Markandeya Purana — Chapter 86
MkP 86.1
इत्याकर्ण्य वचो देव्याः स दूतो ऽमर्षपूरितः । समाचष्ट समागम्य दैत्यराजाय विस्तरात्
ityākarṇya vaco devyāḥ sa dūto 'marṣapūritaḥ / samācaṣṭa samāgamya daityarājāya vistarāt
Having heard these words of the goddess, that messenger, filled with indignation, went and reported (them) at length to the king of the demons.
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MkP 86.2
तस्य दूतस्य तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्यासुरराट् ततः । सक्रोधः प्राह दैत्यानामधिपं धूम्रलोचनम्
tasya dūtasya tadvākyamākarṇyāsurarāṭ tataḥ / sakrodhaḥ prāha daityānāmadhipaṃ dhūmralocanam
Then, hearing that speech of the messenger, the demon king in anger spoke to Dhūmralocana, a chief of the demons:
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MkP 86.3
हे धूम्रलोचनाशु त्वं स्वसैन्यपरिवारितः । तामानय बलाद् दुष्टां केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम्
he dhūmralocanāśu tvaṃ svasainyaparivāritaḥ / tāmānaya balād duṣṭāṃ keśākarṣaṇavihvalām
"Ho, Dhūmralocana! Quickly, surrounded by your own army, bring that wicked woman by force, distraught with being dragged by the hair.
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MkP 86.4
तत्परित्राणदः कश्चिद्यदि वोत्तिष्ठते ऽपरः । स हन्तव्यो ऽमरो वापि यक्षो गन्धर्व एव वा
tatparitrāṇadaḥ kaścidyadi vottiṣṭhate 'paraḥ / sa hantavyo 'maro vāpi yakṣo gandharva eva vā
And if some other should rise up to rescue her, he is to be slain, be he an immortal, a yakṣa, or a gandharva."
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MkP 86.5
तेनाज्ञप्तस्ततः शीघ्रं स दैत्यो धूम्रलोचनः । वृतः पष्ट्या सहस्राणामसुराणां द्रुतं ययो
tenājñaptastataḥ śīghraṃ sa daityo dhūmralocanaḥ / vṛtaḥ paṣṭyā sahasrāṇāmasurāṇāṃ drutaṃ yayo
Commanded by him, that demon Dhūmralocana then swiftly set out, surrounded by sixty thousand demons.
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MkP 86.7
न चेत्प्रीत्याद्य भवती मद्भर्तारमुपैष्यति । ततो बलान्नयाम्येष केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम्
na cetprītyādya bhavatī madbhartāramupaiṣyati / tato balānnayāmyeṣa keśākarṣaṇavihvalām
"If today Your Ladyship will not go to my master willingly, then I shall lead you by force, distraught with being dragged by the hair."
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MkP 86.8
दैत्येश्वरेण प्रहितो बलवान् बलसंवृतः । बलान्नयसि मामेवं ततः किं ते करोम्यहम्
daityeśvareṇa prahito balavān balasaṃvṛtaḥ / balānnayasi māmevaṃ tataḥ kiṃ te karomyaham
"Sent by the lord of the daityas, strong, and surrounded by an army, you would thus lead me away by force — then what am I to do to you?"
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MkP 86.9
इत्युक्तः सो ऽभ्यधावत्तामसुरो धूम्रलोचनः । हुङ्कारेणैव तं भस्म सा चकाराम्बिका ततः
ityuktaḥ so 'bhyadhāvattāmasuro dhūmralocanaḥ / huṅkāreṇaiva taṃ bhasma sā cakārāmbikā tataḥ
Addressed thus, that asura Dhūmralocana rushed at her; then Ambikā reduced him to ashes by a mere 'huṃ' sound.
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MkP 86.10
अथ क्रुद्धं महासैन्यमसुराणां तथाम्बिका । ववर्ष सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तथा शक्तिपरश्वधैः
atha kruddhaṃ mahāsainyamasurāṇāṃ tathāmbikā / vavarṣa sāyakaistīkṣṇaistathā śaktiparaśvadhaiḥ
Then Ambikā likewise rained upon the enraged great army of the asuras with sharp arrows, and with spears and axes.
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MkP 86.11
ततो धुतसटः कोपात् कृत्वा नादं सुभैरवम् । पपातासुरसेनायां सिंहो देव्याः स्ववाहनः
tato dhutasaṭaḥ kopāt kṛtvā nādaṃ subhairavam / papātāsurasenāyāṃ siṃho devyāḥ svavāhanaḥ
Then the lion, the Goddess's own mount, shaking its mane, out of anger made a most terrifying roar and fell upon the asura army.
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MkP 86.12
कांश्चित् करप्रहारेण दैत्यानास्येन चापरान् । आक्रम्य चाधरेणान्यान् स जघान महासुरान्
kāṃścit karaprahāreṇa daityānāsyena cāparān / ākramya cādhareṇānyān sa jaghāna mahāsurān
Some daityas he slew with a blow of his paw, others with his jaws, and yet other great asuras by trampling them with his lower jaw.
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MkP 86.13
केषाञ्चित् पाटयामास नखैः कोष्ठानि केसरी । तथा तलप्रिहारेण शिरांसि कृतवान् पृथक्
keṣāñcit pāṭayāmāsa nakhaiḥ koṣṭhāni kesarī / tathā talaprihāreṇa śirāṃsi kṛtavān pṛthak
The maned one tore open the bellies of some with his claws, and likewise with a blow of his paw he struck heads apart.
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MkP 86.14
विच्छिन्नबाहुशिरसः सृतास्तेन तथापरे । पपौ च रुधिरं कोष्ठादन्येषां धुतकेसरः
vicchinnabāhuśirasaḥ sṛtāstena tathāpare / papau ca rudhiraṃ koṣṭhādanyeṣāṃ dhutakesaraḥ
Others with arms and heads severed by him lay stretched out; and with mane shaking he drank the blood from the bellies of yet others.
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MkP 86.15
क्षणेन तद्बलं सर्वं क्षयं नीतं महात्मना । तेन केसरिणा देव्या वाहनेनातिकोपिना
kṣaṇena tadbalaṃ sarvaṃ kṣayaṃ nītaṃ mahātmanā / tena kesariṇā devyā vāhanenātikopinā
In a moment all that army was brought to destruction by that great-souled lion, the Goddess's mount, exceedingly enraged.
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MkP 86.16
श्रुत्वा तमसुरं देव्या निहतं धूम्रलोचनम् । बलं च क्षयितं कृत्स्त्रं देवीकेसरिणा ततः
śrutvā tamasuraṃ devyā nihataṃ dhūmralocanam / balaṃ ca kṣayitaṃ kṛtstraṃ devīkesariṇā tataḥ
Then, hearing that the asura Dhūmralocana had been slain by the Goddess, and that the whole army had been destroyed by the Goddess's lion,
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MkP 86.17
चुकोप दैत्याधिपतिः शुम्भः प्रस्फुरिताधरः । आज्ञापयामास च तौ चण्डमुण्डौ महासुरौ
cukopa daityādhipatiḥ śumbhaḥ prasphuritādharaḥ / ājñāpayāmāsa ca tau caṇḍamuṇḍau mahāsurau
Śumbha, lord of the daityas, was enraged, his lip quivering, and he commanded those two great asuras, Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa:
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MkP 86.18
हे चण्ड हे मुण्ड बलैर्बहुभिः परिवारितौ । तत्र गच्छत गत्वा च सा समानीयतां लघु
he caṇḍa he muṇḍa balairbahubhiḥ parivāritau / tatra gacchata gatvā ca sā samānīyatāṃ laghu
"Hey Caṇḍa, hey Muṇḍa, go there surrounded by many troops, and having gone, let her be brought here quickly,
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MkP 86.19
केशेष्वाकृष्य बद्ध्वा वा यदि वः संशयो युधि । तदाशेषायुधैः सर्वैरसुरैर्विनिहन्यताम्
keśeṣvākṛṣya baddhvā vā yadi vaḥ saṃśayo yudhi / tadāśeṣāyudhaiḥ sarvairasurairvinihanyatām
dragging her by the hair or binding her; but if you have any doubt in the fight, then let her be slain by all the asuras with every kind of weapon.
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MkP 86.20
तस्यां हतायां दुष्टायां सिंहे च विनिपातिते । शीघ्रमागम्यतां बद्ध्वा गृहीत्वा तामथाम्बिकाम्
tasyāṃ hatāyāṃ duṣṭāyāṃ siṃhe ca vinipātite / śīghramāgamyatāṃ baddhvā gṛhītvā tāmathāmbikām
When that wicked woman is killed and the lion struck down, come back swiftly, having bound and seized that Ambikā."
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