Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 74

PdP 1 74.1

व्यास उवाच- चतुर्भिस्तुरगैर्जुष्टं रथं सूर्यसमप्रभं। त्रैपुरिः संरुरोहाथाब्रवीद्वाक्यं गणाधिपं

vyāsa uvāca- caturbhisturagairjuṣṭaṃ rathaṃ sūryasamaprabhaṃ| traipuriḥ saṃrurohāthābravīdvākyaṃ gaṇādhipaṃ

Vyāsa said: Then Traipuri mounted a chariot furnished with four horses, radiant as the sun, and spoke these words to the lord of the hosts:

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PdP 1 74.2

पिता मे निहतः पित्रा तव यस्माद्गणाधिप। तस्मात्त्वामद्य विशिखैर्नयामि यमसादनं

pitā me nihataḥ pitrā tava yasmādgaṇādhipa| tasmāttvāmadya viśikhairnayāmi yamasādanaṃ

"Since my father was slain by your father, O lord of the gaṇas, therefore today with my arrows I send you to the abode of Yama."

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PdP 1 74.3

ततस्तमब्रवीद्देवो गणेशस्त्रिपुरात्मजं। तव तातेन दुष्टेन सुराणामहितं पुरा

tatastamabravīddevo gaṇeśastripurātmajaṃ| tava tātena duṣṭena surāṇāmahitaṃ purā

Then the god Gaṇeśa said to that son of Tripura: "Formerly, by your wicked father, harm was done to the gods,

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PdP 1 74.4

कृतं कर्ममहत्पापं श्रुतं नो जनकेन हि। पापकर्मरतं दुष्टं ज्ञात्वा ज्ञानबलेन च

kṛtaṃ karmamahatpāpaṃ śrutaṃ no janakena hi| pāpakarmarataṃ duṣṭaṃ jñātvā jñānabalena ca

"a deed exceedingly sinful was done — indeed it was heard of by our father; and knowing him, wicked and devoted to evil deeds, by the power of (his) knowledge,

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PdP 1 74.5

अवधीत्तं शरैकेन पितरं ते बलेन च। पंकात्प्रतारितो मोहात्प्रेषितो यममंदिरं

avadhīttaṃ śaraikena pitaraṃ te balena ca| paṃkātpratārito mohātpreṣito yamamaṃdiraṃ

"he slew that father of yours with a single arrow, by his strength; drawn out of the mire (of delusion?) by delusion, he was dispatched to Yama's house."

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PdP 1 74.6

त्वां चाहं तत्पथं दैत्य प्रेषयामि क्षणादिह। उक्तवंतं महाप्राज्ञं सुराणां च गणाधिपं

tvāṃ cāhaṃ tatpathaṃ daitya preṣayāmi kṣaṇādiha| uktavaṃtaṃ mahāprājñaṃ surāṇāṃ ca gaṇādhipaṃ

"And you too, O Daitya, I send along that same road this very instant, here." As he spoke thus, (the demon pierced) the greatly wise lord of the gaṇas of the gods —

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PdP 1 74.7

विव्याध दशभिस्तीक्ष्णैः कालानलसमप्रभैः। ततः शरसहस्रैस्तु दैत्यं विव्याध साहसात्

vivyādha daśabhistīkṣṇaiḥ kālānalasamaprabhaiḥ| tataḥ śarasahasraistu daityaṃ vivyādha sāhasāt

he pierced (him) with ten sharp (arrows) blazing like the fire of time; then with a thousand shafts he violently pierced the Daitya (in turn),

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PdP 1 74.8

यमदंडसमैर्बाणैः क्षुरप्रैश्च शिलीमुखैः। कंकपत्रैर्महातीक्ष्णैर्वज्रानलसमप्रभैः

yamadaṃḍasamairbāṇaiḥ kṣurapraiśca śilīmukhaiḥ| kaṃkapatrairmahātīkṣṇairvajrānalasamaprabhaiḥ

with arrows like the rod of Yama, with razor-tipped shafts and with śilīmukha arrows, with heron-feathered ones, exceedingly sharp, blazing like the thunderbolt and like fire.

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PdP 1 74.9

विचकर्त शरांश्चास्य लंबोदरः सुरार्चितः। पुनर्विव्याध विशिखैः सहसाभि दुरोपमैः

vicakarta śarāṃścāsya laṃbodaraḥ surārcitaḥ| punarvivyādha viśikhaiḥ sahasābhi duropamaiḥ

And the pot-bellied one, honoured by the gods, cut apart his arrows; again he pierced (him) violently with shafts resembling (?) durā(?).

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PdP 1 74.10

शरैरर्दितसर्वांगो मूर्च्छितस्त्वपतद्भुवि। ततो भद्रश्च सौभद्रो भीषणो निर्जरांतकः

śarairarditasarvāṃgo mūrcchitastvapatadbhuvi| tato bhadraśca saubhadro bhīṣaṇo nirjarāṃtakaḥ

With all his limbs tormented by arrows he fainted and fell to the ground. Then Bhadra and Saubhadra, Bhīṣaṇa and Nirjarāntaka,

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PdP 1 74.11

स्वां स्वां गदां समादाय दुद्रुवुस्तं विनायकम्। युगपत्ते गदापातैर्निजघ्नुर्गणनायकम्

svāṃ svāṃ gadāṃ samādāya dudruvustaṃ vināyakam| yugapatte gadāpātairnijaghnurgaṇanāyakam

each taking up his own mace, ran at that Vināyaka; all at once they struck the leader of the gaṇas with blows of their maces.

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PdP 1 74.12

लाघवात्तु वृथा कृत्वा गदास्तेषां महाबलः। भद्रकस्य तु शीर्षे चाहनत्परशुना तदा

lāghavāttu vṛthā kṛtvā gadāsteṣāṃ mahābalaḥ| bhadrakasya tu śīrṣe cāhanatparaśunā tadā

But the mighty one, by his agility, made their maces useless, and then struck at Bhadraka's head with his axe.

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PdP 1 74.13

सौभद्रस्योत्तमांगं च असिनाग्रे निपातितम्। भीषणस्य कुठारेण खड्गेन निर्जरांतकम्

saubhadrasyottamāṃgaṃ ca asināgre nipātitam| bhīṣaṇasya kuṭhāreṇa khaḍgena nirjarāṃtakam

And Saubhadra's head was struck down by the edge of his sword; Bhīṣaṇa's with the hatchet, Nirjarāntaka's with the sword.

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PdP 1 74.14

पातयित्वा च हेरम्बो महागिरिसमांस्तदा। चतुरो गणमुख्यांश्च अन्यांश्चापातयद्द्विषः

pātayitvā ca herambo mahāgirisamāṃstadā| caturo gaṇamukhyāṃśca anyāṃścāpātayaddviṣaḥ

And having felled the four chiefs of the gaṇas, huge as great mountains, Heramba then felled other enemies too.

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PdP 1 74.15

ततः संज्ञां समालभ्य त्रैपुरिश्चासुरोत्तमः। समारुह्य रथं स्वं च जघान सुरसत्तमम्

tataḥ saṃjñāṃ samālabhya traipuriścāsurottamaḥ| samāruhya rathaṃ svaṃ ca jaghāna surasattamam

Then the son of Tripura, best of the Asuras, regaining consciousness and mounting his own chariot, struck at the best of the gods

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PdP 1 74.16

विशिखैरर्धचंद्रैश्च क्षुरप्रैर्भल्लकैस्तथा। तांस्तु चिच्छेद धर्मात्मा पुनर्विव्याध तं शरैः

viśikhairardhacaṃdraiśca kṣuraprairbhallakaistathā| tāṃstu ciccheda dharmātmā punarvivyādha taṃ śaraiḥ

with shafts, with crescent-headed and razor-edged and bhalla arrows; but the righteous one cut them apart and again pierced him with arrows.

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PdP 1 74.17

चतुर्भिः सैंधवांश्चैव शरैकेन च सारथिम्। शरैः संपातयामास धरण्यां गणनायकान्

caturbhiḥ saiṃdhavāṃścaiva śaraikena ca sārathim| śaraiḥ saṃpātayāmāsa dharaṇyāṃ gaṇanāyakān

With four (arrows he struck) the Sindhu horses, and with a single arrow the charioteer; with arrows he brought down the leaders of the gaṇas to the earth.

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PdP 1 74.18

लाघवात्तु रथं चान्यं गत्वा त्रिपुरनंदनः। विशिखैर्वज्रसंकाशैः संबिभेद गणाधिपम्

lāghavāttu rathaṃ cānyaṃ gatvā tripuranaṃdanaḥ| viśikhairvajrasaṃkāśaiḥ saṃbibheda gaṇādhipam

But by his agility the son of Tripura went to another chariot and pierced the lord of the gaṇas with shafts resembling thunderbolts.

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PdP 1 74.19

रुधिरेणावसिक्तांगो रुषा घोर यमप्रभः। ललाटे च त्रिभिर्बाणैस्सप्तभिश्च स्तनांतरे

rudhireṇāvasiktāṃgo ruṣā ghora yamaprabhaḥ| lalāṭe ca tribhirbāṇaissaptabhiśca stanāṃtare

His body drenched with blood, terrible in his fury, with the look of Yama — with three arrows in the forehead and with seven between the breasts,

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PdP 1 74.20

चतुर्भिर्नाभिदेशे च पंचभिर्मुष्टिमस्तके। संबिभेद महाक्रोधो बलिनं शंभुनंदनः

caturbhirnābhideśe ca paṃcabhirmuṣṭimastake| saṃbibheda mahākrodho balinaṃ śaṃbhunaṃdanaḥ

and with four in the region of the navel and with five in the crown of the head, the son of Śambhu in great wrath pierced the strong one.

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PdP 1 74.21

शरैरर्दितसर्वांगः स दैत्यो रणमूर्धनि। कश्मलं परमं गत्वा संपपात रथोपरि

śarairarditasarvāṃgaḥ sa daityo raṇamūrdhani| kaśmalaṃ paramaṃ gatvā saṃpapāta rathopari

With all his limbs tormented by arrows, that Daitya, at the head of the battle, falling into a deep swoon, collapsed upon his chariot.

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PdP 1 74.22

ततः सूतेन धीरेण अपनीतो रणाजिरात्। विमुखं नाहनच्छूरो विनायकः सुरार्चितः

tataḥ sūtena dhīreṇa apanīto raṇājirāt| vimukhaṃ nāhanacchūro vināyakaḥ surārcitaḥ

Then he was carried off from the battlefield by his steady charioteer; for the hero Vināyaka, worshipped by the gods, would not strike one who had turned away.

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PdP 1 74.23

चिरात्संज्ञां समालभ्य यंतारं चाब्रवीद्वचः। गच्छ सूत रणे भीरुं विनायकं हरात्मजम्

cirātsaṃjñāṃ samālabhya yaṃtāraṃ cābravīdvacaḥ| gaccha sūta raṇe bhīruṃ vināyakaṃ harātmajam

After a long while regaining consciousness, he spoke these words to his driver: "Go, charioteer, (bring me) to Vināyaka, the son of Hara, who is a coward in battle!"

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PdP 1 74.24

ततो यंताब्रवीद्वाक्यं सत्यं पथ्यं च कोमलम्। हरात्मजशरान्सोढुं कस्समर्थो रणाजिरे

tato yaṃtābravīdvākyaṃ satyaṃ pathyaṃ ca komalam| harātmajaśarānsoḍhuṃ kassamartho raṇājire

Then the driver spoke words true, salutary and gentle: "Who is able on the field of battle to withstand the arrows of Hara's son?

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PdP 1 74.25

तस्मान्मोहगतस्त्वं च मयानीतः प्रभासुत। एतज्ज्ञात्वा त्विदानीं भो यद्युक्तं तद्विधीयताम्

tasmānmohagatastvaṃ ca mayānītaḥ prabhāsuta| etajjñātvā tvidānīṃ bho yadyuktaṃ tadvidhīyatām

"Therefore you too fell into a swoon, and were carried off by me, O son of Prabhā. Knowing this, now, sir, let whatever is fitting be done."

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PdP 1 74.26

एतस्मिन्नंतरे राज्ञा प्रेरितः कविसत्तमः। औषधादिप्रयोगेण गजः संज्ञामबोधयत्

etasminnaṃtare rājñā preritaḥ kavisattamaḥ| auṣadhādiprayogeṇa gajaḥ saṃjñāmabodhayat

Meanwhile the best of sages, urged on by the king, awakened the elephant to consciousness by the application of herbs and the rest.

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PdP 1 74.27

अकारयच्छतगुण प्राणं च जयमादिशत्। प्राग्जलं मंत्रितं दत्वा रुरोधास्याङ्गकव्रणान्

akārayacchataguṇa prāṇaṃ ca jayamādiśat| prāgjalaṃ maṃtritaṃ datvā rurodhāsyāṅgakavraṇān

He made (its) vital force a hundredfold, and promised victory; and first, giving water over which spells had been spoken, he closed up the wounds on its limbs.

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PdP 1 74.28

स गजो दशनैरेव स्फोटयामास वै गिरिम्। एवं शतसहस्राणि सैन्यानि सैन्यपालकान्

sa gajo daśanaireva sphoṭayāmāsa vai girim| evaṃ śatasahasrāṇi sainyāni sainyapālakān

That elephant split a mountain with its tusks alone; and thus hundreds of thousands of armies and army-commanders

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PdP 1 74.29

पातयामास समितौ गजः परमदुर्जयः। स दैत्यस्तस्य पृष्ठस्थः शरैः कालानलप्रभैः

pātayāmāsa samitau gajaḥ paramadurjayaḥ| sa daityastasya pṛṣṭhasthaḥ śaraiḥ kālānalaprabhaiḥ

the elephant, exceedingly hard to conquer, laid low in the battle. And that demon, seated on its back, with arrows blazing like the fire of time,

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PdP 1 74.30

हत्वा त्वपातयच्चोर्व्यां मुख्यमुख्यान्सुराधिपान्। शरैस्तस्य तदा देवा यमदंडसमप्रभैः

hatvā tvapātayaccorvyāṃ mukhyamukhyānsurādhipān| śaraistasya tadā devā yamadaṃḍasamaprabhaiḥ

struck down and felled to the earth the foremost among the lords of the gods. Then, by his arrows that shone like the rod of Yama,

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PdP 1 74.31

निपतंति महावीर्या रुधिरौघपरिप्लुताः। यस्मिन्यस्मिंश्च मार्गे तु स दैत्यः सगजो गतः

nipataṃti mahāvīryā rudhiraughapariplutāḥ| yasminyasmiṃśca mārge tu sa daityaḥ sagajo gataḥ

the mighty ones fall, drenched in floods of blood. And on whatever path that demon went with his elephant,

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PdP 1 74.32

तत्र तत्र चकाराशु भीषणं संचितं शरैः। गजेन पातिताः केचिद्गजारोहेण चापरे

tatra tatra cakārāśu bhīṣaṇaṃ saṃcitaṃ śaraiḥ| gajena pātitāḥ kecidgajāroheṇa cāpare

there and there he swiftly made a terrible heap (of the slain) with his arrows. Some were felled by the elephant, others by the elephant's rider,

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PdP 1 74.33

वेगेन भ्रमणेनैव सुराः केचित्प्रतापिताः। एवं सुरगणाध्यक्षाः शस्त्रास्त्रैर्विविधैश्च तम्

vegena bhramaṇenaiva surāḥ kecitpratāpitāḥ| evaṃ suragaṇādhyakṣāḥ śastrāstrairvividhaiśca tam

and some gods were tormented by the very speed of (the elephant's) whirling about. Thus the chiefs of the hosts of gods, with weapons and missiles of many kinds,

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PdP 1 74.34

सगजं युद्धनिर्भीता निजघ्नुर्बहुभिः शरैः। तथापि तद्गजं योद्धुं न शक्तास्ते महाबलाः

sagajaṃ yuddhanirbhītā nijaghnurbahubhiḥ śaraiḥ| tathāpi tadgajaṃ yoddhuṃ na śaktāste mahābalāḥ

fearless in battle, struck him together with his elephant with many arrows; yet even so those mighty ones were not able to fight that elephant.

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PdP 1 74.35

क्षिप्रं तांस्तु गजो दंतैस्त्रैपुरोऽपातयच्छरैः। न गता ये धरण्यां च देवा जर्जरविग्रहाः

kṣipraṃ tāṃstu gajo daṃtaistraipuro'pātayaccharaiḥ| na gatā ye dharaṇyāṃ ca devā jarjaravigrahāḥ

Swiftly the elephant of Tripura felled them with its tusks, and (the demon) with his arrows. Those gods who did not go down to the earth, their bodies shattered,

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PdP 1 74.36

शरण्यं गणपं जग्मुर्भीतास्ते वेदनातुराः। देवानां कदनं दृष्ट्वा गणाधीशः प्रतापवान्

śaraṇyaṃ gaṇapaṃ jagmurbhītāste vedanāturāḥ| devānāṃ kadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā gaṇādhīśaḥ pratāpavān

frightened and afflicted with pain, went for refuge to Gaṇapa. Seeing the slaughter of the gods, the mighty lord of the hosts

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PdP 1 74.37

स गजं ताडयामास वज्रानलसमैः शरैः। स गजो वेगसंरुद्धः शरेण च समुत्थितः

sa gajaṃ tāḍayāmāsa vajrānalasamaiḥ śaraiḥ| sa gajo vegasaṃruddhaḥ śareṇa ca samutthitaḥ

struck that elephant with arrows equal to the thunderbolt and to fire; and the elephant, its rush checked by the arrow, reared up.

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PdP 1 74.38

अथोतौ द्वौ शरैरेव बिभिदाते परस्परम्। उभौ तौ नर्दमानौ च अन्योन्यं जयमैच्छताम्

athotau dvau śaraireva bibhidāte parasparam| ubhau tau nardamānau ca anyonyaṃ jayamaicchatām

Then those two pierced each other with arrows; and both of them, roaring, sought victory each over the other,

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PdP 1 74.39

शोणितैर्लिप्तसर्वांगौ वीरमुख्यौ सुरासुरौ। अथाखुं स गजो मत्तो बिभेद दशनैः स्वकैः

śoṇitairliptasarvāṃgau vīramukhyau surāsurau| athākhuṃ sa gajo matto bibheda daśanaiḥ svakaiḥ

the two chief heroes, god and demon, all their limbs smeared with blood. Then that maddened elephant gashed the mouse with its tusks,

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PdP 1 74.40

आखुनाभिद्रुतो नागो घोरयुद्धं तयोः परम्। अधोर्ध्वं संविभागे च चतुर्भिर्युद्धमद्भुतम्

ākhunābhidruto nāgo ghorayuddhaṃ tayoḥ param| adhordhvaṃ saṃvibhāge ca caturbhiryuddhamadbhutam

and the elephant was charged by the mouse: their fight was utterly terrible. Below and above, in (their) several divisions, the fight of the four was marvellous —

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PdP 1 74.41

सशब्दं तुमुलं युद्धं सर्वलोकभयंकरम्। दशनैर्दशनैरेव शरैरेव शरोत्तमैः

saśabdaṃ tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ sarvalokabhayaṃkaram| daśanairdaśanaireva śaraireva śarottamaiḥ

a loud, tumultuous fight, terrifying to all the worlds: tusks against tusks, and arrows against the finest arrows.

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PdP 1 74.42

तद्घोरमभवद्युद्धं देवदानवसंगरे। आखुको भेदयांचक्रे महानांगं महाबलम्

tadghoramabhavadyuddhaṃ devadānavasaṃgare| ākhuko bhedayāṃcakre mahānāṃgaṃ mahābalam

That terrible battle took place in the clash of gods and demons; the mouse split open the great, mighty elephant.

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PdP 1 74.43

पर्शुना पृष्ठवंशाग्रे स्थित्वा तेनाहनत्पुनः। दैत्यस्य दशनद्वारे हृदिस्कंधेथ लाघवात्

parśunā pṛṣṭhavaṃśāgre sthitvā tenāhanatpunaḥ| daityasya daśanadvāre hṛdiskaṃdhetha lāghavāt

Standing on the tip of the spine, with an axe he struck him again — the demon — at the base of the tusk, then, swiftly, in the heart and the shoulder.

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PdP 1 74.44

सगजः स पपातोर्व्यां गतासुर्लोहितं वमन्। शशंसुर्मुनयो देवास्साधुसाध्विति चाब्रुवत्

sagajaḥ sa papātorvyāṃ gatāsurlohitaṃ vaman| śaśaṃsurmunayo devāssādhusādhviti cābruvat

Together with his elephant he fell to the ground, life gone, vomiting blood; the sages praised (it) and the gods said "Well done, well done!"

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PdP 1 74.45

अत्रान्येस्त्रैरमोघैश्च दैत्यानाजघ्नुराहवे। यावत्तु सेनयोर्नैव जययुद्धं समापयेत्

atrānyestrairamoghaiśca daityānājaghnurāhave| yāvattu senayornaiva jayayuddhaṃ samāpayet

Here (they) struck down the demons in battle with other unfailing weapons too — but the fighting for victory between the two armies would not come to an end.

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