अथापतद् भिन्नशिरा: वज्राहत इव क्षणात् । जयशब्दो नम:शब्द: साधुशब्दोऽभवद् दिवि ॥ ३६ ॥
athāpatad bhinna-śirāḥ vajrāhata iva kṣaṇāt jaya-śabdo namaḥ-śabdaḥ sādhu-śabdo ’bhavad divi
- atha
- then
- apatat
- he fell down
- bhinna
- shattered
- śirāḥ
- his head
- vajra
- by a lightning bolt
- āhataḥ
- struck
- iva
- as if
- kṣaṇāt
- in a fraction of a second
- jaya
- “victory!”
- śabdaḥ
- the sound
- namaḥ
- “homage!”
- śabdaḥ
- the sound
- sādhu
- “well done!”
- śabdaḥ
- the sound
- abhavat
- happened
- divi
- in the sky
Instantly his head shattered as if struck by a lightning bolt, and the demon fell down dead. From the sky were heard cries of “Victory!” “Obeisances!” and “Well done!”