Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 17
SB 3 17.1
मैत्रेय उवाच निशम्यात्म-भुवा गीतं कारणं शङ्कयोज्झिताः ततः सर्वे न्यवर्तन्त त्रिदिवाय दिवौकसः
maitreya uvāca niśamyātma-bhuvā gītaṃ kāraṇaṃ śaṅkayojjhitāḥ tataḥ sarve nyavartanta tridivāya divaukasaḥ
Maitreya said: Having heard the cause declared by the self-born one, and thereby freed from doubt, all the dwellers of heaven then returned to the third heaven.
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SB 3 17.2
दितिस् तु भर्तुर् आदेशाद् अपत्य-परिशङ्किनी पूर्णे वर्ष-शते साध्वी पुत्रौ प्रसुषुवे यमौ
ditis tu bhartur ādeśād apatya-pariśaṅkinī pūrṇe varṣa-śate sādhvī putrau prasuṣuve yamau
But Diti, anxious about her offspring because of her husband's words, the chaste woman, when a full hundred years had passed, gave birth to twin sons.
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SB 3 17.3
उत्पाता बहवस् तत्र निपेतुर् जायमानयोः दिवि भुव्य् अन्तरिक्षे च लोकस्योरु-भयावहाः
utpātā bahavas tatra nipetur jāyamānayoḥ divi bhuvy antarikṣe ca lokasyoru-bhayāvahāḥ
As the two were being born, many portents fell there — in the sky, on the earth, and in the intermediate space — bringing great fear to the world.
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SB 3 17.4
सहाचला भुवश् चेलुर् दिशः सर्वाः प्रजज्वलुः सोल्काश् चाशनयः पेतुः केतवश् चार्ति-हेतवः
sahācalā bhuvaś celur diśaḥ sarvāḥ prajajvaluḥ solkāś cāśanayaḥ petuḥ ketavaś cārti-hetavaḥ
The earth shook along with the mountains; all the directions blazed up; meteors and thunderbolts fell, and comets, causes of distress.
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SB 3 17.5
ववौ वायुः सुदुःस्पर्शः फूत्-कारान् ईरयन् मुहुः उन्मूलयन् नग-पतीन् वात्यानीको रजो-ध्वजः
vavau vāyuḥ suduḥsparśaḥ phūt-kārān īrayan muhuḥ unmūlayan naga-patīn vātyānīko rajo-dhvajaḥ
A wind blew, harsh to the touch, again and again sending forth hissing sounds, uprooting the lords of trees, having whirlwinds for its army and dust for its banner.
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SB 3 17.6
उद्धसत्-तडिद्-अम्भोद- घटया नष्ट-भागणे व्योम्नि प्रविष्ट-तमसा न स्म व्यादृश्यते पदम्
uddhasat-taḍid-ambhoda- ghaṭayā naṣṭa-bhāgaṇe vyomni praviṣṭa-tamasā na sma vyādṛśyate padam
With masses of clouds in which lightning laughed aloud, the constellations were lost; darkness having entered the sky, no place could be clearly seen.
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SB 3 17.7
चुक्रोश विमना वार्धिर् उदूर्मिः क्षुभितोदरः सोदपानाश् च सरितश् चुक्षुभुः शुष्क-पङ्कजाः
cukrośa vimanā vārdhir udūrmiḥ kṣubhitodaraḥ sodapānāś ca saritaś cukṣubhuḥ śuṣka-paṅkajāḥ
The ocean, dejected, cried out, its waves rising up, its belly agitated; and the rivers, together with the wells, were stirred up, their lotuses withered.
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SB 3 17.8
मुहुः परिधयो ऽभूवन् सराह्वोः शशि-सूर्ययोः निर्घाता रथ-निर्ह्रादा विवरेभ्यः प्रजज्ञिरे
muhuḥ paridhayo 'bhūvan sarāhvoḥ śaśi-sūryayoḥ nirghātā ratha-nirhrādā vivarebhyaḥ prajajñire
Again and again halos appeared around the moon and the sun together with their (dark) shadows; whirlwinds with the rumble of chariots issued forth from the caves.
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SB 3 17.9
अन्तर्-ग्रामेषु मुखतो वमन्त्यो वह्निम् उल्बणम् सृगालोलूक-टङ्कारैः प्रणेदुर् अशिवं शिवाः
antar-grāmeṣu mukhato vamantyo vahnim ulbaṇam sṛgālolūka-ṭaṅkāraiḥ praṇedur aśivaṃ śivāḥ
Inside the villages, she-jackals, vomiting fierce fire from their mouths, howled inauspiciously together with the shrieks of jackals and owls.
