द्वाराणां परिघाणां च गिरीणां चापि भेदनम्। नानारुधिरदिग्धाङ्ग मेदोदिग्धं सुदारुणम्॥ वज्रसारं महानादं नानासमितिदारणम्। सर्वचित्रासनं भीमं श्वसन्तमिव पन्नगम्॥ कङ्कगृध्रबकानां च गोमायुगणरक्षसाम्। नित्यभक्षप्रदं युद्धे यमरूपं भयावहम्॥
dvārāṇāṃ parighāṇāṃ ca girīṇāṃ cāpi bhedanam| nānārudhiradigdhāṅga medodigdhaṃ sudāruṇam|| vajrasāraṃ mahānādaṃ nānāsamitidāraṇam| sarvacitrāsanaṃ bhīmaṃ śvasantamiva pannagam|| kaṅkagṛdhrabakānāṃ ca gomāyugaṇarakṣasām| nityabhakṣapradaṃ yuddhe yamarūpaṃ bhayāvaham||
English Meaning
(It-can) rend the gateways, Parighas and hillis soaked in blood dipped in marrow, and extremely dreadful. It is hard as the lightningproducing a dreadful sound, assailing various (divisions of the) army creating terror to all, dreadful and (as if) breathing like a serpent. It is terrible as the Death in the conflict and provides food always for the herons, vultures cranes jackals and the Rākşasas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)