Vamana Purana — Chapter 47
VamP 47.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एतदर्थं बलिर्दैत्यः कृतो राजा कलिप्रिय । मन्त्रप्रदाता प्रह्लादः शुक्रश्चासीत् पुरोहितः
pulastya uvāca / etadarthaṃ balirdaityaḥ kṛto rājā kalipriya / mantrapradātā prahlādaḥ śukraścāsīt purohitaḥ
Pulastya said: For this purpose Bali the Daitya was made king, O lover of Kali; Prahlāda was the giver of counsel, and Śukra was the domestic priest.
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VamP 47.2
ज्ञात्वाभिषिक्तं दैतेयं विरोचनसुतं बलिम् । दिदृक्षवः समायाताः समयाः सर्व एव हि
jñātvābhiṣiktaṃ daiteyaṃ virocanasutaṃ balim / didṛkṣavaḥ samāyātāḥ samayāḥ sarva eva hi
Learning that the Daitya Bali, son of Virocana, had been consecrated, all the assembled (kinsmen) came, wishing to see (him).
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VamP 47.3
तानागतान्निरीक्ष्यैव पूजयित्वा यताक्रमम । पप्रच्छ कुलजान् सर्वान् किंनु श्रेयस्करं मम
tānāgatānnirīkṣyaiva pūjayitvā yatākramama / papraccha kulajān sarvān kiṃnu śreyaskaraṃ mama
Seeing them arrived, and honoring (them) according to due order, he asked all those born of (his) family: "What indeed is beneficial for me?"
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VamP 47.4
तमुचुः सर्व एवैनं शृणुष्व सुरमर्दन । यत् ते श्रेयस्करं कर्म यदस्माकं हितं तथा
tamucuḥ sarva evainaṃ śṛṇuṣva suramardana / yat te śreyaskaraṃ karma yadasmākaṃ hitaṃ tathā
They all said to him: "Listen, crusher of the gods, to what act is beneficial for you and likewise what is good for us."
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VamP 47.5
पितामहस्तव ७ली आसीद् दानवपालकः । हिरण्यकशिपुर्वीरः स शक्रो ऽभूज्जगत्त्रये
pitāmahastava 7lī āsīd dānavapālakaḥ / hiraṇyakaśipurvīraḥ sa śakro 'bhūjjagattraye
"Your grandfather was the protector of the Dānavas, the hero Hiraṇyakaśipu; he became the Śakra (Indra) over the three worlds."
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VamP 47.6
तमागम्य सुरश्रेष्ठो विष्णुः सिंहवपुर्धरः । प्रत्यक्षं दानवेन्द्राणां नखैस्तं हि व्यदारयत्
tamāgamya suraśreṣṭho viṣṇuḥ siṃhavapurdharaḥ / pratyakṣaṃ dānavendrāṇāṃ nakhaistaṃ hi vyadārayat
"Coming to him, Viṣṇu, best of the gods, bearing a lion's body, tore him apart with his claws before the very eyes of the lords of the Dānavas."
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VamP 47.7
अपकृष्टं तथा राज्यमान्धकस्य महात्मनः । तेषामर्थे महाबाहो शङ्करेम त्रिशूलिना
apakṛṣṭaṃ tathā rājyamāndhakasya mahātmanaḥ / teṣāmarthe mahābāho śaṅkarema triśūlinā
"So too the kingdom of the great-souled Andhaka was taken away, for their sake, O mighty-armed one, by Śaṅkara the trident-bearer."
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VamP 47.8
तथा तव पितृव्यो ऽपि जम्भः शक्रेण घातितः । कुजम्भो विष्णुना चापि प्रत्यक्षं पशुवत् तव
tathā tava pitṛvyo 'pi jambhaḥ śakreṇa ghātitaḥ / kujambho viṣṇunā cāpi pratyakṣaṃ paśuvat tava
"Likewise your father's brother Jambha was slain by Śakra, and Kujambha too by Viṣṇu, like a sacrificial animal, before your very eyes."
