ततः समस्तमुद्वृत्तं ततोदृस्यत तारकः २१.
Then Tāraka, in his full might, was seen rising up.
लोकावसाद मेकत्र लोकोद्धरणमेकतः २१.
On one side was the ruin of the worlds, on the other, their deliverance.
प्रशशंसुः सुराः पार्थ तदा तस्मिन्समागमे॥ २१.
At that assembly, O Pārtha, the gods offered praise.
अस्त्राणि तेजांसि धनानि योधा यशो बलं वीरपराक्रमाश्च २१.
Weapons, energies, treasures, warriors, glory, strength, and heroic valor—
अथाभिमुखमायांतं देवा विनतर्पवभिः २१.
Then, as he approached, the gods gazed at him with unsatisfied wrath.
स तानचिंत्य दैत्येंद्रो देवबाणक्षतान्हृदि २१.
The lord of the Daityas, seeing them wounded in the heart by the gods' arrows—
नारायणं च सप्तत्या नवत्या च हुताशनम् २१.
He struck Nārāyaṇa with seventy arrows, and Agni with ninety.
धनदं चैव सप्त्या वरुणं च तथाष्टभिः २१.
He pierced Kubera with seventy arrows, and likewise Varuṇa with eight.
विव्याध पुनरेकैकं दशभिर्मर्मभेदिभिः २१.
Again, he struck each one with ten arrows that shattered their vital points.
गरुडं दशभिश्चैव महिषं नवभिस्तथा २१.
He struck Garuḍa with ten arrows, and likewise the buffalo with nine.
चकार वर्मजालानि चिच्छेद च धनूंषि च २१.
He created nets of armor and cut down their bows as well.
चापान्यन्यानि संगृह्य यावन्मुंचंति सायकान् २१.
Seizing other bows, they continued to release arrows.
ताडयामास शक्रं स हृदि सोपि मुमोचह २१.
He struck Indra in the heart, and Indra too released an arrow.
तार्क्ष्यविष्णू समाजघ्ने शराभ्यां तावमुह्यताम् २१.
He struck Garuḍa and Viṣṇu with two arrows, so that they were bewildered.
निर्ऋतेश्चाकरोत्कार्यं भीतबीतं विमोहयन् २१.
He performed a feat against Nirṛti, terrifying and confounding him.
ततः प्राप्य हरिः संज्ञां प्रोत्साह्य च दिशां पतीन् २१.
Then Hari regained consciousness and encouraged the guardians of the directions.
धूमकेतोर्ज्वलात्क्रुद्धस्तस्य च्छित्त्वा न्यपातयत् २१.
Enraged, he cut down the blazing banner of Dhūmaketu and brought it down.
धनेशश्च धनुः क्रुद्धो बिभेदबहुधा शरैः २१.
Kubera, enraged, shattered his bow into many pieces with arrows.
निर्ऋतिस्तिलशो वर्ण चक्रे बाणैस्ततो रणे २१.
Nirṛti, in battle, made his complexion like sesame seeds with arrows.
लिहंतः सृक्किणीं देवा वासुदेवादयस्तदा २१.
Then the gods, led by Vāsudeva, licked their lips for blood.
मुमोच मुद्गरं भीमं सहस्राक्षाय संगरे २१.
He hurled a terrible mace at Indra in the battle.
रथादाप्लुत्य धरणीमगमत्पाकशासनः २१.
Indra leapt from his chariot and descended to the earth.
स रथं चूर्णयामास न ममार च मातलिः २१.
He crushed the chariot, but Mātali did not die.
स्कन्धे गरुत्मतः सोऽपि निषसाद विचेतनः २१.
Then, unconscious, he collapsed onto the shoulder of Garuḍa.
यमं च पातयामास भूमौ दैत्यो मुखे हतम् २१.
The demon struck Yama, who fell to the ground, his mouth wounded.
वायुं पदा तदाक्षिप्य पातयामास भूतले २१.
He also struck Vāyu with his foot, casting him down to the earth.
ततो देवनिकायानामेकैकं क्षणमात्रतः २१.
Then, in a single moment, he attacked each host of the gods.
लब्धसंज्ञस्ततो विष्णुश्चक्रं जग्राह दुर्धरम् २१.
Regaining consciousness, Viṣṇu then seized his formidable discus.
मुमोच दानवेंद्रस्य दृढं वक्षसि केशवः २१.
Keśava hurled it firmly at the chest of the lord of the demons.
व्यशीर्यताथ कायेऽस्य नीलोत्पलमिवाश्मनि २१.
It shattered upon his body like a blue lotus against a stone.