08.024
Library: Duryodhana narrates the story of Tripura from the Markandeya Purana, where the gods appointed the superior Lord Brahma as charioteer of Lord Shiva, to convince Shalya of the task ahead. He also narrates the story of sage Jamadagni and how Karna, who has received a divine weapon from Jamadagni, can't be inferior.
दुर्योधन उवाच॥
duryodhana uvāca॥
[दुर्योधन (duryodhana) - Duryodhana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Duryodhana said:)
Duryodhana said:
भूय एव तु मद्रेश यत्ते वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु। यथा पुरा वृत्तमिदं युद्धे देवासुरे विभो ॥८-२४-१॥
bhūya eva tu madreśa yatte vakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu। yathā purā vṛttamidaṃ yuddhe devāsure vibho ॥8-24-1॥
[भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; तु (tu) - but; मद्रेश (madreśa) - O King of Madra; यत् (yat) - what; ते (te) - to you; वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak; तत् (tat) - that; शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen; यथा (yathā) - as; पुरा (purā) - formerly; वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened; इदम् (idam) - this; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in the battle; देव-असुरे (deva-asure) - between the gods and demons; विभो (vibho) - O mighty one;]
(Again indeed, O King of Madra, what I will speak to you, listen to that. As formerly happened this in the battle between the gods and demons, O mighty one.)
"O King of Madra, listen again to what I am about to tell you. It is about what happened in the ancient battle between the gods and demons, O mighty one."
यदुक्तवान्पितुर्मह्यं मार्कण्डेयो महानृषिः। तदशेषेण ब्रुवतो मम राजर्षिसत्तम ॥ त्वं निबोध न चाप्यत्र कर्तव्या ते विचारणा ॥८-२४-२॥
yad uktavān pitur mahyaṃ mārkaṇḍeyo mahān ṛṣiḥ। tadaśeṣeṇa bruvato mama rājarṣisattama ॥ tvaṃ nibodha na cāpy atra kartavyā te vicāraṇā ॥8-24-2॥
[यत् (yat) - which; उक्तवान् (uktavān) - said; पितुः (pituḥ) - of father; मह्यम् (mahyaṃ) - to me; मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya; महान् (mahān) - great; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; तत् (tat) - that; अशेषेण (aśeṣeṇa) - completely; ब्रुवतः (bruvataḥ) - speaking; मम (mama) - my; राजर्षिसत्तम (rājarṣisattama) - O best of royal sages; त्वम् (tvam) - you; निबोध (nibodha) - understand; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अत्र (atra) - here; कर्तव्या (kartavyā) - to be done; ते (te) - your; विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - consideration;]
(Which the great sage Mārkaṇḍeya said to me from my father, that you should understand completely, O best of royal sages, and here no consideration is to be done by you.)
The great sage Mārkaṇḍeya conveyed to me what my father said, and you should understand it fully, O best of royal sages, without any need for further consideration here.
देवानामसुराणां च महानासीत्समागमः। बभूव प्रथमो राजन्सङ्ग्रामस्तारकामयः ॥ निर्जिताश्च तदा दैत्या दैवतैरिति नः श्रुतम् ॥८-२४-३॥
devānāmasurāṇāṃ ca mahānāsītsamāgamaḥ। babhūva prathamo rājansaṅgrāmastārakāmayaḥ ॥ nirjitāśca tadā daityā daivatairiti naḥ śrutam ॥8-24-3॥
[देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods; असुराणाम् (asurāṇām) - of the demons; च (ca) - and; महान् (mahān) - great; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - meeting; बभूव (babhūva) - became; प्रथमः (prathamaḥ) - first; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सङ्ग्रामः (saṅgrāmaḥ) - battle; तारकामयः (tārakāmayaḥ) - for Tārakā; निर्जिताः (nirjitāḥ) - defeated; च (ca) - and; तदा (tadā) - then; दैत्या (daityā) - demons; दैवतैः (daivataiḥ) - by the gods; इति (iti) - thus; नः (naḥ) - to us; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard;]
(There was a great meeting of the gods and demons. The first battle, O king, was for Tārakā. Then the demons were defeated by the gods, thus we have heard.)
A great assembly of gods and demons took place. The first battle, O king, was for Tārakā. It is said that the demons were then defeated by the gods.
निर्जितेषु च दैत्येषु तारकस्य सुतास्त्रयः। ताराक्षः कमलाक्षश्च विद्युन्माली च पार्थिव ॥८-२४-४॥
nirjiteṣu ca daityeṣu tārakasya sutāstrayaḥ। tārākṣaḥ kamalākṣaśca vidyunmālī ca pārthiva ॥8-24-4॥
[निर्जितेषु (nirjiteṣu) - conquered; च (ca) - and; दैत्येषु (daityeṣu) - among the demons; तारकस्य (tārakasya) - of Tāraka; सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; ताराक्षः (tārākṣaḥ) - Tārākṣa; कमलाक्षः (kamalākṣaḥ) - Kamalākṣa; च (ca) - and; विद्युन्माली (vidyunmālī) - Vidyunmālī; च (ca) - and; पार्थिव (pārthiva) - king;]
(Among the conquered demons, the three sons of Tāraka: Tārākṣa, Kamalākṣa, and Vidyunmālī, the king.)
Among the demons who were conquered, there were three sons of Tāraka: Tārākṣa, Kamalākṣa, and Vidyunmālī, who were kings.
तप उग्रं समास्थाय नियमे परमे स्थिताः। तपसा कर्शयामासुर्देहान्स्वाञ्शत्रुतापन ॥८-२४-५॥
tapa ugraṃ samāsthāya niyame parame sthitāḥ। tapasā karśayāmāsurdehānsvāñśatrutāpana ॥8-24-5॥
[तप (tapa) - austerity; उग्रं (ugraṃ) - fierce; समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having undertaken; नियमे (niyame) - in discipline; परमे (parame) - supreme; स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - situated; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; कर्शयामासु: (karśayāmāsuḥ) - they emaciated; देहान् (dehān) - bodies; स्वान् (svān) - their own; शत्रुतापन (śatrutāpana) - tormentors of enemies;]
(Having undertaken fierce austerity, situated in supreme discipline, they emaciated their own bodies by austerity, tormentors of enemies.)
The tormentors of enemies, having undertaken fierce austerity and situated in supreme discipline, emaciated their own bodies through their rigorous practices.
दमेन तपसा चैव नियमेन च पार्थिव। तेषां पितामहः प्रीतो वरदः प्रददौ वरान् ॥८-२४-६॥
damena tapasā caiva niyamena ca pārthiva। teṣāṃ pitāmahaḥ prīto varadaḥ pradadau varān ॥8-24-6॥
[दमेन (damena) - by self-control; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; नियमेन (niyamena) - by discipline; च (ca) - and; पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - their; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; वरदः (varadaḥ) - the giver of boons; प्रददौ (pradadau) - granted; वरान् (varān) - boons;]
(By self-control, austerity, and discipline, O king, their grandfather, pleased, the giver of boons, granted boons.)
O king, by self-control, austerity, and discipline, their grandfather, who was pleased, granted them boons as the giver of boons.
अवध्यत्वं च ते राजन्सर्वभूतेषु सर्वदा। सहिता वरयामासुः सर्वलोकपितामहम् ॥८-२४-७॥
avadhyatvaṃ ca te rājansarvabhūteṣu sarvadā। sahitā varayāmāsuḥ sarvalokapitāmaham ॥8-24-7॥
[अवध्यत्वं (avadhyatvaṃ) - invincibility; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - among all beings; सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always; सहिता (sahitā) - together; वरयामासुः (varayāmāsuḥ) - chose; सर्वलोकपितामहम् (sarvalokapitāmaham) - the grandsire of all worlds;]
(Invincibility and your, O king, among all beings always; together chose the grandsire of all worlds.)
O King, invincibility among all beings was always yours; together they chose the grandsire of all worlds.
तानब्रवीत्तदा देवो लोकानां प्रभुरीश्वरः। नास्ति सर्वामरत्वं हि निवर्तध्वमतोऽसुराः ॥ वरमन्यं वृणीध्वं वै यादृशं सम्प्ररोचते ॥८-२४-८॥
tān abravīt tadā devo lokānāṃ prabhur īśvaraḥ। nāsti sarvāmara-tvaṃ hi nivartadhvam ato'surāḥ॥ varam anyaṃ vṛṇīdhvaṃ vai yādṛśaṃ samprarocate॥ 8-24-8॥
[तान् (tān) - them; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; तदा (tadā) - then; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord; ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - the controller; नास्ति (nāsti) - there is not; सर्व (sarva) - all; अमरत्वम् (amaratvam) - immortality; हि (hi) - indeed; निवर्तध्वम् (nivartadhvam) - turn back; अतः (ataḥ) - therefore; असुराः (asurāḥ) - demons; वरम् (varam) - boon; अन्यम् (anyam) - another; वृणीध्वम् (vṛṇīdhvam) - choose; वै (vai) - indeed; यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - as it; सम्प्ररोचते (samprarocate) - pleases;]
(Then the god, the lord, the controller of the worlds, said to them: "There is indeed no immortality for all. Therefore, turn back, O demons. Choose another boon, as it pleases you.")
Then the god, the lord of the worlds, addressed the demons, telling them that there is no immortality for anyone. He advised them to turn back and choose another boon that they find pleasing.
ततस्ते सहिता राजन्सम्प्रधार्यासकृद्बहु। सर्वलोकेश्वरं वाक्यं प्रणम्यैनमथाब्रुवन् ॥८-२४-९॥
tataste sahitā rājansampradhāryāsakṛdbahuḥ। sarvalokeśvaraṃ vākyaṃ praṇamyainamathābruvan ॥8-24-9॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; सहिता (sahitā) - together; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सम्प्रधार्य (sampradhārya) - having considered; असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly; बहु (bahu) - much; सर्वलोकेश्वरम् (sarvalokeśvaram) - the lord of all worlds; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words; प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed; एनम् (enam) - to him; अथ (atha) - then; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke;]
(Then they, together, O king, having considered repeatedly and much, having bowed to the lord of all worlds, spoke these words to him.)
Then they, together, O king, after much consideration and repeatedly bowing to the lord of all worlds, addressed him with these words.
अस्माकं त्वं वरं देव प्रयच्छेमं पितामह। वयं पुराणि त्रीण्येव समास्थाय महीमिमाम् ॥ विचरिष्याम लोकेऽस्मिंस्त्वत्प्रसादपुरस्कृताः ॥८-२४-१०॥
asmākaṃ tvaṃ varaṃ deva prayacchemaṃ pitāmaha। vayaṃ purāṇi trīṇyeva samāsthāya mahīmimām ॥ vicariṣyāma loke'smiṃstvatprasādapuraskṛtāḥ ॥8-24-10॥
[अस्माकं (asmākam) - our; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; वरं (varam) - boon; देव (deva) - god; प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - grant; इमं (imaṃ) - this; पितामह (pitāmaha) - grandfather; वयं (vayaṃ) - we; पुराणि (purāṇi) - ancient; त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three; एव (eva) - only; समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having established; महीमिमाम् (mahīmimām) - this earth; विचरिष्याम (vicariṣyāma) - we shall move; लोके (loke) - in the world; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; त्वत् (tvat) - your; प्रसाद (prasāda) - grace; पुरस्कृताः (puraskṛtāḥ) - favored;]
(Our god, grant this boon, grandfather. We, having established only these three ancient ones, shall move on this earth, favored by your grace in this world.)
"O god, grant us this boon, grandfather. We shall establish these three ancient ones and move on this earth, favored by your grace in this world."
ततो वर्षसहस्रे तु समेष्यामः परस्परम्। एकीभावं गमिष्यन्ति पुराण्येतानि चानघ ॥८-२४-११॥
tato varṣasahasre tu sameṣyāmaḥ parasparam। ekībhāvaṃ gamiṣyanti purāṇyetāni cānagha ॥8-24-11॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वर्षसहस्रे (varṣasahasre) - in a thousand years; तु (tu) - indeed; समेष्यामः (sameṣyāmaḥ) - we will meet; परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other; एकीभावम् (ekībhāvam) - unity; गमिष्यन्ति (gamiṣyanti) - will attain; पुराणि (purāṇi) - ancient texts; एतानि (etāni) - these; च (ca) - and; अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one;]
(Then, indeed, in a thousand years, we will meet each other. These ancient texts, O sinless one, will attain unity.)
Then, after a thousand years, we shall meet each other. These ancient texts, O sinless one, will come together in unity.
समागतानि चैतानि यो हन्याद्भगवंस्तदा। एकेषुणा देववरः स नो मृत्युर्भविष्यति ॥ एवमस्त्विति तान्देवः प्रत्युक्त्वा प्राविशद्दिवम् ॥८-२४-१२॥
samāgatāni caitāni yo hanyādbhagavaṃstadā। ekeṣuṇā devavaraḥ sa no mṛtyurbhaviṣyati ॥ evamastviti tāndevaḥ pratyuktvā prāviśaddivam ॥8-24-12॥
[समागतानि (samāgatāni) - assembled; च (ca) - and; एतानि (etāni) - these; यः (yaḥ) - who; हन्यात् (hanyāt) - would slay; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord; तदा (tadā) - then; एकेषुणा (ekeṣuṇā) - with one arrow; देववरः (devavaraḥ) - O best of gods; सः (saḥ) - he; नः (naḥ) - our; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; एवम् (evam) - thus; अस्तु (astu) - so be it; इति (iti) - thus; तान् (tān) - them; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; प्रत्युक्त्वा (pratyuktvā) - having replied; प्राविशत् (prāviśat) - entered; दिवम् (divam) - heaven;]
(These assembled ones, O Lord, who would slay, then, with one arrow, O best of gods, he will be our death. Thus, having replied to them, the god entered heaven.)
The assembled beings, O Lord, if one were to slay them with a single arrow, O best of gods, he would become our death. Thus, having said so, the god returned to heaven.
ते तु लब्धवराः प्रीताः सम्प्रधार्य परस्परम्। पुरत्रयविसृष्ट्यर्थं मयं वव्रुर्महासुरम् ॥ विश्वकर्माणमजरं दैत्यदानवपूजितम् ॥८-२४-१३॥
te tu labdhavarāḥ prītāḥ sampradhārya parasparam। puratrayavisṛṣṭyarthaṃ mayaṃ vavrumahāsuram ॥ viśvakarmāṇamajaraṃ daityadānavapūjitam ॥8-24-13॥
[ते (te) - they; तु (tu) - but; लब्धवराः (labdhavarāḥ) - having obtained boons; प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased; सम्प्रधार्य (sampradhārya) - having deliberated; परस्परम् (parasparam) - with each other; पुरत्रय (puratraya) - three cities; विसृष्ट्यर्थम् (visṛṣṭyartham) - for the purpose of destruction; मयम् (mayam) - Maya; वव्रुः (vavruḥ) - chose; महासुरम् (mahāsuram) - the great demon; विश्वकर्माणम् (viśvakarmāṇam) - Visvakarman; अजरम् (ajaram) - ageless; दैत्यदानव (daityadānava) - by the Daityas and Danavas; पूजितम् (pūjitam) - worshipped;]
(They, having obtained boons and being pleased, deliberated with each other and chose the great demon Maya for the purpose of destroying the three cities. The ageless Visvakarman, worshipped by the Daityas and Danavas.)
Having received boons and being pleased, they discussed among themselves and chose the great demon Maya to destroy the three cities. The ageless Visvakarman, revered by the Daityas and Danavas, was involved.
ततो मयः स्वतपसा चक्रे धीमान्पुराणि ह। त्रीणि काञ्चनमेकं तु रौप्यं कार्ष्णायसं तथा ॥८-२४-१४॥
tato mayaḥ svatapasā cakre dhīmān purāṇi ha। trīṇi kāñcanam ekaṃ tu raupyaṃ kārṣṇāyasaṃ tathā ॥8-24-14॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya; स्वतपसा (svatapasā) - by his own penance; चक्रे (cakre) - created; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise; पुराणि (purāṇi) - cities; ह (ha) - indeed; त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three; काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - golden; एकम् (ekam) - one; तु (tu) - but; रौप्यम् (raupyam) - silver; कार्ष्णायसम् (kārṣṇāyasam) - iron; तथा (tathā) - and so on;]
(Then Maya, by his own penance, indeed created three cities: one golden, one silver, and one iron.)
Then the wise Maya, through his own penance, created three ancient cities: one of gold, one of silver, and one of iron.
काञ्चनं दिवि तत्रासीदन्तरिक्षे च राजतम्। आयसं चाभवद्भूमौ चक्रस्थं पृथिवीपते ॥८-२४-१५॥
kāñcanaṁ divi tatrāsīdantarikṣe ca rājatam। āyasaṁ cābhavadbhūmau cakrasthaṁ pṛthivīpate ॥8-24-15॥
[काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - gold; दिवि (divi) - in the sky; तत्र (tatra) - there; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the atmosphere; च (ca) - and; राजतम् (rājatam) - silver; आयसम् (āyasam) - iron; च (ca) - and; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the earth; चक्रस्थम् (cakrastham) - in the wheel; पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O lord of the earth;]
(Gold was there in the sky, and silver in the atmosphere. Iron became on the earth, O lord of the earth, in the wheel.)
"Gold was present in the sky, silver in the atmosphere, and iron on the earth, O lord of the earth, within the wheel."
एकैकं योजनशतं विस्तारायामसंमितम्। गृहाट्टाट्टालकयुतं बृहत्प्राकारतोरणम् ॥८-२४-१६॥
ekaikaṁ yojanaśataṁ vistārāyāmasaṁmitam। gṛhāṭṭāṭṭālakayutaṁ bṛhatprākāratoraṇam ॥8-24-16॥
[एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one; योजनशतम् (yojanaśatam) - hundred yojanas; विस्तारायामसंमितम् (vistārāyāmasaṁmitam) - measured in length and breadth; गृहाट्टाट्टालकयुतम् (gṛhāṭṭāṭṭālakayutam) - with houses and attics; बृहत् (bṛhat) - large; प्राकारतोरणम् (prākāratoraṇam) - with ramparts and gateways;]
(Each one measured a hundred yojanas in length and breadth, with houses and attics, large ramparts and gateways.)
Each structure was vast, measuring a hundred yojanas in both length and breadth, adorned with houses and attics, and featured large ramparts and gateways.
गुणप्रसवसम्बाधमसम्बाधमनामयम्। प्रासादैर्विविधैश्चैव द्वारैश्चाप्युपशोभितम् ॥८-२४-१७॥
guṇaprasavasambādhamasambādhamanāmayam। prāsādairvividhaiścaiva dvāraiścāpyupaśobhitam ॥8-24-17॥
[गुण (guṇa) - quality; प्रसव (prasava) - origin; सम्बाधम् (sambādham) - crowded; असम्बाधम् (asambādham) - unobstructed; अनामयम् (anāmayam) - free from disease; प्रासादैः (prāsādaiḥ) - with palaces; विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - various; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; द्वारैः (dvāraiḥ) - with gates; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; उपशोभितम् (upaśobhitam) - adorned;]
(Crowded with qualities, unobstructed and free from disease. Adorned with various palaces and gates.)
The place was filled with qualities, yet unobstructed and free from disease, adorned with various palaces and gates.
पुरेषु चाभवन्राजन्राजानो वै पृथक्पृथक्। काञ्चनं तारकाक्षस्य चित्रमासीन्महात्मनः ॥ राजतं कमलाक्षस्य विद्युन्मालिन आयसम् ॥८-२४-१८॥
pureṣu cābhavanrājanrājāno vai pṛthakpṛthak। kāñcanaṃ tārakākṣasya citramāsīnmahātmanaḥ ॥ rājataṃ kamalākṣasya vidyunmālina āyasam ॥8-24-18॥
[पुरेषु (pureṣu) - in the cities; च (ca) - and; अभवन् (abhavan) - became; राजन् (rājan) - O king; राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings; वै (vai) - indeed; पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately; पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately; काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - gold; तारकाक्षस्य (tārakākṣasya) - of Tārakākṣa; चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great soul; राजतम् (rājataṃ) - silver; कमलाक्षस्य (kamalākṣasya) - of Kamalākṣa; विद्युन्मालिन (vidyunmālina) - Vidyunmālin; आयसम् (āyasam) - iron;]
(In the cities, O king, kings indeed became separately. The gold of Tārakākṣa was wonderful, of the great soul. The silver of Kamalākṣa, Vidyunmālin, was iron.)
In the cities, O king, various kings emerged separately. The gold belonging to Tārakākṣa was remarkable, as he was a great soul. The silver belonging to Kamalākṣa, Vidyunmālin, was like iron.
त्रयस्ते दैत्यराजानस्त्रीँल्लोकानाशु तेजसा। आक्रम्य तस्थुर्वर्षाणां पूगान्नाम प्रजापतिः ॥८-२४-१९॥
trayaste daityarājānastrīṁllokānāśu tejasā। ākramya tasthurvarṣāṇāṁ pūgānnāma prajāpatiḥ ॥8-24-19॥
[त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; ते (te) - they; दैत्यराजानः (daityarājānaḥ) - demon kings; त्रीँन् (trīṁn) - three; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; आशु (āśu) - quickly; तेजसा (tejasā) - with brilliance; आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having conquered; तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - stood; वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years; पूगान् (pūgān) - multitudes; नाम (nāma) - named; प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajapati;]
(The three demon kings, having quickly conquered the three worlds with brilliance, stood for multitudes of years, named Prajapati.)
The three demon kings, known as Prajapati, swiftly conquered the three worlds with their brilliance and stood firm for countless years.
