Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 18
SB 3 18.1
मैत्रेय उवाच तद् एवम् आकर्ण्य जलेश-भाषितं महा-मनास् तद् विगणय्य दुर्मदः हरेर् विदित्वा गतिम् अङ्ग नारदाद् रसातलं निर्विविशे त्वरान्वितः
maitreya uvāca tad evam ākarṇya jaleśa-bhāṣitaṃ mahā-manās tad vigaṇayya durmadaḥ harer viditvā gatim aṅga nāradād rasātalaṃ nirviviśe tvarānvitaḥ
Maitreya said: Having heard in this way the speech of the lord of the waters, the proud, arrogant one disregarded it, and learning from Nārada the whereabouts of Hari, dear (Vidura), he swiftly entered Rasātala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.2
ददर्श तत्राभिजितं धरा-धरं प्रोन्नीयमानावनिम् अग्र-दंष्ट्रया मुष्णन्तम् अक्ष्णा स्व-रुचो ऽरुण-श्रिया जहास चाहो वन-गोचरो मृगः
dadarśa tatrābhijitaṃ dharā-dharaṃ pronnīyamānāvanim agra-daṃṣṭrayā muṣṇantam akṣṇā sva-ruco 'ruṇa-śriyā jahāsa cāho vana-gocaro mṛgaḥ
There he saw the bearer of the earth, the unconquered one, lifting up the earth on the tip of his tusk, stealing away his (the demon's) own lustre with his eye's reddish splendour; and he laughed: "Oho, a beast that roams the forest!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.3
आहैनम् एह्य् अज्ञ महीं विमुञ्च नो रसौकसां विश्व-सृजेयम् अर्पिता न स्वस्ति यास्यस्य् अनया ममेक्षतः सुराधमासादित-सूकराकृते
āhainam ehy ajña mahīṃ vimuñca no rasaukasāṃ viśva-sṛjeyam arpitā na svasti yāsyasy anayā mamekṣataḥ surādhamāsādita-sūkarākṛte
He said to him: "Come here, fool! Release the earth, ours, (the earth) of the dwellers in Rasā; it was entrusted to us by the creator of the universe. You will not go safely off with her while I look on, O lowest of the gods, you who have taken on the shape of a boar!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.4
त्वं नः सपत्नैर् अभवाय किं भृतो यो मायया हन्त्य् असुरान् परोक्ष-जित् त्वां योगमाया-बलम् अल्प-पौरुषं संस्थाप्य मूढ प्रमृजे सुहृच्-छुचः
tvaṃ naḥ sapatnair abhavāya kiṃ bhṛto yo māyayā hanty asurān parokṣa-jit tvāṃ yogamāyā-balam alpa-pauruṣaṃ saṃsthāpya mūḍha pramṛje suhṛc-chucaḥ
"Were you not maintained by our foes for our destruction — you who, conquering unseen, kill the asuras by trickery? Having laid you low, dull one — you whose strength is (mere) yoga-māyā and whose manly power is small — I shall wipe away the griefs of my kinsmen."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.5
त्वयि संस्थिते गदया शीर्ण-शीर्षण्य् अस्मद्-भुज-च्युतया ये च तुभ्यम् बलिं हरन्त्य् ऋषयो ये च देवाः स्वयं सर्वे न भविष्यन्त्य् अमूलाः
tvayi saṃsthite gadayā śīrṇa-śīrṣaṇy asmad-bhuja-cyutayā ye ca tubhyam baliṃ haranty ṛṣayo ye ca devāḥ svayaṃ sarve na bhaviṣyanty amūlāḥ
"When you are laid low, your head shattered by the mace hurled from our arm, then those who bring you tribute — the sages and the gods — all of them will of themselves cease to be, rootless."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.6
स तुद्यमानो ऽरि-दुरुक्त-तोमरैर् दंष्ट्राग्र-गां गाम् उपलक्ष्य भीताम् तोदं मृषन् निरगाद् अम्बु-मध्याद् ग्राहाहतः स-करेणुर् यथेभः
sa tudyamāno 'ri-durukta-tomarair daṃṣṭrāgra-gāṃ gām upalakṣya bhītām todaṃ mṛṣan niragād ambu-madhyād grāhāhataḥ sa-kareṇur yathebhaḥ
He, being pricked by the lances of the enemy's foul words, noticing that the earth resting on the tip of his tusk was afraid, endured the goading and came out from the midst of the water, like an elephant with its mate attacked by a crocodile.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.7
