तव जालंधरात्पीठाद्धृता राज्ञी मुरारिणा । इति संश्रूयते वार्ता तस्मात्त्वं कुरु संगरम्
Your queen has been taken from your seat by Murāri; such is the news heard—therefore, you must wage battle.
रणे शर्वं विजित्याशु भव सर्वेश्वरेश्वरः । अथवा शिवनाराचैः खंडितो यासि तत्पदम्
Conquer Śarva swiftly in battle and become lord of all lords; or, struck down by Śiva's arrows, you will reach that supreme state.
इति जालंधरः श्रुत्वा भाषितं चंडमुंडयोः । निःससार गिरेस्तस्मात्सक्रोधं रक्तलोचनः
Hearing the words of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, Jalandhara emerged from the mountain, his eyes red with anger.
चंडमुंडौ समाश्वास्य त्यक्त्वा रूपं हरस्य च । गच्छञ्जालंधरो मार्गे दुर्वारणमुवाच ह
After reassuring Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa and abandoning the form of Hara, Jalandhara, on his way, spoke to Durvāraṇa.
पश्य दुर्वारणेदानीं तत्र यद्विष्णुना कृतम् । मायामाश्रित्य सा राज्ञी वृंदा नीतात्मनः पदम्
Look, Durvāraṇa, at what Viṣṇu has now done there; by his illusion, that queen Vṛndā has been led to her own place.
गृहे स्थितस्य जामातुर्विश्वसेन्नैव बुद्धिमान् । नूनं तस्मै प्रदत्वा च कन्यकां विसृजेद्बुधः
A wise man should never fully trust a son-in-law who stays in his house; surely, after giving him a daughter, he should send him away.
जामातरं गृहे नैव स्थापयेत्सर्वथा नरः । धनदारादिकं सर्वं स गृह्णाति शनैः शनैः
A man should never keep his son-in-law in his house under any circumstances; for, little by little, he takes all wealth, wives, and everything else.
दुर्वारण उवाच- राजन्यत्क्रियते कर्म तत्तथैव तु भुज्यते । त्वं हर्तुमागतो गौरीं हरिणा ते हृता वधूः । तस्य स्पष्टं वचः श्रुत्वा क्षणं मौनी व्यचिंतयत्
Durvāraṇa said: 'O King, whatever action is done, that is exactly what is experienced; you came to seize Gaurī, but Hari has taken your bride. Hearing these clear words, he became silent for a moment and reflected.'
जालंधर उवाच- किं प्रयामि हरं जेतुमथवा हरिमुल्बणम् । कार्यद्वये समुत्पन्ने यत्परं तत्प्रकथ्यताम्
Jalandhara said: 'Should I go to defeat Hara, or should I attack Hari, the fierce one? Two tasks have arisen—tell me which is the greater.'
दुर्वारण उवाच- यदि यासि हरिं जेतुं हरः पृष्ठे हनिष्यति । हनिष्यंति रणे शूरा यातुं रुद्रो न दास्यति
Durvāraṇa said: 'If you go to defeat Hari, Hara will strike you from behind; the heroes will kill you in battle, and Rudra will not let you proceed.'
तस्मात्पशुपतिं जित्वा कृत्वा त्वं वश्यमात्मनः । पश्चात्प्रयाहि गोविंदं यदि जानासि तत्पदम्
Therefore, having conquered Paśupati and brought him under your control, then proceed to Govinda, if you know that supreme state.
अधुना सत्वरं वीर याहि दैत्यान्महाबलान् । रणं कुरु महाघोरं यथा स्वर्गे सुपच्यते
Now, hero, go swiftly to the mighty Daityas; wage a fierce battle so that you may be glorified in heaven.
देशकालोचितं श्रुत्वा दुर्वारणवचस्तदा । ययौ जालंधरो योद्धुं सह रुद्रेण योगिना
Hearing those words suited to the time and place, irresistible, Jālaṃdhara went to fight together with Rudra, the yogin.
नारद उवाच- अथ जालंधरोऽपश्यत्कबंधचयभीषणम् । रणं रुधिरमांसौघ मज्जा मेदोऽस्थिदुर्गमम्
Nārada said: Then Jālaṃdhara saw a terrifying battlefield strewn with heaps of corpses, rivers of blood and flesh, and fortresses of marrow, fat, and bone.
तत्र जालंधरो दैत्यः प्रियाहरणदुःखितः । रणे विलोकयामास वृषस्थं पार्वतीपतिम्
There, the Daitya Jālaṃdhara, distressed by the abduction of his beloved, gazed in battle at Parvatī's lord seated upon the bull.
घोराहिभोगेनविभूषितांगं जटाकलापे शशिभूषणांकितम् । नेत्राग्निकीलोपरिशोभितांगं विना रणं संप्रददर्श सिंधुजः
His body adorned with dreadful serpent ornaments, his hair matted and crowned with the moon, his form radiant above all with the fire of his eyes—Sindhuja beheld him without engaging in battle.
शीघ्रं स्वरथमारुह्य समुद्रतनयस्तदा । संरुष्टः प्राह तं शुंभं तापसो न हतस्त्वया
Quickly mounting his chariot, the son of the ocean, enraged, addressed Śuṃbha: 'The ascetic has not been slain by you.'
प्राह जालंधरं शुंभस्तपस्तेन महत्कृतम् । हंतुं न शक्यतेऽस्माभिर्हरः संग्रामदुर्जयः
Śuṃbha said to Jālaṃdhara: 'Through great austerity he has become invincible; we are unable to kill Hara, who is unconquerable in battle.'
इतिशुंभोक्तमाकर्ण्यसिंधुजःक्रोधमूर्च्छितः । हरं पद्मसहस्रेण दैत्यसैन्येन संवृतम्
Hearing Śuṃbha's words, Sindhuja, overcome by anger, surrounded Hara with a thousand lotuses and the army of Daityas.
गृहीत्वा कालकेदारं धनुर्जालंधरो ययौ । बाणांस्तीक्ष्णानतिस्थूलान्लोहस्तंभान्तथा बहून्
Taking the bow Kālakedāra, Jālaṃdhara advanced, carrying many sharp and massive arrows, as well as iron pillars.
मुमोच युधि दुर्धर्षो वर्षन्मेघ इवागमे । आयांतं रुरुधुः सिंधुसूनुं शंभुगणा युधि
In battle, the indomitable one released them like clouds pouring rain; Śaṃbhu's attendants restrained the advancing son of the ocean.
ततो रुद्रेण रौद्रैश्च शरौघैस्ताडितो रुषा । रुद्रबाणैस्तदा तस्य कवचं भुवि पातितम्
Then, struck in anger by Rudra and his fierce showers of arrows, Jālaṃdhara's armor was cast down to the earth by Rudra's arrows.
विवर्मापि बभौ सोऽथ मेघमुक्तो यथाचलः । पुनर्जालंधरस्यांगं शंभुना कीलितं शरैः
Even without armor, he shone like a mountain released from clouds; again, Jālaṃdhara's body was pierced by Śaṃbhu's arrows.
रुधिरं बहु सुस्राव जालंधरशरीरतः । तेनाशु रुधिरौघेण प्लाविता सकला मही
Much blood flowed from Jālaṃdhara's body; with that torrent of blood, the entire earth was quickly flooded.
ततो देवा भयं जग्मुर्दानवाश्च चकंपिरे । त्यक्त्वा ते प्रमथा वीरा रणभूमिं प्रदुद्रुवुः
Then the gods were seized by fear, and the Dānavas trembled; abandoning the battlefield, the heroic Pramathas fled.
नद्या इव परा मूर्त्तिः प्रसृता सर्वतोऽपि च । अथाहार्णवजो रुद्रं धनुर्धर वरो ह्यसि
Like a river, his form spread everywhere; then the son of the ocean addressed Rudra: 'O bearer of the bow, you are indeed excellent.'
इदानीं तत्करिष्यामि येन गच्छसि संक्षयम् । इत्युक्त्वा कालकेदारं सशरं प्रतिगृह्य तत्
'Now I shall do that by which you will meet your destruction.' Saying this, he took up Kālakedāra with its arrows.
शीघ्रं संपूरयामास शरैर्नानाविधैः शिवम् । शिवः सहस्रकोटीभिः पूरितांगो रणे बभौ
Swiftly he filled Śiva with arrows of many kinds; Śiva, his body filled with billions of arrows, shone in battle.
विहंगमैर्यथाकाशं वृक्षैरिव महागिरिः । दैत्यमुक्तैस्तुतैर्बाणैर्दृष्ट्वा व्याप्तं महेश्वरम्
Just as the sky is filled with birds, or a great mountain with trees, so too was Maheshvara surrounded by the asuras, their praises, and their arrows.
वीरभद्रस्तथा कोपाज्जालंधरमधावत । अपीडयदमेयात्मा समुद्रतनयं बली
Then Virabhadra, enraged, rushed at Jalandhara and, possessing an unconquerable spirit, struck the mighty son of the ocean.