रौद्रं तथोग्रं शूलं च कङ्कालं मुसलं तथा मोहनं शोषणं चैव संतापनविलापनम्
He used the fierce and terrible trident, the skeleton, the mace, the bewildering, the drying, the burning, and the lamentation weapons.
वायव्यं मथनं चैव कापालमथ कैङ्करम् तथाप्रतिहतां शक्तिं क्रौञ्चमस्त्रं तथैव च
He used the wind weapon, the churning weapon, the skull weapon, the servitor weapon, the irresistible spear, and the Krauncha weapon as well.
अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरश्चैव सोमास्त्रं शिशिरं तथा कम्पनं शातनं चैव त्वाष्ट्रं चैव सुभैरवम्
The Brahmashiras missile, the Soma missile, the Shishira missile, the Kampana and Shatana missiles, and also the Tvastra and Subhairava missiles—
कालमुद्गरमक्षोभ्यं तपनं च महाबलम् संवर्तनं मोहनं च तथा मायाधरं परम्
The Kaalamudgara, the unshakable Akshobhya, the mighty Tapana, the Samvartana and Mohana, and likewise the supreme Maya-dhara—
गान्धर्वमस्त्रं दयितम् असिरत्नं च नन्दकम् प्रस्वापनं प्रमथनं वारुणं चास्त्रमुत्तमम् अस्त्रं पाशुपतं चैव यस्याप्रतिहता गतिः
The Gandharva missile, the beloved Asiratna, the Nandaka, the Prasvapana, the Pramathana, the excellent Varuna missile, and the Pashupata missile, whose course none can withstand—
अस्त्रं हयशिरश्चैव ब्राह्ममस्त्रं तथैव च नारायणास्त्रमैन्द्रं च सार्पमस्त्रं तथाद्भुतम्
The Hayashiras missile, the Brahma missile, the Narayana missile, the Indra missile, and the wondrous Serpent missile—
पैशाचमस्त्रमजितं शोषदं शामनं तथा महाबलं भावनं च प्रस्थापनविकम्पने
The invincible Paishacha missile, the Shoshana, the Shamana, the mighty Bhavana, and the Prasthapana and Vikampana—
एतान्यस्त्राणि दिव्यानि हिरण्यकशिपुस्तदा असृजन्नरसिंहस्य दीप्तस्याग्नेरिवाहुतिम्
All these divine missiles, at that time, Hiranyakashipu released against Narasimha, blazing like offerings cast into a shining fire.
अस्त्रैः प्रज्वलितैः सिंहम् आवृणोदसुरोत्तमः विवस्वान् घर्मसमये हिमवन्तमिवांशुभिः
With these blazing missiles, the foremost of asuras enveloped the lion, like the sun with its rays envelops Himavat in the heat of summer.
स ह्यमर्षानिलोद्भूतो दैत्यानां सैन्यसागरः क्षणेन प्लावयामास मैनाकमिव सागरः
Then, the ocean of the daityas' army, stirred by the wind of wrath, in a moment flooded forth, like the sea overwhelming Mount Mainaka.
प्रासैः पाशैश्च खड्गैश्च गदाभिर्मुसलैस्तथा वज्रैरशनिभिश्चैव साग्निभिश्च महाद्रुमैः
With spears, nooses, swords, maces, pestles, thunderbolts, whips, flaming logs, and great trees—
मुद्गरैर्भिन्दिपालैश्च शिलोलूखलपर्वतैः शतघ्नीभिश्च दीप्ताभिर् दण्डैरपि सुदारुणैः
With mallets, sling-stones, boulders, mortars, mountain peaks, blazing shataghnis, and dreadful clubs—
ते दानवाः पाशगृहीतहस्ता महेन्द्रतुल्याशनिवज्रवेगाः समन्ततो ऽभ्युद्यतबाहुकायाः स्थितास्त्रिशीर्षा इव नागपाशाः
Those danavas, grasping nooses in hand, with the speed of Indra's thunderbolt, stood all around with arms upraised, like triple-headed naga-nooses.
सुवर्णमालाकुलभूषिताङ्गाः पीतांशुकाभोगविभाविताङ्गाः मुक्तावलीदामसनाथकक्षा हंसा इवाभान्ति विशालपक्षाः
Their bodies adorned with golden garlands, their forms radiant in yellow garments, their waists encircled with pearl necklaces—they shone like swans with broad wings.
तेषां तु वायुप्रतिमौजसां वै केयूरमौलीवलयोत्कटानाम् तान्युत्तमाङ्गान्यभितो विभान्ति प्रभातसूर्यांशुसमप्रभाणि
Among them, those of wind-like energy, with splendid armlets, crowns, and bracelets, their heads all around shone with a brilliance equal to the rays of the rising sun.
खराः खरमुखाश्चैव मकराशीविषाननाः ईहामृगमुखाश्चान्ये वराहमुखसंस्थिताः
Some had the faces of donkeys, others of crocodiles and venomous serpents; some had the faces of antelopes, and others bore the visage of a boar.
बालसूर्यमुखाश्चान्ये धूमकेतुमुखास्तथा अर्धचन्द्रार्धवक्त्राश्च अग्निदीप्तमुखास्तथा
Some had faces like the rising sun, others like comets; some had half-moon, half-formed faces, and others faces blazing like fire.
हंसकुक्कुटवक्त्राश्च व्यादितास्या भयावहाः सिंहास्या लेलिहानाश्च काकगृध्रमुखास्तथा
Some had the faces of swans and cocks, their mouths wide open and terrifying; some had lion faces, licking their lips, and others had the faces of crows and vultures.
द्विजिह्वका वक्रशीर्षास् तथोल्कामुखसंस्थिताः महाग्राहमुखाश्चान्ये दानवा बलदर्पिताः
Some had two tongues, crooked heads, and faces like meteors; others, mighty danavas, had the faces of great sharks, proud in their strength.
शैलसंवर्ष्मणस् तस्य शरीरे शरवृष्टिभिः अवध्यस्य मृगेन्द्रस्य न व्यथां चक्रुराहवे
Though their bodies were as massive as mountains, and they rained down arrows upon the lion, that unconquerable king of beasts felt no distress in the battle.
एवं भूयो ऽपरान्घोरान् असृजन्दानवेश्वराः मृगेन्द्रस्योपरि क्रुद्धा निःश्वसन्त इवोरगाः
Thus, again, the lords of the Danavas unleashed other fierce weapons, enraged, upon the lion, breathing out like serpents.
ते दानवशरा घोरा दानवेन्द्रसमीरिताः विलयं जग्मुराकाशे खद्योता इव पर्वते
Those dreadful Danava arrows, launched by the king of the Danavas, vanished in the sky like fireflies on a mountain.
ततश्चक्राणि दिव्यानि दैत्याः क्रोधसमन्विताः मृगेन्द्रायासृजन्नाशु ज्वलितानि समन्ततः
Then, the Daityas, filled with wrath, swiftly hurled divine, blazing discs in every direction at the lion.
तैरासीद्गगनं चक्रैः संपतद्भिरितस्ततः युगान्ते संप्रकाशद्भिश् चन्द्रादित्यग्रहैरिव
By those discs flying everywhere, the sky was illuminated, as at the end of an age, by radiant moon and sun-like planets.
तानि सर्वाणि चक्राणि मृगेन्द्रेण महात्मना ग्रस्तान्युदीर्णानि तदा पावकार्चिःसमानि वै
All those discs, blazing like tongues of fire, were devoured by the great-souled lion at that moment.
तानि चक्राणि वदने विशमानानि भान्ति वै मेघोदरदरीष्वेव चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहा इव
Those discs, entering the lion's mouth, shone like lunar and solar eclipses in the caverns of clouds.
हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यो भूयः प्रासृजदूर्जिताम् शक्तिं प्रज्वलितां घोरां धौतशस्त्रतडित्प्रभाम्
Hiraṇyakaśipu, the Daitya, again released a formidable, blazing spear, terrifying, with the brilliance of lightning on polished weapons.
तामापतन्तीं सम्प्रेक्ष्य मृगेन्द्रः शक्तिमुज्ज्वलाम् हुंकारेणैव रौद्रेण बभञ्ज भगवांस्तदा
Seeing that blazing spear rushing toward him, the lion, with a fierce roar, shattered it at once.
रराज भग्ना सा शक्तिर् मृगेन्द्रेण महीतले सविस्फुलिङ्गा ज्वलिता महोल्केव दिवश्च्युता
That broken spear, by the lion, shone on the earth, sparkling and blazing like a great meteor fallen from the sky.
नाराचपङ्क्तिः सिंहस्य प्राप्ता रेजे ऽविदूरतः नीलोत्पलपलाशानां मालेवोज्ज्वलदर्शना
A line of arrows reached the lion, gleaming nearby, like a radiant garland of blue lotuses and palāśa leaves.