Vamana Purana — Chapter 40

VamP 40.1

अरजा उवाच । नात्मानं तव दास्यामि बुहनोक्तेन किं तव । रक्षन्ती भवतः शापादात्मानं च मही पते

arajā uvāca / nātmānaṃ tava dāsyāmi buhanoktena kiṃ tava / rakṣantī bhavataḥ śāpādātmānaṃ ca mahī pate

Arajā said: I shall not give myself to you; what is the use of much talk on your part? — since I am guarding myself, and also (guarding) you from a curse, O lord of the earth.

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VamP 40.2

प्रह्लाद उवाच। । इत्थं विवदमानां तां भार्गवेन्द्रसुतां बलात् । कामोपहतचित्तात्मा व्यध्वंसयत मन्दधीः

prahlāda uvāca/ / itthaṃ vivadamānāṃ tāṃ bhārgavendrasutāṃ balāt / kāmopahatacittātmā vyadhvaṃsayata mandadhīḥ

Prahlāda said: While she, the daughter of the lord of the Bhārgavas, was thus protesting, that dull-witted (king), his mind and self overcome by desire, violated her by force.

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VamP 40.3

तां कृत्वा च्युतचापित्रां मदान्धः पृथिवीपतिः । निश्चक्रामाश्रमात् तस्माद् गतश्च नगरं निजम्

tāṃ kṛtvā cyutacāpitrāṃ madāndhaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ / niścakrāmāśramāt tasmād gataśca nagaraṃ nijam

Having made her one whose (garment/bow-cloth) had fallen, the lord of the earth, blinded by passion, went out from that hermitage and departed to his own city.

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VamP 40.4

सापि शुक्रसुता तन्वी अरजा रजसाप्लुता । आश्रमादथ निरगत्य बहिस्तस्थावधोसुखी

sāpi śukrasutā tanvī arajā rajasāplutā / āśramādatha niragatya bahistasthāvadhosukhī

And she, Śukra's slender daughter Arajā, drenched in blood (rajas), came out of the hermitage and stood outside, downcast.

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VamP 40.5

चिन्तयन्ती स्वपितरं रुदती च मुहुर्मुहुः । महाग्रहोपतप्तेव रोहिणी शशिनः प्रिया

cintayantī svapitaraṃ rudatī ca muhurmuhuḥ / mahāgrahopatapteva rohiṇī śaśinaḥ priyā

Thinking of her father and weeping again and again, like Rohiṇī, the beloved of the moon, afflicted by a great planet.

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VamP 40.6

ततो बहुतिथे काले समाप्ते यज्ञकर्मणि । पातालादागमच्छुक्रः खमाश्रमपदं मुनिः

tato bahutithe kāle samāpte yajñakarmaṇi / pātālādāgamacchukraḥ khamāśramapadaṃ muniḥ

Then, after a long time, when the sacrificial rite was completed, the sage Śukra came from Pātāla through the sky to the hermitage-site.

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VamP 40.7

आश्रमान्ते च ददृशे सुतां दैत्य रजखलाम् । मेघलेखामिवाकाशे संध्यारागेण रञ्जिताम्

āśramānte ca dadṛśe sutāṃ daitya rajakhalām / meghalekhāmivākāśe saṃdhyārāgeṇa rañjitām

And at the edge of the hermitage he saw his daughter, O Daitya, smeared with blood, like a streak of cloud in the sky tinted with the red glow of twilight.

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VamP 40.8

तां दृष्ट्वा परिपप्रच्छ पुत्रि केनासि धर्षिता । कः क्रीडति सरोषेण सममाशीविषेण हि

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā paripapraccha putri kenāsi dharṣitā / kaḥ krīḍati saroṣeṇa samamāśīviṣeṇa hi

Seeing her he asked: "Daughter, by whom have you been assaulted? Who is it that plays with an enraged venomous snake?"

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VamP 40.9

को ऽद्यैव याम्यां नगरीं गमिष्यति सुदुर्मतिः । यस्त्वां सुद्धसमाचारां विध्वंसयति पापकृत्

ko 'dyaiva yāmyāṃ nagarīṃ gamiṣyati sudurmatiḥ / yastvāṃ suddhasamācārāṃ vidhvaṃsayati pāpakṛt

"Who, this very day, being of very evil mind, will go to the city of Yama — that evildoer who ruins you, whose conduct was pure?"

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VamP 40.10

ततः स्वपितरं दृष्ट्वा कम्पमाना पुनः पुनाः । रुदन्ती व्रीडयोपेता मन्दं मन्दमुवाच ह

tataḥ svapitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā kampamānā punaḥ punāḥ / rudantī vrīḍayopetā mandaṃ mandamuvāca ha

Then, seeing her father, trembling again and again, weeping and filled with shame, she spoke very softly:

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VamP 40.11

तव शिष्येण दण्डेन वार्यमाणेन चासकृत् । बलादनाथा रुदती नीताहं वचनीयताम्

tava śiṣyeṇa daṇḍena vāryamāṇena cāsakṛt / balādanāthā rudatī nītāhaṃ vacanīyatām

"By your pupil Daṇḍa, though repeatedly forbidden, I, helpless and weeping, was by force brought to a state of reproach."

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VamP 40.12

एतत् पुत्र्या वचः श्रुत्वा क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः । उपस्पृश्य शुचिर्भूत्वा इदं वचनमब्रवीत्

etat putryā vacaḥ śrutvā krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ / upaspṛśya śucirbhūtvā idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Hearing this speech of his daughter, his eyes red with anger, he touched water, and having become pure, spoke these words:

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VamP 40.13

यस्मात् तेनाविनितेन मत्तो ह्यभयमुत्तमम् । गौरवं च तिरस्कृत्य च्युतधर्मारजा कृता

yasmāt tenāvinitena matto hyabhayamuttamam / gauravaṃ ca tiraskṛtya cyutadharmārajā kṛtā

"Since by that ill-bred one, disregarding the highest safety from me and (my) honour, Arajā was made one fallen from dharma —

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VamP 40.14

तस्मात् सराष्ट्रः सबलः सभृत्यो वाहनैः सह । सप्तरात्रान्तराद् भस्म ग्राववृष्ट्या भविष्यति

tasmāt sarāṣṭraḥ sabalaḥ sabhṛtyo vāhanaiḥ saha / saptarātrāntarād bhasma grāvavṛṣṭyā bhaviṣyati

therefore, with his kingdom, his army, his servants, and his mounts, within seven nights he will become ashes by a rain of stones."

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VamP 40.15

इत्येवमुक्त्वा मुनिपुङ्गवो ऽसौ शप्त्वा स दण्डं स्वसुतामुवाच । त्वं पापमोक्षार्थमिहैव पुत्रि तिष्ठस्व कल्याणि तपश्चरन्ती

ityevamuktvā munipuṅgavo 'sau śaptvā sa daṇḍaṃ svasutāmuvāca / tvaṃ pāpamokṣārthamihaiva putri tiṣṭhasva kalyāṇi tapaścarantī

Having spoken thus and having cursed Daṇḍa, that bull among sages said to his own daughter: "You, daughter, fair one, stay right here practising austerity for the removal of the sin."

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VamP 40.16

श्पत्वेत्थं भगवान् शुक्रो दण्डमिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनम् । जगाम शिष्यसहितः पातालं दानवालयम्

śpatvetthaṃ bhagavān śukro daṇḍamikṣvākunandanam / jagāma śiṣyasahitaḥ pātālaṃ dānavālayam

Having thus cursed Daṇḍa, the descendant of Ikṣvāku, the lord Śukra went, together with his pupils, to Pātāla, the abode of the Dānavas.

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VamP 40.17

दण्डो ऽपि भस्मसाद् भूतः सराष्ट्रबलवाहनः । महता ग्राववरषेण सप्तरात्रान्तरे तदा

daṇḍo 'pi bhasmasād bhūtaḥ sarāṣṭrabalavāhanaḥ / mahatā grāvavaraṣeṇa saptarātrāntare tadā

And Daṇḍa too, together with his kingdom, his army and his mounts, was reduced to ashes by a great rain of stones within seven nights.

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VamP 40.18

एवं तदृण्डकारण्यं परित्यज्यनति देवता । आलयं राक्षसानां तु कृतं देवेन शंभुना

evaṃ tadṛṇḍakāraṇyaṃ parityajyanati devatā / ālayaṃ rākṣasānāṃ tu kṛtaṃ devena śaṃbhunā

Thus the deities utterly abandoned that Daṇḍaka forest, and the god Śambhu made it a dwelling place of rākṣasas.

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VamP 40.19

एवं परकलत्राणि नयन्ति सुकृतीनपि । भस्मभूतान् प्राकृतांस्तु महान्तं च पराभवम्

evaṃ parakalatrāṇi nayanti sukṛtīnapi / bhasmabhūtān prākṛtāṃstu mahāntaṃ ca parābhavam

Thus other men's wives bring even the meritorious — the ordinary reduced to ashes, and the great man to ruin.

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VamP 40.20

तस्मादन्धक दुर्बुद्धिर्न कार्या भवता त्वियम् । प्राकृतापि दहेन्नारी किमुताहोद्रिनन्दिनी

tasmādandhaka durbuddhirna kāryā bhavatā tviyam / prākṛtāpi dahennārī kimutāhodrinandinī

Therefore, Andhaka, this evil-minded (design) should not be carried out by you: even an ordinary woman may burn (a man) — how much more the daughter of the mountain!

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VamP 40.21

शङ्करो ऽपि न दैत्येश शक्यो जेतुं सुरासुरैः । द्रष्टुमप्यमितौजस्कः किमु योधयितुं रणे

śaṅkaro 'pi na daityeśa śakyo jetuṃ surāsuraiḥ / draṣṭumapyamitaujaskaḥ kimu yodhayituṃ raṇe

Nor, lord of the daityas, can Śaṅkara be conquered by gods and asuras; he of measureless might cannot even be looked upon — how much less fought with in battle!

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VamP 40.22

पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्येवमुक्ते वचने क्रुद्धस्ताम्रेक्षणः श्वसन् । वाक्यमाह महातेजाः प्रह्लादं चान्धकासुरः

pulastya uvāca / ityevamukte vacane kruddhastāmrekṣaṇaḥ śvasan / vākyamāha mahātejāḥ prahlādaṃ cāndhakāsuraḥ

Pulastya said: When these words had been spoken, the greatly fiery Andhaka the asura, enraged, with copper-red eyes, hissing (with breath), said this to Prahlāda.

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VamP 40.23

किं ममासौ रणे योद्धुं शक्तस्त्रिमयनो ऽसुर । एकाकी धर्मरहितो भस्मारुणितविग्रहः

kiṃ mamāsau raṇe yoddhuṃ śaktastrimayano 'sura / ekākī dharmarahito bhasmāruṇitavigrahaḥ

"Is that three-eyed one able to fight with me in battle, O asura — he who is alone, devoid of dharma, his body reddened with ashes?

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VamP 40.24

नान्धको बिभियादिन्द्रान्नामरेभ्यः कथञ्चन । स कथं वृषपत्राक्षाद् बिभेति स्त्रीमुखेक्षकात्

nāndhako bibhiyādindrānnāmarebhyaḥ kathañcana / sa kathaṃ vṛṣapatrākṣād bibheti strīmukhekṣakāt

Andhaka would in no way fear Indra, nor the immortals; how then should he fear the bull-bannered(?) one with (such) eyes, who gazes at a woman's face?"

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VamP 40.25

तच्छ्रुत्वास्य वचो घोरं प्रह्लादः प्राह नारद । न सम्यगुक्तं भवता विरुद्धं धर्मतोर्ऽथतः

tacchrutvāsya vaco ghoraṃ prahlādaḥ prāha nārada / na samyaguktaṃ bhavatā viruddhaṃ dharmator'thataḥ

Hearing that dreadful speech of his, Nārada, Prahlāda said: "What you have said is not right; it is contrary both to dharma and to advantage.

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VamP 40.26

हुताशनपतङ्गाभ्यां सिंहक्रोष्टुकयोरिव । गजेन्द्रमशकाभ्यां च रुक्मपाषाणयोरिव

hutāśanapataṅgābhyāṃ siṃhakroṣṭukayoriva / gajendramaśakābhyāṃ ca rukmapāṣāṇayoriva

As between fire and a moth, as between a lion and a jackal, and as between the lord of elephants and a gnat, and as between gold and a stone —

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VamP 40.27

एतेषामेभिरुदितं यावदन्तरमन्धक । तावदेवान्तरं चास्ति भवतो वा हरस्य च

eteṣāmebhiruditaṃ yāvadantaramandhaka / tāvadevāntaraṃ cāsti bhavato vā harasya ca

as great as the difference declared among these by these (comparisons), Andhaka, just so great is the difference between you and Hara.

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VamP 40.28

वारितो ऽसि मया वीर भूयो भूयश्च वार्यसे । शृणुष्व वाक्यं देवर्षेरसितस्य महात्मनः

vārito 'si mayā vīra bhūyo bhūyaśca vāryase / śṛṇuṣva vākyaṃ devarṣerasitasya mahātmanaḥ

You have been restrained by me, hero, and again and again you are restrained; hear the words of the great divine sage Asita.

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VamP 40.29

यो धर्मशीलो जितमानरोषो विद्याविनीतो न परोपतापी । स्वदारतुष्टः परदारवर्जो नतस्य लोके भयमस्ति किञ्चित्

yo dharmaśīlo jitamānaroṣo vidyāvinīto na paropatāpī / svadāratuṣṭaḥ paradāravarjo natasya loke bhayamasti kiñcit

He who is of dharmic conduct, who has conquered pride and anger, who is disciplined by learning, who does not torment others, who is content with his own wife and shuns the wives of others — for him there is no fear at all in the world.

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VamP 40.32

यो धर्महीनः कलहप्रियः सदा परोपतापी श्रुतिशास्त्रवर्जितः । परार्थदारेष्सुरवर्णसंगमी सुखं न विन्देत परत्र चेह ॥ वम्प्_४०।३० ॥ धर्मान्वितो ऽभून्मनुरर्कपुत्रः स्वदारसंतुष्टमनास्त्वगस्त्यः ॥ वम्प्_४०।३१ ॥ एतानि पुण्यानि कृतान्यमीभिर्मया निबद्धानि कुलक्रमोक्त्या । तेजोन्विताः शापवरक्षमाश्च जाताश्च सर्वे सुरसिद्धपूज्याः

yo dharmahīnaḥ kalahapriyaḥ sadā paropatāpī śrutiśāstravarjitaḥ / parārthadāreṣsuravarṇasaṃgamī sukhaṃ na vindeta paratra ceha // vamp_40.30 // dharmānvito 'bhūnmanurarkaputraḥ svadārasaṃtuṣṭamanāstvagastyaḥ // vamp_40.31 // etāni puṇyāni kṛtānyamībhirmayā nibaddhāni kulakramoktyā / tejonvitāḥ śāpavarakṣamāśca jātāśca sarve surasiddhapūjyāḥ

He who is devoid of dharma, always fond of quarrel, a tormentor of others, bereft of śruti and śāstra, who unites with others' property and wives and with (women of) improper class, will find no happiness either hereafter or here. // 40.30 // Manu the son of the sun was endowed with dharma, and Agastya was of a mind content with his own wife. // 40.31 // These meritorious deeds done by these men have been set forth by me in the order of their lineage; and all of them became endowed with splendour, able to withstand curses and boons, and honoured by gods and siddhas.

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VamP 40.33

अधर्मऽयुक्तो ऽङ्गसुतो बभूव विभुश्च नित्यं कलहप्रियो ऽभूत् । परोपतापी नमुचिर्दुरात्मा पराबलेप्सुर्नहुषश्च राजा

adharma'yukto 'ṅgasuto babhūva vibhuśca nityaṃ kalahapriyo 'bhūt / paropatāpī namucirdurātmā parābalepsurnahuṣaśca rājā

The son of Aṅga was joined with unrighteousness, and Vibhu was always fond of quarrel; Namuci the evil-souled was a tormentor of others, and King Nahuṣa was one who craved others' strength.

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VamP 40.34

परार्थलिप्सुर्दिजितो हिरण्यदृक् मूर्खस्तु तस्याप्यनुजः सुदुर्मतिः । अवर्णसंगी यदुस्त्तमौजा एते विनष्टास्त्वनयात् पुरा हि

parārthalipsurdijito hiraṇyadṛk mūrkhastu tasyāpyanujaḥ sudurmatiḥ / avarṇasaṃgī yadusttamaujā ete vinaṣṭāstvanayāt purā hi

Hiraṇyadṛś, conquered by twice(?), was one who coveted others' property; his younger brother too was a fool of very evil mind; Yadu of surpassing strength consorted (with women) of improper class — all these indeed perished of old through misconduct.

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VamP 40.35

तस्माद् धर्मो न संत्याज्यो धर्मो हि परमा गतिः । धर्महीना नरा यान्ति रौरवं नरकं महत्

tasmād dharmo na saṃtyājyo dharmo hi paramā gatiḥ / dharmahīnā narā yānti rauravaṃ narakaṃ mahat

Therefore dharma must not be abandoned, for dharma is the highest goal; men devoid of dharma go to the great Raurava hell.

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VamP 40.36

धर्मस्तु गदितः पुंभिस्तारणे दिवि चेह च । पतनाय तथाधर्म इह लोके परत्र च

dharmastu gaditaḥ puṃbhistāraṇe divi ceha ca / patanāya tathādharma iha loke paratra ca

Dharma is declared by men to be for deliverance, in heaven and here; and likewise unrighteousness is for a fall, in this world and the next.

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VamP 40.37

त्याज्यं धर्मान्वितैर्न्नित्यं परदारोपसेवनम् । नयन्ति परदारा हि नरकानेकविंशतिम् । सर्वेषामपि वर्णानामेष धर्मो ध्रुवो ऽन्धक

tyājyaṃ dharmānvitairnnityaṃ paradāropasevanam / nayanti paradārā hi narakānekaviṃśatim / sarveṣāmapi varṇānāmeṣa dharmo dhruvo 'ndhaka

Those endowed with dharma must always shun the enjoyment of others' wives, for others' wives lead (a man) to the twenty-one hells; and this dharma is fixed for all the classes too, Andhaka.

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VamP 40.38

परार्थपरदारेषु यदा वाञ्छां करिष्यति । स याति नरकं घोरं रौरवं बहुलाः समाः

parārthaparadāreṣu yadā vāñchāṃ kariṣyati / sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ rauravaṃ bahulāḥ samāḥ

When one forms a desire for others' property and others' wives, he goes to the dreadful Raurava hell for many years.

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VamP 40.39

एवं पुरासुरपते देवर्षिरसितो ऽव्यायः । प्राह धर्मव्यवस्थानं खगेन्द्रायारुणाय हि

evaṃ purāsurapate devarṣirasito 'vyāyaḥ / prāha dharmavyavasthānaṃ khagendrāyāruṇāya hi

Thus, O lord of the asuras, formerly the divine seer Asita, the undecaying one, declared the settled rule of dharma to Aruṇa, the king of birds.

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VamP 40.40

तस्मात् सुदूरतो वर्जेत् परदारान् विचक्षणाः । नयन्ति निकृतिप्रज्ञं परदाराः पराभवम्

tasmāt sudūrato varjet paradārān vicakṣaṇāḥ / nayanti nikṛtiprajñaṃ paradārāḥ parābhavam

Therefore let the discerning avoid others' wives from a great distance; others' wives lead the man of crooked mind to ruin.

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VamP 40.41

पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्येवमुक्ते वचने प्रह्लादं प्राह चान्धकः । भवान् धर्मपरस्त्वेको नाहं धर्म समाचरे

pulastya uvāca / ityevamukte vacane prahlādaṃ prāha cāndhakaḥ / bhavān dharmaparastveko nāhaṃ dharma samācare

Pulastya said: When this speech had thus been made, Andhaka said to Prahlāda: "You alone are devoted to dharma; I do not practise dharma."

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VamP 40.42

इत्येवमुक्त्वा प्रह्लादमन्धकः प्राह शम्बरम् । गच्छ शम्बर शैलेन्द्रं मन्दरं वद शङ्करम्

ityevamuktvā prahlādamandhakaḥ prāha śambaram / gaccha śambara śailendraṃ mandaraṃ vada śaṅkaram

Having spoken thus to Prahlāda, Andhaka said to Śambara: "Go, Śambara, to Mandara, the lord of mountains, and say to Śaṅkara:

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VamP 40.43

भिक्षो किमर्थं शौलेन्द्रं स्वर्गोपम्यं सकन्दरम् । परिभुञ्जसि केनाद्य तव दत्तो वदस्व माम

bhikṣo kimarthaṃ śaulendraṃ svargopamyaṃ sakandaram / paribhuñjasi kenādya tava datto vadasva māma

'Mendicant, for what reason do you enjoy the lord of mountains with its caverns, the equal of heaven? By whom was it given to you—tell me now.

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VamP 40.44

तिष्ठन्ति शासने मह्यं देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । तत् किमर्थं निवससे मामनादृत्य मन्दरे

tiṣṭhanti śāsane mahyaṃ devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ / tat kimarthaṃ nivasase māmanādṛtya mandare

The gods, with Śakra at their head, abide under my command; so why do you dwell on Mandara, disregarding me?

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VamP 40.45

यदीष्टस्तव शैलेन्द्रः क्रियतां वचनं मम । येयं हि भवतः पत्नी सा मे शीघ्रं प्रदीयताम्

yadīṣṭastava śailendraḥ kriyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama / yeyaṃ hi bhavataḥ patnī sā me śīghraṃ pradīyatām

If the lord of mountains is dear to you, let my word be done: this woman who is your wife—let her be given to me at once.'"

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VamP 40.46

इत्युक्तः स तदा तेन शम्बरो मन्दरं द्रुतम् । जगाम तत्र यत्रास्ते सह देव्या पिनाकधृक्

ityuktaḥ sa tadā tena śambaro mandaraṃ drutam / jagāma tatra yatrāste saha devyā pinākadhṛk

Addressed thus by him, Śambara then went swiftly to Mandara, there where the bearer of the Pināka dwelt together with the Goddess.

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VamP 40.47

गत्वोवाचान्धकवचो याथातथ्यं दनोः सुतः । तमुत्तरं हरः प्राह शृण्वत्या गिरिकन्यया

gatvovācāndhakavaco yāthātathyaṃ danoḥ sutaḥ / tamuttaraṃ haraḥ prāha śṛṇvatyā girikanyayā

Having gone, the son of Danu reported Andhaka's words just as they were; and Hara spoke this reply to him, while the daughter of the mountain listened:

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VamP 40.48

ममायं मन्दरो दत्तः सहस्राक्षेण धीमता । तन्न शक्नोम्यहं त्यक्तुं विनाज्ञां वृक्षवैरिणः

mamāyaṃ mandaro dattaḥ sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā / tanna śaknomyahaṃ tyaktuṃ vinājñāṃ vṛkṣavairiṇaḥ

"This Mandara was given to me by the wise thousand-eyed one; therefore I cannot abandon it without the permission of the enemy of trees.

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VamP 40.49

यच्चाब्रवीद् दीयतां मे गिरिपुत्रीति दानवः । तदेषा यातु स्वं कामं नाहं वारयितुं क्षमः

yaccābravīd dīyatāṃ me giriputrīti dānavaḥ / tadeṣā yātu svaṃ kāmaṃ nāhaṃ vārayituṃ kṣamaḥ

And as for what the dānava said, 'Let the mountain's daughter be given to me'—let her go according to her own wish; I am not able to prevent her."

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VamP 40.50

ततो ऽब्रवीत् गिरिसुता शम्बरं मुनिसत्तम । ब्रूहि गत्वान्धकं वीर मम वाक्यं विपश्चितम्

tato 'bravīt girisutā śambaraṃ munisattama / brūhi gatvāndhakaṃ vīra mama vākyaṃ vipaścitam

Then, O best of sages, the mountain's daughter said to Śambara: "Go, hero, and tell Andhaka my considered word:

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VamP 40.51

अहं पताका संग्रामे भवानीशश्च देविनौ । प्रामद्यूतं परिस्तीर्य यो जेष्यति स लप्स्यते

ahaṃ patākā saṃgrāme bhavānīśaśca devinau / prāmadyūtaṃ paristīrya yo jeṣyati sa lapsyate

I am the stake in the contest, and you and Īśa are the two players; having spread out the dice-board, whoever wins shall obtain (me).

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VamP 40.52

इत्येवमुक्तो मतिमान् शम्बरो ऽन्दकमागमत् । समागम्याब्रवीद् वाक्यं शर्वगौर्योश्च भाषितम्

ityevamukto matimān śambaro 'ndakamāgamat / samāgamyābravīd vākyaṃ śarvagauryośca bhāṣitam

Addressed thus, the wise Śambara came to Andhaka, and having arrived he reported the speech, what had been said by Śarva and Gaurī.

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VamP 40.53

तच्छ्रत्वा दानवपतिः क्रोधदीप्तेक्षणः श्वसन् । समाहूयाब्रवीद् वाक्यं दुर्योधनमिदं वचः

tacchratvā dānavapatiḥ krodhadīptekṣaṇaḥ śvasan / samāhūyābravīd vākyaṃ duryodhanamidaṃ vacaḥ

Hearing that, the lord of the dānavas, his eyes blazing with anger, hissing, summoned Duryodhana and spoke this word:

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VamP 40.54

गच्छ शीघ्रं महाबाहो भेरीं सान्नाहिकीं दृढाम् । ताडयस्व सुविश्रब्धं दुःशीलामिव योषितम्

gaccha śīghraṃ mahābāho bherīṃ sānnāhikīṃ dṛḍhām / tāḍayasva suviśrabdhaṃ duḥśīlāmiva yoṣitam

"Go quickly, mighty-armed one, and beat the firm drum that calls to arms, quite boldly, as one beats an ill-natured woman."

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VamP 40.55

समादिष्टो ऽन्धकेनाथ भेरीं दुर्योधनो बलात् । ताडयामास वेगेन यथाप्राणेन भूयसा

samādiṣṭo 'ndhakenātha bherīṃ duryodhano balāt / tāḍayāmāsa vegena yathāprāṇena bhūyasā

So commanded by Andhaka, Duryodhana then beat the drum forcefully, with speed, with all the strength he had and more.

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VamP 40.56

सा ताडिता बलवता भेरी दुर्योधनेन हि । सत्वरं भैरवं रावं रुराव सुरभी यथा

sā tāḍitā balavatā bherī duryodhanena hi / satvaraṃ bhairavaṃ rāvaṃ rurāva surabhī yathā

That drum, beaten by the powerful Duryodhana, at once let out a terrifying roar, bellowing like a cow.

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VamP 40.57

तस्यास्तं स्वरमाकर्ण्य सर्व एव महासुराः । समायाताः सभां तूर्णं किमेतदिति वादिनः

tasyāstaṃ svaramākarṇya sarva eva mahāsurāḥ / samāyātāḥ sabhāṃ tūrṇaṃ kimetaditi vādinaḥ

Hearing that sound of it, all the great asuras came quickly to the assembly, saying, "What is this?"

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VamP 40.58

याथातथ्यं च तान् सर्वानाह सेनापतिर्बली । ते चापि बलिनां श्रेष्ठाः सन्नद्धा युद्धकाङ्क्षिणः

yāthātathyaṃ ca tān sarvānāha senāpatirbalī / te cāpi balināṃ śreṣṭhāḥ sannaddhā yuddhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

And the mighty general told them all just how it was; and they too, the foremost of the strong, armed themselves, eager for battle.

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VamP 40.59

सहान्धका निर्ययुस्ते गजैरुष्ट्रैर्हयै रथैः । अन्धको रथमास्थाय पञ्चनल्वप्रणमाणतः

sahāndhakā niryayuste gajairuṣṭrairhayai rathaiḥ / andhako rathamāsthāya pañcanalvapraṇamāṇataḥ

Together with the Andhakas they marched out with elephants, camels, horses and chariots; and Andhaka mounted a chariot five nalvas in measure.

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VamP 40.60

त्र्यम्बकं स पराजेतुं कृतबुद्धिर्विनिर्ययौ । जम्भः कुजम्भो हुण्डश्च तुहुण्डः शम्बरो बलिः

tryambakaṃ sa parājetuṃ kṛtabuddhirviniryayau / jambhaḥ kujambho huṇḍaśca tuhuṇḍaḥ śambaro baliḥ

He, having made up his mind to defeat the Three-Eyed One, marched out; (with him) Jambha, Kujambha, Huṇḍa and Tuhuṇḍa, Śambara, Bali,

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VamP 40.61

बाणाः कार्तस्वरो हस्ती सूर्यशत्रुर्महोदरः । अयःशुङ्कुः शिबिः शाल्वो वृषपर्वा विरोचनः

bāṇāḥ kārtasvaro hastī sūryaśatrurmahodaraḥ / ayaḥśuṅkuḥ śibiḥ śālvo vṛṣaparvā virocanaḥ

Bāṇa, Kārtasvara, Hastin, Sūryaśatru, Mahodara, Ayaḥśuṅku, Śibi, Śālva, Vṛṣaparvan, Virocana,

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VamP 40.62

हयग्रीवः कालनेमिः संह्लादः कालनाशनः । शरभः शलभश्चैव विप्रचित्तिश्च वीर्यवान्

hayagrīvaḥ kālanemiḥ saṃhlādaḥ kālanāśanaḥ / śarabhaḥ śalabhaścaiva vipracittiśca vīryavān

Hayagrīva, Kālanemi, Saṃhlāda, Kālanāśana, Śarabha and Śalabha, and valiant Vipracitti,

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VamP 40.63

दुर्योधनश्च पाकश्च विपाकः कालशम्बरौ । एते चान्ये च बहवो महावीर्या महाबलाः । प्रजगमुरुत्सुका योद्धुं नानायुधधरा रणे

duryodhanaśca pākaśca vipākaḥ kālaśambarau / ete cānye ca bahavo mahāvīryā mahābalāḥ / prajagamurutsukā yoddhuṃ nānāyudhadharā raṇe

and Duryodhana and Pāka, Vipāka, and Kāla and Śambara — these and many others of great valour and great strength, eager to fight and bearing various weapons, went forth to the battle.

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VamP 40.64

इत्थं दुरात्मा दनुसैन्यपालस्तदान्धको योद्धुमना हरेण । महाचलं मन्दरमभ्युपेयिवान् स कालपाशावसितो हि मन्दधीः

itthaṃ durātmā danusainyapālastadāndhako yoddhumanā hareṇa / mahācalaṃ mandaramabhyupeyivān sa kālapāśāvasito hi mandadhīḥ

Thus the evil-minded Andhaka, protector of Danu's army, intending to fight with Hara, came up to the great mountain Mandara — for he was dull of wit, bound in the noose of Time.

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