उदगुर् भीषणा दिग्भ्यस् सरुषो वनराक्षसाः । पातालगजहूङ्कारक्षुब्धा इव महार्णवाः
From every direction, fierce forest-demons arose in wrath, like great oceans churned by the roar of the underworld elephant.
कपिलोर्ध्वजटाधूम्रास् स्फुटच्चटचटारवाः । अग्नयो लेलिहानोग्रजिह्वा अर्द्रेन्धना इव
With smoke rising from their tawny, upraised matted hair, crackling and snapping loudly, the fires licked with fierce tongues, as if fed with moist fuel.
सावर्तवृत्तयो व्योम्नि भीमडक्कारटाङ्कृताः । अग्निदाहमहाधूमविपुला इव सोल्मुकाः
With circling movements in the sky, they made dreadful, drum-like sounds, vast as blazing meteors trailing great plumes of smoke.
दंष्ट्राबिसाङ्कुराक्रान्तमुखपङ्कजदेहकाः । उत्थिता लोमनिर्यातदुष्प्रज्वालजटा इव
Their bodies, with lotus-like faces seized by sprouting fangs, rose up like tangled locks of hair fiercely aflame, bursting forth from the pores.
निगिरन्तः प्रधावन्तो गर्जन्तस् तर्जिताशयाः । जटोज्ज्वालितडित्पुञ्जजलदास् सजला इव
Devouring, rushing, roaring with threatening intent, they were like storm clouds ignited by flashes of lightning from their tangled hair.
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे तस्मिंल् लीलानाथो विदूरथः । नारायणास्त्रं प्रददौ दुष्टभूतनिवारणम्
At that very moment, the lord of play, Viduratha, released the Narayana weapon, which wards off evil spirits.
उदीर्यमाण एवास्मिन्न् अस्त्रराजे तु राजयः । राक्षसानां प्रशेमुस् ता अन्धकारा इवोदये
As that supreme weapon was being unleashed, the hosts of demons vanished, just as darkness disappears at sunrise.
प्रमृष्टराक्षसानीकम् अभवद् भुवनत्रयम् । शरदीव गताम्भोदं व्योम निर्मलम् आबभौ
The army of demons was swept away, and the three worlds became clear, like the sky shining pure after the clouds of autumn have departed.
अथ सिन्धुर् मुमोचास्त्रम् आग्नेयं ज्वलिताम्बरम् । जज्वलुः ककुभस् तेन कल्पाग्निवलिता इव
Then Sindhu released the fiery weapon, blazing across the sky; by it, the quarters of the heavens burned as if consumed by the fire of dissolution.
धूमाम्बुदभरच्छन्ना बभूवुस् सकला दिशः । गगनप्रोत्थपातालतिमिराकुलिता इव
All directions became veiled with masses of smoke and clouds, as if the sky and the netherworld were filled with thick darkness.
बभुः प्रज्वालिताकारा गिरयः काञ्चना इव । प्रफुल्लनवनीरन्ध्रचण्पकौघवना इव
The mountains shone with blazing forms, as if made of gold, like gardens bursting with flowers and clusters of champaka trees.
ययुर् व्योमाद्रिदिक्कुञ्जा ज्वालाजालजटालताम् । कुङ्कुमेनोत्सवे मृत्योस् समालब्धा इवासृजा
The groves of sky, mountain, and direction took on tangled masses of flames, as if blood had been obtained in the festival of death with saffron.
ज्वलिता जनतान्तैकशङ्किनासन्नभस्स्पृशा । सहस्राकृतिनोर् वेणवलिता इव सागराः
The people, fearing only the touch of nearby light, burned as if the oceans were twisted by the thousand-formed ones’ flute.
जित्वा रिपुं पुनर् असौ यथा प्रहरते तथा । वारुणं विससर्जास्त्रं पूजयित्वा विदूरथः
Just as one strikes again after defeating an enemy, Viduratha, having worshipped Varuna, released his weapon.
आययुस् सलिलापूरास् तमःपूरा इवाभितः । अधस्ताद् ऊर्ध्वतो दिग्भ्यो द्रवरूपा इवाद्रयः
Floods of water approached from all sides like masses of darkness, the mountains flowed downward and upward from the directions as if they were liquid.
भागा इव शरद्व्योम्नो द्रुतपाता इवाम्बुदाः । महार्णवा इवोर्ध्वस्थाः कुलशैलशिला इव
They were like fragments of the autumn sky, like swiftly falling clouds, like great oceans standing high, or like the rocks of mountain ranges.
तमालौघा इवोड्डीनास् सञ्चिता इव रात्रयः । कज्जलौघा इवोद्धूता लोकालोक इवोत्तटः
They rose like masses of tamala trees, gathered like nights, stirred up like heaps of soot, or like the boundary of Lokāloka.
रसातलगुहाभोगा इव व्योमदिदृक्षवः । महाघुरघुरारावरंहोबृंहितमूर्तयः
They were like the winding caves of the netherworld, eager to see the sky, their forms resounded with the roaring noise of great thunder.
तापाग्निसन्ततिलतां सा चचामाम्बुसंहतिः । भुवनव्यापिनी सन्ध्याम् आशु कृष्णेव यामिनी
That mass of water, like a creeper amidst a blaze of heat, swiftly pervaded the worlds at twilight, just as night follows day.
ताम् अग्निसन्ततिं पीत्वा पूरयाम् आस भूतलम् । जलश्रीस् सन्ततं देहं निर्द्रवव्यक्तिम् ईयुषी
Absorbing that fiery mass, the water filled the earth; the ever-flowing body of water, having lost its liquidity, became manifest.
एवंविधान् अस्त्रमोहान् विरुद्धान् एव नेतरे । मिथो मायामयान् अग्रे पश्यन्त्य् अनुभवन्ति च
In this way, such mutually opposed weapons of illusion, made of maya, appear and are experienced as confronting each other.
हेतिभारवहास् सिन्धोश् चक्ररक्षास् ततो ऽम्भसा । तृणानीव गताः प्रोह्य रथश् चास्याभवत् प्लुतः
Then, the burden of weapons and the protection of the chariot-wheels were swept away by the water like blades of grass, and her chariot floated.
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे सिन्धुर् अस्त्रं सस्मार शोषणम् । आपत्त्राणकरं देवं ददौ च शररूपिणम्
At that moment, Sindhu remembered the weapon of drying up, which brings rescue from calamity, and invoked it in the form of an arrow.
शशामाम्बुमयी माया तेन यामेव भास्वता । ये मृतास् ते मृता एव बभूवुश् शोषिता भुवः
By that radiant weapon, the watery illusion ceased just as night ends; those who had died remained dead, and the earth was dried up.
अथ मूर्खरुषा तुल्यतापस् सन्तापयन् प्रजाः । जजृम्भे जर्जराजीर्णवनविस्तारकर्कशः
Then, with foolish anger, an equal heat arose, tormenting the people, spreading harshly like an old, withered forest.
कचत्कनकनिष्ष्यन्दसुन्दराङ्गच्छविर् दिशाम् । आसीद् राजवरस्त्रीणाम् इवाङ्गोपाङ्गसङ्गिनी
The directions shone with the luster of beautiful limbs, dripping with molten gold, as if adorned by the limbs and ornaments of royal women.
तेन घर्ममयीं मूर्छाम् आजग्मुस् तद्विरोधिनः । ग्रीष्मदावानलोत्तप्ता मृदवः पल्लवा इव
Because of that, those opposed to it fell into a stupor of heat, like tender leaves scorched by the summer forest fire.
विदूरथो रणद्दीर्घतारक्रेङ्कारमानसम् । कोदण्डं कुण्डलीकृत्य पर्जन्यास्त्रम् अथादधे
Then Viduratha, his mind resounding with the long, ringing twang of the bowstring, bent his bow into a circle and invoked the rain-cloud weapon.
उदगुः पङ्क्तयो ऽब्दानां यामिन्य इव सञ्चिताः । तमालविपिनोड्डीनसंरम्भारम्भमन्थराः
Rows of clouds rose up, gathered like nights amassed together, sluggish in their onset, as if stirred by the agitation of the tamala groves.
वासनावारिपूरेण गर्जनोद्दामसञ्चराः । मिहिकामन्थराशेषककुब्मण्डलकुण्डलाः
They moved about with the fullness of water, roaring tumultuously, their circular forms encircling all directions, sluggish with the remnants of mist.