Harivamsha — Chapter 36

HV 36.1

एवम् अस्त्व् इति संहृष्टः शक्रस् त्रिदशवर्धनः संदिदेशाग्रतः सोमं युद्धाय शिशिरायुधम्

evam astv iti saṃhṛṣṭaḥ śakras tridaśavardhanaḥ saṃdideśāgrataḥ somaṃ yuddhāya śiśirāyudham

"So be it," (said) Śakra, the increaser of the thirty (gods), well pleased; and he instructed Soma, whose weapon is cold, (to go) in front for the battle.

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HV 36.2

गच्छ सोम सहायत्वं कुरु पाशधरस्य वै असुराणां विनाशाय जयार्थं च दिवौकसाम्

gaccha soma sahāyatvaṃ kuru pāśadharasya vai asurāṇāṃ vināśāya jayārthaṃ ca divaukasām

"Go, Soma, render aid to the bearer of the noose, for the destruction of the asuras and for the victory of the dwellers in heaven.

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HV 36.3

त्वम् अप्रतिमवीर्यश् च ज्योतिषां चेश्वरेश्वरः त्वन्मयं सर्वलोकानां रसं रसविदो विदुः

tvam apratimavīryaś ca jyotiṣāṃ ceśvareśvaraḥ tvanmayaṃ sarvalokānāṃ rasaṃ rasavido viduḥ

You are of unmatched valour, and the lord of the lords of lights; those who know savours know that the sap of all the worlds consists of you.

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HV 36.4

क्षयवृद्धिस् तव व्यक्ता सागरे खे च मण्डले परिवर्तस्य् अहोरात्रं कालं जगति योजयन्

kṣayavṛddhis tava vyaktā sāgare khe ca maṇḍale parivartasy ahorātraṃ kālaṃ jagati yojayan

Your waning and waxing are manifest in the ocean and in the sky, in your disc; you revolve day and night, joining time together in the world.

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HV 36.5

लोकच्छायामयं लक्ष्म तवाङ्के शशसंस्थितम् न विदुः सोम देवाश् च ये च नक्षत्रयोगिनः

lokacchāyāmayaṃ lakṣma tavāṅke śaśasaṃsthitam na viduḥ soma devāś ca ye ca nakṣatrayoginaḥ

The mark set in your body in the shape of a hare, made of the world's shadow — neither the gods, Soma, nor those who are joined with the constellations, know it.

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HV 36.6

त्वम् आदित्यपथाद् ऊर्ध्वं ज्योतिषां चोपरि स्थितः तमः प्रोत्सार्य वपुषा भासयस्य् अखिलं जगत्

tvam ādityapathād ūrdhvaṃ jyotiṣāṃ copari sthitaḥ tamaḥ protsārya vapuṣā bhāsayasy akhilaṃ jagat

You stand above the path of the sun and above the lights; thrusting away the darkness with your body, you illumine the whole world.

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HV 36.7

श्वेतभानुर् हिमतनुर् ज्योतिषाम् अधिपः शशी अब्दकृत् कालयोगात्मा ईज्यो यज्ञरसो ऽव्ययः

śvetabhānur himatanur jyotiṣām adhipaḥ śaśī abdakṛt kālayogātmā ījyo yajñaraso 'vyayaḥ

White-rayed, cool-bodied, overlord of the lights, the hare-marked one, maker of the year, whose self is the conjunction of time, to be worshipped, the sap of sacrifice, unperishing;

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HV 36.8

ओषधीशः क्रियायोनिर् अब्जयोनिर् अनुष्णभाक् शीतांशुर् अमृताधारश् चपलः श्वेतवाहनः

oṣadhīśaḥ kriyāyonir abjayonir anuṣṇabhāk śītāṃśur amṛtādhāraś capalaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ

lord of the healing plants, the source of ritual acts, born of water, taking no part in heat, cool-rayed, the receptacle of the nectar, swift-moving, borne by white (steeds);

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HV 36.9

त्वं कान्तिः कान्तवपुषां त्वं सोमः सोमवृत्तिनाम् सौम्यस् त्वं सर्वभूतानां तिमिरघ्नस् त्वम् ऋक्षराट्

tvaṃ kāntiḥ kāntavapuṣāṃ tvaṃ somaḥ somavṛttinām saumyas tvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ timiraghnas tvam ṛkṣarāṭ

You are the loveliness of those of lovely form; you are the soma of those who partake of soma; you are gentle to all beings; you are the slayer of darkness, the king of the stars.

