Brahma Drives Rudra's Chariot; the Burning of Tripura

Verse 1 (8.27.1)

तमब्रुवन्देवगणा यं भवान्सन्नियोक्ष्यते । स भविष्यति देवेश सारथिस्ते न संशयः ॥

tamabruvandevagaṇā yaṃ bhavānsanniyokṣyate | sa bhaviṣyati deveśa sārathiste na saṃśayaḥ

The hosts of gods said to him, "Whomever you yourself appoint, O lord of the gods, will be your charioteer, without doubt."

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the input's 47 verses agree with the raw page's table row for row (Wikisource numbers 1–47 are kept; the page misprints the last line number of verse 7 as 7b). The automatic alignment missed many of them because the page follows the vulgate's wording and line-grouping; each verse's note maps it to the critical edition's main text 8.24.95–128 and to its star passages (8.24.105d*0267, 107*0269, etc.). Duryodhana continues to tell Shalya the story of Rudra's chariot (the page's headings दुर्योधन उवाच and ब्रह्मोवाच). Lines = 8.24.95a, 95c. The gods' words are quoted inside Duryodhana's narration.

Verse 2 (8.27.2)

तानब्रवीन्महादेवो मत्तः श्रेष्ठतरो हि यः । तं सारथिं कुरुध्वं वै स्वयं सञ्चिन्त्य मा चिरम् ॥

tānabravīnmahādevo mattaḥ śreṣṭhataro hi yaḥ | taṃ sārathiṃ kurudhvaṃ vai svayaṃ sañcintya mā ciram

The Great God said to them: "He who is better than I is the one to make my charioteer; decide it for yourselves, and do not delay."

Note on the text: Lines = 8.24.96a, 96c (here tān abravīn mahādevo for tān abravīt punar devo; …kurudhvaṃ vai for …kurudhvaṃ me).

Verse 3 (8.27.3)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो देवाः सर्वे गत्वा पितामहम् । प्रणिपत्योचुरेकाग्राः प्रसाद्यैनं महर्षिभिः ॥

etacchrutvā vaco devāḥ sarve gatvā pitāmaham | praṇipatyocurekāgrāḥ prasādyainaṃ maharṣibhiḥ

Hearing this, all the gods went to the Grandsire, bowed down, and, single-minded, propitiated him together with the great sages, and said:

Note on the text: A recension variant of 8.24.97 (etac chrutvā tato devā vākyam uktaṃ mahātmanā / gatvā pitāmahaṃ devaṃ prasādyaivaṃ vaco 'bruvan): the wording differs, the sense is the same. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 4 (8.27.4)

त्वया यत्कथितं देव त्रिदशारिनिबर्हणे । तथा तत्कृतमस्माभिः प्रसन्नश्च वृषध्वजः ॥

tvayā yatkathitaṃ deva tridaśārinibarhaṇe | tathā tatkṛtamasmābhiḥ prasannaśca vṛṣadhvajaḥ

"As you told us, O god, for the destruction of the gods' enemies, so we have done; and the Bull-bannered one is pleased."

Note on the text: Speaker: the Gods (unheaded speech to Brahma, which runs through verse 17; it is introduced by प्रणिपत्योचुः in verse 3 and closed by verse 18). Lines = 8.24.98a, 98c.

Verse 5 (8.27.5)

रथश्च विहितोऽस्माभिर्विचित्रायुधसंवृतः । सारथिं च न जानीमः कः स्यात्तस्मिन्रथोत्तमे ॥

rathaśca vihito'smābhirvicitrāyudhasaṃvṛtaḥ | sārathiṃ ca na jānīmaḥ kaḥ syāttasminrathottame

"The chariot has been made by us, furnished with wondrous weapons, but we do not know who should be the charioteer of that finest of chariots."

Note on the text: Lines = 8.24.99a, 99c.

Verse 6 (8.27.6)

तस्माद्विधीयतां कश्चित्सारथिर्देवसत्तम । सफलां तां गिरं देव कर्तुमर्हसि नो विभो । एवमस्मासु हि पुरा भगवन्नुक्तवानसि ॥

tasmādvidhīyatāṃ kaścitsārathirdevasattama | saphalāṃ tāṃ giraṃ deva kartumarhasi no vibho | evamasmāsu hi purā bhagavannuktavānasi

"Therefore, O best of gods, let some charioteer be appointed. O Lord, you ought to make your word fruitful, for so you spoke to us before, O blessed one."

Note on the text: Three lines: lines 1–2 are 8.24.100a and 100c; line 3 is 8.24.101a (the CE's 101c, hitaṃ kartāsmi bhavatām iti tat kartum arhasi, is not on the page).

Verse 7 (8.27.7)

सदैव युक्तो रथसत्तमो वै । दुराधर्षो द्रावणः शात्रवाणाम् । पिनाकधन्वा विहितोऽत्र योद्धा । विभीषयन्दानवानुद्यतोऽसौ ॥

sadaiva yukto rathasattamo vai | durādharṣo drāvaṇaḥ śātravāṇām | pinākadhanvā vihito'tra yoddhā | vibhīṣayandānavānudyato'sau

"Ever ready, the best of chariots, hard to withstand and the scatterer of enemies; on it the wielder of the Pinaka has been set as the warrior, ready to terrify the Danavas."

Note on the text: Four lines on the page; the CE has them as two longer lines, 8.24.102a (sa deva yukto rathasattamo no; durāvaro drāvaṇaḥ śātravāṇām) and 102c (pinākapāṇir vihito 'tra yoddhā; vibhīṣayan dānavān udyato 'sau), in slightly different wording.

Verse 8 (8.27.8)

तथैव वेदाश्च हया रथाग्र्य । धरा सशैला च रथो महात्मनः । नक्षत्रवंशानुगतो वरूथी । यस्मिन्योद्धा सारथिनाऽभिरक्ष्यः ॥

tathaiva vedāśca hayā rathāgrya | dharā saśailā ca ratho mahātmanaḥ | nakṣatravaṃśānugato varūthī | yasminyoddhā sārathinā'bhirakṣyaḥ

"So too the Vedas are the foremost horses, and the Earth with her mountains is the great one's chariot; with the line of the constellations as its covering, it is the chariot in which the warrior must be guarded by his charioteer."

Note on the text: Four lines on the page; the CE has them as two longer lines, 8.24.103a (tathaiva vedāś caturo hayāgryā; dharā saśailā ca ratho mahātman) and 103c (nakṣatravaṃśo 'nugato varūthe; yasmin yoddhā sārathinābhirakṣyaḥ), in slightly different wording.

Verse 9 (8.27.9)

तत्र सारथिरेष्टव्यः सर्वैरेतैर्विशेषवान् ॥

tatra sārathireṣṭavyaḥ sarvairetairviśeṣavān

"For it a charioteer must be sought who excels all of these."

Note on the text: A single line on the page = 8.24.104a (tatra sārathir eṣṭavyaḥ sarvair etair viśeṣavān).

Verse 10 (8.27.10)

तं प्रविष्टा रथं देवा रथयोद्धारमेव च । कवचानि च शस्त्राणि कार्मुकं च पितामह ॥

taṃ praviṣṭā rathaṃ devā rathayoddhārameva ca | kavacāni ca śastrāṇi kārmukaṃ ca pitāmaha

"We gods have entered that chariot, and the chariot's warrior as well; and the armour, the weapons and the bow too, O Grandsire."

Note on the text: Corrected रथयोद्वारमेव → रथयोद्धारमेव (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध, a broken conjunct (as in युद्वे); the word is योद्धा, 'warrior'). Line 1 is a recension variant of 8.24.104c (tatpratiṣṭho ratho deva hayā yoddhā tathaiva ca); line 2 = 8.24.104e.

Verse 11 (8.27.11)

त्वामृते सारथिं तत्र नान्यं पश्यामहे वयम् । त्वं हि सर्वैर्गणैर्युक्तोदेवताभ्योऽधिकः प्रभो ॥

tvāmṛte sārathiṃ tatra nānyaṃ paśyāmahe vayam | tvaṃ hi sarvairgaṇairyuktodevatābhyo'dhikaḥ prabho

"We see no other charioteer for it but you; for you are joined with all the hosts, and you are greater than the gods, O lord."

Note on the text: Lines = 8.24.105a and 105c (the CE reads guṇair for the page's गणैः; kept, a valid word).

Verse 12 (8.27.12)

त्वं देव शक्तो लोकेश नियन्तुं प्रद्रुतानिमान् । वेदांश्च सोपनिषदः सारथिर्भव नः स्वयम् ॥

tvaṃ deva śakto lokeśa niyantuṃ pradrutānimān | vedāṃśca sopaniṣadaḥ sārathirbhava naḥ svayam

"You, O god, lord of the worlds, are able to rein in these bolting ones, the Vedas with their Upanishads. Be our charioteer yourself."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.105d*0267_01–02 (…vedāśvān sopaniṣadaḥ sārathir bhava naḥ svayam; here वेदांश्च for vedāśvān).

Verse 13 (8.27.13)

योद्धुं बलेन वीर्येण सत्वेन विनयेन च । अधिकःसारथिःकार्यो नास्ति चान्योऽधिको भवात् ॥

yoddhuṃ balena vīryeṇa satvena vinayena ca | adhikaḥsārathiḥkāryo nāsti cānyo'dhiko bhavāt

"For fighting, a charioteer must be one who excels in strength, valour, goodness and discipline; and there is no one else greater than Bhava."

Note on the text: Corrected योद्वुं → योद्धुं (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध, a broken conjunct; the word is योद्धुम् 'to fight'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.105d*0267_03–04 (…nāsti cānyo 'dhiko bhavān). The page's भवात् is kept (a valid ablative, 'than Bhava'); the CE reads bhavān.

Verse 14 (8.27.14)

स भवांस्तारयत्वस्मान्कुरु सारथ्यमव्यय । भवानभ्यधिकस्त्वत्तो नान्योस्ति भविता त्विह ॥

sa bhavāṃstārayatvasmānkuru sārathyamavyaya | bhavānabhyadhikastvatto nānyosti bhavitā tviha

"So save us, O imperishable one, and be our charioteer. You are the most eminent; no other beyond you exists or will be here."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.105d*0267_05–06.

Verse 15 (8.27.15)

त्वं हि देवेश सर्वैस्तु विशिष्टो वदतां वर । तं रथं त्वं समारुह्य संयच्छ परमान्हयान् ॥

tvaṃ hi deveśa sarvaistu viśiṣṭo vadatāṃ vara | taṃ rathaṃ tvaṃ samāruhya saṃyaccha paramānhayān

"For you, lord of the gods, best of speakers, are distinguished above all. Mount that chariot and rein in the mighty horses."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.105d*0267_07–08 (the CE's 105e, sārathye tūrṇam āroha saṃyaccha paramān hayān, repeats line 2).

Verse 16 (8.27.16)

तव प्रसादाद्वध्येयुर्देव दैवतकण्टकाः । स नो रक्ष महाबाहो दैत्येभ्यो महतो भयात् ॥

tava prasādādvadhyeyurdeva daivatakaṇṭakāḥ | sa no rakṣa mahābāho daityebhyo mahato bhayāt

"By your grace, O god, the thorns of the gods may be slain. Protect us, mighty-armed one, from the great fear of the Daityas."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.105d*0267_09–10.

Verse 17 (8.27.17)

त्वं हि नो गतिरव्यग्र त्वं नो गोप्ता महाव्रत । त्वत्प्रसादात्सुराः सर्वे पूज्यन्ते त्रिदिवे प्रभो ॥

tvaṃ hi no gatiravyagra tvaṃ no goptā mahāvrata | tvatprasādātsurāḥ sarve pūjyante tridive prabho

"For you are our refuge, O unperturbed one, and our guardian, O you of great vows; by your grace all the gods are honoured in heaven, O lord."

Note on the text: Corrected तवं न्त्रे गोप्ता → त्वं नो गोप्ता (misprint in Wikisource; garbled in Wikisource (तवं न्त्रे); CE tvaṃ no goptā). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.105d*0267_11–12.

Verse 18 (8.27.18)

इति ते शिरसाऽगच्छंस्त्रिलोकेशं पितामहम् । देवाः प्रसादयामासुः सारथ्यायेति नः श्रुतम् ॥

iti te śirasā'gacchaṃstrilokeśaṃ pitāmaham | devāḥ prasādayāmāsuḥ sārathyāyeti naḥ śrutam

So, bowing their heads, the gods approached the Grandsire, lord of the three worlds, and entreated him to be the charioteer; so we have heard.

Note on the text: = 8.24.106a and 106c (…śirasā natvā …; here śirasā 'gacchan).

Verse 19 (8.27.19)

एवमेतत्सुरास्तथ्यं नान्यस्त्वभ्यधिको भवात् । सारथित्वं करिष्यामि शङ्करस्य महात्मनः ॥

evametatsurāstathyaṃ nānyastvabhyadhiko bhavāt | sārathitvaṃ kariṣyāmi śaṅkarasya mahātmanaḥ

"So it is, O gods, and true: no one else is greater than Bhava. I will be the charioteer of the great-souled Shankara."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.107*0269_01–02, placed under the CE's heading brahmovāca (8.24.107), as the page heads it (ब्रह्मोवाच). The page's भवात् is kept (a valid ablative, 'than Bhava'); the CE reads bhavān.

Verse 20 (8.27.20)

सर्वथा रथिनः श्रेयान्कर्तव्यो रथसारथिः । तस्मादेतद्यथातत्त्वं ज्ञात्वा युष्मांश्च सङ्गतान् । संयच्छामि हयानेष विबुधाय कपर्दिने ॥

sarvathā rathinaḥ śreyānkartavyo rathasārathiḥ | tasmādetadyathātattvaṃ jñātvā yuṣmāṃśca saṅgatān | saṃyacchāmi hayāneṣa vibudhāya kapardine

"In every way the warrior of a chariot should have a charioteer better than himself. So, understanding this as it truly is, and seeing you assembled, I shall hold the horses for the god with the matted locks."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines 1–2 are the CE star passage 8.24.107*0269_03–04; line 3 (saṃyacchāmi hayān eṣa vibudhāya kapardine) is a variant of both the star's last line (…vibudhāḥ kālamardine, *0269_05) and the main text's 8.24.107c (saṃyacchāmi hayān eṣa yudhyato vai kapardinaḥ).

Verse 21 (8.27.21)

एवमुक्त्वा जटाभारं संयम्य प्रपितामहः । परिधायाजिनं गाढं सन्न्यस्य च कमण्डलुम् । प्रतोदपाणिर्भगवानारुरोह रथं तदा ॥

evamuktvā jaṭābhāraṃ saṃyamya prapitāmahaḥ | paridhāyājinaṃ gāḍhaṃ sannyasya ca kamaṇḍalum | pratodapāṇirbhagavānāruroha rathaṃ tadā

Having spoken thus, the Great-grandsire bound up his mass of matted hair, wrapped a deerskin tightly about him, laid down his water-pot, and, whip in hand, the blessed one then climbed into the chariot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.107d*0270_01–03, which the CE heads duryodhanaḥ (*0270_00), as the page does (दुर्योधन उवाच).

Verse 22 (8.27.22)

सारथौ कल्पिते देवैरीशानस्य महात्मनः । तस्मिन्नारोहति रथं कल्पितं लोकसम्भृतम् । शिरोभिः पतिता भूमौ तुरगा वेदसम्भृताः ॥

sārathau kalpite devairīśānasya mahātmanaḥ | tasminnārohati rathaṃ kalpitaṃ lokasambhṛtam | śirobhiḥ patitā bhūmau turagā vedasambhṛtāḥ

When the gods had appointed the charioteer of great Ishana, and he was climbing into the chariot that had been built to bear the worlds, the horses, made of the Vedas, fell to the earth on their heads.

Note on the text: Recension variant: line 1 corresponds to 8.24.108c (sārathye kalpito devair īśānasya mahātmanaḥ); lines 2–3 to 109a and 109c (tasminn ārohati kṣipraṃ syandanaṃ lokapūjite / śirobhir agamaṃs tūrṇaṃ te hayā vātaraṃhasaḥ). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 23 (8.27.23)

उभाभ्यां लोकनाथाभ्यामास्थितं रथसत्तमम् । ओढुं न शक्ता वेदाश्वा जानुभ्यामपतन्महीम् ॥

ubhābhyāṃ lokanāthābhyāmāsthitaṃ rathasattamam | oḍhuṃ na śaktā vedāśvā jānubhyāmapatanmahīm

That finest of chariots, mounted by the two lords of the world, the Vedic horses could not bear; they dropped with their knees to the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.110b*0273_01–02 (…voḍhuṃ na śaktā vedāśvā jānubhyām apatan mahīm; here ओढुम्). Line 2 echoes the main text's 8.24.110a.

Verse 24 (8.27.24)

अभीशुभिस्तु भगवानुद्यम्य च हयान्विभुः । अस्तु वीर्यं च शौर्यं च वेदाश्वानामिति प्रभुः । रथं सञ्चोदयामास देवानां प्रभुरव्ययः ॥

abhīśubhistu bhagavānudyamya ca hayānvibhuḥ | astu vīryaṃ ca śauryaṃ ca vedāśvānāmiti prabhuḥ | rathaṃ sañcodayāmāsa devānāṃ prabhuravyayaḥ

With the reins, the blessed Lord lifted up the horses, saying, "Let there be strength and valour for the Vedic horses," and the imperishable lord of the gods drove the chariot on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.111d*0274_01–03.

Verse 25 (8.27.25)

ततोऽधिरूढे वरदे रथं पशुपतिस्तदा । साधुसाध्विति देवेशं स्मयमानोऽभ्यभाषत ॥

tato'dhirūḍhe varade rathaṃ paśupatistadā | sādhusādhviti deveśaṃ smayamāno'bhyabhāṣata

Then, when the giver of boons had mounted the chariot, Pashupati, smiling, said to the lord of the gods, "Well done, well done!"

Note on the text: = 8.24.112a and 112c (tato 'dhirūḍhe varade prayāte cāsurān prati; …viśveśaḥ smayamāno 'bhyabhāṣata). Duryodhana's narration, with the words 'sādhu sādhu' quoted.

Verse 26 (8.27.26)

याहि देव यतो दैत्याश्चोदयाश्वानरिन्दम । पश्य बाह्वोर्बलं मेऽद्य निघ्नतः शात्रवान्रणे ॥

yāhi deva yato daityāścodayāśvānarindama | paśya bāhvorbalaṃ me'dya nighnataḥ śātravānraṇe

"Go, O god, to where the Daityas are; urge on the horses, O subduer of foes. See today the strength of my arms as I strike down my enemies in battle."

Note on the text: Speaker: Mahadeva (Shiva), whose words these are (unheaded speech answering 'sādhu sādhu' in verse 25; the CE has no heading either). Lines = 8.24.113a, 113c.

Verse 27 (8.27.27)

ततोऽश्वांश्चोदयामास मनोमारुतरंहसः । पुराण्युद्दिश्य खस्थानि दानवानां तरस्विनाम् ॥

tato'śvāṃścodayāmāsa manomārutaraṃhasaḥ | purāṇyuddiśya khasthāni dānavānāṃ tarasvinām

Then Brahma urged on the horses, swift as mind and wind, toward the cities of the mighty Danavas that stood in the sky.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a recension variant of 8.24.111c (tān aśvāṃś codayām āsa manomārutaraṃhasaḥ); line 2 is the CE star passage 8.24.114b*0275_01. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 28 (8.27.28)

ततस्ते सहसोत्पत्य वेदाख्या रथवाजिनः । क्षणेन तेन दैत्यानां पुराणि प्रापयन्हरम् ॥

tataste sahasotpatya vedākhyā rathavājinaḥ | kṣaṇena tena daityānāṃ purāṇi prāpayanharam

Then, springing suddenly up, the chariot-horses called the Vedas brought Hara in an instant to the cities of the Daityas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.114d*0276_01–02.

Verse 29 (8.27.29)

अथर्वाङ्गिरसौ चास्तां चक्ररक्षौ महात्मनः । अथाधिज्यं धनुः कृत्वा शर्वः सन्धाय तं शरम् । युक्त्वा पाशुपतास्त्रेण त्रिपुरं समचिन्तयत् ॥

atharvāṅgirasau cāstāṃ cakrarakṣau mahātmanaḥ | athādhijyaṃ dhanuḥ kṛtvā śarvaḥ sandhāya taṃ śaram | yuktvā pāśupatāstreṇa tripuraṃ samacintayat

The Atharvans and the Angirases were the great one's wheel-guards. Then Sharva strung his bow, fixed that arrow, joined it with the Pashupata weapon, and fixed his thought on Tripura.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the main text's 8.24.80a (atharvāṅgirasāv āstāṃ cakrarakṣau mahātmanaḥ), displaced here; lines 2–3 = 8.24.115a and 115c, which give this verse its ce_ref. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 30 (8.27.30)

तस्मिन्स्थिते ततो राजन्रुद्रे सज्जितकार्मुके । पुराणि तेन कालेन जग्मुरेकत्वमाशु वै ॥

tasminsthite tato rājanrudre sajjitakārmuke | purāṇi tena kālena jagmurekatvamāśu vai

While Rudra stood thus, O king, his bow made ready, the cities, in that very time, came together into one.

Note on the text: = 8.24.116a and 116c (tasmin sthite tadā rājan kruddhe vidhṛtakārmuke / purāṇi tāni kālena jagmur ekatvatāṃ tadā), in the page's wording.

Verse 31 (8.27.31)

एकीभावं गते चैव त्रिपुरत्वमुपागते । बभूव तुमुलो हर्षो देवतानां महात्मनाम् ॥

ekībhāvaṃ gate caiva tripuratvamupāgate | babhūva tumulo harṣo devatānāṃ mahātmanām

When they had become one and had turned into a single Tripura, a great tumult of joy arose among the great-souled gods.

Note on the text: = 8.24.117a and 117c.

Verse 32 (8.27.32)

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः । जयेति वाचो मुमुचुः संस्तुवन्तो महेश्वरम् ॥

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ | jayeti vāco mumucuḥ saṃstuvanto maheśvaram

Then all the hosts of gods, the Siddhas and the great sages cried out "Victory!", praising Maheshvara.

Note on the text: Corrected देवगुणाः → देवगणाः (misprint in Wikisource; गुण for गण; 'hosts of gods' is meant (CE devagaṇāḥ)). = 8.24.118a and 118c (…saṃstuvanto mudānvitāḥ; here saṃstuvanto maheśvaram).

Verse 33 (8.27.33)

ततोऽग्रतः प्रादुरभूत्त्रिपुरं जघ्नुषोऽसुरान् । अनिर्देश्याग्र्यवपुषो देवस्यासह्यतेजसः ॥

tato'grataḥ prādurabhūttripuraṃ jaghnuṣo'surān | anirdeśyāgryavapuṣo devasyāsahyatejasaḥ

Then Tripura appeared before the god who was slaying the asuras, the god of unbearable splendour, whose supreme form could not be described.

Note on the text: = 8.24.119a and 119c (…anirdeśyogravapuṣo …; here anirdeśyāgryavapuṣo, a valid variant).

Verse 34 (8.27.34)

त्रीणि दृष्ट्वैव संस्थानि पुराण्यथ पिनाकधृत् । स तद्विकृष्य भगवान्दिव्यं लोकेश्वरो धनुः । त्रैलोक्यसारं तमिषुं मुमोच त्रिपुरं प्रति ॥

trīṇi dṛṣṭvaiva saṃsthāni purāṇyatha pinākadhṛt | sa tadvikṛṣya bhagavāndivyaṃ lokeśvaro dhanuḥ | trailokyasāraṃ tamiṣuṃ mumoca tripuraṃ prati

Seeing the three cities standing as one, the bearer of the Pinaka, the blessed lord of the worlds, drew that divine bow and loosed at Tripura the arrow that was the essence of the three worlds.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.24.119d*0278_01 (trīṇi dṛṣṭvaikasaṃsthāni purāṇy atha pinākadhṛk); lines 2–3 = 8.24.120a and 120c.

Verse 35 (8.27.35)

एकबाणेन तं देवस्त्रिपुरं परमेश्वरः । निजघ्ने सासुरगणं देवदेवो महेश्वरः ॥

ekabāṇena taṃ devastripuraṃ parameśvaraḥ | nijaghne sāsuragaṇaṃ devadevo maheśvaraḥ

With a single arrow the god, the supreme lord, the God of gods, Maheshvara, struck down Tripura together with its host of asuras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.120d*0280_01–02.

Verse 36 (8.27.36)

बाणतेजोग्निदग्धं तद्विप्रकीर्णं सहस्रधा । महदार्तस्वरं कृत्वा नावशेषमुपागतम् । मद्रेश सासुरगणं प्रापतत्पश्चिमार्णवे ॥

bāṇatejognidagdhaṃ tadviprakīrṇaṃ sahasradhā | mahadārtasvaraṃ kṛtvā nāvaśeṣamupāgatam | madreśa sāsuragaṇaṃ prāpatatpaścimārṇave

Burned by the fire of the arrow's splendour, it was scattered in a thousand pieces; uttering a great cry of anguish, it was left with no remainder, and it fell, with its host of asuras, into the western ocean, O lord of the Madras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines 1–2 are the CE star passage 8.24.120d*0280_03–04; line 3 (madreśa sāsuragaṇaṃ prāpatat paścimārṇave) is a variant of the main text's 8.24.120e (tat sāsuragaṇaṃ dagdhvā prākṣipat paścimārṇave).

Verse 37 (8.27.37)

एवं हि त्रिपुरं दग्धं दानवाश्चाप्यशेषतः । महेश्वरेण क्रुद्धेन त्रैलोक्यस्य हितैषिणा ॥

evaṃ hi tripuraṃ dagdhaṃ dānavāścāpyaśeṣataḥ | maheśvareṇa kruddhena trailokyasya hitaiṣiṇā

Thus was Tripura burned, and the Danavas too without remainder, by angry Maheshvara, who wished well to the three worlds.

Note on the text: = 8.24.121a and 121c.

Verse 38 (8.27.38)

स चात्मक्रोधजो वह्निर्दहेत्युक्तो निवारितः । त्रैलोक्यमविशेषेण पुनर्दग्धुं प्रचक्रमे ॥

sa cātmakrodhajo vahnirdahetyukto nivāritaḥ | trailokyamaviśeṣeṇa punardagdhuṃ pracakrame

That fire born of his own anger, which had been told "Burn!" and then held back, began again to burn the three worlds without distinction.

Note on the text: Corrected विह्निर् → वह्निर् (misprint in Wikisource; विह्नि is not a word; CE vahnir). Line 1 is a recension variant of 8.24.122a (sa cātmakrodhajo vahnir hāhety uktvā nivāritaḥ); line 2 is the CE star passage 8.24.122b*0281_01.

Verse 39 (8.27.39)

कालाग्निमिव निर्दग्धुमुत्थितं तं पुनः पुनः । माकार्षीर्भस्मसाल्लोकानिति त्र्यक्षोऽब्रवीद्वचः ॥

kālāgnimiva nirdagdhumutthitaṃ taṃ punaḥ punaḥ | mākārṣīrbhasmasāllokāniti tryakṣo'bravīdvacaḥ

As it rose up again and again, as if to consume everything like the fire of dissolution, the three-eyed god said, "Do not turn the worlds to ashes!"

Note on the text: Corrected भस्मासाल्लोकानिति → भस्मसाल्लोकानिति (misprint in Wikisource; भस्मासात् is not a word; CE bhasmasāl lokān iti). Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.24.122b*0281_02; line 2 is a variant of 8.24.122c (mā kārṣīr bhasmasāl lokān iti tryakṣo 'bravīc ca tam).

Verse 40 (8.27.40)

ततः प्रकृतिमापन्ना देवा लोकास्तथर्षयः । तुष्टुवुर्वाग्भिरग्र्याभिः स्थाणुं त्रिपुरवैरिणम् ॥

tataḥ prakṛtimāpannā devā lokāstatharṣayaḥ | tuṣṭuvurvāgbhiragryābhiḥ sthāṇuṃ tripuravairiṇam

Then the gods, the worlds and the sages, restored to their natural state, praised Sthanu, the enemy of Tripura, with choice words.

Note on the text: Corrected देलोकास्तथर्षयः → देवा लोकास्तथर्षयः (misprint in Wikisource; देलोकाः is garbled (a dropped वा); CE devā lokās tatharṣayaḥ). = 8.24.123a and 123c (…vāgbhir arthyābhiḥ sthāṇum apratimaujasam; here vāgbhir agryābhiḥ sthāṇuṃ tripuravairiṇam).

Verse 41 (8.27.41)

तेऽनुज्ञाता भगवता सर्वे जग्मुर्यथागतम् । कृतकामाः प्रसन्नेन प्रजापतिमुखाः सुराः ॥

te'nujñātā bhagavatā sarve jagmuryathāgatam | kṛtakāmāḥ prasannena prajāpatimukhāḥ surāḥ

With the blessed one's leave, all the gods, with Prajapati at their head, their desire fulfilled, went back as they had come, he being pleased.

Note on the text: = 8.24.124a and 124c.

Verse 42 (8.27.42)

एवं रुद्रस्य कृतवान्सारथ्यं तु पितामहः । संयच्छ तुरगानस्य राधेयस्य महात्मनः ॥

evaṃ rudrasya kṛtavānsārathyaṃ tu pitāmahaḥ | saṃyaccha turagānasya rādheyasya mahātmanaḥ

Thus did the Grandsire serve as Rudra's charioteer. In the same way, rein in the horses of this great-souled Radheya.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana, who from here to the end speaks directly to Shalya. Line 1 recalls 8.24.125a (yathaiva bhagavān brahmā lokadhātā pitāmahaḥ) and the star passage 125b*0283_01–02; line 2 = 125c (saṃyaccha tvaṃ hayān asya rādheyasya mahātmanaḥ).

Verse 43 (8.27.43)

त्वं हि कृष्णाच्च कर्णाच्च फल्गुनाच्च गुणाधिकः । बलतो रूपतो योगादस्त्रसम्पद एव च ॥

tvaṃ hi kṛṣṇācca karṇācca phalgunācca guṇādhikaḥ | balato rūpato yogādastrasampada eva ca

For you surpass Krishna, Karna and Phalguna in excellence, in strength, in looks, in skill and in your store of weapons.

Note on the text: Line 1 = 8.24.126a (…phalgunāc ca viśeṣataḥ; here guṇādhikaḥ); line 2 is the CE star passage 126b*0285_01.

Verse 44 (8.27.44)

समासक्तं महीपाल कुरु मे हितमीप्सितम् । युद्धे ह्ययं रुद्रकल्पस्त्वं च ब्रह्मसमोऽनघ । तस्माच्छक्तौ युवां जेतुं मच्छत्रून्दिवि वा सुरान् ॥

samāsaktaṃ mahīpāla kuru me hitamīpsitam | yuddhe hyayaṃ rudrakalpastvaṃ ca brahmasamo'nagha | tasmācchaktau yuvāṃ jetuṃ macchatrūndivi vā surān

All depends upon this, O protector of the earth: do what I wish for my good. In battle he is the equal of Rudra, and you, O sinless one, are the equal of Brahma. Therefore the two of you can conquer my enemies, even if they were gods in heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वे → युद्धे (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध, a broken conjunct). Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.24.126b*0285_02 (also *0287_02); lines 2–3 = 8.24.127a and 127c (…macchatrūṃs tāv ivāsurān; here macchatrūn divi vā surān).

Verse 45 (8.27.45)

स यथा शल्य कर्णोऽयं श्वेताश्वं कृष्णसारथिम् । प्रमथ्य हन्यात्कौन्तेयं तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् ॥

sa yathā śalya karṇo'yaṃ śvetāśvaṃ kṛṣṇasārathim | pramathya hanyātkaunteyaṃ tathā nītirvidhīyatām

So devise a plan, O Shalya, by which this Karna may crush the son of Kunti, the one with the white horses and Krishna for charioteer, and slay him.

Note on the text: Corrected श्वंताश्वं → श्वेताश्वं (misprint in Wikisource; misprint (anusvara for े); CE śvetāśvam). = 8.24.128a and 128c (yathā śalyādya karṇo 'yaṃ śvetāśvaṃ kṛṣṇasārathim / pramathya hanyāt kaunteyaṃ tathā śīghraṃ vidhīyatām), in the page's wording (sa yathā …; …nītir vidhīyatām).

Verse 46 (8.27.46)

त्वयि राज्यं सुखं चैव जीवितं जयमेव च । समासक्तं महीपाल कुरु मे हितमीप्सितम् ॥

tvayi rājyaṃ sukhaṃ caiva jīvitaṃ jayameva ca | samāsaktaṃ mahīpāla kuru me hitamīpsitam

In you rest my kingdom, my happiness, my life and my victory. All depends upon it, O protector of the earth: do what I wish for my good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines 1–2 are the CE star passage 8.24.128d*0287_01–02 (line 2 is also *0285_02).

Verse 47 (8.27.47)

संयच्छास्य हयान्राजन्मत्प्रियार्थं परन्तप ॥

saṃyacchāsya hayānrājanmatpriyārthaṃ parantapa

Rein in his horses, O king; do it for my sake, O scourge of foes.

Note on the text: Corrected हयान्त्राजन् → हयान्राजन् (misprint in Wikisource; stray त्; CE hayān rājan). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); a single line on the page, the CE star passage 8.24.128d*0287_03 (saṃyacchāsya hayān rājan matpriyārthaṃ paraṃtapa).