08024053a pitRdevarSisaGMghebhyo vare datte mahAtmanA ''duryodhana said, 'After the fears of those throngs of the pitris, the gods, and the RSis had thus been dispelled by that high-souled Deity,
08024053c satkRtya zaGMkaramM prAha brahmA lokahitaM vacaH brahma then offered his adorations, unto Sankara, and said these words for the benefit of the universe,
08024054a tavAtisargAd deveza prAjApatyam idamM padam 'Through thy favour, O Lord of all, the Lordship of all creatures is mine.
08024054c mayAdhitiSThatA datto dAnavebhyo mahAn varaH Occupying that rank, I have given a great boon to the dAnavas.
08024055a tAn atikrAntamaryAdAn nAnyasH saMhartum arhati
08024055c tvAm Rte bhUtabhavyeza tvaM hy eSAmM pratyarir vadhe It behoveth none else, save thee, O Lord of the Past and the Future, to destroy those wicked wights that show no regard for any one.
08024056a sa tvanM deva prapannAnAM yAcatAJM ca divaukasAm
08024056c kuru prasAdanM deveza dAnavAJ jahi zUlabhRt Thou O god, art the only person competent to slay the foes of these denizens of heaven that have sought thy protection and that solicit thee. O lord of all the gods, show favour to these. Slay the dAnavas, O wielder of the trident. O giver of honours, let the universe, through thy grace, obtain happiness. O Lord of all the worlds, thou art the one whose shelter should be sought. We all seek thy shelter.'
08024057 zrIbhagavAn uvAca '''Sthanu said,
08024057a hantavyAzH zatravasH sarve yuSmAkam iti me matiH 'All your foes should be slain.
08024057c na tv eko 'haM vadhe teSAM samartho vai suradviSAm But, I shall not however, slay them single-handed. The enemies of the gods are possessed of might.
08024058a te yUyaM sahitAsH sarve madIyenAstratejasA Therefore, all of you, united together,
08024058c jayadhvaM yudhi tAJ zatrUn saGMghAto hi mahAbalaH consume those enemies of yours in battle, with half my might. Union is great strength.'
08024059 devA UcuH '''The gods said,
08024059a asmattejobalaM yAvat tAvad dviguNam eva ca 'Theirs (dAnavas') is twice the energy and might of ourselves,
08024059c teSAm iti ha manyAmo dRSTatejobalA hi te we think, for we have already seen their energy and might.'
08024060 bhagavAn uvAca '''The holy one said,
08024060a vadhyAs te sarvataH pApA ye yuSmAsv aparAdhinaH 'Those sinful wights that have offended against ye should be slain.
08024060c mama tejobalArdhena sarvAMs tAn ghnata zAtravAn With half of my energy and might, slay all those enemies of yours.'
08024061 devA UcuH '''The gods said,
08024061a bibhartunM tejaso 'rdhanM te na zakSyAmo mahezvara 'We will not be able, O Maheswara, to bear half of thy energy.
08024061c sarveSAnM no balArdhena tvam eva jahi zAtravAn With, on the other hand, half of our united might, do thou slay those foes.' '''The holy one said, 'If, indeed, ye have not the ability to bear half of my might, then, endued with half of your united energy, I will slay them.'
08024062 duryodhana uvAca ''duryodhana continued,
08024062a tatas tatheti devezas tair ukto rAjasattama 'The celestials then, addressing the god of gods, said 'So be it' O best of kings.
08024062c ardham AdAya sarvebhyas tejasAbhyadhiko 'bhavat Taking half of their energies from all of them, he became superior in might.
08024063a sa tu devo balenAsIt sarvebhyo balavattaraH Indeed, in might that god became superior to all in the universe.
08024063c mahAdeva iti khyAtas tadAprabhRti zaGMkaraH From that time Sankara came to be called Mahadeva.
08024064a tato 'bravIn mahAdevo dhanur bANadharas tv aham And Mahadeva then said, 'Armed with bow and shaft,
08024064c haniSyAmi rathenAjau tAn ripUn vai divaukasaH I will, from my car, slay in battle those foes of yours, ye denizens of heaven.
08024065a te yUyamM me rathaJM caiva dhanur bANanM tathaiva ca Therefore, ye gods, see to it now to my car and bow and shaft so that
08024065c pazyadhvaM yAvad adyaitAn pAtayAmi mahItale I may, this very day, throw the asuras down on the Earth.'
08024066 devA UcuH '''The gods said,
08024066a mUrtisarvasvam AdAya trailokyasya tatas tataH 'Gathering all forms that may be found in the three worlds and taking portions of each,
08024066c rathanM te kalpayiSyAma devezvara mahaujasam we will each, O Lord of the gods, construct a car of great energy for thee.
08024067a tathaiva buddhyA vihitaM vizvakarmakRtaM zubham It will be a large car, the handiwork of Viswakarman, designed with intelligence.'
08024067c tato vibudhazArdUlAs taM rathaM samakalpayan Saying this, those tigers among the gods began the construction of that car. And they made viSNu and Soma and Hutasana the arrow for Sankara's use. agni became the staff, and Soma became the head, and viSNu the point, O king, of that foremost of arrows.
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08024068a vandhuramM pRthivInM devIM vizAlapuramAlinIm The goddess Earth, with her large cities and towns,
08024068c saparvatavanadvIpAJM cakrur bhUtadharAnM tadA her mountains and forests and islands, that home of diverse creatures, was made the car.
08024069a mandaramM parvataJM cAkSaJM jaGghAs tasya mahAnadIH The mandara mountain was made its axle; and the great river gaGgA was made its Jangha;
08024069c dizaz ca pradizaz caiva parivAraM rathasya hi and the points of the compass, cardinal and subsidiary became the ornaments of the car. The constellations became its shaft; the Krita age became its yoke; and that best of Snakes, viz., Vasuki, became the Kuvara of that car. Himavat and Vindhya mountains became its Apaskara and Adhishthana; and the Udaya and the Asta mountains were made the wheels of that car by those foremost ones among the gods. They made the excellent Ocean, that abode of the dAnavas its other axle. The seven RSis became the protectors of the wheels of that car. gaGgA and Sarasvati and Sindhu and the Sky became its Dhura; all the other rivers and all the waters became the chords for binding the several limbs of that car. Day and Night and the other divisions of time such as kAlas and Kasthas, and the Seasons became its Amukarsha.
08024070a anukarSAn grahAn dIptAn varUthaJM cApi tArakAH The blazing planets and the stars became its wooden fence;
08024070c dharmArthakAmasaMyuktanM triveNuJM cApi bandhuram Religion, Profit, and Pleasure, united together, became its Trivenu.
08024070e oSadhIr vividhAs tatra nAnApuSpaphalodgamAH The herbs and the creepers, decked with flowers and fruits, became its bells.
08024071a sUryAcandramasau kRtvA cakre rathavarottame Making the Sun and the Moon equal, these were made the (other two) wheels of that foremost of cars.
08024071c pakSau pUrvAparau tatra kRte rAtryahanI zubhe Day and Night were made its auspicious wings on the right and left.
08024072a daza nAgapatIn ISAnM dhRtarASTramukhAn dRDhAm The ten foremost of snakes having dhRtarASTra for their first, all exceedingly strong, formed the (other) shaft of that car.
08024072c dyAM yugaM yugacarmANi saMvartakabalAhakAn The Sky was made its (other) yoke, and the clouds called Samvartaka and Valahaka were the leathern strings of the yoke.
08024073a zamyAnM dhRtiJM ca medhAJM ca sthitiM sanMnatim eva ca The two Twilights and Dhritri and Medha and Sthiti and Sannati,
08024073c grahanakSatratArAbhiz carma citranM nabhastalam and the firmament bespangled with planets and stars, were made the skins for covering that car.
08024074a surAmbupretavittAnAmM patIl~ lokezvarAn hayAn Those Regents of the world, viz., the Lords of the gods, of the waters, of the dead, and of treasures, were made the steeds of that car.
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08024120a sa tad vikRSya bhagavAn divyaM lokezvaro dhanuH
08024120c trailokyasAranM tam iSumM mumoca tripuramM prati The illustrious deity, that Lord of the universe, then drawing that celestial bow, sped that shaft which represented the might of the whole universe, at the triple city. Upon that foremost of shafts, O thou of great good fortune, being shot, loud wails of woe were heard from those cities as they began to fall down towards the Earth.
08024120e tat sAsuragaNanM dagdhvA prAkSipat pazcimArNave Burning those asuras, he threw them down into the Western ocean.
08024121a evanM tat tripuranM dagdhanM dAnavAz cApy azeSataH Thus was the triple city burnt and thus were the dAnavas exterminated
08024121c mahezvareNa kruddhena trailokyasya hitaiSiNA by Maheswara in wrath, from desire of doing good to the three worlds.
08024122a sa cAtmakrodhajo vahnir hAhety uktvA nivAritaH The fire born of his own wrath, the three-eyed god quenched,
08024122c mA kArSIr bhasmasAl lokAn iti tryakSo 'bravIc ca tam saying, 'Do not reduce the three worlds to ashes.'
08024123a tataH prakRtim ApannA devA lokAs tatha rSayaH After this, the gods, the RSis, and the three worlds became all restored to their natural dispositions,
08024123c tuSTuvur vAgbhir arthyAbhisH sthANum apratimaujasam and gratified Sthanu of unrivalled energy with words of high import.
08024124a te 'nujJAtA bhagavatA jagmusH sarve yathAgatam Receiving then the permission of the great god,
08024124c kRtakAmAH prasannena prajApatimukhAH surAH the gods with the Creator at their head went away to the places they came from, their object being accomplished after such effort.
