Indra Slays Trishiras; Tvashtri Creates Vritra

Verse 1 (5.9.1)

कथमिन्द्रेण राजेन्द्र सभार्येण महात्मना । दुःखं प्राप्तं परं घोरमेतदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥

kathamindreṇa rājendra sabhāryeṇa mahātmanā | duḥkhaṃ prāptaṃ paraṃ ghorametadicchāmi veditum

O king of kings, how did the great-souled Indra, together with his wife, come to suffer such extreme and terrible distress? This I wish to know.

Verse 2 (5.9.2)

शृणु राजन्पुरावृत्तमितिहासं पुरातनम् । सभार्येण यथा प्राप्तं दुःखमिन्द्रेण भारत ॥

śṛṇu rājanpurāvṛttamitihāsaṃ purātanam | sabhāryeṇa yathā prāptaṃ duḥkhamindreṇa bhārata

Listen, O king, to an ancient tale of what happened long ago: how Indra, with his wife, met with suffering, O Bharata.

Verse 3 (5.9.3)

त्वष्टा प्रजापतिर्ह्यासीद्देवश्रेष्ठो महातपाः । स पुत्रं वै त्रिशिरसमिन्द्रद्रोहात्किलासृजत् ॥

tvaṣṭā prajāpatirhyāsīddevaśreṣṭho mahātapāḥ | sa putraṃ vai triśirasamindradrohātkilāsṛjat

Tvashtri was a Prajapati, a foremost god of great austerity. Out of enmity towards Indra, it is said, he brought forth a son with three heads.

Verse 4 (5.9.4)

ऐन्द्रं स प्रार्थयत्स्थानं विश्वरूपो महाद्युतिः । तैस्त्रिभिर्वदनैर्घोरैः सूर्येन्दुज्वलनोपमैः ॥

aindraṃ sa prārthayatsthānaṃ viśvarūpo mahādyutiḥ | taistribhirvadanairghoraiḥ sūryendujvalanopamaiḥ

That splendid son, Vishvarupa, coveted Indra's place. He had three fearsome faces that shone like the sun, the moon and fire.

Verse 5 (5.9.5)

वेदानेकेन सोऽधीते सुरामेकेन चापिबत् । एकेन च दिशः सर्वाः पिबन्निव निरीक्षते ॥

vedānekena so'dhīte surāmekena cāpibat | ekena ca diśaḥ sarvāḥ pibanniva nirīkṣate

With one mouth he recited the Vedas, with another he drank wine, and with the third he gazed at all the quarters as though he would drink them in.

Verse 6 (5.9.6)

स तपस्वी मृदुर्दान्तो धर्मे तपसि चोद्यतः । तपस्तस्य महत्तीव्रं सुदुश्चरमरिन्दम ॥

sa tapasvī mṛdurdānto dharme tapasi codyataḥ | tapastasya mahattīvraṃ suduścaramarindama

He was an ascetic, gentle and self-controlled, devoted to dharma and to austerity. His austerity, O tamer of foes, was great, fierce and very hard to perform.

Note on the text: Corrected मुदुर्दान्तो → मृदुर्दान्तो (misprint in Wikisource; मुदुः is not a word, the sense is "gentle"; the critical edition reads mṛdur dānto).

Verse 7 (5.9.7)

तस्य दृष्ट्वा तपोवीर्यं सत्यं चामिततेजसः । विषादमगमच्छक्र इन्द्रोऽयं मा भवेदिति ॥

tasya dṛṣṭvā tapovīryaṃ satyaṃ cāmitatejasaḥ | viṣādamagamacchakra indro'yaṃ mā bhavediti

Seeing the power of his austerity and the truthfulness of that being of boundless energy, Shakra grew dejected, thinking, "Let him not become Indra."

Verse 8 (5.9.8)

कथं सज्जेच्च भोगेषु न च तप्येन्महत्तपः । विवर्धमानस्त्रिशिराः सर्वं हि भुवनं ग्रसेत् ॥

kathaṃ sajjecca bhogeṣu na ca tapyenmahattapaḥ | vivardhamānastriśirāḥ sarvaṃ hi bhuvanaṃ graset

"How might he become attached to pleasures and cease to practise his great austerity? For if the three-headed one keeps on growing, he will swallow the whole world."

Verse 9 (5.9.9)

इति संचिन्त्य बहुधा बुद्धिमान्भरतर्षभ । आज्ञापयत्सोऽप्सरसस्त्वष्टृपुत्रप्रलोभने ॥

iti saṃcintya bahudhā buddhimānbharatarṣabha | ājñāpayatso'psarasastvaṣṭṛputrapralobhane

Having pondered this in many ways, O bull of the Bharatas, the wise Indra commanded the Apsarases to tempt the son of Tvashtri:

Verse 10 (5.9.10)

यथा स सज्जेत्त्रिशिराः कामभोगेषु वै भृशम् । क्षिप्रं कुरुत गच्छध्वं प्रलोभयत माचिरम् ॥

yathā sa sajjettriśirāḥ kāmabhogeṣu vai bhṛśam | kṣipraṃ kuruta gacchadhvaṃ pralobhayata māciram

Act quickly, so that Trishiras becomes deeply attached to the pleasures of desire. Go, and tempt him without delay.

Note on the text: Corrected सज्जेत्रिशिराः → सज्जेत्त्रिशिराः (misprint in Wikisource; a त dropped in the sandhi सज्जेत् + त्रिशिराः; the critical edition reads sajjet triśirāḥ). Speaker set to Indra: verses 10–13a are wholly his command to the Apsarases, announced in verse 9; Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried शल्य.

Verse 11 (5.9.11)

शृङ्गारवेषाः सुश्रोण्यो हारैर्युक्ता मनोहरैः । हावभावसमायुक्ताः सर्वाः सौन्दर्यशोभिताः ॥

śṛṅgāraveṣāḥ suśroṇyo hārairyuktā manoharaiḥ | hāvabhāvasamāyuktāḥ sarvāḥ saundaryaśobhitāḥ

Dressed for love, fair-hipped, adorned with captivating necklaces, full of amorous gestures and moods, all of you radiant with beauty,

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.11ab (reading bhāvair for हारैः); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 5.9.11b*0068). Indra's command continues.

Verse 12 (5.9.12)

प्रलोभयत भद्रं वः शमयध्वं भयं मम । अस्वस्थं ह्यात्मनात्मानं लक्षयामि वराङ्गनाः ॥

pralobhayata bhadraṃ vaḥ śamayadhvaṃ bhayaṃ mama | asvasthaṃ hyātmanātmānaṃ lakṣayāmi varāṅganāḥ

tempt him, and good fortune be with you; quiet my fear. For I feel ill at ease within myself, O lovely women.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.11cd and the second CE 5.9.12ab (Wikisource divides these verses differently). Indra's command continues.

Verse 13 (5.9.13)

भयं तन्मे महाघोरं क्षिप्रं नाशयताबलाः ॥

bhayaṃ tanme mahāghoraṃ kṣipraṃ nāśayatābalāḥ

Swiftly destroy that terrible fear of mine, O women.

Note on the text: Wikisource verse 13 is split here: its first line (row 5-9-13a) closes Indra's speech, and the heading अप्सरस ऊचुः is printed before its second and third lines. This line is CE 5.9.12cd (reading bhayam etan for भयं तन्मे). Speaker Indra (the input gave the whole verse to शल्य).

Verse 14 (5.9.14)

तथा यत्नं करिष्यामः शक्र तस्य प्रलोभने । यथा नावाप्स्यसि भयं तस्माद्बलनिषूदन ॥

tathā yatnaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ śakra tasya pralobhane | yathā nāvāpsyasi bhayaṃ tasmādbalaniṣūdana

We shall make such efforts to tempt him, Shakra, that you will have nothing to fear from him, O slayer of Bala.

Note on the text: Second and third lines of Wikisource verse 13, split off at the heading अप्सरस ऊचुः printed before them.

Verse 15 (5.9.15)

निर्दहन्निव चक्षुर्भ्यां योऽसावास्ते तपोनिधिः । तं प्रलोभयितुं देव गच्छामः सहिता वयम् ॥

nirdahanniva cakṣurbhyāṃ yo'sāvāste taponidhiḥ | taṃ pralobhayituṃ deva gacchāmaḥ sahitā vayam

That treasure-house of austerity, who sits there as though burning everything with his eyes: we shall all go together to tempt him, O god.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रलोयितुं → प्रलोभयितुं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped भ, which also leaves the quarter a syllable short; the critical edition reads pralobhayituṃ).

Verse 16 (5.9.16)

यतिष्यामो वशे कर्तुं व्यपनेतुं च ते भयम् ॥

yatiṣyāmo vaśe kartuṃ vyapanetuṃ ca te bhayam

We shall strive to bring him under our sway and to remove your fear.

Note on the text: Wikisource verse 15 is split here at the heading शल्य उवाच, which is printed after its first line (row 5-9-15a). This line ends the Apsarases' speech (CE 5.9.14ef).

Verse 17 (5.9.17)

इन्द्रेण तास्त्वनुज्ञाता जग्मुस्त्रिशिरसोऽन्तिकम् । तत्र ता विविधैर्भावैर्लोभयन्त्यो वराङ्गनाः ॥

indreṇa tāstvanujñātā jagmustriśiraso'ntikam | tatra tā vividhairbhāvairlobhayantyo varāṅganāḥ

Given leave by Indra, those lovely women went to Trishiras. There they tried to entice him with every kind of amorous mood.

Note on the text: Second and third lines of Wikisource verse 15, after the heading शल्य उवाच (CE 5.9.15abcd).

Verse 18 (5.9.18)

नृत्तं संदर्शयामासुस्तथैवाङ्गेषु सौष्ठवम् । नाभ्यगच्छत्प्रहर्षं ताः स पश्यन्सुमहातपाः ॥

nṛttaṃ saṃdarśayāmāsustathaivāṅgeṣu sauṣṭhavam | nābhyagacchatpraharṣaṃ tāḥ sa paśyansumahātapāḥ

They displayed their dancing and the grace of their limbs, but the great ascetic, though he looked at them, felt no delight.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 5.9.15ef (nṛtyaṃ saṃdarśayantyaś ca for नृत्तं संदर्शयामासुः); the second line is a variant of CE 5.9.16ab.

