Kalika Purana — Chapter 17

KaP 17.1

कालिकापुराणम् सप्तदशोऽध्यायः दक्षयज्ञध्वंसः कालिका पुराण अध्याय १७ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शंभुः शोभने मानसे हृदे । समाप्य सन्ध्यामायातः स्वमाश्रमपदं प्रति

kālikāpurāṇam saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ dakṣayajñadhvaṃsaḥ kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 17 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || etasminnantare śaṃbhuḥ śobhane mānase hṛde | samāpya sandhyāmāyātaḥ svamāśramapadaṃ prati

The Kālikā Purāṇa, seventeenth chapter: the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Meanwhile Śambhu, having completed the twilight rite at the lovely Mānasa lake, came back toward his own hermitage.

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KaP 17.2

आगच्छन्नेव संरावं विजयायाः वृषध्वजः । शुश्राव दारुणं तीव्रं चकितश्च ततोऽभवत्

āgacchanneva saṃrāvaṃ vijayāyāḥ vṛṣadhvajaḥ | śuśrāva dāruṇaṃ tīvraṃ cakitaśca tato'bhavat

Even as he was arriving, the bull-bannered one heard Vijayā's cry, harsh and piercing, and thereupon became alarmed.

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KaP 17.3

तत उक्ष्णा बलवता मनोमारुतरंहसा । स्वमाश्रमपदं शर्व आससाद त्वरान्वितः

tata ukṣṇā balavatā manomārutaraṃhasā | svamāśramapadaṃ śarva āsasāda tvarānvitaḥ

Then, with his strong bull that had the speed of mind and wind, Śarva reached his own hermitage in haste.

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KaP 17.4

आसाद्य देवीं दयितां तदा दाक्षायणीं हरः । मृतां दृष्ट्वापि न जहौ मृतेऽतिप्रियभावतः

āsādya devīṃ dayitāṃ tadā dākṣāyaṇīṃ haraḥ | mṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvāpi na jahau mṛte'tipriyabhāvataḥ

Having reached the goddess, his beloved Dākṣāyaṇī, Hara, though he saw her dead, did not let her go, out of the great love (he bore) for the dead one.

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KaP 17.5

ततो निरीक्ष्य वदनमामृज्य च पुनः पुनः । पप्रच्छ कस्मात् सुप्तासीत्येवं दाक्षायणीं मुहुः

tato nirīkṣya vadanamāmṛjya ca punaḥ punaḥ | papraccha kasmāt suptāsītyevaṃ dākṣāyaṇīṃ muhuḥ

Then, gazing at her face and stroking it again and again, he asked Dākṣāyaṇī repeatedly, "Why are you asleep?"

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KaP 17.6

ततो भर्गवचः श्रुत्वा तदा तद्भगिनी सुता । विजया प्राह निधनं दाक्षायण्या यथा तथा

tato bhargavacaḥ śrutvā tadā tadbhaginī sutā | vijayā prāha nidhanaṃ dākṣāyaṇyā yathā tathā

Then, hearing Bharga's words, his sister's daughter Vijayā told the death of Dākṣāyaṇī just as it had happened.

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KaP 17.7

।। विजयोवाच ।। दक्षः कर्तुं क्रतुं शम्भो देवान् सर्वान् सवासवान् । आजुहाव तथा दैत्यान् राक्षसान् सिद्धगुह्यकान्

|| vijayovāca || dakṣaḥ kartuṃ kratuṃ śambho devān sarvān savāsavān | ājuhāva tathā daityān rākṣasān siddhaguhyakān

Vijayā said: Dakṣa, in order to perform a sacrifice, O Śambhu, invited all the gods together with Vāsava, and likewise the Daityas, Rākṣasas, Siddhas and Guhyakas,

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KaP 17.8

ब्राह्मणानथ गोविन्दमिन्द्रादीनपि दिक्पतीन् । देवयोनिंस्तथा सर्वान् साध्यविद्याधरादिकान्

brāhmaṇānatha govindamindrādīnapi dikpatīn | devayoniṃstathā sarvān sādhyavidyādharādikān

and the brahmins, and Govinda, and Indra and the other guardians of the quarters, and likewise all the divine races, the Sādhyas, Vidyādharas and the rest.

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KaP 17.9

नाहूतानि क्रतौ तेन यानि सत्त्वानि शङ्कर । तानि दक्षेण नो सन्ति समस्तभुवनेष्वपि

nāhūtāni kratau tena yāni sattvāni śaṅkara | tāni dakṣeṇa no santi samastabhuvaneṣvapi

Those beings that were not invited by him to the sacrifice, O Śaṅkara—such beings do not exist for Dakṣa in all the worlds.

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KaP 17.10

एवं प्रविततं यज्ञं श्रुत्वैषा वचनान्मम । विमृष्यत्याह्वा हेतुं शम्भोरथात्मनः

evaṃ pravitataṃ yajñaṃ śrutvaiṣā vacanānmama | vimṛṣyatyāhvā hetuṃ śambhorathātmanaḥ

Hearing from my words that the sacrifice was thus spread out on so great a scale, she pondered the reason for the non-invitation of Śambhu and then of herself.

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KaP 17.11

चिन्तमानां तथाहं तां सतीं ज्ञात्वा यथाश्रुतम् । उक्तवत्यस्मि भूतेश यज्ञानाह्नानकारणम्

cintamānāṃ tathāhaṃ tāṃ satīṃ jñātvā yathāśrutam | uktavatyasmi bhūteśa yajñānāhnānakāraṇam

Knowing that Satī was thus brooding, I, O lord of beings, told her, as I had heard it, the reason for the non-invitation to the sacrifice:

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KaP 17.12

शम्भुः कपाली तज्जाया तत् संसर्गाद्विगर्हिता । अतः शम्भुः सती चापि नाध्वरे मे मिलिष्यतः

śambhuḥ kapālī tajjāyā tat saṃsargādvigarhitā | ataḥ śambhuḥ satī cāpi nādhvare me miliṣyataḥ

"Śambhu is a skull-bearer, and his wife is defiled by association with him; therefore neither Śambhu nor Satī shall join me at my rite."

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KaP 17.13

इत्यनाह्नानहेतुर्मे श्रुतपूर्वः पुरा मुखात् । दक्षस्य वीरिणीं श्लक्ष्णां गदतस्तस्य मन्दिरे

ityanāhnānaheturme śrutapūrvaḥ purā mukhāt | dakṣasya vīriṇīṃ ślakṣṇāṃ gadatastasya mandire

Such was the reason for the non-invitation, heard by me before from Dakṣa's own mouth, as he was speaking softly to Vīriṇī in his palace.

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KaP 17.14

एतच्छ्रुत्वा मम वचः सा विवर्णमुखी क्षितौ । उपविष्टा न मां किञ्चिदुक्ता कोपपरायणा

etacchrutvā mama vacaḥ sā vivarṇamukhī kṣitau | upaviṣṭā na māṃ kiñciduktā kopaparāyaṇā

On hearing this speech of mine, her face grew pale; she sat down on the ground and said nothing to me, given over to anger.

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KaP 17.15

बभूव वदनं तस्यास्तत्क्षणात् सरुषं हर । भ्रुकुटीकुटिलं श्यामं यथा खं धूमकेतुना

babhūva vadanaṃ tasyāstatkṣaṇāt saruṣaṃ hara | bhrukuṭīkuṭilaṃ śyāmaṃ yathā khaṃ dhūmaketunā

That instant her face became full of rage, O Hara, crooked with a frown and dark, as the sky is with a comet.

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KaP 17.16

सा मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा स्फोटेन महता ततः । प्राणानुदसृजच्चैषा भित्त्वा मूर्द्धानमात्मनः

sā muhūrtamiva dhyātvā sphoṭena mahatā tataḥ | prāṇānudasṛjaccaiṣā bhittvā mūrddhānamātmanaḥ

After meditating for about a moment, she then, with a great bursting, released her life-breaths, splitting open her own skull.

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KaP 17.17

।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्या विजयायाः वृषध्वजः । अतीव कोपादुत्तस्थौ दिधक्षुरिव पावकः ॥ श्रीकालिकापुराणे दक्षयज्ञध्वंस नाम सप्तदशोऽध्यायः

|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti śrutvā vacastasyā vijayāyāḥ vṛṣadhvajaḥ | atīva kopāduttasthau didhakṣuriva pāvakaḥ || śrīkālikāpurāṇe dakṣayajñadhvaṃsa nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard that speech of hers, of Vijayā, the bull-bannered one (Śiva) rose up in extreme wrath, like a fire about to burn (everything). — Thus the seventeenth chapter, called "The Destruction of Dakṣa's Sacrifice," in the glorious Kālikāpurāṇa.

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KaP 17.18

तस्य कोपपरीतस्य कर्णनासाक्षिवक्त्रतः । घोरा जलन्त्यः कणिकाः सृजन्त्योऽग्नेर्महारवम् । उल्का विनिःसृता बहव्यः कल्पान्तादित्यवर्चसः

tasya kopaparītasya karṇanāsākṣivaktrataḥ | ghorā jalantyaḥ kaṇikāḥ sṛjantyo'gnermahāravam | ulkā viniḥsṛtā bahavyaḥ kalpāntādityavarcasaḥ

From the ears, nose, eyes and mouth of him who was engulfed in wrath there came forth many dreadful meteors, blazing, emitting sparks and a great roar of fire, with the brilliance of the sun at the end of an aeon.

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KaP 17.19

अथ तत्र जगामाशु दक्षो यत्र महातपाः । यज्ञञ्चक्रे हरो गत्वा यज्ञशालाद्वहिः स्थितः

atha tatra jagāmāśu dakṣo yatra mahātapāḥ | yajñañcakre haro gatvā yajñaśālādvahiḥ sthitaḥ

Then he went swiftly to where Dakṣa of great austerity was performing the sacrifice; and having gone there, Hara stood outside the sacrificial hall.

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KaP 17.20

तं यज्ञं ददृशे भर्गः कोपेन महतावृतः । महाधनसमापन्नं पात्रयूपादिभिर्वृतम्

taṃ yajñaṃ dadṛśe bhargaḥ kopena mahatāvṛtaḥ | mahādhanasamāpannaṃ pātrayūpādibhirvṛtam

Bharga (Śiva), overwhelmed by great anger, looked upon that sacrifice, furnished with great wealth, surrounded by vessels, sacrificial posts and the rest,

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KaP 17.21

हुताज्याहुतिसंवृद्धं दीप्तवह्निविराजितम् । यथास्थानस्थितान् सर्वान् दिक्पालान् सायुधध्वजान्

hutājyāhutisaṃvṛddhaṃ dīptavahnivirājitam | yathāsthānasthitān sarvān dikpālān sāyudhadhvajān

swollen with the offerings of poured ghee, resplendent with blazing fire; and (he saw) all the guardians of the directions stationed each in his own place, with their weapons and banners,

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KaP 17.22

विधातारं तथा विष्णुं यज्ञमध्ये व्यवस्थितम् । ददर्श कुपितः शम्भुस्तान् दृष्ट्वातीव कोपितः

vidhātāraṃ tathā viṣṇuṃ yajñamadhye vyavasthitam | dadarśa kupitaḥ śambhustān dṛṣṭvātīva kopitaḥ

and the Creator, and likewise Viṣṇu, established in the midst of the sacrifice: these the angered Śambhu saw, and seeing them became exceedingly enraged;

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KaP 17.23

भगं सूर्यं तथा सोमं भार्याभिः सह संवृतम् । सहस्राक्षं गौतमं च पूर्वे भागे व्यवस्थितम्

bhagaṃ sūryaṃ tathā somaṃ bhāryābhiḥ saha saṃvṛtam | sahasrākṣaṃ gautamaṃ ca pūrve bhāge vyavasthitam

(he saw) Bhaga, the Sun, and likewise Soma, encircled together with their wives, and the Thousand-eyed (Indra) and Gautama stationed in the eastern quarter,

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KaP 17.24

सनत्कुमारमात्रेयं भार्गवं विनतासुतम् । मरुद्गणांस्तथा साध्यानाग्नेयं जातवेदसम्

sanatkumāramātreyaṃ bhārgavaṃ vinatāsutam | marudgaṇāṃstathā sādhyānāgneyaṃ jātavedasam

Sanatkumāra, Ātreya, Bhārgava, the son of Vinatā (Garuḍa), the hosts of the Maruts, and likewise the Sādhyas, the Āgneya (fire deity), Jātavedas (Agni),

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KaP 17.25

कालं च चित्रगुप्तञ्च कुम्भयोनिं सगालवम् । विश्वेदेवांस्तथा सर्वान् कव्यवाहादिकान् पितॄन्

kālaṃ ca citraguptañca kumbhayoniṃ sagālavam | viśvedevāṃstathā sarvān kavyavāhādikān pitṝn

and Kāla and Citragupta, the pot-born one (Agastya) along with Gālava, and all the Viśvedevas, and the ancestors beginning with Kavyavāha,

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KaP 17.26

अग्निष्वात्तादिकान् सर्वान् भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम् । भौमं प्रेतगणान् सिद्धान् दक्षिणाशां व्यवस्थितान्

agniṣvāttādikān sarvān bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham | bhaumaṃ pretagaṇān siddhān dakṣiṇāśāṃ vyavasthitān

all those beginning with the Agniṣvāttas, the fourfold host of beings, the earthly (spirits), the throngs of ghosts, and the Siddhas stationed in the southern quarter,

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KaP 17.27

रक्षांसि च पिशाचांश्च भूतानि मृगपक्षिणः । क्रव्यादान् क्षुद्रजन्तूंश्च तथा पुण्यजनेश्वरम् । महर्षि मौद्गलं राहुं नैर्ऋत्यां किन्नरांस्तथा

rakṣāṃsi ca piśācāṃśca bhūtāni mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ | kravyādān kṣudrajantūṃśca tathā puṇyajaneśvaram | maharṣi maudgalaṃ rāhuṃ nairṛtyāṃ kinnarāṃstathā

and the Rākṣasas and the Piśācas, the Bhūtas, beasts and birds, the flesh-eaters and the small creatures, and likewise the lord of the Puṇyajanas (Yakṣas), the great sage Maudgala, Rāhu, and the Kinnaras in the southwest,

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KaP 17.28

महोरगांस्तथा नक्रान् मत्स्यान् ग्राहांश्च कच्छपान् । समुद्रान् सप्तसिन्धूंश्च नदीस्तीर्थानि गुह्यकान्

mahoragāṃstathā nakrān matsyān grāhāṃśca kacchapān | samudrān saptasindhūṃśca nadīstīrthāni guhyakān

and likewise the great serpents, the crocodiles, the fishes, the sea-monsters and the tortoises, the oceans and the seven seas, the rivers, the sacred fords, the Guhyakas,

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KaP 17.29

मानसादिह्रदान् सर्वान् गङ्गाजम्बूनदीं तथा । कामं मधुं वसन्तं च वरुणञ्च सहानुगम् । शनैश्चरं गिरीन् सर्वान् पश्चिमाशाव्यवस्थितान्

mānasādihradān sarvān gaṅgājambūnadīṃ tathā | kāmaṃ madhuṃ vasantaṃ ca varuṇañca sahānugam | śanaiścaraṃ girīn sarvān paścimāśāvyavasthitān

all the lakes beginning with Mānasa, and likewise the Gaṅgā and the Jambū river, Kāma, Madhu and Vasanta, and Varuṇa together with his retinue, Śanaiścara (Saturn), and all the mountains stationed in the western quarter,

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KaP 17.30

प्राणादिपञ्चवायूंश्च सगणञ्च समीरणम् । कल्पद्रुमान् हिमाद्रिञ्च कश्यपञ्च महामुनिम्

prāṇādipañcavāyūṃśca sagaṇañca samīraṇam | kalpadrumān himādriñca kaśyapañca mahāmunim

and the five winds beginning with prāṇa, and the Wind (god) with his host, the wish-fulfilling trees, the Himālaya, and the great sage Kaśyapa,

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KaP 17.31

वायव्यां कमलाव्रातं फलानि च कलानिधिम् । नानारत्नानि हैमानि मनुष्यान् पर्वतांस्तथा

vāyavyāṃ kamalāvrātaṃ phalāni ca kalānidhim | nānāratnāni haimāni manuṣyān parvatāṃstathā

in the northwest the multitude of lotuses, and fruits, and the treasury of the digits (the Moon), the various golden gems, human beings, and likewise the mountains,

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KaP 17.32

हिमाद्रिमुख्या यक्षाश्च स्थूणकर्णादयो बुधाः । नलकूबरेण सहितो यक्षराङ्नरवाहनः

himādrimukhyā yakṣāśca sthūṇakarṇādayo budhāḥ | nalakūbareṇa sahito yakṣarāṅnaravāhanaḥ

and the Yakṣas headed by Himādri, and the wise ones beginning with Sthūṇakarṇa, and the king of the Yakṣas whose vehicle is a man (Kubera), together with Nalakūbara,

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KaP 17.33

ध्रुवो धरश्च सोमश्च विष्णुश्चैवानिलोऽनलः । प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्च कौवेरीं संस्थितानिमान्

dhruvo dharaśca somaśca viṣṇuścaivānilo'nalaḥ | pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca kauverīṃ saṃsthitānimān

Dhruva and Dhara and Soma and Viṣṇu and Anila and Anala, and Pratyūṣa and Prabhāsa — these established in the northern (Kubera's) quarter,

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KaP 17.34

वृषध्वजं विना सर्वान् रुद्रान् जीवं मनूंस्तथा । विविधान् बाहुजान् वैश्यान् शूद्रानपि समन्ततः । ऐशान्यां विविधान्नानि व्रीहीनपि तिलानपि

vṛṣadhvajaṃ vinā sarvān rudrān jīvaṃ manūṃstathā | vividhān bāhujān vaiśyān śūdrānapi samantataḥ | aiśānyāṃ vividhānnāni vrīhīnapi tilānapi

all the Rudras except the bull-bannered one, Jīva (Bṛhaspati), and likewise the Manus, the various arm-born ones (Kṣatriyas), the Vaiśyas and the Śūdras too on all sides; in the northeast the various foods, and the rice-grains and the sesame seeds,

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KaP 17.35

ऐषानीपूर्वयोर्मध्ये ब्रह्मर्षीन् संशितव्रतान् । महर्षीश्चतुरो वेदान् वेदाङ्गानि तथैव षट्

aiṣānīpūrvayormadhye brahmarṣīn saṃśitavratān | maharṣīścaturo vedān vedāṅgāni tathaiva ṣaṭ

in between the northeast and the east, the Brahmarṣis of strict vows, the Maharṣis, the four Vedas, and likewise the six Vedāṅgas,

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KaP 17.36

नैर्ऋत्यपश्चिमान्तस्थमनन्तं श्वेतपर्वतम् । काद्रवेयसहस्रेण सहिता सप्तभोगिनः

nairṛtyapaścimāntasthamanantaṃ śvetaparvatam | kādraveyasahasreṇa sahitā saptabhoginaḥ

the endless one (Ananta) situated at the boundary of the southwest and the west, the White Mountain, and the seven serpents together with the thousand sons of Kadrū,

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KaP 17.37

केतुं तत्रैव कूष्माण्डं डाकिनीगणसंयुक्तम् । तथा जलधरानन्यान्नानावर्णान् सविद्युतान्

ketuṃ tatraiva kūṣmāṇḍaṃ ḍākinīgaṇasaṃyuktam | tathā jaladharānanyānnānāvarṇān savidyutān

(He saw) there too Ketu, and Kūṣmāṇḍa accompanied by the host of Ḍākinīs, and likewise other rain-clouds of various colours, with lightnings.

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KaP 17.38

दिग्गजानपि तत्रस्थानैरावतमुखान् हरः । यथास्थानस्थितान् सर्वान् दिक्करिण्या च संयुतान्

diggajānapi tatrasthānairāvatamukhān haraḥ | yathāsthānasthitān sarvān dikkariṇyā ca saṃyutān

Hara (saw) also the elephants of the quarters standing there, headed by Airāvata, all stationed each in its own place and each accompanied by its she-elephant of the quarter.

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KaP 17.39

तमेवं दूरतो दृष्ट्वा यज्ञवाटं महाधनम् । वीरभद्राह्वयं तूर्णं प्रेषयामास तं प्रति

tamevaṃ dūrato dṛṣṭvā yajñavāṭaṃ mahādhanam | vīrabhadrāhvayaṃ tūrṇaṃ preṣayāmāsa taṃ prati

Having thus seen from afar that sacrificial enclosure of great wealth, he at once sent against it the one named Vīrabhadra.

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KaP 17.40

वीरभद्रोऽपि बहुभिः संवृतो विविधैर्गणैः । व्यध्वंसयत्ततो यज्ञं दक्षस्य सुमहात्मनः

vīrabhadro'pi bahubhiḥ saṃvṛto vividhairgaṇaiḥ | vyadhvaṃsayattato yajñaṃ dakṣasya sumahātmanaḥ

And Vīrabhadra, surrounded by many hosts of various kinds, then destroyed the sacrifice of the very great-souled Dakṣa.

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KaP 17.41

विकुर्वन्तं महायज्ञं वीरभद्रं समीक्ष्य वै । वारयामास वैकुण्ठः सर्वदेवगणावृतः

vikurvantaṃ mahāyajñaṃ vīrabhadraṃ samīkṣya vai | vārayāmāsa vaikuṇṭhaḥ sarvadevagaṇāvṛtaḥ

Seeing Vīrabhadra doing violence to the great sacrifice, Vaikuṇṭha, surrounded by all the troops of gods, held him back.

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KaP 17.42

तं वार्यमाणं दृष्ट्वैव क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः । स्वयं विवेश तं यज्ञं ध्वंसयामास चेश्वरः

taṃ vāryamāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ | svayaṃ viveśa taṃ yajñaṃ dhvaṃsayāmāsa ceśvaraḥ

On seeing him being held back, the Lord, his eyes reddened with anger, himself entered that sacrifice and destroyed it.

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KaP 17.43

विशन्तमेव तं यज्ञे प्रथमं पुरतो भगः । बाहू वितत्य भूतेशमाससाद त्वरान्वितः

viśantameva taṃ yajñe prathamaṃ purato bhagaḥ | bāhū vitatya bhūteśamāsasāda tvarānvitaḥ

As he was entering the sacrifice, Bhaga first, in front, spreading out his two arms, came at the Lord of Beings in haste.

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KaP 17.44

तमागतमभिप्रेक्ष्य भर्गोऽपि भृशरोषितः । अङ्गुल्यग्रप्रहारेण तस्य नेत्रे जघान ह

tamāgatamabhiprekṣya bhargo'pi bhṛśaroṣitaḥ | aṅgulyagraprahāreṇa tasya netre jaghāna ha

Seeing him come, Bharga too, exceedingly enraged, struck his eyes with a blow of his fingertips.

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KaP 17.45

हीननेत्रं भगं दृष्ट्वा विरूपाक्षं दिवाकरः । स्पर्द्धमानस्ततः सर्वमाससाद त्वरान्वितः

hīnanetraṃ bhagaṃ dṛṣṭvā virūpākṣaṃ divākaraḥ | sparddhamānastataḥ sarvamāsasāda tvarānvitaḥ

Seeing Bhaga deprived of his eyes and disfigured in the eyes, the Sun, then challenging (him), came at (him) in haste with all (his force).

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KaP 17.46

ततः सूर्यं महादेवः पाणौ धृत्वा करेण च । दूरीकृत्यातिकुपितो यज्ञमेवाभ्यधावत

tataḥ sūryaṃ mahādevaḥ pāṇau dhṛtvā kareṇa ca | dūrīkṛtyātikupito yajñamevābhyadhāvata

Then Mahādeva, seizing the Sun by the hand with his hand and thrusting him away, exceedingly angered, rushed at the sacrifice itself.

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KaP 17.47

मार्तण्डश्च हसन् वेगाद्वितत्य विपुलौ भुजौ । एहि योत्स्ये त्वयेत्युक्त्वा तमग्रे प्रत्यवारयत्

mārtaṇḍaśca hasan vegādvitatya vipulau bhujau | ehi yotsye tvayetyuktvā tamagre pratyavārayat

And Mārtaṇḍa (the Sun), laughing, swiftly spreading out his two broad arms, said "Come, I shall fight with you," and barred him in front.

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KaP 17.48

हसतस्तस्य सूर्यस्य क्रोधेन वृषभध्वजः । दन्तान् करप्रहारेण शातयामास वक्त्रतः

hasatastasya sūryasya krodhena vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | dantān karaprahāreṇa śātayāmāsa vaktrataḥ

In anger, the bull-bannered one, with a blow of his hand, knocked the teeth out of the mouth of that laughing Sun.

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KaP 17.49

विदन्तं मिहिरं दृष्ट्वा हीननेत्रं भगं तथा । सर्वे देवाश्च ऋषयो ये चान्ये तत्र दुद्रुवुः

vidantaṃ mihiraṃ dṛṣṭvā hīnanetraṃ bhagaṃ tathā | sarve devāśca ṛṣayo ye cānye tatra dudruvuḥ

Seeing Mihira (the Sun) toothless and Bhaga likewise deprived of his eyes, all the gods and the seers and whoever else was there fled.

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KaP 17.50

विद्राव्य सर्वान् देवादीन् हरः परमकोपनः । मृगरूपेणापयान्तं यज्ञमेवान्वपद्यत

vidrāvya sarvān devādīn haraḥ paramakopanaḥ | mṛgarūpeṇāpayāntaṃ yajñamevānvapadyata

Having routed all the gods and the rest, Hara, in utmost fury, pursued the Sacrifice itself, which was fleeing in the form of a deer.

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KaP 17.51

यज्ञोऽप्याकाशमार्गेण ब्रह्मस्थानं विवेश ह । वृषध्वजोऽपि कुपितो ब्रह्मस्थानं जगाम ह

yajño'pyākāśamārgeṇa brahmasthānaṃ viveśa ha | vṛṣadhvajo'pi kupito brahmasthānaṃ jagāma ha

And the Sacrifice entered Brahmā's abode by the path of the sky; and the bull-bannered one too, enraged, went to Brahmā's abode.

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KaP 17.52

ब्रह्मणः सदनाद् यज्ञो भीतो भर्गादवातरत् । अवतीर्यं सतीदेहं प्रविवेश स्वमायया

brahmaṇaḥ sadanād yajño bhīto bhargādavātarat | avatīryaṃ satīdehaṃ praviveśa svamāyayā

The Sacrifice, afraid of Bharga, came down from Brahmā's dwelling; and having come down it entered Satī's body by its own magic power.

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KaP 17.53

भर्गोऽपि दक्षदुहितुर्मृताया निकटं गतः । अन्वगच्छत्तदा यज्ञं ददर्श च सतीशवम्

bhargo'pi dakṣaduhiturmṛtāyā nikaṭaṃ gataḥ | anvagacchattadā yajñaṃ dadarśa ca satīśavam

Bharga too went near the dead daughter of Dakṣa; he then followed the Sacrifice, and he saw Satī's corpse.

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KaP 17.54

मृतां दृष्ट्वा तदा देवीं हरो दाक्षायणीं सतीम् । विस्मृत्य यज्ञं तत्प्रान्ते स्थितो वाढं शुशोच ताम्

mṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā devīṃ haro dākṣāyaṇīṃ satīm | vismṛtya yajñaṃ tatprānte sthito vāḍhaṃ śuśoca tām

Then, seeing the goddess Satī, Dakṣa's daughter, dead, Hara forgot the sacrifice, and standing at her side grieved for her greatly.

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KaP 17.55

बहुविधगुणवृन्दं चिन्तयञ्छूलपाणि ललितदशनपंक्तिं वक्त्रव्जप्रकाशम् । अरुणदशनवस्त्रं भ्रुयुगं वीक्ष्य तस्याः खरतरपृथुशोकव्याकुलोऽसौ रुरोद

bahuvidhaguṇavṛndaṃ cintayañchūlapāṇi lalitadaśanapaṃktiṃ vaktravjaprakāśam | aruṇadaśanavastraṃ bhruyugaṃ vīkṣya tasyāḥ kharatarapṛthuśokavyākulo'sau ruroda

Thinking of her manifold cluster of virtues, the trident-bearer, looking upon her lovely row of teeth, her face bright as a lotus, her reddish (lips like) a garment for the teeth, and her pair of brows, was distraught with a sharp and vast grief, and wept.

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