देवैः सर्वैस्ततो वह्निः प्रेरितो मम संनिधौ
Then, at that time, all the gods sent Agni into my presence.
ततो वह्निमुखे क्षिप्तं वीर्यं स्वं क्रीडता मया
Thereupon, as I was playing, my seed was cast into the mouth of Agni.
तत्र गत्वा प्रचिक्षेप वीर्यमग्निः सुदुर्द्धरम्
Going there, Agni deposited that exceedingly difficult-to-bear seed.
जातं रम्यं ततो दिव्यं वीर्यशेषेण कांचनम्
From what remained of that divine seed, beautiful gold was born.
अग्नेरपत्यं प्रथमं दृष्ट्वोत्पन्नं तु पार्वति
Seeing the first offspring of Agni thus produced, O Pārvatī,
यक्षाः साध्याः पिशाचाश्च मनुष्या राक्षसाः खगाः
Yakṣas, Sādhyas, Piśācas, humans, Rākṣasas, and birds—
सुवर्णार्थे महान्नादो ममेदमिति जल्पताम्
For the sake of gold, a great tumult arose, each one shouting, 'This is mine!'
अथावरणमुख्यानि नानाप्रहरणानि च 5.2.6.
Then, the chief weapons and various arms appeared.
असुरा असुरैः सार्द्धं मनुष्या मानुषैः सह
The Asuras with the Asuras, and humans with humans,
भूतैः सार्द्धं च भूतानि राक्षसैः सह राक्षसाः
Beings with beings, and Rākṣasas with Rākṣasas,
पुत्रस्तु पितरं द्वेष्टि पिता पुत्रं तथैव च
A son hates his father, and likewise a father hates his son.
मातरं स्वसुतो हंति माता पुत्रं हिनस्ति च
A son kills his mother, and a mother destroys her son.
सुराणामसुराणां च सर्वं घोरतरं महत् तोमराश्च सुतीक्ष्णाग्राः शस्त्राणि विविधानि च
Among gods and demons, all became exceedingly terrible; there were spears with very sharp points and various kinds of weapons.
सुवर्णार्थे महादेवि वमंतो रुधिरं बहु
For the sake of gold, O great goddess, they shed much blood.
असिशक्तिगदाऋष्ट्यो निपेतुर्धरणीतले
Swords, spears, maces, and arrows fell upon the earth.
रुधिरेणावलिप्तांगा निहताश्च परस्परम्
Their bodies smeared with blood, they were slain by one another.
हाहाकारः समभवद्भयकृच्च सहस्रशः
A great and terrifying clamor arose by the thousands.
परिघैरायसैः पाशैर्वज्रकल्पैश्च मुष्टिभिः 5.2.6.
With iron clubs, nooses, and fists as hard as thunderbolts,
छिंधिभिंधि प्रधाव त्वं पातयाधिसरेति च
They shouted: 'Cut! Break! Run forward! Strike down! Attack!'
एवं तु तुमुले युद्धे वर्त्तमाने महाभये
Thus, as that tumultuous and dreadful battle raged on,
क्षुभ्यंति स्म समुद्राश्च चेलुश्च धरणीधराः
The oceans were agitated, and the mountains shook.
ऋषयो वालखिल्याद्या देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः
The sages, beginning with the Vālakhilyas, and the gods led by Indra,
सोच्छ्वासा कथयामासुर्जर्जरीकृतमस्तकाः
Breathless and with battered heads, began to speak.
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तेषां ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
Hearing their words, Brahmā, the grandsire of the worlds,
मया पृष्टास्तु ते सर्वे केनैते जर्जरीकृताः
Asked them all, 'By whom have you been so battered?'
कश्चासौ दानवो दुष्टो येन वै पीडिता भृशम्
'Who is that wicked Dānava by whom you have been so grievously afflicted?'
ते मामूचुस्तदा देवा ब्रह्माद्या भयकारणम्
Then the gods, along with Brahmā and the others, told me the cause of their fear.
लोभात्सर्वे विनष्टाः स्म सुवर्णस्य च कारणात् 5.2.6.
'We have all been destroyed out of greed, and because of gold.'
इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा मया ज्ञातं वरानने
Hearing their words, O beautiful one, I understood.
लोकत्रयविनाशश्च सहसा येन वै कृतः
It was he by whom, suddenly, the destruction of the three worlds was wrought.