Indra Rescues Devasena from Keshin

Verse 1 (3.225.1)

अग्नीनां विविधा वंशाः कीर्तितास्ते मयाऽनघ । शृणु जन्म तु कौरव्य कार्तिकेयस्य धीमतः ॥

agnīnāṃ vividhā vaṃśāḥ kīrtitāste mayā'nagha | śṛṇu janma tu kauravya kārtikeyasya dhīmataḥ

I have told you, O sinless one, the various lineages of the fires. Now hear, O Kaurava, of the birth of the wise Kartikeya.

Note on the text: Corrected शुणु → शृणु and कार्तिकेयस् → कार्तिकेयस्य (misprints in Wikisource; critical edition śṛṇu, kārttikeyasya).

Verse 2 (3.225.2)

अद्भुतस्याद्भुतं पुत्रं प्रवक्ष्याम्यमितौजसम् । जातं सप्तर्षिभार्याभिर्ब्रह्मण्यं कीर्तिवर्धनम् ॥

adbhutasyādbhutaṃ putraṃ pravakṣyāmyamitaujasam | jātaṃ saptarṣibhāryābhirbrahmaṇyaṃ kīrtivardhanam

I shall tell of Adbhuta's wondrous son of boundless might, born of the wives of the Seven Seers, devoted to brahmins, the increaser of fame.

Verse 3 (3.225.3)

देवासुराः पुरा यत्ता विनिघ्नन्तः परस्परम् । तत्राजयन्सदा देवान्दानवा घोररूपिणः ॥

devāsurāḥ purā yattā vinighnantaḥ parasparam | tatrājayansadā devāndānavā ghorarūpiṇaḥ

Long ago the gods and the asuras stood arrayed, striking each other down, and in that war the Danavas of dreadful form kept defeating the gods.

Verse 4 (3.225.4)

वध्यमानं बलं दृष्ट्वा बहुशस्तैः पुरंदरः । स सैन्यनायकार्थाय चिन्तयामास वासवः ॥

vadhyamānaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā bahuśastaiḥ puraṃdaraḥ | sa sainyanāyakārthāya cintayāmāsa vāsavaḥ

Seeing his army struck down by them again and again, Purandara, Vasava, pondered how to find a leader for his host.

Verse 5 (3.225.5)

देवसेनां दानवैर्हि भग्नां दृष्ट्वा महाबलः । पालयेद्वीर्यमाश्रित्य स ज्ञेयः पुरुषो मया ॥

devasenāṃ dānavairhi bhagnāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābalaḥ | pālayedvīryamāśritya sa jñeyaḥ puruṣo mayā

"I must find a man of great strength who, seeing the army of the gods broken by the Danavas, will rely on his own valour and protect it."

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra's own reflection, in the first person and filling the whole verse (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 6 (3.225.6)

स शैलं मानसं गत्वा ध्यायन्नर्थमिमं भृशम् । शुश्रावार्तस्वरं घोरमथ मुक्तं स्त्रिया तदा ॥

sa śailaṃ mānasaṃ gatvā dhyāyannarthamimaṃ bhṛśam | śuśrāvārtasvaraṃ ghoramatha muktaṃ striyā tadā

Going to Mount Manasa and brooding deeply on this matter, he then heard a dreadful cry of distress uttered by a woman:

Verse 7 (3.225.7)

अभिधावतु मां कश्चित्पुरुषस्त्रातु चैव ह । पतिं च मे प्रदिशतु स्वयं वा पतिरस्तु मे ॥

abhidhāvatu māṃ kaścitpuruṣastrātu caiva ha | patiṃ ca me pradiśatu svayaṃ vā patirastu me

"Let some man run to me and save me! Let him point out a husband for me, or himself be my husband!"

Note on the text: Speaker: the maiden's cry, filling the whole verse (no heading in Wikisource); she is named Devasena in the next adhyaya.

Verse 8 (3.225.8)

पुरंदरस्तु तामाह मा भैर्नास्ति भयं तव । एवमुक्त्वा ततोऽपश्यत्केशिनं स्थितमग्रतः ॥

puraṃdarastu tāmāha mā bhairnāsti bhayaṃ tava | evamuktvā tato'paśyatkeśinaṃ sthitamagrataḥ

Purandara said to her, "Do not be afraid; there is nothing for you to fear." Having said this, he saw Keshin standing before him,

Verse 9 (3.225.9)

किरीटिनं गदापाणिं धातुमन्तमिवाचलम् । हस्ते गृहीत्वा कन्यां तामथैनं वासवोऽब्रवीत् ॥

kirīṭinaṃ gadāpāṇiṃ dhātumantamivācalam | haste gṛhītvā kanyāṃ tāmathainaṃ vāsavo'bravīt

crowned, mace in hand, like a mountain veined with ore, holding the maiden by the hand. Then Vasava said to him:

Verse 10 (3.225.10)

अनार्यकर्मन्कस्मात्त्वमिमां कन्यां जिहीर्षसि । वज्रिणं मांविजानीहि विरमास्याः प्रबाधनात् ॥

anāryakarmankasmāttvamimāṃ kanyāṃ jihīrṣasi | vajriṇaṃ māṃvijānīhi viramāsyāḥ prabādhanāt

"Doer of ignoble deeds, why do you seek to carry off this maiden? Know me to be the wielder of the thunderbolt. Stop tormenting her!"

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra's words to Keshin, filling the whole verse (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 11 (3.225.11)

विसृजस्व त्वमेवैनां शक्रैषा प्रार्थिता मया । क्षमं ते जीवतो गन्तुं स्वपुरं पाकशासन ॥

visṛjasva tvamevaināṃ śakraiṣā prārthitā mayā | kṣamaṃ te jīvato gantuṃ svapuraṃ pākaśāsana

"Let her go yourself, Shakra; I have sought her for my own. It would be wise for you to go back to your city while you are still alive, O chastiser of Paka."

Note on the text: Corrected तेजीवतो गनतुं → ते जीवतो गन्तुं (misprint in Wikisource; ते and जीवतो had run together, and गन्तुं was misspelt; critical edition kṣamaṃ te jīvato gantuṃ).

Verse 12 (3.225.12)

एवमुक्त्वा गदां केशी चिक्षेपेन्द्रवधाय वै । तामापतन्तीं चिच्छेद मध्ये वज्रेण वासवः ॥

evamuktvā gadāṃ keśī cikṣependravadhāya vai | tāmāpatantīṃ ciccheda madhye vajreṇa vāsavaḥ

Having said this, Keshin hurled his mace to kill Indra; but as it flew at him, Vasava cut it in two with his thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration (मार्कण्डेय); Wikisource's heading केशी covers only verse 11, and the input had carried it over.

Verse 13 (3.225.13)

अथास्य शैलशिखरं केशी क्रुद्धो व्यवासृजत् । महामेघप्रतीकाशं चलत्पावकसंकुलम् ॥

athāsya śailaśikharaṃ keśī kruddho vyavāsṛjat | mahāmeghapratīkāśaṃ calatpāvakasaṃkulam

Then Keshin in his rage flung a mountain peak at him, like a vast cloud and swarming with flickering fire.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration (मार्कण्डेय); Wikisource's heading केशी covers only verse 11, and the input had carried it over. Removed the backtick before the second line (Wikisource's mark for an added line). The first line is CE 3.213.13ab; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus gives it as 3.213.13b*1057).

Verse 14 (3.225.14)

तदापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य शैलशृङ्गं शतक्रतुः । बिभेद राजन्वज्रेण भुवि तन्निपपात ह ॥

tadāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya śailaśṛṅgaṃ śatakratuḥ | bibheda rājanvajreṇa bhuvi tannipapāta ha

Seeing the mountain peak hurtling towards him, Shatakratu shattered it with his thunderbolt, O king, and it fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration (मार्कण्डेय); Wikisource's heading केशी covers only verse 11, and the input had carried it over. This verse is CE 3.213.13cd–ef. Corrected तदापन्ततं → तदापतन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters; critical edition tad āpatantaṃ).

Verse 15 (3.225.15)

पतता तु तदा केशी तेन शृङ्गेण ताडितः । हित्वा कन्यां महाभागां प्राद्रवद्भृशपीडितः ॥

patatā tu tadā keśī tena śṛṅgeṇa tāḍitaḥ | hitvā kanyāṃ mahābhāgāṃ prādravadbhṛśapīḍitaḥ

Struck by that falling peak, Keshin let go of the noble maiden and fled, badly hurt.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration (मार्कण्डेय); Wikisource's heading केशी covers only verse 11, and the input had carried it over.

Verse 16 (3.225.16)

अपयातेऽसुरे तस्मिंस्तां कन्यां वासवोऽब्रवीत् । कासि कस्यासि किंचेह कुरुषे त्वं शुभानने ॥

apayāte'sure tasmiṃstāṃ kanyāṃ vāsavo'bravīt | kāsi kasyāsi kiṃceha kuruṣe tvaṃ śubhānane

When the asura had gone, Vasava said to the maiden: "Who are you, lovely one? Whose daughter are you, and what are you doing here?"

Note on the text: Speaker: narration (मार्कण्डेय); Wikisource's heading केशी covers only verse 11, and the input had carried it over. Corrected कस्यसि → कस्यासि (misprint in Wikisource; कस्य असि, "whose are you"; critical edition kasyāsi).