Text 17] The Killing of the Demon Patana 15
isd-matrogra-damstrdsyam
giri-kandara-nasikam
ganda-Saila-stanarh raudram
prakirnadruna-mirdhajam
andha-kipa-gabhiraksarh
pulinaroha-bhisanam
baddha-setu-bhujorv-anghri
Stinya-toya-hradodaram
santatrasuh sma tad viksya
gopa gopyah kalevaram
purvam tu tan-nihsvanita-
bhinna-hrt-karna-mastakah
isd-matra—like the front of a plow; ugra—fierce; darhstra—the
teeth; dsyam—having a mouth in which; giri-kandara—like mountain
caves; ndsikam—the nostrils of whom; ganda-saila—like big slabs of
stone; stanam—the breasts of whom; raudram—very fierce; prakima—
scattered; aruna-mirdha-jam—whose hair was the color of copper;
andha-kipa—like blind wells; gabhira—deep; aksam—eye sockets;
pulina-droha-bhisanam—whose thighs were fearful like the banks of a
river; baddha-setu-bhuja-uru-anghri—whose arms, thighs and feet
were strongly built bridges; sinya-toya-hrada-udaram—whose abdo-
men was like a lake without water; santatrasuh sma—became
frightened; tat—that; viksya—seeing; gopadh—the cowherd men;
gopyah—and the cowherd women; kalevaram—such a gigantic body;
purvam tu—before that; tat-nihsvanita—because of her loud vibration;
bhinna—were shocked; hrt—whose hearts; karna—ears; mastakah—
and heads.
TRANSLATION
The Raksasi’s mouth was full of teeth, each resembling the front
of a plow, her nostrils were deep like mountain caves, and her
breasts resembled big slabs of stone fallen from a hill. Her scat-
tered hair was the color of copper. The sockets of her eyes
