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.
स गर्जित्वा यथान्यायं विक्रम्य च यथासुखम् तत्सैन्यम् उत्सारितवांस् तृणाग्राणीव मारुतः
He roared as was fitting, advanced as he pleased, and scattered that army as the wind scatters blades of grass.
ततो ऽश्मवर्षं दैत्येन्द्रा व्यमृजन्त नभोगताः नगमात्रैः शिलाखण्डैर् गिरिशृङ्गैर्महाप्रभैः
Then, the Daitya chiefs, moving through the sky, unleashed a rain of stones, with fragments of rocks and mighty mountain peaks.
तदश्मवर्षं सिंहस्य महन्मूर्धनि पातितम् दिशो दश विकीर्णा वै खद्योतप्रकरा इव
That rain of stones fell upon the lion's great head, scattering in all ten directions like swarms of fireflies.
तदाश्मौघैर् दैत्यगणाः पुनः सिंहमरिंदमम् छादयांचक्रिरे मेघा धाराभिरिव पर्वतम्
Then, with torrents of stones, the hosts of Daityas covered the lion, the enemy of foes, as clouds cover a mountain with streams.
न च तं चालयामासुर् दैत्यौघा देवसत्तमम् भीमवेगो ऽचलश्रेष्ठं समुद्र इव मन्दरम्
Yet, those masses of Daityas could not move that best of gods, whose force was terrible, like the ocean cannot move the greatest mountain.
ततो ऽश्मवर्षे विहते जलवर्षमनन्तरम् धाराभिरक्षमात्राभिः प्रादुरासीत्समन्ततः
Then, when the stone-rain was thwarted, a rain of water followed, with streams from clouds appearing everywhere.
नभसः प्रच्युता धारास् तिग्मवेगाः समन्ततः आवृत्य सर्वतो व्योम दिशश्चोपदिशस्तथा
Streams, falling from the sky with sharp speed, covered all the heavens and every direction and subdirection.
धारा दिवि च सर्वत्र वसुधायां च सर्वशः न स्पृशन्ति च ता देवं निपतन्त्यो ऽनिशं भुवि
The streams, everywhere in the sky and all over the earth, did not touch the god, though they fell ceaselessly to the ground.
बाह्यतो ववृषुर्वर्षं नोपरिष्टाच्च ववृषुः मृगेन्द्रप्रतिरूपस्य स्थितस्य युधि मायया
Rain fell outside, but not above, upon the one who stood in battle, resembling a lion, by means of illusion.
हते ऽश्मवर्षे तुमुले जलवर्षे च शोषिते सो ऽसृजद्दानवो मायाम् अग्निवायुसमीरिताम्
When the fierce rain of stones was destroyed and the rain of water dried up, that demon released an illusion driven by fire and wind.