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SB 3 17.10
सङ्गीतवद् रोदनवद् उन्नमय्य शिरोधराम् व्यमुञ्चन् विविधा वाचो ग्राम-सिंहास् ततस् ततः
saṅgītavad rodanavad unnamayya śirodharām vyamuñcan vividhā vāco grāma-siṃhās tatas tataḥ
Stretching up their necks, as if singing, as if weeping, the village lions (dogs) let loose various cries here and there.
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SB 3 17.11
खराश् च कर्कशैः क्षत्तः खुरैर् घ्नन्तो धरा-तलम् खार्कार-रभसा मत्ताः पर्यधावन् वरूथशः
kharāś ca karkaśaiḥ kṣattaḥ khurair ghnanto dharā-talam khārkāra-rabhasā mattāḥ paryadhāvan varūthaśaḥ
And the asses, O Kṣattā, striking the surface of the earth with their hard hooves, frenzied and violent with their braying, ran about in herds.
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SB 3 17.12
रुदन्तो रासभ-त्रस्ता नीडाद् उदपतन् खगाः घोषे ऽरण्ये च पशवः शकृन्-मूत्रम् अकुर्वत
rudanto rāsabha-trastā nīḍād udapatan khagāḥ ghoṣe 'raṇye ca paśavaḥ śakṛn-mūtram akurvata
Crying out, frightened by the asses, the birds flew up from their nests; and the cattle in the pens and the beasts in the forest passed dung and urine.
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SB 3 17.13
गावो ऽत्रसन्न् असृग्-दोहास् तोयदाः पूय-वर्षिणः व्यरुदन् देव-लिङ्गानि द्रुमाः पेतुर् विनानिलम्
gāvo 'trasann asṛg-dohās toyadāḥ pūya-varṣiṇaḥ vyarudan deva-liṅgāni drumāḥ petur vinānilam
The cows were terrified, yielding blood for milk; the clouds rained pus; the images of the gods wept; the trees fell down without any wind.
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SB 3 17.14
ग्रहान् पुण्यतमान् अन्ये भगणांश् चापि दीपिताः अतिचेरुर् वक्र-गत्या युयुधुश् च परस्परम्
grahān puṇyatamān anye bhagaṇāṃś cāpi dīpitāḥ aticerur vakra-gatyā yuyudhuś ca parasparam
Other (planets), blazing, passed by the most auspicious planets and also the constellations with retrograde motion, and fought with one another.
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SB 3 17.15
दृष्ट्वान्यांश् च महोत्पातान् अतत्-तत्त्व-विदः प्रजाः ब्रह्म-पुत्रान् ऋते भीता मेनिरे विश्व-सम्प्लवम्
dṛṣṭvānyāṃś ca mahotpātān atat-tattva-vidaḥ prajāḥ brahma-putrān ṛte bhītā menire viśva-samplavam
And seeing these and other great portents, the people, not knowing the truth of it — except for the sons of Brahmā — were frightened and thought that the dissolution of the universe had come.
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SB 3 17.16
ताव् आदि-दैत्यौ सहसा व्यज्यमानात्म-पौरुषौ ववृधाते ऽश्म-सारेण कायेनाद्रि-पती इव
tāv ādi-daityau sahasā vyajyamānātma-pauruṣau vavṛdhāte 'śma-sāreṇa kāyenādri-patī iva
Those two, the first of the demons, their own manly power becoming manifest all at once, grew with bodies as hard as stone, like two great mountains.
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SB 3 17.17
दिवि-स्पृशौ हेम-किरीट-कोटिभिर् निरुद्ध-काष्ठौ स्फुरद्-अङ्गदा-भुजौ गां कम्पयन्तौ चरणैः पदे पदे कट्या सुकाञ्च्यार्कम् अतीत्य तस्थतुः
divi-spṛśau hema-kirīṭa-koṭibhir niruddha-kāṣṭhau sphurad-aṅgadā-bhujau gāṃ kampayantau caraṇaiḥ pade pade kaṭyā sukāñcyārkam atītya tasthatuḥ
Touching the sky, blocking the quarters with the tips of their golden crowns, their arms with flashing armlets, making the earth tremble with their feet at every step, they stood surpassing the sun with their waists (girded) with fine belts.
