Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 114
PdP 2 114.1
कुंजल उवाच- अथ ते दानवाः सर्वे हुंडस्य परिचारकाः । नहुषस्यापि संवादं रंभया तु यथाश्रुतम्
kuṃjala uvāca- atha te dānavāḥ sarve huṃḍasya paricārakāḥ | nahuṣasyāpi saṃvādaṃ raṃbhayā tu yathāśrutam
Kuñjala said: Then all those Dānavas, the attendants of Huṇḍa, (reported) Nahuṣa's conversation with Rambhā, just as they had heard it,
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PdP 2 114.2
आचचक्षुश्च दैत्येंद्रं हुंडं सर्वं सुभाषितम् । तमाकर्ण्य स चुक्रोध दूतं वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्
ācacakṣuśca daityeṃdraṃ huṃḍaṃ sarvaṃ subhāṣitam | tamākarṇya sa cukrodha dūtaṃ vākyamathābravīt
and they related the whole speech to Huṇḍa, the lord of the Daityas. Hearing it, he grew angry and then spoke these words to a messenger:
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PdP 2 114.3
गच्छ वीर ममादेशाज्जानीहि पुरुषं हि तम् । संभाषते तया सार्द्धं पुरुषः शिवकन्यया
gaccha vīra mamādeśājjānīhi puruṣaṃ hi tam | saṃbhāṣate tayā sārddhaṃ puruṣaḥ śivakanyayā
"Go, hero, at my command, and find out who that man is — the man who converses with her, with Śiva's daughter."
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PdP 2 114.4
स्वामिनिर्देशमाकर्ण्य जगाम लघुदानवः । विविक्ते नहुषं वीरमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्
svāminirdeśamākarṇya jagāma laghudānavaḥ | vivikte nahuṣaṃ vīramidaṃ vacanamabravīt
Hearing his master's instruction, the nimble Dānava went, and in a private place spoke this word to the hero Nahuṣa.
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PdP 2 114.5
रथेन साश्वसूतेन दिव्येन परितिष्ठति । धनुषा दिव्यबाणैस्तु सभायां हि भयंकरः
rathena sāśvasūtena divyena paritiṣṭhati | dhanuṣā divyabāṇaistu sabhāyāṃ hi bhayaṃkaraḥ
(Nahuṣa) stands there with a divine chariot complete with horses and driver, with a bow and divine arrows — terrifying, indeed, in the assembly hall.
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PdP 2 114.6
कस्य केन तु कार्येण प्रेषितः केन वैभवान् । अनया रंभया तेऽद्य अन्यया शिवकन्यया
kasya kena tu kāryeṇa preṣitaḥ kena vaibhavān | anayā raṃbhayā te'dya anyayā śivakanyayā
"Whose (man are you)? By whom and on what business have you been sent, O mighty one? By this Rambhā today, and by the other one, Śiva's daughter —
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PdP 2 114.7
किमुक्तं तत्स्फुटं सर्वं कथयस्व ममाग्रतः । हुंडस्य देवमर्दस्य न बिभेति भवान्कथम्
kimuktaṃ tatsphuṭaṃ sarvaṃ kathayasva mamāgrataḥ | huṃḍasya devamardasya na bibheti bhavānkatham
what was said (by them)? Tell all that plainly before me. How is it that you do not fear Huṇḍa, the crusher of the gods?
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PdP 2 114.8
एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व यदि जीवितुमिच्छसि । सत्वरं गच्छ मा तिष्ठ दुःसहो दानवाधिपः
etanme sarvamācakṣva yadi jīvitumicchasi | satvaraṃ gaccha mā tiṣṭha duḥsaho dānavādhipaḥ
Tell me all this, if you wish to live. Go quickly, do not stay; the lord of the Dānavas is hard to endure."
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PdP 2 114.9
नहुष उवाच- योऽसावायुर्बली राजा सप्तद्वीपाधिपः प्रभुः । तस्य मां तनयं विद्धि सर्वदैत्यविनाशनम्
nahuṣa uvāca- yo'sāvāyurbalī rājā saptadvīpādhipaḥ prabhuḥ | tasya māṃ tanayaṃ viddhi sarvadaityavināśanam
Nahuṣa said: That mighty king Āyu, the lord and master of the seven continents — know me to be his son, the destroyer of all the Daityas,
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PdP 2 114.10
नहुषं नाम विख्यातं देवब्राह्मणपूजकम् । हुंडेनापहृतं बाल्ये स्वामिना तव दानव
nahuṣaṃ nāma vikhyātaṃ devabrāhmaṇapūjakam | huṃḍenāpahṛtaṃ bālye svāminā tava dānava
the one famed by the name Nahuṣa, honourer of gods and brahmins, who in infancy was carried off by Huṇḍa, your master, O Dānava.
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PdP 2 114.11
सेयं कन्या शिवस्यापि दैत्येनापहृता पुरा । घोरं तपश्चरत्येषा हुंडस्यापि वधाय च
seyaṃ kanyā śivasyāpi daityenāpahṛtā purā | ghoraṃ tapaścaratyeṣā huṃḍasyāpi vadhāya ca
This maiden too, Śiva's (daughter), was formerly carried off by the Daitya; she performs terrible austerity for the killing of Huṇḍa.
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PdP 2 114.12
योहमादौ हृतो बालस्त्वया यः सूतिकागृहात् । दास्या अपि करे दत्तः सूदस्यापि दुरात्मना
yohamādau hṛto bālastvayā yaḥ sūtikāgṛhāt | dāsyā api kare dattaḥ sūdasyāpi durātmanā
I who at the beginning was the child stolen by you from the birthing-chamber, and was put into the hands of a slave-woman and of a cook by that evil-souled one —
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PdP 2 114.13
वधार्थं श्रूयतां पाप सोहमद्य समागतः । अस्यापि हुंडदैत्यस्य दुष्टस्य पापकर्मणः
vadhārthaṃ śrūyatāṃ pāpa sohamadya samāgataḥ | asyāpi huṃḍadaityasya duṣṭasya pāpakarmaṇaḥ
hear, O wicked one, that I have come today for the killing — of this Daitya Huṇḍa too, the vile doer of evil deeds,
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PdP 2 114.14
अन्यांश्च दानवान्घोरान्नयिष्ये यमसादनम् । मामेवं विद्धि पापिष्ठ एवं कथय दानवम्
anyāṃśca dānavānghorānnayiṣye yamasādanam | māmevaṃ viddhi pāpiṣṭha evaṃ kathaya dānavam
and other dreadful Dānavas I shall lead to Yama's abode. Know me to be such, O most sinful one; tell the Dānava so.
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PdP 2 114.15
एवमाकर्ण्य तत्सर्वं नहुषस्य महात्मनः । गत्वा हुंडं स दुष्टात्मा आचचक्षेऽस्य भाषितम्
evamākarṇya tatsarvaṃ nahuṣasya mahātmanaḥ | gatvā huṃḍaṃ sa duṣṭātmā ācacakṣe'sya bhāṣitam
Having heard all that from the great-souled Nahuṣa, that evil-souled one went to Huṇḍa and reported his speech.
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PdP 2 114.16
निशम्य तन्मुखात्तूर्णं चुक्रोध दितिजेश्वरः । कस्मात्सूदेन पापेन तया दास्या न घातितः
niśamya tanmukhāttūrṇaṃ cukrodha ditijeśvaraḥ | kasmātsūdena pāpena tayā dāsyā na ghātitaḥ
Hearing it at once from his mouth, the lord of Diti's sons grew angry: "Why was he not killed by that wicked cook, by that slave-woman?
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PdP 2 114.17
सोयं वृद्धिं समायातो मया व्याधिरुपेक्षितः । अथैनं घातयिष्यामि अनया शिवकन्यया
soyaṃ vṛddhiṃ samāyāto mayā vyādhirupekṣitaḥ | athainaṃ ghātayiṣyāmi anayā śivakanyayā
He has grown up — a disease neglected by me. Now I shall have him killed, together with this daughter of Śiva,
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PdP 2 114.18
आयोः पुत्रं खलं युद्धे बाणैरेभिः शिलाशितैः । एवं सचिंतयित्वा तु सारथिं वाक्यमब्रवीत्
āyoḥ putraṃ khalaṃ yuddhe bāṇairebhiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | evaṃ saciṃtayitvā tu sārathiṃ vākyamabravīt
"(I shall kill) the son of Āyu, the rogue, in battle with these arrows sharpened on stone." Having thought thus, he spoke these words to his charioteer.
