Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 72
PdP 1 72.1
व्यास उवाच- दिव्यं रथं समास्थाय धनुर्हस्तो बलैर्युतः। गत्वा च माधवं संख्ये देवासुरगणाग्रतः
vyāsa uvāca- divyaṃ rathaṃ samāsthāya dhanurhasto balairyutaḥ| gatvā ca mādhavaṃ saṃkhye devāsuragaṇāgrataḥ
Vyāsa said: Mounting his divine chariot, bow in hand, accompanied by his forces, and having gone up to Mādhava in battle, in front of the hosts of gods and asuras—
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PdP 1 72.2
क्रोधेन महताविष्टो मधुर्निर्जरमर्दनः। अब्रवीत्परुषं वाक्यमव्ययं हरिमीश्वरम्
krodhena mahatāviṣṭo madhurnirjaramardanaḥ| abravītparuṣaṃ vākyamavyayaṃ harimīśvaram
—possessed by great anger, Madhu, the crusher of the gods, spoke harsh words to the imperishable Lord Hari:
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PdP 1 72.3
नारायण न जानासि युद्धधर्ममितः कथम्। अन्यायाद्दुर्वधोपायं कृत्वा नष्टो न शोचसि
nārāyaṇa na jānāsi yuddhadharmamitaḥ katham| anyāyāddurvadhopāyaṃ kṛtvā naṣṭo na śocasi
"Nārāyaṇa, do you not know the law of battle? How is it thus? Having by unrighteousness contrived a foul means of killing, you are ruined, and yet you do not grieve.
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PdP 1 72.4
अनेन पंकयोगेन व्यवहारा कृतस्य च। सुरत्वं चोपनष्टं स्यादन्यसृष्टिं करोम्यहम्
anena paṃkayogena vyavahārā kṛtasya ca| suratvaṃ copanaṣṭaṃ syādanyasṛṣṭiṃ karomyaham
By this muddy course of conduct which you have practised, your godhood too would be destroyed; I shall make another creation.
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PdP 1 72.5
त्वामेव निहनिष्यामि सह देवगणैरिह। इत्युक्त्वा धनुरादाय जघान विशिखैर्विभुम्
tvāmeva nihaniṣyāmi saha devagaṇairiha| ityuktvā dhanurādāya jaghāna viśikhairvibhum
You yourself I shall slay here, together with the hosts of gods." Having said this, he took up his bow and struck the Lord with arrows.
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PdP 1 72.6
माधवस्तान्बिभेदाथ शरैर्वज्रसमप्रभैः। बहुभिस्सर्वगात्रेषु जघान च मधुं ततः
mādhavastānbibhedātha śarairvajrasamaprabhaiḥ| bahubhissarvagātreṣu jaghāna ca madhuṃ tataḥ
Then Mādhava split those (arrows) with shafts blazing like the thunderbolt, and with many (arrows) he struck Madhu on all his limbs.
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PdP 1 72.7
मायया छादितः सोभूद्दैत्यस्तं सुरसत्तमाः। ये वै शूराश्च रुद्राद्यास्त्रिदशास्सत्त्वधारिणः
māyayā chāditaḥ sobhūddaityastaṃ surasattamāḥ| ye vai śūrāśca rudrādyāstridaśāssattvadhāriṇaḥ
That daitya became concealed by magic (māyā); (he made) those best of gods—those heroes, Rudra and the rest, the thirty (gods), the bearers of strength—
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PdP 1 72.8
देव्यो नानाविधाश्चापि सायुधा वाहनान्विताः। सेनान्यो गणपा देवा लोकेश हरविष्णवः
devyo nānāvidhāścāpi sāyudhā vāhanānvitāḥ| senānyo gaṇapā devā lokeśa haraviṣṇavaḥ
—and the goddesses of many kinds too, armed and with their mounts, the army-leaders, the lords of the hosts, the gods, the world-guardian, Hara and Viṣṇu—
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PdP 1 72.9
अन्ये ग्रहादयो देवाः सर्वे युध्यन्ति संगताः। विनष्टाश्च तदा देवा मधोर्वै मायया ध्रुवम्
anye grahādayo devāḥ sarve yudhyanti saṃgatāḥ| vinaṣṭāśca tadā devā madhorvai māyayā dhruvam
—and the other gods, the planets and the rest: all of them fight, joined together; and then indeed the gods were undone by Madhu's magic.