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HV 36.10

तद् गच्छ त्वं सहानेन वरुणेन वरूथिना शमयस्वासुरीं मायां यया दह्याम संयुगे

tad gaccha tvaṃ sahānena varuṇena varūthinā śamayasvāsurīṃ māyāṃ yayā dahyāma saṃyuge

So go, you, together with this armoured Varuṇa, and quell the asuras' magic, by which we are being burned in the battle.

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HV 36.11

यन् मा वदसि युद्धार्थे देवराज वरप्रद एष वर्षामि शिशिरं दैत्यमायापकर्षणम्

yan mā vadasi yuddhārthe devarāja varaprada eṣa varṣāmi śiśiraṃ daityamāyāpakarṣaṇam

"Since you tell me (this) for the sake of the battle, O king of the gods, granter of boons, here I rain down cold, which drives off the daityas' magic.

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HV 36.12

एतान् मच्छीतनिर्दग्धान् पश्यस्व हिमवेष्टितान् विमायान् विमदांश् चैव दैत्यसंघान् महाहवे

etān macchītanirdagdhān paśyasva himaveṣṭitān vimāyān vimadāṃś caiva daityasaṃghān mahāhave

Behold these hosts of daityas in the great battle, burned up by my cold, wrapped in frost, stripped of their magic and stripped of their pride."

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HV 36.13

ततो हिमकरोत्सृष्टाः सबाष्पा हिमवृष्टयः वेष्टयन्ति स्म तान् घोरान् दैत्यान् मेघगणा इव

tato himakarotsṛṣṭāḥ sabāṣpā himavṛṣṭayaḥ veṣṭayanti sma tān ghorān daityān meghagaṇā iva

Then the frosty showers loosed by the cold-rayed one, with their mists, enveloped those dreadful daityas like masses of clouds.

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HV 36.14

तौ पाशशुक्लांशुधरौ वरुणेन्दू महारणे जघ्नतुर् हिमपातैश् च पाशपातैश् च दानवान्

tau pāśaśuklāṃśudharau varuṇendū mahāraṇe jaghnatur himapātaiś ca pāśapātaiś ca dānavān

Those two, Varuṇa and the moon, bearing the noose and the white rays, slew the dānavas in the great battle with falls of frost and falls of the noose.

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HV 36.15

द्वाव् अम्बुनाथौ समरे तौ पाशहिमयोधिनौ मृधे चेरतुर् अम्भोभिः क्षुब्धाव् इव महार्णवौ

dvāv ambunāthau samare tau pāśahimayodhinau mṛdhe ceratur ambhobhiḥ kṣubdhāv iva mahārṇavau

Those two lords of the waters, fighting in the battle with noose and frost, ranged over the field with their waters like two great oceans in turmoil.

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HV 36.16

ताभ्याम् आप्लावितं सैन्यं तद् दानवम् अदृश्यत जगत्संवर्तकाम्भोदैः प्रवृत्तैर् इव संवृतम्

tābhyām āplāvitaṃ sainyaṃ tad dānavam adṛśyata jagatsaṃvartakāmbhodaiḥ pravṛttair iva saṃvṛtam

That dānava army, flooded by the two of them, appeared as if covered over by the risen rain-clouds that dissolve the world.

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HV 36.17

ताव् उद्यतांशुपाशौ तु शशाङ्कवरुणाव् उभौ तां मायां शमयाम् आस्तां देवौ दैतेयनिर्मिताम्

tāv udyatāṃśupāśau tu śaśāṅkavaruṇāv ubhau tāṃ māyāṃ śamayām āstāṃ devau daiteyanirmitām

And those two gods, the hare-marked one and Varuṇa, with rays and noose upraised, quelled that magic fashioned by the sons of Diti.

