऽशु सिंहं विव्याध मस्तके ॥ ३३ ॥

English Translation

Trinetra thus killed, Andhaka quickly came in the battlefield and struck violently on the head of the lion with his iron club.

Ch 18 Verse 34 Verse

Sanskrit Text

सिंहस्तु नखघातेन तं हत्वा बलवत्तरम् । चखाद तरसा मांसमन्धकस्य रुषान्वितः ॥ ३४ ॥

English Translation

The lion killed that powerful Andhaka by striking the demon with his nails and, out of anger, began to eat his flesh.

Ch 18 Verse 35 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तान् रणे निहतान्वीक्ष्य दानवो विस्मयं गतः । चिक्षेप तरसा बाणानतितीक्ष्णाञ्छिलाशितान् ॥ ३५ ॥

English Translation

Mahiṣāsura became greatly astonished at the death of these Asuras and began to shoot pointed arrows, sharpened on stone, at Her.

Ch 18 Verse 36 Verse

Sanskrit Text

द्विधा चक्रे शरान्देवी तानप्राप्ताञ्छिलीमुखैः । गदया ताडयामास दैत्यं वक्षसि चाम्बिका ॥ ३६ ॥

English Translation

The Devī Ambikā cut his arrows into two before they came on Her and struck the Demon on his breast by Her club.

Ch 18 Verse 37 Verse

Sanskrit Text

स गदाभिहतो मूर्च्छामवापामरबाधकः । विषह्य पीडां पापात्मा पुनरागत्य सत्वरः ॥ ३७ ॥

English Translation

That vile Mahiṣāsura, the tormentor of the Devas, fell in a swoon under the stoke of the club but patiently bore it and, at the next moment, came again and struck the lion on his head by his club.

Ch 18 Verse 38-39 Verse

Sanskrit Text

जघान गदया सिंहं मूर्ध्नि क्रोधसमन्वितः । सिंहोऽपि नखघातेन तं ददार महासुरम् ॥ ३८ ॥ विहाय पौरुषं रूपं सोऽपि सिंहो बभूव ह । नखैर्विदारयामास देवीसिंहं मदोत्कटम् ॥ ३९ ॥

English Translation

The lion, too, by his nails rent that great Asura to pieces. Mahiṣāsura, then, quitting the man-form took up the lion-form and by his claws cut the Devī’s lion and wounded him very much by his nails.

Ch 18 Verse 40 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तञ्च केसरिणं वीक्ष्य देवी क्रुद्धा ह्ययोमुखैः । शरैरवाकिरत्तीक्ष्णैः क्रूरैराशीविषैरिव ॥ ४० ॥

English Translation

On Mahiṣāsura taking up this lion-form, the Devī became very angry and began to shoot arrows after arrows at him all very terrible, sharp and like poisonous snakes.

Ch 18 Verse 41 Verse

Sanskrit Text

त्यक्त्वा स हरिरूपं तु गजो भूत्वा मदस्रवः । शैलशृङ्गं करे कृत्वा चिक्षेप चण्डिकां प्रति ॥ ४१ ॥

English Translation

Then the Asura quitting the lion form assumed the appearance of a male elephant, oozing out juice from his temples and began to hurl the mountain tops by his trunk.

Ch 18 Verse 42 Verse

Sanskrit Text

आगच्छन्तं गिरेः शृङ्गं देवी बाणैः शिलाशितैः । चकार तिलशः खण्डाञ्जहास जगदम्बिका ॥ ४२ ॥

English Translation

Seeing the mountain peaks thus hurled on Her, She cut them off to pieces by Her sharp arrows and began to laugh.

Ch 18 Verse 43 Verse

Sanskrit Text

उत्पत्य च तदा सिंहस्तस्य मूर्ध्नि व्यवस्थितः । नखैर्विदारयामास महिषं गजरूपिणम् ॥ ४३ ॥

English Translation

The Devī’s lion on the other hand, sprang on the head of the elephant Mahiṣa and by his claws rent him to pieces.

Ch 18 Verse 44 Verse

Sanskrit Text

विहाय गजरूपं च बभूवाष्टापदी तथा । हन्तुकामो हरिं कोपाद्दारुणो बलवत्तरः ॥ ४४ ॥

English Translation

To kill the Devī’s lion, then, Mahiṣa quitted his elephant-form and assumed the appearance of a Sarabha, more powerful and terrible than lion.

Ch 18 Verse 45 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तं वीक्ष्य शरभं देवी खड्गेन सा रुषान्विता । उत्तमाङ्गे जघानाशु सोऽपि तां प्राहरत्तदा ॥ ४५ ॥

English Translation

The Devī seeing that Sarabha became angry and struck on the head of that Sarabha with Her axe; the Sarabha, too, attacked the Devī.

Ch 18 Verse 46 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तयोः परस्परं युद्धं बभूवातिभयप्रदम् । माहिषं रूपमास्थाय शृङ्गाभ्यां प्राहरत्तदा ॥ ४६ ॥

English Translation

Their fight became horrible; Mahiṣāsura, then, assumed the appearance of a buffalo and struck the Bhagavatī by his horns.

Ch 18 Verse 47 Verse

Sanskrit Text

पुच्छप्रभ्रमणेनाशु शृङ्गाघातैर्महासुरः । ताडयामास तन्वङ्गीं घोररूपो भयानकः ॥ ४७ ॥

English Translation

That horrible Asura, of hideous appearance, swinging his tail, began to attack the thin bodied Devī.

Ch 18 Verse 48 Verse

Sanskrit Text

पुच्छेन पर्वताञ्छृङ्गे गृहीत्वा भ्रामयन्बलात् । प्रेषयामास पापात्मा प्रहसन्परया मुदा ॥ ४८ ॥

English Translation

That violent Asura caught hold of the mountain peaks by his tail and, whirling them round and round, hurled them on the Devī. That vicious soul, then, maddened with his strength, laughed incessantly and addressed thus :-- “O Devī! Be steady in the battlefield.

Ch 18 Verse 49-50 Verse

Sanskrit Text

तामुवाच बलोन्मत्तस्तिष्ठ देवि रणाङ्गणे । अद्याहं त्वां हनिष्यामि रूपयौवनभूषिताम् ॥ ४९ ॥ मूर्खासि मदमत्ताद्य यन्मया सह सङ्गरम् । करोषि मोहितातीव मृषा बलवती खरा ॥ ५० ॥

English Translation

I will send you today unto death, and your youth and beauty too. You are an illiterate fellow as you have come maddened to fight with me. Really you are deluded in your pretensions that you are very strong; this idea of yours is absolutely false.

Ch 18 Verse 51 Verse

Sanskrit Text

हत्वा त्वां निहनिष्यामि देवान्कपटपण्डितान् । ये नारीं पुरतः कृत्वा जेतुमिच्छन्ति मां शठाः ॥ ५१ ॥

English Translation

I will kill you first and the hypocrite Devas after who want to vanquish me by standing up a woman in their front.”

Ch 18 Verse 52 Verse

Sanskrit Text

देव्युवाच । मा गर्वं कुरु मन्दात्मंस्तिष्ठ तिष्ठ रणाङ्गणे । करिष्यामि निरातङ्कान्हत्वा त्वां सुरसत्तमान् ॥ ५२ ॥

English Translation

The Devī said :-- “O Villain! Do not boast; keep yourself firm in the fight. Today I will kill you and make the Devas discard their fear.

Ch 18 Verse 53 Verse

Sanskrit Text

पीत्वाद्य माधवीं मिष्टां शातयामि रणेऽधम । देवानां दुःखदं पापं मुनीनां भयकारकम् ॥ ५३ ॥

English Translation

O Wretch! You are a Sinner; you torment the Devas and terrify the Munis. Let me have my drink of sweet decoction of grapes. And then I will slay you undoubtedly.”

Ch 18 Verse 54 Verse

Sanskrit Text

व्यास उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा चषकं हैमं गहीत्वा सुरया युतम् । पपौ पुनः पुनः क्रोधाद्धन्तुकामा महासुरम् ॥ ५४ ॥

English Translation

Vyāsa said :-- O King! Saying thus, the Devī, wrathful and eager to kill Mahiṣāsura, took up the golden cup filled with wine and drank again and again.

Ch 18 Verse 55 Verse

Sanskrit Text

पीत्वा द्राक्षासवं मिष्टं शूलमादाय सत्वरा । दुद्राव दानवं देवी हर्षयन्देवतागणान् ॥ ५५ ॥

English Translation

When the Devī finished Her drink of the sweet grape juice, She pursued him with trident in Her hands, to the great joy of gladdening all the Devas.

Ch 18 Verse 56 Verse

Sanskrit Text

देवास्तां तुष्टुवुः प्रेष्णा चक्रुः कुसुमवर्षणम् । जय जीवेति ते प्रोचुर्दुन्दुभीनाञ्च निःस्वनैः ॥ ५६ ॥

English Translation

The Devas began to rain showers of flowers on the Devī and praised Her and shouted victories to Her with Dundubhi (a Divine drum) Jai, Jīva; victory, live.

Ch 18 Verse 57 Verse

Sanskrit Text

ऋषयः सिद्धगन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगचारणाः । किन्नराः प्रेक्ष्य सङ्ग्रामं मुदिता गगने स्थिताः ॥ ५७ ॥

English Translation

The Ṛṣis, Siddhas, Gandarbhas, Piśācas, Uragas, and Kinnaras witnessed the battle from the celestial space and became very much delighted.

Ch 18 Verse 58 Verse

Sanskrit Text

सोऽपि नानाविधान्देहान्कृत्वा कृत्वा पुनः पुनः । मायामयाञ्जघानाजौ देवीं कपटपण्डितः ॥ ५८ ॥

English Translation

On the other hand, Mahiṣāsura, the hypocrite Pundit, began to assume various magic forms and struck the Devī repeatedly.