तेषां दानवमुख्यानां प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च। कोट्यश्चाप्रतिवीराणां समाजग्मुस्ततस्ततः ॥ महदैश्वर्यमिच्छन्तस्त्रिपुरं दुर्गमाश्रिताः ॥८-२४-२०॥
teṣāṃ dānavamukhyānāṃ prayutānyarbudāni ca। koṭyaścāprativīrāṇāṃ samājagmustatastataḥ ॥ mahadaiśvaryamicchantastripuraṃ durgamāśritāḥ ॥8-24-20॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; दानव (dānava) - demons; मुख्यानाम् (mukhyānām) - chiefs; प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - tens of millions; अर्बुदानि (arbudāni) - hundreds of millions; च (ca) - and; कोट्यः (koṭyaḥ) - crores; च (ca) - and; अप्रतिवीराणाम् (aprativīrāṇām) - of unmatched heroes; समाजग्मुः (samājagmuḥ) - assembled; ततः (tataḥ) - from here; ततः (tataḥ) - from there; महत् (mahat) - great; ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam) - prosperity; इच्छन्तः (icchantaḥ) - desiring; त्रिपुरम् (tripuram) - Tripura; दुर्गम् (durgam) - fort; आश्रिताः (āśritāḥ) - residing;]
(Of them, the chiefs of demons, tens of millions and hundreds of millions, and crores of unmatched heroes assembled from here and there, desiring great prosperity, residing in the fort of Tripura.)
The chiefs of the demons, numbering in tens and hundreds of millions, along with crores of unmatched heroes, gathered from various places, seeking great prosperity, and took refuge in the fort of Tripura.
सर्वेषां च पुनस्तेषां सर्वयोगवहो मयः। तमाश्रित्य हि ते सर्वे अवर्तन्ताकुतोभयाः ॥८-२४-२१॥
sarveṣāṃ ca punasteṣāṃ sarvayogavaho mayaḥ। tamāśritya hi te sarve avartantākutobhayāḥ ॥8-24-21॥
[सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; सर्वयोगवहः (sarvayogavahaḥ) - all-union-bearer; मयः (mayaḥ) - illusion; तम् (tam) - that; आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to; हि (hi) - indeed; ते (te) - they; सर्वे (sarve) - all; अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - moved; अकुतोभयाः (akutobhayāḥ) - fearless;]
(Of all and again of them, the all-union-bearer is illusion. Having resorted to that, indeed, they all moved fearlessly.)
"Of all beings and again of them, illusion is the bearer of all unions. Having resorted to that, indeed, they all moved without fear."
यो हि यं मनसा कामं दध्यौ त्रिपुरसंश्रयः। तस्मै कामं मयस्तं तं विदधे मायया तदा ॥८-२४-२२॥
yo hi yaṃ manasā kāmaṃ dadhyau tripurasaṃśrayaḥ। tasmai kāmaṃ mayastaṃ taṃ vidadhe māyayā tadā ॥8-24-22॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; हि (hi) - indeed; यम् (yam) - whom; मनसा (manasā) - with mind; कामम् (kāmam) - desire; दध्यौ (dadhyau) - meditated; त्रिपुरसंश्रयः (tripurasaṃśrayaḥ) - Tripura's refuge; तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; कामम् (kāmam) - desire; मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya; तम् (tam) - that; विदधे (vidadhe) - granted; मायया (māyayā) - by illusion; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Who indeed meditated upon the desire with mind, Tripura's refuge. To him, Maya granted that desire by illusion then.)
Tripurasaṃśraya, who meditated upon a desire with his mind, was granted that desire by Maya through illusion at that time.
तारकाक्षसुतश्चासीद्धरिर्नाम महाबलः। तपस्तेपे परमकं येनातुष्यत्पितामहः ॥८-२४-२३॥
tārakākṣasutaścāsīddharirnāma mahābalaḥ। tapastepe paramakaṃ yenātuṣyatpitāmahaḥ ॥8-24-23॥
[तारक (tāraka) - Tāraka; अक्ष (akṣa) - eye; सुत (suta) - son; च (ca) - and; असीत् (āsīt) - was; हरि (hari) - Hari; नाम (nāma) - named; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - mighty; तपः (tapaḥ) - penance; तेपे (tepe) - performed; परमकं (paramakaṃ) - supreme; येन (yena) - by which; अतुष्यत् (atuṣyat) - was pleased; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather;]
(Tāraka's son was named Hari, the mighty one. He performed supreme penance by which the grandfather was pleased.)
Hari, the mighty son of Tāraka, performed such supreme penance that it pleased the grandfather.
स तुष्टमवृणोद्देवं वापी भवतु नः पुरे। शस्त्रैर्विनिहता यत्र क्षिप्ताः स्युर्बलवत्तराः ॥८-२४-२४॥
sa tuṣṭamavṛṇoddevaṃ vāpī bhavatu naḥ pure। śastrairvinihatā yatra kṣiptāḥ syurbalavattarāḥ ॥8-24-24॥
[स (sa) - he; तुष्टम् (tuṣṭam) - pleased; अवृणोत् (avṛṇot) - chose; देवम् (devam) - god; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - also; भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be; नः (naḥ) - our; पुरे (pure) - in the city; शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons; विनिहताः (vinihatāḥ) - killed; यत्र (yatra) - where; क्षिप्ताः (kṣiptāḥ) - thrown; स्युः (syuḥ) - may become; बलवत्तराः (balavattarāḥ) - stronger;]
(He chose the pleased god, or let it be in our city, where those killed by weapons may become stronger.)
He chose the pleased god, or let it be in our city, where those who were killed by weapons may become stronger.
स तु लब्ध्वा वरं वीरस्तारकाक्षसुतो हरिः। ससृजे तत्र वापीं तां मृतानां जीवनीं प्रभो ॥८-२४-२५॥
sa tu labdhvā varaṃ vīrastārakākṣasuto hariḥ। sasṛje tatra vāpīṃ tāṃ mṛtānāṃ jīvanīṃ prabho ॥8-24-25॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained; वरं (varaṃ) - boon; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; तारकाक्षसुतः (tārakākṣasutaḥ) - son of Tārakākṣa; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; ससृजे (sasṛje) - created; तत्र (tatra) - there; वापीं (vāpīṃ) - pond; तां (tāṃ) - that; मृतानां (mṛtānāṃ) - of the dead; जीवनीं (jīvanīṃ) - reviving; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]
(He, the hero, son of Tārakākṣa, Hari, having obtained the boon, created there a pond that revives the dead, O lord.)
Hari, the heroic son of Tārakākṣa, after receiving the boon, created a pond there that could revive the dead, O lord.
येन रूपेण दैत्यस्तु येन वेषेण चैव ह। मृतस्तस्यां परिक्षिप्तस्तादृशेनैव जज्ञिवान् ॥८-२४-२६॥
yena rūpeṇa daityastu yena veṣeṇa caiva ha। mṛtastasyāṃ parikṣiptastādṛśenaiva jajñivān ॥8-24-26॥
[येन (yena) - by which; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - form; दैत्यः (daityaḥ) - demon; तु (tu) - but; येन (yena) - by which; वेषेण (veṣeṇa) - disguise; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; ह (ha) - certainly; मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead; तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that; परिक्षिप्तः (parikṣiptaḥ) - surrounded; तादृशेन (tādṛśena) - by such; एव (eva) - indeed; जज्ञिवान् (jajñivān) - was born;]
(By which form the demon, but by which disguise indeed certainly dead in that surrounded by such indeed was born.)
The demon, who was in a certain form and disguise, was certainly dead and surrounded in that manner, and was reborn in the same way.
तां प्राप्य त्रैपुरस्थास्तु सर्वाँल्लोकान्बबाधिरे। महता तपसा सिद्धाः सुराणां भयवर्धनाः ॥ न तेषामभवद्राजन्क्षयो युद्धे कथञ्चन ॥८-२४-२७॥
tāṃ prāpya traipurastāstu sarvāṁllokānbabādhire। mahatā tapasā siddhāḥ surāṇāṃ bhayavardhanāḥ ॥ na teṣāmabhavadrājankṣayo yuddhe kathañcana ॥8-24-27॥
[ताम् (tām) - her; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained; त्रैपुरस्थाः (traipurastāḥ) - residents of Tripura; तु (tu) - but; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; बबाधिरे (babādhire) - oppressed; महता (mahatā) - with great; तपसा (tapasā) - penance; सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected beings; सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of the gods; भयवर्धनाः (bhayavardhanāḥ) - fear-increasing; न (na) - not; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; अभवत् (abhavat) - there was; राजन् (rājan) - O king; क्षयः (kṣayaḥ) - destruction; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; कथञ्चन (kathaṃcana) - in any way;]
(Having obtained her, the residents of Tripura oppressed all the worlds with great penance, perfected beings, fear-increasing to the gods. O king, there was no destruction of them in battle in any way.)
Upon obtaining her, the residents of Tripura, who were perfected beings, oppressed all the worlds with their great penance, increasing fear among the gods. O king, they faced no destruction in battle whatsoever.
ततस्ते लोभमोहाभ्यामभिभूता विचेतसः। निर्ह्रीकाः संस्थितिं सर्वे स्थापितां समलूलुपन् ॥८-२४-२८॥
tataste lobhamohābhyāmabhibhūtā vicetasaḥ। nirhrīkāḥ sansthitiṃ sarve sthāpitāṃ samalūlupan ॥8-24-28॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; लोभ (lobha) - greed; मोहाभ्याम् (mohābhyām) - by delusion; अभिभूताः (abhibhūtāḥ) - overpowered; विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - bewildered; निर्ह्रीकाः (nirhrīkāḥ) - shameless; संस्थितिम् (sansthitim) - position; सर्वे (sarve) - all; स्थापिताम् (sthāpitām) - established; समलूलुपन् (samalūlupan) - coveted;]
(Then, overpowered by greed and delusion, bewildered and shameless, they all coveted the established position.)
Then, overwhelmed by greed and delusion, they lost their sense of right and wrong, shamelessly coveting the established position.
विद्राव्य सगणान्देवांस्तत्र तत्र तदा तदा। विचेरुः स्वेन कामेन वरदानेन दर्पिताः ॥८-२४-२९॥
vidrāvya sagaṇāndevāṃstatra tatra tadā tadā। viceruḥ svena kāmena varadānena darpitāḥ ॥8-24-29॥
[विद्राव्य (vidrāvya) - having driven away; सगणान् (sagaṇān) - along with groups; देवान् (devān) - the gods; तत्र (tatra) - here and there; तदा (tadā) - then; तदा (tadā) - then; विचेरुः (viceruḥ) - wandered; स्वेन (svena) - by their own; कामेन (kāmena) - desire; वरदानेन (varadānena) - by the boon; दर्पिताः (darpitāḥ) - arrogant;]
(Having driven away the gods along with their groups here and there, they wandered by their own desire, arrogant by the boon.)
"Having driven away the gods and their groups from place to place, they roamed as they pleased, emboldened by the boon they had received."
देवारण्यानि सर्वाणि प्रियाणि च दिवौकसाम्। ऋषीणामाश्रमान्पुण्यान्यूपाञ्जनपदांस्तथा ॥ व्यनाशयन्त मर्यादा दानवा दुष्टचारिणः ॥८-२४-३०॥
devāraṇyāni sarvāṇi priyāṇi ca divaukasām। ṛṣīṇāmāśramānpuṇyānyūpāñjanapadāṃstathā ॥ vyanāśayanta maryādā dānavā duṣṭacāriṇaḥ ॥8-24-30॥
[देव-अरण्यानि (deva-araṇyāni) - divine forests; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; प्रियाणि (priyāṇi) - beloved; च (ca) - and; दिवौकसाम् (divaukasām) - of the celestial beings; ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages; आश्रमान् (āśramān) - hermitages; पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - sacred; उपान् (upān) - near; जनपदान् (janapadān) - settlements; तथा (tathā) - also; विनाशयन्त (vināśayanta) - destroyed; मर्यादा (maryādā) - boundaries; दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons; दुष्टचारिणः (duṣṭacāriṇaḥ) - wicked in conduct;]
(The demons, wicked in conduct, destroyed all the divine forests beloved by the celestial beings, the sacred hermitages of the sages, and the settlements near them, along with the boundaries.)
The wicked demons destroyed all the divine forests cherished by the celestial beings, the sacred hermitages of the sages, and the nearby settlements, along with their boundaries.
ते देवाः सहिताः सर्वे पितामहमरिंदम। अभिजग्मुस्तदाख्यातुं विप्रकारं सुरेतरैः ॥८-२४-३१॥
te devāḥ sahitāḥ sarve pitāmahamariṃdama। abhijagmustadākhyātuṃ viprakāraṃ suretaraiḥ ॥8-24-31॥
[ते (te) - they; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together; सर्वे (sarve) - all; पितामहमरिंदम (pitāmahamariṃdama) - to the grandsire, the subduer of enemies; अभिजग्मुः (abhijagmuḥ) - approached; तत् (tad) - that; आख्यातुं (ākhyātuṃ) - to report; विप्रकारं (viprakāraṃ) - the insult; सुरेतरैः (suretaraiḥ) - by the others than gods;]
(They, all the gods together, approached the grandsire, the subduer of enemies, to report that insult by the others than gods.)
The gods, united, went to the grandsire, the subduer of enemies, to inform him of the insult caused by the non-divine beings.
ते तत्त्वं सर्वमाख्याय शिरसाभिप्रणम्य च। वधोपायमपृच्छन्त भगवन्तं पितामहम् ॥८-२४-३२॥
te tattvaṁ sarvamākhyāya śirasābhipraṇamya ca। vadho'pāyamapṛcchanta bhagavantaṁ pitāmaham ॥8-24-32॥
[ते (te) - they; तत्त्वं (tattvam) - truth; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; आख्याय (ākhyāya) - having narrated; शिरसा (śirasā) - with head; अभिप्रणम्य (abhipraṇamya) - having bowed; च (ca) - and; वधोपायम् (vadho'pāyam) - means of killing; अपृच्छन्त (apṛcchanta) - asked; भगवन्तं (bhagavantaṁ) - the venerable; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - grandfather;]
(They, having narrated all the truth, bowed with their heads and asked the venerable grandfather about the means of killing.)
After narrating the entire truth, they bowed their heads and inquired from the venerable grandfather about the means to kill.
श्रुत्वा तद्भगवान्देवो देवानिदमुवाच ह। असुराश्च दुरात्मानस्ते चापि विबुधद्विषः ॥ अपराध्यन्ति सततं ये युष्मान्पीडयन्त्युत ॥८-२४-३३॥
śrutvā tadbhagavāndewo dewānidamuwāca ha। asurāśca durātmānas te cāpi vibudhādviṣaḥ॥ aparādhyanti satataṃ ye yuṣmān pīḍayantyuta॥ 8-24-33॥
[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; तत् (tad) - that; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the blessed one; देवः (devaḥ) - god; देवान् (devān) - to the gods; इदम् (idam) - this; उवाच (uvāca) - said; ह (ha) - indeed; असुराः (asurāḥ) - demons; च (ca) - and; दुरात्मानः (durātmānaḥ) - wicked; ते (te) - they; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; विबुधद्विषः (vibudhādviṣaḥ) - enemies of the wise; अपराध्यन्ति (aparādhyanti) - offend; सततम् (satatam) - constantly; ये (ye) - who; युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - you; पीडयन्ति (pīḍayanti) - torment; उत (uta) - indeed;]
(Having heard that, the blessed god indeed said this to the gods: "The demons, wicked and enemies of the wise, constantly offend and torment you.")
Upon hearing this, the blessed Lord addressed the gods, saying: "The demons, who are wicked and adversaries of the wise, are constantly committing offenses and causing you distress."
अहं हि तुल्यः सर्वेषां भूतानां नात्र संशयः। अधार्मिकास्तु हन्तव्या इत्यहं प्रब्रवीमि वः ॥८-२४-३४॥
ahaṁ hi tulyaḥ sarveṣāṁ bhūtānāṁ nātra saṁśayaḥ। adhārmikāstu hantavyā ityahaṁ prabravīmi vaḥ ॥8-24-34॥
[अहं (ahaṁ) - I; हि (hi) - indeed; तुल्यः (tulyaḥ) - equal; सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all; भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - beings; न (na) - not; अत्र (atra) - here; संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt; अधार्मिकाः (adhārmikāḥ) - unrighteous; तु (tu) - but; हन्तव्याः (hantavyāḥ) - to be slain; इति (iti) - thus; अहम् (aham) - I; प्रब्रवीमि (prabravīmi) - declare; वः (vaḥ) - to you;]
(I am indeed equal to all beings; there is no doubt here. But the unrighteous are to be slain, thus I declare to you.)
I am impartial to all beings; there is no doubt about it. However, I declare to you that the unrighteous must be punished.
ते यूयं स्थाणुमीशानं जिष्णुमक्लिष्टकारिणम्। योद्धारं वृणुतादित्याः स तान्हन्ता सुरेतरान् ॥८-२४-३५॥
te yūyaṃ sthāṇum īśānaṃ jiṣṇum akliṣṭakāriṇam। yoddhāraṃ vṛṇutādityāḥ sa tān hantā suretarān ॥8-24-35॥
[ते (te) - you all; यूयम् (yūyam) - you; स्थाणुम् (sthāṇum) - the firm one; ईशानम् (īśānam) - the lord; जिष्णुम् (jiṣṇum) - the victorious; अक्लिष्टकारिणम् (akliṣṭakāriṇam) - the effortless doer; योद्धारम् (yoddhāram) - the warrior; वृणुत (vṛṇuta) - choose; आदित्याः (ādityāḥ) - O Adityas; सः (saḥ) - he; तान् (tān) - them; हन्ता (hantā) - the slayer; सुरेतरान् (suretarān) - of the non-gods;]
(You all, choose the firm, lordly, victorious, effortless doer, the warrior, O Adityas; he will slay them, the non-gods.)
"O Adityas, choose the steadfast and victorious lord who acts effortlessly as your warrior; he will destroy those who are not divine."
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः। ब्रह्माणमग्रतः कृत्वा वृषाङ्कं शरणं ययुः ॥८-२४-३६॥
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ। brahmāṇamagratḥ kṛtvā vṛṣāṅkaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ ॥8-24-36॥
[इति (iti) - thus; तस्य (tasya) - his; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; शक्रपुरोगमाः (śakrapurogamāḥ) - led by Indra; ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahma; अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - placing; वृषाङ्कं (vṛṣāṅkam) - Shiva; शरणं (śaraṇam) - refuge; ययुः (yayuḥ) - went.;]
(Thus, having heard his words, the gods, led by Indra, placing Brahma in front, went to Shiva for refuge.)
Upon hearing his words, the gods, with Indra at the forefront, approached Shiva, seeking refuge, with Brahma leading the way.
तपः परं समातस्थुर्गृणन्तो ब्रह्म शाश्वतम्। ऋषिभिः सह धर्मज्ञा भवं सर्वात्मना गताः ॥८-२४-३७॥
tapaḥ paraṃ samātasthurgṛṇanto brahma śāśvatam। ṛṣibhiḥ saha dharmajñā bhavaṃ sarvātmanā gatāḥ ॥8-24-37॥
[तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; परं (param) - supreme; समातस्थुः (samātasthuḥ) - engaged; गृणन्तः (gṛṇantaḥ) - praising; ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute; शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal; ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - with sages; सह (saha) - with; धर्मज्ञाः (dharmajñāḥ) - knowers of dharma; भवम् (bhavam) - existence; सर्वात्मना (sarvātmanā) - with all their being; गताः (gatāḥ) - went;]
(Engaged in supreme austerity, praising the eternal Absolute, they went with sages, knowers of dharma, with all their being.)
Engaged in supreme austerity and praising the eternal Absolute, they, along with the sages who were knowers of dharma, went with all their being.
तुष्टुवुर्वाग्भिरर्थ्याभिर्भयेष्वभयकृत्तमम्। सर्वात्मानं महात्मानं येनाप्तं सर्वमात्मना ॥८-२४-३८॥
tuṣṭuvurvāgbhirarthyābhirbhayeṣvabhayakṛttamam। sarvĀtmānaṃ mahātmānaṃ yenĀptaṃ sarvamĀtmanĀ ॥8-24-38॥
[तुष्टुवुः (tuṣṭuvuḥ) - praised; वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ) - with words; अर्थ्याभिः (arthyābhiḥ) - meaningful; भयेषु (bhayeṣu) - in fears; अभयकृत् (abhayakṛt) - remover of fear; तमम् (tamam) - the greatest; सर्वात्मानं (sarvĀtmānaṃ) - the soul of all; महात्मानं (mahātmānaṃ) - the great soul; येन (yena) - by whom; आप्तं (Āptaṃ) - obtained; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; आत्मना (ĀtmanĀ) - by the self;]
(They praised with meaningful words the greatest remover of fear in fears, the soul of all, the great soul, by whom all is obtained by the self.)
They praised with meaningful words the greatest remover of fear, the soul of all, the great soul, by whom everything is attained through the self.
तपोविशेषैर्बहुभिर्योगं यो वेद चात्मनः। यः साङ्ख्यमात्मनो वेद यस्य चात्मा वशे सदा ॥८-२४-३९॥
tapoviśeṣairbahubhiryogaṃ yo veda cātmanaḥ। yaḥ sāṅkhyamātmano veda yasya cātmā vaśe sadā ॥8-24-39॥
[तपोविशेषैः (tapoviśeṣaiḥ) - by special austerities; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; योगं (yogam) - yoga; यः (yaḥ) - who; वेद (veda) - knows; च (ca) - and; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self; यः (yaḥ) - who; साङ्ख्यम् (sāṅkhyam) - Sankhya philosophy; आत्मनः (ātmanāḥ) - of the self; वेद (veda) - knows; यस्य (yasya) - whose; च (ca) - and; आत्मा (ātmā) - self; वशे (vaśe) - under control; सदा (sadā) - always;]
(By special austerities and by many, one who knows yoga and the self, who knows Sankhya philosophy and whose self is always under control.)
