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.
स्वयं परिदधुश्चान्ये दुकूलानि मुदा युताः
Others, delighted, themselves put on fine garments.
एकेन च भगो देवः पश्यंश्चक्रे विलोचनः
And the god Bhaga, with a single eye, looked on.
यज्ञः पलायितो दृष्टः केनचिन्मृगरूपधृक्
Someone saw Yajña fleeing, having taken the form of a deer.
एकः सरस्वतीं यांतीं दृष्ट्वा निर्नासिकां व्यधात्
One, seeing Sarasvatī departing, made her without a nose.
अर्यम्णो बाहुयुगलं तथोत्पाटितवान्परः
Another tore out the pair of arms of Aryaman.
चिच्छेद वायोर्वृषणं पार्षदोन्यः प्रतापवान्
Another, powerful, cut off the testicles of Vāyu.
यत्र धर्मे महेशो न प्रथमं परिपूज्यते
Where, in righteousness, Mahesha is not first worshipped—
अनीश्वरं हविर्भुक्तं त्वयेत्या ताडयत्पदा
He struck with his foot, saying, 'The oblation has been consumed by one who is not Lord, by you.'
वामयामास बहुशो भक्षिता ह्यध्वराहुतीः 4.2.89.
He vomited repeatedly, for the sacrificial offerings had indeed been eaten.
रुद्राख्या धारणवशात्प्रमथैस्तेऽवहेलिताः
Because of the power of Rudra's command, the Pramathas disregarded them.