Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 12
SB 6 12.1
श्रीऋषिरुवाच एवं जिहासुर्नृप देहमाजौ मृत्युं वरं विजयान् मन्यमानः शूलं प्रगृह्याभ्यपतत् सुरेन्द्रं यथा महापुरुषं कैटभो ऽप्सु
śrīṛṣiruvāca evaṃ jihāsurnṛpa dehamājau mṛtyuṃ varaṃ vijayān manyamānaḥ śūlaṃ pragṛhyābhyapatat surendraṃ yathā mahāpuruṣaṃ kaiṭabho 'psu
The sage said: Thus wishing to give up his body in battle, O King, deeming death better than victory, he seized his trident and rushed at the lord of the gods, as Kaiṭabha (attacked) the Supreme Person in the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.2
ततो युगान्ताग्निकठोरजिह्वम् आविध्य शूलं तरसासुरेन्द्रः क्षिप्त्वा महेन्द्राय विनद्य वीरो हतो ऽसि पापेति रुषा जगाद
tato yugāntāgnikaṭhorajihvam āvidhya śūlaṃ tarasāsurendraḥ kṣiptvā mahendrāya vinadya vīro hato 'si pāpeti ruṣā jagāda
Then that lord of demons, the hero, whirling the trident whose point was harsh as the fire at the end of an age, hurled it with force at great Indra, and roaring, said in fury: "You are slain, sinner!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.3
ख आपतत् तद्विचलद्ग्रहोल्कवन् निरीक्ष्य दुष्प्रेक्ष्यमजातविक्लवः वज्रेण वज्री शतपर्वणाच्छिनद् भुजं च तस्योरगराजभोगम्
kha āpatat tadvicaladgraholkavan nirīkṣya duṣprekṣyamajātaviklavaḥ vajreṇa vajrī śataparvaṇācchinad bhujaṃ ca tasyoragarājabhogam
Seeing it hurtling down through the sky like a plunging planet or meteor, too dreadful to look at, the wielder of the thunderbolt—no fear arising in him—cut it apart with his hundred-jointed thunderbolt, and (cut off) also that (Vṛtra's) arm, thick as the coil of the king of serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.4
छिन्नैकबाहुः परिघेण वृत्रः संरब्ध आसाद्य गृहीतवज्रम् हनौ तताडेन्द्रमथामरेभं वज्रं च हस्तान् न्यपतन् मघोनः
chinnaikabāhuḥ parigheṇa vṛtraḥ saṃrabdha āsādya gṛhītavajram hanau tatāḍendramathāmarebhaṃ vajraṃ ca hastān nyapatan maghonaḥ
With one arm severed, Vṛtra, enraged, rushed up with an iron club and struck Indra, who had taken up the thunderbolt, on the jaw, and struck the elephant of the gods as well; and the thunderbolt fell from Maghavan's hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.5
वृत्रस्य कर्मातिमहाद्भुतं तत् सुरासुराश्चारणसिद्धसङ्घाः अपूजयंस्तत् पुरुहूतसङ्कटं निरीक्ष्य हा हेति विचुक्रुशुर्भृशम्
vṛtrasya karmātimahādbhutaṃ tat surāsurāścāraṇasiddhasaṅghāḥ apūjayaṃstat puruhūtasaṅkaṭaṃ nirīkṣya hā heti vicukruśurbhṛśam
That exceedingly wondrous deed of Vṛtra's the gods and the asuras, the Cāraṇas and the hosts of Siddhas applauded; but seeing that peril of Puruhūta (Indra) they cried out again and again, "Alas! Alas!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.6
इन्द्रो न वज्रं जगृहे विलज्जितश् च्युतं स्वहस्तादरिसन्निधौ पुनः तमाह वृत्रो हर आत्तवज्रो जहि स्वशत्रुं न विषादकालः
indro na vajraṃ jagṛhe vilajjitaś cyutaṃ svahastādarisannidhau punaḥ tamāha vṛtro hara āttavajro jahi svaśatruṃ na viṣādakālaḥ
Indra, ashamed, did not take up again the thunderbolt that had slipped from his own hand in the presence of his foe. Vṛtra said to him: "Take up the thunderbolt and kill your enemy; this is no time for despair."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.7
युयुत्सतां कुत्रचिदाततायिनां जयः सदैकत्र न वै परात्मनाम् विनैकमुत्पत्तिलयस्थितीश्वरं सर्वज्ञमाद्यं पुरुषं सनातनम्
yuyutsatāṃ kutracidātatāyināṃ jayaḥ sadaikatra na vai parātmanām vinaikamutpattilayasthitīśvaraṃ sarvajñamādyaṃ puruṣaṃ sanātanam
For those who wish to fight, aggressors somewhere or other, victory is surely not always on one side—not for those who are not the Supreme Self—except for the one Lord of origination, dissolution and maintenance, the omniscient, primal, eternal Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.8
