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.
कण्ठलग्नशिरस्त्राणखटत्कारोग्रभीतयः । शिलाशितशिखाप्रोतदेहभागावलम्बिनः
With helmets clinging to their throats, the harsh clatter instilled terror; fragments of their bodies hung pierced by sharp rocks.
शल्मल्यग्रदृढापातप्रोतकङ्कटशङ्कवः । सुशिलाफलकास्फालशतधाशीर्णमस्तकाः
Their breastplates were impaled upon the sturdy spikes of silk-cotton trees; their heads, split in a hundred ways, struck hard against stone slabs.
सर्व एव सकलासु सशस्त्राः पातमात्रसमनन्तरम् एव । दिक्षु नाशम् अगमन्न् असुरेन्द्राः पांसवो ऽम्बुधिगताः पयसीव
All the demon chiefs, armed in every way, perished instantly upon falling; their dust vanished in all directions, like water absorbed by the ocean.
जज्वाल ज्वलितः कोपी कल्पान्ताग्निर् इव ज्वलन् । शम्बरश् शमितानीको दामव्यालकटान् प्रति
Shambara, ablaze with wrath like the fire at the end of an age, burned fiercely against the Dāmavyālakaṭa demons.
शम्बरस्य भयाद् गत्वा पातालम् अथ सप्तमम् । दामव्यालकटास् तस्थुस् त्यक्त्वा दानवमण्डलम्
Out of fear of Shambara, the Dāmavyālakaṭa demons abandoned the demon host and fled to the seventh subterranean realm, where they remained.
यमस्य किङ्करास् तत्र वेतालत्रासनक्षमाः । कुकुहा नाम तिष्ठन्ति नरकार्णवपालकाः
There, the servants of Yama, capable of frightening ghouls, known as Kukuhā, stand as guardians of the ocean of hell.
चिन्ता इव घनाकारा दुहितॄस् तु क्रमाद् ददुः
Like worries taking the form of dense clouds, they gradually gave their daughters.
तैस् सार्धं नीतवन्तस् ते तत्र दामादयो ऽवधिम् । दशवर्षसहस्रान्ताम् आत्तानन्तकुवासनाः
Together with them, those executioners spent their time there, their minds seized by relentless, destructive tendencies, for a span of ten thousand years.
इयं मे वनिता रम्या ममेयं प्रभुतेति च । कुकुहस्नेहबद्धानां कालस् तेषां व्यवर्तत
‘This beautiful woman is mine, she belongs to me, I am her master’—thus, bound by false attachments of affection, their time passed.
धर्मराजो ऽथ तं देशं कदाचित् समुपाययौ । महानरककार्याणां विचारार्थं यदृच्छया
Then, at some point, the Lord of Dharma arrived in that place by chance, to investigate matters concerning the great hells.
अपरिज्ञातम् एनं ते धर्मराजं त्रयो ऽसुराः । न प्रणेमुर् विनाशाय सामान्यम् इव किङ्करम्
The three asuras did not recognize the Lord of Dharma; they did not bow to him, mistaking him for an ordinary servant, and thus brought about their own destruction.
अथ वैवस्वतेनैते ज्वलितश्वभ्रभूमिषु । विहितभ्रूपरिस्पन्दम् आदेशेन निवेशिताः
Then, by the command of Vaivasvata, they were placed upon blazing, fiery grounds, their brows set in grim determination.
तत्र ते करुणाक्रन्दास् ससुहृद्दारबान्धवाः । दग्धास् सपर्णविटपा वृक्षा इव दवानलैः
There, together with their dear friends, wives, and relatives, they wailed in anguish, burned up like trees with leafy branches consumed by a forest fire.
स्वया वासनया जातास् तथैव क्रूरया पुनः । वधकर्मकराकाराः कैराता राजकिङ्कराः
By their own cruel tendencies, they were born again in similar forms—as executioners, hunters, and royal servants.
तज् जन्माथ परित्यज्य जातास् सुह्मेषु वायसाः । तदन्ते गृध्रतां यातास् ततो ऽपि बकतां गताः
Then, abandoning that birth, they were born as crows among the Suhmas; after that, they became vultures, and then, after that, they took birth as herons.
शवरत्वं त्रिगर्तेषु मेषत्वं बर्बरेषु च । मगधेष्व् अथ कीटत्वं चक्रुस् ते वक्रबुद्धयः
They, whose minds were crooked, became corpses among the Trigartas, sheep among the Barbaras, and insects among the Magadhas.
अनुभूयेतराम् अत्र चित्रां योनिपरम्पराम् । अद्य मत्स्यास् स्थिता राम कश्मीरारण्यपल्वले
Here, one experiences a bewildering succession of births; today, O Rama, some exist as fish in the marshes and forests of Kashmir.
दावाग्निक्वथिताल्पाल्पपङ्ककल्कानुपायिनः । न म्रियन्ते न जीवन्ति जरज्जम्बालजर्जराः
Scorched by forest fires, stuck in shallow, muddy filth, they neither die nor live, worn out and decayed like rotting moss.
विचित्रयोनिसंरम्भम् अनुभूय पुनः पुनः । भूत्वा भूत्वा पुनर् नष्टास् तरङ्गा जलधाव् इव
Having repeatedly undergone various kinds of births, they arise and vanish again and again, like waves in the ocean.
भवजलधिगतास् ते वासनावातनुन्नास् तृणम् इव चिरम् ऊढा देहरूपैस् तरङ्गैः । उपशमम् अनुयाता राम नाद्याप्य् अनन्तं परिकलय महत्त्वं दारुणं वासनायाः
Carried for long by the winds of tendencies, they have entered the ocean of existence, bearing bodies like waves of grass; even now, O Rama, they have not attained peace—consider the dreadful power of tendencies as truly immense.