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Text 36

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!”

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