लोकाः सपाला यस्येमे श्वसन्ति विवशा वशे द्विजा इव शिचा बद्धाः स काल इह कारणम्
lokāḥ sapālā yasyeme śvasanti vivaśā vaśe dvijā iva śicā baddhāḥ sa kāla iha kāraṇam
These worlds together with their guardians, which breathe under his sway, powerless, bound like birds in a net—he, Time, is the cause here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.9
ओजः सहो बलं प्राणममृतं मृत्युमेव च तमज्ञाय जनो हेतुमात्मानं मन्यते जडम्
ojaḥ saho balaṃ prāṇamamṛtaṃ mṛtyumeva ca tamajñāya jano hetumātmānaṃ manyate jaḍam
Vigor, might, strength, breath, immortality and death itself (are his); not knowing him, a person, dull as he is, thinks himself the cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.10
यथा दारुमयी नारी यथा पत्रमयो मृगः एवं भूतानि मघवन्नीशतन्त्राणि विद्धि भोः
yathā dārumayī nārī yathā patramayo mṛgaḥ evaṃ bhūtāni maghavannīśatantrāṇi viddhi bhoḥ
As a woman made of wood, as an animal made of leaves, so, O Maghavan, know that living beings are dependent on the Lord, sir.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.11
पुरुषः प्रकृतिर्व्यक्तमात्मा भूतेन्द्रियाशयाः शक्नुवन्त्य् अस्य सर्गादौ न विना यदनुग्रहात्
puruṣaḥ prakṛtirvyaktamātmā bhūtendriyāśayāḥ śaknuvanty asya sargādau na vinā yadanugrahāt
Puruṣa, prakṛti, the manifest (mahat), the ego, the elements, the senses and the minds are not able (to act) at the creation and so forth of this (world) without whose grace—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 12.12
अविद्वान् एवमात्मानं मन्यते ऽनीशमीश्वरम् भूतैः सृजति भूतानि ग्रसते तानि तैः स्वयम्
avidvān evamātmānaṃ manyate 'nīśamīśvaram bhūtaiḥ sṛjati bhūtāni grasate tāni taiḥ svayam
—not knowing this, the ignorant man thinks himself, who is not the controller, to be the controller: with the elements he creates beings, and with them he devours them himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.13
आयुः श्रीः कीर्तिरैश्वर्यमाशिषः पुरुषस्य याः भवन्त्य् एव हि तत्काले यथानिच्छोर्विपर्ययाः
āyuḥ śrīḥ kīrtiraiśvaryamāśiṣaḥ puruṣasya yāḥ bhavanty eva hi tatkāle yathānicchorviparyayāḥ
Long life, prosperity, fame, lordship—whatever blessings belong to a man—come to be only at their proper time, just as their opposites come to one who does not wish for them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.14
तस्मादकीर्तियशसोर्जयापजययोरपि समः स्यात् सुखदुःखाभ्यां मृत्युजीवितयोस्तथा
tasmādakīrtiyaśasorjayāpajayayorapi samaḥ syāt sukhaduḥkhābhyāṃ mṛtyujīvitayostathā
Therefore one should be the same toward disgrace and renown, toward victory and defeat too, toward pleasure and pain, and likewise toward death and life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.15
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति प्रकृतेर्नात्मनो गुणाः तत्र साक्षिणमात्मानं यो वेद स न बध्यते
sattvaṃ rajastama iti prakṛternātmano guṇāḥ tatra sākṣiṇamātmānaṃ yo veda sa na badhyate
Sattva, rajas and tamas are qualities of prakṛti, not of the self; he who knows the self to be the witness there is not bound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.16
पश्य मां निर्जितं शत्रु वृक्णायुधभुजं मृधे घटमानं यथाशक्ति तव प्राणजिहीर्षया
paśya māṃ nirjitaṃ śatru vṛkṇāyudhabhujaṃ mṛdhe ghaṭamānaṃ yathāśakti tava prāṇajihīrṣayā
Look at me, O enemy, defeated, my weapon and my arm cut off in the battle, yet still struggling as best I can out of the wish to take your life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.17
प्राणग्लहो ऽयं समर इष्वक्षो वाहनासनः अत्र न ज्ञायते ऽमुष्य जयो ऽमुष्य पराजयः
prāṇaglaho 'yaṃ samara iṣvakṣo vāhanāsanaḥ atra na jñāyate 'muṣya jayo 'muṣya parājayaḥ
This battle is a game of dice with life as the stake, the arrows the dice, the mounts the gaming board; here it is not known whose will be the victory and whose the defeat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.18
श्रीशुक उवाच इन्द्रो वृत्रवचः श्रुत्वा गतालीकमपूजयत् गृहीतवज्रः प्रहसंस्तमाह गतविस्मयः
śrīśuka uvāca indro vṛtravacaḥ śrutvā gatālīkamapūjayat gṛhītavajraḥ prahasaṃstamāha gatavismayaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Indra, having heard Vṛtra's words, free of falsehood, honored them; taking up the thunderbolt and laughing, his astonishment gone, he said to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.19
इन्द्र उवाच अहो दानव सिद्धो ऽसि यस्य ते मतिरीदृशी भक्तः सर्वात्मनात्मानं सुहृदं जगदीश्वरम्
indra uvāca aho dānava siddho 'si yasya te matirīdṛśī bhaktaḥ sarvātmanātmānaṃ suhṛdaṃ jagadīśvaram
Indra said: Ah, O Dānava, you are perfected, you whose understanding is of this kind—you who with your whole being are devoted to the Self, the friend, the Lord of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.20
भवान् अतार्षीन् मायां वै वैष्णवीं जनमोहिनीम् यद्विहायासुरं भावं महापुरुषतां गतः
bhavān atārṣīn māyāṃ vai vaiṣṇavīṃ janamohinīm yadvihāyāsuraṃ bhāvaṃ mahāpuruṣatāṃ gataḥ
You have indeed crossed beyond Viṣṇu's māyā, which bewilders people, in that, giving up the demonic disposition, you have attained the state of a great person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.21
खल्विदं महदाश्चर्यं यद्रजःप्रकृतेस्तव वासुदेवे भगवति सत्त्वात्मनि दृढा मतिः
khalvidaṃ mahadāścaryaṃ yadrajaḥprakṛtestava vāsudeve bhagavati sattvātmani dṛḍhā matiḥ
Truly this is a great marvel, that you, whose nature is rajas, have a firm mind (fixed) on Bhagavān Vāsudeva, whose being is sattva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.22
यस्य भक्तिर्भगवति हरौ निःश्रेयसेश्वरे विक्रीडतो ऽमृताम्भोधौ किं क्षुद्रैः खातकोदकैः
yasya bhaktirbhagavati harau niḥśreyaseśvare vikrīḍato 'mṛtāmbhodhau kiṃ kṣudraiḥ khātakodakaiḥ
For one who has devotion to Bhagavān Hari, the Lord of the highest good, sporting in the ocean of nectar—what are paltry ditch-waters to him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.23
श्रीशुक उवाच इति ब्रुवाणावन्योन्यं धर्मजिज्ञासया नृप युयुधाते महावीर्याविन्द्रवृत्रौ युधाम्पती
śrīśuka uvāca iti bruvāṇāvanyonyaṃ dharmajijñāsayā nṛpa yuyudhāte mahāvīryāvindravṛtrau yudhāmpatī
Śrī Śuka said: Speaking thus to each other, O king, out of a desire to know what was right, Indra and Vṛtra, the two lords of battle of great might, fought on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.24
आविध्य परिघं वृत्रः कार्ष्णायसमरिन्दमः इन्द्राय प्राहिणोद्घोरं वामहस्तेन मारिष
āvidhya parighaṃ vṛtraḥ kārṣṇāyasamarindamaḥ indrāya prāhiṇodghoraṃ vāmahastena māriṣa
Whirling an iron club, Vṛtra, the subduer of enemies, hurled the terrible thing at Indra with his left hand, O honoured one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.25
स तु वृत्रस्य परिघं करं च करभोपमम् चिच्छेद युगपद्देवो वज्रेण शतपर्वणा
sa tu vṛtrasya parighaṃ karaṃ ca karabhopamam ciccheda yugapaddevo vajreṇa śataparvaṇā
But that god, with his hundred-jointed thunderbolt, cut off at one stroke both Vṛtra's club and his hand, which was like an elephant's trunk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.26
दोर्भ्यामुत्कृत्तमूलाभ्यां बभौ रक्तस्रवो ऽसुरः छिन्नपक्षो यथा गोत्रः खाद्भ्रष्टो वज्रिणा हतः
dorbhyāmutkṛttamūlābhyāṃ babhau raktasravo 'suraḥ chinnapakṣo yathā gotraḥ khādbhraṣṭo vajriṇā hataḥ
With both arms severed at the root, the asura, streaming blood, looked like a mountain whose wings had been cut off, fallen from the sky, struck down by the wielder of the thunderbolt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.27
महाप्राणो महावीर्यो महासर्प इव द्विपम् कृत्वाधरां हनुं भूमौ दैत्यो दिव्य् उत्तरां हनुम्
mahāprāṇo mahāvīryo mahāsarpa iva dvipam kṛtvādharāṃ hanuṃ bhūmau daityo divy uttarāṃ hanum
Of great breath and great might, like a huge serpent (swallowing) an elephant, the Daitya set his lower jaw on the earth and his upper jaw in the sky,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.28
नभोगम्भीरवक्त्रेण लेलिहोल्बणजिह्वया दंष्ट्राभिः कालकल्पाभिर्ग्रसन्निव जगत्त्रयम्
nabhogambhīravaktreṇa leliholbaṇajihvayā daṃṣṭrābhiḥ kālakalpābhirgrasanniva jagattrayam
with a mouth deep as the sky, with a terrible flickering tongue, with fangs like Time itself, as though swallowing the three worlds;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.29
अतिमात्रमहाकाय आक्षिपंस्तरसा गिरीन् गिरिराट् पादचारीव पद्भ्यां निर्जरयन् महीम्
atimātramahākāya ākṣipaṃstarasā girīn girirāṭ pādacārīva padbhyāṃ nirjarayan mahīm
with an immeasurably huge body, flinging mountains aside by his force, like the king of mountains going about on foot, wearing away the earth with his feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.30
जग्रास स समासाद्य वज्रिणं सहवाहनम् वृत्रग्रस्तं तमालोक्य सप्रजापतयः सुराः हा कष्टमिति निर्विण्णाश्चुक्रुशुः समहर्षयः
jagrāsa sa samāsādya vajriṇaṃ sahavāhanam vṛtragrastaṃ tamālokya saprajāpatayaḥ surāḥ hā kaṣṭamiti nirviṇṇāścukruśuḥ samaharṣayaḥ
Coming upon him, he swallowed the thunderbolt-wielder together with his mount; and seeing him engulfed by Vṛtra, the gods with the Prajāpatis and the great sages, dejected, cried out, "Alas, disaster!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.31
निगीर्णो ऽप्य् असुरेन्द्रेण न ममारोदरं गतः महापुरुषसन्नद्धो योगमायाबलेन च
nigīrṇo 'py asurendreṇa na mamārodaraṃ gataḥ mahāpuruṣasannaddho yogamāyābalena ca
Though swallowed by the lord of the asuras, he did not die when he had gone into the belly, being armoured by the Supreme Person and by the power of yogamāyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.32
भित्त्वा वज्रेण तत्कुक्षिं निष्क्रम्य बलभिद्विभुः उच्चकर्त शिरः शत्रोर्गिरिशृङ्गमिवौजसा
bhittvā vajreṇa tatkukṣiṃ niṣkramya balabhidvibhuḥ uccakarta śiraḥ śatrorgiriśṛṅgamivaujasā
Splitting that belly with the thunderbolt and coming out, the mighty smiter of Bala cut off the head of his enemy with force, like a mountain peak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.33
वज्रस्तु तत्कन्धरमाशुवेगः कृन्तन् समन्तात् परिवर्तमानः न्यपातयत् तावदहर्गणेन यो ज्योतिषामयने वार्त्रहत्ये
vajrastu tatkandharamāśuvegaḥ kṛntan samantāt parivartamānaḥ nyapātayat tāvadahargaṇena yo jyotiṣāmayane vārtrahatye
But the thunderbolt, of swift speed, revolving all around and cutting at his neck, took as long to bring it down as the number of days in the sun's northward and southward course — that is, in the slaying of Vṛtra, a year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 6 12.34
तदा च खे दुन्दुभयो विनेदुर् गन्धर्वसिद्धाः समहर्षिसङ्घाः वार्त्रघ्नलिङ्गैस्तमभिष्टुवाना मन्त्रैर्मुदा कुसुमैरभ्यवर्षन्
tadā ca khe dundubhayo vinedur gandharvasiddhāḥ samaharṣisaṅghāḥ vārtraghnaliṅgaistamabhiṣṭuvānā mantrairmudā kusumairabhyavarṣan
And then kettledrums sounded in the sky, and the Gandharvas and Siddhas with the hosts of great sages, praising him with hymns bearing the marks of the slayer of Vṛtra, joyfully rained down flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 12.35
वृत्रस्य देहान् निष्क्रान्तमात्मज्योतिररिन्दम पश्यतां सर्वदेवानामलोकं समपद्यत
vṛtrasya dehān niṣkrāntamātmajyotirarindama paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāmalokaṃ samapadyata
O subduer of enemies, the self-luminous (soul) that had gone out from Vṛtra's body, while all the gods looked on, attained the highest world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition