Jai Maa - Devi Mahatmya

Mata Heads to Mahishasur

The earth quaked and all the mountains rocked

. 'Victory to you,' exclaimed the devas in joy to her, the lion-rider. the sages, who bowed their bodies in devotion, extolled her. 

Seeing the three worlds agitated the foes of devas, mobilized all their armies, and rose up together with uplifted weapons. 

Mahisasura, exclaiming in wrath, 'Ha! What is this?'

rushed towards that roar, surrounded by innumerable asuras.

Then he saw the Devi pervading the three worlds with her luster.

Making the earth bend with her footstep, scraping the sky with her diadem, shaking the nether worlds with the twang of the bowstring, and standing there pervading all the quarters around with her thousand arms.

 Then began a battle between that Devi and the enemies of the devas, in which the quarters of the sky were illumined by the weapons and arms hurled diversely.

Mahisasura's general, a great asura named Ciksura and Camara, attended by forces comprising four parts, and other (asuras) fought. 

A great asura named Udagra with sixty thousand chariots, and Mahahanu with ten million (of chariots) gave battle. 

Asilomar, another great asura, with fifteen million (of chariots), and Baskala with six million fought in that battle. 

Privarita with many thousands of elephants and horses, and surrounded by ten million chariots, fought in that battle.

 An asura named Bidala fought in that battle surrounded with five hundred crores of chariots.

 And other great asuras, thousands in number, surrounded with chariots, elephants, and horses fought with the Devi in that battle.

Mahisasura was surrounded in that battle with thousands of crores of horses, elephants, and chariots. 

Others (asuras) fought in the battle against the Devi with iron maces and javelins, with spears and clubs, with swords, axes, and halberds. 

Some hurled spears and others nooses.