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HV 36.18

शीतांशुजलनिर्दग्धाः पाशैश् च प्रसिता मृधे न शेकुश् चलितुं दैत्या विशिरस्का इवाद्रयः

śītāṃśujalanirdagdhāḥ pāśaiś ca prasitā mṛdhe na śekuś calituṃ daityā viśiraskā ivādrayaḥ

Scorched by the water of the cool-rayed (moon) and bound fast by the nooses in the fray, the Daityas could not stir, like mountains without their peaks.

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HV 36.19

शीतांशुनिहतास् ते तु पेतुर् दैत्या हिमार्दिताः हिमप्लावितसर्वाङ्गा निरुष्माण इवाग्रयः

śītāṃśunihatās te tu petur daityā himārditāḥ himaplāvitasarvāṅgā niruṣmāṇa ivāgrayaḥ

Struck down by the cool-rayed (moon) and tormented by frost, those Daityas fell, all their limbs flooded with ice, like fires whose heat is gone.

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HV 36.20

तेषां तु दिवि दैत्यानां विपरीतप्रभाणि ह विमानानि विचित्राणि प्रपतन्त्य् उत्पतन्ति च

teṣāṃ tu divi daityānāṃ viparītaprabhāṇi ha vimānāni vicitrāṇi prapatanty utpatanti ca

And in the sky the variegated aerial cars of those Daityas, their radiance reversed, kept falling down and flying up.

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HV 36.21

तान् पाशहस्तग्रथितांश् छादिताञ् शीतरश्मिभिः मयो ददर्श मायावी दानवान् दिवि दानवः

tān pāśahastagrathitāṃś chāditāñ śītaraśmibhiḥ mayo dadarśa māyāvī dānavān divi dānavaḥ

Maya the illusionist, the Dānava, saw those Dānavas in the sky, tied up with nooses in their hands and covered over by the cold rays.

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HV 36.22

स शिलाजालविततां गण्डशैलाट्टहासिनीम् पादपोत्कटकूटाग्रां कन्दराकीर्णकाननाम्

sa śilājālavitatāṃ gaṇḍaśailāṭṭahāsinīm pādapotkaṭakūṭāgrāṃ kandarākīrṇakānanām

He (created) her, spread over with networks of rock, laughing loudly with her crags, her peak-tips bristling with trees, her woodlands strewn with caverns,

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HV 36.23

सिंहव्याघ्रगजाकीर्णां नदन्तीं द्विपयूथपैः ईहामृगगणाकीर्णां पवनाघूर्णितद्रुमाम्

siṃhavyāghragajākīrṇāṃ nadantīṃ dvipayūthapaiḥ īhāmṛgagaṇākīrṇāṃ pavanāghūrṇitadrumām

crowded with lions, tigers and elephants, resounding with the leaders of elephant herds, thronged with packs of wolves, her trees whirled about by the wind —

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HV 36.24

निर्मितां स्वेन पुत्रेण क्रौञ्चेन दिवि कामगाम् प्रथितां पार्वतीं मायां ससृजे स समन्ततः

nirmitāṃ svena putreṇa krauñcena divi kāmagām prathitāṃ pārvatīṃ māyāṃ sasṛje sa samantataḥ

that far-famed mountain illusion, fashioned by his own son Krauñca, going at will in the sky: he emitted it on every side.

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HV 36.25

साश्मशब्दैः शिलावर्षैः प्रपतद्भिश् च पादपैः निजघ्ने देवसंघांस् तान् दानवांश् चाप्य् अजीवयत्

sāśmaśabdaiḥ śilāvarṣaiḥ prapatadbhiś ca pādapaiḥ nijaghne devasaṃghāṃs tān dānavāṃś cāpy ajīvayat

With the crash of stones, with showers of rock and with falling trees it smote those hosts of gods, and it brought the Dānavas back to life.

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HV 36.26

नैशाकरी वारुणी च माये ऽन्तर्दधतुस् ततः अश्मभिश् चायसघनैः किरद्देवगणान् रणे

naiśākarī vāruṇī ca māye 'ntardadhatus tataḥ aśmabhiś cāyasaghanaiḥ kiraddevagaṇān raṇe

Then the illusions of the Moon and of Varuṇa vanished away, and (he,) scattering the hosts of gods in the battle with stones hard as iron —

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HV 36.27

साश्मसंघातविषमा द्रुमपर्वतसंकटा अभवद् द्यौर् असंहार्या पृथिवी पर्वतैर् इव

sāśmasaṃghātaviṣamā drumaparvatasaṃkaṭā abhavad dyaur asaṃhāryā pṛthivī parvatair iva

Rough with masses of stone, choked with trees and mountains, the sky became unmanageable, like the earth with its mountains.

