Vamana Purana — Chapter 10
VamP 10.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततः प्रवृत्ते संग्रामे भीरूणां भयवर्धने । सहस्रक्षो महाचापमादाय व्यसृजच्छरान्
pulastya uvāca / tataḥ pravṛtte saṃgrāme bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhane / sahasrakṣo mahācāpamādāya vyasṛjaccharān
Pulastya said: Then, when the battle had begun — a battle that increased the fear of the timid — the thousand-eyed one took up his great bow and let loose arrows.
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VamP 10.2
अन्धको ऽपि महावेगं धनुराकृष्य भास्वरम् । पुरन्दराय चिक्षेप शरान् बर्हिणवाससः
andhako 'pi mahāvegaṃ dhanurākṛṣya bhāsvaram / purandarāya cikṣepa śarān barhiṇavāsasaḥ
Andhaka too, drawing his shining bow with great force, hurled at Purandara arrows fledged with peacock feathers.
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VamP 10.3
तावन्योन्यं सुतीक्ष्णाग्रैः शरैः संनतपर्वभिः । रुक्मपुङ्खैर्महावेगैराजघ्नतुरुभावपि
tāvanyonyaṃ sutīkṣṇāgraiḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ / rukmapuṅkhairmahāvegairājaghnaturubhāvapi
The two of them struck each other with very sharp-pointed arrows, smooth-jointed, gold-nocked and swift-flying.
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VamP 10.4
चचः क्रुद्धूः शतमखः कुलिशं भ्राम्य पाणिना । चिक्षेप दैत्यराजाय तं ददर्श तथान्धकः
cacaḥ kruddhūḥ śatamakhaḥ kuliśaṃ bhrāmya pāṇinā / cikṣepa daityarājāya taṃ dadarśa tathāndhakaḥ
Then the angry lord of a hundred sacrifices, whirling the thunderbolt with his hand, hurled it at the king of the Daityas; and Andhaka saw it (coming).
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VamP 10.5
आजघान च बाणौघैरस्त्रैः स नारद । तान् भस्मसात्तदा चक्रे नगानिव हुताशनः
ājaghāna ca bāṇaughairastraiḥ sa nārada / tān bhasmasāttadā cakre nagāniva hutāśanaḥ
And he struck (them) with floods of arrows and with missile-weapons, O Nārada; then he reduced them to ashes, as fire does trees.
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VamP 10.6
ततो ऽतिवेगिनं वज्रं दृष्ट्वा बलवतां वरः । समाप्लुत्य रथात्तस्थौ भुवि बाहु सहायवान्
tato 'tiveginaṃ vajraṃ dṛṣṭvā balavatāṃ varaḥ / samāplutya rathāttasthau bhuvi bāhu sahāyavān
Then, seeing the exceedingly swift thunderbolt, the best of the strong leapt down from his chariot and stood on the ground, with his arms for his helpers.
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VamP 10.7
रथं सारथिना सार्धं साश्वध्वजसकूबम् । भस्म कृत्वाथ कुलिशमन्धकं समुपाययौ
rathaṃ sārathinā sārdhaṃ sāśvadhvajasakūbam / bhasma kṛtvātha kuliśamandhakaṃ samupāyayau
And the thunderbolt, having reduced to ashes the chariot together with its driver, its horses, banner and chariot-box, came on at Andhaka.
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VamP 10.8
तमापतन्तं वेगेन मुष्टिनाहत्य भूतले । पातयामास बलवान् जगर्ज च तदान्धकः
tamāpatantaṃ vegena muṣṭināhatya bhūtale / pātayāmāsa balavān jagarja ca tadāndhakaḥ
As it came rushing on, the strong Andhaka struck it with his fist, felled it to the ground, and then roared.
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VamP 10.9
तं गर्जमानं वीक्ष्याथ वासवः सायकैर्दृढम् । ववर्ष तान् वारयन् स समभ्यायाच्छतक्रतुम्
taṃ garjamānaṃ vīkṣyātha vāsavaḥ sāyakairdṛḍham / vavarṣa tān vārayan sa samabhyāyācchatakratum
Then, seeing him roaring, Vāsava rained arrows hard (upon him); warding them off, he advanced upon the lord of a hundred rites.
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VamP 10.11
१०।१० वाममुष्ट्या तथा पार्श्वं समाहत्यान्धकस्त्वरन् । गजेन्द्रं पातयामास प्रहारैर्जर्जरीकृतम्
10.10 vāmamuṣṭyā tathā pārśvaṃ samāhatyāndhakastvaran / gajendraṃ pātayāmāsa prahārairjarjarīkṛtam
Then Andhaka, striking its flank with his left fist, quickly felled the great elephant, battered to pieces by his blows.
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VamP 10.12
गजेन्द्रात् पतमानाच्च अवप्लुत्य शतक्रतुः । पाणिना वज्रमादाय प्रविवेशामरावतीम्
gajendrāt patamānācca avaplutya śatakratuḥ / pāṇinā vajramādāya praviveśāmarāvatīm
And as the great elephant was falling, the lord of a hundred rites leapt off, took the thunderbolt in his hand, and entered Amarāvatī.
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VamP 10.13
परङ्मुखे सहस्राक्षे तदा दैवतबलं महत् । पातयामा द्रत्येन्द्रः पादमुष्टितलादिभिः
paraṅmukhe sahasrākṣe tadā daivatabalaṃ mahat / pātayāmā dratyendraḥ pādamuṣṭitalādibhiḥ
When the thousand-eyed one had turned his back, the lord of the Daityas then felled the great army of the gods with kicks, fists, palm-blows and the like.
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VamP 10.14
ततो वैवस्वतो दण्डं परिभ्राम्य द्विजोत्तम । समभ्यधावत् प्रह्लादं हन्तुकामः सुरोत्तमः
tato vaivasvato daṇḍaṃ paribhrāmya dvijottama / samabhyadhāvat prahlādaṃ hantukāmaḥ surottamaḥ
Then, O best of the twice-born, the son of Vivasvat, whirling his rod, ran at Prahlāda, wishing to kill him — he, the foremost of the gods.
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VamP 10.15
तमापतन्तं बाणैघैर्ववर्षं रविनन्दनम् । हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्रश् चापमानम्य वेगवान्
tamāpatantaṃ bāṇaighairvavarṣaṃ ravinandanam / hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putraś cāpamānamya vegavān
As the son of the Sun came rushing on, the swift son of Hiraṇyakaśipu bent his bow and rained floods of arrows upon him.
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VamP 10.16
तां बाणवृष्टिमतुलां दण्डेनाहत्य भास्करिः । शातयित्वा प्रचिक्षेप दण्डं लोकभयङ्करम्
tāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭimatulāṃ daṇḍenāhatya bhāskariḥ / śātayitvā pracikṣepa daṇḍaṃ lokabhayaṅkaram
The son of the Sun, striking that unequalled rain of arrows with his rod and shattering it, hurled the rod that terrifies the worlds.
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VamP 10.17
स वायुपथमास्थाय धर्मराजकरे स्थितः । जज्वाल कालग्निनिभो यद्वद् दग्धुं जगत्त्रयम्
sa vāyupathamāsthāya dharmarājakare sthitaḥ / jajvāla kālagninibho yadvad dagdhuṃ jagattrayam
(That rod), taking the path of the wind, having stood in the hand of the king of dharma, blazed like the fire of time, as if to burn the three worlds.
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VamP 10.18
जाज्वल्यमानामायान्तं दण्डं दृष्ट्वा दितेः सुताः । प्राक्रोशन्ति हतः कष्टं प्रह्लादो ऽयं यमेन हि
jājvalyamānāmāyāntaṃ daṇḍaṃ dṛṣṭvā diteḥ sutāḥ / prākrośanti hataḥ kaṣṭaṃ prahlādo 'yaṃ yamena hi
Seeing the blazing rod coming on, the sons of Diti cried out: "Alas, this Prahlāda is slain by Yama!"
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VamP 10.19
तमाक्रन्दितमाकर्ण्य हिरण्याक्षसुतो ऽन्धकः । प्रोवाच मा भैष्टच मयि स्थिते को ऽयं सुराधमः
tamākranditamākarṇya hiraṇyākṣasuto 'ndhakaḥ / provāca mā bhaiṣṭaca mayi sthite ko 'yaṃ surādhamaḥ
Hearing that outcry, Andhaka the son of Hiraṇyākṣa said: "Do not be afraid! While I stand here, who is this lowest of gods?"
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VamP 10.20
इत्येवसुक्त्वा वचनं वेगेनाबिससार च। जग्राह पाणिना दणेडं हसन् सव्येन नारद
ityevasuktvā vacanaṃ vegenābisasāra ca/ jagrāha pāṇinā daṇeḍaṃ hasan savyena nārada
Having spoken just these words, he rushed forward at speed, and laughing, seized the rod with his left hand, O Nārada.
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VamP 10.21
तमादाय ततो वेगाद् भ्रामयामास चान्धकः । जगर्ज च महानादं यथा प्रावृषि तोयदः
tamādāya tato vegād bhrāmayāmāsa cāndhakaḥ / jagarja ca mahānādaṃ yathā prāvṛṣi toyadaḥ
Then Andhaka, having taken it, whirled it around forcefully, and roared a great roar like a raincloud in the rainy season.
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VamP 10.22
प्रह्लादं रक्षितं दृष्ट्वा दण्डाद् दैत्येश्वरेण हि । साधुवादं ददुर्हृष्टा दैत्यदानवयूथपाः
prahlādaṃ rakṣitaṃ dṛṣṭvā daṇḍād daityeśvareṇa hi / sādhuvādaṃ dadurhṛṣṭā daityadānavayūthapāḥ
Seeing Prahlāda protected from the rod by the lord of the Daityas, the troop-leaders of the Daityas and Dānavas, delighted, gave a cry of approval.
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VamP 10.23
भ्रामयन्तं महादण्डं दृष्ट्वा भानुसुतो मुने । दुःसहं दुर्धरं मत्वा अन्तर्धानमगाद् यमः
bhrāmayantaṃ mahādaṇḍaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhānusuto mune / duḥsahaṃ durdharaṃ matvā antardhānamagād yamaḥ
O sage, seeing (him) whirling the great rod, the son of the Sun, reckoning it unbearable and irresistible, Yama vanished.
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VamP 10.24
अन्तर्हिते धर्मराजे प्रह्लादो ऽपि महामुने । दारयामास बलवान् देवसैन्यं समन्ततः
antarhite dharmarāje prahlādo 'pi mahāmune / dārayāmāsa balavān devasainyaṃ samantataḥ
When the King of Dharma had vanished, O great sage, mighty Prahlāda too tore apart the army of the gods on every side.
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VamP 10.25
वरुणः शिशुमारस्थो बद्ध्वा पाशैर्महासुरान् । गदया दारयामास तमभ्यागाद् विरोचनः
varuṇaḥ śiśumārastho baddhvā pāśairmahāsurān / gadayā dārayāmāsa tamabhyāgād virocanaḥ
Varuṇa, mounted on a porpoise, having bound the great Asuras with his nooses, tore them apart with his mace; Virocana came against him.
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VamP 10.26
तोमरैर्वज्रसंस्पर्शैः शक्तिभिर्मार्गणैरपि । जलेशं ताडयामास मुद्गरैः कणपैरपि
tomarairvajrasaṃsparśaiḥ śaktibhirmārgaṇairapi / jaleśaṃ tāḍayāmāsa mudgaraiḥ kaṇapairapi
With lances whose touch was like the thunderbolt, with spears and also with arrows, with hammers and with kaṇapas, he struck the lord of the waters.
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VamP 10.27
ततस्तं गदयाभ्येत्य पातयित्वा धरातले । अभिद्रुत्य बबन्धाथ पाशैर्मत्तगजं बली
tatastaṃ gadayābhyetya pātayitvā dharātale / abhidrutya babandhātha pāśairmattagajaṃ balī
Then, approaching him with his mace and felling him to the ground, the strong one rushed up and bound him with nooses, like a maddened elephant.
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VamP 10.28
तान् पाशाञ्शतधा चक्रे वेगाच्च दनुजेश्वरः । वरुणं च समभ्येत्य मध्ये जग्राह नारद
tān pāśāñśatadhā cakre vegācca danujeśvaraḥ / varuṇaṃ ca samabhyetya madhye jagrāha nārada
And the lord of the Danus with a rush made those nooses into a hundred pieces, and, coming up to Varuṇa, seized him by the middle, O Nārada.
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VamP 10.29
ततो दन्ती च शृङ्गाभ्यां प्रचिक्षेप तदाव्ययः । ममर्द च तथा पद्भ्यां सवाहं सलिलेश्वराम्
tato dantī ca śṛṅgābhyāṃ pracikṣepa tadāvyayaḥ / mamarda ca tathā padbhyāṃ savāhaṃ salileśvarām
Then the elephant, undecaying, hurled him with its two tusks, and likewise trampled the lord of the waters with its feet, together with his mount.
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VamP 10.30
तं मर्द्यमानं वीक्ष्याथ शशाङ्कः शिशिराशुमान् । अभ्येत्य ताडयामास मार्गणैः कायदारणैः
taṃ mardyamānaṃ vīkṣyātha śaśāṅkaḥ śiśirāśumān / abhyetya tāḍayāmāsa mārgaṇaiḥ kāyadāraṇaiḥ
Then, seeing him being trampled, the cool-rayed moon came up and struck (the elephant) with body-rending arrows.
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VamP 10.31
स ताड्यमानः शिशिरांशुबाणैरवाप पीडां परमां गजेन्द्रः । दुष्टश्च वेगात् पयसामधीशं मुहुर्मुहुः पादतलैर्ममर्द
sa tāḍyamānaḥ śiśirāṃśubāṇairavāpa pīḍāṃ paramāṃ gajendraḥ / duṣṭaśca vegāt payasāmadhīśaṃ muhurmuhuḥ pādatalairmamarda
That lord of elephants, struck by the cool-rayed one's arrows, felt extreme pain, and, enraged, violently trampled the lord of the waters again and again with the soles of its feet.
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VamP 10.32
स मृद्यमानो वरुणो गजेन्द्रं पद्भ्यां सुगाढं जगृहे महर्षे । पादेषु भूमिं करयोः स्पृशंश्च मूर्द्धानमुल्लाल्य बलान्महात्मा
sa mṛdyamāno varuṇo gajendraṃ padbhyāṃ sugāḍhaṃ jagṛhe maharṣe / pādeṣu bhūmiṃ karayoḥ spṛśaṃśca mūrddhānamullālya balānmahātmā
Being crushed, Varuṇa, O great seer, seized the lord of elephants very firmly with his two feet; touching the ground with his feet and with his two hands, the great one lifted up its head by force.
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VamP 10.33
गृह्याङ्गुलीभिश्च गजस्य पुच्छं कृत्वेह बन्धं भुजगेश्वरेण । उत्पाट्य चिक्षेप विरोचनं हि सकुञ्जरं खे सनियन्तृवाहम्
gṛhyāṅgulībhiśca gajasya pucchaṃ kṛtveha bandhaṃ bhujageśvareṇa / utpāṭya cikṣepa virocanaṃ hi sakuñjaraṃ khe saniyantṛvāham
And grasping the elephant's tail with his fingers and making a binding here with the lord of serpents, he uprooted and flung Virocana into the sky, together with the elephant and with the driver of the mount.
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VamP 10.34
क्षिप्तो जलेशेन विरोचनस्तु सकुञ्जरो भूमितले पपात । साट्टं सन्यत्रार्गलहर्म्यभूमि पुरं सुकेशेरिव भस्करेण
kṣipto jaleśena virocanastu sakuñjaro bhūmitale papāta / sāṭṭaṃ sanyatrārgalaharmyabhūmi puraṃ sukeśeriva bhaskareṇa
Flung by the lord of the waters, Virocana with his elephant fell to the surface of the earth, like the city of Sukeśa (cast down) by the Sun, with its turrets, its machines, its bolts, and its palace-grounds.
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VamP 10.35
ततो जलेशः सगदः सपाशः सम्भ्यधावद् दितिजं निहन्तुम् । ततः समाक्रन्दमनुत्तमं हि मुक्तं तु दैत्यैर्घनरावतुल्यम्
tato jaleśaḥ sagadaḥ sapāśaḥ sambhyadhāvad ditijaṃ nihantum / tataḥ samākrandamanuttamaṃ hi muktaṃ tu daityairghanarāvatulyam
Then the lord of the waters, with mace and noose, rushed forward to slay the son of Diti; thereupon an unsurpassed outcry, like the roar of thunderclouds, was let loose by the Daityas.
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VamP 10.36
हा हा हतो ऽसौ वरुणेन वीरो विरोचनो दानवसैन्यपालः । प्रह्लाद हे जम्भकुजम्भकाद्या रक्षध्वमभ्येत्य सहान्धकेन
hā hā hato 'sau varuṇena vīro virocano dānavasainyapālaḥ / prahlāda he jambhakujambhakādyā rakṣadhvamabhyetya sahāndhakena
"Alas, alas! That hero Virocana, guardian of the Dānava army, has been slain by Varuṇa! O Prahlāda, O Jambha, Kujambha and the rest, come and protect (him), together with Andhaka!"
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VamP 10.37
अहो महात्मा बलवाञ्जलेशः संचूर्णयन् दैत्यभटं सवाहम् । पाशेन बद्ध्वा गदया निहन्ति यथा पशुं वाजिमखे महेन्द्रः
aho mahātmā balavāñjaleśaḥ saṃcūrṇayan daityabhaṭaṃ savāham / pāśena baddhvā gadayā nihanti yathā paśuṃ vājimakhe mahendraḥ
"Ah, the lord of the waters is great and strong: crushing the Daitya warrior along with his mount, having bound him with his noose, he slays him with his mace, as great Indra (slays) the beast at the horse-sacrifice."
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VamP 10.38
श्रुतत्वाथ शब्दं दितिजैः समीरितं जम्भप्रधाना दितिजेश्वरास्ततः । समभ्यधावंस्त्वरिता जलेश्वरं यथा पतङ्गा ज्वलितं हुताशनम्
śrutatvātha śabdaṃ ditijaiḥ samīritaṃ jambhapradhānā ditijeśvarāstataḥ / samabhyadhāvaṃstvaritā jaleśvaraṃ yathā pataṅgā jvalitaṃ hutāśanam
Then, having heard the cry raised by the sons of Diti, the lords of Diti's brood headed by Jambha rushed swiftly upon the lord of the waters, as moths upon a blazing fire.
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VamP 10.39
तानागतान् वै प्रसमीक्ष्य देवः प्राह्लादिसुत्सृज्य वितत्य पाशम् । गदां समुद्भ्राम्य जलेश्वरस्तु दुद्राव तान् जम्भमुखानरातीन्
tānāgatān vai prasamīkṣya devaḥ prāhlādisutsṛjya vitatya pāśam / gadāṃ samudbhrāmya jaleśvarastu dudrāva tān jambhamukhānarātīn
Seeing them coming on, the god, letting go of Prahlāda's son and spreading out his noose, and whirling his mace, the lord of the waters charged at those enemies headed by Jambha.
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VamP 10.40
जम्भं च पाशेन तथा निहत्य तारं तलेनाशनिसंनिभेन । पादेन वृत्रं तरसा कुजम्भं निपातयामास बलं च मुष्ट्या
jambhaṃ ca pāśena tathā nihatya tāraṃ talenāśanisaṃnibhena / pādena vṛtraṃ tarasā kujambhaṃ nipātayāmāsa balaṃ ca muṣṭyā
And having struck down Jambha with the noose, and Tāra with a palm-blow like the thunderbolt, he swiftly felled Vṛtra and Kujambha with his foot, and Bala with his fist.
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VamP 10.41
तेनार्दिता देववरेण दैत्याः संप्राद्रवन् दिक्षु विमुक्तशस्त्राः । ततो ऽन्धकः सत्वरितो ऽभ्युपेयाद् रणाय योद्धुं जलनायकेन
tenārditā devavareṇa daityāḥ saṃprādravan dikṣu vimuktaśastrāḥ / tato 'ndhakaḥ satvarito 'bhyupeyād raṇāya yoddhuṃ jalanāyakena
Tormented by that best of gods, the Daityas fled in all directions, dropping their weapons; then Andhaka came up in haste to fight in battle with the leader of the waters.
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VamP 10.42
तमापतन्तं गदया जघान पाशेन बद्ध्वा परुणो ऽसुरेशम् । तं पाशमाविध्य गदां प्रगृह्य चिक्षेप दैत्यः स च जलेश्वराय
tamāpatantaṃ gadayā jaghāna pāśena baddhvā paruṇo 'sureśam / taṃ pāśamāvidhya gadāṃ pragṛhya cikṣepa daityaḥ sa ca jaleśvarāya
As he rushed on, Varuṇa struck the lord of the asuras with his mace and bound him with his noose; but the daitya, flinging off the noose and seizing the mace, hurled it at the lord of waters.
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VamP 10.43
तमापतन्तं प्रसमीक्ष्य पाशं गदां च दाक्षायणिनन्दनस्तु । विवेश वेगात् पयसां निधानं ततो ऽन्धको देवबलं ममर्द
tamāpatantaṃ prasamīkṣya pāśaṃ gadāṃ ca dākṣāyaṇinandanastu / viveśa vegāt payasāṃ nidhānaṃ tato 'ndhako devabalaṃ mamarda
But the son of Dākṣāyaṇī (Varuṇa), seeing the noose and the mace coming at him, swiftly entered the receptacle of the waters; thereupon Andhaka crushed the army of the gods.
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VamP 10.44
ततो हुताशः सुरशत्रुसैन्यं ददाह रोषात् पवनावधूतः । तमभ्ययाद् दानवविश्वकर्मा मयो महाबाहुरुदग्रवीर्यः
tato hutāśaḥ suraśatrusainyaṃ dadāha roṣāt pavanāvadhūtaḥ / tamabhyayād dānavaviśvakarmā mayo mahābāhurudagravīryaḥ
Then the fire-god, fanned by the wind, in his fury burned the army of the enemies of the gods. Against him advanced Maya, the Viśvakarman of the dānavas, the mighty-armed, of towering valour.
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VamP 10.45
तमापतन्तं सह शम्बरेण समीक्ष्य वह्निः पवनेन सार्धम् । शक्त्या मयं शम्बरमेत्य कण्ठे संताड्य जग्राह बलान्महर्षे
tamāpatantaṃ saha śambareṇa samīkṣya vahniḥ pavanena sārdham / śaktyā mayaṃ śambarametya kaṇṭhe saṃtāḍya jagrāha balānmaharṣe
Seeing him coming on together with Śambara, Agni, along with the wind, (struck) Maya with his spear, and going up to Śambara, striking him on the neck, seized him by force, O great sage.
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VamP 10.46
शक्त्या स कायावरणे विदारिते संभिन्नदेहो न्यपतत् पृथिव्याम् । मयः प्रजज्वाल च शम्वरो ऽपि कण्ठावलग्ने ज्वलने प्रदीप्ते
śaktyā sa kāyāvaraṇe vidārite saṃbhinnadeho nyapatat pṛthivyām / mayaḥ prajajvāla ca śamvaro 'pi kaṇṭhāvalagne jvalane pradīpte
When his body-armour was torn open by the spear, his body split apart, Maya fell to the earth and blazed up; and Śambara too, as the fire clinging to his neck flared up.
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VamP 10.47
स दह्यमानो दितिजो ऽग्निनाथ सुविस्वरं घोरतरं रुराव । सिंहाभिपन्नो विपिने यथैव मत्तो गजः क्रन्दति वेदनार्त्तः
sa dahyamāno ditijo 'gninātha suvisvaraṃ ghorataraṃ rurāva / siṃhābhipanno vipine yathaiva matto gajaḥ krandati vedanārttaḥ
Being burnt by the fire, that son of Diti then roared out most discordantly and most horribly, just as in the forest a maddened elephant, set upon by a lion, cries out in the torment of pain.
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VamP 10.48
तं शब्दमाकर्ण्य च शम्बरस्य दैत्येश्वरः क्रोधविरक्तदृष्टिः । आः किं किमेतन्ननु केन युद्धे जितो मयः शम्बरदानवश्च
taṃ śabdamākarṇya ca śambarasya daityeśvaraḥ krodhaviraktadṛṣṭiḥ / āḥ kiṃ kimetannanu kena yuddhe jito mayaḥ śambaradānavaśca
And hearing that cry of Śambara, the lord of the daityas, his sight dimmed with anger, (said): "Ah! What, what is this? By whom, then, have Maya and Śambara the dānava been beaten in battle?"
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VamP 10.49
ततो ऽब्रुवन् दैत्यभटा दितीशं प्रदह्यते ह्येष हुताशनेन । रक्षस्व चाभ्येत्य न शक्यते ऽन्यैर्हुताशनो वारयितुं रणाग्रे
tato 'bruvan daityabhaṭā ditīśaṃ pradahyate hyeṣa hutāśanena / rakṣasva cābhyetya na śakyate 'nyairhutāśano vārayituṃ raṇāgre
Then the daitya soldiers said to the lord of Diti's sons: "He is being burnt up by the fire-god! Come and save him — the fire-god cannot be held off by others at the front of the battle."
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VamP 10.50
इत्थं स दैत्यैरभिनोदितस्तु हिरण्यचक्षुस्तनयो महर्षे । उद्यम्य वेगात् परिघं हुताशं समाद्रवत् तिष्ठ तिष्ठ ब्रुवन् हि
itthaṃ sa daityairabhinoditastu hiraṇyacakṣustanayo maharṣe / udyamya vegāt parighaṃ hutāśaṃ samādravat tiṣṭha tiṣṭha bruvan hi
Thus urged on by the daityas, the son of Hiraṇyacakṣus, O great sage, swiftly raised his iron club and charged at the fire-god, crying "Stand, stand!"
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VamP 10.51
श्रुत्वान्धकस्यापि वचो ऽव्ययात्मा संक्रुद्धचित्तस्त्वरितो हि दैत्यम् । उत्पाट्य भूम्यां च विनिष्पिपेष ततो ऽन्धकः पावकमाससाद
śrutvāndhakasyāpi vaco 'vyayātmā saṃkruddhacittastvarito hi daityam / utpāṭya bhūmyāṃ ca viniṣpipeṣa tato 'ndhakaḥ pāvakamāsasāda
Hearing Andhaka's words too, the imperishable-natured one, his mind enraged, hastily tore up the daitya and crushed him on the ground; thereupon Andhaka came at the fire-god.
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VamP 10.52
समाजघानाथ हुताशनं हि वरयुधेनाथ वराङ्गमध्ये । समाहतो ऽग्निः परिमुच्य शम्बरं तथान्धकं स त्वरितो ऽभ्यधावत्
samājaghānātha hutāśanaṃ hi varayudhenātha varāṅgamadhye / samāhato 'gniḥ parimucya śambaraṃ tathāndhakaṃ sa tvarito 'bhyadhāvat
Then he struck the fire-god with his excellent weapon in the middle of a vital limb; struck, Agni let go of Śambara and swiftly rushed at Andhaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 10.53
तमापतन्तं परिघेण भूयः समाहनन्मूर्ध्नि तदान्धको ऽपि । स ताडितो ऽग्निर्दितिजेश्वरेण भयात् प्रदुद्राव रणाजिराद्वि
tamāpatantaṃ parigheṇa bhūyaḥ samāhananmūrdhni tadāndhako 'pi / sa tāḍito 'gnirditijeśvareṇa bhayāt pradudrāva raṇājirādvi
As he came on, Andhaka again struck him on the head with his iron club; and Agni, beaten by the lord of Diti's sons, fled from the field of battle in fear.
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VamP 10.54
ततो ऽन्धको मारुतचन्द्रभास्करान् साध्यान् सरुद्राश्विवसून् महोरगान् । यान् याञ्शरेण स्पृशते पराक्रमी पराङ्मुखांस्तान्कृतवान् रणाजिरात्
tato 'ndhako mārutacandrabhāskarān sādhyān sarudrāśvivasūn mahoragān / yān yāñśareṇa spṛśate parākramī parāṅmukhāṃstānkṛtavān raṇājirāt
Then whomsoever of the winds, the moon and the sun, the Sādhyas, along with the Rudras, the Aśvins, the Vasus and the great serpents, the valiant Andhaka touched with an arrow, those he made turn their faces away from the field of battle.
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VamP 10.55
ततो विजित्यामरसैन्यसुग्रं सेन्द्रं सरुद्रं सयमं ससोमम् । संपूज्यमानो दनुपुङ्गवैस्तु तदान्धको भूमिमुपाजगाम
tato vijityāmarasainyasugraṃ sendraṃ sarudraṃ sayamaṃ sasomam / saṃpūjyamāno danupuṅgavaistu tadāndhako bhūmimupājagāma
Then, having conquered the fierce army of the immortals, with Indra, with Rudra, with Yama, with Soma, and being honoured by the foremost of Danu's sons, Andhaka came down to the earth.
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VamP 10.56
आसाद्य भूमिं करदान् नरेन्द्रान् कृत्वा वशे स्थाप्य चराचरं च। जगत्समग्रं प्रविवेश धीमान् पातालमग्र्यं पुरमश्मकाह्वम्
āsādya bhūmiṃ karadān narendrān kṛtvā vaśe sthāpya carācaraṃ ca/ jagatsamagraṃ praviveśa dhīmān pātālamagryaṃ puramaśmakāhvam
Reaching the earth, making the kings pay him tribute, bringing under his sway and setting in order the moving and the unmoving, the whole world, the wise one entered the foremost city in Pātāla, called Aśmaka.
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VamP 10.57
तत्र स्थितस्यापि महासुरस्य गन्धर्वविद्याधरसिद्धसंघाः । सहाप्सरोभिः परिचारणाय पातालमभ्येत्य समावसन्त
tatra sthitasyāpi mahāsurasya gandharvavidyādharasiddhasaṃghāḥ / sahāpsarobhiḥ paricāraṇāya pātālamabhyetya samāvasanta
And while the great asura dwelt there, hosts of gandharvas, vidyādharas and siddhas, together with the apsarases, came to Pātāla and settled there to attend upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition