Matsya Purana — Chapter 153
MtP 153.1
तमालोक्य पलायन्तं विभ्रष्टध्वजकार्मुकम् हरिं देवः सहस्राक्षो मेने भग्नं दुराहवे
tamālokya palāyantaṃ vibhraṣṭadhvajakārmukam hariṃ devaḥ sahasrākṣo mene bhagnaṃ durāhave
Seeing him fleeing, his banner and bow lost, the thousand-eyed god thought that Hari was broken in the hard fight.
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MtP 153.2
दैत्यांश्च मुदितान्दृष्ट्वा कर्तव्यं नाध्यगच्छत अथायान्निकटे विष्णोः सुरेशः पाकशासनः
daityāṃśca muditāndṛṣṭvā kartavyaṃ nādhyagacchata athāyānnikaṭe viṣṇoḥ sureśaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ
And seeing the daityas rejoicing, he could not find what should be done; then the lord of the gods, the chastiser of Pāka, came near to Viṣṇu.
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MtP 153.3
उवाच चैनं मधुरं प्रोत्साहपरिबृंहकम् किमेभिः क्रीडसे देव दानवैर्दुष्टमानसैः
uvāca cainaṃ madhuraṃ protsāhaparibṛṃhakam kimebhiḥ krīḍase deva dānavairduṣṭamānasaiḥ
And he spoke to him sweetly, in words that swelled his zeal: "Why, O god, do you play with these dānavas of wicked mind?
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MtP 153.4
दुर्जनैर्लब्धरन्ध्रस्य पुरुषस्य कुतः क्रियाः शक्तेनोपेक्षितो नीचो मन्यते बलमात्मनः
durjanairlabdharandhrasya puruṣasya kutaḥ kriyāḥ śaktenopekṣito nīco manyate balamātmanaḥ
Whence are (effective) actions for a man whose weak point has been found by wicked folk? A low man, if overlooked by one who is able, thinks his own strength (to be great).
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MtP 153.5
तस्मान्न नीचं मतिमान् दुर्गहीनं हि संत्यजेत् अथाग्रेसरसंपत्त्या रथिनो जयमाप्नुयुः
tasmānna nīcaṃ matimān durgahīnaṃ hi saṃtyajet athāgresarasaṃpattyā rathino jayamāpnuyuḥ
Therefore a wise man should not let a low (foe) go, even one without a stronghold; and by having a good vanguard charioteers win the victory.
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MtP 153.6
कस्ते सखाभवच्चाग्रे हिरण्याक्षवधे विभो हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यो वीर्यशाली मदोद्धतः
kaste sakhābhavaccāgre hiraṇyākṣavadhe vibho hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo vīryaśālī madoddhataḥ
Who was your ally formerly, O mighty one, at the slaying of Hiraṇyākṣa? Hiraṇyakaśipu, the daitya, abounding in valour, puffed up with pride—
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MtP 153.7
त्वां प्राप्यापश्यदसुरो विषमं स्मृतिविभ्रमम् पूर्वे ऽप्यतिबला ये च दैत्येन्द्राः सुरविद्विषः
tvāṃ prāpyāpaśyadasuro viṣamaṃ smṛtivibhramam pūrve 'pyatibalā ye ca daityendrāḥ suravidviṣaḥ
that asura, on meeting you, experienced a dreadful derangement of his wits. And those exceedingly strong lords of daityas of former times, haters of the gods,
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MtP 153.8
विनाशमागताः प्राप्य शलभा इव पावकम् युगे युगे च दैत्यानां त्वमेवान्तकरो हरे
vināśamāgatāḥ prāpya śalabhā iva pāvakam yuge yuge ca daityānāṃ tvamevāntakaro hare
came to destruction, like moths reaching a fire. In age after age it is you alone, O Hari, who make an end of the daityas.
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MtP 153.9
तथैवाद्येह मग्नानां भव विष्णो सुराश्रयः एवमुक्तस्ततो विष्णुर् व्यवर्धत महाभुजः
tathaivādyeha magnānāṃ bhava viṣṇo surāśrayaḥ evamuktastato viṣṇur vyavardhata mahābhujaḥ
Just so today, O Viṣṇu, be the refuge of the gods who are sinking here." Thus addressed, the great-armed Viṣṇu then grew (in size),
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MtP 153.10
ऋद्ध्या परमया युक्तः सर्वभूताश्रयो ऽरिहा अथोवाच सहस्राक्षं कालक्षमम् अधोक्षजः
ṛddhyā paramayā yuktaḥ sarvabhūtāśrayo 'rihā athovāca sahasrākṣaṃ kālakṣamam adhokṣajaḥ
endowed with the highest abundance, the refuge of all beings, the slayer of foes; and then Adhokṣaja spoke to the thousand-eyed one who was equal to the moment:
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MtP 153.11
दैत्येन्द्राः स्वैर्वधोपायैः शक्या हन्तुं हि नान्यतः दुर्जयस्तारको दैत्यो मुक्त्वा सप्तदिनं शिशुम्
daityendrāḥ svairvadhopāyaiḥ śakyā hantuṃ hi nānyataḥ durjayastārako daityo muktvā saptadinaṃ śiśum
"Lords of the daityas can be slain only by the means of death proper to each, not otherwise: the daitya Tāraka is unconquerable, save by a seven-day-old infant.
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MtP 153.12
कश्चित्स्त्रीवध्यतां प्राप्तो वधे ऽन्यस्य कुमारिका जम्भस्तु वध्यतां प्राप्तो दानवः क्रूरविक्रमः
kaścitstrīvadhyatāṃ prāpto vadhe 'nyasya kumārikā jambhastu vadhyatāṃ prāpto dānavaḥ krūravikramaḥ
One has come to be slayable by a woman; for the killing of another, a young girl (is required). But Jambha, the dānava of cruel prowess, has come to be slayable (by you).
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MtP 153.13
तस्माद्वीर्येण दिव्येन जहि जम्भं जगद्वरम् अवध्यः सर्वभूतानां त्वां विना स तु दानवः
tasmādvīryeṇa divyena jahi jambhaṃ jagadvaram avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvāṃ vinā sa tu dānavaḥ
Therefore, with your divine valour, slay Jambha, O best in the world; for that dānava is unslayable by all beings except you.
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MtP 153.14
मया गुप्तो रणे जम्भं जगत्कण्टकमुद्धर तद्वैकुण्ठवचः श्रुत्वा सहस्राक्षो ऽमरारिहा
mayā gupto raṇe jambhaṃ jagatkaṇṭakamuddhara tadvaikuṇṭhavacaḥ śrutvā sahasrākṣo 'marārihā
Guarded by me in battle, root out Jambha, the thorn of the world." Hearing that speech of Vaikuṇṭha, the thousand-eyed slayer of the immortals' enemies
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MtP 153.15
समादिशत्सुरान्सर्वान् सैन्यस्य रचनां प्रति यत्सारं सर्वलोकेषु वीर्यस्य तपसो ऽपि च
samādiśatsurānsarvān sainyasya racanāṃ prati yatsāraṃ sarvalokeṣu vīryasya tapaso 'pi ca
gave orders to all the gods concerning the arraying of the army. That which is the essence, in all the worlds, of valour and of austerity too—
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MtP 153.16
तदेकादश रुद्रांस्तु चकाराग्रेसरान्हरिः व्यालभोगाङ्गसंनद्धा बलिनो नीलकंधराः
tadekādaśa rudrāṃstu cakārāgresarānhariḥ vyālabhogāṅgasaṃnaddhā balino nīlakaṃdharāḥ
namely those eleven Rudras, Hari made the vanguard: their limbs bound about with the coils of serpents, mighty, blue-throated,
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MtP 153.17
चन्द्रखण्डनृमुण्डालीमण्डितोरुशिखण्डिनः शूलज्वालावलिप्ताङ्गा भुजमण्डलभैरवाः
candrakhaṇḍanṛmuṇḍālīmaṇḍitoruśikhaṇḍinaḥ śūlajvālāvaliptāṅgā bhujamaṇḍalabhairavāḥ
Their great crests were adorned with crescent moons and rows of human skulls; their limbs were smeared with the flames of their tridents; they were terrifying with their circles of arms.
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MtP 153.18
पिङ्गोत्तुङ्गजटाजूटाः सिंहचर्मानुषङ्गिणः कपालीशादयो रुद्रा विद्रावितमहासुराः
piṅgottuṅgajaṭājūṭāḥ siṃhacarmānuṣaṅgiṇaḥ kapālīśādayo rudrā vidrāvitamahāsurāḥ
With tawny, towering masses of matted hair, wearing lion skins, the Rudras headed by Kapālin, who put the great asuras to flight.
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MtP 153.19
कपाली पिङ्गलो भीमो विरूपाक्षो विलोहितः अजेशः शासनः शास्ता शंभुश्चण्डो ध्रुवस्तथा
kapālī piṅgalo bhīmo virūpākṣo vilohitaḥ ajeśaḥ śāsanaḥ śāstā śaṃbhuścaṇḍo dhruvastathā
Kapālin, Piṅgala, Bhīma, Virūpākṣa, Vilohita, Ajeśa, Śāsana, Śāstā, Śambhu, Caṇḍa, and Dhruva.
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MtP 153.20
एत एकादशानन्तबला रुद्राः प्रभाविणः पालयन्तो बलस्याग्रे दारयन्तश्च दानवान्
eta ekādaśānantabalā rudrāḥ prabhāviṇaḥ pālayanto balasyāgre dārayantaśca dānavān
These eleven Rudras, of boundless strength and mighty power, guarding at the front of the army and tearing apart the Dānavas,
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MtP 153.21
आप्याययन्तस्त्रिदशान् गर्जन्त इव चाम्बुदाः हिमाचलाभे महति काञ्चनाम्बुरुहस्रजि
āpyāyayantastridaśān garjanta iva cāmbudāḥ himācalābhe mahati kāñcanāmburuhasraji
invigorating the thirty (gods) and roaring like rain clouds — (Indra stood) on the great (elephant), white as the snow-mountain, garlanded with golden lotuses,
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MtP 153.22
प्रचलच्चामरे हेमघण्टासंघातमण्डिते ऐरावते चतुर्दन्ते मातङ्गे ऽचलसंस्थिते
pracalaccāmare hemaghaṇṭāsaṃghātamaṇḍite airāvate caturdante mātaṅge 'calasaṃsthite
with waving chowries, adorned with clusters of golden bells, four-tusked Airāvata, the elephant standing motionless as a mountain,
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MtP 153.23
महामदजलस्रावे कामरूपे शतक्रतुः तस्थौ हिमगिरेः शृङ्गे भानुमानिव दीप्तिमान्
mahāmadajalasrāve kāmarūpe śatakratuḥ tasthau himagireḥ śṛṅge bhānumāniva dīptimān
streaming with the fluid of great rut, able to take any form he wished — upon him the Performer of a Hundred Sacrifices stood, blazing like the radiant sun on a peak of the Himālaya.
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MtP 153.24
तस्यारक्षत्पदं सव्यं मारुतो ऽमितविक्रमः जुगोपापरमग्निस्तु ज्वालापूरितदिङ्मुखः
tasyārakṣatpadaṃ savyaṃ māruto 'mitavikramaḥ jugopāparamagnistu jvālāpūritadiṅmukhaḥ
Māruta of immeasurable valour guarded his left side, and Agni, filling the quarters with his flames, protected the other.
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MtP 153.25
पृष्ठरक्षो ऽभवद्विष्णुः ससैन्यस्य शतक्रतोः आदित्या वसवो विश्वे मरुतश्चाश्विनावपि
pṛṣṭharakṣo 'bhavadviṣṇuḥ sasainyasya śatakratoḥ ādityā vasavo viśve marutaścāśvināvapi
Viṣṇu became the rear-guard of Śatakratu together with his army; the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Viśve (devas), the Maruts, and the two Aśvins too,
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MtP 153.26
गन्धर्वा राक्षसा यक्षाः सकिंनरमहोरगाः नानाविधायुधाश्चित्रा दधाना हेमभूषणाः
gandharvā rākṣasā yakṣāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ nānāvidhāyudhāścitrā dadhānā hemabhūṣaṇāḥ
the Gandharvas, Rākṣasas, Yakṣas, along with the Kinnaras and the great serpents, bearing weapons of many kinds, brilliant, wearing golden ornaments,
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MtP 153.27
कोटिशः कोटिशः कृत्वा वृन्दं चिह्नोपलक्षितम् विश्रामयन्तः स्वां कीर्तिं बन्दिवृन्दपुरःसराः चेरुर्दैत्यवधे हृष्टाः सहेन्द्राः सुरजातयः
koṭiśaḥ koṭiśaḥ kṛtvā vṛndaṃ cihnopalakṣitam viśrāmayantaḥ svāṃ kīrtiṃ bandivṛndapuraḥsarāḥ cerurdaityavadhe hṛṣṭāḥ sahendrāḥ surajātayaḥ
forming their troops by tens of millions, each marked by its own emblem, with throngs of bards going before them proclaiming their fame, the tribes of gods together with Indra moved out, delighted at the slaying of the Daityas.
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MtP 153.28
शतक्रतोरमरनिकायपालिता पताकिनी गजशतवाजिनादिता सितोन्नतध्वजपटकोटिमण्डिता बभूव सा दितिसुतशोकवर्धिनी
śatakratoramaranikāyapālitā patākinī gajaśatavājināditā sitonnatadhvajapaṭakoṭimaṇḍitā babhūva sā ditisutaśokavardhinī
The bannered host of Śatakratu, guarded by the throngs of immortals, resounding with hundreds of elephants and horses, adorned with tens of millions of white, uplifted flags and pennants — that (army) became an increaser of the grief of Diti's sons.