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HV 36.28

नानाहतो ऽश्मभिः कश्चिच् छिलाभिश् चाप्य् अताडितः नानिरुद्धो द्रुमगणैर् देवो ऽदृश्यत संयुगे

nānāhato 'śmabhiḥ kaścic chilābhiś cāpy atāḍitaḥ nāniruddho drumagaṇair devo 'dṛśyata saṃyuge

In that combat no god was seen who was not struck by stones, not battered by rocks, not hemmed in by masses of trees.

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HV 36.29

तद् असंस्रस्तधनुषं भग्नप्रहरणाविलम् निष्प्रयत्नं सुरानीकं वर्जयित्वा गदाधरम्

tad asaṃsrastadhanuṣaṃ bhagnapraharaṇāvilam niṣprayatnaṃ surānīkaṃ varjayitvā gadādharam

— excepting the mace-bearer, that army of the gods, its bows unslipped, fouled with shattered weapons, incapable of effort.

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HV 36.30

स हि युद्धगतः श्रीमान् ईशो न स्म व्यकम्पत सहिष्णुत्वाज् जगत्स्वामी न चुक्रोध गदाधरः

sa hi yuddhagataḥ śrīmān īśo na sma vyakampata sahiṣṇutvāj jagatsvāmī na cukrodha gadādharaḥ

For he, the glorious lord, though he had entered the fight, did not waver; out of forbearance the mace-bearer, master of the world, did not grow angry.

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HV 36.31

कालज्ञः कालमेघाभः समीक्षन् कालम् आहवे देवासुरविमर्दं स द्रष्टुकामो जनार्दनः

kālajñaḥ kālameghābhaḥ samīkṣan kālam āhave devāsuravimardaṃ sa draṣṭukāmo janārdanaḥ

Knowing the (right) time, resembling a storm-cloud of doom, Janārdana watched for the moment in the battle, wishing to see the clash of gods and asuras.

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HV 36.32

ततो भगवतादिष्टौ रणे पावकमारुतौ मायाया मयसृष्टायाः प्रवृद्धायाः शमाय वै । ततः प्रवृद्धाव् अन्योन्यं प्रवृद्धज्वालवेगिनौ । चोदितौ विष्णुवाक्येन तौ मायाम् अपकर्षताम्

tato bhagavatādiṣṭau raṇe pāvakamārutau māyāyā mayasṛṣṭāyāḥ pravṛddhāyāḥ śamāya vai | tataḥ pravṛddhāv anyonyaṃ pravṛddhajvālaveginau | coditau viṣṇuvākyena tau māyām apakarṣatām

Then Fire and Wind were commanded by the Lord in the battle to quell the illusion created by Maya, which had grown great. Then the two, grown great, with the rush of swelling flames (mingling) with each other, urged on by Viṣṇu's word, dragged away the illusion.

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HV 36.33

ताभ्याम् उद्भ्रान्तमेघाभ्यां प्रवृद्धाभ्यां महामृधे दग्धा सा पार्वती माया भस्मभूता ननाश ह

tābhyām udbhrāntameghābhyāṃ pravṛddhābhyāṃ mahāmṛdhe dagdhā sā pārvatī māyā bhasmabhūtā nanāśa ha

By those two, swollen and swirling like clouds, grown mighty in the great battle, that Pārvatī illusion was burned and, reduced to ashes, vanished.

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HV 36.34

सो ऽनलो ऽनिलसंयुक्तः सो ऽनिलश् चानलाकुलः दैत्यसेनां ददहतुर् युगान्तेष्व् इव मूर्च्छितौ

so 'nalo 'nilasaṃyuktaḥ so 'nilaś cānalākulaḥ daityasenāṃ dadahatur yugānteṣv iva mūrcchitau

That fire joined with the wind, and that wind thick with fire — the two burned up the army of the Daityas, as if raging at the ends of the ages.

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HV 36.35

वायुः प्रधावितस् तत्र पश्चाद् अग्निश् च मारुतात् चेरतुर् दानवानीके क्रीडन्ताव् अनिलानलौ

vāyuḥ pradhāvitas tatra paścād agniś ca mārutāt ceratur dānavānīke krīḍantāv anilānalau

There the wind rushed on and the fire behind the wind; the wind and the fire ranged over the Dānava host as if at play.

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HV 36.36

भस्मावयवभूतेषु प्रपतत्सूत्पतत्सु च दानवानां विमानेषु विमानेषु समन्ततः

bhasmāvayavabhūteṣu prapatatsūtpatatsu ca dānavānāṃ vimāneṣu vimāneṣu samantataḥ

While the flying chariots of the Dānavas, reduced to bits of ash, were falling and flying up on every side, chariot after chariot,

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HV 36.37

वातस्कन्धापविद्धेषु कृतकर्मणि पावके मायावधे विनिर्वृत्ते स्तूयमाने गदाधरे

vātaskandhāpaviddheṣu kṛtakarmaṇi pāvake māyāvadhe vinirvṛtte stūyamāne gadādhare

while they were flung about by the masses of wind, while the Fire's work was done, while the slaying of the illusion was accomplished, while the mace-bearer was being praised,

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HV 36.38

निष्प्रयत्नेषु दैत्येषु त्रैलोक्ये मुक्तबन्धने संप्रहृष्टेषु देवेषु साधु साध्व् इति सर्वशः

niṣprayatneṣu daityeṣu trailokye muktabandhane saṃprahṛṣṭeṣu deveṣu sādhu sādhv iti sarvaśaḥ

When the Daityas were bereft of effort, when the three worlds were freed from bondage, when the gods were greatly delighted (and cried) "Well done, well done!" on every side —

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HV 36.39

जये दशशताक्षस्य मयस्य च पराजये दिक्षु सर्वासु शुद्धासु प्रवृत्ते धर्मसंस्तरे

jaye daśaśatākṣasya mayasya ca parājaye dikṣu sarvāsu śuddhāsu pravṛtte dharmasaṃstare

when the Thousand-eyed (Indra) was victorious and Maya was defeated, when all the directions were clear and the spreading of dharma had set in —

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HV 36.41

अपावृते चन्द्रपथे स्वयनस्थे दिवाकरे प्रकृतिस्थेषु लोकेषु नृषु चारित्रबन्धुषु ॥ ह्व्_३६।४० विराजमाना देवास् तु ततो मुनिगणैः सह । अभिन्नबन्धने मृत्यौ हूयमाने हुताशने यज्ञशोभिषु देवेषु स्वर्गार्थं दर्शयत्सु च

apāvṛte candrapathe svayanasthe divākare prakṛtistheṣu lokeṣu nṛṣu cāritrabandhuṣu // HV_36.40 virājamānā devās tu tato munigaṇaiḥ saha | abhinnabandhane mṛtyau hūyamāne hutāśane yajñaśobhiṣu deveṣu svargārthaṃ darśayatsu ca

when the moon's path was unobstructed, when the day-maker (the sun) stood in his own course, when the worlds were in their natural state and men were attached to right conduct — (36.40) then the gods, shining together with the hosts of sages, when death's bondage was unbroken, when the oblation-eater (fire) was being fed with offerings, when the gods were resplendent with sacrifices and were revealing (the way) to heaven —

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HV 36.42

लोकपालेषु सर्वेषु दिक्षु संयानवर्तिषु भावे तपसि शुद्धानाम् अभावे पापकर्मणाम्

lokapāleṣu sarveṣu dikṣu saṃyānavartiṣu bhāve tapasi śuddhānām abhāve pāpakarmaṇām

when all the guardians of the worlds moved together in (their) quarters, when austerity existed for the pure and there was none for the doers of evil deeds —

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HV 36.43

देवपक्षे प्रमुदिते दैत्यपक्षे विषीदति त्रिपादविग्रहे धर्मे अधर्मे पादविग्रहे

devapakṣe pramudite daityapakṣe viṣīdati tripādavigrahe dharme adharme pādavigrahe

when the gods' party rejoiced and the Daityas' party sank down, when dharma had a body of three feet and adharma a body of one foot —

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HV 36.44

अपावृते महाद्वारे वर्तमाने च सत्पथे स्वधर्मस्थेषु वर्णेषु लोके ऽस्मिन्न् आश्रमेषु च

apāvṛte mahādvāre vartamāne ca satpathe svadharmastheṣu varṇeṣu loke 'sminn āśrameṣu ca

when the great gate was opened and the path of the good was in operation, when the classes and the stages of life in this world stood in their own duties —

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HV 36.45

प्रजारक्षणयुक्तेषु भ्राजमानेषु राजसु गीयमानासु गाथासु देवसंस्तवनादिषु । प्रशान्तकल्मषे लोके शान्ते तमसि दारुणे

prajārakṣaṇayukteṣu bhrājamāneṣu rājasu gīyamānāsu gāthāsu devasaṃstavanādiṣu | praśāntakalmaṣe loke śānte tamasi dāruṇe

when kings shone forth, devoted to the protection of their subjects, when songs were being sung, praises of the gods and the like, when the world's defilement was allayed and the terrible darkness was stilled —

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HV 36.46

अग्निमारुतयोस् तस्मिन् वृत्ते संग्रामकर्मणि तन्मया विमला लोकास् ताभ्यां जयकृतक्रियाः

agnimārutayos tasmin vṛtte saṃgrāmakarmaṇi tanmayā vimalā lokās tābhyāṃ jayakṛtakriyāḥ

when that act of battle by Agni and Marut(a) was accomplished, the worlds, filled with them, became spotless, their affairs made prosperous by the victory of those two.

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HV 36.47

पूर्वदेवभयं श्रुत्वा मारुताग्निभयं महत् कालनेमिर् इति ख्यातो दानवः प्रत्यदृश्यत

pūrvadevabhayaṃ śrutvā mārutāgnibhayaṃ mahat kālanemir iti khyāto dānavaḥ pratyadṛśyata

Hearing of the elder gods' fear, the great fear (caused) by Maruta and Agni, a Dānava known as Kālanemi appeared.

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HV 36.48

भास्कराकारमुकुटः शिञ्जिताभरणाङ्गदः मन्दरोत्कीर्णसंकाशो महारजतसंवृतः

bhāskarākāramukuṭaḥ śiñjitābharaṇāṅgadaḥ mandarotkīrṇasaṃkāśo mahārajatasaṃvṛtaḥ

His diadem had the form of the sun; his ornaments and armlets jingled; he looked like (a peak) hewn out of Mandara, and he was covered with fine gold.

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HV 36.49

शतप्रहरणोदग्रः शतबाहुः शताननः शतशीर्षः स्थितः श्रीमाञ् शतशृङ्ग इवाचलः कक्षे महति संवृद्धो निदाघ इव पावकः

śatapraharaṇodagraḥ śatabāhuḥ śatānanaḥ śataśīrṣaḥ sthitaḥ śrīmāñ śataśṛṅga ivācalaḥ kakṣe mahati saṃvṛddho nidāgha iva pāvakaḥ

Towering with a hundred weapons, hundred-armed, hundred-faced, hundred-headed he stood, glorious, like a mountain with a hundred peaks, grown huge as a fire in a great thicket in the hot season.

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HV 36.50

धूम्रकेशो हरिश्मश्रुर् दंष्ट्रालौष्ठपुटाननः त्रैलोक्यान्तरविस्तारि धारयन् विपुलं वपुः

dhūmrakeśo hariśmaśrur daṃṣṭrālauṣṭhapuṭānanaḥ trailokyāntaravistāri dhārayan vipulaṃ vapuḥ

Smoke-coloured of hair, tawny-bearded, his mouth (set) with tusks and lips, he bore a vast body extending through the interior of the three worlds.

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HV 36.51

बाहुभिस् तुलयन् व्योम क्षिपन् पद्भ्यां महीधरान् ईरयन् मुखनिःश्वासैर् वृष्टिमन्तो बलाहकान्

bāhubhis tulayan vyoma kṣipan padbhyāṃ mahīdharān īrayan mukhaniḥśvāsair vṛṣṭimanto balāhakān

With his arms lifting up the sky, with his feet hurling away the mountains, driving on the rain-bearing clouds with the breath of his mouth —

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HV 36.52

तिर्यगायतरक्ताक्षं मन्दरोदग्रवक्षसम् दिधक्षन्तम् इवायान्तं सर्वान् देवगणान् मृधे

tiryagāyataraktākṣaṃ mandarodagravakṣasam didhakṣantam ivāyāntaṃ sarvān devagaṇān mṛdhe

(They saw) him with red eyes stretched sidelong, with a chest towering like Mandara, coming on as though to burn up all the hosts of gods in battle,

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HV 36.53

तर्जयन्तं सुरगणांश् छादयन्तं दिशो दश संवर्तकाले तृषितं दृप्तं मृत्युम् इवोत्थितम्

tarjayantaṃ suragaṇāṃś chādayantaṃ diśo daśa saṃvartakāle tṛṣitaṃ dṛptaṃ mṛtyum ivotthitam

threatening the troops of gods, covering the ten directions, thirsting (for them) as at the time of dissolution, arrogant, like Death risen up,

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HV 36.54

सुतलेनोच्छ्रयवता विपुलाङ्गुलिपर्वणा लम्बाभरणपूर्णेन किंचिच् चलितवर्मणा

sutalenocchrayavatā vipulāṅguliparvaṇā lambābharaṇapūrṇena kiṃcic calitavarmaṇā

with the right (hand), fine-palmed and uplifted, with broad finger-joints, full of dangling ornaments, its armour somewhat shifted,

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HV 36.55

उच्छ्रितेनाग्रहस्तेन दक्षिणेन वपुष्मता दानवान् देवनिहतान् उत्तिष्ठत इति ब्रुवन्

ucchritenāgrahastena dakṣiṇena vapuṣmatā dānavān devanihatān uttiṣṭhata iti bruvan

raised high, shapely, saying to the Dānavas slain by the gods, "Rise up!"

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HV 36.56

तं कालनेमिं समरे द्विषतां कालसंमितम् वीक्षन्ति स्म सुराः सर्वे भयवित्रस्तलोचनाः

taṃ kālanemiṃ samare dviṣatāṃ kālasaṃmitam vīkṣanti sma surāḥ sarve bhayavitrastalocanāḥ

All the gods, their eyes trembling with fear, gazed upon that Kālanemi, who in battle was the measure of Time for his enemies.

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HV 36.57

तं स्म वीक्षन्ति भूतानि क्रमन्तं कालनेमिनम् त्रिविक्रमे विक्रमन्तं नारायणम् इवापरम्

taṃ sma vīkṣanti bhūtāni kramantaṃ kālaneminam trivikrame vikramantaṃ nārāyaṇam ivāparam

The beings gazed upon that Kālanemi as he strode, striding as though he were another Nārāyaṇa in the three strides.

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HV 36.58

सोच्छ्रयन् प्रथमं पादं मारुताघूर्णिताम्बरम् प्राक्रामदसुरो युद्धे त्रासयन् सर्वदेवताः

socchrayan prathamaṃ pādaṃ mārutāghūrṇitāmbaram prākrāmadasuro yuddhe trāsayan sarvadevatāḥ

Raising his first foot, with the sky whirled about by the wind, the Asura strode forth in the battle, terrifying all the deities.

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HV 36.59

स मयेनासुरेन्द्रेण परिष्वक्तः क्रमन् रणे कालनेमिर् बभौ दैत्यः सविष्णुर् इव मन्दरः

sa mayenāsurendreṇa pariṣvaktaḥ kraman raṇe kālanemir babhau daityaḥ saviṣṇur iva mandaraḥ

Embraced by Maya, the lord of asuras, as he strode in the battle, the Daitya Kālanemi shone like Mount Mandara with Viṣṇu upon it.

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HV 36.60

अथ प्रविव्यथुर् देवाः सर्वे शक्रपुरोगमाः दृष्ट्वा कालम् इवायान्तं कालनेमिं भयावहम्

atha pravivyathur devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ dṛṣṭvā kālam ivāyāntaṃ kālanemiṃ bhayāvaham

Then all the gods, with Śakra at their head, were shaken, seeing the fearsome Kālanemi coming on like Death itself.

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