अट्टहासान्विमुञ्चन्तो घननादसमस्वनाः । वाश्यन्त्यश्च शिवास्तत्र दारुणं घोरदर्शनाः ।। ७.६.
There, dreadful and fearsome Shivas let out peals of laughter, their voices as loud as thunderclouds, and wailed terribly.
सम्पतन्त्यथ भूतानि दृश्यन्ते च यथाक्रमम् । गृध्रचक्रं महच्चात्र ज्वलनोद्गारिभिर्मुखैः ।। ७.६.
Then, beings were seen flying through the air in order, and a great circle of vultures appeared, their mouths spewing fire.
राक्षसानामुपरि खे भ्रमते ऽलातचक्रवत् । कपोता रक्तपादाश्च शारिका विद्रुता ययुः ७.६.
Above the Rakshasas in the sky, a wheel of fire whirled like a blazing disc; doves with red feet and mynah birds scattered in flight.
उत्पातांस्ताननादृत्य राक्षसा बलगर्विताः । यान्त्येव न निवर्त्तन्ते मृत्युपाशावपाशिताः ।। ७.६.
Ignoring these omens, the Rakshasas, proud of their strength, kept advancing, not turning back, ensnared by the noose of death.
माल्यवांश्च सुमाली च माली च सुमहाबलाः । आसन्पुरःसरास्तेषां क्रतूनामिव पावकाः ।। ७.६.
Malyavan, Sumali, and Mali, all of immense might, led them at the front, like fires leading sacrifices.
माल्यवन्तं च ते सर्वे माल्यवन्तमिवाचलम् । निशाचरा ह्याश्रयन्ति धातारमिव देवताः ।। ७.६.
All the night-walkers gathered around Malyavan as if he were a mountain, just as the gods gather around their creator.
तद्बलं राक्षसेन्द्राणां महाभ्रघननादितम् । जयेप्सया देवलोकं ययौ मालिवशे स्थितम् ।। ७.६.
That army of the Rakshasa lords, roaring like a mass of great clouds, advanced toward the realm of the gods, eager for victory, under Mali's command.
राक्षसानां समुद्योगं तं तु नारायणः प्रभुः । देवदूतादुपश्रुत्य चक्रे युद्धे तदा मनः ।। ७.६.
The mighty Nārāyaṇa, having heard from the messenger of the gods about the preparations of the Rākṣasas, then resolved in his mind to engage in battle.
स सज्जायुधतूणीरो वैनतेयोपरि स्थितः । आसज्ज्य कवचं दिव्यं सहस्रार्कसमद्युति ।। ७.६.
He, equipped with bow and quiver, stood upon Garuḍa, and donned a divine armor, radiant as a thousand suns.
आबध्य शरसम्पूर्णे इषुधी विमले तदा । श्रोणिसूत्रं च खड्गं च विमलं कमलेक्षणः ७.६.
Then, O lotus-eyed one, he fastened his pure quivers filled with arrows, girded on his sword and waist-belt.
सुपर्णं गिरिसङ्काशं वैनतेयमथास्थितः । राक्षसानामभावाय ययौ तूर्णतरं प्रभुः ।। ७.६.
Mounted upon Garuḍa, who resembled a mountain, the Lord swiftly set out for the destruction of the Rākṣasas.
सुपर्णपृष्ठे स बभौ श्यामः पीताम्बरो हरिः । काञ्चनस्य गिरेः शृङ्गे सतडित्तोयदो यथा ।। ७.६.
Hari, dark-hued and clad in yellow garments, shone upon the back of Garuḍa like a rain-cloud with lightning on the golden peak of a mountain.
स सिद्धदेवर्षिमहोरगैश्च गन्धर्वयक्षैरुपगीयमानः । समाससादासुरसैन्यशत्रूंश्चक्रासिशार्ङ्गायुधशङ्खपाणिः ।। ७.६.
Accompanied by the praises of Siddhas, divine sages, great serpents, Gandharvas, and Yakṣas, he approached the armies of the Asuras and their leaders, bearing discus, sword, bow, and conch in his hands.
सुपर्णपक्षानिलनुन्नपक्षं भ्रमत्पताकं प्रविकीर्णशस्त्रम् । चचाल तद्राक्षसराजसैन्यं चलोपलं नील इवाचलेन्द्रः ।। ७.६.
That army of the Rākṣasa king, its banners whirling, its weapons scattered, and its wings tossed by the wind from Garuḍa’s wings, trembled like a moving blue mountain struck by stones.
ततः शरैः शोणितमांसरूषितैर्युगान्तवैश्वानरतुल्यविग्रहैः । निशाचराः सम्परिवार्य माधवं वरायुधैर्निर्बिभिदुः सहस्रशः ।। ७.६.
Then the night-wandering Rākṣasas, surrounding Mādhava, struck him by thousands with their best weapons and arrows, smeared with blood and flesh, and fierce as the fire of destruction.
नारायणगिरिं ते तु गर्जन्तो राक्षसाम्बुदाः । ववर्षुः शरवर्षेण वर्षेणेवाद्रिमम्बुदाः ।। ७.७.
The Rākṣasas, roaring like clouds, showered volleys of arrows upon the mountain-like Nārāyaṇa, just as clouds pour rain upon a mountain.
श्यामावदातस्तैर्विष्णुर्नीलैर्नक्तञ्चरोत्तमैः । वृतो ऽञ्जनगिरीवासीत् वर्षमाणैः पयोधरैः ।। ७.७.
Surrounded by those foremost of dark and fair-skinned night-wanderers, Viṣṇu stood like a mountain of collyrium encircled by rain-bearing clouds.
शलभा इव केदारं मशका इव पर्वतम् । यथामृतघटं दंशा मकरा इव चार्णवम् ।। ७.७.
Just as locusts swarm a field, mosquitoes a mountain, flies a pot of nectar, or crocodiles the ocean—
तथा रक्षोधनुर्मुक्ता वज्रानिलमनोजवाः । हरिं विशन्ति स्म शरा लोका इव विपर्यये ।। ७.७.
So too did the arrows, released from the bows of the Rākṣasas, swift as the wind and thunderbolt, enter Hari as worlds would at the time of dissolution.
स्यन्दनैः स्यन्दनगता गजैश्च गजपृष्ठगाः । अश्वारोहास्तथाश्वैश्च पादाताश्चाम्बरे स्थिताः ।। ७.७.
Mounted on chariots, elephants, horses, and even standing in the sky, the warriors advanced—charioteers, elephant-riders, horsemen, and foot soldiers alike.
राक्षसेन्द्रा गिरिनिभाः शरैः शक्त्यृष्टितोमरैः । निरुछ्वासं हरिं चक्रुः प्राणायामा इव द्विजम् ।। ७.७.
The Rākṣasa lords, mountain-like in form, assailed Hari with arrows, spears, javelins, and tomaras, making him breathless as a twice-born is by breath-control.
निशाचरैस्ताड्यमानो मीनैरिव महोदधिः । शार्ङ्गमायम्य दुर्धर्षो राक्षसेभ्यो ऽसृजच्छरान् ।। ७.७.
Assailed by the night-wanderers like the great ocean by fish, the indomitable one drew his bow Śārṅga and released arrows at the Rākṣasas.
शरैः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैर्वज्रवक्त्रैर्मनोजवैः । चिच्छेद विष्णुर्निशितैः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः ।। ७.७.
Viṣṇu, with sharp arrows released at full stretch, swift as the mind and hard as thunderbolts, cut down hundreds and thousands of them.
विद्राव्य शरवर्षेण वर्षा वायुरिवोत्थितम् । पाञ्चजन्यं महाशङ्खं प्रदध्मौ पुरुषोत्तमः ।। ७.७.
Driving away the shower of arrows, like the wind disperses a rainstorm, the supreme person blew his great conch, Pāñcajanya.
सो ऽम्बुजो हरिणा ध्मातः सर्वप्राणेन शङ्खराट् । ररास भीमनिर्हादस्त्रैलोक्यं व्यथयन्निव ।। ७.७.
That conch, blown by Hari with all his might, resounded with a terrifying roar, as if shaking the three worlds.
शङ्खराजरवः सो ऽथ त्रासयामास राक्षसान् । मृगराज इवारण्ये समदानिव कुञ्जरान् ।। ७.७.
Then the sound of the conch shell terrified the rākṣasas, like a lion in the forest frightening elephants intoxicated with pride.
न शेकुरश्वाः संस्थातुं विमदाः कुञ्जराभवन् । स्यन्दनेभ्यश्च्युता वीराः शङ्खरावितदुर्बलाः ।। ७.७.
The horses, deprived of their spirit, could not stand firm; they became like elephants, and the warriors, weakened by the sound of the conch, fell from their chariots.
शार्ङ्गचापविनिर्मुक्ता वज्रतुल्याननाः शराः । विदार्य तानि रक्षांसि सुपुङ्खा विविशुः क्षितिम् ।। ७.७.
Arrows released from the Śārṅga bow, their tips like thunderbolts, pierced those rākṣasas and, well-feathered, entered the earth.
भिद्यमानाः शरैः सङ्ख्ये नारायणकरच्युतैः । निपेतू राक्षसा भूमौ शैला वज्रहता इव ।। ७.७.
Struck in battle by arrows loosed from Nārāyaṇa's hand, the rākṣasas fell to the ground like mountains struck by thunderbolts.
व्रणानि परगात्रेभ्यो विष्णुचक्रकृतानि वै । असृक्क्षरन्ति धाराभिः स्वर्णधारा इवाचलाः ।। ७.७.
Wounds made by Viṣṇu's discus on the bodies of the enemy streamed with blood in rivulets, like golden streams on mountains.