Chapter 42

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bhīṣma uvāca |
śrutaḥ padmodbhavo brahmanvistareṇa tvayeritaḥ |
samāsādbhavamāhātmyamutpattiṃ ca guhasya ca || 1 ||
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śrotumicchāmi te brahmanyathābhūtaḥ kṛtaṃ ca yat |
tārakaśca kathaṃ bhūto dānavo balavattaraḥ || 2 ||
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kārttikeyena sa brahmankathaṃ dhvasto mahāsuraḥ |
kathaṃ rudreṇa munayaḥ preṣitā maṃdaraṃ girim || 3 ||
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kathaṃ labdhā umā tatra rudreṇa parameṣṭhinā |
etadākhyāhi me sarvaṃ yathābhūtaṃ mahāmune || 4 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
kaśyapena purā proktā ditirdaityāraṇiḥ śubhā |
vajrasāramayaiścāṃgaiḥ putro devi bhaviṣyati || 5 ||
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vajrāṃgo nāma putrastu bhavitā dharmavatsalaḥ |
sā ca labdhavarā devī suṣuve vajraduśchidam || 6 ||
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sa jātamātra evābhūtsarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ |
uvāca mātaraṃ bhaktyā mātaḥ kiṃ karavāṇyaham || 7 ||
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tasyovāca tato hṛṣṭā ditirdaityādhipasya tu |
bahavo me hatāḥ putrāḥ sahasrākṣeṇa putraka || 8 ||
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teṣāmapacitiṃ kartuṃ gaccha śakravadhāya tu |
bāḍhamityeva tāṃ coktvā jagāma tridivaṃ balāt || 9 ||
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badhvā tataḥ sahasrākṣaṃ pāśenāmoghavarcasā |
māturaṃtikamāgacchadvyādhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā || 10 ||
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etasminnaṃtare brahmā kaśyapaśca mahātapāḥ |
āgatau tatra yatrāstāṃ mātāputrāvabhītakau || 11 ||
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dṛṣṭvā tu tāvuvācedaṃ brahmā kaśyapa eva ca |
muṃcainaṃ putra deveṃdraṃ kimanena prayojanam || 12 ||
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avamāno vadhaḥ proktaḥ putra saṃbhāvitasya tu |
asmadvākyena yo muktastvaddhastānmṛta eva saḥ || 13 ||
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parasya gauravānmuktaḥ śatrūṇāṃ śatrurāhave |
sajīvanneva hi mṛto divase divase punaḥ || 14 ||
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etacchrutvā tu vajrāṃgaḥ praṇato vākyamabravīt |
na me kṛtyamanenāsti māturājñā kṛtā hi me || 15 ||
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tvaṃ surāsuranātho vai mānyaśca prapitāmahaḥ |
kariṣye tvadvaco deva eṣa muktaḥ śatakratuḥ || 16 ||
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tapasemeratirdevanirvighnaṃtaccamebhavet |
tvatprasādena bhagavannityuktvā virarāma ha || 17 ||
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tasmiṃstūṣṇīṃ sthite daitye provācedaṃ pitāmahaḥ |
brahmovāca |
tapastvaṃ kuru māpannaḥ sosmacchāsanasaṃsthitaḥ || 18 ||
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anayā cittaśuddhyā hi paryāptaṃ janmanaḥ phalam |
ityuktvā padmajaḥ kanyāṃ sasarjāyatalocanām || 19 ||
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tāmasmai pradadau devaḥ patnyarthe padmasaṃbhavaḥ |
varāṃgīti ca nāmāsyāḥ kṛtvā yātaḥ pitāpahaḥ || 20 ||
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vajrāṃgopi tayā sārddhaṃ jagāma tapase vanam |
ūrddhvabāhussa daityeṃdro caradvarṣasahasrakam || 21 ||
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kālaṃ kamalapatrākṣaḥ śuddhabuddhirmahātapāḥ |
tāvaccādhomukhaḥ kālaṃ tāvatpaṃcāgnimadhyagaḥ || 22 ||
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nirāhāro ghoratapāstaporāśirajāyata |
tataḥ soṃtarjale cakre vāsaṃ varṣasahasrakam || 23 ||
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jalāṃtaraṃ praviṣṭasya tasya patnī mahāvratā |
tasyaiva tīre sarasaḥ sthitā'sau maunamāśritā || 24 ||
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nirāhāraṃ tapo ghoraṃ praviveśa mahādyutiḥ |
tasyāṃ tapasi vartaṃtyāmiṃdraścakre vibhīṣikām || 25 ||
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gatvā tu markaṭākārastadāśramapadaṃ mahat |
brasīṃ cakarṣa balavāngaṃdhādyarcākaraṃḍakam || 26 ||
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tatastu siṃharūpeṇa bhīṣayāmāsa bhāminīm |
tato bhujaṃgarūpeṇāpyadaśaccaraṇadvayam || 27 ||
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tapobalavaśātsā tu navadhyatvaṃ jagāma ha |
bhīṣikābhiranekābhiḥ kleśayanpākaśāsanaḥ || 28 ||
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virarāma yadā naiva vajrāṃgamahiṣī tadā |
śailasyaduṣṭatāṃ matvā śāpaṃ dātuṃ samudyatā || 29 ||
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tāṃ śāpābhimukhīṃ dṛṣṭvā śailaḥ puruṣavigrahaḥ |
uvāca tāṃ varārohāṃ varāṃgīṃ bhītalocanaḥ || 30 ||
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śaila uvāca |
nāhaṃ mahāvrate duṣṭaḥ sevyohaṃ sarvadehinām |
vipriyaṃ te karotyeṣa ruṣitaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ || 31 ||
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etasminnaṃtare jātaḥ kālo varṣasahasrakaḥ |
tasminjñātvā tu bhagavānkāle kamalasaṃbhavaḥ || 32 ||
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tuṣṭaḥ provāca vajrāṃgaṃ tadāgatya jalāśayam |
brahmovāca |
dadāmi sarvakāmaṃ ta uttiṣṭha ditinaṃdana || 33 ||
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evamuktastadotthāya sa daityeṃdrastaponidhiḥ |
uvāca prāṃjalirvākyaṃ sarvalokapitāmaham || 34 ||
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vajrāṃga uvāca |
āsuro māstu me bhāvaḥ saṃtu lokā mamākṣayāḥ |
tapasyabhiratirme'stu śarīrasyāsya vartanam || 35 ||
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evamastviti taṃ devo jagāma svakamālayam |
vajrāṃgopi samāpte tu tapasi sthirasaṃyamaḥ || 36 ||
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saṃgaṃtumicchansvāṃ bhāryāṃ na dadarśāśrame svake |
kṣudhāviṣṭaḥ sa śailasya gahanaṃ praviveśa ha || 37 ||
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ādātuṃ phalamūlāni sa ca tasminvyalokayat |
rudantīṃ svāṃ priyāṃ dīnāṃ tarupracchāditānanām || 38 ||
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tāṃ vilokya tato daityaḥ provāca parisāṃtvayan |
vajrāṃga uvāca |
kena te'pakṛtaṃ bhadre yamalokaṃ yiyāsunā || 39 ||
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kaṃ vā kāmaṃ prayacchāmi śīghraṃ prabrūhi mānini |
varāṃgyuvāca |
trāsitāsmyapaviddhāsmi tāḍitā pīḍitāsmi ca || 40 ||
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raudreṇa devarājena naṣṭanātheva bhūriśaḥ |
duḥkhasyāṃtamapaśyaṃtī prāṇāṃstyaktuṃ vyavasthitā || 41 ||
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putraṃ me tārakaṃ dehi tasmādduḥkhamahārṇavāt |
evamuktastu daityeṃdraḥ kopavyākulalocanaḥ || 42 ||
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śaktopi devarājasya pratikartuṃ mahāsuraḥ |
tapa eva punaścartuṃ vyavasyata mahābalaḥ || 43 ||
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jñātvā tasya tu saṃkalpaṃ brahmā krūrataraṃ punaḥ |
ājagāma tvarāyukto yatrāsau ditinaṃdanaḥ || 44 ||
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brahmovāca |
kimarthaṃ putra bhūyastvaṃ kartuṃ niyamamudyataḥ |
tadahaṃ te punardadmi kāṃkṣitaṃ putramojasā || 45 ||
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vajrāṃga uvāca |
utthitena mayā dṛṣṭā samādhānāttvadājñayā |
trāsiteṃdreṇa māmāha sā varāṃgī sutārthinī || 46 ||
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putraṃ me tārakaṃ dehi tuṣṭo me tvaṃ pitāmaha |
brahmovāca |
alaṃ te tapasā vīra mā kleśe dustare viśa || 47 ||
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putrastu tārako nāma bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ |
devasīmaṃtinīnāṃ tu dhammillaka vimokṣakaḥ || 48 ||
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ityukto daityanāthastu praṇamya prapitāmaham |
gatvā tāṃ naṃdayāmāsa mahiṣīṃ karśitāṃtarām || 49 ||
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tau daṃpatī kṛtārthau tu jagmatuḥ svāśramaṃ tadā |
āhitaṃ tu tadā garbhaṃ varāṃgī varavarṇinī || 50 ||
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pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu dadhārodara eva hi |
tato varṣasahasrāṃte varāṃgī sā prasūyata || 51 ||
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jāyamāne tu daitye tu tasminlokabhayaṃkare |
cacāla sarvā pṛthivī prodbhūtāśca mahārṇavāḥ || 52 ||
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celurdharādharāścāpi vavurvātāśca bhīṣaṇāḥ |
jepurjapyaṃ munivarā nedurvyālamṛgā api || 53 ||
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jahau kāṃtiścaṃdrasūryau nīhāracchāditā diśaḥ |
jāte mahāsure tasminsarve cāpi mahāsurāḥ || 54 ||
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ājagmurharṣitāstatra tathā cāsurayoṣitaḥ |
jagurharṣasamāviṣṭā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ || 55 ||
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tato mahotsave jāte dānavānāṃ mahādyute |
viṣaṇṇamanaso devāḥ saheṃdrā abhavaṃstadā || 56 ||
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varāṃgī tu sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣeṇāpūritā tadā |
bahumene ca daityeṃdro vijātaṃ taṃ tadā tayā || 57 ||
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jātamātrastu daityeṃdrastārakaścogravikramaḥ |
abhiṣikto surairmukhyaiḥ kujaṃbhamahiṣādibhiḥ || 58 ||
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sarvāsuramahārājye pṛthivītulanakṣame |
sa tu prāptamahārājyastārako nṛpasattama || 59 ||
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uvāca dānavaśreṣṭho yuktiyuktamidaṃ vacaḥ |
tāraka uvāca |
śṛṇudhvamasurāḥ sarve vākyaṃ mama mahābalāḥ || 60 ||
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vaṃśakṣayakarā devāḥ sarveṣāmeva dānavāḥ |
asmākaṃ jātidharmeṇa virūḍhaṃ vairamakṣayam || 61 ||
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vayaṃ tapaścariṣyāmaḥ surāṇāṃ nigrahāya tu |
svabāhubalamāśritya sarva eva na saṃśayaḥ || 62 ||
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tacchrutvā saṃmataṃ kṛtvā pāriyātraṃ yayau giriṃ |
nirāhāraḥ paṃcatapāḥ patrabhugvāribhojanaḥ || 63 ||
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śataṃśataṃ samānāṃ tu tapāṃsyetānyathākarot |
evaṃ tu karśite dehe taporāśitvamāgate || 64 ||
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brahmāgatyāha daityeṃdraṃ varaṃ varaya suvrata |
sa vavre sarvabhūtebhyo na me mṛtyurbhavediti || 65 ||
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tamuvāca tato brahmā dehināṃ maraṇaṃ dhruvam |
yatastatopi varaya mṛtyuṃ yasmānna śaṃkase || 66 ||
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tataḥ saṃciṃtya daityeṃdraḥ śiśorvai saptavāsarāt |
vavre mahāsuro mṛtyuṃ mohito hyavalepataḥ || 67 ||
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jagāmomityudāhṛtya brahmā daityo nijaṃ gṛham |
athāha maṃtriṇastūrṇaṃ balaṃ me saṃprayujyatām || 68 ||
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yadi vo matpriyaṃ kāryaṃ nigrāhyāḥ surasattamāḥ |
nigṛhīteṣu me prītirjāyate cātulā'surāḥ || 69 ||
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tārakasya vacaḥ śrutvā grasano nāma dānavaḥ |
senānīrdaityarājasya sajjaṃ cakre balaṃ ca tat || 70 ||
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āhatya bherīṃ gaṃbhīrāṃ daityānāhūya satvaraḥ |
daśakoṭīśvarā daityā daityānāṃ caṃḍavikramāḥ || 71 ||
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teṣāmagresaro jaṃbhaḥ kujaṃbhonaṃtaro'suraḥ |
mahiṣaḥ kuṃjaro meghaḥ kālanemirnimistathā || 72 ||
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maṃthano jaṃbhakaḥ śumbho daityeṃdrā daśanāyakāḥ |
anye ca śataśastatra pṛthivītulanakṣamāḥ || 73 ||
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garuḍānāṃ sahasreṇa cakrāṣṭakavibhūṣitaḥ |
sakūbaraparīvāraścaturyojanavistṛtaḥ || 74 ||
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syaṃdanastārakasyāsītvyāghrasiṃhakharārvabhiḥ |
yuktā rathāstu grasana jaṃbhakau jaṃbhakuṃbhināṃ || 75 ||
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meghasya dvīpibhiryuktaḥ kūṣmāṃḍaiḥ kālaneminaḥ |
parvatābhaścaturdaṃṣṭro nimeścaiva mahāgajaḥ || 76 ||
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śatahastaturaṃgastho maṃthano nāma daityarāṭ |
jaṃbhakastūṣṭramārūḍho girīṃdrābhaṃ mahābalaḥ || 77 ||
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śuṃbho meṣaṃ samārūḍho'nyepyevaṃ citravāhanāḥ |
pracaṃḍāścitravarmāṇaḥ kuṃḍaloṣṇīṣabhūṣitāḥ || 78 ||
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tadbalaṃ daityasiṃhasya bhīmarūpaṃ vyajāyata |
pramattamattamātaṃgaturaṃgarathasaṃkulam || 79 ||
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pratasthe'marayuddhāya bahupattipatākikam |
etasminnaṃtare vāyurdevadūto'surālaye || 80 ||
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dṛṣṭvā taddānavabalaṃ jagāmeṃdrasya śaṃsituṃ |
sa gatvā tu sabhāṃ divyāṃ maheṃdrasya mahātmanaḥ || 81 ||
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śaśaṃsa madhye devānāṃ tatkāryaṃ samupasthitam |
tacchrutvā devarājastu nimīlitavilocanaḥ || 82 ||
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bṛhaspatimuvācedaṃ vākyaṃ kāle mahābhujaḥ |
iṃdra uvāca |
saṃprāpnoti vimardoyaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha || 83 ||
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kāryaṃ kimatra tadbrūhi nītyupāyopabṛṃhitam |
etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ maheṃdrasya girāṃ patiḥ || 84 ||
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ityuvāca mahābhāgo bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ |
bṛhaspatiruvāca |
sāmapūrvā śrutā nītiścaturaṃgāpatākinī || 85 ||
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jigīṣatāṃ suraśreṣṭha sthitireṣā sanātanī |
sāmabhedastathā dānaṃ daṃḍaścāṃgacatuṣṭayam || 86 ||
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na sāṃtvagocare lubdhānabhedyāstvekadharmiṇaḥ |
na dānamattra saṃsiddhyai prasahyaivāpahāriṇām || 87 ||
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ekobhyupāyo daṃḍo'tra bhavatāṃ yadi rocate |
evamuktaḥ sahasrākṣa evametaduvāca ha || 88 ||
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karttavyatāṃ ca saṃciṃtya provācāmarasaṃsadi |
iṃdra uvāca |
avadhānena me vācaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ nākavāsinaḥ || 89 ||
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bhavaṃto yajñabhoktāro divyātmāno hi sānvayāḥ |
sve mahimni sthitā nityaṃ jagataḥ pālane ratāḥ || 90 ||
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kriyatāṃ samarodyogaḥ sainyaṃ saṃyojyatāṃ mama |
āhriyaṃtāṃ ca śastrāṇi pūjyaṃtāṃ śastradevatāḥ || 91 ||
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vāhanāni vimānāni yojayaddhvaṃ mameśvarāḥ |
yamaṃ senāpatiṃ kṛtvā śīghrameva divaukasaḥ || 92 ||
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ityuktāssamanahyaṃta devānāṃ ye pradhānataḥ |
vājināmayutenājau hemaghaṃṭā pariṣkṛtam || 93 ||
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nānāścaryaguṇopetaṃ saṃprāptaṃ devadānavaiḥ |
rathaṃ mātalinā yuktaṃ devarājasya durjayam || 94 ||
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yamo mahiṣamāsthāya senāgre samavarttata |
caṃḍakiṃkaravṛṃdena sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ || 95 ||
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kalpakālodgatajvālā pūritombaragocaraḥ |
hutāśanastvajārūḍhaḥ śaktihasto vyavasthitaḥ || 96 ||
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pavano'ṅakuśahastaśca vistārita mahājavaḥ |
bhujageṃdrasamārūḍho jaleśo bhagavānsvayam || 97 ||
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narayukte rathe devo rākṣaseśo viyaccaraḥ |
tīkṣṇakhaḍgayuto bhīmaḥ samare samavasthitaḥ || 98 ||
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mahāsiṃharathe devo dhanādhyakṣo gadāyudhaḥ |
caṃdrādityāvaśvinau ca caturaṃgabalānvitāḥ || 99 ||
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senānyo devarājasya durjayā bhuvanatraye |
koṭayastāstrayastriṃśaddevadevanikāyinām || 100 ||
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himācalābhe sitacārucāmare suvarṇapadmāmalasuṃdarasraji |
kṛtābhirāmo jvalakuṃkumāṃkure kapolalīlālikadaṃbasaṃkule || 101 ||
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sthitastadairāvaṇanāma kuṃjare mahāmanāścitravibhūṣaṇāṃbaraḥ |
viśālavajraḥ suvitānabhūṣitaḥ prakīrṇakeyūrabhujaṃgamaṃḍalaḥ || 102 ||
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sahasradṛgvaṃditapādapallavastriviṣṭape śobhata pākaśāsanaḥ |
turaṃga mātaṃga kulaughasaṃkulā sitātapattraddhvajaśālinī ca || 103 ||
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babhūva sā durjayapattisaṃtatā vibhāti nānāyudhayodhadustarā |
tatośvinau ca marutaḥ sasādhyāḥ sapuraṃdarāḥ || 104 ||
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yakṣarākṣasagaṃdharvā divya nānāstrapāṇayaḥ |
jaghnurdaityeśvaraṃ sarve saṃbhūya tu mahābalāḥ || 105 ||
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na caivāstrāṇyasajjaṃta gātre vajrācalopame |
atho rathādavaplutya tārako dānavādhipaḥ || 106 ||
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jaghāna koṭiśo devānkarapārṣṇibhireva ca |
hataśeṣāṇi sainyāni devānāṃ vipra dudruvuḥ || 107 ||
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diśo bhītāni saṃtyajya raṇopakaraṇāni ca |
dṛṣṭvā tānvidrutāndevāṃstārako vākyamabravīt || 108 ||
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mā vadhiṣṭha surāndaityā vajrāṃgāya ca maṃdire |
śīghramānīya darśyaṃtāṃ baddhānpaśyatvayaṃ surān || 109 ||
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lokapālāṃstato daityo baddhvā ceṃdramukhānraṇe |
sarudrānsudṛḍhaiḥ pāśaiḥ paśupālaḥ paśūniva || 110 ||
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sa bhūyo rathamāsthāya jagāma svakamālayaṃ |
siddhagaṃdharvasaṃghuṣṭaṃ vipulācalamastakam || 111 ||
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