Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 23
BndP 3 23.1
अथाश्वरूढया क्षिप्ते कुरण्डे भण्डदानवः । कुटिलाक्षमिदं प्रोचे पुनरेव युयुत्सया
athāśvarūḍhayā kṣipte kuraṇḍe bhaṇḍadānavaḥ / kuṭilākṣamidaṃ proce punareva yuyutsayā
Then, when Kuraṇḍa had been cast down by her who was mounted on the horse, the Dānava Bhaṇḍa said this to Kuṭilākṣa, wishing to fight yet again.
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BndP 3 23.2
स्वप्ने ऽपि यन्न संभाव्यं यन्न श्रुतमितः पुरा । यच्च नो शङ्कितं चित्ते तदेतत्कष्टमागतम्
svapne 'pi yanna saṃbhāvyaṃ yanna śrutamitaḥ purā / yacca no śaṅkitaṃ citte tadetatkaṣṭamāgatam
What was not to be imagined even in a dream, what was never heard of here before, and what was not suspected in our mind — this calamity has come.
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BndP 3 23.3
कुरण्डदुर्मदौ सत्त्वशालिनौ भ्रातरौ हितौ । दुष्टदास्याः प्रभावो ऽयं मायाविन्या महत्तरः
kuraṇḍadurmadau sattvaśālinau bhrātarau hitau / duṣṭadāsyāḥ prabhāvo 'yaṃ māyāvinyā mahattaraḥ
Kuraṇḍa and Durmada, the two brothers, were strong and loyal; this power of that wicked slave-woman, the mistress of illusion, is greater still.
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BndP 3 23.4
इतः परं करङ्कादीन्पञ्चसेनाधिनायकान् । शतमक्षौहिणीनां च प्रस्थापय रणाङ्गणे
itaḥ paraṃ karaṅkādīnpañcasenādhināyakān / śatamakṣauhiṇīnāṃ ca prasthāpaya raṇāṅgaṇe
Henceforth send forth to the battlefield Karaṅka and the rest, the five army-commanders, and a hundred akṣauhiṇīs.
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BndP 3 23.5
ते युद्धदुर्मदाः शूराः संग्रामेषु तनुत्यजः । सर्वथैव विजेष्यन्ते दुर्विदग्धविलासिनीम्
te yuddhadurmadāḥ śūrāḥ saṃgrāmeṣu tanutyajaḥ / sarvathaiva vijeṣyante durvidagdhavilāsinīm
Those heroes, mad with battle-lust, who give up their bodies in combats, will assuredly conquer that ill-taught wanton woman.
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BndP 3 23.6
इति भण्डवचः श्रुत्वा भृशं चत्वरयान्वितः । कुटिलाक्षः करङ्कादीनाजुहाव चमूपतीन्
iti bhaṇḍavacaḥ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ catvarayānvitaḥ / kuṭilākṣaḥ karaṅkādīnājuhāva camūpatīn
Hearing these words of Bhaṇḍa, Kuṭilākṣa, filled with great haste, summoned Karaṅka and the other army-lords.
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BndP 3 23.7
ते स्वामिनं नमस्कृत्य कुटिलाक्षेण देशिताः । अग्नौ प्रविष्णव इव क्रोधान्धा निर्ययुः पुरात्
te svāminaṃ namaskṛtya kuṭilākṣeṇa deśitāḥ / agnau praviṣṇava iva krodhāndhā niryayuḥ purāt
They, having bowed to their master and instructed by Kuṭilākṣa, went forth from the city blind with rage, like (moths) entering fire.
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BndP 3 23.8
तेषां प्रयाणनिःसाणरणितं भृशदुःसहम् । आकर्ण्य दिग्गजास्तूर्णं शीर्णकर्णा जुघूर्णिरे
teṣāṃ prayāṇaniḥsāṇaraṇitaṃ bhṛśaduḥsaham / ākarṇya diggajāstūrṇaṃ śīrṇakarṇā jughūrṇire
Hearing the exceedingly unbearable din of the war-drums of their marching, the elephants of the quarters at once, their ears split, staggered about.
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BndP 3 23.9
शतमक्षौहिणीनां च प्राचलत्केतुमालकम् । उत्तरङ्गतुरङ्गादि बभौ मत्तमतङ्गजम्
śatamakṣauhiṇīnāṃ ca prācalatketumālakam / uttaraṅgaturaṅgādi babhau mattamataṅgajam
And a hundred akṣauhiṇīs set out, garlanded with banners; it shone with its surging horses and the rest, with its elephants in rut.
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BndP 3 23.10
ह्रेषमाणहयाकीर्णं क्रन्दद्भटकुलोद्भवम् । बृंहमाणगजं गर्जद्रथयक्रं चचाल तत्
hreṣamāṇahayākīrṇaṃ krandadbhaṭakulodbhavam / bṛṃhamāṇagajaṃ garjadrathayakraṃ cacāla tat
That (army) moved on, crowded with neighing horses, arisen from throngs of shouting soldiers, with trumpeting elephants and rumbling chariot-wheels.
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BndP 3 23.11
चक्रनेमिहतक्षोणीरेणुक्षपितरोचिषा । बभूवे तुहिनासारच्छन्नेनेव विवस्वता
cakranemihatakṣoṇīreṇukṣapitarociṣā / babhūve tuhināsāracchanneneva vivasvatā
With the sun, its brilliance destroyed by the dust of the earth struck by the chariot-wheel-rims, it became as if (the sun were) covered by a downpour of frost.
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BndP 3 23.12
धूलीमयमिवाशेषमभवद्विश्वमण्डलम् । क्वचिच्छब्दमयं चैव निःसाणकठिनस्वनैः
dhūlīmayamivāśeṣamabhavadviśvamaṇḍalam / kvacicchabdamayaṃ caiva niḥsāṇakaṭhinasvanaiḥ
The whole circle of the world became, as it were, wholly made of dust, and in places made of sound too, by the harsh notes of the war-drums.
