Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 182
SiP 2 182.1
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। ततो हिरण्याक्षसुतः कदाचित्संश्रावितो नर्मयुतैर्मदांधैः।। तैर्भ्रातृभिस्संप्रयुतो विहारे किमंध राज्येन तवाद्य कार्यम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || tato hiraṇyākṣasutaḥ kadācitsaṃśrāvito narmayutairmadāṃdhaiḥ|| tairbhrātṛbhissaṃprayuto vihāre kimaṃdha rājyena tavādya kāryam
Sanatkumāra said: Then one day the son of Hiraṇyākṣa was told, in the midst of sport, by those brothers of his who were blind with pride and full of jesting: "O blind one, what use is the kingdom to you today?"
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SiP 2 182.2
हिरण्यनेत्रस्तु बभूव मूढः कलिप्रियं नेत्रविहीनमेव ।। यो लब्धवांस्त्वां विकृतं विरूपं घोरैस्तपोभिर्गिरिशं प्रसाद्य स पद्मयोनेस्तु वचो निशम्य प्रोवाच दीनः प्रणतस्तु दैत्यः ।। यैर्निष्ठुरैर्मे प्रहृतं तु राज्यं प्रह्रादमुख्या मम संतु भृत्याः अंधक उवाच ।। कथं विभो वैरिबलं प्रविश्य ह्यनेन देहेन करोमि युद्धम् ।। स्नाय्वस्थिशेषं कुरु मांसपुष्टं करेण पुण्ये न च मां स्पृशाद्य पुष्पार्घधूपान्नविलेपनैश्च सुशोभितान्यद्भुतदर्शनैश्च ।। संक्रीडमानस्य गतानि तस्य वर्षायुतानीह तथांधकस्य नागेन्द्रभोगावृतसर्वगात्रः कपालमालाभरणो जटालः ।। स शूलहस्तश्शरतूणधारी महाधनुष्मान्विवृताक्षसूत्रः त्वं कस्य पुत्रोऽसि किमर्थमत्र सुखोपविष्टो मुनिवर्य धीमन् ।। कस्येयमीदृक्तरुणी सुरूपा देया शुभा दैत्यपतेर्मुनीन्द्र एतर्हि यद्यद्रुचितं तवास्ति गृहाण तद्वै खलु राक्षस त्वम् ।। एतावदुक्त्वा विरराम शंभुस्तपस्विवेषः पुरतस्तु तेषाम् ।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। ।। ततस्स तेषां वचनं निशम्य जज्वाल रोषेण स मंदबुद्धिः ।। आज्यावसिक्तस्त्विव कृष्णवर्त्मा सत्यं हितं तत्कुटिलं सुतीक्ष्णम्
hiraṇyanetrastu babhūva mūḍhaḥ kalipriyaṃ netravihīnameva || yo labdhavāṃstvāṃ vikṛtaṃ virūpaṃ ghoraistapobhirgiriśaṃ prasādya sa padmayonestu vaco niśamya provāca dīnaḥ praṇatastu daityaḥ || yairniṣṭhurairme prahṛtaṃ tu rājyaṃ prahrādamukhyā mama saṃtu bhṛtyāḥ aṃdhaka uvāca || kathaṃ vibho vairibalaṃ praviśya hyanena dehena karomi yuddham || snāyvasthiśeṣaṃ kuru māṃsapuṣṭaṃ kareṇa puṇye na ca māṃ spṛśādya puṣpārghadhūpānnavilepanaiśca suśobhitānyadbhutadarśanaiśca || saṃkrīḍamānasya gatāni tasya varṣāyutānīha tathāṃdhakasya nāgendrabhogāvṛtasarvagātraḥ kapālamālābharaṇo jaṭālaḥ || sa śūlahastaśśaratūṇadhārī mahādhanuṣmānvivṛtākṣasūtraḥ tvaṃ kasya putro'si kimarthamatra sukhopaviṣṭo munivarya dhīman || kasyeyamīdṛktaruṇī surūpā deyā śubhā daityapatermunīndra etarhi yadyadrucitaṃ tavāsti gṛhāṇa tadvai khalu rākṣasa tvam || etāvaduktvā virarāma śaṃbhustapasviveṣaḥ puratastu teṣām || sanatkumāra uvāca || || tatassa teṣāṃ vacanaṃ niśamya jajvāla roṣeṇa sa maṃdabuddhiḥ || ājyāvasiktastviva kṛṣṇavartmā satyaṃ hitaṃ tatkuṭilaṃ sutīkṣṇam
"But Hiraṇyanetra became a fool — one fond of strife — in that he obtained you, deformed and misshapen and eyeless, by propitiating Giriśa with terrible austerities." — He, the demon, hearing the words of the Lotus-born, spoke wretchedly and bowing: "Let those harsh ones by whom my kingdom was struck away, Prahrāda and the chief among them, become my servants." Andhaka said: "How, O lord, shall I enter the enemy's force and make war with this body? Make it, which is but sinew and bone left over, well filled out with flesh, and do not touch me now with your hand in the sacred rite." — with flowers, offerings, incense, food and unguents, and with other things beautifully adorned and wondrous to look upon; and as he sported, ten thousand years passed here for Andhaka. — All his limbs wrapped about with the coils of the lord of serpents, wearing a garland of skulls for ornament, with matted hair, trident in hand, bearing arrows and quiver, with a great bow, his rosary displayed — "Whose son are you? Why are you seated here at ease, O best of sages, O wise one? And whose is this young woman, so fair? She should be given, the auspicious one, to the lord of the demons, O chief of sages." "Now whatever is pleasing to you, take that indeed, O rākṣasa." Having said just this much, Śambhu in the guise of an ascetic fell silent before them. Sanatkumāra said: Then he of dull wit, hearing that speech of theirs, blazed up with rage like fire drenched with ghee — that speech true and salutary, yet crooked and very sharp.
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SiP 2 182.3
स त्वं न भागी खलु राज्यकस्य किमन्यजातोऽपि लभेत राज्यम् ।। विचार्यतां तद्भवतैव नूनं वयं तु तद्भागिन एव सत्यम्
sa tvaṃ na bhāgī khalu rājyakasya kimanyajāto'pi labheta rājyam || vicāryatāṃ tadbhavataiva nūnaṃ vayaṃ tu tadbhāgina eva satyam
You are surely no sharer in the little kingdom; how should one born otherwise obtain a kingdom? Let it be pondered by you yourself, then, for certain; but we truly are the ones entitled to a share in it.
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SiP 2 182.4
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। तेषां तु वाक्यानि निशम्य तानि विचार्य बुद्ध्या स्वयमेव दीनः ।। ताञ्छांतयित्वा विविधैर्वचोभिर्गतस्त्वरण्यं निशि निर्जनं तु
sanatkumāra uvāca || teṣāṃ tu vākyāni niśamya tāni vicārya buddhyā svayameva dīnaḥ || tāñchāṃtayitvā vividhairvacobhirgatastvaraṇyaṃ niśi nirjanaṃ tu
Sanatkumāra said: Having heard those words of theirs and pondered them himself with his mind, wretched, he pacified them with various speeches and went by night to a desolate forest.
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SiP 2 182.5
वर्षायुतं तत्र तपश्चचार जजाप जाप्यं विधृतैकपादः ।। आहारहीनो नियमोर्द्ध्वबाहुः कर्त्तुं न शक्यं हि सुरा सुरैर्यत्
varṣāyutaṃ tatra tapaścacāra jajāpa jāpyaṃ vidhṛtaikapādaḥ || āhārahīno niyamorddhvabāhuḥ karttuṃ na śakyaṃ hi surā surairyat
There he practised austerity for ten thousand years; standing on one foot he muttered his prayer, without food, arms held up as an observance — what gods and demons are unable to do.
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SiP 2 182.6
प्रजाल्य वह्निं स्म जुहोति गात्रमांसं सरक्तं खलु वर्षमात्रम् ।। तीक्ष्णेन शस्त्रेण निकृत्य देहात्समंत्रकं प्रत्यहमेव हुत्वा
prajālya vahniṃ sma juhoti gātramāṃsaṃ saraktaṃ khalu varṣamātram || tīkṣṇena śastreṇa nikṛtya dehātsamaṃtrakaṃ pratyahameva hutvā
Kindling the fire, he would offer the flesh of his body together with its blood, for a full year, cutting it from his body with a sharp blade and offering it with mantras every single day.
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SiP 2 182.7
स्नाय्वस्थिशेषं कुणपं तदासौ क्षयं गतं शोणितमेव सर्वम् ।। यदास्य मांसानि न संति देहं प्रक्षेप्तुकामस्तु हुताशनाय
snāyvasthiśeṣaṃ kuṇapaṃ tadāsau kṣayaṃ gataṃ śoṇitameva sarvam || yadāsya māṃsāni na saṃti dehaṃ prakṣeptukāmastu hutāśanāya
Then his corpse of a body was mere sinew and bone remaining, and all his blood had come to an end. When he had no flesh, he wished to cast his very body into the fire.
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SiP 2 182.8
ततः स दृष्टस्त्रिदशालयैर्जनैः सुविस्मितैर्भीतियुतैस्समस्तैः ।। अथामरैश्शीघ्रतरं प्रसादितो बभूव धाता नुतिभिर्नुतो हि
tataḥ sa dṛṣṭastridaśālayairjanaiḥ suvismitairbhītiyutaissamastaiḥ || athāmaraiśśīghrataraṃ prasādito babhūva dhātā nutibhirnuto hi
Then he was seen by all the people of heaven's realm, greatly astonished and filled with fear; and then the Creator was very swiftly propitiated by the immortals, being praised with praises.
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SiP 2 182.9
निवारयित्वाथ पितामहस्तं ह्युवाच तं चाद्यवरं वृणीष्व ।। यस्याप्तिकामस्तव सर्वलोके सुदुर्लभं दानव तं गृहाण
nivārayitvātha pitāmahastaṃ hyuvāca taṃ cādyavaraṃ vṛṇīṣva || yasyāptikāmastava sarvaloke sudurlabhaṃ dānava taṃ gṛhāṇa
Then the Grandfather, having restrained him, said to him: "Now choose a boon; whatever you wish to obtain in all the world, take that, O Dānava, however very hard to get."
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SiP 2 182.11
अंधस्य दिव्यं हि तथास्तु चक्षुरिन्द्रादयो मे करदा भवंतु।। मृत्युस्तु माभून्मम देवदैत्यगंधर्वयक्षोरगमानुषेभ्यः
aṃdhasya divyaṃ hi tathāstu cakṣurindrādayo me karadā bhavaṃtu|| mṛtyustu mābhūnmama devadaityagaṃdharvayakṣoragamānuṣebhyaḥ
"Let there be divine sight for me who am blind; let Indra and the rest pay me tribute; and let there be no death for me from gods, demons, gandharvas, yakṣas, serpents or men,
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SiP 2 182.12
नारायणाद्वा दितिजेन्द्रशत्रोस्सर्वाज्जनात्सर्वमयाच्च शर्वात्।। श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य सुदारुणं तत्सुशंकितः पद्मभवस्तमाह
nārāyaṇādvā ditijendraśatrossarvājjanātsarvamayācca śarvāt|| śrutvā vacastasya sudāruṇaṃ tatsuśaṃkitaḥ padmabhavastamāha
nor from Nārāyaṇa, the foe of the lord of Diti's sons, nor from any creature whatever, nor from Śarva who is all." Hearing that most dreadful speech of his, the Lotus-born, much alarmed, said to him:
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SiP 2 182.13
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। दैत्येन्द्र सर्वं भविता तदेतद्विनाशहेतुं च गृहाण किंचित् ।। यस्मान्न जातो न जनिष्यते वा यो न प्रविष्टो मुखमंतकस्य
brahmovāca || daityendra sarvaṃ bhavitā tadetadvināśahetuṃ ca gṛhāṇa kiṃcit || yasmānna jāto na janiṣyate vā yo na praviṣṭo mukhamaṃtakasya
Brahmā said: O lord of the demons, all this shall come to be; but accept some cause of your destruction. Since he who is not born and will not be born, who has not entered the mouth of the Ender —
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SiP 2 182.14
अत्यन्तदीर्घं खलु जीवितं तु भवादृशास्सत्पुरुषास्त्यजंतु।। एतद्वचस्सानुनयं निशम्य पितामहात्प्राह पुनस्तस्य दैत्यः
atyantadīrghaṃ khalu jīvitaṃ tu bhavādṛśāssatpuruṣāstyajaṃtu|| etadvacassānunayaṃ niśamya pitāmahātprāha punastasya daityaḥ
— an exceedingly long life indeed: let good men such as you give it up. Hearing this conciliatory speech from the Grandfather, the demon spoke to him again.
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SiP 2 182.15
अंधक उवाच।। कालत्रये याश्च भवंति नार्यः श्रेष्ठाश्च मध्याश्च तथा कनिष्ठाः ।। तासां च मध्ये खलु रत्नभूता ममापि नित्यं जननीव काचित्
aṃdhaka uvāca|| kālatraye yāśca bhavaṃti nāryaḥ śreṣṭhāśca madhyāśca tathā kaniṣṭhāḥ || tāsāṃ ca madhye khalu ratnabhūtā mamāpi nityaṃ jananīva kācit
Andhaka said: Among the women who exist in the three times — the highest, the middling and the lowest — among them there is one who is a very jewel, and who is always like a mother even to me:
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SiP 2 182.16
कायेन वाचा मनसाप्यगम्या नारी नृलोकस्य च दुर्लभाय ।। तां कामयानस्य ममास्तु नाशो दैत्येन्द्रभावाद्भगवान्स्वयंभूः
kāyena vācā manasāpyagamyā nārī nṛlokasya ca durlabhāya || tāṃ kāmayānasya mamāstu nāśo daityendrabhāvādbhagavānsvayaṃbhūḥ
a woman unapproachable by body, by speech, even by thought, and hard to attain for the world of men — let my destruction come about from my desiring her, O Lord Self-born, by reason of my being lord of the demons.
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SiP 2 182.17
वाक्यं तदाकर्ण्य स पद्मयोनिः सुविस्मितश्शंकरपादपद्ममम् ।। सस्मार संप्राप्य निर्देशमाशु शंभोस्तु तं प्राह ततोंधकं वै
vākyaṃ tadākarṇya sa padmayoniḥ suvismitaśśaṃkarapādapadmamam || sasmāra saṃprāpya nirdeśamāśu śaṃbhostu taṃ prāha tatoṃdhakaṃ vai
Hearing that speech, the lotus-born one, greatly astonished, called to mind the lotus-feet of Śaṅkara; and having quickly obtained Śambhu's instruction, he spoke to that Andhaka.
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SiP 2 182.18
ब्रह्मोवाच।। यत्कांक्षसे दैत्यवरास्तु ते वै सर्वं भवत्येव वचस्सकामम्।। उत्तिष्ठ दैत्येन्द्र लभस्व कामं सदैव वीरैस्तु कुरुष्व युद्धम्
brahmovāca|| yatkāṃkṣase daityavarāstu te vai sarvaṃ bhavatyeva vacassakāmam|| uttiṣṭha daityendra labhasva kāmaṃ sadaiva vīraistu kuruṣva yuddham
Brahmā said: Whatever you desire, O best of the demons, let it be yours; your every word shall indeed be fulfilled. Rise, O lord of demons, obtain your desire, and ever wage war with heroes.
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SiP 2 182.19
श्रुत्वा तदेतद्वचनं मुनीश विधातुराशु प्रणिपत्य भक्त्या ।। लोकेश्वरं हाटकनेत्रपुत्रः स्नाय्वस्थिशेषस्तु तमाह देवम्
śrutvā tadetadvacanaṃ munīśa vidhāturāśu praṇipatya bhaktyā || lokeśvaraṃ hāṭakanetraputraḥ snāyvasthiśeṣastu tamāha devam
Hearing this speech of the Ordainer, O lord of sages, the son of Hiraṇyanetra, at once bowing down with devotion to the lord of the worlds—he who was left with only sinews and bones—said to that god:
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SiP 2 182.21
।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य स पद्मयोनिः करेण संस्पृश्य च तच्छरीरम् ।। गतस्सुरेन्द्रैस्सहितः स्वधाम संपूज्यमानो मुनिसिद्धसंघैः
|| sanatkumāra uvāca || śrutvā vacastasya sa padmayoniḥ kareṇa saṃspṛśya ca taccharīram || gatassurendraissahitaḥ svadhāma saṃpūjyamāno munisiddhasaṃghaiḥ
Sanatkumāra said: Having heard his words, the lotus-born one touched his body with his hand and went to his own abode together with the chiefs of the gods, being honoured by the hosts of sages and siddhas.
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SiP 2 182.22
संस्पृष्टमात्रस्स च दैत्यराजस्संपूर्णदेहो बलवान्बभूव ।। संजातनेत्रस्सुभगो बभूव हृष्टस्स्वमेव नगरं विवेश
saṃspṛṣṭamātrassa ca daityarājassaṃpūrṇadeho balavānbabhūva || saṃjātanetrassubhago babhūva hṛṣṭassvameva nagaraṃ viveśa
And that demon-king, the moment he was touched, became strong with his body made whole; his eyes came into being and he became handsome, and delighted he entered his own city.
