Vishnu Slays Kalanemi; Earth Asks to Be Relieved

Verse 1 (2.51.1)

एवमुक्ते तु कौन्तेयस्ततः कौरवनन्दनः । आबभाषे पुनर्भीष्मं धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

evamukte tu kaunteyastataḥ kauravanandanaḥ | ābabhāṣe punarbhīṣmaṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

When this had been said, the delight of the Kurus, Kunti's son Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, spoke again to Bhishma.

Note on the text: Corrected पुनर्भीष्णे → पुनर्भीष्मं (misprint in Wikisource; भीष्णे is not a word; the accusative भीष्मं is required, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0599–0600).

Verse 2 (2.51.2)

भूय एव मनुष्येन्द्र उपेन्द्रस्य यशस्विनः । जन्म वृष्णिषु विज्ञातुमिच्छामि वदतां वर ॥

bhūya eva manuṣyendra upendrasya yaśasvinaḥ | janma vṛṣṇiṣu vijñātumicchāmi vadatāṃ vara

"O lord of men, best of speakers, I wish to learn once more about the birth among the Vrishnis of the glorious Upendra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0601–0602).

Verse 3 (2.51.3)

यथैव भगवाञ्जातः क्षिताविह जनार्दनः । माधवेषु महाबुद्धिस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

yathaiva bhagavāñjātaḥ kṣitāviha janārdanaḥ | mādhaveṣu mahābuddhistanme brūhi pitāmaha

Tell me, grandfather, how the Lord Janardana, of great wisdom, was born here on earth among the Madhavas."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0603–0604).

Verse 4 (2.51.4)

एवमुक्तस्ततो भीष्मः केशवस्य महात्मनः । माधवेषु तथा जन्म कथयामास वीर्यवान् ॥

evamuktastato bhīṣmaḥ keśavasya mahātmanaḥ | mādhaveṣu tathā janma kathayāmāsa vīryavān

Asked this, the mighty Bhishma then told of the birth of the great-souled Keshava among the Madhavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0609–0610).

Verse 5 (2.51.5)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि युधिष्ठिर यथातथम् । यतो नारायणस्येह जन्म वृष्णिषु कौरव ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi yudhiṣṭhira yathātatham | yato nārāyaṇasyeha janma vṛṣṇiṣu kaurava

Listen, Yudhishthira: I will tell you truly, O Kaurava, why Narayana was born here among the Vrishnis.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0611–0612).

Verse 6 (2.51.6)

पुरा लोके महाराज वर्तमाने कृते युगे । आसीत्त्रैलोक्यविख्यातः सङ्ग्रामस्तारकामयः ॥

purā loke mahārāja vartamāne kṛte yuge | āsīttrailokyavikhyātaḥ saṅgrāmastārakāmayaḥ

Long ago, great king, while the Krita age was running, there was a battle famed through the three worlds, the war over Taraka.

Note on the text: Corrected आसीत्रैलोक्य → आसीत्त्रैलोक्य (misprint in Wikisource; a त dropped in the sandhi आसीत् + त्रैलोक्य). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0613–0614).

Verse 7 (2.51.7)

विरोचनो मयस्तारो वराहः श्वेत एव च । विप्रचित्तिः प्रलम्बश्च वृत्रजम्भबलादयः ॥

virocano mayastāro varāhaḥ śveta eva ca | vipracittiḥ pralambaśca vṛtrajambhabalādayaḥ

Virochana, Maya, Tara, Varaha and Shveta; Viprachitti, Pralamba, Vritra, Jambha, Bala and others;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0615–0617).

Verse 8 (2.51.8)

नमुचिः कालनेमिश्च प्रह्लाद इति विश्रुतः । लम्बः किशोरः स्वर्भानुररिष्टो राक्षसेश्वरः ॥

namuciḥ kālanemiśca prahlāda iti viśrutaḥ | lambaḥ kiśoraḥ svarbhānurariṣṭo rākṣaseśvaraḥ

Namuchi, Kalanemi and the renowned Prahlada; Lamba, Kishora, Svarbhanu, and Arishta, lord of the Rakshasas —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0616–0618).

Verse 9 (2.51.9)

एते चान्ये च बहवो दैत्यसङ्घाः सहस्रशः । नानाशस्त्रधरा राजन्नानाभूषणवाहनाः ॥

ete cānye ca bahavo daityasaṅghāḥ sahasraśaḥ | nānāśastradharā rājannānābhūṣaṇavāhanāḥ

these and many others, hosts of Daityas in their thousands, O king, bearing all kinds of weapons, with all kinds of ornaments and mounts —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0619–0620).

Verse 10 (2.51.10)

देवतानामभिमुखास्तस्थुर्दैतेयदानवाः । देवास्तु युध्यमानास्ते दानवानभ्ययू रणे ॥

devatānāmabhimukhāstasthurdaiteyadānavāḥ | devāstu yudhyamānāste dānavānabhyayū raṇe

these sons of Diti and Danu stood facing the gods. And the gods, fighting, advanced against the Danavas in battle:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0621–0622).

Verse 11 (2.51.11)

आदित्या वसवो रुद्राः साध्या विश्वे मरुद्गणाः । इन्द्रो यमश्च वरुणश्चन्द्रश्चैव धनेश्वरः ॥

ādityā vasavo rudrāḥ sādhyā viśve marudgaṇāḥ | indro yamaśca varuṇaścandraścaiva dhaneśvaraḥ

the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Sadhyas, the Vishvedevas and the hosts of Maruts; Indra, Yama, Varuna, the Moon and the Lord of Wealth;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0623–0624).

Verse 12 (2.51.12)

अश्विनौ च महावीर्यौ ये चान्ये देवतागणाः । चक्रुर्युद्धं महाघोरं दानवैश्च यथाक्रमम् ॥

aśvinau ca mahāvīryau ye cānye devatāgaṇāḥ | cakruryuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ dānavaiśca yathākramam

the two mighty Ashvins and the other hosts of gods — they fought a terrible battle with the Danavas, each in turn.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0625–0626).

Verse 13 (2.51.13)

युध्यमानाः समेयुश्च देवा दैतेयदानवैः । तद्युद्धमभवद्घोरं देवदानवसङ्कुलम् ॥

yudhyamānāḥ sameyuśca devā daiteyadānavaiḥ | tadyuddhamabhavadghoraṃ devadānavasaṅkulam

Fighting, the gods clashed with the Daityas and Danavas, and a dreadful battle arose, a melee of gods and Danavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0627–0628).

Verse 14 (2.51.14)

ताभ्यां बलाभ्यां सञ्जज्ञे तुमुलो विग्रहस्तदा । तीक्ष्णशस्त्रैः किरन्तोऽथ अभ्ययुर्देवदानवाः ॥

tābhyāṃ balābhyāṃ sañjajñe tumulo vigrahastadā | tīkṣṇaśastraiḥ kiranto'tha abhyayurdevadānavāḥ

Between those two forces a tumultuous conflict arose then; scattering sharp weapons, gods and Danavas charged one another.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0629–0630).

Verse 15 (2.51.15)

घ्नन्ति देवान्सगन्धर्वान्सयक्षोरगचारणान् । ते वध्यमाना दैतेयैर्देवसङ्घास्तदा रणे ॥

ghnanti devānsagandharvānsayakṣoragacāraṇān | te vadhyamānā daiteyairdevasaṅghāstadā raṇe

The Daityas struck down the gods together with the Gandharvas, Yakshas, Nagas and Charanas. Then the hosts of gods, being slaughtered by the Daityas in the battle,

Note on the text: Corrected घ्रन्ति → घ्नन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; घ्र for घ्न; the verb is हन्, cf. अघ्नन् in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0631–0632).

Verse 16 (2.51.16)

त्रातारं मनसा जग्मुर्देवं नारायणं प्रभुम् । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र जगाम हरिरीश्वरः ॥

trātāraṃ manasā jagmurdevaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum | etasminnantare tatra jagāma harirīśvaraḥ

turned in their minds to the god Narayana, the Lord, as their protector. At that moment Hari, the Lord, came there,

Note on the text: Corrected नारायमं → नारायणं (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0634–0635).

Verse 17 (2.51.17)

दीपयञ्ज्योतिषा भूमिं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । तमागतं सुपर्णस्थं विष्णुं लोकनमस्कृतम् ॥

dīpayañjyotiṣā bhūmiṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ | tamāgataṃ suparṇasthaṃ viṣṇuṃ lokanamaskṛtam

lighting up the earth with his radiance, bearing conch, discus and mace. Seeing Vishnu, honored by the worlds, arrived and mounted on Suparna,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0636–0637).

Verse 18 (2.51.18)

दृष्ट्वा मुदा युताः सर्वे भयं त्यक्त्वा रणे सुराः । चक्रुर्युद्धं पुनः सर्वे देवा दैतेयदानवैः ॥

dṛṣṭvā mudā yutāḥ sarve bhayaṃ tyaktvā raṇe surāḥ | cakruryuddhaṃ punaḥ sarve devā daiteyadānavaiḥ

all the gods were filled with joy and cast off their fear in the battle; and all the gods fought once more with the Daityas and Danavas.

Note on the text: Corrected रमे सुराः → रणे सुराः (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; रणे as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0638–0639).

Verse 19 (2.51.19)

तद्युद्धमभवद्घोरमचिन्त्यं रोमहर्षणम् । जघ्नुर्दैत्यान्रणे घोराः सर्वे शक्रपुरोगमाः ॥

tadyuddhamabhavadghoramacintyaṃ romaharṣaṇam | jaghnurdaityānraṇe ghorāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ

That battle grew terrible, beyond imagining, making the hair stand on end. All the fierce gods, led by Shakra, slew the Daityas in the fight.

Note on the text: Corrected जघ्रुर्दैत्यान्त्रणे → जघ्नुर्दैत्यान्रणे (misprint in Wikisource; घ्र for घ्न in जघ्नुः, and the conjunct न्त्र is a corruption of न्र, i.e. the final न् of the preceding word + रणे). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0640–0641).

Verse 20 (2.51.20)

ते बाध्यमाना विबुधैर्दुद्रुवुर्दैत्यदानवाः ॥

te bādhyamānā vibudhairdudruvurdaityadānavāḥ

Hard pressed by the gods, the Daityas and Danavas fled.

Note on the text: Corrected बिबुधैर्दुद्रुवुदैत्यदानवाः → विबुधैर्दुद्रुवुर्दैत्यदानवाः (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व in विबुधैः, and the repha of दुद्रुवुः dropped). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, line 0642).

Verse 21 (2.51.21)

विद्रुतान्दानवान्दृष्ट्वा तदा भारत संयुगे । कालनेमिरिति ख्यातो दानवः प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥

vidrutāndānavāndṛṣṭvā tadā bhārata saṃyuge | kālanemiriti khyāto dānavaḥ pratyadṛśyata

Seeing the Danavas routed in the fight, O Bharata, a Danava named Kalanemi appeared.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रत्यदृश्यता → प्रत्यदृश्यत (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ा on the verb ending). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0643–0644).

Verse 22 (2.51.22)

शत्रुप्रहरणे घोरः शतबाहुः शताननः । शतशीर्षः स्थितः श्रीमाञ्छतशृङ्ग इवाचलः ॥

śatrupraharaṇe ghoraḥ śatabāhuḥ śatānanaḥ | śataśīrṣaḥ sthitaḥ śrīmāñchataśṛṅga ivācalaḥ

Terrible in striking his foes, with a hundred arms, a hundred mouths and a hundred heads, he stood in his splendor like a mountain with a hundred peaks.

Note on the text: Corrected छतशृङ्गं इवाचलः → छतशृङ्ग इवाचलः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara before the sandhi with इव). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0645–0646).

Verse 23 (2.51.23)

भास्कराकारमुकुटः शिञ्जिताभरणाङ्गदः । धूम्रकेतुर्हरिश्मश्रुर्निर्दष्टोष्ठपुटाननः ॥

bhāskarākāramukuṭaḥ śiñjitābharaṇāṅgadaḥ | dhūmraketurhariśmaśrurnirdaṣṭoṣṭhapuṭānanaḥ

His crown shone like the sun, his ornaments and armlets jingled; his banner was the color of smoke, his beard tawny, and he bit his lips in fury.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0647–0648).

Verse 24 (2.51.24)

त्रैलोक्यान्तरविस्तारं धारयन्विपुलं वपुः । तर्जयन्वै रणे देवाञ्छादयन्वै दिशो दश ॥

trailokyāntaravistāraṃ dhārayanvipulaṃ vapuḥ | tarjayanvai raṇe devāñchādayanvai diśo daśa

Bearing a vast body that spanned the space between the three worlds, roaring threats at the gods in battle and covering the ten directions,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0649–0650).

Verse 25 (2.51.25)

अभ्यधावत्सुसङ्क्रुद्धो व्यादितास्य इवान्तकः । तत्र शस्त्रप्रतानैश्च देवान्धर्षितवान्रणे ॥

abhyadhāvatsusaṅkruddho vyāditāsya ivāntakaḥ | tatra śastrapratānaiśca devāndharṣitavānraṇe

he rushed forward in towering rage like Death with gaping mouth, and there, with showers of weapons, he overpowered the gods in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected देवान्धर्षितवान्त्रणे → देवान्धर्षितवान्रणे (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct न्त्र is a corruption of न्र, i.e. the final न् of the preceding word + रणे). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0651–0652).

Verse 26 (2.51.26)

अभ्याययुः सुरान्सर्वान्पुनस्ते दैत्यदानवाः । आपीडयन्रणे क्रुद्धास्ततो देवान्युधिष्ठिर ॥

abhyāyayuḥ surānsarvānpunaste daityadānavāḥ | āpīḍayanraṇe kruddhāstato devānyudhiṣṭhira

Then the Daityas and Danavas came on against all the gods once more, and in their anger, Yudhishthira, they harassed the gods in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected आपीडयन्त्रणे → आपीडयन्रणे (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct न्त्र is a corruption of न्र, i.e. the final न् of the preceding word + रणे). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0653–0654).

Verse 27 (2.51.27)

ते वध्यमाना विबुधाः समरे कालनेमिना । दैत्यैश्चैव महाराज दुद्रुवुस्ते दिशो दश ॥

te vadhyamānā vibudhāḥ samare kālaneminā | daityaiścaiva mahārāja dudruvuste diśo daśa

Slaughtered in the fight by Kalanemi and by the Daityas, great king, the gods fled in the ten directions.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0655–0656).

Verse 28 (2.51.28)

विबुधान्विद्रुतान्दृष्ट्वा कालनेमिर्महासुरः । इन्द्रं यमं च वरुणं वायुं च धनदं रविम् ॥

vibudhānvidrutāndṛṣṭvā kālanemirmahāsuraḥ | indraṃ yamaṃ ca varuṇaṃ vāyuṃ ca dhanadaṃ ravim

Seeing the gods routed, the great Asura Kalanemi took on Indra, Yama, Varuna, Vayu, the Lord of Wealth and the Sun;

Note on the text: Corrected कालनेमिर्महा।ञसुरः → कालनेमिर्महासुरः (misprint in Wikisource; stray marks ।ञ inside महासुरः). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0657–0658).

Verse 29 (2.51.29)

एतांश्चान्यान्बलाज्जित्वा तेषां कार्याण्यवाप सः । तान्सर्वान्सहसा जित्वा कालनेमिर्महासुरः ॥

etāṃścānyānbalājjitvā teṣāṃ kāryāṇyavāpa saḥ | tānsarvānsahasā jitvā kālanemirmahāsuraḥ

these and others he conquered by force, and he took over their offices. Having swiftly conquered them all, the great Asura Kalanemi

Note on the text: Corrected बलाञ्जित्वा → बलाज्जित्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the sandhi of बलात् + जित्वा is बलाज्जित्वा, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0659–0660).

Verse 30 (2.51.30)

ददर्श गगने विष्णुं सुपर्णस्थं महाद्युतिम् । तं दृष्ट्वा क्रोधताम्राक्षस्तर्जयन्नभ्ययात्तदा ॥

dadarśa gagane viṣṇuṃ suparṇasthaṃ mahādyutim | taṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhatāmrākṣastarjayannabhyayāttadā

saw Vishnu, of great splendor, in the sky, mounted on Suparna. Seeing him, his eyes red with rage, he rushed at him with threats.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0661–0662).

Verse 31 (2.51.31)

स बाहुशतमुद्यम्य सर्वास्त्रग्रहणं रणे । रोषाद्भारत दैत्येन्द्रो विष्णोरुरसि पातयत् ॥

sa bāhuśatamudyamya sarvāstragrahaṇaṃ raṇe | roṣādbhārata daityendro viṣṇorurasi pātayat

Raising in battle his hundred arms, which held every kind of weapon, the lord of the Daityas in his fury, O Bharata, brought them down on Vishnu's chest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0663–0664).

Verse 32 (2.51.32)

दैत्याश्च दानवाश्चैव सर्वे मयपुरोगमाः । स्वान्यायुधानि सङ्गृह्य सर्वे विष्णुमुपाद्रवन् ॥

daityāśca dānavāścaiva sarve mayapurogamāḥ | svānyāyudhāni saṅgṛhya sarve viṣṇumupādravan

All the Daityas and Danavas, led by Maya, seized their weapons and rushed together upon Vishnu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0665–0666).

Verse 33 (2.51.33)

स ताड्यमानोऽतिबलैर्दैत्यैः सर्वायुधोद्यतैः । न चचाल हरिर्युद्धेऽकम्पमान इवाचलः ॥

sa tāḍyamāno'tibalairdaityaiḥ sarvāyudhodyataiḥ | na cacāla hariryuddhe'kampamāna ivācalaḥ

Though struck by the mighty Daityas with every weapon raised, Hari did not waver in the battle, but stood unshaken like a mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected ताड्यमानो।ञतिबलैर्दैत्यैः सर्वायुघोद्यतैः → ताड्यमानोऽतिबलैर्दैत्यैः सर्वायुधोद्यतैः (misprint in Wikisource; stray ।ञ for the avagraha in ताड्यमानोऽतिबलैः, and घ for ध in सर्वायुधोद्यतैः). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0667–0668).

Verse 34 (2.51.34)

पुनरुद्यम्य सङ्क्रुद्धः कालनेमिर्दृढां गदाम् । जघान गदया राजंस्तं विष्णुं गरुडं च वै ॥

punarudyamya saṅkruddhaḥ kālanemirdṛḍhāṃ gadām | jaghāna gadayā rājaṃstaṃ viṣṇuṃ garuḍaṃ ca vai

Again Kalanemi, in a fury, raised his heavy mace, and with that mace, O king, he struck Vishnu and Garuda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0669–0670).

Verse 35 (2.51.35)

तं दृष्ट्वा गरुडं श्रान्तं चक्रमुद्यम्य वै हरिः । शतं शिरांसि बाहूंश्च सोच्छिनत्कालनेमिनः ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā garuḍaṃ śrāntaṃ cakramudyamya vai hariḥ | śataṃ śirāṃsi bāhūṃśca socchinatkālaneminaḥ

Seeing Garuda exhausted, Hari raised his discus and cut off Kalanemi's hundred heads and his arms.

Note on the text: Corrected गुरडं → गरुडं (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowels). Corrected चक्रमुद्यस्य → चक्रमुद्यम्य (misprint in Wikisource; स for म in the gerund उद्यम्य). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0671–0672).

Verse 36 (2.51.36)

जघानान्यांश्च तान्सर्वान्समरे दैत्यदानवान् । विबुधानामृषीणां च स्वानि स्थानानि वै ददौ ॥

jaghānānyāṃśca tānsarvānsamare daityadānavān | vibudhānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca svāni sthānāni vai dadau

He slew all the other Daityas and Danavas in the battle, and gave the gods and the sages back their own places.

Note on the text: Corrected जघानान्यांस्च → जघानान्यांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स for श before च). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0673–0677).

Verse 37 (2.51.37)

दत्त्वा सुराणां सुप्रीतो योग्यकर्माणि भारत । जगाम ब्रह्मणा सार्धं ब्रह्मलोकं तदा हरिः ॥

dattvā surāṇāṃ suprīto yogyakarmāṇi bhārata | jagāma brahmaṇā sārdhaṃ brahmalokaṃ tadā hariḥ

Well pleased, having assigned the gods their proper tasks, O Bharata, Hari then went with Brahma to Brahma's world.

Note on the text: Corrected सुग्रीतो → सुप्रीतो (misprint in Wikisource; ग for प). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0678–0679).

Verse 38 (2.51.38)

ब्रह्मलोकं प्रविश्याथ प्राप्य नारायणः प्रभुः । पौराणं ब्रह्मसदनं दिव्यं नारायणाश्रयम् ॥

brahmalokaṃ praviśyātha prāpya nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | paurāṇaṃ brahmasadanaṃ divyaṃ nārāyaṇāśrayam

Entering Brahma's world, the lord Narayana reached the ancient, divine abode of Brahman, the dwelling of Narayana.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रविश्याश्च → प्रविश्याथ (misprint in Wikisource; श्च for थ; प्रविश्याथ as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0680–0681).

Verse 39 (2.51.39)

स प्रविश्य तदा देवः स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः । सहस्रशीर्षा भूत्वा च शयनायोपचक्रमे ॥

sa praviśya tadā devaḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ | sahasraśīrṣā bhūtvā ca śayanāyopacakrame

Entering it, the god, praised by the great sages, took on a thousand heads and prepared to lie down.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0682–0683).

Verse 40 (2.51.40)

आदिदेवः पुराणात्मा निद्रावशमुपागतः । शेते सुखं सदा विष्णुर्मोहयञ्जगदव्ययः ॥

ādidevaḥ purāṇātmā nidrāvaśamupāgataḥ | śete sukhaṃ sadā viṣṇurmohayañjagadavyayaḥ

The first god, the ancient Self, came under the sway of sleep; the imperishable Vishnu lies ever at ease, holding the world in delusion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0684–0685).

Verse 41 (2.51.41)

जग्मुस्तस्याथ वर्षाणि शयानस्य महात्मनः । षट्‌त्रिंशच्छतसाहस्रं मानुषेणेह सङ्ख्यया ॥

jagmustasyātha varṣāṇi śayānasya mahātmanaḥ | ṣaṭtriṃśacchatasāhasraṃ mānuṣeṇeha saṅkhyayā

Years went by as that great-souled one slept: thirty-six hundred thousand of them, by human reckoning.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0686–0687).

Verse 42 (2.51.42)

जग्मुः कृतयुगत्रेताद्वापरान्ते बुबोध ह । ब्रह्मादिभिः स्तूयमानः सुरैश्चापि सहर्षिभिः ॥

jagmuḥ kṛtayugatretādvāparānte bubodha ha | brahmādibhiḥ stūyamānaḥ suraiścāpi saharṣibhiḥ

The Krita, Treta and Dvapara ages passed, and at the end of the Dvapara he awoke, praised by Brahma and the rest, by the gods and the sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0688–0689).

Verse 43 (2.51.43)

उत्पत्य शयनाद्विष्णुर्ब्रह्मणा विबुधैः सह । देवानां च हितार्थाय ययौ देवसभां प्रति ॥

utpatya śayanādviṣṇurbrahmaṇā vibudhaiḥ saha | devānāṃ ca hitārthāya yayau devasabhāṃ prati

Rising from his bed, Vishnu went with Brahma and the gods to the assembly hall of the gods, for the good of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0690–0691).

Verse 44 (2.51.44)

मेरोः शिरसि विन्यस्तां ज्वलन्तीं तां शुभां सभाम् । विविशुस्ते सुराः सर्वे ब्रह्मणा सह भारत ॥

meroḥ śirasi vinyastāṃ jvalantīṃ tāṃ śubhāṃ sabhām | viviśuste surāḥ sarve brahmaṇā saha bhārata

That shining, auspicious hall set upon the summit of Meru all the gods entered together with Brahma, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0692–0693).

Verse 45 (2.51.45)

जग्मुस्तत्र निषेदुस्ते सा निःशब्दा ह्यभूत्तदा । तत्र भूमिरुवाचाथ खेदात्करुणभाषिणी ॥

jagmustatra niṣeduste sā niḥśabdā hyabhūttadā | tatra bhūmiruvācātha khedātkaruṇabhāṣiṇī

They went in and took their seats, and the hall fell silent. Then Earth, in her distress, spoke there in a piteous voice:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0694–0695).

Verse 46 (2.51.46)

राज्ञां बलैर्बलवतां खिन्नास्मि भृशपीडिता । नित्यं भारपरिश्रान्ता दुःखं जीवाम्यहं सुराः ॥

rājñāṃ balairbalavatāṃ khinnāsmi bhṛśapīḍitā | nityaṃ bhārapariśrāntā duḥkhaṃ jīvāmyahaṃ surāḥ

"I am worn out and sorely afflicted by the armies of mighty kings. Forever wearied by the burden, O gods, I live in misery.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0696–0697).

Verse 47 (2.51.47)

पुरे पुरे च नृपतिः कोटिसङ्ख्यैर्बलैर्वृतः । राष्ट्रे राष्ट्रे च शतशो ग्रामाः कुलसहस्रिणः ॥

pure pure ca nṛpatiḥ koṭisaṅkhyairbalairvṛtaḥ | rāṣṭre rāṣṭre ca śataśo grāmāḥ kulasahasriṇaḥ

In every city there is a king surrounded by armies counted in millions; in every kingdom there are hundreds of villages, each with thousands of families.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0698–0699).

Verse 48 (2.51.48)

भूमिपानां सहस्रैश्च तेषां च बलिनां बलैः । ग्रामायुतैः पुरै राष्ट्रैरहं निर्विवरीकृता ॥

bhūmipānāṃ sahasraiśca teṣāṃ ca balināṃ balaiḥ | grāmāyutaiḥ purai rāṣṭrairahaṃ nirvivarīkṛtā

With thousands of kings and the armies of those mighty ones, with tens of thousands of villages, with cities and kingdoms, I am filled until no gap is left in me.

Note on the text: Corrected बिलनां → बलिनां (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowels; बलिनां as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0700–0701).

Verse 49 (2.51.49)

तस्माद्धारयितुं शक्त्या न क्षमास्मि जनानहम् । दैत्यैश्च बाध्यमानास्ताः प्रजा नित्यं दुरात्मभिः ॥

tasmāddhārayituṃ śaktyā na kṣamāsmi janānaham | daityaiśca bādhyamānāstāḥ prajā nityaṃ durātmabhiḥ

Therefore I have not the strength to bear these people; and these creatures are forever harassed by the wicked Daityas."

Note on the text: Corrected क्षमासि → क्षमास्मि (misprint in Wikisource; the first person क्षमास्मि is required with अहम्). Corrected प्राज → प्रजा (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel; प्रजा as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0703–0704).

Verse 50 (2.51.50)

भूमेस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा देवो नारायणस्तदा । व्यादिश्य तान्सुरान्सर्वान्क्षितौ वस्तुं मनो दधे ॥

bhūmestu vacanaṃ śrutvā devo nārāyaṇastadā | vyādiśya tānsurānsarvānkṣitau vastuṃ mano dadhe

Hearing Earth's words, the god Narayana then gave his instructions to all the gods, and set his mind on dwelling on earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0705–0706).