The Man-Lion Slays Hiranyakashipu

Verse 1 (2.46.1)

दैत्येन्द्रो बलवान्राजन्सुरारिर्बलगर्वितः । हिरण्यकशिपुर्नाम आसीत्त्रैलोक्यकण्टकः ॥

daityendro balavānrājansurārirbalagarvitaḥ | hiraṇyakaśipurnāma āsīttrailokyakaṇṭakaḥ

There was a mighty lord of the daityas, O king, an enemy of the gods, proud of his strength, named Hiranyakashipu, a thorn in the side of the three worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected बलवान्त्राजन् → बलवान्राजन् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, न्त्र for न्र (बलवान् + राजन्)). Corrected आसीत्रैलोक्यकण्टकः → आसीत्त्रैलोक्यकण्टकः (misprint in Wikisource; one त of the sandhi आसीत् + त्रैलोक्य- was lost; the critical edition reads āsīt trailokya-). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 170–171.

Verse 2 (2.46.2)

दैत्यानामादिपुरुषो वीर्येणाप्रतिमो बली । प्रविश्य जलधिं राजंश्चकार तप उत्तमम् ॥

daityānāmādipuruṣo vīryeṇāpratimo balī | praviśya jaladhiṃ rājaṃścakāra tapa uttamam

The first man of the daityas, mighty and unmatched in valour, he entered the ocean, O king, and practised the highest austerity.

Note on the text: Corrected जलधं → जलधिं (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign ि was lost; जलधं is no word, while जलधिम्, the ocean, matches this page's own chapter heading (समुद्रे तपश्ररणम्)). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 172–173 (in a variant form: वीर्येणाप्रतिमो, and the ocean where the CE has vanaṃ, a forest).

Verse 3 (2.46.3)

दशवर्षसहस्राणि शतानि दश पञ्च च । व्रतोपवासतस्तस्थौ स्थाणुमौनव्रतो दृढः ॥

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi śatāni daśa pañca ca | vratopavāsatastasthau sthāṇumaunavrato dṛḍhaḥ

For ten thousand years and fifteen hundred more he stood fast in vows and fasting, motionless as a pillar, firm in his vow of silence.

Note on the text: Corrected स्याणुमौनव्रतो → स्थाणुमौनव्रतो (misprint in Wikisource; य for थ; the critical edition reads sthāṇur). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 174–175.

Verse 4 (2.46.4)

ततः शमदमाभ्यां च ब्रह्मचर्येण चानघ । ब्रह्मा प्रीतमनास्तस्य तपसा नियमेन च ॥

tataḥ śamadamābhyāṃ ca brahmacaryeṇa cānagha | brahmā prītamanāstasya tapasā niyamena ca

Then, sinless one, Brahma was pleased at heart with his calm and self-restraint, his chastity, his austerity and his discipline.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 176–177.

Verse 5 (2.46.5)

ततः स्वयम्भूर्भगवान्स्वयमागम्य भूपते । विमानेनार्कवर्णेन हंसयुक्तेन भास्वता ॥

tataḥ svayambhūrbhagavānsvayamāgamya bhūpate | vimānenārkavarṇena haṃsayuktena bhāsvatā

Then the blessed Self-born came in person, lord of the earth, in a shining aerial chariot the colour of the sun, yoked with swans,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 178–179.

Verse 6 (2.46.6)

आदित्यैर्वसुभिः साध्यैर्मरुद्भिर्दैवतैस्तथा । रुद्रैर्विश्वसहायैश्च यक्षराक्षसकिन्नरैः ॥

ādityairvasubhiḥ sādhyairmarudbhirdaivataistathā | rudrairviśvasahāyaiśca yakṣarākṣasakinnaraiḥ

with the Adityas, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Maruts and the deities, with the Rudras and the Vishvedevas as companions, with yakshas, rakshasas and kinnaras,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 180–181.

Verse 7 (2.46.7)

दिशाभिर्विदिशाभिश्च नदीभिः सागरैः सह । नक्षत्रैश्च मुहूर्तैश्च खेचरैश्चापरैर्ग्रहैः ॥

diśābhirvidiśābhiśca nadībhiḥ sāgaraiḥ saha | nakṣatraiśca muhūrtaiśca khecaraiścāparairgrahaiḥ

with the directions and the intermediate directions, the rivers and the oceans, the constellations and the hours, the sky-rangers and the other planets,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 182–183.

Verse 8 (2.46.8)

देवर्षिभिस्तपोयुक्तैः सिद्धैः सप्तर्षिभिस्तदा । राजर्षिभिः पुण्यतमैर्गन्धर्वैरप्सरोगणैः ॥

devarṣibhistapoyuktaiḥ siddhaiḥ saptarṣibhistadā | rājarṣibhiḥ puṇyatamairgandharvairapsarogaṇaiḥ

with the divine sages rich in austerity, the siddhas and the seven sages, the most holy royal sages, the gandharvas and the troops of apsaras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 184–185.

Verse 9 (2.46.9)

चराचरगुरुः श्रीमान्वृतः सर्वसुरैस्तथा । ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठो दैत्यमागम्य चाब्रवीत् ॥

carācaraguruḥ śrīmānvṛtaḥ sarvasuraistathā | brahmā brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho daityamāgamya cābravīt

Surrounded thus by all the gods, the glorious teacher of all that moves and does not move — Brahma, best of the knowers of Brahman — approached the daitya and said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 186–187.

Verse 10 (2.46.10)

प्रीतोऽस्मि तव भक्तस्य तपसाऽनेन सुव्रत । वरं वरय भद्रं ते यथेष्टं काममाप्नुहि ॥

prīto'smi tava bhaktasya tapasā'nena suvrata | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatheṣṭaṃ kāmamāpnuhi

"I am pleased with you, my devotee, for this austerity, you of good vows. Choose a boon — may good be yours — and obtain whatever you desire."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 188–189. Speaker: Brahma's direct speech (introduced by चाब्रवीत् in the previous verse) has no printed heading; given to Brahma.

Verse 11 (2.46.11)

न देवा न च गन्धर्वा न यक्षोरगराक्षसाः । न मानुषाः पिशाचाश्च हन्युर्मां देवसत्तम ॥

na devā na ca gandharvā na yakṣoragarākṣasāḥ | na mānuṣāḥ piśācāśca hanyurmāṃ devasattama

"Let neither gods nor gandharvas, nor yakshas, serpents or rakshasas, nor men nor pishachas be able to kill me, best of gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 190–191.

Verse 12 (2.46.12)

ऋषयो वा न मां शापैः क्रुद्धा लोकपितामह । शपेयुस्तपसा युक्ता वर एष वृतो मया ॥

ṛṣayo vā na māṃ śāpaiḥ kruddhā lokapitāmaha | śapeyustapasā yuktā vara eṣa vṛto mayā

Let not the sages, grandsire of the worlds, curse me with their curses, however angry they may be and however armed with austerity. This is the boon I choose.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 192–193.

Verse 13 (2.46.13)

न शस्त्रेण न चास्त्रेण गिरिणा पादपेन च । न शुष्केण न चार्द्रेण स्यान्न वाऽन्येन मे वधः ॥

na śastreṇa na cāstreṇa giriṇā pādapena ca | na śuṣkeṇa na cārdreṇa syānna vā'nyena me vadhaḥ

Let my death come neither by weapon held nor by missile thrown, neither by mountain nor by tree, neither by anything dry nor by anything wet, nor by anything else.

Note on the text: Corrected नचास्त्रेण → न चास्त्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; the space between two words was lost). Corrected चार्देण → चार्द्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct द्र lost its र; the critical edition reads cārdreṇa). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 194–195.

Verse 14 (2.46.14)

नाकाशे नाथ भूमौ वा रात्रौ वा दिवसेऽपि वा । नान्तर्वा न बहिर्वापि स्याद्वधो मे पितामह ॥

nākāśe nātha bhūmau vā rātrau vā divase'pi vā | nāntarvā na bahirvāpi syādvadho me pitāmaha

Not in the sky nor on the earth, not by night nor by day, not inside nor outside — let there be no death for me, grandsire.

Note on the text: Corrected दिवसेपि → दिवसेऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha of दिवसे + अपि was lost; the critical edition reads divase 'pi). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 196–197.

Verse 15 (2.46.15)

पशुभिर्वा मृगैर्न स्यात्पक्षिभिर्वा सरीसृपैः । ददासि चेद्वरानेतान्देवदेव वृणोम्यहम् ॥

paśubhirvā mṛgairna syātpakṣibhirvā sarīsṛpaiḥ | dadāsi cedvarānetāndevadeva vṛṇomyaham

Let it not be by beasts or by wild creatures, by birds or by reptiles. If you will give me these boons, god of gods, these are the ones I choose."

Note on the text: Corrected वरानेतन्देवदेव → वरानेतान्देवदेव (misprint in Wikisource; एतन् cannot agree with वरान्; the critical edition reads varān etān). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 198–199.

Verse 16 (2.46.16)

एते दिव्या वरास्तात मया दत्तास्तवाद्भुताः । सर्वकामवरांस्तात प्राप्स्यसि त्वमसंशयम् ॥

ete divyā varāstāta mayā dattāstavādbhutāḥ | sarvakāmavarāṃstāta prāpsyasi tvamasaṃśayam

"These divine and wondrous boons, my son, I have given you. Without any doubt, my son, you will obtain boons that fulfil all your desires."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 200–201.

Verse 17 (2.46.17)

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवाञ्जगामाकाशमेव हि । रराज ब्रह्मलोके हि ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितः ॥

evamuktvā sa bhagavāñjagāmākāśameva hi | rarāja brahmaloke hi brahmarṣigaṇasevitaḥ

Having said this, the blessed one went away into the sky, and shone in the world of Brahma, attended by hosts of brahmin sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 202–203. Speaker: narration; the input carried Brahma over from the previous verse.

Verse 18 (2.46.18)

ततो देवाश्च नागाश्च गन्धर्वा मुनयस्तथा । वरप्रदानं श्रुत्वैव ते ब्रह्माणमुपस्थिताः ॥

tato devāśca nāgāśca gandharvā munayastathā | varapradānaṃ śrutvaiva te brahmāṇamupasthitāḥ

Then the gods, the nagas, the gandharvas and the sages, as soon as they heard of the granting of the boon, came before Brahma.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्माणमुपस्थितः → ब्रह्माणमुपस्थिताः (misprint in Wikisource; a singular where the subject is plural; the vowel sign ा was lost). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 204–205. Speaker: narration; the input carried Brahma over.

Verse 19 (2.46.19)

वरेणानेन भगवन्बाधिष्यति स नोऽसुरः । तत्प्रसीदस्व भगवन्वधोपायोऽस्य चिन्त्यताम् ॥

vareṇānena bhagavanbādhiṣyati sa no'suraḥ | tatprasīdasva bhagavanvadhopāyo'sya cintyatām

"Blessed one, with this boon that asura will torment us. Be gracious, then, blessed one, and let some means of killing him be devised."

Note on the text: Corrected वरेणाने → वरेणानेन (misprint in Wikisource; the akshara न was lost, leaving a short line; the critical edition reads vareṇānena). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 206–207.

Verse 20 (2.46.20)

ततो लोकहितं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा देवः प्रजापतिः । प्रोवाच भगवान्वाक्यं सर्वदेवगणांस्तदा ॥

tato lokahitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā devaḥ prajāpatiḥ | provāca bhagavānvākyaṃ sarvadevagaṇāṃstadā

Hearing these words, spoken for the good of the worlds, the god Prajapati, the blessed one, then spoke to all the hosts of the gods:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 210–211.

Verse 21 (2.46.21)

अवश्यं त्रिदशास्तेन प्राप्तव्यं तपसः फलम् । तपसोऽन्तेऽस्य भगवान्वधं कृष्णः करिष्यति ॥

avaśyaṃ tridaśāstena prāptavyaṃ tapasaḥ phalam | tapaso'nte'sya bhagavānvadhaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ kariṣyati

"Surely, you thirty gods, he must receive the fruit of his austerity. When the power of his austerity is spent, the blessed Krishna will bring about his death."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 212–213. Speaker: Brahma's direct speech (introduced by प्रोवाच in the previous verse) has no printed heading; given to Brahma.

Verse 22 (2.46.22)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा सुराः सर्वे ब्रह्मणा तस्य वै वधम् । स्वानि स्थानानि दिव्यानि जग्मुस्ते वै मुदान्विताः ॥

etacchrutvā surāḥ sarve brahmaṇā tasya vai vadham | svāni sthānāni divyāni jagmuste vai mudānvitāḥ

Hearing from Brahma of his death, all the gods went, full of joy, to their own divine abodes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 214–215.

Verse 23 (2.46.23)

लब्धमात्रे वरे चापि सर्वास्ता बाधते प्रजाः । हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यो वरदानेन दर्पितः ॥

labdhamātre vare cāpi sarvāstā bādhate prajāḥ | hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo varadānena darpitaḥ

As soon as he had won the boon, the daitya Hiranyakashipu, made arrogant by the gift, began to oppress all creatures.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 216–217.

Verse 24 (2.46.24)

राज्यं चकार दैत्येन्द्रो दैत्यसङ्घैः समावृतः । सप्तद्वीपान्वशे चक्रे लोकालोकान्तरं बलात् ॥

rājyaṃ cakāra daityendro daityasaṅghaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ | saptadvīpānvaśe cakre lokālokāntaraṃ balāt

Surrounded by hosts of daityas, the lord of the daityas ruled, and by force he brought the seven continents under his sway, as far as the Lokaloka mountains.

Note on the text: Corrected वशेचके → वशे चक्रे (misprint in Wikisource; the space was lost and the conjunct क्र lost its र; the critical edition reads vaśe cakre). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 218–219.

Verse 25 (2.46.25)

दिव्यभोगान्समस्तान्वै लोके सर्वानवाप सः । देवांस्त्रिभुवनस्थांस्तु पराजित्य महासुरः ॥

divyabhogānsamastānvai loke sarvānavāpa saḥ | devāṃstribhuvanasthāṃstu parājitya mahāsuraḥ

He won every divine pleasure there is in the world; and having defeated the gods who dwell in the three worlds, the great asura

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 220–221.

Verse 26 (2.46.26)

त्रैलोक्यं वशमानीय स्वर्गे वसति दानवः । यदा वरमदोन्मत्तो न्यवसद्दानवो दिवि ॥

trailokyaṃ vaśamānīya svarge vasati dānavaḥ | yadā varamadonmatto nyavasaddānavo divi

brought the three worlds under his control, and the danava lived in heaven. When, maddened by the pride of his boon, the danava had made his home in heaven,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 222–223.

Verse 27 (2.46.27)

अथ लोकान्समस्तांश्च विजित्य स महाबलः । भवेयमहमेवेन्द्रः सोमोऽग्निर्मारुतो रविः ॥

atha lokānsamastāṃśca vijitya sa mahābalaḥ | bhaveyamahamevendraḥ somo'gnirmāruto raviḥ

then that mighty one, having conquered all the worlds, said: "I myself will be Indra, Soma, Agni, the Wind and the Sun,

Note on the text: Corrected सगस्तांश्च → समस्तांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ग for म; the critical edition reads samastāṃś). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 224–225.

Verse 28 (2.46.28)

सलिलं चान्तरिक्षं च नक्षत्राणि दिशो दश । अहं क्रोधश्च कामश्च वरुणो वसवोऽर्यमा ॥

salilaṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca nakṣatrāṇi diśo daśa | ahaṃ krodhaśca kāmaśca varuṇo vasavo'ryamā

the waters, the mid-air, the stars and the ten directions; I will be Anger and Desire, Varuna, the Vasus and Aryaman,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 226–227.

Verse 29 (2.46.29)

धनदश्च धनाध्यक्षो यक्षकिम्पुरुषाधिपः । एते भवेयमित्युक्त्वा स्वयं भूत्वा बलात्स च ॥

dhanadaśca dhanādhyakṣo yakṣakimpuruṣādhipaḥ | ete bhaveyamityuktvā svayaṃ bhūtvā balātsa ca

and Kubera, giver of wealth, the treasurer, lord of the yakshas and kimpurushas — all these I will be." Having said this, he made himself all of them by force,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 228–229.

Verse 30 (2.46.30)

एषां गृहीत्वा स्थानानि तेषां कार्याण्यवाप सः । इज्यश्चासीन्मखवरैर्देवकिन्नरसत्तमैः ॥

eṣāṃ gṛhītvā sthānāni teṣāṃ kāryāṇyavāpa saḥ | ijyaścāsīnmakhavarairdevakinnarasattamaiḥ

seized their places and took over their functions. He was worshipped with the finest sacrifices by the best of the gods and kinnaras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 230–231.

Verse 31 (2.46.31)

नरकस्थान्समानीय स्वर्गस्थांश्च चकार सः । एवमादीनि कर्माणि कृत्वा दैत्यपतिर्बली ॥

narakasthānsamānīya svargasthāṃśca cakāra saḥ | evamādīni karmāṇi kṛtvā daityapatirbalī

He brought out those who were in hell and set them in heaven. Having done deeds such as these, the mighty lord of the daityas

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 232–233.

Verse 32 (2.46.32)

आश्रमेषु महाभागान्मुनीन्वै शंसितव्रतान् । सत्यधर्मपरान्दान्तान्पुरा धर्षितवांस्तु सः ॥

āśrameṣu mahābhāgānmunīnvai śaṃsitavratān | satyadharmaparāndāntānpurā dharṣitavāṃstu saḥ

assailed the illustrious sages in their hermitages, firm in their vows, devoted to truth and dharma, and self-controlled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 234–235.

Verse 33 (2.46.33)

यज्ञीयान्कृतवान्दैत्यान्याजकांश्चैव देवताः । यत्रयत्र सुरा जग्मुस्तत्रतत्र व्रजत्युत ॥

yajñīyānkṛtavāndaityānyājakāṃścaiva devatāḥ | yatrayatra surā jagmustatratatra vrajatyuta

He made the daityas the receivers of sacrifice and the gods the sacrificers. Wherever the gods went, there he too would go.

Note on the text: Corrected याज्ञीयान् → यज्ञीयान् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign ा; the critical edition reads yajñīyān). Corrected कृतबान् → कृतवान् (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व; the critical edition reads kṛtavān). Corrected दैत्यन्याजकांश्चैव → दैत्यान्याजकांश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign ा of दैत्यान् was lost; the critical edition reads daityān). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 236–237. याजकान् (the gods made sacrificers) differs from the critical edition's ayajñīyāś (the gods made unworthy of sacrifice); kept.

Verse 34 (2.46.34)

स्थानानि देवतानां तु हृत्वा राज्यमकारयत् । पञ्चकोट्यश्च वर्षाणि अयुतान्येकषष्टि च ॥

sthānāni devatānāṃ tu hṛtvā rājyamakārayat | pañcakoṭyaśca varṣāṇi ayutānyekaṣaṣṭi ca

Seizing the places of the gods, he held sway as king. Fifty million years, and sixty-one times ten thousand,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 238–239.

Verse 35 (2.46.35)

षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणां जग्मुस्तस्य दुरात्मनः । एतद्वर्षं स दैत्येन्द्रो भोगैश्वर्यमवाप सः ॥

ṣaṣṭiścaiva sahasrāṇāṃ jagmustasya durātmanaḥ | etadvarṣaṃ sa daityendro bhogaiśvaryamavāpa saḥ

and sixty thousand more passed for that wicked one. For all those years the lord of the daityas enjoyed pleasure and sovereignty.

Note on the text: Corrected भोगैश्चर्यमवाप → भोगैश्वर्यमवाप (misprint in Wikisource; श्च for श्व; the critical edition reads bhogaiśvaryam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 240–241.

Verse 36 (2.46.36)

तेनातिबाध्यमानास्ते दैत्येन्द्रेण बलीयसा । ब्रह्मलोकं सुरा जग्मुः शर्वशक्रपुरोगमाः ॥

tenātibādhyamānāste daityendreṇa balīyasā | brahmalokaṃ surā jagmuḥ śarvaśakrapurogamāḥ

Sorely oppressed by that mighty lord of the daityas, the gods, led by Sharva and Shakra, went to the world of Brahma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 242–243.

Verse 37 (2.46.37)

पितामहं समासाद्य खिन्नाः प्राञ्जलयोऽब्रुवन् ॥

pitāmahaṃ samāsādya khinnāḥ prāñjalayo'bruvan

Coming before the Grandsire, weary and dejected, they joined their palms and said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), line 244. A single line in Wikisource (its 37a), standing before the gods' speech; so also in the CE.

Verse 38 (2.46.38)

भगवन्भूतभव्येश नस्त्रायस्व इहागतान् । भयं दितिसुताद्घोराद्भवत्यद्य दिवानिशम् ॥

bhagavanbhūtabhavyeśa nastrāyasva ihāgatān | bhayaṃ ditisutādghorādbhavatyadya divāniśam

"Blessed lord of what has been and what will be, protect us who have come to you here. Day and night now there is dread of the terrible son of Diti.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 245–246.

Verse 39 (2.46.39)

भगवन्सर्वदैत्यानां स्वयम्भूरादिकृत्प्रभुः । स्रष्टा त्वं हव्यकव्यानामव्यक्तः प्रकृतिर्ध्रुवः ॥

bhagavansarvadaityānāṃ svayambhūrādikṛtprabhuḥ | sraṣṭā tvaṃ havyakavyānāmavyaktaḥ prakṛtirdhruvaḥ

Blessed one, you are the Self-born, the first maker and the lord even of all the daityas; you are the creator of the offerings to gods and ancestors, the unmanifest, primal nature, the constant one."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 247–248 (सर्वदैत्यानां for sarvabhūtānāṃ; the CE also gives these two lines earlier, at 208–209).

Verse 40 (2.46.40)

श्रूयतामापदेवं हि दुर्विज्ञेया मयापि च । नारायणस्तु पुरुषो विश्वरूपो महाद्युतिः ॥

śrūyatāmāpadevaṃ hi durvijñeyā mayāpi ca | nārāyaṇastu puruṣo viśvarūpo mahādyutiḥ

"Listen: this calamity is hard to fathom even for me. But Narayana, the Person whose form is the universe, of great splendour,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 249–250.

Verse 41 (2.46.41)

अव्यक्तः सर्वभूतानामचिन्त्यो विभुरव्ययः । ममापि स तु युष्माकं व्यसने परमा गतिः ॥

avyaktaḥ sarvabhūtānāmacintyo vibhuravyayaḥ | mamāpi sa tu yuṣmākaṃ vyasane paramā gatiḥ

unmanifest to all beings, inconceivable, all-pervading and imperishable — he is the highest refuge in misfortune, for me as well as for you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 251–252.

Verse 42 (2.46.42)

नारायणः परोऽव्यक्तादहमव्यक्तसम्भवः । मत्तो जज्ञुः प्रजा लोकाः सर्वे देवासुराश्च ते ॥

nārāyaṇaḥ paro'vyaktādahamavyaktasambhavaḥ | matto jajñuḥ prajā lokāḥ sarve devāsurāśca te

Narayana is beyond the unmanifest; I was born of the unmanifest. From me were born the creatures and the worlds, and all of you, gods and asuras alike.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 253–254.

Verse 43 (2.46.43)

देवा यथाहं युष्माकं तथा नारायणो मम । पितामहोऽहं सर्वस्य स विष्णुः प्रपितामहः ॥

devā yathāhaṃ yuṣmākaṃ tathā nārāyaṇo mama | pitāmaho'haṃ sarvasya sa viṣṇuḥ prapitāmahaḥ

Gods, as I am to you, so Narayana is to me. I am the grandsire of all; Vishnu is the great-grandsire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 255–256.

Verse 44 (2.46.44)

निश्चितं विबुधा दैत्यं स विष्णुस्तं हनिष्यति । तस्य नास्ति न शक्यं च तस्माद्व्रजत माचिरम् ॥

niścitaṃ vibudhā daityaṃ sa viṣṇustaṃ haniṣyati | tasya nāsti na śakyaṃ ca tasmādvrajata māciram

It is certain, wise ones, that Vishnu will kill that daitya. There is nothing beyond his power; so go to him without delay."

Note on the text: Corrected विषुधा → विबुधा (misprint in Wikisource; ष for ब; the critical edition reads vibudhā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 257–258.

Verse 45 (2.46.45)

पितामहवचः श्रुत्वा सर्वे ते भरतर्षभ । विबुधा ब्रह्मणा सार्धं जग्मुः क्षीरोदधिं प्रति ॥

pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā sarve te bharatarṣabha | vibudhā brahmaṇā sārdhaṃ jagmuḥ kṣīrodadhiṃ prati

Hearing the Grandsire's words, O bull of the Bharatas, all the gods went with Brahma toward the Ocean of Milk —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 259–260.

Verse 46 (2.46.46)

आदित्या वसवः साध्या विश्वे च मरुतस्तथा । रुद्रा महर्षयश्चैव अश्विनौ च सुरूपिणौ ॥

ādityā vasavaḥ sādhyā viśve ca marutastathā | rudrā maharṣayaścaiva aśvinau ca surūpiṇau

the Adityas, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Vishvedevas and the Maruts, the Rudras and the great sages, and the two handsome Ashvins,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 261–262.

Verse 47 (2.46.47)

अन्ये च दिव्या ये राजंस्ते सर्वे सगणाः सुराः । चतुर्मुखं पुरस्कृत्य श्वेतद्वीपमुपागताः ॥

anye ca divyā ye rājaṃste sarve sagaṇāḥ surāḥ | caturmukhaṃ puraskṛtya śvetadvīpamupāgatāḥ

and all the other divine beings, O king, the gods with their hosts; with four-faced Brahma at their head they came to Shvetadvipa, the White Island.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 263–264.

Verse 48 (2.46.48)

त्रायस्व नोऽद्य देवेश हिरण्यकशिपोर्वधात् । त्वं हि नः परमो धाता ब्रह्मादीनां सुरोत्तम ॥

trāyasva no'dya deveśa hiraṇyakaśiporvadhāt | tvaṃ hi naḥ paramo dhātā brahmādīnāṃ surottama

"Save us now, lord of the gods, by slaying Hiranyakashipu. For you are our supreme ordainer, best of the gods, and the ordainer of Brahma and the rest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 271–272. Wikisource lacks the CE's lines 265–270 (the gods' approach to Vishnu on the Ocean of Milk) before this verse; the sense runs on without them, so nothing is restored.

Verse 49 (2.46.49)

उत्फुल्लाम्बुजपत्राक्ष शत्रुपक्षभयङ्कर । क्षयाय दितिवंशस्य शरणं त्वं भविष्यसि ॥

utphullāmbujapatrākṣa śatrupakṣabhayaṅkara | kṣayāya ditivaṃśasya śaraṇaṃ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

You whose eyes are like the petals of a full-blown lotus, terror of the enemy's ranks, you will be our refuge for the destruction of Diti's line."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 273–274.

Verse 50 (2.46.50)

तद्देवानां वचः श्रुत्वा तदा विष्णुः शुचिश्रवाः । अदृश्यः सर्वभूतात्मा वक्तुमेवोपचक्रमे ॥

taddevānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā tadā viṣṇuḥ śuciśravāḥ | adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtātmā vaktumevopacakrame

Hearing these words of the gods, Vishnu of pure fame, the invisible Self of all beings, then began to speak:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 275–276.

Verse 51 (2.46.51)

भयं त्यजध्वममरा अभयं वो ददाम्यहम् । तदेव त्रिदिवं देवाः प्रतिपद्यत माचिरम् ॥

bhayaṃ tyajadhvamamarā abhayaṃ vo dadāmyaham | tadeva tridivaṃ devāḥ pratipadyata māciram

"Cast off your fear, immortals; I grant you freedom from fear. Go back to heaven, gods, without delay.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 277–278.

Verse 52 (2.46.52)

एषोऽहं सगणं दैत्यं वरदानेन दर्पितम् । अवध्यममरेन्द्राणां दानवेन्द्रं निहन्म्यहम् ॥

eṣo'haṃ sagaṇaṃ daityaṃ varadānena darpitam | avadhyamamarendrāṇāṃ dānavendraṃ nihanmyaham

Here I am: I will slay that daitya and his hosts — the lord of the danavas, made arrogant by his boon, whom the lords of the immortals cannot kill."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 279–280.

Verse 53 (2.46.53)

भगवन्देवदेवेश खिन्ना एते भृशं सुराः । तस्मात्त्वं जहि दैत्येन्द्रं क्षिप्रं कालोऽस्य माचिरम् । एष त्वं सगणं दैत्यं वरदानेन दर्पितम् ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa khinnā ete bhṛśaṃ surāḥ | tasmāttvaṃ jahi daityendraṃ kṣipraṃ kālo'sya māciram | eṣa tvaṃ sagaṇaṃ daityaṃ varadānena darpitam

"Blessed one, god of gods, these gods are utterly weary. So slay the lord of the daityas quickly; his time has come — do not delay. You are the one to deal with that daitya and his hosts, made arrogant by his boon."

Note on the text: Corrected भहवन् → भगवन् (misprint in Wikisource; ह for ग). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 281–282 (the first line in a variant form); the third line, which echoes verse 52, is not in the CE's appendix either.

Verse 54 (2.46.54)

क्षिप्रमेव करिष्यामि त्वरया दैत्यनाशनम् । तस्मात्त्वं विबुधाश्चैव प्रतिपद्यत वै दिवम् ॥

kṣiprameva kariṣyāmi tvarayā daityanāśanam | tasmāttvaṃ vibudhāścaiva pratipadyata vai divam

"I will swiftly bring about the destruction of the daitya, without delay. So you and the gods return to heaven."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 283–284.

Verse 55 (2.46.55)

एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान्विसृज्य त्रिदिवेश्वरान् । नरस्यार्धतनुर्भूत्वा सिंहस्यार्धतनुः पुनः ॥

evamuktvā tu bhagavānvisṛjya tridiveśvarān | narasyārdhatanurbhūtvā siṃhasyārdhatanuḥ punaḥ

Having said this, and having sent away the lords of heaven, the blessed one became half man in body and half lion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 285–286.

Verse 56 (2.46.56)

नारसिंहेन वपुषा पाणिं संस्पृश्य पाणिना । भीमरूपो महातेजा व्यादितास्य इवान्तकः ॥

nārasiṃhena vapuṣā pāṇiṃ saṃspṛśya pāṇinā | bhīmarūpo mahātejā vyāditāsya ivāntakaḥ

In the form of the Man-Lion, striking hand against hand, terrible in form and of great energy, like Death with gaping jaws,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 287–288.

Verse 57 (2.46.57)

हिरण्यकशिपुं राजञ्जगाम हरिरीश्वरः । दैत्यास्तमागतं दृष्ट्वा नारसिंहं महाबलम् ॥

hiraṇyakaśipuṃ rājañjagāma harirīśvaraḥ | daityāstamāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā nārasiṃhaṃ mahābalam

Hari the Lord went, O king, to Hiranyakashipu. Seeing the mighty Man-Lion arrive, the daityas

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 289–290.

Verse 58 (2.46.58)

ववर्षुः शस्त्रवर्षैस्ते सुसङ्क्रुद्धास्तदा हरिम् । तैः सृष्टसर्वशस्त्राणि भक्षयामास वै हरिः ॥

vavarṣuḥ śastravarṣaiste susaṅkruddhāstadā harim | taiḥ sṛṣṭasarvaśastrāṇi bhakṣayāmāsa vai hariḥ

in great fury rained showers of weapons upon Hari; and Hari devoured every weapon they hurled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 291–292.

Verse 59 (2.46.59)

जघान च रणे दैत्यान्सहस्राणि बहूनि च । तान्निहत्य च दैतेयान्सर्वान्क्रुद्धान्महाबलान् ॥

jaghāna ca raṇe daityānsahasrāṇi bahūni ca | tānnihatya ca daiteyānsarvānkruddhānmahābalān

He slew the daityas in battle, many thousands of them; and having slain all those furious and mighty sons of Diti,

Note on the text: Corrected जघान न रणे → जघान च रणे (misprint in Wikisource; न for च, which reverses the sense; the critical edition reads jaghāna ca raṇe). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 293–294.

Verse 60 (2.46.60)

अभ्यधावत्सुसङ्क्रुद्धो दैत्येन्द्रं बलगर्वितम् । जीमूतघनसङ्काशो जीमूतघननिस्वनः ॥

abhyadhāvatsusaṅkruddho daityendraṃ balagarvitam | jīmūtaghanasaṅkāśo jīmūtaghananisvanaḥ

he rushed in great fury at the lord of the daityas, proud of his strength — he who was like a dense mass of cloud and roared like massed thunderclouds,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 295–296.

Verse 61 (2.46.61)

जीमूत इव दीप्तौजा जीमूत इव वेगवान् । दैत्यं सोऽतिबलं दृप्तं दृप्तशार्दूलविक्रमम् ॥

jīmūta iva dīptaujā jīmūta iva vegavān | daityaṃ so'tibalaṃ dṛptaṃ dṛptaśārdūlavikramam

blazing like a storm cloud, swift as a storm cloud — at that daitya of surpassing strength, proud, with the prowess of a proud tiger,

Note on the text: Corrected सोऽतिबलं दृप्तं → दैत्यं सोऽतिबलं दृप्तं (misprint in Wikisource; the line is two syllables short; the lost word दैत्यं is restored from the critical edition, which reads daityaṃ so 'tibalaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 297 and 299 (the CE's line 298 is not in Wikisource).

Verse 62 (2.46.62)

दृप्तैर्दैत्यगणैर्गुप्तं खरैर्नखमुखैरुत । ततः कृत्वा तु युद्धं वै तेन दैत्येन वै हरिः ॥

dṛptairdaityagaṇairguptaṃ kharairnakhamukhairuta | tataḥ kṛtvā tu yuddhaṃ vai tena daityena vai hariḥ

guarded by proud hosts of daityas, fierce, with claws and fangs. Then Hari, having fought with that daitya,

Note on the text: Corrected नखमुकैरुत → नखमुखैरुत (misprint in Wikisource; क for ख; the critical edition reads nakhamukhair uta). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 300–301.

Verse 63 (2.46.63)

सन्ध्याकाले महातेजा भवनान्ते त्वरान्वितः । ऊरौ निधाय दैत्येन्द्रं निर्बिभेद नखैस्तदा ॥

sandhyākāle mahātejā bhavanānte tvarānvitaḥ | ūrau nidhāya daityendraṃ nirbibheda nakhaistadā

at the hour of twilight, the mighty one, in haste, at the threshold of the palace, laid the lord of the daityas on his thigh and tore him open with his claws.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 302–303.

Verse 64 (2.46.64)

महाबलं महावीर्यं वरदानेन गर्वितम् । दैत्यश्रेष्ठं सुरश्रेष्ठो जघान तरसा हरिः ॥

mahābalaṃ mahāvīryaṃ varadānena garvitam | daityaśreṣṭhaṃ suraśreṣṭho jaghāna tarasā hariḥ

Hari, best of the gods, swiftly slew that best of the daityas, of great strength and great valour, proud of his boon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 304–305.

Verse 65 (2.46.65)

हिरण्यकशिपुं हत्वा सर्वदैत्यांश्च वै तदा । विबुधानां प्रजानां च हितं कृत्वा महाद्युतिः ॥

hiraṇyakaśipuṃ hatvā sarvadaityāṃśca vai tadā | vibudhānāṃ prajānāṃ ca hitaṃ kṛtvā mahādyutiḥ

Having slain Hiranyakashipu and all the daityas, and having brought about the good of the gods and of all creatures, the glorious one,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 306–307.

Verse 66 (2.46.66)

प्रमुमोद हरिर्देवः प्राप्य धर्मं तदा भुवि । एष ते नारसिंहोऽत्र कथितः पाण्डुनन्दन ॥

pramumoda harirdevaḥ prāpya dharmaṃ tadā bhuvi | eṣa te nārasiṃho'tra kathitaḥ pāṇḍunandana

Hari the god, rejoiced, having established dharma on earth. This, son of Pandu, is the Man-Lion I have told you of here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 308–309.

Verse 67 (2.46.67)

शृणु त्वं वामनं नाम प्रादुर्भावं महात्मनः ॥

śṛṇu tvaṃ vāmanaṃ nāma prādurbhāvaṃ mahātmanaḥ

Now hear of the manifestation of the great-souled one called Vamana, the Dwarf.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), line 310. A single line in Wikisource (its 67a), closing the adhyaya; so also in the CE, where the Vamana story follows.