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Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 41

PdP 1 41.1

पुलस्त्य उवाच। आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा अश्विनौ च महाबलौ। सबलाः सानुगाश्चैव संनह्यन्त यथाक्रमम्

pulastya uvāca| ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca mahābalau| sabalāḥ sānugāścaiva saṃnahyanta yathākramam

Pulastya said: The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, and the two mighty Aśvins, together with their forces and their followers, armed themselves in due order.

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PdP 1 41.2

पुरुहूतश्च पुरतो लोकपालः सहस्रदृक्। ग्रामणीः सर्वदेवानामारुरोह वरद्विपम्

puruhūtaśca purato lokapālaḥ sahasradṛk| grāmaṇīḥ sarvadevānāmāruroha varadvipam

And in front, Puruhūta (Indra), the thousand-eyed guardian of the world, leader of all the gods, mounted his foremost elephant.

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PdP 1 41.3

सव्ये चास्य रथः पार्श्वे पक्षिप्रवरकेतनः। सुरारुचक्रचरणो हैमच्छत्रपरिष्कृतः

savye cāsya rathaḥ pārśve pakṣipravaraketanaḥ| surārucakracaraṇo haimacchatrapariṣkṛtaḥ

And at his left side (stood) the chariot, bannered with the best of birds, its wheels moving with a god-like radiance, adorned with a golden parasol.

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

PdP 1 41.4

देवगंधर्वयक्षौघैरनुयातः सहस्रशः। दीप्तिमद्भिश्च स्वर्गस्थैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिरभिष्टुतः

devagaṃdharvayakṣaughairanuyātaḥ sahasraśaḥ| dīptimadbhiśca svargasthairbrahmarṣibhirabhiṣṭutaḥ

followed by hosts of gods, gandharvas and yakṣas in their thousands, and praised by the radiant brahmin-sages who dwell in heaven;

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PdP 1 41.5

वज्रविस्फारितोद्भूतैर्विद्युदिंद्रायुधप्रभैः। युक्तं बलाहकगणैः पर्वतैरिव कामगैः

vajravisphāritodbhūtairvidyudiṃdrāyudhaprabhaiḥ| yuktaṃ balāhakagaṇaiḥ parvatairiva kāmagaiḥ

(It was) yoked with troops of clouds that had the radiance of lightning and the rainbow, arisen from the bursting forth of the thunderbolt — (clouds) like mountains moving at will.

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PdP 1 41.6

यमारूढः स भगवान्पर्येति सकलं जगत्। हविर्दानेषु गायंति विप्रा मखमुखेस्थिताः

yamārūḍhaḥ sa bhagavānparyeti sakalaṃ jagat| havirdāneṣu gāyaṃti viprā makhamukhesthitāḥ

Mounted on which that lord travels around the whole world — of him the brahmins sing at the offerings of oblations, as they stand at the sacrifice's mouth.

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PdP 1 41.7

स्वर्गसंग्रामयातेषु देवतूर्यनिनादिषु। सेंद्रं तमुपनृत्यंति शतशो ह्यप्सरोगणाः

svargasaṃgrāmayāteṣu devatūryaninādiṣu| seṃdraṃ tamupanṛtyaṃti śataśo hyapsarogaṇāḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

PdP 1 41.8

केतुना नागराजेन राजमानो यथा रविः। युक्तो हयसहस्रेण मनोमारुतरंहसा

ketunā nāgarājena rājamāno yathā raviḥ| yukto hayasahasreṇa manomārutaraṃhasā

Shining like the sun, with the serpent-king for his banner, yoked with a thousand horses swift as mind and wind,

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PdP 1 41.9

सम्यग्रथवरो भाति युक्तो मातलिना तदा। कृत्स्नः परिवृतो मेरुर्भास्करस्येव तेजसा

samyagrathavaro bhāti yukto mātalinā tadā| kṛtsnaḥ parivṛto merurbhāskarasyeva tejasā

Then the splendid chariot, well joined and driven by Mātali, shines forth like Meru entirely encompassed by the sun's radiance.

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PdP 1 41.10

यमस्तु दंडमुद्यम्य कालयुक्तं च मुद्गरं। तस्थौ सुरगणानीके दैत्यानां चैव दर्शयन्

yamastu daṃḍamudyamya kālayuktaṃ ca mudgaraṃ| tasthau suragaṇānīke daityānāṃ caiva darśayan

But Yama, raising up his rod and his mace joined with Time (Kāla), stood at the front of the host of the gods, displaying (them) to the Daityas as well.

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PdP 1 41.11

चतुर्भिः सागरैर्युक्तो लेलिहानैश्च पन्नगैः। शंखमुक्तांगदधरो बिभ्रत्तोयमयं वपुः

caturbhiḥ sāgarairyukto lelihānaiśca pannagaiḥ| śaṃkhamuktāṃgadadharo bibhrattoyamayaṃ vapuḥ

Joined by the four oceans and by serpents with darting tongues, wearing armlets of conch and pearl, bearing a body made of water —

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PdP 1 41.12

कालपाशान्समाविध्य हयैः शशिकरोपमैः। वाय्वीरितजलाकारैः कुर्वन्लीलाः सहस्रशः

kālapāśānsamāvidhya hayaiḥ śaśikaropamaiḥ| vāyvīritajalākāraiḥ kurvanlīlāḥ sahasraśaḥ

Whirling the nooses of Time, with horses like the rays of the moon, whose shapes are like water driven by the wind, performing his sports by the thousands—

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PdP 1 41.13

पांडुरोद्धूतवसनः प्रवालरुचिरांगदः। मणिश्यामोत्तमवपुर्हारकेणार्चितोदरः

pāṃḍuroddhūtavasanaḥ pravālarucirāṃgadaḥ| maṇiśyāmottamavapurhārakeṇārcitodaraḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

PdP 1 41.14

वरुणः पाशधृङ्मध्ये देवानीकस्य तस्थिवान्। युद्धवेलामभिलषन्भिन्नवेल इवार्णवः

varuṇaḥ pāśadhṛṅmadhye devānīkasya tasthivān| yuddhavelāmabhilaṣanbhinnavela ivārṇavaḥ

Varuṇa, bearing his noose, stood in the midst of the host of gods, longing for the hour of battle, like an ocean that has burst its shore.

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PdP 1 41.15

यक्षराक्षससैन्येन गुह्यकानां गणैरपि। युक्तश्च शंखपद्माभ्यां निधीनामधिपः प्रभुः

yakṣarākṣasasainyena guhyakānāṃ gaṇairapi| yuktaśca śaṃkhapadmābhyāṃ nidhīnāmadhipaḥ prabhuḥ

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PdP 1 41.16

राजराजेश्वरःश्रीमान्गदापाणिरदृश्यत। विमानयोधी धनदो विमाने पुष्पके स्थितः

rājarājeśvaraḥśrīmāngadāpāṇiradṛśyata| vimānayodhī dhanado vimāne puṣpake sthitaḥ

The lord of the king of kings, glorious, with a mace in his hand, appeared — Dhanada (the giver of wealth), fighting from his aerial car, stationed in the Puṣpaka vimāna.

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PdP 1 41.17

स राजराजः शुशुभे यक्षेशो नरवाहनः। पूर्वपक्षे सहस्राक्षः पितृराजश्च दक्षिणे

sa rājarājaḥ śuśubhe yakṣeśo naravāhanaḥ| pūrvapakṣe sahasrākṣaḥ pitṛrājaśca dakṣiṇe

That king of kings, the lord of the yakṣas, borne by men, shone forth; on the eastern flank was the Thousand-eyed (Indra), and on the southern the king of the ancestors (Yama).

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PdP 1 41.18

वरुणः पश्चिमे पक्ष उत्तरे नरवाहनः। चतुःपक्षाश्च चत्त्वारो लोकपाला महाबलाः

varuṇaḥ paścime pakṣa uttare naravāhanaḥ| catuḥpakṣāśca cattvāro lokapālā mahābalāḥ

Varuṇa on the western flank, on the northern the one borne by men (Kubera); and the four world-guardians of great strength (formed) the four flanks.

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PdP 1 41.19

आत्मदिक्षुचरंतश्चतस्यदेवबलस्यते। सूर्यः सप्ताश्वयुक्तेन रथेनानिलगामिना

ātmadikṣucaraṃtaścatasyadevabalasyate| sūryaḥ saptāśvayuktena rathenānilagāminā

— tr. refused: cyber

PdP 1 41.20

श्रिया जाज्वल्यमानेन दीप्यमानैश्च रश्मिभिः। उदयास्तमयौ चक्रे मेरुपर्यन्तगामिना

śriyā jājvalyamānena dīpyamānaiśca raśmibhiḥ| udayāstamayau cakre meruparyantagāminā

— tr. refused: cyber

PdP 1 41.21

त्रिदिव द्वारचक्रेण तपसा लोकमव्ययम्। सहस्ररश्मियुक्तेन भ्राजमानेन तेजसा

tridiva dvāracakreṇa tapasā lokamavyayam| sahasraraśmiyuktena bhrājamānena tejasā

— tr. refused: cyber

PdP 1 41.22

चचार मध्ये देवानां द्वादशात्मा दिवाकरः। सोमः श्वेतहयो भाति स्यंदने शीतरश्मिमान्

cacāra madhye devānāṃ dvādaśātmā divākaraḥ| somaḥ śvetahayo bhāti syaṃdane śītaraśmimān

The day-maker, of twelve forms, moved in the midst of the gods; and Soma, drawn by white horses, cool-rayed, shone in his chariot —

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PdP 1 41.23

हिमतोयप्रपूर्णाभिर्भाभिराह्लादयञ्जगत्। तमृक्षयोगानुगतं शिशिरांशुं द्विजेश्वरम्

himatoyaprapūrṇābhirbhābhirāhlādayañjagat| tamṛkṣayogānugataṃ śiśirāṃśuṃ dvijeśvaram

gladdening the world with beams brimming with icy water; him, who moves in conjunction with the lunar mansions, the cool-rayed one, lord of the twice-born,

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PdP 1 41.24

शशच्छायांकिततनुं नैशस्य तमसः क्षयम्। ज्योतिषामीश्वरं व्योम्नि रसदं प्रभुमव्ययम्

śaśacchāyāṃkitatanuṃ naiśasya tamasaḥ kṣayam| jyotiṣāmīśvaraṃ vyomni rasadaṃ prabhumavyayam

whose body is marked with the shadow of a hare, the wasting away of the night's darkness, lord of the lights in the sky, giver of sap, imperishable master,

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PdP 1 41.25

ओषधीनां पवित्राणां निधानममृतस्य च। जगतः परमं भागं सौम्यं सर्वमयं रसम्

oṣadhīnāṃ pavitrāṇāṃ nidhānamamṛtasya ca| jagataḥ paramaṃ bhāgaṃ saumyaṃ sarvamayaṃ rasam

the treasury of the pure healing herbs and of the nectar of immortality, the highest portion of the world, gentle, the sap that is made of everything —

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PdP 1 41.26

ददृशुर्दानवाः सोमं हिमप्रहरणं स्थितम्। यः प्राणः सर्वभूतानां पंचधा भिद्यते नृषु

dadṛśurdānavāḥ somaṃ himapraharaṇaṃ sthitam| yaḥ prāṇaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ paṃcadhā bhidyate nṛṣu

(such) Soma the Dānavas saw standing, with cold for his weapon. He who is the breath of all beings, which is divided fivefold in men,

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PdP 1 41.27

सप्तस्कंधगतो लोकांस्त्रीन्दधार चकार च। यमाहुरग्निकर्त्तारं सर्वप्रभवमीश्वरम्

saptaskaṃdhagato lokāṃstrīndadhāra cakāra ca| yamāhuragnikarttāraṃ sarvaprabhavamīśvaram

who, moving in seven strata, upheld the three worlds and made them; whom they call the maker of fire, the lord who is the origin of all,

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PdP 1 41.28

सप्तस्वरगता यस्य योनिर्गीर्भिरुदीर्यते। यं वदंति चलं भूतं यं वदंत्यशरीरिणम्

saptasvaragatā yasya yonirgīrbhirudīryate| yaṃ vadaṃti calaṃ bhūtaṃ yaṃ vadaṃtyaśarīriṇam

whose source is proclaimed by voices moving through the seven notes; whom they call the being that moves, whom they call the bodiless one,

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PdP 1 41.29

यमाहुराकाशगमं शीघ्रगं शब्दयोनिजम्। स वायुः सर्वभूतायुरुद्धतः स्वेन तेजसा

yamāhurākāśagamaṃ śīghragaṃ śabdayonijam| sa vāyuḥ sarvabhūtāyuruddhataḥ svena tejasā

whom they call sky-going, swift-going, born from the womb of sound — that Vāyu, the life-breath of all beings, roused by his own energy,

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PdP 1 41.30

ववौ प्रव्यथयन्दैत्यान्प्रतिलोमं सतोयदः। मारुतो देवगंधर्वैर्विद्याधरगणैः सह

vavau pravyathayandaityānpratilomaṃ satoyadaḥ| māruto devagaṃdharvairvidyādharagaṇaiḥ saha

blew against the grain, tormenting the Daityas, bringing rain-clouds with him; the wind, together with the gods, the gandharvas and the throngs of vidyādharas,

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PdP 1 41.31

चिक्रीड रश्मिभिश्शुभ्रैर्निर्मुक्तैरिव पन्नगैः। सृजंतः सर्पपतयस्तीव्रं रोषमयं विषम्

cikrīḍa raśmibhiśśubhrairnirmuktairiva pannagaiḥ| sṛjaṃtaḥ sarpapatayastīvraṃ roṣamayaṃ viṣam

played with bright rays, like serpents that have shed their skins; and the lords of snakes, emitting a fierce venom made of rage,

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PdP 1 41.32

शरभूता विलग्नाश्च चेरुर्व्यात्तानना दिवि। पर्वताश्च शिलाशृंगैः शतशाखैश्च पादपैः

śarabhūtā vilagnāśca cerurvyāttānanā divi| parvatāśca śilāśṛṃgaiḥ śataśākhaiśca pādapaiḥ

having become arrows and clinging fast, roamed in the sky with mouths agape; and the mountains, with their rocky peaks and their hundred-branched trees,

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PdP 1 41.33

उपतस्थुः सुरगणान्प्रहर्तुं दानवं बलम्। यः स देवो हृषीकेशः पद्मनाभस्त्रिविक्रमः

upatasthuḥ suragaṇānprahartuṃ dānavaṃ balam| yaḥ sa devo hṛṣīkeśaḥ padmanābhastrivikramaḥ

stood by the hosts of gods to strike the Dānava army. He who is that god Hṛṣīkeśa, the lotus-naveled, of the three strides,

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PdP 1 41.34

युगांते कृष्णवर्त्मा च विश्वस्य जगतः प्रभुः। सर्वयोनिः समधुहा हव्यभुक्क्रतुसंस्थितः

yugāṃte kṛṣṇavartmā ca viśvasya jagataḥ prabhuḥ| sarvayoniḥ samadhuhā havyabhukkratusaṃsthitaḥ

and who at the end of the age is the black-pathed one (fire), the lord of the whole world, the womb of all, the slayer of Madhu, the eater of oblations, established in the sacrifice,

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PdP 1 41.35

भूम्यम्बुव्योमभूतात्मा श्यामः शांतिकरोरिहा। अविघ्नममरादीनां चक्रे चक्रगदाधरः

bhūmyambuvyomabhūtātmā śyāmaḥ śāṃtikarorihā| avighnamamarādīnāṃ cakre cakragadādharaḥ

whose self is earth, water, space and the elements, dark-hued, maker of peace, slayer of foes — the bearer of discus and mace made freedom from obstruction for the immortals and the rest.

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PdP 1 41.36

सव्येनालभ्य महतीं सर्वायुधविनाशिनीं। करेण कालीं वपुषा शत्रुकालप्रदां गदां

savyenālabhya mahatīṃ sarvāyudhavināśinīṃ| kareṇa kālīṃ vapuṣā śatrukālapradāṃ gadāṃ

Taking in his left hand the great mace Kālī, destroyer of all weapons, which by its very form deals the hour of death to enemies,

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PdP 1 41.37

शेषैर्भुजैः प्रदीप्ताभैर्भुजगारिध्वजः प्रभुः। दधारायुधजालानि शार्ङ्गादीनि महाबलः

śeṣairbhujaiḥ pradīptābhairbhujagāridhvajaḥ prabhuḥ| dadhārāyudhajālāni śārṅgādīni mahābalaḥ

with his remaining arms, of blazing radiance, the mighty lord whose banner bears the enemy of serpents held the array of weapons, the Śārṅga bow and the rest.

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PdP 1 41.38

स कश्यपस्यात्मभवं द्विजं भुजगभोजनम्। भुजगेंद्रेण वदने निविष्टेन विराजितम्

sa kaśyapasyātmabhavaṃ dvijaṃ bhujagabhojanam| bhujageṃdreṇa vadane niviṣṭena virājitam

He (beheld) the twice-born one sprung from Kaśyapa's own self, the devourer of serpents, resplendent with a serpent-king set in his mouth,

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PdP 1 41.39

अमृतारंभसंयुक्तं मंदराद्रिमिवोच्छितम्। देवासुरविमर्देषु बहुशो दृष्टविक्रमम्

amṛtāraṃbhasaṃyuktaṃ maṃdarādrimivocchitam| devāsuravimardeṣu bahuśo dṛṣṭavikramam

connected with the undertaking of the nectar, towering like Mount Mandara, whose valour had been seen many times in the clashes of gods and asuras,

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PdP 1 41.40

महेंद्रेणामृतस्यार्थे वज्रेण कृतलक्षणम्। विचित्रपत्रवसनं धातुमंतमिवाचलम्

maheṃdreṇāmṛtasyārthe vajreṇa kṛtalakṣaṇam| vicitrapatravasanaṃ dhātumaṃtamivācalam

marked by great Indra with the thunderbolt for the sake of the nectar, wearing variegated feathers like a mountain full of mineral ores,

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PdP 1 41.41

स्फीतक्रोधावलंबेन शीतांशुसमतेजसा। भोगिभोगावसक्तेन मणिरत्नेन भास्वता

sphītakrodhāvalaṃbena śītāṃśusamatejasā| bhogibhogāvasaktena maṇiratnena bhāsvatā

with a shining jewel-gem, of a radiance like the cool-rayed moon, fastened upon the coil of the serpent, resting on (his) swelling wrath,

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PdP 1 41.42

पक्षाभ्यां चारुपत्राभ्यामावृतं दिवि लीलया। युगांते सेंद्रचापाभ्यां तोयदाभ्यामिवांबरम्

pakṣābhyāṃ cārupatrābhyāmāvṛtaṃ divi līlayā| yugāṃte seṃdracāpābhyāṃ toyadābhyāmivāṃbaram

(It was) covered over in the sky, as if in play, by two wings with lovely feathers, as the heavens (are covered) at the end of an age by two rain-clouds bearing rainbows.

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PdP 1 41.43

नीललोहितपीताभिः पताकाभिरलंकृतम्। अरुणावरजं श्रीमानारुह्य समरे प्रभुः

nīlalohitapītābhiḥ patākābhiralaṃkṛtam| aruṇāvarajaṃ śrīmānāruhya samare prabhuḥ

...adorned with blue, red and yellow banners: mounting in battle the younger brother of Aruṇa (Garuḍa), the glorious lord (rode)—

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PdP 1 41.44

सुवर्णवर्णवपुषं सुपर्णं खेचरोत्तमम्। तमन्वयुः सुरगणा मुनयश्च समाहिताः

suvarṇavarṇavapuṣaṃ suparṇaṃ khecarottamam| tamanvayuḥ suragaṇā munayaśca samāhitāḥ

—Suparṇa, golden-coloured of body, the best of sky-goers. Him the hosts of gods followed, and the sages, intent (upon him),

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PdP 1 41.45

गीर्भिः परममंत्राभिस्तुष्टुवुश्च गदाधरम्। तद्वैश्रवणसंश्लिष्टं वैवस्वतपुरःसरम्

gīrbhiḥ paramamaṃtrābhistuṣṭuvuśca gadādharam| tadvaiśravaṇasaṃśliṣṭaṃ vaivasvatapuraḥsaram

and with utterances consisting of the highest mantras they praised the bearer of the mace. That (army), joined with Vaiśravaṇa, having Vaivasvata (Yama) at its front,

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PdP 1 41.46

वारिराजपरिक्षिप्तं देवराजविराजितम्। पवनाबद्धनिर्घोषं संप्रदीप्त हुताशनम्

vārirājaparikṣiptaṃ devarājavirājitam| pavanābaddhanirghoṣaṃ saṃpradīpta hutāśanam

encompassed by the king of the waters (Varuṇa), made resplendent by the king of the gods, with its roar (borne) by the wind, with fire blazing forth,

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PdP 1 41.47

विष्णोर्जिष्णोः सहिष्णोश्च भ्राजिष्णोस्तेजसावृतम्। बलं बलवदुद्रिक्ते युद्धाय समवर्तत

viṣṇorjiṣṇoḥ sahiṣṇośca bhrājiṣṇostejasāvṛtam| balaṃ balavadudrikte yuddhāya samavartata

enveloped by the splendour of Viṣṇu—the conquering, the enduring, the shining one—the army, mightily surging up, set forth for battle.

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PdP 1 41.48

स्वस्त्यस्तु देवेभ्य इति बृहस्पतिरभाषत। स्वस्त्यस्तु दैत्येभ्य इति उशना वाक्यमाददे

svastyastu devebhya iti bṛhaspatirabhāṣata| svastyastu daityebhya iti uśanā vākyamādade

"Let there be well-being for the gods," said Bṛhaspati; "Let there be well-being for the Daityas," was the utterance Uśanas (Śukra) took up.

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PdP 1 41.49

ताभ्यां बलाभ्यां संजज्ञे तुमुलो विग्रहस्तथा। सुराणामसुराणां च परस्परजयैषिणाम्

tābhyāṃ balābhyāṃ saṃjajñe tumulo vigrahastathā| surāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca parasparajayaiṣiṇām

Between those two armies a tumultuous conflict then arose, of the gods and the asuras, each seeking victory over the other.

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PdP 1 41.50

दानवा दैवतैः सार्द्धं नानाप्रहरणोद्यमाः। समीयुर्युध्यमाना वै पर्वता इव पर्वतैः1.41.

dānavā daivataiḥ sārddhaṃ nānāpraharaṇodyamāḥ| samīyuryudhyamānā vai parvatā iva parvataiḥ1.41.

The Dānavas, raising up their various weapons, came together with the gods, fighting indeed like mountains with mountains.

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PdP 1 41.51

तत्सुरासुरसंयुक्तं युद्धमत्यद्भुतं बभौ। धर्माधर्मसमायुक्तं दर्पेण विनयेन च

tatsurāsurasaṃyuktaṃ yuddhamatyadbhutaṃ babhau| dharmādharmasamāyuktaṃ darpeṇa vinayena ca

That battle, in which gods and asuras were joined, appeared most wondrous, joined as it was with dharma and with adharma, with arrogance and with restraint.

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PdP 1 41.52

ततो हयैः प्रजवितैर्वारणैश्च प्रचोदितैः। उत्पतद्भिश्च गगने सासिहस्तैः समंततः

tato hayaiḥ prajavitairvāraṇaiśca pracoditaiḥ| utpatadbhiśca gagane sāsihastaiḥ samaṃtataḥ

Then, with horses driven at speed and elephants goaded on, and with (warriors) springing up into the sky, swords in hand, on every side,

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PdP 1 41.53

क्षिप्यमाणैश्च मुसलैः संपतद्भिश्च सायकैः। चापैर्विस्फार्यमाणैश्च पात्यमानैः सुदारुणैः

kṣipyamāṇaiśca musalaiḥ saṃpatadbhiśca sāyakaiḥ| cāpairvisphāryamāṇaiśca pātyamānaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ

and with clubs being flung and arrows falling together, and with bows being drawn and most dreadful (weapons) being brought down,

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PdP 1 41.54

तद्युद्धमभवद्घोरं देवदानवसंकुलम्। जगतस्त्रासजननं युगसंवर्तकोपमम्

tadyuddhamabhavadghoraṃ devadānavasaṃkulam| jagatastrāsajananaṃ yugasaṃvartakopamam

that battle became fearful, a confusion of gods and Dānavas, engendering terror in the world, like the dissolution at the end of an age.

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PdP 1 41.55

स्वहस्तमुक्तैः परिघैर्मुद्गरैश्चैव पर्वतैः। दानवास्समरे जघ्नुर्देवानिंद्रपुरोगमान्

svahastamuktaiḥ parighairmudgaraiścaiva parvataiḥ| dānavāssamare jaghnurdevāniṃdrapurogamān

With iron bars released from their own hands, and with hammers and with mountains, the Dānavas in the battle struck the gods, with Indra at their head.

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PdP 1 41.56

ते वध्यमाना बलिभिर्दानवैर्जितकाशिभिः। विषण्णवदना देवा जग्मुरार्तिं परां मृधे

te vadhyamānā balibhirdānavairjitakāśibhiḥ| viṣaṇṇavadanā devā jagmurārtiṃ parāṃ mṛdhe

Being slaughtered by the mighty Dānavas, who shone with victory, the gods, their faces downcast, came to utmost distress in the fray.

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PdP 1 41.57

ते चास्त्रशूलमथिताः परिघैर्भिन्नमस्तकाः। भिन्नोरस्का दितिसुतैः स्रवद्रक्ता रणे बहु

te cāstraśūlamathitāḥ parighairbhinnamastakāḥ| bhinnoraskā ditisutaiḥ sravadraktā raṇe bahu

And they, mangled by missiles and spears, their heads broken by iron bars, their chests split open by the sons of Diti, streaming much blood in the battle,

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PdP 1 41.58

सूदिताः शरजालैश्च निर्यत्नाश्च शरैः कृताः। प्रविष्टा दानवीं मायां न शेकुस्ते विचेष्टितम्

sūditāḥ śarajālaiśca niryatnāśca śaraiḥ kṛtāḥ| praviṣṭā dānavīṃ māyāṃ na śekuste viceṣṭitam

struck down by nets of arrows and rendered powerless by the arrows, caught within the Dānavas' magic, were not able to stir.

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PdP 1 41.59

उत्तंभितमिवाभाति निष्प्राण सदृशाकृति। बलं सुराणामसुरैर्निष्प्रयत्नायुधं कृतम्

uttaṃbhitamivābhāti niṣprāṇa sadṛśākṛti| balaṃ surāṇāmasurairniṣprayatnāyudhaṃ kṛtam

It looked as though propped up, its form resembling that of a lifeless thing—the army of the gods, whose weapons had been made useless by the asuras.

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PdP 1 41.60

दैत्यचापच्युतान्घोरांश्छित्वा वज्रेण तान्शरान्। शक्रो दैत्यबलं घोरं विवेश बहुलोचनः

daityacāpacyutānghorāṃśchitvā vajreṇa tānśarān| śakro daityabalaṃ ghoraṃ viveśa bahulocanaḥ

Cutting with his thunderbolt those dreadful arrows loosed from the Daityas' bows, Śakra of the many eyes entered the terrible Daitya host.

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PdP 1 41.61

स दैत्यप्रमुखान्सर्वान्हत्वा दैत्यबलं महत्। तामसेनास्त्रजालेन तमोभूतमथाकरोत्

sa daityapramukhānsarvānhatvā daityabalaṃ mahat| tāmasenāstrajālena tamobhūtamathākarot

He, having slain all the foremost of the Daityas, then made the great Daitya army become (a mass of) darkness by a net of tāmasa missiles.

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PdP 1 41.62

तेऽन्योन्यं नान्वबुध्यंत दैत्यानां वाहनानि च। घोरेण तमसाविष्टाः पुरुहूतस्य तेजसा

te'nyonyaṃ nānvabudhyaṃta daityānāṃ vāhanāni ca| ghoreṇa tamasāviṣṭāḥ puruhūtasya tejasā

They did not recognize one another, nor the mounts of the daityas, engulfed as they were in dreadful darkness by the power of Puruhūta (Indra).

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PdP 1 41.63

मायापाशैर्विमुक्तास्तु यत्नवंतः सुरोत्तमाः। शिरांसि दैत्यसंघानां तमोभूतान्यपातयन्

māyāpāśairvimuktāstu yatnavaṃtaḥ surottamāḥ| śirāṃsi daityasaṃghānāṃ tamobhūtānyapātayan

But the foremost of the gods, released from the nooses of illusion, made their effort and struck down the heads of the daitya throngs that had become (mere) darkness.

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PdP 1 41.64

अपध्वस्ता विसंज्ञाश्च तमसा नीलवर्चसा। पेतुस्ते दानवास्सद्यश्छिन्नपक्षा इवाद्रयः

apadhvastā visaṃjñāśca tamasā nīlavarcasā| petuste dānavāssadyaśchinnapakṣā ivādrayaḥ

Beaten down and senseless from the darkness of dark-blue hue, those dānavas fell at once like mountains whose wings had been cut off.

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PdP 1 41.65

तत्राभिभूतदैत्यैंद्रमंधकारमिवांतरं। दानवं देहसदनं तमोभूतमिवाभवत्

tatrābhibhūtadaityaiṃdramaṃdhakāramivāṃtaraṃ| dānavaṃ dehasadanaṃ tamobhūtamivābhavat

There, when the daityas had been overpowered by Indra's (weapon), the space (between) was as if blind darkness, and the dānava host, the dwelling-place of bodies, became as if turned into darkness.

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PdP 1 41.66

तथाऽसृजन्महामायां मयस्तां तामसीं दहन्। युगांतोद्योतजननीं सृष्टा मौर्वेण वह्निना

tathā'sṛjanmahāmāyāṃ mayastāṃ tāmasīṃ dahan| yugāṃtodyotajananīṃ sṛṣṭā maurveṇa vahninā

Then Maya, burning away that dark (illusion), sent forth a great illusion, begetter of the blaze of the world-age's end, produced by the Aurva fire.

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PdP 1 41.67

स ददाह च तां शाक्रीं माया मयविकल्पिता। दैत्याश्चादित्यवपुषा सद्य उत्तस्थुराहवे

sa dadāha ca tāṃ śākrīṃ māyā mayavikalpitā| daityāścādityavapuṣā sadya uttasthurāhave

And that illusion, devised by Maya, burned up Śakra's (illusion); and the daityas, with bodies like the sun, at once rose up in the battle.

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PdP 1 41.68

मायां मौर्वीं समासाद्य दह्यमाना दिवौकसः। भेजिरे चंद्रविषयं शीतांशुसलिलह्रदम्

māyāṃ maurvīṃ samāsādya dahyamānā divaukasaḥ| bhejire caṃdraviṣayaṃ śītāṃśusalilahradam

Encountering the Aurva illusion, the dwellers in heaven, being burned, resorted to the region of the moon, a lake of cool-rayed water.

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PdP 1 41.69

ते दह्यमाना और्वेण वह्निना नष्टचेतसः। शशंसुर्वज्रिणं देवाः संतप्ताः शरणैषिणः

te dahyamānā aurveṇa vahninā naṣṭacetasaḥ| śaśaṃsurvajriṇaṃ devāḥ saṃtaptāḥ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ

Being burned by the Aurva fire, their wits lost, the gods, scorched and seeking refuge, made report to the bearer of the thunderbolt.

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PdP 1 41.70

संतप्ते मायया सैन्ये हन्यमाने च दानवैः। चोदितो देवराजेन वरुणो वाक्यमब्रवीत्

saṃtapte māyayā sainye hanyamāne ca dānavaiḥ| codito devarājena varuṇo vākyamabravīt

When the army was scorched by the illusion and was being slain by the dānavas, Varuṇa, prompted by the king of the gods, spoke these words:

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PdP 1 41.71

पुरा ब्रह्मर्षिजः शक्र तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम्। उर्वः स पूर्वं तेजस्वी सदृशो ब्रह्मणो गुणैः

purā brahmarṣijaḥ śakra tapastepe sudāruṇam| urvaḥ sa pūrvaṃ tejasvī sadṛśo brahmaṇo guṇaiḥ

"Long ago, O Śakra, one born of a brahmin seer performed most fearsome austerity; that Urva of old was full of fiery power, the equal of Brahmā in his qualities.

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PdP 1 41.72

तं तपंतमिवादित्यं तपसा जगदव्ययं। उपतस्थुर्मुनिगणा देवा देवर्षिभिः सह

taṃ tapaṃtamivādityaṃ tapasā jagadavyayaṃ| upatasthurmunigaṇā devā devarṣibhiḥ saha

Upon him, who scorched the world with his austerity like the imperishable sun, the bands of sages waited, and the gods along with the divine seers.

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PdP 1 41.73

हिरण्यकशिपुश्चैव दानवो दानवेश्वरः। ॠषिं विज्ञापयामास पुरा परमतेजसम्

hiraṇyakaśipuścaiva dānavo dānaveśvaraḥ| ṝṣiṃ vijñāpayāmāsa purā paramatejasam

And Hiraṇyakaśipu the dānava, lord of the dānavas, made his petition of old to that seer of supreme fiery power.

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PdP 1 41.74

ऊचुर्ब्रह्मर्षयस्ते तु वचनं धर्मसंहितम्। ॠषिवंशेषु भगवंश्छिन्नमूलमिदं कुलं

ūcurbrahmarṣayaste tu vacanaṃ dharmasaṃhitam| ṝṣivaṃśeṣu bhagavaṃśchinnamūlamidaṃ kulaṃ

But those brahmin seers spoke a speech in accord with dharma: "Lord, among the lineages of seers this family of yours is cut off at the root.

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PdP 1 41.75

एकस्त्वमनपत्यश्च गोत्रा याऽन्यो न विद्यते। कौमारं व्रतमास्थाय क्लेशमेवानुवर्तसे

ekastvamanapatyaśca gotrā yā'nyo na vidyate| kaumāraṃ vratamāsthāya kleśamevānuvartase

You are alone and without offspring, and no other of the lineage is to be found; having taken up the vow of celibacy, you pursue nothing but hardship."

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PdP 1 41.76

बहूनि विप्रगोत्राणि मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्। एकदेहानि तिष्ठंति विविक्तानि विना प्रजाः

bahūni vipragotrāṇi munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām| ekadehāni tiṣṭhaṃti viviktāni vinā prajāḥ

"Many brahmin lineages of sages who have perfected themselves stand with but a single body, isolated, without progeny.

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PdP 1 41.77

एवंभूतेषु सर्वेषु पुत्रैर्मे नास्ति कारणम्। भवांश्च तापसश्रेष्ठः प्रजापति समद्युतिः

evaṃbhūteṣu sarveṣu putrairme nāsti kāraṇam| bhavāṃśca tāpasaśreṣṭhaḥ prajāpati samadyutiḥ

All (of them) being of such a kind, there is no reason for me to have sons; and you are the best of ascetics, of splendour equal to Prajāpati."

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PdP 1 41.78

तत्प्रवर्तस्व वंशाय वर्धयात्मानमात्मना। समाधत्स्वोर्जितं तेजो द्वितीयां कुरु वै तनुं

tatpravartasva vaṃśāya vardhayātmānamātmanā| samādhatsvorjitaṃ tejo dvitīyāṃ kuru vai tanuṃ

"So set to work for the sake of the lineage; increase yourself by yourself; gather up your mighty fiery power and make a second body."

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PdP 1 41.79

स एवमुक्तो मुनिभिर्मुनिर्मनसि ताडितः। जगर्ह तानृषिगणान्वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्

sa evamukto munibhirmunirmanasi tāḍitaḥ| jagarha tānṛṣigaṇānvacanaṃ cedamabravīt

Thus addressed by the sages, that sage, stung in his mind, rebuked those bands of seers and spoke this word:

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PdP 1 41.80

यथा हि विहितो धर्मो मुनीनां शाश्वतः पुरा। आर्षं हि केवलं कर्म वन्यमूलफलाशिनः

yathā hi vihito dharmo munīnāṃ śāśvataḥ purā| ārṣaṃ hi kevalaṃ karma vanyamūlaphalāśinaḥ

"Just as the eternal dharma of sages was ordained of old, so the observance of the seers alone belongs to one who eats the roots and fruits of the forest.

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PdP 1 41.81

ब्रह्मयोनौ प्रसूतस्य ब्राह्मणस्यात्मवर्तिनः। ब्रह्मचर्यं सुचरितं ब्रह्माणमपि चालयेत्

brahmayonau prasūtasya brāhmaṇasyātmavartinaḥ| brahmacaryaṃ sucaritaṃ brahmāṇamapi cālayet

The well-practised celibacy of a brahmin born in the womb of Brahman and abiding in himself would shake even Brahmā.

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PdP 1 41.82

जनानां वृत्तयस्तिस्रो ये गृहाश्रमवासिनः। अस्माकं च वने वृत्तिर्वनाश्रमनिवासिनां

janānāṃ vṛttayastisro ye gṛhāśramavāsinaḥ| asmākaṃ ca vane vṛttirvanāśramanivāsināṃ

Three are the modes of livelihood of the people who dwell in the householder's stage; and ours, of those who dwell in the forest stage, is livelihood in the forest.

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PdP 1 41.83

अब्भक्षा वायुभक्षाश्च दंतोलूखलिनस्तथा। अश्मकुट्टादयो यत्र पंचाग्नितपसश्च ये

abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāśca daṃtolūkhalinastathā| aśmakuṭṭādayo yatra paṃcāgnitapasaśca ye

(There are those) who eat only water, who eat only air, and likewise those whose teeth are their mortar, the stone-pounders and the rest, and those who practise the austerity of the five fires.

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PdP 1 41.84

एते तपसि तिष्ठंतो व्रतैरपि सुदुश्चरैः। ब्रह्मचर्यं पुरस्कृत्य प्रार्थयंति परां गतिम्

ete tapasi tiṣṭhaṃto vratairapi suduścaraiḥ| brahmacaryaṃ puraskṛtya prārthayaṃti parāṃ gatim

These, standing firm in austerity with vows that are very hard to perform, putting chastity foremost, pray for the highest goal.

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PdP 1 41.85

ब्रह्मचर्याद्ब्रह्मणस्य ब्राह्मणत्वं विधीयते। एवमाहुः परे लोके ब्राह्मचर्यविदो जनाः

brahmacaryādbrahmaṇasya brāhmaṇatvaṃ vidhīyate| evamāhuḥ pare loke brāhmacaryavido janāḥ

From chastity the brahminhood of a brahmin is established: so say, in the world beyond, the people who know chastity.

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PdP 1 41.86

ब्रह्मचर्ये स्थितो धर्मो ब्रह्मचर्ये स्थितं तपः। ये स्थिता ब्रह्मचर्ये तु ब्राह्मणा दिवि ते स्थिताः

brahmacarye sthito dharmo brahmacarye sthitaṃ tapaḥ| ye sthitā brahmacarye tu brāhmaṇā divi te sthitāḥ

Dharma rests upon chastity, austerity rests upon chastity; and those brahmins who stand firm in chastity, they stand in heaven.

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PdP 1 41.87

नास्ति योगं विना सिद्धिर्नास्ति योगं विना यशः। नास्ति लोके यशोमूलं ब्रह्मचर्यात्परंतपः

nāsti yogaṃ vinā siddhirnāsti yogaṃ vinā yaśaḥ| nāsti loke yaśomūlaṃ brahmacaryātparaṃtapaḥ

There is no attainment without yoga, there is no glory without yoga; there is in the world no root of glory (and) no austerity higher than chastity, O scorcher of foes.

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

PdP 1 41.88

यो निगृह्येंद्रियग्रामं भूतग्रामं च पंचकम्। ब्रह्मचर्यं समाधत्ते किमतः परमं तपः

yo nigṛhyeṃdriyagrāmaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ ca paṃcakam| brahmacaryaṃ samādhatte kimataḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ

He who, having restrained the host of the senses and the fivefold host of elements, undertakes chastity — what austerity is higher than this?

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PdP 1 41.89

अयोगकेशधरणमसंकल्प व्रत क्रिया। अब्रह्मचर्या चर्या च त्रयं स्याद्दंभसंज्ञितं

ayogakeśadharaṇamasaṃkalpa vrata kriyā| abrahmacaryā caryā ca trayaṃ syāddaṃbhasaṃjñitaṃ

Wearing the hair (matted) without yoga, the performance of vows without resolve, and a course of conduct without chastity — these three would be termed hypocrisy.

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PdP 1 41.90

क्व दाराः क्व च संयोगः क्व च भावविपर्ययः। नन्वियं ब्रह्मणा सृष्टा मनसा मानसी प्रजा

kva dārāḥ kva ca saṃyogaḥ kva ca bhāvaviparyayaḥ| nanviyaṃ brahmaṇā sṛṣṭā manasā mānasī prajā

Where are wives, where union, and where the reversal of one's nature? Surely this progeny was created by Brahmā with the mind, and is mind-born.

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PdP 1 41.91

यद्यस्ति तपसो वीर्यं युष्माकं विजितात्मनाम्। सृजध्वं मानसान्पुत्रान्प्राजापत्येन कर्मणा

yadyasti tapaso vīryaṃ yuṣmākaṃ vijitātmanām| sṛjadhvaṃ mānasānputrānprājāpatyena karmaṇā

If you, who have conquered yourselves, possess the power of austerity, then generate mind-born sons by the act proper to Prajāpati.

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PdP 1 41.92

मनसा निर्मिता योनिराधातव्या तपस्विभिः। नो दारयोगं बीजं च व्रतमुक्तं तपस्विनां

manasā nirmitā yonirādhātavyā tapasvibhiḥ| no dārayogaṃ bījaṃ ca vratamuktaṃ tapasvināṃ

A womb fashioned by the mind is what ascetics should resort to; not union with a wife and seed — such is the vow declared for ascetics.

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PdP 1 41.93

यदिदं लुप्तधर्माख्यं युष्माभिरिह निर्भयैः। व्याहृतं सद्भिरत्यर्थमसद्भिरिव संमतं

yadidaṃ luptadharmākhyaṃ yuṣmābhiriha nirbhayaiḥ| vyāhṛtaṃ sadbhiratyarthamasadbhiriva saṃmataṃ

This which is called the lapsing of dharma, spoken here by you who are without fear — (though) exceedingly (approved) by the good, it is as if agreed to by the bad.

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PdP 1 41.94

वपुर्दीप्तांतरात्मानमेष कृत्वा मनोमयं। दारयोगं विना स्रक्ष्ये पुत्रमात्मतनूरुहं

vapurdīptāṃtarātmānameṣa kṛtvā manomayaṃ| dārayogaṃ vinā srakṣye putramātmatanūruhaṃ

Making this body, whose inner self blazes, to be composed of mind, I shall bring forth, without union with a wife, a son grown from my own body.

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PdP 1 41.95

एवमात्मानमात्मा मे द्वितीयं जनयिष्यति। प्राजापत्येन विधिना दिधक्षंतमिव प्रजाः

evamātmānamātmā me dvitīyaṃ janayiṣyati| prājāpatyena vidhinā didhakṣaṃtamiva prajāḥ

Thus my self will beget a second self, by the rule proper to Prajāpati — one who is as if bent on burning up the creatures.

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PdP 1 41.96

वरुण उवाच। उर्वस्तु तपसाविष्टो निवेश्योरुं हुताशने। ममंथैकेन दर्भेण पुत्रस्य प्रसवारणिं

varuṇa uvāca| urvastu tapasāviṣṭo niveśyoruṃ hutāśane| mamaṃthaikena darbheṇa putrasya prasavāraṇiṃ

Varuṇa said: But Urva, possessed by his austerity, having set his thigh in the fire, churned with a single darbha blade the fire-stick for the begetting of a son.

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PdP 1 41.97

तस्योरुं सहसा भित्वा वरोऽसौ ह्यग्निरुत्थितः। जगतो दहनाकांक्षी पुत्रोग्निस्समपद्यत

tasyoruṃ sahasā bhitvā varo'sau hyagnirutthitaḥ| jagato dahanākāṃkṣī putrognissamapadyata

Suddenly splitting his thigh, that fire rose up as a boon; the son came into being as fire, longing to burn the world.

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PdP 1 41.98

उर्वस्योरुं विनिर्भिद्य और्वो नामांतकोऽनलः। दिधक्षुरिव लोकांस्त्रीन्जज्ञे परमकोपनः

urvasyoruṃ vinirbhidya aurvo nāmāṃtako'nalaḥ| didhakṣuriva lokāṃstrīnjajñe paramakopanaḥ

Having burst through Urva's thigh, the ending fire named Aurva was born, extremely wrathful, as if wishing to burn the three worlds.

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PdP 1 41.99

उत्पद्यमानश्चोवाच पितरं दीनया गिरा। क्षुधा मे बाधते तात जगद्भक्षेत्यजस्व मां

utpadyamānaścovāca pitaraṃ dīnayā girā| kṣudhā me bādhate tāta jagadbhakṣetyajasva māṃ

And as he was coming into being he said to his father in a piteous voice: "Hunger torments me, father; let me devour the world — release me!"

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PdP 1 41.100

त्रिदिवारोहिभिर्ज्वालैर्जृम्भमाणो दिशो दश। निर्दहन्सर्वभूतानि ववृधे सोंतकोपमः1.41.

tridivārohibhirjvālairjṛmbhamāṇo diśo daśa| nirdahansarvabhūtāni vavṛdhe soṃtakopamaḥ1.41.

Yawning wide over the ten directions with flames that climbed to the third heaven, burning up all beings, he grew, resembling Death himself.

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PdP 1 41.101

एतस्मिन्नंतरे ब्रह्मा मुनिमुर्वं समागतः। उवाच वार्यतां पुत्रो जगतस्त्वं दयां कुरु

etasminnaṃtare brahmā munimurvaṃ samāgataḥ| uvāca vāryatāṃ putro jagatastvaṃ dayāṃ kuru

Meanwhile Brahmā came to the sage Urva and said: "Let your son be restrained; show mercy to the world."

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PdP 1 41.102

अस्यापत्पस्यते विप्र करिष्ये साह्यमुत्तमं। तथ्यमेतद्वचः पुत्र शृणु त्वं वदतां वर

asyāpatpasyate vipra kariṣye sāhyamuttamaṃ| tathyametadvacaḥ putra śṛṇu tvaṃ vadatāṃ vara

“No calamity will befall him, O brahmin; I shall render (him) excellent help. This word (of mine) is true, my son — hear it, O best of speakers.”

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PdP 1 41.103

और्व उवाच। धन्योस्म्यनुगृहीतोस्मि यन्मे त्वं भगवन्शिशोः। मतिमेतां ददासीह परमात्मन्हिताय वै

aurva uvāca| dhanyosmyanugṛhītosmi yanme tvaṃ bhagavanśiśoḥ| matimetāṃ dadāsīha paramātmanhitāya vai

Aurva said: Blessed am I, favoured am I, in that you, O Lord, give me here this counsel concerning my child, O Supreme Self, for (his) welfare.

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PdP 1 41.104

प्रभातकाले संप्राप्ते कांक्षितव्ये समागमे। भगवंस्तर्पितः पुत्रः कैर्हव्यैः प्राप्स्यते सुखम्

prabhātakāle saṃprāpte kāṃkṣitavye samāgame| bhagavaṃstarpitaḥ putraḥ kairhavyaiḥ prāpsyate sukham

When the time of dawn arrives, at the meeting that is to be longed for — O Lord, by what oblations will (my) son be satisfied and attain ease?

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PdP 1 41.105

कुत्र चास्य निवासः स्याद्भोजनं तु किमात्मकम्। विधास्यतीह भगवान्वीर्यतुल्यं महौजसः

kutra cāsya nivāsaḥ syādbhojanaṃ tu kimātmakam| vidhāsyatīha bhagavānvīryatulyaṃ mahaujasaḥ

And where shall his dwelling be, and of what sort his food? Will the Lord here provide (what is) equal to the might of that greatly powerful one?

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PdP 1 41.106

ब्रह्मोवाच। बडवामुखे च वसतिः समुद्रे वै भविष्यति। ममयोनिर्जलं विप्र तच्चामेयं व्रजत्वयं

brahmovāca| baḍavāmukhe ca vasatiḥ samudre vai bhaviṣyati| mamayonirjalaṃ vipra taccāmeyaṃ vrajatvayaṃ

Brahmā said: His dwelling shall be in the mare's mouth, in the ocean. Water is my womb, O brahmin, and it is immeasurable: let him go there.

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PdP 1 41.107

तत्राऽयमास्ते नियतं पिबन्वारिमयं हविः। तद्वारिविस्तरं विप्र विसृजाम्यालयं च तम्

tatrā'yamāste niyataṃ pibanvārimayaṃ haviḥ| tadvārivistaraṃ vipra visṛjāmyālayaṃ ca tam

There he shall abide permanently, drinking the oblation that consists of water; that expanse of water, O brahmin, and that abode I release (to him).

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PdP 1 41.108

ततो युगांते भूतानामेष चाहं च पुत्रक। सहितो विचरिष्यावो निष्पुराणकराविह

tato yugāṃte bhūtānāmeṣa cāhaṃ ca putraka| sahito vicariṣyāvo niṣpurāṇakarāviha

Then, at the end of the age of beings, he and I, my son, shall roam together, making (all things here) devoid of what is ancient.

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PdP 1 41.109

एषोग्निरंतकाले तु सलिलाशी मया कृतः। दहनः सर्वभूतानां सदेवासुररक्षसाम्

eṣogniraṃtakāle tu salilāśī mayā kṛtaḥ| dahanaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sadevāsurarakṣasām

This fire, feeding on water, has been made by me for the time of the end — the burner of all beings, together with gods, asuras and rākṣasas.

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PdP 1 41.110

एवमस्त्विति तं सोग्निः संवृतज्वालमंडलः। प्रविवेशार्णवमुखं नत्वोर्वं पितरं प्रभुम्

evamastviti taṃ sogniḥ saṃvṛtajvālamaṃḍalaḥ| praviveśārṇavamukhaṃ natvorvaṃ pitaraṃ prabhum

Saying “So be it,” that fire, with the circle of his flames drawn in, bowed to his father, the lord Urva, and entered the mouth of the ocean.

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PdP 1 41.111

प्रतियातस्ततो ब्रह्मा ते च सर्वे महर्षयः। और्वस्याग्नेः प्रभावज्ञाः स्वांस्वां गतिमुपागताः

pratiyātastato brahmā te ca sarve maharṣayaḥ| aurvasyāgneḥ prabhāvajñāḥ svāṃsvāṃ gatimupāgatāḥ

Then Brahmā departed, and all those great sages, knowing the power of the Aurva fire, went each to his own station.

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PdP 1 41.112

हिरण्यकशिपुर्दृष्ट्वा तदा तन्महदद्भुतम्। उर्वं प्रणतसर्वांगो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह

hiraṇyakaśipurdṛṣṭvā tadā tanmahadadbhutam| urvaṃ praṇatasarvāṃgo vākyametaduvāca ha

Hiraṇyakaśipu, seeing then that great marvel, with all his limbs bowed down, spoke these words to Urva:

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PdP 1 41.113

भगवन्नद्भुतमिदं संवृत्तं लोकसाक्षिकम्। तपसा ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ परितुष्टः पितामहः

bhagavannadbhutamidaṃ saṃvṛttaṃ lokasākṣikam| tapasā te muniśreṣṭha parituṣṭaḥ pitāmahaḥ

“Lord, this marvel has come about with the world as witness; by your austerity, O best of sages, the Grandfather is well pleased.

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PdP 1 41.114

अहं तु तव पुत्रस्य तव चैव महाव्रत। भृत्य इत्यवगंतव्यः श्लाघ्यस्त्वमिह कर्मणा

ahaṃ tu tava putrasya tava caiva mahāvrata| bhṛtya ityavagaṃtavyaḥ ślāghyastvamiha karmaṇā

But I am to be recognised as a servant of your son and of you yourself, O you of great vows; you are to be praised here for (this) deed.

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PdP 1 41.115

तन्मां पश्य समापन्नं तवैवाराधने रतम्। यदि सीदेन्मुनिश्रेष्ठ तवै वस्यात्पराजयः

tanmāṃ paśya samāpannaṃ tavaivārādhane ratam| yadi sīdenmuniśreṣṭha tavai vasyātparājayaḥ

So look upon me, who have come (to you) and delight in worshipping you alone; if he should sink, O best of sages, the defeat would be yours indeed.”

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PdP 1 41.116

उर्व उवाच। धन्योस्म्यनुगृहीतोस्मि यस्य तेऽहं गुरुर्मतः। नास्ति ते तपसानेन भयं चैवेह सुव्रत

urva uvāca| dhanyosmyanugṛhītosmi yasya te'haṃ gururmataḥ| nāsti te tapasānena bhayaṃ caiveha suvrata

Urva said: Blessed am I, favoured am I, since I am held to be your teacher. You have no fear here from this austerity (of mine), O you of good vows.

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PdP 1 41.117

तामेव मायां गृह्णीष्व मम पुत्रेण निर्मिताम्। निरिंधिनामग्निमयीं दुःस्पर्शां पावकैरपि

tāmeva māyāṃ gṛhṇīṣva mama putreṇa nirmitām| niriṃdhināmagnimayīṃ duḥsparśāṃ pāvakairapi

Take that very magic power fashioned by my son — fuelless, made of fire, untouchable even by fires.

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PdP 1 41.118

एषा ते स्वस्य वंशस्य वशगारि विनिग्रहे। रक्षिष्यत्यात्मपक्षं च विपक्षं च प्रधक्ष्यति

eṣā te svasya vaṃśasya vaśagāri vinigrahe| rakṣiṣyatyātmapakṣaṃ ca vipakṣaṃ ca pradhakṣyati

She will be subject to you, of your own lineage, in the subduing of enemies; she will protect your own party and burn up the opposing party.

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PdP 1 41.119

वरुण उवाच। एषा दुर्विषहा माया देवैरपि दुरासदा। और्वेण निर्मिता पूर्वं पावकेनोर्वसूनुना

varuṇa uvāca| eṣā durviṣahā māyā devairapi durāsadā| aurveṇa nirmitā pūrvaṃ pāvakenorvasūnunā

Varuṇa said: This magic power is hard to withstand, unapproachable even by the gods; it was fashioned formerly by the fire Aurva, the son of Urva.

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PdP 1 41.120

तस्मिंस्तु व्यथिते दैत्ये निर्वीर्यैषा न संशयः। शापो ह्यस्याः पुरा दत्तः सृष्टा येनैव तेजसा

tasmiṃstu vyathite daitye nirvīryaiṣā na saṃśayaḥ| śāpo hyasyāḥ purā dattaḥ sṛṣṭā yenaiva tejasā

But when that daitya is afflicted, she is without force — of that there is no doubt; for a curse was laid upon her long ago by that very fiery energy by which she was created.

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PdP 1 41.121

यद्येषा प्रतिहंतव्या कर्तव्यो भगवान्सुखी। दीयतां मे सखो शक्र तोययोनिर्निशाकरः

yadyeṣā pratihaṃtavyā kartavyo bhagavānsukhī| dīyatāṃ me sakho śakra toyayonirniśākaraḥ

If she is to be struck down and the Lord is to be made happy, then let the moon, whose source is water, be given to me, my friend, O Śakra.

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PdP 1 41.122

तेनाहं सहसं गम्य यादोभिश्च समावृतः। मायामेतां हनिष्यामि त्वत्प्रसादान्न संशयः

tenāhaṃ sahasaṃ gamya yādobhiśca samāvṛtaḥ| māyāmetāṃ haniṣyāmi tvatprasādānna saṃśayaḥ

"Having joined with him and surrounded by the water-creatures, I shall destroy this magic — by your favour, without doubt."

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PdP 1 41.123

एवमस्त्वितिसंहृष्टः शक्रस्त्रिदशवर्धनः। संदिदेशाग्रतः सोमं युद्धाय शिशिरायुधम्

evamastvitisaṃhṛṣṭaḥ śakrastridaśavardhanaḥ| saṃdideśāgrataḥ somaṃ yuddhāya śiśirāyudham

Delighted, saying "So be it," Śakra, the increaser of the thirty (gods), directed Soma, whose weapon is cold, forward for the battle.

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PdP 1 41.124

गच्छ सोम सहायन्त्वं कुरु पाशधरस्य वै। असुराणां विनाशाय जयार्थं त्रिदिवौकसाम्

gaccha soma sahāyantvaṃ kuru pāśadharasya vai| asurāṇāṃ vināśāya jayārthaṃ tridivaukasām

"Go, Soma, and render aid to the bearer of the noose (Varuṇa), for the destruction of the asuras and for the victory of the dwellers in heaven.

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PdP 1 41.125

त्वं मतः प्रतिवीर्यश्च ज्योतिषामपि चेश्वरः। त्वन्मयान्सर्वलोकेषु रसान्वेदविदो विदुः

tvaṃ mataḥ prativīryaśca jyotiṣāmapi ceśvaraḥ| tvanmayānsarvalokeṣu rasānvedavido viduḥ

"You are held in esteem and are of matching valour, and you are lord even of the luminaries; those who know the Veda know that the saps in all the worlds consist of you.

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PdP 1 41.126

त्वया समो न लोकेस्मिन्विद्यते शिशिरायुधः। क्षयवृद्धीतवाव्यक्तेसागरेचैवचांबरे

tvayā samo na lokesminvidyate śiśirāyudhaḥ| kṣayavṛddhītavāvyaktesāgarecaivacāṃbare

"There is not to be found in this world your equal, O you whose weapon is cold; your waning and waxing (are seen) in the unmanifest, and in the ocean, and in the sky.

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PdP 1 41.127

प्रवर्तयस्यहोरात्रात्कालं संमोहयन्जगत्। लोकच्छायामयं लक्ष्म तवांकः शशविग्रहः

pravartayasyahorātrātkālaṃ saṃmohayanjagat| lokacchāyāmayaṃ lakṣma tavāṃkaḥ śaśavigrahaḥ

"You set time in motion through day and night, bewildering the world; your spot, consisting of the world's shadow, is the mark shaped like a hare.

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PdP 1 41.128

न विदुः सोम ते मायां ये च नक्षत्रयोनयः। त्वमादित्यपथादूर्ध्वं ज्योतिषां चोपरिस्थितः

na viduḥ soma te māyāṃ ye ca nakṣatrayonayaḥ| tvamādityapathādūrdhvaṃ jyotiṣāṃ coparisthitaḥ

"They do not know your magic, Soma, nor do those who are the sources of the constellations; you stand above the path of the sun and above the luminaries.

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PdP 1 41.129

तमः प्रोत्सार्य सहसा भासयस्यखिलं जगत्। शीतभानुर्हिमतनुर्ज्योतिषामधिपः शशी

tamaḥ protsārya sahasā bhāsayasyakhilaṃ jagat| śītabhānurhimatanurjyotiṣāmadhipaḥ śaśī

"Thrusting away the darkness at once, you illumine the whole world — cool-rayed, of frosty body, lord of the luminaries, the moon.

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PdP 1 41.130

अपि तत्कालयोगात्मा इज्यो यज्ञरथोऽव्ययः। ओषधीशः क्रियायोनिरपां योनिरनुष्णगुः

api tatkālayogātmā ijyo yajñaratho'vyayaḥ| oṣadhīśaḥ kriyāyonirapāṃ yoniranuṣṇaguḥ

"You are also the self of the conjunction of that time, to be worshipped, whose chariot is the sacrifice, undecaying, lord of the herbs, source of rites, source of the waters, of rays that are not hot.

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PdP 1 41.131

शीतांशुरमृताधारश्चपलः श्वेतवाहनः। त्वं कांतिः कांतवपुषां त्वं सोमः सोमपायिनाम्

śītāṃśuramṛtādhāraścapalaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ| tvaṃ kāṃtiḥ kāṃtavapuṣāṃ tvaṃ somaḥ somapāyinām

"Cool-rayed, the receptacle of nectar, swift-moving, with white conveyance; you are the beauty of those of beautiful form, you are the soma of the soma-drinkers.

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PdP 1 41.132

सौम्यस्त्वं सर्वभूतानां तिमिरघ्नस्त्वमृक्षराट्। तद्गच्छ त्वं महासेन वरुणेन वरूथिना

saumyastvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ timiraghnastvamṛkṣarāṭ| tadgaccha tvaṃ mahāsena varuṇena varūthinā

"You are gentle to all beings, you are the slayer of darkness, the king of stars. So go, O great commander, together with Varuṇa who has his host,

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PdP 1 41.133

शमयस्वासुरीं मायां यया दह्यामहे रणे। सोम उवाच। यन्मां वदसि युद्धार्थं देवराजवरप्रद

śamayasvāsurīṃ māyāṃ yayā dahyāmahe raṇe| soma uvāca| yanmāṃ vadasi yuddhārthaṃ devarājavaraprada

"and quell the asuras' magic, by which we are burned in the battle." Soma said: "As to what you tell me for the sake of the battle, O king of the gods, granter of boons —

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PdP 1 41.134

एष वर्षामि शिशिरं दैत्यमायापकर्षणं। एतान्मे शीतनिर्दग्धान्पश्यस्व हिमवेष्टितान्

eṣa varṣāmi śiśiraṃ daityamāyāpakarṣaṇaṃ| etānme śītanirdagdhānpaśyasva himaveṣṭitān

"here I rain down cold that drags away the Daityas' magic; look at these of mine, burnt up by the chill, wrapped in frost."

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PdP 1 41.135

तथा हिमकरोत्सृष्टाः सपाशा हिमवृष्टयः। वेष्टयंति च तान्दैत्यान्वायुर्मेघगणानिव

tathā himakarotsṛṣṭāḥ sapāśā himavṛṣṭayaḥ| veṣṭayaṃti ca tāndaityānvāyurmeghagaṇāniva

Thus the showers of frost released by the frost-maker, together with the nooses, envelop those Daityas as the wind does masses of clouds.

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PdP 1 41.136

तौ पाशशीतांशुधरौ वरुणेंदू महाबलौ। जघ्नतुर्हिमपातैश्च पाशपातैश्च दानवान्

tau pāśaśītāṃśudharau varuṇeṃdū mahābalau| jaghnaturhimapātaiśca pāśapātaiśca dānavān

Those two of great strength, Varuṇa and the Moon, bearing the noose and the cool rays, struck down the Dānavas with fallings of frost and fallings of the noose.

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PdP 1 41.137

द्वावंबुनाथौ समरे तौ पाशहिमयोधिनौ। मृधे चेरतुरंभोभिः क्षुब्धाविव महार्णवौ

dvāvaṃbunāthau samare tau pāśahimayodhinau| mṛdhe ceraturaṃbhobhiḥ kṣubdhāviva mahārṇavau

The two lords of water, fighting in the battle with noose and frost, ranged in the fray with their waters like two great oceans churned up.

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PdP 1 41.138

ताभ्यामापूरितं सर्वं तद्दानवबलं महत्। जगत्संवर्त्तकांभोदैः प्रवर्षैरिव संवृतं

tābhyāmāpūritaṃ sarvaṃ taddānavabalaṃ mahat| jagatsaṃvarttakāṃbhodaiḥ pravarṣairiva saṃvṛtaṃ

By those two that whole great army of the Dānavas was filled, as the world is covered by the downpours of the clouds of dissolution.

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PdP 1 41.139

तावुद्यतावंबुनाथौ शशांकवरुणावुभौ। शमयामासतुस्तां तु मायां दैत्येन्द्रनिर्मितां

tāvudyatāvaṃbunāthau śaśāṃkavaruṇāvubhau| śamayāmāsatustāṃ tu māyāṃ daityendranirmitāṃ

Those two lords of water, both the Moon and Varuṇa, being raised up (to the task), quelled that magic fashioned by the lord of the Daityas.

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PdP 1 41.140

शीतांशुजालनिर्दग्धाः पाशैश्चास्कंदिता रणे। न शेकुश्चलितुं दैत्या विशिरस्का इवाद्रयः

śītāṃśujālanirdagdhāḥ pāśaiścāskaṃditā raṇe| na śekuścalituṃ daityā viśiraskā ivādrayaḥ

Burnt up by the net of cool rays and assailed by the nooses in the battle, the Daityas could not move, like mountains with their peaks (cut off).

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PdP 1 41.141

शीतांशु निहतास्ते तु दैत्यास्सर्वे निपातिताः। हिमप्लावित सर्वांगानिरूष्माण इवाग्नयः

śītāṃśu nihatāste tu daityāssarve nipātitāḥ| himaplāvita sarvāṃgānirūṣmāṇa ivāgnayaḥ

Slain by the cool-rayed one, all those Daityas were struck down, all their limbs flooded with frost, like fires without heat.

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PdP 1 41.142

तेषां तु दिवि दैत्यानां निपतंति शुभानि वै। विमानानि विचित्राणि निपतंत्युत्पतंति च

teṣāṃ tu divi daityānāṃ nipataṃti śubhāni vai| vimānāni vicitrāṇi nipataṃtyutpataṃti ca

And of those daityas in the sky the fine, many-coloured flying-chariots come falling down — they fall and they fly up again.

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PdP 1 41.143

तान्पाशहस्तग्रथितान्छादितान्शीतरश्मिभिः। मयो ददर्श मायावी दानवान्दिवि दानवः

tānpāśahastagrathitānchāditānśītaraśmibhiḥ| mayo dadarśa māyāvī dānavāndivi dānavaḥ

Maya the illusionist, the dānava, saw those dānavas in the sky, bound fast by the noose-holders and covered over by the cold rays.

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PdP 1 41.144

सशैलजालां विततां खड्गपट्टसहासिनीम्। पादपोत्करकूटस्थां कंदराकीर्णकाननां

saśailajālāṃ vitatāṃ khaḍgapaṭṭasahāsinīm| pādapotkarakūṭasthāṃ kaṃdarākīrṇakānanāṃ

(He created an illusion) spread wide, with a network of mountains, laughing with slabs of sword-blades, resting on crags with heaps of trees, its woods strewn with caverns,

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PdP 1 41.145

सिंहव्याघ्रगणाकीर्णां नदद्भिर्देवयूथपैः। ईहामृगगणाकीर्णां पवनाघूर्णितद्द्रुमाम्

siṃhavyāghragaṇākīrṇāṃ nadadbhirdevayūthapaiḥ| īhāmṛgagaṇākīrṇāṃ pavanāghūrṇitaddrumām

crowded with troops of lions and tigers, with roaring leaders of animal herds, crowded with packs of wolves, its trees whirled about by the wind,

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PdP 1 41.146

निर्मितां स्वेन पुत्रेण कूजंतीं दिविकामगां। प्रथितां पार्वतीं मायां ससृजे स समंततः

nirmitāṃ svena putreṇa kūjaṃtīṃ divikāmagāṃ| prathitāṃ pārvatīṃ māyāṃ sasṛje sa samaṃtataḥ

fashioned by his own son, resounding, moving at will in the sky, renowned — such was the mountain-illusion he sent forth on every side.

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PdP 1 41.147

सासिशब्दैश्शिलावर्षैः संपतद्भिश्च पादपैः। जघान देवसंघांस्ते दानवानभ्यजीवयत्

sāsiśabdaiśśilāvarṣaiḥ saṃpatadbhiśca pādapaiḥ| jaghāna devasaṃghāṃste dānavānabhyajīvayat

With the clang of swords, with rains of stones and with trees hurtling down, it struck the throngs of gods and brought the dānavas back to life.

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PdP 1 41.148

नैशाकरी वारुणी च माये अंतर्हिते तदा। अभवद्घोरसंचारा पृथिवी पर्वतैरिव

naiśākarī vāruṇī ca māye aṃtarhite tadā| abhavadghorasaṃcārā pṛthivī parvatairiva

When the moon-illusion and the Varuṇa-illusion had then vanished, the earth became a place of dreadful movement, as if (covered) with mountains.

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PdP 1 41.149

न चारुद्धो द्रुमगणैर्देवो दृश्यत कश्चन। तदपध्वस्तधनुषं भग्नप्रहरणाविलम्

na cāruddho drumagaṇairdevo dṛśyata kaścana| tadapadhvastadhanuṣaṃ bhagnapraharaṇāvilam

And not one god could be seen, hemmed in by the masses of trees; then that (army of gods), its bows shattered, muddled with broken weapons,

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PdP 1 41.150

निष्प्रयत्नं सुरानीकं वर्जयित्वा गदाधरं। स हि युद्धगतः श्रीमानीशो न स्म व्यकंपत1.41.

niṣprayatnaṃ surānīkaṃ varjayitvā gadādharaṃ| sa hi yuddhagataḥ śrīmānīśo na sma vyakaṃpata1.41.

the host of gods was helpless, save for the mace-bearer; for he, the glorious lord, engaged in the battle, did not waver.

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PdP 1 41.151

सहिष्णुत्वाज्जगत्स्वामी न चुक्रोध गदाधरः। कालज्ञः कालमेघाभः समीक्षन्कालमाहवे

sahiṣṇutvājjagatsvāmī na cukrodha gadādharaḥ| kālajñaḥ kālameghābhaḥ samīkṣankālamāhave

Out of forbearance the mace-bearer, lord of the world, did not grow angry; knower of the time, dark as a doomsday cloud, he was watching for the (right) moment in the battle,

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PdP 1 41.152

देवासुरविमर्दं च द्रष्टुकामस्तदा हरिः। ततो भगवतादिष्टौ रणे पावकमारुतौ

devāsuravimardaṃ ca draṣṭukāmastadā hariḥ| tato bhagavatādiṣṭau raṇe pāvakamārutau

and Hari then wished to see the clash of gods and asuras. Then Fire and Wind were commanded by the Lord in the fight;

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PdP 1 41.153

चोदितौ विष्णुवाक्येन ततो मायां व्यकर्षतां। ताभ्यामुद्भ्रांतवेगाभ्यां प्रबुद्धाभ्यां महाहवे

coditau viṣṇuvākyena tato māyāṃ vyakarṣatāṃ| tābhyāmudbhrāṃtavegābhyāṃ prabuddhābhyāṃ mahāhave

urged on by Viṣṇu's word, they then tore the illusion apart. By those two, whose speed had been roused up and who were awakened in the great battle,

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PdP 1 41.154

दग्धा सा पार्वती माया भस्मीभूता ननाश ह। सोनिलोनलसंयुक्तस्सोनलश्चानिलाकुलः

dagdhā sā pārvatī māyā bhasmībhūtā nanāśa ha| sonilonalasaṃyuktassonalaścānilākulaḥ

that mountain-illusion was burnt up, reduced to ashes, and perished. That wind joined with the fire, and that fire stirred up by the wind —

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PdP 1 41.155

दैत्यसेनां ददहतुर्युगांतेष्विव मूर्च्छितौ। वायुः प्रजवितस्तत्र पश्चादग्निश्च मारुतात्

daityasenāṃ dadahaturyugāṃteṣviva mūrcchitau| vāyuḥ prajavitastatra paścādagniśca mārutāt

the two burnt the daitya army, as though frenzied at the ends of the ages; there the wind was driven fast, and behind the wind came the fire.

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PdP 1 41.156

चेरतुर्दानवानीके क्रीडंतावनलानिलौ। भस्मीभूतेषु भूतेषु प्रपतत्सूत्पतत्सु च

ceraturdānavānīke krīḍaṃtāvanalānilau| bhasmībhūteṣu bhūteṣu prapatatsūtpatatsu ca

Fire and Wind ranged playing through the dānava host. While the creatures were turned to ashes, falling down and flying up,

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PdP 1 41.157

दानवानां विमानेषु निपतत्सु समंततः। वातस्कंधापविद्धेषु कृतकर्मणि पावके

dānavānāṃ vimāneṣu nipatatsu samaṃtataḥ| vātaskaṃdhāpaviddheṣu kṛtakarmaṇi pāvake

while the flying-chariots of the dānavas fell down on every side, hurled apart by the masses of wind, while the fire had accomplished its work,

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PdP 1 41.158

मायावधे प्रवृत्ते तु स्तूयमाने गदाधरे। निष्प्रयत्नेषु दैत्येषु त्रैलोक्ये मुक्तबंधने

māyāvadhe pravṛtte tu stūyamāne gadādhare| niṣprayatneṣu daityeṣu trailokye muktabaṃdhane

while the slaying of the illusion was in progress, while the mace-bearer was being praised, while the daityas were powerless and the three worlds were released from bondage,

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PdP 1 41.159

प्रहृष्टेषु च देवेषु साधुसाध्विति जल्पिषु। जये दशशताक्षस्य दैत्यानां च पराजये

prahṛṣṭeṣu ca deveṣu sādhusādhviti jalpiṣu| jaye daśaśatākṣasya daityānāṃ ca parājaye

and while the gods rejoiced, crying out 'well done, well done', at the victory of the thousand-eyed one and the defeat of the daityas,

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PdP 1 41.160

दिक्षु सर्वासु शुद्धासु प्रवृत्ते धर्मविस्तरे। अपावृते चंद्रपथे स्वस्थानस्थे दिवाकरे

dikṣu sarvāsu śuddhāsu pravṛtte dharmavistare| apāvṛte caṃdrapathe svasthānasthe divākare

while all the directions were clear, while the spread of dharma went forward, while the moon's path was unobstructed and the sun stood in its own place,

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PdP 1 41.161

प्रवृत्तिस्थेषु भूतेषु नृषु चारित्रवत्सु च। अभिन्नबंधने मृत्यौ हूयमाने हुताशने

pravṛttistheṣu bhūteṣu nṛṣu cāritravatsu ca| abhinnabaṃdhane mṛtyau hūyamāne hutāśane

while beings kept to their proper activity and men to good conduct, while Death's bond was unbroken and the oblation was being poured into the fire,

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PdP 1 41.162

यज्ञशोभिषु देवेषु स्वर्गमार्गं दिशत्सु च। लोकपालेषु सर्वेषु दिक्षु संधानवर्तिषु

yajñaśobhiṣu deveṣu svargamārgaṃ diśatsu ca| lokapāleṣu sarveṣu dikṣu saṃdhānavartiṣu

when the gods were resplendent with sacrifices and were pointing out the road to heaven, when all the guardians of the world stood joined together in the quarters —

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PdP 1 41.163

भावे तपसि सिद्धानामभावे पापकर्मणाम्। देवपक्षे प्रमुदिते दैत्यपक्षे विषीदति

bhāve tapasi siddhānāmabhāve pāpakarmaṇām| devapakṣe pramudite daityapakṣe viṣīdati

when there was austerity among the perfected ones and no evil deeds, when the party of the gods rejoiced and the party of the Daityas sank in despair —

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PdP 1 41.164

त्रिपादविग्रहे धर्मेऽधर्मे पादपरिग्रहे। अपावृत्ते महाद्वारे वर्तमाने च सत्पथे

tripādavigrahe dharme'dharme pādaparigrahe| apāvṛtte mahādvāre vartamāne ca satpathe

when Dharma had a body of three feet and Adharma had gained (only) one foot, when the great gate stood open and the good path was in use —

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PdP 1 41.165

लोकेषु धर्मवृत्तेषु प्रवृत्तेष्वाश्रमेषु च। प्रजारक्षणयुक्तेषु राजमानेषु राजसु

lokeṣu dharmavṛtteṣu pravṛtteṣvāśrameṣu ca| prajārakṣaṇayukteṣu rājamāneṣu rājasu

when the worlds walked in dharma and the (four) stages of life were in operation, when kings shone forth intent on protecting their subjects —

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PdP 1 41.166

प्रशांतेषु च लोकेषु शांते तमसि दानवे। अग्निमारुतयोस्तस्मिन्वृत्ते संग्रामकर्मणि

praśāṃteṣu ca lokeṣu śāṃte tamasi dānave| agnimārutayostasminvṛtte saṃgrāmakarmaṇi

and when the worlds had grown calm and the darkness of the Dānavas was stilled, when that work of battle of Agni and the Wind-god was over —

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PdP 1 41.167

तन्मया विमला लोकास्ताभ्यां जयकृतक्रियाः। तीव्रं दैत्यभयं श्रुत्वा मारुताग्निकृतं महत्

tanmayā vimalā lokāstābhyāṃ jayakṛtakriyāḥ| tīvraṃ daityabhayaṃ śrutvā mārutāgnikṛtaṃ mahat

the worlds were then made spotless by me, and by those two the deeds of victory were done; hearing of the fierce, great terror of the Daityas caused by the Wind and Fire,

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PdP 1 41.168

कालनेमीति विख्यातो दानवः प्रत्यदृश्यत। भास्कराकारमुकुटः शिंजिताभरणांगदः

kālanemīti vikhyāto dānavaḥ pratyadṛśyata| bhāskarākāramukuṭaḥ śiṃjitābharaṇāṃgadaḥ

a Dānava famed as Kālanemi appeared, his diadem shaped like the sun, his ornaments and armlets jingling,

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PdP 1 41.169

मंदराद्रिप्रतीकाशो महारजतसंवृतः। शतप्रहरणोदग्रः शतबाहुः शताननः

maṃdarādripratīkāśo mahārajatasaṃvṛtaḥ| śatapraharaṇodagraḥ śatabāhuḥ śatānanaḥ

like the mountain Mandara, covered with much gold, towering with a hundred weapons, hundred-armed, hundred-faced,

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PdP 1 41.170

शतशीर्षः स्थितः श्रीमान्शतशृंग इवाचलः। कक्षे महति संवृद्धो निदाघ इव पावकः

śataśīrṣaḥ sthitaḥ śrīmānśataśṛṃga ivācalaḥ| kakṣe mahati saṃvṛddho nidāgha iva pāvakaḥ

hundred-headed, standing in splendour like a hundred-peaked mountain, grown great as a fire in dry brushwood in the hot season,

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PdP 1 41.171

धूम्रकेशो हरिश्मश्रुर्दंतुरो विकटाननः। त्रैलोक्यांतरविस्तारं धारयन्विपुलं वपुः

dhūmrakeśo hariśmaśrurdaṃturo vikaṭānanaḥ| trailokyāṃtaravistāraṃ dhārayanvipulaṃ vapuḥ

his hair smoke-coloured, his beard tawny, tusked, with a hideous face, bearing a vast body that spread across the interval of the three worlds,

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PdP 1 41.172

बाहुभिस्तुलयन्व्योम क्षिपन्पद्भ्यां महीधरान्। ईरयन्मुखनिःश्वासैर्वृष्टिकारान्बलाहकान्

bāhubhistulayanvyoma kṣipanpadbhyāṃ mahīdharān| īrayanmukhaniḥśvāsairvṛṣṭikārānbalāhakān

lifting up the sky with his arms, hurling away the mountains with his feet, driving on the rain-making clouds with the breath of his mouth —

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PdP 1 41.173

तिर्यगायतरक्ताक्षं मंदरोदग्रवर्चसाम्। दिधक्षंतमिवायांतं सर्वान्देवगणान्मृधे

tiryagāyataraktākṣaṃ maṃdarodagravarcasām| didhakṣaṃtamivāyāṃtaṃ sarvāndevagaṇānmṛdhe

(him) with long slanting red eyes, with a lustre lofty as Mandara, coming on as if to burn up all the hosts of gods in the battle,

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PdP 1 41.174

तर्जयंतं सुरगणांश्छादयंतं दिशो दश। संवर्तकाले हृषितं दृष्टं मृत्युमिवोत्थितम्

tarjayaṃtaṃ suragaṇāṃśchādayaṃtaṃ diśo daśa| saṃvartakāle hṛṣitaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ mṛtyumivotthitam

threatening the troops of gods, covering the ten directions, exultant as at the time of world-dissolution — he was seen like Death risen up.

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PdP 1 41.175

सुतलेनोच्छ्रयवता विपुलांगुलिपर्वणा। लंबाभरणपूर्णेन किंचिच्चलितकर्मणा

sutalenocchrayavatā vipulāṃguliparvaṇā| laṃbābharaṇapūrṇena kiṃciccalitakarmaṇā

With (a hand) well-palmed and raised high, with broad finger-joints, laden with dangling ornaments, moving just a little in its action,

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PdP 1 41.176

उच्छ्रितेनाग्रहस्तेन दक्षिणेन वपुष्मता। दानवान्देवनिहतान्ब्रुवन्तं तिष्ठतेति च

ucchritenāgrahastena dakṣiṇena vapuṣmatā| dānavāndevanihatānbruvantaṃ tiṣṭhateti ca

with his right hand, shapely, its fingers lifted up, (he was seen) saying to the Dānavas struck down by the gods, "Stand fast!"

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PdP 1 41.177

तं कालनेमिं समरे द्विषतां कालनेमिनम्। वीक्षंते स्म सुराः सर्वे भयविह्वललोचनाः

taṃ kālanemiṃ samare dviṣatāṃ kālaneminam| vīkṣaṃte sma surāḥ sarve bhayavihvalalocanāḥ

That Kālanemi, the wheel-rim of Time for his enemies in battle — all the gods gazed at him with eyes faltering from fear.

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PdP 1 41.178

तं वीक्षंते स्म भूतानि ग्रसंतं कालनेमिनम्। त्रिविक्रमं विक्रमं तं नारायणमिवापरम्

taṃ vīkṣaṃte sma bhūtāni grasaṃtaṃ kālaneminam| trivikramaṃ vikramaṃ taṃ nārāyaṇamivāparam

The creatures gazed at that Kālanemi devouring (all), of triple stride and (great) valour, like a second Nārāyaṇa.

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PdP 1 41.179

सोभ्युच्छ्रयं पुनः प्राप्तो मारुताघूर्णितांबरः। प्रक्रामदसुरो योद्धुं त्रासयन्सर्वदेवताः

sobhyucchrayaṃ punaḥ prāpto mārutāghūrṇitāṃbaraḥ| prakrāmadasuro yoddhuṃ trāsayansarvadevatāḥ

He reached his towering height once more, the sky whirled about by the winds; the Asura strode out to fight, terrifying all the deities.

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PdP 1 41.180

समेयिवान्सुरेंद्रेण परिष्वक्तो भ्रमन्रणे। कालनेमिर्बभौ दैत्यः सविष्णुरिव मंदरः

sameyivānsureṃdreṇa pariṣvakto bhramanraṇe| kālanemirbabhau daityaḥ saviṣṇuriva maṃdaraḥ

Having met with the lord of the gods, clasped by him, wheeling about in the battle, the Daitya Kālanemi shone like Mandara with Viṣṇu upon it.

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PdP 1 41.181

अथ विव्यथिरे देवाः सर्वे शक्रपुरोगमाः। कालनेमिनमायांतं दृष्ट्वा कालमिवापरम्

atha vivyathire devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ| kālaneminamāyāṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā kālamivāparam

Then all the gods, with Śakra at their head, were sore troubled, seeing Kālanemi coming on like a second Death.

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PdP 1 41.182

दानवाननुपिप्रीषुः कालनेमिर्महासुरः। व्यवर्धत महातेजास्तपांते जलदो यथा

dānavānanupiprīṣuḥ kālanemirmahāsuraḥ| vyavardhata mahātejāstapāṃte jalado yathā

Wishing to gladden the Dānavas, the great asura Kālanemi, of vast fiery energy, grew larger, like a raincloud at the end of the hot season.

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PdP 1 41.183

तं त्रैलोक्यांतरगतं दृष्ट्वा ते दानवेश्वराः। उत्तस्थुरपरिश्रांताः पीत्वेवामृतमुत्तमम्

taṃ trailokyāṃtaragataṃ dṛṣṭvā te dānaveśvarāḥ| uttasthurapariśrāṃtāḥ pītvevāmṛtamuttamam

Seeing him reaching into the midst of the three worlds, those lords of the Dānavas rose up unwearied, as though they had drunk the finest nectar.

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PdP 1 41.184

ते वीतभयसंत्रासा मयतारपुरोगमाः। तारकामयसंग्रामे सततं जितकाशिनः

te vītabhayasaṃtrāsā mayatārapurogamāḥ| tārakāmayasaṃgrāme satataṃ jitakāśinaḥ

They, their fear and terror gone, headed by Maya and Tāra, who in the war of Tāraka had constantly borne the look of victors,

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PdP 1 41.185

रेजुरायोधनगता दानवा युद्धकांक्षिणः। मंत्रमभ्यसतां तेषां व्यूहं च परिधावताम्

rejurāyodhanagatā dānavā yuddhakāṃkṣiṇaḥ| maṃtramabhyasatāṃ teṣāṃ vyūhaṃ ca paridhāvatām

the Dānavas, eager for battle, shone as they took the field. And of those who were taking counsel and running along the battle formation,

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PdP 1 41.186

प्रेक्षतां चाभवत्प्रीतिर्दानवं कालनेमिनम्। ये तु तत्र मयस्यासन्मुख्या युद्धपुरस्सराः

prekṣatāṃ cābhavatprītirdānavaṃ kālaneminam| ye tu tatra mayasyāsanmukhyā yuddhapurassarāḥ

and of the onlookers, there arose delight in the Dānava Kālanemi. But those there who were Maya's chief men, foremost in fighting—

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PdP 1 41.187

ते तु सर्वे भयं त्यक्त्वा हृष्टा योद्धुमुपस्थिताः। मयस्तारो वराहश्च हयग्रीवश्च दानवः

te tu sarve bhayaṃ tyaktvā hṛṣṭā yoddhumupasthitāḥ| mayastāro varāhaśca hayagrīvaśca dānavaḥ

all of them, casting off fear, stood ready to fight, exhilarated: Maya, Tāra, Varāha, and the Dānava Hayagrīva,

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PdP 1 41.188

विप्रचित्तिसुतः श्वेतः खरलंबावुभावपि। अरिष्टो बलिपुत्रश्च किशोराख्यस्तथैव च

vipracittisutaḥ śvetaḥ kharalaṃbāvubhāvapi| ariṣṭo baliputraśca kiśorākhyastathaiva ca

Śveta the son of Vipracitti, both Khara and Lamba, Ariṣṭa, the son of Bali, and likewise the one called Kiśora,

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PdP 1 41.189

सुर्भानुश्चामरप्रख्यश्चक्रयोधी महासुरः। एतेऽस्त्रवेदिनः सर्वे सर्वे तपसि सुस्थिताः

surbhānuścāmaraprakhyaścakrayodhī mahāsuraḥ| ete'stravedinaḥ sarve sarve tapasi susthitāḥ

Surbhānu, Amaraprakhya, and the great asura Cakrayodhin—all these knowers of missile-weapons, all firmly established in ascetic power,

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PdP 1 41.190

दानवाः कृतिनो जग्मुः कालनेमिनमुद्धतम्। ते गदाभिस्सुगुर्वीभिश्चक्रैरथपरश्वधैः

dānavāḥ kṛtino jagmuḥ kālaneminamuddhatam| te gadābhissugurvībhiścakrairathaparaśvadhaiḥ

these accomplished Dānavas went to the towering Kālanemi. They, with very heavy clubs, with discs and with axes,

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PdP 1 41.191

कालकल्पैश्च मुसलैः क्षेपणीयैश्च मुद्गरैः। अश्मभिश्चास्त्रसदृशैस्तथा शैलैश्च दारुणैः

kālakalpaiśca musalaiḥ kṣepaṇīyaiśca mudgaraiḥ| aśmabhiścāstrasadṛśaistathā śailaiśca dāruṇaiḥ

with pestles like Death itself, with throwing weapons and mallets, with stones that were like missiles, and with dreadful boulders,

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PdP 1 41.192

पट्टिशैर्भिंडिपालैश्च परिघैश्चोत्तमायसैः। घातिनीभिश्च गुर्वीभिः शतघ्नीभिस्तथैव च

paṭṭiśairbhiṃḍipālaiśca parighaiścottamāyasaiḥ| ghātinībhiśca gurvībhiḥ śataghnībhistathaiva ca

with paṭṭiśas and bhiṇḍipālas, with iron bars of the finest metal, with heavy ghātinīs and likewise with śataghnīs,

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PdP 1 41.193

युगैर्यंत्रैश्च निर्मुक्तैर्लांगलैरुग्रताडितैः। दोर्भिरायतमानैश्च पाशैश्च परिघादिभिः

yugairyaṃtraiśca nirmuktairlāṃgalairugratāḍitaiḥ| dorbhirāyatamānaiśca pāśaiśca parighādibhiḥ

with yokes and with engines discharged, with plows violently swung, with arms stretched out, and with nooses, bars and the rest,

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PdP 1 41.194

भुजंगवक्त्रैर्लेलिहानैर्विसर्पद्भिश्च सायकैः। वज्रैः प्रहरणीयैश्च दीप्यमानैश्च तोमरैः

bhujaṃgavaktrairlelihānairvisarpadbhiśca sāyakaiḥ| vajraiḥ praharaṇīyaiśca dīpyamānaiśca tomaraiḥ

with arrows serpent-mouthed, licking and creeping along, with thunderbolts and striking weapons, and with blazing lances,

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PdP 1 41.195

विकोशैरसिभिस्तीक्ष्णैः शूलैश्च शितनिर्मलैः। दैत्यैः संदीप्यमानैश्च प्रगृहीतशरासनैः

vikośairasibhistīkṣṇaiḥ śūlaiśca śitanirmalaiḥ| daityaiḥ saṃdīpyamānaiśca pragṛhītaśarāsanaiḥ

with sharp swords drawn from their sheaths, and with spears whetted and spotless—with Daityas ablaze, their bows taken up,

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PdP 1 41.196

ततः पुरस्कृत्य तदा कालनेमिनमाहवे। सा दीप्तशस्त्रप्रवरा दैत्यानां रुरुचे चमूः

tataḥ puraskṛtya tadā kālaneminamāhave| sā dīptaśastrapravarā daityānāṃ ruruce camūḥ

then, placing Kālanemi at its head in the battle, that host of the Daityas, splendid with its blazing weapons, shone forth.

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PdP 1 41.197

यैर्निमीलितसर्वांगा वनालीवांबुदागमे। देवतानामपि चमूर्मुमुदे शक्रपालिता

yairnimīlitasarvāṃgā vanālīvāṃbudāgame| devatānāmapi camūrmumude śakrapālitā

—weapons by which all its limbs were closed over, as a stretch of forest is at the coming of the clouds. The host of the gods too, guarded by Śakra, rejoiced:

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PdP 1 41.198

उपेता शिशिरोष्णाभ्यां तेजोभ्यां चंद्रसूर्ययोः। वायुवेगवती सौम्या तारागणपताकिनी

upetā śiśiroṣṇābhyāṃ tejobhyāṃ caṃdrasūryayoḥ| vāyuvegavatī saumyā tārāgaṇapatākinī

endowed with the two radiances, cool and hot, of the moon and the sun, swift as the wind, gentle, having the hosts of stars for its banners,

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PdP 1 41.199

तोयदा बद्धवसना ग्रहनक्षत्रहासिनी। यमेंद्रधनदैर्गुप्ता वरुणेन च धीमता

toyadā baddhavasanā grahanakṣatrahāsinī| yameṃdradhanadairguptā varuṇena ca dhīmatā

with the clouds bound on as its garments, the planets and constellations its laughter, guarded by Yama, Indra and Kubera, and by wise Varuṇa,

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PdP 1 41.200

सा प्रदीप्ताग्निपवना नारायणपरायणा। सासमुद्रौघसदृशी दीप्यमाना महाचमूः1.41.

sā pradīptāgnipavanā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇā| sāsamudraughasadṛśī dīpyamānā mahācamūḥ1.41.

that great host, with blazing fire and wind, devoted to Nārāyaṇa, resembling the flood of the ocean, blazing,

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PdP 1 41.201

रराजास्त्रवती भीमा यक्षगंधर्वशालिनी। तयोश्चम्वोस्तदानीं तु बभूव स समागमः

rarājāstravatī bhīmā yakṣagaṃdharvaśālinī| tayoścamvostadānīṃ tu babhūva sa samāgamaḥ

shone, fearsome, full of weapons, graced with Yakṣas and Gandharvas. And then that encounter of the two armies came about,

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PdP 1 41.202

द्यावापृथिव्योस्संयोगो यथा स्याद्युगपर्यये। तद्युद्धमभवद्घोरं देवदानवसंकुलं

dyāvāpṛthivyossaṃyogo yathā syādyugaparyaye| tadyuddhamabhavadghoraṃ devadānavasaṃkulaṃ

As the conjunction of heaven and earth would be at the turning of an age, so did that battle become — dreadful, a confusion of gods and dānavas.

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PdP 1 41.203

क्षमापराक्रमपरं सदर्पविनयस्यदं। निश्चक्रमुर्बलाभ्यां तु भीमाभ्यां च सुराऽसुराः

kṣamāparākramaparaṃ sadarpavinayasyadaṃ| niścakramurbalābhyāṃ tu bhīmābhyāṃ ca surā'surāḥ

Intent upon endurance and valour, (and) yielding both arrogance and restraint — the gods and asuras marched forth from the two terrible armies,

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PdP 1 41.204

पूर्वापराभ्यां संरब्धाः सागराभ्यामिवांबुदाः। ताभ्यां बलाभ्यां संहृष्टाश्चेरुस्ते देवदानवाः

pūrvāparābhyāṃ saṃrabdhāḥ sāgarābhyāmivāṃbudāḥ| tābhyāṃ balābhyāṃ saṃhṛṣṭāśceruste devadānavāḥ

raging like clouds (risen) from the eastern and western oceans; from those two armies the gods and dānavas ranged forth, exulting,

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PdP 1 41.205

वनाभ्यां पार्वतीयाभ्यां पुष्पिताभ्यां यथा नगाः। समाजघ्नुस्तथा भेरीः शंखान्दध्मुरनेकशः

vanābhyāṃ pārvatīyābhyāṃ puṣpitābhyāṃ yathā nagāḥ| samājaghnustathā bherīḥ śaṃkhāndadhmuranekaśaḥ

as trees (grow) from two flowering mountain forests; so they beat the kettledrums and blew the conches again and again.

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PdP 1 41.206

ब्रह्मांडं च भुवं चैव दिशश्च समपूरयन्। ज्याघाततलनिर्घोष धनुषां कूजितानि च

brahmāṃḍaṃ ca bhuvaṃ caiva diśaśca samapūrayan| jyāghātatalanirghoṣa dhanuṣāṃ kūjitāni ca

They filled the egg of Brahmā, and the earth, and the quarters — the din of bowstrings striking the palm-guards, and the twanging of the bows,

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PdP 1 41.207

दुंदुभीनां च निर्ह्रादो दैत्यमंतर्दधुः स्वनम्। तेऽन्योन्यमभिसंपेतुर्यातयंतः परस्परम्

duṃdubhīnāṃ ca nirhrādo daityamaṃtardadhuḥ svanam| te'nyonyamabhisaṃpeturyātayaṃtaḥ parasparam

and the thunder of the war-drums: (these) drowned out the daitya-clamour. Rushing at each other, they assailed one another,

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PdP 1 41.208

बभंजुर्बाहुभिर्बाहु युद्धमन्ये युयुत्सवः। देवानामशनीर्घोराः परिघांश्चोत्तमायुधान्

babhaṃjurbāhubhirbāhu yuddhamanye yuyutsavaḥ| devānāmaśanīrghorāḥ parighāṃścottamāyudhān

and others, eager for combat, broke arm against arm with their arms; the gods (hurled) terrible thunderbolts and iron clubs and the finest weapons,

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PdP 1 41.209

निस्त्रिंशान्ससृजुः संख्ये गदागुर्वीश्च दानवाः। गदानिपातैर्भग्नांगा बाणैश्च शकलीकृताः

nistriṃśānsasṛjuḥ saṃkhye gadāgurvīśca dānavāḥ| gadānipātairbhagnāṃgā bāṇaiśca śakalīkṛtāḥ

and the dānavas loosed swords and heavy maces in the fray; with limbs shattered by the fall of maces and split to pieces by arrows,

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PdP 1 41.210

परिपेतुर्भृशं केचित्पुनः केचित्तु जघ्निरे। ततो रथैश्च तुरगैर्विमानैश्च पदातिभिः

paripeturbhṛśaṃ kecitpunaḥ kecittu jaghnire| tato rathaiśca turagairvimānaiśca padātibhiḥ

some fell down utterly, and some again were slain. Then with chariots and horses and aerial cars and foot-soldiers

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PdP 1 41.211

समीयुस्तेतिसंरब्धा रोषादन्योन्यमाहवे। संवर्त्तमानास्समरे संदष्टौष्टपुटाननाः

samīyustetisaṃrabdhā roṣādanyonyamāhave| saṃvarttamānāssamare saṃdaṣṭauṣṭapuṭānanāḥ

they came together, exceedingly enraged, at one another in the battle out of fury; wheeling about in the fight, their faces with lips bitten tight,

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PdP 1 41.212

रथा रथैर्नियुध्यंते पादाताश्च पदातिभिः। तेषां रथानां तुमुलः सशब्दः शब्दवाहिनाम्

rathā rathairniyudhyaṃte pādātāśca padātibhiḥ| teṣāṃ rathānāṃ tumulaḥ saśabdaḥ śabdavāhinām

chariots fight with chariots, and foot-soldiers with foot-soldiers; the tumult of those chariots, loud, carrying (their) noise,

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PdP 1 41.213

नभो निदद्ध्वानयथा नभस्ये जलदस्वनैः। बभंजिरे रथान्केचित्केचित्संमृदिता रथैः

nabho nidaddhvānayathā nabhasye jaladasvanaiḥ| babhaṃjire rathānkecitkecitsaṃmṛditā rathaiḥ

filled the sky, as (it is filled) in the month Nabhasya with the sounds of rain-clouds. Some chariots were smashed, some were crushed by chariots,

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PdP 1 41.214

संबाधमन्ये संप्राप्ता न शेकुश्चलितुं रथाः। अन्योन्य मध्ये समरे दोर्भ्यामुत्क्षिप्य दंशिताः

saṃbādhamanye saṃprāptā na śekuścalituṃ rathāḥ| anyonya madhye samare dorbhyāmutkṣipya daṃśitāḥ

and other chariots, caught in the crush, could not move; in the midst of one another in the battle the armoured ones, lifting (their foes) with both arms,

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PdP 1 41.215

संह्रादमाणास्सबला जघ्नुस्तत्रासि चर्मिणः। अस्त्रैरन्ये विनिर्भिन्ना रक्तं वेमुर्हतायुधि

saṃhrādamāṇāssabalā jaghnustatrāsi carmiṇaḥ| astrairanye vinirbhinnā raktaṃ vemurhatāyudhi

roaring together and with force, the bearers of sword and shield slew there; others, pierced through by weapons, vomited blood, struck down in the fight,

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PdP 1 41.216

क्षरज्जलानां सदृशा जलदानां समागताः। अन्योन्यबाणवर्षेण युद्धदुर्दिनमाबभौ

kṣarajjalānāṃ sadṛśā jaladānāṃ samāgatāḥ| anyonyabāṇavarṣeṇa yuddhadurdinamābabhau

resembling water-shedding rain-clouds come together; with the rain of arrows on both sides the battle became like an overcast day.

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PdP 1 41.217

एतस्मिन्नंतरे क्रुद्धः कालनेमिस्स दानवः। अवर्धत समुद्रौघैः पूर्यमाण इवांबुदः

etasminnaṃtare kruddhaḥ kālanemissa dānavaḥ| avardhata samudraughaiḥ pūryamāṇa ivāṃbudaḥ

In this interval that dānava Kālanemi, enraged, swelled up like a rain-cloud being filled by the floods of the ocean.

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PdP 1 41.218

तस्य विद्युल्लतापीडाः प्रदीप्ताशनिवर्षिणः। गात्रैर्नगगिरिप्रख्यैर्विनिपेतुर्बलाहकाः

tasya vidyullatāpīḍāḥ pradīptāśanivarṣiṇaḥ| gātrairnagagiriprakhyairvinipeturbalāhakāḥ

His storm-clouds, wreathed with creepers of lightning, pouring down blazing thunderbolts, came down with masses like trees and mountains.

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PdP 1 41.219

क्रोधान्निश्वसतस्तस्य भ्रूभेदस्वेदवर्षिणः। साग्निस्फुलिंगाः प्रतता मुखान्निश्चेरुरर्चिषः

krodhānniśvasatastasya bhrūbhedasvedavarṣiṇaḥ| sāgnisphuliṃgāḥ pratatā mukhānniścerurarciṣaḥ

As he hissed with rage, raining sweat from his knitted brows, spreading flames with sparks of fire issued from his mouth.

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PdP 1 41.220

तिर्यगूर्ध्वं च गगने ववृधुस्तस्य बाहवः। पर्वतादिव निष्क्रांताः पंचास्या इव पन्नगाः

tiryagūrdhvaṃ ca gagane vavṛdhustasya bāhavaḥ| parvatādiva niṣkrāṃtāḥ paṃcāsyā iva pannagāḥ

Sideways and upwards into the sky his arms grew, like serpents with five hoods issuing forth from a mountain.

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PdP 1 41.221

सोऽस्त्रजालैर्बहुविधैर्धनुर्भिः परिघैरपि। दिव्यमाकाशमावव्रे पर्वतैरुच्छ्रितैरिव

so'strajālairbahuvidhairdhanurbhiḥ parighairapi| divyamākāśamāvavre parvatairucchritairiva

With nets of missiles of many kinds, and with bows and with iron bars too, he covered over the divine sky, as if with upraised mountains.

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PdP 1 41.222

सोनिलोद्भूतवसनस्तस्थौ संग्रामलालसः। संध्यातपग्रस्तशिलः साक्षान्मेरुरिवाचलः

sonilodbhūtavasanastasthau saṃgrāmalālasaḥ| saṃdhyātapagrastaśilaḥ sākṣānmerurivācalaḥ

His garments blown up by the wind, he stood there longing for battle, unmoving like Meru itself, its rocks caught in the glow of twilight.

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PdP 1 41.223

ऊरुवेगप्रमथितैः शृंगशैलाग्रपादपैः। अपातयद्देवगणान्वज्रेणेव महागिरीन्

ūruvegapramathitaiḥ śṛṃgaśailāgrapādapaiḥ| apātayaddevagaṇānvajreṇeva mahāgirīn

With peaks, crags, hilltops and trees smashed loose by the force of his thighs, he brought down the troops of gods as (Indra brings down) great mountains with the thunderbolt.

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PdP 1 41.224

बाहुभिश्च सनिस्त्रिंशैश्छिन्नभिन्नशिरोरुहाः। न शेकुश्चलितुं देवाः कालनेमिहता युधि

bāhubhiśca sanistriṃśaiśchinnabhinnaśiroruhāḥ| na śekuścalituṃ devāḥ kālanemihatā yudhi

And with his arms wielding swords, their heads and hair cut and split, the gods could not stir, struck down by Kālanemi in the fight.

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PdP 1 41.225

मुष्टिभिर्निहताः केचित्केचिच्च द्विदलीकृताः। यक्षगंधर्वपतगाः समहोरगकिन्नराः

muṣṭibhirnihatāḥ kecitkecicca dvidalīkṛtāḥ| yakṣagaṃdharvapatagāḥ samahoragakinnarāḥ

Some were struck dead by his fists and some split in two — yakṣas, gandharvas and birds, together with great serpents and kinnaras.

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PdP 1 41.226

तेन वित्रासिताः पेतुः समरे कालनेमिना। न शेकुर्यत्नवंतोपि यत्नं कर्तुं विचेतसः

tena vitrāsitāḥ petuḥ samare kālaneminā| na śekuryatnavaṃtopi yatnaṃ kartuṃ vicetasaḥ

Terrified by him, by Kālanemi, they fell in the battle; even those capable of effort could not exert themselves, their wits gone.

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PdP 1 41.227

तेन शक्रः सहस्राक्षोऽस्पंदितः शरबंधनैः। निष्प्रयत्नः कृतः संख्ये चलितुं न शशाक ह

tena śakraḥ sahasrākṣo'spaṃditaḥ śarabaṃdhanaiḥ| niṣprayatnaḥ kṛtaḥ saṃkhye calituṃ na śaśāka ha

By him thousand-eyed Śakra was made motionless with bonds of arrows; rendered incapable of any effort in the fight, he could not stir at all.

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PdP 1 41.228

निर्जलांभोदसदृशो निर्जलार्णवसप्रभः। निर्व्यापारः कृतस्तेन विपाशो वरुणो मृधे

nirjalāṃbhodasadṛśo nirjalārṇavasaprabhaḥ| nirvyāpāraḥ kṛtastena vipāśo varuṇo mṛdhe

Resembling a cloud without water, with the look of a sea drained of water, Varuṇa was made inactive by him in the battle, robbed of his noose.

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PdP 1 41.229

रणे वैश्रवणस्तेन परीतः कालरूपिणा। विलपन्लोकपालेशस्त्याजितो धनदः क्रियां

raṇe vaiśravaṇastena parītaḥ kālarūpiṇā| vilapanlokapāleśastyājito dhanadaḥ kriyāṃ

In the battle Vaiśravaṇa was hemmed in by that one in the form of Death, and the lord among world-guardians, the giver of wealth, lamenting, was made to give up his office.

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PdP 1 41.230

यमः सर्वहरस्तेन मृत्युप्रहरणो रणे। याम्यामवस्थां संत्यज्य भीतः स्वां दिशमाविशत्

yamaḥ sarvaharastena mṛtyupraharaṇo raṇe| yāmyāmavasthāṃ saṃtyajya bhītaḥ svāṃ diśamāviśat

Yama who takes all away, whose weapon is death, in the battle abandoned his station as Yama and, afraid, withdrew into his own quarter.

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PdP 1 41.231

सलोकपालानुत्सार्य हृत्वा तेषां च कर्म तत्। दिक्षु सर्वासु देहं स्वं चतुर्धा विदधे तदा

salokapālānutsārya hṛtvā teṣāṃ ca karma tat| dikṣu sarvāsu dehaṃ svaṃ caturdhā vidadhe tadā

Having driven off the world-guardians and taken away that function of theirs, he then set his own body in fourfold form in all the directions.

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PdP 1 41.232

स नक्षत्रपथं गत्वा दिव्यं स्वर्भानुदर्शितं। जहार लक्ष्मीं सोमस्य यच्चास्य विषयं महत्

sa nakṣatrapathaṃ gatvā divyaṃ svarbhānudarśitaṃ| jahāra lakṣmīṃ somasya yaccāsya viṣayaṃ mahat

Going to the divine path of the constellations, shown (to him) by Svarbhānu, he carried off the splendour of the Moon and that great domain of his.

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PdP 1 41.233

चालयामास दीप्तांशुं धर्मद्वारा सभास्करं। शासनं चास्य विषयं जहार दिनकर्म च

cālayāmāsa dīptāṃśuṃ dharmadvārā sabhāskaraṃ| śāsanaṃ cāsya viṣayaṃ jahāra dinakarma ca

He shook the one of blazing rays, the sun and (all that is) his, by way of the gate of dharma; and he took away his rule, his domain, and his work of making the day.

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PdP 1 41.234

सोग्निं देवमुखं जित्वा चकारात्ममुखाश्रयं। वायुं च तरसा जित्वा चकारात्मवशानुगं

sogniṃ devamukhaṃ jitvā cakārātmamukhāśrayaṃ| vāyuṃ ca tarasā jitvā cakārātmavaśānugaṃ

Having conquered Agni, the mouth of the gods, he made him take refuge in his own mouth; and having swiftly conquered Vāyu, he made him follow his own will.

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PdP 1 41.235

स समुद्रात्समानीय समस्ताः सरितो बलात्। चकाराभिसुखावीर्या देहभूताश्च सिंधवः

sa samudrātsamānīya samastāḥ sarito balāt| cakārābhisukhāvīryā dehabhūtāśca siṃdhavaḥ

Bringing all the rivers up from the ocean by force, he made them (turn) their strength towards himself, and the streams became part of his body.

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PdP 1 41.236

अपः स्ववशगाः कृत्वा दिविजायाश्च भूमिजाः। छादयामास जगतीं सुगुप्तां धरणीधरैः

apaḥ svavaśagāḥ kṛtvā divijāyāśca bhūmijāḥ| chādayāmāsa jagatīṃ suguptāṃ dharaṇīdharaiḥ

Having brought the waters under his own control, and (the beings) born of heaven and born of earth, he covered over the earth, well hidden, with mountains.

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PdP 1 41.237

स स्वयंभूरिवाभाति महाभूतपतिर्महान्। सर्वलोकमयो दैत्यः सर्वलोकभयावहः

sa svayaṃbhūrivābhāti mahābhūtapatirmahān| sarvalokamayo daityaḥ sarvalokabhayāvahaḥ

He shone like the Self-existent, the great lord of the great elements, the Daitya consisting of all the worlds, bringing terror to all the worlds.

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PdP 1 41.238

स लोकपालैकवपुश्चंद्रसूर्यग्रहात्मवान्। पावकानिलसंभूतो रराज युधि दानवः

sa lokapālaikavapuścaṃdrasūryagrahātmavān| pāvakānilasaṃbhūto rarāja yudhi dānavaḥ

With a single body made of the world-guardians, having the moon, the sun and the planets for his self, composed of fire and wind, the Dānava shone in the battle.

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PdP 1 41.239

पारमेष्ठ्ये स्थितः स्थाने लोकानां प्रभवोपमे। तं तुष्टुवुर्दैत्यगणा देवा इव पितामहं

pārameṣṭhye sthitaḥ sthāne lokānāṃ prabhavopame| taṃ tuṣṭuvurdaityagaṇā devā iva pitāmahaṃ

Seated in the highest station, like the origin of the worlds, the hosts of Daityas praised him as the gods praise the Grandfather.

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PdP 1 41.240

पंच तं नाभ्यवर्तंत विपरीतेन कर्मणा। वेदो धर्मः क्षमा सत्यं श्रीश्च नारायणाश्रया

paṃca taṃ nābhyavartaṃta viparītena karmaṇā| vedo dharmaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ śrīśca nārāyaṇāśrayā

Five did not attend upon him, because his conduct was contrary (to dharma): Veda, dharma, patience, truth, and Śrī, whose refuge is Nārāyaṇa.

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PdP 1 41.241

स तेषामनुपस्थानात्सक्रोधो दानवेश्वरः। वैष्णवं पदमन्विच्छन्स गतो देवतायतः

sa teṣāmanupasthānātsakrodho dānaveśvaraḥ| vaiṣṇavaṃ padamanvicchansa gato devatāyataḥ

Angry at their not attending him, the lord of Dānavas, seeking the station of Viṣṇu, went to where the deity was.

