यावद् उद्वेगम् आपन्नश् शम्बरः कोपवान् भृशम् । तार्णो ऽभि वातम् अनल इव जज्वाल चोच्छ्वसन्
Until Shambara, seized by intense anger, flared up like fire fanned by the wind, breathing hard.
त्रैलोक्यम् अपि चान्विष्य न देवांल् लब्धवान् अथ । परेणापि प्रयत्नेन सुकृतानीव दुष्कृती
Even after searching through the three worlds, he did not find the gods; with utmost effort, he found only the virtuous as one finds the wicked.
ससर्ज मायया घोरान् असुरांस् त्रीन् महाबलान् । बलरक्षार्थम् उदितान् कालान् मूर्तिम् इवास्थितान्
By his power of illusion, he created three fierce and mighty demons, who arose for the protection of strength, standing as embodiments of time.
निर्मिता मायया भीमाः कल्पपादपबाहवः । उदगुस् ते महाकायाः पक्षक्षुब्धा इवाद्रयः
Formed by illusion, these terrifying beings had arms like the branches of wish-fulfilling trees; they were enormous in size, rising up like mountains agitated by wings.
दामा व्यालः कटश् चेति नामभिः परिलाञ्छिताः । यथाप्राप्तैककर्तारश् चेतनामात्रधर्मिणः
Named Dama, Vyala, and Kata, they were marked by these names; each acted as they found opportunity, possessing only the nature of consciousness.
अभावात् कर्मणां ते च प्राक्तनानाम् अवासनाः । निर्विकल्पकचिन्मात्रपरिस्पन्दैककर्मिणः
Because of the absence of impressions from previous actions, they lacked any latent tendencies; their activity was solely the vibration of pure consciousness, free from distinctions.
कर्मबीजं कलां तन्वीं दधाना मननात्मिकाम् । अपुष्टां कृत्रिमाम् अन्तर् आदायोदयम् आगताः
Holding the subtle seed of action, which is of the nature of thought, yet unstrengthened and artificial within, they came into being.
पारम्पर्येण ते ह्य् अत्र काकतालीयवद् भटाः । प्रकृताम् अनुवर्तन्ते क्रियाम् उज्झितवासनाः
By succession, these warriors here act like the chance meeting of a crow and a palm fruit; they follow the natural course of action, having abandoned latent tendencies.
अर्धसुप्ता यथा बालास् स्वाङ्गैर् इङ्गन्ति केवलम् । वासनात्माभिमानाभ्यां हीनास् ते तद्वद् एव हि
Just as children half-asleep move only their own limbs, so too, lacking identification with impressions and ego, they act in the same way.
नाभिपातं न चापातं विदुस् ते न पलायनम् । न जीवितं न मरणं न रणं च जयाजयौ
They knew neither falling nor being struck down, nor flight; neither life nor death, nor battle, nor victory and defeat.
केवलं सैनिकान् अग्रे दृष्ट्वाभिहननोद्यतान् । अभिजघ्नुः परान् आजौ प्रहारदलिताद्रयः
Simply seeing the soldiers before them, poised to strike, they attacked the enemies in battle, shattering them like mountains split by blows.
शम्बरश् चिन्तयाम् आस परितुष्टमनाः पुरे । विजेष्यते हि मत्सेना मायासुरसुरक्षिता
Śambara, his mind greatly satisfied, thought within his city: 'Indeed, my army, protected by the demon of illusion, will be victorious.'
इष्टानिष्टाभिर् एते हि वासनाभिस् समुज्झिताः । ततो रणे बिभ्यति नो विद्रवन्ति च न स्थिराः
For these (enemies) are stripped of their desires and aversions; therefore, in battle, they neither fear nor flee, nor do they remain steadfast.
यदैते न पलायन्ते देवैर् अभिहता अपि । तदैषातिबला सेना ममेदानीं व्यवस्थिता
When these do not flee even when struck by the gods, then truly my army, endowed with extraordinary strength, now stands firm.
अतिबलासुरदोर्द्रुमपालिता मम चमूस् स्थिरताम् अलम् एष्यति । अमरवारणदन्तविघट्टनेष्व् अमरपर्वतहेममही यथा
Guarded by the mighty demon Atibalā, my troops will surely attain stability, just as the golden earth of the celestial mountain remains unmoved even when struck by the tusks of the best of heavenly elephants.
दैत्यास् सागरकुञ्जेभ्यः कन्दरेभ्यस् सुराचलात् । उदगुर् भीमनिर्ह्रादास् सपक्षगिरिलीलया
The demons, with terrifying roars, rose up from the ocean caves, from the mountain ravines, and from the peaks of the celestial mountain, as if playfully lifting winged mountains.
रोदसीकुहरं हस्तप्रहारहतभास्करम् । दानवाः पूरयाम् आसुर् दामव्यालकटेरिताः
The demons, their bodies torn by the blows of celestial serpents, began to fill the hollow of the sky—its sun struck down by their hands.
अथोत्तस्थुर् निकुञ्जेभ्यः कन्दरेभ्यस् सुराचलात् । प्रलयान्त इवाक्षुब्धा भीतास् स्वर्वासिनां गणाः
Then, as if at the end of a cosmic dissolution, the terrified hosts of heaven-dwellers rose up from groves, caves, and the mountain of the gods.
देवासुरपताकिन्योस् तद् युद्धम् अभवत् तयोः । अकालोल्बणकल्पान्तभीषणं भुवनान्तरे
Between those two, a battle arose among the leaders of gods and demons, dreadful as the chaos of the world's end, in another realm.
पेतुः प्रलयपर्यस्तसचन्द्रार्काद्रिवद् दिवः । शिरांसि कुण्डलोद्वान्ततेजःपीततमांस्य् अधः
Heads fell from the sky, as if the moon and sun had been cast down by the force of dissolution, their flesh darkened by the brilliance of earrings.
जुघूर्णुर् भटनिर्मुक्तसिंहनादविराविताः । प्रलयानिलसम्पूरैस् साट्टहासा इवाद्रयः
They staggered, roaring with the cries of warriors and the thunder of lion-shouts, like mountains laughing amid gusts of the wind of destruction.
रेजुर् आत्मशिलातुल्यहेतिपातार्तवृत्तयः । कुलाचलतटा भीतविभ्रान्तहरिमण्डलाः
The slopes of noble mountains trembled, their golden peaks confused and frightened, as weapons struck with force like their own rocky mass.
तेरुः परस्पराघातहतहेतिसमुत्थिताः । लोलानलकणाः कल्पविशीर्णा इव तारकाः
Loose sparks of fire, born from the clash of weapons striking each other, scattered like stars shattered at the end of an age.
विलेसू रक्तमांसौघपूर्णैकार्णवतीरगाः । कल्पतालतनूत्ताला वेतालास् तारतालिनः
On the riverbanks, filled with waves of blood and flesh, tall and slender ghosts, like palm trees at the world's end, sang in chorus.
प्रस्फुरद्रुधिरासारशान्तपांसुपयोधरे । व्योम्नि हेतिहतक्षुण्णमौलिकुण्डलकोटयः
In the sky, amid clouds stilled by showers of blood and dust, the tips of shattered crowns and earrings, struck by weapons, flashed forth.
बभूवुर् भास्कराकारैः कल्पपादपबाहुभिः । प्रहारदलिताद्रीन्द्रैर् दैत्यैर् निर्विवरा दिशः
The directions became impenetrable, as the mountain-king was shattered by the blows of demons whose arms resembled wish-fulfilling trees and whose forms blazed like the sun.
जग्मुर् ज्वलदसिव्रातपातपाटितभित्तयः । कणप्रकरतां शैलाः कल्पाग्निवलिता इव
Mountains, their slopes split open by the blows of blazing swords, seemed to be reduced to heaps of fragments, as if consumed by the fires of dissolution.
देवास् तेजस् समाजग्मुर् अश्वमेधैधिता इव । असुरान् अनुसस्रुस् ताञ् जलदान् इव वायवः
The gods gathered their brilliance, as if kindled by the fire of a horse sacrifice, and pursued the demons like winds chasing away clouds.
जगृहुस् तान् अथाक्रम्य जरदाखून् इवोतवः । रेजुस् सुरासुराः फुल्लवनलोलाद्रिवद् दिवि
Then, having overpowered them, the gods seized the demons like wildcats snatching up decrepit rats; the gods and demons shone in the sky like blossoming forests swaying on mountain peaks.
ते ऽन्योऽन्यं पूरयाम् आसुश् शस्त्रपूरैर् दिशो दश । वनानि कुसुमव्रातैस् सुमेरोर् इव मारुताः
They filled the ten directions with volleys of weapons, just as winds fill the forests of Mount Meru with masses of flowers.