Hunkarenaiva Tam Bhasma (Dhumralochana Reduced to Ashes) — Complete Lyrics
हुङ्कारेणैव तं भस्म (धूम्रलोचन का भस्म होना)
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
देव्युवाच
दैत्येश्वरेण प्रहितो बलवान्बलसंवृतः ।
बलान्नयसि मामेवं ततः किं ते करोम्यहम् ॥
devyuvāca
daityeśvareṇa prahito balavānbalasaṃvṛtaḥ
balānnayasi māmevaṃ tataḥ kiṃ te karomyaham
The Devi said: 'You are sent by the lord of the daityas, mighty and surrounded by an army; if you would thus lead me away by force — then what can I do to you?' The Rishi said: Thus addressed, the asura Dhumralochana rushed at her; and with a mere 'hum' (hunkara) Ambika then reduced him to ashes.
Verse 2
ऋषिरुवाच
इत्युक्तः सोऽभ्यधावत्तामसुरो धूम्रलोचनः ।
हुङ्कारेणैव तं भस्म सा चकाराम्बिका तदा ॥
ṛṣiruvāca
ityuktaḥ so'bhyadhāvattāmasuro dhūmralocanaḥ
huṅkāreṇaiva taṃ bhasma sā cakārāmbikā tadā
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