One who, through many special austerities, knows both yoga and the self, and who understands the Sankhya philosophy, always has his self under control.
ते तं ददृशुरीशानं तेजोराशिमुमापतिम्। अनन्यसदृशं लोके व्रतवन्तमकल्मषम् ॥८-२४-४०॥
te taṁ dadṛśur īśānaṁ tejorāśim umāpatim। ananyasadṛśaṁ loke vratavantam akalmaṣam ॥8-24-40॥
[ते (te) - they; तम् (tam) - him; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - saw; ईशानम् (īśānam) - lord; तेजोराशिम् (tejorāśim) - mass of brilliance; उमापतिम् (umāpatim) - consort of Uma; अनन्यसदृशम् (ananyasadṛśam) - unparalleled; लोके (loke) - in the world; व्रतवन्तम् (vratavantam) - vow-keeping; अकल्मषम् (akalmaṣam) - pure;]
(They saw him, the lord, a mass of brilliance, the consort of Uma, unparalleled in the world, vow-keeping and pure.)
They beheld the lord, a radiant figure, the husband of Uma, unmatched in the world, who was steadfast in his vows and pure.
एकं च भगवन्तं ते नानारूपमकल्पयन्। आत्मनः प्रतिरूपाणि रूपाण्यथ महात्मनि ॥ परस्परस्य चापश्यन्सर्वे परमविस्मिताः ॥८-२४-४१॥
ekaṁ ca bhagavantaṁ te nānārūpamakalpayana। ātmanaḥ pratirūpāṇi rūpāṇyatha mahātmani ॥ parasparasya cāpaśyansarve paramavismitāḥ ॥8-24-41॥
[एकम् (ekam) - one; च (ca) - and; भगवन्तम् (bhagavantam) - the Lord; ते (te) - they; नानारूपम् (nānārūpam) - various forms; अकल्पयन् (akalpayan) - imagined; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of themselves; प्रतिरूपाणि (pratirūpāṇi) - counterparts; रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms; अथ (atha) - then; महात्मनि (mahātmani) - in the great soul; परस्परस्य (parasparasya) - of each other; च (ca) - and; अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - saw; सर्वे (sarve) - all; परमविस्मिताः (paramavismitāḥ) - greatly astonished;]
(And they imagined the Lord as one with various forms, counterparts of themselves, then in the great soul. All saw each other and were greatly astonished.)
They envisioned the Lord as one entity with diverse forms, reflecting their own counterparts, and then in the great soul. Everyone saw each other and was utterly amazed.
सर्वभूतमयं चेशं तमजं जगतः पतिम्। देवा ब्रह्मर्षयश्चैव शिरोभिर्धरणीं गताः ॥८-२४-४२॥
sarvabhūtamayaṃ ceśaṃ tamajaṃ jagataḥ patim। devā brahmarṣayaścaiva śirobhirdharaṇīṃ gatāḥ ॥8-24-42॥
[सर्व (sarva) - all; भूत (bhūta) - beings; मयम् (mayam) - consisting of; च (ca) - and; ईशम् (īśam) - lord; तम् (tam) - that; अजम् (ajam) - unborn; जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the universe; पतिम् (patim) - master; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; ब्रह्मर्षयः (brahmarṣayaḥ) - sages; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - with heads; धरणीम् (dharaṇīm) - earth; गताः (gatāḥ) - went;]
(The lord consisting of all beings, that unborn master of the universe. The gods and sages indeed went to the earth with their heads.)
The gods and sages, recognizing the lord who embodies all beings and is the unborn master of the universe, bowed down to the earth with their heads.
तान्स्वस्तिवाक्येनाभ्यर्च्य समुत्थाप्य च शङ्करः। ब्रूत ब्रूतेति भगवान्स्मयमानोऽभ्यभाषत ॥८-२४-४३॥
tān svastivākyenābhyarcya samutthāpya ca śaṅkaraḥ। brūta brūteti bhagavān smayamāno'bhyabhāṣata ॥8-24-43॥
[तान् (tān) - them; स्वस्तिवाक्येन (svastivākyena) - with words of blessing; अभ्यर्च्य (abhyarcya) - having worshipped; समुत्थाप्य (samutthāpya) - having raised; च (ca) - and; शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Shankara; ब्रूत (brūta) - speak; ब्रूते (brūte) - speak; इति (iti) - thus; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered one; स्मयमानः (smayamānaḥ) - smiling; अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - addressed;]
(Having worshipped them with words of blessing and having raised them, Shankara, smiling, addressed (them) saying "Speak, speak".)
Shankara, after offering words of blessing and helping them rise, smilingly said, "Speak, speak," addressing them.
त्र्यम्बकेणाभ्यनुज्ञातास्ततस्तेऽस्वस्थचेतसः। नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु विभो तत इत्यब्रुवन्भवम् ॥८-२४-४४॥
tryambakeṇābhyanujñātāstataste'svasthacetasaḥ। namo namaste'stu vibho tata ityabruvanbhavam ॥8-24-44॥
[त्र्यम्बकेन (tryambakena) - by Tryambaka; अभ्यनुज्ञाताः (abhyanujñātāḥ) - permitted; ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; अस्वस्थचेतसः (asvasthacetasaḥ) - with disturbed minds; नमः (namaḥ) - salutations; नमः (namaḥ) - salutations; अस्तु (astu) - let there be; विभो (vibho) - O Lord; ततः (tataḥ) - then; इति (iti) - thus; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said; भवम् (bhavam) - to Lord Shiva;]
(Permitted by Tryambaka, then they with disturbed minds said to Lord Shiva, "Salutations, salutations, O Lord, let there be then.")
After being permitted by Tryambaka, they, with disturbed minds, addressed Lord Shiva, saying, "Salutations, O Lord, let there be peace."
नमो देवातिदेवाय धन्विने चातिमन्यवे। प्रजापतिमखघ्नाय प्रजापतिभिरीड्यसे ॥८-२४-४५॥
namo devātidevāya dhanvine cātimanyave। prajāpati-makha-ghnāya prajāpati-bhirīḍyase ॥8-24-45॥
[नमः (namaḥ) - salutation; देवातिदेवाय (devātidevāya) - to the god of gods; धन्विने (dhanvine) - to the wielder of the bow; च (ca) - and; अतिमन्यवे (atimanyave) - to the exceedingly proud one; प्रजापतिमखघ्नाय (prajāpati-makha-ghnāya) - to the destroyer of the sacrifice of Prajapati; प्रजापतिभिः (prajāpati-bhiḥ) - by the lords of creatures; ईड्यसे (īḍyase) - you are praised;]
(Salutation to the god of gods, to the wielder of the bow and to the exceedingly proud one. To the destroyer of the sacrifice of Prajapati, you are praised by the lords of creatures.)
Salutations to the supreme deity, the wielder of the bow, and the exceedingly proud one. You, who destroyed the sacrifice of Prajapati, are praised by the lords of creation.
नमः स्तुताय स्तुत्याय स्तूयमानाय मृत्यवे। विलोहिताय रुद्राय नीलग्रीवाय शूलिने ॥८-२४-४६॥
namaḥ stutāya stutyāya stūyamānāya mṛtyave। vilohitāya rudrāya nīlagrīvāya śūline ॥8-24-46॥
[नमः (namaḥ) - salutation; स्तुताय (stutāya) - to the praised; स्तुत्याय (stutyāya) - to the praiseworthy; स्तूयमानाय (stūyamānāya) - to the one being praised; मृत्यवे (mṛtyave) - to death; विलोहिताय (vilohitāya) - to the red one; रुद्राय (rudrāya) - to Rudra; नीलग्रीवाय (nīlagrīvāya) - to the blue-necked one; शूलिने (śūline) - to the trident-bearer;]
(Salutation to the praised, the praiseworthy, the one being praised, to death, to the red one, to Rudra, to the blue-necked one, to the trident-bearer.)
Salutations to Rudra, the praised and praiseworthy, the one being praised, the embodiment of death, the red one, the blue-necked trident-bearer.
अमोघाय मृगाक्षाय प्रवरायुधयोधिने। दुर्वारणाय शुक्राय ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मचारिणे ॥८-२४-४७॥
amoghāya mṛgākṣāya pravarāyudhayodhine। durvāraṇāya śukrāya brahmaṇe brahmacāriṇe ॥8-24-47॥
[अमोघाय (amoghāya) - to the unfailing one; मृगाक्षाय (mṛgākṣāya) - to the deer-eyed one; प्रवरायुधयोधिने (pravara-ayudha-yodhine) - to the foremost warrior with weapons; दुर्वारणाय (durvāraṇāya) - to the irresistible one; शुक्राय (śukrāya) - to Śukra; ब्रह्मणे (brahmaṇe) - to the Brahman; ब्रह्मचारिणे (brahmacāriṇe) - to the celibate sage;]
(To the unfailing one, the deer-eyed one, the foremost warrior with weapons, the irresistible one, to Śukra, to the Brahman, to the celibate sage.)
To the unfailing, deer-eyed, foremost warrior with weapons, irresistible Śukra, the Brahman, and the celibate sage.
ईशानायाप्रमेयाय नियन्त्रे चर्मवाससे। तपोनित्याय पिङ्गाय व्रतिने कृत्तिवाससे ॥८-२४-४८॥
īśānāyāprameyāya niyantre carmavāsase। taponityāya piṅgāya vratine kṛttivāsase ॥8-24-48॥
[ईशानाय (īśānāya) - to the lord; अप्रमेयाय (aprameyāya) - immeasurable; नियन्त्रे (niyantra) - controller; चर्मवाससे (carmavāsase) - wearer of skin; तपोनित्याय (taponityāya) - eternally austere; पिङ्गाय (piṅgāya) - tawny; व्रतिने (vratine) - vowed; कृत्तिवाससे (kṛttivāsase) - wearer of hides;]
(To the lord, immeasurable, controller, wearer of skin, eternally austere, tawny, vowed, wearer of hides.)
To the immeasurable lord, the controller, who wears skin, is eternally austere, tawny, vowed, and wears hides.
कुमारपित्रे त्र्यक्षाय प्रवरायुधधारिणे। प्रपन्नार्तिविनाशाय ब्रह्मद्विट्सङ्घघातिने ॥८-२४-४९॥
kumārapitre tryakṣāya pravarāyudhadhāriṇe। prapannārtivināśāya brahmadviṭsaṅghaghātine ॥8-24-49॥
[कुमार (kumāra) - Kumāra; पित्रे (pitre) - to the father; त्र्यक्षाय (tryakṣāya) - to the three-eyed one; प्रवर (pravara) - excellent; आयुध (āyudha) - weapon; धारिणे (dhāriṇe) - bearer; प्रपन्न (prapanna) - those who have surrendered; आर्ति (ārti) - distress; विनाशाय (vināśāya) - for the destruction; ब्रह्मद्विट् (brahmadviṭ) - of the enemies of Brahman; सङ्घ (saṅgha) - group; घातिने (ghātine) - to the destroyer;]
(To Kumāra, the father, the three-eyed one, the bearer of excellent weapons, for the destruction of the distress of those who have surrendered, to the destroyer of the group of enemies of Brahman.)
To Kumāra, the father and three-eyed deity, who bears excellent weapons, and destroys the distress of those who surrender, annihilating the enemies of Brahman.
वनस्पतीनां पतये नराणां पतये नमः। गवां च पतये नित्यं यज्ञानां पतये नमः ॥८-२४-५०॥
vanaspatīnāṃ pataye narāṇāṃ pataye namaḥ। gavāṃ ca pataye nityaṃ yajñānāṃ pataye namaḥ ॥8-24-50॥
[वनस्पतीनां (vanaspatīnāṃ) - of the trees; पतये (pataye) - to the lord; नराणां (narāṇāṃ) - of men; पतये (pataye) - to the lord; नमः (namaḥ) - salutations; गवां (gavāṃ) - of the cows; च (ca) - and; पतये (pataye) - to the lord; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - eternally; यज्ञानां (yajñānāṃ) - of the sacrifices; पतये (pataye) - to the lord; नमः (namaḥ) - salutations;]
(Salutations to the lord of the trees, to the lord of men. Salutations eternally to the lord of the cows and to the lord of the sacrifices.)
Salutations to the lord of trees, men, cows, and sacrifices, eternally.
नमोऽस्तु ते ससैन्याय त्र्यम्बकायोग्रतेजसे। मनोवाक्कर्मभिर्देव त्वां प्रपन्नान्भजस्व नः ॥८-२४-५१॥
namo'stu te sasainyāya tryambakāyogratejase। manovākkarmabhirdeva tvāṃ prapannānbhajasva naḥ ॥8-24-51॥
[नमः (namaḥ) - salutation; अस्तु (astu) - let there be; ते (te) - to you; ससैन्याय (sasainyāya) - with army; त्र्यम्बकाय (tryambakāya) - to the three-eyed; उग्रतेजसे (ugratejase) - fierce in brilliance; मनो (mano) - mind; वाक् (vāk) - speech; कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions; देव (deva) - O god; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; प्रपन्नान् (prapannān) - those who have surrendered; भजस्व (bhajasva) - protect; नः (naḥ) - us;]
(Salutation to you, the one with the army, the three-eyed, fierce in brilliance. O god, by mind, speech, and actions, protect us who have surrendered to you.)
Salutations to you, O three-eyed god with a fierce brilliance and an army. Protect us, who have surrendered to you, with our mind, speech, and actions.
ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्स्वागतेनाभिनन्द्य तान्। प्रोवाच व्येतु वस्त्रासो ब्रूत किं करवाणि वः ॥८-२४-५२॥
tataḥ prasanno bhagavānsvāgatenābhinandya tān। provāca vyetu vastrāso brūta kiṃ karavāṇi vaḥ ॥8-24-52॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रसन्नः (prasannaḥ) - pleased; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; स्वागतेन (svāgatena) - with a welcome; अभिनन्द्य (abhinandya) - having greeted; तान् (tān) - them; प्रोवाच (provāca) - said; व्येतु (vyetu) - let it go; वस्त्रासः (vastrāsaḥ) - fear; ब्रूत (brūta) - tell; किं (kiṃ) - what; करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do; वः (vaḥ) - for you;]
(Then, the pleased Lord, having greeted them with a welcome, said, "Let your fear go. Tell me, what shall I do for you?")
Then, the pleased Lord welcomed them and said, "Do not be afraid. Tell me, what can I do for you?"
पितृदेवर्षिसङ्घेभ्यो वरे दत्ते महात्मना। सत्कृत्य शङ्करं प्राह ब्रह्मा लोकहितं वचः ॥८-२४-५३॥
pitṛdevarṣisaṅghebhyō varē dattē mahātmanā। satkṛtya śaṅkaraṁ prāha brahmā lōkahitaṁ vacaḥ ॥8-24-53॥
[पितृ (pitṛ) - to the ancestors; देव (deva) - gods; ऋषि (ṛṣi) - sages; सङ्घेभ्यः (saṅghebhyah) - to the assembly; वरे (vare) - boon; दत्ते (datte) - given; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul; सत्कृत्य (satkṛtya) - having honored; शङ्करं (śaṅkaraṁ) - Shankara; प्राह (prāha) - said; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahma; लोकहितं (lokahitaṁ) - for the welfare of the world; वचः (vacaḥ) - words;]
(To the assembly of ancestors, gods, and sages, a boon was given by the great soul. Having honored Shankara, Brahma spoke words for the welfare of the world.)
Brahma, having honored Shankara, addressed the assembly of ancestors, gods, and sages, granting them a boon for the welfare of the world.
तवातिसर्गाद्देवेश प्राजापत्यमिदं पदम्। मयाधितिष्ठता दत्तो दानवेभ्यो महान्वरः ॥८-२४-५४॥
tavātisargāddeveśa prājāpatyamidaṃ padam। mayādhitiṣṭhatā datto dānavebhyo mahānvaraḥ ॥8-24-54॥
[तव (tava) - your; अतिसर्गात् (atisargāt) - from the great creation; देवेश (deveśa) - O lord of the gods; प्राजापत्यम् (prājāpatyam) - pertaining to Prajapati; इदम् (idam) - this; पदम् (padam) - position; मया (mayā) - by me; अधितिष्ठता (adhitiṣṭhatā) - being occupied; दत्तः (dattaḥ) - given; दानवेभ्यः (dānavebhyaḥ) - to the Danavas; महान् (mahān) - great; वरः (varaḥ) - boon;]
(From your great creation, O lord of the gods, this position pertaining to Prajapati, being occupied by me, was given as a great boon to the Danavas.)
O Lord of the gods, from your great creation, this position related to Prajapati was granted by me as a significant boon to the Danavas.
तानतिक्रान्तमर्यादान्नान्यः संहर्तुमर्हति। त्वामृते भूतभव्येश त्वं ह्येषां प्रत्यरिर्वधे ॥८-२४-५५॥
tānatikrāntamaryādānnānyaḥ saṃhartumarhati। tvāmṛte bhūtabhavyeśa tvaṃ hyeṣāṃ pratyarirvadhe ॥8-24-55॥
[तान् (tān) - those; अतिक्रान्त (atikrānta) - transgressed; मर्यादान् (maryādān) - limits; न (na) - not; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - anyone else; संहर्तुम् (saṃhartum) - to destroy; अर्हति (arhati) - is able; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; ऋते (ṛte) - except; भूतभव्येश (bhūtabhavyeśa) - lord of past and future; त्वम् (tvam) - you; हि (hi) - indeed; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; प्रत्यरिः (pratyariḥ) - enemy; वधे (vadhe) - in killing;]
(No one else is able to destroy those who have transgressed the limits, except you, O lord of past and future, for you are indeed the enemy of these in killing.)
"No one else can destroy those who have crossed their limits, except you, O lord of past and future, for you are indeed their enemy in destruction."
स त्वं देव प्रपन्नानां याचतां च दिवौकसाम्। कुरु प्रसादं देवेश दानवाञ्जहि शूलभृत् ॥८-२४-५६॥
sa tvaṁ deva prapannānāṁ yācatāṁ ca divaukasām। kuru prasādaṁ deveśa dānavāñjahi śūlabhṛt ॥8-24-56॥
[स (sa) - you; त्वं (tvaṁ) - you; देव (deva) - O god; प्रपन्नानाम् (prapannānām) - of those who have surrendered; याचताम् (yācatām) - of those who are asking; च (ca) - and; दिवौकसाम् (divaukasām) - of the celestial beings; कुरु (kuru) - do; प्रसादम् (prasādam) - favor; देवेश (deveśa) - O lord of the gods; दानवान् (dānavān) - demons; जहि (jahi) - destroy; शूलभृत् (śūlabhṛt) - O holder of the trident;]
(You, O god, do favor for those who have surrendered and for those who are asking, O lord of the gods, destroy the demons, O holder of the trident.)
O god, please show favor to those who have surrendered and those who are asking, O lord of the gods, destroy the demons, O wielder of the trident.
श्रीभगवानुवाच॥
śrībhagavānuvāca॥
[श्री (śrī) - glorious; भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The glorious Lord said:)
The glorious Lord said:
हन्तव्याः शत्रवः सर्वे युष्माकमिति मे मतिः। न त्वेकोऽहं वधे तेषां समर्थो वै सुरद्विषाम् ॥८-२४-५७॥
hantavyāḥ śatravaḥ sarve yuṣmākamiti me matiḥ। na tvekoham vadhe teṣāṃ samartho vai suradviṣām ॥8-24-57॥
[हन्तव्याः (hantavyāḥ) - to be killed; शत्रवः (śatravaḥ) - enemies; सर्वे (sarve) - all; युष्माकम् (yuṣmākam) - your; इति (iti) - thus; मे (me) - my; मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion; न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; अहम् (aham) - I; वधे (vadhe) - in killing; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; समर्थः (samarthaḥ) - capable; वै (vai) - indeed; सुरद्विषाम् (suradviṣām) - of the enemies of the gods;]
(All your enemies are to be killed, this is my opinion. But I alone am not capable of killing those enemies of the gods.)
It is my belief that all your enemies should be slain. However, I alone am not capable of defeating those foes of the gods.
ते यूयं सहिताः सर्वे मदीयेनास्त्रतेजसा। जयध्वं युधि ताञ्शत्रून्सङ्घातो हि महाबलः ॥८-२४-५८॥
te yūyaṃ sahitāḥ sarve madīyenāstratejasā। jayadhvaṃ yudhi tāñśatrūnsaṅghāto hi mahābalaḥ ॥8-24-58॥
[ते (te) - you all; यूयम् (yūyam) - you; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together; सर्वे (sarve) - all; मदीयेन (madīyena) - my; अस्त्र (astra) - weapon; तेजसा (tejasā) - by the power; जयध्वम् (jayadhvam) - conquer; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; तान् (tān) - those; शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; सङ्घातः (saṅghātaḥ) - group; हि (hi) - indeed; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - mighty;]
(You all, together with my weapon's power, conquer those enemies in battle, for the group is indeed mighty.)
"You all, united by the power of my weapon, should conquer those enemies in battle, for the group is truly mighty."
देवा ऊचुः॥
devā ūcuḥ॥
[देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said;]
(The gods said:)
The gods spoke:
अस्मत्तेजोबलं यावत्तावद्द्विगुणमेव च। तेषामिति ह मन्यामो दृष्टतेजोबला हि ते ॥८-२४-५९॥
asmattējōbalaṁ yāvattāvaddviguṇamēva ca। tēṣāmiti ha manyāmō dṛṣṭatējōbalā hi tē ॥8-24-59॥
[अस्मत् (asmat) - our; तेजः (tejaḥ) - power; बलं (balaṁ) - strength; यावत् (yāvat) - as much as; तावत् (tāvat) - so much; द्विगुणम् (dviguṇam) - double; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; तेषाम् (tēṣām) - their; इति (iti) - thus; ह (ha) - indeed; मन् (man) - think; यामः (yāmaḥ) - we; दृष्ट (dṛṣṭa) - seen; तेजः (tejaḥ) - power; बलाः (balāḥ) - strength; हि (hi) - indeed; ते (tē) - they;]
(Our power and strength are indeed double as much as theirs, thus we think, for their power and strength are indeed seen.)
"Our power and strength are indeed twice as much as theirs," thus we think, for we have seen their power and strength.
भगवानुवाच॥
bhagavān uvāca॥
[भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The Lord said:)
The Lord spoke:
वध्यास्ते सर्वतः पापा ये युष्मास्वपराधिनः। मम तेजोबलार्धेन सर्वांस्तान्घ्नत शात्रवान् ॥८-२४-६०॥
vadhyās te sarvataḥ pāpā ye yuṣmāsv aparādhinaḥ। mama tejobalārdhena sarvāṁs tān ghnata śātravān ॥8-24-60॥
[वध्याः (vadhyāḥ) - to be killed; ते (te) - they; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere; पापाः (pāpāḥ) - sinners; ये (ye) - who; युष्मासु (yuṣmāsu) - among you; अपराधिनः (aparādhinaḥ) - offenders; मम (mama) - my; तेजोबलार्धेन (tejobalārdhena) - with half of the power and strength; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; तान् (tān) - them; घ्नत (ghnata) - kill; शात्रवान् (śātravān) - enemies;]
(They, the sinners who are offenders among you, are to be killed everywhere. Kill all those enemies with half of my power and strength.)
"Those who have sinned against you are to be killed wherever they are. Use half of my power and strength to destroy all those enemies."
देवा ऊचुः॥
devā ūcuḥ॥
[देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said;]
(The gods said:)
The gods spoke:
बिभर्तुं तेजसोऽर्धं ते न शक्ष्यामो महेश्वर। सर्वेषां नो बलार्धेन त्वमेव जहि शात्रवान् ॥८-२४-६१॥
bibhartuṃ tejaso'rdhaṃ te na śakṣyāmo maheśvara। sarveṣāṃ no balārdhena tvameva jahi śātravān ॥8-24-61॥
[बिभर्तुं (bibhartuṃ) - to bear; तेजसः (tejasah) - of the energy; अर्धम् (ardham) - half; ते (te) - your; न (na) - not; शक्ष्यामः (śakṣyāmaḥ) - we are able; महेश्वर (maheśvara) - O great Lord; सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all; नः (naḥ) - our; बलार्धेन (balārdhena) - with half of the strength; त्वम् (tvam) - you; एव (eva) - indeed; जहि (jahi) - destroy; शात्रवान् (śātravān) - enemies;]
(We are not able to bear half of your energy, O great Lord. With half of our strength, you indeed destroy the enemies.)
O great Lord, we cannot bear even half of your energy. You alone, with half of our strength, should destroy the enemies.
दुर्योधन उवाच॥
duryodhana uvāca॥
[दुर्योधन (duryodhana) - Duryodhana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Duryodhana said:)
Duryodhana said:
ततस्तथेति देवेशस्तैरुक्तो राजसत्तम। अर्धमादाय सर्वेभ्यस्तेजसाभ्यधिकोऽभवत् ॥८-२४-६२॥
tatas tatheti deveśas tair ukto rājasattama। ardham ādāya sarvebhyas tejasābhyadhiko'bhavat ॥8-24-62॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तथ (tath) - so; इति (iti) - thus; देवेश (deveśa) - O lord of the gods; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed; राजसत्तम (rājasattama) - O best of kings; अर्धम् (ardham) - half; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; सर्वेभ्यः (sarvebhyaḥ) - from all; तेजसा (tejasā) - in brilliance; अभ्यधिकः (abhyadhikaḥ) - superior; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(Then, addressed by them as 'so be it', O lord of the gods, having taken half, became superior in brilliance to all, O best of kings.)
Then, O best of kings, the lord of the gods, addressed by them as 'so be it', took half and became superior in brilliance to all.
स तु देवो बलेनासीत्सर्वेभ्यो बलवत्तरः। महादेव इति ख्यातस्तदाप्रभृति शङ्करः ॥८-२४-६३॥
sa tu devo balenāsītsarvebhyo balavattaraḥ। mahādeva iti khyātastadāprabhṛti śaṅkaraḥ ॥8-24-63॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; देवः (devaḥ) - god; बलेन (balena) - by strength; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; सर्वेभ्यः (sarvebhyaḥ) - than all; बलवत्तरः (balavattaraḥ) - stronger; महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Mahadeva; इति (iti) - thus; ख्यातः (khyātaḥ) - known; तदा (tadā) - then; प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - since; शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Shankara;]
(He, however, was a god stronger than all by strength. Since then, he is known as Mahadeva, Shankara.)
He was the strongest of all the gods by strength, and from that time, he became known as Mahadeva, Shankara.
ततोऽब्रवीन्महादेवो धनुर्बाणधरस्त्वहम्। हनिष्यामि रथेनाजौ तान्रिपून्वै दिवौकसः ॥८-२४-६४॥
tato'bravīnmahādevo dhanurbāṇadharastvaham। haniṣyāmi rathenājau tānripūnvai divaukasaḥ ॥8-24-64॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Mahadeva; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; बाणधरः (bāṇadharaḥ) - arrow-bearer; त्वम् (tvam) - I; अहम् (aham) - am; हनिष्यामि (haniṣyāmi) - will slay; रथेन (rathena) - with chariot; अजौ (ajau) - in battle; तान् (tān) - those; रिपून् (ripūn) - enemies; वै (vai) - indeed; दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - O celestial beings;]
(Then Mahadeva said, "I am the bow and arrow bearer. I will slay those enemies in battle with a chariot, O celestial beings.")
Then Mahadeva declared, "I am the bearer of the bow and arrows. I shall defeat those enemies in battle with my chariot, O celestial beings."
ते यूयं मे रथं चैव धनुर्बाणं तथैव च। पश्यध्वं यावदद्यैतान्पातयामि महीतले ॥८-२४-६५॥
te yūyaṃ me rathaṃ caiva dhanurbāṇaṃ tathaiva ca। paśyadhvaṃ yāvadadyaitānpātayāmi mahītale ॥8-24-65॥
[ते (te) - those; यूयं (yūyaṃ) - you all; मे (me) - my; रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; धनुर्बाणं (dhanurbāṇaṃ) - bow and arrow; तथा (tathā) - also; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; पश्यध्वं (paśyadhvaṃ) - see; यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; अद्य (adya) - today; एतान् (etān) - these; पातयामि (pātayāmi) - I will make fall; महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground;]
(Those you all my chariot and indeed bow and arrow also indeed and see as long as today these I will make fall on the ground.)
"You all, see my chariot, bow, and arrows; today, I will make these fall to the ground."
देवा ऊचुः॥
devā ūcuḥ॥
[देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said;]
(The gods said:)
The gods spoke:
मूर्तिसर्वस्वमादाय त्रैलोक्यस्य ततस्ततः। रथं ते कल्पयिष्याम देवेश्वर महौजसम् ॥८-२४-६६॥
mūrtisarvasvamādāya trailokyasya tatastataḥ। rathaṃ te kalpayiṣyāma deveśvara mahaujasam ॥8-24-66॥
[मूर्ति (mūrti) - form; सर्वस्वम् (sarvasvam) - all; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; त्रैलोक्यस्य (trailokyasya) - of the three worlds; ततः (tataḥ) - then; ततः (tataḥ) - then; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; ते (te) - your; कल्पयिष्याम (kalpayiṣyāma) - I will create; देवेश्वर (deveśvara) - O lord of the gods; महौजसम् (mahaujasam) - of great energy;]
(Having taken all forms of the three worlds, then, then, I will create your chariot, O lord of the gods of great energy.)
"O Lord of the gods, having gathered all forms from the three worlds, I shall then create your chariot, which will be of immense power."
तथैव बुद्ध्या विहितं विश्वकर्मकृतं शुभम्। ततो विबुधशार्दूलास्तं रथं समकल्पयन् ॥८-२४-६७॥
tathaiva buddhyā vihitaṃ viśvakarmakṛtaṃ śubham। tato vibudhaśārdūlāstaṃ rathaṃ samakalpayan ॥8-24-67॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by wisdom; विहितं (vihitaṃ) - arranged; विश्वकर्मकृतं (viśvakarmakṛtaṃ) - made by Viśvakarman; शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious; ततः (tataḥ) - then; विबुधशार्दूलाः (vibudhaśārdūlāḥ) - the best among the wise; तम् (tam) - that; रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; समकल्पयन् (samakalpayan) - prepared;]
(In the same way, the auspicious chariot arranged by wisdom and made by Viśvakarman was then prepared by the best among the wise.)
In the same manner, the wise ones, using their intellect, prepared the auspicious chariot crafted by Viśvakarman.
वन्धुरं पृथिवीं देवीं विशालपुरमालिनीम्। सपर्वतवनद्वीपां चक्रुर्भूतधरां तदा ॥८-२४-६८॥
vandhuraṁ pṛthivīṁ devīṁ viśālapuramālinīm। saparvatavanadvīpāṁ cakrurbhūtadharāṁ tadā ॥8-24-68॥
[वन्धुरं (vandhuram) - beautiful; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīm) - earth; देवीं (devīm) - goddess; विशालपुरमालिनीम् (viśālapuramālinīm) - adorned with large cities; सपर्वतवनद्वीपां (saparvatavanadvīpām) - with mountains, forests, and islands; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - made; भूतधरां (bhūtadharām) - supporter of beings; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(They made the beautiful earth, the goddess adorned with large cities, with mountains, forests, and islands, the supporter of beings, then.)
At that time, they crafted the earth, a beautiful goddess adorned with vast cities, mountains, forests, and islands, serving as the supporter of all beings.
मन्दरं पर्वतं चाक्षं जङ्घास्तस्य महानदीः। दिशश्च प्रदिशश्चैव परिवारं रथस्य हि ॥८-२४-६९॥
mandaraṁ parvataṁ cākṣaṁ jaṅghāstasya mahānadīḥ। diśaśca pradiśaścaiva parivāraṁ rathasya hi ॥8-24-69॥
[मन्दरम् (mandaram) - Mandara mountain; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain; च (ca) - and; अक्षम् (akṣam) - axle; जङ्घाः (jaṅghāḥ) - wheels; तस्य (tasya) - its; महानदीः (mahānadīḥ) - great rivers; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; च (ca) - and; प्रदिशः (pradiśaḥ) - sub-directions; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; परिवारम् (parivāram) - surroundings; रथस्य (rathasya) - of the chariot; हि (hi) - indeed;]
(Mandara mountain and the mountain as the axle, its wheels are great rivers. Directions and sub-directions are indeed the surroundings of the chariot.)
The Mandara mountain serves as the axle of the chariot, with its wheels being the great rivers. The directions and sub-directions form the surroundings of the chariot.
अनुकर्षान्ग्रहान्दीप्तान्वरूथं चापि तारकाः। धर्मार्थकामसंयुक्तं त्रिवेणुं चापि बन्धुरम् ॥
anukarṣāngrahāndīptānvarūthaṃ cāpi tārakāḥ। dharmārthakāmasaṃyuktaṃ triveṇuṃ cāpi bandhuraṃ॥
[अनुकर्षान् (anukarṣān) - attractions; ग्रहान् (grahān) - planets; दीप्तान् (dīptān) - shining; वरूथम् (varūtham) - troop; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; तारकाः (tārakāḥ) - stars; धर्म (dharma) - dharma; अर्थ (artha) - artha; काम (kāma) - kāma; संयुक्तम् (saṃyuktam) - combined; त्रिवेणुम् (triveṇum) - three flutes; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; बन्धुरम् (bandhuram) - beautiful;]
(Attractions, planets, shining, troop, and also stars. Combined with dharma, artha, and kāma, and also beautiful three flutes.)
The attractions of the shining planets and stars, along with the beautiful three flutes, are combined with dharma, artha, and kāma.
सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ कृत्वा चक्रे रथवरोत्तमे। पक्षौ पूर्वापरौ तत्र कृते रात्र्यहनी शुभे ॥८-२४-७१॥
sūryācandramasau kṛtvā cakre rathavarottame। pakṣau pūrvāparau tatra kṛte rātryahanī śubhe ॥8-24-71॥
[सूर्य (sūrya) - sun; चन्द्रमसौ (candramasau) - moon; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; चक्रे (cakre) - created; रथवरोत्तमे (rathavarottame) - in the best of chariots; पक्षौ (pakṣau) - the two sides; पूर्वापरौ (pūrvāparau) - east and west; तत्र (tatra) - there; कृते (kṛte) - made; रात्र्यहनी (rātryahanī) - night and day; शुभे (śubhe) - auspicious;]
(Having made the sun and moon, he created the best of chariots. There, the two sides, east and west, were made as auspicious night and day.)
He created the best of chariots by placing the sun and moon. There, the two sides, east and west, were established as the auspicious night and day.
दश नागपतीनीषां धृतराष्ट्रमुखान्दृढाम्। द्यां युगं युगचर्माणि संवर्तकबलाहकान् ॥८-२४-७२॥
daśa nāgapatīnīṣāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭramukhāndṛḍhām। dyāṃ yugaṃ yugacarmāṇi saṃvartakabalāhakān ॥8-24-72॥
[दश (daśa) - ten; नागपतीनीषां (nāgapatīnīṣāṃ) - of the serpent queens; धृतराष्ट्रमुखान् (dhṛtarāṣṭramukhān) - headed by Dhritarashtra; दृढाम् (dṛḍhām) - firm; द्यां (dyāṃ) - sky; युगं (yugaṃ) - age; युगचर्माणि (yugacarmāṇi) - age-old skins; संवर्तकबलाहकान् (saṃvartakabalāhakān) - clouds of dissolution;]
(Ten serpent queens, firm and headed by Dhritarashtra, the sky, age, age-old skins, clouds of dissolution.)
The ten serpent queens, led by Dhritarashtra, stood firm, encompassing the sky, the ages, their ancient skins, and the clouds of dissolution.
शम्यां धृतिं च मेधां च स्थितिं संनतिमेव च। ग्रहनक्षत्रताराभिश्चर्म चित्रं नभस्तलम् ॥८-२४-७३॥
śamyāṃ dhṛtiṃ ca medhāṃ ca sthitiṃ saṃnatimeva ca। grahanakṣatratārābhiścarma citraṃ nabhastalam ॥8-24-73॥
[शम्यां (śamyām) - in the evening; धृतिं (dhṛtim) - steadiness; च (ca) - and; मेधां (medhām) - intelligence; च (ca) - and; स्थितिं (sthitim) - position; संनतिमेव (saṃnatimeva) - humility indeed; च (ca) - and; ग्रहनक्षत्रताराभिः (grahanakṣatratārābhiḥ) - with planets, stars, and constellations; चर्म (carma) - skin; चित्रं (citraṃ) - wonderful; नभस्तलम् (nabhastalam) - sky;]
(In the evening, steadiness, intelligence, position, and indeed humility; with planets, stars, and constellations, the sky is wonderfully like a skin.)
In the evening, there is steadiness, intelligence, position, and indeed humility; the sky, adorned with planets, stars, and constellations, appears wonderfully like a skin.
सुराम्बुप्रेतवित्तानां पतीँल्लोकेश्वरान्हयान्। सिनीवालीमनुमतिं कुहूं राकां च सुव्रताम् ॥ योक्त्राणि चक्रुर्वाहानां रोहकांश्चापि कण्ठकम् ॥८-२४-७४॥
surāmbupretavittānāṃ patīṁllokeśvarānhayān। sinīvālimanumatiṃ kuhūṃ rākāṃ ca suvratām ॥ yoktrāṇi cakruvāhānāṃ rohakāṃścāpi kaṇṭhakam ॥8-24-74॥
[सुराम्बु (surāmbu) - liquor and water; प्रेत (preta) - spirits; वित्तानां (vittānāṃ) - of wealth; पतीँ (patīṁ) - lords; लोकेश्वरान् (lokeśvarān) - worldly lords; हयान् (hayān) - horses; सिनीवालीम् (sinīvālim) - Sinivali; अनुमतिं (anumatiṃ) - Anumati; कुहूं (kuhūṃ) - Kuhu; राकां (rākāṃ) - Raka; च (ca) - and; सुव्रताम् (suvratām) - virtuous; योक्त्राणि (yoktrāṇi) - yokes; चक्रु (cakru) - made; वाहानां (vāhānāṃ) - of vehicles; रोहकान् (rohakān) - harnesses; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; कण्ठकम् (kaṇṭhakam) - girth.;]
(The lords of liquor, water, spirits, wealth, worldly lords, and horses, along with Sinivali, Anumati, Kuhu, and the virtuous Raka, made yokes for the vehicles, harnesses, and also girths.)
The deities associated with liquor, water, spirits, wealth, and worldly domains, along with the goddesses Sinivali, Anumati, Kuhu, and the virtuous Raka, prepared the yokes, harnesses, and girths for the vehicles.
कर्म सत्यं तपोऽर्थश्च विहितास्तत्र रश्मयः। अधिष्ठानं मनस्त्वासीत्परिरथ्यं सरस्वती ॥८-२४-७५॥
karma satyaṁ tapo'rthaśca vihitāstatra raśmayaḥ। adhiṣṭhānaṁ manastvāsītparirathyaṁ sarasvatī ॥8-24-75॥
[कर्म (karma) - action; सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose; च (ca) - and; विहिताः (vihitāḥ) - ordained; तत्र (tatra) - there; रश्मयः (raśmayaḥ) - rays; अधिष्ठानं (adhiṣṭhānam) - foundation; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; त्व (tva) - indeed; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; परिरथ्यम् (parirathyam) - surrounding; सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Saraswati;]
(Action, truth, austerity, and purpose were ordained there as rays. The mind was indeed the foundation, surrounding Saraswati.)
Action, truth, austerity, and purpose were established there as rays. The mind was indeed the foundation, encircling Saraswati.
नानावर्णाश्च चित्राश्च पताकाः पवनेरिताः। विद्युदिन्द्रधनुर्नद्धं रथं दीप्तं व्यदीपयत् ॥८-२४-७६॥
nānāvarṇāśca citrāśca patākāḥ pavaneritāḥ। vidyudindradhanurnaddhaṃ rathaṃ dīptaṃ vyadīpayat ॥8-24-76॥
[नानावर्णाः (nānāvarṇāḥ) - various colors; च (ca) - and; चित्राः (citrāḥ) - bright; च (ca) - and; पताकाः (patākāḥ) - flags; पवनेरिताः (pavaneritāḥ) - waving in the wind; विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning; इन्द्रधनुः (indradhanuh) - rainbow; नद्धं (naddhaṃ) - adorned; रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; दीप्तं (dīptaṃ) - shining; व्यदीपयत् (vyadīpayat) - illuminated;]
(Various colored and bright flags waving in the wind, adorned with lightning and a rainbow, illuminated the shining chariot.)
The chariot, adorned with various colored and bright flags waving in the wind, and decorated with lightning and a rainbow, shone brilliantly.
एवं तस्मिन्महाराज कल्पिते रथसत्तमे। देवैर्मनुजशार्दूल द्विषतामभिमर्दने ॥८-२४-७७॥
evaṃ tasminmahārāja kalpite rathasattame। devairmanujaśārdūla dviṣatāmabhimardane ॥8-24-77॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; कल्पिते (kalpite) - arranged; रथसत्तमे (rathasattame) - in the best of chariots; देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods; मनुजशार्दूल (manujaśārdūla) - O tiger among men; द्विषताम् (dviṣatām) - of the enemies; अभिमर्दने (abhimardane) - in the crushing;]
(Thus, O great king, in that best of chariots arranged by the gods, O tiger among men, in the crushing of the enemies.)
Thus, O great king, in that best of chariots arranged by the gods, you, O tiger among men, crushed the enemies.
स्वान्यायुधानि मुख्यानि न्यदधाच्छङ्करो रथे। रथयष्टिं वियत्कृष्टां स्थापयामास गोवृषम् ॥८-२४-७८॥
svānyāyudhāni mukhyāni nyadadhācchaṅkaro rathe। rathayaṣṭiṃ viyatkṛṣṭāṃ sthāpayāmāsa govṛṣam ॥8-24-78॥
[स्व (sva) - his; आयुधानि (āyudhāni) - weapons; मुख्यानि (mukhyāni) - principal; न्यदधात् (nyadadhāt) - placed; शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Shankara; रथे (rathe) - on the chariot; रथयष्टिं (rathayaṣṭiṃ) - chariot's pole; वियत्कृष्टां (viyatkṛṣṭāṃ) - drawn from the sky; स्थापयामास (sthāpayāmāsa) - established; गोवृषम् (govṛṣam) - Nandi;]
(Shankara placed his principal weapons on the chariot. He established the chariot's pole, drawn from the sky, with Nandi.)
Shankara placed his principal weapons on the chariot and set up the chariot's pole, which was drawn from the sky, with Nandi.
ब्रह्मदण्डः कालदण्डो रुद्रदण्डस्तथा ज्वरः। परिस्कन्दा रथस्यास्य सर्वतोदिशमुद्यताः ॥८-२४-७९॥
brahmadaṇḍaḥ kāladaṇḍo rudradaṇḍastathā jvaraḥ। pariskandā rathasyāsya sarvatodiśamudyatāḥ ॥8-24-79॥
[ब्रह्मदण्डः (brahmadaṇḍaḥ) - the staff of Brahma; कालदण्डः (kāladaṇḍaḥ) - the staff of Time; रुद्रदण्डः (rudradaṇḍaḥ) - the staff of Rudra; तथा (tathā) - and; ज्वरः (jvaraḥ) - fever; परिस्कन्दा (pariskandā) - surrounding; रथस्य (rathasya) - of the chariot; अस्य (asya) - this; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; दिशम् (diśam) - directions; उद्यताः (udyatāḥ) - raised;]
(The staff of Brahma, the staff of Time, the staff of Rudra, and fever are surrounding this chariot from all directions, raised.)
The divine powers and fever encircle this chariot from all directions, poised for action.
अथर्वाङ्गिरसावास्तां चक्ररक्षौ महात्मनः। ऋग्वेदः सामवेदश्च पुराणं च पुरःसराः ॥८-२४-८०॥
atharvāṅgirasāv āstāṃ cakrarakṣau mahātmanaḥ। ṛgvedaḥ sāmavedaś ca purāṇaṃ ca puraḥsarāḥ ॥8-24-80॥
[अथर्वाङ्गिरसौ (atharvāṅgirasau) - Atharva and Angiras; आस्तां (āstāṃ) - were; चक्ररक्षौ (cakrarakṣau) - protectors of the wheel; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - great souls; ऋग्वेदः (ṛgvedaḥ) - Rigveda; सामवेदः (sāmavedaḥ) - Samaveda; च (ca) - and; पुराणं (purāṇaṃ) - Purana; च (ca) - and; पुरःसराः (puraḥsarāḥ) - preceding;]
(Atharva and Angiras were protectors of the wheel, great souls. Rigveda, Samaveda, and Purana were preceding.)
Atharva and Angiras, the great souls, were protectors of the wheel. The Rigveda, Samaveda, and Purana were at the forefront.
इतिहासयजुर्वेदौ पृष्ठरक्षौ बभूवतुः। दिव्या वाचश्च विद्याश्च परिपार्श्वचराः कृताः ॥८-२४-८१॥
itihāsayajurvedau pṛṣṭharakṣau babhūvatuḥ। divyā vācaśca vidyāśca paripārśvacarāḥ kṛtāḥ ॥8-24-81॥
[इतिहास (itihāsa) - history; यजुर्वेदौ (yajurvedau) - Yajurveda; पृष्ठरक्षौ (pṛṣṭharakṣau) - protectors of the back; बभूवतुः (babhūvatuḥ) - became; दिव्या (divyā) - divine; वाचः (vācaḥ) - speech; च (ca) - and; विद्याः (vidyāḥ) - knowledge; च (ca) - and; परिपार्श्वचराः (paripārśvacarāḥ) - attendants; कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - made;]
(History and Yajurveda became protectors of the back. Divine speech and knowledge were made attendants.)
History and the Yajurveda became the protectors of the back, while divine speech and knowledge were made their attendants.
तोत्त्रादयश्च राजेन्द्र वषट्कारस्तथैव च। ओङ्कारश्च मुखे राजन्नतिशोभाकरोऽभवत् ॥८-२४-८२॥
tottrādayaśca rājendra vaṣaṭkārastathaiva ca। oṅkāraśca mukhe rājannatiśobhākaro'bhavat ॥8-24-82॥
[तोत्त्र (tottra) - whip; आदयः (ādayaḥ) - and others; च (ca) - and; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; वषट्कारः (vaṣaṭkāraḥ) - sacrificial exclamation; तथैव (tathaiva) - also; च (ca) - and; ओङ्कारः (oṅkāraḥ) - sacred syllable Om; च (ca) - and; मुखे (mukhe) - in the mouth; राजन् (rājan) - O king; अतिशोभाकरः (atiśobhākaraḥ) - very splendid; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(Whip and others, O king, the sacrificial exclamation and also the sacred syllable Om in the mouth, O king, became very splendid.)
O King, the whip and other sounds, along with the sacrificial exclamation and the sacred syllable Om, became very splendid in the mouth.
विचित्रमृतुभिः षड्भिः कृत्वा संवत्सरं धनुः। तस्मान्नॄणां कालरात्रिर्ज्या कृता धनुषोऽजरा ॥८-२४-८३॥
vicitramṛtubhiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ kṛtvā saṁvatsaraṁ dhanuḥ। tasmānnṝṇāṁ kālarātrirjyā kṛtā dhanuṣo'jarā ॥8-24-83॥
[विचित्र (vicitra) - varied; ऋतुभिः (ṛtubhiḥ) - with seasons; षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhiḥ) - six; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; संवत्सरं (saṁvatsaraṁ) - year; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; नॄणां (nṝṇāṁ) - of men; कालरात्रिः (kālarātriḥ) - night of time; ज्या (jyā) - string; कृता (kṛtā) - made; धनुषः (dhanuṣaḥ) - of the bow; अजरा (ajarā) - ageless;]
(With varied six seasons, having made a year as a bow, therefore, the night of time is made the ageless string of the bow of men.)
The six varied seasons form a year, likened to a bow, and thus the night of time becomes the ageless string of the bow for men.
इषुश्चाप्यभवद्विष्णुर्ज्वलनः सोम एव च। अग्नीषोमौ जगत्कृत्स्नं वैष्णवं चोच्यते जगत् ॥८-२४-८४॥
iṣuś cāpy abhavad viṣṇur jvalanaḥ soma eva ca। agnīṣomau jagat kṛtsnaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ cocyate jagat ॥8-24-84॥
[इषुः (iṣuḥ) - arrow; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Vishnu; ज्वलनः (jvalanaḥ) - fire; सोमः (somaḥ) - moon; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; अग्नीषोमौ (agnīṣomau) - Agni and Soma; जगत् (jagat) - world; कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire; वैष्णवम् (vaiṣṇavam) - related to Vishnu; च (ca) - and; उच्यते (ucyate) - is said; जगत् (jagat) - world;]
(The arrow also became Vishnu, fire, and indeed the moon. Agni and Soma are said to be the entire world related to Vishnu.)
The arrow transformed into Vishnu, fire, and the moon. Agni and Soma are considered to encompass the entire world associated with Vishnu.
विष्णुश्चात्मा भगवतो भवस्यामिततेजसः। तस्माद्धनुर्ज्यासंस्पर्शं न विषेहुर्हरस्य ते ॥८-२४-८५॥
viṣṇuścātmā bhagavato bhavasyāmitatejasaḥ। tasmāddhanurjyāsaṃsparśaṃ na viṣehurharasya te ॥8-24-85॥
[विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Vishnu; च (ca) - and; आत्मा (ātmā) - soul; भगवतः (bhagavataḥ) - of the divine; भवस्य (bhavasya) - of Shiva; अमिततेजसः (amitatejasaḥ) - of immeasurable splendor; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; ज्या (jyā) - string; संस्पर्शं (saṃsparśaṃ) - touch; न (na) - not; विषेहु: (viṣehur) - could bear; हरस्य (harasya) - of Hara (Shiva); ते (te) - they;]
(Vishnu, the soul of the divine, of Shiva of immeasurable splendor; therefore, they could not bear the touch of the bowstring of Hara (Shiva).)
Vishnu, being the soul of the divine and of Shiva who possesses immeasurable splendor, they could not endure the touch of Shiva's bowstring.
तस्मिञ्शरे तिग्ममन्युर्मुमोचाविषहं प्रभुः। भृग्वङ्गिरोमन्युभवं क्रोधाग्निमतिदुःसहम् ॥८-२४-८६॥
tasmiñśare tigmamanyurmumocāviṣahaṃ prabhuḥ। bhṛgvaṅgiromanyubhavaṃ krodhāgnimatiduḥsaham ॥8-24-86॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; शरे (śare) - arrow; तिग्म (tigma) - sharp; मन्युः (manyuḥ) - anger; मुमोच (mumoca) - released; अविषहम् (aviṣaham) - unbearable; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord; भृग्वङ्गिरः (bhṛgvaṅgiraḥ) - Bhrigu and Angiras; मन्यु (manyu) - anger; भवम् (bhavam) - born of; क्रोध (krodha) - wrath; अग्नि (agni) - fire; अति (ati) - extremely; दुःसहम् (duḥsaham) - difficult to endure;]
(In that arrow, the lord released unbearable sharp anger, the wrathful fire born of Bhrigu and Angiras, extremely difficult to endure.)
The lord released an unbearable and sharp anger in that arrow, a wrathful fire born from the anger of Bhrigu and Angiras, which was extremely difficult to endure.
स नीललोहितो धूम्रः कृत्तिवासा भयङ्करः। आदित्यायुतसङ्काशस्तेजोज्वालावृतो ज्वलन् ॥८-२४-८७॥
sa nīlalohito dhūmraḥ kṛttivāsā bhayaṅkaraḥ। ādityāyutasaṅkāśastejojvālāvṛto jvalan ॥8-24-87॥
[स (sa) - he; नीललोहितः (nīlalohitaḥ) - blue-red; धूम्रः (dhūmraḥ) - smoky; कृत्तिवासा (kṛttivāsā) - wearing a hide; भयङ्करः (bhayaṅkaraḥ) - fearsome; आदित्यायुतसङ्काशः (ādityāyutasaṅkāśaḥ) - like ten thousand suns; तेजोज्वालावृतः (tejojvālāvṛtaḥ) - enveloped in flames of energy; ज्वलन् (jvalan) - blazing;]
(He, blue-red, smoky, wearing a hide, fearsome, like ten thousand suns, enveloped in flames of energy, blazing.)
He is blue-red and smoky, wearing a hide and fearsome in appearance. He shines like ten thousand suns, enveloped in flames of energy, blazing intensely.
दुश्च्यावश्च्यावनो जेता हन्ता ब्रह्मद्विषां हरः। नित्यं त्राता च हन्ता च धर्माधर्माश्रिताञ्जनान् ॥८-२४-८८॥
duścyāvaścyāvano jetā hantā brahmadviṣāṃ haraḥ। nityaṃ trātā ca hantā ca dharmādharmāśritāñjanān ॥8-24-88॥
[दुश्च्यावः (duścyāvaḥ) - difficult to move; च्यावनः (cyāvanaḥ) - mover; जेता (jetā) - conqueror; हन्ता (hantā) - destroyer; ब्रह्मद्विषां (brahmadviṣāṃ) - of the haters of Brahman; हरः (haraḥ) - Hara (Shiva); नित्यं (nityaṃ) - eternally; त्राता (trātā) - protector; च (ca) - and; हन्ता (hantā) - destroyer; च (ca) - and; धर्म (dharma) - of righteousness; अधर्म (adharma) - of unrighteousness; आश्रितान् (āśritān) - those who take refuge; जनान् (janān) - people;]
(The difficult to move mover, conqueror, destroyer of the haters of Brahman, Hara (Shiva), eternally the protector and destroyer of those who take refuge in righteousness and unrighteousness.)
Hara (Shiva) is the immovable mover, the conqueror and destroyer of those who hate Brahman. He is eternally the protector and destroyer of people who take refuge in both righteousness and unrighteousness.
प्रमाथिभिर्घोररूपैर्भीमोदग्रैर्गणैर्वृतः। विभाति भगवान्स्थाणुस्तैरेवात्मगुणैर्वृतः ॥८-२४-८९॥
pramāthibhirghorarūpairbhīmodagrairgaṇairvṛtaḥ। vibhāti bhagavānsthāṇustairevātmaguṇairvṛtaḥ ॥8-24-89॥
[प्रमाथिभिः (pramāthibhiḥ) - by the fierce ones; घोररूपैः (ghorarūpaiḥ) - terrible forms; भीम (bhīma) - fearsome; उदग्रैः (udagraiḥ) - towering; गणैः (gaṇaiḥ) - by the groups; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded; विभाति (vibhāti) - shines; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the blessed one; स्थाणुः (sthāṇuḥ) - Śiva; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; एव (eva) - indeed; आत्मगुणैः (ātmaguṇaiḥ) - by his own qualities; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded;]
(Surrounded by fierce ones with terrible forms, fearsome and towering groups, shines the blessed one, Śiva, surrounded by them indeed by his own qualities.)
The blessed Lord Śiva, surrounded by fierce and terrible beings, shines forth, enveloped by his own divine qualities.
तस्याङ्गानि समाश्रित्य स्थितं विश्वमिदं जगत्। जङ्गमाजङ्गमं राजञ्शुशुभेऽद्भुतदर्शनम् ॥८-२४-९०॥
tasyāṅgāni samāśritya sthitaṁ viśvamidaṁ jagat। jaṅgamājaṅgamaṁ rājañśuśubhe'dbhutadarśanam ॥8-24-90॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs; समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having resorted to; स्थितं (sthitaṁ) - situated; विश्वम् (viśvam) - universe; इदं (idaṁ) - this; जगत् (jagat) - world; जङ्गम (jaṅgama) - moving; अजङ्गमं (ajaṅgamaṁ) - non-moving; राजन् (rājan) - O king; शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone; अद्भुत (adbhuta) - wonderful; दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sight;]
(Having resorted to his limbs, this entire universe, the moving and non-moving world, O king, shone as a wonderful sight.)
O king, having resorted to his limbs, this entire universe, both moving and non-moving, appeared as a wonderful sight.
दृष्ट्वा तु तं रथं दिव्यं कवची स शरासनी। बाणमादत्त तं दिव्यं सोमविष्ण्वग्निसम्भवम् ॥८-२४-९१॥
dṛṣṭvā tu taṃ rathaṃ divyaṃ kavacī sa śarāsanī। bāṇamādatta taṃ divyaṃ somaviṣṇvagnisambhavam ॥8-24-91॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तु (tu) - but; तं (taṃ) - that; रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; दिव्यं (divyaṃ) - divine; कवची (kavacī) - armored; स (sa) - he; शरासनी (śarāsanī) - with bow; बाणमादत्त (bāṇamādatta) - took the arrow; तं (taṃ) - that; दिव्यं (divyaṃ) - divine; सोमविष्ण्वग्निसम्भवम् (somaviṣṇvagnisambhavam) - born of Soma, Vishnu, and Agni;]
(Having seen that divine chariot, armored and with bow, he took that divine arrow born of Soma, Vishnu, and Agni.)
Upon seeing the divine chariot, armored and equipped with a bow, he took up the divine arrow that was born from Soma, Vishnu, and Agni.
तस्य वाजांस्ततो देवाः कल्पयां चक्रिरे विभोः। पुण्यगन्धवहं राजञ्श्वसनं राजसत्तम ॥८-२४-९२॥
tasya vājāṃs tato devāḥ kalpayāṃ cakrire vibhoḥ। puṇyagandhavahaṃ rājañ śvasanaṃ rājasattama ॥8-24-92॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; वाजान् (vājān) - horses; ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; कल्पयाम् (kalpayām) - arranged; चक्रिरे (cakrire) - made; विभोः (vibhoḥ) - of the lord; पुण्यगन्धवहम् (puṇyagandhavaham) - carrying auspicious fragrance; राजन् (rājan) - O king; श्वसनम् (śvasanam) - breath; राजसत्तम (rājasattama) - best of kings;]
(His horses, then, the gods arranged, O lord, carrying auspicious fragrance, O king, the breath, best of kings.)
Then the gods arranged his horses, O lord, which carried an auspicious fragrance, O king, as the breath of the best of kings.
तमास्थाय महादेवस्त्रासयन्दैवतान्यपि। आरुरोह तदा यत्तः कम्पयन्निव रोदसी ॥८-२४-९३॥
tamāsthāya mahādevastrāsayandaivatānyapi। āruroha tadā yattaḥ kampayanniva rodasī ॥8-24-93॥
[तम् (tam) - that; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having assumed; महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Mahadeva; त्रासयन् (trāsayan) - frightening; दैवतानि (daivatāni) - the gods; अपि (api) - even; आरुरोह (āruroha) - ascended; तदा (tadā) - then; यत्तः (yattaḥ) - attentive; कम्पयन् (kampayan) - shaking; इव (iva) - as if; रोदसी (rodasī) - the heavens and the earth;]
(Having assumed that form, Mahadeva, even frightening the gods, then ascended, attentive, as if shaking the heavens and the earth.)
Mahadeva, taking on that form and even instilling fear in the gods, ascended with great focus, as if causing the heavens and the earth to tremble.
स शोभमानो वरदः खड्गी बाणी शरासनी। हसन्निवाब्रवीद्देवो सारथिः को भविष्यति ॥८-२४-९४॥
sa śobhamāno varadaḥ khaḍgī bāṇī śarāsanī। hasannivābravīddevo sārathiḥ ko bhaviṣyati ॥8-24-94॥
[स (sa) - he; शोभमानः (śobhamānaḥ) - shining; वरदः (varadaḥ) - boon-giver; खड्गी (khaḍgī) - sword-bearer; बाणी (bāṇī) - arrow-holder; शरासनी (śarāsanī) - bow-holder; हसन्निव (hasanniva) - as if smiling; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer; कः (kaḥ) - who; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be;]
(He, shining, boon-giver, sword-bearer, arrow-holder, bow-holder, as if smiling, the god said, "Who will be the charioteer?")
The god, appearing radiant and as if smiling, equipped with a sword, arrows, and a bow, asked, "Who will be the charioteer?"
तमब्रुवन्देवगणा यं भवान्संनियोक्ष्यते। स भविष्यति देवेश सारथिस्ते न संशयः ॥८-२४-९५॥
tam abruvan devagaṇā yaṁ bhavān saṁniyoḳṣyate। sa bhaviṣyati deveśa sārathis te na sanśayaḥ ॥8-24-95॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - said; देवगणाः (devagaṇāḥ) - the groups of gods; यम् (yam) - whom; भवान् (bhavān) - you; संनियोक्ष्यते (saṁniyoḳṣyate) - will appoint; सः (saḥ) - he; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will become; देवेश (deveśa) - O lord of the gods; सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer; ते (te) - your; न (na) - no; संशयः (sanśayaḥ) - doubt;]
(The groups of gods said to him, "He whom you appoint, O lord of the gods, will become your charioteer, without a doubt.")
The gods assured him, "The one you choose, O lord of the gods, will undoubtedly become your charioteer."
तानब्रवीत्पुनर्देवो मत्तः श्रेष्ठतरो हि यः। तं सारथिं कुरुध्वं मे स्वयं सञ्चिन्त्य माचिरम् ॥८-२४-९६॥
tān abravīt punar devo mattaḥ śreṣṭhataraḥ hi yaḥ। taṃ sārathiṃ kurudhvaṃ me svayaṃ sañcintya mā ciram ॥8-24-96॥
[तान् (tān) - them; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; पुनः (punar) - again; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me; श्रेष्ठतरः (śreṣṭhataraḥ) - better; हि (hi) - indeed; यः (yaḥ) - who; तम् (tam) - him; सारथिम् (sārathim) - charioteer; कुरुध्वम् (kurudhvam) - make; मे (me) - my; स्वयम् (svayam) - yourself; सञ्चिन्त्य (sañcintya) - considering; मा (mā) - not; चिरम् (ciram) - long;]
(The god said to them again: "The one who is indeed better than me, make him my charioteer yourself, considering not long.")
The god spoke to them again, saying: "Choose the one who is truly superior to me as my charioteer without delay, after careful consideration."
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो देवा वाक्यमुक्तं महात्मना। गत्वा पितामहं देवं प्रसाद्यैवं वचोऽब्रुवन् ॥८-२४-९७॥
etacchrutvā tato devā vākyamuktaṃ mahātmanā। gatvā pitāmahaṃ devaṃ prasādyaivaṃ vaco'bruvan ॥8-24-97॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words; उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to the grandsire; देवम् (devam) - the god; प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having pleased; एवम् (evam) - thus; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke;]
(Having heard this, then the gods, having gone to the grandsire god and having pleased him, spoke these words.)
Upon hearing this, the gods went to the grandsire god, pleased him, and then spoke these words.
देव त्वयेदं कथितं त्रिदशारिनिबर्हणम्। तथा च कृतमस्माभिः प्रसन्नो वृषभध्वजः ॥८-२४-९८॥
deva tvayedam kathitaṃ tridaśārinibarhaṇam। tathā ca kṛtamasmābhiḥ prasanno vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ ॥8-24-98॥
[देव (deva) - O god; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; इदं (idam) - this; कथितं (kathitaṃ) - told; त्रिदशारिनिबर्हणम् (tridaśārinibarhaṇam) - destroyer of the enemies of the gods; तथा (tathā) - thus; च (ca) - and; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us; प्रसन्नः (prasannaḥ) - pleased; वृषभध्वजः (vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ) - the one with the bull banner;]
(O god, this destroyer of the enemies of the gods was told by you. Thus, it was done by us, and the one with the bull banner is pleased.)
O god, you have told us about the destroyer of the enemies of the gods. Accordingly, we have acted, and the one with the bull banner is pleased.
रथश्च विहितोऽस्माभिर्विचित्रायुधसंवृतः। सारथिं तु न जानीमः कः स्यात्तस्मिन्रथोत्तमे ॥८-२४-९९॥
rathaśca vihito'smābhirvicitrāyudhasaṁvṛtaḥ। sārathiṁ tu na jānīmaḥ kaḥ syāttasminrathottame ॥8-24-99॥
[रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot; च (ca) - and; विहितः (vihitaḥ) - prepared; अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us; विचित्रायुध (vicitrāyudha) - with various weapons; संवृतः (saṁvṛtaḥ) - covered; सारथिं (sārathim) - charioteer; तु (tu) - but; न (na) - not; जानीमः (jānīmaḥ) - we know; कः (kaḥ) - who; स्यात् (syāt) - may be; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; रथोत्तमे (rathottame) - excellent chariot;]
(The chariot, prepared by us and covered with various weapons, but we do not know who may be the charioteer in that excellent chariot.)
The chariot has been prepared by us and is covered with various weapons, but we do not know who the charioteer might be in that excellent chariot.
तस्माद्विधीयतां कश्चित्सारथिर्देवसत्तम। सफलां तां गिरं देव कर्तुमर्हसि नो विभो ॥८-२४-१००॥
tasmād vidhīyatāṃ kaścit sārathir devasattama। saphalāṃ tāṃ giraṃ deva kartum arhasi no vibho ॥8-24-100॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let be appointed; कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone; सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer; देवसत्तम (devasattama) - O best of the gods; सफलाम् (saphalām) - fruitful; ताम् (tām) - that; गिरम् (giram) - speech; देव (deva) - O god; कर्तुम् (kartum) - to make; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should; नः (naḥ) - our; विभो (vibho) - O lord;]
(Therefore, let some charioteer be appointed, O best of the gods. O god, you should make that speech fruitful for us, O lord.)
Therefore, O best of the gods, appoint a charioteer. O god, you should fulfill that speech for us, O lord.
एवमस्मासु हि पुरा भगवन्नुक्तवानसि। हितं कर्तास्मि भवतामिति तत्कर्तुमर्हसि ॥८-२४-१०१॥
evamasmāsu hi purā bhagavannuktavānasi। hitaṃ kartāsmi bhavatāmiti tatkartumarhasi ॥8-24-101॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; अस्मासु (asmāsu) - to us; हि (hi) - indeed; पुरा (purā) - before; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord; उक्तवानसि (uktavānasi) - you have said; हितम् (hitam) - benefit; कर्तास्मि (kartāsmi) - I will do; भवताम् (bhavatām) - for you; इति (iti) - thus; तत् (tat) - that; कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should;]
(Thus, indeed, you have said to us before, O Lord, "I will do what is beneficial for you," therefore you should do that.)
O Lord, you have previously assured us, "I will act for your benefit," so now you should fulfill that promise.
स देव युक्तो रथसत्तमो नो; दुरावरो द्रावणः शात्रवाणाम्। पिनाकपाणिर्विहितोऽत्र योद्धा; विभीषयन्दानवानुद्यतोऽसौ ॥८-२४-१०२॥
sa deva yukto rathasattamo no; durāvaro drāvaṇaḥ śātravāṇām। pinākapāṇirvihito'tra yoddhā; vibhīṣayandānavānudyato'sau ॥8-24-102॥
[स (sa) - he; देव (deva) - god; युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - engaged; रथसत्तमः (rathasattamaḥ) - best of charioteers; नः (naḥ) - our; दुरावरो (durāvaro) - irresistible; द्रावणः (drāvaṇaḥ) - disperser; शात्रवाणाम् (śātravāṇām) - of enemies; पिनाकपाणिः (pinākapāṇiḥ) - Pinaka-bearer; विहितः (vihitaḥ) - appointed; अत्र (atra) - here; योद्धा (yoddhā) - warrior; विभीषयन् (vibhīṣayan) - terrifying; दानवान् (dānavān) - demons; उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - ready; असौ (asau) - he.;]
(He, the god engaged as the best of charioteers for us, is irresistible and disperses the enemies. The Pinaka-bearer is appointed here as a warrior, terrifying the demons, he is ready.)
He, the divine charioteer, is unmatched and scatters the foes. The wielder of Pinaka is designated here as a warrior, instilling fear in the demons, he stands prepared.
तथैव वेदाश्चतुरो हयाग्र्या; धरा सशैला च रथो महात्मन्। नक्षत्रवंशोऽनुगतो वरूथे; यस्मिन्योद्धा सारथिनाभिरक्ष्यः ॥८-२४-१०३॥
tathaiva vedāścaturo hayāgryā; dharā saśailā ca ratho mahātman। nakṣatravaṃśo'nugato varūthe; yasminyoddhā sārathinābhirakṣyaḥ ॥8-24-103॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; वेदाः (vedāḥ) - Vedas; चतुरः (caturo) - four; हयाग्र्याः (hayāgryāḥ) - foremost horses; धरा (dharā) - earth; सशैला (saśailā) - with mountains; च (ca) - and; रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot; महात्मन् (mahātman) - O great one; नक्षत्रवंशः (nakṣatravaṃśaḥ) - lineage of stars; अनुगतः (anugataḥ) - followed; वरूथे (varūthe) - in the troop; यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which; योद्धा (yoddhā) - warrior; सारथिना (sārathinā) - by the charioteer; अभिरक्ष्यः (abhirakṣyaḥ) - to be protected;]
(In the same way, the four Vedas, the foremost horses, the earth with mountains, and the chariot, O great one, the lineage of stars followed in the troop in which the warrior is to be protected by the charioteer.)
In the same way, O great one, the four Vedas, the foremost horses, the earth with its mountains, and the chariot are present. The lineage of stars follows in the troop where the warrior is protected by the charioteer.
तत्र सारथिरेष्टव्यः सर्वैरेतैर्विशेषवान्। तत्प्रतिष्ठो रथो देव हया योद्धा तथैव च ॥ कवचानि च शस्त्राणि कार्मुकं च पितामह ॥८-२४-१०४॥
tatra sārathireṣṭavyaḥ sarvairetairviśeṣavān। tatpratiṣṭho ratho deva hayā yoddhā tathaiva ca ॥ kavacāni ca śastrāṇi kārmukaṃ ca pitāmaha ॥8-24-104॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; सारथि: (sārathiḥ) - charioteer; इष्टव्य: (iṣṭavyaḥ) - to be desired; सर्वै: (sarvaiḥ) - by all; एतै: (etaiḥ) - by these; विशेषवान् (viśeṣavān) - distinguished; तत् (tat) - that; प्रतिष्ठ: (pratiṣṭhaḥ) - established; रथ: (rathaḥ) - chariot; देव (deva) - O god; हया: (hayāḥ) - horses; योद्धा (yoddhā) - warrior; तथा (tathā) - also; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; कवचानि (kavacāni) - armors; च (ca) - and; शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - weapons; कार्मुकं (kārmukaṃ) - bow; च (ca) - and; पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandfather;]
(There, the charioteer is to be desired by all these distinguished ones. That chariot, O god, is established with horses, warriors, and indeed also with armors, weapons, and a bow, O grandfather.)
There, the charioteer should be chosen by all these distinguished ones. That chariot, O god, is well-established with horses, warriors, and indeed also equipped with armors, weapons, and a bow, O grandfather.
त्वामृते सारथिं तत्र नान्यं पश्यामहे वयम्। त्वं हि सर्वैर्गुणैर्युक्तो देवताभ्योऽधिकः प्रभो ॥ सारथ्ये तूर्णमारोह संयच्छ परमान्हयान् ॥८-२४-१०५॥
tvāmṛte sārathiṃ tatra nānyaṃ paśyāmahe vayam। tvaṃ hi sarvairguṇairyukto devatābhyo'dhikaḥ prabho ॥ sārathye tūrṇamāroha saṃyaccha paramānhayān ॥8-24-105॥
[त्वाम् (tvām) - you; ऋते (ṛte) - except; सारथिम् (sārathim) - charioteer; तत्र (tatra) - there; न (na) - not; अन्यम् (anyam) - other; पश्यामहे (paśyāmahe) - see; वयम् (vayam) - we; त्वम् (tvam) - you; हि (hi) - indeed; सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - with all; गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - qualities; युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed; देवताभ्यः (devatābhyaḥ) - than the gods; अधिकः (adhikaḥ) - superior; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; सारथ्ये (sārathye) - in charioteering; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; आरोह (āroha) - ascend; संयच्छ (saṃyaccha) - control; परमान् (paramān) - excellent; हयान् (hayān) - horses;]
(Except for you, we see no other charioteer there. Indeed, you are endowed with all qualities, superior to the gods, O lord. Quickly ascend to charioteering and control the excellent horses.)
"O lord, we see no other charioteer there except you. You are indeed endowed with all qualities, superior even to the gods. Quickly ascend to the chariot and control the excellent horses."
इति ते शिरसा नत्वा त्रिलोकेशं पितामहम्। देवाः प्रसादयामासुः सारथ्यायेति नः श्रुतम् ॥८-२४-१०६॥
iti te śirasā natvā trilokeśaṃ pitāmaham। devāḥ prasādayāmāsuḥ sārathyāyeti naḥ śrutam ॥8-24-106॥
[इति (iti) - thus; ते (te) - they; शिरसा (śirasā) - with head; नत्वा (natvā) - having bowed; त्रिलोकेशम् (trilokeśam) - lord of the three worlds; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - grandfather; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; प्रसादयामासुः (prasādayāmāsuḥ) - appeased; सारथ्याय (sārathyāya) - for charioteering; इति (iti) - thus; नः (naḥ) - to us; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard;]
(Thus, having bowed with their heads to the lord of the three worlds, the grandfather, the gods appeased him for charioteering, thus we have heard.)
Thus, we have heard that the gods, having bowed their heads to the lord of the three worlds, the grandfather, appeased him for the role of charioteer.
ब्रह्मोवाच॥
brahmovāca॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahma; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Brahma said:)
Brahma said:
नात्र किञ्चिन्मृषा वाक्यं यदुक्तं वो दिवौकसः। संयच्छामि हयानेष युध्यतो वै कपर्दिनः ॥८-२४-१०७॥
nātra kiñcinmṛṣā vākyaṃ yaduktaṃ vo divaukasaḥ। saṃyacchāmi hayāneṣa yudhyato vai kapardinaḥ ॥8-24-107॥
[न (na) - not; अत्र (atra) - here; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; मृषा (mṛṣā) - false; वाक्यम् (vākyaṃ) - statement; यत् (yat) - which; उक्तम् (uktam) - said; वः (vaḥ) - to you; दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - O gods; संयच्छामि (saṃyacchāmi) - I restrain; हयान् (hayān) - horses; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; युध्यतः (yudhyataḥ) - fighting; वै (vai) - indeed; कपर्दिनः (kapardinaḥ) - of Kapardin;]
(Here, nothing false is said to you, O gods. I restrain the horses of this fighting Kapardin.)
"There is nothing false in what is said to you, O gods. I restrain the horses of Kapardin, who is indeed fighting."
ततः स भगवान्देवो लोकस्रष्टा पितामहः। सारथ्ये कल्पितो देवैरीशानस्य महात्मनः ॥८-२४-१०८॥
tataḥ sa bhagavāndevo lokasraṣṭā pitāmahaḥ। sārathye kalpito devairīśānasya mahātmanaḥ ॥8-24-108॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the blessed; देवः (devaḥ) - god; लोकस्रष्टा (lokasraṣṭā) - creator of the world; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather; सारथ्ये (sārathye) - as a charioteer; कल्पितः (kalpitaḥ) - appointed; दैवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods; ईशानस्य (īśānasya) - of Shiva; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - the great soul;]
(Then he, the blessed god, the creator of the world, the grandfather, was appointed as a charioteer by the gods of Shiva, the great soul.)
Then the blessed god, the creator of the world and grandfather, was appointed by the gods to be the charioteer of the great soul, Shiva.
तस्मिन्नारोहति क्षिप्रं स्यन्दनं लोकपूजिते। शिरोभिरगमंस्तूर्णं ते हया वातरंहसः ॥८-२४-१०९॥
tasminnārohati kṣipraṃ syandanaṃ lokapūjite। śirobhiragamaṃstūrṇaṃ te hayā vātaraṃhasaḥ ॥8-24-109॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; आरोहति (ārohati) - ascends; क्षिप्रं (kṣipraṃ) - quickly; स्यन्दनं (syandanaṃ) - chariot; लोकपूजिते (lokapūjite) - revered by the world; शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - with heads; अगमंस्तूर्णं (agamaṃstūrṇaṃ) - approached swiftly; ते (te) - those; हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses; वातरंहसः (vātaraṃhasaḥ) - swift as the wind;]
(In that revered chariot, he quickly ascends; those horses, swift as the wind, approached swiftly with heads.)
He quickly ascended the revered chariot, and those horses, swift as the wind, approached swiftly with their heads bowed.
महेश्वरे त्वारुहति जानुभ्यामगमन्महीम्। अभीशून्हि त्रिलोकेशः सङ्गृह्य प्रपितामहः। तानश्वांश्चोदयामास मनोमारुतरंहसः ॥८-२४-१११॥
maheśvare tvāruhati jānubhyām agaman mahīm। abhīśūn hi trilokeśaḥ saṅgṛhya prapitāmahaḥ। tān aśvān codayām āsa manomārutaraṃhasaḥ ॥8-24-111॥
[महेश्वरे (maheśvare) - to Lord Shiva; त्वा (tvā) - you; आरुहति (āruhati) - ascends; जानुभ्याम् (jānubhyām) - with knees; अगमत् (agamat) - went; महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth; अभीशून् (abhīśūn) - the enemies; हि (hi) - indeed; त्रिलोकेशः (trilokeśaḥ) - the lord of the three worlds; सङ्गृह्य (saṅgṛhya) - having seized; प्रपितामहः (prapitāmahaḥ) - the great-grandfather; तान् (tān) - those; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; चोदयाम् (codayām) - urged; आस (āsa) - was; मनोमारुतरंहसः (manomārutaraṃhasaḥ) - swift as the mind and wind;]
(To Lord Shiva, you ascend with knees, went to the earth. Indeed, the lord of the three worlds, having seized the enemies, the great-grandfather urged those horses, swift as the mind and wind.)
Lord Shiva ascended with his knees to the earth. The lord of the three worlds, having seized the enemies, urged the horses, which were as swift as the mind and wind.
ततोऽधिरूढे वरदे प्रयाते चासुरान्प्रति। साधु साध्विति विश्वेशः स्मयमानोऽभ्यभाषत ॥८-२४-११२॥
tato'dhirūḍhe varade prayāte cāsurānprati। sādhu sādhviti viśveśaḥ smayamāno'bhyabhāṣata ॥8-24-112॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अधिरूढे (adhirūḍhe) - mounted; वरदे (varade) - on the boon-giver; प्रयाते (prayāte) - departed; च (ca) - and; असुरान् (asurān) - towards the demons; प्रति (prati) - towards; साधु (sādhu) - well done; साधु (sādhu) - well done; इति (iti) - thus; विश्वेशः (viśveśaḥ) - the lord of the universe; स्मयमानः (smayamānaḥ) - smiling; अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - spoke;]
(Then, mounted on the boon-giver, having departed towards the demons, the lord of the universe, smiling, spoke thus: "Well done, well done.")
Then, as the boon-giver mounted and departed towards the demons, the lord of the universe smiled and said, "Well done, well done."
याहि देव यतो दैत्याश्चोदयाश्वानतन्द्रितः। पश्य बाह्वोर्बलं मेऽद्य निघ्नतः शात्रवान्रणे ॥८-२४-११३॥
yāhi deva yato daityāścodayāśvānatandritaḥ। paśya bāhvorbalaṃ me'dya nighnataḥ śātravānraṇe ॥8-24-113॥
[याहि (yāhi) - go; देव (deva) - O god; यतः (yataḥ) - from where; दैत्याः (daityāḥ) - demons; चोदय (codaya) - urge; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ) - untiring; पश्य (paśya) - see; बाह्वोः (bāhvoḥ) - of the arms; बलम् (balam) - strength; मे (me) - my; अद्य (adya) - today; निघ्नतः (nighnataḥ) - slaying; शात्रवान् (śātravān) - enemies; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(Go, O god, from where the demons are; urge the untiring horses. See the strength of my arms today, slaying the enemies in battle.)
"Go, O god, to where the demons are and urge the untiring horses. Witness today the strength of my arms as they slay the enemies in battle."
ततस्तांश्चोदयामास वायुवेगसमाञ्जवे। येन तत्त्रिपुरं राजन्दैत्यदानवरक्षितम् ॥८-२४-११४॥
tatastāṁścodayāmāsa vāyuvegasamāñjave। yena tattripuraṁ rājandaityadānavarakṣitam ॥8-24-114॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तान् (tān) - them; चोदयामास (codayāmāsa) - urged; वायुवेग (vāyuvega) - wind-speed; समाञ्जवे (samāñjave) - equal in speed; येन (yena) - by which; तत् (tat) - that; त्रिपुरं (tripuraṁ) - Tripura; राजन् (rājan) - O king; दैत्य (daitya) - demon; दानव (dānava) - giant; रक्षितम् (rakṣitam) - protected;]
(Then he urged them, equal in speed to the wind, by which that Tripura, protected by the demon and giant, O king.)
Then he urged them, who were as swift as the wind, to attack Tripura, which was protected by demons and giants, O king.
अथाधिज्यं धनुः कृत्वा शर्वः सन्धाय तं शरम्। युक्त्वा पाशुपतास्त्रेण त्रिपुरं समचिन्तयत् ॥८-२४-११५॥
athādhijyaṃ dhanuḥ kṛtvā śarvaḥ sandhāya taṃ śaram। yuktvā pāśupatāstreṇa tripuraṃ samacintayat ॥8-24-115॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अधिज्यं (adhijyaṃ) - with string drawn; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; शर्वः (śarvaḥ) - Shiva; सन्धाय (sandhāya) - having fixed; तं (taṃ) - that; शरम् (śaram) - arrow; युक्त्वा (yuktvā) - having united; पाशुपतास्त्रेण (pāśupatāstreṇa) - with the Pashupata weapon; त्रिपुरं (tripuram) - Tripura; समचिन्तयत् (samacintayat) - contemplated; ८-२४-११५ (8-24-115) - (verse number);]
(Then, having made the bow with string drawn, Shiva, having fixed that arrow, having united it with the Pashupata weapon, contemplated Tripura.)
Then, Shiva strung his bow, fixed the arrow, empowered it with the Pashupata weapon, and contemplated the destruction of Tripura.
तस्मिन्स्थिते तदा राजन्क्रुद्धे विधृतकार्मुके। पुराणि तानि कालेन जग्मुरेकत्वतां तदा ॥८-२४-११६॥
tasmin sthite tadā rājan kruddhe vidhṛta-kārmuke। purāṇi tāni kālena jagmur ekatvatāṃ tadā ॥8-24-116॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; स्थिते (sthite) - state; तदा (tadā) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O king; क्रुद्धे (kruddhe) - angry; विधृत (vidhṛta) - holding; कार्मुके (kārmuke) - bow; पुराणि (purāṇi) - ancient; तानि (tāni) - those; कालेन (kālena) - with time; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - became; एकत्वतां (ekatvatāṃ) - unity; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(In that state, then, O king, when angry, holding the bow, those ancient things with time became unity then.)
In that state, O king, when you were angry and holding the bow, those ancient things eventually became one with time.
एकीभावं गते चैव त्रिपुरे समुपागते। बभूव तुमुलो हर्षो दैवतानां महात्मनाम् ॥८-२४-११७॥
ekībhāvaṃ gate caiva tripure samupāgate। babhūva tumulo harṣo daivatānāṃ mahātmanām ॥8-24-117॥
[एकीभावम् (ekībhāvam) - unity; गते (gate) - having gone; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; त्रिपुरे (tripure) - in Tripura; समुपागते (samupāgate) - having arrived; बभूव (babhūva) - there was; तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - great; हर्षः (harṣaḥ) - joy; दैवतानाम् (daivatānām) - of the gods; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls;]
(When unity was achieved and Tripura was reached, there was great joy among the gods and the great souls.)
When unity was achieved and Tripura was reached, the gods and the great souls experienced immense joy.
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः। जयेति वाचो मुमुचुः संस्तुवन्तो मुदान्विताः ॥८-२४-११८॥
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ। jayetivāco mumucuḥ saṁstuvanto mudānvitāḥ ॥8-24-118॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवगणाः (devagaṇāḥ) - the hosts of gods; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected beings; च (ca) - and; परमर्षयः (paramarṣayaḥ) - great sages; जयेति (jayeti) - victory; वाचः (vācaḥ) - words; मुमुचुः (mumucuḥ) - uttered; संस्तुवन्तः (saṁstuvantaḥ) - praising; मुदा (mudā) - with joy; अन्विताः (anvitāḥ) - filled;]
(Then all the hosts of gods, perfected beings, and great sages, uttered words of victory, praising with joy.)
Then all the hosts of gods, perfected beings, and great sages joyfully praised and uttered words of victory.
ततोऽग्रतः प्रादुरभूत्त्रिपुरं जघ्नुषोऽसुरान्। अनिर्देश्योग्रवपुषो देवस्यासह्यतेजसः ॥८-२४-११९॥
tato'grataḥ prādurabhūttipuraṃ jaghnuṣo'surān। anirdeśyogravapuṣo devasyāsahyatejasaḥ ॥8-24-119॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front; प्रादुरभूत् (prādurabhūt) - appeared; त्रिपुरं (tripuraṃ) - Tripura; जघ्नुषः (jaghnuṣaḥ) - of the one who destroyed; असुरान् (asurān) - demons; अनिर्देश्य (anirdeśya) - indescribable; उग्रवपुषः (ugravapuṣaḥ) - of fierce form; देवस्य (devasya) - of the god; असह्यतेजसः (asahyatejasaḥ) - of unbearable brilliance;]
(Then in front appeared Tripura, of the one who destroyed demons, of indescribable fierce form, of the god of unbearable brilliance.)
Then, in front of the god with unbearable brilliance and indescribable fierce form, appeared Tripura, the destroyer of demons.
स तद्विकृष्य भगवान्दिव्यं लोकेश्वरो धनुः। त्रैलोक्यसारं तमिषुं मुमोच त्रिपुरं प्रति ॥ तत्सासुरगणं दग्ध्वा प्राक्षिपत्पश्चिमार्णवे ॥८-२४-१२०॥
sa tadvikṛṣya bhagavāndivyaṃ lokeśvaro dhanuḥ। trailokyasāraṃ tamiṣuṃ mumoca tripuraṃ prati ॥ tatsāsuragaṇaṃ dagdhvā prākṣipatpaścimārṇave ॥8-24-120॥
[स (sa) - he; तद्विकृष्य (tadvikṛṣya) - having drawn it; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the blessed Lord; दिव्यं (divyaṃ) - divine; लोकेश्वरः (lokeśvaraḥ) - the lord of the worlds; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; त्रैलोक्यसारं (trailokyasāraṃ) - the essence of the three worlds; तमिषुं (tamiṣum) - that arrow; मुमोच (mumoca) - released; त्रिपुरं (tripuram) - at Tripura; प्रति (prati) - towards; तत् (tat) - that; स (sa) - he; असुरगणं (asuragaṇam) - the host of demons; दग्ध्वा (dagdhvā) - having burnt; प्राक्षिपत् (prākṣipat) - threw; पश्चिमार्णवे (paścimārṇave) - into the western ocean;]
(He, having drawn it, the blessed Lord, the divine lord of the worlds, released the essence of the three worlds, that arrow, towards Tripura. Having burnt that host of demons, he threw it into the western ocean.)
The blessed Lord, having drawn the divine bow, released the arrow, the essence of the three worlds, towards Tripura. After burning the host of demons, he cast it into the western ocean.
एवं तत्त्रिपुरं दग्धं दानवाश्चाप्यशेषतः। महेश्वरेण क्रुद्धेन त्रैलोक्यस्य हितैषिणा ॥८-२४-१२१॥
evaṃ tattripuraṃ dagdhaṃ dānavāścāpyaśeṣataḥ। maheśvareṇa kruddhena trailokyasya hitaiṣiṇā ॥8-24-121॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; तत् (tat) - that; त्रिपुरम् (tripuram) - Tripura; दग्धम् (dagdham) - burned; दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अशेषतः (aśeṣataḥ) - completely; महेश्वरेण (maheśvareṇa) - by Maheshvara; क्रुद्धेन (kruddhena) - angry; त्रैलोक्यस्य (trailokyasya) - of the three worlds; हितैषिणा (hitaiṣiṇā) - well-wisher;]
(Thus, that Tripura was burned, and the demons were completely destroyed by the angry Maheshvara, the well-wisher of the three worlds.)
In this way, the city of Tripura was destroyed, and the demons were annihilated entirely by the wrathful Maheshvara, who seeks the welfare of the three worlds.
स चात्मक्रोधजो वह्निर्हाहेत्युक्त्वा निवारितः। मा कार्षीर्भस्मसाल्लोकानिति त्र्यक्षोऽब्रवीच्च तम् ॥८-२४-१२२॥
sa cātmakrodhajo vahnirhāhetyuktvā nivāritaḥ। mā kārṣīrbhasmasāllokāniti tryakṣo'bravīcca tam ॥8-24-122॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; च (ca) - and; आत्म (ātma) - self; क्रोधजः (krodhajaḥ) - born of anger; वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire; हा (hā) - alas; इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; निवारितः (nivāritaḥ) - was restrained; मा (mā) - do not; कार्षीः (kārṣīḥ) - destroy; भस्मसात् (bhasmasāt) - to ashes; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; इति (iti) - thus; त्र्यक्षः (tryakṣaḥ) - the three-eyed one; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; च (ca) - and; तम् (tam) - to him;]
(He, the fire born of self-anger, was restrained by saying 'Alas!' The three-eyed one said to him, 'Do not destroy the worlds to ashes.')
The fire born of his own anger was restrained when he exclaimed 'Alas!' The three-eyed deity, Shiva, advised him, 'Do not turn the worlds to ashes.'
ततः प्रकृतिमापन्ना देवा लोकास्तथर्षयः। तुष्टुवुर्वाग्भिरर्थ्याभिः स्थाणुमप्रतिमौजसम् ॥८-२४-१२३॥
tataḥ prakṛtimāpannā devā lokāstatharṣayaḥ। tuṣṭuvurvāgbhirarthyābhiḥ sthāṇumapratimaujasam ॥8-24-123॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - nature; आपन्नाः (āpannāḥ) - attained; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; तथा (tathā) - and; ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages; तुष्टुवुः (tuṣṭuvuḥ) - praised; वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ) - with words; अर्थ्याभिः (arthyābhiḥ) - meaningful; स्थाणुम् (sthāṇum) - the firm one; अप्रतिम (apratima) - incomparable; ओजसम् (ojasam) - strength;]
(Then the gods, worlds, and sages, having attained their nature, praised the firm one with meaningful words of incomparable strength.)
Then, having returned to their natural state, the gods, worlds, and sages praised the steadfast one with eloquent and meaningful words, recognizing his unparalleled strength.
तेऽनुज्ञाता भगवता जग्मुः सर्वे यथागतम्। कृतकामाः प्रसन्नेन प्रजापतिमुखाः सुराः ॥८-२४-१२४॥
te'anujñātā bhagavatā jagmuḥ sarve yathāgatam। kṛtakāmāḥ prasannena prajāpati-mukhāḥ surāḥ ॥8-24-124॥
[ते (te) - they; अनुज्ञाताः (anujñātāḥ) - permitted; भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the Lord; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - went; सर्वे (sarve) - all; यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as they came; कृतकामाः (kṛtakāmāḥ) - having fulfilled their desires; प्रसन्नेन (prasannena) - pleased; प्रजापतिमुखाः (prajāpati-mukhāḥ) - headed by Prajapati; सुराः (surāḥ) - the gods;]
(They, permitted by the Lord, all went back as they came, having fulfilled their desires, pleased, headed by Prajapati, the gods.)
Permitted by the Lord, all the gods, headed by Prajapati, returned to their original places, having fulfilled their desires and being pleased.
यथैव भगवान्ब्रह्मा लोकधाता पितामहः। संयच्छ त्वं हयानस्य राधेयस्य महात्मनः ॥८-२४-१२५॥
yathaiva bhagavān brahmā lokadhātā pitāmahaḥ। saṃyaccha tvaṃ hayānasya rādheyasya mahātmanaḥ ॥8-24-125॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; एव (eva) - indeed; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahma; लोकधाता (lokadhātā) - the supporter of the worlds; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the grandsire; संयच्छ (saṃyaccha) - restrain; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; हयानस्य (hayānasya) - of the chariot; राधेयस्य (rādheyasya) - of Radheya; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - the great soul;]
(Just as the revered Brahma, the supporter of the worlds and the grandsire, you restrain the chariot of Radheya, the great soul.)
"Just as the revered Brahma, the grandsire and supporter of the worlds, you must restrain the chariot of Radheya, the noble soul."
त्वं हि कृष्णाच्च कर्णाच्च फल्गुनाच्च विशेषतः। विशिष्टो राजशार्दूल नास्ति तत्र विचारणा ॥८-२४-१२६॥
tvaṁ hi kṛṣṇācca karṇācca phalgunācca viśeṣataḥ। viśiṣṭo rājaśārdūla nāsti tatra vicāraṇā ॥8-24-126॥
[त्वं (tvaṁ) - you; हि (hi) - indeed; कृष्णात् (kṛṣṇāt) - than Krishna; च (ca) - and; कर्णात् (karṇāt) - than Karna; च (ca) - and; फल्गुनात् (phalgunāt) - than Phalguna; च (ca) - and; विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially; विशिष्टः (viśiṣṭaḥ) - distinguished; राजशार्दूल (rājaśārdūla) - O tiger among kings; नास्ति (nāsti) - there is not; तत्र (tatra) - there; विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - doubt;]
(You indeed are more distinguished than Krishna, Karna, and Phalguna, especially, O tiger among kings; there is no doubt there.)
"You are indeed more distinguished than Krishna, Karna, and Phalguna, especially, O tiger among kings. There is no doubt about it."
युद्धे ह्ययं रुद्रकल्पस्त्वं च ब्रह्मसमोऽनघ। तस्माच्छक्तौ युवां जेतुं मच्छत्रूंस्ताविवासुरान् ॥८-२४-१२७॥
yuddhe hyayaṁ rudrakalpastvaṁ ca brahmasamo'nagha। tasmācchaktau yuvāṁ jetuṁ macchatruṁstāvivasurān ॥8-24-127॥
[युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; हि (hi) - indeed; अयम् (ayam) - this one; रुद्रकल्पः (rudrakalpaḥ) - like Rudra; त्वम् (tvam) - you; च (ca) - and; ब्रह्मसमः (brahmasamaḥ) - equal to Brahma; अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; शक्तौ (śaktau) - capable; युवाम् (yuvām) - you both; जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer; मच्छत्रून् (macchatrūn) - my enemies; तौ (tau) - those two; इव (iva) - like; असुरान् (asurān) - demons;]
(In battle, indeed, this one is like Rudra, and you are equal to Brahma, O sinless one. Therefore, you both are capable of conquering my enemies like those two demons.)
In the battle, this one is indeed like Rudra, and you are akin to Brahma, O sinless one. Therefore, you both have the power to defeat my enemies just like those two demons.
यथा शल्याद्य कर्णोऽयं श्वेताश्वं कृष्णसारथिम्। प्रमथ्य हन्यात्कौन्तेयं तथा शीघ्रं विधीयताम् ॥८-२४-१२८॥
yathā śalyādya karṇo'yaṃ śvetāśvaṃ kṛṣṇasārathim। pramathya hanyātkāunteyaṃ tathā śīghraṃ vidhīyatām ॥8-24-128॥
[यथा (yathā) - as; शल्य (śalya) - Śalya; आद्य (ādya) - and others; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; अयम् (ayam) - this; श्वेताश्वम् (śvetāśvam) - white-horsed; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Krishna; सारथिम् (sārathim) - charioteer; प्रमथ्य (pramathya) - having crushed; हन्यात् (hanyāt) - should kill; कौन्तेयं (kaunteyam) - son of Kunti; तथा (tathā) - so; शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly; विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be done;]
(As Śalya and others, Karna should quickly crush and kill the white-horsed charioteer of Krishna, so let it be done.)
Karna, along with Śalya and others, should swiftly defeat and kill Arjuna, the white-horsed charioteer of Krishna. Let this be executed quickly.
त्वयि कर्णश्च राज्यं च वयं चैव प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥८-२४-१२८॥
tvayi karṇaśca rājyaṃ ca vayaṃ caiva pratiṣṭhitāḥ ॥8-24-128॥
[त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; च (ca) - and; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; च (ca) - and; वयम् (vayam) - we; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; प्रतिष्ठिताः (pratiṣṭhitāḥ) - established;]
(In you, Karna and the kingdom and we indeed are established.)
In you, both Karna and the kingdom, as well as we, are firmly established.
इमं चाप्यपरं भूय इतिहासं निबोध मे। पितुर्मम सकाशे यं ब्राह्मणः प्राह धर्मवित् ॥८-२४-१२९॥
imaṁ cāpyaparaṁ bhūya itihāsaṁ nibodha me। piturmama sakāśe yaṁ brāhmaṇaḥ prāha dharmavit ॥8-24-129॥
[इमं (imam) - this; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अपरं (aparam) - another; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; इतिहासं (itihāsam) - story; निबोध (nibodha) - listen; मे (me) - my; पितुः (pituḥ) - father's; मम (mama) - my; सकाशे (sakāśe) - presence; यम् (yam) - which; ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - the Brahmin; प्राह (prāha) - said; धर्मवित् (dharmavit) - knower of dharma;]
(Listen to this other story again, which the Brahmin, knower of dharma, told in my father's presence.)
"Listen to another story that the Brahmin, who knows dharma, told in my father's presence."
श्रुत्वा चैतद्वचश्चित्रं हेतुकार्यार्थसंहितम्। कुरु शल्य विनिश्चित्य मा भूदत्र विचारणा ॥८-२४-१३०॥
śrutvā caitadvacaścitram hetukāryārthasaṁhitam। kuru śalya viniścitya mā bhūdatra vicāraṇā ॥8-24-130॥
[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; च (ca) - and; एतद् (etad) - this; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; चित्रं (citram) - wonderful; हेतु (hetu) - cause; कार्य (kārya) - effect; अर्थ (artha) - meaning; संहितम् (saṁhitam) - composed; कुरु (kuru) - do; शल्य (śalya) - Shalya; विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having decided; मा (mā) - not; भूत् (bhūt) - be; अत्र (atra) - here; विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - consideration;]
(Having heard this wonderful speech composed of cause, effect, and meaning, O Shalya, decide and do not have any consideration here.)
Upon hearing this remarkable speech, which is composed of cause, effect, and meaning, O Shalya, make your decision and do not waver in consideration here.
भार्गवाणां कुले जातो जमदग्निर्महातपाः। तस्य रामेति विख्यातः पुत्रस्तेजोगुणान्वितः ॥८-२४-१३१॥
bhārgavāṇāṃ kule jāto jamadagniḥmahātapāḥ। tasya rāmeti vikhyātaḥ putrastejo guṇānvitaḥ ॥8-24-131॥
[भार्गवाणां (bhārgavāṇāṃ) - of the Bhargavas; कुले (kule) - in the family; जातः (jātaḥ) - born; जमदग्निः (jamadagniḥ) - Jamadagni; महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic; तस्य (tasya) - his; रामेति (rāma iti) - called Rama; विख्यातः (vikhyātaḥ) - famous; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance; गुणान्वितः (guṇānvitaḥ) - endowed with qualities;]
(Born in the family of the Bhargavas, Jamadagni was a great ascetic. His son, called Rama, was famous and endowed with brilliance and qualities.)
Jamadagni, born in the family of the Bhargavas, was a great ascetic. His son, known as Rama, was renowned for his brilliance and virtues.
स तीव्रं तप आस्थाय प्रसादयितवान्भवम्। अस्त्रहेतोः प्रसन्नात्मा नियतः संयतेन्द्रियः ॥८-२४-१३२॥
sa tīvraṃ tapa āsthāya prasādayitavānbhavam। astrahetoḥ prasannātmā niyataḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ ॥8-24-132॥
[स (sa) - he; तीव्रं (tīvram) - intense; तपः (tapaḥ) - penance; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having undertaken; प्रसादयितवान् (prasādayitavān) - pleased; भवम् (bhavam) - Lord Shiva; अस्त्रहेतोः (astrahetoḥ) - for the sake of weapons; प्रसन्नात्मा (prasannātmā) - with a serene mind; नियतः (niyataḥ) - disciplined; संयतेन्द्रियः (saṃyatendriyaḥ) - with controlled senses;]
(He, having undertaken intense penance, pleased Lord Shiva for the sake of weapons, with a serene mind, disciplined, and with controlled senses.)
He undertook intense penance and pleased Lord Shiva to obtain weapons, maintaining a serene mind, discipline, and control over his senses.
तस्य तुष्टो महादेवो भक्त्या च प्रशमेन च। हृद्गतं चास्य विज्ञाय दर्शयामास शङ्करः ॥८-२४-१३३॥
tasya tuṣṭo mahādevo bhaktyā ca praśamena ca। hṛdgataṃ cāsya vijñāya darśayāmāsa śaṅkaraḥ ॥8-24-133॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; तुष्टः (tuṣṭaḥ) - pleased; महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Mahadeva; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - by devotion; च (ca) - and; प्रशमेन (praśamena) - by tranquility; च (ca) - and; हृद्गतम् (hṛdgataṃ) - in the heart; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - knowing; दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - revealed; शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Shankara;]
(Pleased with his devotion and tranquility, knowing what was in his heart, Shankara revealed himself.)
Shankara, pleased by his devotion and tranquility, understood what was in his heart and revealed himself to him.
ईश्वर उवाच॥
īśvara uvāca॥
[ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - the Lord; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The Lord said:)
The Lord spoke:
राम तुष्टोऽस्मि भद्रं ते विदितं मे तवेप्सितम्। कुरुष्व पूतमात्मानं सर्वमेतदवाप्स्यसि ॥८-२४-१३४॥
rāma tuṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te viditaṃ me tavepsitam। kuruṣva pūtamātmānaṃ sarvametadavāpsyasi ॥8-24-134॥
[राम (rāma) - Rama; तुष्टः (tuṣṭaḥ) - pleased; अस्मि (asmi) - am; भद्रम् (bhadram) - good; ते (te) - to you; विदितम् (viditam) - known; मे (me) - to me; तव (tava) - your; इप्सितम् (ipsitam) - desired; कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do; पूतम् (pūtam) - pure; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; अवाप्स्यसि (avāpsyasi) - you will obtain;]
(Rama, I am pleased. Good to you. Your desire is known to me. Make yourself pure. You will obtain all this.)
Rama, I am pleased with you. I know your desire. Purify yourself, and you will achieve all this.
दास्यामि ते तदास्त्राणि यदा पूतो भविष्यसि। अपात्रमसमर्थं च दहन्त्यस्त्राणि भार्गव ॥८-२४-१३५॥
dāsyāmi te tadāstrāṇi yadā pūto bhaviṣyasi। apātram asamarthaṃ ca dahanty astrāṇi bhārgava ॥8-24-135॥
[दास्यामि (dāsyāmi) - I will give; ते (te) - to you; तदा (tadā) - then; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; यदा (yadā) - when; पूतः (pūtaḥ) - purified; भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will become; अपात्रम् (apātram) - unworthy; असमर्थम् (asamartham) - incapable; च (ca) - and; दहन्ति (dahanti) - burn; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; भार्गव (bhārgava) - O Bhārgava;]
(I will give you those weapons when you become purified. Weapons burn the unworthy and incapable, O Bhārgava.)
"I will give you those weapons when you are purified. Weapons destroy those who are unworthy and incapable, O Bhārgava."
इत्युक्तो जामदग्न्यस्तु देवदेवेन शूलिना। प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं शिरसावनतः प्रभुम् ॥८-२४-१३६॥
ityukto jāmadagnyastu devadevena śūlinā। pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ śirasāvanataḥ prabhum ॥8-24-136॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed; जामदग्न्यः (jāmadagnyah) - Jamadagni's son; तु (tu) - but; देवदेवेन (devadevena) - by the god of gods; शूलिना (śūlinā) - by the trident-bearer; प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied; महात्मानं (mahātmānam) - to the great soul; शिरसा (śirasā) - with bowed head; वनतः (vanataḥ) - bowed; प्रभुम् (prabhum) - to the lord;]
(Thus addressed, Jamadagni's son, by the god of gods, the trident-bearer, replied to the great soul with bowed head to the lord.)
Thus addressed by the god of gods, the trident-bearer, Jamadagni's son replied to the great soul, bowing his head to the lord.
यदा जानासि देवेश पात्रं मामस्त्रधारणे। तदा शुश्रूषतेऽस्त्राणि भवान्मे दातुमर्हति ॥८-२४-१३७॥
yadā jānāsi deveśa pātraṃ māmastradhāraṇe। tadā śuśrūṣate'strāṇi bhavānme dātumarhati ॥8-24-137॥
[यदा (yadā) - when; जानासि (jānāsi) - you know; देवेश (deveśa) - O lord of the gods; पात्रम् (pātram) - worthy; माम् (mām) - me; अस्त्रधारणे (astradhāraṇe) - in bearing weapons; तदा (tadā) - then; शुश्रूषते (śuśrūṣate) - desiring to hear; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; भवान् (bhavān) - you; मे (me) - to me; दातुम् (dātum) - to give; अर्हति (arhati) - deserve;]
(When you know, O lord of the gods, that I am worthy in bearing weapons, then you deserve to give me the weapons desiring to hear.)
"O lord of the gods, when you recognize my worthiness in bearing weapons, then you should grant me the weapons as I am eager to learn."
दुर्योधन उवाच॥
duryodhana uvāca॥
[दुर्योधन (duryodhana) - Duryodhana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Duryodhana said:)
Duryodhana said:
ततः स तपसा चैव दमेन नियमेन च। पूजोपहारबलिभिर्होममन्त्रपुरस्कृतैः ॥८-२४-१३८॥
tataḥ sa tapasā caiva damena niyamena ca। pūjopahārabalibhirhomamantrapuraskṛtaiḥ ॥8-24-138॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; तपसा (tapasā) - with austerity; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; दमेन (damena) - with self-control; नियमेन (niyamena) - with discipline; च (ca) - and; पूजा (pūjā) - worship; उपहार (upahāra) - offerings; बलिभिः (balibhiḥ) - with oblations; होम (homa) - sacrificial fire; मन्त्र (mantra) - mantras; पुरस्कृतैः (puraskṛtaiḥ) - accompanied by;]
(Then he, with austerity, indeed with self-control and discipline, with worship, offerings, oblations, sacrificial fire, and mantras, accompanied by.)
Then he performed worship with austerity, self-control, and discipline, accompanied by offerings, oblations, sacrificial fire, and mantras.
आराधयितवाञ्शर्वं बहून्वर्षगणांस्तदा। प्रसन्नश्च महादेवो भार्गवस्य महात्मनः ॥८-२४-१३९॥
ārādhayitavāñśarvaṃ bahūnvarṣagaṇāṃstadā। prasannaśca mahādevo bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ ॥8-24-139॥
[आराधयितवान् (ārādhayitavān) - worshipped; शर्वम् (śarvam) - Śarva (Shiva); बहून् (bahūn) - many; वर्षगणान् (varṣagaṇān) - years; तदा (tadā) - then; प्रसन्नः (prasannaḥ) - pleased; च (ca) - and; महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Mahadeva (Shiva); भार्गवस्य (bhārgavasya) - of Bhargava; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - the great soul;]
(Then, having worshipped Śarva (Shiva) for many years, Mahadeva (Shiva) was pleased with the great soul Bhargava.)
Bhargava, the great soul, worshipped Lord Shiva for many years, and then Lord Shiva was pleased with him.
अब्रवीत्तस्य बहुशो गुणान्देव्याः समीपतः। भक्तिमानेष सततं मयि रामो दृढव्रतः ॥८-२४-१४०॥
abravīttasya bahuśo guṇāndevyāḥ samīpataḥ। bhaktimāneṣa satataṃ mayi rāmo dṛḍhavrataḥ ॥8-24-140॥
[अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; तस्य (tasya) - his; बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - many times; गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities; देव्याः (devyāḥ) - of the goddess; समीपतः (samīpataḥ) - near; भक्तिमान् (bhaktimān) - devoted; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; सततं (satataṃ) - always; मयि (mayi) - in me; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama; दृढव्रतः (dṛḍhavrataḥ) - firm in vows;]
(He said many times about his qualities near the goddess: 'This Rama is devoted, always firm in vows in me.')
He frequently spoke of his virtues in the presence of the goddess, saying: 'This Rama is devoted and always steadfast in his vows to me.'
एवं तस्य गुणान्प्रीतो बहुशोऽकथयत्प्रभुः। देवतानां पितॄणां च समक्षमरिसूदनः ॥८-२४-१४१॥
evaṃ tasya guṇānprīto bahuśo'kathayatprabhuḥ। devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca samakṣamarisūdanaḥ ॥8-24-141॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; तस्य (tasya) - his; गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - many times; अकथयत् (akathayat) - spoke; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord; देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the gods; पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors; च (ca) - and; समक्षम् (samakṣam) - in the presence; अरिसूदनः (arisūdanaḥ) - Arisudana;]
(Thus, pleased with his qualities, the lord spoke many times in the presence of the gods and ancestors, O Arisudana.)
Thus, the lord, pleased with his qualities, spoke many times in the presence of the gods and ancestors, O Arisudana.
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु दैत्या आसन्महाबलाः। तैस्तदा दर्पमोहान्धैरबाध्यन्त दिवौकसः ॥८-२४-१४२॥
etasmínneva kāle tu daityā āsanmahābalāḥ। taistadā darpamohāndhairabādhyanta divaukasaḥ ॥8-24-142॥
[एतस्मिन्नेव (etasmínneva) - at that very time; काले (kāle) - time; तु (tu) - but; दैत्या (daityā) - demons; आसन (āsan) - were; महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - very powerful; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; तदा (tadā) - then; दर्प (darpa) - pride; मोह (moha) - delusion; अन्धैः (andhaiḥ) - blinded; अबाध्यन्त (abādhyanta) - were harassed; दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - the gods;]
(At that very time, the demons were very powerful. Then, blinded by pride and delusion, they harassed the gods.)
At that time, the demons, being very powerful, harassed the gods, blinded by their pride and delusion.
ततः सम्भूय विबुधास्तान्हन्तुं कृतनिश्चयाः। चक्रुः शत्रुवधे यत्नं न शेकुर्जेतुमेव ते ॥८-२४-१४३॥
tataḥ sambhūya vibudhāstānhantuṃ kṛtaniścayāḥ। cakruḥ śatruvadhe yatnaṃ na śekurjetumeva te ॥8-24-143॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सम्भूय (sambhūya) - having assembled; विबुधाः (vibudhāḥ) - the wise ones; तान् (tān) - them; हन्तुं (hantuṃ) - to kill; कृतनिश्चयाः (kṛtaniścayāḥ) - having made a decision; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - made; शत्रुवधे (śatruvadhe) - to kill the enemies; यत्नं (yatnaṃ) - effort; न (na) - not; शेकुः (śekuḥ) - were able; जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer; एव (eva) - indeed; ते (te) - they;]
(Then, having assembled, the wise ones, having made a decision to kill them, made an effort to kill the enemies, but they were not able to conquer indeed.)
Then, the wise ones gathered and decided to kill them, made efforts to slay the enemies, but they could not succeed in conquering them.
अभिगम्य ततो देवा महेश्वरमथाब्रुवन्। प्रसादयन्तस्तं भक्त्या जहि शत्रुगणानिति ॥८-२४-१४४॥
abhigamya tato devā maheśvaramathābruvan। prasādayantastaṃ bhaktyā jahi śatrugaṇāniti ॥8-24-144॥
[अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached; ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; महेश्वरम् (maheśvaram) - to Lord Shiva; अथ (atha) - then; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - said; प्रसादयन्तः (prasādayantaḥ) - pleasing; तम् (tam) - him; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion; जहि (jahi) - destroy; शत्रुगणान् (śatrugaṇān) - the host of enemies; इति (iti) - thus;]
(Having approached, then the gods said to Lord Shiva, pleasing him with devotion, "Destroy the host of enemies thus.")
The gods, having approached Lord Shiva, said with devotion, "Please destroy the host of enemies."
प्रतिज्ञाय ततो देवो देवतानां रिपुक्षयम्। रामं भार्गवमाहूय सोऽभ्यभाषत शङ्करः ॥८-२४-१४५॥
pratijñāya tato devo devatānāṃ ripukṣayam। rāmaṃ bhārgavamāhūya so'bhyabhāṣata śaṅkaraḥ ॥8-24-145॥
[प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having vowed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the gods; रिपुक्षयम् (ripukṣayam) - destruction of enemies; रामम् (rāmam) - Rama; भार्गवम् (bhārgavam) - Bhargava; आहूय (āhūya) - having called; सः (saḥ) - he; अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - spoke; शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Shankara;]
(Having vowed then the god for the destruction of the enemies of the gods, having called Rama, Bhargava, he spoke, Shankara.)
After making a vow for the destruction of the enemies of the gods, Lord Shankara called upon Rama, the descendant of Bhrigu, and spoke to him.
रिपून्भार्गव देवानां जहि सर्वान्समागतान्। लोकानां हितकामार्थं मत्प्रीत्यर्थं तथैव च ॥८-२४-१४६॥
ripūnbhārgava devānāṃ jahi sarvānsamāgatān। lokānāṃ hitakāmārthaṃ matprītyarthaṃ tathaiva ca ॥8-24-146॥
[रिपून् (ripūn) - enemies; भार्गव (bhārgava) - O descendant of Bhrigu; देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods; जहि (jahi) - destroy; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; समागतान् (samāgatān) - assembled; लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds; हितकामार्थम् (hitakāmārtham) - for the purpose of welfare; मत्प्रीत्यर्थम् (matprītyartham) - for pleasing me; तथैव (tathaiva) - also; च (ca) - and;]
(O descendant of Bhrigu, destroy all the assembled enemies of the gods for the purpose of the welfare of the worlds, for pleasing me, and also.)
O Bhargava, destroy all the enemies gathered for the gods, for the welfare of the worlds and to please me.
राम उवाच॥
rāma uvāca॥
[राम (rāma) - Rama; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Rama said:)
Rama said:
अकृतास्त्रस्य देवेश का शक्तिर्मे महेश्वर। निहन्तुं दानवान्सर्वान्कृतास्त्रान्युद्धदुर्मदान् ॥८-२४-१४७॥
akṛtāstrasya deveśa kā śaktirme maheśvara। nihantuṃ dānavānsarvānkṛtāstrānyuddhadurmadān ॥8-24-147॥
[अकृतास्त्रस्य (akṛtāstrasya) - of one unskilled in weapons; देवेश (deveśa) - O Lord of the gods; का (kā) - what; शक्ति (śakti) - power; मे (me) - my; महेश्वर (maheśvara) - O great Lord; निहन्तुम् (nihantum) - to slay; दानवान् (dānavān) - demons; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; कृतास्त्रान् (kṛtāstrān) - skilled in weapons; युद्धदुर्मदान् (yuddhadurmadān) - arrogant in battle;]
(O Lord of the gods, what power do I, O great Lord, have to slay all the demons skilled in weapons and arrogant in battle, being myself unskilled in weapons?)
O Lord of the gods, what power do I possess, O great Lord, to defeat all the demons who are skilled in weapons and arrogant in battle, while I am unskilled in weapons?
ईश्वर उवाच॥
īśvara uvāca॥
[ईश्वर (īśvara) - the Lord; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The Lord said:)
The Lord spoke:
गच्छ त्वं मदनुध्यानान्निहनिष्यसि दानवान्। विजित्य च रिपून्सर्वान्गुणान्प्राप्स्यसि पुष्कलान् ॥८-२४-१४८॥
gaccha tvaṁ madanudhyānānnihaniṣyasi dānavān। vijitya ca ripūnsarvānguṇānprāpsyasi puṣkalān ॥8-24-148॥
[गच्छ (gaccha) - go; त्वम् (tvam) - you; मदनुध्यानात् (madanudhyānāt) - by my meditation; निहनिष्यसि (nihaniṣyasi) - you will destroy; दानवान् (dānavān) - demons; विजित्य (vijitya) - having conquered; च (ca) - and; रिपून् (ripūn) - enemies; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities; प्राप्स्यसि (prāpsyasi) - you will obtain; पुष्कलान् (puṣkalān) - abundant;]
(Go, you, by my meditation, you will destroy the demons. Having conquered all the enemies, you will obtain abundant qualities.)
"Go, by meditating on me, you will destroy the demons. After conquering all your enemies, you will gain abundant virtues."
दुर्योधन उवाच॥
duryodhana uvāca॥
[दुर्योधन (duryodhana) - Duryodhana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Duryodhana said:)
Duryodhana said:
एतच्छ्रुत्वा च वचनं प्रतिगृह्य च सर्वशः। रामः कृतस्वस्त्ययनः प्रययौ दानवान्प्रति ॥८-२४-१४९॥
etacchrutvā ca vacanaṃ pratigṛhya ca sarvaśaḥ। rāmaḥ kṛtasvastyayanaḥ prayayau dānavānprati ॥8-24-149॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; च (ca) - and; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - completely; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama; कृतस्वस्त्ययनः (kṛtasvastyayanaḥ) - having performed auspicious rites; प्रययौ (prayayau) - departed; दानवान् (dānavān) - towards the demons; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Having heard this speech and having accepted it completely, Rama, having performed auspicious rites, departed towards the demons.)
Upon hearing and accepting the speech completely, Rama performed auspicious rites and set out towards the demons.
अवधीद्देवशत्रूंस्तान्मददर्पबलान्वितान्। वज्राशनिसमस्पर्शैः प्रहारैरेव भार्गवः ॥८-२४-१५०॥
avadhīd devaśatrūṁs tān madadarpa-balānvitān। vajrāśanisamasparśaiḥ prahārair eva bhārgavaḥ ॥8-24-150॥
[अवधीद् (avadhīd) - killed; देवशत्रून् (devaśatrūn) - enemies of the gods; तान् (tān) - those; मददर्प (madadarpa) - with pride and arrogance; बलान्वितान् (balānvitān) - endowed with strength; वज्राशनि (vajrāśani) - thunderbolt-like; समस्पर्शैः (samasparśaiḥ) - with equal touch; प्रहारैः (prahāraiḥ) - with attacks; एव (eva) - indeed; भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - Bhārgava;]
(Bhārgava indeed killed those enemies of the gods, endowed with pride, arrogance, and strength, with attacks having the equal touch of a thunderbolt.)
Bhārgava, with attacks as powerful as a thunderbolt, killed those enemies of the gods who were filled with pride, arrogance, and strength.
स दानवैः क्षततनुर्जामदग्न्यो द्विजोत्तमः। संस्पृष्टः स्थाणुना सद्यो निर्व्रणः समजायत ॥८-२४-१५१॥
sa dānavaiḥ kṣatatanurjāmadagnyo dvijottamaḥ। saṃspṛṣṭaḥ sthāṇunā sadyo nirvraṇaḥ samajāyata ॥8-24-151॥
[स (sa) - he; दानवैः (dānavaiḥ) - by the demons; क्षततनुः (kṣatatanuḥ) - wounded-bodied; जामदग्न्यः (jāmadagnyaḥ) - son of Jamadagni; द्विजोत्तमः (dvijottamaḥ) - best of the twice-born; संस्पृष्टः (saṃspṛṣṭaḥ) - touched; स्थाणुना (sthāṇunā) - by Shiva; सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately; निर्व्रणः (nirvraṇaḥ) - woundless; समजायत (samajāyata) - became;]
(He, the son of Jamadagni, the best of the twice-born, wounded by the demons, was immediately made woundless by Shiva's touch.)
The son of Jamadagni, though wounded by the demons, was instantly healed by the touch of Shiva, becoming whole again.
प्रीतश्च भगवान्देवः कर्मणा तेन तस्य वै। वरान्प्रादाद्ब्रह्मविदे भार्गवाय महात्मने ॥८-२४-१५२॥
prītaśca bhagavāndevaḥ karmaṇā tena tasya vai। varānprādādbrahmavide bhārgavāya mahātmane ॥8-24-152॥
[प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; च (ca) - and; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; देवः (devaḥ) - god; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by the action; तेन (tena) - by him; तस्य (tasya) - his; वै (vai) - indeed; वरान् (varān) - boons; प्रादात् (prādāt) - granted; ब्रह्मविदे (brahmavide) - to the knower of Brahman; भार्गवाय (bhārgavāya) - to Bhārgava; महात्मने (mahātmane) - to the great soul;]
(Pleased, the Lord god, by his action, indeed granted boons to the knower of Brahman, Bhārgava, the great soul.)
The Lord, pleased by his actions, granted boons to Bhārgava, the great soul and knower of Brahman.
उक्तश्च देवदेवेन प्रीतियुक्तेन शूलिना। निपातात्तव शस्त्राणां शरीरे याभवद्रुजा ॥८-२४-१५३॥
uktaśca devadevena prītiyuktena śūlinā। nipātāttava śastrāṇāṃ śarīre yābhavadrujā ॥8-24-153॥
[उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken; च (ca) - and; देवदेवेन (devadevena) - by the god of gods; प्रीतियुक्तेन (prītiyuktena) - with affection; शूलिना (śūlinā) - by the trident-holder; निपातात् (nipātāt) - from the fall; तव (tava) - your; शस्त्राणाम् (śastrāṇām) - of weapons; शरीरे (śarīre) - on the body; या (yā) - which; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; रुजा (rujā) - pain;]
(Spoken by the god of gods, with affection, by the trident-holder, from the fall of your weapons, on the body, which became pain.)
The god of gods, with affection, spoke to you, the trident-holder, about the pain that arose on your body from the fall of your weapons.
तया ते मानुषं कर्म व्यपोढं भृगुनन्दन। गृहाणास्त्राणि दिव्यानि मत्सकाशाद्यथेप्सितम् ॥८-२४-१५४॥
tayā te mānuṣaṃ karma vyapoḍhaṃ bhṛgunandana। gṛhāṇāstrāṇi divyāni matsakāśādyathepsitam ॥8-24-154॥
[तया (tayā) - by her; ते (te) - your; मानुषं (mānuṣam) - human; कर्म (karma) - action; व्यपोढं (vyapoḍham) - removed; भृगुनन्दन (bhṛgunandana) - O son of Bhrigu; गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - accept; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine; मत्सकाशात् (matsakāśāt) - from me; यथेप्सितम् (yathepsitam) - as desired;]
(By her, your human action was removed, O son of Bhrigu. Accept the divine weapons from me as desired.)
"By her, your human actions have been nullified, O son of Bhrigu. Accept the divine weapons from me as you wish."
ततोऽस्त्राणि समस्तानि वरांश्च मनसेप्सितान्। लब्ध्वा बहुविधान्रामः प्रणम्य शिरसा शिवम् ॥८-२४-१५५॥
tato'strāṇi samastāni varāṁśca manasepsitān। labdhvā bahuvidhānrāmaḥ praṇamya śirasā śivam ॥8-24-155॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; समस्तानि (samastāni) - all; वरान् (varān) - boons; च (ca) - and; मनसा (manasā) - in mind; इप्सितान् (ipsitān) - desired; लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained; बहुविधान् (bahuvidhān) - various; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama; प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed; शिरसा (śirasā) - with head; शिवम् (śivam) - to Shiva;]
(Then, having obtained all the weapons and boons desired in mind, Rama, having bowed with his head, to Shiva.)
Then Rama, having received all the various weapons and boons he desired in his mind, bowed his head to Shiva.
अनुज्ञां प्राप्य देवेशाज्जगाम स महातपाः। एवमेतत्पुरावृत्तं तदा कथितवानृषिः ॥८-२४-१५६॥
anujñāṃ prāpya deveśājjagāma sa mahātapāḥ। evametatpurāvṛttaṃ tadā kathitavānṛṣiḥ ॥8-24-156॥
[अनुज्ञाम् (anujñām) - permission; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained; देवेशात् (deveśāt) - from the lord of the gods; जगाम (jagāma) - went; सः (saḥ) - he; महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic; एवम् (evam) - thus; एतत् (etat) - this; पुरा (purā) - formerly; वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened; तदा (tadā) - then; कथितवान् (kathitavān) - narrated; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage;]
(Having obtained permission from the lord of the gods, the great ascetic went. Thus, this happened formerly, then narrated the sage.)
The great ascetic, having received permission from the lord of the gods, departed. Thus, the sage narrated what had happened in the past.
भार्गवोऽप्यददात्सर्वं धनुर्वेदं महात्मने। कर्णाय पुरुषव्याघ्र सुप्रीतेनान्तरात्मना ॥८-२४-१५७॥
bhārgavo'pyadadātsarvaṃ dhanurvedaṃ mahātmane। karṇāya puruṣavyāghra suprītenāntarātmanā ॥8-24-157॥
[भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - Bhrigu's descendant; अपि (api) - also; अददात् (adadāt) - gave; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; धनुर्वेदम् (dhanurvedam) - the science of archery; महात्मने (mahātmane) - to the great soul; कर्णाय (karṇāya) - to Karna; पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - tiger among men; सुप्रीतेन (suprītena) - with great affection; अन्तरात्मना (antarātmanā) - with inner self;]
(Bhrigu's descendant also gave all the science of archery to the great soul Karna, the tiger among men, with great affection and inner self.)
Bhrigu's descendant, with great affection and from the depths of his soul, imparted the entire knowledge of archery to Karna, the great soul and tiger among men.
वृजिनं हि भवेत्किञ्चिद्यदि कर्णस्य पार्थिव। नास्मै ह्यस्त्राणि दिव्यानि प्रादास्यद्भृगुनन्दनः ॥८-२४-१५८॥
vṛjinaṃ hi bhavetkiñcidyadi karṇasya pārthiva। nāsmai hyastrāṇi divyāni prādāsyadbhr̥gunandanaḥ ॥8-24-158॥
[वृजिनम् (vṛjinam) - sin; हि (hi) - indeed; भवेत् (bhavet) - would be; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - any; यदि (yadi) - if; कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - of Karna; पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king; न (na) - not; अस्मै (asmai) - to him; हि (hi) - indeed; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine; प्रादास्यत् (prādāsyat) - would have given; भृगुनन्दनः (bhr̥gunandanaḥ) - Bhrigu's descendant;]
(If there were any sin in Karna, O king, Bhrigu's descendant would not have given him the divine weapons.)
O king, if there were any sin in Karna, indeed, Bhrigu's descendant would not have bestowed upon him the divine weapons.
नापि सूतकुले जातं कर्णं मन्ये कथञ्चन। देवपुत्रमहं मन्ये क्षत्रियाणां कुलोद्भवम् ॥८-२४-१५९॥
nāpi sūtakule jātaṃ karṇaṃ manye kathaṃcana। devaputramahaṃ manye kṣatriyāṇāṃ kulodbhavam ॥8-24-159॥
[न (na) - not; अपि (api) - also; सूतकुले (sūtakule) - in the charioteer's family; जातम् (jātam) - born; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karṇa; मन्ये (manye) - I think; कथञ्चन (kathaṃcana) - somehow; देवपुत्रम् (devaputram) - son of a god; अहम् (aham) - I; मन्ये (manye) - I think; क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the Kshatriyas; कुलोद्भवम् (kulodbhavam) - born in the family;]
(I do not think Karṇa was born in the charioteer's family somehow. I think he is the son of a god, born in the family of Kshatriyas.)
I believe that Karṇa was not born in the charioteer's family; somehow, I think he is the son of a god, born into the Kshatriya lineage.
सकुण्डलं सकवचं दीर्घबाहुं महारथम्। कथमादित्यसदृशं मृगी व्याघ्रं जनिष्यति ॥८-२४-१६०॥
sakuṇḍalaṃ sakavacaṃ dīrghabāhuṃ mahāratham। kathamādityasadṛśaṃ mṛgī vyāghraṃ janiṣyati ॥8-24-160॥
[सकुण्डलं (sakuṇḍalam) - with earrings; सकवचं (sakavacam) - with armor; दीर्घबाहुं (dīrghabāhum) - long-armed; महारथम् (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; कथम् (katham) - how; आदित्यसदृशं (ādityasadṛśam) - like the sun; मृगी (mṛgī) - a doe; व्याघ्रं (vyāghram) - tiger; जनिष्यति (janiṣyati) - will give birth;]
(With earrings, with armor, long-armed, great chariot-warrior; how will a doe give birth to a tiger like the sun?)
How can a doe give birth to a tiger who is adorned with earrings, armored, long-armed, and a great chariot-warrior, resembling the sun?
पश्य ह्यस्य भुजौ पीनौ नागराजकरोपमौ। वक्षः पश्य विशालं च सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हणम् ॥८-२४-१६१॥
paśya hy asya bhujau pīnau nāgarājakaropamau। vakṣaḥ paśya viśālaṃ ca sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam ॥8-24-161॥
[पश्य (paśya) - see; हि (hi) - indeed; अस्य (asya) - his; भुजौ (bhujau) - arms; पीनौ (pīnau) - strong; नागराज (nāgarāja) - king of serpents; कर (kara) - hands; उपमौ (upamau) - like; वक्षः (vakṣaḥ) - chest; पश्य (paśya) - see; विशालं (viśālam) - broad; च (ca) - and; सर्व (sarva) - all; शत्रु (śatru) - enemies; निबर्हणम् (nibarhaṇam) - destroying;]
(See indeed his arms strong like the hands of the king of serpents. See the chest broad and destroying all enemies.)
"Behold his strong arms, resembling the hands of the king of serpents. Observe his broad chest, capable of vanquishing all foes."