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PdP 2 114.19
स्यंदनं योजयस्व त्वं तुरगैः साधुभिः शिवैः । सेनाध्यक्षं समाहूय इत्युवाच समातुरः
syaṃdanaṃ yojayasva tvaṃ turagaiḥ sādhubhiḥ śivaiḥ | senādhyakṣaṃ samāhūya ityuvāca samāturaḥ
"Yoke the chariot with good and auspicious horses." And summoning the commander of the army, he said this, being greatly agitated:
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PdP 2 114.20
सज्जतां मम सैन्यं त्वं शूरान्नागान्प्रकल्पय । सारोहैस्तुरगान्योधान्पताकाच्छत्रचामरैः
sajjatāṃ mama sainyaṃ tvaṃ śūrānnāgānprakalpaya | sārohaisturagānyodhānpatākācchatracāmaraiḥ
"Make my army ready; muster the valiant elephants, the horses with their riders, and the fighters, with banners, parasols and yak-tail fans;
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PdP 2 114.21
चतुरंगबलं मेऽद्य योजयस्व हि सत्वरम् । एवमाकर्ण्य तत्तस्य हुंडस्यापि ततो लघुः
caturaṃgabalaṃ me'dya yojayasva hi satvaram | evamākarṇya tattasya huṃḍasyāpi tato laghuḥ
marshal for me today, and quickly, the four-limbed force." Hearing that (order) of his, Huṇḍa's swift
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PdP 2 114.22
सेनाध्यक्षो महाप्राज्ञः सर्वं चक्रे यथाविधि । चतुरंगेन तेनासौ बलेन महता वृतः
senādhyakṣo mahāprājñaḥ sarvaṃ cakre yathāvidhi | caturaṃgena tenāsau balena mahatā vṛtaḥ
army-commander, very wise, did everything according to rule. Surrounded by that great four-limbed force, he (Huṇḍa)
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PdP 2 114.23
जगाम नहुषं वीरं चापबाणधरं रणे । इंद्रस्य स्यंदने युक्तं सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम्
jagāma nahuṣaṃ vīraṃ cāpabāṇadharaṃ raṇe | iṃdrasya syaṃdane yuktaṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam
went against the hero Nahuṣa, who bore bow and arrows in the fight, who was mounted on Indra's chariot, the best of all wielders of weapons,
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PdP 2 114.24
उद्यंतं समरे वीरं दुरापं देवदानवैः । पश्यंति गगने देवा विमानस्था महौजसः
udyaṃtaṃ samare vīraṃ durāpaṃ devadānavaiḥ | paśyaṃti gagane devā vimānasthā mahaujasaḥ
the hero risen up in battle, hard for gods and demons to reach — the gods of great might, standing in their aerial cars, watch him in the sky,
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PdP 2 114.25
तेजोज्वालासमाकीर्णं द्वितीयमिव भास्करम् । सूत उवाच- अथ ते दानवाः सर्वे ववृषुस्तं शरोत्तमैः
tejojvālāsamākīrṇaṃ dvitīyamiva bhāskaram | sūta uvāca- atha te dānavāḥ sarve vavṛṣustaṃ śarottamaiḥ
covered over with flames of splendour, like a second sun. The bard said: Then all those Dānavas rained upon him with their finest arrows,
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PdP 2 114.26
खड्गैः पाशैर्महाशूलैः शक्तिभिस्तु परश्वधैः । युयुधुः संयुगे तेन नहुषेण महात्मना
khaḍgaiḥ pāśairmahāśūlaiḥ śaktibhistu paraśvadhaiḥ | yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge tena nahuṣeṇa mahātmanā
with swords, nooses, great spears, lances and axes they fought in the encounter with that great-souled Nahuṣa,
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PdP 2 114.27
संरब्धा गर्जमानास्ते यथा मेघा गिरौ तथा । तद्विक्रमं समालोक्य आयुपुत्रः प्रतापवान्
saṃrabdhā garjamānāste yathā meghā girau tathā | tadvikramaṃ samālokya āyuputraḥ pratāpavān
enraged and roaring, as clouds do upon a mountain. Seeing that valour of theirs, the mighty son of Āyu,
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PdP 2 114.28
इंद्रायुधसमं चापं विस्फार्य स गुणस्वरम् । वज्रस्फोटसमः शब्दश्चापस्यापि महात्मनः
iṃdrāyudhasamaṃ cāpaṃ visphārya sa guṇasvaram | vajrasphoṭasamaḥ śabdaścāpasyāpi mahātmanaḥ
drawing his bow, equal to Indra's weapon, with its sounding string — and the sound of the bow of that great-souled one was like the crash of the thunderbolt,
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PdP 2 114.29
नहुषेण कृतो विप्रा दानवानां भयप्रदः । महता तेन घोषेण दानवाः प्रचकंपिरे
nahuṣeṇa kṛto viprā dānavānāṃ bhayapradaḥ | mahatā tena ghoṣeṇa dānavāḥ pracakaṃpire
made by Nahuṣa, O brahmins, was a bringer of fear to the Dānavas; at that mighty roar the Dānavas trembled,
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PdP 2 114.30
कश्मलाविष्टहृदया भग्नसत्वा महाहवे
kaśmalāviṣṭahṛdayā bhagnasatvā mahāhave
their hearts possessed by dejection, their courage broken in the great battle.
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