Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 70
PdP 1 70.1
व्यास उवाच- ततो देवांतको दैत्यो व्यनदत्समरं प्रति। रणं चकार धर्मेण संदष्टौष्ठपुटो बली
vyāsa uvāca- tato devāṃtako daityo vyanadatsamaraṃ prati| raṇaṃ cakāra dharmeṇa saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭo balī
Vyāsa said: Then the demon Devāntaka roared toward the battle; the strong one, biting his lips, made war according to the rule.
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PdP 1 70.2
स गत्वा चाब्रवीद्वाक्यं सर्वलोकविगर्हितं। न जानासि महद्धर्मं दुष्ट मोहाद्यथाक्रमम्
sa gatvā cābravīdvākyaṃ sarvalokavigarhitaṃ| na jānāsi mahaddharmaṃ duṣṭa mohādyathākramam
He, having gone (there), spoke a speech censured by all the world: "You do not know the great Law, O wicked one, in its due order, out of delusion."
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PdP 1 70.3
पापपुण्यप्रयोगेण निग्रहानुग्रहे प्रभुः। अहं च निर्मितो धात्रा करोमि तव शासनम्
pāpapuṇyaprayogeṇa nigrahānugrahe prabhuḥ| ahaṃ ca nirmito dhātrā karomi tava śāsanam
"(He is) the lord in punishing and favouring, according to the working of sin and merit; and I too was fashioned by the Creator—I carry out your command."
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PdP 1 70.4
न जानासि यतो धर्मं कालमृत्यु पुरःसरः। न रोगो न जरा कालो न मृत्युर्न च किंकरः
na jānāsi yato dharmaṃ kālamṛtyu puraḥsaraḥ| na rogo na jarā kālo na mṛtyurna ca kiṃkaraḥ
"Since you do not know the Law, Time and Death go before (you). There is no disease, no old age, no Time, no death, and no servant (of Death)."
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PdP 1 70.5
धर्मात्प्रचलितः कर्मी कष्टं याति दिवानिशम्। उक्तं वसुं महावीर्यं यमं धर्मैकसाक्षिकम्
dharmātpracalitaḥ karmī kaṣṭaṃ yāti divāniśam| uktaṃ vasuṃ mahāvīryaṃ yamaṃ dharmaikasākṣikam
"The doer of deeds who has strayed from the Law goes to suffering day and night." So was Yama addressed—Vasu, of great might, the sole witness of the Law.
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PdP 1 70.6
स जघान त्रिभिर्बाणैः कालमृत्युसमप्रभैः। प्रचिच्छेद स धर्मात्मा ते त्वन्यैर्विशिखैस्त्रिभिः
sa jaghāna tribhirbāṇaiḥ kālamṛtyusamaprabhaiḥ| praciccheda sa dharmātmā te tvanyairviśikhaistribhiḥ
He struck (him) with three arrows blazing like Time and Death; and that righteous one cut those (arrows) apart with three other shafts.
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PdP 1 70.7
ततस्तूच्चैः शरैः प्राज्यैर्युगांतानलसप्रभैः। निजघान यमं संख्ये स चिच्छेद शरैः शरान्
tatastūccaiḥ śaraiḥ prājyairyugāṃtānalasaprabhaiḥ| nijaghāna yamaṃ saṃkhye sa ciccheda śaraiḥ śarān
Then with lofty, abundant arrows blazing like the fire at the end of an age he struck Yama in the battle; (but) he cut the arrows with (his own) arrows.
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PdP 1 70.8
एतस्मिन्नंतरे क्रुद्धौ परस्परजयैषिणौ। जघ्नतुः समरेन्योन्यं महाबलपराक्रमौ
etasminnaṃtare kruddhau parasparajayaiṣiṇau| jaghnatuḥ samarenyonyaṃ mahābalaparākramau
Meanwhile the two, enraged and each seeking to conquer the other, struck one another in the battle, both of great strength and prowess.
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PdP 1 70.9
अहोरात्रं तयोर्युद्धमवर्त्तत सुदारुणम्। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे क्रुद्धः शक्त्या प्रशमनं रुषा
ahorātraṃ tayoryuddhamavarttata sudāruṇam| etasminnantare kruddhaḥ śaktyā praśamanaṃ ruṣā
For a day and a night their exceedingly terrible fight went on. Meanwhile, angered, (he struck) the Restrainer (Yama) with a spear in fury—
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PdP 1 70.10
बिभेद दैत्यशार्दूलो ह्यहंकारयुतो बली। तामेवाथ रुषा धर्मो गृहीत्वा शक्तिकां द्रुतं
bibheda daityaśārdūlo hyahaṃkārayuto balī| tāmevātha ruṣā dharmo gṛhītvā śaktikāṃ drutaṃ
—that tiger among demons, mighty and full of arrogance, pierced (him). Then Dharma (Yama), in anger, quickly seized that very little spear
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PdP 1 70.11
निजघान तयैवामुंस्तनयोरंतरे भृशम्। स विह्वलित सर्वांगो मुखादागतशोणितः
nijaghāna tayaivāmuṃstanayoraṃtare bhṛśam| sa vihvalita sarvāṃgo mukhādāgataśoṇitaḥ
and with it he struck him hard between the breasts. He, all his limbs faltering, blood coming from his mouth—
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PdP 1 70.12
ततः क्रुद्धो महातेजा धृत्वा दंडं सुदारुणम्। अमोघं पातयामास तस्य दैत्यस्य विग्रहे
tataḥ kruddho mahātejā dhṛtvā daṃḍaṃ sudāruṇam| amoghaṃ pātayāmāsa tasya daityasya vigrahe
Then the greatly glorious one, enraged, taking up his exceedingly terrible rod, brought it down unfailingly on that demon's body.