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SiP 2 182.23
उत्सृज्य राज्यं सकलं च तस्मै प्रह्लादमुख्यास्त्वथ दानवेन्द्राः ।। तमागतं लब्धवरं च मत्वा भृत्या बभूवुर्वश गास्तु तस्य
utsṛjya rājyaṃ sakalaṃ ca tasmai prahlādamukhyāstvatha dānavendrāḥ || tamāgataṃ labdhavaraṃ ca matvā bhṛtyā babhūvurvaśa gāstu tasya
Then the lords of the dānavas, chief among them Prahlāda, gave up the whole kingdom to him, and knowing that he had come back and had obtained a boon, they became his servants, subject to his will.
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SiP 2 182.24
ततोन्धकः स्वर्गमगाद्विजेतुं सेनाभियुक्तस्सहभृत्यवर्गः ।। विजित्य लेखान्प्रधने समस्तान्करप्रदं वज्रधरं चकार
tatondhakaḥ svargamagādvijetuṃ senābhiyuktassahabhṛtyavargaḥ || vijitya lekhānpradhane samastānkarapradaṃ vajradharaṃ cakāra
Then Andhaka went to conquer heaven, equipped with armies and accompanied by his troop of retainers; and having conquered all the gods in battle, he made the wielder of the thunderbolt a payer of tribute.
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SiP 2 182.25
नागान्सुपर्णान्वरराक्षसांश्च गंधर्वयक्षानपि मानुषांस्तु ।। गिरीन्द्रवृक्षान्समरेषु सर्वांश्चतुष्पदः सिंहमुखान्विजिग्ये
nāgānsuparṇānvararākṣasāṃśca gaṃdharvayakṣānapi mānuṣāṃstu || girīndravṛkṣānsamareṣu sarvāṃścatuṣpadaḥ siṃhamukhānvijigye
He conquered in battles the nāgas, the suparṇas, the foremost rākṣasas, the gandharvas and yakṣas too, and men, the lords of mountains and the trees, all four-footed creatures, and the lion-faced ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 182.26
त्रैलोक्यमेतद्धि चराचरं वै वशं चकारात्मनि संनियोज्य ।। स ??कूलानि सुदर्शनानि नारीसहस्राणि बहूनि गत्वा
trailokyametaddhi carācaraṃ vai vaśaṃ cakārātmani saṃniyojya || sa ??kūlāni sudarśanāni nārīsahasrāṇi bahūni gatvā
He brought this whole threefold world, moving and unmoving, under his sway, binding it to himself; and he, going to the fair-looking [...] banks, (took) many thousands of women.
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SiP 2 182.27
रसातले चैव तथा धरायां त्रिविष्टपे याः प्रमदाः सुरूपाः ।। ताभिर्युतोऽन्येषु सपर्वतेषु रराम रम्येषु नदीतटेषु
rasātale caiva tathā dharāyāṃ triviṣṭape yāḥ pramadāḥ surūpāḥ || tābhiryuto'nyeṣu saparvateṣu rarāma ramyeṣu nadītaṭeṣu
The beautiful young women who were in the nether world, and likewise on the earth and in heaven—joined with them he took his pleasure on other mountains and on lovely river banks.
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SiP 2 182.28
क्रीडायमानस्स तु मध्यवर्ती तासां प्रहर्षादथ दानवेन्द्रः ।। तत्पीतशिष्टानि पिबन्प्रवृत्त्यै दिव्यानि पेयानि सुमानुषाणि
krīḍāyamānassa tu madhyavartī tāsāṃ praharṣādatha dānavendraḥ || tatpītaśiṣṭāni pibanpravṛttyai divyāni peyāni sumānuṣāṇi
Then that lord of the dānavas, sporting in delight in their midst, drinking for excitement's sake the divine and finest human drinks left over from what they had drunk;
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SiP 2 182.29
अन्यानि दिव्यानि तु यद्रसानि फलानि मूलानि सुगंधवंति ।। संप्राप्य यानानि सुवाहनानि मयेन सृष्टानि गृहोत्तमानि
anyāni divyāni tu yadrasāni phalāni mūlāni sugaṃdhavaṃti || saṃprāpya yānāni suvāhanāni mayena sṛṣṭāni gṛhottamāni
and having obtained other divine things—such juices as there are, fruits and roots that are fragrant, conveyances and fine mounts, and excellent houses fashioned by Maya—
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SiP 2 182.31
जानाति किंचिन्न शुभं परत्र यदात्मनस्सौख्यकरं भवेद्धि ।। सदान्धको दैत्यवरस्स मूढो मदांधबुद्धिः कृतदुष्टसंगः
jānāti kiṃcinna śubhaṃ paratra yadātmanassaukhyakaraṃ bhaveddhi || sadāndhako daityavarassa mūḍho madāṃdhabuddhiḥ kṛtaduṣṭasaṃgaḥ
he knows nothing of the good in the next world, that which would indeed bring him happiness: ever that Andhaka, best of the demons, was deluded, his mind blinded by intoxication, keeping evil company.
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SiP 2 182.32
ततः प्रमत्तस्तु सुतान्प्रधानान्कुतर्कवादैरभिभूय सर्वान् ।। चचार दैत्यैस्सहितो महात्मा विनाशयन्वैदिकसर्वधर्मान्
tataḥ pramattastu sutānpradhānānkutarkavādairabhibhūya sarvān || cacāra daityaissahito mahātmā vināśayanvaidikasarvadharmān
Then, heedless, overcoming all the chief sons (of the gods?) with arguments of false reasoning, that great one ranged about together with the demons, destroying all the Vedic duties.
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SiP 2 182.33
वेदान्द्विजान्वित्त मदाभिभूतो न मन्यते स्माप्यमरान्गुरूंश्च ।। रेमे तथा दैवगतो हतायुः स्वस्यैरहोभिर्गमयन्वयश्च
vedāndvijānvitta madābhibhūto na manyate smāpyamarāngurūṃśca || reme tathā daivagato hatāyuḥ svasyairahobhirgamayanvayaśca
Overcome by intoxication, he did not regard the Vedas, the twice-born, nor wealth, nor even the immortals and the elders; thus he took his pleasure, doomed by fate, his life-span destroyed, passing the days with his own people, and his lineage (too).
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SiP 2 182.34
ततः कदाचिद्गतवान्ससैन्यो बहुप्रयाता पृथिवीतलेऽस्मिन् ।। अनेकसंख्या अपि वर्षकोट्यः प्रहर्षितो मंदरपर्वतं तु
tataḥ kadācidgatavānsasainyo bahuprayātā pṛthivītale'smin || anekasaṃkhyā api varṣakoṭyaḥ praharṣito maṃdaraparvataṃ tu
Then at some time, delighted, he went with his army to the Mandara mountain, having travelled far over this surface of the earth, for many uncounted crores of years.
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SiP 2 182.35
स्वर्णोपमां तत्र निरीक्ष्य शोभां बभ्राम सैन्यैस्सह मानमत्तः ।। क्रीडार्थमासाद्य च तं गिरीन्द्रं मतिं स वासाय चकार मोहात्
svarṇopamāṃ tatra nirīkṣya śobhāṃ babhrāma sainyaissaha mānamattaḥ || krīḍārthamāsādya ca taṃ girīndraṃ matiṃ sa vāsāya cakāra mohāt
Beholding there a splendour like gold, he roamed about with his armies, drunk with pride; and having reached that lord of mountains for the sake of sport, out of delusion he made up his mind to dwell (there).
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SiP 2 182.36
शुभं दृढं तत्र पुरं स कृत्वा मुदास्थितो दैत्यपतिः प्रभावात् ।। निवेशयामास पुनः क्रमेण अत्यद्भुतं मन्दरशैलसानौ
śubhaṃ dṛḍhaṃ tatra puraṃ sa kṛtvā mudāsthito daityapatiḥ prabhāvāt || niveśayāmāsa punaḥ krameṇa atyadbhutaṃ mandaraśailasānau
Having made there a fine, strong city, the lord of the Daityas stayed on in delight by his power; and again, step by step, he settled a most wondrous (city) on the ridge of Mount Mandara.
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SiP 2 182.37
दुर्योधनो वैधसहस्तिसंज्ञौ तन्मंत्रिणौ दानवसत्तमस्य ।। ते वै कदाचिद्गिरिसुस्थले हि नारीं सुरूपां ददृशुस्त्रयोऽपि
duryodhano vaidhasahastisaṃjñau tanmaṃtriṇau dānavasattamasya || te vai kadācidgirisusthale hi nārīṃ surūpāṃ dadṛśustrayo'pi
Duryodhana, and the two named Vaidha and Hasti, were the ministers of that best of Dānavas; once, on a fair spot of the mountain, all three of them saw a woman of lovely form.
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SiP 2 182.38
ते शीघ्रगा दैत्यवरास्तु हर्षाद्द्रुतं महादैत्यपतिं समेत्य ।। ऊचुर्यथादृष्टमतीव प्रीत्या तथान्धकं वीरवरं हि सर्वे
te śīghragā daityavarāstu harṣāddrutaṃ mahādaityapatiṃ sametya || ūcuryathādṛṣṭamatīva prītyā tathāndhakaṃ vīravaraṃ hi sarve
Those foremost Daityas, swift-going, in joy quickly approached the great lord of the Daityas, and all of them told Andhaka, that best of heroes, with exceeding affection, just as they had seen (it).
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SiP 2 182.39
मंत्रिणः ऊचुः ।। गुहांतरे ध्याननिमीलिताक्षो दैत्येन्द्र कश्चिन्मुनिरत्र दृष्टः ।। रूदान्वितश्चन्द्रकलार्द्धचूडः कटिस्थले बद्धगजेन्द्रकृत्तिः
maṃtriṇaḥ ūcuḥ || guhāṃtare dhyānanimīlitākṣo daityendra kaścinmuniratra dṛṣṭaḥ || rūdānvitaścandrakalārddhacūḍaḥ kaṭisthale baddhagajendrakṛttiḥ
The ministers said: Inside a cave, with eyes closed in meditation, O lord of Daityas, some sage was seen there — fierce(?) in aspect, with a half crescent moon on his crest, a great elephant's hide bound about his hips.
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SiP 2 182.41
खड्गी त्रिशूली लकुटी कपर्दी चतुर्भुजो गौरतराकृतिर्हि ।। भस्मानुलिप्तो विलसत्सुतेजास्तपस्विवर्योऽद्भुतसर्ववेशः
khaḍgī triśūlī lakuṭī kapardī caturbhujo gauratarākṛtirhi || bhasmānulipto vilasatsutejāstapasvivaryo'dbhutasarvaveśaḥ
Bearing a sword, a trident, a staff, with braided hair, four-armed, of very fair form; smeared with ashes, blazing with splendid radiance, the foremost of ascetics, wholly wondrous in his whole attire.
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SiP 2 182.42
तस्याविदूरे पुरुषश्च दृष्टस्स वानरो घोरमुखःकरालः ।। सर्वायुधो रूक्षकरश्च रक्षन्स्थितो जरद्गोवृषभश्च शुक्लः
tasyāvidūre puruṣaśca dṛṣṭassa vānaro ghoramukhaḥkarālaḥ || sarvāyudho rūkṣakaraśca rakṣansthito jaradgovṛṣabhaśca śuklaḥ
And not far from him a person was seen: that monkey, terrible-faced, gape-jawed, bearing every weapon, rough-handed, standing on guard; and an old white bull.
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SiP 2 182.43
तस्योपविष्टस्य तपस्विनोपि सुचारुरूपा तरुणी मनोज्ञा ।। नारी शुभा पार्श्वगता हि तस्य दृष्टा च काचिद्भुवि रत्नभूता
tasyopaviṣṭasya tapasvinopi sucārurūpā taruṇī manojñā || nārī śubhā pārśvagatā hi tasya dṛṣṭā ca kācidbhuvi ratnabhūtā
And beside that seated ascetic too there was seen a young woman of most lovely form, charming, auspicious, standing at his side — some jewel among (women) on earth.
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SiP 2 182.44
प्रवालमुक्तामणि हेमरत्नवस्त्रावृता माल्यशुभोपगूढा ।। सा येन दृष्टा स च दृष्टिमान्स्याद् दृष्टेन चान्येन किमत्र कार्यम्
pravālamuktāmaṇi hemaratnavastrāvṛtā mālyaśubhopagūḍhā || sā yena dṛṣṭā sa ca dṛṣṭimānsyād dṛṣṭena cānyena kimatra kāryam
Covered with coral, pearls, gems, gold, jewels and garments, clasped about with auspicious garlands: he by whom she has been seen, he indeed has (real) sight; and what use is anything else that is seen here?
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SiP 2 182.45
मान्या महेशस्य च दिव्यनारी भार्य्या मुनेः पुण्यवतः प्रिया सा ।। योग्या हि द्रष्टुं भवतश्च सम्यगानाय्य दैत्येन्द्र सुरत्नभोक्तः
mānyā maheśasya ca divyanārī bhāryyā muneḥ puṇyavataḥ priyā sā || yogyā hi draṣṭuṃ bhavataśca samyagānāyya daityendra suratnabhoktaḥ
She is honoured by Maheśa, a divine woman, the wife of that meritorious sage, dear to him; and she is fit to be seen by you properly — have her brought, O lord of Daityas, enjoyer of fine jewels.
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SiP 2 182.46
।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। श्रुत्वेति तेषां वचनानि तानि कामातुरो घूर्णितसर्वगात्रः ।। विसर्जयामास मुनैस्सकाशं दुर्योधनादीन्सहसा स दैत्यः
|| sanatkumāra uvāca || śrutveti teṣāṃ vacanāni tāni kāmāturo ghūrṇitasarvagātraḥ || visarjayāmāsa munaissakāśaṃ duryodhanādīnsahasā sa daityaḥ
Sanatkumāra said: Hearing those words of theirs, sick with desire, all his limbs shaking, that Daitya at once sent Duryodhana and the others to the sage's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 182.47
आसाद्य ते तं मुनिमप्रमेयं बृहद्व्रतं मंत्रिवरा हि तस्य ।। सुराजनीतिप्रवणा मुनीश प्रणम्य तं दैत्यनिदेशमाहुः
āsādya te taṃ munimaprameyaṃ bṛhadvrataṃ maṃtrivarā hi tasya || surājanītipravaṇā munīśa praṇamya taṃ daityanideśamāhuḥ
Having reached that immeasurable sage of the great vow, those chief ministers of his, versed in royal polity, O lord of sages, bowed to him and delivered the Daitya's command.
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SiP 2 182.48
मंत्रिण ऊचुः।। हिरण्यनेत्रस्य सुतो महात्मा दैत्याधिराजोऽन्धकनामधेयः ।। त्रैलोक्यनाथो भवकृन्निदेशादिहोपविष्टोऽद्य विहारशाली
maṃtriṇa ūcuḥ|| hiraṇyanetrasya suto mahātmā daityādhirājo'ndhakanāmadheyaḥ || trailokyanātho bhavakṛnnideśādihopaviṣṭo'dya vihāraśālī
The ministers said: The great-souled son of Hiraṇyanetra, sovereign of the Daityas, named Andhaka, lord of the three worlds, maker of existence — by (his own) command he is settled here today, taking his pleasure.
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SiP 2 182.49
तन्मंत्रिणो वै वयमंगवीरास्तवोपकंठं च समागताः स्मः ।। तत्प्रेषितास्त्वां यदुवाच तद्वै शृणुष्व संदत्तमनास्तपस्विन्
tanmaṃtriṇo vai vayamaṃgavīrāstavopakaṃṭhaṃ ca samāgatāḥ smaḥ || tatpreṣitāstvāṃ yaduvāca tadvai śṛṇuṣva saṃdattamanāstapasvin
We are his ministers, heroes of his (royal) body, and we have come to your side; sent by him, hear what he said, with attentive mind, O ascetic.
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SiP 2 182.51
क्वेदं शरीरं तव भस्मदिग्धं कपालमालाभरणं विरूपम् ।। तूणीरसत्कार्मुकबाणखड्गभुशुंडिशूलाशनितोमराणि
kvedaṃ śarīraṃ tava bhasmadigdhaṃ kapālamālābharaṇaṃ virūpam || tūṇīrasatkārmukabāṇakhaḍgabhuśuṃḍiśūlāśanitomarāṇi
Where is this misshapen body of yours, daubed with ashes, ornamented with a garland of skulls? And the quiver, the fine bow, arrows, sword, bhuśuṇḍi, spear, thunderbolt and lances —
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SiP 2 182.52
क्व जाह्नवी पुण्यतमा जटाग्रे क्वायं शशी वा कुणपास्थिखण्डम् ।। विषानलो दीर्घमुखः क्व सर्पः क्व संगमः पीनपयोधरायाः
kva jāhnavī puṇyatamā jaṭāgre kvāyaṃ śaśī vā kuṇapāsthikhaṇḍam || viṣānalo dīrghamukhaḥ kva sarpaḥ kva saṃgamaḥ pīnapayodharāyāḥ
Where is the most holy Jāhnavī on the tip of the matted hair, and where this moon, or that fragment of a corpse's bone? Where the long-mouthed serpent with its fire of venom, and where union with a full-breasted woman?
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SiP 2 182.53
जरद्गवारोहणमप्रशस्तं क्षमावतस्तस्य न दर्शनं च ।। संध्याप्रणामः क्वचिदेष धर्मः क्व भोजनं लोकविरुद्धमेतत्
jaradgavārohaṇamapraśastaṃ kṣamāvatastasya na darśanaṃ ca || saṃdhyāpraṇāmaḥ kvacideṣa dharmaḥ kva bhojanaṃ lokaviruddhametat
Riding an old bull is not commendable, nor is such an appearance that of a man of forbearance; here and there this dharma of yours is a salutation at twilight — and where is (your) eating? This is against the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 182.54
प्रयच्छ नारीं सम सान्त्वपूर्वं स्त्रिया तपः किं कुरुषे विमूढ ।। अयुक्तमेतत्त्वयि नानुरूपं यस्मादहं रत्नपतिस्त्रिलोके
prayaccha nārīṃ sama sāntvapūrvaṃ striyā tapaḥ kiṃ kuruṣe vimūḍha || ayuktametattvayi nānurūpaṃ yasmādahaṃ ratnapatistriloke
Hand over the woman, peaceably, with conciliation first. What austerity are you performing with a woman, you fool? This is improper, unfitting in you — since I am the lord of all jewels in the three worlds.
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SiP 2 182.55
विमुंच शस्त्राणि मयाद्य चोक्तः कुरुष्व पश्चात्तव एव शुद्धम् ।। उल्लंघ्य मच्छासनमप्रधृष्यं विमोक्ष्यसे सर्वमिदं शरीरम्
vimuṃca śastrāṇi mayādya coktaḥ kuruṣva paścāttava eva śuddham || ullaṃghya macchāsanamapradhṛṣyaṃ vimokṣyase sarvamidaṃ śarīram
Lay down your weapons, now that you have been told by me; afterwards perform your own pure (observance). If you overstep my command, which is not to be defied, you will lose this whole body.
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SiP 2 182.56
मत्वांधकं दुष्टमतिं प्रधानो महेश्वरो लौकिकभावशीलः ।। प्रोवाच दैत्यं स्मितपूर्वमेवमाकर्ण्य सर्वं त्वथ दूतवाक्यम्
matvāṃdhakaṃ duṣṭamatiṃ pradhāno maheśvaro laukikabhāvaśīlaḥ || provāca daityaṃ smitapūrvamevamākarṇya sarvaṃ tvatha dūtavākyam
Recognizing Andhaka to be of evil mind, the foremost Maheśvara, behaving after the manner of the world, having heard the whole speech of the messengers, spoke thus to the Daitya, with a smile first.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 182.57
शिव उवाच ।। यद्यस्मि रुद्रस्तव किं मया स्यात्किमर्थमेवं वदसीति मिथ्या ।। शृणु प्रभावं मम दैत्यनाथ न्याय्यं न वक्तुं वचनं त्वयैवम्
śiva uvāca || yadyasmi rudrastava kiṃ mayā syātkimarthamevaṃ vadasīti mithyā || śṛṇu prabhāvaṃ mama daityanātha nyāyyaṃ na vaktuṃ vacanaṃ tvayaivam
Śiva said: If I am Rudra, what have you to do with me? Why do you speak thus falsely? Hear my power, O lord of Daityas; it is not right for you to speak such words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 182.58
नाहं क्वचित्स्वं पितरं स्मरामि गुहांतरे घोरमनन्यचीर्णम् ।। एतद्व्रतं पशुपातं चरामि न मातरं त्वज्ञतमो विरूपः
nāhaṃ kvacitsvaṃ pitaraṃ smarāmi guhāṃtare ghoramananyacīrṇam || etadvrataṃ paśupātaṃ carāmi na mātaraṃ tvajñatamo virūpaḥ
I do not remember any father of mine anywhere; within a cave I practise this terrible Pāśupata vow, practised by no one else — nor (do I remember) a mother; but you are most ignorant and misshapen.
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SiP 2 182.59
अमूलमेतन्मयि तु प्रसिद्धं सुदुस्त्यजं सर्वमिदं ममास्ति ।। भार्या ममेयं तरुणी सुरूपा सर्वंसहा सर्वगतस्य सिद्धिः
amūlametanmayi tu prasiddhaṃ sudustyajaṃ sarvamidaṃ mamāsti || bhāryā mameyaṃ taruṇī surūpā sarvaṃsahā sarvagatasya siddhiḥ
This (vow) is without root, yet it is established in me; all this of mine is very hard to give up. This young, beautiful wife of mine is the all-enduring one, the attainment of him who is all-pervading.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 182.61
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। गंभीरमेतद्वचनं निशम्य ते दानवास्तं प्रणिपत्य मूर्ध्ना ।। जग्मुस्ततो दैत्यवरस्य सूनुं त्रैलोक्यनाशाय कृतप्रतिज्ञम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || gaṃbhīrametadvacanaṃ niśamya te dānavāstaṃ praṇipatya mūrdhnā || jagmustato daityavarasya sūnuṃ trailokyanāśāya kṛtapratijñam
Sanatkumāra said: Having heard this profound speech, those Dānavas bowed to him with their heads and then went to the son of the Daitya chief, who had taken a vow to destroy the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 182.62
बभाषिरे दैत्यपतिं प्रमत्तं प्रणम्य राजानमदीनसत्त्वाः ।। ते तत्र सर्वे जयशब्दपूर्वं रुद्रेण यत्तत्स्मितपूर्वमुक्तम्
babhāṣire daityapatiṃ pramattaṃ praṇamya rājānamadīnasattvāḥ || te tatra sarve jayaśabdapūrvaṃ rudreṇa yattatsmitapūrvamuktam
Bowing to the king, the heedless lord of the Daityas, they, undaunted in spirit, spoke; and all of them there, prefacing it with a shout of victory, (reported) what Rudra had said with a smile.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 182.63
मंत्रिण उचुः ।। निशाचरश्चंचलशौर्यधैर्यः क्व दानवः कृपणस्सत्त्वहीनः ।। क्रूरः कृतघ्नश्च सदैव पापी क्व दानवः सूर्यसुताद्बिभेति
maṃtriṇa ucuḥ || niśācaraścaṃcalaśauryadhairyaḥ kva dānavaḥ kṛpaṇassattvahīnaḥ || krūraḥ kṛtaghnaśca sadaiva pāpī kva dānavaḥ sūryasutādbibheti
The ministers said: Where is the night-walker of unsteady valour and firmness? Where the wretched Dānava, devoid of strength? Cruel and ungrateful and always sinful — where is the Dānava who fears the son of the Sun?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 182.64
राजत्वमुक्तोऽखिलदैत्यनाथस्तपस्विना तन्मुनिना विहस्य ।। मत्वा स्वबुद्ध्या तृणवत्त्रिलोकं महौजसा वीरवरेण नूनम्
rājatvamukto'khiladaityanāthastapasvinā tanmuninā vihasya || matvā svabuddhyā tṛṇavattrilokaṃ mahaujasā vīravareṇa nūnam
The lord of all the Daityas was called 'king' by that ascetic sage with a laugh, since (that Daitya), of great vigour, best of heroes, reckoned the three worlds in his own mind as no more than a blade of grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 182.65
क्वाहं च शस्त्राणि च दारुणानि मृत्योश्च संत्रासकरं क्व युद्ध ।। क्व वीरको वानरवक्त्रतुल्यो निशाचरो जरसा जर्जरांगः
kvāhaṃ ca śastrāṇi ca dāruṇāni mṛtyośca saṃtrāsakaraṃ kva yuddha || kva vīrako vānaravaktratulyo niśācaro jarasā jarjarāṃgaḥ
Where am I, and (where) these dreadful weapons, and where a battle that strikes terror even into Death? And where is little Vīraka, whose face is like a monkey's — a night-walker with limbs worn out by old age?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 182.66
क्वायं स्वरूपः क्व च मंदभाग्यो बलं त्वदीयं क्व च वीरुधो वा ।। शक्तोऽपि चेत्त्वं प्रयतस्व युद्धं कर्तुं तदा ह्येहि कुरुष्व किंचित्
kvāyaṃ svarūpaḥ kva ca maṃdabhāgyo balaṃ tvadīyaṃ kva ca vīrudho vā || śakto'pi cettvaṃ prayatasva yuddhaṃ kartuṃ tadā hyehi kuruṣva kiṃcit
Where is this (fine) form, and where the ill-fated one? And where is your strength, or (that of) creepers? Yet if you are able, then make an effort to give battle — come then, do something!
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SiP 2 182.67
वज्राशनेस्तुल्यमिहास्ति शस्त्रं भवादृशां नाशकरं च घोरम् ।। क्व ते शरीरं मृदुपद्मतुल्यं विचार्य चैवं कुरु रोचते यत्
vajrāśanestulyamihāsti śastraṃ bhavādṛśāṃ nāśakaraṃ ca ghoram || kva te śarīraṃ mṛdupadmatulyaṃ vicārya caivaṃ kuru rocate yat
Here there is a weapon equal to the thunderbolt-missile, dreadful, bringing destruction to such as you. And where is your body, soft as a lotus? Considering this, do what pleases (you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 182.68
मंत्रिण ऊचुः ।। इत्येवमादीनि वचांसि भद्रं तपस्विनोक्तानि च दानवेश।। युक्तं न ते तेन सहात्र युद्धं त्वामाह राजन्स्मयमान एव
maṃtriṇa ūcuḥ || ityevamādīni vacāṃsi bhadraṃ tapasvinoktāni ca dānaveśa|| yuktaṃ na te tena sahātra yuddhaṃ tvāmāha rājansmayamāna eva
The ministers said: Such, in sum, were the words spoken by the ascetic, O lord of the Dānavas — good luck to you! Battle with him here is not fitting for you; he spoke to you, O king, smiling all the while.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 182.69
विवस्तुशून्यैर्बहुभिः प्रलापैरस्माभिरुक्तैर्यदि बुध्यसे त्वम् ।। तपोभियुक्तेन तपस्विना वै स्मर्तासि पश्चान्मुनिवाक्यमेतत्
vivastuśūnyairbahubhiḥ pralāpairasmābhiruktairyadi budhyase tvam || tapobhiyuktena tapasvinā vai smartāsi paścānmunivākyametat
If, by the many empty and substanceless babblings uttered by us, you come to your senses (well and good); (otherwise) you will afterwards remember this speech of the sage, of the ascetic endowed with the power of austerity.
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SiP 2 182.71
गृहीतखड्गो वरदानमत्तः प्रचंडवातानुकृतिं च कुर्वन् ।। गंतुं च तत्र स्मरबाणविद्धस्समुद्यतोऽभूद्विप रीतदेवः
gṛhītakhaḍgo varadānamattaḥ pracaṃḍavātānukṛtiṃ ca kurvan || gaṃtuṃ ca tatra smarabāṇaviddhassamudyato'bhūdvipa rītadevaḥ
Sword in hand, drunk with the granting of the boon, mimicking a violent gale, and pierced by the arrow of Desire, he made ready to go there — he for whom the gods were turned adverse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain