एवमस्त्विति तं सोग्निः संवृतज्वालमंडलः। प्रविवेशार्णवमुखं नत्वोर्वं पितरं प्रभुम्
So be it—thus that fire, its circle of flames concealed, entered the mouth of the ocean, bowing to its father, the lord.
प्रतियातस्ततो ब्रह्मा ते च सर्वे महर्षयः। और्वस्याग्नेः प्रभावज्ञाः स्वांस्वां गतिमुपागताः
Then Brahma departed, and all those great sages, knowing the power of Aurva's fire, each went to their own destination.
हिरण्यकशिपुर्दृष्ट्वा तदा तन्महदद्भुतम्। उर्वं प्रणतसर्वांगो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
Hiranyakashipu, seeing that great and wondrous event, bowed with his whole body to Aurva and spoke these words.
भगवन्नद्भुतमिदं संवृत्तं लोकसाक्षिकम्। तपसा ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ परितुष्टः पितामहः
O revered one, this marvelous thing has occurred before the world as witness. Through your austerity, O best of sages, the grandsire is pleased.
अहं तु तव पुत्रस्य तव चैव महाव्रत। भृत्य इत्यवगंतव्यः श्लाघ्यस्त्वमिह कर्मणा
I must be understood as the servant of your son and of you, O great vow-holder; you are praiseworthy here for your deed.
तन्मां पश्य समापन्नं तवैवाराधने रतम्। यदि सीदेन्मुनिश्रेष्ठ तवै वस्यात्पराजयः
Therefore, see me as devoted to your worship, absorbed in it; if I falter, O best of sages, let defeat be yours.
उर्व उवाच। धन्योस्म्यनुगृहीतोस्मि यस्य तेऽहं गुरुर्मतः। नास्ति ते तपसानेन भयं चैवेह सुव्रत
Aurva said: I am blessed and favored, since you regard me as your teacher. There is no fear for you here, O virtuous one, because of this austerity.
तामेव मायां गृह्णीष्व मम पुत्रेण निर्मिताम्। निरिंधिनामग्निमयीं दुःस्पर्शां पावकैरपि
Take this very power, created by my son, difficult to touch even for flames, made of fire and destructive.
एषा ते स्वस्य वंशस्य वशगारि विनिग्रहे। रक्षिष्यत्यात्मपक्षं च विपक्षं च प्रधक्ष्यति
This will be subject to your lineage, for restraint; it will protect your own side and destroy the enemy side.
वरुण उवाच। एषा दुर्विषहा माया देवैरपि दुरासदा। और्वेण निर्मिता पूर्वं पावकेनोर्वसूनुना
Varuna said: This power is hard to withstand, difficult even for the gods to approach; it was formerly created by Aurva, son of Urva, with fire.
तस्मिंस्तु व्यथिते दैत्ये निर्वीर्यैषा न संशयः। शापो ह्यस्याः पुरा दत्तः सृष्टा येनैव तेजसा
When that demon is afflicted, this power will be weakened, no doubt; a curse was previously given to it, created by the same energy.
यद्येषा प्रतिहंतव्या कर्तव्यो भगवान्सुखी। दीयतां मे सखो शक्र तोययोनिर्निशाकरः
If this must be counteracted, let the blessed one be made happy; grant me, O friend, Indra, the water-origin and the moon.
तेनाहं सहसं गम्य यादोभिश्च समावृतः। मायामेतां हनिष्यामि त्वत्प्रसादान्न संशयः
With that, I will swiftly go, surrounded by the Yadavas; I will destroy this power by your favor, without doubt.
एवमस्त्वितिसंहृष्टः शक्रस्त्रिदशवर्धनः। संदिदेशाग्रतः सोमं युद्धाय शिशिरायुधम्
So be it—thus, delighted, Indra, increaser of the gods, ordered Soma, the cold-armed one, to the front for battle.
गच्छ सोम सहायन्त्वं कुरु पाशधरस्य वै। असुराणां विनाशाय जयार्थं त्रिदिवौकसाम्
Go, Soma, and become the ally of the noose-bearer; for the destruction of the asuras and the victory of the dwellers of heaven.
त्वं मतः प्रतिवीर्यश्च ज्योतिषामपि चेश्वरः। त्वन्मयान्सर्वलोकेषु रसान्वेदविदो विदुः
You are regarded as equal in strength and as the lord even of the luminaries; those who know the Vedas understand that all essences in the worlds are pervaded by you.
त्वया समो न लोकेस्मिन्विद्यते शिशिरायुधः। क्षयवृद्धीतवाव्यक्तेसागरेचैवचांबरे
There is no one in this world equal to you, O wielder of cool rays, in the waxing and waning of the unmanifest, in the ocean, and in the sky.
प्रवर्तयस्यहोरात्रात्कालं संमोहयन्जगत्। लोकच्छायामयं लक्ष्म तवांकः शशविग्रहः
You set in motion time through day and night, bewildering the world; your mark is the moon-form on your body, made of the shadow of the worlds.
न विदुः सोम ते मायां ये च नक्षत्रयोनयः। त्वमादित्यपथादूर्ध्वं ज्योतिषां चोपरिस्थितः
Those who are the progenitors of the stars do not know your illusion, Soma; you are above the path of the sun and situated above the luminaries.
तमः प्रोत्सार्य सहसा भासयस्यखिलं जगत्। शीतभानुर्हिमतनुर्ज्योतिषामधिपः शशी
Driving away darkness suddenly, you illuminate the whole world; you are the cool-rayed one, of icy body, the lord of the luminaries, the moon.
अपि तत्कालयोगात्मा इज्यो यज्ञरथोऽव्ययः। ओषधीशः क्रियायोनिरपां योनिरनुष्णगुः
Indeed, you are the soul of the conjunction of time, the imperishable one to be worshipped, the chariot of sacrifice, the lord of plants, the source of rites, the source of waters, and free from heat.
शीतांशुरमृताधारश्चपलः श्वेतवाहनः। त्वं कांतिः कांतवपुषां त्वं सोमः सोमपायिनाम्
You are the cool-rayed one, the support of nectar, swift, with a white vehicle; you are the radiance of the radiant, Soma of the Soma-drinkers.
सौम्यस्त्वं सर्वभूतानां तिमिरघ्नस्त्वमृक्षराट्। तद्गच्छ त्वं महासेन वरुणेन वरूथिना
You are gentle among all beings, the destroyer of darkness, the lord of the stars; therefore, go with Mahasena and Varuna, with their armies.
शमयस्वासुरीं मायां यया दह्यामहे रणे। सोम उवाच। यन्मां वदसि युद्धार्थं देवराजवरप्रद
Pacify the asuric illusion by which we are burned in battle.
एष वर्षामि शिशिरं दैत्यमायापकर्षणं। एतान्मे शीतनिर्दग्धान्पश्यस्व हिमवेष्टितान्
Soma said: That which you command me for the sake of battle, O bestower of boons, king of the gods—
तथा हिमकरोत्सृष्टाः सपाशा हिमवृष्टयः। वेष्टयंति च तान्दैत्यान्वायुर्मेघगणानिव
I now pour down cold, dispelling the illusion of the daityas; see these, scorched by cold, wrapped in frost.
तौ पाशशीतांशुधरौ वरुणेंदू महाबलौ। जघ्नतुर्हिमपातैश्च पाशपातैश्च दानवान्
Thus, the cold rains released by the moon, together with the nooses, envelop the daityas, just as the wind envelops masses of clouds.
द्वावंबुनाथौ समरे तौ पाशहिमयोधिनौ। मृधे चेरतुरंभोभिः क्षुब्धाविव महार्णवौ
Those two mighty ones, Varuna and the moon, wielding nooses and cold rays, struck down the danavas with showers of frost and with nooses.
ताभ्यामापूरितं सर्वं तद्दानवबलं महत्। जगत्संवर्त्तकांभोदैः प्रवर्षैरिव संवृतं
Those two lords of waters, armed with icy nooses, moved about in battle with great waves, like two agitated oceans.
तावुद्यतावंबुनाथौ शशांकवरुणावुभौ। शमयामासतुस्तां तु मायां दैत्येन्द्रनिर्मितां
By them, the entire great army of the danavas was overwhelmed, covered as if by the rains of the clouds that bring dissolution to the world.