सनत्कुमारश्च महानुभावो विश्वे च देवा ॠषयश्च सर्वे। क्रोधश्च कामश्च तथैव हर्षो दर्पश्च मोहः पितरश्च सर्वे
Sanatkumāra, of great power, all the Viśve Devas, all the sages, anger, desire, joy, pride, delusion, and all the ancestors are present here.
प्रह्लादस्य वचः श्रुत्वा हिरण्यकशिपुः प्रभुः। उवाच दानवान्सर्वान्गणांश्च सगणाधिपः
Hearing the words of Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu, the lord, spoke to all the Dānavas and their leaders.
मृगेंद्रो गृह्यतामेष अपूर्वां तनुमास्थितः। यदि वा संशयः कश्चिद्वध्यतां वनगोचरः
Let this king of beasts be seized, who has assumed an unprecedented form; or, if there is any doubt, let this forest-dweller be slain.
ते दानवगणास्सर्वे मृगेंद्रं भीमविक्रमम्। परिक्षिपंतो मुदितास्त्रासयामासुरोजसा
All those hosts of Dānavas, delighted, surrounded the mighty king of beasts and began to terrify him with their strength.
सिंहनादं विमुच्याथ नरसिंहो महाबलः। बभंज तां सभां सर्वां व्यादितास्य इवांतकः
Then Narasiṃha, of great power, let out a lion's roar and shattered the entire assembly, his mouth wide open like Death.
सभायां भज्यमानायां हिरण्यकशिपुः स्वयम्। चिक्षेपास्त्राणि सिंहस्य रोषव्याकुललोचनः1.45.
As the assembly was being destroyed, Hiraṇyakaśipu himself, his eyes agitated with wrath, hurled weapons at the lion.
सर्वास्त्राणामथ श्रेष्ठं दंडमस्त्रं सुदारुणम्। कालचक्रं तथा घोरं विष्णुचक्रं तथापरं
Then, among all weapons, he used the most formidable: the dreadful Daṇḍa weapon, the terrifying Kālacakra, and another, the Viṣṇu discus.
पैतामहं महात्युग्रं त्रैलोक्यनिर्मितं महत्। विचित्रामशनिं चैव शुष्काद्रं चाशनिद्वयम्
He used the exceedingly fierce Paitāmaha weapon, created for the three worlds, the wondrous thunderbolt, and both the dry and wet forms of the thunderbolt.
रौद्रं तथोग्रशूलं च कंकालं मुसलं तथा। अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरश्चैव ब्राह्ममस्त्रं तथैव च
He used the fierce Raudra weapon, the formidable spear, the Kaṃkāla, the mace, the Brahmaśiras weapon, and the Brāhma weapon as well.
नारायणास्त्रमैंद्रं च आग्नेयं शैशिरं तथा। वायव्यं मथनं चैव कपालमथ किंकरम्
He used the Nārāyaṇa weapon, the Indra weapon, the fire weapon, the icy weapon, the wind weapon, the churning weapon, the skull weapon, and the servant weapon.
तथा प्रतिहतां शक्तिं क्रौंचमस्त्रं तथैव च। मोहनं शोषणं चैव संतापनविलापने
He used the repelling weapon, the Krauṃca weapon, the bewildering weapon, the drying weapon, and those for torment and lamentation.
कंपनं शातनं चैव महास्त्रं चैव रोधनम्। कालमुद्गरमक्षोभ्यं तापनं च महाबलम्
He used the shaking weapon, the slaying weapon, the great restraining weapon, the irresistible Kālāmudgara, and the powerful heating weapon.
संवर्तनं मोहनं च तथा मायाधरं वरम्। गान्धर्वमस्त्रं दयितमसिरत्नं च नंदकम्
He used the destructive weapon, the bewildering weapon, the wondrous illusion weapon, the Gandharva weapon, the beloved Asiratna, and the Nandaka.
प्रस्वापनं प्रमथनं वारुणं चास्त्रमुत्तमम्। अस्त्रं पाशुपतं चैव यस्या प्रतिहता गतिः
He used the sleep-inducing weapon, the maddening weapon, the supreme Varuṇa weapon, and the Pāśupata weapon, whose course cannot be checked.
एतान्यस्त्राणि दिव्यानि हिरण्यकशिपुस्तदा। असृजन्नरसिंहस्य दीप्तस्याग्नेरिवाहुतिम्
Hiraṇyakaśipu then released these divine weapons at Narasiṃha, blazing like offerings into fire.
अस्त्रैः प्रज्वलितैः सिंहमावृणोदसुरोत्तमः। विवस्वान्घर्मसमये हिमवंतमिवांशुभिः
With flaming weapons, the foremost Asura surrounded the lion, as the sun envelops the Himalayas with its rays in the heat of summer.
स ह्यमर्षानिलोद्भूतो दैत्यानां सैन्यसागरः। क्षणेनाप्लावयत्सर्वं मैनाकमिव सागरः
That ocean of the Daityas’ army, stirred up by the wind of their wrath, in a moment flooded everything like the sea does Mount Mainaka.
प्रासैः पाशैश्च खड्गैश्च गदाभिर्मुसलैस्तथा। वज्रैरशनिभिश्चैव बहुशाखैर्महाद्रुमैः
With spears, nooses, swords, maces, pestles, thunderbolts, lightning bolts, and great trees with many branches,
मुद्गरैः कूटपाशैश्च शिलोलूखलपर्वतैः। शतघ्नीभिश्च दीप्ताभिर्दंडैरपि सुदारुणैः
With mallets, iron clubs, stone mortars and mountains, blazing machines for hurling a hundred missiles, and also with very terrible staffs,
ते दानवाः पाशगृहीतहस्ता महेंद्रतुल्याशनितुल्य वेगाः। समंततोभ्युद्यतबाहुकायाः स्थिताः सशीर्षा इव नागपोताः
Those Dānavas, their hands grasping nooses, their speed equal to Mahendra and thunderbolts, stood with arms and bodies raised all around, like young elephants with their heads lifted.
सुवर्णमालाकुलभूषितांगाः सुतीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राकुलवक्त्रगर्ताः। स्फुरत्प्रभास्ते च सशृंगदेहाश्चीनांशुका भांति यथैव हंसाः
Their bodies adorned with golden garlands, their mouths filled with sharp fangs, their forms shining, horned, and draped in Chinese silks, they shone like swans.
सोसृजद्दानवो मायामग्निं वायुं समीरितम्। तमिंद्रस्तोयदैः सार्धं सहस्राक्षो महाद्युतिः
The Dānava released a magical fire, fanned by wind; Indra of a thousand eyes, of great splendor, together with the rain-gods, opposed it.
महता तोयवर्षेण शमयमास पावकम्। तस्यां प्रतिहतायां तु मायायां युधि दानवः
With a great downpour of water, he subdued the fire; and when that magic was thus checked in battle, the Dānava,
असृजद्घोरसंकाशं तमस्तीव्रं समंततः। तमसा संवृते लोके दैत्येष्वात्तायुधेषु च
Unleashed a terrible darkness, intense and all-encompassing; as the world was covered in darkness, the Daityas seized their weapons.
स्वतेजसा परिवृतो दिवाकर इवोद्गतः। त्रिशिखां भ्रुकुटीमस्य ददृशुर्दानवा रणे
Surrounded by his own radiance, like the sun arisen, the Dānavas saw in battle his triple-creased brow.
ललाटस्थां त्रिकूटस्थां गंगां त्रिपथगामिव। ततः सर्वासु मायासु हतासु दितिनंदनाः
On his forehead, as if on a triple-peaked mountain, was the Ganges, the threefold-flowing river; then, with all their magic destroyed, the sons of Diti—
हिरण्यकशिपुं दैत्या विषण्णाश्शरणं ययुः। ततः प्रज्वलितः क्रोधात्प्रदहन्निव तेजसा
The Daityas, disheartened, went for refuge to Hiraṇyakaśipu; then, blazing with anger, he seemed to burn with his radiance.
तस्मिन्क्रुद्धे तु दैत्येंद्रे तमोभूतमभूज्जगत्। आवहः प्रवहश्चैव विवहोथ समीरणः
When that lord of the Daityas was enraged, the world became shrouded in darkness; the winds Āvaha, Pravaha, Vivaha, and Samīraṇa
परावहस्संवहश्च उद्वहश्च महाबलः। तथा परिवहः श्रीमानुत्पातभयशंसिनः
Parāvaha, Saṃvaha, Udvaha, mighty as they are, and likewise Parivaha, glorious and portending disaster,
इत्येवं क्षुभिताः सप्त मरुतो गगनेचराः। ये ग्रहास्सर्वलोकस्य क्षये प्रादुर्भवंति हि
Thus, the seven Maruts, moving in the sky, were agitated; these are the planets that appear at the destruction of all the worlds.