Harivamsha — Chapter 37
HV 37.1
दानवानां तु पिप्रीषुः कालनेमिः स दानवः व्यवर्धत महातेजास् तपान्ते जलदो यथा
dānavānāṃ tu piprīṣuḥ kālanemiḥ sa dānavaḥ vyavardhata mahātejās tapānte jalado yathā
But that Dānava Kālanemi, wishing to gladden the Dānavas, grew — he of great splendour — like a rain-cloud at the end of the hot season.
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HV 37.2
तं त्रैलोयान्तरगतं दृष्ट्वा ते दानवेश्वराः उत्तस्थुर् अपरिश्रान्ताः प्राप्येवामृतम् उत्तमम्
taṃ trailoyāntaragataṃ dṛṣṭvā te dānaveśvarāḥ uttasthur apariśrāntāḥ prāpyevāmṛtam uttamam
Seeing him spanning the interior of the three worlds, those lords of the Dānavas rose up untired, as though they had obtained the finest nectar.
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HV 37.3
ते वीतभयसंत्रासा मयतारपुरोगमाः तारकामयसंग्रामे सततं जितकाशिनः । रेजुर् आयोधनगता दानवा युद्धकङ्क्षिणः
te vītabhayasaṃtrāsā mayatārapurogamāḥ tārakāmayasaṃgrāme satataṃ jitakāśinaḥ | rejur āyodhanagatā dānavā yuddhakaṅkṣiṇaḥ
They, their fear and terror gone, led by Maya and Tāra, who in the Tārakāmaya war had always had the look of victors — the Dānavas, eager for battle, shone as they went to the fight.
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HV 37.4
मन्त्रम् अभ्यस्यतं तेषां व्यूहं च परिधावताम् प्रेक्षतां चाभवत् प्रीतिर् दानवं कालनेमिनम्
mantram abhyasyataṃ teṣāṃ vyūhaṃ ca paridhāvatām prekṣatāṃ cābhavat prītir dānavaṃ kālaneminam
As they rehearsed their counsel and ran about the battle-array and looked on, there was delight in the Dānava Kālanemi.
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HV 37.5
ये तु तत्र मयस्यासन् मुख्या युद्धपुरःसराः तेऽपि सर्वे भयं त्यक्त्वा हृष्टा योद्धुम् उपस्थिताः
ye tu tatra mayasyāsan mukhyā yuddhapuraḥsarāḥ te'pi sarve bhayaṃ tyaktvā hṛṣṭā yoddhum upasthitāḥ
And those who were there Maya's chief leaders in battle — all of them too, abandoning fear, stood ready to fight, elated.
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HV 37.6
मयस् तारो वराहश् च हयग्रीवश् च वीर्यवान् विप्रचित्तिसुतः श्वेतः खरलम्बाव् उभाव् अपि
mayas tāro varāhaś ca hayagrīvaś ca vīryavān vipracittisutaḥ śvetaḥ kharalambāv ubhāv api
Maya, Tāra, Varāha, and the valiant Hayagrīva, Vipracitti's son Śveta, and both Khara and Lamba,
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HV 37.7
अरिष्टो बलिपुत्रश् च किशोराष्ट्रौ तथैव च स्वर्भानुश् चामरप्रख्यो वक्त्रयोधी महासुरः
ariṣṭo baliputraś ca kiśorāṣṭrau tathaiva ca svarbhānuś cāmaraprakhyo vaktrayodhī mahāsuraḥ
Ariṣṭa and Bali's son, and likewise Kiśora and Rāṣṭra, and Svarbhānu like an immortal (in appearance), and the great asura Vaktrayodhin —
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HV 37.8
एते ऽस्त्रविदुषः सर्वे सर्वे तपसि संस्थिताः दानवाः कृतिनो जग्मुः कालनेमिनम् उत्तमम्
ete 'straviduṣaḥ sarve sarve tapasi saṃsthitāḥ dānavāḥ kṛtino jagmuḥ kālaneminam uttamam
all these, versed in weapons, all established in ascetic power, the accomplished Dānavas, went to the foremost Kālanemi.
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HV 37.9
ते गदाभिश् च गुर्वीभिश् चक्रैश् च सपरश्वघैः कालकल्पैश् च मुसलैः क्षेपणीयैश् च मुद्गरैः
te gadābhiś ca gurvībhiś cakraiś ca saparaśvaghaiḥ kālakalpaiś ca musalaiḥ kṣepaṇīyaiś ca mudgaraiḥ
They, with heavy maces and with discs together with axes, and with pestles like Death, and with hurling-weapons and hammers,
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HV 37.10
अश्मभिश् चाट्टसदृशैर् गण्डशैलैश् च दंशितैः पट्टिसैर् भिण्डिपालैश् च परिघैश् चोत्तमायसैः
aśmabhiś cāṭṭasadṛśair gaṇḍaśailaiś ca daṃśitaiḥ paṭṭisair bhiṇḍipālaiś ca parighaiś cottamāyasaiḥ
and with stones like watchtowers, and with great boulders (fitted with) spikes, with paṭṭisas and bhiṇḍipālas, and with iron-tipped clubs of the finest metal,
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HV 37.12
घातनीभिश् च गुर्वीभिः शतघ्नीभिस् तथैव च युगैर् यन्त्रैश् च निर्मुक्तैर् अर्गलैश् चाग्रताडितैः ॥ ह्व्_३७।११ दानवा युद्धदुर्धर्षाः संग्राममुखतः स्थिताः । दोर्भिश् चायतपीनाभिः प्रासैः पाशैश् च मुद्गरैः सर्पैर् लेलिह्यमानैश् च विसर्पद्भिश् च सायकैः
ghātanībhiś ca gurvībhiḥ śataghnībhis tathaiva ca yugair yantraiś ca nirmuktair argalaiś cāgratāḍitaiḥ // HV_37.11 dānavā yuddhadurdharṣāḥ saṃgrāmamukhataḥ sthitāḥ | dorbhiś cāyatapīnābhiḥ prāsaiḥ pāśaiś ca mudgaraiḥ sarpair lelihyamānaiś ca visarpadbhiś ca sāyakaiḥ
and with heavy slaying-clubs and likewise with hundred-killers, with yokes and with released engines and with bolts struck at the tip — [37.11] the Dānavas, hard to assail in battle, stood at the front of the fight — with their long stout arms, with darts and nooses and hammers, with serpents licking (their fangs) and with creeping arrows,
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HV 37.13
वज्रैः प्रहरणीयैश् च दीप्यद्भिश् चापि तोमरैः विकोशैश् चासिभिस् तीक्ष्णैः शूलैश् च शितनिर्मलैः
vajraiḥ praharaṇīyaiś ca dīpyadbhiś cāpi tomaraiḥ vikośaiś cāsibhis tīkṣṇaiḥ śūlaiś ca śitanirmalaiḥ
(and) with thunderbolts and with striking weapons, and with blazing lances, and with sharp swords drawn from their sheaths, and with spears whetted and spotless,
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HV 37.14
ते वै संदीप्तमनसः प्रगृहीतोत्तमायुधाः कालनेमिं पुरस्कृत्य तस्थुः संग्राममूर्धनि
te vai saṃdīptamanasaḥ pragṛhītottamāyudhāḥ kālanemiṃ puraskṛtya tasthuḥ saṃgrāmamūrdhani
They indeed, with minds inflamed, having taken up their finest weapons, placing Kālanemi at their head, stood at the front of the battle.
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HV 37.15
सा दीप्तशस्त्रप्रवरा दैत्यानां शुशुभे चमूः द्यौर् निमीलितनक्षत्रा घननीलाम्बुदागमे
sā dīptaśastrapravarā daityānāṃ śuśubhe camūḥ dyaur nimīlitanakṣatrā ghananīlāmbudāgame
That army of the Daityas, foremost with its blazing weapons, shone like the sky with its stars veiled at the coming of thick dark rain-clouds.
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HV 37.16
देवतानाम् अपि चमूर् मुमुदे शक्रपालिता दीप्ता शीतोष्णतेजोभ्यां चन्द्रभास्करतेजसा
devatānām api camūr mumude śakrapālitā dīptā śītoṣṇatejobhyāṃ candrabhāskaratejasā
The army of the gods too, guarded by Śakra, rejoiced, blazing with the two radiances, cool and hot—with the light of the moon and the sun;
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HV 37.17
वायुवेगवती सौम्या तारागणपताकिनी तोयदाविद्धवसना ग्रहनक्षत्रहासिनी
vāyuvegavatī saumyā tārāgaṇapatākinī toyadāviddhavasanā grahanakṣatrahāsinī
swift as the wind's rush, gentle, with the hosts of stars for its banners, its garments (formed) of spreading rain-clouds, laughing with planets and constellations,
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HV 37.18
यमेन्द्रवरुणैर् गुप्ता धनदेन च धीमता संप्रदीप्ताग्निपवना नारायणपरायणा
yamendravaruṇair guptā dhanadena ca dhīmatā saṃpradīptāgnipavanā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇā
protected by Yama, Indra and Varuṇa, and by wise Kubera (the giver of wealth), with fire and wind blazing forth in it, having Nārāyaṇa as its highest recourse.
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HV 37.19
सा समुद्रौघसदृशी दिव्या देवमहाचमूः रराजास्त्रवती भीमा यक्षगन्धर्वशालिनी
sā samudraughasadṛśī divyā devamahācamūḥ rarājāstravatī bhīmā yakṣagandharvaśālinī
That divine great army of the gods, resembling the flood of the ocean, terrible, possessed of missiles, adorned with Yakṣas and Gandharvas, shone forth.
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HV 37.20
तयोश् चम्वोस् तदानीं तु बभूव स समागमः द्वावापृथिव्योः संयोगो यथा स्याद् युगपर्यये
tayoś camvos tadānīṃ tu babhūva sa samāgamaḥ dvāvāpṛthivyoḥ saṃyogo yathā syād yugaparyaye
Then that meeting of those two armies came about, as would be the joining of heaven and earth at the turning of an age.
