Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 26: The Killing of the Demoness Tāṭakā
Text 1.26.8
तेन शब्देन वित्रस्तास्ताटकावनवासिनः।
ताटका च सुसङ्क्रुद्धा तेन शब्देन मोहिता॥
tena śabdena vitrastās tāṭakā-vana-vāsinaḥ
tāṭakā ca susaṅkruddhā tena śabdena mohitā
tena = by that; śabdena = sound; vitrastāḥ = became terrified; tāṭakā-vana-vāsinaḥ = creatures residing at Tāṭakā’s forest; tāṭakā ca = Tāṭakā; susaṅkruddhā = who was extremely angry by natue; tena = that; śabdena = upon hearing sound; mohitā = became senseless [in fury].
Creatures residing at Tāṭakā’s forest became terrified by that sound. Tāṭakā who was extremely angry by nature became senseless [in fury] upon hearing that sound.