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Matsya Purana — Chapter 150

MtP 150.1

अथ ग्रसनमालोक्य यमः क्रोधविमूर्छितः ववर्ष शरवर्षेण विशेषेणाग्निवर्चसा

atha grasanamālokya yamaḥ krodhavimūrchitaḥ vavarṣa śaravarṣeṇa viśeṣeṇāgnivarcasā

Then Yama, seeing Grasana, senseless with rage, rained down a rain of arrows, especially (arrows) with the brilliance of fire.

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MtP 150.2

स विद्धो बहुभिर्बाणैर् ग्रसनो ऽतिपराक्रमः कृतप्रतिकृताकाङ्क्षी धनुरानम्य भैरवम्

sa viddho bahubhirbāṇair grasano 'tiparākramaḥ kṛtapratikṛtākāṅkṣī dhanurānamya bhairavam

Pierced by many arrows, Grasana of surpassing valour, seeking to return blow for blow, bent his fearsome bow

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MtP 150.3

शतैः पञ्चभिरत्युग्रैः शराणां यममर्दयत् स विचिन्त्य यमो बाणान् ग्रसनस्यातिपौरुषम्

śataiḥ pañcabhiratyugraiḥ śarāṇāṃ yamamardayat sa vicintya yamo bāṇān grasanasyātipauruṣam

(and) crushed Yama with five hundred exceedingly fierce arrows. Yama, reflecting on those arrows and on Grasana's excessive prowess,

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MtP 150.4

बाणवृष्टिभिरुग्राभिर् यमो ग्रसनमर्दयत् कृतान्तशरवृष्टिं तां वियति प्रतिसर्पिणीम्

bāṇavṛṣṭibhirugrābhir yamo grasanamardayat kṛtāntaśaravṛṣṭiṃ tāṃ viyati pratisarpiṇīm

crushed Grasana with fierce rains of arrows; but that arrow-rain of the Ender, gliding on through the air,

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MtP 150.5

चिछेद शरवर्षेण ग्रसनो दानवेश्वरः विफलां तां समालोक्य यमस्तां शरसंततिम्

cicheda śaravarṣeṇa grasano dānaveśvaraḥ viphalāṃ tāṃ samālokya yamastāṃ śarasaṃtatim

Grasana, the lord of the Dānavas, cut apart with a rain of arrows. Seeing that continuous stream of arrows fruitless, Yama

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MtP 150.6

स विचिन्त्य शरव्रातं ग्रसनस्य रथं प्रति चिक्षेप मुद्गरं घोरं तरसा तस्य चान्तकः

sa vicintya śaravrātaṃ grasanasya rathaṃ prati cikṣepa mudgaraṃ ghoraṃ tarasā tasya cāntakaḥ

— he, the Ender, having considered the mass of arrows, swiftly hurled a terrible hammer at Grasana's chariot.

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MtP 150.7

स तं मुद्गरम् आयान्तम् उत्प्लुत्य गगनस्थितम् जग्राह वामहस्तेन याम्यं दानवनन्दनः

sa taṃ mudgaram āyāntam utplutya gaganasthitam jagrāha vāmahastena yāmyaṃ dānavanandanaḥ

That hammer of Yama's, as it came on, the son of a Dānava, leaping up, seized with his left hand while it stood in the sky.

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MtP 150.8

तमेव मुद्गरं गृह्य यमस्य महिषं रुषा पातयामास वेगेन स पपात महीतले

tameva mudgaraṃ gṛhya yamasya mahiṣaṃ ruṣā pātayāmāsa vegena sa papāta mahītale

Taking that very hammer, in fury he struck down Yama's buffalo with force, and it fell to the surface of the earth.

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MtP 150.9

उत्प्लुत्याथ यमस्तस्मान् महिषान्निष्पतिष्यतः प्रासेन ताडयामास ग्रसनं वदने दृढम्

utplutyātha yamastasmān mahiṣānniṣpatiṣyataḥ prāsena tāḍayāmāsa grasanaṃ vadane dṛḍham

Then Yama, leaping up from that buffalo as it was falling away, struck Grasana hard on the face with a javelin.

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MtP 150.10

स तु प्रासप्रहारेण मूर्छितो न्यपतद्भुवि ग्रसनं पतितं दृष्ट्वा जम्भो भीमपराक्रमः

sa tu prāsaprahāreṇa mūrchito nyapatadbhuvi grasanaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā jambho bhīmaparākramaḥ

But he, from the spear's blow, fell senseless upon the ground; and seeing Grasana fallen, Jambha of fearful might

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MtP 150.11

यमस्य भिन्दिपालेन प्रहारमकरोद्धृदि यमस्तेन प्रहारेण सुस्राव रुधिरं मुखात्

yamasya bhindipālena prahāramakaroddhṛdi yamastena prahāreṇa susrāva rudhiraṃ mukhāt

struck Yama a blow on the chest with a bhindipāla; and from that blow Yama streamed blood from his mouth.

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MtP 150.12

कृतान्तं मर्दितं दृष्ट्वा गदापाणिर्धनाधिपः वृतो यक्षायुतशतैर् जम्भं प्रत्युद्ययौ रुषा

kṛtāntaṃ marditaṃ dṛṣṭvā gadāpāṇirdhanādhipaḥ vṛto yakṣāyutaśatair jambhaṃ pratyudyayau ruṣā

Seeing the Ender crushed, the lord of wealth, mace in hand, surrounded by hundreds of myriads of yakṣas, advanced against Jambha in fury.

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MtP 150.13

जम्भो रुषा तम् आयान्तं दानवानीकसंवृतः उवाच प्राज्ञो वाक्यं तु यथा स्निग्धेन भाषितम्

jambho ruṣā tam āyāntaṃ dānavānīkasaṃvṛtaḥ uvāca prājño vākyaṃ tu yathā snigdhena bhāṣitam

Jambha, encircled by the host of Dānavas, shrewd, spoke a speech to him as he came on in rage — spoken as though affectionately.

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MtP 150.14

ग्रसनो लब्धसंज्ञो ऽथ यमस्य प्राहिणोद्गदाम् मणिहेमपरिष्कारां गुर्वीम् अरिविमर्दिनीम्

grasano labdhasaṃjño 'tha yamasya prāhiṇodgadām maṇihemapariṣkārāṃ gurvīm arivimardinīm

Then Grasana, having regained consciousness, hurled at Yama a mace, ornamented with gems and gold, heavy, a crusher of foes.

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MtP 150.15

तामप्रतर्क्यां सम्प्रेक्ष्य गदां महिषवाहनः गदायाः प्रतिघातार्थं जगद्दलनभैरवम्

tāmapratarkyāṃ samprekṣya gadāṃ mahiṣavāhanaḥ gadāyāḥ pratighātārthaṃ jagaddalanabhairavam

Seeing that mace, beyond reckoning, the rider of the buffalo, in order to ward off the mace, (took up his) rod, terrible in its splitting of the world,

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MtP 150.16

दण्डं मुमोच कोपेन ज्वालामालासमाकुलम् स गदां वियति प्राप्य ररासाम्बुधरो यथा

daṇḍaṃ mumoca kopena jvālāmālāsamākulam sa gadāṃ viyati prāpya rarāsāmbudharo yathā

and in anger released it, thronged with wreaths of flame; reaching the mace in mid-air, it roared like a raincloud.

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MtP 150.17

संघट्टमभवत्ताभ्यां शैलाभ्यामिव दुःसहम् ताभ्यां निष्पेषनिर्ह्रादजडीकृतदिगन्तरम्

saṃghaṭṭamabhavattābhyāṃ śailābhyāmiva duḥsaham tābhyāṃ niṣpeṣanirhrādajaḍīkṛtadigantaram

There came a collision of the two, unendurable as of two mountains; by those two the ends of the quarters were stupefied with the din of the crushing.

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MtP 150.18

जगद् व्याकुलतां यातं प्रलयागमशङ्कया क्षणात्प्रशान्तनिर्ह्रादं ज्वलदुल्कासमाचितम्

jagad vyākulatāṃ yātaṃ pralayāgamaśaṅkayā kṣaṇātpraśāntanirhrādaṃ jvaladulkāsamācitam

The world fell into confusion, in fear that the dissolution had come; in an instant the din grew still, and (the sky) was covered with blazing meteors.

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MtP 150.19

निष्पेषणे तयोर्भीमम् अभूद्गगनगोचरम् निहत्याथ गदां दण्डस् ततो ग्रसनमूर्धनि

niṣpeṣaṇe tayorbhīmam abhūdgaganagocaram nihatyātha gadāṃ daṇḍas tato grasanamūrdhani

In the crushing of those two something dreadful appeared, visible in the sky; then the rod, having struck down the mace, upon Grasana's head

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MtP 150.20

हृत्वा श्रियमिवानर्थो दुर्वृत्तस्यापतद्दृढः स तु तेन प्रहारेण दृष्ट्वा सतिमिरा दिशः

hṛtvā śriyamivānartho durvṛttasyāpataddṛḍhaḥ sa tu tena prahāreṇa dṛṣṭvā satimirā diśaḥ

fell hard, like ruin that has carried off the fortune of a man of evil conduct; and he, from that blow, seeing the quarters full of darkness,

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MtP 150.21

पपात भूमौ निःसंज्ञो भूमिरेणुविभूषितः ततो हाहारवो घोरः सेनयोरुभयोरभूत्

papāta bhūmau niḥsaṃjño bhūmireṇuvibhūṣitaḥ tato hāhāravo ghoraḥ senayorubhayorabhūt

fell to the ground unconscious, decked with the dust of the earth; then there arose a terrible cry of "Alas! Alas!" in both armies.

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MtP 150.22

ततो मुहूर्तमात्रेण ग्रसनः प्राप्य चेतनाम् अपश्यत्स्वां तनुं ध्वस्तां विलोलाभरणाम्बराम्

tato muhūrtamātreṇa grasanaḥ prāpya cetanām apaśyatsvāṃ tanuṃ dhvastāṃ vilolābharaṇāmbarām

Then in a mere moment Grasana, regaining awareness, saw his own body battered, its ornaments and garments disordered.

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MtP 150.23

स चापि चिन्तयामास कृते प्रतिकृतिक्रियाम् मद्विधे वस्तुनि पुंसि प्रभोः परिभवोदयात्

sa cāpi cintayāmāsa kṛte pratikṛtikriyām madvidhe vastuni puṃsi prabhoḥ paribhavodayāt

And he reflected: "Retaliation must be made for what has been done, since for a man of substance such as me there arises the humiliation of a master."

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MtP 150.24

मय्याश्रितानि सैन्यानि जिते मयि विनाशिता असंभावित एवास्तु जनः स्वच्छन्दचेष्टितः

mayyāśritāni sainyāni jite mayi vināśitā asaṃbhāvita evāstu janaḥ svacchandaceṣṭitaḥ

"The armies rest upon me; if I am defeated they are destroyed. Let a man who acts as he pleases be simply held in no esteem,

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MtP 150.25

न तु व्यर्थशतोद्घुष्टसंभावितधनो नरः एवं संचिन्त्य वेगेन समुत्तस्थौ महाबलः

na tu vyarthaśatodghuṣṭasaṃbhāvitadhano naraḥ evaṃ saṃcintya vegena samuttasthau mahābalaḥ

but not a man whose store of esteem has been proclaimed by a hundred vain (boasts)." Thinking thus, the mighty one rose up in haste.

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MtP 150.26

मुद्गरं कालदण्डाभं गृहीत्वा गिरिसंनिभः ग्रसनो घोरसंकल्पः संदष्टौष्ठपुटच्छदः

mudgaraṃ kāladaṇḍābhaṃ gṛhītvā girisaṃnibhaḥ grasano ghorasaṃkalpaḥ saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭacchadaḥ

Taking up a mallet like the rod of Time, Grasana, resembling a mountain, of dreadful resolve, biting the covering of his lips,

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MtP 150.27

रथेन त्वरितो गच्छन् नाससादान्तकं रणे समासाद्य यमं युद्धे ग्रसनो भ्राम्य मुद्गरम्

rathena tvarito gacchan nāsasādāntakaṃ raṇe samāsādya yamaṃ yuddhe grasano bhrāmya mudgaram

going swiftly by chariot, drew near to the Ender in the battle; having reached Yama in the fight, Grasana whirled the mallet

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MtP 150.28

वेगेन महता रौद्रं चिक्षेप यममूर्धनि विलोक्य मुद्गरं दीप्तं यमः संभ्रान्तलोचनः

vegena mahatā raudraṃ cikṣepa yamamūrdhani vilokya mudgaraṃ dīptaṃ yamaḥ saṃbhrāntalocanaḥ

and with great force flung that dreadful thing at Yama's head; seeing the blazing mallet, Yama, his eyes wide with alarm,

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MtP 150.29

वञ्चयामास दुर्धर्षं मुद्गरं स महाबलः तस्मिन्नपसृते दूरं चण्डानां भीमकर्मणाम्

vañcayāmāsa durdharṣaṃ mudgaraṃ sa mahābalaḥ tasminnapasṛte dūraṃ caṇḍānāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām

that mighty one eluded the mallet hard to withstand; and when it had passed far aside, of the fierce ones of terrible deeds

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MtP 150.30

याम्यानां किंकराणां तु सहस्रं निष्पिपेष ह ततस्तां निहतां दृष्ट्वा घोरां किंकरवाहिनीम्

yāmyānāṃ kiṃkarāṇāṃ tu sahasraṃ niṣpipeṣa ha tatastāṃ nihatāṃ dṛṣṭvā ghorāṃ kiṃkaravāhinīm

But he crushed a thousand of Yama's servants. Then, seeing that dreadful army of servants slain,

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MtP 150.31

अगमत्परमं क्षोभं नानाप्रहरणोद्यतः ग्रसनस्तु समालोक्य तां किंकरमयीं चमूम्

agamatparamaṃ kṣobhaṃ nānāpraharaṇodyataḥ grasanastu samālokya tāṃ kiṃkaramayīṃ camūm

(Yama), raising up his various weapons, fell into the utmost agitation. But Grasana, looking upon that host made up of servants,

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MtP 150.32

मेने यमसहस्राणि सृष्टानि यममायया निग्राह्य ग्रसनः सेनां विसृजन्नस्त्रवृष्टयः

mene yamasahasrāṇi sṛṣṭāni yamamāyayā nigrāhya grasanaḥ senāṃ visṛjannastravṛṣṭayaḥ

Grasana thought (them) thousands of Yamas created by Yama's magic, and (thought) the army must be subdued, releasing showers of missiles.

