Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 78

SiP 2 78.1

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अथ सा गर्भमाधत्त वरांगी तत्पुरादरात् ।। स ववर्द्धाभ्यंतरे हि बहुवर्षैः सुतेजसा

brahmovāca || atha sā garbhamādhatta varāṃgī tatpurādarāt || sa vavarddhābhyaṃtare hi bahuvarṣaiḥ sutejasā

Brahmā said: Then Varāṅgī conceived that (embryo) with regard for him; and it grew within, over many years, with great fiery power.

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SiP 2 78.2

ततः सा समये पूर्णे वरांगी सुषुवे सुतम्।। महाकायं महावीर्यं प्रज्वलंतं दिशो दश सृगालोलूकटंकारैर्वमन्त्यो मुखतोऽनलम् ।। अंतर्ग्रामेषु विकटं प्रणेदुरशिवाश्शिवाः अथो स तारको दैत्यो महाबलपराक्रमः ।। तपः कर्तुं जनन्याश्चाज्ञां ययाचे महामनाः तेनैव देवलोकास्ते दग्धप्राया बभूविरे।। अभितो दुःखमापन्नास्सर्वे देवर्षयो मुने त्वया च निर्मिते लोके सकलेऽस्मिन्महाप्रभो ।। मत्तुल्यो बलवान्नूनं न भवेत्कोऽपि वै पुमान् यत्र यत्र शुभं वस्तु दृष्टं तेनासुरेण हि।। तत्तद्गृहीतं तरसा निस्सारस्त्रिभवोऽभवत्

tataḥ sā samaye pūrṇe varāṃgī suṣuve sutam|| mahākāyaṃ mahāvīryaṃ prajvalaṃtaṃ diśo daśa sṛgālolūkaṭaṃkārairvamantyo mukhato'nalam || aṃtargrāmeṣu vikaṭaṃ praṇeduraśivāśśivāḥ atho sa tārako daityo mahābalaparākramaḥ || tapaḥ kartuṃ jananyāścājñāṃ yayāce mahāmanāḥ tenaiva devalokāste dagdhaprāyā babhūvire|| abhito duḥkhamāpannāssarve devarṣayo mune tvayā ca nirmite loke sakale'sminmahāprabho || mattulyo balavānnūnaṃ na bhavetko'pi vai pumān yatra yatra śubhaṃ vastu dṛṣṭaṃ tenāsureṇa hi|| tattadgṛhītaṃ tarasā nissārastribhavo'bhavat

Then, when her time was complete, Varāṅgī bore a son, huge of body, of great valour, blazing in the ten directions. Jackals and owls, vomiting fire from their mouths with shrill screeching, and inauspicious she-jackals, howled hideously inside the villages. Then that daitya Tāraka, of great strength and prowess, high-minded, begged his mother's permission to perform austerities. By him alone those worlds of the gods came to be all but burnt up; on every side all the gods and seers fell into misery, O sage. "In this whole world created by you, O great lord, surely there could be no man at all as strong as I am." Wherever a fine thing was seen by that asura, that very thing was seized by force; the three worlds were left without substance.

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SiP 2 78.3

तदैव च महोत्पाता बभूवुर्दुःखहेतवः ।। जायमाने सुते तस्मिन्वरांग्यात्सुखदुःखदे

tadaiva ca mahotpātā babhūvurduḥkhahetavaḥ || jāyamāne sute tasminvarāṃgyātsukhaduḥkhade

And at that very time great portents arose, causes of sorrow, as that son, giver of pleasure and pain, was being born from Varāṅgī.

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SiP 2 78.4

दिवि भुव्यंतरिक्षे च सर्वलोकभयंकराः ।। अनर्थसूचकास्तात त्रिविधास्तान्ब्रवीम्यहम्

divi bhuvyaṃtarikṣe ca sarvalokabhayaṃkarāḥ || anarthasūcakāstāta trividhāstānbravīmyaham

In heaven, on earth and in the middle air — terrifying to all the worlds, indicating disaster, my dear — of three kinds: those I shall tell.

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SiP 2 78.5

सोल्काश्चाशनयः पेतुर्महाशब्दा भयंकराः ।। उदयं चक्रुरुत्कृष्टाः केतवो दुःखदायकाः

solkāścāśanayaḥ peturmahāśabdā bhayaṃkarāḥ || udayaṃ cakrurutkṛṣṭāḥ ketavo duḥkhadāyakāḥ

Meteors and thunderbolts fell with a great, terrifying noise; and comets rose up, prominent, bringing sorrow.

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SiP 2 78.6

चचाल वसुधा साद्रिर्जज्वलुस्सकला दिशः ।। चुक्षुभुस्सरितस्सर्वाः सागराश्च विशेषतः

cacāla vasudhā sādrirjajvalussakalā diśaḥ || cukṣubhussaritassarvāḥ sāgarāśca viśeṣataḥ

The earth with its mountains shook, all the directions blazed, all the rivers were agitated, and the oceans especially.

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SiP 2 78.7

हूत्करानीरयन्धीरान्खरस्पर्शो मरुद्ववौ ।। उन्मूलयन्महावृक्षान्वात्यानीकोरजोध्वजः

hūtkarānīrayandhīrānkharasparśo marudvavau || unmūlayanmahāvṛkṣānvātyānīkorajodhvajaḥ

Harsh to the touch, the wind blew, sending out deep howling sounds, uprooting great trees, a mass of whirlwinds with dust for its banner.

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SiP 2 78.8

सराह्वोस्सूर्य्यविध्वोस्तु मुहुः परिधयोऽभवन्।। महाभयस्य विप्रेन्द्र सूचकास्सुखहारकः

sarāhvossūryyavidhvostu muhuḥ paridhayo'bhavan|| mahābhayasya viprendra sūcakāssukhahārakaḥ

Around the sun and the moon, together with Rāhu, halos formed again and again — indicators of great terror, O best of brahmins, robbers of happiness.

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SiP 2 78.9

महीध्रविवरेभ्यश्च निर्घाता भयसूचकाः ।। रथनिर्ह्रादतुल्याश्च जज्ञिरेऽवसरे ततः

mahīdhravivarebhyaśca nirghātā bhayasūcakāḥ || rathanirhrādatulyāśca jajñire'vasare tataḥ

And from the caves of the mountains crashing noises arose at that moment, portending terror, like the rumbling of chariots.

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SiP 2 78.11

यतस्ततो ग्रामसिंहा उन्नमय्य शिरोधराम् ।। संगीतवद्रोदनवद्व्यमुचन्विविधान्रवान्

yatastato grāmasiṃhā unnamayya śirodharām || saṃgītavadrodanavadvyamucanvividhānravān

Here and there the village-lions (dogs), stretching up neck and head, let out cries of many kinds, like singing and like weeping.

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SiP 2 78.12

खार्काररभसा मत्ताः सुरैर्घ्नंतो रसांखराः ।। वरूथशस्तदा तात पर्यधावन्नितस्ततः

khārkārarabhasā mattāḥ surairghnaṃto rasāṃkharāḥ || varūthaśastadā tāta paryadhāvannitastataḥ

Maddened donkeys, violent with their braying, striking the ground with their hooves, then ran about hither and thither in droves, my dear.

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SiP 2 78.13

खगा उदपतन्नीडाद्रासभत्रस्तमानसः ।। क्रोशंतो व्यग्रचित्ताश्च स्थितमापुर्न कुत्रचित्

khagā udapatannīḍādrāsabhatrastamānasaḥ || krośaṃto vyagracittāśca sthitamāpurna kutracit

Birds flew up from their nests, their minds terrified by the donkeys; shrieking and distracted, they found no resting place anywhere.

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SiP 2 78.14

शकृन्मूत्रमकार्षुश्च गोष्ठेऽरण्ये भयाकुलः ।। बभ्रमुः स्थितिमापुर्नो पशवस्ताडिता इव

śakṛnmūtramakārṣuśca goṣṭhe'raṇye bhayākulaḥ || babhramuḥ sthitimāpurno paśavastāḍitā iva

Overwhelmed with fear, (the cattle) passed dung and urine in the stall and in the forest; the beasts wandered about and found no rest, as though beaten.

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SiP 2 78.15

गावोऽत्रसन्नसृग्दोहा वाष्पनेत्रा भयाकुलाः ।। तोयदा अभवंस्तत्र भयदाः पूयवर्षिणः

gāvo'trasannasṛgdohā vāṣpanetrā bhayākulāḥ || toyadā abhavaṃstatra bhayadāḥ pūyavarṣiṇaḥ

The cows were frightened, yielding blood as milk, their eyes full of tears, overcome with fear; and the clouds there became terrifying, raining pus.

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SiP 2 78.16

व्यरुदन्प्रतिमास्तत्र देवानामुत्पतिष्णवः ।। विनाऽनिलं द्रुमाः पेतुर्ग्रहयुद्धं बभूव खे

vyarudanpratimāstatra devānāmutpatiṣṇavaḥ || vinā'nilaṃ drumāḥ peturgrahayuddhaṃ babhūva khe

There the images of the gods wept and were on the point of flying up; trees fell without any wind; there was a battle of the planets in the sky.

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SiP 2 78.17

इत्यादिका बहूत्पाता जज्ञिरे मुनिसत्तम ।। अज्ञानिनो जनास्तत्र मेनिरे विश्वसंप्लवम्

ityādikā bahūtpātā jajñire munisattama || ajñānino janāstatra menire viśvasaṃplavam

Many portents such as these occurred, O best of sages; the ignorant people there thought it was the dissolution of the universe.

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SiP 2 78.18

अथ प्रजापतिर्नामाकरोत्तस्यासुरस्य वै ।। तारकेति विचार्यैव कश्यपो हि महौजसः

atha prajāpatirnāmākarottasyāsurasya vai || tāraketi vicāryaiva kaśyapo hi mahaujasaḥ

Then Prajāpati Kaśyapa, of great might, after due deliberation, gave that asura his name, (calling him) "Tāraka."

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SiP 2 78.19

महावीरस्य सहसा व्यज्यमानात्मपौरुषः ।। ववृधेत्यश्मसारेण कायेनाद्रिपतिर्यथा

mahāvīrasya sahasā vyajyamānātmapauruṣaḥ || vavṛdhetyaśmasāreṇa kāyenādripatiryathā

And the manly strength of that great hero, suddenly made manifest, grew — with a body of adamant (hard as stone-iron), like the lord of mountains.

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SiP 2 78.21

प्राप्ताज्ञः स महामायी मायिनामपि मोहकः ।। सर्वदेवजयं कर्तुं तपोर्थं मन आदधे

prāptājñaḥ sa mahāmāyī māyināmapi mohakaḥ || sarvadevajayaṃ kartuṃ taporthaṃ mana ādadhe

Having received (his father's) command, he, the great wielder of illusion, a deluder even of masters of illusion, set his mind on austerity in order to conquer all the gods.

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SiP 2 78.22

मधोर्वनमुपागम्य गुर्वाज्ञाप्रतिपालकः ।। विधिमुद्दिश्य विधिवत्तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम्

madhorvanamupāgamya gurvājñāpratipālakaḥ || vidhimuddiśya vidhivattapastepe sudāruṇam

Going to the forest of Madhu, obedient to his elder's command, he performed most terrible austerity according to rule, with (Brahmā) the Ordainer as its object.

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SiP 2 78.23

ऊर्द्ध्वबाहुश्चैकपादो रविं पश्यन्स चक्षुषा ।। शतवर्षं तपश्चक्रे दृढचित्तो दृढव्रतः

ūrddhvabāhuścaikapādo raviṃ paśyansa cakṣuṣā || śatavarṣaṃ tapaścakre dṛḍhacitto dṛḍhavrataḥ

With arms raised and on one foot, gazing at the sun with his eye, firm of mind and firm in his vow, he performed austerity for a hundred years.

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SiP 2 78.24

अंगुष्ठेन भुवं स्पृष्ट्वा शत वर्षं च तादृशः ।। तेपे तपो दृढात्मा स तारकोऽसुरराट्प्रभुः

aṃguṣṭhena bhuvaṃ spṛṣṭvā śata varṣaṃ ca tādṛśaḥ || tepe tapo dṛḍhātmā sa tārako'surarāṭprabhuḥ

And touching the earth (only) with his big toe, in that same manner for a hundred years, he of resolute self, Tāraka, the lord and king of the asuras, performed austerity.

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SiP 2 78.25

शतवर्षं जलं प्राश्नञ्च्छतवर्षं च वायुभुक्।। शतवर्ष जले तिष्ठञ्च्छतं च स्थंडिलेऽतपत्

śatavarṣaṃ jalaṃ prāśnañcchatavarṣaṃ ca vāyubhuk|| śatavarṣa jale tiṣṭhañcchataṃ ca sthaṃḍile'tapat

For a hundred years consuming (only) water, and for a hundred years feeding on air; for a hundred years standing in water, and for a hundred (years) he performed austerity on bare ground.

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SiP 2 78.26

शतवर्षं तथा चाग्नौ शतवर्षमधोमुखः ।। शतवर्षं तु हस्तस्य तलेन च भुवं स्थित

śatavarṣaṃ tathā cāgnau śatavarṣamadhomukhaḥ || śatavarṣaṃ tu hastasya talena ca bhuvaṃ sthita

So too for a hundred years in fire, for a hundred years head downward, and for a hundred years standing on the ground by the palm of one hand.

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SiP 2 78.27

शतवर्षं तु वृक्षस्य शाखामालब्य वै मुने ।। पादाभ्यां शुचिधूमं हि पिबंश्चाधोमुखस्तथा

śatavarṣaṃ tu vṛkṣasya śākhāmālabya vai mune || pādābhyāṃ śucidhūmaṃ hi pibaṃścādhomukhastathā

And for a hundred years, O sage, grasping the branch of a tree with his feet, head downward, drinking in the pure smoke.

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SiP 2 78.28

एवं कष्टतरं तेपे सुतपस्स तु दैत्यराट्।। काममुद्दिश्य विधिवच्छृण्वतामपि दुस्सहम्

evaṃ kaṣṭataraṃ tepe sutapassa tu daityarāṭ|| kāmamuddiśya vidhivacchṛṇvatāmapi dussaham

Thus that king of the Daityas practised, in due form, austerity yet more painful, excellent austerity, hard to bear even for those who (merely) hear of it, aiming at his desire.

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SiP 2 78.29

तत्रैवं तपतस्तस्य महत्तेजो विनिस्सृतम्।। शिरसस्सर्वंसंसर्पि महोपद्रवकृन्मुने

tatraivaṃ tapatastasya mahattejo vinissṛtam|| śirasassarvaṃsaṃsarpi mahopadravakṛnmune

As he was thus performing austerity there, a great heat issued forth from his head, spreading everywhere and causing great affliction, O sage.

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SiP 2 78.31

इंद्रश्च भयमापेदे ऽधिकं देवेश्वरस्तदा।। तपस्यत्यद्य कश्चिद्वै मत्पदं धर्षयिष्यति

iṃdraśca bhayamāpede 'dhikaṃ deveśvarastadā|| tapasyatyadya kaścidvai matpadaṃ dharṣayiṣyati

And Indra, the lord of the gods, then fell into great fear: "Someone is now practising austerity; he will assail my station."

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SiP 2 78.32

अकांडे चैव ब्रह्माण्डं संहरिष्यत्ययं प्रभु ।। इति संशयमापन्ना निश्चयं नोपलेभिरे

akāṃḍe caiva brahmāṇḍaṃ saṃhariṣyatyayaṃ prabhu || iti saṃśayamāpannā niścayaṃ nopalebhire

"And this mighty one will destroy the egg of Brahmā out of season" — thus fallen into doubt, they could reach no certainty.

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SiP 2 78.33

ततस्सर्वे सुसंमन्त्र्य मिथस्ते निर्जरर्षयः ।। मल्लोकमगमन्भीता दीना मां समुपस्थिताः

tatassarve susaṃmantrya mithaste nirjararṣayaḥ || mallokamagamanbhītā dīnā māṃ samupasthitāḥ

Then all those immortals and seers, having taken careful counsel with one another, went, frightened and wretched, to my world and presented themselves before me.

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SiP 2 78.34

मां प्रणम्य सुसंस्तूय सर्वे ते क्लिष्टचेतसः ।। कृतस्वंजलयो मह्यं वृत्तं सर्वं न्यवेदयन्

māṃ praṇamya susaṃstūya sarve te kliṣṭacetasaḥ || kṛtasvaṃjalayo mahyaṃ vṛttaṃ sarvaṃ nyavedayan

Bowing to me and praising me well, all of them, with distressed minds and hands folded, reported to me the whole occurrence.

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SiP 2 78.35

अहं सर्वं सुनिश्चित्य कारणं तस्य सद्धिया ।। वरं दातुं गतस्तत्र यत्र तप्यति सोऽसुरः

ahaṃ sarvaṃ suniścitya kāraṇaṃ tasya saddhiyā || varaṃ dātuṃ gatastatra yatra tapyati so'suraḥ

I, having with good judgment ascertained the whole cause of it, went there, where that asura was practising austerity, in order to grant him a boon.

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SiP 2 78.36

अवोचं वचनं तं वै वरं ब्रूहीत्यहं मुने ।। तपस्तप्तं त्वया तीव्रं नादेयं विद्यते तव

avocaṃ vacanaṃ taṃ vai varaṃ brūhītyahaṃ mune || tapastaptaṃ tvayā tīvraṃ nādeyaṃ vidyate tava

I spoke this word to him, O sage: "Ask a boon; fierce austerity has been performed by you — there is nothing that may not be given to you."

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SiP 2 78.37

इत्येवं मद्वचः श्रुत्वा तारकस्स महासुरः ।। मां प्रणम्य सुसंस्तूय वरं वव्रेऽतिदारुणम्

ityevaṃ madvacaḥ śrutvā tārakassa mahāsuraḥ || māṃ praṇamya susaṃstūya varaṃ vavre'tidāruṇam

Having thus heard my speech, that great asura Tāraka, bowing to me and praising me well, chose a most terrible boon.

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SiP 2 78.38

तारक उवाच ।। त्वयि प्रसन्ने वरदे किमसाध्यं भवेन्मम ।। अतो याचे वरं त्वत्तः शृणु तन्मे पितामह

tāraka uvāca || tvayi prasanne varade kimasādhyaṃ bhavenmama || ato yāce varaṃ tvattaḥ śṛṇu tanme pitāmaha

Tāraka said: When you, the giver of boons, are pleased, what could be unattainable for me? Therefore I ask a boon of you; hear it from me, O grandfather.

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SiP 2 78.39

यदि प्रसन्नो देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम ।। देयं वरद्वयं मह्यं कृपां कृत्वा ममोपरि

yadi prasanno deveśa yadi deyo varo mama || deyaṃ varadvayaṃ mahyaṃ kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mamopari

If you are pleased, O lord of gods, and if a boon is to be granted me, then let two boons be given to me, showing favour toward me.

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SiP 2 78.41

शिववीर्यसमुत्पन्नः पुत्रस्सेनापतिर्यदा ।। भूत्वा शस्त्रं क्षिपेन्मह्यं तदा मे मरणं भवेत्

śivavīryasamutpannaḥ putrassenāpatiryadā || bhūtvā śastraṃ kṣipenmahyaṃ tadā me maraṇaṃ bhavet

"When a son born of Śiva's seed, having become the general (of the army), shall hurl a weapon at me — then let my death come about."

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SiP 2 78.42

इत्युक्तोऽथ तदा तेन दैत्येनाहं मुनीश्वर।। वरं च तादृशं दत्त्वा स्वलोकमगमं द्रुतम्

ityukto'tha tadā tena daityenāhaṃ munīśvara|| varaṃ ca tādṛśaṃ dattvā svalokamagamaṃ drutam

Thus was I addressed then by that demon, O lord of sages; and having granted just such a boon, I went swiftly to my own world.

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SiP 2 78.43

दैत्योऽपि स वरं लब्ध्वा मनसेप्सितमुत्तमम्।। सुप्रसन्नोतरो भूत्वा शोणिताख्यपुरं गतः

daityo'pi sa varaṃ labdhvā manasepsitamuttamam|| suprasannotaro bhūtvā śoṇitākhyapuraṃ gataḥ

And that demon too, having obtained the excellent boon desired in his heart, becoming exceedingly well pleased, went to the city called Śoṇita.

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SiP 2 78.44

अभिषिक्तस्तदा राज्ये त्रैलोक्यस्यासुरैस्सह।। शुक्रेण दैत्यगुरुणाज्ञया मे स महासुरः

abhiṣiktastadā rājye trailokyasyāsuraissaha|| śukreṇa daityaguruṇājñayā me sa mahāsuraḥ

Then, by my command, that great demon was consecrated by Śukra, the preceptor of the demons, together with the demons, in the kingship of the three worlds.

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SiP 2 78.45

ततस्तु स महादैत्योऽभवस्त्रैलोक्यनायकः ।। स्वाज्ञां प्रवर्तयामास पीडयन्सचराचरम्

tatastu sa mahādaityo'bhavastrailokyanāyakaḥ || svājñāṃ pravartayāmāsa pīḍayansacarācaram

Then that great demon became the ruler of the three worlds; he set his own command in motion, oppressing (all) with the moving and the unmoving.

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SiP 2 78.46

राज्यं चकार विधिवस्त्रिलोकस्य स तारकः ।। प्रजाश्च पालयामास पीडयन्निर्जरादिकान्

rājyaṃ cakāra vidhivastrilokasya sa tārakaḥ || prajāśca pālayāmāsa pīḍayannirjarādikān

That Tāraka ruled the three worlds according to rule, and he protected his subjects while oppressing the gods and the rest.

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SiP 2 78.47

ततस्स तारको दैत्यस्तेषां रत्नान्युपाददे ।। इंद्रादिलोकपालानां स्वतो दत्तानि तद्भयात्

tatassa tārako daityasteṣāṃ ratnānyupādade || iṃdrādilokapālānāṃ svato dattāni tadbhayāt

Then that demon Tāraka took the jewels of those world-guardians, Indra and the others, (jewels) given of their own accord out of fear of him.

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SiP 2 78.48

इंद्रेणैरावतस्तस्य भयात्तस्मै समर्पितः ।। कुबेरेण तदा दत्ता निधयो नवसंख्यका

iṃdreṇairāvatastasya bhayāttasmai samarpitaḥ || kubereṇa tadā dattā nidhayo navasaṃkhyakā

By Indra, Airāvata was handed over to him out of fear; by Kubera the nine treasures were then given.

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SiP 2 78.49

वरुणेन हयाः शुभ्रा ऋषिभिः कामकृत्तथा ।। सूर्येणोच्चैश्श्रवा दिव्यो भयात्तस्मै समर्पितः

varuṇena hayāḥ śubhrā ṛṣibhiḥ kāmakṛttathā || sūryeṇoccaiśśravā divyo bhayāttasmai samarpitaḥ

By Varuṇa white horses, and by the sages the wish-fulfilling (cow); by the Sun the divine Uccaiḥśravas was handed over to him out of fear.

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SiP 2 78.51

समुद्राश्च तथा रत्नान्यदुस्तस्मै भयान्मुने।। अकृष्टपच्यासीत्पृथ्वी प्रजाः कामदुघाः खिलाः

samudrāśca tathā ratnānyadustasmai bhayānmune|| akṛṣṭapacyāsītpṛthvī prajāḥ kāmadughāḥ khilāḥ

And the oceans likewise gave him jewels out of fear, O sage; the earth ripened (its crops) unploughed, and all the subjects yielded (whatever was) desired.

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SiP 2 78.52

सूर्यश्च तपते तद्वत्तद्दुःखं न यथा भवेत् ।। चंद्रस्तु प्रभया दृश्यो वायुस्सर्वानुकूलवान्

sūryaśca tapate tadvattadduḥkhaṃ na yathā bhavet || caṃdrastu prabhayā dṛśyo vāyussarvānukūlavān

And the Sun burns just so much that no suffering may come to him; the Moon is visible with (full) brilliance, and the Wind is entirely favorable.

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SiP 2 78.53

देवानां चैव यद्द्रव्यं पितॄणां च परस्य च ।। तत्सर्वं समुपादत्तमसुरेण दुरात्मना

devānāṃ caiva yaddravyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca parasya ca || tatsarvaṃ samupādattamasureṇa durātmanā

And whatever wealth belonged to the gods, to the ancestors, and to others — all that was taken over by that evil-souled demon.

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SiP 2 78.54

वशीकृत्य स लोकांस्त्रीन्स्वयमिंद्रो बभूव ह ।। अद्वितीयः प्रभुश्चासीद्राज्यं चक्रेऽद्भुतं वशी

vaśīkṛtya sa lokāṃstrīnsvayamiṃdro babhūva ha || advitīyaḥ prabhuścāsīdrājyaṃ cakre'dbhutaṃ vaśī

Having subjugated the three worlds, he himself became Indra; he was the sole lord, and, master of himself, he exercised a wondrous rule.

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SiP 2 78.55

निस्सार्य सकलान्देवान्दैत्यानस्थापयत्ततः।। स्वयं नियोजयामास देवयोनिस्स्वकर्मणि

nissārya sakalāndevāndaityānasthāpayattataḥ|| svayaṃ niyojayāmāsa devayonissvakarmaṇi

Having driven out all the gods, he then installed the demons; he himself appointed the divine classes each to its own task.

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SiP 2 78.56

अथ तद्बाधिता देवास्सर्वे शक्रपुरोगमाः।। मुने मां शरणं जग्मुरनाथा अतिविह्वलाः

atha tadbādhitā devāssarve śakrapurogamāḥ|| mune māṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmuranāthā ativihvalāḥ

Then all the gods, afflicted by him, with Śakra at their head, came to me for refuge, O sage — lordless and utterly distraught.

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