y3049_1je28 THE THIRD ASTRA WAR
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y3049_1je28 THE THIRD ASTRA WAR
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jd: SV has omitted this longish Canto in his abridgment, like many of the "kaavya" passages (the Classical style which is characterized by long compounds, sometimes extending to two lines of verse, often using obsolete terms in order to fit the meter).
Some readers may find grounds to be "offended" by the implicit racism of some passages, which portray indigenous tribes in the same way that 20th-century bigots would speak of American "niggers". This does not indicate bias on the part of the author(s), but is a reflection of the bias of the audience. Their treatment recalls Shakespeare's treatment of Shylock and the Jews. (We see it often, as in the description of a peasant village later on).
If you grow tired of this violent stuff, bear in mind that it is as relevant today as then, in a world where war is seemingly without end.
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THE THIRD ASTRA WAR
vasiSTha said:
ववुर् वलित-नीहरा विकीर्ण-वन-पल्लवा: ।
वायवो धूत-वृक्ष-ओघा: सल्लीला-पीड-पांसव: ॥3।49।1॥
The winds blew,
and they brought a fog of wind-tossed blossoms,
scattered from a crowd of shaken trees,—
a fog that made a _liilaa-grieving dust.
पक्षिवद्_भ्रान्त-वृक्ष-ओघा: पतन-उत्पातन-उद्भटा: ।
विकुट्टित-अट्टाल-खण्डाश्_च अभ्र-भित्ति-विभेदिन: ॥2॥
They were like birds
—a confusion of flying trees, falling, smashing, pulverizing the city towers,—
a cloud-forest that shattered walls.
तेन अतिभीम-वातेन विदूरथ-रथो ऽप्य् अथ ।
उह्यमानो ऽभवन् नद्या यथा जर्जर-पल्लव: ॥3॥
Blown by that terrifying wind,
viduu.ratha's chariot
then began to drift downstream.
It was like a raft of rotten deadwood.
विदूरथो_ऽथ तत्याज पार्वत-अस्त्रम् महास्त्र.वित् ।
व्योम अपि घन-तोयेन समादातुम्_इव उद्यतम् ॥4||
_viduu.ratha, that master of mighty missiles, then released
_paarvata, the Mountain Missile
to counter all the winds and rain.
तेन शैल अस्त्र-घातेन विराट्_प्राण-समीरण: ।
शमम् चैतन्य-शान्त्य्_एव प्रययौ वायुर्_आतत: ॥5॥
Faced with those mountains the great winds
came to a standstill.
It was like _viraaj setting consciousness to rest.
अन्तरिक्ष-गताः वृक्ष-पङ्क्तयः पतिताः भुवि ।
नाना-जन-शव-व्यूहे काकानाम्_इव कोटयः ॥6॥
Soaring in midheaven, the rows of trees fell back to earth.
They were like a catastrophe of crows pecking upon a corpse-army.
शेमु: "सूत्".कार-"डात्".कार-"भाम्".कर=उत्कारका: दिशाम् ।
प्रलापा: इव विध्वस्ता: पूर्-ग्राम-वन-वीरुधाम् ॥7॥
"soot"!
"dat"!!
"bhomm"!!!
snorting, clanging, banging all around,
and wailing,
as city and suburbs and forest
all grew still.
गिरीन्_अपश्यत्_नभस: पतत: पत्र-वर्णवत् ।
सिन्धु: सिन्धु: इव_उत्पक्षान्_मैनाक-आदीन्_इतः_तत: ॥8॥
Mountainous weapons flew the sky,
hither-and-yon.
Like autumn leaves they fell:
or like _mainaaka
sinking into the _sindhu Sea.
वज्र-अस्त्रम्_असृजत्_दीप्तम् चेरुः_वज्र-गणाः_ तत: ।
पिबन्तः_अद्रि-इन्द्र-तिमिरम्_अग्नि-दाहम्_ इव_अग्नय: ॥9॥
Now he empowered a fiery Thunderbolt astra.
And out.of that a host of Thunderbolts went.forth,
drinking the mountain darkness
like the fires of the Doomsday conflagration.
ते गिरीणाम् तथा क्षिप्ता: कोटि-तुण्ड-अवखण्डनै: ।
शिराम्सि पातयाम्.आसु: फलानि इव उल्बण-अनिला: ॥10||
These falling Thunderbolts destroyed the Mountain missiles,
hewing.off the heads of hills,
like a hurricane stripping trees of fruit.
विदूरथो_ऽथ वज्र.अस्त्र-शान्त्यै ब्रह्म.अस्त्रम्_अत्यगात् ।
ततो ब्रह्म.अस्त्र-वज्र.अस्त्रे समम् प्रशमम्_आगते ॥11॥
Then viduu.ratha released the _brahma missile
to subdue the Thunderbolts,
and when they met, both came.to
an explosive quiescence.
श्याम-आश्यामम् पिशाच-अस्त्रम्_अथ सिन्धुर्_अचोदयत् ।
तेन उदगु: पिशाचानाम् पङ्क्तयो_ऽत्यन्त-भीति.दा: ॥12॥
And now _sindhu sent.forth his blackest-black pizaacha.Monster astra—from which there emerged many lines of most frightening pizaacha.s.
संध्यायाम् अथ भीत्य् एव दिवस: श्यामताम् ययौ ।
पिशाचा भुवनम् जग्मुर् अन्धकार.भरा इव ॥13॥
As if in fear of sunset
the day entered the darkness as the pizaacha.s came.down to Earth
as.if carrying that darkness.
भस्मन: स्तम्भ-सदृशास्_ताल-उत्ताल-विलासिन: ।
दृश्यमान-महाकारा मुष्टि-ग्राह्या न किंचन ॥14॥
They come like columns of black smoke
—like soaring tossing palm-trees—
huge forms that, though clearly visible, cannot be held by any hand.
ऊर्ध्व-केशा: कृश-अङ्गाः_च केचित्_च श्मश्रुला: अपि ।
कृष्ण-अङ्गा: मैल्न-अङ्गाः_च ग्राम्या: इव नभः-चरा: ॥15॥
They look like
some spike-haired, skinny-limbed, scraggly-bearded,
black-bodied, unwashed, peasant-like night-rovers.
स.भया: मूढ-दृष्टाः_च यत्_किंचन-कराः_चला: ।
दीना: वज्र-असिन: क्रूरा: दीना: ग्राम्य-जना: इव ॥16॥
Fearful and stupid-looking,
they are up to nothing good.
They bear their cruel hammer-swords,
but look as poor as any villager.
तरु-कर्दम-रथ्य-अन्तः-शून्य-गेह-गृहाः_चला: ।
लेलिहाना: प्रेत-रूपा: कृष्ण-अङ्गाः_चपला: इव ॥17॥
जगृहुः_ते तदा मत्ता: हत-शिष्टम्_अरेः_बलम् ।
आसन्_तत्_सैनिकास्_तत्र भिन्न-अस्त्र-क्षुब्ध-चेतना: ॥18॥
त्यक्त-आयुध-तनु-त्राणास्_त्रस्त-प्राणा: स्खलद्-गमा: ।
नेत्रैर्_अङ्गैर्_मुखै: पादैर्_विकार-भर-कारिण: ॥19॥
They hang.around the trees and bogs and roadways,
they enter empty houses and homes.
They're ghosts that lick their lips like some black-bodied whore.
They make a swift and furious attack
against the forces of the enemy now dancing like trees in the wind:
weaponless in the field,
they shit and piss themselves
soaking their garments.
पिशाच-राजि राजानम् तस्य यावद् विदूरथम् ।
समाक्रामति तावत् ताम् मायाम् स बुबुधे बुध: ॥21॥
A line of kings
—pizaacha kings—
viduu.ratha subdues them all,
like a wise man who discerns mAyA.
पिशाच-संग्राम-करीम् मायाम् वेत्ति स भूमिप: ।
तया पिशाच-सैन्यम् तत्_पर-सैन्ये न्ययोजयत् ॥22॥
And now the EarthLord empowers his own pizaacha.Monster astra,
and sends it at the hostile force.
तत: स्व-सैनिका: स्वस्था: परयोधा: पिशाचिन: ।
तस्य आशु रूपिकास्त्रम् च ददाव्_अन्यद्_असौ रुषा ॥23॥
Then to protect his forces from the Monsters,
angrily he returnes a _ruupika.Changeling astra.