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MtP 150.33

कल्पान्तघोरसंकाशो बभूव क्रोधमूर्छितः कांश्चिद्बिभेद शूलेन कांश्चिद्बाणैरजिह्मगैः

kalpāntaghorasaṃkāśo babhūva krodhamūrchitaḥ kāṃścidbibheda śūlena kāṃścidbāṇairajihmagaiḥ

He became like the terror of the end of an aeon, stupefied with rage; some he split with his spear, some with arrows that flew straight.

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MtP 150.34

कांश्चित् पिपेष गदया कांश्च मुद्गरवृष्टिभिः केचित्प्रासप्रहारैश्च दारुणैस्ताडितास्तदा

kāṃścit pipeṣa gadayā kāṃśca mudgaravṛṣṭibhiḥ kecitprāsaprahāraiśca dāruṇaistāḍitāstadā

Some he crushed with his mace, and some with showers of hammers; and some were then struck with cruel blows of the javelin.

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MtP 150.35

अपरे बहुशस्तस्य ललम्बुर्बाहुमण्डले शिलाभिरपरे जघ्नुर् द्रुमैरन्यैर्महोच्छ्रयैः

apare bahuśastasya lalamburbāhumaṇḍale śilābhirapare jaghnur drumairanyairmahocchrayaiḥ

Others hung on in numbers upon the circle of his arms; others struck (him) with rocks, others with very tall trees.

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MtP 150.36

तस्यापरे तु गात्रेषु दशनैरप्यदंशयन् अपरे मुष्टिभिः पृष्ठं किंकराः प्रहरन्ति च

tasyāpare tu gātreṣu daśanairapyadaṃśayan apare muṣṭibhiḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ kiṃkarāḥ praharanti ca

But others bit at his limbs with their teeth, and other servants beat his back with their fists.

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MtP 150.37

अभिद्रुतस्तथा घोरैर् ग्रसनः क्रोधमूर्छितः उत्सृज्य गात्रं भूपृष्ठे निष्पिपेष सहस्रशः

abhidrutastathā ghorair grasanaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ utsṛjya gātraṃ bhūpṛṣṭhe niṣpipeṣa sahasraśaḥ

Thus assailed by the dreadful ones, Grasana, stupefied with rage, tearing (them) from his body, ground them by the thousand onto the surface of the earth.

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MtP 150.38

कांश्चिदुत्थाय मुष्टिभिर् जघ्ने किंकरसंश्रयान् स तु किंकरयुद्धेन ग्रसनः श्रममाप्तवान्

kāṃścidutthāya muṣṭibhir jaghne kiṃkarasaṃśrayān sa tu kiṃkarayuddhena grasanaḥ śramamāptavān

Rising up, he struck with his fists some of those who clung to him among the servants; but Grasana grew weary from the battle with the servants.

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MtP 150.39

तमालोक्य यमः श्रान्तं निहतां च स्ववाहिनीम् आजगाम समुद्यम्य दण्डं महिषवाहनः

tamālokya yamaḥ śrāntaṃ nihatāṃ ca svavāhinīm ājagāma samudyamya daṇḍaṃ mahiṣavāhanaḥ

Seeing him weary and his own army slain, Yama, whose vehicle is the buffalo, came on, raising up his rod.

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MtP 150.40

ग्रसनस्तु समायान्तम् आजघ्ने गदयोरसि अचिन्तयित्वा तत्कर्म ग्रसनस्यान्तको ऽरिहा

grasanastu samāyāntam ājaghne gadayorasi acintayitvā tatkarma grasanasyāntako 'rihā

But Grasana struck him with his mace on the chest as he approached; and the Ender, the slayer of foes, paying no heed to that deed of Grasana,

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MtP 150.41

जघ्ने रथस्य मूर्धन्यान् व्याघ्रान्दण्डेन कोपनः स रथो दण्डमथितैर् व्याघ्रैरर्धैर् विकृष्यते

jaghne rathasya mūrdhanyān vyāghrāndaṇḍena kopanaḥ sa ratho daṇḍamathitair vyāghrairardhair vikṛṣyate

in his fury struck with his rod the tigers at the head of the chariot; and that chariot was dragged along by the tigers, half-crushed by the rod,

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MtP 150.42

संशयः पुरुषस्येव चित्तं दैत्यस्य तद्रथम् समुत्सृज्य रथं दैत्यः पदातिर्धरणीं गतः

saṃśayaḥ puruṣasyeva cittaṃ daityasya tadratham samutsṛjya rathaṃ daityaḥ padātirdharaṇīṃ gataḥ

like a man's mind (dragged) by doubt — that chariot of the demon. Abandoning the chariot, the demon went to the ground on foot.

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MtP 150.43

यमं भुजाभ्यामादाय योधयामास दानवः यमो ऽपि शस्त्राण्युत्सृज्य बाहुयुद्धेष्ववर्तत

yamaṃ bhujābhyāmādāya yodhayāmāsa dānavaḥ yamo 'pi śastrāṇyutsṛjya bāhuyuddheṣvavartata

Seizing Yama with both arms, the demon fought him; and Yama too, casting away his weapons, engaged in arm-to-arm combat.

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MtP 150.44

ग्रसनः कटिवस्त्रैस्तु यमं गुह्य बलोद्धतः भ्रामयामास वेगेन प्रचित्तमिव सम्भ्रमः

grasanaḥ kaṭivastraistu yamaṃ guhya baloddhataḥ bhrāmayāmāsa vegena pracittamiva sambhramaḥ

Grasana, swollen with strength, grasping Yama by the cloth at his waist, whirled him about with speed, as confusion (whirls) a distracted mind.

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MtP 150.45

यमो ऽपि कण्ठे ऽवष्टभ्य दैत्यं बाहुयुगेन तु वेगेन भ्रामयामास समुत्कृष्य महीतलात्

yamo 'pi kaṇṭhe 'vaṣṭabhya daityaṃ bāhuyugena tu vegena bhrāmayāmāsa samutkṛṣya mahītalāt

Yama too, gripping the demon at the throat with both arms, tore him up from the surface of the earth and whirled him about with speed.

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MtP 150.46

ततो मुष्टिभिरन्योन्यं निर्दयौ तौ निजघ्नतुः दैत्येन्द्रस्यातिकायत्वात् ततः श्रान्तभुजो यमः

tato muṣṭibhiranyonyaṃ nirdayau tau nijaghnatuḥ daityendrasyātikāyatvāt tataḥ śrāntabhujo yamaḥ

Then those two pitiless ones struck each other with their fists; and then, because of the demon-lord's enormous size, Yama's arms grew weary.

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MtP 150.47

स्कन्धे निधाय दैत्यस्य मुखं विश्रान्तिमैच्छत तमालक्ष्य ततो दैत्यः श्रान्तमन्तकमोजसा

skandhe nidhāya daityasya mukhaṃ viśrāntimaicchata tamālakṣya tato daityaḥ śrāntamantakamojasā

Setting his face on the demon's shoulder, he wished for rest; then the demon, marking the Ender wearied, with his strength

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MtP 150.48

निष्पिपेष महीपृष्ठे बहुशः पार्ष्णिपाणिभिः यावद्यमस्य वदनात् सुस्राव रुधिरं बहु

niṣpipeṣa mahīpṛṣṭhe bahuśaḥ pārṣṇipāṇibhiḥ yāvadyamasya vadanāt susrāva rudhiraṃ bahu

ground him again and again on the surface of the earth with heels and hands, until much blood flowed from Yama's mouth.

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MtP 150.49

निर्जीवितं यमं दृष्ट्वा ततः संत्यज्य दानवः जयं प्राप्योद्धतं दैत्यो नादं मुक्त्वा महास्वनः

nirjīvitaṃ yamaṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ saṃtyajya dānavaḥ jayaṃ prāpyoddhataṃ daityo nādaṃ muktvā mahāsvanaḥ

Seeing Yama lifeless, the Dānava then let go of him; and the demon, having won an arrogant victory, uttered a loud-sounding roar.

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MtP 150.50

स्वयं सैन्यं समासाद्य तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः धनाधिपस्य जम्भेन सायकैर्मर्मभेदिभिः

svayaṃ sainyaṃ samāsādya tasthau giririvācalaḥ dhanādhipasya jambhena sāyakairmarmabhedibhiḥ

Having himself reached the army, he stood unmoving like a mountain. By Jambha, with arrows that pierce the vital parts,

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MtP 150.51

दिशो ऽवरुद्धाः क्रुद्धेन सैन्यं चास्य निकृन्तितम् ततः क्रोधपरीतस्तु धनेशो जम्भदानवम्

diśo 'varuddhāḥ kruddhena sainyaṃ cāsya nikṛntitam tataḥ krodhaparītastu dhaneśo jambhadānavam

the quarters were blocked by the enraged (demon), and this (Kubera's) army was cut down. Then the lord of wealth, seized with anger, (pierced) the Dānava Jambha

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MtP 150.52

हृदि विव्याध बाणानां सहस्रेणाग्निवर्चसाम् सारथिं च शतेनाजौ ध्वजं दशभिरेव च

hṛdi vivyādha bāṇānāṃ sahasreṇāgnivarcasām sārathiṃ ca śatenājau dhvajaṃ daśabhireva ca

in the heart with a thousand arrows having the brilliance of fire, and in the battle his charioteer with a hundred, and his banner with ten,

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MtP 150.53

हस्तौ च पञ्चसप्तत्या मार्गणैर्दशभिर्धनुः मार्गणैर् बर्हिपत्त्राङ्गैस् तैलधौतैरजिह्मगैः

hastau ca pañcasaptatyā mārgaṇairdaśabhirdhanuḥ mārgaṇair barhipattrāṅgais tailadhautairajihmagaiḥ

and his two hands with seventy-five shafts, and his bow with ten shafts feathered with peacock plumes, washed with oil, flying straight,

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MtP 150.54

सिंहमेकेन तं तीक्ष्णैर् विव्याध दशभिः शरैः जम्भस्तु कर्म तद्दृष्ट्वा धनेशस्यातिदुष्करम्

siṃhamekena taṃ tīkṣṇair vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ jambhastu karma taddṛṣṭvā dhaneśasyātiduṣkaram

and his lion with one; (thus) he pierced him with ten sharp arrows. But Jambha, seeing that exceedingly difficult feat of the lord of wealth,

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MtP 150.55

हृदि धैर्यं समालम्ब्य किंचित्संत्रस्तमानसः जग्राह निशितान्बाणाञ् छत्रुमर्मविभेदिनः

hṛdi dhairyaṃ samālambya kiṃcitsaṃtrastamānasaḥ jagrāha niśitānbāṇāñ chatrumarmavibhedinaḥ

summoning firmness in his heart, his mind somewhat frightened, took up whetted arrows that cleave the vital parts of foes.

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MtP 150.56

आकर्णाकृष्टचापस्तु जम्भः क्रोधपरिप्लुतः विव्याध धनदं तीक्ष्णैः शरैर्वक्षसि दानवः

ākarṇākṛṣṭacāpastu jambhaḥ krodhapariplutaḥ vivyādha dhanadaṃ tīkṣṇaiḥ śarairvakṣasi dānavaḥ

With his bow drawn back to the ear, Jambha the Dānava, flooded with anger, pierced the giver of wealth in the chest with sharp arrows,

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MtP 150.57

सारथिं चास्य बाणेन दृढेनाभ्यहनद्धृदि चिछेद ज्यामथैकेन तैलधौतेन दानवः

sārathiṃ cāsya bāṇena dṛḍhenābhyahanaddhṛdi cicheda jyāmathaikena tailadhautena dānavaḥ

and he struck his charioteer in the heart with a stout arrow; and then with a single oil-washed (arrow) the Dānava cut his bowstring.

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MtP 150.58

ततस्तु निशितैर्बाणैर् दारुणैर् मर्मभेदिभिः विव्याधोरसि वित्तेशं दशभिः क्रूरकर्मकृत्

tatastu niśitairbāṇair dāruṇair marmabhedibhiḥ vivyādhorasi vitteśaṃ daśabhiḥ krūrakarmakṛt

Then that doer of cruel deeds pierced the lord of riches in the chest with ten whetted, terrible arrows that split the vital parts.

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MtP 150.59

मोहं परमतो गच्छन् दृढविद्धो हि वित्तपः स क्षणाद्धैर्यमालम्ब्य धनुराकृष्य भैरवम्

mohaṃ paramato gacchan dṛḍhaviddho hi vittapaḥ sa kṣaṇāddhairyamālambya dhanurākṛṣya bhairavam

Deeply wounded, the guardian of wealth thereupon fell into a swoon; but in a moment, taking hold of his firmness and drawing his fearsome bow,

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MtP 150.60

किरन्बाणसहस्राणि निशितानि धनाधिपः दिशः खं विदिशो भूमीर् अनीकान्यसुरस्य च

kiranbāṇasahasrāṇi niśitāni dhanādhipaḥ diśaḥ khaṃ vidiśo bhūmīr anīkānyasurasya ca

the lord of wealth, scattering thousands of whetted arrows, the quarters, the sky, the intermediate quarters, the earth, and the ranks of the Asura

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MtP 150.61

पूरयामास वेगेन संछाद्य रविमण्डलम् जम्भो ऽपि परमेकैकं शरैर्बहुभिराहवे

pūrayāmāsa vegena saṃchādya ravimaṇḍalam jambho 'pi paramekaikaṃ śarairbahubhirāhave

he filled swiftly, covering over the disc of the sun. And Jambha too, in the battle, with many arrows, each single one (of them)—

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MtP 150.62

चिछेद लघुसंधानो धनेशस्यातिपौरुषात् ततो धनेशः संक्रुद्धो दानवेन्द्रस्य कर्मणा

cicheda laghusaṃdhāno dhaneśasyātipauruṣāt tato dhaneśaḥ saṃkruddho dānavendrasya karmaṇā

quick at fitting (arrows to the bow), he cut them down through his surpassing manliness against the lord of wealth. Then the lord of wealth, greatly enraged at the deed of the chief of the Dānavas,

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MtP 150.63

व्यधमत्तस्य सैन्यानि नानासायकवृष्टिभिः तद्दृष्ट्वा दुष्कृतं कर्म धनाध्यक्षस्य दानवः

vyadhamattasya sainyāni nānāsāyakavṛṣṭibhiḥ taddṛṣṭvā duṣkṛtaṃ karma dhanādhyakṣasya dānavaḥ

blasted his armies with showers of various arrows. Seeing that evil deed of the overseer of wealth, the Dānava,

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MtP 150.64

गृहीत्वा मुद्गरं भीमम् आयसं हेमभूषितम् धनदानुचरान्यक्षान् निष्पिपेष सहस्रशः

gṛhītvā mudgaraṃ bhīmam āyasaṃ hemabhūṣitam dhanadānucarānyakṣān niṣpipeṣa sahasraśaḥ

taking up a terrible iron mace adorned with gold, crushed the Yakṣas, the followers of the giver of wealth, by the thousand.

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MtP 150.65

ते वध्यमाना दैत्येन मुञ्चन्तो भैरवान्रवान् रथं धनपतेः सर्वे परिवार्य व्यवस्थिताः

te vadhyamānā daityena muñcanto bhairavānravān rathaṃ dhanapateḥ sarve parivārya vyavasthitāḥ

Being slain by the Daitya, uttering fearful cries, they all took their stand surrounding the chariot of the lord of wealth.

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MtP 150.66

दृष्ट्वा तानर्दितान्देवः शूलं जग्राह दारुणम् तेन दैत्यसहस्राणि सूदयामास सत्वरः

dṛṣṭvā tānarditāndevaḥ śūlaṃ jagrāha dāruṇam tena daityasahasrāṇi sūdayāmāsa satvaraḥ

Seeing them tormented, the god took up a dreadful spear; with it he swiftly destroyed thousands of Daityas.

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MtP 150.67

क्षीयमाणेषु दैत्येषु दानवः क्रोधमूर्छितः जग्राह परशुं दैत्यो मर्दनं दैत्यविद्विषाम्

kṣīyamāṇeṣu daityeṣu dānavaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ jagrāha paraśuṃ daityo mardanaṃ daityavidviṣām

As the Daityas were being destroyed, the Dānava, stupefied with rage, that Daitya took up an axe, the crusher of the enemies of the Daityas.

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MtP 150.68

स तेन शितधारेण धनभर्तुर् महारथम् चिछेद शतशो दैत्यो ह्य् आखुः स्निग्धमिवाम्बरम्

sa tena śitadhāreṇa dhanabhartur mahāratham cicheda śataśo daityo hy ākhuḥ snigdhamivāmbaram

With that sharp-edged (axe) the Daitya cut the great chariot of the master of wealth into hundreds (of pieces), as a mouse (cuts) a smooth garment.

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MtP 150.69

पदातिरथ वित्तेशो गदामादाय भैरवीम् महाहवविमर्देषु दृप्तशत्रुविनाशिनीम्

padātiratha vitteśo gadāmādāya bhairavīm mahāhavavimardeṣu dṛptaśatruvināśinīm

Then the lord of riches, on foot, taking up his fearsome mace, which in the crushing of great battles destroys arrogant foes,

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MtP 150.70

अधृष्यां सर्वभूतानां बहुवर्षगणार्चिताम् नानाचन्दनदिग्धाङ्गां दिव्यपुष्पविवासिताम्

adhṛṣyāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ bahuvarṣagaṇārcitām nānācandanadigdhāṅgāṃ divyapuṣpavivāsitām

(a mace) unassailable by all beings, honoured for many groups of years, its body smeared with various sandal-pastes, perfumed with divine flowers,

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MtP 150.71

निर्मलायोमयीं गुर्वीम् अमोघां हेमभूषणाम् चिक्षेप मूर्ध्नि संक्रुद्धो जम्भस्य तु धनाधिपः

nirmalāyomayīṃ gurvīm amoghāṃ hemabhūṣaṇām cikṣepa mūrdhni saṃkruddho jambhasya tu dhanādhipaḥ

made of unblemished iron, heavy, unfailing, adorned with gold — the lord of wealth, greatly enraged, hurled (it) at Jambha's head.

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MtP 150.72

आयान्तीं तां समालोक्य तडित्संघातमण्डिताम् दैत्यो गदाभिघातार्थं शस्त्रवृष्टिं मुमोच ह

āyāntīṃ tāṃ samālokya taḍitsaṃghātamaṇḍitām daityo gadābhighātārthaṃ śastravṛṣṭiṃ mumoca ha

Seeing it coming, garlanded with a mass of lightning-flashes, the Daitya released a rain of weapons to ward off the blow of the mace.

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MtP 150.73

चक्राणि कुणपान्प्रासान् भुशुण्डीः पट्टिशानपि हेमकेयूरनद्धाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां चण्डविक्रमः

cakrāṇi kuṇapānprāsān bhuśuṇḍīḥ paṭṭiśānapi hemakeyūranaddhābhyāṃ bāhubhyāṃ caṇḍavikramaḥ

(He of) fierce valour (hurled) discs, kuṇapas, javelins, bhuśuṇḍīs, and paṭṭiśas too, with both arms bound with golden armlets.

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MtP 150.74

व्यर्थीकृत्य तु तान्सर्वान् आयुधान्दैत्यवक्षसि प्रस्फुरन्ती पपातोग्रा महोल्केवाद्रिकन्दरे

vyarthīkṛtya tu tānsarvān āyudhāndaityavakṣasi prasphurantī papātogrā maholkevādrikandare

But having made all those weapons useless, the terrible (mace) fell flashing upon the Daitya's chest, like a great meteor into a mountain cleft.

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MtP 150.75

स तयाभिहतो गाढं पपात रथकूबरे स्रोतोभिश्चास्य रुधिरं सुस्राव गतचेतसः

sa tayābhihato gāḍhaṃ papāta rathakūbare srotobhiścāsya rudhiraṃ susrāva gatacetasaḥ

Struck hard by it, he fell upon the shaft-pole of the chariot, and the blood of him, his consciousness gone, flowed forth in streams.

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MtP 150.76

जम्भं तु निहतं मत्वा कुजम्भो भैरवस्वनः धनाधिपस्य संक्रुद्धो वाक्येनातीव कोपितः

jambhaṃ tu nihataṃ matvā kujambho bhairavasvanaḥ dhanādhipasya saṃkruddho vākyenātīva kopitaḥ

But thinking Jambha slain, Kujambha of fearful roar, enraged, and excessively provoked by the words of the lord of wealth,

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MtP 150.77

चक्रे बाणमयं जालं दिक्षु यक्षाधिपस्य तु चिछेद बाणजालं तद् अर्धचन्द्रैः शितैस्ततः

cakre bāṇamayaṃ jālaṃ dikṣu yakṣādhipasya tu cicheda bāṇajālaṃ tad ardhacandraiḥ śitaistataḥ

made a net of arrows in (all) the directions around the lord of the Yakṣas; then he (the Yakṣa lord) cut that net of arrows with sharp half-moon (arrows).

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MtP 150.78

मुमोच शरवृष्टिं तु तस्मै यक्षाधिपो बली स तं दैत्यः शरव्रातं चिछेद निशितैः शरैः

mumoca śaravṛṣṭiṃ tu tasmai yakṣādhipo balī sa taṃ daityaḥ śaravrātaṃ cicheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

And the mighty lord of the Yakṣas released a rain of arrows at him; that Daitya cut apart that mass of arrows with whetted shafts.

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MtP 150.79

व्यर्थीकृतां तु तां दृष्ट्वा शरवृष्टिं धनाधिपः शक्तिं जग्राह दुर्धर्षां हेमघण्टाट्टहासिनीम्

vyarthīkṛtāṃ tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā śaravṛṣṭiṃ dhanādhipaḥ śaktiṃ jagrāha durdharṣāṃ hemaghaṇṭāṭṭahāsinīm

But seeing that rain of arrows made useless, the lord of wealth took up a spear, hard to withstand, laughing with its golden bells.

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MtP 150.80

बाहुना रत्नकेयूरकान्तिसंतानहासिना स तां निरूप्य वेगेन कुजम्भाय मुमोच ह

bāhunā ratnakeyūrakāntisaṃtānahāsinā sa tāṃ nirūpya vegena kujambhāya mumoca ha

With his arm, laughing with a continuous radiance of jewelled armlets, he aimed it and hurled it swiftly at Kujambha.

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MtP 150.81

सा कुजम्भस्य हृदयं दारयामास दारुणम् वित्तेहा स्वल्पसत्त्वस्य पुरुषस्येव भाविता

sā kujambhasya hṛdayaṃ dārayāmāsa dāruṇam vittehā svalpasattvasya puruṣasyeva bhāvitā

It cruelly tore open Kujambha's heart, as the craving for wealth, once conceived, (tears) that of a man of little strength.

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MtP 150.82

अथास्य हृदयं भित्त्वा जगाम धरणीतलम् ततो मुहूर्तादस्वस्थो दानवो दारुणाकृतिः

athāsya hṛdayaṃ bhittvā jagāma dharaṇītalam tato muhūrtādasvastho dānavo dāruṇākṛtiḥ

Then, having split his heart, it went into the surface of the earth; thereupon, after a moment, the Dānava of dreadful form, (though) unwell,

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MtP 150.83

जग्राह पट्टिशं दैत्यः प्रांशुं शितशिलामुखम् स तेन पट्टिशेनाजौ धनदस्य स्तनान्तरम्

jagrāha paṭṭiśaṃ daityaḥ prāṃśuṃ śitaśilāmukham sa tena paṭṭiśenājau dhanadasya stanāntaram

the Daitya seized a paṭṭiśa, tall, with a blade whetted on stone; with that paṭṭiśa in the battle (he pierced) the middle of the chest of the giver of wealth,

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MtP 150.84

वाक्येन तीक्ष्णरूपेण मर्मान्तरविसर्पिणा निर्बिभेदाभिजातस्य हृदयं दुर्जनो यथा

vākyena tīkṣṇarūpeṇa marmāntaravisarpiṇā nirbibhedābhijātasya hṛdayaṃ durjano yathā

as a wicked man pierces the heart of a well-born man with a speech of sharp form that creeps into the vital points.

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MtP 150.85

तेन पट्टिशघातेन धनेशः परिमूर्छितः निपपात रथोपस्थे जर्जरो धूर्वहो यथा

tena paṭṭiśaghātena dhaneśaḥ parimūrchitaḥ nipapāta rathopasthe jarjaro dhūrvaho yathā

By that blow of the paṭṭiśa the lord of wealth was made to swoon, and fell on the floor of his chariot like a worn-out draught-ox.

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MtP 150.86

तथागतं तु तं दृष्ट्वा धनेशं नरवाहनम् खड्गास्त्रो निरृतिर्देवो निशाचरबलानुगः

tathāgataṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā dhaneśaṃ naravāhanam khaḍgāstro nirṛtirdevo niśācarabalānugaḥ

But seeing the lord of wealth, whose vehicle is men, come to such a state, the god Nirṛti, armed with a sword, followed by an army of night-roamers,

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MtP 150.87

अभिदुद्राव वेगेन कुजम्भं भीमविक्रमम् अथ दृष्ट्वा तु दुर्धर्षं कुजम्भो राक्षसेश्वरम्

abhidudrāva vegena kujambhaṃ bhīmavikramam atha dṛṣṭvā tu durdharṣaṃ kujambho rākṣaseśvaram

rushed swiftly upon Kujambha of terrible valour; then Kujambha, seeing the unassailable lord of the Rākṣasas,

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MtP 150.88

चोदयामास सैन्यानि राक्षसेन्द्रवधं प्रति स दृष्ट्वा चोदितां सेनां भल्लनानास्त्रभीषणाम्

codayāmāsa sainyāni rākṣasendravadhaṃ prati sa dṛṣṭvā coditāṃ senāṃ bhallanānāstrabhīṣaṇām

urged on his troops toward the killing of the Rākṣasa lord; he, seeing that army so urged on, terrifying with spears and many weapons,

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MtP 150.89

रथादाप्लुत्य वेगेन भूषणद्युतिभास्वरः खड्गेन कमलानीव विकोशेनाम्बरत्विषा

rathādāplutya vegena bhūṣaṇadyutibhāsvaraḥ khaḍgena kamalānīva vikośenāmbaratviṣā

leaping swiftly down from his chariot, radiant with the gleam of his ornaments, with his unsheathed sword of sky-like sheen, as though (cutting) lotuses,

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MtP 150.90

चिछेद रिपुवक्त्राणि विचित्राणि समन्ततः तिर्यक्पृष्ठमधश्चोर्ध्वं दीर्घबाहुर्महासिना

cicheda ripuvaktrāṇi vicitrāṇi samantataḥ tiryakpṛṣṭhamadhaścordhvaṃ dīrghabāhurmahāsinā

With his great sword the long-armed one cut off the enemies' faces, of many kinds, on every side — sideways, from behind, from below and from above.

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MtP 150.91

संदष्टौष्ठपुटाटोपभ्रुकुटीविकटाननः प्रचण्डकोपरक्ताक्षो न्यकृन्तद्दानवान्रणे

saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭāṭopabhrukuṭīvikaṭānanaḥ pracaṇḍakoparaktākṣo nyakṛntaddānavānraṇe

His face made terrible by knitted brows and by the swelling of his bitten lips, his eyes red with furious rage, he cut down the Dānavas in the battle.

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MtP 150.92

ततो निःशेषितप्रायां विलोक्य स्वामनीकिनीम् मुक्त्वा कुजम्भो धनदं राक्षसेन्द्रमभिद्रवन्

tato niḥśeṣitaprāyāṃ vilokya svāmanīkinīm muktvā kujambho dhanadaṃ rākṣasendramabhidravan

Then Kujambha, seeing his own army all but annihilated, left off and rushed upon Dhanada, the lord of the Rākṣasas.

