अहो वराकः संसारः क्व भविष्यत्यनीश्वरः
Alas, how pitiable is this worldly existence—what can become of that which is without a Lord?
यतः प्रजापतिर्दक्षो न त्वामाहूतवान्क्रतौ
Because Prajāpati Dakṣa did not invite you to the sacrifice,
तव रीढां करिष्यंति किमैश्वर्येण रीढिनाम् अथैश्वर्येण संपन्नाः प्रतिष्ठाभाजनं किमु
Those who cause you dishonor—what will they gain by their power? Even if endowed with sovereignty, what foundation can they truly possess?
महीयसायुषा तेषां वसुभिर्भूरिभिश्च किम्
What use are their long lives, their wealth, or their abundant riches?
अचेतनाश्च सावज्ञा जीवंतोपि न कीर्तये
Those who are insentient and contemptuous—I will not even mention those who are alive.
या त्वद्विनिंदाश्रवणात्तृणीचक्रे स्वजीवितम्
She who, upon hearing your reproach, regarded her own life as mere straw—
सत्यं मुने सती देवी तृणीचक्रे स्वजीवितम्
Truly, O sage, Satī the Goddess considered her own life as straw.
रुद्रश्चातीवरुद्रोभूद्बहुकोपाग्निदीपितः
And Rudra became exceedingly wrathful, inflamed by a great fire of anger.
प्रत्यक्षः प्रतिमाकारः कालमृत्युप्रकंपनः
Visible in form, an image, shaking the realms of time and death.
आज्ञां देहि पितः किं ते करवै दास्यमुत्तमम् 4.2.89.
Give me your command, Father; what excellent service shall I perform for you?
पिबामि चार्णवान्सप्ताप्येकेन चुलुकेन वै
I will drink all seven oceans with a single handful.
त्वदाज्ञया नयामीश विनिमय्य स्वहेलया
By your order, O Lord, I will lead them, exchanging it for my own ease.
अपि वैकुंठनाथश्चेत्तत्साहाय्यं करिष्यति
Even if Lord Vaikuntha assists in this task,
दनुजा दितिजाः के वै वरा कारणदुर्बलाः
Who are these Danavas and Diti-born demons, weak by cause?
कालं बध्नामि वा संख्ये मृत्योर्वा मृत्युमर्थये
I will bind Time in battle, or seek death from Death itself.
त्वद्बलेन महेशान न कोपि स्थैर्यमेष्यति
By your strength, O great Lord, none shall attain firmness.
कदलीदलवद्वाताद्वेपते सरसातलम्
The surface of the lake trembles from the wind, like a banana leaf.
किं बहूक्तेन देह्याज्ञां ममासाध्यं न किंचन
Why speak at length? Give the command; nothing is impossible for me.
इति प्रतिज्ञां तस्येशः श्रुत्वा कृतममन्यत
Thus, hearing his vow, the Lord considered it fulfilled.
महावीरोसि रे भद्र मम सर्वगणेष्विह 4.2.89.
O mighty hero, blessed one, among all my hosts here,
कुरु मे सत्वरं कार्यं दक्षयज्ञं क्षयं नय
Quickly accomplish my task: bring the destruction of Daksha's sacrifice.
ते त्वयाप्यवमंतव्या व्रज पुत्र शुभोदय
Those must also be disregarded by you; go, son, to auspicious dawn.
हरं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य जग्मिवानतिरंहसा
Circumambulating Hara, he departed with great speed.
शतकोटिमितानुग्रान्गणानन्न्यानवासृजत्
He created other hosts, numbering hundreds of millions.
केचित्तदनुगा जाताः केचित्तत्पार्श्वगा ययुः
Some became his followers, others went to his side.
शृंगाग्राणि गिरीणां च कैश्चिदुत्पाटितानि वै
Some tore off the mountain peaks with their horns.
उत्पाट्य महतो वृक्षान्केचित्प्राप्ता मखांगणम्
Some, having uprooted great trees, reached the sacrificial ground.
मंडपं ध्वंसयामासुः केचित्क्रोधोद्धुरागणाः अभक्षयन्हवींष्यन्ये पृषदाज्यं पपुः परे
Some fierce bands, driven by wrath, began to destroy the pavilion; others devoured the oblations, while some drank the clarified butter.
दध्वंसुरन्नराशींश्च केचित्पर्वतसन्निभान्
Some set fire to heaps of men, massive as mountains.
केचित्पक्वान्नपुष्टांगा यज्ञपात्राण्यचूर्णयन् 4.2.89.४० व्यभजञ्छकटान्केचित्पशून्केचिदजीगिलन्
Some, their bodies nourished by cooked food, crushed the sacrificial vessels; some divided the carts, while others swallowed the animals.