Matsya Purana — Chapter 149

MtP 149.1

सुरासुराणां सम्मर्दस् तस्मिन्नत्यन्तदारुणे तुमुलो ऽतिमहानासीत् सेनयोरुभयोरपि

surāsurāṇāṃ sammardas tasminnatyantadāruṇe tumulo 'timahānāsīt senayorubhayorapi

In that utterly dreadful (battle) the clash of gods and asuras, of both armies alike, was tumultuous and exceedingly great.

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MtP 149.2

गर्जतां देवदैत्यानां शङ्खभेरीरवेण च तूर्याणां चैव निर्घोषैर् मातंगानां च बृंहितैः

garjatāṃ devadaityānāṃ śaṅkhabherīraveṇa ca tūryāṇāṃ caiva nirghoṣair mātaṃgānāṃ ca bṛṃhitaiḥ

With the roaring of gods and daityas, with the sound of conches and kettledrums, with the blare of trumpets and the trumpeting of elephants,

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MtP 149.3

ह्वेषतां हयवृन्दानां रथनेमिस्वनेन च ज्याघोषेण च शूराणां तुमुलो ऽतिमहानभूत्

hveṣatāṃ hayavṛndānāṃ rathanemisvanena ca jyāghoṣeṇa ca śūrāṇāṃ tumulo 'timahānabhūt

with the neighing of troops of horses, with the noise of chariot-rims, and with the twang of the heroes' bowstrings, the tumult became exceedingly great.

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MtP 149.4

समासाद्योभये सेने परस्परजयैषिणाम् रोषेणातिपरीतानां त्यक्तजीवितचेतसाम्

samāsādyobhaye sene parasparajayaiṣiṇām roṣeṇātiparītānāṃ tyaktajīvitacetasām

The two armies, each seeking victory over the other, overwhelmed with fury, their minds having given up (any thought of) life, came together —

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MtP 149.5

समासाद्य तु ते ऽन्योन्यं प्रक्रमेण विलोमतः रथेनासक्तपादातो रथेन च तुरंगमः

samāsādya tu te 'nyonyaṃ prakrameṇa vilomataḥ rathenāsaktapādāto rathena ca turaṃgamaḥ

and having met one another, out of order and in reverse of the (proper) sequence: a foot-soldier engaged with a chariot, and a horse with a chariot,

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MtP 149.6

हस्ती पदातिसंयुक्तो रथिना च क्वचिद्रथी मातंगेनापरो हस्ती तुरंगैर्बहुभिर्गजः

hastī padātisaṃyukto rathinā ca kvacidrathī mātaṃgenāparo hastī turaṃgairbahubhirgajaḥ

An elephant was engaged with a foot-soldier, and in one place a charioteer with a charioteer, another elephant with an elephant, and an elephant with many horses.

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MtP 149.7

पदातिरेको बहुभिर् गजैर्मत्तैश्च युज्यते ततः प्रासाशनिगदाभिन्दिपालपरश्वधैः

padātireko bahubhir gajairmattaiśca yujyate tataḥ prāsāśanigadābhindipālaparaśvadhaiḥ

A single foot-soldier was engaged with many rutting elephants; then with javelins, thunderbolt-weapons, maces, bhindipālas and axes,

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MtP 149.8

शक्तिभिः पट्टिशैः शूलैर् मुद्गरैः कुणपैर्गडैः चक्रैश्च शङ्कुभिश्चैव तोमरैरङ्कुशैः सितैः

śaktibhiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlair mudgaraiḥ kuṇapairgaḍaiḥ cakraiśca śaṅkubhiścaiva tomarairaṅkuśaiḥ sitaiḥ

with spears, paṭṭiśas, pikes, hammers, kuṇapas and gaḍas, and with discs, and with śaṅkus, and with lances and bright goads,

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MtP 149.9

कर्णिनालीकनाराचवत्सदन्तार्धचन्द्रकैः भल्लैश्च शतपत्त्रैश्च शुकतुण्डैश्च निर्मलैः

karṇinālīkanārācavatsadantārdhacandrakaiḥ bhallaiśca śatapattraiśca śukatuṇḍaiśca nirmalaiḥ

with karṇin, nālīka and nārāca arrows, calf-tooth and half-moon (heads), and with bhalla-arrows, hundred-feathered ones, and with spotless parrot-beak (heads) —

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MtP 149.10

वृष्टिरत्यद्भुताकारा गगने समदृश्यत संप्रच्छाद्य दिशः सर्वास् तमोमयमिवाकरोत्

vṛṣṭiratyadbhutākārā gagane samadṛśyata saṃpracchādya diśaḥ sarvās tamomayamivākarot

a downpour of most astonishing form was seen in the sky; covering over all the directions, it made (everything) as though made of darkness.

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MtP 149.11

न प्राज्ञायत ते ऽन्योन्यं तस्मिंस्तमसि संकुले अलक्ष्यं विसृजन्तस्ते हेतिसंघातमुद्धतम्

na prājñāyata te 'nyonyaṃ tasmiṃstamasi saṃkule alakṣyaṃ visṛjantaste hetisaṃghātamuddhatam

They did not recognise one another in that thick darkness, and they hurled the raised mass of weapons at what could not be seen.

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MtP 149.12

पतितं सेनयोर्मध्ये निरीक्षन्ते परस्परम् ततो ध्वजैर्भुजैश्छत्त्रैः शिरोभिश्च सकुण्डलैः

patitaṃ senayormadhye nirīkṣante parasparam tato dhvajairbhujaiśchattraiḥ śirobhiśca sakuṇḍalaiḥ

They watch each other (and what has) fallen in the middle of the two armies; then with banners, arms, parasols, and heads with their earrings,

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MtP 149.13

गजैस्तुरंगैः पादातैः पतद्भिः पतितैरपि आकाशसरसो भ्रष्टैः पङ्कजैरिव भूः स्तृता

gajaisturaṃgaiḥ pādātaiḥ patadbhiḥ patitairapi ākāśasaraso bhraṣṭaiḥ paṅkajairiva bhūḥ stṛtā

with elephants, horses and foot-soldiers, both falling and already fallen, the ground was strewn as if with lotuses dropped from the lake of the sky.

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MtP 149.14

भग्नदन्ता भिन्नकुम्भाश् छिन्नदीर्घमहाकराः गजाः शलनिभाः पेतुर् धरण्यां रुधिरस्रवाः

bhagnadantā bhinnakumbhāś chinnadīrghamahākarāḥ gajāḥ śalanibhāḥ petur dharaṇyāṃ rudhirasravāḥ

With broken tusks, split frontal lobes, their long great trunks cut off, elephants fell to the earth like (splintered) stakes, streaming blood.

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MtP 149.15

भग्नेषादण्डचक्राक्षा रथाश्च शकलीकृताः पेतुः शकलतां यातास् तुरंगाश्च सहस्रशः

bhagneṣādaṇḍacakrākṣā rathāśca śakalīkṛtāḥ petuḥ śakalatāṃ yātās turaṃgāśca sahasraśaḥ

And chariots, their poles, shafts, wheels and axles broken, were reduced to fragments; and horses by the thousands fell, broken to pieces.

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MtP 149.16

ततो ऽसृघ्रददुस्तारा पृथिवी समजायत नद्यश्च रुधिरावर्ता हर्षदाः पिशिताशिनाम् वेतालाक्रीडमभवत् तत्संकुलरणाजिरम्

tato 'sṛghradadustārā pṛthivī samajāyata nadyaśca rudhirāvartā harṣadāḥ piśitāśinām vetālākrīḍamabhavat tatsaṃkularaṇājiram

Then the earth became hard to cross, with pools of blood; and rivers with whirlpools of blood, giving joy to the flesh-eaters. That crowded battle-arena became a playground for vetālas.

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