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HV 37.21
तद्युद्धम् अभवद् घोरं देवदानवसंकुलम् क्षमापराक्रममयं दर्पस्य विनयस्य च
tadyuddham abhavad ghoraṃ devadānavasaṃkulam kṣamāparākramamayaṃ darpasya vinayasya ca
That battle became terrible, thronged with gods and Dānavas, made up of forbearance and of prowess, of arrogance and of discipline.
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HV 37.22
निश्चक्रमुर् बलाभ्यां तु ताभ्यां भीमाः सुरासुराः पूर्वापराभ्यां संरब्धाः सागराभ्याम् इवाम्बुदाः
niścakramur balābhyāṃ tu tābhyāṃ bhīmāḥ surāsurāḥ pūrvāparābhyāṃ saṃrabdhāḥ sāgarābhyām ivāmbudāḥ
The dreadful gods and Asuras, enraged, streamed forth from those two forces, as clouds do from the eastern and western oceans.
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HV 37.23
ताभ्यां बलाभ्यां संहृष्टाश् चेरुस् ते देवदानवाः वनाभ्यां पार्वतीयाभ्यां पुष्पिताभ्यां यथा गजाः
tābhyāṃ balābhyāṃ saṃhṛṣṭāś cerus te devadānavāḥ vanābhyāṃ pārvatīyābhyāṃ puṣpitābhyāṃ yathā gajāḥ
Delighted, those gods and Dānavas ranged out from those two armies, as elephants do from two flowering mountain forests.
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HV 37.24
समाजघ्नुस् ततो भेरीः शङ्खान् दध्मुश् च नैकशः स द्यां दिवं भुवं चैव दिशश् च समपूरयत्
samājaghnus tato bherīḥ śaṅkhān dadhmuś ca naikaśaḥ sa dyāṃ divaṃ bhuvaṃ caiva diśaś ca samapūrayat
Then they beat the kettledrums and blew conches many times over; that (sound) filled the sky, heaven, the earth, and the directions.
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HV 37.25
ज्याघाततलनिर्घोषो धनुषां कूजितानि च दुंदुभीनां च निनदा दैत्यम् अन्तर्दधुः स्वनम्
jyāghātatalanirghoṣo dhanuṣāṃ kūjitāni ca duṃdubhīnāṃ ca ninadā daityam antardadhuḥ svanam
The crash of bowstrings striking the palm-guards, the twanging of bows, and the booming of the drums drowned out the Daitya's cry.
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HV 37.26
ते ऽन्योन्यम् अभिसंपेतुः पातयन्तः परस्परम् बभञ्जुर् बाहुभिर् बाहून् द्वंद्वम् अन्ये युयुत्सवः
te 'nyonyam abhisaṃpetuḥ pātayantaḥ parasparam babhañjur bāhubhir bāhūn dvaṃdvam anye yuyutsavaḥ
They rushed upon one another, striking each other down; others, eager to fight duels, broke arms with their arms.
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HV 37.27
देवतास् त्व् अशनीर् घोराः परिघांश् चोत्तमायसान् ससर्जुर् आजौ निस्त्रिंशान् गदा गुर्वीश् च दानवाः
devatās tv aśanīr ghorāḥ parighāṃś cottamāyasān sasarjur ājau nistriṃśān gadā gurvīś ca dānavāḥ
The gods hurled in the fray terrible thunderbolts and iron bludgeons of the best make, and the Dānavas swords and heavy maces.
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HV 37.28
गदानिपातैर् भग्नाङ्गा बाणैश् च शकलीकृताः परिपेतुर् भृशं केचिन् न्युब्जाः केचिच् च जज्ञिरे
gadānipātair bhagnāṅgā bāṇaiś ca śakalīkṛtāḥ paripetur bhṛśaṃ kecin nyubjāḥ kecic ca jajñire
Their limbs broken by the falling of maces and split to pieces by arrows, some fell headlong, and some were born (again) face-downward.
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HV 37.29
ततो रथैः सतुरगैर् विमानैश् चाशुगामिभिः समीयुस् ते सुसंरब्धा रोषाद् अन्योन्यम् आहवे
tato rathaiḥ saturagair vimānaiś cāśugāmibhiḥ samīyus te susaṃrabdhā roṣād anyonyam āhave
Then, greatly enraged, in the battle they came at one another out of fury with chariots together with horses and with swift-moving aerial cars.
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HV 37.30
संवर्तमानाः समरे विवर्तन्तस् तथापरे रथा रथैर् निरुध्यन्ते पदाताश् च पदातिभिः
saṃvartamānāḥ samare vivartantas tathāpare rathā rathair nirudhyante padātāś ca padātibhiḥ
Wheeling about in the battle, and others turning away, chariots are blocked by chariots and foot-soldiers by foot-soldiers.
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HV 37.32
तेषां रथानां तुमुलः स शब्दः शब्दवाहिनाम् नभः स्वस्वान हि यथा नभस्ये जलदस्वनैः ॥ ह्व्_३७।३१ बभूवाथ प्रसक्तानां नभसीव पयोमुचाम् । बभञ्जिरे रथान् केचित् केचित् संमृदिता रथैः संबाधम् एके संप्राप्य न शेकुश् चलितुं रथाः
teṣāṃ rathānāṃ tumulaḥ sa śabdaḥ śabdavāhinām nabhaḥ svasvāna hi yathā nabhasye jaladasvanaiḥ // HV_37.31 babhūvātha prasaktānāṃ nabhasīva payomucām | babhañjire rathān kecit kecit saṃmṛditā rathaiḥ saṃbādham eke saṃprāpya na śekuś calituṃ rathāḥ
That tumultuous noise of those noise-bearing chariots resounded in the sky as, in the rainy month, with the sounds of rain-clouds — it arose as of clouds massed in the sky. Some (chariots) were smashed, some were crushed by chariots, and some chariots, caught in the press, could not move.
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HV 37.33
अन्योन्यम् अन्ये समरे दोर्भ्याम् उत्क्षिप्य दर्पिताः संह्रादमानाभरणा जघ्नुस् तत्रासिचर्मिणः
anyonyam anye samare dorbhyām utkṣipya darpitāḥ saṃhrādamānābharaṇā jaghnus tatrāsicarmiṇaḥ
Others in the battle, made arrogant, lifting one another up with both arms, with their ornaments clashing, struck there, bearing sword and shield.
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HV 37.34
अस्त्रैर् अन्ये विनिर्भिन्ना रक्तं वेमुर् हता युधि क्षरज्जलानां सदृशा जलदानां समागमे
astrair anye vinirbhinnā raktaṃ vemur hatā yudhi kṣarajjalānāṃ sadṛśā jaladānāṃ samāgame
Others, pierced through by weapons and slain in the fight, spewed blood, like rain-clouds pouring water when they meet.
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HV 37.35
तदस्त्रशस्त्रग्रथितं क्षिप्तोत्क्षिप्तगदाविलम् देवदानवसंक्षुब्धं संकुलं युद्धम् आबभौ
tadastraśastragrathitaṃ kṣiptotkṣiptagadāvilam devadānavasaṃkṣubdhaṃ saṃkulaṃ yuddham ābabhau
That confused battle appeared knotted together with missiles and weapons, turbid with maces thrown and thrown back, churned up by gods and Dānavas.
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HV 37.36
तद्दानवमहामेघं देवायुधविराजितम् अन्योन्यबाणवर्षं तद् युद्धदुर्दिनम् आबभौ
taddānavamahāmeghaṃ devāyudhavirājitam anyonyabāṇavarṣaṃ tad yuddhadurdinam ābabhau
That great cloud of the Dānavas, lit up by the gods' weapons, showering arrows at each other — that battle appeared as a day of foul weather.
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HV 37.37
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे क्रुद्धः कालनेमिः स दानवः व्यवर्धत समुद्रौघैः पूर्यमाण इवाम्बुदः
etasminn antare kruddhaḥ kālanemiḥ sa dānavaḥ vyavardhata samudraughaiḥ pūryamāṇa ivāmbudaḥ
In this interval that Dānava Kālanemi, enraged, swelled up like a rain-cloud being filled by the floods of the ocean.
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HV 37.38
तस्य विद्युच्चलापीडाः प्रदीप्ताशनिवर्षिणः गात्रान् नागशिरःप्रख्या विनिष्पेतुर् बलाहकाः
tasya vidyuccalāpīḍāḥ pradīptāśanivarṣiṇaḥ gātrān nāgaśiraḥprakhyā viniṣpetur balāhakāḥ
From his body burst forth storm-clouds shaped like serpents' heads, garlanded with quivering lightning, raining blazing thunderbolts.
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HV 37.39
क्रोधान् निःश्वसतस् तस्य भ्रूभेदस्वेदवर्षिणः साग्निनिष्पेषपवना मुखान् निश्चेरुर् अर्चिषः
krodhān niḥśvasatas tasya bhrūbhedasvedavarṣiṇaḥ sāgniniṣpeṣapavanā mukhān niścerur arciṣaḥ
As he breathed out in wrath, his brows knitted and streaming sweat, flames issued from his mouth along with a wind of grinding fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.40
तिर्यग् ऊर्ध्वं च गगने ववृधुस् तस्य बाहवः पञ्चास्याः कृष्णवपुषो लेलिहन्त इवोरगाः
tiryag ūrdhvaṃ ca gagane vavṛdhus tasya bāhavaḥ pañcāsyāḥ kṛṣṇavapuṣo lelihanta ivoragāḥ
Sideways and upward into the sky his arms grew, five-mouthed, black-bodied, like serpents licking (the air).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.41
सो ऽस्त्रजालैर् बहुविधैर् धनुर्भिः परिघैर् अपि दिव्यम् आकाशम् आवव्रे पर्वतैर् उच्छ्रितैर् इव
so 'strajālair bahuvidhair dhanurbhiḥ parighair api divyam ākāśam āvavre parvatair ucchritair iva
With nets of missiles of many kinds, and with bows and iron bars as well, he covered over the divine sky, as though with towering mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.42
सो ऽनिलोद्धूतवसनस् तस्थौ संग्राममूर्धनि संध्यातपग्रस्तशिखः साक्षान् मेरुर् इवाचलः
so 'niloddhūtavasanas tasthau saṃgrāmamūrdhani saṃdhyātapagrastaśikhaḥ sākṣān merur ivācalaḥ
His garment tossed up by the wind, he stood at the head of the battle, his crest caught by the glow of twilight, like Meru itself, immovable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.43
ऊरुवेगप्रतिक्षिप्तैः शैलशृङ्गाग्रपादपैः अपातयद् देवगणान् वज्रेणेव महागिरीन्
ūruvegapratikṣiptaiḥ śailaśṛṅgāgrapādapaiḥ apātayad devagaṇān vajreṇeva mahāgirīn
With mountain peaks and treetops flung out by the force of his thighs he brought down the hosts of gods, as (Indra brings down) great mountains with the thunderbolt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.44
बहुभिः शस्त्रनिस्त्रिंशैश् च्छिन्नभिन्नशिरोरसः न शेकुश् चलितुं देवाः कालनेमिहता युधि
bahubhiḥ śastranistriṃśaiś cchinnabhinnaśirorasaḥ na śekuś calituṃ devāḥ kālanemihatā yudhi
Their heads and chests cut and split by his many weapons and swords, the gods, struck by Kālanemi in the fight, were unable to stir.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.45
मुष्टिभिर् निहताः केचित् केचिद् धि विदलीकृताः यक्षगन्धर्वपतगाः पेतुः सह महोरगैः
muṣṭibhir nihatāḥ kecit kecid dhi vidalīkṛtāḥ yakṣagandharvapatagāḥ petuḥ saha mahoragaiḥ
Some struck down by his fists, some indeed torn apart, the yakṣas, gandharvas and birds fell, together with the great serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.47
तेन वित्रासिता देवाः समरे कालनेमिना न शेकुर् यत्नवन्तो ऽपि यत्नं कर्तुं विचेतसः ॥ ह्व्_३७।४६ जित्वेत्थं देवतानीकं गदाम् आविध्य दानवः । ऐरावतगतं शक्रम् उवाचासुरसत्तमः । आगच्छागच्छ देवेन्द्र निर्जितो ऽसि मया रणे । अद्यप्रभृति देवेन्द्रो न त्वं भवसि वृत्रहन् । एष ते गदया शक्र शिरो भेत्स्यामि पश्यतः ॥ अद्यप्रभृति देवेन्द्रो दानवेन्द्रो ऽहम् अच्युत । भविष्यामि न संदेहो हत्वा त्वाम् उग्रपौरुषम् । इति ब्रुवाणं समरे वृत्रहा वज्रम् आददे । जघान तरसा शक्रो वज्रेण हि स दानवम् । वज्रं तद्वक्षसि प्राप्य बहुधा समपद्यत ॥ अशक्तं वज्रम् आसीत् तु दानवं हन्तुम् ओजसा । पुनः पपात सहसा शक्रस्यैव तदा करम् । कालनेमिस् तु सहसा गदाम् आदाय यत्नतः । ऐरावतस्य रभसा जघानैकं स मस्तकम् । स विनिर्भिन्नकुम्भस् तु पपात धरणीतले ॥ सस्राव रुधिरं तीक्ष्णं गजराजस् तदा बली । पुनश् च गदया राजंस् तदा समरमूर्धनि । जघान दानवेन्द्रस् तु वृत्रहन्तारम् ओजसा । उत्सृज्य सहसा शक्रो गजराजं पुरंदरः । भिन्नवर्मास्थिनिचयो मुखाच् छोणितम् उद्वमन् ॥ पपातोर्व्यां महाराज किंचिद् विश्रम्य भूतले । उत्सृज्य सहसा शक्रः स्वर्गलोकं महीपते । मनुष्यलोकं संप्राप्य मानुषीं तनुम् आव्रजत् । तेन शक्रः सहस्राक्षः संदितः शरबन्धनैः ऐरावतगतः संख्ये चलितुं न शशाक ह
tena vitrāsitā devāḥ samare kālaneminā na śekur yatnavanto 'pi yatnaṃ kartuṃ vicetasaḥ // HV_37.46 jitvetthaṃ devatānīkaṃ gadām āvidhya dānavaḥ | airāvatagataṃ śakram uvācāsurasattamaḥ | āgacchāgaccha devendra nirjito 'si mayā raṇe | adyaprabhṛti devendro na tvaṃ bhavasi vṛtrahan | eṣa te gadayā śakra śiro bhetsyāmi paśyataḥ || adyaprabhṛti devendro dānavendro 'ham acyuta | bhaviṣyāmi na saṃdeho hatvā tvām ugrapauruṣam | iti bruvāṇaṃ samare vṛtrahā vajram ādade | jaghāna tarasā śakro vajreṇa hi sa dānavam | vajraṃ tadvakṣasi prāpya bahudhā samapadyata || aśaktaṃ vajram āsīt tu dānavaṃ hantum ojasā | punaḥ papāta sahasā śakrasyaiva tadā karam | kālanemis tu sahasā gadām ādāya yatnataḥ | airāvatasya rabhasā jaghānaikaṃ sa mastakam | sa vinirbhinnakumbhas tu papāta dharaṇītale || sasrāva rudhiraṃ tīkṣṇaṃ gajarājas tadā balī | punaś ca gadayā rājaṃs tadā samaramūrdhani | jaghāna dānavendras tu vṛtrahantāram ojasā | utsṛjya sahasā śakro gajarājaṃ puraṃdaraḥ | bhinnavarmāsthinicayo mukhāc choṇitam udvaman || papātorvyāṃ mahārāja kiṃcid viśramya bhūtale | utsṛjya sahasā śakraḥ svargalokaṃ mahīpate | manuṣyalokaṃ saṃprāpya mānuṣīṃ tanum āvrajat | tena śakraḥ sahasrākṣaḥ saṃditaḥ śarabandhanaiḥ airāvatagataḥ saṃkhye calituṃ na śaśāka ha
Terrified by that Kālanemi in the battle, the gods, though they made effort, could make no effort, their wits gone. // 37.46 Having thus conquered the army of the gods, the dānava, best of asuras, brandishing his club, said to Śakra who was mounted on Airāvata: "Come, come, lord of the gods! You are defeated by me in battle. From this day on you are no longer the gods' Indra, O slayer of Vṛtra. Here, Śakra, with my club I shall split your head while you look on. From this day, O undecaying one, I shall be Indra of the gods and Indra of the dānavas — there is no doubt — once I have killed you, whose manly force is fierce." As he was speaking so in the battle, the slayer of Vṛtra took up the thunderbolt, and Śakra struck that dānava swiftly with the thunderbolt; but the thunderbolt, reaching his chest, broke into many pieces. The thunderbolt was unable to kill the dānava with its force, and then it suddenly fell back into Śakra's own hand. But Kālanemi at once, taking up his club with effort, violently smote one head of Airāvata; and he, his frontal lobe split open, fell to the ground. The mighty king of elephants then poured out sharp blood. And again with the club, O king, at the head of the battle, the lord of the dānavas struck the slayer of Vṛtra with force. Śakra, Puraṃdara, suddenly letting go of the king of elephants, his armour and heap of bones broken, vomiting blood from his mouth, fell to the earth, great king, and rested a while on the ground. Suddenly abandoning the world of heaven, O lord of earth, Śakra came to the world of men and took on a human body. By him Śakra of the thousand eyes was bound with the bonds of arrows, and, mounted on Airāvata, could not move in the battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.51
निर्जलाम्भोदसदृशो निर्जलार्णवसप्रभः निर्व्यापारः कृतस् तेन विपाशो वरुणो मृधे ॥ ह्व्_३७।४८ अग्निमारुतयोर् नाशं कृत्वा स दितिजेश्वरः । जघान देवराजम् च सोमं वरुणम् अश्विनौ । आदित्यवसुरुद्रादीन् अशेषांश् च दिवौकसः । ततो ऽतीव प्रकुर्वीत आपो वसुर् अमित्रहा । कालनेमिं जघानाजौ शक्त्या गुह इवापरः ॥ शक्त्या निर्भिन्नहृदयो धातुमान् इव पर्वतः । सुस्राव रुधिरं भूमौ कालनेमिर् महासुरः । ततो ऽतिक्रोधताम्राक्षः शक्तिम् उद्यम्य वेगवान् । स्वशक्त्या ताडयाम् आस वसुम् उर्व्यां पपात सः । धनदश् च कृतान्तश् च वरुणश् च शचीपतिः ॥ एकदैव निजघ्नुस् ते सायुधैर् अनिबर्हणैः । निवार्य तानि शस्त्राणि ताञ् जघान पृथक् पृथक् । यमेन प्रेषितं दण्डं जगृहे स महासुरः । तं दृष्ट्वा विस्मिताः सर्वे लोकपाला महौजसः । जघान वज्रेण रुवा देवराजः शतक्रतुः ॥ वज्रेण निहतो दैत्यो न चकम्पे गिरिर् यथा । पुनर् वज्रेण तं दैत्यम् इन्द्रो मारुतवर्त्मनि । स्थितस् तदा जृम्भणेन जिगीर्णे सायुधं हरिः । प्रविवेश सुसूक्ष्मेण कुक्षिं रूपेण वृत्रहा । तत्क्षणाद् एव देवेन्द्रः पार्श्वं निर्भिद्य निर्ययौ ॥ कवचेनाभिगुप्तः स नारायणमयेन च । ततः शूलम् अमोघं तु शंकरो हन्तुम् आददे । प्रजापतिर् उवाचेदं मया दत्तवरो बली । न शूलेन न चान्येन हन्तुं शक्यो महासुरः । शूलं एतद् अमोघं च मा प्रयुञ्क्ष्व महासुरे ॥ इत्य् उक्तः शूलपाणिः स संजहारायुधं स्वकम् । एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे देवाः कालनेमिभयातुराः । ऊचुः कृष्णं महात्मानो गीर्भिः स्तुत्वा जनार्दनम् । मुमुचुः स्वानि शस्त्राणि शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः । रणे वैश्रवणस् तेन परिघैः कामरूपिभिः विलपंल् लोकपालेशस् त्याजितो धनदक्रियाम् ॥ ह्व्_३७।४९ तदैव लोकपालाश् च निहतास् तेन संयुगम् । यमः सर्वहरस् तेन मृत्युप्रहरणो रणे याम्याम् अवस्थाम् अमरो नीतः स्वां दिशम् आविशत् ॥ ह्व्_३७।५० लोकपालास् तु ते सर्वे मानुषीं तनुम् आस्थिताः । विहाय स्वपदं राजन् विवदन्ति स्म मानुषे । स लोकपालान् उत्साद्य हृत्वा तेषां च कर्म तत् दिक्षु सर्वासु देहं स्वं चतुर्धा विदधे तदा
nirjalāmbhodasadṛśo nirjalārṇavasaprabhaḥ nirvyāpāraḥ kṛtas tena vipāśo varuṇo mṛdhe // HV_37.48 agnimārutayor nāśaṃ kṛtvā sa ditijeśvaraḥ | jaghāna devarājam ca somaṃ varuṇam aśvinau | ādityavasurudrādīn aśeṣāṃś ca divaukasaḥ | tato 'tīva prakurvīta āpo vasur amitrahā | kālanemiṃ jaghānājau śaktyā guha ivāparaḥ || śaktyā nirbhinnahṛdayo dhātumān iva parvataḥ | susrāva rudhiraṃ bhūmau kālanemir mahāsuraḥ | tato 'tikrodhatāmrākṣaḥ śaktim udyamya vegavān | svaśaktyā tāḍayām āsa vasum urvyāṃ papāta saḥ | dhanadaś ca kṛtāntaś ca varuṇaś ca śacīpatiḥ || ekadaiva nijaghnus te sāyudhair anibarhaṇaiḥ | nivārya tāni śastrāṇi tāñ jaghāna pṛthak pṛthak | yamena preṣitaṃ daṇḍaṃ jagṛhe sa mahāsuraḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitāḥ sarve lokapālā mahaujasaḥ | jaghāna vajreṇa ruvā devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ || vajreṇa nihato daityo na cakampe girir yathā | punar vajreṇa taṃ daityam indro mārutavartmani | sthitas tadā jṛmbhaṇena jigīrṇe sāyudhaṃ hariḥ | praviveśa susūkṣmeṇa kukṣiṃ rūpeṇa vṛtrahā | tatkṣaṇād eva devendraḥ pārśvaṃ nirbhidya niryayau || kavacenābhiguptaḥ sa nārāyaṇamayena ca | tataḥ śūlam amoghaṃ tu śaṃkaro hantum ādade | prajāpatir uvācedaṃ mayā dattavaro balī | na śūlena na cānyena hantuṃ śakyo mahāsuraḥ | śūlaṃ etad amoghaṃ ca mā prayuñkṣva mahāsure || ity uktaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ sa saṃjahārāyudhaṃ svakam | etasminn antare devāḥ kālanemibhayāturāḥ | ūcuḥ kṛṣṇaṃ mahātmāno gīrbhiḥ stutvā janārdanam | mumucuḥ svāni śastrāṇi śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ | raṇe vaiśravaṇas tena parighaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ vilapaṃl lokapāleśas tyājito dhanadakriyām // HV_37.49 tadaiva lokapālāś ca nihatās tena saṃyugam | yamaḥ sarvaharas tena mṛtyupraharaṇo raṇe yāmyām avasthām amaro nītaḥ svāṃ diśam āviśat // HV_37.50 lokapālās tu te sarve mānuṣīṃ tanum āsthitāḥ | vihāya svapadaṃ rājan vivadanti sma mānuṣe | sa lokapālān utsādya hṛtvā teṣāṃ ca karma tat dikṣu sarvāsu dehaṃ svaṃ caturdhā vidadhe tadā
Like a rainless cloud, with the sheen of a waterless ocean, without function, Varuṇa was made bereft of his noose by him in the fight. // 37.48 Having brought about the destruction of Agni and Māruta, that lord of Diti's sons struck the king of the gods, and Soma, Varuṇa, and the two Aśvins, and the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras and the rest, all the dwellers in heaven without exception. Then Āpa the Vasu, slayer of foes, exerting himself greatly, struck Kālanemi in the battle with his spear, like a second Guha. His heart pierced by the spear, like a mountain full of ore, the great asura Kālanemi streamed blood upon the ground. Then, his eyes coppery with extreme rage, swift, raising his spear, he struck the Vasu with his own spear, and he fell to the earth. And the giver of wealth (Kubera), and the Ender (Yama), and Varuṇa, and the husband of Śacī — all at once they struck at him with their unfailing weapons. Warding off those weapons, he struck them one by one; and that great asura caught the staff hurled by Yama. Seeing that, all the world-guardians of great might were amazed. The king of the gods, Śatakratu, struck him roaringly with the thunderbolt; struck by the thunderbolt the daitya did not tremble, like a mountain. Again Indra (struck) that daitya with the thunderbolt on the path of the wind; then, standing there, he swallowed Hari together with his weapon by a yawn. The slayer of Vṛtra entered his belly in an extremely subtle form, and that very instant the lord of the gods, splitting open his side, came out — protected as he was by the armour made of Nārāyaṇa. Then Śaṃkara took up his unfailing trident to kill him, (but) Prajāpati said this: "The mighty one has