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VamP 47.9
शम्भुः पाको महेन्द्रेण भ्राता तव सुदर्शनः । विरोचनस्तव पिता निहतः कथयामि ते
śambhuḥ pāko mahendreṇa bhrātā tava sudarśanaḥ / virocanastava pitā nihataḥ kathayāmi te
"Śambhu and Pāka (were slain) by great Indra, and your brother Sudarśana; your father Virocana was slain — (this) I tell you."
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VamP 47.10
श्रुत्वा गो६क्षयं ब्रह्मन् कृत शक्रेण दानवः । उद्योगं कारयामास सह सर्वैर्महासुरैः
śrutvā go6kṣayaṃ brahman kṛta śakreṇa dānavaḥ / udyogaṃ kārayāmāsa saha sarvairmahāsuraiḥ
Hearing of the destruction of (his) kin, O brahman, wrought by Śakra, the Dānava made preparation together with all the great Asuras.
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VamP 47.11
रथैरन्ये गजैरन्ये वाजिभिश्चापरे ऽसुराः । पदातयस्तथैवान्ये जग्मुर्युद्धाय दैवतैः
rathairanye gajairanye vājibhiścāpare 'surāḥ / padātayastathaivānye jagmuryuddhāya daivataiḥ
Some Asuras by chariots, others by elephants, others by horses, and others on foot went to battle with the gods.
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VamP 47.12
मयो ऽग्रे याति बलवान् सेनानाथो भयङ्करः । सैन्यस्य मध्ये च बलिः कालनेमिश्च षृष्ठतः
mayo 'gre yāti balavān senānātho bhayaṅkaraḥ / sainyasya madhye ca baliḥ kālanemiśca ṣṛṣṭhataḥ
The mighty Maya, the terrifying commander of the army, goes in front; Bali is in the middle of the army, and Kālanemi at the rear.
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VamP 47.13
वामपार्श्वमवष्टभ्य शालवः प्रथितविक्रमः । प्रयाति दक्षिणं घोरं तारकाख्यो भयङ्करः
vāmapārśvamavaṣṭabhya śālavaḥ prathitavikramaḥ / prayāti dakṣiṇaṃ ghoraṃ tārakākhyo bhayaṅkaraḥ
Holding the left flank, Śālava of famed valor (goes on); and the terrifying one named Tāraka advances (on) the dreadful right.
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VamP 47.14
दानवानां सहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च। संप्रयातानि युद्धाय देवैः सह कलिप्रिय
dānavānāṃ sahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca/ saṃprayātāni yuddhāya devaiḥ saha kalipriya
Thousands, millions, and hundreds of millions of Dānavas set out to fight with the gods, O lover of Kali.
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VamP 47.15
श्रुत्वासुराणामुद्योगं शक्रः सुरपतिः सुरान् । उवाच याम दैत्यांस्तान् योद्धुं सबलसंयुतान्
śrutvāsurāṇāmudyogaṃ śakraḥ surapatiḥ surān / uvāca yāma daityāṃstān yoddhuṃ sabalasaṃyutān
Hearing of the preparation of the Asuras, Śakra, lord of the gods, said to the gods: "Let us go to fight those Daityas together with their army."
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VamP 47.16
इत्येवमुक्त्वा वचनं सुरराट् स्यन्दनं बली । समारुरोह भगवान् यतमातलिवाजिनम्
ityevamuktvā vacanaṃ surarāṭ syandanaṃ balī / samāruroha bhagavān yatamātalivājinam
Having spoken this word, the mighty lord, king of the gods, mounted his chariot, whose horses Mātali restrained.
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VamP 47.17
समारूढे सहस्राक्षे स्यन्दनं देवतागणः । स्वं स्वं वाहनमारुह्य निश्चेरुर्युद्धकाङ्क्षिमः
samārūḍhe sahasrākṣe syandanaṃ devatāgaṇaḥ / svaṃ svaṃ vāhanamāruhya niśceruryuddhakāṅkṣimaḥ
When the thousand-eyed one had mounted his chariot, the host of gods, each mounting his own vehicle, set out eager for battle.