उदगुर्_भूतलाद्_व्योम्नो रूपिका ऊर्ध्व-मूर्ध.जा: ।
निर्मग्न-विकरालाक्ष्यश् चलच् छ्रोणि-पयो-धरा: ॥24॥
These flying Changelings raise their heads,
with terrifying eyes sunk in their sockets, their butts big as banana-bunches.
उद्भिन्न-यौवना वृद्धा: पीवर-अङ्ग्यो_ऽथ जर्जरा: ।
स्वरूप-अरूप-जघना दुर्-नाभ्यो विकसद्-भगा: ॥25॥
Their youth's in tatters,
their soft limbs wrinkled,
their arses' glory gone,
their bellies swelling with passion.
नर-रक्त-शिरो-हस्ता: संध्या-अभ्र-आरुण-गात्रिका: ।
अर्ध-चर्वित-मांस-असृक्-स्रवत्-सृक्क्य्-आकुल-अनना: ॥26||
Dark dusky bodies, they hold human skulls besmeared with blood.
Their mouths hold half-eaten meat,
and fresh blood flows from their sides.
नाना-अङ्ग=वलना: नाना-अ.नमन्-न्_अमन-सत्तमा: ।
शिला-भुज-वक्रोरु-कटि-पार्श्व-कराङ्गिका: ॥27॥
They wiggle, twist, and turn,
bodies as hard as stone,
wry-faced,
with crooked backs and twisted legs and limbs.
नारी.कृत-अर्भक-शवा: हस्त-आकृष्ट-अन्त्र-रज्जव: ।
श्व-काक-उलूक-वदना: निम्न-वक्त्र-हनु-उदरा: ॥28॥
They look like dogs, or crows, or owls,
with broad mouths and flat cheeks and bulging bellies,
and their hands were full of human skulls and guts.
जगृहुस्_तान्_पिशाचांस्_ता दुर्बलान्_दुःशिशून्_इव ।
पिशाच-रूपिका-सैन्यम् तदा आसीद्_एकताम् गतम् ॥29॥
निर्मग्न-नर्तन-उत्तान-वदन-अङ्ग-विलोचनम् ।
परस्पर-आक्रान्ति-करम् प्रधावत्_च परस्परम् ॥30॥
The Changelings catch the Monsters
as men catch little boys,
and melt into them, making one body,
joined together,
dancing and singing with outstretched arms and mouths and eyes,
now hand in hand,
now chasing each.other,
at play.
निष्कासित-महाजिह्वम् नानामुख-विकारदम् ।
शरभार-आढ्यम् अन्योन्यम् ह्रियमाण-शव-आङ्गकम् ॥31॥
They stick long tongues out.of disgusting mouths,
and lick the blood that streams from the dead bodies' wounds.
रुधिर-अंभसि मज्जम् तद्-उन्मज्जद्-द्-हृल्-लसत्-तनु ।
लंब-उदरम् लम्ब-भुजम् लंब-कर्ण-उष्ठ-नासिकम् ॥32||
They dive into the pools of blood as thick as pools of ghee,
they scrambled in the blood-puddles
with playing feet, and uplifted arms.
रक्त-मांस-महा-पङ्केषु_अन्योन्यम् वेल्लना_अभ्यसत् ।
मन्दर-उद्धृत-दुग्ध-अब्धि-लसत्-कल-कला-कुलम् ॥33॥
They roll.about most playfully,
a crowd cavorting in the mix of meat and blood,
and make it swell
like Milk Ocean being churned by the _mandara strring-stick.
यथा_एव माया-सञ्चारस् तेन तस्य कृत: पुरा ।
तेनापि तस्याशु तथा कृतो बुद्ध्वा स लाघवत् ॥34॥
वेतालास्त्रम् ततो दत्ते तेन उत्तस्थु: शव-व्रजा: ।
अमूऋधान: समूऋधानो वेtAल-वेश-वल्लिता: ॥35||
Once again he sent forth his mAyA-tools,
and this time carefully he sent
his _vetaala.Zombie weapon,
which made the dead bodies,
with or without their heads,
to rise up in their ghostly shapes.
तत: पिशाच-वेताल-रूपिक-उग्र-कबन्ध-वत् ।
तद्-बभूव बलम् भीमम्_उर्वी-निगरण-क्षमम् ॥36॥
The joined forces of Zombies, Monsters and Changelings
made a dreadful appearance as ugly as _kabandha*,
ready to destroy the Earth.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabandha
अथ इतरो_ऽपि भूपालो मायाम् संचार्य ताम् गुरौ ।
राक्षस-अस्त्रम् ससर्ज अथ त्रैलोक्य-ग्रहण-उन्मुखम् ॥37॥
And now the EarthLord sent his own mAyA against sindhu.
He activated _raakshasa,
the Demon astra,
ready to conquer the Three Worlds.
उदगु: पर्वत-आकारा: सर्वत: स्थूल-राक्षसा: ।
देहम्_आश्रित्य निष्क्रान्ता: पातलान्_नरका इव ॥38||
These huge-bodied Demons rose.up high as the mountains,
and they seemed like hellish fiends
appearing from Netherworld in their horrid forms.
अथ_उदभूत्_बलम् भीमम् स-सुर.असुर-भीति.दम् ।
गर्जत्-रक्षस्-महा.नाद-वाद्यनृत्यत्-कबन्धकम् ॥39||
And now a mighty ruckus rose
–enough to terrify Brightlings and Darklings alike —
war-songs and war-dances by ther headless trunks of kabandha.s.
मेदो-माम्स-उपदंश-आढ्यम् रुधिर-आसव-सुन्दरम् ।
क्षीब-कूष्माण्ड-वेताल-यक्ष-ताण्डव-सुन्दरम् ॥40॥
The vetaala Zombies, yaksha Protectors, _kushmaanda.s
together ate the fat and meat of the dead in a great feast,
and drank blood as their wine as they
continued in their dance of war.
कूश्माण्ड-कोत्ताण्ड-वदण्ड-पाद-
क्षुब्ध-असृग्-उत्क्षिप्त-तरङ्ग-सिक्तै: ।
संध्या-अभ्र-राग-उत्कर-कोटि-कान्ति
भूतैर् असृक्-स्रोतसि दत्त-सेतु ॥४१॥
Hopping and leaping, the _kuuzmaanda.s
in their war dance in streams of blood
splashed its scarlet drops into the air,
so that they seemed to make a bridge
into the crimson evening clouds
over the sparkling sea.
oॐm
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**वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
ववुर्वलितनीहारा विकीर्णवनपल्लवा: ।
वायवो धूतवृक्षौघा: सल्लीलापीडपांसव: ॥३।४९।१॥
**वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
ववुर् वलित-नीहरा विकीर्ण-वन-पल्लवा: ।
वायवो धूत-वृक्ष-ओघा: सल्लीला-पीड-पांसव: ॥३।४९।१॥
**vasiSTha uvAca |
vavur valita-nIharA vikIrNa-vana-pallavA: |
vAyavo dhUta-vRkSa-oghA: sallIlA-pIDa-pAMsava: ||3|49|1||
**vasiSTha uvAca - VASISHTHA:
vavu: - They blew -
valita-nIharA-: - bringing cold mist -
vikIrNa-vana-pallavA: - wind-scattered shoots/blossoms -
vAyava: - winds -
dhUta-vRkSa-oghA: - a crowd of shaken trees -
sallIla-ApIDa-pAMsavaH
Lîlaa-grieving-dust. ???
jd#>dhU #dhUta – धूत p. p. [धू-क्त] – Shaken (off), removed; Fanned; Abandoned, deserted; Disregarded, treated with contempt. #dhUtA -ता A wife. # dhUtam – morality, Buddh.
jd#>pID #ApID #ApIDa . आपीड - Giving pain, hurting; squeezing; - A chaplet (tied on the crown of the head), ते हयाः काञ्चनापीडा रुक्म-भाण्ड-परिच्छदाः Mb.6.89.32; चूडापीड-कपाल-संकुल-गलन्मन्दाकिनीवारयः Māl.1.2. - A stream; अभवच्छोणितोद्गारी सापीड इव पर्वतः Rām.4.16.22.
**vlm.1 THEN blew the icy winds of winter, blasting the beauty of the foliage of forest trees, and shaking and breaking the beautiful arbors, and covering them with gusts of dust.
The winds blew, and they brought a fog
of wind-tossed blossoms, scattered from
a crowd of shaken trees,—a fog
that made a Lîlaa-grieving dust. -1-
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पक्षिवद्भ्रान्तवृक्षौघा: पतनोत्पातनोद्भटा: ।
विकुट्टिताट्टालखण्डाश्चाअभ्रभित्तिविभेदिन: ॥३।४९।२॥
पक्षिवद्_भ्रान्त-वृक्ष-ओघा: पतन-उत्पातन-उद्भटा: ।
विकुट्टित-अट्टाल-खण्डाश्_च अभ्र-भित्ति-विभेदिन: ॥३।४९।२॥
pakSivad_bhrAnta-vRkSa-oghA: patana-utpAtana-udbhaTA: |
vikuTTita-aTTAla-khaNDAz_ca abhra-bhitti-vibhedina: ||
पक्षिवद् – Like birds =
भ्रान्त-वृक्ष-ओघाः – confused-tree-crowds =
पतन-उत्पातन-उद्भटाः – flying-smashing-vehement =
विकुट्टित-अट्टाल-खण्डाश् च – pulverized-tower-fragments =
अभ्र-भित्ति-विभेदिनः – cloud-walls-bursting. -2-
**AB. pakSivad bhrAntA bhramitA vRkSaûghA yai: | vikuTTitAz cUrNitA: ||
**vlm.2. Then rose the gale whirling the trees like birds flying in the air, dashing and smashing the soldiers on the ground, and hurling and breaking the edifices to dust.
jd#>kUtt – to bruise. #kuTTita . Cut; Pounded &c.
jd#>kUtt #vikuTT #vikuTTita – pulverized, vikuTTitAz cUrNitA: ||Comm. y3049.002.
jd#>aTT #aTTAla . अट्टाल - High, lofty. — aTTAla: - अट्टालः लकः (अट्ट इव अलति पर्याप्तो भवति, अल्-अच् स्वार्थे कन्] - An apartment on the roof, an upper storey {like the Upper Room of the Last Supper}; a palace; साट्टाट्टालकगोपुरा Mb.3.15.6; Śi.12.65. सर्वतोभद्रं नामाट्टालकमारुह्य Mv.65. § A tower. विष्कम्भचतुरश्रमट्टालकम् Kau. A.1.3. —
They were like birds
—a confusion of flying trees, falling, smashing, pulverizing the city towers,—
a cloud-forest that shattered walls.
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तेनातिभीमवातेन विदूरथरथोऽप्यथ ।
उह्यमानोऽभवन्नद्या यथा जर्जरपल्लव: ॥३।४९।३॥
तेन अतिभीम-वातेन विदूरथ-रथो ऽप्य् अथ ।
उह्यमानो ऽभवन् नद्या यथा जर्जर-पल्लव: ॥३।४९।३॥
tena atibhIma-vAtena vidUratha-ratho 'py atha |
uhyamAno 'bhavan nadyA yathA jarjara-pallava: ||3|49|
तेन अतिभीम-वातेन – Within that terrifying wind =
विदूरथ-रथः अपि अथ – viduu.ratha's chariot then =
उह्यमानो अभवत् – was drifting = नद्या – by a river =
यथा जर्जर-पल्लवः – like rotten branches – fallen deadwood. -3-
**AB. udyamAna: pravAhyamAna: ||
**vlm.3. This fearful squall blew away Vidúratha and his force, as a rapid current carries away the broken and rotten fragments of wood.
tenAtibhImavAtena vidUratharatho'pyatha |
uhyamAno'bhavannadyA yathA jarjarapallava: ||3 ||
Blown by that terrifying wind,
viduu.ratha's chariot
then began to drift downstream.
It was like a raft of rotten deadwood.
-3-
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विदूरथोऽथ तत्याज पार्वतास्त्रं महास्त्रवित् ।
व्योमापि घनतोयेन समादातुमिवोद्यतम् ॥३।४९।४ ॥
विदूरथो_ऽथ तत्याज पार्वत-अस्त्रम् महास्त्र.वित् ।
व्योम अपि घन-तोयेन समादातुम्_इव उद्यतम् ॥
vidUratho_'tha tatyAja pArvata-astram mahAstra.vit |
vyoma api ghana-toyena samAdAtum_iva udyatam ||
vidUratha: * mahAstravit atha tatyAja - viduu.ratha, that master of mighty missiles, then released -
pArvatAstram * - the Mountain Missile -
vyoma api ghana-toyena samAdAtum iva udyatam - x -
**vlm.4. Then Vidúratha who was skilled in ballistics hurled his huge and heavy arrows, which stretched themselves to the sky, and withstood the force of the winds and rain.
**AB. ghana-toyena meghodakena samam vyomApi samAdAtum grasitum ivodyatam udyuktam ||
vidUratho'tha tatyAja pArvatAstraM mahAstravit |
vyomApi ghanatoyena samAdAtumivodyatam ||3|49|4 ||
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तेन शैलास्त्रघातेन विराट्प्राणसमीरण: ।
शमं चैतन्यशान्त्येव प्रययौ वायुरातत: ॥५ ॥
तेन शैल अस्त्र-घातेन विराट्_प्राण-समीरण: ।
शमम् चैतन्य-शान्त्य्_एव प्रययौ वायुर्_आतत: ॥३।४९।५॥
tena zaila astra-ghAtena virAT_prANa-samIraNa: |
zamam caitanya-zAnty_eva prayayau vAyur_Atata: ||3|49|5||
tena zaila-astra-ghAtena –
w/ that rock/mountain-astra-blow —
the king ??? Sarasvatî ???
prANa-samIraNa: –
setting the wind in motion —
like virAj setting the soul to rest
caitanya-zAntyA iva –
as by peaceable Chaitanya to rest —
prayayau vAyur Atata: –
departed the spreading wind.
**vlm.5. Opposed by these rock-like barriers, the airy weapons were at a stand still, as the animal spirits are checked by the firm stoicity of the soul.
तेन शैल अस्त्र-घातेन विराट्_प्राण-समीरण: ।
शमम् चैतन्य-शान्त्य्_एव प्रययौ वायुर्_आतत: ॥३।४९।५॥
Faced with those mountains the great winds
came to a standstill.
It was like virAj setting consciousness to rest.
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अन्तरिक्षगता वृक्षपङ्क्तयः पतिता भुवि ।
नानाजनशवव्यूहे काकानामिव कोटयः ॥ ६ ॥
अन्तरिक्ष-गताः वृक्ष-पङ्क्तयः पतिताः भुवि ।
नाना-जन-शव-व्यूहे काकानाम्_इव कोटयः ॥६॥
antarikSa-gatA: vRkSa-paGktaya: patitA: bhuvi |
nAnA-jana-zava-vyUhe kAkAnAm_iva koTaya: ||3|49|6||
अन्तरिक्ष-गताः – Gone to midheaven =
वृक्ष-पङ्क्तयः – lines of trees =
पतिताः भुवि – fallen to earth =
नाना-जन-शव-व्यूहे – on a various-people-corpse-army - multi-national. =
काकानाम्_इव कोटयः – like kotis of crows. -6-
**vlm.6. The trees which had been blown up by the winds and floating in the breezy air, now came down and fell upon the dead bodies, like flocks of crows upon putrid carcasses.
Soaring in midheaven, the rows of trees fell back to earth.
They were like a catastrophe of crows pecking upon a corpse-army.
-6-
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शेमु: सूत्कारडात्कारभांकारोत्कारका दिशाम् ।
प्रलापा इव विध्वस्ता: पूर्ग्रामवनवीरुधाम् ॥७ ॥
शेमु: "सूत्".कार-"डात्".कार-"भाम्".कर=उत्कारका: दिशाम् ।
प्रलापा: इव विध्वस्ता: पूर्-ग्राम-वन-वीरुधाम् ॥३।४९।७॥
zemu: "sUt".kAra-"DAt".kAra-"bhAm".kara=utkArakA: dizAm |
pralApA: iva vidhvastA: pUr-grAma-vana-vIrudhAm ||3|49|7||
zemu: - Ceased -
sUtkAra-DAtkAra-bhAMkara-utkArakA-: - the outcries of "soot" and "dat" and "bhomm" — snorting, clanging, banging -
dizAm - all around -
pralApA-: iva - like wailing/chatter -
vidhvastA-: – ruinous —
pUr-grAma-vana-vIrudh-Am –
of the city-town-forest-plants.
**vlm.7. The shouting (shitkára) of the city, the distant hum (dátkára) of the village, the howling (bhánkára) of forests, and the rustling (utkára) of the trees, ceased on all sides like the vain verbiology of men.
It grew quiet. The snorting, clanging, banging all around—even the wailing for the ruined cities, towns, and forests.
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गिरीनपश्यन्नभस: पतत: पत्रवर्णवत् ।
सिन्धु: सिन्धुरिवोत्पक्षान्मैनाकादीनितस्तत: ॥८ ॥
गिरीन्_अपश्यत्_नभस: पतत: पत्र-वर्णवत् ।
सिन्धु: सिन्धु: इव_उत्पक्षान्_मैनाक-आदीन्_इतः_तत: ॥३।४९।८॥
girIn_apazyat_nabhasa: patata: patra-varNavat |
sindhu: sindhu: iva_utpakSAn_mainAka-AdIn_itaH_tata: ||3|49|8||
girIn apazyat - He saw the mountains -
nabhasa: - from the sky -
patata: patra-varNavat - falling like red leaves -
sindhu: sindhur iva - Sindhu like Sindhu River. -
utpakSAn - flying -
mainAka-AdIn - mountains like Mainaaka -
itas tata: - hither and yon. -8- ##
**vlm.8. Sindhu saw burning rocks (rockets?) falling from above like leaves of trees, and flying about as the winged Mainákas or moving rocks of the sea or Sinde (sindhu).
**AB. sindhu: rAjA | sindhu: samudra: svasminn utpatato mainAka-AdInAm ||
Mountainous weapons flew the sky,
hither-and-yon. Like autumn leaves
they fell: they were like Mainaaka
sinking into the Sindhu Sea. -8-
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वज्रास्त्रमसृजद्दीप्तं चेरुर्वज्रगणास्ततः ।
पिबन्तोऽद्रीन्द्रतिमिरमग्निदाहम् इवाग्नयः ॥९॥
वज्र-अस्त्रम्_असृजत्_दीप्तम् चेरुः_वज्र-गणाः_ तत: ।
पिबन्तः_अद्रि-इन्द्र-तिमिरम्_अग्नि-दाहम्_ इव_अग्नय: ॥३।४९।९॥
vajra-astram_asRjat_dIptam ceruH_vajra-gaNAH_ tata: |
pibantaH_adri-indra-timiram_agni-dAham_ iva_agnaya: ||3|49|9||
वज्र-अस्त्रम् असृजद् दीप्तं – He created the fiery Thunderbolt Astra =
चेरुः वज्र-गणास् ततः – from that a host of Thunderbolts went forth =
पिबन्तो ऽद्रि-इन्द्र-तिमिरम् – drinking the mountain darkness =
अग्नि-दाहम् इव अग्नयः – like the fires of the Great Conflagration. -9-
**vlm.9. He then hurled his thundering weapons, falling as flaming thunderbolts from heaven, which burnt the rocks away as the flaming fire destroys the darkness.
He made a fiery Thunderbolt Astra.
And out.of that a host of Thunderbolts went.forth,
drinking the mountain darkness like the fires of the Doomsday conflagration.
-9-
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ते गिरीणां तथा क्षिप्ता: कोटितुण्डावखण्डनै: ।
शिरांसि पातयामासु: फलानीवोल्बणानिला: ॥३।४९।१० ॥
ते गिरीणाम् तथा क्षिप्ता: कोटि-तुण्ड-अवखण्डनै: ।
शिराम्सि पातयाम्.आसु: फलानि इव उल्बण-अनिला: ॥
te girINAm tathA kSiptA: koTi-tuNDa-avakhaNDanai: |
zirAmsi pAtayAm.Asu: phalAni iva ulbaNa-anilA: ||
te girINAm tathA kSiptA: koTi-tuNDa-avakhaNDanai: - x -
zirAmsi pAtayAm.Asu: phalAni iva ulbaNa-anilA: - x -
jd#tuNDa-m - a beak , snout (of a hog &c.) , trunk (of an elephant) TA1r. x MBh. &c. ; the mouth (used contemptuously) Ba1dar. ii , 2 , 28 S3am2k. ; the point (of an arrow &c.); #tuNDI - a kind of gourd Ca1n2.
jd#>khaND #avakhaND – -खण्डयति , to break into pieces BhP. Ka1d. ; to annihilate , destroy Comm. on Br2A1rUp.
jd#>khaND #avakhaND #avakhaNDana-m - breaking into pieces Ka1d. ; destroying Comm. on Br2A1rUp.
**vlm.10. These falling bolts broke the stones with their pointed ends, and hewed down the heads (tops) of the hills, like a hurricane scattering the fruits of trees on the ground.
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विदूरथोऽथ वज्रास्त्रशान्त्यै ब्रह्मास्त्रमत्यगात् ।
ततो ब्रह्मास्त्रवज्रास्त्रे समं प्रशममागते ॥११ ॥
विदूरथो_ऽथ वज्र.अस्त्र-शान्त्यै ब्रह्म.अस्त्रम्_अत्यगात् ।
ततो ब्रह्म.अस्त्र-वज्र.अस्त्रे समम् प्रशमम्_आगते ॥३।४९।११॥
vidUratho_'tha vajra.astra-zAntyai brahma.astram_atyagAt |
tato brahma.astra-vajra.astre samam prazamam_Agate ||
vidUratha: atha - Then viduu.ratha -
vajra.astra-zAntyai - to subdue the Thunderbolt missile -
brahma.astram_atyagAt - having released the Brahma missile -
tata: brahma.astra-vajra.astre - when after.that Brahma and Thunderbolt missiles -
samam prazamam_Agate - equally came to explosive quiescence. -11- ##
**AB. atyagAt itarAstrANy atikramya prayoktum agAt prApat | samam eka-kAlam ||
**vlm.11. Vidúratha then darted his Brahma weapon to quell the thunderbolts, which jostling against one another, disappeared in their mutual conflict.
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श्यामाश्यामं पिशाचास्त्रमथ सिन्धुरचोदयत् ।
तेनोदगु: पिशाचानां पङ्क्तयोऽत्यन्तभीतिदा: ॥१२ ॥
श्याम-आश्यामम् पिशाच-अस्त्रम्_अथ सिन्धुर्_अचोदयत् ।
तेन उदगु: पिशाचानाम् पङ्क्तयो_ऽत्यन्त-भीति.दा: ॥३।४९।१२॥
zyAma-AzyAmam pizAca-astram_atha sindhur_acodayat |
tena udagu: pizAcAnAm paGktayo_'tyanta-bhIti.dA: ||3|49|12||
zyAma-azyAmam – The "Black-as-Black — ???
pizAca-astram – pizaacha" Astra —
atha sindhur acodayat – now Sindhu sent.forth —
tena udagu: – from which emerged —
paGktaya: pizAcAnAm – lines of pizaachas —
atyanta-bhIti.dA: – boundless-fear-giving.
< zyAmA tamisrA_iva zyAmam ||
**vlm.12. Sindhu then cast his demoniac weapons (Pisáchástras) as black as darkness, which fled as lines of horrid Pisácha demons on all sides.
And now Sindhu sent.forth The "Black
est-Black pizaacha" Astra—from
which there came.forth many lines
of most frightening pizaachas. -12-
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संध्यायामथ भीत्येव दिवस: श्यामतां ययौ ।
पिशाचा भुवनं जग्मुरन्धकारभरा इव ॥१३ ॥
संध्यायाम् अथ भीत्य् एव दिवस: श्यामताम् ययौ ।
पिशाचा भुवनम् जग्मुर् अन्धकार.भरा इव ॥३।४९।१३॥
saMdhyAyAm atha bhIty eva divasa: zyAmatAm yayau |
pizAcA bhuvanam jagmur andhakAra.bharA iva ||3|49|13||
saMdhyAyAm atha bhItyA iva - As if in fear of the sunset -
divasa: zyAmatAm yayau – the day came to darkness —
pizAcA bhuvanam jagmur – the pizaachas went-to Earth —
andhakAra.bharA iva – as-if bearing darkness.
**vlm.13. They filled the firmament with the darkness of their bodies, and made the daylight turn to the shade of night, as if it were for fear of them.
As if in fear of the sunset
the day entered the darkness; and
the pizaachas came-down to Earth
as-if carrying that darkness. -13-
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भस्मन: स्तम्भसदृशास्तालोत्तालविलासिन: ।
दृश्यमानमहाकारा मुष्टिग्राह्या न किंचन ॥१४ ॥
भस्मन: स्तम्भ-सदृशास्_ताल-उत्ताल-विलासिन: ।
दृश्यमान-महाकारा मुष्टि-ग्राह्या न किंचन ॥३।४९।१४॥
bhasmana: stambha-sadRzAs_tAla-uttAla-vilAsina: |
dRzyamAna-mahAkArA muSTi-grAhyA na kiMcana ||3|49|14||
stambha-sadRzAs – They were like columns —
bhasmana: – of smoke —
tAla-uttAla-vilAsina: – like tall tossing palm-trees —
dRzyamAna-mahAkArA-: – visible as huge forms —
muSTi-grAhyA-: na kiMcana – hand-graspable not anyhow.
**vlm.14. They were as stalwart in their figures as huge columns of smoke, and as dark in their complexion as the blackest pitch, and tangible by the hand.
They were like columns of black smoke—
like soaring tossing palm-trees—huge
forms that, though clearly visible,
could not be held by any hand. -14-
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ऊर्ध्वकेशाः कृशाङ्गाश्च केचिच्च श्मश्रुला अपि ।
कृष्णाङ्गा मलिनाङ्गाश्च ग्राम्या इव नभश्चराः ॥ १५ ॥
ऊर्ध्व-केशा: कृश-अङ्गाः_च केचित्_च श्मश्रुला: अपि ।
कृष्ण-अङ्गा: मैल्न-अङ्गाः_च ग्राम्या: इव नभः-चरा: ॥३।४९।१५॥
Urdhva-kezA: kRza-aGgAH_ca kecit_ca zmazrulA: api |
kRSNa-aGgA: mailna-aGgAH_ca grAmyA: iva nabhaH-carA: ||3|49|15||
ऊर्ध्व-केशाः कृश-अङ्गाः_च – Spike-haired and skinny-limbed =
केचित्_च श्मश्रुलाः अपि – some even with beards =
कृष्ण-अङ्गाः मैल्न-अङ्गाः_च – black-limbed, filthy-limbed =
ग्राम्याः इव नभः-चराः – peasant-like night-rovers. -15-
jd#abo. #zmazrula श्मश्रुल -adj.- [श्मश्रु विद्यते$स्य लच्] Having a beard, bearded; भल्लापवर्जितैस्तेषां शिरोभिः श्मश्रुलैर्महीं (तस्तार) VR.4. 63; Ms.11.15.
**vlm.15. They were as lean skeletons with erect hairs on their heads and bearded faces, with looks as pale as those of beggars, and bodies as black as those of the aerial and nocturnal fiends.
They looked like
some spike-haired, skinny-limbed, scraggly-bearded,
black-bodied,unwashed, peasant-like night-rovers.
-15-
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सभया मूढदृष्टाश्च यत्किंचनकराश्चला: ।
दीना वज्रासिन: क्रूरा दीना ग्राम्यजना इव ॥१६ ॥
स.भया: मूढ-दृष्टाः_च यत्_किंचन-कराः_चला: ।
दीना: वज्र-असिन: क्रूरा: दीना: ग्राम्य-जना: इव ॥३।४९।१६॥
sa.bhayA: mUDha-dRSTAH_ca yat_kiMcana-karAH_calA: |
dInA: vajra-asina: krUrA: dInA: grAmya-janA: iva ||3|49|16||
sa.bhayA: - Fear.ful -
mUDha-dRSTAH_ca - and stupid-looking -
yat_kiMcana-karAH_calA: - x - who were up to nothing good ???
dInA: – miserable —
vajra-asina: – hammer-swords ??? —
krUrA: – cruel —
dInA: grAmya-janA: iva – poor as villagers.
**vlm.16. They were terrific and like idiots in their looks, and moved about with bones and skulls in their hands. They were as meagre as churls, but more cruel than either the sword or thunderbolt.
Fearful and stupid-looking, they
were up to nothing good. They bore
their cruel hammer-swords, but looked
as poor as any villager. -16-
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तरुकर्दमरथ्यान्तःशून्यगेहगृहाश्चला: ।
लेलिहाना: प्रेतरूपा: कृष्णाङ्गाश्चपला इव ॥१७ ॥
तरु-कर्दम-रथ्य-अन्तः-शून्य-गेह-गृहाः_चला: ।
लेलिहाना: प्रेत-रूपा: कृष्ण-अङ्गाः_चपला: इव ॥३।४९।१७॥
taru-kardama-rathya-antaH-zUnya-geha-gRhAH_calA: |
lelihAnA: preta-rUpA: kRSNa-aGgAH_capalA: iva ||3|49|17||
taru-kardama-rathya.antaH-zUnya-geha-gRhA: - x -
calA: - x -
lelihAnA: preta-rUpA: kRSNa-aGgAz_capalA: iva - x -
taru-kardama-rathya.
trees-bogs-roadways.
antaH-zUnya-geha-gRhA: –
inside-empty-home-houses —
calA: – stirring —
lelihAnA: – serpentine/lip-licking —
preta-rUpA: – ghost-forms —
kRSNa-aGgA-: – black-bodies —
capalA-: iva – like whores.
**AB. lelihAnA: sRkkiNI | capalA vidyuta iva dRzya-adRzya-svabhAvA: ||
**vlm.17. The Pisáchas lurk about the woods, bogs and highways, and pry into empty and open door houses. They hunt about as ghosts in their dark forms, and fly away as fast as the fleeting lightning.
They hang.around the trees and bogs
and roadways, they enter empty
houses and homes. They're ghosts that lick
their lips, or some black-bodied whore. -17-
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जगृहुस्ते तदा मत्ता हतस्हिष्टमरेर्बलम् ।
आसंस्तत्सैनिकास्तत्र भिन्नास्त्रक्षुब्धचेतना: ॥३।४९।१८॥
जगृहुः_ते तदा मत्ता: हत-शिष्टम्_अरेः_बलम् ।
आसन्_तत्_सैनिकास्_तत्र भिन्न-अस्त्र-क्षुब्ध-चेतना: ॥३।४९।१८॥
jagRhuH_te tadA mattA: hata-ziSTam_areH_balam |
Asan_tat_sainikAs_tatra bhinna-astra-kSubdha-cetanA: ||3|49|18||
jagRhus te tadA mattA –
hata-ziSTam arer balam -
Asan tat sainikAs tatra – was that army there —
bhinna-astra-kSubdha-cetanA: -
**AB. tat sainikA vidUratha-sainikA: ||
**vlm.18. They ran and attacked with fury the remaining forces of the enemy, that stood weaponless in the field, with their broken and sorrowful hearts.
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त्यक्तायुधतनुत्राणास्त्रस्तप्राणा: स्खलद्गमा: ।
नेत्रैरङ्गैर्मुखै: पादैर्विकारभरकारिण: ॥१९ ॥
त्यक्त-आयुध-तनु-त्राणास्_त्रस्त-प्राणा: स्खलद्-गमा: ।
नेत्रैर्_अङ्गैर्_मुखै: पादैर्_विकार-भर-कारिण: ॥३।४९।१९॥
tyakta-Ayudha-tanu-trANAs_trasta-prANA: skhalad-gamA: |
netrair_aGgair_mukhai: pAdair_vikAra-bhara-kAriNa: ||3|49|19||
tyakta-Ayudha-tanu-trANAs – released-weapons-
trasta-prANA: –
skhalad-gamA: -
netrair – with eyes —
aGgair – with limbs —
mukhai: – with mouths —
pAdair – with feet —
vikAra-bhara-kAriNa: -
**vlm.19. Frightened to death they stood motionless, and dropped down their arms and armours, and stood petrified as if they were demon-struck, with staring eyes, open mouths, and unmoving hands and feet.
**AB. vikAra-bharA bhUtAviSTaceSTA: ||
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त्यक्तकौपीनवसना निमग्ना वसनोत्तरा: ।
विष्ठां मूत्रं च कुर्वन्त: स्थिरमारब्धनर्तना: ॥३।४९।२०॥
त्यक्त-कौपीन-वसना निमग्न-अवसन-उत्तरा: ।
विष्ठाम् मूत्रम् च कुर्वन्त: स्थिरम्_आरब्ध-नर्तना: ॥३।४९।२०॥
tyakta-kaupIna-vasanA nimagna-avasana-uttarA: |
viSThAm mUtram ca kurvanta: sthiram_Arabdha-nartanA: ||3|49|20||
tyakta-kaupIna-vasanA-: – loosed-loincloth-garments —
nimagna.a-vasana=uttarA: – drowned.un-cloth.outer —
viSThAm – shit — defecation –poopoo – "Number Two" —
mUtram ca kurvanta: – and taking a piss — making water – urinating – going "pee-pee" – "Number One" —
sthiram – the unmoving —
Arabdha-nartanA: – beginning to dance.
tyakta-kaupIna-vasanA-: –
loosed-loincloth-garments —
nimagnau –
both sides drowned - ???
asana-uttarA: –
out of their own seats —
viSThAm –
shit — defecation –poopoo – "Number Two" —
mUtram ca kurvanta: –
and taking a piss — making water – urinating – going "pee-pee" – "Number One" —
sthiram –
the unmoving —
Arabdha-nartanA: –
beginning a dance.
**vlm.20. They let fall both their lower and upper garments, loosened their bowels and slakened their bodies through fear, and kept shaking as fixed trees by the winds.
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पिशाचराजी राजानं तस्य यावद्विदूरथम् ।
समाक्रामति तावत्तां मायां स बुबुधे बुध: ॥२१ ॥
पिशाच-राजि राजानम् तस्य यावद् विदूरथम् ।
समाक्रामति तावत् ताम् मायाम् स बुबुधे बुध: ॥३।४९।२१॥
pizAca-rAji rAjAnam tasya yAvad vidUratham |
samAkrAmati tAvat tAm mAyAm sa bubudhe budha: ||3|49|21||
pizAca-rAji – The pizaacha-line —
rAjAnam – of kings —
tasya yAvad vidUratham – of that viduu.ratha thiswise —
samAkrAmati tAvat – subdues/conquers thatwise —
tAm mAyAm sa bubudhe budha: – a wise man would think them Maayaa.
**AB. pizAcAnAm rAji: paGkti: ||
**vlm.21. The line of the Pisáchas then advanced to frighten Vidúratha out of his wits, but he had the good sense to understand them as the mere Mumbo-jumbos of magic.
A line of kings— pizaacha kings—
viduu.ratha subdues them: all,
a wise man who discerns Maayaa. -21-
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पिशाचसंग्रामकरीं मायां वेत्ति स भूमिप: ।
तया पिशाचसैन्यं तत्परसैन्ये न्ययोजयत् ॥२२ ॥
पिशाच-संग्राम-करीम् मायाम् वेत्ति स भूमिप: ।
तया पिशाच-सैन्यम् तत्_पर-सैन्ये न्ययोजयत् ॥३।४९।२२॥
pizAca-saMgrAma-karIm mAyAm vetti sa bhUmipa: |
tayA pizAca-sainyam tat_para-sainye nyayojayat ||3|49|22||
pizAca-saMgrAma-karIm – A pizaacha-battle-elephant —
mAyAm – Magickal —
vetti sa bhUmipa: – that EarthLord knew —
tayA – by That —
pizAca-sainyam tat – that pizaacha army —
para-sainye nyayojayat – was joined-against the enemy force.
**AB. para-prayuktAnAm pizAcAnAm sva-vazI-kAreNa ... ||
**vlm.22. He knew the counter charm to fight out the Pisáchas from the field, and employed his charmed weapons against the Pisácha army of his enemy.
And now the EarthLord empowered
his own pizaacha.Monster astra, and
sent it against the hostile force. -22-
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तत: स्वसैनिका: स्वस्था: परयोधा: पिस्हाचिन: ।
तस्यास्हु रूपिकास्त्रं च ददावन्यदसौ रुषा ॥३।४९।२३॥
तत: स्व-सैनिका: स्वस्था: परयोधा: पिशाचिन: ।
तस्य आशु रूपिकास्त्रम् च ददाव्_अन्यद्_असौ रुषा ॥३।४९।२३॥
tata: sva-sainikA: svasthA: parayodhA: pizAcina: |
tasya Azu rUpikAstram ca dadAv_anyad_asau ruSA ||3|49|23||
tata: sva-sainikA: svasthA: - x -
para-yodhA: pizAcina: - x -
tasya Azu rUpika-astram ca - x -
dadau anyad asau ruSA - x -
**vlm.23. He darted in his ire the Rúpiká weapon, which gave comfort to his own army, and deluded the Pisácha force of his adversary.
**AB. tasya pizAca-sainyasya sahAya-bhUtam | rUpikA: pUtanAbhedA: | asau vidUratha: ||
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उदगुर्भूतलाद्व्योम्नो रूपिका ऊर्ध्वमूर्धजा: ।
निर्मग्नविकरालाक्ष्यश्चलच्छ्रोणिपयोधरा: ॥२४ ॥
उदगुर्_भूतलाद्_व्योम्नो रूपिका ऊर्ध्व-मूर्ध.जा: ।
निर्मग्न-विकरालाक्ष्यश् चलच् छ्रोणि-पयो-धरा: ॥३।४९।२४॥
udagur_bhUtalAd_vyomno rUpikA Urdhva-mUrdha.jA: |
nirmagna-vikarAlAkSyaz calac chroNi-payo-dharA: ||3|49|24||
**vlm.24. These Rúpikás flew in the air with erect hairs on their heads; their terrific eyes were sunk in their sockets, and their waists and breasts moved as trees with bunches of fruit.
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उद्भिन्नयौवना वृद्धा: पीवराङ्ग्योऽथ जर्जरा: ।
स्वरूपारूपजघना दुर्नाभ्यो विकसद्भगा: ॥२५ ॥३।४९।
उद्भिन्न-यौवना वृद्धा: पीवर-अङ्ग्यो_ऽथ जर्जरा: ।
स्वरूप-अरूप-जघना दुर्-नाभ्यो विकसद्-भगा: ॥३।४९।२५॥
udbhinna-yauvanA vRddhA: pIvara-aGgyo_'tha jarjarA: |
svarUpa-arUpa-jaghanA dur-nAbhyo vikasad-bhagA: ||3|49|25||
udbhinna-yauvanA: - Wrinkled youth -
vRddhA: - grown-up -
pIvara-aGgya: - stout limbs -
atha jarjarA: - now decaying -
svarUpa-arUpa-jaghanA-: - shapely shapeless arses – their asses gone-from glory -
dur-nAbhya-: – hard-hubbed — stiff-naveled —
vikasad-bhagA: – budding-passion.
**vlm.25. They had past their youth and become old; and their bodies were bulky and worn out with age; they had deformed backs and hips, and protuberent navels and naves.
Their youth's in tatters, their soft limbs
wrinkled, their arses' glory gone,
their navels budding with passion. -25-
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नररक्तस्हिरोहस्ता: संध्याभ्रारुणगात्रिका: ।
अर्धचर्वितमांसासृक्स्रवत्सृक्क्याकुलानना: ॥३।४९।२६॥
नर-रक्त-शिरो-हस्ता: संध्या-अभ्र-आरुण-गात्रिका: ।
अर्ध-चर्वित-मांस-असृक्-स्रवत्-सृक्क्य्-आकुल-अनना: ॥
nara-rakta-ziro-hastA: saMdhyA-abhra-AruNa-gAtrikA: |
ardha-carvita-mAMsa-asRk-sravat-sRkky-Akula-ananA: ||
nara-rakta-ziro-hastA: - human-bloody.head=handed -
saMdhyA.abhra-AruNa=gAtrikA: - morning.cloud-sunrise=bodies -
ardha-carvita-mAMsa-asRk-sravat-sRkky-Akula-ananA: - ...
half-x -
**AB. rakta-padena tatpUrNakapAlAni lakSyante … ||
**vlm.26. They had dark dusky bodies, and held human skulls in their hands all besmeared with blood. They had bits of half devoured flesh in their mouths, and pouring out fresh blood from their sides.
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नानाङ्गवलना नानानमन्नमनसत्तमा: ।
शिलाभुजगवक्त्रोरुकटिपार्श्वकराङ्गिका: ॥३।४९।२७॥
नाना-अङ्ग=वलना: नाना-अ.नमन्-न्_अमन-सत्तमा: ।
शिला-भुज-वक्रोरु-कटि-पार्श्व-कराङ्गिका: ॥३।४९।२७॥
nAnA-aGga=valanA: nAnA-a.naman-n_amana-sattamA: |
zilA-bhuja-vakroru-kaTi-pArzva-karAGgikA: ||3|49|27||
nAnA-aGga=valanA: - x -
nAnA-a.naman-n-amana-sattamA: - x -
zilA-bhuja-vakroru-kaTi-pArzva-karAGgikA: - ...
x -
**AB. ... nAnA-vidhAnAm_anamatAmuttabdhAnAm_api namaneprahvI.karaNe sattamA: samartha: | ... ||
**vlm.27. They had a variety of gestures, motions and contortions of their bodies, which were as hard as stone, with wry faces, crooked backs and twisted legs and limbs.
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नारीकृतार्भकशवा हस्ताकृष्टान्त्ररज्जव: ।
श्वकाकोलूकवदना निम्नवक्त्रहनूदरा: ॥२८ ॥
नारी.कृत-अर्भक-शवा: हस्त-आकृष्ट-अन्त्र-रज्जव: ।
श्व-काक-उलूक-वदना: निम्न-वक्त्र-हनु-उदरा: ॥३।४९।२८॥
nArI.kRta-arbhaka-zavA: hasta-AkRSTa-antra-rajjava: |
zva-kAka-ulUka-vadanA: nimna-vaktra-hanu-udarA: ||3|49|28||
nArI.kRta-arbhaka-zavA: - ...
x -
hasta-AkRSTa-antra-rajjava: - ...
x -
zva-kAka-ulUka=vadanA: - dog-crow-owl=faces -
nimna-vaktra-hanu-udarA: - x -
jd#>rabh ? —> #arbha —> #arbhaka . small, minute. • #arbhaka‑: - a toddler, kid, puppy; or, when older, a fool.
**vlm.28. Some had their faces like those of dogs, crows, and owls, with broad mouths and flat cheek-bones and bellies, and held human skulls and entrails in their hands.
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जगृहुस्तान्पिशाचंस्ता दुर्बलान्दुःशिशूनिव ।
पिशाचरूपिकासैन्यं तदासीदेकतां गतम् ॥३।४९।२९॥
जगृहुस्_तान्_पिशाचांस्_ता दुर्बलान्_दुःशिशून्_इव ।
पिशाच-रूपिका-सैन्यम् तदा आसीद्_एकताम् गतम् ॥३।४९।२९॥
jagRhus_tAn_pizAcAMs_tA durbalAn_duHzizUn_iva |
pizAca-rUpikA-sainyam tadA AsId_ekatAm gatam ||3|49|29||
jagRhu: tAn pizAcAn tA - x -
durbalAn duHzizUn iva - x -
pizAca-rUpikA-sainyam - x -
tadA AsId ekatAm gatam - x -
**vlm.29. They laid hold of the Pisáchas as men catch little boys, and joined with them in one body as their consorts, (i. e. the Rúpiká witches bewitching the demoniac Pisáchas, got the better of them).
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निर्मग्ननर्तनोत्तानवदनाङ्गविलोचनम् ।
परस्पराक्रान्तिकरं प्रधावच्च परस्परम् ॥३० ॥
निर्मग्न-नर्तन-उत्तान-वदन-अङ्ग-विलोचनम् ।
परस्पर-आक्रान्ति-करम् प्रधावत्_च परस्परम् ॥३।४९।३०॥
nirmagna-nartana-uttAna-vadana-aGga-vilocanam |
paraspara-AkrAnti-karam pradhAvat_ca parasparam ||3|49|30||
nirmagna-nartana-uttAna-vadana-aGga-vilocanam - ...
x -
paraspara-AkrAnti-karam - x -
pradhAvac ca parasparam - and chasing.after each.other. -30- ##
uttAna
vilocana
AkrAnt
**vlm.30. They joined together in dancing and singing with outstretched arms and mouths and eyes, now joining hand in hand and now pursuing one another in their merry sport.
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निष्कासितमहाजिह्वं नानामुखविकारदम् ।
शरभाराढ्यमन्योन्यं ह्रियमाणशवाङ्गकम् ॥३१ ॥
निष्कासित-महाजिह्वम् नानामुख-विकारदम् ।
शरभार-आढ्यम् अन्योन्यम् ह्रियमाण-शव-आङ्गकम् ॥३।४९।३१॥
niSkAsita-mahAjihvam nAnAmukha-vikAradam |
zarabhAra-ADhyam anyonyam hriyamANa-zava-AGgakam ||3|49|31||
niSkAsita-mahA.jihvam - protruding-great.tongue -
nAnAmukha-vikAradam - x -
zarabhAra-ADhyam anyonyam - x -
hriyamANa-zava-AGgakam - x -
jd#>kAs #niSkAs # niSkAsita . expelled , turned out, Vet.; stuck-out (tongue), y3049.031; (also written #niSkAzita °शित Divya1v. °कसित); opened out , blown , expanded (for °शित ?) W.
**vlm.31. They stretched their long tongues from their horrid mouths, and licked away the blood exuding from the wounds of the dead bodies.
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रुधिराम्भसि मज्जं तद् उन्मज्जद् धृल्लसतनु ।
लम्बोदरं लम्बभुजं लम्बकर्णोष्ठनासिकम् ॥३।४९।३२॥
रुधिर-अंभसि मज्जम् तद्-उन्मज्जद्-द्-हृल्-लसत्-तनु ।
लंब-उदरम् लम्ब-भुजम् लंब-कर्ण-उष्ठ-नासिकम् ॥
rudhira-aMbhasi majjam tad-unmajjad-d-hRl-lasat-tanu |
laMba-udaram lamba-bhujam laMba-karNa-uSTha-nAsikam ||
rudhira-aMbhasi majjam tad-unmajjad-d-hRl-lasat-tanu - x -
laMba-udaram lamba-bhujam laMba-karNa-uSTha-nAsikam - x -
**vlm.32. They plunged in the pool of blood with as much delight, as if they dived in a pond of ghee, and scrabbled in the bloody puddle with outstretched arms and feet, and uplifted ears and nose.
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रक्तमांसमहापङ्केष्वन्योन्यं वेल्लनाभ्यसत् ।
मन्दरोद्धृतदुग्धाब्धिलसत्सकलकलाकुलम् ॥३३ ॥
रक्त-मांस-महा-पङ्केषु_अन्योन्यम् वेल्लना_अभ्यसत् ।
मन्दर-उद्धृत-दुग्ध-अब्धि-लसत्-कल-कला-कुलम् ॥३।४९।३३॥
rakta-mAMsa-mahA-paGkeSu_anyonyam vellanA_abhyasat |
mandara-uddhRta-dugdha-abdhi-lasat-kala-kalA-kulam ||3|49|33||
rakta-mAMsa-mahA-paGkeSv-anyonyam - x -
vellanA-bhyasat - x -
mandaro-dhRta-dugdha-abdhI-lasat-kala-kala-Akulam - -33- -
**vlm.33. They rolled and jostled with one another in the puddle of carrion and blood, and made it swell like the milky ocean when churned by the Mandara mountain.
**AB. ... lasatA kala-kalena kolAhalena Akulam ||
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यथैव मायासंचारस्तेन तस्य कृत: परा ।
तेनापि तस्याशु तथा कृतो बुद्ध्वा स लाघवात् ॥३४ ॥
यथा_एव माया-सञ्चारस् तेन तस्य कृत: पुरा ।
तेनापि तस्याशु तथा कृतो बुद्ध्वा स लाघवत् ॥३।४९।३४॥
yathA_eva mAyA-saJcAras tena tasya kRta: purA |
tenApi tasyAzu tathA kRto buddhvA sa lAghavat ||3|49|34||
yathA eva –
Just whichwise —
mAyA-saJcAra-: –
the Maayaa-pervasion —
tena tasya kRta: purA –
just as he had done before —
tena api tasya Azu tathA –
just so at-once again —
kRta-h –
he sent —
buddhvA sa lAghavat –
having thought carefully ???
**vlm.34. As Vidúratha employed his magic weapon against the magic of Sindhu, so he had recourse to others from a sense of his inferiority.
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वेतालास्त्रं ततो दत्ते तेनोत्तस्थु: शवव्रजा: ।
अमूर्धान: समूर्धानो वेतालावेशवल्लिता: ॥३।४९।३५ ॥
वेतालास्त्रम् ततो दत्ते तेन उत्तस्थु: शव-व्रजा: ।
अमूऋधान: समूऋधानो वेतल-वेश-वल्लिता: ॥
vetAlAstram tato datte tena uttasthu: zava-vrajA: |
amURdhAna: samURdhAno vetala-veza-vallitA: ||
vetAla-astram tata: datte tena - Then, when the Vetaala weapon was wielded by him, -
uttasthu: zava-vrajA: - the crowd of corpses stood, -
amURdhAna: samURdhAna: vetala-veza-vallitA: ||3|49|35||
**vlm.35. He darted his Vetála weapon, which made the dead bodies, whether with or without their heads, to rise up in a body in their ghastly shapes.
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तत: पिशाचवेतालरूपिकोग्रकबन्धवत् ।
तद्बभूव बलं भीममुर्वीनिगरणक्षमम् ॥३६ ॥
तत: पिशाच-वेताल-रूपिक-उग्र-कबन्ध-वत् ।
तद्-बभूव बलम् भीमम्_उर्वी-निगरण-क्षमम् ॥
tata: pizAca-vetAla-rUpika-ugra-kabandha-vat |
tad-babhUva balam bhImam_urvI-nigaraNa-kSamam ||
tata: - x -
pizAca-vetAla-rUpika-ugra-kabandha-vat - x -
tad babhUva balam bhImam_urvI-nigaraNa-kSamam - x -
**vlm.36. The joint forces of the Vetálas, Pisáchas and Rúpikás presented a dreadful appearance as that of the Kavandhas, and seemed as they were ready to destroy the earth.
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अथेतरोऽपि भूपालो मायां संचार्य तां गुरौ ।
राक्षसास्त्रं ससर्जाथ त्रैलोक्यग्रहणोन्मुखम् ॥३७ ॥
अथ इतरो_ऽपि भूपालो मायाम् संचार्य ताम् गुरौ ।
राक्षस-अस्त्रम् ससर्ज अथ त्रैलोक्य-ग्रहण-उन्मुखम् ॥३।४९।३७॥
atha itaro_'pi bhUpAlo mAyAm saMcArya tAm gurau |
rAkSasa-astram sasarja atha trailokya-grahaNa-unmukham ||3|49|37||
atha itaro api bhUpAla-: –
And now the other EarthLord —
mAyAm saMcArya tAm gurau –
dispersed his own magic against Sindhu – see Comm. —
rAkSasa-astram sasarja atha –
now he released the Raakshasa Demon Astra —
trailokya-grahaNa-unmukham –
ThreeWorld-grasping-ready.
**vlm.37. The other monarch was not slow to show his magical skill, by hurling his Rákshasa weapon, which threatened to grasp and devour the three worlds.
**AB. itaro vidUratha: | gurau pUrva-prayogena -upadeSTari -iva sindhau ||
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उदगु: पर्वताकारा: सर्वत: स्थूलराक्षसा: ।
देहमाश्रित्य निष्क्रान्ता: पातालान्नरका इव ॥३८ ॥
उदगु: पर्वत-आकारा: सर्वत: स्थूल-राक्षसा: ।
देहम्_आश्रित्य निष्क्रान्ता: पातलान्_नरका इव ॥
udagu: parvata-AkArA: sarvata: sthUla-rAkSasA: |
deham_Azritya niSkrAntA: pAtalAn_narakA iva ||
udagu: parvata-AkArA: sarvata: sthUla-rAkSasA: - x -
deham_Azritya niSkrAntA: pAtalAn_narakA iva - x -
**vlm.38. These with their gigantic bodies rose as high as mountains, and seemed as hellish fiends appearing from the infernal regions in their ghostly forms.
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अथोदभूद्बलं भीमं ससुरासुरभीतिदम् ।
गर्जद्रक्षोमहानादवाद्यनृत्यत्कबन्धकम् ॥३९ ॥
अथ_उदभूत्_बलम् भीमम् स-सुर.असुर-भीति.दम् ।
गर्जत्-रक्षस्-महा.नाद-वाद्यनृत्यत्-कबन्धकम् ॥३।४९।
atha_udabhUt_balam bhImam sa-sura.asura-bhIti.dam |
garjat-rakSas-mahA.nAda-vAdyanRtyat-kabandhakam ||3|49|
atha udabhUd balam bhImam – Then there arose a great ruckus —
sa.sura-asura.bhItidam – enough to terrify Brighlings and Darklings alike —
garjad-rakSas-mahAnAda-vAdya-nRtyat-kabandhaka-m -
garjat
vAdya
**vlm.39. The ferocious body of the roaring Rákshasas, terrified both the gods and demigods (surásuras), by their loud martial music and war dance of their headless trunks (Kavandhas).
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मेदोमांसोपदंशाढ्यं रुधिरासवसुन्दरम् ।
क्षीबकूष्माण्डवेतालयक्षताण्डवसुन्दरम् ॥४० ॥
मेदो-माम्स-उपदंश-आढ्यम् रुधिर-आसव-सुन्दरम् ।
क्षीब-कूष्माण्ड-वेताल-यक्ष-ताण्डव-सुन्दरम् ॥३।४९।४०॥
medo-mAmsa-upadaMza-ADhyam rudhira-Asava-sundaram |
kSIba-kUSmANDa-vetAla-yakSa-tANDava-sundaram ||3|49|40||
medo-mAmsa-upadaMza-ADhyam - fat-meat-chewing-plenty – They had lots of fat meat to chew, -
rudhira-Asava-sundaram - blood-booze-lovely – goblets of blood for wine, -
kSIba-kUSmANDa-vetAla-yakSa-tANDava-sundaram - ...
drunken-Kushmanda/demons-Vetaalas-Yakshas-lovely -40- ##
**vlm.40. The giddy Vetálas, Yakshas and Kushmándas, devoured the fat and flesh of dead bodies as their toast, and drank the gory blood as their lurid wines in the coarse of their war dance.
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कूष्माण्डकोत्ताण्डवदण्डपाद-
क्षुब्धासृगुत्क्षिप्ततरङ्गसिक्तै: ।
संध्याम्ररागोत्करकोटिकान्ति
भूतैरसृक्स्रोतसि दत्तसेतु ॥४१॥
कूश्माण्ड-कोत्ताण्ड-वदण्ड-पाद-
क्षुब्ध-असृग्-उत्क्षिप्त-तरङ्ग-सिक्तै: ।
संध्या-अभ्र-राग-उत्कर-कोटि-कान्ति
भूतैर् असृक्-स्रोतसि दत्त-सेतु ॥४१॥
kUzmANDa-kottANDa-vadaNDa-pAda-
kSubdha-asRg-utkSipta-taraGga-siktai: |
saMdhyA-abhra-rAga-utkara-koTi-kAnti
bhUtair asRk-srotasi datta-setu
**AB. daNDa-pAdo nATaya-zAstra-prasiddhA: pAdAghAta-vizeSa: | siktair bhUtai: | datta-setu nibaddha-setu | balam udabhUd iti pUrveNa -anvaya: ||
kUzmANDa
kottANDa
vadaNDa
utkara
kAnti
asRk
utkSipta
sikta
**vlm.41. The hopping and jumping of the Kushmándas, in their war dance in streams of blood, scattered its crimson particles in the air, which assembled in the form of a bridge of red evening clouds over the sparkling sea.
kUSmANDakottANDavadaNDapAda-
kSubdhAsRgutkSiptataraGgasiktai: |
saMdhyAmrarAgotkarakoTikAnti
bhUtairasRksrotasi dattasetu ||41 ||
ity ArSe **vAsiSTha-mahArAmAyaNe vAlmIkIye mokSopAyeSu -utpatti-prakaraNe lIlA-upAkhyAne tRtIya-astra-yuddham nAma ekonapaJcAsha: sarga: ||3|49|3|49||
a.u-m
saMtoSaH paramo lAbhaH sat-saGgaH paramA gatiH |
vicAraH paramaM jJAnaM zamo hi paramaM sukham ||19||
Contentment is the highest gain, Good Company the highest course,
Enquiry the highest wisdom, and Peace the highest enjoyment. 2.16.19
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