been granted a boon by me; that great asura cannot be killed by trident nor by anything else. This trident of yours is unfailing — do not use it upon the great asura." Thus addressed, the trident-bearer withdrew his own weapon. In this interval the gods, distressed with fear of Kālanemi, the great-souled ones, spoke to Kṛṣṇa, praising Janārdana with words, and released their own weapons by hundreds and by thousands. In the battle Vaiśravaṇa, lord of the world-guardians, was by him with his iron bars that took what shape they wished made to give up the office of giver of wealth, lamenting. // 37.49 At that very time the world-guardians too were struck down by him in the encounter. Yama, who takes all away, whose weapon is death, was brought by him in battle to the southern condition; the immortal entered his own quarter. // 37.50 But all those world-guardians, taking on human bodies, abandoning their own station, O king, dispute among men. Having driven out the world-guardians and taken away that office of theirs, he then disposed his own body fourfold in all the directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 37.52
स नक्षत्रपथं गत्वा दिव्यं स्वर्भानुदर्शितम् जहार लक्ष्मीं सोमस्य तं चास्य विषयं महत्
sa nakṣatrapathaṃ gatvā divyaṃ svarbhānudarśitam jahāra lakṣmīṃ somasya taṃ cāsya viṣayaṃ mahat
Going to the divine path of the constellations, shown (to him) by Svarbhānu, he took away Soma's splendour and that great domain of his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.53
चालयामास दीप्तांशुं स्वर्गद्वारात् स भास्करम् सायनं चास्य विषयं जहार दिनकर्म च
cālayāmāsa dīptāṃśuṃ svargadvārāt sa bhāskaram sāyanaṃ cāsya viṣayaṃ jahāra dinakarma ca
He dislodged the sun of blazing rays from the gate of heaven, and took away his domain along with its course, and his work of making the day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.54
सो ऽग्निं देवमुखे दृष्ट्वा चकारात्ममुखेशयम् वायुं च तरसा जित्वा चकारात्मवशानुगम्
so 'gniṃ devamukhe dṛṣṭvā cakārātmamukheśayam vāyuṃ ca tarasā jitvā cakārātmavaśānugam
Seeing Agni at the mouth of the gods, he made him lie in his own mouth; and having swiftly conquered Vāyu, he made him a follower of his own will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.55
स समुद्रान् समानीय सर्वाश् च सरितो बलात् चकारात्मवशे वीर्याद् देहभूताश् च सिन्धवः
sa samudrān samānīya sarvāś ca sarito balāt cakārātmavaśe vīryād dehabhūtāś ca sindhavaḥ
Bringing together the seas and all the rivers by force, he made them subject to himself by his valour, and the streams became (as his) body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 37.56
आपः स वशगाः कृत्वा दिविजाताश् च भूमिजाः स्थापयाम् आस जगतीं सुगुप्तां धरणीधरैः
āpaḥ sa vaśagāḥ kṛtvā divijātāś ca bhūmijāḥ sthāpayām āsa jagatīṃ suguptāṃ dharaṇīdharaiḥ
Having made the waters subject to himself, both those born in heaven and those born on earth, he set the world well guarded by the mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.57
स स्वयंभूर् इवाभाति महाभूतपतिर् महान् सर्वलोकमयो दैत्यः सर्वलोकभयावहः
sa svayaṃbhūr ivābhāti mahābhūtapatir mahān sarvalokamayo daityaḥ sarvalokabhayāvahaḥ
He shone like the Self-existent, the great lord of the great elements, the daitya who comprised all the worlds and brought fear to all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.58
स लोकपालैकवपुश् चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहात्मवान् पावकानिलसंघातो रराज युधि दानवः
sa lokapālaikavapuś candrasūryagrahātmavān pāvakānilasaṃghāto rarāja yudhi dānavaḥ
Having the world-guardians all in one body, holding within himself moon, sun and planets, an aggregate of fire and wind, the dānava shone in the battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 37.59
पारमेष्ठ्ये स्थितः स्थाने लोकानां प्रभवाप्यये तं तुष्टुवुर् दैत्यगणा देवा इव पितामहम्
pārameṣṭhye sthitaḥ sthāne lokānāṃ prabhavāpyaye taṃ tuṣṭuvur daityagaṇā devā iva pitāmaham
Established in the supreme station, in the arising and passing away of the worlds, the hosts of daityas praised him as the gods praise the Grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition