{CHAPTER 6}*****{The Slaying of Dhumralocana}

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{CHAPTER 6}*****{The Slaying of Dhumralocana}

 

The Rishi said:

 

1-2. The messenger, filled with indignation on

hearing the words the Devi, returned and related

them in detail to the king of the daityas.

 

3-4. Then the asura monarch, enraged on hearing

that report from his messenger, told Dhumralocana,

a chieftain of the daityas: 'O Dhumralocana, hasten

together with your army and fetch here by force that

shrew, distressed when dragged by her hair.

 

5. 'Or if any one else stands up as her saviors, let him

be slain, be he a god, a yaksa or a gandharva.' The

Rishi said:

 

6-7. Then the asura Dhuralocana, commanded thus

by Sumbha, went forth quickly, accompanied by

sixty thousand asuras.

 

8. On seeing the Devi stationed on the snowy

mountain, he asked her aloud, 'Come to the presence

of Sumbha and Nisumbha.

 

9. 'If you will not go to my lord with pleasure now,

here I take you by force, distressed when dragged by

your hair.' The Devi said:

 

10-11. 'You are sent by the lord of the asuras,

mighty yourself and accompanied by an army. If you

thus take me by force, then what can I do to you?'

The Rishi said:

 

12-13. Thus told, the asura Dhumralocana rushed

towards her and thereupon Ambika reduced him to

ashes with a mere heave of the sound 'hum'

 

14. Then the great army of asuras became enraged

and showered on Ambika sharp arrows, javelins, and

axes.

 

15. Then the lion, vehicle of the Devi, shaking its

mane in anger, and making the most terrific roar, fell

on the army of the asuras.

 

16. Some asuras, it slaughtered with a blow of its

fore paw, others with its mouth, and other great

asuras, by treading over with its hind legs.

 

17. The lion, with its claws, tore out the hearts of

some and severed heads with a blow of the paw.

 

18. And it severed arms and heads from others, and

shaking its mane drank the blood from the hearts of

others.

 

19. In a moment all that army was destroyed by that

high-spirited and exceedingly enraged lion who bore

the Devi.

 

20-21. When Sumbha, the lord of asuras, heard that

asura Dhumralocana was slain by the Devi and all

his army was destroyed by the lion of the Devi, he

was infuriated, his lip quivered and he commanded

the two mighty asuras Chanda and Munda:

 

22-23. 'O Chanda, O Munda, go there with large

forces, and bring her here speedily, dragging her by

her hair or binding her. But if you have any doubt

about doing that, then let the asuras strike (her) in

the fight with all their weapons.

 

24. 'When that shrew is wounded and her lion

stricken down, seize that Ambika, bind and bring her

quickly.' Here ends the sixth chapter called 'The

Slaying of Dhumralocana' of Devi-mahatmya in

Markandeya purana during the period of Savarni,

the Manu.

 

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