Ch 18 Verse 59 Verse

Sanskrit Text

चण्डिकापि च तं पापं त्रिशूलेन बलाद्धृदि । ताडयामास तीक्ष्णेन क्रोधादरुणलोचना ॥ ५९ ॥

English Translation

The Devī Caṇḍikā, then, infuriated and with eyes reddened, pierced violently the breast of that vicious Mahiṣa with Her sharp trident.

Ch 18 Verse 60 Verse

Sanskrit Text

ताडितोऽसौ पपातोर्व्यां मूर्च्छामाप मुहूर्तकम् । पुनरुत्थाय चामुण्डां पद्भ्यां वेगादताडयत् ॥ ६० ॥

English Translation

The Demon, then, struck by this trident, fell senseless on the ground; but got up in the next moment and kicked the Devī forcibly.

Ch 18 Verse 61 Verse

Sanskrit Text

विनिहत्य पदाघातैर्जहास च मुहुर्मुहुः । रुराव दारुणं शब्दं देवानां भयकारकम् ॥ ६१ ॥

English Translation

That Great Asura, thus kicking the Devī, laughed repeatedly and bellowed so loudly that the Devas were all terrified with that noise.

Ch 18 Verse 62-63 Verse

Sanskrit Text

ततो देवी सहस्रारं सुनाभं चक्रमुत्तमम् । करे कृत्वा जगादोच्चैः संस्थितं महिषासुरम् ॥ ६२ ॥ पश्य चक्रं मदान्धाद्य तव कण्ठनिकृन्तनम् । क्षणमात्रं स्थिरो भूत्वा यमलोकं व्रजाधुना ॥ ६३ ॥

English Translation

Then the Devī held aloft the brilliant discus of good axle and of thousand spokes and loudly spoke to the Asura in front :-- O Stupid! Look! This Cakra will sever your throat today; wait a moment, I am sending you instantly unto death.

Ch 18 Verse 64 Verse

Sanskrit Text

इत्युक्त्वा दारुणं चक्रं मुमोच जगदम्बिका । शिरश्छिन्नं रथाङ्गेन दानवस्य तदा रणे ॥ ६४ ॥

English Translation

Saying this, the Divine Mother hurled the Cakra. Instantly that weapon severed the Dānava’s head from his body.

Ch 18 Verse 65 Verse

Sanskrit Text

सुस्राव रुधिरं चोष्णं कण्ठनालाद् गिरेर्यथा । गैरिकाद्यरुणं प्रौढं प्रवाहमिव नैर्झरम् ॥ ६५ ॥

English Translation

The hot streams of blood gushed out from his neck as the violent streams of water get out from mountains, coloured red with red sandstones.

Ch 18 Verse 66-67 Verse

Sanskrit Text

कबन्धस्तस्य दैत्यस्य भ्रमन्वै पतितः क्षितौ । जयशब्दश्च देवानां बभूव सुखवर्धनः ॥ ६६ ॥ सिंहस्त्वतिबलस्तत्र पलायनपरानथ । दानवान्भक्षयामास क्षुधार्त इव सङ्गरे ॥ ६७ ॥

English Translation

The headless body of that Asura moved, to and fro, for a moment and then dropped on the ground. The loud acclamations of “Victory” were sounded to the great joy of the Devas. The very powerful lion began to devour the soldiers that were flying away, as if he was very hungry.

Ch 18 Verse 68 Verse

Sanskrit Text

मृते च महिषे क्रूरे दानवा भयपीडिताः । मृतशेषाश्च ये केचित्पातालं ते ययुर्नृप ॥ ६८ ॥

English Translation

O King! The wicked Mahiṣāsura thus slain, the Demons that remained alive were terrified and fled away, very much frightened, to Pātāla.

Ch 18 Verse 69 Verse

Sanskrit Text

आनन्दं परमं जग्मुर्देवास्तस्मिन्निपातिते । मुनयो मानवाश्चैव ये चान्ये साधवः क्षितौ ॥ ६९ ॥

English Translation

The Devas, Ṛṣis, human beings and the other saints on this earth were all extremely glad at the death of this wicked Demon.

Ch 18 Verse 70 Verse

Sanskrit Text

चण्डिकापि रणं त्यक्त्वा शुभे देशेऽथ संस्थिता । देवास्तत्राययुः शीघ्रं स्तोतुकामाः सुखप्रदाम् ॥ ७० ॥

Sanskrit Colophon

इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चमस्कन्धे महिषासुरवधो नामाष्टादशोऽध्यायः ॥ ५.१८॥

English Translation

The Bhagavatī Caṇḍikā quitted the battlefield and waited in a holy place. Then the Devas came there with a desire to praise and chant hymns to the Devī, the Bestower of their happiness. Here ends the Eighteenth Chapter of the Fifth Book on the killing of the Dānava Mahiṣāsura in Śrī Mad Devī Bhāgavatam, the Mahā Purāṇam of 18,000 verses by Maharṣi Veda Vyāsa.