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MtP 153.29
आयान्तीम् अवलोक्याथ सुरसेनां गजासुरः गजरूपी महाम्भोदसंघातो भाति भैरवः
āyāntīm avalokyātha surasenāṃ gajāsuraḥ gajarūpī mahāmbhodasaṃghāto bhāti bhairavaḥ
Then, seeing the army of the gods coming on, the elephant-asura, in elephant form, shone terrible, like a mass of great rain clouds.
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MtP 153.30
परश्वधायुधो दैत्यो दंशितोष्ठकसंपुटः ममर्द च रणे देवांश् चिक्षेपान्यान्करेण तु
paraśvadhāyudho daityo daṃśitoṣṭhakasaṃpuṭaḥ mamarda ca raṇe devāṃś cikṣepānyānkareṇa tu
The Daitya, armed with a battle-axe, his lips bitten shut, crushed the gods in battle and hurled others away with his trunk.
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MtP 153.31
परान्परशुना जघ्ने दैत्येन्द्रो रौद्रविक्रमः तस्य पातयतः सेनां यक्षगन्धर्वकिंनराः
parānparaśunā jaghne daityendro raudravikramaḥ tasya pātayataḥ senāṃ yakṣagandharvakiṃnarāḥ
The lord of the Daityas, of dreadful valour, struck down others with his axe. As he was felling that army, the Yakṣas, Gandharvas and Kinnaras
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MtP 153.32
मुमुचुः संहताः सर्वे चित्रशस्त्रास्त्रसंहतिम् पाशान् परश्वधांश्चक्रान् भिन्दिपालान् समुद्गरान्
mumucuḥ saṃhatāḥ sarve citraśastrāstrasaṃhatim pāśān paraśvadhāṃścakrān bhindipālān samudgarān
all together let loose a mass of various missiles and weapons: nooses, axes, discuses, bhindipālas, mallets,
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MtP 153.33
कुन्तान्प्रासान् असींस्तीक्ष्णान् मुद्गरांश्चापि दुःसहान् तान्सर्वान्सो ऽग्रसद्दैत्यः कवलानिव यूथपः
kuntānprāsān asīṃstīkṣṇān mudgarāṃścāpi duḥsahān tānsarvānso 'grasaddaityaḥ kavalāniva yūthapaḥ
lances, javelins, sharp swords, and unbearable clubs — all these the Daitya swallowed down like mouthfuls, as a herd-leader (elephant does).
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MtP 153.34
कोपास्फालितदीर्घाग्रकरास्फोटेन पातयन् विचचार रणे देवान् दुष्प्रेक्ष्ये गजदानवः
kopāsphālitadīrghāgrakarāsphoṭena pātayan vicacāra raṇe devān duṣprekṣye gajadānavaḥ
Striking down the gods with the crack of his long-tipped trunk lashed about in fury, the elephant-Dānava, dreadful to look upon, ranged over the battlefield.
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MtP 153.35
यस्मिन्यस्मिन्निपतति सुरवृन्दे गजासुरः तस्मिंस्तस्मिन्महाशब्दो हाहाकारकृतो ऽभवत्
yasminyasminnipatati suravṛnde gajāsuraḥ tasmiṃstasminmahāśabdo hāhākārakṛto 'bhavat
In whatever throng of gods the elephant-asura fell, in that very throng arose a great noise, a wailing of "alas, alas!"
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MtP 153.36
अथ विद्रवमाणं तद् बलं प्रेक्ष्य समन्ततः रुद्राः परस्परं प्रोचुर् अहंकारोत्थितार्चिषः
atha vidravamāṇaṃ tad balaṃ prekṣya samantataḥ rudrāḥ parasparaṃ procur ahaṃkārotthitārciṣaḥ
Then, seeing that army fleeing on every side, the Rudras, whose flames blazed up out of pride, said to one another:
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MtP 153.37
भो भो गृह्णीत दैत्येन्द्रं मर्दतैनं हताश्रयम् कर्षतैनं शितैः शूलैर् भञ्जतैनं च मर्मसु
bho bho gṛhṇīta daityendraṃ mardatainaṃ hatāśrayam karṣatainaṃ śitaiḥ śūlair bhañjatainaṃ ca marmasu
"Ho! Ho! Seize the lord of the Daityas! Crush him, now that his support is destroyed! Drag him with sharp spears, and break him at the vital points!"
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MtP 153.38
कपाली वाक्यमाकर्ण्य शूलं शितशिखामुखम् संमार्ज्य वामहस्तेन संरम्भविवृतेक्षणः
kapālī vākyamākarṇya śūlaṃ śitaśikhāmukham saṃmārjya vāmahastena saṃrambhavivṛtekṣaṇaḥ
Kapālī, hearing that speech, wiped with his left hand his spear with its sharp-pointed tip, his eyes wide with fury,
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MtP 153.39
अधावद्भृकुटीवक्रो दैत्येन्द्राभिमुखो रणे दृढेन मुष्टिबन्धेन शूलं विष्टभ्य निर्मलम्
adhāvadbhṛkuṭīvakro daityendrābhimukho raṇe dṛḍhena muṣṭibandhena śūlaṃ viṣṭabhya nirmalam
and, his brow twisted in a frown, he rushed in the battle straight at the lord of the Daityas, bracing the spotless spear in a firm grip of his fist;
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MtP 153.40
जघान कुम्भदेशे तु कपाली गजदानवम् ततो दशापि ते रुद्रा निर्मलायोमयै रणे
jaghāna kumbhadeśe tu kapālī gajadānavam tato daśāpi te rudrā nirmalāyomayai raṇe
and Kapālī struck the elephant-demon on the frontal boss (of his head). Then all ten of those Rudras, in the battle, with (spears) made of spotless iron—
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MtP 153.41
जघ्नुः शूलैश्च दैत्येन्द्रं शैलवर्ष्माणमाहवे स्रुतशोणितरन्ध्रस्तु शितशूलमुखार्दितः
jaghnuḥ śūlaiśca daityendraṃ śailavarṣmāṇamāhave srutaśoṇitarandhrastu śitaśūlamukhārditaḥ
—struck with their spears the lord of the Daityas, whose body was (huge) as a mountain, in the fray; and he, his openings streaming blood, tormented by the points of the sharp spears,
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MtP 153.42
बभौ कृष्णच्छविर् दैत्यः शरदीवामलं सरः प्रोत्फुल्लारुणनीलाब्जसंघातः सर्वतोदिशम्
babhau kṛṣṇacchavir daityaḥ śaradīvāmalaṃ saraḥ protphullāruṇanīlābjasaṃghātaḥ sarvatodiśam
the Daitya of dark hue shone like a clear lake in autumn, a mass of full-blown red and blue lotuses on every side,
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MtP 153.43
भस्मशुभ्रतनुछायै रुद्रैर्हंसैरिवावृतः उपस्थितार्तिर्दैत्यो ऽथ प्रचलत्कर्णपल्लवः
bhasmaśubhratanuchāyai rudrairhaṃsairivāvṛtaḥ upasthitārtirdaityo 'tha pracalatkarṇapallavaḥ
encircled by the Rudras, whose bodies gleamed pale with ash, as though by geese. Then the Daitya, with pain come upon him, his leaf-like ears quivering,
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MtP 153.44
शंभुं बिभेद दशनैर् नाभिदेशे गजासुरः दृष्ट्वा सक्तं तु रुद्राभ्यां नव रुद्रास्ततो ऽद्भुतम्
śaṃbhuṃ bibheda daśanair nābhideśe gajāsuraḥ dṛṣṭvā saktaṃ tu rudrābhyāṃ nava rudrāstato 'dbhutam
—the elephant-demon gored Śambhu with his tusks in the region of the navel; but seeing him engaged with two Rudras, the (other) nine Rudras then, wondrously,
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MtP 153.45
ततक्षुर्विविधैः शस्त्रैः शरीरममरद्विषः निर्भया बलिनो युद्धे रणभूमौ व्यवस्थिताः
tatakṣurvividhaiḥ śastraiḥ śarīramamaradviṣaḥ nirbhayā balino yuddhe raṇabhūmau vyavasthitāḥ
cut at the body of the foe of the gods with various weapons, fearless and strong, standing firm on the battlefield in the fight.
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MtP 153.46
मृतं महिषमासाद्य वने गोमायवो यथा कपालिनं परित्यज्य गतश्चासुरपुंगवः
mṛtaṃ mahiṣamāsādya vane gomāyavo yathā kapālinaṃ parityajya gataścāsurapuṃgavaḥ
And as jackals in the forest, having come upon a dead buffalo, (leave it), so the bull among the demons left Kapālī and went off.
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MtP 153.47
वेगेन कुपितो दैत्यो नव रुद्रानुपाद्रवत् ममर्द चरणाघातैर् दन्तैश्चापि करेण च
vegena kupito daityo nava rudrānupādravat mamarda caraṇāghātair dantaiścāpi kareṇa ca
The Daitya, enraged, rushed violently upon the nine Rudras, and crushed (them) with blows of his feet, and with his tusks and with his trunk.
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MtP 153.48
स तैस्तुमुलयुद्धेन श्रममासादितो यदा तदा कपाली जग्राह करं तस्यामरद्विषः
sa taistumulayuddhena śramamāsādito yadā tadā kapālī jagrāha karaṃ tasyāmaradviṣaḥ
When he had been brought to exhaustion by them through the tumultuous fight, then Kapālī seized the trunk of that foe of the gods,
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MtP 153.49
भ्रामयामास वेगेन ह्य् अतीव च गजासुरम् दृष्ट्वा श्रमातुरं दैत्यं किंचित्स्फुरितजीवितम्
bhrāmayāmāsa vegena hy atīva ca gajāsuram dṛṣṭvā śramāturaṃ daityaṃ kiṃcitsphuritajīvitam
and he whirled the elephant-demon round with exceeding force. Seeing the Daitya afflicted with exhaustion, his life only faintly flickering,
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MtP 153.50
निरुत्साहं रणे तस्मिन् गतयुद्धोत्सवोद्यमम् ततः पतत एवास्य चर्म चोत्कृत्य भैरवम्
nirutsāhaṃ raṇe tasmin gatayuddhotsavodyamam tataḥ patata evāsya carma cotkṛtya bhairavam
without spirit in that battle, his zest and effort for the fight gone—then, even as he fell, (Kapālī) flayed off his fearsome hide
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MtP 153.51
स्रवत्सर्वाङ्गरक्तौघं चकाराम्बरमात्मनः दृष्ट्वा विनिहतं दैत्यं दानवेन्द्रा महाबलाः
sravatsarvāṅgaraktaughaṃ cakārāmbaramātmanaḥ dṛṣṭvā vinihataṃ daityaṃ dānavendrā mahābalāḥ
and made it his own garment, with a flood of blood streaming from every part. Seeing the Daitya slain, the mighty lords of the Dānavas
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MtP 153.52
वित्रेसुर्दुद्रुवुर्जग्मुर् निपेतुश्च सहस्रशः दृष्ट्वा कपालिनो रूपं गजचर्माम्बरावृतम्
vitresurdudruvurjagmur nipetuśca sahasraśaḥ dṛṣṭvā kapālino rūpaṃ gajacarmāmbarāvṛtam
trembled, fled, ran away, and fell down by the thousands; and seeing the form of Kapālī clad in the garment of the elephant's hide,
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MtP 153.53
दिक्षु भूमौ तमेवोग्रं रुद्रं दैत्या व्यलोकयन् एवं विलुलिते तस्मिन् दानवेन्द्रे महाबले
dikṣu bhūmau tamevograṃ rudraṃ daityā vyalokayan evaṃ vilulite tasmin dānavendre mahābale
the Daityas saw that same terrible Rudra in (all) the directions and on the ground. When that mighty lord of the Dānavas had thus been laid low,
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MtP 153.54
द्विपाधिरूढो दैत्येन्द्रो हतदुन्दुभिना ततः कल्पान्ताम्बुधराभेण दुर्धरेणापि दानवः
dvipādhirūḍho daityendro hatadundubhinā tataḥ kalpāntāmbudharābheṇa durdhareṇāpi dānavaḥ
then the Daitya-lord Nimi, the Dānava, mounted on an elephant, with a war-drum beaten (for him) that resounded like the rain-clouds at the end of an aeon, and irresistible,
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MtP 153.55
निमिरभ्यपतत्तूर्णं सुरसैन्यानि लोडयन्
nimirabhyapatattūrṇaṃ surasainyāni loḍayan
Nimi swiftly fell upon (them), throwing the armies of the gods into confusion.
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MtP 153.56
यां यां निमिगजो याति दिशं तां तां सवाहना संत्यज्य दुद्रुवुर्देवा भयार्तास्त्यक्तहेतयः गन्धेन सुरमातङ्गा दुद्रुवुस्तस्य हस्तिनः
yāṃ yāṃ nimigajo yāti diśaṃ tāṃ tāṃ savāhanā saṃtyajya dudruvurdevā bhayārtāstyaktahetayaḥ gandhena suramātaṅgā dudruvustasya hastinaḥ
Whatever direction Nimi's elephant went, that direction the gods, together with their mounts, abandoned and fled, stricken with fear, casting away their weapons; and the elephants of the gods fled from the smell of that elephant.
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MtP 153.57
पलायितेषु सैन्येषु सुराणां पाकशासनः तस्थौ दिक्पालकैः सार्धम् अष्टभिः केशवेन च
palāyiteṣu sainyeṣu surāṇāṃ pākaśāsanaḥ tasthau dikpālakaiḥ sārdham aṣṭabhiḥ keśavena ca
When the armies had fled, Indra, the chastiser of Pāka, stood firm together with the eight guardians of the directions and with Keśava.
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MtP 153.58
सम्प्राप्तो निमिमातङ्गो यावच्छक्रगजं प्रति तावच्छक्रगजो यातो मुक्त्वा नादं स भैरवम्
samprāpto nimimātaṅgo yāvacchakragajaṃ prati tāvacchakragajo yāto muktvā nādaṃ sa bhairavam
Just as Nimi's elephant came on against Indra's elephant, Indra's elephant fled, letting out a terrible cry.
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MtP 153.59
ध्रियमाणो ऽपि यत्नेन स रणे नैव तिष्ठति पलायिते गजे तस्मिन्न् आरूढः पाकशासनः
dhriyamāṇo 'pi yatnena sa raṇe naiva tiṣṭhati palāyite gaje tasminn ārūḍhaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ
Though held back with effort, it would not stand in the battle at all; and when that elephant fled, the chastiser of Pāka, mounted upon it,
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MtP 153.60
विपरीतमुखो ऽयुध्यद् दानवेन्द्रबलं प्रति शतक्रतुस्तु वज्रेण निमिं वक्षस्यताडयत्
viparītamukho 'yudhyad dānavendrabalaṃ prati śatakratustu vajreṇa nimiṃ vakṣasyatāḍayat
fought facing backwards against the army of the lord of the Dānavas; and Indra of the hundred rites struck Nimi on the chest with his thunderbolt.
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MtP 153.61
गदया दन्तिनश्चास्य गण्डदेशे ऽहनद्दृढम् तत्प्रहारमचिन्त्यैव निमिर्निर्भयपौरुषः
gadayā dantinaścāsya gaṇḍadeśe 'hanaddṛḍham tatprahāramacintyaiva nimirnirbhayapauruṣaḥ
With his mace he struck hard at the cheek-region of (Indra's) elephant; and Nimi, whose manly valour was fearless, thinking nothing of that blow (of the thunderbolt),
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MtP 153.62
ऐरावणं कटीदेशे मुद्गरेणाभ्यताडयत् स हतो मुद्गरेणाथ शक्रकुञ्जर आहवे
airāvaṇaṃ kaṭīdeśe mudgareṇābhyatāḍayat sa hato mudgareṇātha śakrakuñjara āhave
struck Airāvaṇa on the flank with his hammer; and struck by the hammer in the fight, Indra's elephant,
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MtP 153.63
जगाम पश्चाच्चरणैर् धरणीं भूधराकृतिः लाघवात्क्षिप्रमुत्थाय ततो ऽमरमहागजः
jagāma paścāccaraṇair dharaṇīṃ bhūdharākṛtiḥ lāghavātkṣipramutthāya tato 'maramahāgajaḥ
having the shape of a mountain, went down to the ground with its hind legs; then, rising up quickly with agility, that great elephant of the immortals
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MtP 153.64
रणादपससर्पाशु भीषितो निमिहस्तिना ततो वायुर्ववौ रूक्षो बहुशर्करपांसुलः
raṇādapasasarpāśu bhīṣito nimihastinā tato vāyurvavau rūkṣo bahuśarkarapāṃsulaḥ
swiftly slipped away from the battle, terrified by Nimi's elephant. Then a harsh wind blew, thick with grit and dust.
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MtP 153.65
संमुखो निमिमातङ्गो जवनाचलकम्पनः स्रुतरक्तो बभौ शैलो घनधातुह्रदो यथा
saṃmukho nimimātaṅgo javanācalakampanaḥ srutarakto babhau śailo ghanadhātuhrado yathā
Facing (them), Nimi's elephant, shaking the mountains with its speed, streaming with blood, shone like a mountain with lakes of dense minerals.
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MtP 153.66
धनेशो ऽपि गदां गुर्वीं तस्य दानवहस्तिनः चिक्षेप वेगाद्दैत्येन्द्रो निपपातास्य मूर्धनि
dhaneśo 'pi gadāṃ gurvīṃ tasya dānavahastinaḥ cikṣepa vegāddaityendro nipapātāsya mūrdhani
The lord of wealth too hurled a heavy mace with force at that Dānava's elephant, (and) it fell on the head of the Daitya-lord's (elephant).
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MtP 153.67
गजो गदानिपातेन स तेन परिमूर्छितः दन्तैर्भित्त्वा धरां वेगात् पपाताचलसंनिभः
gajo gadānipātena sa tena parimūrchitaḥ dantairbhittvā dharāṃ vegāt papātācalasaṃnibhaḥ
That elephant, stunned by the fall of the mace, tore up the earth with its tusks and fell violently, like a mountain.
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MtP 153.68
पतिते तु गजे तस्मिन् सिंहनादो महानभूत् सर्वतः सुरसैन्यानां गजबृंहितबृंहितैः
patite tu gaje tasmin siṃhanādo mahānabhūt sarvataḥ surasainyānāṃ gajabṛṃhitabṛṃhitaiḥ
And when that elephant had fallen, a great lion's roar arose on all sides from the armies of the gods, along with the trumpetings of the elephants' trumpeting,
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MtP 153.69
ह्रेषारवेण चाश्वानां गुणास्फोटैश्च धन्विनाम् गजं तं निहतं दृष्ट्वा निमिं चापि पराङ्मुखम्
hreṣāraveṇa cāśvānāṃ guṇāsphoṭaiśca dhanvinām gajaṃ taṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā nimiṃ cāpi parāṅmukham
and with the neighing of the horses and the twanging of the bowstrings of the archers. Seeing that elephant slain and Nimi too turned away,
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MtP 153.70
श्रुत्वा च सिंहनादं च सुराणामतिकोपनः जम्भो जज्वाल कोपेन पीताज्य इव पावकः
śrutvā ca siṃhanādaṃ ca surāṇāmatikopanaḥ jambho jajvāla kopena pītājya iva pāvakaḥ
and hearing the lion's roar of the gods, Jambha, exceedingly wrathful, blazed with anger like a fire fed with ghee.
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MtP 153.71
स सुरान्कोपरक्ताक्षो धनुष्यारोप्य सायकम् तिष्ठतेत्यब्रवीत्तावत् सारथिं चाप्यचोदयत्
sa surānkoparaktākṣo dhanuṣyāropya sāyakam tiṣṭhatetyabravīttāvat sārathiṃ cāpyacodayat
With eyes reddened by rage, he fitted an arrow to his bow and said to the gods, "Stand!" — and at once urged on his charioteer.
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MtP 153.72
वेगेन चलतस्तस्य तद्रथस्याभवद्द्युतिः यथादित्यसहस्रस्याभुदितस्योदयाचले
vegena calatastasya tadrathasyābhavaddyutiḥ yathādityasahasrasyābhuditasyodayācale
As that chariot of his moved at speed, its radiance was like that of a thousand suns risen on the mountain of sunrise.
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MtP 153.73
पताकिना रथेनाजौ किङ्किणीजालमालिना शशिशुभ्रातपत्रेण स तेन स्यन्दनेन तु
patākinā rathenājau kiṅkiṇījālamālinā śaśiśubhrātapatreṇa sa tena syandanena tu
With that chariot bearing banners in the battle, garlanded with networks of little bells, with a parasol white as the moon — with that car,
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MtP 153.74
घट्टयन्सुरसैन्यानां हृदयं समदृश्यत तम् आयान्तम् अभिप्रेक्ष्य धनुष्याहितसायकः
ghaṭṭayansurasainyānāṃ hṛdayaṃ samadṛśyata tam āyāntam abhiprekṣya dhanuṣyāhitasāyakaḥ
he was seen shaking the heart of the armies of the gods. Seeing him coming on, with an arrow fitted to his bow,
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MtP 153.75
शतक्रतुरदीनात्मा दृढमाधत्त कार्मुकम् बाणं च तैलधौताग्रम् अर्धचन्द्रमजिह्मगम्
śatakraturadīnātmā dṛḍhamādhatta kārmukam bāṇaṃ ca tailadhautāgram ardhacandramajihmagam
Indra of the hundred rites, undaunted in spirit, drew the bow firmly, and (took) an arrow with an oil-washed tip, crescent-headed, flying straight.
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MtP 153.76
तेनास्य सशरं चापं रणे चिछेद वृत्रहा क्षिप्रं संत्यज्य तच्चापं जम्भो दानवनन्दनः
tenāsya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ raṇe cicheda vṛtrahā kṣipraṃ saṃtyajya taccāpaṃ jambho dānavanandanaḥ
With it the slayer of Vṛtra cut apart his bow together with its arrow in the battle; and Jambha, the son of the Dānavas, quickly abandoning that bow,
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MtP 153.77
अन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय वेगवद्भारसाधनम् शरांश्चाशीविषाकारांस् तैलधौतानजिह्मगान्
anyatkārmukamādāya vegavadbhārasādhanam śarāṃścāśīviṣākārāṃs tailadhautānajihmagān
Taking up another bow, swift and capable of bearing the strain, and arrows shaped like venomous serpents, washed in oil, flying straight,
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MtP 153.78
शक्रं विव्याध दशभिर् जत्रुदेशे तु पत्त्रिभिः हृदये च त्रिभिश्चापि द्वाभ्यां च स्कन्धयोर् द्वयोः
śakraṃ vivyādha daśabhir jatrudeśe tu pattribhiḥ hṛdaye ca tribhiścāpi dvābhyāṃ ca skandhayor dvayoḥ
he pierced Śakra with ten feathered arrows in the region of the collarbone, and with three in the chest, and with two in the two shoulders.
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MtP 153.79
शक्रो ऽपि दानवेन्द्राय बाणजालमपीदृशम् अप्राप्तान्दानवेन्द्रस्तु शराञ्छक्रभुजेरितान्
śakro 'pi dānavendrāya bāṇajālamapīdṛśam aprāptāndānavendrastu śarāñchakrabhujeritān
Śakra too (sent) just such a net of arrows against the lord of the Dānavas; but the Dānava lord, (while) the arrows loosed from Śakra's arm had not yet reached (him),
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MtP 153.80
चिछेद दशधाकाशे शरैरग्निशिखोपमैः ततस्तु शरजालेन देवेन्द्रो दानवेश्वरम्
cicheda daśadhākāśe śarairagniśikhopamaiḥ tatastu śarajālena devendro dānaveśvaram
cut them tenfold in the sky with arrows resembling flame-tips. Then with a net of arrows the lord of the gods (covered) the lord of the Dānavas,
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MtP 153.81
आच्छादयत यत्नेन वर्षास्विव घनैर्नभः दैत्यो ऽपि बाणजालं तद् व्यधमत्सायकैः शितैः
ācchādayata yatnena varṣāsviva ghanairnabhaḥ daityo 'pi bāṇajālaṃ tad vyadhamatsāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ
he covered (him) with effort, as the sky (is covered) by clouds in the rainy season; but the Daitya too scattered that net of arrows with sharp shafts,
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MtP 153.82
यथा वायुर्घनाटोपं परिवार्य दिशो मुखे शक्रो ऽथ क्रोधसंरम्भान् न विशेषयते यदा
yathā vāyurghanāṭopaṃ parivārya diśo mukhe śakro 'tha krodhasaṃrambhān na viśeṣayate yadā
as the wind (scatters) the swelling mass of clouds, having encompassed the face of the directions. Then, when Śakra out of the fury of his anger no longer distinguished (anything),
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MtP 153.83
दानवेन्द्रं तदा चक्रे गन्धर्वास्त्रं महाद्भुतम् तदुत्थतेजसा व्याप्तम् अभूद्गमनगोचरम्
dānavendraṃ tadā cakre gandharvāstraṃ mahādbhutam tadutthatejasā vyāptam abhūdgamanagocaram
he then made a most wondrous Gandharva weapon against the lord of the Dānavas; and by the brilliance arisen from it the whole range of vision was pervaded,
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MtP 153.84
गन्धर्वनगरैश् चापि नानाप्राकारतोरणैः मुञ्चद्भिरद्भुताकारैर् अस्त्रवृष्टिं समन्ततः
gandharvanagaraiś cāpi nānāprākāratoraṇaiḥ muñcadbhiradbhutākārair astravṛṣṭiṃ samantataḥ
and also by Gandharva cities with manifold walls and archways, of wondrous form, releasing a rain of weapons on all sides.
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MtP 153.85
अथास्त्रवृष्ट्या दैत्यानां हन्यमाना महाचमूः जम्भं शरणमागच्छद् अप्रमेयपराक्रमम्
athāstravṛṣṭyā daityānāṃ hanyamānā mahācamūḥ jambhaṃ śaraṇamāgacchad aprameyaparākramam
Then the great army of the Daityas, being slain by the rain of weapons, went for refuge to Jambha, whose valour was immeasurable.
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MtP 153.86
व्याकुलो ऽपि स्वयं दैत्यः सहस्राक्षास्त्रपीडितः स्मरन्साधुसमाचारं भीतत्राणपरो ऽभवत्
vyākulo 'pi svayaṃ daityaḥ sahasrākṣāstrapīḍitaḥ smaransādhusamācāraṃ bhītatrāṇaparo 'bhavat
Though himself distraught, oppressed by the weapon of the Thousand-eyed, the Daitya, remembering the conduct of the good, devoted himself to protecting the frightened.
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MtP 153.87
अथास्त्रं मौसलं नाम मुमोच दितिनन्दनः ततो ऽयोमुसलैः सर्वम् अभवत्पूरितं जगत्
athāstraṃ mausalaṃ nāma mumoca ditinandanaḥ tato 'yomusalaiḥ sarvam abhavatpūritaṃ jagat
Then the son of Diti released the weapon named Mausala (the club-weapon); thereupon the whole world became filled with iron clubs,
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MtP 153.88
एकप्रहारकरणैर् अप्रधृष्यैः समन्ततः गन्धर्वनगरं तेषु गन्धर्वास्त्रविनिर्मितम्
ekaprahārakaraṇair apradhṛṣyaiḥ samantataḥ gandharvanagaraṃ teṣu gandharvāstravinirmitam
which struck down with a single blow, irresistible, on every side; among them the Gandharva city fashioned by the Gandharva weapon (was destroyed).
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MtP 153.89
गान्धर्वमस्त्रं संधाय सुरसैन्येषु चापरम् एकैकेन प्रहारेण गजानश्वान्महारथान्
gāndharvamastraṃ saṃdhāya surasainyeṣu cāparam ekaikena prahāreṇa gajānaśvānmahārathān
And having fitted another Gandharva weapon against the armies of the gods, with a single blow each (the clubs struck) elephants, horses, great chariots,
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MtP 153.90
रथाश्वान्सो ऽहनत्क्षिप्रं शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः ततः सुराधिपस्त्वाष्ट्रम् अस्त्रं च समुदीरयत्
rathāśvānso 'hanatkṣipraṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ tataḥ surādhipastvāṣṭram astraṃ ca samudīrayat
chariots and horses — he slew them swiftly by hundreds and by thousands. Then the lord of the gods launched the Tvāṣṭra weapon.
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MtP 153.91
संध्यमाने ततस्त्वाष्ट्रे निश्चेरुः पावकार्चिषः ततो यन्त्रमयान् दिव्यान् आयुधान्दुष्प्रधर्षिणः
saṃdhyamāne tatastvāṣṭre niśceruḥ pāvakārciṣaḥ tato yantramayān divyān āyudhānduṣpradharṣiṇaḥ
Then, as the Tvāṣṭra was being fitted (to the bow), flames of fire streamed forth; then divine, unassailable weapons made of machinery (appeared),
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MtP 153.92
तैर्यन्त्रैरभवद्बद्धम् अन्तरिक्षे वितानकम् वितानकेन तेनाथ प्रशमं मौसले गते
tairyantrairabhavadbaddham antarikṣe vitānakam vitānakena tenātha praśamaṃ mausale gate
by those machines a canopy was woven in the sky; and then, when by that canopy the Mausala weapon had been quelled,
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MtP 153.93
शैलास्त्रं मुमुचे जम्भो यन्त्रसंघातताडनम् व्यामप्रमाणैरुपलैस् ततो वर्षमवर्तत
śailāstraṃ mumuce jambho yantrasaṃghātatāḍanam vyāmapramāṇairupalais tato varṣamavartata
Jambha released the Śaila (rock) weapon, which battered the mass of machines; thereupon a rain of stones the size of a fathom fell.
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MtP 153.94
त्वाष्ट्रस्य निर्मितान्याशु यन्त्राणि तदनन्तरम् तेनोपलनिपातेन गतानि तिलशस्ततः
tvāṣṭrasya nirmitānyāśu yantrāṇi tadanantaram tenopalanipātena gatāni tilaśastataḥ
Immediately thereafter the machines fashioned by the Tvāṣṭra weapon, by that falling of stones, were reduced to sesame-sized bits.
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MtP 153.95
यन्त्राणि तिलशः कृत्वा शैलास्त्रं परमूर्धसु निपपातातिवेगेना-दारयत्पृथिवीं ततः
yantrāṇi tilaśaḥ kṛtvā śailāstraṃ paramūrdhasu nipapātātivegenā-dārayatpṛthivīṃ tataḥ
Having ground the machines to bits, the Śaila weapon fell with great speed upon the heads of the enemy, and then split the earth open.
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MtP 153.96
ततो वज्रास्त्रम् अकरोत् सहस्राक्षः पुरंदरः तदोपलमहावर्षं व्यशीर्यत समन्ततः
tato vajrāstram akarot sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ tadopalamahāvarṣaṃ vyaśīryata samantataḥ
Then the thousand-eyed Puraṃdara employed the Vajra weapon; thereupon that great rain of stones was shattered on all sides.
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MtP 153.97
ततः प्रशान्ते शैलास्त्रे जम्भो भूधरसंनिभः ऐषीकमस्त्रमकरोद् अभीतो ऽतिपराक्रमः
tataḥ praśānte śailāstre jambho bhūdharasaṃnibhaḥ aiṣīkamastramakarod abhīto 'tiparākramaḥ
Then, when the mountain-weapon was quelled, Jambha, resembling a mountain, unafraid and of surpassing valor, employed the reed-weapon (aiṣīka).
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MtP 153.98
ऐषीकेणागमन्नाशं वज्रास्त्रं शक्रवल्लभम् विजृम्भत्यथ चैषीके परमास्त्रे ऽतिदुर्धरे
aiṣīkeṇāgamannāśaṃ vajrāstraṃ śakravallabham vijṛmbhatyatha caiṣīke paramāstre 'tidurdhare
By the reed-weapon the thunderbolt-weapon, dear to Śakra, came to destruction; and then, as that supreme and most irresistible reed-weapon spread abroad,
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MtP 153.99
जज्वलुर्देवसैन्यानि सस्यन्दनगजानि तु दह्यमानेष्वनीकेषु तेजसा सुरसत्तमः
jajvalurdevasainyāni sasyandanagajāni tu dahyamāneṣvanīkeṣu tejasā surasattamaḥ
the armies of the gods blazed up, together with their chariots and elephants; and as the ranks were being burned by (its) fiery energy, the best of the gods
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MtP 153.100
आग्नेयमस्त्रमकरोद् बलवान्पाकशासनः तेनास्त्रेण तदस्त्रं च बभ्रंशे तदनन्तरम्
āgneyamastramakarod balavānpākaśāsanaḥ tenāstreṇa tadastraṃ ca babhraṃśe tadanantaram
— the mighty chastiser of Pāka — employed the fire-weapon (āgneya); and by that weapon that (reed-)weapon at once fell away.
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MtP 153.101
तस्मिन्प्रतिहते चास्त्रे पावकास्त्रं व्यजृम्भत जज्वाल कायं जम्भस्य सरथं च ससारथिम्
tasminpratihate cāstre pāvakāstraṃ vyajṛmbhata jajvāla kāyaṃ jambhasya sarathaṃ ca sasārathim
And when that weapon was repelled, the fire-weapon spread abroad; it set ablaze Jambha's body, along with his chariot and charioteer.
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MtP 153.102
ततः प्रतिहतः सो ऽथ दैत्येन्द्रः प्रतिभानवान् वारुणास्त्रं मुमोचाथ शमनं पावकार्चिषाम्
tataḥ pratihataḥ so 'tha daityendraḥ pratibhānavān vāruṇāstraṃ mumocātha śamanaṃ pāvakārciṣām
Then that lord of the Daityas, struck back but quick-witted, released the water-weapon (vāruṇa), the queller of the flames of fire.
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MtP 153.103
ततो जलधरैर्व्योम स्फुरद्विद्युल्लताकुलैः गम्भीरमुरजध्वानैर् आपूरितम् इवाम्बरम्
tato jaladharairvyoma sphuradvidyullatākulaiḥ gambhīramurajadhvānair āpūritam ivāmbaram
Then the sky (was filled) with rainclouds thick with flickering vines of lightning, and the firmament seemed filled with the deep sounds of drums.
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MtP 153.104
करीन्द्रकरतुल्याभिर् जलधाराभिर् अम्बरात् पतन्तीभिर्जगत्सर्वं क्षणेनापूरितं बभौ
karīndrakaratulyābhir jaladhārābhir ambarāt patantībhirjagatsarvaṃ kṣaṇenāpūritaṃ babhau
With streams of water like the trunks of lordly elephants falling from the sky, the whole world appeared filled in an instant.
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MtP 153.105
शान्तमाग्नेयमस्त्रं तत् प्रविलोक्य सुराधिपः वायव्यम् अस्त्रम् अकरोन् मेघसंघातनाशनम्
śāntamāgneyamastraṃ tat pravilokya surādhipaḥ vāyavyam astram akaron meghasaṃghātanāśanam
Seeing that the fire-weapon was quenched, the lord of the gods employed the wind-weapon (vāyavya), the destroyer of the mass of clouds.
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MtP 153.106
वायव्यास्त्रबलेनाथ निर्धूते मेघमण्डले बभूव विमलं व्योम नीलोत्पलदलप्रभम्
vāyavyāstrabalenātha nirdhūte meghamaṇḍale babhūva vimalaṃ vyoma nīlotpaladalaprabham
Then, when by the power of the wind-weapon the circle of clouds was blown away, the sky became clear, with the sheen of a blue lotus petal.
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MtP 153.107
वायुना चातिघोरेण कम्पितास्ते तु दानवाः न शेकुस्तत्र ते स्थातुं रणे ऽतिबलिनो ऽपि ये
vāyunā cātighoreṇa kampitāste tu dānavāḥ na śekustatra te sthātuṃ raṇe 'tibalino 'pi ye
And those Dānavas, shaken by the exceedingly terrible wind, could not stand their ground there in battle, even those who were exceedingly strong.
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MtP 153.108
तदा जम्भो ऽभवच्छैलो दशयोजनविस्तृतः मारुतप्रतिघातार्थं दानवानां भयापहः
tadā jambho 'bhavacchailo daśayojanavistṛtaḥ mārutapratighātārthaṃ dānavānāṃ bhayāpahaḥ
Then Jambha became a mountain ten yojanas broad, to block the wind and to take away the Dānavas' fear,
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MtP 153.109
मुक्तनानायुधोदग्रतेजो ऽभिज्वलितद्रुमः ततः प्रशमिते वायौ दैत्येन्द्रे पर्वताकृतौ
muktanānāyudhodagratejo 'bhijvalitadrumaḥ tataḥ praśamite vāyau daityendre parvatākṛtau
its trees ablaze with the towering fiery energy of the many weapons discharged (at it). Then, when the wind was stilled and the lord of the Daityas had the form of a mountain,
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MtP 153.110
महाशनीं वज्रमयीं मुमोचाशु शतक्रतुः तयाशन्या पतितया दैत्यस्याचलरूपिणः
mahāśanīṃ vajramayīṃ mumocāśu śatakratuḥ tayāśanyā patitayā daityasyācalarūpiṇaḥ
Śatakratu swiftly hurled a great thunderbolt made of adamant; and by that fallen thunderbolt, of the Daitya who had the form of a mountain
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MtP 153.111
कन्दराणि व्यशीर्यन्त समन्तान्निर्झराणि तु ततः सा दानवेन्द्रस्य शैलमाया न्यवर्तत
kandarāṇi vyaśīryanta samantānnirjharāṇi tu tataḥ sā dānavendrasya śailamāyā nyavartata
the caverns were shattered, and the waterfalls all around; then that mountain-illusion of the lord of the Dānavas ceased.
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MtP 153.112
निवृत्तशैलमायो ऽथ दानवेन्द्रो मदोत्कटः बभूव कुञ्जरो भीमो महाशैलसमाकृतिः
nivṛttaśailamāyo 'tha dānavendro madotkaṭaḥ babhūva kuñjaro bhīmo mahāśailasamākṛtiḥ
Then, his mountain-illusion withdrawn, the lord of the Dānavas, frenzied with rut, became a terrible elephant, shaped like a great mountain.
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MtP 153.113
स ममर्द सुरानीकं दन्तैश्चाप्यहनत्सुरान् बभञ्ज पृष्ठतः कांश्चित् करेणावेष्ट्य दानवः
sa mamarda surānīkaṃ dantaiścāpyahanatsurān babhañja pṛṣṭhataḥ kāṃścit kareṇāveṣṭya dānavaḥ
He crushed the army of the gods and struck the gods with his tusks; some the Dānava wrapped in his trunk and broke against his back.
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MtP 153.114
ततः क्षपयतस्तस्य सुरसैन्यानि वृत्रहा अस्त्रं त्रैलोक्यदुर्धर्षं नारसिंहं मुमोच ह
tataḥ kṣapayatastasya surasainyāni vṛtrahā astraṃ trailokyadurdharṣaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ mumoca ha
Then, as he was destroying the armies of the gods, the slayer of Vṛtra released the man-lion weapon (nārasiṃha), unassailable in the three worlds.
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MtP 153.115
ततः सिंहसहस्राणि निश्चेरुर्मन्त्रतेजसा कृष्णदंष्ट्राट्टहासानि क्रकचाभनखानि च
tataḥ siṃhasahasrāṇi niścerurmantratejasā kṛṣṇadaṃṣṭrāṭṭahāsāni krakacābhanakhāni ca
Then thousands of lions issued forth by the power of the spell, with black fangs and roaring laughter, and with claws like saws.
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MtP 153.116
तैर्विपाटितगात्रो ऽसौ गजमायां व्यपोथयत् ततश्चाशीविषो घोरो ऽभवत्फणशताकुलः
tairvipāṭitagātro 'sau gajamāyāṃ vyapothayat tataścāśīviṣo ghoro 'bhavatphaṇaśatākulaḥ
His limbs torn open by them, he dissolved the elephant-illusion; then he became a dreadful venomous serpent teeming with a hundred hoods.
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MtP 153.117
विषनिःश्वासनिर्दग्धं सुरसैन्यं महारथः ततो ऽस्त्रं गारुडं चक्रे शक्रश्चारुभुजस्तदा
viṣaniḥśvāsanirdagdhaṃ surasainyaṃ mahārathaḥ tato 'straṃ gāruḍaṃ cakre śakraścārubhujastadā
When the army of the gods had been burnt up by (the serpent's) poisonous breath, then Śakra of lovely arms, the great charioteer, made use of the Garuḍa weapon.
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MtP 153.118
ततो गरुत्मतस्तस्मात् सहस्राणि विनिर्ययुः तैर्गरुत्मद्भिरासाद्य जम्भो भुजगरूपवान् कृतस्तु खण्डशो दैत्यः सास्य माया व्यनश्यत
tato garutmatastasmāt sahasrāṇi viniryayuḥ tairgarutmadbhirāsādya jambho bhujagarūpavān kṛtastu khaṇḍaśo daityaḥ sāsya māyā vyanaśyata
Then from that (weapon) thousands of Garuḍas came forth; and Jambha, who had taken the form of a serpent, being set upon by those Garuḍas, was cut to pieces — the demon — and that magic illusion of his perished.
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MtP 153.119
प्रनष्टायां तु मायायां ततो जम्भो महासुरः चकार रूपमतुलं चन्द्रादित्यपथानुगम् विवृत्तवदनो ग्रस्तुम् इयेष सुरपुंगवान्
pranaṣṭāyāṃ tu māyāyāṃ tato jambho mahāsuraḥ cakāra rūpamatulaṃ candrādityapathānugam vivṛttavadano grastum iyeṣa surapuṃgavān
But when the illusion had vanished, then Jambha, the great asura, took on an incomparable form reaching up to the path of the moon and sun; with mouth gaping wide he sought to swallow the foremost of the gods.
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MtP 153.120
ततो ऽस्य विविशुर्वक्त्रं समहारथकुञ्जरा सुरसेनाविशद्भीमं पातालोत्तानतालुकम्
tato 'sya viviśurvaktraṃ samahārathakuñjarā surasenāviśadbhīmaṃ pātālottānatālukam
Then, together with their great chariots and elephants, they entered his mouth; the army of the gods entered that dreadful (maw) whose palate was upturned like the netherworld.
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MtP 153.121
सैन्येषु ग्रस्यमानेषु दानवेन बलीयसा शक्रो दैन्यं समापन्नः श्रान्तबाहुः सवाहनः
sainyeṣu grasyamāneṣu dānavena balīyasā śakro dainyaṃ samāpannaḥ śrāntabāhuḥ savāhanaḥ
While the armies were being devoured by the mightier dānava, Śakra fell into wretchedness, his arms exhausted, along with his mount.
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MtP 153.122
कर्तव्यतां नाध्यगच्छत् प्रोवाचेदं जनार्दनम् किमनन्तरमत्रास्ति कर्तव्यस्यावशेषितम्
kartavyatāṃ nādhyagacchat provācedaṃ janārdanam kimanantaramatrāsti kartavyasyāvaśeṣitam
He did not perceive what was to be done, and said this to Janārdana: "What here remains yet to be done, next?
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MtP 153.123
यदाश्रित्य घटामो ऽस्य दानवस्य युयुत्सवः ततो हरिरुवाचेदं वज्रायुधमुदारधीः
yadāśritya ghaṭāmo 'sya dānavasya yuyutsavaḥ tato hariruvācedaṃ vajrāyudhamudāradhīḥ
— relying on which we, wishing to fight, may prevail against this dānava?" Then Hari of noble mind said this to the wielder of the thunderbolt:
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MtP 153.124
न सांप्रतं रणस्त्याज्यस् त्वया कातरभैरवः वर्धस्वाशु महामायां पुरंदर रिपुं प्रति
na sāṃprataṃ raṇastyājyas tvayā kātarabhairavaḥ vardhasvāśu mahāmāyāṃ puraṃdara ripuṃ prati
"The battle is not now to be abandoned by you, dreadful (as it is) to the faint-hearted. Increase at once your great magic power, O Puraṃdara, against the enemy.
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MtP 153.125
मयैष लक्षितो दैत्यो ऽधिष्ठितः प्राप्तपौरुषः मा शक्र मोहमागच्छ क्षिप्रमस्त्रं स्मर प्रभो
mayaiṣa lakṣito daityo 'dhiṣṭhitaḥ prāptapauruṣaḥ mā śakra mohamāgaccha kṣipramastraṃ smara prabho
This demon has been marked by me: he is possessed (by another power) and has gained (this) prowess. Do not fall into bewilderment, Śakra; quickly call to mind the weapon, O lord."
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MtP 153.126
ततः शक्रः प्रकुपितो दानवं प्रति देवराट् नारायणास्त्रं प्रयतो मुमोचासुरवक्षसि
tataḥ śakraḥ prakupito dānavaṃ prati devarāṭ nārāyaṇāstraṃ prayato mumocāsuravakṣasi
Then Śakra, the king of the gods, enraged against the dānava, with concentration released the Nārāyaṇa weapon at the asura's chest.
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MtP 153.127
ततो नारायणास्त्रं तत् पपातासुरवक्षसि महास्त्रभिन्नहृदयः सुस्राव रुधिरं च सः
tato nārāyaṇāstraṃ tat papātāsuravakṣasi mahāstrabhinnahṛdayaḥ susrāva rudhiraṃ ca saḥ
Then that Nārāyaṇa weapon fell upon the asura's chest, and he, his heart split by the great weapon, streamed blood.
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MtP 153.128
रणागारमिवोद्गारं तत्याजासुरनन्दनः तदस्त्रतेजसा तस्य रूपं दैत्यस्य नाशितम्
raṇāgāramivodgāraṃ tatyājāsuranandanaḥ tadastratejasā tasya rūpaṃ daityasya nāśitam
The son of the asura let out a vomiting (of blood) like a house of battle; by the fiery power of that weapon the form of that demon was destroyed.
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MtP 153.129
ततश्चान्तर्दधे दैत्यो वियत्यनुपलक्षितः गगनस्थः स दैत्येन्द्रः शस्त्रासनमतीन्द्रियम्
tataścāntardadhe daityo viyatyanupalakṣitaḥ gaganasthaḥ sa daityendraḥ śastrāsanamatīndriyam
And then the demon vanished, unseen in the sky; standing in the sky that lord of demons (took up) a seat of weapons beyond the senses,
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MtP 153.130
मुमोच सुरसैन्यानां संहारे कारणं परम् प्रासान्परश्वधांश्चक्रान् बाणान्वज्रान्समुद्गरान्
mumoca surasainyānāṃ saṃhāre kāraṇaṃ param prāsānparaśvadhāṃścakrān bāṇānvajrānsamudgarān
and released the supreme means for the destruction of the armies of the gods: spears, axes, discuses, arrows, thunderbolts, and clubs,
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MtP 153.131
कुठारान्सह खड्गैश्च भिन्दिपालानयोगुडान् ववर्ष दानवो रौद्रो ह्य् अबन्ध्यानक्षयानपि
kuṭhārānsaha khaḍgaiśca bhindipālānayoguḍān vavarṣa dānavo raudro hy abandhyānakṣayānapi
hatchets together with swords, javelins and iron balls — the terrible dānava rained (them) down, unstoppable and inexhaustible.
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MtP 153.132
तैरस्त्रैर्दानवैर्मुक्तैर् देवानीकेषु भीषणैः बाहुभिर्धरणिः पूर्णा शिरोभिश्च सकुण्डलैः
tairastrairdānavairmuktair devānīkeṣu bhīṣaṇaiḥ bāhubhirdharaṇiḥ pūrṇā śirobhiśca sakuṇḍalaiḥ
By those dreadful weapons loosed by the dānavas upon the ranks of the gods, the earth was filled with arms and with heads (still) wearing their earrings,
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MtP 153.133
ऊरुभिर् गजहस्ताभैः करीन्द्रैर्वाचलोपमैः भग्नेषादण्डचक्राक्षै रथैः सारथिभिः सह
ūrubhir gajahastābhaiḥ karīndrairvācalopamaiḥ bhagneṣādaṇḍacakrākṣai rathaiḥ sārathibhiḥ saha
with thighs resembling elephants' trunks, with lordly elephants like (moving) walls, and with chariots — their poles, shafts, wheels and axles broken — together with their charioteers.
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MtP 153.134
दुःसंचाराभवत्पृथ्वी मांसशोणितकर्दमा रुधिरौघह्रदावर्ता शवराशिशिलोच्चयैः
duḥsaṃcārābhavatpṛthvī māṃsaśoṇitakardamā rudhiraughahradāvartā śavarāśiśiloccayaiḥ
The earth became hard to move across, mired with flesh and blood, with whirlpools and pools of streaming blood, with heaps of corpses piled like rocks.
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MtP 153.135
कबन्धनृत्यसंकुले स्रवद्वसास्रकर्दमे जगत्त्रयोपसंहृतौ समे समस्तदेहिनाम् शृगालगृध्रवायसाः परं प्रमोदमादधुः क्वचिद्विकृष्टलोचनः शवस्य रौति वायसः
kabandhanṛtyasaṃkule sravadvasāsrakardame jagattrayopasaṃhṛtau same samastadehinām śṛgālagṛdhravāyasāḥ paraṃ pramodamādadhuḥ kvacidvikṛṣṭalocanaḥ śavasya rauti vāyasaḥ
On that field crowded with the dancing of headless trunks, mired with flowing fat and blood, level (with the dead) — as though at the destruction of the three worlds — jackals, vultures and crows took the utmost delight in all these bodies. Here a crow, having pulled out an eye of a corpse, caws.
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MtP 153.136
विकृष्टपीवरान्त्रकाः प्रयान्ति जम्बुकाः क्वचित् क्वचित्स्थितो ऽतिभीषणः श्वचञ्चुचर्वितो बकः मृतस्य मांसमाहरञ्छ्वजातयश्च संस्थिताः क्वचिद्वृको गजासृजं पपौ निलीयतान्त्रतः
vikṛṣṭapīvarāntrakāḥ prayānti jambukāḥ kvacit kvacitsthito 'tibhīṣaṇaḥ śvacañcucarvito bakaḥ mṛtasya māṃsamāharañchvajātayaśca saṃsthitāḥ kvacidvṛko gajāsṛjaṃ papau nilīyatāntrataḥ
Somewhere jackals go off having dragged out fat entrails; somewhere stands a most fearsome heron, chewed at by the beaks of dogs; and packs of dogs stood by, carrying off the flesh of the dead; somewhere a wolf drank an elephant's blood, hidden away inside its entrails.
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MtP 153.137
क्वचित् तुरंगमण्डली विकृष्यते श्वजातिभिः क्वचित्पिशाचजातकैः प्रपीतशोणितासवैः स्वकामिनीयुतैर्द्रुतं प्रमोदमत्तसंभ्रमैर् ममैतदानयाननं खुरो ऽयमस्तु मे प्रियः
kvacit turaṃgamaṇḍalī vikṛṣyate śvajātibhiḥ kvacitpiśācajātakaiḥ prapītaśoṇitāsavaiḥ svakāminīyutairdrutaṃ pramodamattasaṃbhramair mamaitadānayānanaṃ khuro 'yamastu me priyaḥ
Here a troop of horses is dragged apart by the dog-kinds; there by broods of piśācas who have drunk the liquor of blood, in company with their own women, hurrying, bewildered and drunk with delight: "Bring me this face! Let this hoof be my darling's!"
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MtP 153.138
करो ऽयमब्जसंनिभो ममास्तु कर्णपूरकः सरोषमीक्षते ऽपरा वपां विना प्रियं तदा परा प्रिया ह्यवाप यद्भृतोष्णशोणितासवं विकृष्य शवचर्म तत्प्रबद्धसान्द्रपल्लवम्
karo 'yamabjasaṃnibho mamāstu karṇapūrakaḥ saroṣamīkṣate 'parā vapāṃ vinā priyaṃ tadā parā priyā hyavāpa yadbhṛtoṣṇaśoṇitāsavaṃ vikṛṣya śavacarma tatprabaddhasāndrapallavam
"Let this hand, like a lotus, be my ear-ornament!" Another looks on angrily, being without the fat; then another darling did get the warm liquor of blood with which (the hide) was filled, having dragged off that corpse-skin with its thick sprouts bound to it.
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MtP 153.139
चकार यक्षकामिनी तरुं कुठारपाटितं गजस्य दन्तमात्मजं प्रगृह्य कुम्भसंपुटम् विपाट्य मौक्तिकं परं प्रियप्रसादमिच्छते समांसशोणितासवं पपुश्च यक्षराक्षसाः
cakāra yakṣakāminī taruṃ kuṭhārapāṭitaṃ gajasya dantamātmajaṃ pragṛhya kumbhasaṃpuṭam vipāṭya mauktikaṃ paraṃ priyaprasādamicchate samāṃsaśoṇitāsavaṃ papuśca yakṣarākṣasāḥ
The yakṣa's beloved made the tree split by an axe; taking an elephant's tusk for her own, and splitting open the shell of its frontal globe, (she took) a fine pearl, seeking her lover's favour; and the yakṣas and rākṣasas drank the liquor of blood together with the flesh.
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MtP 153.140
मृताश्वकेशवासितं रसं प्रगृह्य पाणिना प्रियाविमुक्तजीवितं समानयासृगासवम् न पथ्यतां प्रयाति मे गतं श्मशानगोचरं नरस्य तज्जहात्यसौ प्रशस्य किंनराननम्
mṛtāśvakeśavāsitaṃ rasaṃ pragṛhya pāṇinā priyāvimuktajīvitaṃ samānayāsṛgāsavam na pathyatāṃ prayāti me gataṃ śmaśānagocaraṃ narasya tajjahātyasau praśasya kiṃnarānanam
Taking up in her hand the fluid scented with the mane of a dead horse — the liquor of blood, with the life that had left her beloved — "Bring it!" (she says). "What has gone to the cremation-ground, a man's (flesh), is not wholesome for me": (so saying) she leaves it off, praising instead the face of a kiṃnara.
