शुभं केतुमुखो हंतुं ययौ जंभो विनायकम् । हासं पातालकेतुश्च भृंगीशं रोमकंटकः
Shubha, Ketumukha went to slay Jambha and Vinayaka; Hasa, Patalaketu, Bhringisha, and Romakantaka.
युयुधुः कोटिशो रुद्रगणा दैत्याः परस्परम् । पश्यतोरुभयोस्तत्र स्वामिनोरिति ते युधि
Rudra's hosts and the demons fought each other in countless numbers; both sides' masters watched as they battled.
दृढप्रहारिणो जघ्नुर्गणा दैत्याः शरैरथ । नंदी मुमोच तान्बाणान्महासारो यथा नगे
The fierce-striking Daitya hosts attacked with arrows; Nandi released those arrows at them, like a great torrent upon a mountain.
ततः संपूरयामास मुखं शुंभस्य पत्रिभिः । यथा पर्णचयैर्वातो मंदरस्येव कंदरम्
Then he filled Shumbha's face with arrows, as the wind fills a mountain's cave with heaps of leaves.
शुंभोऽथ कार्मुकं त्यक्त्वा रथात्तं प्रत्यधावत । उत्पाट्य च गिरिं तेन जघान हृदि नंदिनः
Shumbha, abandoning his bow, rushed from his chariot toward him; uprooting a mountain, he struck Nandi in the chest with it.
नंदिनो हृदयं भित्त्वा चूर्णयित्वा रथं रणे । पपात भूमौ स गिरिर्वज्रं प्राप्य गिरिं यथा
Piercing Nandi's heart and shattering his chariot in battle, that mountain fell to the ground as a mountain struck by a thunderbolt.
मूर्च्छां प्राप्य क्षणात्संज्ञां वेगवान्स पलायितः । महाकालो निशुंभेन मुद्गरेण हतो हृदि
Having lost consciousness, he regained his senses after a moment and fled swiftly; Mahakala was struck in the chest by Nishumbha with a mace.
आगत्य दैत्यं गदया जघान मुकुटोपरि । तत्प्रहारमचिंत्याथ निशुंभोऽपि महाबलः
Coming up, he struck the Daitya on the crown with his mace; even the mighty Nishumbha found that blow inconceivable.
तं गृहीत्वा चरणयोर्महाकालं महाबलः । भ्रामयित्वा करतलाच्चिक्षेप च ननाद च
That powerful one seized Mahakala by the feet, whirled him around, hurled him from his hand, and roared.
स तद्वक्त्रानिलं पीत्वा ननाद रुधिरारुणः । पुष्पदंतः शैलरोम्णा चाहतो मुष्टिना मुखे
Drinking in the wind from his mouth, he roared, blood-red; Pushpadanta was struck in the face by Shailaroman with his fist.
गदया शैलरोमाणं हत्वा भूमौ न्यपातयत् । तं दृष्ट्वा पतितं भूमौ गिरिकेतुर्महाबलः
With his mace, he struck down Shailaroman and cast him to the ground; seeing him fallen, the mighty Giriketu—
पुष्पदंतं महाभीमं मुद्गरेण व्यपोथयत् । पुष्पंदंतोऽथ खड्गेन गिरिकेतोः शिरोऽछिनत्
Struck the terrifying Pushpadanta with a club; then Pushpadanta, with a sword, severed Giriketu's head.
गृहीत्वा चर्म खड्गं च गिरिकेतोरधावत । शिरस्तं प्राह किं यासि मां त्यक्त्वा समरार्थिनम्
Taking Giriketu's shield and sword, he advanced; the head said, 'Why do you go, leaving me, who seek battle?'
शिरोहीने च कायेऽस्मिन्किं तु धावन्न लज्जसे । इत्युक्ते शिरसा तेन कबंधेन तु पादयोः
'Now that my body is without a head, do you not feel shame as you run?' So spoke the head, and with that, the trunk seized him by the feet.
विधृतः पुष्पदंतश्च कुक्षौ तीक्ष्णासिनाच्छिनत् । निश्चक्रामासुरः कुक्षेः शतशीर्षो महाबलः
Pushpadanta, held fast, cut open the belly with a sharp sword; from the belly emerged the mighty Asura Shatashirsha.
द्विशताक्षिसमायुक्तः शतद्वयभुजाकुलः । भ्रमत्तस्य शिरो राजन्कबंधोपांतमागमत्
He was endowed with two hundred eyes and crowded with two hundred arms; his head, spinning, approached the trunk's side, O King.
तच्छिरः प्राप्तमालोक्य पुष्पदंतोऽसिनाच्छिनत् । ततो भूकंपनो नाम ज्वरो दैत्यो भयावहः
Seeing that head arrive, Pushpadanta cut it with his sword; then appeared the Daitya fever named Bhukampana, terrifying.
पुष्पंदंतस्तदा तत्र द्वाभ्यां राजन्विमर्दितः । ज्वरेण तेन च क्लिष्टो दुःसहेनातिवेगिना
There, Pushpadanta was then assailed by two, O King; afflicted by that fever, intolerable and exceedingly swift.
त्यक्त्वा शिवगणः संख्यं कंपमानो गिरिं ययौ । कोलाहलो महाधन्वी माल्यवंतं शरैस्त्रिभिः
Abandoning the Shiva hosts, trembling, he went to the mountain; Kolahala, the great archer, struck Malyavan with three arrows.
विव्याध स्कंधयोर्भाले माल्यवांश्च ततोऽसुरम् । बाणाहतो माल्यवता शस्त्रैर्नानाविधैः शितैः
He pierced Malyavan in the shoulders and forehead; then Malyavan, struck by arrows, wounded the Asura with various sharp weapons.
कोलाहलः प्रहृतवान्दर्शयन्नात्मलाघवम् । सोऽपि हेति व्यथां त्यक्त्वा माल्यवांश्च गणाग्रणीः
Kolahala struck, displaying his own lightness; he too, leader of the hosts, cast off his pain from the weapon.
गिरिं गृहीत्वा तेनाजौ कोलाहलमथाहनत् । निश्चक्राम ज्वरस्तस्माज्ज्वलनो नाम भीषणः
Taking a mountain in battle, Kolahala then struck; from him emerged a fever, called the fierce Jvalana.
त्रिशीर्षो नवहस्तश्च नवपादोऽतिपिंगलः । स ज्वरो मोहयामास माल्यवंतं स्वतेजसा
That fever, three-headed, nine-armed, nine-footed, exceedingly tawny, bewildered Malyavan with its own radiance.
माल्यवान्समरं त्यक्त्वा पराक्रांतो गिरिं ययौ । चंडिर्भयानकेनाजौ पाशेन हृदये हतः
Malyavan, abandoning the battle, advanced toward the mountain; Chandir, struck in the heart by a noose of terror in battle.
हयो विनिर्गतस्तस्मात्क्षिप्तः सोऽपि च सागरे । कार्त्तिकेयो रणे राहुं शितैर्बाणैः समाहनत्
The horse emerged from him, and was thrown into the ocean; Kartikeya attacked Rahu in battle with sharp arrows.
आच्छाद्य शरजालैश्च शीघ्रं शक्तिं मुमोच ह । आपतंतीं महाशक्तिं ज्वलंतीमिव तेजसा
Covering him swiftly with a shower of arrows, he released a spear; a mighty spear, rushing forth, blazing with energy.
दृष्ट्वा राहुः खमुत्पत्य कराभ्यां जगृहे द्रुतम् । स तां शक्तिं गृहीत्वा तु विनद्योच्चैः पुनः पुनः
Seeing it, Rahu leapt into the sky and quickly seized it with his hands; taking that spear, he roared loudly again and again.
स्वर्भानुः शिरसोनोपि तस्य शक्त्या जघान तम् । वक्षस्यभिहते शक्त्या तद्देहान्निर्गता सरित्
Svarbhanu struck him on the head with that spear; when his chest was struck by the spear, a river emerged from his body.
तया संप्लावितः पुत्रो महादेवस्य संयुगे । कथंचित्सा नदी रुद्धा समं पूरो गिरिं ययौ
With that river flooding him, the son of Mahadeva in battle; somehow that river was stopped, and together with the flood, he went to the mountain.
श्रुत्वार्णवजो ज्वरतः कटककदंबस्य कर्कशं विरुतम् । सुस्वरवचनविदग्धं तमपि च कोकिलापतिं न सस्मार
Hearing the harsh cry of fever from the fortress of Kadamba, born of the ocean, skilled in sweet words, he did not remember even the lord of the cuckoos.