सचन्द्रिके सोपवने प्रदोषे रुतेषु वृन्देषु च कोकिलानाम् शरव्ययं प्राप्य पुरे ऽसुराणां प्रक्षीणबाणो मदनश्चचार
In the evening, with moonlight and gardens, among the calls of groups of cuckoos, Kama, his arrows spent, wandered in the city of the demons.
चन्द्रो ऽथ कुन्दकुसुमाकरहारवर्णो ज्योत्स्नावितानरहितो ऽभ्रसमानवर्णः विछायतां हि समुपेत्य न भाति तद्वद् भाग्यक्षये धनपतिश्च नरो विवर्णः
Then the moon, white as garlands of jasmine flowers, lacking the spread of moonlight, resembling a cloud, does not shine when obscured; likewise, when fortune is lost, a wealthy man becomes pale.
चन्द्रप्रभामरुणसारथिनाभिभूय संतप्तकाञ्चनरथाङ्गसमानबिम्बः स्थित्वोदयाग्रमुकुटे बहुरेव सूर्यो भात्यम्बरे तिमिरतोयवहां तरिष्यन्
Surpassing the moon's radiance with his reddish charioteer, the sun, with a disk like heated gold, stands at the peak of his rising, shining greatly in the sky, striving to cross the darkness-bearing waters.
उदिते तु सहस्रांशौ मेरौ भासाकरे रवौ नदद्देवबलं कृत्स्नं युगान्त इव सागरः
When the thousand-rayed sun rose on Meru, the shining sun, the entire host of gods roared, like the ocean at the end of the age.
सहस्रनयनो देवस् ततः शक्रः पुरंदरः सवित्तदः सवरुणस् त्रिपुरं प्रययौ हरः
Then the thousand-eyed god, Indra, Purandara, together with Savitṛ, Varuṇa, and Hara, went to Tripura.
ते नानाविधरूपाश्च प्रमथातिप्रमाथिनः ययुः सिंहरवैर् घोरैर् वादित्रनिनदैरपि
Those destroyers, of many forms, advanced with fierce lion-like roars and the sounds of drums.
ततो वादितवादित्रैश् चातपत्रैर्महाद्रुमैः बभूव तद्बलं दिव्यं वनं प्रचलितं यथा
Then, with drums and parasols, and great trees, that divine army moved like a forest stirred.
तदापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य रौद्रं रुद्रबलं महत् संक्षोभो दानवेन्द्राणां समुद्रप्रतिमो बभौ
Seeing the fierce, immense army of Rudra approaching, the lords of the demons were greatly agitated, resembling the ocean.
ते चासीन्पट्टिशाञ्शक्तीः शूलदण्डपरश्वधान् शरासनानि वज्राणि गुरूणि मुसलानि च
They held spears, javelins, tridents, clubs, axes, bows, arrows, thunderbolts, and heavy maces.
प्रगृह्य कोपरक्ताक्षाः सपक्षा इव पर्वताः निजघ्नुः पर्वतघ्नाय घना इव तपात्यये
Grasping them, their eyes red with anger, they were like winged mountains, striking with mountain-breaking clouds at the end of the heat.
सविद्युन्मालिनस्ते वै समया दितिनन्दनाः मोदमानाः समासेदुर् देवदेवैः सुरारयः
Adorned with lightning, the sons of Diti, delighted, assembled with the gods, the enemies of the gods.
मर्तव्यकृतबुद्धीनां जये चानिश्चितात्मनाम् अबलानां चमूर्ह्यासीद् अबलावयवा इव
Among those whose minds were set on dying, uncertain in victory, the weak army was like a body with feeble limbs.
विगर्जन्त इवाम्भोदा अम्भोदसदृशत्विषः प्रयुध्य युद्धकुशलाः परस्परकृतागसः
Roaring like clouds, with brilliance like clouds, skilled in battle, they fought, bearing offenses against each other.
धूमायन्तो ज्वलद्भिश्च आयुधैश्चन्द्रवर्चसैः कोपाद्वा युद्धलुब्धाश्च कुट्टयन्ते परस्परम्
Smoking and blazing with weapons shining like the moon, driven by anger and eager for battle, they struck each other.
वज्राहताः पतन्त्यन्ये बाणैरन्ये विदारिताः अन्ये विदारिताश्चक्रैः पतन्ति ह्युदधेर्जले
Some fall, struck by thunderbolts; others, pierced by arrows; still others, torn apart by discus weapons, fall into the waters of the ocean.
छिन्नस्रग्दामहाराश्च प्रमृष्टाम्बरभूषणाः तिमिनक्रगणे चैव पतन्ति प्रमथाः सुराः
With garlands and great ornaments cut, their garments and jewels scattered, the gods fall, battered, among the hosts of whales and crocodiles.
गदानां मुसलानां च तोमराणां परश्वधाम् वज्रशूलर्ष्टिपातानां पट्टिशानां च सर्वतः
Everywhere, blows from maces, pestles, javelins, axes, thunderbolts, spears, lances, and swords rain down.
गिरिशृङ्गोपलानां च प्रेरितानां प्रमन्युभिः सजवानां दानवानां सधूमानां रवित्विषाम् आयुधानां महानोघः सागरौघे पतत्यपि
A great flood of weapons—mountain peaks, trees, hurled in wrath by swift and smoky, radiant demons—also falls into the surging ocean.
प्रवृद्धवेगैस्तैस्तत्र सुरासुरकरेरितैः आयुधैस्त्रस्तनक्षत्रः क्रियते संक्षयो महान्
By those weapons, hurled with increasing force by gods and demons, a great destruction is wrought, causing the stars to tremble.
क्षुद्राणां गजयोर्युद्धे यथा भवति संक्षयः देवासुरगणैस् तद्वत् तिमिनक्रक्षयो ऽभवत्
Just as in the battle of small elephants there is destruction, so too, among the hosts of gods and demons, was there a slaughter of whales and crocodiles.
विद्युन्माली च वेगेन विद्युन्माली इवाम्बुदः विद्युर्मालघनोन्नादो नन्दीश्वरमभिद्रुतः
Vidyunmālī, swift as a thundercloud wreathed in lightning, with a roar like thunder, rushed toward Nandīśvara.
स तं तमोरिवदनं प्रणदन्वदतां वरः उवाच युधि शैलादिं दानवो ऽम्बुधिनिःस्वनः
That best of speakers, with a voice like thunder, the demon, roaring like a cloud, addressed the mountain-like Nandīśvara in battle.
युद्धाकाङ्क्षी तु बलवान् विद्युन्माल्यहमागतः यदि त्विदानीं मे जीवन् मुच्यसे नन्दिकेश्वर न विद्युन्मालिहननं वचोभिर्युधि दानव
Desiring battle, I, Vidyunmālī, have come, strong as I am. If you escape with your life now, Nandikeśvara, it will not be by words that Vidyunmālī is slain in battle, O demon.
तम् एवंवादिनं दैत्यं नन्दीशस्तपतां वरः उवाच प्रहरंस्तत्र वाक्यालंकारकोविदः
To that demon speaking thus, Nandīśa, foremost among the blazing ones, skilled in the ornaments of speech, replied: 'Strike, then, here!'
दानवा धर्मकामाणां नैषो ऽवसर इत्युत शक्तो हन्तुं किमात्मानं जातिदोषाद् विबृंहसि
O demon, this is not the time for those who desire righteousness. If you are able to kill, why do you hesitate because of your birth's fault?
यदि तावन्मया पूर्वं हतो ऽसि पशुवद्यथा इदानीं वा कथं नाम न हिंस्ये क्रतुदूषणम्
If I had slain you before, like a beast, or if I do so now, why should I not destroy the defiler of sacrifice?
सागरं तरते दोर्भ्यां पातयेद्यो दिवाकरम् सो ऽपि मां शक्नुयान्नैव चक्षुर्भ्यां समवेक्षितुम्
He who crosses the ocean with his arms, or brings down the sun, even he would not be able to gaze upon me with his eyes.
इत्येवंवादिनं तत्र नन्दिनं तन्निभो बले बिभेदैकेषुणा दैत्यः करेणार्क इवाम्बुदम्
As Nandī, resembling him, spoke thus, the demon struck him with a single arrow, as the sun pierces a cloud with his hand.
वक्षसः स शरस्तस्य पपौ रुधिरमुत्तमम् सूर्यस्त्वात्मप्रभावेण नद्यर्णवजलं यथा
That arrow drank the best blood from his chest, just as the sun, by its own radiance, draws up the water of rivers and oceans.
स तेन सुप्रहारेण प्रथमं चातिरोपितः हस्तेन वृक्षमुत्पाट्य चिक्षेप गजराडिव
Struck with that powerful blow, he first staggered, then, uprooting a tree with his hand, hurled it like a lord of elephants.