Chapter 43

janamejaya uvāca tryakṣādvadhamahaṃ brahmañchrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ || 1 ||
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trayāṇāṃ purasaṃjñānāṃ khecarāṇāṃ samāsataḥ || 2 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca śṛṇu vistarataḥ sarvaṃ yanmāṃ pṛcchasi naidhanam || 3 ||
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daityānāṃ bāhubalināṃ sarvaprāṇivirodhināṃ || 4 ||
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śaṃkareṇa vadhaṃ rājañchūlaistribhirajihmagaiḥ || 5 ||
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kṛtaṃ purāsurendrāṇāṃ sarvabhūtavadhaiṣiṇām || 6 ||
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tripuraṃ puruṣavyāghra bṛhaddhātusamīritam || 7 ||
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vikrāmati nabhomadhye meghavṛndamivotthitam || 8 ||
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prākāreṇa pravṛddhena kāñcanena virājitā || 9 ||
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maṇibhiśca prakāśadbhiḥ sarvaratnaiśca toraṇaiḥ || 10 ||
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babhāse nabhaso madhye śriyā paramayā jvalat || 11 ||
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gandharvāṇāmivodagraṃ karmaṇā sādhitaṃ puraṃ || 12 ||
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vājinaḥ pakṣasaṃyuktā vahanti baladarpitāḥ || 13 ||
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puraṃ prabhākaraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ manobhiḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ || 14 ||
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dhāvanto hreṣamāṇāste vikramaiḥ prāṇasaṃbhṛtaiḥ || 15 ||
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āhvayanta ivākāśaṃ khuraiḥ śyāmadalaprabhaiḥ || 16 ||
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vāyuvegasamairvegaiḥ kampayanta ivāmbaram || 17 ||
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sarvataḥ samadṛśyanta cakṣurbhirvihitātmabhiḥ || 18 ||
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ṛṣibhirjvalanaprakhyaistapasā dagdhakilbiṣaiḥ || 19 ||
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gītavāditrabahulaṃ gandharvanagaropamam || 20 ||
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citrāyudhasamākīrṇaiḥ prataptakanakaprabhaiḥ || 21 ||
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bhavanairbahuvarṇaiśca prāṃśubhiḥ samalaṃkṛtaiḥ || 22 ||
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devendrabhavanākāraiḥ śuśubhe tanmahādyuti || 23 ||
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prāsādāgraiḥ pravṛddhaiśca kailāsaśikharaprabhaiḥ || 24 ||
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śuśubhe daityanagaraṃ bahusūryamivāmbaram || 25 ||
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cayāṭṭālakasaṃpannaṃ taptakāñcanasaprabham || 26 ||
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pradīptamiva tejobhī rarājātha mahāprabho || 26 ||
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kṣveḍitotkruṣṭabahulaṃ siṃhanādavināditam || 27 ||
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babhau valgujanākīrṇaṃ vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ yathā || 28 ||
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samuddhūtapatākaṃ tadasibhiśca virājitam || 29 ||
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rarāja tripuraṃ rājanmahadvidyudivāmbaram || 30 ||
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sūryanābhaśca daityendraścandranābhaśca bhārata || 31 ||
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tathānye ca mahāvīryā dānavā baladarpitāḥ || 32 ||
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mamṛduśca babhañjuśca mohitāḥ parameṣṭhinā || 33 ||
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panthānaṃ devagamanaṃ pitṛyānaṃ ca bhārata || 34 ||
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tairevamasurāgraiśca pragṛhītaśarāsanaiḥ || 35 ||
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dānavairnaraśārdūla devayāne mahāpathe || 36 ||
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pitṛvahnibalopete hṛte bharatasattama || 37 ||
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brahmāṇamabhyadhāvanta sarve suragaṇāstathā || 38 ||
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vivarṇavadanā dīnāśchinne ca gatikarmaṇi || 39 ||
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abruvaṃścāgrataḥ sthitvā svareṇārtaninādinā || 40 ||
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hanyāmahe śatrugaṇairbhāgocchedena bhāgada || 41 ||
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teṣāṃ caiva vadhopāyaṃ vadasva vadatāṃ vara || 42 ||
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yaṃ jñātvā bāhubalino vadhema samare parān || 43 ||
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sāntvayitvātha varado brahmā provāca devatāḥ || 44 ||
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gacchadhvamamarāḥ sarve rudramārādhituṃ bhuvi || 44 ||
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sa eva nigrahe śakto daityānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ || 44 ||
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tapasā tasya devasya samartho vai tato bhavet || 44 ||
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rudrasyārādhanārthāya devadevasya śāśvataḥ || 44 ||
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mahādevaṃ virūpākṣaṃ bhajadhvaṃ tridaśottamāḥ || 44 ||
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sa eva hatvā tān sarvān kuśalaṃ vo vidhāsyati || 44 ||
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śṛṇudhvaṃ devatāḥ sarvāḥ śatrupratikṛtiṃ parām || 45 ||
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avadhyā dānavāḥ sarve ṛte śaṃkaramavyayam || 46 ||
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pratigṛhya ca tadvākyaṃ manobhirvāgbhireva ca || 47 ||
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bhūmau prapedire sarve saha rudraiśca bhārata || 48 ||
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vindhyapāde ca merau ca madhye ca pṛthivītale || 49 ||
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tapasogreṇa yogajñāḥ sarve te munayo'bhavan || 50 ||
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kāśyapeyā haraṃ prāptā japanto brahmasaṃhitāṃ || 51 ||
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teṣāṃ paramanārīṇāmabhavaddhavyavāhane || 52 ||
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vinyastadarbhanicaye tāmraṃ lohaṃ ca bhūṣaṇam || 53 ||
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paridhānāni carmāṇi mṛdūni ca śubhāni ca || 54 ||
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svayaṃmṛtānāṃ kṛṣṇānāṃ mṛgāṇāṃ kurusattama || 55 ||
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gṛhītāni vimuktāni dehebhyo vanacāriṇām || 56 ||
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te'ntarikṣamathopetya viviśurmāyayā vṛtāḥ || 57 ||
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harālayaṃ surāḥ sarve vyāghracarmanivāsinaḥ || 58 ||
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praṇipatyātha te dīnā bhagavantaṃ jagatpatim || 59 ||
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suvyaktenābhidhānena prabhāṣante haraṃ tataḥ || 60 ||
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havirdattamivājñānādbhasmacchanneṣu vahniṣu || 61 ||
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varadānaṃ vṛthāsmāsu bhagavanvimukhe tvayi || 62 ||
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yathādeśaṃ yathākālaṃ kriyatāṃ brahmaṇo vacaḥ || 63 ||
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yaduktaṃ devadevena khecarāṇāṃ samīpataḥ || 64 ||
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evamārādhito devaiḥ surāsuranamaskṛtaḥ || 64 ||
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prasannacetā bhagavāndevadevo vṛṣadhvajaḥ || 64 ||
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pratijajñe'suravadhaṃ sabhṛtyabalavāhanam || 64 ||
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tataḥ provāca bhagavānpuraṃdarapurogamān || 64 ||
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sarve māmanugacchantu tripurasya jighāṃsayā || 64 ||
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evaṃ devavacobhiśca bhāvino'rthasya vai balāt || 65 ||
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samanahyanmahādevo devaiḥ saha savāsavaiḥ || 66 ||
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ādityā rathamāsthāya saṃnaddhāḥ samalaṃkṛtāḥ || 67 ||
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sarve kāñcana varṇābhā babhurdīptā ivāgnayaḥ || 68 ||
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rudreṇa sahitā rudrā dahanta iva tejasā || 69 ||
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saṃnaddhāścārumukuṭāḥ prāṃśavaḥ parvatā iva || 70 ||
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viśve viśvena vapuṣā balinaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ || 71 ||
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samanahyanmahātmāno dānavāntaṃ vidhitsavaḥ || 72 ||
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ebhiḥ saha balādhyakṣaiḥ samantātparivāritaḥ || 73 ||
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tripuraṃ yodhayattryakṣaḥ pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ || 74 ||
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atha daityā bhinnadehāḥ purāṭ ṭālagatā iva || 75 ||
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nyapatanbhuvi dehaiste viśīrṇā iva parvatāḥ || 76 ||
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abhividdhāḥ praviddhāśca cayāṭ ṭālagatā nṛpa || 77 ||
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nyapatandaityasaṃghāśca vajreṇeva hatā nagāḥ || 78 ||
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asibhiśca hatā devaiḥ śakticakraparaśvadhaiḥ || 79 ||
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bāṇaiśca bhinnamarmāṇo daityendrā yudhi gocare || 80 ||
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prapetuḥ sahitā urvyāṃ chinnapakṣā ivācalāḥ || 81 ||
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tatra saṃjñāṃ vyamuñcanta tena dīptena tejasā || 82 ||
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evaṃ te'nyonyasaṃbādhe kṣīyante kṣayakarmaṇā || 83 ||
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nopālabhyanta cakṣurbhyāmapi divyena cakṣuṣā || 84 ||
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astaṃ prāpte dinakare surendrāste niśāmukhe || 85 ||
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chinnabhinnakṣatamukhā nipeturvasudhātale || 86 ||
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atha daityā jayaṃ prāptā niśāyāṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 87 ||
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vinedurvipulairnādairmeghā iva mahāravāḥ || 88 ||
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jayaprāptyāsurāścaiva te'nyonyamabhijalpire || 89 ||
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trāsitāstridaśāḥ sarve saṃgrāme jayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ || 90 ||
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asmābhirbalasaṃpannaiḥ saha prāsāsitomaraiḥ || 91 ||
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virejuśca jayaṃ prāptā uśanohavyabodhitāḥ || 92 ||
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samare balasaṃpannāḥ sāyudhā daityasattamāḥ || 93 ||
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suraiśca sahitaḥ sarvai rathamāsthāya śaṃkaraḥ || 94 ||
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darpitānabhinaddaityānprabhindanniva vai diśaḥ || 95 ||
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yugāntakāle vitato raśmivāniva nirdahan || 96 ||
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sarvabhūtāni bhūtāgryaḥ pralaye samupasthite || 97 ||
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sa ratho vājibhiḥ śīghrairuhyamāno manojavaiḥ || 98 ||
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vibabhau nabhaso madhye savidyudiva toyadaḥ || 99 ||
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vṛṣabheṇa dhvajāgreṇa garjamānena bhārata || 100 ||
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bhāti sma sa ratho rājan sendrāyudha ivāmbudaḥ || 101 ||
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tato'mbaragatāḥ siddhāstuṣṭuvurvṛṣabhadhvajam || 102 ||
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karmabhiḥ pūrvajaṃ pūrvaiḥ śucibhistryambakaṃ tadā || 103 ||
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ṛṣayaśca tapaḥśrāntāḥ satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ || 104 ||
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amṛtaprāśinaścaiva surasaṃghāḥ sahasraśaḥ || 105 ||
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gandharvāścopagāyanti gāndharveṇa svareṇa vai || 106 ||
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prahṛṣṭavadanāḥ saumyāḥ paitrye sthānāntare nṛpa || 107 ||
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cayāṭṭālakasaṃpanne śataghnīśatasaṃkule || 108 ||
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tasmiṃstu daityanagare sarvabhūtabhayāvahe || 109 ||
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tatastu śaravarṣāṇi mumucurdaityadānavāḥ || 110 ||
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surāṇāmarayo madhye tīkṣṇāgrāṇi samantataḥ || 111 ||
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śataghnībhiśca nighnanto bhallaiḥ śūlaiśca bhārata || 112 ||
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te cakrire mahatkarma dānavā yuddhakovidāḥ || 113 ||
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gadābhiśca gadā jaghnurbhallairbhallāṃśca cicchiduḥ || 114 ||
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astrairastrāṇyabādhanta māyāṃ māyābhireva ca || 115 ||
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tato'pare samudyamya śaraśaktiparaśvadhān || 116 ||
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aśanīśca mahāghorā yuktāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ || 117 ||
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asibhirmāyāvihitairmṛtyorviṣayagocaraiḥ || 118 ||
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te vadhyamānā vibudhāḥ śaravarṣairavasthitāḥ || 119 ||
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gandharvanagarākāraḥ so'sīdatsaharo rathaḥ || 120 ||
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hanyamāno'suragaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ prāsāsitomaraiḥ || 121 ||
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daityapraharaṇaistaiśca gurubhirbhārasādibhiḥ || 122 ||
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citraiśca bahubhiḥ śastrairatiṣṭhata śacīpatiḥ || 123 ||
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tato madhye divyaśabdaḥ prādurāsīnmahīpate || 124 ||
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ṛṣīṇāṃ brahmaputrāṇāṃ mahatāmapi bhārata || 125 ||
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sa eṣa śaṃkarasyāgre ratho bhūmiṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ || 126 ||
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ajeyo jayyatāṃ prāptaḥ sarvalokasya paśyataḥ || 127 ||
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tasminnipatite rājan rathānāṃ pravare rathe || 128 ||
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nipetuḥ sarvabhūtāni vasudhāṃ vasudhādhipa || 129 ||
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viceluḥ parvatāgrāṇi celuścaiva mahādrumāḥ || 130 ||
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vicukṣubhuḥ samudrāśca na rejuśca diśo daśa || 131 ||
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vṛddhāśca brāhmaṇāstatra jepuśca paramaṃ japam || 132 ||
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yattadbrahmamayaṃ tejaḥ sarvatra vijayaiṣiṇām || 133 ||
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śāntyarthamiha bhūtānāmiha loke paratra ca || 134 ||
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samādhāyātmanātmānaṃ yogaprāptena hetunā || 135 ||
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rathantareṇa sāmnātha brahmabhūtena bhārata || 136 ||
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tejasā jvalayanviṣṇostryakṣasya ca mahātmanaḥ || 137 ||
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sarveṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ balināṃ kāmarūpiṇām || 138 ||
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ṛṣīṇāṃ tapasāḍhyānāṃ vasatāṃ vijane vane || 139 ||
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atha viṣṇurmahāyogī sarvato dṛṣya tattvataḥ || 140 ||
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vṛṣarūpaṃ samāsthāya projjahāra rathottamam || 141 ||
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samākrāntaṃ devagaṇaiḥ samagrabalapauruṣaiḥ || 142 ||
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balavāṃstolayitvā tu viṣāṇābhyāṃ mahābalaḥ || 143 ||
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nanāda prāṇayogena mathyamāna ivārṇavaḥ || 144 ||
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tṛtīyaṃ vāyuviṣayaṃ samākramya viṣāṇavān || 145 ||
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nanāda balavannādaṃ samudra iva parvaṇi || 146 ||
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tato nādena vitrastā daiteyā yuddhadurmadāḥ || 147 ||
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punaste kṛtasaṃnāhā yuyudhuḥ sumahābalāḥ || 148 ||
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sarve vai bāhubalinaḥ samarthabalapauruṣāḥ || 149 ||
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surasainyaṃ pramardanti pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ || 150 ||
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agniṃ saṃdhāya dhanuṣi taṃ ca bāṇaṃ suyantritam || 151 ||
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brahmāstreṇābhisaṃyojya brahmadaṇḍamivāvyayaḥ || 152 ||
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mumuce daityanagare tridhā śabdena saṃjñitam || 153 ||
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taṃ bāṇaṃ trividhaṃ vīryātsaṃdhāya manasā prabhuḥ || 154 ||
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satyena brahmayogena tapogreṇa ca bhārata || 155 ||
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mumuce daityanagare sarvaprāṇaharāñcharān || 156 ||
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dīptān kanakavarṇābhān suparṇāṃśca sunirmalān || 157 ||
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muktvā śaravarān ghorān saviṣāniva pannagān || 158 ||
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supradīptaistribhirbāṇairvegibhistadvidāritam || 159 ||
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śarapātapradīptāni vindhyāgrāṇīva bhārata || 160 ||
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gopurāṇyasuraiḥ sārdhaṃ dahyamānāni bhārata || 161 ||
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viśīryanta ivābhānti manujendra dharādharāḥ || 162 ||
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agninā saṃpradīptāni vahnigarbhāṇi bhārata || 163 ||
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dharaṇīṃ pratyapadyanta purāṇi vasudhādhipa || 164 ||
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tāni tasya tu dagdhāni vaidūryasadṛśāni vai || 165 ||
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nipeturdahyamānāni śikharāṇi gireriva || 166 ||
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śaṅkareṇa pradagdhāni brahmāstreṇāpatannṛpa || 167 ||
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tatastu vijayī rudraḥ sevyamāno maharṣibhiḥ || 167 ||
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vṛṣarūpaṃ tadā viṣṇuṃ pūjayanprayayau girim || 167 ||
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ya imaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ vijayaṃ śaṃkarasya ca || 167 ||
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sarvatra vijayaṃ prāptaḥ sa tu dīrghāyurāpnuyāt || 167 ||
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hate tu tripure devairvāco harṣātkileritāḥ || 168 ||
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sarvāñjahīti śatrūṃstvaṃ pravṛddhānpuruṣottama || 169 ||
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viṣṇureva mahāyogī yogena prasmayanniva || 170 ||
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stūyate brahmasadṛśairṛṣibhiḥ śaṃkareṇa ca || 171 ||
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brahmaṇā sahitairdevaiḥ saṃpannabalapauruṣaiḥ || 172 ||
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