अथ तत्रैव चानीय लोपामुद्रां मुनीश्वरः
Then, right there, the lordly sage brought Lopamudra.
तव वाक्यान्मया त्यक्तः स्वाश्रमस्तीक्ष्णदी धिते
By your words, O radiant one, I have left my own hermitage.
तस्मान्मद्वचनाद्भानो चतुर्दश्यां मधौ सिते
Therefore, according to my instruction, O Bhānu, on the fourteenth day in the bright half of the month of Madhu,
पूजयिष्यामि तल्लिंगं वर्षांते स्वयमेव हि
I shall worship that liṅga myself at the end of the year.
योऽन्यो हि तद्दिने लिंगं पूजयिष्यति मानवः
Whoever else, on that day, worships the liṅga, whether human,
चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां सांनिध्यं कुरुते सदा
On the fourteenth day of the bright half of Caitra, he always attains proximity.
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोस्मि द्विजोत्तमाः ६.३३.
All this I have told you, as you have asked me, O best of twice-born.
त्वया पुरा सुरार्थाय प्रपीतः पयसांनिधिः
Once, for the sake of the gods, you drank the ocean of milk.
तत्त्वं सूतज नो ब्रूहि विस्तरेण महामते
O wise Sūta, tell us the truth of this in detail.
संभूताः सर्वदेवानां वीर्योत्साहप्रणाशकाः
From that arose beings who destroyed the vigor and enthusiasm of all the gods.
ततस्तैः पीडितं दृष्ट्वा विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना
Then, seeing the gods afflicted by them, the mighty Viṣṇu,
एतदीशान दैतेयैस्त्रैलोक्यं परिपीडितम् अद्यैव तैः समं देव समासाद्य धरातलम्
O Lord, the three worlds are oppressed by those Daityas; today, together with them, O god, reach the earth.
ततो विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च सहस्राक्षः सुरैः सह
Then Viṣṇu and Rudra, along with the thousand-eyed one and the gods,
अथ ते दानवाः सर्वे श्रुत्वा देवान्स- मागतान्
Then all those Dānavas, hearing that the gods had arrived,
ततोऽभवन्महायुद्धं देवानां दानवैः सह
There arose a great battle between the gods and the Dānavas.
अथ कालप्रभोनाम दानवो बलगर्वितः प्रोवाच प्रहसन्वाक्यं मेघगम्भीरनिःस्वनः
Then a Dānava named Kālaprabhu, proud of his strength, spoke, laughing, with a voice deep as thunderclouds:
मुंच वज्र सहस्राक्ष पश्यामि तव पौरुषम् ६.३४.
Release your thunderbolt, O thousand-eyed one; let me see your prowess.
ततश्चिक्षेप संक्रुद्धस्तस्य वज्रं शतक्रतुः
Then, enraged, Śatakratu hurled his thunderbolt at him.
ततः शक्रं समुद्दिश्य गदां गुर्वीं मुमोच सः
Then, aiming at Śakra, he threw a heavy mace.
तया हतः सहस्राक्षो विसंज्ञो रुधिरप्लुतः
Struck by it, the thousand-eyed one fell unconscious, drenched in blood.
अथ तं मातलिर्दृष्ट्वा विसंज्ञं वलघातिनम्
Then Mātali, seeing Valaghātin unconscious,
ततः पराङ्मुखीभूते रथे शक्रस्य संगरे
At that moment, as Indra’s chariot turned away from the battle,
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा विश्वेदेवा मरुद्गणाः
The Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Viśvadevas, and hosts of Maruts,
अथ भग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा दानवैर्मधुसूदनः
Then Madhusūdana, seeing the army shattered by the Dānavas,
स तैराच्छादितो विष्णुः शुशुभे च समंततः
Surrounded on all sides by them, Viṣṇu shone brilliantly,
ततः शार्ङ्गविनिर्मुक्तैः शरैः कंकपतत्रिभिः ६.३४.
Then, with arrows released from the Śārṅga bow, feathered with heron plumes,
ततो दैत्यगणाः सर्वे हन्यमाना सुरारिणा
Then all the hosts of Daityas, being slain by the enemy of the gods,
एतस्मिन्नंतरे दैत्यः कालखंज इति स्मृतः
At that moment, a Daitya named Kālakhañja,
स हत्वा पञ्चभिर्बाणैर्वासुदेवं शिला शितैः
He struck Vāsudeva with five sharp stone-tipped arrows,
ततः सुदर्शनं चक्रं तस्य दैत्यस्य माधवः ।] प्रमुमोच वधार्थाय ज्वालामालासमावृतम्
Then Mādhava released the Sudarśana discus, wreathed in blazing flames, to slay that Daitya,