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MtP 153.141
स नाग एष नो भयं दधाति मुक्तजीवितो न दानवस्य शक्यते मया तदेकयाननम् इति प्रियाय वल्लभा वदन्ति यक्षयोषितः परे कपालपाणयः पिशाचयक्षराक्षसाः
sa nāga eṣa no bhayaṃ dadhāti muktajīvito na dānavasya śakyate mayā tadekayānanam iti priyāya vallabhā vadanti yakṣayoṣitaḥ pare kapālapāṇayaḥ piśācayakṣarākṣasāḥ
"This nāga here gives us no fear, its life gone; that single face of the dānava cannot be managed by me" — so the darlings, the yakṣa-women, speak to their beloved; and others, skull in hand, the piśācas, yakṣas and rākṣasas...
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MtP 153.142
वदन्ति देहि देहि मे ममातिभक्ष्यचारिणः परे ऽवतीर्य शोणितापगासु धौतमूर्तया पितॄन् प्रतर्प्य देवताः समर्चयन्ति चामिषैर् गजोडुपे सुसंस्थितास्तरन्ति शोणितं ह्रदम्
vadanti dehi dehi me mamātibhakṣyacāriṇaḥ pare 'vatīrya śoṇitāpagāsu dhautamūrtayā pitṝn pratarpya devatāḥ samarcayanti cāmiṣair gajoḍupe susaṃsthitāstaranti śoṇitaṃ hradam
They cry "Give, give it to me! Mine are the choicest of foods that walk!" Others, going down into the rivers of blood, their bodies washed, and having satisfied the ancestors, worship the gods with flesh; and seated firm on elephant-rafts they cross the pool of blood.
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MtP 153.143
इति प्रगाढसंकटे सुरासुरे सुसंगरे भयं समुझ्य दुर्जया भटाः स्फुटन्ति मानिनः
iti pragāḍhasaṃkaṭe surāsure susaṃgare bhayaṃ samujhya durjayā bhaṭāḥ sphuṭanti māninaḥ
Thus, in that utterly dire crisis, in the great battle of gods and asuras, the proud, unconquerable warriors cast off fear and burst apart.
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MtP 153.144
तत शक्रो धनेशश्च वरुणः पवनो ऽनलः यमो ऽपि निरृतिश्चापि दिव्यास्त्राणि महाबलाः
tata śakro dhaneśaśca varuṇaḥ pavano 'nalaḥ yamo 'pi nirṛtiścāpi divyāstrāṇi mahābalāḥ
Then Śakra, and the lord of wealth, and Varuṇa, Wind, Fire, and Yama too, and Nirṛti as well, the greatly powerful ones, (took up) the divine weapons,
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MtP 153.145
आकाशे मुमुचुः सर्वे दानवानभिसंध्य ते अस्त्राणि व्यर्थतां जग्मुर् देवानां दानवान्प्रति
ākāśe mumucuḥ sarve dānavānabhisaṃdhya te astrāṇi vyarthatāṃ jagmur devānāṃ dānavānprati
and all of them loosed (them) into the sky, aiming at the dānavas; but the gods' weapons went to no purpose against the dānavas.
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MtP 153.146
संरम्भेणाप्ययुध्यन्त संहतास्तुमुलेन च गतिं न विविदुश्चापि श्रान्ता दैत्यस्य देवताः
saṃrambheṇāpyayudhyanta saṃhatāstumulena ca gatiṃ na vividuścāpi śrāntā daityasya devatāḥ
Though they fought with fury, massed together and in tumult, the gods, worn out, still could not find the daitya's course.
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MtP 153.147
दैत्यास्त्रभिन्नसर्वाङ्गा ह्य् अकिंचित्करतां गताः परस्परं व्यलीयन्त गावः शीतार्दिता इव
daityāstrabhinnasarvāṅgā hy akiṃcitkaratāṃ gatāḥ parasparaṃ vyalīyanta gāvaḥ śītārditā iva
With all their limbs split by the daityas' weapons, reduced to helplessness, they shrank together against one another like cattle tormented by cold.
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MtP 153.148
तदवस्थान्हरिर्दृष्ट्वा देवाञ्छक्रमुवाच ह ब्रह्मास्त्रं स्मर देवेन्द्र यस्यावध्यो न विद्यते विष्णुना चोदितः शक्रः सस्मारास्त्रं महौजसम्
tadavasthānharirdṛṣṭvā devāñchakramuvāca ha brahmāstraṃ smara devendra yasyāvadhyo na vidyate viṣṇunā coditaḥ śakraḥ sasmārāstraṃ mahaujasam
Seeing the gods in that state, Hari said to Śakra: "Call to mind the brahmā-weapon, lord of gods, for which there exists nothing invulnerable." Urged on by Viṣṇu, Śakra called to mind that weapon of great force.
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MtP 153.149
सम्पूजितं नित्यमरातिनाशनं समाहितं बाणममित्रघातने धनुष्यजय्ये विनियोज्य बुद्धिमान् अभूत्ततो मन्त्रसमाधिमानसः
sampūjitaṃ nityamarātināśanaṃ samāhitaṃ bāṇamamitraghātane dhanuṣyajayye viniyojya buddhimān abhūttato mantrasamādhimānasaḥ
Having fitted to his unconquerable bow the arrow that is ever honoured, that destroys foes, well-aimed at the killing of enemies, the wise one then became one whose mind was absorbed in the mantra.
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MtP 153.150
स मन्त्रमुच्चार्य यतान्तराशयो वधाय दैत्यस्य धियाभिसंध्य तु विकृष्य कर्णान्तम् अकुण्ठदीधितिं मुमोच वीक्ष्याम्बरमार्गमुन्मुखः
sa mantramuccārya yatāntarāśayo vadhāya daityasya dhiyābhisaṃdhya tu vikṛṣya karṇāntam akuṇṭhadīdhitiṃ mumoca vīkṣyāmbaramārgamunmukhaḥ
He, having pronounced the mantra, his inner being restrained, aiming with his mind at the daitya's death, drew (the bow) to his ear and, looking up along the sky's path, released the shaft of undimmed brilliance.
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MtP 153.151
अथासुरः प्रेक्ष्य महास्त्रमाहितं विहाय मायामवनौ व्यतिष्ठत प्रवेपमानेन मुखेन शुष्यता बलेन गात्रेण च संभ्रमाकुलः
athāsuraḥ prekṣya mahāstramāhitaṃ vihāya māyāmavanau vyatiṣṭhata pravepamānena mukhena śuṣyatā balena gātreṇa ca saṃbhramākulaḥ
Then the asura, seeing the great weapon aimed, abandoned his magic and stood upon the ground, his face trembling and going dry, and his strength and his body too, overcome with agitation.
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MtP 153.152
ततस्तु तस्यास्त्रवराभिमन्त्रितः शरो ऽर्धचन्द्रप्रतिमो महारणे पुरंदरस्यासनबन्धुतां गतो नवार्कबिम्बं वपुषा विडम्बयन्
tatastu tasyāstravarābhimantritaḥ śaro 'rdhacandrapratimo mahāraṇe puraṃdarasyāsanabandhutāṃ gato navārkabimbaṃ vapuṣā viḍambayan
Then that arrow of his, consecrated with the mantra of the supreme weapon, shaped like a half-moon, in the great battle, once it had come to be joined with Puraṃdara's bowstring, mocking with its body the orb of the newly risen sun —
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MtP 153.153
किरीटकोटिस्फुटकान्तिसंकटं सुगन्धिनानाकुसुमाधिवासितम् प्रकीर्णधूमज्वलनाभमूर्धजं पपात जम्भस्य शिरः सकुण्डलम्
kirīṭakoṭisphuṭakāntisaṃkaṭaṃ sugandhinānākusumādhivāsitam prakīrṇadhūmajvalanābhamūrdhajaṃ papāta jambhasya śiraḥ sakuṇḍalam
— dense with the flashing splendour of the tips of its diadem, perfumed with many fragrant flowers, its hair like a flame with smoke scattered about: the head of Jambha fell, earrings and all.
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MtP 153.154
तस्मिन्विनिहते जम्भे दानवेन्द्राः पराङ्मुखाः ततस्ते भग्नसंकल्पाः प्रययुर्यत्र तारकः
tasminvinihate jambhe dānavendrāḥ parāṅmukhāḥ tataste bhagnasaṃkalpāḥ prayayuryatra tārakaḥ
When that Jambha had been struck down, the dānava lords turned their faces away; then, their resolve broken, they went to where Tāraka was.
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MtP 153.155
तांस्तु त्रस्तान्समालोक्य श्रुत्वारोषमगात्परम् स जम्भदानवेन्द्रं तु सुरै रणमुखे हतम्
tāṃstu trastānsamālokya śrutvāroṣamagātparam sa jambhadānavendraṃ tu surai raṇamukhe hatam
But seeing them terrified, and hearing (of it), he went to the utmost rage — that Jambha, the dānava lord, had been slain by the gods at the battle's front.
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MtP 153.156
सावलेपं ससंरम्भं सगर्वं सपराक्रमम् साविष्कारमनाकारं तारको भावमाविशत्
sāvalepaṃ sasaṃrambhaṃ sagarvaṃ saparākramam sāviṣkāramanākāraṃ tārako bhāvamāviśat
With insolence, with fury, with pride, with prowess, openly and without dissembling, Tāraka entered into that mood.
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MtP 153.157
स जैत्रं रथमास्थाय सहस्रेण गरुत्मताम् संरम्भाद्दानवेन्द्रस्तु सुरै रणमुखे गतः
sa jaitraṃ rathamāsthāya sahasreṇa garutmatām saṃrambhāddānavendrastu surai raṇamukhe gataḥ
He, mounting his victorious chariot (drawn) by a thousand Garuḍa-birds, the lord of the Dānavas, in fury went against the gods to the battle-front.
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MtP 153.158
सर्वायुधपरिष्कारः सर्वास्त्रपरिरक्षितः त्रैलोक्यऋद्धिसम्पन्नः सुविस्तृतमहाननः
sarvāyudhapariṣkāraḥ sarvāstraparirakṣitaḥ trailokyaṛddhisampannaḥ suvistṛtamahānanaḥ
Equipped with every weapon, guarded by every missile, endowed with the wealth of the three worlds, his great mouth gaping wide,
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MtP 153.159
रणायाभ्यपतत्तूर्णं सैन्येन महता वृतः जम्भास्त्रक्षतसर्वाङ्गं त्यक्त्वैरावतदन्तिनम्
raṇāyābhyapatattūrṇaṃ sainyena mahatā vṛtaḥ jambhāstrakṣatasarvāṅgaṃ tyaktvairāvatadantinam
he rushed swiftly to battle, surrounded by a great army; (and Indra,) abandoning the elephant Airāvata, all whose limbs were wounded by Jambha's weapon,
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MtP 153.160
सज्जं मातलिना गुप्तं रथमिन्द्रस्य तेजसा तप्तहेमपरिष्कारं महारत्नसमन्वितम्
sajjaṃ mātalinā guptaṃ rathamindrasya tejasā taptahemapariṣkāraṃ mahāratnasamanvitam
(mounted) Indra's chariot, made ready and guarded by Mātali with (its) splendour, adorned with refined gold, fitted with great jewels,
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MtP 153.161
चतुर्योजनविस्तीर्णं सिद्धसंघपरिष्कृतम् गन्धर्वकिंनरोद्गीतम् अप्सरोनृत्यसंकुलम्
caturyojanavistīrṇaṃ siddhasaṃghapariṣkṛtam gandharvakiṃnarodgītam apsaronṛtyasaṃkulam
four yojanas broad, attended by throngs of Siddhas, sung about by Gandharvas and Kinnaras, thronged with the dancing of Apsarases,
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MtP 153.162
सर्वायुधम् असंबाधं विचित्ररचनोज्ज्वलम् तं रथं देवराजस्य परिवार्य समन्ततः
sarvāyudham asaṃbādhaṃ vicitraracanojjvalam taṃ rathaṃ devarājasya parivārya samantataḥ
holding every weapon, uncrowded, brilliant with its varied workmanship — surrounding that chariot of the king of the gods on every side,
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MtP 153.163
दंशिता लोकपालास्तु तस्थुः सगरुडध्वजाः ततश्चचाल वसुधा ततो रूक्षो मरुद्ववौ
daṃśitā lokapālāstu tasthuḥ sagaruḍadhvajāḥ tataścacāla vasudhā tato rūkṣo marudvavau
the guardians of the quarters stood armoured, together with him of the Garuḍa banner. Then the earth shook, then a harsh wind blew,
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MtP 153.164
ततो ऽम्बुधय उद्भूतास् ततो नष्टा रविप्रभा ततस्तमः समुद्भूतं नातो ऽदृश्यन्त तारकाः
tato 'mbudhaya udbhūtās tato naṣṭā raviprabhā tatastamaḥ samudbhūtaṃ nāto 'dṛśyanta tārakāḥ
then the oceans rose up, then the sun's light was lost, then darkness arose, and therefore the stars were not seen.
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MtP 153.165
ततो जज्वलुरस्त्राणि ततो ऽकम्पत वाहिनी एकतस्तारको दैत्यः सुरसंघस्तु चैकतः
tato jajvalurastrāṇi tato 'kampata vāhinī ekatastārako daityaḥ surasaṃghastu caikataḥ
then the weapons blazed, then the host trembled: on one side the Daitya Tāraka, and on the other the assembly of the gods.
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MtP 153.166
लोकावसादमेकत्र जगत्पालनमेकतः चराचराणि भूतानि सुरासुरविभेदतः
lokāvasādamekatra jagatpālanamekataḥ carācarāṇi bhūtāni surāsuravibhedataḥ
On the one side the ruin of the worlds, on the other the protection of the world; beings moving and unmoving, through the division into gods and asuras,
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MtP 153.167
तद्द्विधाप्येकतां यातं ददृशुः प्रेक्षका इव यद्वस्तु किंचिल् लोकेषु त्रिषु सत्तास्वरूपकम् तत् तत्रादृश्यद् अखिलं खिलीभूतविभूतिकम्
taddvidhāpyekatāṃ yātaṃ dadṛśuḥ prekṣakā iva yadvastu kiṃcil lokeṣu triṣu sattāsvarūpakam tat tatrādṛśyad akhilaṃ khilībhūtavibhūtikam
that, though twofold, had come to oneness — they looked on as if spectators. Whatever thing there was in the three worlds having the nature of existence, all of it appeared there with its splendour turned barren.
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MtP 153.168
अस्त्राणि तेजांसि धनानि धैर्यं सेनाबलं वीर्यपराक्रमौ च सत्त्वौजसां तन्निकरं बभूव सुरासुराणां तपसो बलेन
astrāṇi tejāṃsi dhanāni dhairyaṃ senābalaṃ vīryaparākramau ca sattvaujasāṃ tannikaraṃ babhūva surāsurāṇāṃ tapaso balena
Weapons, energies, riches, steadfastness, the strength of armies, and valour and prowess — that mass of the might and vigour of the gods and asuras came about by the power of austerity.
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MtP 153.169
अथाभिमुखम् आयान्तं नवभिर्नतपर्वभिः बाणैरनलकल्पाग्रैर् बिभिदुस्तारकं हृदि
athābhimukham āyāntaṃ navabhirnataparvabhiḥ bāṇairanalakalpāgrair bibhidustārakaṃ hṛdi
Then, as he came on facing them, they pierced Tāraka in the heart with nine arrows with bent joints, their tips like fire.
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MtP 153.170
स तानचिन्त्य दैत्येन्द्रः सुरबाणान्गतान्हृदि नवभिर्नवभिर्बाणैः सुरान्विव्याध दानवः
sa tānacintya daityendraḥ surabāṇāngatānhṛdi navabhirnavabhirbāṇaiḥ surānvivyādha dānavaḥ
Paying no heed to those arrows of the gods lodged in his heart, that Dānava, the lord of Daityas, pierced the gods with nine arrows each,
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MtP 153.171
जगद्धरणसम्भूतैः शल्यैरिव पुरःसरैः ततो ऽच्छिन्नं शरव्रातं संग्रामे मुमुचुः सुराः
jagaddharaṇasambhūtaiḥ śalyairiva puraḥsaraiḥ tato 'cchinnaṃ śaravrātaṃ saṃgrāme mumucuḥ surāḥ
which were like barbs going before (him), born of the bearing up of the world. Then the gods loosed in the battle an unbroken mass of arrows,
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MtP 153.172
अनन्तरं च कान्तानाम् अश्रुपातमिवानिशम् तदप्राप्तं वियत्येव नाशयामास दानवः
anantaraṃ ca kāntānām aśrupātamivāniśam tadaprāptaṃ viyatyeva nāśayāmāsa dānavaḥ
and at once, like the ceaseless falling of the tears of beloved women, the Dānava destroyed it in the very sky, before it reached (him),
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MtP 153.173
शरैर्यथा कुचरितैः प्रख्यातं परमागतम् सुनिर्मलं क्रमायातं कुपुत्रः स्वं महाकुलम्
śarairyathā kucaritaiḥ prakhyātaṃ paramāgatam sunirmalaṃ kramāyātaṃ kuputraḥ svaṃ mahākulam
with arrows, as a bad son (destroys) with his evil deeds his own great family, renowned, come to the highest state, wholly spotless, inherited in due succession.
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MtP 153.174
ततो निवार्य तद्बाणजालं सुरभुजेरितम् बाणैर्व्योम दिशः पृथ्वीं पूरयामास दानवः
tato nivārya tadbāṇajālaṃ surabhujeritam bāṇairvyoma diśaḥ pṛthvīṃ pūrayāmāsa dānavaḥ
Then, having warded off that net of arrows launched by the arms of the gods, the Dānava filled the sky, the quarters and the earth with arrows.
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MtP 153.175
चिछेद पुङ्खदेशेषु स्वके स्थाने च लाघवात् बाणजालैः सुतीक्ष्णाग्रैः कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः
cicheda puṅkhadeśeṣu svake sthāne ca lāghavāt bāṇajālaiḥ sutīkṣṇāgraiḥ kaṅkabarhiṇavājitaiḥ
He cut (the arrows) at their feathered parts, and, by his quickness, in his own position too, with nets of arrows very sharp-tipped, feathered with heron and peacock plumes,
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MtP 153.176
कर्णान्तकृष्टैर्विमलैः सुवर्णरजतोज्ज्वलैः शास्त्रार्थैः संशयप्राप्तान् यथार्थान्वै विकल्पितैः
karṇāntakṛṣṭairvimalaiḥ suvarṇarajatojjvalaiḥ śāstrārthaiḥ saṃśayaprāptān yathārthānvai vikalpitaiḥ
drawn back to the ear, spotless, gleaming with gold and silver — like the meanings of the scriptures, rightly determined when they had fallen into doubt.
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MtP 153.177
ततः शतेन बाणानां शक्रं विव्याध दानवः नारायणं च सप्तत्या नवत्या च हुताशनम्
tataḥ śatena bāṇānāṃ śakraṃ vivyādha dānavaḥ nārāyaṇaṃ ca saptatyā navatyā ca hutāśanam
Then the Dānava pierced Śakra with a hundred arrows, and Nārāyaṇa with seventy, and the Fire-eater (Agni) with ninety.
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MtP 153.178
दशभिर्मारुतं मूर्ध्नि यमं दशभिरेव च धनदं चैव सप्तत्या वरुणं च तथाष्टभिः
daśabhirmārutaṃ mūrdhni yamaṃ daśabhireva ca dhanadaṃ caiva saptatyā varuṇaṃ ca tathāṣṭabhiḥ
(He pierced) the Wind-god on the head with ten, and Yama likewise with ten, and the Lord of Wealth with seventy, and Varuṇa with eight.
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MtP 153.179
विंशत्या निरृतिं दैत्यः पुनश्चाष्टाभिरेव च विव्याध पुनरेकैकं दशभिर्दशभिः शरैः
viṃśatyā nirṛtiṃ daityaḥ punaścāṣṭābhireva ca vivyādha punarekaikaṃ daśabhirdaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ
The Daitya pierced Nirṛti with twenty, and again with eight more; and again he pierced each one of them with ten arrows apiece.
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MtP 153.180
तथा च मातलिं दैत्यो विव्याध त्रिभिराशुगैः गरुडं दशभिश्चैव स विव्याध पतत्रिभिः
tathā ca mātaliṃ daityo vivyādha tribhirāśugaiḥ garuḍaṃ daśabhiścaiva sa vivyādha patatribhiḥ
And so the Daitya pierced Mātali with three swift shafts, and he pierced Garuḍa with ten feathered arrows.
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MtP 153.181
पुनश्च दैत्यो देवानां तिलशो नतपर्वभिः चकार वर्मजातानि चिछेद च धनूंषि तु ततो विकवचा देवा विधनुष्काः शरैः कृताः
punaśca daityo devānāṃ tilaśo nataparvabhiḥ cakāra varmajātāni cicheda ca dhanūṃṣi tu tato vikavacā devā vidhanuṣkāḥ śaraiḥ kṛtāḥ
And again, with his straight-jointed arrows the Daitya reduced the gods' several armours to sesame-sized bits, and cut apart their bows; thus by his arrows the gods were made armourless and bowless.
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MtP 153.182
अथान्यानि चापानि तस्मिन्सरोषा रणे लोकपाला गृहीत्वा समन्तात् शरैरक्षयैर्दानवेन्द्रं ततक्षुस् तदा दानवो ऽमर्षसंरक्तनेत्रः
athānyāni cāpāni tasminsaroṣā raṇe lokapālā gṛhītvā samantāt śarairakṣayairdānavendraṃ tatakṣus tadā dānavo 'marṣasaṃraktanetraḥ
Then the World-Guardians, full of wrath in that battle, took up other bows and hewed at the lord of Dānavas on every side with inexhaustible arrows; then the Dānava, his eyes red with indignation,
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MtP 153.183
शरानग्निकल्पान्ववर्षामराणां ततो बाणमादाय कल्पानलाभम् जघानोरसि क्षिप्रमिन्द्रं सुबाहुं महेन्द्रो व्यकम्पद्रथोपस्थ एव
śarānagnikalpānvavarṣāmarāṇāṃ tato bāṇamādāya kalpānalābham jaghānorasi kṣipramindraṃ subāhuṃ mahendro vyakampadrathopastha eva
rained fire-like arrows upon the immortals; then, taking an arrow resembling the fire of world's-end, he swiftly struck strong-armed Indra on the chest, and great Indra shook, there on his chariot-seat.
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MtP 153.184
विलोक्यान्तरिक्षे सहस्रार्कबिम्बं पुनर्दानवो विष्णुमुद्भूतवीर्यम् शराभ्यां जघानांसमूले सलीलं ततः केशवस्यापतच्छार्ङ्गमग्रे
vilokyāntarikṣe sahasrārkabimbaṃ punardānavo viṣṇumudbhūtavīryam śarābhyāṃ jaghānāṃsamūle salīlaṃ tataḥ keśavasyāpatacchārṅgamagre
Seeing in the sky Viṣṇu, of surging valour, (bright) as a thousand solar orbs, the Dānava again struck him with two arrows at the base of the shoulder, sportingly; thereupon the Śārṅga bow fell from before Keśava.
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MtP 153.185
ततस्तारकः प्रेतनाथं पृषत्कैर् वसुं तस्य सव्ये स्मरन्क्षुद्रभावम् शरैरग्निकल्पैर्जलेशस्य कायं रणे ऽशोषयद्दुर्जयो दैत्यराजः
tatastārakaḥ pretanāthaṃ pṛṣatkair vasuṃ tasya savye smarankṣudrabhāvam śarairagnikalpairjaleśasya kāyaṃ raṇe 'śoṣayaddurjayo daityarājaḥ
Then Tāraka, the hard-to-conquer king of the Daityas, (struck) the Lord of the Dead with shafts, and Vasu (the Lord of Wealth) on his left, mindful of his lowly state; and with fire-like arrows he dried up the body of the Lord of Waters in the battle.
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MtP 153.186
शरैरग्निकल्पैश्चकाराशु दैत्यस् तथा राक्षसान्भीतभीतान्दिशासु पृषत्कैश्च रूक्षैर्विकारप्रयुक्तं चकारानिलं लीलयैवासुरेशः
śarairagnikalpaiścakārāśu daityas tathā rākṣasānbhītabhītāndiśāsu pṛṣatkaiśca rūkṣairvikāraprayuktaṃ cakārānilaṃ līlayaivāsureśaḥ
With fire-like arrows the Daitya quickly (drove) the Rākṣasas, terrified, in all directions; and with rough shafts the lord of the Asuras, as if in play, threw the Wind-god into disorder.
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MtP 153.188
अथानम्य चापं हरिस्तीक्ष्णबाणैर् हनत्सारथिं दैत्यराजस्य हृद्यम् ध्वजं धूमकेतुः किरीटं महेन्द्रो धनेशो धनुः काञ्चनानद्धपृष्ठम् यमो बाहुदण्डं रथाङ्गानि वायुर् निशाचारिणाम् ईश्वरस्यापि वर्म
athānamya cāpaṃ haristīkṣṇabāṇair hanatsārathiṃ daityarājasya hṛdyam dhvajaṃ dhūmaketuḥ kirīṭaṃ mahendro dhaneśo dhanuḥ kāñcanānaddhapṛṣṭham yamo bāhudaṇḍaṃ rathāṅgāni vāyur niśācāriṇām īśvarasyāpi varma
Then, bending his bow, Hari with sharp arrows struck down the dear charioteer of the Daitya king; Dhūmaketu (Fire) the banner, great Indra the diadem, the Lord of Wealth the bow with its gold-bound back, Yama the club-like arm, Vāyu the chariot's parts, and the lord of the night-roamers even the armour.
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MtP 153.189
दृष्ट्वा तद्युद्धममरैर् अकृत्रिमपराक्रमम् दैत्यनाथः कृतं संख्ये स्वबाहुयुगबान्धवः
dṛṣṭvā tadyuddhamamarair akṛtrimaparākramam daityanāthaḥ kṛtaṃ saṃkhye svabāhuyugabāndhavaḥ
Seeing that fighting done in the battle by the immortals with unfeigned prowess, the lord of the Daityas, whose only kinsmen were his own two arms,
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MtP 153.190
मुमोच मुद्गरं भीमं सहस्राक्षाय संगरे दृष्ट्वा मुद्गरम् आयान्तम् अनिवार्यमथाम्बरे
mumoca mudgaraṃ bhīmaṃ sahasrākṣāya saṃgare dṛṣṭvā mudgaram āyāntam anivāryamathāmbare
hurled a terrible mace at the Thousand-eyed one in the encounter. Then, seeing the mace coming on through the air, unstoppable,
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MtP 153.191
रथादाप्लुत्य धरणीम् अगमत्पाकशासनः मुद्गरो ऽपि रथोपस्थे पपात परुषस्वनः
rathādāplutya dharaṇīm agamatpākaśāsanaḥ mudgaro 'pi rathopasthe papāta paruṣasvanaḥ
the Chastiser of Pāka leapt from his chariot and went to the ground; and the mace fell on the chariot-seat with a harsh sound.
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MtP 153.192
स रथं चूर्णयामास न ममार च मातलिः गृहीत्वा पट्टिशं दैत्यो जघानोरसि केशवम्
sa rathaṃ cūrṇayāmāsa na mamāra ca mātaliḥ gṛhītvā paṭṭiśaṃ daityo jaghānorasi keśavam
It pulverized the chariot, yet Mātali did not die. Taking up a paṭṭiśa (spear-blade), the Daitya struck Keśava on the chest.
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MtP 153.193
स्कन्धे गरुत्मतः सो ऽपि निषसाद विचेतनः खड्गेन राक्षसेन्द्रस्य निचकर्त च वाहनम्
skandhe garutmataḥ so 'pi niṣasāda vicetanaḥ khaḍgena rākṣasendrasya nicakarta ca vāhanam
He too sank down senseless on Garutmān's shoulder; and with his sword (the Daitya) cut down the mount of the lord of Rākṣasas.
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MtP 153.194
यमं च पातयामास भूमौ दैत्यो भुशुण्डिना वह्निं च भिन्दिपालेन ताडयामास मूर्धनि
yamaṃ ca pātayāmāsa bhūmau daityo bhuśuṇḍinā vahniṃ ca bhindipālena tāḍayāmāsa mūrdhani
And the Daitya felled Yama to the ground with a bhuśuṇḍi, and struck Vahni (Fire) on the head with a bhindipāla (javelin).
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MtP 153.195
वायुं च दोर्भ्यामुत्क्षिप्य पातयामास भूतले धनेशं च धनुष्कोट्या कुट्टयामास कोपनः
vāyuṃ ca dorbhyāmutkṣipya pātayāmāsa bhūtale dhaneśaṃ ca dhanuṣkoṭyā kuṭṭayāmāsa kopanaḥ
And lifting Vāyu with his two arms he flung him down on the earth; and in his fury he pounded the Lord of Wealth with the tip of his bow.
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MtP 153.196
ततो देवनिकायानाम् एकैकं समरे ततः जघानास्त्रैरसंख्येयैर् दैत्येन्द्रो ऽमितविक्रमः
tato devanikāyānām ekaikaṃ samare tataḥ jaghānāstrairasaṃkhyeyair daityendro 'mitavikramaḥ
Then the lord of the Daityas, of measureless valour, struck each one of the throngs of gods in that battle with countless weapons.
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MtP 153.197
लब्धसंज्ञः क्षणाद्विष्णुश् चक्रं जग्राह दुर्धरम् दानवेन्द्रवसासिक्तं पिशिताशनकोन्मुखम्
labdhasaṃjñaḥ kṣaṇādviṣṇuś cakraṃ jagrāha durdharam dānavendravasāsiktaṃ piśitāśanakonmukham
Regaining consciousness in an instant, Viṣṇu took up the irresistible discus, wetted with the fat of Dānava lords, its edge eager for eating flesh.
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MtP 153.198
मुमोच दानवेन्द्रस्य दृढं वक्षसि केशवः पपात चक्रं दैत्यस्य हृदये भास्करद्युति
mumoca dānavendrasya dṛḍhaṃ vakṣasi keśavaḥ papāta cakraṃ daityasya hṛdaye bhāskaradyuti
Keśava released it hard against the chest of the lord of the Dānavas, and the discus, with the brilliance of the sun, fell upon the heart of the Daitya.
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MtP 153.199
व्यशीर्यत ततः काये नीलोत्पलमिवाश्मनि ततो वज्रं महेन्द्रस्तु प्रमुमोचार्चितं चिरम्
vyaśīryata tataḥ kāye nīlotpalamivāśmani tato vajraṃ mahendrastu pramumocārcitaṃ ciram
Then it shattered on his body, like a blue lotus (thrown) against a stone; thereupon great Indra hurled the thunderbolt, long worshipped (by him).
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MtP 153.200
यस्मिञ्जयाशा शक्रस्य दानवेन्द्ररणे त्वभूत् तारकस्य सुसंप्राप्य शरीरं शौर्यशालिनः
yasmiñjayāśā śakrasya dānavendraraṇe tvabhūt tārakasya susaṃprāpya śarīraṃ śauryaśālinaḥ
That in which Śakra's hope of victory lay in the battle with the lord of the Dānavas — having struck full upon the body of Tāraka, who abounded in valour —
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MtP 153.201
व्यशीर्यत विकीर्णार्चिः शतधा खण्डतां गतम् विनाशमगमन्मुक्तं वायुनासुरवक्षसि
vyaśīryata vikīrṇārciḥ śatadhā khaṇḍatāṃ gatam vināśamagamanmuktaṃ vāyunāsuravakṣasi
it shattered, its flashes scattered, going to fragmentation a hundredfold; released by Vāyu against the Asura's chest, it came to destruction.
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MtP 153.202
ज्वलितं ज्वलनाभासम् अङ्कुशं कुलिशं यथा विनाशमागतं दृष्ट्वा वायुश्चाङ्कुशमाहवे
jvalitaṃ jvalanābhāsam aṅkuśaṃ kuliśaṃ yathā vināśamāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā vāyuścāṅkuśamāhave
Blazing, with the appearance of fire, the goad like the thunderbolt — and Vāyu, seeing the goad come to destruction in the battle,
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MtP 153.203
रुष्टः शैलेन्द्रमुत्पाट्य पुष्पितद्रुमकन्दरम् चिक्षेप दानवेन्द्राय पञ्चयोजनविस्तृतम्
ruṣṭaḥ śailendramutpāṭya puṣpitadrumakandaram cikṣepa dānavendrāya pañcayojanavistṛtam
enraged, tore up a chief of mountains, with its flowering trees and caves, five yojanas in extent, and flung it at the lord of the Dānavas.
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MtP 153.204
महीधरं तम् आयान्तं दैत्यः स्मितमुखस्तदा जग्राह वामहस्तेन बालकन्दुकलीलया
mahīdharaṃ tam āyāntaṃ daityaḥ smitamukhastadā jagrāha vāmahastena bālakandukalīlayā
As that mountain came on, the Daitya, then with a smiling face, caught it with his left hand, as in the play of a child's ball.
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MtP 153.205
ततो दण्डं समुद्यम्य कृतान्तः क्रोधमूर्छितः दैत्येन्द्रं मूर्ध्नि चिक्षेप भ्राम्य वेगेन दुर्जयः
tato daṇḍaṃ samudyamya kṛtāntaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ daityendraṃ mūrdhni cikṣepa bhrāmya vegena durjayaḥ
Then Kṛtānta (Death), stupefied with anger, hard to conquer, raising his staff and whirling it, flung it with force at the head of the lord of the Daityas.
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MtP 153.206
सो ऽसुरस्यापतन्मूर्ध्नि दैत्यस्तं च न बुद्धवान् कल्पान्तदहनालोकाम् अजय्यां ज्वलनस्ततः
so 'surasyāpatanmūrdhni daityastaṃ ca na buddhavān kalpāntadahanālokām ajayyāṃ jvalanastataḥ
It fell on the Asura's head, and the Daitya did not even notice it. Then Fire (hurled) the (spear), unconquerable, with the glow of the fire at the end of an aeon —
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MtP 153.207
शक्तिं चिक्षेप दुर्धर्षां दानवेन्द्राय संयुगे नवा शिरीषमालेव सास्य वक्षस्यराजत
śaktiṃ cikṣepa durdharṣāṃ dānavendrāya saṃyuge navā śirīṣamāleva sāsya vakṣasyarājata
he hurled the irresistible spear at the lord of the Dānavas in the fight, and it shone on his chest like a fresh garland of śirīṣa blossoms.
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MtP 153.208
ततः खड्गं समाकृष्य कोशाद् आकाशनिर्मलम् भासितासितदिग्भागं लोकपालो ऽपि निरृतिः
tataḥ khaḍgaṃ samākṛṣya kośād ākāśanirmalam bhāsitāsitadigbhāgaṃ lokapālo 'pi nirṛtiḥ
Then Nirṛti, though a guardian of the world, drawing from its sheath a sword clear as the sky, which lit up the darkened quarters,
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MtP 153.209
चिक्षेप दानवेन्द्राय तस्य मूर्ध्नि पपात च पतितश्चागमत्खड्गः स शीघ्रं शतखण्डताम्
cikṣepa dānavendrāya tasya mūrdhni papāta ca patitaścāgamatkhaḍgaḥ sa śīghraṃ śatakhaṇḍatām
hurled it at the lord of the Dānavas, and it fell upon his head; and having fallen, that sword quickly went to a hundred pieces.
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MtP 153.210
जलेशस्तूग्रदुर्धर्षं विषपावकभैरवम् मुमोच पाशं दैत्यस्य भुजबन्धाभिलाषुकः
jaleśastūgradurdharṣaṃ viṣapāvakabhairavam mumoca pāśaṃ daityasya bhujabandhābhilāṣukaḥ
But the lord of the waters, desiring to bind (his) arms, released at the Daitya a noose fierce and irresistible, terrible as poison and fire.
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MtP 153.211
स दैत्यभुजमासाद्य सर्पः सद्यो व्यपद्यत स्फुटितक्रकचक्रूरदशनालिर् महाहनुः
sa daityabhujamāsādya sarpaḥ sadyo vyapadyata sphuṭitakrakacakrūradaśanālir mahāhanuḥ
That serpent, on reaching the Daitya's arm, died at once, its row of cruel saw-like teeth broken, its great jaw (shattered).
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MtP 153.212
ततो ऽश्विनौ समरुतः ससाध्याः समहोरगाः यक्षराक्षसगन्धर्वा दिव्यनानास्त्रपाणयः
tato 'śvinau samarutaḥ sasādhyāḥ samahoragāḥ yakṣarākṣasagandharvā divyanānāstrapāṇayaḥ
Then the two Aśvins, with the Maruts, with the Sādhyas, with the great serpents, and Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Gandharvas, with various divine weapons in hand,
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MtP 153.213
जघ्नुर्दैत्येश्वरं सर्वे सम्भूय सुमहाबलाः न चास्त्राण्यस्य सजन्ति गात्रे वज्राचलोपमे
jaghnurdaityeśvaraṃ sarve sambhūya sumahābalāḥ na cāstrāṇyasya sajanti gātre vajrācalopame
all of very great strength, joining together, struck the lord of the Daityas; but their weapons did not stick to his body, which was like a mountain of adamant.
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MtP 153.214
ततो रथादवप्लुत्य तारको दानवाधिपः जघान कोटिशो देवान् करपार्ष्णिभिरेव च
tato rathādavaplutya tārako dānavādhipaḥ jaghāna koṭiśo devān karapārṣṇibhireva ca
Then Tāraka, the overlord of the Dānavas, leaping down from his chariot, slew the gods by the tens of millions with his hands and heels alone.
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MtP 153.215
हतशेषाणि सैन्यानि देवानां विप्रदुद्रुवुः दिशो भीतानि संत्यज्य रणोपकरणानि तु
hataśeṣāṇi sainyāni devānāṃ vipradudruvuḥ diśo bhītāni saṃtyajya raṇopakaraṇāni tu
The armies of the gods that remained after the slaughter fled in all directions in fear, abandoning their instruments of war.
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MtP 153.216
लोकपालांस्ततो दैत्यो बबन्धेन्द्रमुखान्रणे सकेशवान्दृढैः पाशैः पशुमारः पशूनिव
lokapālāṃstato daityo babandhendramukhānraṇe sakeśavāndṛḍhaiḥ pāśaiḥ paśumāraḥ paśūniva
Then the Daitya bound in the battle the guardians of the world, headed by Indra, together with Keśava, with strong cords, as a butcher (binds) cattle.
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MtP 153.217
स भूयो रथमास्थाय जगाम स्वकमालयम् सिद्धगन्धर्वसंघुष्टविपुलाचलमस्तकम्
sa bhūyo rathamāsthāya jagāma svakamālayam siddhagandharvasaṃghuṣṭavipulācalamastakam
He mounted his chariot again and went to his own dwelling, whose broad mountain peak resounded with Siddhas and Gandharvas.
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MtP 153.218
स्तूयमानो दितिसुतैर् अप्सरोभिर्विनोदितः त्रैलोक्यलक्ष्मीस्तद्देशे प्राविशत्स्वपुरं यथा
stūyamāno ditisutair apsarobhirvinoditaḥ trailokyalakṣmīstaddeśe prāviśatsvapuraṃ yathā
Praised by the sons of Diti, entertained by apsarases, he entered his own city in that place like the splendour of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 153.219
निषसादासने पद्मरागरत्नविनिर्मिते ततः किंनरगन्धर्वनागनारीविनोदितैः क्षणं विनोद्यमानस्तु प्रचलन्मणिकुण्डलः
niṣasādāsane padmarāgaratnavinirmite tataḥ kiṃnaragandharvanāganārīvinoditaiḥ kṣaṇaṃ vinodyamānastu pracalanmaṇikuṇḍalaḥ
Then he sat down upon a seat fashioned of ruby gems, and, his jewelled earrings swaying, was for a moment entertained by the diversions of kinnara, gandharva and nāga women.
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