व्यभ्रमन्समरे घोरे विषघ्नाः स्वर्णबभ्रवः
In the fierce battle, the golden brown mongoose, destroyers of poison, moved about.
उत्फुल्ला नकुला व्यात्तवदना व्यदशन्नहीन्
The mongooses, with mouths wide open and fully expanded, bit relentlessly.
तीक्ष्णदन्तनिपातेन खण्डयामास विग्रहम्
With the force of their sharp teeth, they shattered the forms.
लिहन्तो नकुला जिह्वापल्लवैः पुप्लुवुर्मृधे
The mongooses, licking with their tender tongues, leapt into the fray.
मुहुः कुण्डलितैर्भोगैः पन्नगानां व्यचेष्टत
Again and again, the serpents writhed with their coiled bodies.
फणाभरसमुत्कीर्णा मणयो व्यरुचन्रणे
Jewels, scattered from the weight of their hoods, shone brightly in the battle.
फणयस्तन्महाद्रोहवह्विज्वाला इवाबभुः
The hoods, bearing great treachery, appeared like blazing flames.
मायामये सर्पजाले सर्पिणी कोपमादधे
Within the magical net of serpents, the serpent-woman grew furious.
गारुडास्त्रमतिक्रूरं समाधत्त शिलीमुखे
She employed the exceedingly cruel Garuda weapon against the mongoose.
प्रविश्य सर्पिणीदेहं सर्पमायां व्यशोषयत्
Entering the body of the serpent-woman, the Garuda weapon dried up the serpent magic.
क्रोधं च तद्विनाशेन प्राप्ताः पञ्च चमूवराः
With her destruction, five commanders of the army were seized by wrath.
सा सर्पिणी कथाशेषं नीता नकुलवीर्यतः
That serpent-woman, her story ended, was subdued by the valor of the mongoose.
एकोद्यमेन शस्त्रौघैर्नकुलीं तामवाकिरन्
With single-minded effort, they showered the mongoose with volleys of weapons.
लघुहस्ततया युद्धे चक्रे वै शस्त्रवर्षिणी
With swift hands in battle, she unleashed a rain of weapons.
वज्रसारमयैर्दन्तैर्व्यदशन्मर्म सीमसु
With teeth made of adamant, she bit into the vital points and boundaries.
उदग्रदंशनकुलैर्नकुलैराकुलीकृताः
The mongooses, biting fiercely, caused confusion among the mongooses.
देशन्तस्तद्द्विषां सैन्य सकुलाः प्रज्वलक्रुधः
In the midst of the enemy forces, the army of mongooses, blazing with wrath, spread out.
पृष्ठतो प्यदशन्केचिदा गत्य व्याकृतक्रियाः
Some, from behind, bit with swift movement, their actions clearly displayed.
नकुलैरभिभूतास्ते न्यपतन्नमरद्रुहः
Overpowered by the mongooses, those immortal trees fell down.
भोगिभोगानि वाकृष्य व्यदशन्रसनातलम्
The serpents, having seized the coils of other serpents, bit into their tongues.
सूक्ष्मरूपा विशन्तिस्म नानारन्ध्राणि बभ्रवः
The brown serpents, in subtle forms, entered various crevices.
निजसैन्यानि दीनानि करङ्कः कोपमास्थितः
Karaṅka, filled with rage, saw his own troops disheartened.
अन्ये ऽपि च चमूनाथा लघुहस्ता महाबलाः
Other commanders of the armies, swift-handed and mighty, too—
बभ्रूणां दन्तकोटीषु कठोरघट्टनं व्यधुः
They struck fiercely against the hard tips of the brown serpents’ fangs.
पञ्चापि ते चमूनाथविसृष्टैरेकहेलया
Even those five commanders, dispatched by the brown serpents, with a single gesture—
विशीर्णगात्रा नकुला नकुलीं पर्यवारयन्
The wounded mongooses surrounded the female mongoose.
नकुलानां परावृत्त्या महान्तं रोषमाश्रिता
With the retreat of the mongooses, the female mongoose was seized by great wrath.
वह्निज्वालापरीताग्रं संदधे शार्ङ्गधन्वनि
She set her arrow, its tip wreathed in fire-flames, upon the Śārṅga bow.
वज्राङ्गा वज्रलोमानो वज्रदंष्ट्रा महाजवा
With bodies like thunderbolts, thunderbolt-haired, thunderbolt-fanged, and of great speed—
वज्राकारैर्नशैस्तूर्ण दारयन्तो महीतलम्
With thunderbolt-like blows, they swiftly tore the earth apart.