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MtP 150.93

लब्धसंज्ञो ऽथ जम्भस्तु धनाध्यक्षपदानुगान् जीवग्राहान्स जग्राह बद्ध्वा पाशैः सहस्रशः

labdhasaṃjño 'tha jambhastu dhanādhyakṣapadānugān jīvagrāhānsa jagrāha baddhvā pāśaiḥ sahasraśaḥ

Then Jambha, having regained consciousness, seized the followers of the Lord of Wealth alive, binding them by the thousands with nooses.

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MtP 150.94

मूर्तिमन्ति तु रत्नानि विविधानि च दानवाः वाहनानि च दिव्यानि विमानानि सहस्रशः

mūrtimanti tu ratnāni vividhāni ca dānavāḥ vāhanāni ca divyāni vimānāni sahasraśaḥ

And the Dānavas (took) the embodied jewels of many kinds, and the divine mounts and celestial cars by the thousands.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MtP 150.95

धनेशो लब्धसंज्ञो ऽथ तामवस्थां विलोक्य तु निःश्वसन्दीर्घमुष्णं च रोषात्ताम्रविलोचनः

dhaneśo labdhasaṃjño 'tha tāmavasthāṃ vilokya tu niḥśvasandīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca roṣāttāmravilocanaḥ

Then the Lord of Wealth, having regained consciousness and beholding that state (of things), sighed long and hot, his eyes coppery with rage.

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MtP 150.96

ध्यात्वास्त्रं गारुडं दिव्यं बाणं संधाय कार्मुके मुमोच दानवानीके तं बाणं शत्रुदारणम्

dhyātvāstraṃ gāruḍaṃ divyaṃ bāṇaṃ saṃdhāya kārmuke mumoca dānavānīke taṃ bāṇaṃ śatrudāraṇam

Calling to mind the divine Garuḍa weapon and fitting the arrow to his bow, he loosed at the Dānava army that arrow which rends foes.

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MtP 150.97

प्रथमं कार्मुकात्तस्य निश्चेरुर्धूमराजयः अनन्तरं स्फुलिङ्गानां कोटयो दीप्तवर्चसाम्

prathamaṃ kārmukāttasya niścerurdhūmarājayaḥ anantaraṃ sphuliṅgānāṃ koṭayo dīptavarcasām

First there issued from his bow lines of smoke, and thereafter tens of millions of sparks of blazing brilliance.

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MtP 150.98

ततो ज्वालाकुलं व्योम चकारास्त्रं समन्ततः ततः क्रमेण दुर्वारं नानारूपं तदाभवत्

tato jvālākulaṃ vyoma cakārāstraṃ samantataḥ tataḥ krameṇa durvāraṃ nānārūpaṃ tadābhavat

Then the weapon made the sky full of flames on every side; then by degrees it became unstoppable and of many forms.

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MtP 150.99

अमूर्तश्चाभवल्लोको ह्य् अन्धकारसमावृतः ततो ऽन्तरिक्षे शंसन्ति तेजस्ते तु परिष्कृतम्

amūrtaścābhavalloko hy andhakārasamāvṛtaḥ tato 'ntarikṣe śaṃsanti tejaste tu pariṣkṛtam

And the world became formless, wrapped in darkness; then in the sky they praise that splendour of yours as perfected.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MtP 150.100

कुजम्भस्तत्समालोच्य दानवो ऽतिपराक्रमः अभिदुद्राव वेगेन पदातिर्धनदं नदन्

kujambhastatsamālocya dānavo 'tiparākramaḥ abhidudrāva vegena padātirdhanadaṃ nadan

Kujambha, the Dānava of surpassing valour, seeing that, rushed swiftly on foot at Dhanada, roaring.

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MtP 150.101

अथाभिमुखम् आयान्तं दैत्यं दृष्ट्वा धनाधिपः बभूव सम्भ्रमाविष्टः पलायनपरायणः

athābhimukham āyāntaṃ daityaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhanādhipaḥ babhūva sambhramāviṣṭaḥ palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ

Then, seeing the Daitya coming straight at him, the Lord of Wealth was seized with confusion and set on flight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 150.102

ततः पलायतस्तस्य मुकुटं रत्नमण्डितम् पपात भूतले दीप्तं रविबिम्बमिवाम्बरात्

tataḥ palāyatastasya mukuṭaṃ ratnamaṇḍitam papāta bhūtale dīptaṃ ravibimbamivāmbarāt

Then, as he fled, his crown, adorned with jewels, fell blazing to the ground like the orb of the sun from the sky.

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MtP 150.103

शूराणामभिजातानां भर्तर्यपसृते रणात् मर्तुं संग्रामशिरसि युक्तं तद्भूषणाग्रतः

śūrāṇāmabhijātānāṃ bhartaryapasṛte raṇāt martuṃ saṃgrāmaśirasi yuktaṃ tadbhūṣaṇāgrataḥ

"For well-born heroes, when the master has withdrawn from battle, it is fitting to die at the head of the fight, before that ornament."

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MtP 150.104

इति व्यवस्य दुर्धर्षा नानाशस्त्रास्त्रपाणयः युयुत्सवः स्थिता यक्षा मुकुटं परिवार्य तम्

iti vyavasya durdharṣā nānāśastrāstrapāṇayaḥ yuyutsavaḥ sthitā yakṣā mukuṭaṃ parivārya tam

Having so resolved, the unassailable Yakṣas, weapons and missiles of many kinds in hand, stood eager to fight, surrounding that crown.

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MtP 150.105

अभिमानधना वीरा धनदस्य पदानुगाः तानमर्षाच्च सम्प्रेक्ष्य दानवश्चण्डपौरुषः

abhimānadhanā vīrā dhanadasya padānugāḥ tānamarṣācca samprekṣya dānavaścaṇḍapauruṣaḥ

(They were) heroes whose wealth was their pride, the retainers of Dhanada; and the Dānava of fierce prowess, looking upon them with indignation,

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MtP 150.106

भुशुण्डीं भैरवाकारां गृहीत्वा शैलगौरवाम् रक्षिणो मुकुटस्याथ निष्पिपेष निशाचरान्

bhuśuṇḍīṃ bhairavākārāṃ gṛhītvā śailagauravām rakṣiṇo mukuṭasyātha niṣpipeṣa niśācarān

took up a bhuśuṇḍī of dreadful shape and heavy as a mountain, and then crushed those night-roamers, the guardians of the crown.

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MtP 150.107

तान्प्रमथ्याथ दनुजो मुकुटं तत्स्वके रथे समारोप्यामररिपुर् जित्वा धनदमाहवे

tānpramathyātha danujo mukuṭaṃ tatsvake rathe samāropyāmararipur jitvā dhanadamāhave

Having crushed them, the son of Danu, the foe of the gods, mounted that crown on his own chariot, having conquered Dhanada in battle,

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MtP 150.108

धनानि रत्नानि च मूर्तिमन्ति तथा निधानानि शरीरिणश्च आदाय सर्वाणि जगाम दैत्यो जम्भः स्वसैन्यं दनुजेन्द्रसिंहः धनाधिपो वै विनिकीर्णमूर्धजो जगाम दीनः सुरभर्तुरन्तिकम्

dhanāni ratnāni ca mūrtimanti tathā nidhānāni śarīriṇaśca ādāya sarvāṇi jagāma daityo jambhaḥ svasainyaṃ danujendrasiṃhaḥ dhanādhipo vai vinikīrṇamūrdhajo jagāma dīnaḥ surabharturantikam

and taking all the riches and the embodied jewels, and the treasures too, having bodies, the Daitya Jambha, lion among lords of the Dānavas, went to his own army; but the Lord of Wealth, his hair dishevelled, went wretched into the presence of the lord of the gods.

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MtP 150.109

कुजम्भेनाथ संसक्तो रजनीचरनन्दनः मायाममोघामाश्रित्य तामसीं राक्षसेश्वरः

kujambhenātha saṃsakto rajanīcaranandanaḥ māyāmamoghāmāśritya tāmasīṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ

Then the son of the night-roamer, the lord of the Rākṣasas, engaged with Kujambha, resorted to the unfailing dark illusion,

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MtP 150.110

मोहयामास दैत्येन्द्रं जगत्कृत्वा तमोमयम् ततो विफलनेत्राणि दानवानां बलानि तु

mohayāmāsa daityendraṃ jagatkṛtvā tamomayam tato viphalanetrāṇi dānavānāṃ balāni tu

(He) bewildered the lord of the Daityas, having made the world all darkness. Then the forces of the Dānavas, their eyes made useless,

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MtP 150.111

न शेकुश्चलितं तत्र पदादपि पदं तदा ततो नानास्त्रवर्षेण दानवानां महाचमूम्

na śekuścalitaṃ tatra padādapi padaṃ tadā tato nānāstravarṣeṇa dānavānāṃ mahācamūm

could not then move even a foot's step from where they stood. Then, with a rain of many missiles, the great army of the Dānavas —

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MtP 150.112

जघान घननीहारतिमिरातुरवाहनाम् वध्यमानेषु दैत्येषु कुजम्भे मूढचेतसि

jaghāna ghananīhāratimirāturavāhanām vadhyamāneṣu daityeṣu kujambhe mūḍhacetasi

— (he) struck (that army), whose mounts were afflicted by the thick fog and gloom. While the Daityas were being slaughtered and Kujambha's wits were bewildered,

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MtP 150.113

महिषो दानवेन्द्रस्तु कल्पान्ताम्भोदसंनिभः अस्त्रं चकार सावित्रम् उल्कासंघातमण्डितम्

mahiṣo dānavendrastu kalpāntāmbhodasaṃnibhaḥ astraṃ cakāra sāvitram ulkāsaṃghātamaṇḍitam

Mahiṣa, the lord of the Dānavas, resembling the clouds at the end of a kalpa, made ready the solar weapon, ringed with a mass of meteors.

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MtP 150.114

विजृम्भत्यथ सावित्रे परमास्त्रे प्रतापिनि प्रणाशमगमत्तीव्रं तमो घोरमनन्तरम्

vijṛmbhatyatha sāvitre paramāstre pratāpini praṇāśamagamattīvraṃ tamo ghoramanantaram

Then, as the supreme solar weapon expanded in its blazing power, the fierce and dreadful darkness at once went to destruction.

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MtP 150.115

ततो ऽस्त्रं विस्फुलिङ्गाङ्कं तमः कृत्स्नं व्यनाशयत् प्रफुल्लारुणपद्मौघं शरदीवामलं सरः

tato 'straṃ visphuliṅgāṅkaṃ tamaḥ kṛtsnaṃ vyanāśayat praphullāruṇapadmaughaṃ śaradīvāmalaṃ saraḥ

Then the weapon, marked with flying sparks, destroyed the whole darkness, (making the field) spotless as a lake in autumn with its mass of open red lotuses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 150.116

ततस्तमसि संशान्ते दैत्येन्द्राः प्राप्तचक्षुषः चक्रुः क्रूरेण मनसा देवानीकैः सहाद्भुतम्

tatastamasi saṃśānte daityendrāḥ prāptacakṣuṣaḥ cakruḥ krūreṇa manasā devānīkaiḥ sahādbhutam

Then, when the darkness had subsided, the Daitya lords, having regained their sight, with cruel minds did a wondrous thing with the ranks of the gods.

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MtP 150.117

शस्त्रैरमर्षान्निर्मुक्तैर् भुजंगास्त्रं विनोदितम् अथादाय धनुर्घोरम् इषूंश्चाशीविषोपमान्

śastrairamarṣānnirmuktair bhujaṃgāstraṃ vinoditam athādāya dhanurghoram iṣūṃścāśīviṣopamān

By weapons released in fury the serpent-missile was driven off. Then, taking up his dreadful bow and arrows like venomous snakes,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 150.118

कुजम्भो ऽधावत क्षिप्तं रक्षोराजबलं प्रति राक्षसेन्द्रस्तम् आयान्तं विलोक्य सपदानुगः

kujambho 'dhāvata kṣiptaṃ rakṣorājabalaṃ prati rākṣasendrastam āyāntaṃ vilokya sapadānugaḥ

Kujambha rushed swiftly against the army of the king of the Rākṣasas. The lord of the Rākṣasas, seeing him coming on, together with his attendants,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 150.119

विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैः क्रूराशीविषभीषणैः तदादानं च संधानं न मोक्षश्चापि लक्ष्यते

vivyādha niśitairbāṇaiḥ krūrāśīviṣabhīṣaṇaiḥ tadādānaṃ ca saṃdhānaṃ na mokṣaścāpi lakṣyate

pierced him with sharp arrows, terrifying as cruel venomous snakes; and neither his taking (of the arrow), nor his fitting it, nor its release could be seen.

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MtP 150.120

चिछेदास्य शरव्रातान् स्वशरैर् अतिलाघवात् ध्वजं परमतीक्ष्णेन चित्रकर्मामरद्विषः

cichedāsya śaravrātān svaśarair atilāghavāt dhvajaṃ paramatīkṣṇena citrakarmāmaradviṣaḥ

With his own arrows, by his extreme quickness, he cut apart (the other's) volleys of arrows, and with a very sharp one (he cut) the banner, of wondrous workmanship, of that foe of the gods;

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MtP 150.121

सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत् कुजम्भः कर्म तद्दृष्ट्वा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य संयुगे

sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena rathanīḍādapātayat kujambhaḥ karma taddṛṣṭvā rākṣasendrasya saṃyuge

and with a broad-headed arrow he felled his charioteer from the chariot-seat. Seeing that deed of the lord of the Rākṣasas in the battle, Kujambha,

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MtP 150.122

रोषरक्तेक्षणयुतो रथादाप्लुत्य दानवः खड्गं जग्राह वेगेन शरदम्बरनिर्मलम्

roṣaraktekṣaṇayuto rathādāplutya dānavaḥ khaḍgaṃ jagrāha vegena śaradambaranirmalam

his eyes red with rage, the Dānava leapt down from his chariot and swiftly seized a sword, spotless as the autumn sky,

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MtP 150.123

चर्म चोदयखण्डेन्दुदशकेन विभूषितम् अभ्यद्रवद्रणे दैत्यो रक्षो ऽधिपतिमोजसा

carma codayakhaṇḍendudaśakena vibhūṣitam abhyadravadraṇe daityo rakṣo 'dhipatimojasā

and a shield adorned with ten segments of the rising moon; and the Daitya charged with force upon the lord of the Rākṣasas in battle.

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MtP 150.124

तं रक्षो ऽधिपतिः प्राप्तं मुद्गरेणाहनद्धृदि स तु तेन प्रहारेण क्षीणः संभ्रान्तमानसः

taṃ rakṣo 'dhipatiḥ prāptaṃ mudgareṇāhanaddhṛdi sa tu tena prahāreṇa kṣīṇaḥ saṃbhrāntamānasaḥ

As he came on, the lord of the Rākṣasas struck him on the chest with a mallet; and he, weakened by that blow, his mind reeling,

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MtP 150.125

तस्थावचेष्टो दनुजो यथा धीरो धराधरः स मुहूर्तं समाश्वस्तो दानवेन्द्रो ऽतिदुर्जयः

tasthāvaceṣṭo danujo yathā dhīro dharādharaḥ sa muhūrtaṃ samāśvasto dānavendro 'tidurjayaḥ

stood motionless, the son of Danu, like a steady mountain. Recovering himself in a moment, that lord of the Dānavas, most hard to conquer,

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MtP 150.126

रथमारुह्य जग्राह रक्षो वामकरेण तु केशेषु निरृतिं दैत्यो जानुनाक्रम्य धिष्ठितम्

rathamāruhya jagrāha rakṣo vāmakareṇa tu keśeṣu nirṛtiṃ daityo jānunākramya dhiṣṭhitam

mounted his chariot, and the Daitya seized the Rākṣasa with his left hand by the hair — Nirṛti, held fast, pinned by his knee.

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MtP 150.127

ततः खड्गेन च शिरश् छेत्तुमैच्छदमर्षणः तस्मिंस्तदन्तरे देवो वरुणो ऽपांपतिर्द्रुतम्

tataḥ khaḍgena ca śiraś chettumaicchadamarṣaṇaḥ tasmiṃstadantare devo varuṇo 'pāṃpatirdrutam

Then, unforgiving, he wished to cut off his head with the sword. At that moment the god Varuṇa, lord of the waters, swiftly

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MtP 150.128

पाशेन दानवेन्द्रस्य बबन्ध च भुजद्वयम् ततो बद्धभुजं दैत्यं विफलीकृतपौरुषम्

pāśena dānavendrasya babandha ca bhujadvayam tato baddhabhujaṃ daityaṃ viphalīkṛtapauruṣam

bound the two arms of the Dānava lord with his noose. Then, the Daitya having his arms bound and his manhood made fruitless,

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MtP 150.129

ताडयामास गदया दयामुत्सृज्य पाशभृत् स तु तेन प्रहारेण स्रोतोभिः क्षतजं वमन्

tāḍayāmāsa gadayā dayāmutsṛjya pāśabhṛt sa tu tena prahāreṇa srotobhiḥ kṣatajaṃ vaman

the bearer of the noose, casting off pity, struck him with his mace; and he, from that blow, vomiting blood in streams,

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MtP 150.130

दधार रूपं मेघस्य विद्युन्मालालतावृतम् तदवस्थागतं दृष्ट्वा कुजम्भं महिषासुरः

dadhāra rūpaṃ meghasya vidyunmālālatāvṛtam tadavasthāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā kujambhaṃ mahiṣāsuraḥ

(He) took on the form of a cloud wreathed with the creeper-garlands of lightning. Seeing Kujambha brought to that condition, Mahiṣāsura,

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MtP 150.131

व्यावृत्तवदने ऽगाधे ग्रस्तुमैच्छत् सुरावुभौ निरृतिं वरुणं चैव तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रोत्कटाननः

vyāvṛttavadane 'gādhe grastumaicchat surāvubhau nirṛtiṃ varuṇaṃ caiva tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrotkaṭānanaḥ

with his mouth gaping wide and bottomless, with his face made terrible by sharp fangs, wished to swallow both the gods, Nirṛti and Varuṇa.

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MtP 150.132

तावभिप्रायमालक्ष्य तस्य दैत्यस्य दूषितम् त्यक्त्वा रथपथं भीतौ महिषस्यातिरंहसा

tāvabhiprāyamālakṣya tasya daityasya dūṣitam tyaktvā rathapathaṃ bhītau mahiṣasyātiraṃhasā

Those two, perceiving that corrupt intention of the daitya, in fear left the chariot-track of Mahiṣa, who was of exceeding speed,

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MtP 150.133

भृशं द्रुतौ जवाद् दिग्भ्याम् उभाभ्यां भयविह्वलौ जगाम निरृतिः क्षिप्रं शरणं पाकशासनम्

bhṛśaṃ drutau javād digbhyām ubhābhyāṃ bhayavihvalau jagāma nirṛtiḥ kṣipraṃ śaraṇaṃ pākaśāsanam

and fled far off, swiftly, in the two directions, unnerved by fear; Nirṛti quickly went for refuge to the chastiser of Pāka (Indra).

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MtP 150.134

क्रुद्धस्तु महिषो दैत्यो वरुणं समभिद्रुतः तमन्तकमुखासक्तम् आलोक्य हिमवद्द्युतिः

kruddhastu mahiṣo daityo varuṇaṃ samabhidrutaḥ tamantakamukhāsaktam ālokya himavaddyutiḥ

But the buffalo daitya, enraged, rushed upon Varuṇa; seeing him caught in the mouth of death, (the moon,) whose radiance is like snow,

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MtP 150.135

चक्रे सोमास्त्रनिःसृष्टं हिमसंघातकण्टकम् वायव्यं चास्त्रमतुलं चन्द्रश्चक्रे द्वितीयकम्

cakre somāstraniḥsṛṣṭaṃ himasaṃghātakaṇṭakam vāyavyaṃ cāstramatulaṃ candraścakre dvitīyakam

made, discharged by the soma-weapon, a spiked mass of packed snow; and the moon made a second, matchless weapon, that of the wind.

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MtP 150.136

वायुना तेन चन्द्रेण संशुष्केण हिमेन च व्यथिता दानवाः सर्वे शीतोच्छिन्ना विपौरुषाः

vāyunā tena candreṇa saṃśuṣkeṇa himena ca vyathitā dānavāḥ sarve śītocchinnā vipauruṣāḥ

By that wind, by the moon, and by the parching snow all the dānavas were tormented, cut down by the cold, their manhood gone.

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MtP 150.137

न शेकुश्चलितुं पद्भ्यां नास्त्राण्यादातुमेव च महाहिमनिपातेन शस्त्रैश्चन्द्रप्रचोदितैः

na śekuścalituṃ padbhyāṃ nāstrāṇyādātumeva ca mahāhimanipātena śastraiścandrapracoditaiḥ

They could not stir with their feet, nor even take up their weapons; by the great fall of snow and by the missiles urged on by the moon

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MtP 150.138

गात्राण्यसुरसैन्यानाम् अदह्यन्त समन्ततः महिषो निष्प्रयत्नस्तु शीतेनाकम्पिताननः

gātrāṇyasurasainyānām adahyanta samantataḥ mahiṣo niṣprayatnastu śītenākampitānanaḥ

the limbs of the asura hosts were burned all over; and Mahiṣa, his efforts spent, his face trembling with the cold,

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MtP 150.139

कक्षावालम्ब्य पाणिभ्याम् उपविष्टो ह्यधोमुखः सर्वे ते निष्प्रतीकारा दैत्याश्चन्द्रमसा जिताः

kakṣāvālambya pāṇibhyām upaviṣṭo hyadhomukhaḥ sarve te niṣpratīkārā daityāścandramasā jitāḥ

clutching his armpits with both hands, sat down with his face lowered. All those daityas, without any counter-measure, were conquered by the moon.

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MtP 150.140

रणेच्छां दूरतस्त्यक्त्वा तस्थुस्ते जीवितार्थिनः तत्राब्रवीत्कालनेमिर् दैत्यान्कोपेन दीपितः

raṇecchāṃ dūratastyaktvā tasthuste jīvitārthinaḥ tatrābravītkālanemir daityānkopena dīpitaḥ

Abandoning any wish for battle from far off, they stood there wanting only to live. Then Kālanemi, inflamed with rage, said to the daityas:

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MtP 150.141

भो भोः शृङ्गारिणः शराः सर्वे शस्त्रास्त्रपारगाः एकैको ऽपि जगत्सर्वं शक्तस्तुलयितुं भुजैः

bho bhoḥ śṛṅgāriṇaḥ śarāḥ sarve śastrāstrapāragāḥ ekaiko 'pi jagatsarvaṃ śaktastulayituṃ bhujaiḥ

"Ho, ho, you horned ones, you heroes, all of you consummate in weapons and missiles — each single one of you is able to lift the whole world with his arms;

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MtP 150.142

एकैको ऽपि क्षमो ग्रस्तुं जगत्सर्वं चराचरम् एकैकस्यापि पर्याप्ता न सर्वे ऽपि दिवौकसः

ekaiko 'pi kṣamo grastuṃ jagatsarvaṃ carācaram ekaikasyāpi paryāptā na sarve 'pi divaukasaḥ

each single one is able to swallow the whole world with all that moves and does not move; not even all the dwellers in heaven together are a match for a single one of you,

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MtP 150.143

कलां पूरयितुं यत्नात् षोडशीमतिविक्रमाः किं प्रयाताश्च तिष्ठध्वं समरे ऽमरनिर्जिताः

kalāṃ pūrayituṃ yatnāt ṣoḍaśīmativikramāḥ kiṃ prayātāśca tiṣṭhadhvaṃ samare 'maranirjitāḥ

even with effort, to make up a sixteenth part (of one of you), O you of surpassing valour. Why have you gone off and stand still, beaten in battle by the immortals?

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MtP 150.144

न युक्तमेतच्छूराणां विशेषाद्दैत्यजन्मनाम् राजा चान्तरितो ऽस्माकं तारको लोकमारकः

na yuktametacchūrāṇāṃ viśeṣāddaityajanmanām rājā cāntarito 'smākaṃ tārako lokamārakaḥ

This is not proper for heroes, especially for those of daitya birth; and our king Tāraka, the destroyer of the worlds, stands behind us.

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MtP 150.145

विरतानां रणादस्मात् क्रुद्धः प्राणान्हरिष्यति शीतेन नष्टश्रुतयो भ्रष्टवाक्पाटवास्तथा

viratānāṃ raṇādasmāt kruddhaḥ prāṇānhariṣyati śītena naṣṭaśrutayo bhraṣṭavākpāṭavāstathā

He in anger will take the lives of those who turn back from this battle." — Their hearing destroyed by the cold, and their fluency of speech fallen away,

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MtP 150.146

मूकास्तदाभवन्दैत्या रणद्दशनपङ्क्तयः तान्दृष्ट्वा नष्टचेतस्कान् दैत्याञ्छीतेन सादितान्

mūkāstadābhavandaityā raṇaddaśanapaṅktayaḥ tāndṛṣṭvā naṣṭacetaskān daityāñchītena sāditān

the daityas then became dumb, their rows of teeth chattering. Seeing those daityas senseless, laid low by the cold,

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MtP 150.147

मत्वा कालक्षमं कार्यं कालनेमिर्महासुरः आश्रित्य दानवीं मायां वितत्य स्वं महावपुः

matvā kālakṣamaṃ kāryaṃ kālanemirmahāsuraḥ āśritya dānavīṃ māyāṃ vitatya svaṃ mahāvapuḥ

Kālanemi the great asura, judging what action suited the moment, resorted to dānava magic and, expanding his own huge body,

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MtP 150.148

पूरयामास गगनं दिशो विदिश एव च निर्ममे दानवेन्द्रेशः शरीरे भास्करायुतम्

pūrayāmāsa gaganaṃ diśo vidiśa eva ca nirmame dānavendreśaḥ śarīre bhāskarāyutam

filled the sky and the quarters and the intermediate quarters; the lord of the dānava chiefs fashioned ten thousand suns upon his body,

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MtP 150.149

दिशश्च मायया चण्डैः पूरयामास पावकैः ततो ज्वालाकुलं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यमभवत्क्षणात्

diśaśca māyayā caṇḍaiḥ pūrayāmāsa pāvakaiḥ tato jvālākulaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyamabhavatkṣaṇāt

and by his magic he filled the quarters with raging fires; then in an instant the whole triple world was overrun with flames.

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MtP 150.150

तेन ज्वालासमूहेन हिमांशुरगमच्छमम् ततः क्रमेण विभ्रष्टं शीतदुर्दिनम् आबभौ

tena jvālāsamūhena himāṃśuragamacchamam tataḥ krameṇa vibhraṣṭaṃ śītadurdinam ābabhau

By that mass of flames the cold-rayed (moon) was quenched; then by degrees the cold overcast, which had faded away, appeared (again).

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MtP 150.151

तद्बलं दानवेन्द्राणां मायया कालनेमिनः तद्दृष्ट्वा दानवानीकं लब्धसंज्ञं दिवाकरः उवाचारुणमुद्भ्रान्तः कोपाल्लोकैकलोचनः

tadbalaṃ dānavendrāṇāṃ māyayā kālaneminaḥ taddṛṣṭvā dānavānīkaṃ labdhasaṃjñaṃ divākaraḥ uvācāruṇamudbhrāntaḥ kopāllokaikalocanaḥ

That army of the Dānava chiefs (was restored) by the magic of Kālanemi; seeing that Dānava host regained its senses, the maker of day, the single eye of the world, agitated, spoke to Aruṇa out of anger:

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MtP 150.152

नयारुण रथं शीघ्रं कालनेमिरथो यतः विमर्दस्तत्र विषमो भविता शूरसंक्षयः

nayāruṇa rathaṃ śīghraṃ kālanemiratho yataḥ vimardastatra viṣamo bhavitā śūrasaṃkṣayaḥ

"Drive the chariot quickly, Aruṇa, to where Kālanemi's chariot is; there will be a grim trampling, a destruction of heroes.