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SB 3 17.18
प्रजापतिर् नाम तयोर् अकार्षीद् यः प्राक् स्व-देहाद् यमयोर् अजायत तं वै हिरण्यकशिपुं विदुः प्रजा यं तं हिरण्याक्षम् असूत साग्रतः
prajāpatir nāma tayor akārṣīd yaḥ prāk sva-dehād yamayor ajāyata taṃ vai hiraṇyakaśipuṃ viduḥ prajā yaṃ taṃ hiraṇyākṣam asūta sāgrataḥ
Prajāpati gave names to those two twins: the one who was born first from his (her) body — him people know as Hiraṇyakaśipu; and the one whom she bore first — him (they call) Hiraṇyākṣa.
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SB 3 17.19
चक्रे हिरण्यकशिपुर् दोर्भ्यां ब्रह्म-वरेण च वशे स-पालान् लोकांस् त्रीन् अकुतो-मृत्युर् उद्धतः
cakre hiraṇyakaśipur dorbhyāṃ brahma-vareṇa ca vaśe sa-pālān lokāṃs trīn akuto-mṛtyur uddhataḥ
Hiraṇyakaśipu, arrogant and fearing death from nowhere, brought the three worlds together with their guardians under his control by his two arms and by Brahmā's boon.
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SB 3 17.20
हिरण्याक्षो ऽनुजस् तस्य प्रियः प्रीति-कृद् अन्वहम् गदा-पाणिर् दिवं यातो युयुत्सुर् मृगयन् रणम्
hiraṇyākṣo 'nujas tasya priyaḥ prīti-kṛd anvaham gadā-pāṇir divaṃ yāto yuyutsur mṛgayan raṇam
Hiraṇyākṣa, his younger brother, dear to him and doing what pleased him every day, went to heaven with a club in his hand, eager to fight, searching for battle.
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SB 3 17.21
तं वीक्ष्य दुःसह-जवं रणत्-काञ्चन-नूपुरम् वैजयन्त्या स्रजा जुष्टम् अंस-न्यस्त-महा-गदम्
taṃ vīkṣya duḥsaha-javaṃ raṇat-kāñcana-nūpuram vaijayantyā srajā juṣṭam aṃsa-nyasta-mahā-gadam
Seeing him, of unbearable speed, with jingling golden anklets, adorned with a Vaijayantī garland, with a great club laid on his shoulder,
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SB 3 17.22
मनो-वीर्य-वरोत्सिक्तम् असृण्यम् अकुतो-भयम् भीता निलिल्यिरे देवास् तार्क्ष्य-त्रस्ता इवाहयः
mano-vīrya-varotsiktam asṛṇyam akuto-bhayam bhītā nililyire devās tārkṣya-trastā ivāhayaḥ
puffed up by his mental power, strength, and the boon, uncurbable, fearing nothing from anywhere — the gods took fright and hid themselves, like snakes terrified of Garuḍa.
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SB 3 17.23
स वै तिरोहितान् दृष्ट्वा महसा स्वेन दैत्य-राट् सेन्द्रान् देव-गणान् क्षीबान् अपश्यन् व्यनदद् भृशम्
sa vai tirohitān dṛṣṭvā mahasā svena daitya-rāṭ sendrān deva-gaṇān kṣībān apaśyan vyanadad bhṛśam
Seeing (them) hidden away by his own splendour, the king of the Daityas, no longer seeing the hosts of gods with Indra, (who had been) intoxicated (with power), roared out loudly.
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SB 3 17.24
ततो निवृत्तः क्रीडिष्यन् गम्भीरं भीम-निस्वनम् विजगाहे महा-सत्त्वो वार्धिं मत्त इव द्विपः
tato nivṛttaḥ krīḍiṣyan gambhīraṃ bhīma-nisvanam vijagāhe mahā-sattvo vārdhiṃ matta iva dvipaḥ
Then, turning back, wanting to sport, that being of great strength plunged into the ocean, which was deep and made a fearsome roar, like an elephant in rut.
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SB 3 17.25
तस्मिन् प्रविष्टे वरुणस्य सैनिका यादो-गणाः सन्न-धियः ससाध्वसाः अहन्यमाना अपि तस्य वर्चसा प्रधर्षिता दूरतरं प्रदुद्रुवुः
tasmin praviṣṭe varuṇasya sainikā yādo-gaṇāḥ sanna-dhiyaḥ sasādhvasāḥ ahanyamānā api tasya varcasā pradharṣitā dūrataraṃ pradudruvuḥ
When he entered it, Varuṇa's soldiers, the hosts of sea creatures, their wits collapsing and full of terror, though they were not being struck, overwhelmed by his energy, fled far away.