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PdP 1 72.10
संमुखे विमुखे चैव शरशक्त्यृष्टिवृष्टिभिः। पतंति सहसा देवा भूमौ शस्त्राभिपीडिताः
saṃmukhe vimukhe caiva śaraśaktyṛṣṭivṛṣṭibhiḥ| pataṃti sahasā devā bhūmau śastrābhipīḍitāḥ
Facing him and turned away from him alike, struck down by weapons, by showers of arrows, spears and lances, the gods fall suddenly to the ground.
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PdP 1 72.11
एतस्मिन्नंतरे विष्णुर्गृहीत्वा च सुदर्शनम्। असुरान्मायया देवान्जघान रणमूर्धनि
etasminnaṃtare viṣṇurgṛhītvā ca sudarśanam| asurānmāyayā devānjaghāna raṇamūrdhani
Meanwhile Viṣṇu, taking up the Sudarśana (discus), slew at the head of the battle the asuras (who appeared) as gods by magic.
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PdP 1 72.12
अथ तेषां शिरांस्येष छित्वा चैव सहस्रशः। पातयामास देवेशो दैत्यानां च सुरात्मनाम्
atha teṣāṃ śirāṃsyeṣa chitvā caiva sahasraśaḥ| pātayāmāsa deveśo daityānāṃ ca surātmanām
Then he, the lord of the gods, cut off their heads by the thousands and felled them—the heads of the daityas who had the form of gods.
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PdP 1 72.13
एवमन्यान्विभुर्दैत्यान्द्रावयामास संगरात्। तं दृष्ट्वा मुनयो देवाः सर्वे विस्मयमाययुः
evamanyānvibhurdaityāndrāvayāmāsa saṃgarāt| taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayo devāḥ sarve vismayamāyayuḥ
In this way the Lord drove the other daityas from the battle. Seeing him, the sages and all the gods fell into amazement.
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PdP 1 72.14
कर्णे कर्णे प्रजल्पंते देवा मुनिगणास्तथा। सदा देवैकगोप्ता च हरिरव्यय ईश्वरः
karṇe karṇe prajalpaṃte devā munigaṇāstathā| sadā devaikagoptā ca hariravyaya īśvaraḥ
The gods and the throngs of sages talk in one another's ears: "Hari, the imperishable Lord, has always been the sole protector of the gods;
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PdP 1 72.15
सर्वसाक्षी त्वयं देवो दैत्यजिष्णुर्युगे युगे। कथं हंति सुरान्सर्वान्कल्पांत इह जायते
sarvasākṣī tvayaṃ devo daityajiṣṇuryuge yuge| kathaṃ haṃti surānsarvānkalpāṃta iha jāyate
this god is the witness of all, the conqueror of the daityas in age after age—how is it that he kills all the gods? The end of the aeon is arriving here!"
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PdP 1 72.16
एतस्मिन्नंतरे दूरे मधुर्मायां प्रयोजिता। हररूपधरो भूत्वा अब्रवीद्धरिमव्ययम्
etasminnaṃtare dūre madhurmāyāṃ prayojitā| hararūpadharo bhūtvā abravīddharimavyayam
Meanwhile, at a distance, Madhu deployed a magic illusion: taking on the form of Hara, he spoke to the imperishable Hari:
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PdP 1 72.17
दैत्यानामग्रतः पाप रणे देवान्समंततः। हत्वा किं ते शिवं चाद्य धर्मकीर्ति यशो गुणाः
daityānāmagrataḥ pāpa raṇe devānsamaṃtataḥ| hatvā kiṃ te śivaṃ cādya dharmakīrti yaśo guṇāḥ
"Wicked one, in front of the daityas, in the battle, having slain the gods on every side—what good is this to you today, or your righteousness, your renown, your glory, your virtues?
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PdP 1 72.18
महतोन्मत्तभावेन न जानासि परान्स्वकान्। अतस्त्वां निशितैर्बाणैर्नयामि यमसादनम्
mahatonmattabhāvena na jānāsi parānsvakān| atastvāṃ niśitairbāṇairnayāmi yamasādanam
In your greatly frenzied state you do not distinguish strangers from your own. Therefore with sharp arrows I shall send you to the abode of Yama."
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PdP 1 72.19
एवमुक्त्वा शरैरुग्रैर्जघान केशवं रणे। निचकर्त शरांस्तांस्तु माधवो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
evamuktvā śarairugrairjaghāna keśavaṃ raṇe| nicakarta śarāṃstāṃstu mādhavo vākyamabravīt
Having said this, he struck Keśava in the battle with fierce arrows; but Mādhava cut those arrows down and spoke these words:
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PdP 1 72.20
जानामि त्वां रणे दैत्यं हररूपधरं प्रियम्। शूरं शूरविकर्माणं मधुं मायानियोजितम्
jānāmi tvāṃ raṇe daityaṃ hararūpadharaṃ priyam| śūraṃ śūravikarmāṇaṃ madhuṃ māyāniyojitam
"I know you in battle to be a demon wearing the beloved form of Hara — a hero of heroic deeds, Madhu, employing magic."
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PdP 1 72.21
मिथ्यालोकं प्रदास्यामि पातयित्वा रणाजिरे। एतस्मिन्नंतरे तीक्ष्णैः शरैर्विव्याध संयुगे
mithyālokaṃ pradāsyāmi pātayitvā raṇājire| etasminnaṃtare tīkṣṇaiḥ śarairvivyādha saṃyuge
"I shall grant (you) a false world, having felled (you) on the field of battle." Meanwhile he pierced (him) in the encounter with sharp arrows —
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PdP 1 72.22
जटिलं वृषकेतुं च वृषभस्थं महेश्वरम्। तयोर्युद्धमतीवासीद्देवदानवयोस्तदा
jaṭilaṃ vṛṣaketuṃ ca vṛṣabhasthaṃ maheśvaram| tayoryuddhamatīvāsīddevadānavayostadā
(pierced) the matted-haired one, the bull-bannered, the great lord seated on a bull. Then the fight between those two, the god and the demon, was exceedingly fierce.
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PdP 1 72.23
परस्परं भिंदतोश्च प्राप्तान्प्राप्तान्शरान्शरैः। क्षुरप्रेण धनुस्तस्य चिच्छेद हरिरव्ययः
parasparaṃ bhiṃdatośca prāptānprāptānśarānśaraiḥ| kṣurapreṇa dhanustasya ciccheda hariravyayaḥ
And as the two were splitting with arrows each other's arrows as they came on and on, the imperishable Hari cut his bow with a razor-edged shaft.
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PdP 1 72.24
ततश्च पातयामास घोटकं वृषरूपिणम्। स दैत्यश्शूलहस्तोथ प्रदुद्राव जगत्पतिम्
tataśca pātayāmāsa ghoṭakaṃ vṛṣarūpiṇam| sa daityaśśūlahastotha pradudrāva jagatpatim
And then he felled the horse that had the form of a bull; then that demon, spear in hand, rushed at the lord of the world.
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PdP 1 72.25
भ्रामयित्वा ततः शूलं जघान परमेश्वरम्। त्रिभिश्चिच्छेद बाणैश्च शूलं कालानलप्रभम्
bhrāmayitvā tataḥ śūlaṃ jaghāna parameśvaram| tribhiściccheda bāṇaiśca śūlaṃ kālānalaprabham
Then, whirling the spear, he struck at the supreme lord; and (Hari) cut with three arrows that spear, bright as the fire of time.
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PdP 1 72.26
ततः क्रूरो महाबाहुर्मधुर्मायातिमायिकः। देवीरूपं समास्थाय सिंहस्थः प्रययौ हरिः
tataḥ krūro mahābāhurmadhurmāyātimāyikaḥ| devīrūpaṃ samāsthāya siṃhasthaḥ prayayau hariḥ
Then the cruel, mighty-armed Madhu, of surpassing wizardry in illusion, taking on the form of the Goddess and seated on a lion, advanced upon Hari.
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PdP 1 72.27
शरैर्बहुविधैर्विष्णुं जघानैवाब्रवीद्वचः। स्वामी तु मे सुरश्रेष्ठ त्वयैव पातितो युधि
śarairbahuvidhairviṣṇuṃ jaghānaivābravīdvacaḥ| svāmī tu me suraśreṣṭha tvayaiva pātito yudhi
He struck Viṣṇu with arrows of many kinds and said these words: "But my husband, O best of gods, was felled by you yourself in the fight;
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PdP 1 72.28
अहं त्वां च हनिष्यामि सुतौ स्कंदविनायकौ। उक्तवंतं च दैतेयं जघान बहुमार्गणैः
ahaṃ tvāṃ ca haniṣyāmi sutau skaṃdavināyakau| uktavaṃtaṃ ca daiteyaṃ jaghāna bahumārgaṇaiḥ
and I shall kill you and (your) two sons, Skanda and Vināyaka." And as he was speaking, (Hari) struck the son of Diti with many shafts.
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PdP 1 72.29
स पपात महीपृष्ठे गतासुर्लोहितोद्गिरः। पितरौ निहतौ दृष्ट्वा मायाबद्धो महाबलः
sa papāta mahīpṛṣṭhe gatāsurlohitodgiraḥ| pitarau nihatau dṛṣṭvā māyābaddho mahābalaḥ
He fell upon the surface of the earth, his life gone, spewing blood. Seeing his parents slain, the mighty one, bound by the illusion,
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PdP 1 72.30
स्कंदः शक्तिं समादाय प्रायाद्योधयितुं हरिम्। ततो धाताऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं स्कंदं मोहप्रपीडितम्
skaṃdaḥ śaktiṃ samādāya prāyādyodhayituṃ harim| tato dhātā'bravīdvākyaṃ skaṃdaṃ mohaprapīḍitam
Skanda, taking up his spear, went forth to fight Hari; then the Creator spoke these words to Skanda, who was afflicted by the delusion:
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PdP 1 72.31
पश्य ते पितरौ दूरे पश्यंतौ युद्धमीदृशम्। अंतरिक्षे भ्रमंतौ च संस्थितौ लोकसाक्षिणौ
paśya te pitarau dūre paśyaṃtau yuddhamīdṛśam| aṃtarikṣe bhramaṃtau ca saṃsthitau lokasākṣiṇau
"Look at your parents far off, watching such a battle as this, moving about in the sky and standing there as witnesses of the world."
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PdP 1 72.32
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो दृष्ट्वा तत्रैवांतरधीयत। ततो धुंधुश्च सुंधुश्च भ्रातरावतिदर्पितौ
etacchrutvā tato dṛṣṭvā tatraivāṃtaradhīyata| tato dhuṃdhuśca suṃdhuśca bhrātarāvatidarpitau
Having heard this and then seen (it), he vanished right there. Then Dhundhu and Sundhu, the two exceedingly arrogant brothers,
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PdP 1 72.33
वधं प्रति हरेर्युद्धे पेततुर्गरुडोपरि। खड्गहस्तं च धुंधुं च सगदं सुंधुमेव च
vadhaṃ prati hareryuddhe petaturgaruḍopari| khaḍgahastaṃ ca dhuṃdhuṃ ca sagadaṃ suṃdhumeva ca
fell upon Garuḍa in the fight, bent on killing Hari — Dhundhu with a sword in hand, and Sundhu with a mace.
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PdP 1 72.34
चिच्छेद नंदकेनैकं गदया सादयत्परम्। पेततुस्तौ धरापृष्ठे प्रवीरौ क्षतविक्षतौ
ciccheda naṃdakenaikaṃ gadayā sādayatparam| petatustau dharāpṛṣṭhe pravīrau kṣatavikṣatau
He cut down the one with (the sword) Nandaka and struck the other down with the mace; the two champions fell on the surface of the earth, torn and mangled.
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PdP 1 72.35
मधुस्तदागतस्तूर्णमंतर्धानं तमोवृतः। पातयामास विष्णौ च मायया शतपर्वतान्
madhustadāgatastūrṇamaṃtardhānaṃ tamovṛtaḥ| pātayāmāsa viṣṇau ca māyayā śataparvatān
Then Madhu came swiftly, veiled in darkness (and) invisible, and by magic he brought down a hundred mountains upon Viṣṇu.
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PdP 1 72.36
ततस्तान्पर्वतांश्छित्वा तमसोऽन्तर्गतो युधि। क्रोधात्सुदर्शनेनैव शिरश्छित्वा निपातितः
tatastānparvatāṃśchitvā tamaso'ntargato yudhi| krodhātsudarśanenaiva śiraśchitvā nipātitaḥ
Then, having cut those mountains apart, (Hari) entered within the darkness in the fight, and in anger, his head cut off by Sudarśana itself, (Madhu) was struck down.
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PdP 1 72.37
ततो ब्रह्मादिभिर्देवैश्शंभुना त्रिदशैरपि। मधुसूदन इतिख्यातिर्विष्णोर्लोकेषु कारिता
tato brahmādibhirdevaiśśaṃbhunā tridaśairapi| madhusūdana itikhyātirviṣṇorlokeṣu kāritā
Then by Brahmā and the other gods, by Śambhu and by the Thirty as well, the renown "Madhusūdana" was made for Viṣṇu in the worlds.
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