उदैरयद्भार्गवो ऽस्त्रं कालाग्निसदृशप्रभम्
Bhārgava unleashed a weapon blazing like the fire of destruction.
पुरीं सहस्त्यश्वनरां स ददाहास्त्रपावकः
With the fire of his weapon, he burned the city along with its elephants, horses, and men.
जीवनाय जगामाशु वीतिहोत्रो भयातुरः
For the sake of survival, Vītihotra, terrified, quickly departed.
प्राशयानो ऽखिलान् लोकान् साक्षात्काल इवान्तकः
Consuming all the worlds, he was like Death himself in visible form.
जगामरथघोषेण कंपयन्निव मेदिनीम्
He went forth with the roar of his chariot, as if shaking the earth.
महेन्द्राद्रिं ययौ रामस्तपसे धतमानसः
Rāma, with mind set on austerity, went to Mount Mahendra.
प्रत्येत्य भूयस्तद्धत्यै बद्धदीक्षो धृतव्रतः
Returning again for their destruction, he undertook vows with firm resolve.
निजघान पुनर्भूमौ राज्ञ शतसहस्रशः
Once more on earth, he struck down hundreds of thousands of kings.
षट्चतुष्टयवर्षान्तं तपस्तेपे पुनश्च सः
For twenty-four years, he performed austerities again.
जघान भूमौ निःशेषं साक्षात्काल इवान्तकः
He destroyed all on earth, like Death himself in manifest form.
निघ्नंश्चचार पृथिवीं वर्षद्वयमनारतम्
Slaying, he roamed the earth without ceasing for two years.
त्रिः सप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी तेन निःक्षत्रिया कृता
By him, the earth was made thrice seven times devoid of kṣatriyas.
तावद्रामेण तस्मात्तु क्षत्रमुत्सादितं भुवि
Thus, by Rāma, the kṣatriya race was eradicated from the earth.
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे भार्गवचरिते षट्चत्वारिंशत्त मो ऽध्यायः
Thus ends the forty-sixth chapter, the Bhārgava narrative, in the third section of the middle part of the venerable Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, as spoken by Vāyu.
षट्सहस्रद्वयं रामो जीवग्राहं गृहीतवान्
Rāma seized alive twelve thousand men.
स जगाम महातेजाः कुरुक्षेत्रं तपोमयम्
That mighty one went to Kurukṣetra, filled with austerity.
सुखावगाहतीर्थानि तानि चक्रे समन्ततः
He made those sacred bathing places all around pleasant for immersion.
सरांसि तानि वै पञ्च पूरयामास भार्गवः
Bhārgava filled those five lakes.
पितॄन्संतर्पयामास यथाशास्त्रमतन्द्रितः
He satisfied the ancestors, untiring, according to the scriptures.
ब्राह्मणैः सह मातुश्च तत्र चक्रे यथोदितम्
There, together with the brāhmaṇas and his mother, he performed the prescribed rites.
उवासातन्द्रितः सम्यक् पितृपूजापरायणः
He remained there, tireless and attentive, wholly devoted to the worship of the ancestors.
विहितं जामदग्न्येन कुरुक्षेत्रे तपोवने
The rite was established by Jāmadagnya in the sacred grove at Kurukṣetra.
यत्र यक्रे भृगुश्रेष्ठः पितॄणां तृप्तिमक्षयाम्
There, the foremost of the Bhṛgus performed a sacrifice, granting the ancestors inexhaustible satisfaction.
भृशमाप्यायितास्तेन यत्र ते पितरो ऽखिलाः
By him, all those ancestors were abundantly nourished there.
समन्तपञ्चकं नाम तीर्थं लोके परिश्रुतम्
That holy place, renowned in the world, is called Samantapañcaka.
मर्त्यानां यत्र यातानामेनांसि निखिलानि तु
There, all the sins of mortals who go are indeed destroyed.
तत्क्षेत्रचर्यागमनं मर्त्यानामसतामिह
The journey to that field, for mortals who are unrighteous, is here inauspicious.
समन्तपञ्चकं तीर्थं कुरुक्षेत्रे ऽतिपावनम्
Samantapañcaka is a most purifying holy place in Kurukṣetra.
कृतकृत्यस्ततो रामः सम्यक् पूर्णमनोरथः
Then Rāma, having fulfilled his duties, was wholly satisfied in his desires.
ततः संवत्सरस्यान्ते ब्राह्मणैः सहितो वशी
Afterwards, at the end of the year, the self-controlled one, together with the brāhmaṇas—