Verse 19 (5.9.19)

इन्द्रियाणि वशे कृत्वा पूर्णसागरसन्निभः । तास्तु यत्नं परं कृत्वा पुनः शक्रमुपस्थिताः ॥

indriyāṇi vaśe kṛtvā pūrṇasāgarasannibhaḥ | tāstu yatnaṃ paraṃ kṛtvā punaḥ śakramupasthitāḥ

Having brought his senses under control, he was like the brimming ocean. After making their utmost effort, the Apsarases came back to Shakra.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.16cd and the second CE 5.9.17ab.

Verse 20 (5.9.20)

कृताञ्जलिपुटाः सर्वा देवराजमथाब्रुवन् । न स शक्यः सुदुर्धर्षो धैर्याच्चालयितुं प्रभो ॥

kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ sarvā devarājamathābruvan | na sa śakyaḥ sudurdharṣo dhairyāccālayituṃ prabho

All of them, with hands joined in reverence, said to the king of the gods: "Lord, that unassailable one cannot be shaken from his firmness.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.17cd and the second CE 5.9.18ab.

Verse 21 (5.9.21)

यत्ते कार्यं महाभाग क्रियतां तदनन्तरम् । संपूज्याप्सरसः शक्रो विसृज्य च महामतिः ॥

yatte kāryaṃ mahābhāga kriyatāṃ tadanantaram | saṃpūjyāpsarasaḥ śakro visṛjya ca mahāmatiḥ

Do next whatever you must, O fortunate one." The wise Shakra honoured the Apsarases and dismissed them,

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.18cd and the second CE 5.9.19ab.

Verse 22 (5.9.22)

चिन्तयामास तस्यैव वधोपायं युधिष्ठिर । स तूष्णीं चिन्तयन्वीरो देवराजः प्रतापवान् ॥

cintayāmāsa tasyaiva vadhopāyaṃ yudhiṣṭhira | sa tūṣṇīṃ cintayanvīro devarājaḥ pratāpavān

and thought only of how he might kill him, O Yudhishthira. Brooding in silence, the heroic and mighty king of the gods,

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.19cd (reading mahātmanaḥ for युधिष्ठिर) and the second CE 5.9.20ab.

Verse 23 (5.9.23)

विनिश्चितमतिर्धीमान्वधे त्रिशिरसोऽभवत् । वज्रमस्य क्षिपाम्यद्य स क्षिप्रं न भविष्यति ॥

viniścitamatirdhīmānvadhe triśiraso'bhavat | vajramasya kṣipāmyadya sa kṣipraṃ na bhaviṣyati

wise as he was, made up his mind to kill Trishiras. "I shall hurl my thunderbolt at him today, and he will quickly be no more.

Note on the text: Separated नभविष्यति → न भविष्यति (word division). The first line is CE 5.9.20cd and the second CE 5.9.21ab.

Verse 24 (5.9.24)

शत्रुः प्रवृद्धो नोपेक्ष्यो दुर्बलोऽपि बलीयसा । शास्त्रबुद्ध्या विनिश्चित्य कृत्वा बुद्धिं वधे दृढाम् ॥

śatruḥ pravṛddho nopekṣyo durbalo'pi balīyasā | śāstrabuddhyā viniścitya kṛtvā buddhiṃ vadhe dṛḍhām

A growing enemy, even a weak one, should not be ignored by the stronger." Having settled this by the wisdom of the treatises and firmly set his mind on the killing,

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.21cd and the second CE 5.9.22ab.

Verse 25 (5.9.25)

अथ वैश्वानरनिभं घोररूपं भयावहम् । मुमोच वज्रं संक्रुद्धः शक्रस्त्रिशिरसं प्रति ॥

atha vaiśvānaranibhaṃ ghorarūpaṃ bhayāvaham | mumoca vajraṃ saṃkruddhaḥ śakrastriśirasaṃ prati

Shakra in his fury hurled at Trishiras the thunderbolt, terrible in form and fearsome, blazing like Vaishvanara, the fire.

Note on the text: CE 5.9.22cdef.

Verse 26 (5.9.26)

स पपात हतस्तेन वज्रेण दृढमाहतः । पर्वतस्येव शिखरं प्रणुन्नं मेदिनीतले ॥

sa papāta hatastena vajreṇa dṛḍhamāhataḥ | parvatasyeva śikharaṃ praṇunnaṃ medinītale

Struck hard by that thunderbolt, he fell dead upon the ground, like a mountain peak hurled down to the earth.

Verse 27 (5.9.27)

तं तु वज्रहतं दृष्ट्वा शयानमचलोपमम् । न शर्म लेभे देवेन्द्रो दीपितस्तस्य तेजसा ॥

taṃ tu vajrahataṃ dṛṣṭvā śayānamacalopamam | na śarma lebhe devendro dīpitastasya tejasā

Yet seeing him lying there like a mountain, struck down by the thunderbolt, the lord of the gods found no peace, scorched by his radiance.

Note on the text: Corrected दीपिततस्तस्य → दीपितस्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled त; the critical edition reads dīpitas tasya).

Verse 28 (5.9.28)

हतोऽपि दीप्ततेजाः स जीवन्निव हि दृश्यते । घातितस्य शिरांस्याजौ जीवन्तीवाद्भुतानि वै ॥

hato'pi dīptatejāḥ sa jīvanniva hi dṛśyate | ghātitasya śirāṃsyājau jīvantīvādbhutāni vai

Though slain, he still blazed with energy and seemed to be alive; the heads of the one struck down in that encounter seemed, wondrously, still to live.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.24ef (reading ca for हि); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 5.9.24f*0071, line 1).

Verse 29 (5.9.29)

शिरांसि तस्याजायन्त त्रीण्येव शकुनास्त्रयः । तित्तिरिः कलविङ्कश्च तथैव च कपिञ्जलः । विश्वरूपशिरांस्येव जायन्ते तानि भारत ॥

śirāṃsi tasyājāyanta trīṇyeva śakunāstrayaḥ | tittiriḥ kalaviṅkaśca tathaiva ca kapiñjalaḥ | viśvarūpaśirāṃsyeva jāyante tāni bhārata

His three heads became three birds: the partridge, the sparrow and the francolin. It is Vishvarupa's heads, O Bharata, that are born as these birds.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (` and ') around this verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.9.24f*0072, lines 1–3 (reading tasya jāyante for तस्याजायन्त and tasya bhārata for तानि भारत).

Verse 30 (5.9.30)

ततोऽतिभीतगात्रस्तु शक्र आस्ते विचारयन् । अथाजगाम परशुं स्कन्धेनादाय वर्धकिः ॥

tato'tibhītagātrastu śakra āste vicārayan | athājagāma paraśuṃ skandhenādāya vardhakiḥ

Then Shakra sat brooding, his body trembling with fear. Just then a carpenter came along, carrying an axe on his shoulder,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.9.24f*0071, lines 2–3.

Verse 31 (5.9.31)

तदरण्यं महाराज यत्रास्तेऽसौ निपातितः । स भीतस्तत्र तक्षाणं घटमानं शचीपतिः ॥

tadaraṇyaṃ mahārāja yatrāste'sau nipātitaḥ | sa bhītastatra takṣāṇaṃ ghaṭamānaṃ śacīpatiḥ

into that forest, great king, where Trishiras lay struck down. There the frightened lord of Shachi saw the carpenter at work,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 5.9.24f*0071, line 4); the second line is CE 5.9.25ab (reading abhitas for स भीतस्).

Verse 32 (5.9.32)

अपश्यदब्रवीच्चैनं सत्वरं पाकशासनः । क्षिप्रं छिन्धि शिरांस्यस्य कुरुष्व वचनं मम ॥

apaśyadabravīccainaṃ satvaraṃ pākaśāsanaḥ | kṣipraṃ chindhi śirāṃsyasya kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama

and the chastiser of Paka quickly said to him: "Cut off his heads at once. Do as I say."

Note on the text: CE 5.9.25cdef.

Verse 33 (5.9.33)

महास्कन्धो भृशं ह्येष परशुर्न भविष्यति । कर्तुं चाहं न शक्ष्यामि कर्म सद्भिर्विगर्हितम् ॥

mahāskandho bhṛśaṃ hyeṣa paraśurna bhaviṣyati | kartuṃ cāhaṃ na śakṣyāmi karma sadbhirvigarhitam

He is exceedingly broad in the shoulder; this axe will not survive it. Nor can I do a deed that good men condemn.

Note on the text: Corrected राद्भिर्विगर्हितम् → सद्भिर्विगर्हितम् (misprint in Wikisource; रा for स, राद्भिः is not a word; the critical edition reads sadbhir vigarhitam) and separated नभविष्यति → न भविष्यति (word division; the commentary glosses it नङ्क्ष्यति, "will be destroyed"). The critical edition reads na tariṣyati for न भविष्यति.

Verse 34 (5.9.34)

मा भैस्त्वं शीघ्रमेतद्वै कुरुष्व वचनं मम । मत्प्रसादाद्धि ते शस्त्रं वज्रकल्पं भविष्यति ॥

mā bhaistvaṃ śīghrametadvai kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama | matprasādāddhi te śastraṃ vajrakalpaṃ bhaviṣyati

Do not be afraid. Do this quickly, as I tell you. By my favour your tool will become like the thunderbolt.

Verse 35 (5.9.35)

कं भवन्तमहं विद्यां घोरकर्माणमद्य वै । एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं तत्त्वेन कथयस्व मे ॥

kaṃ bhavantamahaṃ vidyāṃ ghorakarmāṇamadya vai | etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ tattvena kathayasva me

Who should I take you to be, you who do so dreadful a deed today? This I wish to hear; tell me truly.

Verse 36 (5.9.36)

अहमिन्द्रो देवराजस्तक्षन्विदितमस्तु ते । कुरुष्वैतद्यथोक्तं मे तक्षन्माऽत्र विचारय ॥

ahamindro devarājastakṣanviditamastu te | kuruṣvaitadyathoktaṃ me takṣanmā'tra vicāraya

I am Indra, king of the gods; know this, carpenter. Do as I have told you, carpenter, and do not hesitate over it.

Verse 37 (5.9.37)

मया हि निहतः शेते त्रिशिरास्त्वं च विद्वि वै ॥

mayā hi nihataḥ śete triśirāstvaṃ ca vidvi vai

For Trishiras lies there slain by me; know that too.

Note on the text: Wikisource verse 35 is split here: a speaker heading is printed after its first line (row 5-9-35a), which ends Indra's speech. Removed the stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.9.29d*0073, line 1.

Verse 38 (5.9.38)

स प्रह्वः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

sa prahvaḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Bowing low, with joined hands, the carpenter spoke these words:

Note on the text: Second line of Wikisource verse 35 (row 5-9-35b), split off at the heading printed before it. Wikisource prints that heading as वैशंपायन उवाच, but this line is narration within Shalya's tale, so it is given to Shalya. Removed the stray wiki mark ('). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.9.29d*0073, line 2.

Verse 39 (5.9.39)

क्रूरेण नापत्रपसे कथं शक्रेह कर्मणा । ऋषिपुत्रमिमं हत्वा ब्रह्महत्याभयं न ते ॥

krūreṇa nāpatrapase kathaṃ śakreha karmaṇā | ṛṣiputramimaṃ hatvā brahmahatyābhayaṃ na te

How is it that you feel no shame at this cruel deed, Shakra? Having killed this son of a sage, do you not fear the sin of slaying a brahmin?

Note on the text: Speaker set to the carpenter: this is the speech announced in the previous line (the critical edition heads it takṣovāca); Wikisource prints no heading and the input carried वैशंपायन.

Verse 40 (5.9.40)

पश्चाद्धर्मं चरिष्यामि पावनार्थं सुदुश्चरम् । शत्रुरेष महावीर्यो वज्रेण निहतो मया ॥

paścāddharmaṃ cariṣyāmi pāvanārthaṃ suduścaram | śatrureṣa mahāvīryo vajreṇa nihato mayā

Afterwards I shall perform some very hard rite of dharma to purify myself. This was a mighty enemy, and I have killed him with my thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Corrected पावनार्थ → पावनार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads pāvanārthaṃ).

Verse 41 (5.9.41)

अद्यापि चाहमुद्विग्नस्तक्षन्नस्माद्बिभेमि वै । क्षिप्रं छिन्धि शिरांसि त्वं करिष्येऽनुग्रहं तव ॥

adyāpi cāhamudvignastakṣannasmādbibhemi vai | kṣipraṃ chindhi śirāṃsi tvaṃ kariṣye'nugrahaṃ tava

Even now I am uneasy and afraid of him, carpenter. Cut off his heads quickly, and I shall show you favour.

Verse 42 (5.9.42)

शिरः पशोस्ते दास्यन्ति भागं यज्ञेषु मानवाः । एष तेऽनुग्रहस्तक्षन्क्षिप्रं कुरु मम प्रियम् ॥

śiraḥ paśoste dāsyanti bhāgaṃ yajñeṣu mānavāḥ | eṣa te'nugrahastakṣankṣipraṃ kuru mama priyam

At sacrifices men will give you the head of the victim as your share. That is my favour to you, carpenter; now quickly do what I want.

Verse 43 (5.9.43)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु तक्षा स महेन्द्रवचनात्तदा । शिरांस्यथ त्रिशिरसः कुठारेणाच्छिनत्तदा ॥

etacchrutvā tu takṣā sa mahendravacanāttadā | śirāṃsyatha triśirasaḥ kuṭhāreṇācchinattadā

Hearing this, the carpenter, at great Indra's word, then cut off the heads of Trishiras with his axe.

Verse 44 (5.9.44)

निकृत्तेषु ततस्तेषु निष्क्रामन्नण्डजास्त्वथ । कपिञ्जलास्तित्तिराश्च कलविङ्काश्च सर्वशः ॥

nikṛtteṣu tatasteṣu niṣkrāmannaṇḍajāstvatha | kapiñjalāstittirāśca kalaviṅkāśca sarvaśaḥ

When they were cut off, birds came flying out of them: francolins, partridges and sparrows on every side.

Verse 45 (5.9.45)

येन वेदानधीते स्म पिबते सोममेव च । तस्माद्वक्त्राद्विनिश्चेरुः क्षिप्रं तस्य कपिञ्जलाः ॥

yena vedānadhīte sma pibate somameva ca | tasmādvaktrādviniśceruḥ kṣipraṃ tasya kapiñjalāḥ

From the mouth with which he recited the Vedas and drank Soma, francolins swiftly flew out.

Note on the text: Corrected वक्रार्द्विनिश्चेरुः → वक्त्राद्विनिश्चेरुः (misprint in Wikisource; वक्र "crooked" for वक्त्र "mouth", with a stray र्; the critical edition reads vaktrān).

Verse 46 (5.9.46)

येन सर्वा दिशो राजन्पिबन्निव निरीक्षते । तस्माद्वक्त्राद्विनिश्चेरुस्तित्तिरास्तस्य पाण्डव ॥

yena sarvā diśo rājanpibanniva nirīkṣate | tasmādvaktrādviniścerustittirāstasya pāṇḍava

From the mouth with which he gazed at all the quarters as though drinking them in, O king, partridges flew out, O son of Pandu.

Note on the text: Corrected नीरीक्षते → निरीक्षते and वक्राद् → वक्त्राद् (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads nirīkṣate and vaktrād).

Verse 47 (5.9.47)

यत्सुरापं तु तस्यासीद्वक्त्रं त्रिशिरसस्तदा । कलविङ्काः समुत्पेतुः श्येनाश्च भरतर्षभ ॥

yatsurāpaṃ tu tasyāsīdvaktraṃ triśirasastadā | kalaviṅkāḥ samutpetuḥ śyenāśca bharatarṣabha

And from the mouth of Trishiras that drank wine, sparrows and hawks flew up, O bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected वक्रं → वक्त्रं (misprint in Wikisource; वक्र "crooked" for वक्त्र "mouth"; the critical edition reads vaktraṃ).

Verse 48 (5.9.48)

ततस्तेषु निकृत्तेषु विज्वरो मघवानथ । तक्ष्णे तथा वरं दत्त्वा प्रहृष्टस्त्रिदशेश्वरः ॥

tatasteṣu nikṛtteṣu vijvaro maghavānatha | takṣṇe tathā varaṃ dattvā prahṛṣṭastridaśeśvaraḥ

When the heads had been cut off, Maghavan was freed from his anguish. Delighted, the lord of the thirty gods granted the carpenter the boon he had promised,

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (` and ') and a doubled ।। inside the second line. The first line is CE 5.9.39ab (reading maghavān abhūt for मघवानथ); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 5.9.39b*0074).

Verse 49 (5.9.49)

जगाम त्रिदिवं देवस्तक्षाऽपि स्वगृहान्ययौ । मेने कृतार्थमात्मानं हत्वा शत्रुं सुरारिहा ॥

jagāma tridivaṃ devastakṣā'pi svagṛhānyayau | mene kṛtārthamātmānaṃ hatvā śatruṃ surārihā

and the god went to heaven, while the carpenter too went home. Having killed his foe, the slayer of the gods' enemies thought his purpose achieved.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.39cd (reading hṛṣṭas for देवस्); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 5.9.39d*0076).

Verse 50 (5.9.50)

तक्षापि स्वगृहं गत्वा नैव शंसति कस्यचित् । अथैनं नाभिजानन्ति वर्षमेकं तथागतम् ॥

takṣāpi svagṛhaṃ gatvā naiva śaṃsati kasyacit | athainaṃ nābhijānanti varṣamekaṃ tathāgatam

Having gone home, the carpenter told no one. And so for a whole year no one knew Indra for what he had become.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki mark (`) that opens the passage (verses 47–52). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.9.39d*0075, lines 1–2.

Verse 51 (5.9.51)

अथ संवत्सरे पूर्णे भूताः पशुपतेः प्रभो । तमाक्रोशन्त मघवान्नः प्रभुर्ब्रह्महा इति ॥

atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe bhūtāḥ paśupateḥ prabho | tamākrośanta maghavānnaḥ prabhurbrahmahā iti

Then, when the year was over, O lord, the beings who attend on Pashupati cried out against him: "Maghavan, our lord, is a slayer of a brahmin!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.9.39d*0075, lines 3–4 (reading te cākrośanta for तमाक्रोशन्त).

Verse 52 (5.9.52)

तत इन्द्रो व्रतं घोरमाचरत्पाकशासनः । तपसा च सुसंयुक्तः सह देवैर्मरुद्गणैः ॥

tata indro vrataṃ ghoramācaratpākaśāsanaḥ | tapasā ca susaṃyuktaḥ saha devairmarudgaṇaiḥ

Then Indra, the chastiser of Paka, undertook a severe vow, joined in austerity by the gods and the hosts of Maruts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.9.39d*0075, lines 5–6.

Verse 53 (5.9.53)

समुद्रेषु पृथिव्यां च वनस्पतिषु स्त्रीषु च । विभज्य ब्रह्महत्यां च तान्वरैरप्ययोजयत् ॥

samudreṣu pṛthivyāṃ ca vanaspatiṣu strīṣu ca | vibhajya brahmahatyāṃ ca tānvarairapyayojayat

He divided the sin of brahmin-slaying among the oceans, the earth, the trees and women, and bestowed boons on them as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.9.39d*0075, lines 7–8 (reading samudre for समुद्रेषु and tāṃś ca saṃyojayad varaiḥ for तान्वरैरप्ययोजयत्).

Verse 54 (5.9.54)

वरदस्तु वरं दत्त्वा पृथिव्यै सागराय च । वनस्पतिभ्यः स्त्रीभ्यश्च ब्रह्महत्यां नुनोद ताम् ॥

varadastu varaṃ dattvā pṛthivyai sāgarāya ca | vanaspatibhyaḥ strībhyaśca brahmahatyāṃ nunoda tām

Granting boons to the earth, the ocean, the trees and women, the giver of boons drove that sin of brahmin-slaying away from himself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.9.39d*0075, lines 9–10.

Verse 55 (5.9.55)

ततस्तु शुद्धो भगवान्देवैर्लोकैश्च पूजितः । इन्द्रस्थानमुपातिष्ठत्पूज्यमानो महर्षिभिः ॥

tatastu śuddho bhagavāndevairlokaiśca pūjitaḥ | indrasthānamupātiṣṭhatpūjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ

Then the blessed lord, purified, honoured by the gods and the worlds and worshipped by the great seers, took up his place as Indra once more.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki mark (') that closes the passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.9.39d*0075, lines 11–12.

Verse 56 (5.9.56)

त्वष्टा प्रजापतिः श्रुत्वा शक्रेणाथ हतं सुतम् । क्रोधसंरक्तनयन इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tvaṣṭā prajāpatiḥ śrutvā śakreṇātha hataṃ sutam | krodhasaṃraktanayana idaṃ vacanamabravīt

When the Prajapati Tvashtri heard that Shakra had killed his son, his eyes went red with rage and he spoke these words:

Verse 57 (5.9.57)

तप्यमानं तपो नित्यं क्षान्तं दान्तं जितेन्द्रियम् । विनाऽपराधेन यतः पुत्रं हिंसितवान्मम ॥

tapyamānaṃ tapo nityaṃ kṣāntaṃ dāntaṃ jitendriyam | vinā'parādhena yataḥ putraṃ hiṃsitavānmama

My son was ever engaged in austerity, patient, restrained and master of his senses; and since Indra has killed him though he had done no wrong,

Verse 58 (5.9.58)

तस्माच्छक्रविनाशाय वृत्रमुत्पादयाम्यहम् । लोकाः पश्यन्तु मे वीर्यं तपसश्च बलं महत् । स च पश्यतु देवेन्द्रो दुरात्मा पापचेतनः ॥

tasmācchakravināśāya vṛtramutpādayāmyaham | lokāḥ paśyantu me vīryaṃ tapasaśca balaṃ mahat | sa ca paśyatu devendro durātmā pāpacetanaḥ

I shall therefore bring forth Vritra to destroy Shakra. Let the worlds see my strength and the great power of my austerity, and let that evil-minded, wicked lord of the gods see it too.

Note on the text: Corrected महम् → महत् (misprint in Wikisource; the adjective qualifying बलम् must be महत्; the critical edition reads balaṃ mahat).

Verse 59 (5.9.59)

उपस्पृश्य ततः क्रुद्धस्तपस्वी सुमहायशाः । अग्नौ हुत्वा समुत्पाद्य घोरं वृत्रमुवाच ह ॥

upaspṛśya tataḥ kruddhastapasvī sumahāyaśāḥ | agnau hutvā samutpādya ghoraṃ vṛtramuvāca ha

Then that wrathful ascetic of great fame touched water, offered an oblation into the fire, brought forth the terrible Vritra and said to him:

Note on the text: Speaker corrected to Shalya: Tvashtri's speech ends with verse 55, and from here to the end of the adhyaya the text is narration within Shalya's tale (the input carried त्वष्टा over verses 56–68). The critical edition reads agniṃ hutvā for अग्नौ हुत्वा.

Verse 60 (5.9.60)

इन्द्रशत्रो विवर्धस्व प्रभावात्तपसो मम । सोऽवर्धत दिवं स्तब्ध्वा सूर्यवैश्वानरोपमः ॥

indraśatro vivardhasva prabhāvāttapaso mama | so'vardhata divaṃ stabdhvā sūryavaiśvānaropamaḥ

"Enemy of Indra, grow by the power of my austerity!" And he grew until he propped up the sky, like the sun or the fire Vaishvanara.

Note on the text: Corrected सोऽवर्घत → सोऽवर्धत (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध; the critical edition reads so 'vardhata). The first line is CE 5.9.43ef and the second CE 5.9.44ab.

Verse 61 (5.9.61)

किं करोमीति चोवाच कालसूर्य इवोदितः । शक्रं जहीति चाप्युक्तो जगाम त्रिदिवं ततः ॥

kiṃ karomīti covāca kālasūrya ivoditaḥ | śakraṃ jahīti cāpyukto jagāma tridivaṃ tataḥ

Risen like the sun at the end of time, he asked, "What shall I do?" Told, "Kill Shakra," he went to heaven.

Note on the text: CE 5.9.44cdef.

Verse 62 (5.9.62)

ततो युद्धं समभवद्वृत्रवासवयोर्महत् । संक्रुद्धयोर्महाघोरं प्रसक्तं कुरुसत्तम ॥

tato yuddhaṃ samabhavadvṛtravāsavayormahat | saṃkruddhayormahāghoraṃ prasaktaṃ kurusattama

Then a great battle broke out between Vritra and Vasava, both in fury, terrible and unrelenting, O best of the Kurus.

Verse 63 (5.9.63)

ततो जग्राह देवेन्द्रं वृत्रो वीरः शतक्रतुम् । अपावृत्याक्षिपद्वक्त्रे शक्रं कोपसमन्वितः ॥

tato jagrāha devendraṃ vṛtro vīraḥ śatakratum | apāvṛtyākṣipadvaktre śakraṃ kopasamanvitaḥ

Then the heroic Vritra seized Shatakratu, the king of the gods, and opening wide his mouth, in his fury flung Shakra into it.

Note on the text: Corrected वक्रे → वक्त्रे (misprint in Wikisource; वक्र "crooked" for वक्त्र "mouth"; the commentary glosses अपावृत्य as मुखं संप्रसार्य). The second line differs from the critical edition (apāvṛtya sa jagrāsa vṛtraḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ).

Verse 64 (5.9.64)

ग्रस्ते वृत्रेण शक्रे तु संभ्रान्तास्त्रिदिवेश्वराः । असृजंस्ते महासत्त्वा जृम्भिकां वृत्रनाशिनीम् ॥

graste vṛtreṇa śakre tu saṃbhrāntāstridiveśvarāḥ | asṛjaṃste mahāsattvā jṛmbhikāṃ vṛtranāśinīm

When Shakra had been swallowed by Vritra, the lords of heaven were thrown into confusion, and those mighty beings created the yawn to destroy Vritra.

Note on the text: Corrected महासत्वा → महासत्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; sattva is spelt with त्त्व; the critical edition reads mahāsattvā).

Verse 65 (5.9.65)

विजृम्भमाणस्य ततो वृत्रस्यास्यादपावृतात् । स्वान्यङ्गान्यभिसंक्षिप्य निष्क्रान्तो बलनाशनः ॥

vijṛmbhamāṇasya tato vṛtrasyāsyādapāvṛtāt | svānyaṅgānyabhisaṃkṣipya niṣkrānto balanāśanaḥ

As Vritra yawned, the destroyer of Bala drew in his limbs and came out of his gaping mouth.

Verse 66 (5.9.66)

ततः प्रभृति लोकस्य जृम्भिका प्राणिसंश्रिता । जहृषुश्च सुराः सर्वे शक्रं दृष्ट्वा विनिःसृतम् ॥

tataḥ prabhṛti lokasya jṛmbhikā prāṇisaṃśritā | jahṛṣuśca surāḥ sarve śakraṃ dṛṣṭvā viniḥsṛtam

From that time on, the yawn has dwelt in living beings throughout the world. All the gods rejoiced to see Shakra come out.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.48ef and the second CE 5.9.49ab.

Verse 67 (5.9.67)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं वृत्रवासवयोः पुनः । संरब्धयोस्तदा घोरं सुचिरं भरतर्षभ ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ vṛtravāsavayoḥ punaḥ | saṃrabdhayostadā ghoraṃ suciraṃ bharatarṣabha

Then the battle between Vritra and Vasava began again, the two of them enraged, terrible and long, O bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: CE 5.9.49cdef.

Verse 68 (5.9.68)

यदा व्यवर्धत रणे वृत्रो बलसमन्वितः । त्वष्टुस्तेजोबलाविद्धस्तदा शक्रो न्यवर्तत ॥

yadā vyavardhata raṇe vṛtro balasamanvitaḥ | tvaṣṭustejobalāviddhastadā śakro nyavartata

When Vritra, filled with strength and charged with Tvashtri's energy and power, grew mighty in battle, Shakra turned back.

Verse 69 (5.9.69)

निवृत्ते च तदा देवा विषादमगमन्परम् । समेत्य सह शक्रेण त्वष्टुस्तेजोविमोहिताः ॥

nivṛtte ca tadā devā viṣādamagamanparam | sametya saha śakreṇa tvaṣṭustejovimohitāḥ

When he withdrew, the gods fell into deep despair. Gathering together with Shakra, bewildered by Tvashtri's energy,

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Verse 70 (5.9.70)

अमन्त्रयन्त ते सर्वे मुनिभिः सह भारत । किं कार्यमिति वै राजन्विचिन्त्य भयमोहिताः ॥

amantrayanta te sarve munibhiḥ saha bhārata | kiṃ kāryamiti vai rājanvicintya bhayamohitāḥ

and, confounded by fear, they all took counsel with the sages, O Bharata, considering what was to be done, O king.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.9.51ef and the second CE 5.9.52ab (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 71 (5.9.71)

जग्मुः सर्वे महात्मानं मनोभिर्विष्णुमव्ययम् । उपविष्टा मन्दराग्रे सर्वे वृत्रवधेप्सवः ॥

jagmuḥ sarve mahātmānaṃ manobhirviṣṇumavyayam | upaviṣṭā mandarāgre sarve vṛtravadhepsavaḥ

Seated on the summit of Mandara, all of them, longing for Vritra's death, went in their minds to the great-souled, imperishable Vishnu.

Note on the text: CE 5.9.52cdef (the automatic alignment missed it).