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PdP 1 41.242

स ददर्श सुपर्णस्थं शंखचक्रगदाधरं। दानवानां विनाशाय भ्रामयंतं गदां शुभां

sa dadarśa suparṇasthaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharaṃ| dānavānāṃ vināśāya bhrāmayaṃtaṃ gadāṃ śubhāṃ

He saw (him) seated on Suparṇa, bearing conch, discus and mace, whirling his splendid mace for the destruction of the Dānavas.

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PdP 1 41.243

सजलांभोदसदृशं विद्युत्सदृशवाससं। आरूढं स्वर्णपत्राढ्यं खेचरं काश्यपं खगं

sajalāṃbhodasadṛśaṃ vidyutsadṛśavāsasaṃ| ārūḍhaṃ svarṇapatrāḍhyaṃ khecaraṃ kāśyapaṃ khagaṃ

(He saw him) like a water-laden cloud, with garments like lightning, mounted on the sky-going bird of Kaśyapa's line, rich in golden feathers.

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PdP 1 41.244

दुष्टदैत्यविनाशाय दृष्ट्वा खस्थमिवस्थितं। दानवो विष्णुमक्षोभ्यं बभाषे क्षुब्धमानसः

duṣṭadaityavināśāya dṛṣṭvā khasthamivasthitaṃ| dānavo viṣṇumakṣobhyaṃ babhāṣe kṣubdhamānasaḥ

Seeing (him) standing, as it were, in the sky for the destruction of the wicked Daityas, the Dānava, his mind agitated, spoke to the unshakable Viṣṇu.

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PdP 1 41.245

अयं स रिपुरस्माकं पूर्वेषां प्राणनाशनः। अर्णवावासिनश्चैव मधोश्च कैटभस्य च

ayaṃ sa ripurasmākaṃ pūrveṣāṃ prāṇanāśanaḥ| arṇavāvāsinaścaiva madhośca kaiṭabhasya ca

"This is that enemy of ours, the destroyer of the lives of our forefathers, and of the ocean-dweller, and of Madhu and of Kaiṭabha."

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PdP 1 41.246

अयं स रिपुरस्माकमसमः किल कथ्यते। अनेकसंयुगेनेन दानवा बहवो हताः

ayaṃ sa ripurasmākamasamaḥ kila kathyate| anekasaṃyugenena dānavā bahavo hatāḥ

"This is that enemy of ours who is said, indeed, to be without equal; by him, in many a battle, many Dānavas have been slain."

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PdP 1 41.247

अयं स निर्घृणो लोके स्त्रीबालनिरपत्त्रपः। येन दानवनारीणां सीमंतोद्वरणं कृतम्

ayaṃ sa nirghṛṇo loke strībālanirapattrapaḥ| yena dānavanārīṇāṃ sīmaṃtodvaraṇaṃ kṛtam

"This is that pitiless one in the world, shameless toward women and children, by whom the parting-lines of the Dānava women's hair were undone (i.e. who widowed them)."

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PdP 1 41.248

अयं स विष्णुर्देवानां वैकुंठश्च दिवौकसाम्। अनंतो भोगिनां मध्ये स्वयंभूश्च स्वयंभुवः

ayaṃ sa viṣṇurdevānāṃ vaikuṃṭhaśca divaukasām| anaṃto bhogināṃ madhye svayaṃbhūśca svayaṃbhuvaḥ

"This is that Viṣṇu of the gods, and Vaikuṇṭha of the dwellers in heaven, Ananta among the serpents, and the Self-existent of the self-existent ones."

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PdP 1 41.249

अयं स नाथो देवानामस्माभिर्विप्रकृष्यते। अस्य क्रोधं समासाद्य हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः

ayaṃ sa nātho devānāmasmābhirviprakṛṣyate| asya krodhaṃ samāsādya hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ

"This is that lord of the gods who is being dragged about by us; having met with his wrath, Hiraṇyakaśipu was slain."

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PdP 1 41.250

अस्यच्छायामुपाश्रित्य देवा मखमुखे स्थिताः। आज्यं महर्षिभिर्दत्तमश्नुवंति त्रिधा हुतम्1.41.

asyacchāyāmupāśritya devā makhamukhe sthitāḥ| ājyaṃ maharṣibhirdattamaśnuvaṃti tridhā hutam1.41.

"Taking refuge in his shadow, the gods stand at the forefront of the sacrifice and consume the ghee given by the great sages, offered in three ways."

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PdP 1 41.251

अयं स निधने हेतुः सर्वेषाममरद्विषाम्। अस्य चक्रप्रविष्टानि कुलान्यस्माकमाहवे

ayaṃ sa nidhane hetuḥ sarveṣāmamaradviṣām| asya cakrapraviṣṭāni kulānyasmākamāhave

"This is that cause of the destruction of all the foes of the immortals; our clans have gone into his discus in battle."

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PdP 1 41.252

अयं स किल युद्धेषु सुरार्थे त्यक्तजीवितः। स विभुस्तेजसा युक्तं चक्रं क्षिपति शत्रुषु

ayaṃ sa kila yuddheṣu surārthe tyaktajīvitaḥ| sa vibhustejasā yuktaṃ cakraṃ kṣipati śatruṣu

"This is he who, indeed, in battles gives up his life for the gods' sake; that mighty one hurls his discus, charged with fiery energy, at his enemies."

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PdP 1 41.253

अयं स कालो दैत्यानां कालभूते मयि स्थिते। अतिक्रांतस्य कालस्य फलं प्राप्स्यति केशवः

ayaṃ sa kālo daityānāṃ kālabhūte mayi sthite| atikrāṃtasya kālasya phalaṃ prāpsyati keśavaḥ

"This is that death of the Daityas—while I, who have become Death, stand here; Keśava shall reap the fruit of the time that has gone by."

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PdP 1 41.254

दिष्ट्येदानीं समक्षं मे विष्णुरेष समागतः। निष्पिष्टो बहुना संख्ये मय्येव प्रणशिष्यति

diṣṭyedānīṃ samakṣaṃ me viṣṇureṣa samāgataḥ| niṣpiṣṭo bahunā saṃkhye mayyeva praṇaśiṣyati

"By good fortune this Viṣṇu has now come before my eyes; crushed in the great battle, he shall perish in me alone."

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PdP 1 41.255

यास्याम्यपचितिं दिष्ट्या पूर्वेषामद्य संयुगे। इमन्नारायणं हत्वा दानवानां भयावहम्

yāsyāmyapacitiṃ diṣṭyā pūrveṣāmadya saṃyuge| imannārāyaṇaṃ hatvā dānavānāṃ bhayāvaham

"By good fortune I shall today, in this battle, exact requital for my forefathers, by slaying this Nārāyaṇa, the terror of the Dānavas."

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PdP 1 41.256

क्षिप्रमेव हनिष्यामि रणेऽमरगणानहम्। जात्यंतरगतोप्येष बाधते दानवान्मृधे

kṣiprameva haniṣyāmi raṇe'maragaṇānaham| jātyaṃtaragatopyeṣa bādhate dānavānmṛdhe

"Swiftly indeed shall I slay the hosts of the immortals in battle; even though he has passed into another birth, he torments the Dānavas in the fray."

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PdP 1 41.257

एषोऽनंतः पुरा भूत्वा पद्मनाभ इति श्रुतः। जघानैकार्णवे घोरे तावुभौ मधुकैटभौ

eṣo'naṃtaḥ purā bhūtvā padmanābha iti śrutaḥ| jaghānaikārṇave ghore tāvubhau madhukaiṭabhau

"He, having formerly become Ananta, was known as Padmanābha; in the dreadful single ocean he slew those two, Madhu and Kaiṭabha."

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PdP 1 41.258

द्विधाभूतं वपुः कृत्वा सिंहस्यार्द्धं नरस्य च। पितरं मे जघानैको हिरण्यकशिपुं पुरा

dvidhābhūtaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā siṃhasyārddhaṃ narasya ca| pitaraṃ me jaghānaiko hiraṇyakaśipuṃ purā

"Making his body twofold, half of a lion and half of a man, he alone slew my father Hiraṇyakaśipu of old."

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PdP 1 41.259

शुभं गर्भमधत्तैनमदितिर्देवतारणिः। त्रीन्लोकानाजहारैकः क्रममाणस्त्रिभिः क्रमैः

śubhaṃ garbhamadhattainamaditirdevatāraṇiḥ| trīnlokānājahāraikaḥ kramamāṇastribhiḥ kramaiḥ

"Aditi, the kindling-stick of the gods, bore him as an auspicious embryo; striding with three strides, he alone carried off the three worlds."

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PdP 1 41.260

भूयस्त्विदानीं संप्राप्ते संग्रामे तारकामये। मया सह समागम्य स देवो विनशिष्यति

bhūyastvidānīṃ saṃprāpte saṃgrāme tārakāmaye| mayā saha samāgamya sa devo vinaśiṣyati

"But now again, when the Tāraka war has come, that god, on meeting with me, shall perish."

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PdP 1 41.261

एवमुक्त्वा बहुविधं क्षिप्रं नारायणं रणे। वाग्भिरप्रतिरूपाभिर्युद्धमेवाभ्यरोचयत्

evamuktvā bahuvidhaṃ kṣipraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ raṇe| vāgbhirapratirūpābhiryuddhamevābhyarocayat

Having spoken thus in many ways, he swiftly, with unbecoming words, urged Nārāyaṇa on to battle in the field.

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PdP 1 41.262

क्षिप्यमाणोऽसुरेंद्रेण न चुकोप गदाधरः। क्षमाबलेन महता सस्मितं चेदमब्रवीत्

kṣipyamāṇo'sureṃdreṇa na cukopa gadādharaḥ| kṣamābalena mahatā sasmitaṃ cedamabravīt

Though reviled by the lord of the asuras, the mace-bearer did not grow angry; with his great strength of patience he said this, smiling:

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PdP 1 41.263

अल्पं दर्पबलं दैत्य स्थिरमक्रोधजं बलम्। हतस्त्वं दर्पजैर्दोषैर्हित्वा यो भाषसे क्षमाम्

alpaṃ darpabalaṃ daitya sthiramakrodhajaṃ balam| hatastvaṃ darpajairdoṣairhitvā yo bhāṣase kṣamām

"Small is the strength that comes of arrogance, O Daitya; steady is the strength not born of anger. You are destroyed by the faults born of pride, you who abandon patience and (yet) speak (of it)."

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PdP 1 41.264

अधमस्त्वं मम मतो धिगेतत्तव वाग्बलम्। के तत्र पुरुषाः संति यत्र गर्जंति योषितः

adhamastvaṃ mama mato dhigetattava vāgbalam| ke tatra puruṣāḥ saṃti yatra garjaṃti yoṣitaḥ

"You are, in my judgment, the lowest; fie on this word-strength of yours! What men are there where women roar?"

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PdP 1 41.265

अहं त्वां दैत्य पश्यामि पूर्वेषां मार्गगामिनम्। प्रजापतिं कृतं सेतुं त्यक्त्वा कः स्वस्तिमान्भवेत्

ahaṃ tvāṃ daitya paśyāmi pūrveṣāṃ mārgagāminam| prajāpatiṃ kṛtaṃ setuṃ tyaktvā kaḥ svastimānbhavet

"I see you, Daitya, walking the path of those of old. Who, abandoning the boundary made by Prajāpati, could remain well?"

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PdP 1 41.266

अद्य त्वां नाशयिष्यामि देवव्यापारघातकम्। स्वेषु स्वेषु च स्थानेषु स्थापयिष्यामि देवताः

adya tvāṃ nāśayiṣyāmi devavyāpāraghātakam| sveṣu sveṣu ca sthāneṣu sthāpayiṣyāmi devatāḥ

"Today I shall destroy you, the wrecker of the gods' functions, and I shall establish the deities each in his own place."

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PdP 1 41.267

एवं ब्रुवति वाक्यं तु मृधे श्रीवत्सधारिणि। जहास दानवः क्रोधाद्धस्तांश्चक्रेण सायुधान्

evaṃ bruvati vākyaṃ tu mṛdhe śrīvatsadhāriṇi| jahāsa dānavaḥ krodhāddhastāṃścakreṇa sāyudhān

But as the bearer of the śrīvatsa was speaking thus in the battle, the Dānava laughed, and in anger (Viṣṇu cut off) his hands with their weapons with the discus.

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PdP 1 41.268

स बाहुशतमुद्यम्य सर्वायुधगणान्रणे। क्रोधाद्विगुणरक्ताक्षो विष्णोर्वक्षस्य पातयत्

sa bāhuśatamudyamya sarvāyudhagaṇānraṇe| krodhādviguṇaraktākṣo viṣṇorvakṣasya pātayat

He, raising his hundred arms with all their masses of weapons in the battle, his eyes doubly reddened with anger, brought them down on Viṣṇu's chest.

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PdP 1 41.269

दानवाश्चापि समरे मयतारपुरोगमाः। उद्यतायुधनिस्त्रिंशा विष्णुमभ्यद्रवन्रणे

dānavāścāpi samare mayatārapurogamāḥ| udyatāyudhanistriṃśā viṣṇumabhyadravanraṇe

And the Dānavas too in the fight, led by Maya and Tāra, with weapons and swords upraised, rushed upon Viṣṇu in the battle.

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PdP 1 41.270

स ताड्यमानोऽतिबलैर्दैत्यैः सर्वायुधोद्यतैः। न चचाल ततो युद्धे कंप्यमान इवाचलः

sa tāḍyamāno'tibalairdaityaiḥ sarvāyudhodyataiḥ| na cacāla tato yuddhe kaṃpyamāna ivācalaḥ

Struck by those exceedingly powerful Daityas with all their weapons upraised, he did not budge then in the fight, like an unmoving mountain being shaken.

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PdP 1 41.271

संयुक्तश्च सुपर्णेन कालनेमिर्महासुरः। सर्वप्राणेन महतीं गदामुद्यम्य बाहुभिः

saṃyuktaśca suparṇena kālanemirmahāsuraḥ| sarvaprāṇena mahatīṃ gadāmudyamya bāhubhiḥ

And the great asura Kālanemi, engaged with Suparṇa, raising with his arms a huge mace with all his might,

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PdP 1 41.272

घोरां ज्वलंतीं मुमुचे संरब्धो गरुडोपरि। कर्मणा तेन दैत्यस्य विष्णुर्विस्मयमागमत्

ghorāṃ jvalaṃtīṃ mumuce saṃrabdho garuḍopari| karmaṇā tena daityasya viṣṇurvismayamāgamat

in fury hurled the terrible blazing (mace) upon Garuḍa; at that deed of the Daitya Viṣṇu was astonished.

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PdP 1 41.273

तदा तेन सुपर्णस्य पातिता मूर्ध्नि सा गदा। सुपर्णं व्यथितं दृष्ट्वा क्षतं च वपुरात्मनः

tadā tena suparṇasya pātitā mūrdhni sā gadā| suparṇaṃ vyathitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣataṃ ca vapurātmanaḥ

Then that mace was brought down by him on Suparṇa's head. Seeing Suparṇa afflicted and his own body wounded,

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PdP 1 41.274

क्रोधसंरक्तनयनो वैकुंठश्चक्रमाददे। व्यवर्द्धत च वेगेन सुपर्णेन समं विभुः

krodhasaṃraktanayano vaikuṃṭhaścakramādade| vyavarddhata ca vegena suparṇena samaṃ vibhuḥ

Vaikuṇṭha, his eyes red with anger, took up the discus; and the mighty one swiftly grew larger together with Suparṇa.

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PdP 1 41.275

भुजाश्चास्य व्यवर्धंत व्याप्तवंतो दिशो दश। विदिशश्चैव खं चापि गां चैव प्रतिपूरयन्

bhujāścāsya vyavardhaṃta vyāptavaṃto diśo daśa| vidiśaścaiva khaṃ cāpi gāṃ caiva pratipūrayan

And his arms grew, pervading the ten directions, and the intermediate points too, filling up the sky and the earth as well.

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PdP 1 41.276

ववृधे स पुनर्लोकान्क्रांतुकाम इवौजसा। तं जयाय सुरेंद्राणां वर्द्धमानं नभस्तले

vavṛdhe sa punarlokānkrāṃtukāma ivaujasā| taṃ jayāya sureṃdrāṇāṃ varddhamānaṃ nabhastale

He grew further, as if wishing to overstride the worlds by his might; as he was growing in the vault of the sky, for the victory of the lords of the gods,

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PdP 1 41.277

ॠषयः सह गंधर्वास्तुष्टुवुर्मधुसूदनम्। सद्यां किरीटेन लिखन्शिरसा भास्वरेण च

ṝṣayaḥ saha gaṃdharvāstuṣṭuvurmadhusūdanam| sadyāṃ kirīṭena likhanśirasā bhāsvareṇa ca

the seers together with the Gandharvas praised the slayer of Madhu — scratching heaven with his diadem and with his radiant head,

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PdP 1 41.278

पद्भ्यामाक्रम्यवसुधां दिशः प्रच्छाद्य बाहुभिः। सहस्रकरतुल्याभं सहस्रारमरिक्षयम्

padbhyāmākramyavasudhāṃ diśaḥ pracchādya bāhubhiḥ| sahasrakaratulyābhaṃ sahasrāramarikṣayam

treading the earth with his feet, covering the directions with his arms, (he took up the discus) whose radiance equals a thousand rays, thousand-spoked, destroyer of foes,

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PdP 1 41.279

दीप्ताग्निसदृशं घोरंदर्शनेन सुदर्शनम्। सुवर्णरेणुपर्यंतं वज्रनाभं भयावहं

dīptāgnisadṛśaṃ ghoraṃdarśanena sudarśanam| suvarṇareṇuparyaṃtaṃ vajranābhaṃ bhayāvahaṃ

like a blazing fire, terrible, fair to see though dreadful in appearance, its rim of gold dust, its nave of adamant, bringing terror,

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PdP 1 41.280

मेदोस्थिमज्जरुधिरैः सिक्तं दानवसंभवैः। अद्वितीयं प्रहरणं क्षुरपर्यंतमंडलम्

medosthimajjarudhiraiḥ siktaṃ dānavasaṃbhavaiḥ| advitīyaṃ praharaṇaṃ kṣuraparyaṃtamaṃḍalam

wetted with the fat, bone, marrow and blood that came from the Dānavas, a weapon without a second, its circumference edged like a razor,

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PdP 1 41.281

स्रग्दाममालानिचितं कामगं कामरूपिणं। स्वयं स्वयंभुवा सृष्टं भयदं सर्वविद्विषाम्

sragdāmamālānicitaṃ kāmagaṃ kāmarūpiṇaṃ| svayaṃ svayaṃbhuvā sṛṣṭaṃ bhayadaṃ sarvavidviṣām

thickly strung with garlands and wreaths of flowers, going where it wills, taking what form it wills, created by the Self-existent himself, giving fear to all enemies —

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PdP 1 41.282

दधार रोषेणाविष्टं नित्यमाहवदर्पितं। क्षेपणाद्यस्य मुह्यंति लोकाः सस्थाणुजंगमाः

dadhāra roṣeṇāviṣṭaṃ nityamāhavadarpitaṃ| kṣepaṇādyasya muhyaṃti lokāḥ sasthāṇujaṃgamāḥ

(He) bore (it), possessed by fury, always proud in battle; at its hurling the worlds, with all that stands still and all that moves, are bewildered.

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PdP 1 41.283

क्रव्यादानि च भूतानि तृप्तिं यांति महामृधे। तमप्रतिमकर्माणं समानं सूर्यवर्चसा

kravyādāni ca bhūtāni tṛptiṃ yāṃti mahāmṛdhe| tamapratimakarmāṇaṃ samānaṃ sūryavarcasā

And the flesh-eating creatures attain satisfaction in the great battle. Him, whose deeds were beyond compare, equal to the sun in radiance —

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PdP 1 41.284

चक्रमुद्यम्य समरे कोपदीप्तो गदाधरः। प्रणष्टं दानवं तेजः कुर्वाणं स्वेन तेजसा

cakramudyamya samare kopadīpto gadādharaḥ| praṇaṣṭaṃ dānavaṃ tejaḥ kurvāṇaṃ svena tejasā

— raising the discus in the fight, the mace-bearer, ablaze with anger, (attacked) the dānava, whose fiery force was made to vanish by his own fiery force;

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PdP 1 41.285

चिच्छेद बाहूंस्तेनैव समरे कालनेमिनः। तच्च वक्त्रशतं घोरं साग्निचूर्णाट्टहासि वै

ciccheda bāhūṃstenaiva samare kālaneminaḥ| tacca vaktraśataṃ ghoraṃ sāgnicūrṇāṭṭahāsi vai

with that very (discus) he cut off the arms of Kālanemi in the fight, and that terrible set of a hundred faces, loud-laughing with showers of fire —

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PdP 1 41.286

तस्य दैत्यस्य चक्रेण प्रममाथ बलाद्धरिः। सच्छिन्नबाहुर्विशिरानप्राकंपत दानवः

tasya daityasya cakreṇa pramamātha balāddhariḥ| sacchinnabāhurviśirānaprākaṃpata dānavaḥ

— Hari violently smashed (them) with his discus. His arms severed and headless, the dānava did not tremble,

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PdP 1 41.287

कबंधावस्थितः संख्ये विशाखइव पादपः। तंवितत्य महापक्षौ वायोः कृत्वा समं जवम्

kabaṃdhāvasthitaḥ saṃkhye viśākhaiva pādapaḥ| taṃvitatya mahāpakṣau vāyoḥ kṛtvā samaṃ javam

standing in the battle as a mere trunk, like a tree stripped of its branches. Then, spreading his two great wings and making his speed equal to the wind,

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PdP 1 41.288

उरसा ताडयामास गरुडः कालनेमिनं। स तस्य देहोभिमुखो विबाहुः खात्परिभ्रमन्

urasā tāḍayāmāsa garuḍaḥ kālaneminaṃ| sa tasya dehobhimukho vibāhuḥ khātparibhraman

Garuḍa struck Kālanemi with his breast; and that body of his, facing (him), armless, whirling down out of the sky,

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PdP 1 41.289

निपपात दिवं त्यक्त्वा क्षोभयन्धरणीतलम्। तस्मिन्निपतिते दैत्ये देवाः सर्षिगणास्तथा

nipapāta divaṃ tyaktvā kṣobhayandharaṇītalam| tasminnipatite daitye devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstathā

fell, leaving the sky behind, shaking the surface of the earth. When that daitya had fallen, the gods, and likewise the hosts of seers,

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PdP 1 41.290

साधुसाध्विति वैकुंठं समेताः प्रत्यपूजयन्। अपरे ये तु दैत्या वै युद्धे दृष्टपराक्रमाः

sādhusādhviti vaikuṃṭhaṃ sametāḥ pratyapūjayan| apare ye tu daityā vai yuddhe dṛṣṭaparākramāḥ

assembled and honoured Vaikuṇṭha (saying) "Well done, well done!" But the remaining daityas, whose prowess had been seen in the fight —

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PdP 1 41.291

ते सर्वे बाहुभिर्व्याप्ता न शेकुश्चलितुं रणे। कांश्चित्केशेषु जग्राह कांश्चित्कंठेष्वपीडयत्

te sarve bāhubhirvyāptā na śekuścalituṃ raṇe| kāṃścitkeśeṣu jagrāha kāṃścitkaṃṭheṣvapīḍayat

all of them, hemmed in by his arms, could not move in the battle; some he seized by the hair, some he crushed by the throat,

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PdP 1 41.292

चकर्त कस्यचिद्वक्त्रं मध्ये गृह्णात्तथापरम्। ते गदाचक्रनिर्दग्धा गतसत्वा गतासवः

cakarta kasyacidvaktraṃ madhye gṛhṇāttathāparam| te gadācakranirdagdhā gatasatvā gatāsavaḥ

of one he cut off the face, and another he gripped around the middle. They, burnt up by mace and discus, their strength gone, their breath gone,

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PdP 1 41.293

गगनाद्भ्रष्टसर्वांगा निपेतुर्धरणीतले। तेषु सर्वेषु दैत्येषु हतेषु पुरुषोत्तमः

gaganādbhraṣṭasarvāṃgā nipeturdharaṇītale| teṣu sarveṣu daityeṣu hateṣu puruṣottamaḥ

with all their limbs falling from the sky, dropped down onto the surface of the earth. When all those daityas had been slain, the highest of men,

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PdP 1 41.294

शक्रप्रियं ततः कृत्वा कृतकर्मगदाधरः। तस्मिन्विमर्दे संवृत्ते संग्रामे तारकामये

śakrapriyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā kṛtakarmagadādharaḥ| tasminvimarde saṃvṛtte saṃgrāme tārakāmaye

the mace-bearer, having thus done what Śakra desired, his task accomplished — when that slaughter had taken place in the war over Tārakā,

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PdP 1 41.295

तं च देशं जगामाशु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः। सर्वैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिः सार्द्धं गंधर्वाप्सरसांगणैः

taṃ ca deśaṃ jagāmāśu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ| sarvairbrahmarṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃgaṇaiḥ

Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, quickly went to that place, together with all the brahmin seers and with the troops of gandharvas and apsarases.

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PdP 1 41.296

देवदेवं हरिं देवः पूजयन्वाक्यमब्रवीत्। कृतं देव महत्कर्म सुराणां शल्यमुद्धृतम्

devadevaṃ hariṃ devaḥ pūjayanvākyamabravīt| kṛtaṃ deva mahatkarma surāṇāṃ śalyamuddhṛtam

The god, honouring Hari, the god of gods, spoke these words: "A great deed has been done, O god; the barb has been drawn out of the gods,

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PdP 1 41.297

निधनेन च दैत्यानां वयं च परितोषिताः। योऽयं त्वया हतो विष्णो कालनेमिर्महासुरः

nidhanena ca daityānāṃ vayaṃ ca paritoṣitāḥ| yo'yaṃ tvayā hato viṣṇo kālanemirmahāsuraḥ

and by the destruction of the daityas we too have been fully satisfied. This great asura Kālanemi who has been slain by you, O Viṣṇu —

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PdP 1 41.298

त्वामेतस्य ॠते ह्यस्मिन्शास्ता कश्चिन्न विद्यते। एष देवान्परिभवन्लोकांश्च सचराचरान्

tvāmetasya ṝte hyasminśāstā kaścinna vidyate| eṣa devānparibhavanlokāṃśca sacarācarān

apart from you there is no one here who could chasten him. He, overpowering the gods and the worlds with their moving and unmoving beings,

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PdP 1 41.299

ॠषीणां कदनं कृत्वा मामपि प्रतिगर्जति। तदनेन त्वदीयेन परितुष्टोस्मि कर्मणा

ṝṣīṇāṃ kadanaṃ kṛtvā māmapi pratigarjati| tadanena tvadīyena parituṣṭosmi karmaṇā

having made a slaughter of the seers, roars back even at me. Therefore I am well pleased by this deed of yours,

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PdP 1 41.300

यदयं कालकल्पस्ते कालनेमिर्निपातितः। तदागच्छस्व भद्रं ते गच्छाम दिवमुत्तमाम्1.41.

yadayaṃ kālakalpaste kālanemirnipātitaḥ| tadāgacchasva bhadraṃ te gacchāma divamuttamām1.41.

in that this Kālanemi, who was like Time itself, has been struck down by you. So come — blessings on you — let us go to highest heaven.

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PdP 1 41.301

ब्रह्मर्षयस्त्वां तत्रस्थाः प्रतीक्षंते सदो गताः। कं चाहं तव दास्यामि वरं वरभृतां वर

brahmarṣayastvāṃ tatrasthāḥ pratīkṣaṃte sado gatāḥ| kaṃ cāhaṃ tava dāsyāmi varaṃ varabhṛtāṃ vara

The brahmin seers stationed there, gathered in the assembly, are awaiting you. And what boon shall I give you, O best of those who bestow boons?"

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PdP 1 41.302

स्वस्थानस्थेषु देवेषु तेषां च वरदो भवान्। निर्यातमेतत्त्रैलोक्यं स्फीतं निहतकंटकम्

svasthānastheṣu deveṣu teṣāṃ ca varado bhavān| niryātametattrailokyaṃ sphītaṃ nihatakaṃṭakam

With the gods established in their own stations, and you being the giver of boons to them, this triple world has been handed over (to them), flourishing, its thorns destroyed—

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PdP 1 41.303

अस्मिन्नेव मृधे विष्णो शक्राय सुमहात्मने। एवमुक्तो भगवता ब्रह्मणा हरिरव्ययः

asminneva mṛdhe viṣṇo śakrāya sumahātmane| evamukto bhagavatā brahmaṇā hariravyayaḥ

—in this very battle, O Viṣṇu, to the great-souled Śakra." Thus addressed by the lord Brahmā, the imperishable Hari

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PdP 1 41.304

देवान्शक्रमुखान्सर्वानुवाच शुभया गिरा। विष्णुरुवाच। श्रूयतां त्रिदशास्सर्वे यावंतोऽत्र समागताः

devānśakramukhānsarvānuvāca śubhayā girā| viṣṇuruvāca| śrūyatāṃ tridaśāssarve yāvaṃto'tra samāgatāḥ

spoke with auspicious speech to all the gods headed by Śakra. Viṣṇu said: Let all the thirty (gods) hear, as many as are assembled here.

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PdP 1 41.305

सुपर्णसहितैस्तत्र पुरस्कृत्य पुरंदरं। अस्माभिः समरे सर्वैः कालनेमिमुखा हताः

suparṇasahitaistatra puraskṛtya puraṃdaraṃ| asmābhiḥ samare sarvaiḥ kālanemimukhā hatāḥ

There, by all of us together with Suparṇa, having placed Puraṃdara at the front, the dānavas headed by Kālanemi were slain in battle—

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PdP 1 41.306

दानवा विक्रमोपेताः शक्रादपि महत्तराः। अस्मिन्महति संग्रामे द्वावेव तु विनिस्सृतौ

dānavā vikramopetāḥ śakrādapi mahattarāḥ| asminmahati saṃgrāme dvāveva tu vinissṛtau

dānavas endowed with valour, mightier even than Śakra; but in this great combat two alone escaped:

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PdP 1 41.307

विरोचनस्तु दैतेयः स्वर्भानुश्च महाबलः। स्वां दिशं भजतां शक्रो दिशं वरुण एव च

virocanastu daiteyaḥ svarbhānuśca mahābalaḥ| svāṃ diśaṃ bhajatāṃ śakro diśaṃ varuṇa eva ca

Virocana the son of Diti, and Svarbhānu of great strength. Let Śakra take up his own quarter, and Varuṇa likewise his quarter;

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PdP 1 41.308

याम्यां यमः पालयतामुत्तरां च धनाधिपः। ॠक्षैः सह सदा योगं गच्छतां चंद्रमास्तथा

yāmyāṃ yamaḥ pālayatāmuttarāṃ ca dhanādhipaḥ| ṝkṣaiḥ saha sadā yogaṃ gacchatāṃ caṃdramāstathā

let Yama guard the southern, and the lord of wealth the northern; and let the moon go always into conjunction with the constellations.

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PdP 1 41.309

अयमृतुमुखं सूर्यो भजतामयनैः सह। आज्यभागाः प्रवर्तंतां सदस्यैरभिपूजिताः

ayamṛtumukhaṃ sūryo bhajatāmayanaiḥ saha| ājyabhāgāḥ pravartaṃtāṃ sadasyairabhipūjitāḥ

Let this sun take up the beginning of the seasons together with the two solstices; let the portions of ghee proceed, honoured by the members of the assembly;

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PdP 1 41.310

हूयंतामग्नयो विप्रैर्वेददृष्टेन कर्मणा। देवाश्च बलिहोमेन स्वाध्यायेन महर्षयः

hūyaṃtāmagnayo viprairvedadṛṣṭena karmaṇā| devāśca balihomena svādhyāyena maharṣayaḥ

let the fires be offered into by the brahmins with the rite as seen in the Veda, and the gods (be gratified) by the offering of bali, and the great sages by recitation of scripture;

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PdP 1 41.311

श्राद्धेन पितरश्चैव तुष्टिं यांतु यथासुखम्। वायुश्चरतु मार्गस्थस्त्रिधा दीप्यतु पावकः

śrāddhena pitaraścaiva tuṣṭiṃ yāṃtu yathāsukham| vāyuścaratu mārgasthastridhā dīpyatu pāvakaḥ

and let the fathers attain satisfaction by the śrāddha rite, at their ease; let the wind move keeping to its path; let fire blaze in its threefold form;

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PdP 1 41.312

त्रयोवर्णाश्च लोकांस्त्रीस्तपर्पयंत्वात्मजैर्गुणैः। क्रतवः संप्रवर्तंतां दीक्षणीयैर्द्विजातिभिः

trayovarṇāśca lokāṃstrīstaparpayaṃtvātmajairguṇaiḥ| kratavaḥ saṃpravartaṃtāṃ dīkṣaṇīyairdvijātibhiḥ

and let the three classes gratify the three worlds with the qualities born of themselves; let the sacrifices proceed, with the twice-born who are to be consecrated;

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PdP 1 41.313

दक्षिणाश्चोपपद्यंतां याज्ञिकैश्च पृथक्पृथक्। गाश्च सूर्यो रसान्सोमो वायुः प्राणांश्च प्राणिषु

dakṣiṇāścopapadyaṃtāṃ yājñikaiśca pṛthakpṛthak| gāśca sūryo rasānsomo vāyuḥ prāṇāṃśca prāṇiṣu

and let the sacrificial fees be furnished by the sacrificers, each separately; and the sun (bring) the cows, soma the saps, the wind the breaths in living creatures—

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PdP 1 41.314

तर्पयन्तः प्रवर्तंतामेते सोम्यैः स्वकर्मभिः। यथावदनुपूर्वेण महेंद्रमलयोद्भवाः

tarpayantaḥ pravartaṃtāmete somyaiḥ svakarmabhiḥ| yathāvadanupūrveṇa maheṃdramalayodbhavāḥ

gratifying (all), let these proceed with their own soma-related works; duly and in due order, those (rivers) arising from Mahendra and Malaya,

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PdP 1 41.315

त्रैलोक्यमातरः सर्वाः समुद्रं यांतु सिंधवः। दैत्येभ्यस्त्यज्यतां भीश्च शांतिं व्रजत देवताः

trailokyamātaraḥ sarvāḥ samudraṃ yāṃtu siṃdhavaḥ| daityebhyastyajyatāṃ bhīśca śāṃtiṃ vrajata devatāḥ

the mothers of the triple world, all the rivers, let them go to the ocean; and let fear of the daityas be abandoned; go to peace, O deities.

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PdP 1 41.316

स्वस्ति वोऽस्तु गमिष्यामि ब्रह्मलोकं सनातनं। स्वगृहे स्वर्गलोके वा संग्रामे वा विशेषतः

svasti vo'stu gamiṣyāmi brahmalokaṃ sanātanaṃ| svagṛhe svargaloke vā saṃgrāme vā viśeṣataḥ

May it be well with you; I shall go to the eternal world of Brahmā. In one's own house, or in the world of heaven, or especially in battle,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 41.317

विश्वस्तैश्च न गंतव्यं नित्यं क्षुद्रा हि दानवाः। छिद्रेषु प्रहरंत्येते न तेषां संस्थितिर्ध्रुवा

viśvastaiśca na gaṃtavyaṃ nityaṃ kṣudrā hi dānavāḥ| chidreṣu praharaṃtyete na teṣāṃ saṃsthitirdhruvā

one must not go about trusting, for the dānavas are always base; they strike at the weak points; their conduct is not steady.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 41.318

सौम्यानां निजभावानां भवतामार्जवे मनः। एवमुक्त्वा सुरगणान्विष्णुस्सत्यपराक्रमः

saumyānāṃ nijabhāvānāṃ bhavatāmārjave manaḥ| evamuktvā suragaṇānviṣṇussatyaparākramaḥ

Let your mind be in uprightness, since you are gentle ones and such is your own nature. Having spoken thus to the hosts of gods, Viṣṇu of true prowess

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

PdP 1 41.319

जगाम ब्रह्मणा सार्द्धं ब्रह्मलोकं महायशाः। देवानां महतीं प्रीतिमुत्पाद्य भगवान्प्रभुः

jagāma brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ brahmalokaṃ mahāyaśāḥ| devānāṃ mahatīṃ prītimutpādya bhagavānprabhuḥ

went with Brahmā to the world of Brahmā, he of great renown, the lord and master, having produced great delight in the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 41.320

एतदाश्चर्यमभवत्संग्रामे तारकामये। दानवानां च विष्णोश्च यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि

etadāścaryamabhavatsaṃgrāme tārakāmaye| dānavānāṃ ca viṣṇośca yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi

This marvel took place in the battle called Tārakāmaya, (the battle) of the dānavas and of Viṣṇu, about which you question me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition