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.
ते सर्वे गगने हृष्टाव्यचरंश्च यथासुखम्। अयोगतश्चाप्यचरद्योगं निशि निशाचरः
All of them, delighted, moved freely in the sky as they wished; and the night-wanderer performed his conjunction in the night.
सग्रहः सह नक्षत्रैस्तारापतिररिंदम। विवर्णतां च भगवान्गतो दिवि दिवाकरः
With the planets, with the stars, the lord of the stars, O subduer of enemies, the sun in the sky became discolored.
कृष्णः कबंधश्च तदा लक्ष्यते सुमहान्दिवि। असृजच्चासितां सूर्यो धूमवत्तां विभावसुः
Then, a great dark headless trunk was seen in the sky; and the sun emitted a black, smoky radiance.
गगनस्थश्च भगवानभीक्ष्णं परिविष्यते। सप्तधूमनिभा घोराः सूर्यादि विसमुत्थिताः
The Lord, standing in the sky, was repeatedly surrounded; from the sun arose terrible forms, resembling seven columns of smoke.
सोमस्य गगनस्थस्य ग्रहास्तिष्ठंति शृंङ्गगाः। वामे च दक्षिणे चैव स्थितौ शुक्रबृहस्पती
The planets, stationed on the horns, stand with Soma who is in the sky; and on the left and right are situated Venus and Jupiter.
शनैश्चरो लोहितांगो लोहितांगसमद्युतिः। समं समधिरोहंत सर्वे वै गगनेचराः
Saturn, red-hued and shining like Mars, along with all the celestial wanderers, ascended together equally.
शृंगाणि शनकैर्घोरा युगांता वर्त्तन ग्रहाः। चंद्रमाश्च सनक्षत्रो ग्रहैः सह तमोनुदः
The horns, dreadful and slow-moving, are the planets at the end of the age; and the Moon, with its constellations, dispels darkness together with the planets.
चराचरविनाशाय रोहिणीं नाभ्यनंदत। गृहीतो राहुणा चन्द्र उल्काभिरभिहन्यते
For the destruction of moving and unmoving beings, Rohini was not pleased; the Moon was seized by Rahu and struck by meteors.
उल्काः प्रज्वलिताश्चंद्रे व्यचरंत यथासुखम्। देवानामधिपो देवः सोप्यवर्षत शोणितम्
Blazing meteors moved freely across the Moon; and the lord of the gods, that god, rained down blood.
अपतद्गगनादुल्का विद्युद्रूपा महास्वना। अकाले च द्रुमास्सर्वे पुष्प्यंति च फलंति च
A meteor, lightning-like and resounding greatly, fell from the sky; and all the trees blossomed and bore fruit out of season.