Matsya Purana — Chapter 139
MtP 139.1
तारकाख्ये हते युद्धे उत्सार्य प्रमथान्मयः उवाच दानवान्भूयो भूयः स तु भयावृतान्
tārakākhye hate yuddhe utsārya pramathānmayaḥ uvāca dānavānbhūyo bhūyaḥ sa tu bhayāvṛtān
When (the demon) named Tāraka had been slain in the battle, Maya, having driven off the Pramathas, spoke again and again to the dānavas, who were overcome with fear.
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MtP 139.2
भो ऽसुरेन्द्राधुना सर्वे निबोधध्वं प्रभाषितम् यत्कर्तव्यं मया चैव युष्माभिश्च महाबलैः
bho 'surendrādhunā sarve nibodhadhvaṃ prabhāṣitam yatkartavyaṃ mayā caiva yuṣmābhiśca mahābalaiḥ
"Ho, lords of the asuras! Now let you all attend to what is spoken: what is to be done by me and by you of great strength.
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MtP 139.3
पुष्यं समेष्यते काले चन्द्रश्चन्द्रनिभाननाः यदैकं त्रिपुरं सर्वं क्षणमेकं भविष्यति
puṣyaṃ sameṣyate kāle candraścandranibhānanāḥ yadaikaṃ tripuraṃ sarvaṃ kṣaṇamekaṃ bhaviṣyati
"In due time the moon will come into conjunction with Puṣya, O you of moon-like faces, when the whole of Tripura will become one for a single instant.
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MtP 139.4
कुरुध्वं निर्भयाः काले कोकिलाशंसितेन च स कालः पुष्ययोगस्य पुरस्य च मया कृतः
kurudhvaṃ nirbhayāḥ kāle kokilāśaṃsitena ca sa kālaḥ puṣyayogasya purasya ca mayā kṛtaḥ
"Act fearlessly at that time, and by the cuckoo's announcement (of it); that time of the conjunction with Puṣya and of the city('s unity) has been fixed by me.
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MtP 139.5
काले तस्मिन्पुरे यस्तु संभावयति संहतिम् स एनं कारयेच्चूर्णं बलिनैकैषुणा सुरः
kāle tasminpure yastu saṃbhāvayati saṃhatim sa enaṃ kārayeccūrṇaṃ balinaikaiṣuṇā suraḥ
"Whoever at that moment brings about the joining of the city — that god could reduce it to powder with a single mighty arrow.
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MtP 139.6
यो वः प्राणो बलं यच्च या च वो वैरितासुराः तत्कृत्वा हृदये चैव पालयध्वमिदं पुरम्
yo vaḥ prāṇo balaṃ yacca yā ca vo vairitāsurāḥ tatkṛtvā hṛdaye caiva pālayadhvamidaṃ puram
"Whatever is your life-breath, whatever your strength, and whatever your enmity, O asuras — setting that in your heart, guard this city.
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MtP 139.7
महेश्वररथं ह्येकं सर्वप्राणेन भीषणम् विमुखीकुरुतात्यर्थं यथा नोत्सृजते शरम्
maheśvararathaṃ hyekaṃ sarvaprāṇena bhīṣaṇam vimukhīkurutātyarthaṃ yathā notsṛjate śaram
"With all your life-force turn away utterly the one terrifying chariot of Maheśvara, so that he does not release the arrow.
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MtP 139.8
तत एवं कृते ऽस्माभिस् त्रिपुरस्यापि रक्षणे प्रतीक्षिष्यन्ति विवशाः पुष्ययोगं दिवौकसः
tata evaṃ kṛte 'smābhis tripurasyāpi rakṣaṇe pratīkṣiṣyanti vivaśāḥ puṣyayogaṃ divaukasaḥ
"Then, this being done by us in the guarding of Tripura, the dwellers in heaven, powerless, will (only) wait for the conjunction with Puṣya."
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MtP 139.9
निशम्य तन्मयस्यैवं दानवास्त्रिपुरालयाः मुहुः सिंहरुतं कृत्वा मयमूचुर्यमोपमाः
niśamya tanmayasyaivaṃ dānavāstripurālayāḥ muhuḥ siṃharutaṃ kṛtvā mayamūcuryamopamāḥ
Hearing that (word) of Maya thus, the dānavas dwelling in Tripura, roaring like lions again and again, said to Maya, they being like Yama:
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MtP 139.10
प्रयत्नेन वयं सर्वे कुर्मस्तव प्रभाषितम् तथा कुर्मो यथा रुद्रो न मोक्ष्यति पुरे शरम्
prayatnena vayaṃ sarve kurmastava prabhāṣitam tathā kurmo yathā rudro na mokṣyati pure śaram
"We shall all with effort do what you have said; we shall act so that Rudra shall not loose the arrow at the city.
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MtP 139.11
अद्य यास्यामः संग्रामं तद्रुद्रस्य जिघांसवः कथयन्ति दितेः पुत्रा हृष्टा भिन्नतनूरुहाः
adya yāsyāmaḥ saṃgrāmaṃ tadrudrasya jighāṃsavaḥ kathayanti diteḥ putrā hṛṣṭā bhinnatanūruhāḥ
"Today we shall go to battle, wishing to kill that Rudra" — so speak the sons of Diti, delighted, with their body-hair bristling.
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MtP 139.12
कल्पं स्थास्यति वा खस्थं त्रिपुरं शाश्वतं ध्रुवम् अदानवं वा भविता नारायणपदत्रयम्
kalpaṃ sthāsyati vā khasthaṃ tripuraṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvam adānavaṃ vā bhavitā nārāyaṇapadatrayam
"Either Tripura, standing in the sky, will remain for a kalpa, everlasting and fixed, or the three stations (of the city) will become void of dānavas — the three steps of Nārāyaṇa.
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MtP 139.13
वयं न धर्मं हास्यामो यस्मिन्योक्ष्यसि नो भवान् अदैवतम् अदैत्यं वा लोकं द्रक्ष्यन्ति मानवाः
vayaṃ na dharmaṃ hāsyāmo yasminyokṣyasi no bhavān adaivatam adaityaṃ vā lokaṃ drakṣyanti mānavāḥ
"We shall not abandon our duty, in whatever (task) you yoke us; men will see the world either without gods or without daityas."
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MtP 139.14
इति संमन्त्र्य हृष्टास्ते पुरान्तर्विबुधारयः प्रदोषे मुदिता भूत्वा चेरुर्मन्मथचारताम्
iti saṃmantrya hṛṣṭāste purāntarvibudhārayaḥ pradoṣe muditā bhūtvā cerurmanmathacāratām
Having taken counsel thus, those foes of the gods within the city, delighted, becoming joyful at nightfall, went about in the service of Love.
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MtP 139.15
मुहुर्मुक्तोदयो भ्रान्त उदयाग्रं महामणिः तमांस्युत्सार्य भगवांश् चन्द्रो जृम्भति सो ऽम्बरम्
muhurmuktodayo bhrānta udayāgraṃ mahāmaṇiḥ tamāṃsyutsārya bhagavāṃś candro jṛmbhati so 'mbaram
Again and again loosing forth his rising, wandering, the great jewel upon the crest of the eastern mountain — having driven off the darkness, the lord moon opens wide that sky.
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MtP 139.16
कुमुदालंकृते हंसो यथा सरसि विस्तृते सिंहो यथा चोपविष्टो वैडूर्यशिखरे महान्
kumudālaṃkṛte haṃso yathā sarasi vistṛte siṃho yathā copaviṣṭo vaiḍūryaśikhare mahān
As a goose on a broad lake adorned with white lotuses, and as a great lion seated on a peak of beryl,
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MtP 139.17
विष्णोर्यथा च विस्तीर्णे हारश्चोरसि संस्थितः तथावगाढे नभसि चन्द्रो ऽत्रिनयनोद्भवः भ्राजते भ्राजयंल् लोकान् सृजञ्ज्योत्स्नारसं बलात्
viṣṇoryathā ca vistīrṇe hāraścorasi saṃsthitaḥ tathāvagāḍhe nabhasi candro 'trinayanodbhavaḥ bhrājate bhrājayaṃl lokān sṛjañjyotsnārasaṃ balāt
and as the necklace rests on Viṣṇu's broad chest, so in the deep sky the moon, born from Atri's eye, shines, making the worlds shine, forcibly pouring out the liquid of moonlight.
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MtP 139.18
शीतांशावुदिते चन्द्रे ज्योत्स्नापूर्णे पुरे ऽसुराः प्रदोषे ललितं चक्रुर् गृहमात्मानमेव च
śītāṃśāvudite candre jyotsnāpūrṇe pure 'surāḥ pradoṣe lalitaṃ cakrur gṛhamātmānameva ca
When the cool-rayed moon had risen and the city was filled with moonlight, at nightfall the asuras made both their houses and themselves lovely.
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MtP 139.19
रथ्यासु राजमार्गेषु प्रासादेषु गृहेषु च दीपाश्चम्पकपुष्पाभा नाल्पस्नेहप्रदीपिताः
rathyāsu rājamārgeṣu prāsādeṣu gṛheṣu ca dīpāścampakapuṣpābhā nālpasnehapradīpitāḥ
In the lanes, on the royal highways, in the palaces and in the houses, there were lamps with the sheen of campaka blossoms, kindled with no scant oil.
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MtP 139.20
तदा मठेषु ते दीपाः स्नेहपूर्णाः प्रदीपिताः गृहाणि वसुमन्त्येषां सर्वरत्नमयानि च ज्वलतो ऽदीपयन्दीपांश् चन्द्रोदय इव ग्रहाः
tadā maṭheṣu te dīpāḥ snehapūrṇāḥ pradīpitāḥ gṛhāṇi vasumantyeṣāṃ sarvaratnamayāni ca jvalato 'dīpayandīpāṃś candrodaya iva grahāḥ
Then in the halls those lamps, filled with oil, were kindled; and the wealthy houses of these (asuras), made all of jewels, blazing, outshone the lamps, as the planets (are outshone) at the moon's rising.
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MtP 139.21
चन्द्रांशुभिर्भासमानम् अन्तर्दीपैः सुदीपितम् उपद्रवैः कुलमिव पीयते त्रिपुरे तमः
candrāṃśubhirbhāsamānam antardīpaiḥ sudīpitam upadravaiḥ kulamiva pīyate tripure tamaḥ
Shining with the moon's rays, well lit by the lamps within — in Tripura the darkness is drunk up, as a family is (consumed) by calamities.
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MtP 139.22
तस्मिन्पुरे वै तरुणप्रदोषे चन्द्राट्टहासे तरुणप्रदोषे रत्यर्थिनो वै दनुजा गृहेषु सहाङ्गनाभिः सुचिरं विरेमुः
tasminpure vai taruṇapradoṣe candrāṭṭahāse taruṇapradoṣe ratyarthino vai danujā gṛheṣu sahāṅganābhiḥ suciraṃ viremuḥ
In that city, at the young nightfall, at the moon's loud laughter, at the young nightfall, the sons of Danu, seeking love in their houses together with their women, rested a long while.
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MtP 139.23
विनोदिता ये तु वृषध्वजस्य पञ्चेषवस्ते मकरध्वजेन तत्रासुरेष्वासुरपुंगवेषु स्वाङ्गाङ्गनाः स्वेदयुता बभूवुः
vinoditā ye tu vṛṣadhvajasya pañceṣavaste makaradhvajena tatrāsureṣvāsurapuṃgaveṣu svāṅgāṅganāḥ svedayutā babhūvuḥ
Those five arrows of the Makara-bannered one (Kāma), which had been driven away by the bull-bannered one (Śiva) — there, among the asuras, among the bulls of asuras, their own limbs and their women became covered with sweat.
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MtP 139.24
कलप्रलापेषु च दानवीनां वीणाप्रलापेषु च मूर्छितेषु मत्तप्रलापेषु च कोकिलानां सचापबाणो मदनो ममन्थ
kalapralāpeṣu ca dānavīnāṃ vīṇāpralāpeṣu ca mūrchiteṣu mattapralāpeṣu ca kokilānāṃ sacāpabāṇo madano mamantha
Amid the soft murmurings of the dānava women, amid the swooning voices of the lutes, and amid the drunken calls of the cuckoos, Kāma with bow and arrow churned (them).
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MtP 139.25
तमांसि नैशानि द्रुतं निहत्य ज्योत्स्नावितानेन जगद्वितत्य खे रोहिणीं तां च प्रियां समेत्य चन्द्रः प्रभाभिः कुरुते ऽधिराज्यम्
tamāṃsi naiśāni drutaṃ nihatya jyotsnāvitānena jagadvitatya khe rohiṇīṃ tāṃ ca priyāṃ sametya candraḥ prabhābhiḥ kurute 'dhirājyam
Having swiftly slain the darknesses of the night, having spread the world over with a canopy of moonlight, and having joined in the sky that beloved Rohiṇī, the moon exercises his sovereignty with his beams.
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MtP 139.26
स्थित्वैव कान्तस्य तु पादमूले काचिद्वरस्त्री स्वकपोलमूले विशेषकं चारुतरं करोति तेनाननं स्वं समलंकरोति
sthitvaiva kāntasya tu pādamūle kācidvarastrī svakapolamūle viśeṣakaṃ cārutaraṃ karoti tenānanaṃ svaṃ samalaṃkaroti
Standing right at the feet of her lover, some fine woman makes a most charming ornamental mark on her own cheek, and with it adorns her face.
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MtP 139.27
दृष्ट्वाननं मण्डलदर्पणस्थं महाप्रभा मे मुखजेति जप्त्वा स्मृत्वा वराङ्गी रमणेरितानि तेनैव भावेन रतीमवाप
dṛṣṭvānanaṃ maṇḍaladarpaṇasthaṃ mahāprabhā me mukhajeti japtvā smṛtvā varāṅgī ramaṇeritāni tenaiva bhāvena ratīmavāpa
Seeing her face in the round mirror, murmuring "a great radiance is born of my face," the fair-limbed one, recalling the words uttered by her lover, attained delight by that feeling alone.
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MtP 139.28
रोमाञ्चितैर्गात्रवरैर्युवभ्यो रतानुरागाद् रमणेन चान्याः स्वयं द्रुतं यान्ति मदाभिभूताः क्षपा यथा चार्कदिनावसाने
romāñcitairgātravarairyuvabhyo ratānurāgād ramaṇena cānyāḥ svayaṃ drutaṃ yānti madābhibhūtāḥ kṣapā yathā cārkadināvasāne
With their fine limbs bristling with horripilation, out of longing for love-making, others go swiftly of their own accord to the young men and to a lover, overcome by passion, as night (comes) at the close of the sun's day.
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MtP 139.29
पेपीयते चातिरसानुविद्धा विमार्गितान्या च प्रियं प्रसन्ना काचित्प्रियस्यातिचिरात्प्रसन्ना आसीत्प्रलापेषु च सम्प्रसन्ना
pepīyate cātirasānuviddhā vimārgitānyā ca priyaṃ prasannā kācitpriyasyāticirātprasannā āsītpralāpeṣu ca samprasannā
And one, pierced through with excessive passion, is drunk again and again; another, sought after, is gracious to her beloved; some woman, grown gracious to her beloved after very long, became wholly content amid his prattlings.
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MtP 139.30
गोशीर्षयुक्तैर्हरिचन्दनैश्च पङ्काङ्किताक्षी च वरासुरीणाम् मनोज्ञरूपा रुचिरा बभूवुः पूर्णामृतस्येव सुवर्णकुम्भाः
gośīrṣayuktairharicandanaiśca paṅkāṅkitākṣī ca varāsurīṇām manojñarūpā rucirā babhūvuḥ pūrṇāmṛtasyeva suvarṇakumbhāḥ
With yellow sandal mixed with gośīrṣa sandal, and their eyes marked with the paste — the charming-formed, lustrous women among the noble asura ladies became like golden jars full of nectar.
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MtP 139.31
क्षताधरोष्ठा द्रुतदोषरक्ता ललन्ति दैत्या दयितासु रक्ताः तन्त्रीप्रलापास्त्रिपुरेषु रक्ताः स्त्रीणां प्रलापेषु पुनर्विरक्ताः
kṣatādharoṣṭhā drutadoṣaraktā lalanti daityā dayitāsu raktāḥ tantrīpralāpāstripureṣu raktāḥ strīṇāṃ pralāpeṣu punarviraktāḥ
With their lower lips bitten, reddened with the swiftly (flowing) taint (of blood), the daityas play, enamoured of their darlings; in Tripura the murmurings of the lute-strings were loved, while the prattlings of the women were, in turn, no longer cared for.
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MtP 139.32
क्वचित्प्रवृत्तं मधुराभिगानं कामस्य बाणैः सुकृतं निधानम् आपानभूमीषु सुखप्रमेयं गेयं प्रवृत्तं त्वथ साधयन्ति
kvacitpravṛttaṃ madhurābhigānaṃ kāmasya bāṇaiḥ sukṛtaṃ nidhānam āpānabhūmīṣu sukhaprameyaṃ geyaṃ pravṛttaṃ tvatha sādhayanti
Somewhere sweet singing had begun — a treasury well made by Kāma's arrows; in the drinking-grounds the song that had begun, easy to gauge in its pleasure, they then bring to completion.
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MtP 139.33
गेयं प्रवृत्तं त्वथ शोधयन्ति केचित्प्रियां तत्र च साधयन्ति केचित्प्रियां सम्प्रति बोधयन्ति संबुध्य संबुध्य च रामयन्ति
geyaṃ pravṛttaṃ tvatha śodhayanti kecitpriyāṃ tatra ca sādhayanti kecitpriyāṃ samprati bodhayanti saṃbudhya saṃbudhya ca rāmayanti
And then they refine the song that has begun; some there win over their beloved; some now awaken their beloved, and, waking her again and again, make love to her.
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MtP 139.34
धूतप्रसूनप्रभवः सुबन्धः सूर्ये गते वै त्रिपुरे बभूव समर्मरो नूपुरमेखलानां शब्दश्च संबाधति कोकिलानाम्
dhūtaprasūnaprabhavaḥ subandhaḥ sūrye gate vai tripure babhūva samarmaro nūpuramekhalānāṃ śabdaśca saṃbādhati kokilānām
When the sun had gone, a fine fragrance arising from the shaken blossoms came to be in Tripura; and the rustling sound of anklets and girdles drowns out the calling of the cuckoos.
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MtP 139.35
प्रियावगूढा दयितोपगूढा काचित्प्ररूढाङ्गरुहापि नारी सुचारुबाष्पाङ्कुरपल्लवानां नवाम्बुसिक्ता इव भूमिरासीत्
priyāvagūḍhā dayitopagūḍhā kācitprarūḍhāṅgaruhāpi nārī sucārubāṣpāṅkurapallavānāṃ navāmbusiktā iva bhūmirāsīt
One woman, clasped by her beloved, embraced by her lover — though the hair on her limbs stood up — was like ground freshly sprinkled with water, with the lovely sprouting shoots of her tears.
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MtP 139.36
शशाङ्कपादैरुपशोभितेषु प्रासादवर्येषु वराङ्गनानाम् माधुर्यभूताभरणा महान्तः स्वना बभूवुर्मदनेषु तुल्याः
śaśāṅkapādairupaśobhiteṣu prāsādavaryeṣu varāṅganānām mādhuryabhūtābharaṇā mahāntaḥ svanā babhūvurmadaneṣu tulyāḥ
In the finest palaces, lit up by the moon's rays, great sounds arose from the lovely women, whose ornaments had turned into sweetness — sounds equal (to each other) in their passions.
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MtP 139.37
पानेन खिन्ना दयितातिवेलं कपोलमाजिघ्रसि किं ममेदम् आरोह मे श्रोणिमिमां विशालां पीनोन्नतां काञ्चनमेखलाढ्याम्
pānena khinnā dayitātivelaṃ kapolamājighrasi kiṃ mamedam āroha me śroṇimimāṃ viśālāṃ pīnonnatāṃ kāñcanamekhalāḍhyām
"Worn out by drinking beyond measure, my dear — why do you keep sniffing this cheek of mine? Climb onto this broad hip of mine, full and high, rich with its golden girdle."
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MtP 139.38
रथ्यासु चन्द्रोदयभासितासु सुरेन्द्रमार्गेषु च विस्तृतेषु दैत्याङ्गना यूथगता विभान्ति तारा यथा चन्द्रमसो दिवान्ते
rathyāsu candrodayabhāsitāsu surendramārgeṣu ca vistṛteṣu daityāṅganā yūthagatā vibhānti tārā yathā candramaso divānte
In the streets lit by the rising moon and on the wide highways of the lord of gods, the Daitya women, moving in troops, shine like the stars of the moon at the day's end.
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MtP 139.39
अट्टाट्टहासेषु च चामरेषु प्रेङ्खासु चान्या मदलोलभावात् संदोलयन्ते कलसम्प्रहासाः प्रोवाच काञ्ची गुणसूक्ष्मनादा
aṭṭāṭṭahāseṣu ca cāmareṣu preṅkhāsu cānyā madalolabhāvāt saṃdolayante kalasamprahāsāḥ provāca kāñcī guṇasūkṣmanādā
And amid loud peals of laughter and among the chowries, others on the swings, from being unsteady with wine, swing themselves to and fro with sweet laughter; and the girdle spoke with the fine sound of its strings.
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MtP 139.40
अम्लानमालान्वितसुन्दरीणां पर्याय एषो ऽस्ति च हर्षितानाम् श्रूयन्ति वाचः कलधौतकल्पा वापीषु चान्ये कलहंसशब्दाः
amlānamālānvitasundarīṇāṃ paryāya eṣo 'sti ca harṣitānām śrūyanti vācaḥ kaladhautakalpā vāpīṣu cānye kalahaṃsaśabdāḥ
For those beauties wearing unfaded garlands, delighted as they are, there is this succession (of pleasures): voices are heard like refined gold, and elsewhere, in the tanks, the cries of the sweet-voiced geese.
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MtP 139.41
काञ्चीकलापश्च सहाङ्गरागः प्रेङ्खासु तद्रागकृताश्च भावाः छिन्दन्ति तासामसुराङ्गनानां प्रियालयान् मन्मथमार्गणानाम्
kāñcīkalāpaśca sahāṅgarāgaḥ preṅkhāsu tadrāgakṛtāśca bhāvāḥ chindanti tāsāmasurāṅganānāṃ priyālayān manmathamārgaṇānām
And the cluster of girdles together with the body-paint, and the moods produced by that passion on the swings — these cut off, for those Asura women, the dear dwelling-places of Manmatha's arrows.
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MtP 139.42
चित्राम्बरश्चोद्धृतकेशपाशः संदोल्यमानः शुशुभे ऽसुरीणाम् सुचारुवेशाभरणैरुपेतस् तारागणैर् ज्योतिरिवास चन्द्रः
citrāmbaraścoddhṛtakeśapāśaḥ saṃdolyamānaḥ śuśubhe 'surīṇām sucāruveśābharaṇairupetas tārāgaṇair jyotirivāsa candraḥ
The bright garment and the piled-up braid of hair, as it was swung to and fro, shone upon the Asura women; furnished with most charming dress and ornaments, (she) was like the moon with its light among the hosts of stars.
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MtP 139.43
संदोलनाद् उच्छ्वसितैश्छिन्नसूत्रैः काञ्चीभ्रष्टैर्मणिभिर्विप्रकीर्णैः दोलाभूमिस्तैर्विचित्रा विभाति चन्द्रस्य पार्श्वोपगतैर् विचित्रा
saṃdolanād ucchvasitaiśchinnasūtraiḥ kāñcībhraṣṭairmaṇibhirviprakīrṇaiḥ dolābhūmistairvicitrā vibhāti candrasya pārśvopagatair vicitrā
With threads snapped from the heaving of the swinging, with gems fallen from girdles and scattered about, the swing-ground shines variegated with them — variegated, like (the sky) with those (stars) that have come to the moon's side.
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MtP 139.44
सचन्द्रिके सोपवने प्रदोषे रुतेषु वृन्देषु च कोकिलानाम् शरव्ययं प्राप्य पुरे ऽसुराणां प्रक्षीणबाणो मदनश्चचार
sacandrike sopavane pradoṣe ruteṣu vṛndeṣu ca kokilānām śaravyayaṃ prāpya pure 'surāṇāṃ prakṣīṇabāṇo madanaścacāra
In the moonlit evening among the pleasure-groves, amid the cries and the flocks of cuckoos, Madana roamed in the city of the Asuras, his arrows spent, having used up his shafts.
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MtP 139.46
चन्द्रो ऽथ कुन्दकुसुमाकरहारवर्णो ज्योत्स्नावितानरहितो ऽभ्रसमानवर्णः विछायतां हि समुपेत्य न भाति तद्वद् भाग्यक्षये धनपतिश्च नरो विवर्णः
candro 'tha kundakusumākarahāravarṇo jyotsnāvitānarahito 'bhrasamānavarṇaḥ vichāyatāṃ hi samupetya na bhāti tadvad bhāgyakṣaye dhanapatiśca naro vivarṇaḥ
Then the moon, coloured like a necklace made of jasmine flowers, robbed of its canopy of moonlight and of a colour like a cloud, having lost its lustre, does not shine; and just so, when his fortune is spent, a lord of wealth too becomes a colourless man.
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MtP 139.47
चन्द्रप्रभामरुणसारथिनाभिभूय संतप्तकाञ्चनरथाङ्गसमानबिम्बः स्थित्वोदयाग्रमुकुटे बहुरेव सूर्यो भात्यम्बरे तिमिरतोयवहां तरिष्यन्
candraprabhāmaruṇasārathinābhibhūya saṃtaptakāñcanarathāṅgasamānabimbaḥ sthitvodayāgramukuṭe bahureva sūryo bhātyambare timiratoyavahāṃ tariṣyan
Overpowering the moon's radiance by means of his ruddy charioteer, his orb like a chariot-wheel of heated gold, standing on the crown of the eastern mountain's peak, the sun shines abundantly in the sky, about to cross the water-stream of darkness.
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