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SB 3 17.26
स वर्ष-पूगान् उदधौ महा-बलश् चरन् महोर्मीञ् छ्वसनेरितान् मुहुः मौर्व्याभिजघ्ने गदया विभावरीम् आसेदिवांस् तात पुरीं प्रचेतसः
sa varṣa-pūgān udadhau mahā-balaś caran mahormīñ chvasaneritān muhuḥ maurvyābhijaghne gadayā vibhāvarīm āsedivāṃs tāta purīṃ pracetasaḥ
That mighty one, roving in the ocean for many years, repeatedly striking with his iron mace the great waves driven up by the wind, dear (Vidura), came laying siege to Vibhāvarī, the city of Pracetas (Varuṇa).
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SB 3 17.27
तत्रोपलभ्यासुर-लोक-पालकं यादो-गणानाम् ऋषभं प्रचेतसम् स्मयन् प्रलब्धुं प्रणिपत्य नीचवज् जगाद मे देह्य् अधिराज संयुगम्
tatropalabhyāsura-loka-pālakaṃ yādo-gaṇānām ṛṣabhaṃ pracetasam smayan pralabdhuṃ praṇipatya nīcavaj jagāda me dehy adhirāja saṃyugam
There, coming upon Pracetas, the guardian of the world of the asuras and the bull among the hosts of sea creatures, smiling, in order to mock (him) he bowed down as a lowly person would and said: "Grant me battle, O overlord!"
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SB 3 17.28
त्वं लोक-पालो ऽधिपतिर् बृहच्-छ्रवा वीर्यापहो दुर्मद-वीर-मानिनाम् विजित्य लोके ऽखिल-दैत्य-दानवान् यद् राजसूयेन पुरायजत् प्रभो
tvaṃ loka-pālo 'dhipatir bṛhac-chravā vīryāpaho durmada-vīra-māninām vijitya loke 'khila-daitya-dānavān yad rājasūyena purāyajat prabho
"You are a world-guardian, a sovereign of wide fame, the destroyer of the valour of those arrogant men who fancy themselves heroes — since, having conquered in the world all the Daityas and Dānavas, you once performed the Rājasūya sacrifice, O lord."
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SB 3 17.29
स एवम् उत्सिक्त-मदेन विद्विषा दृढं प्रलब्धो भगवान् अपां पतिः रोषं समुत्थं शमयन् स्वया धिया व्यवोचद् अङ्गोपशमं गता वयम्
sa evam utsikta-madena vidviṣā dṛḍhaṃ pralabdho bhagavān apāṃ patiḥ roṣaṃ samutthaṃ śamayan svayā dhiyā vyavocad aṅgopaśamaṃ gatā vayam
Thus mocked outright by his hostile enemy, who was swollen with pride, the lord of the waters, the blessed one, calming by his own understanding the anger that had arisen, spoke: "Sir, we have come to (a state of) quiescence."
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SB 3 17.30
पश्यामि नान्यं पुरुषात् पुरातनाद् यः संयुगे त्वां रण-मार्ग-कोविदम् आराधयिष्यत्य् असुरर्षभेहि तं मनस्विनो यं गृणते भवादृशाः
paśyāmi nānyaṃ puruṣāt purātanād yaḥ saṃyuge tvāṃ raṇa-mārga-kovidam ārādhayiṣyaty asurarṣabhehi taṃ manasvino yaṃ gṛṇate bhavādṛśāḥ
"I see no one other than the ancient Person who could satisfy you in combat, expert as you are in the ways of war. Go to him, O bull among asuras — him whom thoughtful ones such as you praise."
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SB 3 17.31
तं वीरम् आराद् अभिपद्य विस्मयः शयिष्यसे वीर-शये श्वभिर् वृतः यस् त्वद्-विधानाम् असतां प्रशान्तये रूपाणि धत्ते सद्-अनुग्रहेच्छया
taṃ vīram ārād abhipadya vismayaḥ śayiṣyase vīra-śaye śvabhir vṛtaḥ yas tvad-vidhānām asatāṃ praśāntaye rūpāṇi dhatte sad-anugrahecchayā
"Approaching that hero closely, your amazement (gone) — you will lie on the hero's bed, surrounded by dogs; he who, in order to quell unrighteous ones of your sort, assumes forms out of the desire to favour the good."
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