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MtP 150.153

जित एष शशाङ्को ऽत्र यद्बलं वयमाश्रिताः इत्युक्तश्चोदयामास रथं गरुडपूर्वजः

jita eṣa śaśāṅko 'tra yadbalaṃ vayamāśritāḥ ityuktaścodayāmāsa rathaṃ garuḍapūrvajaḥ

"This moon, on whose strength we relied, has here been defeated." So addressed, the elder brother of Garuḍa urged the chariot on.

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MtP 150.154

प्रयत्नविधृतैरश्वैः सितचामरमालिभिः जगद्दीपो ऽथ भगवाञ् जग्राह विततं धनुः

prayatnavidhṛtairaśvaiḥ sitacāmaramālibhiḥ jagaddīpo 'tha bhagavāñ jagrāha vitataṃ dhanuḥ

With the horses, garlanded with white yak-tail whisks, held in with effort, the Lord, the lamp of the world, then took up his drawn bow,

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MtP 150.155

शरौ च द्वौ महाभागो दिव्यावाशीविषद्युती संचारास्त्रेण संधाय बाणमेकं ससर्ज सः

śarau ca dvau mahābhāgo divyāvāśīviṣadyutī saṃcārāstreṇa saṃdhāya bāṇamekaṃ sasarja saḥ

and (took up) two arrows, that greatly fortunate one—divine ones, with the glitter of venomous snakes; fitting (them) with the saṃcāra weapon, he loosed one arrow.

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MtP 150.156

द्वितीयमिन्द्रजालेन योजितं प्रमुमोच ह संचारास्त्रेण रूपाणां क्षणाच्चक्रे विपर्ययम्

dvitīyamindrajālena yojitaṃ pramumoca ha saṃcārāstreṇa rūpāṇāṃ kṣaṇāccakre viparyayam

The second, charged with the magic-net (indrajāla), he released; and by the saṃcāra weapon he in a moment made a reversal of appearances.

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MtP 150.157

देवानां दानवं रूपं दानवानां च दैविकम् मत्वा सुरान्स्वकानेव जघ्ने घोरास्त्रलाघवात्

devānāṃ dānavaṃ rūpaṃ dānavānāṃ ca daivikam matvā surānsvakāneva jaghne ghorāstralāghavāt

Taking the gods' form for a Dānava's and the Dānavas' for divine, (each) slew his own—the gods—through the deftness of that dreadful weapon.

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MtP 150.158

कालनेमी रुषाविष्टः कृतान्त इव संक्षये कांश्चित्खड्गेन तीक्ष्णेन कांश्चिन् नाराचवृष्टिभिः कांश्चिद्गदाभिर्घोराभिः कांश्चिद्घोरैः परश्वधैः

kālanemī ruṣāviṣṭaḥ kṛtānta iva saṃkṣaye kāṃścitkhaḍgena tīkṣṇena kāṃścin nārācavṛṣṭibhiḥ kāṃścidgadābhirghorābhiḥ kāṃścidghoraiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ

Kālanemi, seized by fury, like the Ender at the time of dissolution, (struck) some with a sharp sword, some with showers of nārāca arrows, some with terrible maces, some with terrible battle-axes;

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MtP 150.159

शिरांसि केषांचिदपातयच्च भुजान्रथान्सारथींश्चोग्रवेगः कांश्चित् पिपेषाथ रथस्य वेगात् कांश्चित्क्रुधा चोद्धतमुष्टिपातैः

śirāṃsi keṣāṃcidapātayacca bhujānrathānsārathīṃścogravegaḥ kāṃścit pipeṣātha rathasya vegāt kāṃścitkrudhā coddhatamuṣṭipātaiḥ

and he struck down the heads of some, and their arms, chariots and charioteers—he of fierce speed; and some he crushed by the rush of his chariot, and some in anger with violent blows of his fists.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 150.160

रणे विनिहतान्दृष्ट्वा नेमिः स्वान्दानवाधिपः रूपं स्वं तु प्रपद्यन्त ह्य् असुराः सुरधर्षिताः

raṇe vinihatāndṛṣṭvā nemiḥ svāndānavādhipaḥ rūpaṃ svaṃ tu prapadyanta hy asurāḥ suradharṣitāḥ

Seeing his own men slain in the battle, Nemi, lord of the Dānavas—but the Asuras, hard pressed by the gods, took on their own form (again).

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MtP 150.161

कालनेमी रुषाविष्टस् तेषां रूपं न बुद्धवान् नेमिदैत्यस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा कालनेमिमुवाच ह

kālanemī ruṣāviṣṭas teṣāṃ rūpaṃ na buddhavān nemidaityastu tāndṛṣṭvā kālanemimuvāca ha

Kālanemi, seized by fury, did not perceive their form; but Nemi the Daitya, seeing them, said to Kālanemi:

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MtP 150.162

अहं नेमिः सुरो नैव कालनेमे विदस्व माम् भवता मोहितेनाजौ निहता भूरिविक्रमाः

ahaṃ nemiḥ suro naiva kālaneme vidasva mām bhavatā mohitenājau nihatā bhūrivikramāḥ

"I am Nemi, not a god at all—know me, Kālanemi! By you, deluded, men of abundant valour have been slain in the fight,

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MtP 150.163

दैत्यानां दशलक्षाणि दुर्जयानां सुरैरिह सर्वास्त्रवारणं मुञ्च ब्राह्ममस्त्रं त्वरान्वितः

daityānāṃ daśalakṣāṇi durjayānāṃ surairiha sarvāstravāraṇaṃ muñca brāhmamastraṃ tvarānvitaḥ

"ten hundred thousand Daityas, hard for the gods to conquer here. Loose in haste the brahmā weapon, which turns back all weapons."

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MtP 150.164

स तेन बोधितो दैत्यः सम्भ्रमाकुलचेतनः योजयामास बाणं हि ब्रह्मास्त्रविहितेन तु

sa tena bodhito daityaḥ sambhramākulacetanaḥ yojayāmāsa bāṇaṃ hi brahmāstravihitena tu

Roused by him, the Daitya, his mind confused with alarm, fitted an arrow with the prescribed brahmā weapon,

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MtP 150.165

मुमोच चापि दैत्येन्द्रः स स्वयं सुरकण्टकः ततो ऽस्त्रतेजसा व्याप्तं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्

mumoca cāpi daityendraḥ sa svayaṃ surakaṇṭakaḥ tato 'stratejasā vyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

and that lord of Daityas, the thorn of the gods, himself released it; then the triple world with all that moves and does not move was pervaded by the weapon's blaze.

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MtP 150.166

देवानां चाभवत्सैन्यं सर्वमेव भयान्वितम् संचरास्त्रं च संशान्तं स्वयमायोधने बभौ

devānāṃ cābhavatsainyaṃ sarvameva bhayānvitam saṃcarāstraṃ ca saṃśāntaṃ svayamāyodhane babhau

And the whole army of the gods became filled with fear, and the saṃcara weapon was quelled; (the brahmā weapon) shone by itself on the battlefield.

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MtP 150.167

तस्मिन्प्रतिहते ह्यस्त्रे भ्रष्टतेजा दिवाकरः महेन्द्रजालमाश्रित्य चक्रे स्वां कोटिशस्तनुम्

tasminpratihate hyastre bhraṣṭatejā divākaraḥ mahendrajālamāśritya cakre svāṃ koṭiśastanum

When that weapon had been countered, the maker of day, his splendour lost, resorted to the great magic-net and made his body into ten million (forms).

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MtP 150.168

विस्फूर्जत्करसम्पातसमाक्रान्तजगत्त्रयम् तताप दानवानीकं गतमज्जौघशोणितम्

visphūrjatkarasampātasamākrāntajagattrayam tatāpa dānavānīkaṃ gatamajjaughaśoṇitam

With the three worlds overwhelmed by the onslaught of his blazing rays, he scorched the Dānava host, whose marrow-flood and blood were gone.

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MtP 150.169

ततश्चावर्षदनलं समन्ताद् अतिसंहतम् चक्षूंषि दानवेन्द्राणां चकारान्धानि च प्रभुः

tataścāvarṣadanalaṃ samantād atisaṃhatam cakṣūṃṣi dānavendrāṇāṃ cakārāndhāni ca prabhuḥ

Then he rained down fire on every side, exceedingly dense, and the lord made the eyes of the Dānava chiefs blind.

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MtP 150.170

गजानामगलन्मेदः पेतुश्चाप्यरवा भुवि तुरगा निःश्वसन्तश्च घर्मार्ता रथिनो ऽपि च

gajānāmagalanmedaḥ petuścāpyaravā bhuvi turagā niḥśvasantaśca gharmārtā rathino 'pi ca

— tr. refused: cyber

MtP 150.171

इतश्चेतश्च सलिलं प्रार्थयन्तस्तृषातुराः प्रच्छायविटपांश्चैव गिरीणां गह्वराणि च

itaścetaśca salilaṃ prārthayantastṛṣāturāḥ pracchāyaviṭapāṃścaiva girīṇāṃ gahvarāṇi ca

— tr. refused: cyber

MtP 150.172

तेषां प्रार्थयतां शीतं द्रुमान्तरविसर्पिणाम् दावाग्निः प्रज्वलंश्चैव घोरार्चिर्दग्धपादपः तोयार्थिनः पुरो दृष्ट्वा तोयं कल्लोलमालिनम्

teṣāṃ prārthayatāṃ śītaṃ drumāntaravisarpiṇām dāvāgniḥ prajvalaṃścaiva ghorārcirdagdhapādapaḥ toyārthinaḥ puro dṛṣṭvā toyaṃ kallolamālinam

As they sought coolness, creeping in among the trees, there was the forest fire, blazing, with terrible flames, its trees burnt up; and, wanting water, they saw before them water wreathed with waves —

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MtP 150.173

पुरःस्थितमपि प्राप्तुं न शेकुरवमर्दिताः अप्राप्य सलिलं भूमौ व्यात्तास्या गतचेतसः

puraḥsthitamapi prāptuṃ na śekuravamarditāḥ aprāpya salilaṃ bhūmau vyāttāsyā gatacetasaḥ

— yet, crushed down, they could not reach it, though it stood before them; and not reaching the water, they lay on the ground with mouths gaping, their senses gone.

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MtP 150.174

तत्र तत्र व्यदृश्यन्त मृता दैत्येश्वरा भुवि रथा गजाश्च पतितास् तुरगाश्च समापिताः

tatra tatra vyadṛśyanta mṛtā daityeśvarā bhuvi rathā gajāśca patitās turagāśca samāpitāḥ

Here and there dead lords of the daityas were seen upon the ground, and chariots and elephants fallen, and horses finished off.

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MtP 150.175

स्थिता वमन्तो धावन्तो गलद्रक्तवसासृजः दानवानां सहस्राणि व्यदृश्यन्त मृतानि तु

sthitā vamanto dhāvanto galadraktavasāsṛjaḥ dānavānāṃ sahasrāṇi vyadṛśyanta mṛtāni tu

Standing, vomiting, running, with blood, fat and gore streaming from them — thousands of dānavas were seen, dead.

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MtP 150.176

संक्षये दानवेन्द्राणां तस्मिन्महति वर्तिते प्रकोपोद्भूतताम्राक्षः कालनेमी रुषातुरः

saṃkṣaye dānavendrāṇāṃ tasminmahati vartite prakopodbhūtatāmrākṣaḥ kālanemī ruṣāturaḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

MtP 150.177

अभवत्कल्पमेघाभः स्फुरद्भूरिशतह्रदः गम्भीरास्फोटनिर्ह्रादजगद्धृदयघट्टकः

abhavatkalpameghābhaḥ sphuradbhūriśatahradaḥ gambhīrāsphoṭanirhrādajagaddhṛdayaghaṭṭakaḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

MtP 150.178

प्रच्छाद्य गगनाभोगं रविमायां व्यनाशयत् शीतं ववर्ष सलिलं दानवेन्द्रबलं प्रति

pracchādya gaganābhogaṃ ravimāyāṃ vyanāśayat śītaṃ vavarṣa salilaṃ dānavendrabalaṃ prati

Having covered the whole expanse of the sky, it destroyed the sun's magic, and rained cool water upon the army of the lord of the Dānavas.

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MtP 150.179

दैत्यास्तां वृष्टिमासाद्य समाश्वस्तास्ततः क्रमात् बीजाङ्कुरा इवाम्लानाः प्राप्य वृष्टिं धरातले

daityāstāṃ vṛṣṭimāsādya samāśvastāstataḥ kramāt bījāṅkurā ivāmlānāḥ prāpya vṛṣṭiṃ dharātale

The Daityas, meeting with that rain, were then gradually revived, like withered seed-sprouts on the earth's surface that become unwithered when rain comes.

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MtP 150.180

ततः स मेघरूपी तु कालनेमिर्महासुरः शस्त्रवृष्टिं ववर्षोग्रां देवानीकेषु दुर्जयाम्

tataḥ sa megharūpī tu kālanemirmahāsuraḥ śastravṛṣṭiṃ vavarṣogrāṃ devānīkeṣu durjayām

Then that great asura Kālanemi, taking the form of a cloud, rained down a fierce rain of weapons, irresistible, upon the armies of the gods.

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MtP 150.181

तया वृष्ट्या बाध्यमाना दैत्येन्द्राणां महौजसाम् गतिं कां च न पश्यन्तो गावः शीतार्दिता इव

tayā vṛṣṭyā bādhyamānā daityendrāṇāṃ mahaujasām gatiṃ kāṃ ca na paśyanto gāvaḥ śītārditā iva

Oppressed by that rain of the daitya-lords of great might, and seeing no way out, like cattle tormented by cold, (the gods)—

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MtP 150.182

परस्परं व्यलीयन्त पृष्ठेषु व्यस्त्रपाणयः स्वेषु बाधे व्यलीयन्त गजेषु तुरगेषु च

parasparaṃ vyalīyanta pṛṣṭheṣu vyastrapāṇayaḥ sveṣu bādhe vyalīyanta gajeṣu turageṣu ca

With their hands emptied of weapons, they hid in one another, behind (each other's) backs; under the onslaught they hid among their own — among the elephants and the horses.

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MtP 150.183

रथेषु त्वमरास्त्रस्तास् तत्र तत्र निलिल्यिरे अपरे कुञ्चितैर्गात्रैः स्वहस्तपिहिताननाः

ratheṣu tvamarāstrastās tatra tatra nililyire apare kuñcitairgātraiḥ svahastapihitānanāḥ

And the terrified gods hid, here and there, in the chariots; others (crouched) with their limbs drawn in, their faces covered by their own hands.

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MtP 150.184

इतश्चेतश्च संभ्रान्ता बभ्रमुर्वै दिशो दश एवंविधे तु संग्रामे तुमुले देवसंक्षये

itaścetaśca saṃbhrāntā babhramurvai diśo daśa evaṃvidhe tu saṃgrāme tumule devasaṃkṣaye

Bewildered, they wandered here and there in the ten directions; and in such a battle, tumultuous, in that destruction of the gods —

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MtP 150.185

दृश्यन्ते पतिता भूमौ शस्त्रभिन्नाङ्गसंधयः विभुजा भिन्नमूर्धानस् तथा छिन्नोरुजानवः

dṛśyante patitā bhūmau śastrabhinnāṅgasaṃdhayaḥ vibhujā bhinnamūrdhānas tathā chinnorujānavaḥ

(they) are seen fallen on the ground, their limb-joints split by weapons, armless, their heads cleft, and their thighs and knees cut off.

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MtP 150.186

विपर्यस्तरथासङ्गा निष्पिष्टध्वजपङ्क्तयः निर्भिन्नाङ्गैस्तुरंगैस्तु गजैश्चाचलसंनिभैः

viparyastarathāsaṅgā niṣpiṣṭadhvajapaṅktayaḥ nirbhinnāṅgaisturaṃgaistu gajaiścācalasaṃnibhaiḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

MtP 150.187

स्रुतरक्तह्रदैर्भूमिर् विकृताविकृता बभौ एवमाजौ बली दैत्यः कालनेमिर्महासुरः

srutaraktahradairbhūmir vikṛtāvikṛtā babhau evamājau balī daityaḥ kālanemirmahāsuraḥ

With pools of blood streaming (from them), the ground looked utterly disfigured. Thus in the battle the mighty Daitya Kālanemi, the great Asura,

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MtP 150.188

जघ्ने मुहूर्तमात्रेण गन्धर्वाणां दशायुतम् यक्षाणां पञ्च लक्षाणि रक्षसामयुतानि षट्

jaghne muhūrtamātreṇa gandharvāṇāṃ daśāyutam yakṣāṇāṃ pañca lakṣāṇi rakṣasāmayutāni ṣaṭ

In the space of a mere moment (he) slew a hundred thousand gandharvas, five hundred thousand yakṣas, and sixty thousand rākṣasas.

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MtP 150.189

त्रीणि लक्षाणि जघ्ने स किंनराणां तरस्विनाम् जघ्ने पिशाचमुख्यानां सप्त लक्षाणि निर्भयः

trīṇi lakṣāṇi jaghne sa kiṃnarāṇāṃ tarasvinām jaghne piśācamukhyānāṃ sapta lakṣāṇi nirbhayaḥ

He slew three hundred thousand of the swift kiṃnaras, and, fearless, slew seven hundred thousand of the chief piśācas.

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MtP 150.190

इतरेषामसंख्याताः सुरजातिनिकायिनाम् जघ्ने स कोटीः संक्रुद्धश् चित्रास्त्रैरस्त्रकोविदः

itareṣāmasaṃkhyātāḥ surajātinikāyinām jaghne sa koṭīḥ saṃkruddhaś citrāstrairastrakovidaḥ

And of the others, the hosts belonging to the tribes of gods, uncounted crores did he slay in fury, skilled in weapons, with his manifold missiles.

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MtP 150.191

एवं परिभवे भीमे तदा त्वमरसंक्षये संक्रुद्धावश्विनौ देवौ चित्रास्त्रकवचोज्ज्वलौ

evaṃ paribhave bhīme tadā tvamarasaṃkṣaye saṃkruddhāvaśvinau devau citrāstrakavacojjvalau

When the terrible humiliation, the destruction of the immortals, was thus (going on), the two Aśvin gods grew enraged, blazing with their manifold weapons and armour.

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MtP 150.192

जघ्नतुः समरे दैत्यं कृतान्तानलसंनिभम् तमासाद्य रणे घोरम् एकैकः षष्टिभिः शरैः

jaghnatuḥ samare daityaṃ kṛtāntānalasaṃnibham tamāsādya raṇe ghoram ekaikaḥ ṣaṣṭibhiḥ śaraiḥ

They struck the Daitya in battle, who resembled the fire of death; approaching that dreadful one in the fight, each of them with sixty arrows

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MtP 150.193

जघ्ने मर्मसु तीक्ष्णाग्रैर् असुरं भीमदर्शनम् ताभ्यां बाणप्रहारैः स किंचिदायस्तचेतनः

jaghne marmasu tīkṣṇāgrair asuraṃ bhīmadarśanam tābhyāṃ bāṇaprahāraiḥ sa kiṃcidāyastacetanaḥ

struck the asura of fearful appearance in his vital parts with sharp-pointed (shafts). By those arrow-blows of theirs he became somewhat troubled in mind.

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MtP 150.194

जग्राह चक्रमष्टारं तैलधौतं रणान्तकम् तेन चक्रेण सो ऽश्विभ्यां चिछेद रथकूबरम्

jagrāha cakramaṣṭāraṃ tailadhautaṃ raṇāntakam tena cakreṇa so 'śvibhyāṃ cicheda rathakūbaram

He seized an eight-spoked discus, oil-washed, an ender of battle; with that discus he cut off the chariot-pole from the two Aśvins.

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MtP 150.195

जग्राहाथ धनुर्दैत्यः शरांश्चाशीविषोपमान् ववर्ष भिषजो मूर्ध्नि संछाद्याकाशगोचरम्

jagrāhātha dhanurdaityaḥ śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān vavarṣa bhiṣajo mūrdhni saṃchādyākāśagocaram

Then the Daitya took up his bow and arrows like venomous snakes, and rained (them) on the heads of the two physicians, covering the whole expanse of the sky.

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MtP 150.196

तावप्यस्त्रैश्चिछिदतुः शितैस्तैर्दैत्यसायकान् तच्च कर्म तयोर्दृष्ट्वा विस्मितः कोपमाविशत्

tāvapyastraiścichidatuḥ śitaistairdaityasāyakān tacca karma tayordṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ kopamāviśat

But those two also cut the Daitya's arrows with their sharp missiles; and seeing that deed of theirs he was astonished, and anger entered him.

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MtP 150.197

महता स तु कोपेन सर्वायोमयसादनम् जग्राह मुद्गरं भीमं कालदण्डविभीषणम्

mahatā sa tu kopena sarvāyomayasādanam jagrāha mudgaraṃ bhīmaṃ kāladaṇḍavibhīṣaṇam

But in great wrath he seized a terrible mace, all of iron in its structure, dreadful as the rod of Death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 150.198

स ततो भ्राम्य वेगेन चिक्षेपाश्विरथं प्रति तं तु मुद्गरम् आयान्तम् आलोक्याम्बरगोचरम्

sa tato bhrāmya vegena cikṣepāśvirathaṃ prati taṃ tu mudgaram āyāntam ālokyāmbaragocaram

Then, whirling it with speed, he hurled it at the Aśvins' chariot; but seeing that mace coming on, ranging through the sky,

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MtP 150.199

त्यक्त्वा रथौ तु तौ वेगाद् आप्लुतौ तरसाश्विनौ तौ रथौ स तु निष्पिष्य मुद्गरो ऽचलसंनिभः

tyaktvā rathau tu tau vegād āplutau tarasāśvinau tau rathau sa tu niṣpiṣya mudgaro 'calasaṃnibhaḥ

the two Aśvins, abandoning their chariots, leapt away swiftly at speed; and that mace, like a mountain, crushing those two chariots,

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MtP 150.200

दारयामास धरणीं हेमजालपरिष्कृतः तस्य कर्माश्विनौ दृष्ट्वा भिषजौ चित्रयोधिनौ

dārayāmāsa dharaṇīṃ hemajālapariṣkṛtaḥ tasya karmāśvinau dṛṣṭvā bhiṣajau citrayodhinau

adorned with golden network, split the earth. Seeing that deed of his, the two Aśvins, the physicians, fighters of manifold skill,

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MtP 150.201

वज्रास्त्रं तु प्रकुर्वाते दानवेन्द्रनिवारणम् ततो वज्रमयं वर्षं प्रावर्तद् अतिदारुणम्

vajrāstraṃ tu prakurvāte dānavendranivāraṇam tato vajramayaṃ varṣaṃ prāvartad atidāruṇam

employed the thunderbolt-weapon to check the lord of the Dānavas; thereupon a most fearful rain of thunderbolts began.

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MtP 150.202

घोरवज्रप्रहारैस्तु दैत्येन्द्रः स परिष्कृतः रथो ध्वजो धनुश्चक्रं कवचं चापि काञ्चनम्

ghoravajraprahāraistu daityendraḥ sa pariṣkṛtaḥ ratho dhvajo dhanuścakraṃ kavacaṃ cāpi kāñcanam

By the blows of the terrible thunderbolts that lord of the Daityas was hemmed in; his chariot, banner, bow, discus, and also his golden armour

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MtP 150.203

क्षणेन तिलशो जातं सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः तद्दृष्ट्वा दुष्करं कर्म सो ऽश्विभ्यां भीमविक्रमः

kṣaṇena tilaśo jātaṃ sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ taddṛṣṭvā duṣkaraṃ karma so 'śvibhyāṃ bhīmavikramaḥ

in an instant were reduced to sesame-sized bits, while the whole army looked on. Seeing that hard-to-do deed, he of terrible valour, against the two Aśvins,

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MtP 150.204

नारायणास्त्रं बलवान् मुमोच रणमूर्धनि वज्रास्त्रं शमयामास दानवेन्द्रो ऽस्त्रतेजसा

nārāyaṇāstraṃ balavān mumoca raṇamūrdhani vajrāstraṃ śamayāmāsa dānavendro 'stratejasā

the strong one, released the Nārāyaṇa-weapon at the head of the battle; and the lord of the Dānavas quelled the thunderbolt-weapon by the power of that missile.

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MtP 150.205

तस्मिन्प्रशान्ते वज्रास्त्रे कालनेमिरनन्तरम् जीवग्राहं ग्राहयितुम् अश्विनौ तु प्रचक्रमे

tasminpraśānte vajrāstre kālanemiranantaram jīvagrāhaṃ grāhayitum aśvinau tu pracakrame

When that thunderbolt-weapon was quelled, Kālanemi at once set about having the two Aśvins seized alive.

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MtP 150.206

तावश्विनौ रणाद्भीतौ सहस्राक्षरथं प्रति प्रयातौ वेपमानौ तु पदा शस्त्रविवर्जितौ

tāvaśvinau raṇādbhītau sahasrākṣarathaṃ prati prayātau vepamānau tu padā śastravivarjitau

Those two Aśvins, afraid of the battle, went off on foot toward the chariot of the Thousand-eyed, trembling and bereft of their weapons.

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MtP 150.207

तयोरनुगतो दैत्यः कालनेमिर्महाबलः प्राप्येन्द्रस्य रथं क्रूरो दैत्यानीकपदानुगः

tayoranugato daityaḥ kālanemirmahābalaḥ prāpyendrasya rathaṃ krūro daityānīkapadānugaḥ

The Daitya Kālanemi of great strength, cruel, followed after those two, reaching Indra's chariot, with the ranks of the Daitya army following at his feet.

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MtP 150.208

तं दृष्ट्वा सर्वभूतानि वित्रेसुर्विह्वलानि तु दृष्ट्वा दैत्यस्य तत्क्रौर्यं सर्वभूतानि मेनिरे

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvabhūtāni vitresurvihvalāni tu dṛṣṭvā daityasya tatkrauryaṃ sarvabhūtāni menire

Seeing him, all beings trembled and were distraught; and seeing that cruelty of the Daitya, all beings foresaw

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MtP 150.209

पराजयं महेन्द्रस्य सर्वलोकक्षयावहम् चेलुः शिखरिणो मुख्याः पेतुरुल्का नभस्तलात्

parājayaṃ mahendrasya sarvalokakṣayāvaham celuḥ śikhariṇo mukhyāḥ peturulkā nabhastalāt

the defeat of great Indra, bringing destruction on all the worlds. The chief mountains shook, meteors fell from the vault of heaven.

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MtP 150.210

जगर्जुर्जलदा दिक्षु ह्य् उद्भूताश्च महार्णवाः तां भूतविकृतिं दृष्ट्वा भगवान्गरुडध्वजः

jagarjurjaladā dikṣu hy udbhūtāśca mahārṇavāḥ tāṃ bhūtavikṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavāngaruḍadhvajaḥ

The rain-clouds thundered in every direction, and the great oceans rose up. Seeing that derangement of the elements, the Lord whose banner is Garuḍa —

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MtP 150.211

व्यबुध्यताहिपर्यङ्के योगनिद्रां विहाय तु लक्ष्मीकरयुगाजस्रलालिताङ्घ्रिसरोरुहः

vyabudhyatāhiparyaṅke yoganidrāṃ vihāya tu lakṣmīkarayugājasralālitāṅghrisaroruhaḥ

— awoke upon his serpent-couch, casting off his yoga-slumber, his lotus-feet being ceaselessly caressed by the pair of Lakṣmī's hands.

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MtP 150.212

शरदम्बरनीलाब्जकान्तदेहछविर्विभुः कौस्तुभोद्भासितोरस्कः कान्तकेयूरभास्वरः

śaradambaranīlābjakāntadehachavirvibhuḥ kaustubhodbhāsitoraskaḥ kāntakeyūrabhāsvaraḥ

The mighty one, the sheen of whose body was lovely as a blue lotus (against) an autumn sky, his chest illumined by the Kaustubha (jewel), radiant with lovely armlets —

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MtP 150.213

विमृश्य सुरसंक्षोभं वैनतेयं समाह्वयत् आहूते ऽवस्थिते तस्मिन् नागावस्थितवर्ष्मणि

vimṛśya surasaṃkṣobhaṃ vainateyaṃ samāhvayat āhūte 'vasthite tasmin nāgāvasthitavarṣmaṇi

— reflecting on the turmoil of the gods, he summoned the son of Vinatā (Garuḍa). When, being called, he stood there with his body in a serpent-devouring posture,

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MtP 150.214

दिव्यनानास्त्रतीक्ष्णार्चिर् आरुह्यागात् सुरान्स्वयम् तत्रापश्यत देवेन्द्रम् अभिद्रुतमभिप्लुतैः

divyanānāstratīkṣṇārcir āruhyāgāt surānsvayam tatrāpaśyata devendram abhidrutamabhiplutaiḥ

— (Viṣṇu,) with the keen blaze of his various divine weapons, mounting (him) came to the gods himself. There he saw the lord of the gods hard pressed, overwhelmed —

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MtP 150.215

दानवेन्द्रैर्नवाम्भोदसच्छायैः पौरुषोत्कटैः यथा हि पुरुषं घोरैर् अभाग्यैर्वंशशालिभिः

dānavendrairnavāmbhodasacchāyaiḥ pauruṣotkaṭaiḥ yathā hi puruṣaṃ ghorair abhāgyairvaṃśaśālibhiḥ

— by the lords of the Dānavas, who had the sheen of fresh rain-clouds and were fierce in their manly force, dreadful, unlucky, endowed with (noble) lineage — just as a man (is overwhelmed),

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MtP 150.216

परित्राणायाशु कृतं सुक्षेत्रे कर्म निर्मलम् अथापश्यन्त दैतेया वियति ज्योतिर्मण्डलम्

paritrāṇāyāśu kṛtaṃ sukṣetre karma nirmalam athāpaśyanta daiteyā viyati jyotirmaṇḍalam

— by a spotless deed swiftly performed in a good field for (his own) deliverance. Then the Daiteyas saw in the sky an orb of light,

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MtP 150.217

स्फुरन्तमुदयाद्रिस्थं सूर्यमुष्णत्विषा इव प्रभावं ज्ञातुमिच्छन्तो दानवास्तस्य तेजसः

sphurantamudayādristhaṃ sūryamuṣṇatviṣā iva prabhāvaṃ jñātumicchanto dānavāstasya tejasaḥ

— flashing, like the sun with its hot rays standing on the mountain of sunrise. The Dānavas, wishing to know the power of that brilliance,

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MtP 150.218

गरुत्मन्तमपश्यन्तः कल्पान्तानलसंनिभम् तमास्थितं च मेघौघद्युतिमक्षयमच्युतम्

garutmantamapaśyantaḥ kalpāntānalasaṃnibham tamāsthitaṃ ca meghaughadyutimakṣayamacyutam

— saw Garutmān, resembling the fire at the end of an aeon, and, seated on him, the imperishable, unfallen one with the lustre of a mass of clouds.

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MtP 150.219

तम् आलोक्यासुरेन्द्रास्तु हर्षसम्पूर्णमानसाः अयं वै देवसर्वस्वं जिते ऽस्मिन्निर्जिताः सुराः

tam ālokyāsurendrāstu harṣasampūrṇamānasāḥ ayaṃ vai devasarvasvaṃ jite 'sminnirjitāḥ surāḥ

But the lords of the Asuras, beholding him, their minds filled with joy (said): "This one is indeed the whole substance of the gods; when he is conquered, the gods are vanquished.

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MtP 150.220

अयं स दैत्यचक्राणां कृतान्तः केशवो ऽरिहा एनमाश्रित्य लोकेषु यज्ञभागभुजो ऽमराः

ayaṃ sa daityacakrāṇāṃ kṛtāntaḥ keśavo 'rihā enamāśritya lokeṣu yajñabhāgabhujo 'marāḥ

This is that Keśava, the slayer of foes, the end-maker of the hosts of Daityas; it is by resorting to him that the immortals enjoy their shares of sacrifice in the worlds."

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MtP 150.221

इत्युक्त्वा दानवाः सर्वे परिवार्य समन्ततः निजघ्नुर्विविधैरस्त्रैस् ते तम् आयान्तम् आहवे

ityuktvā dānavāḥ sarve parivārya samantataḥ nijaghnurvividhairastrais te tam āyāntam āhave

Having said this, all the Dānavas, surrounding him on every side, struck him with various weapons as he came on to the battle.

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MtP 150.222

कालनेमिप्रभृतयो दश दैत्या महारथाः षष्ट्या विव्याध बाणानां कालनेमिर्जनार्दनम्

kālanemiprabhṛtayo daśa daityā mahārathāḥ ṣaṣṭyā vivyādha bāṇānāṃ kālanemirjanārdanam

Kālanemi and the rest, ten great chariot-warrior Daityas (attacked); Kālanemi pierced Janārdana with sixty arrows.

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MtP 150.223

निमिः शतेन बाणानां मथनो ऽशीतिभिः शरैः जम्भकश्चैव सप्तत्या शुम्भो दशभिरेव च

nimiḥ śatena bāṇānāṃ mathano 'śītibhiḥ śaraiḥ jambhakaścaiva saptatyā śumbho daśabhireva ca

Nimi with a hundred arrows, Mathana with eighty shafts, Jambhaka with seventy, and Śumbha with ten,

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MtP 150.224

शेषा दैत्येश्वराः सर्वे विष्णुमेकैकशः शरैः दशभिश्चैव यत्तास्ते जघ्नुः सगरुडं रणे

śeṣā daityeśvarāḥ sarve viṣṇumekaikaśaḥ śaraiḥ daśabhiścaiva yattāste jaghnuḥ sagaruḍaṃ raṇe

and all the remaining lords of the Daityas, each singly, with ten arrows each — those exerting ones struck Viṣṇu together with Garuḍa in the battle.

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MtP 150.225

तेषाम् अमृष्य तत्कर्म विष्णुर्दानवसूदनः एकैकं दानवं जघ्ने षड्भिः षड्भिरजिह्मगैः

teṣām amṛṣya tatkarma viṣṇurdānavasūdanaḥ ekaikaṃ dānavaṃ jaghne ṣaḍbhiḥ ṣaḍbhirajihmagaiḥ

Not brooking that deed of theirs, Viṣṇu, the destroyer of Dānavas, struck each single Dānava with six straight-flying (arrows) each.

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MtP 150.226

आकर्णकृष्टैर्भूयश्च कालनेमिस् त्रिभिः शरैः विष्णुं विव्याध हृदये क्रोधाद्रक्तविलोचनः

ākarṇakṛṣṭairbhūyaśca kālanemis tribhiḥ śaraiḥ viṣṇuṃ vivyādha hṛdaye krodhādraktavilocanaḥ

And again Kālanemi, his eyes red with rage, pierced Viṣṇu in the chest with three arrows drawn back to the ear.

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MtP 150.227

तस्याशोभन्त ते बाणा हृदये तप्तकाञ्चनाः मयूखानीव दीप्तानि कौस्तुभस्य स्फुटत्विषः

tasyāśobhanta te bāṇā hṛdaye taptakāñcanāḥ mayūkhānīva dīptāni kaustubhasya sphuṭatviṣaḥ

Those arrows of burnished gold shone on his chest like the blazing rays of the bright-gleaming Kaustubha (jewel).

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MtP 150.228

तैर्बाणैः किंचिदायस्तो हरिर्जग्राह मुद्गरम् सततं भ्राम्य वेगेन दानवाय व्यसर्जयत्

tairbāṇaiḥ kiṃcidāyasto harirjagrāha mudgaram satataṃ bhrāmya vegena dānavāya vyasarjayat

Somewhat pained by those arrows, Hari took up a mallet; whirling it round and round, he hurled it with force at the Dānava.

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MtP 150.229

दानवेन्द्रस्तमप्राप्तं वियत्येव शतैः शरैः चिछेद तिलशः क्रुद्धो दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम्

dānavendrastamaprāptaṃ viyatyeva śataiḥ śaraiḥ cicheda tilaśaḥ kruddho darśayanpāṇilāghavam

The lord of the Dānavas, angered, cut it to bits in the sky itself before it reached (him), with hundreds of arrows, displaying the deftness of his hands.

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MtP 150.230

ततो विष्णुः प्रकुपितः प्रासं जग्राह भैरवम् तेन दैत्यस्य हृदयं ताडयामास गाढतः

tato viṣṇuḥ prakupitaḥ prāsaṃ jagrāha bhairavam tena daityasya hṛdayaṃ tāḍayāmāsa gāḍhataḥ

Then Viṣṇu, enraged, took up a terrible javelin; with it he struck the demon's heart hard.

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MtP 150.231

क्षणेन लब्धसंज्ञस्तु कालनेमिर्महासुरः शक्तिं जग्राह तीक्ष्णाग्रां हेमघण्टाट्टहासिनीम्

kṣaṇena labdhasaṃjñastu kālanemirmahāsuraḥ śaktiṃ jagrāha tīkṣṇāgrāṃ hemaghaṇṭāṭṭahāsinīm

But in a moment the great demon Kālanemi, having regained consciousness, seized a spear with a sharp point, laughing loudly with its golden bells.

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MtP 150.232

तया वामभुजं विष्णोर् बिभेद दितिनन्दनः भिन्नः शक्त्या भुजस्तस्य स्रुतशोणित आबभौ

tayā vāmabhujaṃ viṣṇor bibheda ditinandanaḥ bhinnaḥ śaktyā bhujastasya srutaśoṇita ābabhau

With it the son of Diti split Viṣṇu's left arm; his arm, cleft by the spear, appeared with blood streaming from it,

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MtP 150.233

पद्मरागमयेनेव केयूरेण विभूषितः ततो विष्णुः प्रकुपितो जग्राह विपुलं धनुः

padmarāgamayeneva keyūreṇa vibhūṣitaḥ tato viṣṇuḥ prakupito jagrāha vipulaṃ dhanuḥ

as though adorned with an armlet made of ruby. Then Viṣṇu, enraged, took up his great bow,

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MtP 150.234

सप्तदश च नाराचांस् तीक्ष्णान्मर्मविभेदिनः दैत्यस्य हृदयं षड्भिर् विव्याध च त्रिभिः शरैः

saptadaśa ca nārācāṃs tīkṣṇānmarmavibhedinaḥ daityasya hṛdayaṃ ṣaḍbhir vivyādha ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ

and seventeen sharp iron arrows that pierce the vital parts; with six he pierced the demon's heart, and with three (more) arrows,

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MtP 150.235

चतुर्भिः सारथिं चास्य ध्वजं चैकेन पत्त्रिणा द्वाभ्यां ज्याधनुषी चापि भुजं सव्यं च पत्त्रिणा

caturbhiḥ sārathiṃ cāsya dhvajaṃ caikena pattriṇā dvābhyāṃ jyādhanuṣī cāpi bhujaṃ savyaṃ ca pattriṇā

with four his charioteer, and his banner with a single feathered shaft, with two his bowstring and bow, and his left arm with a feathered shaft.

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MtP 150.236

स विद्धो हृदये गाढं दैत्यो हरिशिलीमुखैः स्रुतरक्तारुणप्रांशुः पीडाकुलितमानसः

sa viddho hṛdaye gāḍhaṃ daityo hariśilīmukhaiḥ srutaraktāruṇaprāṃśuḥ pīḍākulitamānasaḥ

That demon, pierced deeply in the heart by Hari's arrows, tall and reddened with flowing blood, his mind confounded by pain,

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MtP 150.237

चकम्पे मारुतेनेव नोदितः किंशुकद्रुमः तमाकम्पितमालक्ष्य गदां जग्राह केशवः

cakampe māruteneva noditaḥ kiṃśukadrumaḥ tamākampitamālakṣya gadāṃ jagrāha keśavaḥ

trembled like a kiṃśuka tree shaken by the wind. Seeing him trembling, Keśava took up his mace,

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MtP 150.238

तां च वेगेन चिक्षेप कालनेमिरथं प्रति सा पपात शिरस्युग्रा विपुला कालनेमिनः

tāṃ ca vegena cikṣepa kālanemirathaṃ prati sā papāta śirasyugrā vipulā kālaneminaḥ

and hurled it with force at Kālanemi's chariot; that huge, fearsome (mace) fell on Kālanemi's head.

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MtP 150.239

संचूर्णितोत्तमाङ्गस्तु निष्पिष्टमुकुटो ऽसुरः स्रुतरक्तौघरन्ध्रस्तु स्रुतधातुरिवाचलः

saṃcūrṇitottamāṅgastu niṣpiṣṭamukuṭo 'suraḥ srutaraktaugharandhrastu srutadhāturivācalaḥ

With his head crushed to powder and his crown smashed, the demon, his openings streaming floods of blood, like a mountain oozing red ore,

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MtP 150.240

प्रापतत्स्वे रथे भग्ने विसंज्ञः शिष्टजीवितः पतितस्य रथोपस्थे दानवस्याच्युतो ऽरिहा

prāpatatsve rathe bhagne visaṃjñaḥ śiṣṭajīvitaḥ patitasya rathopasthe dānavasyācyuto 'rihā

fell down in his own broken chariot, senseless, with only his life left. To the demon fallen on the chariot's floor, Acyuta, slayer of foes,

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MtP 150.241

स्मितपूर्वमुवाचेदं वाक्यं चक्रायुधः प्रभुः गच्छासुर विमुक्तो ऽसि साम्प्रतं जीव निर्भयः

smitapūrvamuvācedaṃ vākyaṃ cakrāyudhaḥ prabhuḥ gacchāsura vimukto 'si sāmprataṃ jīva nirbhayaḥ

the lord who bears the discus, smiling, spoke this word: "Go, demon, you are released; live now without fear.

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MtP 150.242

ततः स्वल्पेन कालेन अहमेव तवान्तकः एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य सारथिः कालनेमिनः अपवाह्य रथं दूरम् अनयत्कालनेमिनः

tataḥ svalpena kālena ahameva tavāntakaḥ etacchrutvā vacastasya sārathiḥ kālaneminaḥ apavāhya rathaṃ dūram anayatkālaneminaḥ

Then in a short time I myself will be your end." Hearing this speech of his, Kālanemi's charioteer drove the chariot far away and carried Kālanemi off.

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