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BndP 3 23.13
उद्भूतैर्धूलिकाजालैराक्रान्ता दैत्यसैनिकाः । इयत्तयातः सेनायाः संख्यापि परिभाविता
udbhūtairdhūlikājālairākrāntā daityasainikāḥ / iyattayātaḥ senāyāḥ saṃkhyāpi paribhāvitā
The demon soldiers were overwhelmed by the risen nets of dust; hence even the number of the army was reckoned to be just that much.
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BndP 3 23.14
ध्वजा बहुविधाकारा मीनव्यालादिचित्रिताः । प्रचेलुर्धूलिकाजाले मत्स्या इव महोदधौ
dhvajā bahuvidhākārā mīnavyālādicitritāḥ / pracelurdhūlikājāle matsyā iva mahodadhau
The banners, of many shapes, figured with fish, serpents and the like, moved within the net of dust like fishes in the great ocean.
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BndP 3 23.15
तानापतत आलोक्य ललितासैनिकं प्रति । वित्रेसुरमराः सर्वे शक्तीनां भङ्गशङ्कया
tānāpatata ālokya lalitāsainikaṃ prati / vitresuramarāḥ sarve śaktīnāṃ bhaṅgaśaṅkayā
Seeing them rushing down upon Lalitā's army, all the gods trembled, fearing the breaking of the Śaktis.
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BndP 3 23.16
ते करङ्कमुखाः पञ्च सेनापतय उद्धताः । सर्पिणीं नाम समरे मायां चक्रुर्महीयसीम्
te karaṅkamukhāḥ pañca senāpataya uddhatāḥ / sarpiṇīṃ nāma samare māyāṃ cakrurmahīyasīm
Those five arrogant generals, headed by Karaṅka, produced in the battle a very great magic illusion named Sarpiṇī (the She-Serpent).
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BndP 3 23.17
तैः समुत्पतिता दुष्टा सर्पिणी रमशांबरी । धूम्रवर्णा च धूम्रोष्ठी धूम्रवर्मपयोधरा
taiḥ samutpatitā duṣṭā sarpiṇī ramaśāṃbarī / dhūmravarṇā ca dhūmroṣṭhī dhūmravarmapayodharā
Raised up by them, the evil Sarpiṇī, delighting in play(?), smoke-coloured, with smoke-coloured lips, with smoke-coloured armour on her breasts,
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BndP 3 23.18
महोदधिरिवात्यन्तं गंभीरकुहरोदरी । पुरश्चचाल शक्तीनान्त्रासयन्ती मनो रणे
mahodadhirivātyantaṃ gaṃbhīrakuharodarī / puraścacāla śaktīnāntrāsayantī mano raṇe
her belly a cavern deep as the great ocean, she moved in front, terrifying the mind of the Śaktis in the battle.
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BndP 3 23.19
कद्रूरिवापरा दुष्टा बहुसर्पविभूषणा । सर्पाणामुद्भवस्थानं मायामयशरीरिणाम्
kadrūrivāparā duṣṭā bahusarpavibhūṣaṇā / sarpāṇāmudbhavasthānaṃ māyāmayaśarīriṇām
Another evil (form), like Kadrū, adorned with many serpents, the birthplace of serpents whose bodies were made of illusion —
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BndP 3 23.20
सेनापतीनां नासीरे वेल्लयन्तीमहीतले । वेल्लितं बहुधा चक्रे घोरारावविराविणी
senāpatīnāṃ nāsīre vellayantīmahītale / vellitaṃ bahudhā cakre ghorārāvavirāviṇī
writhing on the ground in the front line of the generals, she, roaring with a dreadful roar, made much writhing.
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BndP 3 23.21
तथैव मायया पूर्वं ते ऽसुरेद्रा व्यजीजयन् । करङ्काद्या दुरात्मानः पञ्चपञ्चत्त्वकामुकाः
tathaiva māyayā pūrvaṃ te 'suredrā vyajījayan / karaṅkādyā durātmānaḥ pañcapañcattvakāmukāḥ
Just so had those lords of the asuras formerly conquered by illusion — the evil-souled Karaṅka and the others, the five, desirous of the fivefold(?) death.
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BndP 3 23.22
अथ प्रववृते युद्धं शक्तीनाममरद्रुहाम् । अन्योन्यवीरभाषाभिः प्रोत्साहितघनक्रुधाम्
atha pravavṛte yuddhaṃ śaktīnāmamaradruhām / anyonyavīrabhāṣābhiḥ protsāhitaghanakrudhām
Then began the battle between the Śaktis and the foes of the gods, whose dense wrath was spurred on by mutual heroes' speeches.
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BndP 3 23.23
अत्यन्तसंकुलतया न विज्ञातपरस्पराः । शक्तयो दानवश्चैव प्रजहुः शस्त्रपाणयः
atyantasaṃkulatayā na vijñātaparasparāḥ / śaktayo dānavaścaiva prajahuḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ
Because of the extreme confusion, not recognizing one another, the Śaktis and the Dānavas struck out, weapons in hand.
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BndP 3 23.24
अन्योन्यशस्त्रसंघट्टसमुत्थितहुताशने । प्रवृत्तविशिखस्रोतःप्रच्छन्नहरिदन्तरे
anyonyaśastrasaṃghaṭṭasamutthitahutāśane / pravṛttaviśikhasrotaḥpracchannaharidantare
When the fire had risen up from the clashing of weapons against one another, when the space between the quarters was covered by the streaming flow of arrows,
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BndP 3 23.25
बहुरक्तनदीपूरह्रियमाणमतङ्गजे । मांसकर्दमनिर्मग्ननिष्पन्दरथमण्डले
bahuraktanadīpūrahriyamāṇamataṅgaje / māṃsakardamanirmagnaniṣpandarathamaṇḍale
when elephants were being carried off by the flood of many rivers of blood, when the array of chariots was sunk motionless in the mire of flesh,
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BndP 3 23.26
विकीर्णकेशशैवालविलसद्रक्तनिर्झरे । अतिनिष्ठुरविध्वंसि सिंहनादभयङ्करे
vikīrṇakeśaśaivālavilasadraktanirjhare / atiniṣṭhuravidhvaṃsi siṃhanādabhayaṅkare
when streams of blood glistened with scattered hair for waterweed, (in that battle) most cruelly destructive and terrifying with lions' roars,
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BndP 3 23.27
रजो ऽन्धकारतु मुले राक्षसीतृप्तिदायिनि । शस्त्रीशरणिविच्छिन्नदैत्यकण्ठोत्थितासृजि
rajo 'ndhakāratu mule rākṣasītṛptidāyini / śastrīśaraṇivicchinnadaityakaṇṭhotthitāsṛji
— in that tumult of dust and darkness, that (battle) which gave satisfaction to the rākṣasīs, awash with the blood that spurted from the throats of the demons severed by swords and arrow-blades —
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BndP 3 23.28
प्रवृत्ते घोरसंग्रामे शक्तीनां च सुरद्विषाम् । अथस्वबलमादाय पञ्चभिः प्रेरिता सती । सर्पिणी बहुधा सर्पान्विससर्ज शरीरतः
pravṛtte ghorasaṃgrāme śaktīnāṃ ca suradviṣām / athasvabalamādāya pañcabhiḥ preritā satī / sarpiṇī bahudhā sarpānvisasarja śarīrataḥ
When the terrible battle between the śaktis and the enemies of the gods was under way, then that lady (Sarpiṇī), taking her own force and urged on by the five (demon generals), released snakes in great numbers from her body.
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BndP 3 23.29
तक्षकर्केटकसमा वासुकिप्रमुखत्विषः । नानाविधवपुर्वर्णा नानादृष्टिभयङ्कराः
takṣakarkeṭakasamā vāsukipramukhatviṣaḥ / nānāvidhavapurvarṇā nānādṛṣṭibhayaṅkarāḥ
(Snakes) like Takṣaka and Karkoṭaka, with the sheen of Vāsuki and the rest, of bodies and colours of many kinds, terrifying with their many kinds of gaze,
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BndP 3 23.30
नानाविधविषज्वालानिर्दग्धभुवनत्रयाः । दारदं वत्सनाभं च कालकूटमथापरम्
nānāvidhaviṣajvālānirdagdhabhuvanatrayāḥ / dāradaṃ vatsanābhaṃ ca kālakūṭamathāparam
burning up the three worlds with the flames of poisons of many kinds — dārada, vatsanābha, and then another, kālakūṭa,
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BndP 3 23.31
सौराष्ट्रं च विषं घोरं ब्रह्मपुत्रमथापरम् । प्रतिपन्नं शौक्लिकेयमन्यान्यपि विषाणि च
saurāṣṭraṃ ca viṣaṃ ghoraṃ brahmaputramathāparam / pratipannaṃ śauklikeyamanyānyapi viṣāṇi ca
and the dreadful Saurāṣṭra poison, and then another, Brahmaputra, and pratipanna and śauklikeya, and still other poisons —
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BndP 3 23.32
व्यालैः स्वकीयवदनैर्विलोलरसनाद्वयैः । विकिरन्तः शक्तिसैन्ये विसम्रुः सर्पिणीतनोः
vyālaiḥ svakīyavadanairvilolarasanādvayaiḥ / vikirantaḥ śaktisainye visamruḥ sarpiṇītanoḥ
scattering (these poisons) over the śakti army with their own serpent mouths, with their two flickering tongues, they crept forth from Sarpiṇī's body.
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BndP 3 23.33
धूम्रवर्णा द्विवदना सर्पा अतिभयङ्कराः । सर्पिण्या नयनद्वन्द्वा दुत्थिताः क्रोधदीपिताः
dhūmravarṇā dvivadanā sarpā atibhayaṅkarāḥ / sarpiṇyā nayanadvandvā dutthitāḥ krodhadīpitāḥ
Smoke-coloured, two-mouthed, exceedingly terrifying snakes, ablaze with anger, rose up from Sarpiṇī's pair of eyes.
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BndP 3 23.34
पीतवर्णास्त्रिफणका दंष्ट्राभिर्विकटाननाः । सर्पिण्याः कर्णकुहरादुत्थिताः सर्पकोटयः
pītavarṇāstriphaṇakā daṃṣṭrābhirvikaṭānanāḥ / sarpiṇyāḥ karṇakuharādutthitāḥ sarpakoṭayaḥ
Yellow-coloured, three-hooded, their mouths hideous with fangs, crores of snakes rose up from the hollow of Sarpiṇī's ear.
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BndP 3 23.35
अग्रेपुच्छे च वदनं धारयन्तः फणान्वितम् । आस्यादा नीलवपुषः सर्पिण्याः फणिनो ऽभवन्
agrepucche ca vadanaṃ dhārayantaḥ phaṇānvitam / āsyādā nīlavapuṣaḥ sarpiṇyāḥ phaṇino 'bhavan
Holding at the tip of the tail as well a mouth furnished with a hood, dark-bodied hooded snakes came forth from Sarpiṇī's mouth.
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BndP 3 23.36
अन्यैश्च बलवर्णाश्च चतुर्वक्त्राश्चतुष्पदाः । नासिकाविवरात्तस्या उद्गता उग्ररोचिषः
anyaiśca balavarṇāśca caturvaktrāścatuṣpadāḥ / nāsikāvivarāttasyā udgatā ugrarociṣaḥ
And others, of strong colour, four-faced and four-footed, of fierce radiance, came out from the cavity of her nostril,
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BndP 3 23.37
लंबमानमहाचर्मावृत्तस्थूलपयोधरात् । नाभिकुण्डाच्च बहवो रक्तवर्णा भयानकाः
laṃbamānamahācarmāvṛttasthūlapayodharāt / nābhikuṇḍācca bahavo raktavarṇā bhayānakāḥ
and from her hanging, thick breast covered with great hide, and from the pit of her navel, many red-coloured, frightful
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BndP 3 23.38
हलाहलं वहन्तश्च प्रोत्थिताः पन्नगाधिपाः । विदशन्तः शक्तिसेनां दहन्तो विषवह्निभिः
halāhalaṃ vahantaśca protthitāḥ pannagādhipāḥ / vidaśantaḥ śaktisenāṃ dahanto viṣavahnibhiḥ
lords of serpents rose up bearing halāhala poison, biting into the śakti army and burning it with their poison-fires,
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BndP 3 23.41
बध्नन्तो भोगपाशैश्च निघ्नन्तः फणमण्डलैः । अत्यन्तमाकुलां चक्रुर्ललितेशीचमूममी ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२३।३९ ॥ खण्ड्यमाना अपि मुहुः शक्तीनां शस्त्रकोटिभिः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२३।४० ॥ उपर्युपरि वर्धन्ते सपिण्डप्रविसर्पिणः । नश्यन्ति बहवः सर्पा जायन्ते चापरे पुनः
badhnanto bhogapāśaiśca nighnantaḥ phaṇamaṇḍalaiḥ / atyantamākulāṃ cakrurlaliteśīcamūmamī // bndp_3,23.39 // khaṇḍyamānā api muhuḥ śaktīnāṃ śastrakoṭibhiḥ // bndp_3,23.40 // uparyupari vardhante sapiṇḍapravisarpiṇaḥ / naśyanti bahavaḥ sarpā jāyante cāpare punaḥ
binding it with the nooses of their coils and striking it with the discs of their hoods; these threw the army of Lalitā, the sovereign lady, into utter confusion. Though cut to pieces again and again by the crores of weapons of the śaktis, they grow up one over another, creeping forth in clumps; many snakes perish, and others again are born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.42
एकस्य नाशसमये बहवो ऽन्ये समुत्थिताः । मूलभूता यतो दुष्टा सर्पिणी न विनश्यति
ekasya nāśasamaye bahavo 'nye samutthitāḥ / mūlabhūtā yato duṣṭā sarpiṇī na vinaśyati
At the moment when one perished, many others arose; for the wicked Sarpiṇī, who is their root, is not destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.43
अतस्तत्कृतसर्पाणां नाशे सर्पान्तरोद्भवः । ततश्चशक्तिसैन्यानां शरीराणि विषानलैः
atastatkṛtasarpāṇāṃ nāśe sarpāntarodbhavaḥ / tataścaśaktisainyānāṃ śarīrāṇi viṣānalaiḥ
Therefore, when the snakes produced by her are destroyed, other snakes come into being. And then the bodies of the śakti armies, by the fires of poison,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.44
दह्यमानानि दुःखेन विप्लुतान्यभवन्रणे । किङ्कर्तव्यविमूढेषु शक्तिचक्रेषु भोगिभिः
dahyamānāni duḥkhena viplutānyabhavanraṇe / kiṅkartavyavimūḍheṣu śakticakreṣu bhogibhiḥ
being burned, were grievously overwhelmed in the battle. While the circles of śaktis were bewildered as to what should be done, by the serpents,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.45
पराक्रमं बहुविधं चक्रुस्ते पञ्च दानवाः । करीन्द्री गर्दभशतैर्युक्तं स्यन्दनमास्थितः
parākramaṃ bahuvidhaṃ cakruste pañca dānavāḥ / karīndrī gardabhaśatairyuktaṃ syandanamāsthitaḥ
those five dānavas performed feats of valour of many kinds. Karīndrī, mounted on a chariot yoked with hundreds of asses,
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BndP 3 23.46
चक्रेण तीक्ष्णधारेण शक्तिसेनाममर्दयत् । वज्रदन्ताभिधश्चान्यो भण्डदैत्यचमूपतिः
cakreṇa tīkṣṇadhāreṇa śaktisenāmamardayat / vajradantābhidhaścānyo bhaṇḍadaityacamūpatiḥ
crushed the śakti army with a sharp-edged discus. And another, named Vajradanta, a commander of the army of the demon Bhaṇḍa,
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BndP 3 23.47
वज्रबाणाभिघातेन होष्ट्रतो हि रणं व्यधात् । अथ वज्रमुखश्चैव चक्रिवन्तं महत्तरम्
vajrabāṇābhighātena hoṣṭrato hi raṇaṃ vyadhāt / atha vajramukhaścaiva cakrivantaṃ mahattaram
waged war from a camel with the blows of thunderbolt-arrows. Then Vajramukha too, (mounting) a very large wheeled chariot,
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BndP 3 23.48
आरुह्य कुन्तधाराभिः शक्तिचक्रममर्दयत् । वज्रदन्ताभिधानो ऽन्यश्चमूनामधिपो बली
āruhya kuntadhārābhiḥ śakticakramamardayat / vajradantābhidhāno 'nyaścamūnāmadhipo balī
having mounted it, crushed the circle of śaktis with the edges of his lances. Another, named Vajradanta, a mighty overlord of armies,
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BndP 3 23.49
गृध्रयुग्मरथारूढः प्रजहार शिलीमुखैः । तैः सेनापतिभिर्दुष्टैः प्रोत्साहितमथाहवे
gṛdhrayugmarathārūḍhaḥ prajahāra śilīmukhaiḥ / taiḥ senāpatibhirduṣṭaiḥ protsāhitamathāhave
Mounted on a chariot drawn by a pair of vultures, he struck with his arrows. Then, urged on in the battle by those wicked army-commanders,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.50
शतमक्षौहिणीनां च निपपातैकहेलया । सर्पिणी च दुराचारा बहुमायापरिग्रहा
śatamakṣauhiṇīnāṃ ca nipapātaikahelayā / sarpiṇī ca durācārā bahumāyāparigrahā
a hundred akṣauhiṇīs fell (upon the foe) with a single effortless sweep; and Sarpiṇī, of evil conduct, possessed of many magical wiles,
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BndP 3 23.51
क्षणेक्षणे कोटिसंख्यान्विससर्ज फणाधरान् । तथा विकलितं सैन्यमवलोक्य रुषाकुला
kṣaṇekṣaṇe koṭisaṃkhyānvisasarja phaṇādharān / tathā vikalitaṃ sainyamavalokya ruṣākulā
moment by moment sent forth hooded serpents by the crore. Seeing the army so broken up, (she,) overwhelmed with fury —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.52
नकुली गरुडारूढा सा पपात रणाजिरे । प्रतप्तकनकप्रख्या ललितातालुसम्भवा
nakulī garuḍārūḍhā sā papāta raṇājire / prataptakanakaprakhyā lalitātālusambhavā
Nakulī, mounted on Garuḍa, alighted on the field of battle, resembling refined gold, arisen from Lalitā's palate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.53
समस्तवाङ्मयाकारा दन्तैर्वज्रमयैर्युता । सर्पिण्यभिमुखं तत्र विससर्ज निजं बलम्
samastavāṅmayākārā dantairvajramayairyutā / sarpiṇyabhimukhaṃ tatra visasarja nijaṃ balam
Having a form consisting of all speech, furnished with teeth made of adamant, she there sent forth her own army to face Sarpiṇī.
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BndP 3 23.54
तयाधिष्ठिततुङ्गांसः पक्षविक्षिप्तभूधरः । गरुडः प्राचलद्युद्धे सुमेरुरिव जङ्गमः
tayādhiṣṭhitatuṅgāṃsaḥ pakṣavikṣiptabhūdharaḥ / garuḍaḥ prācaladyuddhe sumeruriva jaṅgamaḥ
With his lofty shoulders occupied by her, scattering the mountains with his wings, Garuḍa advanced in the battle like a Sumeru on the move.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.55
सर्पिणीमायया जातान्सर्पान्दृष्ट्वा भयानकान् । क्रोधरक्तेक्षणं व्यात्तं नकुली विदधे मुखम्
sarpiṇīmāyayā jātānsarpāndṛṣṭvā bhayānakān / krodharaktekṣaṇaṃ vyāttaṃ nakulī vidadhe mukham
Seeing the terrifying serpents produced by Sarpiṇī's magic, Nakulī made her mouth gape wide, her eyes red with wrath.
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BndP 3 23.56
अथ श्रीनकुलीदेव्या द्वात्रिंशद्दन्तकोटयः । द्वात्रिंशत्कोटयो जाता नकुलाः कनकप्रभाः
atha śrīnakulīdevyā dvātriṃśaddantakoṭayaḥ / dvātriṃśatkoṭayo jātā nakulāḥ kanakaprabhāḥ
Then from the thirty-two crore teeth of the goddess Śrī Nakulī there were born thirty-two crore mongooses with the lustre of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.57
इतस्ततः खण्डयन्तः सर्पिणीसर्पमण्डलम् । निजदंष्ट्राविमर्देन नाशयन्तश्च तद्विषम् । व्यभ्रमन्समरे घोरे विषघ्नाः स्वर्णबभ्रवः
itastataḥ khaṇḍayantaḥ sarpiṇīsarpamaṇḍalam / nijadaṃṣṭrāvimardena nāśayantaśca tadviṣam / vyabhramansamare ghore viṣaghnāḥ svarṇababhravaḥ
Cutting to pieces here and there the ring of Sarpiṇī's serpents, and destroying their venom by the crushing of their own fangs, the venom-killing golden-brown ones roamed about in that dreadful battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.58
उत्कर्णाः क्रोध सम्पर्काद्धूनिताशेषलोमकाः । उत्फुल्ला नकुला व्यात्तवदना व्यदशन्नहीन्
utkarṇāḥ krodha samparkāddhūnitāśeṣalomakāḥ / utphullā nakulā vyāttavadanā vyadaśannahīn
With ears erect, all their hair bristling from the touch of rage, swollen (with fury), their mouths agape, the mongooses bit the snakes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.59
एकैकमायासर्पस्य बभ्रुरेकैक उद्गतः । तीक्ष्णदन्तनिपातेन खण्डयामास विग्रहम्
ekaikamāyāsarpasya babhrurekaika udgataḥ / tīkṣṇadantanipātena khaṇḍayāmāsa vigraham
For each single magic-born serpent one single brown (mongoose) sprang up, and shattered its body by the descent of its sharp teeth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.60
भोगिभोगसृतै रक्तैः सृक्किणी शोणतां गते । लिहन्तो नकुला जिह्वापल्लवैः पुप्लुवुर्मृधे
bhogibhogasṛtai raktaiḥ sṛkkiṇī śoṇatāṃ gate / lihanto nakulā jihvāpallavaiḥ pupluvurmṛdhe
Their two lip-corners turned red with the blood flowing from the serpents' coils, the mongooses, licking with the sprouts of their tongues, leapt about in the fray.
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BndP 3 23.61
नकुलैर्दश्यमानानामत्यन्तचटुलं वपुः । मुहुः कुण्डलितैर्भोगैः पन्नगानां व्यचेष्टत
nakulairdaśyamānānāmatyantacaṭulaṃ vapuḥ / muhuḥ kuṇḍalitairbhogaiḥ pannagānāṃ vyaceṣṭata
The extremely quivering bodies of the serpents that were being bitten by the mongooses writhed, their coils again and again drawn into rings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.62
नकुलावलिदष्टानां नष्टासूनां फणाभृताम् । फणाभरसमुत्कीर्णा मणयो व्यरुचन्रणे
nakulāvalidaṣṭānāṃ naṣṭāsūnāṃ phaṇābhṛtām / phaṇābharasamutkīrṇā maṇayo vyarucanraṇe
Of the hooded ones bitten by the ranks of mongooses, whose breath had departed, the gems scattered out from the mass of their hoods gleamed on the battlefield.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.63
नकुलाघातसंशीर्णफणाचक्रैर्विनिर्गतैः । फणयस्तन्महाद्रोहवह्विज्वाला इवाबभुः
nakulāghātasaṃśīrṇaphaṇācakrairvinirgataiḥ / phaṇayastanmahādrohavahvijvālā ivābabhuḥ
The serpents, with their circles of hoods shattered by the mongooses' blows and their (gems) come forth, appeared like flames of the fire of that great enmity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 23.64
एवंप्रकारतो बभ्रुमण्डलैरवखण्डिते । मायामये सर्पजाले सर्पिणी कोपमादधे
evaṃprakārato babhrumaṇḍalairavakhaṇḍite / māyāmaye sarpajāle sarpiṇī kopamādadhe
When in this manner the illusion-made net of serpents had been cut apart by the bands of brown (mongooses), Sarpiṇī gave way to wrath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.65
तया सह महद्युद्धं कृत्वा सा नकुलेश्वरी । गारुडास्त्रमतिक्रूरं समाधत्त शिलीमुखे
tayā saha mahadyuddhaṃ kṛtvā sā nakuleśvarī / gāruḍāstramatikrūraṃ samādhatta śilīmukhe
Having waged a great battle with her, that mistress of the mongooses fitted the exceedingly cruel Garuḍa-weapon to her arrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.66
तद्गारुडास्त्रमुद्दामज्वालादीपितदिङ्मुखम् । प्रविश्य सर्पिणीदेहं सर्पमायां व्यशोषयत्
tadgāruḍāstramuddāmajvālādīpitadiṅmukham / praviśya sarpiṇīdehaṃ sarpamāyāṃ vyaśoṣayat
That Garuḍa-weapon, which lit up the quarters with unchecked flames, entered Sarpiṇī's body and dried up the serpent-magic.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.67
मायाशक्तोर्विनाशेन सर्पिणी विलयं गता । क्रोधं च तद्विनाशेन प्राप्ताः पञ्च चमूवराः
māyāśaktorvināśena sarpiṇī vilayaṃ gatā / krodhaṃ ca tadvināśena prāptāḥ pañca camūvarāḥ
With the destruction of her magic power, Sarpiṇī came to dissolution; and at her destruction the five chiefs of the army were seized with anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.68
यद्बलेन सुरान्सर्वान्सेनान्यस्ते ऽवमेनिरे । सा सर्पिणी कथाशेषं नीता नकुलवीर्यतः
yadbalena surānsarvānsenānyaste 'vamenire / sā sarpiṇī kathāśeṣaṃ nītā nakulavīryataḥ
She by whose strength those generals held all the gods in contempt — that Sarpiṇī was reduced to nothing but a story by the valour of Nakulī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.69
अतःस्वबलनाशेन भृशं क्रुद्धाश्चमूचराः । एकोद्यमेन शस्त्रौघैर्नकुलीं तामवाकिरन्
ataḥsvabalanāśena bhṛśaṃ kruddhāścamūcarāḥ / ekodyamena śastraughairnakulīṃ tāmavākiran
Then, greatly enraged at the destruction of their own force, the army-leaders in a single concerted effort covered that mongoose-goddess with floods of weapons.
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BndP 3 23.70
एकैव सा तार्क्ष्यरथा पञ्चभिः पृतनेश्वरी । लघुहस्ततया युद्धे चक्रे वै शस्त्रवर्षिणी
ekaiva sā tārkṣyarathā pañcabhiḥ pṛtaneśvarī / laghuhastatayā yuddhe cakre vai śastravarṣiṇī
She alone, whose chariot was drawn by Garuḍa, that mistress of armies, raining weapons in the battle, by the swiftness of her hands (fought) against the five.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.71
पट्टिशैर्मुसलैश्चैव भिन्दिपालैः सहस्रशः । वज्रसारमयैर्दन्तैर्व्यदशन्मर्म सीमसु
paṭṭiśairmusalaiścaiva bhindipālaiḥ sahasraśaḥ / vajrasāramayairdantairvyadaśanmarma sīmasu
With spears, with clubs, and with slings by the thousands, (and) with teeth made of adamantine hardness, they (the mongooses) bit at the vital points.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 23.72
ततो हाहारुतं घोरं कुर्वाणा दैत्यकिङ्कराः । उदग्रदंशनकुलैर्नकुलैराकुलीकृताः
tato hāhārutaṃ ghoraṃ kurvāṇā daityakiṅkarāḥ / udagradaṃśanakulairnakulairākulīkṛtāḥ
Then the demons' servants, uttering a dreadful cry of 'alas, alas!', were thrown into confusion by the mongooses with their swarms of protruding fangs.