तं निःसरन्तं सलिलाद् अनुद्रुतो हिरण्य-केशो द्विरदं यथा झषः कराल-दंष्ट्रो ऽशनि-निस्वनो ऽब्रवीद् गत-ह्रियां किं त्व् असतां विगर्हितम्
taṃ niḥsarantaṃ salilād anudruto hiraṇya-keśo dviradaṃ yathā jhaṣaḥ karāla-daṃṣṭro 'śani-nisvano 'bravīd gata-hriyāṃ kiṃ tv asatāṃ vigarhitam
As he was coming out of the water, the golden-haired one pursued him, as a great fish pursues an elephant, and with terrible teeth and a voice like a thunderbolt he said: "But what is blameworthy for the shameless and the wicked?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.8
स गाम् उदस्तात् सलिलस्य गोचरे विन्यस्य तस्याम् अदधात् स्व-सत्त्वम् अभिष्टुतो विश्व-सृजा प्रसूनैर् आपूर्यमाणो विबुधैः पश्यतो ऽरेः
sa gām udastāt salilasya gocare vinyasya tasyām adadhāt sva-sattvam abhiṣṭuto viśva-sṛjā prasūnair āpūryamāṇo vibudhaiḥ paśyato 'reḥ
He set the earth down upon the water, within sight (above it), and placed his own power in her; praised by the creator of the universe and showered with flowers by the gods, while the enemy looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.9
परानुषक्तं तपनीयोपकल्पं महा-गदं काञ्चन-चित्र-दंशम् मर्माण्य् अभीक्ष्णं प्रतुदन्तं दुरुक्तैः प्रचण्ड-मन्युः प्रहसंस् तं बभाषे
parānuṣaktaṃ tapanīyopakalpaṃ mahā-gadaṃ kāñcana-citra-daṃśam marmāṇy abhīkṣṇaṃ pratudantaṃ duruktaiḥ pracaṇḍa-manyuḥ prahasaṃs taṃ babhāṣe
To him who was clinging behind, with golden accoutrements, a great mace and glittering golden armour, and who kept piercing his vital spots again and again with abuses — he, his wrath fierce, laughing, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.10
श्री-भगवान् उवाच सत्यं वयं भो वन-गोचरा मृगा युष्मद्-विधान् मृगये ग्राम-सिंहान् न मृत्यु-पाशैः प्रतिमुक्तस्य वीरा विकत्थनं तव गृह्णन्त्य् अभद्र
śrī-bhagavān uvāca satyaṃ vayaṃ bho vana-gocarā mṛgā yuṣmad-vidhān mṛgaye grāma-siṃhān na mṛtyu-pāśaiḥ pratimuktasya vīrā vikatthanaṃ tava gṛhṇanty abhadra
The Blessed Lord said: True, sir, we are beasts that roam the forest, and we hunt village-lions such as you. Heroes do not heed the boasting of one already bound in the nooses of death, O inauspicious one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.11
एते वयं न्यास-हरा रसौकसां गत-ह्रियो गदया द्रावितास् ते तिष्ठामहे ऽथापि कथञ्चिद् आजौ स्थेयं क्व यामो बलिनोत्पाद्य वैरम्
ete vayaṃ nyāsa-harā rasaukasāṃ gata-hriyo gadayā drāvitās te tiṣṭhāmahe 'thāpi kathañcid ājau stheyaṃ kva yāmo balinotpādya vairam
These are we, the thieves of what was deposited with the dwellers in Rasā, shameless, driven off by your mace. Yet even so we stand here somehow in the fight; one must stand — where should we go, having provoked enmity with a strong one?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.12
त्वं पद्-रथानां किल यूथपाधिपो घटस्व नो ऽस्वस्तय आश्व् अनूहः संस्थाप्य चास्मान् प्रमृजाश्रु स्वकानां यः स्वां प्रतिज्ञां नातिपिपर्त्य् असभ्यः
tvaṃ pad-rathānāṃ kila yūthapādhipo ghaṭasva no 'svastaya āśv anūhaḥ saṃsthāpya cāsmān pramṛjāśru svakānāṃ yaḥ svāṃ pratijñāṃ nātipiparty asabhyaḥ
"You, it seems, are the commander of troop-leaders among those whose chariots are their feet! Contrive our undoing quickly, without further thought, and once you have finished us off, wipe away the tears of your own people — for whoever does not carry out his own vow is no gentleman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 18.13
मैत्रेय उवाच सो ऽधिक्षिप्तो भगवता प्रलब्धश् च रुषा भृशम् आजहारोल्बणं क्रोधं क्रीड्यमानो ऽहि-राड् इव
maitreya uvāca so 'dhikṣipto bhagavatā pralabdhaś ca ruṣā bhṛśam ājahārolbaṇaṃ krodhaṃ krīḍyamāno 'hi-rāḍ iva
Maitreya said: He, thus abused and mocked by the Lord, took on terrible rage in his fury, like a king of snakes being toyed with.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.14
सृजन्न् अमर्षितः श्वासान् मन्यु-प्रचलितेन्द्रियः आसाद्य तरसा दैत्यो गदया न्यहनद् धरिम्
sṛjann amarṣitaḥ śvāsān manyu-pracalitendriyaḥ āsādya tarasā daityo gadayā nyahanad dharim
Hissing out his breath, unable to bear it, his senses shaken by wrath, the Daitya rushed upon him with speed and struck Hari with his club.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.15
भगवांस् तु गदा-वेगं विसृष्टं रिपुणोरसि अवञ्चयत् तिरश्चीनो योगारूढ इवान्तकम्
bhagavāṃs tu gadā-vegaṃ visṛṣṭaṃ ripuṇorasi avañcayat tiraścīno yogārūḍha ivāntakam
But the Lord, turning sideways, evaded the force of the club that the enemy had hurled at his chest, as one settled in yoga evades death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.16
पुनर् गदां स्वाम् आदाय भ्रामयन्तम् अभीक्ष्णशः अभ्यधावद् धरिः क्रुद्धः संरम्भाद् दष्ट-दच्छदम्
punar gadāṃ svām ādāya bhrāmayantam abhīkṣṇaśaḥ abhyadhāvad dhariḥ kruddhaḥ saṃrambhād daṣṭa-dacchadam
Taking up his own club again, Hari, angered, rushed at him who was whirling (his club) again and again and biting his lip in his fury.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.17
ततश् च गदयारातिं दक्षिणस्यां भ्रुवि प्रभुः आजघ्ने स तु तां सौम्य गदया कोविदो ऽहनत्
tataś ca gadayārātiṃ dakṣiṇasyāṃ bhruvi prabhuḥ ājaghne sa tu tāṃ saumya gadayā kovido 'hanat
Then the Lord struck the foe with his club on the right brow; but he, being skilled, O gentle one, beat that (blow) off with his own club.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.18
एवं गदाभ्यां गुर्वीभ्यां हर्यक्षो हरिर् एव च जिगीषया सुसंरब्धाव् अन्योन्यम् अभिजघ्नतुः
evaṃ gadābhyāṃ gurvībhyāṃ haryakṣo harir eva ca jigīṣayā susaṃrabdhāv anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ
Thus with their heavy clubs Haryakṣa and Hari too, both greatly enraged with the wish to win, kept striking at each other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.19
तयोः स्पृधोस् तिग्म-गदाहताङ्गयोः क्षतास्रव-घ्राण-विवृद्ध-मन्य्वोः विचित्र-मार्गांश् चरतोर् जिगीषया व्यभाद् इलायाम् इव शुष्मिणोर् मृधः
tayoḥ spṛdhos tigma-gadāhatāṅgayoḥ kṣatāsrava-ghrāṇa-vivṛddha-manyvoḥ vicitra-mārgāṃś carator jigīṣayā vyabhād ilāyām iva śuṣmiṇor mṛdhaḥ
As the two rivals, their limbs battered by the sharp clubs, their fury swelling at the smell of the blood flowing from their wounds, moved through varied manoeuvres in their desire for victory, the combat looked like that of two mighty bulls over a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.20
दैत्यस्य यज्ञावयवस्य माया- गृहीत-वाराह-तनोर् महात्मनः कौरव्य मह्यां द्विषतोर् विमर्दनं दिदृक्षुर् आगाद् ऋषिभिर् वृतः स्वराट्
daityasya yajñāvayavasya māyā- gṛhīta-vārāha-tanor mahātmanaḥ kauravya mahyāṃ dviṣator vimardanaṃ didṛkṣur āgād ṛṣibhir vṛtaḥ svarāṭ
O Kauravya, the self-ruling one (Brahmā), surrounded by sages, came wishing to see the clash upon the earth of the two hostile ones — the Daitya, and the great soul who is the very body of sacrifice, who had taken by his power a boar's form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.21
आसन्न-शौण्डीरम् अपेत-साध्वसं कृत-प्रतीकारम् अहार्य-विक्रमम् विलक्ष्य दैत्यं भगवान् सहस्र-णीर् जगाद नारायणम् आदि-सूकरम्
āsanna-śauṇḍīram apeta-sādhvasaṃ kṛta-pratīkāram ahārya-vikramam vilakṣya daityaṃ bhagavān sahasra-ṇīr jagāda nārāyaṇam ādi-sūkaram
Seeing the Daitya close at hand, boastful of his strength, rid of all fear, meeting every blow, his valour not to be broken, the Lord who leads the thousands spoke to Nārāyaṇa, the primeval boar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.22
ब्रह्मोवाच एष ते देव देवानाम् अङ्घ्रि-मूलम् उपेयुषाम् विप्राणां सौरभेयीणां भूतानाम् अप्य् अनागसाम्
brahmovāca eṣa te deva devānām aṅghri-mūlam upeyuṣām viprāṇāṃ saurabheyīṇāṃ bhūtānām apy anāgasām
Brahmā said: O God, this one is — to the gods who have come to the sole of your foot, to the brahmins, to the cows, and to creatures that are guiltless,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.23
आगस्-कृद् भय-कृद् दुष्कृद् अस्मद्-राद्ध-वरो ऽसुरः अन्वेषन्न् अप्रतिरथो लोकान् अटति कण्टकः
āgas-kṛd bhaya-kṛd duṣkṛd asmad-rāddha-varo 'suraḥ anveṣann apratiratho lokān aṭati kaṇṭakaḥ
a doer of wrong, a maker of fear, an evildoer — this Asura who won his boon from us; unmatched by any opponent, he roams the worlds seeking (a fight), a thorn (in them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.24
मैनं मायाविनं दृप्तं निरङ्कुशम् असत्तमम् आक्रीड बालवद् देव यथाशीविषम् उत्थितम्
mainaṃ māyāvinaṃ dṛptaṃ niraṅkuśam asattamam ākrīḍa bālavad deva yathāśīviṣam utthitam
Do not play with this wizard, this puffed-up, unbridled, most wicked one as a child plays with a risen venomous snake, O God.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.25
न यावद् एष वर्धेत स्वां वेलां प्राप्य दारुणः स्वां देव मायाम् आस्थाय तावज् जह्य् अघम् अच्युत
na yāvad eṣa vardheta svāṃ velāṃ prāpya dāruṇaḥ svāṃ deva māyām āsthāya tāvaj jahy agham acyuta
Before this cruel one, having reached his own hour, can grow, O God, resort to your own power and slay the sinner then and there, O Acyuta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 18.26
एषा घोरतमा सन्ध्या लोक-च्छम्बट्-करी प्रभो उपसर्पति सर्वात्मन् सुराणां जयम् आवह
eṣā ghoratamā sandhyā loka-cchambaṭ-karī prabho upasarpati sarvātman surāṇāṃ jayam āvaha
This most dreadful twilight, which throws the worlds into confusion, is creeping on, O Lord; O Self of all, bring victory to the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 18.27
अधुनैषो ऽभिजिन् नाम योगो मौहूर्तिको ह्य् अगात् शिवाय नस् त्वं सुहृदाम् आशु निस्तर दुस्तरम्
adhunaiṣo 'bhijin nāma yogo mauhūrtiko hy agāt śivāya nas tvaṃ suhṛdām āśu nistara dustaram
Just now this conjunction of the hour named abhijit has come; for the good of us, your friends, cross over swiftly this one hard to overcome.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 18.28
दिष्ट्या त्वां विहितं मृत्युम् अयम् आसादितः स्वयम् विक्रम्यैनं मृधे हत्वा लोकान् आधेहि शर्मणि
diṣṭyā tvāṃ vihitaṃ mṛtyum ayam āsāditaḥ svayam vikramyainaṃ mṛdhe hatvā lokān ādhehi śarmaṇi
Luckily he has of his own accord come upon you, the death appointed for him; put forth your strength, kill him in battle, and set the worlds in safety.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition