माययाथ विवादेन सन्धिना विग्रहेण च । पलायनेन धैर्येण च्छद्मनोपायनेन च
Then, through illusion, through dispute, through alliance, through conflict, through flight, through steadfastness, and through cunning stratagems,
कार्पण्येनास्त्रयुद्धेन स्वान्तर्धानैश् च भूरिशः । कृतस् स समरो देवैस् त्रिंशद् वर्षाणि पञ्च च
Through self-pity, through weapon-battles, through repeated disappearances—by all these means, that war with the gods was waged for thirty-five years.
वर्षाणि दिवसान् मासान् दशाष्टौ पञ्च सप्त च । वर्षाणि पेतुर् वृक्षाग्निहेत्यम्ब्वशनिभूभृताम्
Years, days, months—ten, eight, five, and seven—passed away for the trees, fires, weapons, waters, food, and mountains.
एतावता तु कालेन दृढाभ्यासाद् अहङ्कृतेः । दामादयो ऽहम् इत्य् आस्थां जगृहुर् ग्रस्तचेतसः
In that time, through persistent practice, the bonds and others, with their minds consumed, firmly assumed the conviction of 'I am'—the sense of ego.
नैकट्यातिशयाद् यद्वद् दर्पणं बिम्बवद् भवेत् । अभ्यासातिशयात् तद्वत् ते ऽप्य् अहङ्कारितां गताः
Just as, from excessive nearness, a mirror appears as if it were the reflected image itself, so too, by the intensity of repeated practice, they attained the state of egoity.
यद्वद् दूरतरं वस्तु नादर्शे प्रतिबिम्बते । पदार्थवासना तद्वद् अनभ्यासान् न जायते
Just as a distant object does not appear reflected in a mirror, so too, without repeated practice, the impression of an object does not arise in the mind.
यदा दामादयो जाता जाताहङ्कारवासनाः । तदा मे जीवितं मे ऽर्थ इति दैन्यम् उपागमन्
When bonds and similar attachments arose, and the tendency toward ego-identity was born, then came the thought, 'My life, my possessions,' and thus misery entered.
भयवासनया ग्रस्ता मोहवासनया हताः । आशापाशनिबद्धास् ते ततः कृपणतां गताः
Seized by the tendency toward fear, struck down by the tendency toward delusion, and bound by the cords of hope, they fell into a state of wretchedness.
मुधैव ह्य् अनहङ्कारैर् ममत्वम् उपकल्पितम् । रज्ज्वां भुजङ्गत्वम् इव दामव्यालकटैस् ततः
Indeed, the notion of 'mine' is imagined by those without ego, just as the idea of a snake is superimposed upon a rope, due to the marks left by the cord-snake.
आपादमस्तकं देहलतेयं भवतु स्थिरा । ममेति तृष्णाकृपणा दीनतां ते समाययुः
Let this body, from head to foot, remain firm—such is the pitiable craving of those who think 'mine,' and thus they fall into dejection.
स्थिरो भवतु मे देहस् सुखायास्तु धनं मम । इति बद्धधियां तेषां धैर्यम् अन्तर्धिम् आययौ
Let my body be steady, let my wealth be for my happiness—such thoughts bind the mind, and for them, courage disappears.
अवासनत्वाद् वपुषाम् अनास्थत्वात् सुरद्विषाम् । याभूत् प्रहारपरता मार्जितैवाशु साभवत्
Because bodies lack deep impressions and enemies of the gods lack stability, their inclination toward violence was quickly wiped away, as if swept clean.
कथं स्थिरा जगत्य् अस्मिन् भवेम इति चिन्तया । वेधिता दीनतां जग्मुः पद्मा इव निरम्भसः
Thinking, 'How can we remain secure in this world?' they were struck with anxiety and fell into dejection, like lotuses without water.
तेषां त्व् अर्थान्नपानेषु स्वाहङ्कृतिमतां रतिः । बभूव भवभावस्था भीषणा भवभागिनी
Among them, those who were attached to their own sense of self found pleasure in food and drink, remaining in a state of worldly existence, fierce and bound to the cycle of birth.
अथ तस्मिन् रणे भीत्या सापेक्षत्वम् उपाययुः । मत्तेभगणसंरब्धा वने हरिणका इव
Then, in that battle, out of fear, they became dependent, like deer in the forest surrounded by a herd of intoxicated elephants.
मरिष्यामो मरिष्याम इति चिन्ताहताशयाः । मन्दं मन्दं किल भ्रेमुः कुपितैरावणे रणे
Stricken by the thought, 'We will die, we will die,' their hopes wounded, they wandered slowly and sluggishly in the battle, as if in the wrath of Airavata.
शरीरैकार्थिनां तेषां भीतानां मरणाद् अति । अल्पसत्त्वतया मूर्ध्नि कृतम् आपत्प्रदं पदम्
For those who desired only bodily existence and were fearful, death placed a calamity-bringing step upon their heads due to their weakness.
अथ प्रम्लानसत्त्वास् ते हन्तुम् अग्रगतं भटम् । न शेकुर् इन्धनक्षीणा हविर् दग्धुम् इवाग्नयः
Then, their strength faded, they could not kill the foremost warrior, just as fires with depleted fuel cannot burn the offering.
विबुधानां प्रहरतां सुदस्युत्वम् उपागताः । क्षतविक्षतसर्वाङ्गास् तस्थुस् सामान्यवद्भटाः
While the gods struck, they became incapable of fighting, and the warriors, wounded and battered in every limb, stood as if ordinary.
बहुनात्र किम् उक्तेन मरणाद् भीतचेतसः । दैत्या देवेषु वल्गत्सु दुद्रुवुस् समराजिरात्
What need is there for many words here? The demons, their minds terrified by death, fled from the battlefield as the gods advanced.
तेषु द्रवत्सु सर्वेषु सर्वतो दानवाद्रिषु । दामव्यालकटाख्येषु विख्यातेष्व् असुरालये
As all of them fled, they ran in every direction among the mountains of the demons, into the renowned abodes of the asuras called Dama and Vyala.
तद्दैत्यसैन्यम् अपतत् खाद् विद्रुतम् इतस् ततः । कल्पान्तपवनाधूतं ताराजालम् इवाभितः
Then that army of demons fled in all directions, falling like a net of stars scattered by the wind at the end of an age.
अमराचलकुञ्जेषु शिखराणां शिलासु च । तटेषु वारिराशीनां पयोदपटलेषु च
In the mountain valleys of the gods, upon the peaks and rocks, on the shores of the oceans, and on the layers of clouds—
सागरावर्तगर्तेषु श्वभ्रेष्व् अथ सरित्सु च । जङ्गलेषु दिगन्तेषु ज्वलत्सु विपिनेषु च
In the whirlpools of the sea, in chasms and rivers, in deserts, at the ends of the directions, and in burning forests—
तद्रणोत्सन्नकोशेषु ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च । अटवीषूग्रयक्षासु मरुषूद्यद्दवाग्निषु
In the emptied treasuries of battlefields, in villages and cities, in forests haunted by fierce yakṣas, and in deserts where wildfires raged—
लोकालोकाचलान्तेषु पर्वतेषु ह्रदेषु च । अन्ध्रद्रमिडकाश्मीरपारसीकपुरेषु च
At the edge of the Lokāloka mountain, on mountains and in lakes, and in the cities of Andhra, Drāmiḍa, Kashmir, and Persia—
नानाम्भोधितरङ्गासु गङ्गाजलघटासु च । द्वीपान्तरेषु दूरेषु जम्बूषण्डलतासु च
Among the waves of various oceans, in the water-pots of the Ganges, on distant islands, and in the groves of Jambū trees—
सर्वतः पर्वताकाराः पतितास् ते सुरारयः । विस्फोटिताङ्गचरणा विभिन्नकरबाहवः
Everywhere, those enemies of the gods fell, mountain-like, with limbs and feet shattered, and arms and hands broken apart.
शाखालग्नान्त्रतन्त्रीका मुक्तरक्तवहच्छटाः । व्यस्ताङ्गखुरमूर्धानो निष्क्रान्तकुपितेक्षणाः
With entrails tangled in branches, streams of blood flowing free, bodies and heads scattered, and eyes glaring in wrath as life departed.
स्वायुधावलनावेगच्छिन्नकङ्कटहेतयः । दूरापातविपर्यस्तपतन्नानाविधांशुकाः
Their armor was shattered by the force of their own weapons; their garments, torn and scattered, fell in various ways from afar.