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PdP 1 70.13
साश्वं रथं तथा सूतं योद्धारं शस्त्रसंचयम्। चकार भस्मसात्तं च शमनः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः
sāśvaṃ rathaṃ tathā sūtaṃ yoddhāraṃ śastrasaṃcayam| cakāra bhasmasāttaṃ ca śamanaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ
And the chariot together with its horse, likewise the charioteer, the fighter, and the mass of weapons—Śamana (Yama), stupefied with rage, reduced them to ashes.
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PdP 1 70.14
पतिते च तथा दैत्ये दुर्धर्षो नाम दानवः। शमनं शूलहस्तस्तु प्रदुद्राव जिघांसया
patite ca tathā daitye durdharṣo nāma dānavaḥ| śamanaṃ śūlahastastu pradudrāva jighāṃsayā
And when that demon had fallen, another dānava named Durdharṣa, spear in hand, rushed at Śamana with intent to kill.
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PdP 1 70.15
शूलहस्तं समायांतं बडवानलसन्निभम्। आससाद रणे मृत्युः शक्तिहस्तोतिनिर्भयः
śūlahastaṃ samāyāṃtaṃ baḍavānalasannibham| āsasāda raṇe mṛtyuḥ śaktihastotinirbhayaḥ
As he came on with spear in hand, resembling the submarine fire, Mṛtyu (Death) met him in battle, spear-in-hand himself and utterly fearless.
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PdP 1 70.16
स च दृष्ट्वाऽसुरो मृत्युं शूलेनैव जघान ह। शक्तिं चैव ततो मृत्युः प्रचिक्षेप रणाजिरे
sa ca dṛṣṭvā'suro mṛtyuṃ śūlenaiva jaghāna ha| śaktiṃ caiva tato mṛtyuḥ pracikṣepa raṇājire
And that asura, seeing Mṛtyu, struck him with the spear itself; and then Mṛtyu hurled his dart on the field of battle.
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PdP 1 70.17
संदह्य सहसा शूलं वह्निकूटसमप्रभम्। दैत्यस्य हृदयं भित्वा गता सा च धरातलम्
saṃdahya sahasā śūlaṃ vahnikūṭasamaprabham| daityasya hṛdayaṃ bhitvā gatā sā ca dharātalam
Burning up the spear at once—(the dart) whose radiance was like a mass of fire—and splitting the demon's heart, it went into the surface of the earth.
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PdP 1 70.18
सरथः स पपातोर्व्यां शक्तिजर्जरविग्रहः। अथान्यो दुर्मुखो मृत्युं कृष्टचापो महाबलः
sarathaḥ sa papātorvyāṃ śaktijarjaravigrahaḥ| athānyo durmukho mṛtyuṃ kṛṣṭacāpo mahābalaḥ
He fell to the ground along with his chariot, his body shattered by the dart. Then another, Durmukha, of great strength, with his bow drawn, (came at) Mṛtyu.
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PdP 1 70.19
खड्गचर्मधरः कालो रथ एव गतोभवत्। दृष्ट्वा तं विशिखैः प्राज्यैर्जघान स यमं रणे
khaḍgacarmadharaḥ kālo ratha eva gatobhavat| dṛṣṭvā taṃ viśikhaiḥ prājyairjaghāna sa yamaṃ raṇe
Kāla, bearing sword and shield, went (against him) on his chariot alone; seeing him, he struck Yama in battle with abundant arrows.
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PdP 1 70.20
स चाप्लत्य रथाद्देवो ह्यसिना च सकुंडलम्। शिरश्चिच्छेद सहसा पातयित्वा च भूतले
sa cāplatya rathāddevo hyasinā ca sakuṃḍalam| śiraściccheda sahasā pātayitvā ca bhūtale
And that god, leaping from the chariot, with his sword suddenly cut off the head with its earring, and felled (him) to the ground.
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PdP 1 70.21
हतशेषं बलं सर्वं प्रदुद्राव दिशो दश
hataśeṣaṃ balaṃ sarvaṃ pradudrāva diśo daśa
All the army that remained after the slaughter fled in the ten directions.
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