Chamunde Vistirnam Vadanam Kuru (The Slaying of Raktabija) — Complete Lyrics
चामुण्डे विस्तीर्णं वदनं कुरु (रक्तबीज-वध)
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
रक्तबिन्दुर्यदा भूमौ पतत्यस्य शरीरतः ।
समुत्पतति मेदिन्यां तत्प्रमाणो महासुरः ॥
raktabinduryadā bhūmau patatyasya śarīrataḥ
samutpatati medinyāṃ tatpramāṇo mahāsuraḥ
Whenever a drop of blood fell from his body to the ground, there sprang up from the earth a great asura of equal stature. Seeing the gods dejected, Chandika laughed and quickly said to Kali: 'O Chamunda, open wide your mouth! With this swift mouth of yours, receive the drops of blood, and the great asuras sprung from the drops of blood, born of the fall of my weapon. Roam the battlefield devouring the great asuras born from him; thus this daitya, his blood drained, shall go to destruction.'
Verse 2
तान् विषण्णान् सुरान् दृष्ट्वा चण्डिका प्राहसत्वरम् ।
उवाच कालीं चामुण्डे विस्तीर्णं वदनं कुरु ॥
tān viṣaṇṇān surān dṛṣṭvā caṇḍikā prāhasatvaram
uvāca kālīṃ cāmuṇḍe vistīrṇaṃ vadanaṃ kuru
Verse 3
मच्छस्त्रपातसम्भूतान् रक्तबिन्दून् महासुरान् ।
रक्तबिन्दोः प्रतीच्छ त्वं वक्त्रेणानेन वेगिना ॥
macchastrapātasambhūtān raktabindūn mahāsurān
raktabindoḥ pratīccha tvaṃ vaktreṇānena veginā
Verse 4
भक्षयन्ती चरन् रणे तदुत्पन्नान्महासुरान् ।
एवमेष क्षयं दैत्यः क्षेणरक्तो गमिष्यति ॥
bhakṣayantī caran raṇe tadutpannānmahāsurān
evameṣa kṣayaṃ daityaḥ kṣeṇarakto gamiṣyati
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