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BndP 3 23.73
उत्पत्य गगनात्केचिद्घोरचीत्कार कारिणः । देशन्तस्तद्द्विषां सैन्य सकुलाः प्रज्वलक्रुधः
utpatya gaganātkecidghoracītkāra kāriṇaḥ / deśantastaddviṣāṃ sainya sakulāḥ prajvalakrudhaḥ
Some, leaping up from the sky, making a terrible squealing, with their broods, their anger ablaze, (fell upon) the army of those enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 23.74
कर्णेषु दष्ट्वा नासायामन्ये दष्टाः शिरस्तटे । पृष्ठतो प्यदशन्केचिदा गत्य व्याकृतक्रियाः
karṇeṣu daṣṭvā nāsāyāmanye daṣṭāḥ śirastaṭe / pṛṣṭhato pyadaśankecidā gatya vyākṛtakriyāḥ
Having bitten them on the ears, others were bitten on the nose, on the side of the head; and some, coming up, bit even from behind, their doings unaccountable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 23.75
विकलाश्छिन्नवर्माणो भयविस्रस्तशस्त्रिकाः । नकुलैरभिभूतास्ते न्यपतन्नमरद्रुहः
vikalāśchinnavarmāṇo bhayavisrastaśastrikāḥ / nakulairabhibhūtāste nyapatannamaradruhaḥ
Maimed, their armour cut through, their little weapons dropping from fear, those foes of the gods, overwhelmed by the mongooses, fell down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.76
केचित्प्रविश्यनकुला व्यात्तान्यास्यानि वैरिणाम् । भोगिभोगानि वाकृष्य व्यदशन्रसनातलम्
kecitpraviśyanakulā vyāttānyāsyāni vairiṇām / bhogibhogāni vākṛṣya vyadaśanrasanātalam
Some mongooses, entering the gaping mouths of the enemies, dragged out their snake-like tongues and bit the surface of the tongue.
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BndP 3 23.77
अन्ये कर्णेषु नकुलाः प्राविशन्देववैरिणाम् । सूक्ष्मरूपा विशन्तिस्म नानारन्ध्राणि बभ्रवः
anye karṇeṣu nakulāḥ prāviśandevavairiṇām / sūkṣmarūpā viśantisma nānārandhrāṇi babhravaḥ
Other mongooses entered the ears of the enemies of the gods; taking on minute forms, the tawny ones entered the various orifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.80
इति तैरभिभूतानि नकुलैरवलोकयन् । निजसैन्यानि दीनानि करङ्कः कोपमास्थितः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२३।७८ ॥ अन्ये ऽपि च चमूनाथा लघुहस्ता महाबलाः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२३।७९ ॥ प्रतिबभ्रु शरस्तोमान्ववृषुर्वारिदा इव । दैत्यसैन्यपतिप्रौढ कोदडोत्थाः शिलीमुखाः । बभ्रूणां दन्तकोटीषु कठोरघट्टनं व्यधुः
iti tairabhibhūtāni nakulairavalokayan / nijasainyāni dīnāni karaṅkaḥ kopamāsthitaḥ // bndp_3,23.78 // anye 'pi ca camūnāthā laghuhastā mahābalāḥ // bndp_3,23.79 // pratibabhru śarastomānvavṛṣurvāridā iva / daityasainyapatiprauḍha kodaḍotthāḥ śilīmukhāḥ / babhrūṇāṃ dantakoṭīṣu kaṭhoraghaṭṭanaṃ vyadhuḥ
Thus Karaṅka, seeing his own armies wretched and overwhelmed by those mongooses, took to wrath. And the other army-commanders too, swift-handed and mighty, rained showers of arrows against the tawny ones like rainclouds; the arrows sprung from the mighty bows of the lords of the demon army made a hard clashing against the tips of the tawny ones' teeth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 23.81
चमूपतिशख्यूहैराहतेभ्यः परःशतैः । बभ्रूणां वज्रदतेभ्यो निश्चक्राम हुताशनः । पञ्चापि ते चमूनाथविसृष्टैरेकहेलया
camūpatiśakhyūhairāhatebhyaḥ paraḥśataiḥ / babhrūṇāṃ vajradatebhyo niścakrāma hutāśanaḥ / pañcāpi te camūnāthavisṛṣṭairekahelayā
From the adamantine teeth of the tawny ones, struck by more than a hundred (arrows) in the volleys of the army-commanders, fire issued forth. And those five too, at a single stroke, with (arrows) released by the army-commanders...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 23.82
स्फुरत्फलैः शरकुलैर्बभ्रुसेनां व्यमर्दयत् । इतस्ततश्चमूनाथविक्षिप्तशरकोटिभिः । विशीर्णगात्रा नकुला नकुलीं पर्यवारयन्
sphuratphalaiḥ śarakulairbabhrusenāṃ vyamardayat / itastataścamūnāthavikṣiptaśarakoṭibhiḥ / viśīrṇagātrā nakulā nakulīṃ paryavārayan
...he crushed the army of the tawny ones with swarms of arrows whose blades quivered. With the millions of arrows flung this way and that by the army-commanders, the mongooses, their bodies torn apart, surrounded the mongoose-goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 23.83
अथ सा नकुली वाणी वाङ्मयस्यैकनायिका । नकुलानां परावृत्त्या महान्तं रोषमाश्रिता
atha sā nakulī vāṇī vāṅmayasyaikanāyikā / nakulānāṃ parāvṛttyā mahāntaṃ roṣamāśritā
Then that mongoose-goddess Vāṇī, the sole mistress of all that is made of speech, took to great fury at the turning back of the mongooses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.84
अक्षीणनकुलं नाम महास्त्रं सर्वतोमुखम् । वह्निज्वालापरीताग्रं संदधे शार्ङ्गधन्वनि
akṣīṇanakulaṃ nāma mahāstraṃ sarvatomukham / vahnijvālāparītāgraṃ saṃdadhe śārṅgadhanvani
She fitted to her horn bow the great missile named Akṣīṇanakula ('the unfailing mongoose'), facing in every direction, its tip encircled by flames of fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.85
तदस्त्रतो विनिष्ठ्यूता नकुलाः कोटिसंख्याकाः । वज्राङ्गा वज्रलोमानो वज्रदंष्ट्रा महाजवा
tadastrato viniṣṭhyūtā nakulāḥ koṭisaṃkhyākāḥ / vajrāṅgā vajralomāno vajradaṃṣṭrā mahājavā
Spat forth from that missile were mongooses numbering in the crores, with adamantine bodies, adamantine hair, adamantine fangs, of great speed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.86
वज्रसाराश्च निबिडा वज्रजाल भयङ्करा । वज्राकारैर्नशैस्तूर्ण दारयन्तो महीतलम्
vajrasārāśca nibiḍā vajrajāla bhayaṅkarā / vajrākārairnaśaistūrṇa dārayanto mahītalam
of adamantine substance, densely packed, terrifying as a net of thunderbolts, quickly tearing up the surface of the earth with their adamant-shaped claws,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 23.87
वज्ररत्नप्रकाशेन लोचनेनापि शोभिताः । वज्रसंपातसदृशा नासाचीत्कार कारिणः
vajraratnaprakāśena locanenāpi śobhitāḥ / vajrasaṃpātasadṛśā nāsācītkāra kāriṇaḥ
adorned too with eyes that shone like diamond jewels, resembling the fall of the thunderbolt, making a squealing through their noses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.88
मर्दयन्ति सुरारातिसैन्यं दशनकोटिभिः । पराक्रमं बहुविधं तेनिरे ते निरेनसः
mardayanti surārātisainyaṃ daśanakoṭibhiḥ / parākramaṃ bahuvidhaṃ tenire te nirenasaḥ
They crush the army of the gods' enemies with their crores of teeth; those blameless ones performed feats of valour of many kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.91
एवं नकुलकोटीभिर् वज्रघोरैर्महाबलैः । विनष्टाः प्रत्यवयवं विनेशुर्दानवाधमाः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२३।८९ ॥ एवं वज्रमयैर्बभुमण्डलैः शण्डिते बले ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२३।९० ॥ शताक्षौहिणिके संख्ये ते स्वमात्रावशेषिताः । अतित्रासेन रोषेण गृहीताश्च चमूवराः । संग्राममधिकं तेनुः समाकृष्टशरासनाः
evaṃ nakulakoṭībhir vajraghorairmahābalaiḥ / vinaṣṭāḥ pratyavayavaṃ vineśurdānavādhamāḥ // bndp_3,23.89 // evaṃ vajramayairbabhumaṇḍalaiḥ śaṇḍite bale // bndp_3,23.90 // śatākṣauhiṇike saṃkhye te svamātrāvaśeṣitāḥ / atitrāsena roṣeṇa gṛhītāśca camūvarāḥ / saṃgrāmamadhikaṃ tenuḥ samākṛṣṭaśarāsanāḥ
Thus, destroyed limb by limb by the crores of mongooses, terrible as thunderbolts and of great might, the vile demons perished. Thus, when the force of a hundred akṣauhiṇīs had been cut down in the battle by the adamantine bands of tawny ones, those best of army-commanders were left only in their own persons; and seized by extreme terror and by rage, they drew their bows fully and waged the fight the more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 23.92
तैः समं बहुधा युद्धं तन्वाना नकुलेश्वरी । पट्टिशेन करङ्कस्य चिच्छेद कठिनं शिरः
taiḥ samaṃ bahudhā yuddhaṃ tanvānā nakuleśvarī / paṭṭiśena karaṅkasya ciccheda kaṭhinaṃ śiraḥ
The lady of the mongooses, waging battle with them in many ways, cut off with a spear the hard head of Karaṅka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.95
काकवाशितसुख्यानां चतुर्णामपि वैरिणाम् । उत्पत्योत्पत्य तार्क्ष्येण व्यलुनादसिना शिरः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२३।९३ ॥ तादृशं लाघवं दृष्ट्वा नकुल्या श्यामलांबिका ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२३।९४ ॥ बहु मेने महासत्त्वां दुष्टासुरविनाशिनीम् । निजाङ्गदेवतत्त्वं च तस्यै श्यामांबिका ददौ
kākavāśitasukhyānāṃ caturṇāmapi vairiṇām / utpatyotpatya tārkṣyeṇa vyalunādasinā śiraḥ // bndp_3,23.93 // tādṛśaṃ lāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā nakulyā śyāmalāṃbikā // bndp_3,23.94 // bahu mene mahāsattvāṃ duṣṭāsuravināśinīm / nijāṅgadevatattvaṃ ca tasyai śyāmāṃbikā dadau
Springing up again and again, she severed with her steel sword the heads of all four foes—those named Kāka, Vāśita and Sukhya (?). Seeing such nimbleness on Nakulī's part, Śyāmalāmbikā held the great-spirited one, destroyer of the wicked asuras, in high regard; and Śyāmāmbikā gave to her the essence of the deity of her own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 23.96
लोकोत्तरे गुणे दृष्टे कस्य न प्रीतिसंभवः । हतशिष्टा भीतभीता नकुलीशरणं गताः
lokottare guṇe dṛṣṭe kasya na prītisaṃbhavaḥ / hataśiṣṭā bhītabhītā nakulīśaraṇaṃ gatāḥ
When a quality beyond the world's measure is seen, in whom does delight not arise? Those who survived the slaughter, terrified, went to Nakulī for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 23.97
सापि तान्वीक्ष्य कृपया मा भैष्टेति विहस्य च । भवद्राज्ञे रणोदन्तमशेषं च निबोधत
sāpi tānvīkṣya kṛpayā mā bhaiṣṭeti vihasya ca / bhavadrājñe raṇodantamaśeṣaṃ ca nibodhata
And she too, looking on them with compassion and laughing, (said): "Do not be afraid; report to your king the whole account of the battle, without omission."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition