Indra Slays Vritra; the Kaleyas Hide in the Ocean

Verse 1 (3.100.1)

ततः स वज्री बलभिद्दैवतैरभिरक्षितः । आससाद ततो वृत्रं स्थितमावृत्य रोदसी ॥

tataḥ sa vajrī balabhiddaivatairabhirakṣitaḥ | āsasāda tato vṛtraṃ sthitamāvṛtya rodasī

Then the wielder of the thunderbolt, slayer of Bala, guarded by the gods, advanced on Vritra, who stood filling heaven and earth,

Note on the text: Matched to CE 3.99.1, which reads balibhir ('mighty') where Wikisource has बलभिद् ('slayer of Bala', an epithet of Indra); a recension variant.

Verse 2 (3.100.2)

कालकेयैर्महाकायैः समन्तादभिरक्षितम् । समुद्यतप्रहरणैः सशृङ्गैरिव पर्वतैः ॥

kālakeyairmahākāyaiḥ samantādabhirakṣitam | samudyatapraharaṇaiḥ saśṛṅgairiva parvataiḥ

guarded on every side by the huge-bodied Kalakeyas with weapons raised, like mountains with their peaks.

Note on the text: Corrected महाकायै → महाकायैः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped visarga; the critical edition reads mahākāyaiḥ).

Verse 3 (3.100.3)

ततो युद्धं समभवद्देवानां दानवैः सह । मुहूर्तं भरतश्रेष्ठ लोकत्रासकरं महत् ॥

tato yuddhaṃ samabhavaddevānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha | muhūrtaṃ bharataśreṣṭha lokatrāsakaraṃ mahat

Then, best of the Bharatas, a great battle broke out between the gods and the Danavas, for a while terrifying the worlds.

Verse 4 (3.100.4)

उद्यतप्रतिविद्धानां खड्गानां वीरबाहुभिः । आसीत्सुतुमुलः शब्दः शरीरेष्वभिपात्यताम् ॥

udyatapratividdhānāṃ khaḍgānāṃ vīrabāhubhiḥ | āsītsutumulaḥ śabdaḥ śarīreṣvabhipātyatām

There arose a tumultuous din of swords, raised and clashing in heroes' hands, as they were brought down upon bodies.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वङ्गानां → खड्गानां and सुतुमुः → सुतुमुलः (misprints in Wikisource; a misread letter and a dropped akshara; the critical edition reads khaḍgānāṃ and sutumulaḥ). The critical edition reads pratipiṣṭānāṃ for प्रतिविद्धानां, a variant.

Verse 5 (3.100.5)

शिरोभिः प्रपतद्भिश्चाप्यन्तरिक्षान्महीतलम् । तालैरिव महाराज वृन्ताद्भ्रष्टैरदृश्यत ॥

śirobhiḥ prapatadbhiścāpyantarikṣānmahītalam | tālairiva mahārāja vṛntādbhraṣṭairadṛśyata

With heads falling from the sky to the ground, great king, it looked as though palm fruits were dropping from their stalks.

Verse 6 (3.100.6)

ते हेमकवचा भूत्वा कालेयाः परिघायुधाः । त्रिदशानभ्यवर्तन्त दावदग्धा इवाद्रयः ॥

te hemakavacā bhūtvā kāleyāḥ parighāyudhāḥ | tridaśānabhyavartanta dāvadagdhā ivādrayaḥ

The Kaleyas, clad in golden armour and armed with iron clubs, bore down on the gods like mountains ablaze in a forest fire.

Verse 7 (3.100.7)

तेषां वेगवतां वेगं सहितानां प्रधावताम् । न शेकुस्त्रिदशाः सोढुं ते भग्नाः प्राद्रवन्भयात् ॥

teṣāṃ vegavatāṃ vegaṃ sahitānāṃ pradhāvatām | na śekustridaśāḥ soḍhuṃ te bhagnāḥ prādravanbhayāt

The gods could not withstand the onrush of those swift ones charging together; they broke and fled in fear.

Verse 8 (3.100.8)

तान्दृष्ट्वा द्रवतो भीतान्सहस्राक्षः पुरंदरः । वृत्रे विवर्धमाने च कश्मलं महदाविशत् ॥

tāndṛṣṭvā dravato bhītānsahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ | vṛtre vivardhamāne ca kaśmalaṃ mahadāviśat

Seeing them flee in terror, and Vritra growing ever greater, thousand-eyed Purandara fell into a deep swoon.

Verse 9 (3.100.9)

कालेयभयसंत्रस्तो देवः साक्षात्पुरंदरः । जगाम शरणं शीघ्रं तं तु नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥

kāleyabhayasaṃtrasto devaḥ sākṣātpuraṃdaraḥ | jagāma śaraṇaṃ śīghraṃ taṃ tu nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum

Terrified of the Kaleyas, the god Purandara himself went swiftly for refuge to lord Narayana.

Note on the text: Restored the first line from the critical edition (apparatus, star passage 3.99.8d*498, line 1: kāleyabhayasaṃtrasto devaḥ sākṣāt puraṃdaraḥ): Wikisource prints in its place the first line of the next verse, with शक्तं for शक्रं (तं शक्तं कश्मलाविष्टं दृष्ट्वा विष्णुः सनातनः), a copying slip that makes Vishnu seek refuge with Narayana and loses the line about Indra. The verse as a whole is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 10 (3.100.10)

तं शक्रं कश्मलाविष्टं दृष्ट्वा विष्णुः सनातनः । स्वतेजो व्यदधच्छक्रे बलमस्य विवर्धयन् ॥

taṃ śakraṃ kaśmalāviṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | svatejo vyadadhacchakre balamasya vivardhayan

Seeing Shakra overcome by the swoon, eternal Vishnu placed his own power in Shakra, increasing his strength.

Verse 11 (3.100.11)

विष्णुना गोपितं शक्रं दृष्ट्वादेवगणास्ततः । स्वं स्वंतेजः समादध्युस्तथा ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमलाः ॥

viṣṇunā gopitaṃ śakraṃ dṛṣṭvādevagaṇāstataḥ | svaṃ svaṃtejaḥ samādadhyustathā brahmarṣayo'malāḥ

Seeing Shakra protected by Vishnu, the hosts of gods then each lent him their own power, and so did the spotless brahmin seers.

Verse 12 (3.100.12)

स समाप्यायितः शक्रो विष्णुना दैवतैः सह । ऋषिभिश्च महाभागैर्बलवान्समपद्यत ॥

sa samāpyāyitaḥ śakro viṣṇunā daivataiḥ saha | ṛṣibhiśca mahābhāgairbalavānsamapadyata

Thus strengthened by Vishnu, by the gods and by the illustrious seers, Shakra became mighty.

Verse 13 (3.100.13)

ज्ञात्वा बलस्थं त्रिदशाधिपं तु । ननाद वृत्रो महतो निनादान् । तस्य प्रणादेन धरा दिशश्च । खं द्यौर्नगाश्चापि चचाल सर्वम् ॥

jñātvā balasthaṃ tridaśādhipaṃ tu | nanāda vṛtro mahato ninādān | tasya praṇādena dharā diśaśca | khaṃ dyaurnagāścāpi cacāla sarvam

Knowing the lord of the thirty gods to be strong again, Vritra let out mighty roars; at his roaring the earth, the quarters, the air, the sky and the mountains, everything, shook.

Note on the text: Corrected तस् → तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition reads tasya).

Verse 14 (3.100.14)

ततो महेन्द्रः परमाभितप्तः । श्रुत्वा रवं घोररूपं महान्तम् । भये निमग्नस्त्वरितो मुमोच । वज्रं महत्तस्य वधाय राजन् ॥

tato mahendraḥ paramābhitaptaḥ | śrutvā ravaṃ ghorarūpaṃ mahāntam | bhaye nimagnastvarito mumoca | vajraṃ mahattasya vadhāya rājan

Then great Indra, sorely distressed at hearing that vast and terrible roar, sunk in fear, swiftly hurled his great thunderbolt to slay him, O king.

Verse 15 (3.100.15)

स शक्रवज्राभिहतः पपात । महासुरः काञ्चनमाल्यधारी । यथा महाशैलवरः पुरस्ता- । त्स मन्दरो विष्णुकराद्विमुक्तः ॥

sa śakravajrābhihataḥ papāta | mahāsuraḥ kāñcanamālyadhārī | yathā mahāśailavaraḥ purastā- | tsa mandaro viṣṇukarādvimuktaḥ

Struck by Shakra's thunderbolt, the great Asura in his golden garland fell, as once the great mountain Mandara fell when released from Vishnu's hands.

Note on the text: Corrected चक्रवज्राभिहतः → शक्रवज्राभिहतः (misprint in Wikisource; च for श; the critical edition reads śakravajrābhihataḥ). The critical edition reads mahāñ śailavaraḥ and pramuktaḥ for महाशैलवरः and विमुक्तः, variants.

Verse 16 (3.100.16)

तस्मिन्हते दैत्यवरे भयार्तः । शक्रः प्रदुद्राव सरः प्रवेष्टुम् । वज्रं न मेने स्वकराद्विमुक्तं । वृत्रं भयाच्चापि हतं न मेने ॥

tasminhate daityavare bhayārtaḥ | śakraḥ pradudrāva saraḥ praveṣṭum | vajraṃ na mene svakarādvimuktaṃ | vṛtraṃ bhayāccāpi hataṃ na mene

When that best of the Daityas was slain, Shakra, stricken with fear, ran to hide in a lake. He did not believe the thunderbolt had left his hand, and in his fear he did not believe that Vritra was dead.

Verse 17 (3.100.17)

सर्वे च देवा मुदिताः प्रहृष्टा । महर्षयश्चन्द्रमभिष्टुवन्तः । वृत्रं हतं संददृशुः पृथिव्यां । वज्राहतं शैलमिवावदीर्णम् ॥

sarve ca devā muditāḥ prahṛṣṭā | maharṣayaścandramabhiṣṭuvantaḥ | vṛtraṃ hataṃ saṃdadṛśuḥ pṛthivyāṃ | vajrāhataṃ śailamivāvadīrṇam

All the gods were glad and rejoicing, and the great seers praised Indra. They saw Vritra lying slain on the earth, split open like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick before the third line (a wiki mark in Wikisource). The first two lines are CE 3.99.16ab; the last two are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has them as 3.99.16b*499, reading avakīrṇam for अवदीर्णम्). From here to verse 22 Wikisource divides the verses one half-verse out of step with the critical edition.

Verse 18 (3.100.18)

सर्वांश्च दैत्यांस्त्वरिताः समेत्य । जघ्नुः सुरा वृत्रवधाभितप्तान् । ते वध्यमानास्त्रिदशैः समेतैः । समुद्रमेवाविविशुर्भयार्ताः ॥

sarvāṃśca daityāṃstvaritāḥ sametya | jaghnuḥ surā vṛtravadhābhitaptān | te vadhyamānāstridaśaiḥ sametaiḥ | samudramevāviviśurbhayārtāḥ

Then the gods quickly gathered and slew all the Daityas, who were grieving at the death of Vritra. Cut down by the assembled gods, they fled in terror into the ocean itself.

Note on the text: The second half of CE 3.99.16 and the first half of 3.99.17 (which reads tadānīṃ for समेतैः).

Verse 19 (3.100.19)

प्रविश्य चैवोदधिमप्रमेयं । झषाकुलं नक्रसमाकुलं च । तदा स्म मन्त्रं सहिताः प्रचक्रु- । स्त्रैलोक्यनाशार्थमभिप्रयत्नात् ॥

praviśya caivodadhimaprameyaṃ | jhaṣākulaṃ nakrasamākulaṃ ca | tadā sma mantraṃ sahitāḥ pracakru- | strailokyanāśārthamabhiprayatnāt

Having entered the immeasurable ocean, teeming with fish and crocodiles, they then took counsel together, with great earnestness, for the destruction of the three worlds.

Note on the text: The second half of CE 3.99.17 (which reads ratnasamākulaṃ for नक्रसमाकुलं) and the first half of 3.99.18 (which reads abhismayantaḥ for अभिप्रयत्नात्).

Verse 20 (3.100.20)

तत्रस्म केचिन्मतिनिश्चयज्ञा- । स्तांस्तानुपायानुपवर्णयन्ति । तेषां तु तत्रक्रमकालयोगा- । द्धोरा मतिश्चिन्तयतां बभूव ॥

tatrasma kecinmatiniścayajñā- | stāṃstānupāyānupavarṇayanti | teṣāṃ tu tatrakramakālayogā- | ddhorā matiścintayatāṃ babhūva

There some who were skilled at reaching decisions set out one plan after another. And as they deliberated, in the course of time, a dreadful resolve took shape among them:

Note on the text: Corrected उपयान् → उपायान् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads upāyān). The second half of CE 3.99.18 (which reads anuvarṇayanti for उपवर्णयन्ति) and the first half of 3.99.19.

Verse 21 (3.100.21)

ये सन्ति विद्यातपसोपपन्ना- । स्तेषां विनाशः प्रथमं तु कार्यः । लोका हि सर्वे तपसा ध्रियन्ते । तस्मात्त्वरध्वं तपसः क्षयाय ॥

ye santi vidyātapasopapannā- | steṣāṃ vināśaḥ prathamaṃ tu kāryaḥ | lokā hi sarve tapasā dhriyante | tasmāttvaradhvaṃ tapasaḥ kṣayāya

"Those who are endowed with learning and austerity must be destroyed first. For all the worlds are upheld by austerity; so make haste to destroy austerity.

Note on the text: Given to the Kaleyas: this verse and the next are wholly the resolve they speak among themselves, with no printed heading. The second half of CE 3.99.19 and the first half of 3.99.20.

Verse 22 (3.100.22)

येसन्ति केचिच्च वसुंधरायां । तपस्विनो धर्मविदश्च तज्ज्ञाः । तेषां वधः क्रियतां क्षिप्रमेव । तेषु प्रनष्टेषु जगत्प्रनष्टम् ॥

yesanti kecicca vasuṃdharāyāṃ | tapasvino dharmavidaśca tajjñāḥ | teṣāṃ vadhaḥ kriyatāṃ kṣiprameva | teṣu pranaṣṭeṣu jagatpranaṣṭam

Whatever ascetics there are on the earth, who know dharma and know the Supreme, let them be slain at once. When they perish, the world perishes."

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मविदश् → धर्मविदश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition reads dharmavidaś ca). The last four lines of CE 3.99.20.

Verse 23 (3.100.23)

एवं हि सर्वे गतबुद्धिभावा । जगद्विनाशे परमप्रहृष्टाः । दुर्गं समाश्रित्य महोर्मिमन्तं । रत्नाकरं वरुणस्यालयं स्म ॥

evaṃ hi sarve gatabuddhibhāvā | jagadvināśe paramaprahṛṣṭāḥ | durgaṃ samāśritya mahormimantaṃ | ratnākaraṃ varuṇasyālayaṃ sma

Thus all of them, their minds made up and rejoicing greatly at the thought of the world's ruin, took refuge in their fortress, the ocean with its great waves, mine of jewels and abode of Varuna.