Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 36
BvP 3 36.1
नारायण उवाच ।। मत्स्यराजे निपतिते राजा युद्धविशारदः ।। राजेन्द्रान्प्रेषयामास युद्धे शस्त्रविशारदान्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || matsyarāje nipatite rājā yuddhaviśāradaḥ || rājendrānpreṣayāmāsa yuddhe śastraviśāradān
Nārāyaṇa said: When the king of the Matsyas had fallen, the king, skilled in battle, sent forth chief kings who were expert with weapons in war.
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BvP 3 36.2
बृहद्बलं सोमदत्तं विदर्भं मिथिलेश्वरम् ।। निषधाधिपतिं चैव मगधाधिपतिं तथा
bṛhadbalaṃ somadattaṃ vidarbhaṃ mithileśvaram || niṣadhādhipatiṃ caiva magadhādhipatiṃ tathā
Bṛhadbala, Somadatta, (the king of) Vidarbha, the lord of Mithilā, the ruler of Niṣadha, and likewise the ruler of Magadha —
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BvP 3 36.3
आययुः समरे योद्धुं जामदग्न्यं महारथाः ।। त्रितयाक्षौहिणीभिश्च सेनाभिः सह नारद निहत्य निखिलान्भूपान्संहाराग्निसमो रणे ।। दुद्राव कार्त्तवीर्यं च जामदग्न्यो महाबलः निहत्य सर्वाः सेनाश्च सुचन्द्रं युयुधे बली ।। नागास्त्रं प्रेरयामास निहृतं तं भृगुः स्वयम् नमो नमो जगद्धात्र्यै जगत्कर्त्र्यै नमोनमः ।। नमोऽस्तु ते जगन्मात्रे कारणायै नमो नमः कवचं भद्रकाल्याश्च देवानां च सुदुर्लभम् ।। कवचं तद्गले यस्य सर्वशत्रुविमर्दकम्
āyayuḥ samare yoddhuṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahārathāḥ || tritayākṣauhiṇībhiśca senābhiḥ saha nārada nihatya nikhilānbhūpānsaṃhārāgnisamo raṇe || dudrāva kārttavīryaṃ ca jāmadagnyo mahābalaḥ nihatya sarvāḥ senāśca sucandraṃ yuyudhe balī || nāgāstraṃ prerayāmāsa nihṛtaṃ taṃ bhṛguḥ svayam namo namo jagaddhātryai jagatkartryai namonamaḥ || namo'stu te jaganmātre kāraṇāyai namo namaḥ kavacaṃ bhadrakālyāśca devānāṃ ca sudurlabham || kavacaṃ tadgale yasya sarvaśatruvimardakam
those great charioteers came to fight Jāmadagnya in battle, together with armies of three akṣauhiṇīs, O Nārada. Having slain all the kings in battle, like the fire of destruction, the mighty Jāmadagnya rushed at Kārtavīrya too. Having destroyed all the armies, the strong one fought with Sucandra; Bhṛgu himself launched the serpent-weapon at him when he had been struck down. Homage, homage to her who upholds the world, homage, homage to her who makes the world; homage be to you, mother of the world, homage, homage to the (primal) cause. The armour of Bhadrakālī, very hard to obtain even for the gods — he on whose neck that armour is, it crushes all enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 36.4
रामस्य भ्रातरः सर्वे वीरास्तीक्ष्णास्त्रपाणयः ।। वारयामासुरस्त्रैश्च तानेव रणमूर्द्धनि
rāmasya bhrātaraḥ sarve vīrāstīkṣṇāstrapāṇayaḥ || vārayāmāsurastraiśca tāneva raṇamūrddhani
All of Rāma's brothers, heroes with sharp weapons in hand, held those very (kings) back with their weapons at the head of the battle.
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BvP 3 36.5
ते वीराः शरजालेन दिव्यास्त्रेण प्रयत्नतः ।। वारयामासुरेकैकं भ्रातृवर्गान्भृगोस्तथा ।।
te vīrāḥ śarajālena divyāstreṇa prayatnataḥ || vārayāmāsurekaikaṃ bhrātṛvargānbhṛgostathā ||
Those heroes, with a net of arrows and with divine weapons, strenuously held back one by one the band of Bhṛgu's brothers.
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BvP 3 36.6
आययौ समरे शीघ्रं दृष्ट्वा तांश्च पराजितान् ।। पिनाकहस्तः स भृगुर्ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमः
āyayau samare śīghraṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃśca parājitān || pinākahastaḥ sa bhṛgurjvaladagniśikhopamaḥ
Seeing them defeated, that Bhṛgu (Rāma), with the Pināka bow in hand, resembling a blazing tongue of fire, swiftly came into the battle.
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BvP 3 36.7
चिक्षेप नागपाशं च जामदग्न्यो महाबलः ।। चिच्छेद तं गारुडेन सोमदत्तो महाबलः
cikṣepa nāgapāśaṃ ca jāmadagnyo mahābalaḥ || ciccheda taṃ gāruḍena somadatto mahābalaḥ
And the mighty Jāmadagnya hurled the serpent-noose; the mighty Somadatta cut it apart with the Garuḍa (weapon).
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BvP 3 36.8
भृगुः शङ्करशूलेन सोमदत्तं जघान ह ।। बृहद्बलं च गदया विदर्भं मुष्टिभिस्तथा
bhṛguḥ śaṅkaraśūlena somadattaṃ jaghāna ha || bṛhadbalaṃ ca gadayā vidarbhaṃ muṣṭibhistathā
Bhṛgu (Rāma) struck down Somadatta with Śaṅkara's trident, and Bṛhadbala with the mace, and the Vidarbha king with his fists,
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BvP 3 36.9
मैथिलं मुद्गरेणैव शक्त्या वै नैषधं तथा ।। मागधं चरणोद्घातैरस्त्रजालेन सैनिकान्
maithilaṃ mudgareṇaiva śaktyā vai naiṣadhaṃ tathā || māgadhaṃ caraṇodghātairastrajālena sainikān
the Maithila with the hammer, and the Naiṣadha with the spear, the Māgadha with kicks of his feet, and the soldiers with a net of missiles.
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BvP 3 36.11
दृष्ट्वा तं योद्धुमायान्तं राजानश्च महारथाः।। आययुः समरं कर्त्तुं कार्त्तवीर्य्यं निवार्य्य च
dṛṣṭvā taṃ yoddhumāyāntaṃ rājānaśca mahārathāḥ|| āyayuḥ samaraṃ karttuṃ kārttavīryyaṃ nivāryya ca
Seeing him coming on to fight, the kings, great chariot-warriors, came to make battle, holding Kārtavīrya back;
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BvP 3 36.12
कान्यकुब्जाश्च शतशः सौराष्ट्राः शतशस्तथा ।। राष्ट्रीयाः शतशश्चैव वीरेन्द्राः शतशस्तथा
kānyakubjāśca śataśaḥ saurāṣṭrāḥ śataśastathā || rāṣṭrīyāḥ śataśaścaiva vīrendrāḥ śataśastathā
and the Kānyakubjas by hundreds, and the Saurāṣṭras by hundreds likewise, and the Rāṣṭrīyas by hundreds, and the chiefs of heroes by hundreds likewise,
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BvP 3 36.13
सौम्या वाङ्गाश्च शतशो महाराष्ट्रास्तथा दश ।। तथा गुर्जरजातीयाः कलिङ्गाः शतशस्तथा ।।
saumyā vāṅgāśca śataśo mahārāṣṭrāstathā daśa || tathā gurjarajātīyāḥ kaliṅgāḥ śataśastathā ||
the Saumyas and the Vaṅgas by hundreds, and ten Mahārāṣṭras likewise, and those of the Gurjara race, and the Kaliṅgas by hundreds.
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BvP 3 36.14
कृत्वा तु शरजालं च भृगुश्चिच्छेद तत्क्षणम् ।। तं छित्त्वाऽभ्युत्थितो रामो नीहारमिव भास्करः
kṛtvā tu śarajālaṃ ca bhṛguściccheda tatkṣaṇam || taṃ chittvā'bhyutthito rāmo nīhāramiva bhāskaraḥ
But when they made a net of arrows, Bhṛgu (Rāma) cut it apart that very instant; having cut it he rose up, like the sun over the mist.
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BvP 3 36.15
त्रिरात्रं युयुधे रामस्तैः सार्द्धं समराजिरे ।। द्वादशाक्षौहिणीं सेनां तथा चिच्छेद पर्शुना
trirātraṃ yuyudhe rāmastaiḥ sārddhaṃ samarājire || dvādaśākṣauhiṇīṃ senāṃ tathā ciccheda parśunā
For three nights Rāma fought together with them on the field of battle, and thus with his axe he cut down an army of twelve akṣauhiṇīs.
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BvP 3 36.16
रम्भास्तम्भसमूह च यथा खड्गेन लीलया ।। छित्त्वा सेनां भूपवर्गं जघान शिवशूलतः
rambhāstambhasamūha ca yathā khaḍgena līlayā || chittvā senāṃ bhūpavargaṃ jaghāna śivaśūlataḥ
As one cuts a cluster of plantain-stalks with a sword in sport, having cut down the army, he slew the host of kings with Śiva's trident.
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BvP 3 36.17
सर्वांस्तान्निहतान्दृष्ट्वा सूर्य्यवंशसमुद्भवः ।। आजगाम सुचन्द्रश्च लक्ष राजेन्द्रसंयुतः
sarvāṃstānnihatāndṛṣṭvā sūryyavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ || ājagāma sucandraśca lakṣa rājendrasaṃyutaḥ
Seeing all those slain, Sucandra, born of the solar line, came, accompanied by a hundred thousand lords of kings,
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BvP 3 36.18
द्वादशाक्षौहिणीभिश्च सेनाभिः सह संयुगे ।। कोपेन युयुधे रामं सिंहं सिंहो यथा रणे
dvādaśākṣauhiṇībhiśca senābhiḥ saha saṃyuge || kopena yuyudhe rāmaṃ siṃhaṃ siṃho yathā raṇe
and with armies of twelve akṣauhiṇīs he fought Rāma in the encounter with fury, as a lion (fights) a lion in battle.
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BvP 3 36.19
भृगुः शङ्करशूलेन नृपलक्षं निहत्य च ।। द्वादशाक्षौहिणीं सेनामहन्वै पर्शुना बली
bhṛguḥ śaṅkaraśūlena nṛpalakṣaṃ nihatya ca || dvādaśākṣauhiṇīṃ senāmahanvai parśunā balī
And Bhṛgu (Rāma), having slain the hundred thousand kings with Śaṅkara's trident, the mighty one struck down the army of twelve akṣauhiṇīs with his axe.
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BvP 3 36.21
नागपाशं च चिच्छेद गारुडेन नृपेश्वरः ।। जहास च भृगुं राजा समरे च पुनः पुनः
nāgapāśaṃ ca ciccheda gāruḍena nṛpeśvaraḥ || jahāsa ca bhṛguṃ rājā samare ca punaḥ punaḥ
And the lord of kings cut the serpent-noose with the Garuḍa (weapon), and the king laughed at Bhṛgu (Rāma) again and again in the battle.
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BvP 3 36.22
भृगुर्नारायणास्त्रं च चिक्षेप रणमूर्धनि ।। अस्तं ययौ तं निहन्तुं शतसूर्यसमप्रभम्
bhṛgurnārāyaṇāstraṃ ca cikṣepa raṇamūrdhani || astaṃ yayau taṃ nihantuṃ śatasūryasamaprabham
And Bhṛgu (Rāma) hurled the Nārāyaṇa weapon at the head of the battle; it went forth to slay him, blazing like a hundred suns.
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BvP 3 36.23
दृष्ट्वाऽस्त्रं नृपशार्दूलश्चावरुह्य रथात्क्षणात् ।। न्यस्तशस्त्रः प्राणमच्च स्तुत्वा नारायणं शिवम्
dṛṣṭvā'straṃ nṛpaśārdūlaścāvaruhya rathātkṣaṇāt || nyastaśastraḥ prāṇamacca stutvā nārāyaṇaṃ śivam
Seeing the weapon, the tiger among kings at once descended from his chariot and, laying down his arms, bowed, praising Nārāyaṇa, the auspicious one.
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BvP 3 36.24
तमेव प्रणतं त्यक्त्वा ययौ नारायणान्तिकम् ।। अस्त्रराजो भगवतो रामः संप्राप विस्मयम्
tameva praṇataṃ tyaktvā yayau nārāyaṇāntikam || astrarājo bhagavato rāmaḥ saṃprāpa vismayam
Abandoning that very man who had bowed down, it went to the presence of Nārāyaṇa — the king of weapons, the Lord's — and Rāma was filled with astonishment.
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BvP 3 36.25
भृगुः शक्तिं च मुसलं तोमरं पट्टिशं तथा ।। गदां पर्शुं च कोपेन चिक्षिपे तज्जिघांसया
bhṛguḥ śaktiṃ ca musalaṃ tomaraṃ paṭṭiśaṃ tathā || gadāṃ parśuṃ ca kopena cikṣipe tajjighāṃsayā
Bhṛgu (Rāma) in anger hurled the spear, the pestle, the lance, the paṭṭiśa, the mace and the axe, wishing to kill him.
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BvP 3 36.26
जग्राह काली तान्सर्वान्सुचन्द्रस्यन्दनस्थिता ।। चिक्षेप शिवशूलं स नृपमाल्यं बभूव तत्
jagrāha kālī tānsarvānsucandrasyandanasthitā || cikṣepa śivaśūlaṃ sa nṛpamālyaṃ babhūva tat
Kālī, standing on Sucandra's chariot, caught them all; he hurled Śiva's trident, and it became a garland for the king.
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BvP 3 36.27
ददर्श पुरतो रामो भद्रकालीं जगत्प्रसूम् ।। वहन्तीं मुण्डमालां च विकटास्यां भयंकरीम्
dadarśa purato rāmo bhadrakālīṃ jagatprasūm || vahantīṃ muṇḍamālāṃ ca vikaṭāsyāṃ bhayaṃkarīm
Rāma saw before him Bhadrakālī, the mother of the world, wearing a garland of skulls, of gaping mouth, terrifying.
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BvP 3 36.28
विहाय शस्त्रमस्त्रं च पिनाकं च भृगुस्तदा ।। तुष्टाव तां महामायां भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः
vihāya śastramastraṃ ca pinākaṃ ca bhṛgustadā || tuṣṭāva tāṃ mahāmāyāṃ bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ
Then Bhṛgu (Rāma), casting aside sword and missile and the Pināka bow, praised her, the great Māyā, his own neck bent low in devotion.
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BvP 3 36.29
परशुराम उवाच ।। नमः शङ्करकान्तायै सारायै ते नमो नमः ।। नमो दुर्गतिनाशिन्यै मायायै ते नमो नमः
paraśurāma uvāca || namaḥ śaṅkarakāntāyai sārāyai te namo namaḥ || namo durgatināśinyai māyāyai te namo namaḥ
Paraśurāma said: Homage to the beloved of Śaṅkara; homage, homage to you, the essence. Homage to the destroyer of misfortune; homage, homage to you, Māyā.
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BvP 3 36.31
प्रसीद जगतां मातः सृष्टिसंहारकारिणि ।। त्वत्पादौ शरणं यामि प्रतिज्ञां सार्थिकां कुरु
prasīda jagatāṃ mātaḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāriṇi || tvatpādau śaraṇaṃ yāmi pratijñāṃ sārthikāṃ kuru
Be gracious, Mother of the worlds, you who bring about creation and destruction. I go for refuge to your feet; make my vow fruitful.
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BvP 3 36.32
त्वयि मे विमुखायां च को मां रक्षितुमीश्वरः ।। त्वं प्रसन्ना भव शुभे मां भक्तं भक्तवत्सले
tvayi me vimukhāyāṃ ca ko māṃ rakṣitumīśvaraḥ || tvaṃ prasannā bhava śubhe māṃ bhaktaṃ bhaktavatsale
If you are turned away from me, who is able to protect me? Be well pleased, O auspicious one, with me, your devotee, O you who are tender to devotees.
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BvP 3 36.33
युष्माभिः शिवलोके च मह्यं दत्तो वरः पुरा ।। तं वरं सफलं कर्तुं त्वमर्हसि वरानने
yuṣmābhiḥ śivaloke ca mahyaṃ datto varaḥ purā || taṃ varaṃ saphalaṃ kartuṃ tvamarhasi varānane
A boon was formerly given to me by you (all) in Śiva's world; you ought to make that boon bear fruit, O you of the excellent face.
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BvP 3 36.34
रेणुकेयस्तवं श्रुत्वा प्रसन्नाऽभवदम्बिका ।। मा भैरित्येवमुक्त्वा तु तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
reṇukeyastavaṃ śrutvā prasannā'bhavadambikā || mā bhairityevamuktvā tu tatraivāntaradhīyata
Having heard the praise made by Reṇukā's son, Ambikā became pleased; and saying "Do not fear," she vanished then and there.
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BvP 3 36.35
एतद्भृगुकृतं स्तोत्रं भक्तियुक्तश्च यः पठेत् ।। महाभयात्समुत्तीर्णः स भवेदेव लीलया
etadbhṛgukṛtaṃ stotraṃ bhaktiyuktaśca yaḥ paṭhet || mahābhayātsamuttīrṇaḥ sa bhavedeva līlayā
And whoever, filled with devotion, should recite this hymn composed by Bhṛgu (i.e. Paraśurāma), he will indeed be carried across from great danger with ease.
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BvP 3 36.36
स पूजितश्च त्रैलोक्ये तत्रैव विजयी भवेत् ।। ज्ञानिश्रेष्ठो भवेच्चैव वैरिपक्षविमर्दकः
sa pūjitaśca trailokye tatraiva vijayī bhavet || jñāniśreṣṭho bhaveccaiva vairipakṣavimardakaḥ
He is honoured in the three worlds and becomes victorious there too; he becomes foremost among the wise and a crusher of the party of his enemies.
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BvP 3 36.37
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा भृगुं धर्मभृतां वरम् ।। आगत्य कथयामास रहस्यं राममेव च
etasminnantare brahmā bhṛguṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam || āgatya kathayāmāsa rahasyaṃ rāmameva ca
In the meantime Brahmā came and told the secret to Bhṛgu, best of upholders of dharma, and to Rāma as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 36.38
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। शृणु राम महाभाग रहस्यं पूर्वमेव च ।। सुचन्द्रजयहेतुं च प्रतिज्ञाफलमेव च
brahmovāca || śṛṇu rāma mahābhāga rahasyaṃ pūrvameva ca || sucandrajayahetuṃ ca pratijñāphalameva ca
Brahmā said: Listen, Rāma, greatly fortunate one, to the secret of the past, and to the cause of Sucandra's victory, and to the fruit of your vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 36.39
दशाक्षरी महाविद्या दत्ता दुर्वाससा पुरा ।। सुचन्द्रायैव कवचं भद्रकाल्याः सुदुर्लभम्
daśākṣarī mahāvidyā dattā durvāsasā purā || sucandrāyaiva kavacaṃ bhadrakālyāḥ sudurlabham
Formerly the great ten-syllabled vidyā was given by Durvāsas to Sucandra, and also the very hard-to-obtain armour (kavaca) of Bhadrakālī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 36.41
अतीव पूज्यं शस्तं च त्रैलोक्यजयकारणम्।। तस्मिन्स्थिते च कवचे कस्त्वं जेतुमलं भुवि
atīva pūjyaṃ śastaṃ ca trailokyajayakāraṇam|| tasminsthite ca kavace kastvaṃ jetumalaṃ bhuvi
It is exceedingly worthy of worship and praised, the cause of conquering the three worlds. While that armour stands (with him), who on earth is able to conquer you (i.e. him)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 36.42
भृगो गच्छतु भिक्षार्थं करोतु प्रार्थनां नृपम् ।। सूर्य्यवंशोद्भवो राजा दाता परमधार्मिकः
bhṛgo gacchatu bhikṣārthaṃ karotu prārthanāṃ nṛpam || sūryyavaṃśodbhavo rājā dātā paramadhārmikaḥ
O Bhṛgu, let (him) go for the sake of alms; let (him) make a request to the king. The king, born of the solar line, is a giver, supremely righteous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 36.43
प्राणांश्च कवचं मन्त्रं सर्वं दास्यति निश्चितम्
prāṇāṃśca kavacaṃ mantraṃ sarvaṃ dāsyati niścitam
He will certainly give everything — his life-breaths, the armour, the mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 36.44
भृगुः संन्यासिवेषेण गत्वा राजान्तिकं मुने ।। भिक्षां चकार मन्त्रं च कवचं परमाद्भुतम्
bhṛguḥ saṃnyāsiveṣeṇa gatvā rājāntikaṃ mune || bhikṣāṃ cakāra mantraṃ ca kavacaṃ paramādbhutam
Bhṛgu, in the guise of a renunciant, having gone into the king's presence, O sage, begged as alms the mantra and the supremely wonderful armour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 36.45
राजा ददौ च तन्मन्त्रं कवचं परमादरात् ।। ततः शङ्करशूलेन तं जघान नृपं भृगुः
rājā dadau ca tanmantraṃ kavacaṃ paramādarāt || tataḥ śaṅkaraśūlena taṃ jaghāna nṛpaṃ bhṛguḥ
And the king gave that mantra and the armour with the greatest respect; then Bhṛgu slew that king with Śaṅkara's trident.
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