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.
महेन्द्रस्तोयदैः सार्धं सहस्राक्षो महाद्युतिः महता तोयवर्षेण शमयामास पावकम्
The mighty Indra, thousand-eyed and radiant, together with the cloud-givers, subdued the fire with a great downpour of water.
तस्यां प्रतिहतायां तु मायायां युधि दानवः असृजद्घोरसंकाशं तमस्तीव्रं समन्ततः
When that illusion was countered in battle, the demon unleashed a terrifying, intense darkness in all directions.
तमसा संवृते लोके दैत्येष्वात्तायुधेषु च स्वतेजसा परिवृतो दिवाकर इवाबभौ
With the world covered in darkness and the demons armed for battle, he shone, surrounded by his own brilliance, like the sun.
त्रिशिखां भ्रुकुटीं चास्य ददृशुर्दानवा रणे ललाटस्थां त्रिशूलाङ्कां गङ्गां त्रिपथगामिव
In battle, the demons saw upon his forehead a triple flame and a furrowed brow, marked with a trident, like the triple-flowing Ganga.
ततः सर्वासु मायासु हतासु दितिनन्दनाः हिरण्यकशिपुं दैत्यं विवर्णाः शरणं ययुः
Then, with all their illusions destroyed, the sons of Diti, pale, sought refuge with the demon Hiranyakashipu.
ततः प्रज्वलितः क्रोधात् प्रदहन्निव तेजसा तस्मिन्क्रुद्धे तु दैत्येन्द्रे तमोभूतमभूज्जगत्
Then, blazing with anger, burning as if with his radiance, when that lord of demons was enraged, the world became shrouded in darkness.
आवहः प्रवहश्चैव विवहो ऽथ ह्युदावहः परावहः संवहश्च महाबलपराक्रमाः
Āvaha, Pravaha, Vivaha, Udāvaha, Parāvaha, and Saṃvaha—these, mighty and powerful, arose.
तथा परिवहः श्रीमान् उत्पातभयशंसिनः इत्येवं क्षुभिताः सप्त मरुतो गगनेचराः
Likewise, Parivaha, glorious and foretelling disaster, thus the seven Maruts, agitated, moved through the sky.
ये ग्रहाः सर्वलोकस्य क्षये प्रादुर्भवन्ति वै ते सर्वे गगने दृष्टा व्यचरन्त यथासुखम्
All the planets that appear at the destruction of all worlds were seen in the sky, moving about as they pleased.
अयोगतश्चाप्यचरन् मार्गं निशि निशाचरः सग्रहः सह नक्षत्रैर् आकापतिररिंदमः
The night-wandering lord of the sky, together with the planets and stars, moved along his path at night, not in his usual course.