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VamP 47.18
आदित्या वसवो रुद्राः साध्या विश्वे ऽश्विनौ तथा । विद्याधरा गुह्यकाश्च यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः
ādityā vasavo rudrāḥ sādhyā viśve 'śvinau tathā / vidyādharā guhyakāśca yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ
The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Sādhyas, the Viśve(devas) and the two Aśvins, the Vidyādharas and the Guhyakas, the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Serpents —
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VamP 47.19
राजर्षयस्तथा सिद्धा नानाभूताश् च संहताः । गजानन्ये रथानन्ये हयानन्ये समारुहन्
rājarṣayastathā siddhā nānābhūtāś ca saṃhatāḥ / gajānanye rathānanye hayānanye samāruhan
and the royal sages, likewise the Siddhas, and manifold beings, all gathered together: some mounted elephants, some chariots, some horses.
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VamP 47.22
विमानानि च सुभ्राणि पक्षिवाह्यानि नारद । समारुह्याद्रवन् सर्वे यतो दैत्यबलं स्थितम् ॥ वम्प्_४७।२० ॥ एतस्मिन् विष्णुः सुरश्रेष्ठ अधिरुह्य समभ्यगात् ॥ वम्प्_४७।२१ ॥ तमागतं सहस्राक्षस्त्रैलोक्यपतिमव्ययम् । ववन्द मूर्ध्नावनतः सह सर्वैः सुरोत्तमैः
vimānāni ca subhrāṇi pakṣivāhyāni nārada / samāruhyādravan sarve yato daityabalaṃ sthitam // vamp_47.20 // etasmin viṣṇuḥ suraśreṣṭha adhiruhya samabhyagāt // vamp_47.21 // tamāgataṃ sahasrākṣastrailokyapatimavyayam / vavanda mūrdhnāvanataḥ saha sarvaiḥ surottamaiḥ
And gleaming aerial cars drawn by birds, O Nārada — mounting these they all ran forward to where the army of the Daityas stood. // Thereupon Viṣṇu, O best of gods, having mounted (his bird), came up. // As he came, the Thousand-eyed, his head bowed, saluted him, the imperishable lord of the three worlds, together with all the foremost gods.
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VamP 47.23
ततो ऽग्रे देवसैन्यस्य कार्तिकेयो गदाधरः । पालयञ्जघनं विष्णुर्याति मध्ये सहस्रदृक्
tato 'gre devasainyasya kārtikeyo gadādharaḥ / pālayañjaghanaṃ viṣṇuryāti madhye sahasradṛk
Then at the front of the army of the gods (went) Kārtikeya bearing the mace; Viṣṇu goes guarding the rear, and the Thousand-eyed in the middle.
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VamP 47.24
वामं पार्श्वंमवष्भ्य जन्तो व्रजते मुने । दक्षिणं वरुणः पार्श्वमवष्टभ्याव्रजद् बली
vāmaṃ pārśvaṃmavaṣbhya janto vrajate mune / dakṣiṇaṃ varuṇaḥ pārśvamavaṣṭabhyāvrajad balī
Holding firm the left flank, (Yama?) advances, O sage; and mighty Varuṇa advanced holding firm the right flank.
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VamP 47.25
ततो ऽमराणां पृतना यशस्विनी स्कन्देन्द्रविष्णुवम्बुपसूर्यपालिता । नानास्त्रशस्त्रोद्यतदोःसमूहा समाससादारिबलं महीध्रे
tato 'marāṇāṃ pṛtanā yaśasvinī skandendraviṣṇuvambupasūryapālitā / nānāstraśastrodyatadoḥsamūhā samāsasādāribalaṃ mahīdhre
Then the glorious host of the immortals, guarded by Skanda, Indra, Viṣṇu, the lord of waters and the Sun, its mass of arms uplifted with various missiles and weapons, closed with the enemy army on the mountain.
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VamP 47.26
उदयाद्रितटे रम्ये शुभे समशिलातले । निर्वृक्षे पक्षिरहिते जातो देवासुरो रणः
udayādritaṭe ramye śubhe samaśilātale / nirvṛkṣe pakṣirahite jāto devāsuro raṇaḥ
On the lovely, auspicious slope of the mountain of sunrise, on its level rock-surface, treeless and without birds, the battle of gods and asuras took place.
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VamP 47.27
संनिपातस्तयो रौद्रः सैन्ययोरभवन्मुने । महीधरोत्तमे पूर्वं यथा वानरहस्तिनोः
saṃnipātastayo raudraḥ sainyayorabhavanmune / mahīdharottame pūrvaṃ yathā vānarahastinoḥ
The clash of those two armies was fearsome, O sage, upon that best of mountains, as once was the clash of the monkey and the elephant.
