Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 20
SiP 7.1 20.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे वीरभद्रोत्पत्तिवर्णनं नामैकोनविंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २० वायुरुवाच ततो विष्णुप्रधानानां सुराणाममितौजसाम् ददर्श च महत्सत्रं चित्रध्वजपरिच्छदम्
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe vīrabhadrotpattivarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 20 vāyuruvāca tato viṣṇupradhānānāṃ surāṇāmamitaujasām dadarśa ca mahatsatraṃ citradhvajaparicchadam
(Thus the nineteenth chapter, called the Description of the Birth of Vīrabhadra, in the earlier section of the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, the seventh, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 20.) Vāyu said: Then he beheld the great sacrificial rite of the gods of immeasurable might, headed by Viṣṇu, with its variegated banners and hangings.
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SiP 7.1 20.2
सुदर्भऋतुसंस्तीर्णं सुसमिद्धहुताशनम् कांचनैर्यज्ञभांडैश्च भ्राजिष्णुभिरलंकृतम्
sudarbhaṛtusaṃstīrṇaṃ susamiddhahutāśanam kāṃcanairyajñabhāṃḍaiśca bhrājiṣṇubhiralaṃkṛtam
(the sacrifice) strewn with fine darbha grass of the season, with the oblation-fire well kindled, adorned with shining golden sacrificial vessels,
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SiP 7.1 20.3
ऋषिभिर्यज्ञपटुभिर्यथावत्कर्मकर्तृभिः विधिना वेददृष्टेन स्वनुष्ठितबहुक्रमम्
ṛṣibhiryajñapaṭubhiryathāvatkarmakartṛbhiḥ vidhinā vedadṛṣṭena svanuṣṭhitabahukramam
with its many procedures well carried out according to the rule seen in the Veda by sages skilled in sacrifice, performers of the rites as they should be done,
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SiP 7.1 20.4
देवांगनासहस्राढ्यमप्सरोगणसेवितम् वेणुवीणारवैर्जुष्टं वेदघोषैश्च बृंहितम्
devāṃganāsahasrāḍhyamapsarogaṇasevitam veṇuvīṇāravairjuṣṭaṃ vedaghoṣaiśca bṛṃhitam
rich with thousands of divine women, attended by throngs of apsarases, filled with the sounds of flutes and lutes, and swelling with the chanting of the Vedas.
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SiP 7.1 20.5
दृष्ट्वा दक्षाध्वरे वीरो वीरभद्रः प्रतापवान् सिंहनादं तदा चक्रे गंभीरो जलदो यथा
dṛṣṭvā dakṣādhvare vīro vīrabhadraḥ pratāpavān siṃhanādaṃ tadā cakre gaṃbhīro jalado yathā
Having seen (this) at Dakṣa's sacrifice, the valiant hero Vīrabhadra then made a lion's roar, deep like a raincloud.
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SiP 7.1 20.6
ततः किलकिलाशब्द आकाशं पूरयन्निव गणेश्वरैः कृतो जज्ञे महान्न्यक्कृतसागरः
tataḥ kilakilāśabda ākāśaṃ pūrayanniva gaṇeśvaraiḥ kṛto jajñe mahānnyakkṛtasāgaraḥ
Then a shrill "kilakila" cry, as if filling the sky, made by the lords of the hosts, arose—a great (cry) that put the ocean to shame.
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SiP 7.1 20.7
तेन शब्देन महताः ग्रस्ता सर्वेदिवौकसः दुद्रुवुः परितो भीताः स्रस्तवस्त्रविभूषणाः
tena śabdena mahatāḥ grastā sarvedivaukasaḥ dudruvuḥ parito bhītāḥ srastavastravibhūṣaṇāḥ
Seized by that great sound, all the dwellers of heaven ran about in fear, their garments and ornaments slipping off.
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SiP 7.1 20.8
किंस्विद्भग्नो महामेरुः किंस्वित्संदीर्यते मही किमिदं किमिदं वेति जजल्पुस्त्रिदशा भृशम्
kiṃsvidbhagno mahāmeruḥ kiṃsvitsaṃdīryate mahī kimidaṃ kimidaṃ veti jajalpustridaśā bhṛśam
"Has great Meru been shattered? Is the earth splitting apart? What is this, what is this?"—so the thirty (gods) babbled again and again.
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SiP 7.1 20.9
मृगेन्द्राणां यथा नादं गजेंद्रा गहने वने श्रुत्वा तथाविधं केचित्तत्यजुर्जीवितं भयात्
mṛgendrāṇāṃ yathā nādaṃ gajeṃdrā gahane vane śrutvā tathāvidhaṃ kecittatyajurjīvitaṃ bhayāt
As lordly elephants (hear) the roar of lions in a deep forest, so, on hearing such (a sound), some gave up their lives out of fear.
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SiP 7.1 20.10
पर्वताश्च व्यशीर्यंत चकम्पे च वसुंधरा मरुतश्च व्यघूर्णंत चुक्षुभे मकरालयः
parvatāśca vyaśīryaṃta cakampe ca vasuṃdharā marutaśca vyaghūrṇaṃta cukṣubhe makarālayaḥ
And the mountains crumbled, and the earth trembled, and the winds whirled about, and the abode of sea-monsters (the ocean) was churned up.
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SiP 7.1 20.11
अग्नयो नैव दीप्यंते न च दीप्यति भास्करः ग्रहाश्च न प्रकाशंते नक्षत्राणि च तारकाः
agnayo naiva dīpyaṃte na ca dīpyati bhāskaraḥ grahāśca na prakāśaṃte nakṣatrāṇi ca tārakāḥ
The fires do not blaze at all, nor does the sun shine; the planets do not give light, nor the lunar mansions and the stars.
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SiP 7.1 20.12
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु यज्ञवाटं तदुज्ज्वलम् संप्राप भगवान्भद्रो भद्रैश्च सह भद्रया
etasminneva kāle tu yajñavāṭaṃ tadujjvalam saṃprāpa bhagavānbhadro bhadraiśca saha bhadrayā
And at just that moment the lord Bhadra reached that blazing sacrificial enclosure, together with the Bhadras (his attendants) and with Bhadrā.
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SiP 7.1 20.13
तं दृष्ट्वा भीतभीतो ऽपि दक्षो दृढ इव स्थितः क्रुद्धवद्वचनं प्राह को भवान् किमिहेच्छसि
taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhītabhīto 'pi dakṣo dṛḍha iva sthitaḥ kruddhavadvacanaṃ prāha ko bhavān kimihecchasi
Seeing him, Dakṣa, though thoroughly frightened, stood as if firm and spoke words as though angry: "Who are you? What do you want here?"
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SiP 7.1 20.14
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दक्षस्य च दुरात्मनः वीरभद्रो महातेजा मेघसंभीरनिस्स्वनः
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣasya ca durātmanaḥ vīrabhadro mahātejā meghasaṃbhīranissvanaḥ
Hearing that speech of his, of the evil-natured Dakṣa, Vīrabhadra of great splendour, whose voice was deep as a cloud,
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SiP 7.1 20.15
१ परस्मैपदमार्षम् ५२३ब् स्मयन्निव तमालोक्य दक्षं देवाश्च ऋत्विजः अर्थगर्भमसंभ्रान्तमवोचदुचितं वचः
1 parasmaipadamārṣam 523b smayanniva tamālokya dakṣaṃ devāśca ṛtvijaḥ arthagarbhamasaṃbhrāntamavocaducitaṃ vacaḥ
[1 the parasmaipada form is archaic (ārṣa)] —as if smiling, looking upon that Dakṣa and the gods and the officiating priests, spoke a fitting speech, pregnant with meaning, without agitation.
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SiP 7.1 20.16
वीरभद्र उवाच वयं ह्यनुचराः सर्वे शर्वस्यामिततेजसः भागाभिलिप्सया प्राप्ता भागो नस्संप्रदीयताम्
vīrabhadra uvāca vayaṃ hyanucarāḥ sarve śarvasyāmitatejasaḥ bhāgābhilipsayā prāptā bhāgo nassaṃpradīyatām
Vīrabhadra said: We are all attendants of Śarva of boundless splendour; we have come out of desire for a share—let a share be duly given to us.
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SiP 7.1 20.17
अथ चेदध्वरे ऽस्माकं न भागः परिकल्पितः कथ्यतां कारणं तत्र युध्यतां वा मयामरैः
atha cedadhvare 'smākaṃ na bhāgaḥ parikalpitaḥ kathyatāṃ kāraṇaṃ tatra yudhyatāṃ vā mayāmaraiḥ
But if no share has been allotted to us in the sacrifice, let the reason for that be told, or else let the immortals fight with me.
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SiP 7.1 20.18
इत्युक्तास्ते गणेंद्रेण देवा दक्षपुरोगमाः ऊचुर्मन्त्राः प्रमाणं नो न वयं प्रभवस्त्विति
ityuktāste gaṇeṃdreṇa devā dakṣapurogamāḥ ūcurmantrāḥ pramāṇaṃ no na vayaṃ prabhavastviti
Thus addressed by the lord of the Gaṇas, the gods, with Dakṣa at their head, said: "The mantras are our authority; we ourselves have no power in this."
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SiP 7.1 20.19
मन्त्रा ऊचुस्सुरा यूयं मोहोपहतचेतसः येन प्रथमभागार्हं न यजध्वं महेश्वरम्
mantrā ūcussurā yūyaṃ mohopahatacetasaḥ yena prathamabhāgārhaṃ na yajadhvaṃ maheśvaram
The mantras said: "You gods have your minds struck down by delusion, in that you do not offer sacrifice to Maheśvara, who deserves the first portion."
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SiP 7.1 20.20
मंत्रोक्ता अपि ते देवाः सर्वे संमूढचेतसः भद्राय न ददुर्भागं तत्प्रहाणमभीप्सवः
maṃtroktā api te devāḥ sarve saṃmūḍhacetasaḥ bhadrāya na dadurbhāgaṃ tatprahāṇamabhīpsavaḥ
Though told by the mantras, all those gods, their minds utterly bewildered, did not give a share to the Auspicious One (Bhadra), wishing rather for his exclusion.
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SiP 7.1 20.21
यदा तथ्यं च पथ्यं च स्ववाक्यं तद्वृथा ऽभवत् तदा ततो ययुर्मंदा ब्रह्मलोकं सनातनम्
yadā tathyaṃ ca pathyaṃ ca svavākyaṃ tadvṛthā 'bhavat tadā tato yayurmaṃdā brahmalokaṃ sanātanam
When their own utterance, true and salutary as it was, thus became futile, then the sluggish (mantras) went from there to the eternal world of Brahmā.
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SiP 7.1 20.22
अथोवाच गणाध्यक्षो देवान्विष्णुपुरोगमान् मन्त्राः प्रमाणं न कृता युष्माभिर्बलगर्वितैः
athovāca gaṇādhyakṣo devānviṣṇupurogamān mantrāḥ pramāṇaṃ na kṛtā yuṣmābhirbalagarvitaiḥ
Then the lord of the hosts said to the gods headed by Viṣṇu: "The mantras were not treated as authoritative by you, puffed up with your strength."
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SiP 7.1 20.23
यस्मादस्मिन् मखे देवैरित्थं वयमसत्कृताः तस्माद्वो जीवितैस्सार्धमपनेष्यामि गर्वितम्
yasmādasmin makhe devairitthaṃ vayamasatkṛtāḥ tasmādvo jīvitaissārdhamapaneṣyāmi garvitam
"Since in this sacrifice we have been thus dishonoured by the gods, therefore I shall take away your pride together with your lives."
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SiP 7.1 20.24
इत्युक्त्वा भगवान् क्रुद्धो व्यदहन्नेत्रवह्निना यक्षवाटं महाकूटं यथातिस्रः पुरो हरः
ityuktvā bhagavān kruddho vyadahannetravahninā yakṣavāṭaṃ mahākūṭaṃ yathātisraḥ puro haraḥ
Having said this, the enraged Lord burned with the fire of his eye the yakṣa enclosure, that great pile, just as Hara (burned) the three cities.
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SiP 7.1 20.25
ततो गणेश्वरास्सर्वे पर्वतोदग्रविग्रहाः यूपानुत्पाट्य होत्ःणां कंठेष्वाबध्य रज्जुभिः
tato gaṇeśvarāssarve parvatodagravigrahāḥ yūpānutpāṭya hotḥṇāṃ kaṃṭheṣvābadhya rajjubhiḥ
Then all the lords of the hosts, whose bodies towered like mountains, tore up the sacrificial posts and bound them with ropes to the necks of the officiating priests,
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SiP 7.1 20.26
यज्ञपात्राणि चित्राणि भित्त्वा संचूर्ण्य वारिणि गृहीत्वा चैव यज्ञांगं गंगास्रोतसि चिक्षिपुः
yajñapātrāṇi citrāṇi bhittvā saṃcūrṇya vāriṇi gṛhītvā caiva yajñāṃgaṃ gaṃgāsrotasi cikṣipuḥ
and having broken the variegated sacrificial vessels and ground them to powder in the water, and having seized the parts of the sacrifice, they flung them into the current of the Gaṅgā.
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SiP 7.1 20.27
तत्र दिव्यान्नपानानां राशयः पर्वतोपमाः क्षीरनद्यो ऽमृतस्रावाः सुस्निग्धदधिकर्दमाः
tatra divyānnapānānāṃ rāśayaḥ parvatopamāḥ kṣīranadyo 'mṛtasrāvāḥ susnigdhadadhikardamāḥ
There were heaps of divine food and drink like mountains, rivers of milk flowing with nectar, with the smooth mire of curds,
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SiP 7.1 20.28
उच्चावचानि मांसानि भक्ष्याणि सुरभीणि च रसवन्ति च पानानि लेह्यचोष्याणि तानि वै
uccāvacāni māṃsāni bhakṣyāṇi surabhīṇi ca rasavanti ca pānāni lehyacoṣyāṇi tāni vai
meats of various kinds, fragrant edibles, and juicy drinks, and those things to be licked and to be sucked —
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SiP 7.1 20.29
वीरास्तद्भुजते वक्त्रैर्विलुंपंति क्षिपंति च वज्रैश्चक्रैर्महाशूलैश्शक्तिभिः पाशपट्टिशैः
vīrāstadbhujate vaktrairviluṃpaṃti kṣipaṃti ca vajraiścakrairmahāśūlaiśśaktibhiḥ pāśapaṭṭiśaiḥ
the heroes devour that with their mouths, they plunder it and they hurl it about; with thunderbolts, discuses, great spears, javelins, nooses and paṭṭiśa-axes,
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SiP 7.1 20.30
मुसलैरसिभिष्टंकैर्भिधिपालैः परश्वधैः उद्धतांस्त्रिदशान्सर्वांल्लोकपालपुरस्सरान्
musalairasibhiṣṭaṃkairbhidhipālaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ uddhatāṃstridaśānsarvāṃllokapālapurassarān
with clubs, swords, chisels, bhindipāla-missiles and battle-axes, (they attacked) all the arrogant thirty (gods) with the guardians of the quarters at their head —
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SiP 7.1 20.31
बिभिदुर्बलिनो वीरा वीरभद्रांगसंभवाः छिंधि भिंधि क्षिप क्षिप्रं मार्यतां दार्यतामिति
bibhidurbalino vīrā vīrabhadrāṃgasaṃbhavāḥ chiṃdhi bhiṃdhi kṣipa kṣipraṃ māryatāṃ dāryatāmiti
the mighty heroes born from the body of Vīrabhadra clove them apart, (crying) "Cut! Split! Hurl! Quickly! Let him be killed, let him be torn!"
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SiP 7.1 20.32
हरस्व प्रहरस्वेति पाटयोत्पाटयेति च संरंभप्रभवाः क्रूराश्शब्दाः श्रवणशंकवः
harasva praharasveti pāṭayotpāṭayeti ca saṃraṃbhaprabhavāḥ krūrāśśabdāḥ śravaṇaśaṃkavaḥ
"Strike! Strike hard!" and "Tear! Uproot!" — cruel cries born of fury, terrifying to the ear,
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SiP 7.1 20.33
यत्रतत्र गणेशानां जज्ञिरे समरोचिताः विवृत्तनयनाः केचिद्दष्टदंष्ट्रोष्ठतालवः
yatratatra gaṇeśānāṃ jajñire samarocitāḥ vivṛttanayanāḥ keciddaṣṭadaṃṣṭroṣṭhatālavaḥ
arose here and there among the lords of the hosts, fit for battle: some with rolling eyes, some biting their fangs, lips and palates.
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SiP 7.1 20.34
आश्रमस्थान्समाकृष्य मारयन्ति तपोधनात् स्रुवानपहरन्तश्च क्षिपन्तोग्निं जलेषु च
āśramasthānsamākṛṣya mārayanti tapodhanāt sruvānapaharantaśca kṣipantogniṃ jaleṣu ca
Dragging off those who were in the hermitage, they kill the ascetics rich in penance, and carrying off the sacrificial ladles they cast the fire into the waters,
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SiP 7.1 20.35
कलशानपि भिन्दंतश्छिंदंतो मणिवेदिकाः गायंतश्च नदन्तश्च हसन्तश्च मुहुर्मुहुः
kalaśānapi bhindaṃtaśchiṃdaṃto maṇivedikāḥ gāyaṃtaśca nadantaśca hasantaśca muhurmuhuḥ
breaking the water-jars too, cutting up the jewelled altar-platforms, singing and roaring and laughing again and again,
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SiP 7.1 20.36
रक्तासवं पिबन्तश्च ननृतुर्गणपुंगवाः ५२४अ निर्मथ्य सेंद्रानमरान् गणेन्द्रान्वृषेन्द्रनागेन्द्रमृगेन्द्रसाराः
raktāsavaṃ pibantaśca nanṛturgaṇapuṃgavāḥ 524a nirmathya seṃdrānamarān gaṇendrānvṛṣendranāgendramṛgendrasārāḥ
and drinking blood as liquor, the bulls among the hosts danced. Having churned up the immortals together with Indra, the lords of the hosts, who had the strength of the lord of bulls, the lord of serpents and the lord of beasts,
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SiP 7.1 20.37
चक्रुर्बहून्यप्रतिमभावाः सहर्षरोमाणि विचेष्टितानि नन्दंति केचित्प्रहरन्ति केचिद्धावन्ति केचित्प्रलपन्ति केचित्
cakrurbahūnyapratimabhāvāḥ saharṣaromāṇi viceṣṭitāni nandaṃti kecitpraharanti keciddhāvanti kecitpralapanti kecit
— beings without compare — performed many contortions with the hair bristling in delight. Some rejoice, some strike, some run, some babble,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 20.38
नृत्यन्ति केचिद्विहसन्ति केचिद्वल्गन्ति केचित्प्रमथा बलेन
nṛtyanti kecidvihasanti kecidvalganti kecitpramathā balena
some dance, some laugh aloud, some of the Pramathas leap about in their strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 20.39
केचिज्जिघृक्षंति घनान्स तोयान्केचिद्ग्रहीतुं रविमुत्पतंति केचित्प्रसर्तुं पवनेन सार्धमिच्छंति भीमाः प्रमथा वियत्स्थाः
kecijjighṛkṣaṃti ghanānsa toyānkecidgrahītuṃ ravimutpataṃti kecitprasartuṃ pavanena sārdhamicchaṃti bhīmāḥ pramathā viyatsthāḥ
Some wish to seize the clouds along with their water, some fly up to grasp the sun, some terrible Pramathas standing in the sky want to race along with the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 20.40
आक्षिप्य केचिच्च वरायुधानि महा भुजंगानिव वैनतेयाः भ्रमंति देवानपि विद्रवंतः खमंडले पर्वतकूटकल्पाः
ākṣipya kecicca varāyudhāni mahā bhujaṃgāniva vainateyāḥ bhramaṃti devānapi vidravaṃtaḥ khamaṃḍale parvatakūṭakalpāḥ
And some, snatching away (their) excellent weapons as the sons of Vinatā (snatch) great serpents, roam about in the circle of the sky, routing even the gods — those dreadful Pramathas, like mountain peaks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 20.41
उत्पाट्य चोत्पाट्यगृहाणि केचित्सजालवातायनवेदिकानि विक्षिप्य विक्षिप्य जलस्य मध्ये कालांबुदाभाः प्रमथा निनेदुः
utpāṭya cotpāṭyagṛhāṇi kecitsajālavātāyanavedikāni vikṣipya vikṣipya jalasya madhye kālāṃbudābhāḥ pramathā nineduḥ
And some, tearing up house after house together with their lattices, windows and terraces, and flinging them again and again into the midst of the water, the Pramathas, dark as the clouds of doom, roared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 20.42
उद्वर्तितद्वारकपाटकुड्यं विध्वस्तशालावलभीगवाक्षम् अहो बताभज्यत यज्ञवाटमनाथवद्वाक्यमिवायथार्थम्
udvartitadvārakapāṭakuḍyaṃ vidhvastaśālāvalabhīgavākṣam aho batābhajyata yajñavāṭamanāthavadvākyamivāyathārtham
Its door-panels and walls torn up, its halls, roof-beams and windows shattered — alas, the sacrificial enclosure was broken apart, as though it had no master, like a sentence with no proper sense.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 20.43
हा नाथ तातेति पितुः सुतेति भ्रतर्ममाम्बेति च मातुलेति उत्पाट्यमानेषु गृहेषु नार्यो ह्यानाथशब्दान्बहुशः प्रचक्रुः
hā nātha tāteti pituḥ suteti bhratarmamāmbeti ca mātuleti utpāṭyamāneṣu gṛheṣu nāryo hyānāthaśabdānbahuśaḥ pracakruḥ
"Alas, husband!", "Father!", "Son!" to a father, "Brother!", "My mother!", and "Uncle!" — while the houses were being torn up, the women raised many cries of helplessness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition