Chapter 5

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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
kaḥ pitṛvyaḥ siṃdhusūnoḥ kiṃ vṛttaṃ tasya vigrahe |
yuyudhe sa kathaṃ daityastanme kathaya nārada || 1 ||
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nārada uvāca |
śṛṇu tvaṃ nṛpaśārdūla pitṛvyaḥ kṣīrasāgaraḥ |
jālaṃdharasya taṃ devaiḥ pramathya dhanamāhṛtam || 2 ||
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śrīcaṃdrāmṛtanāgāśvapūrvaṃ tasya surāsuraiḥ |
tacchrutvā vigrahaṃ cakre devairjālaṃdharo'suraḥ || 3 ||
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kadācitpreṣayāmāsa dūtaṃ durvāraṇaṃ balī |
śikṣayitvā tu vaktavyaṃ deveṃdrabhavanaṃ prati || 4 ||
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atha syaṃdanamāruhya yayau durvāraṇo divi |
praveṣṭukāmo bhavanaṃ dvārasthairdvāri nivāritaḥ || 5 ||
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dūta uvāca |
jālaṃdharasya dūto'haṃ āgataḥ śakrasaṃnidhau |
gatvā tatra bhavaṃto māṃ vijñāpayitumarhatha || 6 ||
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iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā tadaiva tu śacīpatim |
gatvā ca praṇipatyāha dūto devāgato bhuvaḥ || 7 ||
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dauvāriko maheṃdreṇa pratyukto dūtamānaya |
haste gṛhītvā taṃ dūtaṃ vāsavāṃtikamānayat || 8 ||
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durvāraṇo devasabhāṃ praviṣṭaḥ pravyalokayat |
hariṃ devaistu yastriṃśatkoṭibhiḥ pariveṣṭitam || 9 ||
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svarṇasiṃhāsanaṃ divyaṃ cāmarānilasevitam |
śacīpremarasotphullanayanābjasahasrakam || 10 ||
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durvāraṇo'tha deveśaṃ vilokya guruṇā saha |
praṇanāmātmagarveṇa prahasannayanaśriyam || 11 ||
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nirdiṣṭamāsanaṃ bheje dūto jālaṃdharasya saḥ |
kasya tvaṃ kena kāryeṇa prāptaḥ prāheti taṃ hariḥ || 12 ||
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dūto jālaṃdharasyāhaṃ sa jagāda puraṃdaram |
sa rājā sarvalokānāṃ tasyājñāṃ śṛṇu manmukhāt || 13 ||
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pitṛvyo mama dugdhābdhistvayā kasmādviloḍitaḥ |
maṃdarādrividhānena hṛtaṃ kośaṃ mahādhanam || 14 ||
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śrīcaṃdrāmṛtanāgāśvaṃ tanmaṇiṃ vidrumādikam |
dehi sarvaṃ tathā svargaṃ śīghraṃ tyaja puraṃdara || 15 ||
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sa tvaṃ madvacanāttūrṇaṃ kuru sarvaṃ yathocitam |
taṃ kṣamāpaya bhūpāla yadi jīvitumicchasi || 16 ||
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atha prahasya maghavā prāha durvāraṇaṃ prati |
śṛṇu dūta samāsena siṃdhormathanakāraṇam || 17 ||
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purā himavataḥ sūnurmaināko nāma me ripuḥ |
sa kukṣau vidhṛtastena sāgareṇa jaḍena ca || 18 ||
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dagdhaṃ carācaraṃ yena vahninā hayarūpiṇā |
sa cāpi vidhṛtastena sāgareṇa durātmanā || 19 ||
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dharmadviṣāṃ dānavānāmasau vai āśrayaḥ prabhuḥ |
nityaṃ dadhi ghṛtaṃ kṣīraṃ dānavebhyaḥ prayacchati || 20 ||
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ataevāyamasmābhiḥ durvāraṇa viloḍitaḥ |
daṃḍitaśca gataśrīko devairatha purātanaiḥ || 21 ||
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śṛṇu dūta sabaṃdhena mama vipreṇa śoṣitaḥ |
kuṃbhodbhavena kiṃcaiṣa duḥsaṃge naiva bādhyate || 22 ||
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so'pi yuddhārthamasmābhiḥ sarvasainyena saṃvṛtaḥ |
āgamiṣyati vai nāśaṃ gamiṣyati tadaiva hi || 23 ||
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itīrayitvā virarāma vṛtrahā saritpaterātmajadūtamuccakaiḥ |
śaśaṃsa cāgatya samudrasūnordeveśvareṇoktamaśeṣamāditaḥ || 24 ||
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nārada uvāca |
maheṃdra vacanaṃ śrutvā nijadūtamukhena ca |
samudrasūnuḥ saṃkruddhaḥ sarvaṃ sainyaṃ samāhvayat || 25 ||
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rasātalasthitā daityāḥ ye ca bhūtalavāsinaḥ |
āyayuḥ sabalāstatra jālaṃdharamathājñayā || 26 ||
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prayāṇaprakrame siṃdhusūnoḥ sainyasya garjitaiḥ |
sphuṭaṃti nabhaso rājanpātālamakhilā diśaḥ || 27 ||
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hayanāgoṣṭravadanā biḍālamukhabhīṣaṇāḥ |
vyāghrasiṃhākhuvadanā vidyutsadṛśalocanāḥ || 28 ||
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sarpakeśā mahādehāḥ kecitkhaṅgatanūruhāḥ |
anye ca paridhāvaṃti garjaṃti jaladasvanaiḥ || 29 ||
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rathagajahayapattisaṃkulaṃ samaravinodakadaṃba bhāsuram |
abjaśatasahasrakoṭināyakaṃ balamakhilaṃ ca tadā rarāja rājan || 30 ||
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śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ vimānaṃ haṃsakoṭibhiḥ |
yuktaṃ bhūtisahasraughaṃ sarvavastuprapūritam || 31 ||
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tadvimānaṃ samāruhya sadyo jālaṃdharo yayau |
madhyāhne maṃdaraṃ prāptaḥ prathame'hni balaiḥ saha || 32 ||
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khaṃḍitaṃ śibikāvāhairdalitaṃ bhūrikuṃjaraiḥ |
dvitīye divase meruṃ saṃprāpto balasaṃyutaḥ || 33 ||
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ilāvṛtte tu śikhare tasthau tatkaṭakaṃ mahat |
atha daityādhipairbhagnaṃ khāṃḍavaṃ naṃdanaṃ vanam || 34 ||
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śikharāṇi viśīrṇāni merordānavapuṃgavaiḥ |
saṃtānakeṣu vṛkṣeṣu baddhā hiṃdolamaṃcakān || 35 ||
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siddhāṃganābhiḥ sahitā remire daityapuṃgavāḥ |
kucakuṃkumatāṃbūla caṃdanāgarubhūṣaṇaiḥ || 36 ||
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keśapāśacyutaiḥ puṣpaiḥ meroḥ saṃpūritā nadī |
sumeroḥ pūrvadigbhāgo gajaistasya vighaṭṭitaḥ || 37 ||
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dakṣiṇaṃ ca rathaiśceruruttaraṃ paścimaṃ bhaṭaiḥ |
atha prasthāpayāmāsa daityāñjāladharo'suraḥ || 38 ||
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maheṃdraśikharaṃ cānye yayurduṃdubhiniḥsvanaiḥ |
rājarājapurīṃ bhaṃktvā yamasya varuṇasya ca || 39 ||
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anyeṣāṃ lokapālānāmāyayuste'marāvatīm |
athotpātābhavannāke divyabhaumāṃtarikṣagāḥ || 40 ||
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rajaḥ papāta bahulaṃ tamastomo vijṛṃbhate |
tadā papāta kuliśaṃ karādiṃdrasya niṣprabham || 41 ||
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dṛṣṭvā nimittāni bhayāvahāni nāke maheṃdro gurumityuvāca |
kiṃ kurmahe kaṃ śaraṇaṃ ca yāmastaṃ paśya yuddhaṃ samupasthitaṃ ca || 42 ||
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tato vācaspatirvākyamuvāca tridaśādhipam |
caraṇau pāhi śaraṇaṃ viṣṇorvaikuṃṭhavāsinaḥ || 43 ||
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ityukto guruṇā devaiḥ sākaṃ vaikuṃṭhamaṃdiram |
jagāmākhaṃḍalaḥ śīghraṃ śaraṇaṃ kaiṭabhadviṣaḥ || 44 ||
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śaśaṃsa vāsudevāya vijayo dvārapālakaḥ |
jālaṃdharabhayatrastāḥ sarve devāḥ samāgatāḥ || 45 ||
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śrīruvāca |
na vadhyo'sau mama bhrātā devārthe yudhyatā tvayā |
śāpito deva matprītyā vadhārho na bhaviṣyati || 46 ||
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iti śrīvacanaṃ śrutvā viṣṇustrailokyapālakaḥ |
athāruroha garuḍaṃ pakṣakṣepāvṛtāṃbaram || 47 ||
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vaikuṃṭhabhavanāttūrṇaṃ nirgatastridaśānhariḥ |
jālaṃdharabhayatrastāngatakāṃtīnathaikṣata || 48 ||
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dadṛśuste surāḥ sarve hariṃ sāṃdraghanopamam |
śārṅgaśaṃkhagadāpadmavibhūṣitacaturbhujam || 49 ||
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stotraṃ paṭhitvā purataḥ prāheṃdraḥ saritāṃpateḥ |
jālaṃdhareṇātmajena bhagnaṃ deva triviṣṭapam || 50 ||
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tadiṃdravacanaṃ śrutvā'bhayaṃ datvā divaukasām |
vijetumasuraṃ devaiḥ saha reje surāṃtakṛt || 51 ||
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athānītaṃ mātalinā rathamāruhya vāsavaḥ |
vāsudevasya purataḥ prayayau vidhṛtāśaniḥ || 52 ||
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vāmatastridaśāḥ sarve savyataśca samāyayau |
svāhāpriyo dakṣiṇataḥ sa ca meṣaṃ samāsthitaḥ || 53 ||
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āruhyairāvataṃ nāgaṃ jayaṃtaḥ śakranaṃdanaḥ |
uccaiḥśravasamiṃdraśca ubhau bhagavataḥ puraḥ || 54 ||
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dhātāryamā ca mitraśca varuṇoṃśo bhagastathā |
iṃdro vivasvānpūṣā ca parjanyo daśamaḥ smṛtaḥ || 55 ||
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tatastvaṣṭā tato viṣṇū reje dhanyo jaghanyajaḥ |
ityete dvādaśādityā iṃdrasya purataḥ sthitāḥ || 56 ||
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vīrabhadraśca śaṃbhuśca giriśaśca mahāyaśāḥ |
ajaikapādahirbudhnyaḥ pinākī cāparājitaḥ || 57 ||
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bhuvanādhīśvaraścaiva kapālī ca viśāṃpate |
sthāṇurbhagaśca bhagavānrudrā ekādaśa smṛtāḥ || 58 ||
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śvasanaḥ sparśano vāyuranilo mārutastathā |
prāṇāpānau sajīvau ca maruto'ṣṭau tadagrataḥ || 59 ||
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vivasvānapi tanmadhye yayau dvādaśamūrtibhiḥ |
dhanadaḥ śibikārūḍhaḥ kiṃnareśo yayau tadā || 60 ||
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rudrāśca vṛṣabhārūḍhā māruto mṛgavāhanaḥ |
yayuḥ sainyasya purataḥ triśūlaparighāyudhāḥ || 61 ||
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gaṃdharvāścāraṇā yakṣāḥ piśācoraga guhyakāḥ |
sarvasainyasya purataḥ sarvaśastrabhṛto yayuḥ || 62 ||
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pūrvāparau toyarāśī samākrāṃtau ca sainikaiḥ |
tasminsasāra bhūmirāṭvarāhavapuṣā hariḥ || 63 ||
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svargādāgatya vegena daityasainyajighāṃsayā |
sumeroruttaro bhāgaḥ surasainyena saṃvṛtaḥ || 64 ||
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senābhārodbhutakarastasthau jālaṃdharasya ca |
āśritya dakṣiṇaṃ bhāgaṃ tūrṇaṃ kanakaśṛṃgataḥ || 65 ||
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ahorātreṇa vihitā varṣe tasminnilāvṛte |
merumaṃdarayormadhye yuddhabhūmiḥ pratiṣṭhitā || 66 ||
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tatrātmajayadāṃ bhūmiṃ kaviproktāṃ mudāyutāḥ |
jagmuste dānavāstūrṇaṃ guruproktāṃ yayuḥ surāḥ || 67 ||
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rathapravīraiḥ paritaśca saṃplavairgajairghanākāramadapravāhibhiḥ |
aśvairanaṃtairgaruḍāgragāmibhiḥ padātibhiḥ sāraṇabhūrbhṛtā babhau || 68 ||
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tato vāditranirghoṣaḥ senayorubhayorabhūt |
kolāhalaśca vīrāṇāmanyonyamabhigarjatām || 69 ||
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atha dānavadevānāṃ saṃgrāmo'bhūdbhayāvahaḥ |
sarvasainyasya saṃmardo yathā tribhuvanakṣayaḥ || 70 ||
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bhayakrāṃtā mahāśrāṃtā śrutirvilapatī muhuḥ |
svarathākārarahitaṃ śaraiḥ saṃpūritaṃ tadā || 71 ||
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romāṃcitā babhau dyauśca rajovastraṃ vidhunvatī |
raudrairvihaṃgamārāvaistrāsādākraṃdatīva hi || 72 ||
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deveṃdreṇa tadājñaptā meghāḥ saṃvartakādayaḥ |
gajānuccaiḥ samāruhya te'surānyuyudhurmṛdhe || 73 ||
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devānāmaśvārohāśca jātā gaṃdharvakinnarāḥ |
rathinaḥ sādhyasiddhāśca gajino yakṣacāraṇāḥ || 74 ||
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padātinaḥ kiṃpuruṣāḥ pannagāḥ pavanāśanāḥ |
rogāṇāmadhipo rājanyakṣmā ca yamanāyakaḥ || 75 ||
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tatra dānavarogāṇāṃ saṃgrāmo'bhūtsudāruṇaḥ |
patitā luluṭhurbhūmau daityāḥ śūlajvarāmayaiḥ || 76 ||
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dānavairnihatā rogāḥ petuḥ samaramūrddhani |
palāyāṃcakrire kecitvyādhayo bhūdharānprati || 77 ||
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auṣadhyastatra sahajā vaiśalyakaraṇīmukhāḥ |
tābhirviśalyāḥ sainyeṣu yuyudhuryamakiṃkarāḥ || 78 ||
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dānavairnihatāḥ sarve śaramudgarapaṭṭiśaiḥ |
padātayaḥ pattigaṇaiḥ khaṅgaistīkṣṇaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ || 79 ||
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koṭiśo jaghnuranyonyaṃ rudhirāruṇavigrahāḥ |
aśvacārā hayaistūrṇaiścikṣipurgagane tadā || 80 ||
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saṃśliṣya jaghnuranyonyaṃ rudhirāruṇavigrahāḥ |
samūho rathināṃ bhīmo rathaughaiśchādya medinīm || 81 ||
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vivyadhurniśitairbāṇairdhanurmuktairmahārathān |
madakṣīṇakapolāṃgāḥ karairbaddhā karāndṛḍham || 82 ||
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gajānpratigajāḥ kruddhāḥ pātayaṃti mahītale |
kopi daityo rathaṃ dorbhyāmutkṣipyotthāya khaṃ yayau || 83 ||
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aśvacārānhayānnāgānpātayāmāsa bhūtale |
skaṃdhe gṛhītvā tarasā yayau jālaṃdharaṃ prati || 84 ||
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kakṣayorvai gajau gṛhya tṛtīyaṃ jaṭharopari |
caturthaṃ mastake gṛhya raṇe dhāvati kaścana || 85 ||
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utpāṭya kośataḥ khaṅgaṃ vidhūya vimalāṃbaram |
yayau sahasraśo devānpātayitvā raṇe'suraḥ || 86 ||
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kācitpīnastanī tanvī khecarīrati laṃpaṭā |
āgatya gaganāttūrṇaṃ ninye daityaṃ raṇāṃgaṇāt || 87 ||
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cucuṃba sā tadvadanaṃ tīkṣṇanārācakīlitam |
devasainyaṃ tato baddhvā kālanemirnanartta ha || 88 ||
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tato janārdanaḥ kruddho niryayau kālaneminam |
yamo durvāraṇaṃ vīraṃ svarbhānuścaṃdrabhāskarau || 89 ||
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ketuṃ vaiśvānaro devo yayau śukraṃ bṛhaspatiḥ |
āśvinau saṃyatau tatra daityamaṃgāraparṇakam || 90 ||
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saṃhrādaṃ śakraputraśca nirhrādaṃ dhanado yayau |
niśuṃbhaścāvṛto rudraiḥ śuṃbho vasubhirāhave || 91 ||
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meghākāraṃ sthitaṃ jaṃbhaṃ viśvedevāḥ samāyayau |
vāyavo vajraromāṇamatha mṛtyurmayaṃ yayau || 92 ||
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namuciṃ vāsavo vyagraṃ śaktihasto'bhyadhāvata |
anyairapi surairdaityāḥ svasvavīryasamairvṛtāḥ || 93 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe yudhiṣṭhiranāradasaṃvāde devadānavayuddhaṃnāma paṃcamodhyāyaḥ || 5 ||
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