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VamP 47.28
रणरेणु रथोद्धूतः पिङ्गलो रणमूर्धनि । संद्यानुरक्तः सदृशो मेघः खे सुरतापस
raṇareṇu rathoddhūtaḥ piṅgalo raṇamūrdhani / saṃdyānuraktaḥ sadṛśo meghaḥ khe suratāpasa
The battle-dust, thrown up by the chariots, tawny, at the head of the fight, was like a cloud in the sky reddened by the twilight, O divine ascetic.
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VamP 47.29
तदासीत् तुमुलं युद्धं न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन । श्रूयते त्वनिशं शब्दः छिन्धि भिन्धीति सर्वतः
tadāsīt tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ na prājñāyata kiñcana / śrūyate tvaniśaṃ śabdaḥ chindhi bhindhīti sarvataḥ
Then the fighting was a tumult; nothing at all could be made out; but continually a sound was heard on all sides: "Cut! Split!"
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VamP 47.30
ततो विशसनो रौद्रो दैत्यानां दैवतैः सह । जातो रुधिरनिष्यन्दो रजःसयमनात्मकः
tato viśasano raudro daityānāṃ daivataiḥ saha / jāto rudhiraniṣyando rajaḥsayamanātmakaḥ
Then there was a fearsome slaughter of the Daityas along with the gods, with blood streaming down, of a kind that laid the dust.
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VamP 47.31
शान्ते रजसि देवाद्यास्तद् दानवबलं महत् । अभिद्रवन्ति सहिताः समं स्कन्देन धीमता
śānte rajasi devādyāstad dānavabalaṃ mahat / abhidravanti sahitāḥ samaṃ skandena dhīmatā
When the dust had settled, the gods and the rest, joined together, charge that great army of the Dānavas along with wise Skanda.
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VamP 47.32
निजघ्नुर्दानवान् देवाः कुमारभुजपालिताः । देवान् निजघ्नुर्दैत्याश्च मयगुप्ताः प्रहारिणः
nijaghnurdānavān devāḥ kumārabhujapālitāḥ / devān nijaghnurdaityāśca mayaguptāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
The gods, protected by the arms of Kumāra, slew the Dānavas; and the Daityas, guarded by Maya, striking hard, slew the gods.
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VamP 47.33
ततो ऽमृतरसास्वादाद् विना भूताः सुरत्तमाः । निर्जिताः समरे दैत्यैः समं स्कन्देन नारद
tato 'mṛtarasāsvādād vinā bhūtāḥ surattamāḥ / nirjitāḥ samare daityaiḥ samaṃ skandena nārada
Then the foremost of the gods, being deprived of the tasting of the nectar's essence, were defeated in the battle by the Daityas, along with Skanda, O Nārada.
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VamP 47.34
विनिर्जितान् सुरान् दृष्ट्वा वैनतेयध्वजो ऽरिहा । शार्ङ्गमानम्य बाणैघैर्निजघान ततस्ततः
vinirjitān surān dṛṣṭvā vainateyadhvajo 'rihā / śārṅgamānamya bāṇaighairnijaghāna tatastataḥ
Seeing the gods defeated, he whose banner is the son of Vinatā, the slayer of foes, bending the Śārṅga bow, struck (them) down with masses of arrows here and there.
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VamP 47.35
ते विष्णुना हन्यमानाः पतत्त्रिभिरयोमुखैः । दैतेयाः शरणं जग्मुः कालनेमिं महासुराम्
te viṣṇunā hanyamānāḥ patattribhirayomukhaiḥ / daiteyāḥ śaraṇaṃ jagmuḥ kālanemiṃ mahāsurām
Being slain by Viṣṇu with those iron-tipped feathered ones, the sons of Diti went for refuge to Kālanemi, the great asura.
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VamP 47.36
तेभ्यः स चाभयं दत्त्वा ज्ञात्वाजेयं च माधवम् । विवृद्धिमगमद् ब्रह्मन् यथा व्याधिरुपेक्षितः
tebhyaḥ sa cābhayaṃ dattvā jñātvājeyaṃ ca mādhavam / vivṛddhimagamad brahman yathā vyādhirupekṣitaḥ
And he, having granted them safety, and knowing Mādhava to be unconquerable, grew great, O brahmin, as does a disease that is left untended.
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VamP 47.37
यं यं करेण स्पृशति देवं यक्षं सकिन्नरम् । तं तमादाय चिक्षेप विस्तृते वदने बली
yaṃ yaṃ kareṇa spṛśati devaṃ yakṣaṃ sakinnaram / taṃ tamādāya cikṣepa vistṛte vadane balī
Whatever god, Yakṣa or Kinnara he touched with his hand, that one the mighty one seized and flung into his gaping mouth.
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VamP 47.38
संरम्भाद् दानवेन्द्रो विमृदति दितिजैः संयुतो देवसैन्यं सेन्द्रं सार्क सचन्द्रं करचरणनखैरस्क्षत्रहीनो ऽपि वेगात् । चक्रैर्वैश्वानराभैस्त्ववनिगगनयोस्तिर्यगूर्ध्वं समन्तात् प्राप्ते ऽन्ते कालवह्नेर्जगदखिलमिदं रूपमासीद् दिधक्षोः
saṃrambhād dānavendro vimṛdati ditijaiḥ saṃyuto devasainyaṃ sendraṃ sārka sacandraṃ karacaraṇanakhairaskṣatrahīno 'pi vegāt / cakrairvaiśvānarābhaistvavanigaganayostiryagūrdhvaṃ samantāt prāpte 'nte kālavahnerjagadakhilamidaṃ rūpamāsīd didhakṣoḥ
In his fury the lord of the Dānavas, joined by the sons of Diti, crushes the army of the gods together with Indra, with the sun and the moon, using his hands, feet and nails — even weaponless — by sheer speed; and with discs like fire, on earth and in the sky, sideways and upward, on every side: this whole world became the very form of the fire of time when the end has come, eager to burn (all).
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VamP 47.39
तं दृष्ट्वा वर्द्धमानं रिपमतिबलिनं देवगन्धर्वमुख्याः सिद्धाःसाध्याश्विमुख्या भयतरलदृशः प्राद्रवन् दिक्षु सर्वे । पोप्लूयन्तश्च दैत्या हरिममरगणैरर्चितं चारुमौलिं नानाशस्त्रास्त्रपातैर्विगलितयशसंचक्रुरुत्सिक्तदर्पाः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā varddhamānaṃ ripamatibalinaṃ devagandharvamukhyāḥ siddhāḥsādhyāśvimukhyā bhayataraladṛśaḥ prādravan dikṣu sarve / poplūyantaśca daityā harimamaragaṇairarcitaṃ cārumauliṃ nānāśastrāstrapātairvigalitayaśasaṃcakrurutsiktadarpāḥ
Seeing that foe grow exceedingly mighty, the chief gods and Gandharvas, the Siddhas, the Sādhyas and the foremost Aśvins, their eyes unsteady with fear, all fled in every direction; and the Daityas, leaping about, swollen with pride, by hurling all manner of weapons and missiles made Hari — worshipped by the hosts of immortals, with his lovely crown — one whose glory had slipped away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 47.40
तानित्थंप्रेक्ष्य दैत्यान् मयबलिपुरगान् कालनेमिप्रधानान् बाणैराकृष्य शार्ङ्ग त्वनवरतमुरोभेदिबिर्वज्रकल्पैः । कोपादारक्तदृष्टिः सरथगजहयान् दृष्टिनिर्धूतवीर्यान् नाराचख्यैः सुपुङ्खैर्जलद् इव गिरीन् छादयामास विष्णुः
tānitthaṃprekṣya daityān mayabalipuragān kālanemipradhānān bāṇairākṛṣya śārṅga tvanavaratamurobhedibirvajrakalpaiḥ / kopādāraktadṛṣṭiḥ sarathagajahayān dṛṣṭinirdhūtavīryān nārācakhyaiḥ supuṅkhairjalad iva girīn chādayāmāsa viṣṇuḥ
Seeing those Daityas thus — the followers of Maya, Bali and Pura, with Kālanemi at their head — Viṣṇu, his eyes red with rage, drawing from the Śārṅga bow arrows that pierced the chest without pause and were like thunderbolts, covered them with their chariots, elephants and horses, their valour already shaken off by his very glance, using well-feathered nārāca shafts, as a raincloud covers the mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 47.41
तैर्वाणैश्छाद्यमाना हरिकरनुदितैः कालदण्डप्रकाशैर्नाराचैरर्धचन्द्रैर्बालिमयपुरागा भीतभीतास्त्वारन्तः । प्रारम्बे दानवेन्द्रं शतवदनमथो प्रेषयन् कालनेमिं स प्रायाद् देवसैन्यप्रभुममितबलं केशवं लोकनाथम्
tairvāṇaiśchādyamānā harikaranuditaiḥ kāladaṇḍaprakāśairnārācairardhacandrairbālimayapurāgā bhītabhītāstvārantaḥ / prārambe dānavendraṃ śatavadanamatho preṣayan kālanemiṃ sa prāyād devasainyaprabhumamitabalaṃ keśavaṃ lokanātham
Being covered by those arrows loosed from Hari's hand — nārācas and crescent-headed shafts shining like the rod of Death — the followers of Bali, Maya and Pura fled in utter terror; then, at the outset (of the fight), they sent forth the lord of the Dānavas, hundred-faced Kālanemi, and he advanced against Keśava, lord of the world, commander of the army of the gods, of measureless strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 47.42
तं दृष्ट्वा शतशीर्षमुद्यतगदं शैलेन्द्रशृङ्गाकृतिं विष्णुः शार्ङ्गमपास्य सत्वरमथो जग्राह चक्रं करे । सो ऽप्येनं प्रसमीक्ष्य दैत्यविटपप्रच्छेदनं मानिनं प्रोवाचाथ विहस्य तं च सुचिरं मेघस्वनो दानवः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā śataśīrṣamudyatagadaṃ śailendraśṛṅgākṛtiṃ viṣṇuḥ śārṅgamapāsya satvaramatho jagrāha cakraṃ kare / so 'pyenaṃ prasamīkṣya daityaviṭapapracchedanaṃ māninaṃ provācātha vihasya taṃ ca suciraṃ meghasvano dānavaḥ
Seeing him hundred-headed, with his mace raised, shaped like the peak of the lord of mountains, Viṣṇu at once laid aside the Śārṅga bow and took the discus in his hand. He too, beholding it, that cutter-down of the Daitya-branches, being full of pride, then laughed and spoke to him at length, that Dānava whose voice was like a cloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 47.43
अयं स दनुपुत्रसैन्यवित्रासकृद्रिषुः परमकोपितः स मधोर्विघातकृत् । हिरण्यनयनान्तकः कुसुमपूजारतिः क्व याति मम दृष्टिगोचरे निपतितः खलः
ayaṃ sa danuputrasainyavitrāsakṛdriṣuḥ paramakopitaḥ sa madhorvighātakṛt / hiraṇyanayanāntakaḥ kusumapūjāratiḥ kva yāti mama dṛṣṭigocare nipatitaḥ khalaḥ
"This is that enemy who terrifies the armies of Danu's sons, he who in utmost fury slew Madhu, who made an end of Hiraṇya's eyes(?), who delights in worship with flowers — where can the rogue go, now that he has fallen within range of my sight?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 47.44
यद्येष संप्रति ममाहवमभ्युषैति नृनं न याति निलयं निजमम्बुजाक्षः । मन्मुष्टिपिष्टशिथिलाङ्गमुपात्तभस्म संद्रक्ष्यते सुरजनो भयकातराक्षः
yadyeṣa saṃprati mamāhavamabhyuṣaiti nṛnaṃ na yāti nilayaṃ nijamambujākṣaḥ / manmuṣṭipiṣṭaśithilāṅgamupāttabhasma saṃdrakṣyate surajano bhayakātarākṣaḥ
"If this lotus-eyed one comes now to battle with me, surely he will not go to his own abode: the host of gods, their eyes cowering with fear, will behold his body crushed limp by my fist and reduced to ashes."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 47.45
इत्येवमुक्त्वा मधुसूदनं वै स कालनेमिः स्फुरिताधरोष्ठः । गदां खगेन्द्रोपरि जातकोपो मुमोच शैले कुलिशं यथेन्द्रः
ityevamuktvā madhusūdanaṃ vai sa kālanemiḥ sphuritādharoṣṭhaḥ / gadāṃ khagendropari jātakopo mumoca śaile kuliśaṃ yathendraḥ
Having spoken thus to the slayer of Madhu, that Kālanemi, his lower lip quivering, filled with rage, hurled his mace upon the lord of birds, as Indra hurls the thunderbolt at a mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 47.46
तामापतन्तीं प्रसमीक्ष्य विष्णुर्घोरां गदां दानवबाहुमुक्ताम् । चक्रेण चिच्छेद सुदुर्गतस्य मनोरथं पूर्वकृतेन कर्म
tāmāpatantīṃ prasamīkṣya viṣṇurghorāṃ gadāṃ dānavabāhumuktām / cakreṇa ciccheda sudurgatasya manorathaṃ pūrvakṛtena karma
Seeing that dreadful mace flying at him, released from the Dānava's arm, Viṣṇu cut it apart with his discus — as (deeds) done before cut off the hopes of a man in dire straits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 47.47
गदां छित्त्वा दानवाभ्याशमेत्य भुजौ पीनौ संप्रचिच्छेद वेगात् । भुजाभ्यां कृत्ताभ्यां दग्धशैलप्रकाशः संदृश्येताप्यपरः कालनेमि
gadāṃ chittvā dānavābhyāśametya bhujau pīnau saṃpraciccheda vegāt / bhujābhyāṃ kṛttābhyāṃ dagdhaśailaprakāśaḥ saṃdṛśyetāpyaparaḥ kālanemi
Having cut the mace, coming close to the Dānava, he swiftly cut off both his thick arms; with his two arms severed, looking like a burnt mountain, Kālanemi appeared as if another (being) altogether.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 47.48
ततो ऽस्य माधवः कोपात् शिरश्चक्रेण भूतले । छित्त्वा निपातयामास पक्वं तालफलं यथा
tato 'sya mādhavaḥ kopāt śiraścakreṇa bhūtale / chittvā nipātayāmāsa pakvaṃ tālaphalaṃ yathā
Then Mādhava, in anger, cut off his head with the discus and made it fall to the ground, like a ripe palmyra fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 47.49
तथा विबाहुर्विशिरा मुण्डतालो यथा वने । तस्थौ मेरुरिवाकम्प्यः कबन्धः क्ष्माधरेश्वरः
tathā vibāhurviśirā muṇḍatālo yathā vane / tasthau merurivākampyaḥ kabandhaḥ kṣmādhareśvaraḥ
Thus armless and headless, like a topless palmyra in the forest, the trunk stood unshakeable as Meru, that lord of the mountain-holding earth(?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 47.50
तं वैनतेयो ऽप्युपसा खगोत्त्मो निपातयामास मुने धरण्याम् । यथाम्बराद् बाहुशिरः प्रणष्टबलं महेन्द्रः कुलिशेन भूम्याम्
taṃ vainateyo 'pyupasā khagottmo nipātayāmāsa mune dharaṇyām / yathāmbarād bāhuśiraḥ praṇaṣṭabalaṃ mahendraḥ kuliśena bhūmyām
And Vainateya, best of birds, coming up, felled it to the earth, O sage — as Mahendra with his thunderbolt fells from the sky an arm-and-head (mass?) whose strength is gone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 47.51
तस्मिन् हते दानवसैन्यपाले संपीड्यमानास्त्रिदशैस्तु दैत्याः । विमुक्तशस्त्रालकचर्मवस्त्राः संप्राद्रवन् बाणमृते ऽसुरेन्द्राः
tasmin hate dānavasainyapāle saṃpīḍyamānāstridaśaistu daityāḥ / vimuktaśastrālakacarmavastrāḥ saṃprādravan bāṇamṛte 'surendrāḥ
When that guardian of the Dānava army was slain, the Daityas, hard pressed by the thirty gods, letting go of their weapons, hair-ornaments(?), shields and garments, all fled — the lords of the Asuras, except for Bāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain