The Great Festival of Jalandhara's Slaying

Verse 1 (padma.6.18.1)

श्रीनारद उवाच ।अथ जालंधरः प्राह रक्षात्मानमितः शिवम् । शिवाद्य त्वां क्षिपाम्याशु यत्रास्ते मधुसूदनः

śrīnārada uvāca atha jālaṁdharaḥ prāha rakṣātmānamitaḥ śivam śivādya tvāṁ kṣipāmyāśu yatrāste madhusūdanaḥ

Shri Narada said: Then Jalandhara, [challenging] Shiva to defend himself, said: 'O Shiva, today I shall swiftly cast you to where Madhusudana dwells.

Verse 2 (padma.6.18.2)

पश्चाद्ब्रह्माणमाकृष्य पातयिष्यामि सागरे । धृतेषु युष्मासु यदा तदा सर्वेश्वरो ह्यहम्

paścādbrahmāṇamākṛṣya pātayiṣyāmi sāgare dhṛteṣu yuṣmāsu yadā tadā sarveśvaro hyaham

'Then, dragging Brahma out too, I shall cast him into the ocean; once you both are captive, then I alone shall become the Lord of all.'

Verse 3 (padma.6.18.3)

इत्युक्त्वा सैन्यसंभारं न्यस्य शुंभासुरादिषु । भटैर्गुप्तं निशुंभाद्यैश्चतुरंगमनंतकम्

ityuktvā sainyasaṁbhāraṁ nyasya śuṁbhāsurādiṣu bhaṭairguptaṁ niśuṁbhādyaiścaturaṁgamanaṁtakam

Having said this, entrusting the whole burden of his army to Shumbhasura and the others, protected by warriors like Nishumbha, his boundless four-fold army —

Verse 4 (padma.6.18.4)

शुंभो निशुंभः फेंकारो फेरुंडो धूम्रलोचनः । केतुर्बिडालजंघश्च राहुर्दुर्वारणो यमः

śuṁbho niśuṁbhaḥ pheṁkāro pheruṁḍo dhūmralocanaḥ keturbiḍālajaṁghaśca rāhurdurvāraṇo yamaḥ

Shumbha, Nishumbha, Phenkara, Pherunda, Dhumralochana, Ketu, Bidalajangha, Rahu, Durvarana, Yama,

Verse 5 (padma.6.18.5)

कालासुरोऽथ लवणो भूमिरेतोंधकासुरः । रक्तवीर्यादयश्चंडी चामुंडी दैत्यपुंगवाः

kālāsuro'tha lavaṇo bhūmiretoṁdhakāsuraḥ raktavīryādayaścaṁḍī cāmuṁḍī daityapuṁgavāḥ

Kalasura, Lavana, Bhumiretas, Andhakasura, Raktavirya and the rest, Chandi, Chamundi — these were the foremost demons.

Verse 6 (padma.6.18.6)

सर्वानेवोद्यतान्दृष्ट्वा संख्ये दानवपुंगवान् । रुरुधुः समरे राजन्वीरभद्रादयो गणाः

sarvānevodyatāndṛṣṭvā saṁkhye dānavapuṁgavān rurudhuḥ samare rājanvīrabhadrādayo gaṇāḥ

Seeing all these foremost demons thus ready for battle, O king, Virabhadra and the other attendants blocked them in that fight.

Verse 7 (padma.6.18.7)

ततो युद्धमभूद्धोरं तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम् । पतंति प्रथमा यत्र दैत्याश्चापि क्षतातुराः

tato yuddhamabhūddhoraṁ tumulaṁ lomaharṣaṇam pataṁti prathamā yatra daityāścāpi kṣatāturāḥ

Then a terrible, tumultuous, hair-raising battle ensued, in which the wounded, afflicted demons began to fall first.

Verse 8 (padma.6.18.8)

अथ शुंभादिभिर्दैत्यैः सर्वशस्त्रैर्महामृधे । हताः पेतुर्गणाश्चान्ये पलायांचक्रिरे नृप

atha śuṁbhādibhirdaityaiḥ sarvaśastrairmahāmṛdhe hatāḥ peturgaṇāścānye palāyāṁcakrire nṛpa

Then, struck down by all the weapons of Shumbha and the other demons in that great fray, other attendants fell too, and, O king, some fled.

Verse 9 (padma.6.18.9)

गणान्विजित्य समरे रुरुधुर्दानवाः शिवम् । वर्षंतः शरधाराभिर्घना मेरुगिरिं यथा

gaṇānvijitya samare rurudhurdānavāḥ śivam varṣaṁtaḥ śaradhārābhirghanā merugiriṁ yathā

Having conquered the attendants in battle, the demons surrounded Shiva, raining down showers of arrows like dense clouds upon Mount Meru.

Verse 10 (padma.6.18.10)

ततः पिनाकमाकृष्य वृषभोपरि भैरवः । जघान बाणनिवहैर्दानवान्समरांगणे । तीक्ष्णाग्रैस्तु क्षुरप्रौघैर्दानवानहनद्बली

tataḥ pinākamākṛṣya vṛṣabhopari bhairavaḥ jaghāna bāṇanivahairdānavānsamarāṁgaṇe tīkṣṇāgraistu kṣurapraughairdānavānahanadbalī

Then, drawing his bow Pinaka upon his bull, that terrifying one struck down the demons on the battlefield with masses of arrows; with sharp-tipped razor-shafts the mighty one destroyed the demons.

Verse 11 (padma.6.18.11)

केचिन्नंदिप्रहारेण पेतुः संग्राममूर्धनि । बाणैश्च जर्जरान्कृत्वा शुंभादीन्वृषभध्वजः

kecinnaṁdiprahāreṇa petuḥ saṁgrāmamūrdhani bāṇaiśca jarjarānkṛtvā śuṁbhādīnvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

Some fell at the head of the battle from Nandi's blows; and the Bull-bannered one, having shattered Shumbha and the others with arrows,

Verse 12 (padma.6.18.12)

शेषं सैन्यं जघानाशु शस्त्रास्त्रैः समरांगणे । गजैर्नरैर्हयैर्व्याप्तं पतितैः समरांगणम्

śeṣaṁ sainyaṁ jaghānāśu śastrāstraiḥ samarāṁgaṇe gajairnarairhayairvyāptaṁ patitaiḥ samarāṁgaṇam

swiftly struck down the rest of the army with weapons and missiles on that battlefield too; the battlefield, thronged with fallen elephants, men, and horses —

Verse 13 (padma.6.18.13)

बभूव वज्रनिर्भिन्नैः पर्वतैरिव भूतलम् । अथ मायामयीं गौरीं विदधे सिंधुनंदनः

babhūva vajranirbhinnaiḥ parvatairiva bhūtalam atha māyāmayīṁ gaurīṁ vidadhe siṁdhunaṁdanaḥ

became like an earth strewn with mountains shattered by the thunderbolt. Then the ocean's son fashioned an illusory Gauri,

Verse 14 (padma.6.18.14)

सौंदर्यगुणसंपन्नां सर्वालंकारभूषिताम् । जयां मायामयीं कृत्वा समुवाचाब्धिनंदनः

sauṁdaryaguṇasaṁpannāṁ sarvālaṁkārabhūṣitām jayāṁ māyāmayīṁ kṛtvā samuvācābdhinaṁdanaḥ

endowed with beauty and every virtue, adorned with every ornament; having made this illusory 'Jaya,' the ocean's son said to her —

Verse 15 (padma.6.18.15)

गच्छ त्वं पुरतो रुद्रं विमोहय रणे द्रुतम् । इत्युक्त्वा दैत्यपतिना ययौ मायामयी जया

gaccha tvaṁ purato rudraṁ vimohaya raṇe drutam ityuktvā daityapatinā yayau māyāmayī jayā

'Go before Rudra and swiftly bewilder him in that battle.' Thus commanded by the demon-lord, that illusory Jaya went.

Verse 16 (padma.6.18.16)

रणे गत्वा शिवस्याग्रे मुक्तकेशी रुरोद ह । पृष्टा हरेण सा प्राह मानसोत्तरपर्वतात्

raṇe gatvā śivasyāgre muktakeśī ruroda ha pṛṣṭā hareṇa sā prāha mānasottaraparvatāt

Going to the battlefield, before Shiva, her hair unbound, she wept; questioned by Hara, she said: 'From Manasottara mountain,

Verse 17 (padma.6.18.17)

हृता तव प्रिया देव पार्वती सिंधुसूनुना । श्रुत्वेति वचनं तस्यास्तामुवाच वृषध्वजः

hṛtā tava priyā deva pārvatī siṁdhusūnunā śrutveti vacanaṁ tasyāstāmuvāca vṛṣadhvajaḥ

'the ocean's son has carried off your beloved Parvati, O God!' Hearing her words, the Bull-bannered one said to her —

Verse 18 (padma.6.18.18)

जये त्वमेहि वृषभं त्वां हरिष्यंति दानवाः । ततो वृषभमारुह्य जया चालिंग्य शंकरम्

jaye tvamehi vṛṣabhaṁ tvāṁ hariṣyaṁti dānavāḥ tato vṛṣabhamāruhya jayā cāliṁgya śaṁkaram

'Come, Jaya, mount the bull — the demons might carry you off too.' Then, mounting the bull, embracing Shankara, Jaya

Verse 19 (padma.6.18.19)

प्राह प्रयामि पार्वत्या न जीवामि विना हर । चंद्रं शंभुजटाविष्टं गृहीत्वा वृषभाद्द्रुतम्

prāha prayāmi pārvatyā na jīvāmi vinā hara caṁdraṁ śaṁbhujaṭāviṣṭaṁ gṛhītvā vṛṣabhāddrutam

said: 'I am going to Parvati, O Hara — I cannot live without her.' Swiftly seizing the moon lodged in Shambhu's own matted locks, from the bull,

Verse 20 (padma.6.18.20)

अवारोहत सा माया मायाष्वक्तो रणं ययौ । ततो गौरीं हृतां श्रुत्वा चिंतयामास शंकरः

avārohata sā māyā māyāṣvakto raṇaṁ yayau tato gaurīṁ hṛtāṁ śrutvā ciṁtayāmāsa śaṁkaraḥ

that illusory being descended, and, freed from the illusion, went off into battle. Then, hearing that Gauri had been carried off, Shankara grew troubled —

Verse 21 (padma.6.18.21)

दैत्यमायापरिष्वक्तो नात्मानं बुबुधे नृप । एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्तः सैन्येन महता वृतः

daityamāyāpariṣvakto nātmānaṁ bubudhe nṛpa etasminnaṁtare prāptaḥ sainyena mahatā vṛtaḥ

O king, enveloped by the demon's illusion, he did not recognize his own true state. Meanwhile the ocean-born, surrounded by a great army,

Verse 22 (padma.6.18.22)

मायामृडानीं स्वरथे निधायार्णवजः शिवम् । जालंधरजये तद्वदासीद्वादित्रनिस्वनः

māyāmṛḍānīṁ svarathe nidhāyārṇavajaḥ śivam jālaṁdharajaye tadvadāsīdvāditranisvanaḥ

placed an illusory Mridani in his own chariot and brought her before Shiva; and, as at Jalandhara's own victory, a sound of instruments rose up,

Verse 23 (padma.6.18.23)

चचाल वसुधा येन प्रतिनेदुर्महीधराः । हरस्य दर्शयामास पार्वतीं सिंधुनंदनः

cacāla vasudhā yena pratinedurmahīdharāḥ harasya darśayāmāsa pārvatīṁ siṁdhunaṁdanaḥ

by which the earth shook, and the mountains echoed in response. The ocean's son showed Parvati to Hara.

Verse 24 (padma.6.18.24)

रुद्रोऽप्यरिरथस्थां तां ददर्श निजवल्लभाम् । वियोगविधुरां दीनां तन्वीमातुरलोचनाम्

rudro'pyarirathasthāṁ tāṁ dadarśa nijavallabhām viyogavidhurāṁ dīnāṁ tanvīmāturalocanām

Rudra too beheld her, seated in his enemy's chariot, his own beloved, wasted with separation, wretched, slender, her eyes full of anguish,

Verse 25 (padma.6.18.25)

हा नाथ प्रिय रुद्रेति प्रजल्पंतीं पुनः पुनः । प्रौढवैरिरथे दृष्ट्वा पाखंडिस्थां यथा श्रुतिम्

hā nātha priya rudreti prajalpaṁtīṁ punaḥ punaḥ prauḍhavairirathe dṛṣṭvā pākhaṁḍisthāṁ yathā śrutim

crying again and again, 'Alas, my lord! My beloved Rudra!' Seeing her thus in his mighty enemy's chariot, as if seeing sacred scripture in the mouth of a heretic,

Verse 26 (padma.6.18.26)

गौरीं दध्यौ तथा स्थाणुः कथं प्राप्या प्रिया मया । विललाप ततः शंभुर्दैत्यमायाविमोहितः

gaurīṁ dadhyau tathā sthāṇuḥ kathaṁ prāpyā priyā mayā vilalāpa tataḥ śaṁbhurdaityamāyāvimohitaḥ

Sthanu thought thus of Gauri: 'How shall I obtain my beloved once more?' Then Shambhu, bewildered by the demon's illusion, began to lament —

Verse 27 (padma.6.18.27)

मोहो मे दानवैः कांते हृतासि त्वां कथं प्रिये । शोकमोहप्लुतं दृष्ट्वा शंकरं सागरात्मजः

moho me dānavaiḥ kāṁte hṛtāsi tvāṁ kathaṁ priye śokamohaplutaṁ dṛṣṭvā śaṁkaraṁ sāgarātmajaḥ

'My love, the demons have deluded me — how have you been taken from me?' Seeing Shankara thus overwhelmed by grief and delusion, the ocean's son —

Verse 28 (padma.6.18.28)

जगाद प्रहसन्वाक्यं कश्चित्कारुण्यवान्यथा । सर्वप्रमाणशून्योऽसि स्मर शृंगारवर्जितः

jagāda prahasanvākyaṁ kaścitkāruṇyavānyathā sarvapramāṇaśūnyo'si smara śṛṁgāravarjitaḥ

said, laughing, as if he were compassionate: 'You have become utterly without any dignity, devoid even of Kama's own charm.

Verse 29 (padma.6.18.29)

ईश्वरोऽपि वराकस्त्वं संजातोंबिकया विना । मा रोदीर्हि विरूपाक्ष ददामि तव वल्लभाम्

īśvaro'pi varākastvaṁ saṁjātoṁbikayā vinā mā rodīrhi virūpākṣa dadāmi tava vallabhām

'Even being the Lord, without Ambika you have become a wretched thing. Do not weep, O misshapen-eyed one — I shall give you back your beloved.

Verse 30 (padma.6.18.30)

रक्षितोऽसि मया रुद्र गृहीत्वा पार्वतीं रणात् । इत्युक्त्वा गिरिशं तूर्णमुत्तार्य स्वरथादुमाम्

rakṣito'si mayā rudra gṛhītvā pārvatīṁ raṇāt ityuktvā giriśaṁ tūrṇamuttārya svarathādumām

'O Rudra, taking Parvati from the battle, I have spared you.' Having said this, swiftly helping Uma down from his own chariot, [he brought her] to Girisha,

Verse 31 (padma.6.18.31)

सैन्यं संप्रेषयामास शंकराभिमुखं किल । हरोऽपि वृषभेणाशु तत्सैन्यं समधावत

sainyaṁ saṁpreṣayāmāsa śaṁkarābhimukhaṁ kila haro'pi vṛṣabheṇāśu tatsainyaṁ samadhāvata

and sent his army forward against Shankara. Hara too, swiftly upon his bull, rushed at that army,

Verse 32 (padma.6.18.32)

गृहीतुं पार्वतीं पाहि त्राहित्राहीति जल्पतीम् । यावद्गृह्णाति तां गौरीं करेण वृषभध्वजः

gṛhītuṁ pārvatīṁ pāhi trāhitrāhīti jalpatīm yāvadgṛhṇāti tāṁ gaurīṁ kareṇa vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

to take that Parvati, who cried, 'Save me, save me!' As soon as the Bull-bannered one reached to take that Gauri with his hand,

Verse 33 (padma.6.18.33)

तावच्छुंभासुरः शीघ्रं गृहीत्वा चांबरे स्थितः । शूलं मुमोच बलवान्हंतुं शुंभासुरं हरः

tāvacchuṁbhāsuraḥ śīghraṁ gṛhītvā cāṁbare sthitaḥ śūlaṁ mumoca balavānhaṁtuṁ śuṁbhāsuraṁ haraḥ

just then Shumbhasura swiftly snatched her away and, standing in the sky, that mighty one hurled a spear to slay Hara.

Verse 34 (padma.6.18.34)

शुंभेन सा परित्यक्ता शूलोपरि पपात ह । रुदंती चारुसर्वांगी त्यक्ता शूलेन संयुता

śuṁbhena sā parityaktā śūlopari papāta ha rudaṁtī cārusarvāṁgī tyaktā śūlena saṁyutā

Abandoned by Shumbha, she fell upon that very spear; weeping, her whole lovely form pierced through by the spear,

Verse 35 (padma.6.18.35)

पतिता शंकरस्याग्रे तथेत्युक्त्वा ममार च । मायागौरीं मृतां दृष्ट्वा शोकमोहपरिप्लुतः

patitā śaṁkarasyāgre tathetyuktvā mamāra ca māyāgaurīṁ mṛtāṁ dṛṣṭvā śokamohapariplutaḥ

fallen before Shankara, she cried 'So be it' and died. Seeing that illusory Gauri dead, overwhelmed with grief and delusion,

Verse 36 (padma.6.18.36)

हा प्रियेति रुदन्रुद्रः पपात भुवि मूर्च्छितः । क्षणं संज्ञामवाप्याथ रणभूमावुमापतिः । शशाप शुंभप्रमुखान्गौरी युष्मान्हनिष्यति

hā priyeti rudanrudraḥ papāta bhuvi mūrcchitaḥ kṣaṇaṁ saṁjñāmavāpyātha raṇabhūmāvumāpatiḥ śaśāpa śuṁbhapramukhāngaurī yuṣmānhaniṣyati

crying, 'Alas, my beloved,' Rudra fell to the ground unconscious. Regaining his senses in a moment, on that battlefield, the Lord of Uma,

Verse 37 (padma.6.18.37)

नारद उवाच ।अथ शुंभादयो दैत्या रणे देव्या निपातिताः । महेश्वरस्य शापेन गते मंन्वतरे नृप

nārada uvāca atha śuṁbhādayo daityā raṇe devyā nipātitāḥ maheśvarasya śāpena gate maṁnvatare nṛpa

cursed Shumbha and the others: 'Gauri herself shall slay you!' Narada said: Then, O king, when that age had passed, by Maheshvara's curse,

Verse 38 (padma.6.18.38)

शपित्वा तान्रुरोदाथ जल्पन्निर्गत्य शंकरः । क्व गतासि प्रियेत्युक्त्वा दुःखितं मां रणांगणे

śapitvā tānrurodātha jalpannirgatya śaṁkaraḥ kva gatāsi priyetyuktvā duḥkhitaṁ māṁ raṇāṁgaṇe

Shumbha and the other demons were struck down in that battle by the Goddess. Having cursed them, Shankara wept and came out, lamenting, 'Where have you gone, my beloved,' speaking thus in sorrow, on that battlefield —

Verse 39 (padma.6.18.39)

रतिं त्यक्त्वा वियोगार्तः श्रीकंठोऽहं त्वया कृतः । वासुदेवोऽपि मां त्यक्तं न जानाति त्वया प्रिये

ratiṁ tyaktvā viyogārtaḥ śrīkaṁṭho'haṁ tvayā kṛtaḥ vāsudevo'pi māṁ tyaktaṁ na jānāti tvayā priye

'Abandoning your very love, you have made me, Shrikantha, so tormented by separation. Even Vasudeva does not know that I have been forsaken by you, my dear.

Verse 40 (padma.6.18.40)

यज्ञे दक्षस्याग्निकुंडे शिरो देवि हुतं त्वया । भूयो हि भवती लब्धा कथं त्यजसि मां पुनः

yajñe dakṣasyāgnikuṁḍe śiro devi hutaṁ tvayā bhūyo hi bhavatī labdhā kathaṁ tyajasi māṁ punaḥ

'In the fire-pit of Daksha's sacrifice, O Goddess, you offered up your own head; having regained you once more, why do you abandon me again now?

Verse 41 (padma.6.18.41)

उतिष्ठोतिष्ठ चार्वंगि गिरिजे मां प्रबोधय । अत्रांतरे शिवं ज्ञात्वा दैत्यमायाविमोहितम्

utiṣṭhotiṣṭha cārvaṁgi girije māṁ prabodhaya atrāṁtare śivaṁ jñātvā daityamāyāvimohitam

'Rise, rise, O lovely Girija — awaken me!' Meanwhile, knowing Shiva to be bewildered by the demon's illusion,

Verse 42 (padma.6.18.42)

देवतागणमध्यस्थो ह्यंतरिक्षादुपागमत् । विलपंतमुवाचेदमदृश्यः कमलासनः

devatāgaṇamadhyastho hyaṁtarikṣādupāgamat vilapaṁtamuvācedamadṛśyaḥ kamalāsanaḥ

Brahma, seated invisibly among the host of gods, descended from the sky and said this to him, as he lamented —

Verse 43 (padma.6.18.43)

ब्रह्मोवाच ।त्वं शोकमोहपितृमातृविवर्जितोऽसि दुःखं सुखं सुतकलत्ररिपुर्न चास्ति । जातोऽसि नैव जनकेन जनिष्यमाणस्त्वं मन्यसे ऋषिगणैश्च कुतो विमोहः

brahmovāca tvaṁ śokamohapitṛmātṛvivarjito'si duḥkhaṁ sukhaṁ sutakalatraripurna cāsti jāto'si naiva janakena janiṣyamāṇastvaṁ manyase ṛṣigaṇaiśca kuto vimohaḥ

Brahma said: 'You are free from grief, delusion, father, and mother; you have neither sorrow nor joy, neither son nor wife nor enemy; you were never born of any father, nor shall you ever be born — how do you think of yourself thus, even amid the very hosts of sages? Whence this delusion?

Verse 44 (padma.6.18.44)

एकोऽसि नाथ बहुधा कृतविग्रहोऽसि सूर्यो यथा जलधिवीचिषु दृश्यमानः । ध्यानेन यांति यमिनस्तव पादमूलं रूपं परं दुरवबोधमवाच्यमेव

eko'si nātha bahudhā kṛtavigraho'si sūryo yathā jaladhivīciṣu dṛśyamānaḥ dhyānena yāṁti yaminastava pādamūlaṁ rūpaṁ paraṁ duravabodhamavācyameva

'You are one, my lord, yet you appear in many forms, as the sun is seen reflected in the ocean's waves; ascetics reach the very base of your feet through meditation alone; your supreme form is beyond comprehension, beyond all words.

Verse 45 (padma.6.18.45)

नैषा प्रिया तव समानतया विपन्ना जालंधरेण रचितां जहि देव मायाम् । सा पार्वती कमलकोशगता हि शंभो युद्धस्व वैरिनिवहं जहि पाहि चास्मान्

naiṣā priyā tava samānatayā vipannā jālaṁdhareṇa racitāṁ jahi deva māyām sā pārvatī kamalakośagatā hi śaṁbho yuddhasva vairinivahaṁ jahi pāhi cāsmān

'This is not your true beloved, fallen only through mere resemblance — cast off this illusion woven by Jalandhara, O God! The real Parvati is safe within the very calyx of a lotus, O Shambhu — fight the mass of your enemies, slay them, and protect us!'

Verse 46 (padma.6.18.46)

श्रुत्वेति ब्रह्मणो वाक्यमवबुद्धो महेश्वरः । ज्ञात्वा तां दानवीमायां मुमोच महती शिलाम्

śrutveti brahmaṇo vākyamavabuddho maheśvaraḥ jñātvā tāṁ dānavīmāyāṁ mumoca mahatī śilām

Hearing Brahma's words, Maheshvara became fully aware; recognizing that demonic illusion for what it was, he hurled a massive boulder,

Verse 47 (padma.6.18.47)

तया जघान समरे दैत्यकोटिशतत्रयम् । ततो वृषभमारुह्य क्रोधेन महता नृप

tayā jaghāna samare daityakoṭiśatatrayam tato vṛṣabhamāruhya krodhena mahatā nṛpa

and with it slew three hundred million demons in that battle. Then, mounting his bull, O king, with great fury,

Verse 48 (padma.6.18.48)

धनुः पिनाकं युद्धाय धूर्जटिर्जगृहे शरान् । अथ मायापरित्यक्तं शर्वमालोक्य सिंधुजः

dhanuḥ pinākaṁ yuddhāya dhūrjaṭirjagṛhe śarān atha māyāparityaktaṁ śarvamālokya siṁdhujaḥ

Dhurjati took up his bow Pinaka and arrows for battle. Then, seeing Sharva freed from that illusion, the ocean-born —

Verse 49 (padma.6.18.49)

सुरेशमोहनं मायाजालमत्यद्भुतं नृप । अन्यदाविश्चकाराशु भृशं मायामहाबलम्

sureśamohanaṁ māyājālamatyadbhutaṁ nṛpa anyadāviścakārāśu bhṛśaṁ māyāmahābalam

O king, swiftly wove yet another web of illusion, exceedingly wondrous, mind-bewildering, and most powerful.

Verse 50 (padma.6.18.50)

जालंधरः कोटिभुजो बभूव वृक्षास्त्रशस्त्रैर्युयुधे वृषांकम् । अथांतराले पृथिवीं चकार समुद्रसूनुर्गिरिधातुमंडिताम्

jālaṁdharaḥ koṭibhujo babhūva vṛkṣāstraśastrairyuyudhe vṛṣāṁkam athāṁtarāle pṛthivīṁ cakāra samudrasūnurgiridhātumaṁḍitām

Jalandhara became one of ten million arms, fighting with tree-weapons against the Bull-bannered one; and meanwhile the ocean's son fashioned a whole earth, adorned with mountain-minerals —

Verse 51 (padma.6.18.51)

देवतायतनै रम्यैर्नानापुष्पसमाकुलैः । मंडितां नृप भूमिं च चकारोदधिनंदनः । नृत्यंति यत्राप्सरसो मेनकाद्या मनोहरा

devatāyatanai ramyairnānāpuṣpasamākulaiḥ maṁḍitāṁ nṛpa bhūmiṁ ca cakārodadhinaṁdanaḥ nṛtyaṁti yatrāpsaraso menakādyā manoharā

O king, the ocean's son adorned that earth with lovely temples of the gods and many kinds of flowers, where enchanting apsaras like Menaka danced.

Verse 52 (padma.6.18.52)

विस्मृत्य शंभुस्तदपास्यकार्मुकं सद्यः प्रतस्थे वृषभोपरि स्थितः । वादित्रगीतैर्भुवि मोहितो भृशं दैत्येंद्रमायामय तांडवेन सः

vismṛtya śaṁbhustadapāsyakārmukaṁ sadyaḥ pratasthe vṛṣabhopari sthitaḥ vāditragītairbhuvi mohito bhṛśaṁ daityeṁdramāyāmaya tāṁḍavena saḥ

Shambhu, forgetting himself, casting aside his bow, set out at once upon that earth, mounted on his bull, utterly bewitched by songs and instruments, and by the demon-king's illusory dance.

Verse 53 (padma.6.18.53)

विमोहितं वीक्ष्य वृषस्थितं हरं नित्यं समुद्रः सह तांडवेन । गीतेन वाद्येन च नृत्यलीलया ननाद रूपी तरसा विमोहितुम्

vimohitaṁ vīkṣya vṛṣasthitaṁ haraṁ nityaṁ samudraḥ saha tāṁḍavena gītena vādyena ca nṛtyalīlayā nanāda rūpī tarasā vimohitum

Seeing Hara thus bewildered, mounted on his bull, that ocean, taking bodily form together with the dance, song, instruments, and dance-sport, roared aloud swiftly, to bewilder him further.

Verse 54 (padma.6.18.54)

जंतून्क्षिप्त्वोदधौ तांश्च सहस्रं स ततोत्सवः । क्व च ता देवताः सर्वाः क्व नंदिप्रमुखा गणाः

jaṁtūnkṣiptvodadhau tāṁśca sahasraṁ sa tatotsavaḥ kva ca tā devatāḥ sarvāḥ kva naṁdipramukhā gaṇāḥ

Casting a thousand living creatures into the ocean, that festival went on; where now were all those gods? Where now were Nandi and the other attendants?

Verse 55 (padma.6.18.55)

अपि त्वं माननीयोऽसि मोहितो दैत्यमायया । किमद्य शंभो भगवन्नुपेक्ष्यते उदीर्यचक्रं जठरस्थितं च

api tvaṁ mānanīyo'si mohito daityamāyayā kimadya śaṁbho bhagavannupekṣyate udīryacakraṁ jaṭharasthitaṁ ca

Yet you are still worthy of honor, though bewildered by the demon's illusion. 'Why, O Shambhu, Lord, is this now being disregarded — the discus rising up, lodged within his very belly;

Verse 56 (padma.6.18.56)

वधाय चास्यैव कृतं महेश जालंधरं संहरते न चाजौ । इति कृष्णस्य वचनात्तत्स्मृत्वात्मानमीश्वरम्

vadhāya cāsyaiva kṛtaṁ maheśa jālaṁdharaṁ saṁharate na cājau iti kṛṣṇasya vacanāttatsmṛtvātmānamīśvaram

'O Mahesha, this discus was made for this one's very slaying — yet in this battle Jalandhara is not being destroyed!' By this word of Krishna, remembering himself as the Lord,

Verse 57 (padma.6.18.57)

आरुह्य वृषभं शीघ्रमाजगाम महारणम् । तमागतं शिवं दृष्ट्वा सर्वसैन्यसमावृतः

āruhya vṛṣabhaṁ śīghramājagāma mahāraṇam tamāgataṁ śivaṁ dṛṣṭvā sarvasainyasamāvṛtaḥ

mounting his bull, he swiftly came to that great battlefield. Seeing Shiva thus arrived, together with his whole army,

Verse 58 (padma.6.18.58)

रुरोध समरे राजन्क्रुद्धो जालंधरोऽसुरः । हरस्य कुपितस्यासीत्सृष्टिसंहारकारकम्

rurodha samare rājankruddho jālaṁdharo'suraḥ harasya kupitasyāsītsṛṣṭisaṁhārakārakam

O king, the enraged demon Jalandhara blocked him in that battle. That form of enraged Hara, which was itself the very cause of creation and dissolution —

Verse 59 (padma.6.18.59)

रूपं तृतीयनेत्राग्नौ दानवाः शलभा यथा । रुपं दृष्ट्वा भगवतो रौद्रज्वालामयं नृप

rūpaṁ tṛtīyanetrāgnau dānavāḥ śalabhā yathā rupaṁ dṛṣṭvā bhagavato raudrajvālāmayaṁ nṛpa

in the fire of his third eye the demons began to be consumed like moths. O king, seeing the Lord's terrifying, blazing form,

Verse 60 (padma.6.18.60)

शुंभादयस्तदा दैत्या राहुप्रभृतयश्च ये । रुद्रं निरीक्ष्य संत्रस्ताः पातालं विविशुर्भयात्

śuṁbhādayastadā daityā rāhuprabhṛtayaśca ye rudraṁ nirīkṣya saṁtrastāḥ pātālaṁ viviśurbhayāt

Shumbha and the other demons, and Rahu and the rest, seeing Rudra, terrified, entered the netherworld in fear.

Verse 61 (padma.6.18.61)

सेनाभटाननेकांश्च हतान्दृष्ट्वा महामृधे । शुंभादीन्हतशेषांस्तान्दृष्ट्वात्मानं पलायितान्

senābhaṭānanekāṁśca hatāndṛṣṭvā mahāmṛdhe śuṁbhādīnhataśeṣāṁstāndṛṣṭvātmānaṁ palāyitān

Seeing many warrior-soldiers slain in that great battle, and seeing Shumbha and the other survivors also flee,

Verse 62 (padma.6.18.62)

तदा जालंधरः संख्ये एको गिरिरिवस्थितः । परमार्थं रुद्ररूपं हृष्टः साक्षाद्विलोकयन्

tadā jālaṁdharaḥ saṁkhye eko giririvasthitaḥ paramārthaṁ rudrarūpaṁ hṛṣṭaḥ sākṣādvilokayan

then Jalandhara alone stood in that battle like a mountain, joyfully beholding directly Rudra's own supreme, true form.

Verse 63 (padma.6.18.63)

ततो जालंधरः प्राह महादेवं प्रहस्य च । रूपं संहर येन त्वं दहसे सचराचरम्

tato jālaṁdharaḥ prāha mahādevaṁ prahasya ca rūpaṁ saṁhara yena tvaṁ dahase sacarācaram

Then Jalandhara said to Mahadeva, laughing: 'Withdraw that form of yours, by which you burn all moving and unmoving beings.

Verse 64 (padma.6.18.64)

शस्त्रेण कुरु संग्रामं त्यक्त्वा योगबलं निजम् । इति जालंधरवचः श्रुत्वोवाच ततः शिवः

śastreṇa kuru saṁgrāmaṁ tyaktvā yogabalaṁ nijam iti jālaṁdharavacaḥ śrutvovāca tataḥ śivaḥ

'Fight with weapons, abandoning your own yogic power.' Hearing Jalandhara's words, Shiva said —

Verse 65 (padma.6.18.65)

वरं वरय दैत्येश प्रीतोऽस्मि तव कर्मणा । ईदृक्षमपि मद्रूपं दृष्ट्वा यन्निर्भयोऽधुना

varaṁ varaya daityeśa prīto'smi tava karmaṇā īdṛkṣamapi madrūpaṁ dṛṣṭvā yannirbhayo'dhunā

'Choose a boon, O lord of demons — I am pleased by this deed of yours, that, even having seen such a form of mine, you now remain fearless.

Verse 66 (padma.6.18.66)

अपि ब्रह्मांडमखिलं मद्रूपस्यास्य दानव । तेजसो वीक्षणेनालं तत्र त्वमसि निर्भयः

api brahmāṁḍamakhilaṁ madrūpasyāsya dānava tejaso vīkṣaṇenālaṁ tatra tvamasi nirbhayaḥ

'O demon, not even the whole universe can bear the mere sight of this form's radiance — yet there you stand fearless.'

Verse 67 (padma.6.18.67)

नारद उवाच ।इति शंभोः प्रसादं च मत्वा संसारनिस्पृहः । जालंधरो हराद्वव्रे मुक्तिं सायुज्यतां पराम्

nārada uvāca iti śaṁbhoḥ prasādaṁ ca matvā saṁsāranispṛhaḥ jālaṁdharo harādvavre muktiṁ sāyujyatāṁ parām

Narada said: Considering this Shambhu's grace, and, freed from all worldly attachment, Jalandhara asked Hara for liberation, the supreme state of union.

Verse 68 (padma.6.18.68)

श्रीमहादेव उवाच । दिव्यं देहमिदं दैत्य भोगसिद्धियुतं तव । वृंदा मनोहरं रम्यमिहस्थं कालमश्नुते

śrīmahādeva uvāca divyaṁ dehamidaṁ daitya bhogasiddhiyutaṁ tava vṛṁdā manoharaṁ ramyamihasthaṁ kālamaśnute

Sri Mahadeva said: 'O demon, this divine body of yours, endowed with every enjoyment and accomplishment — Vrinda, lovely and delightful, still awaits your time.

Verse 69 (padma.6.18.69)

मुहूर्तं परमात्मानं तमेकाकिनमव्ययम् । अबुद्ध्वा त्यजसे मूर्ख कथं त्वं मुक्तिमिच्छसि

muhūrtaṁ paramātmānaṁ tamekākinamavyayam abuddhvā tyajase mūrkha kathaṁ tvaṁ muktimicchasi

'Without knowing that supreme, unique, imperishable Self, even for a single moment, O fool, how do you desire liberation?

Verse 70 (padma.6.18.70)

वृंदा तव प्रिया राज्ञी हृता सा योगमायया । ब्रह्मस्वरूपं विज्ञाय प्राप्ता तत्परमं पदम्

vṛṁdā tava priyā rājñī hṛtā sā yogamāyayā brahmasvarūpaṁ vijñāya prāptā tatparamaṁ padam

'Your beloved queen Vrinda has been carried off by yogic illusion; having recognized her own nature as Brahman, she has attained that very supreme state.

Verse 71 (padma.6.18.71)

इदानीं दुर्ल्लभा सा च तत्पदं चैव दुर्ल्लभम् । स्वर्गापवर्गयोर्मध्ये संसारे वरमाप्नुहि

idānīṁ durllabhā sā ca tatpadaṁ caiva durllabham svargāpavargayormadhye saṁsāre varamāpnuhi

'She is now hard to obtain, and that state too is hard to obtain. Between heaven and liberation, choose whatever is best, within the round of existence.'

Verse 72 (padma.6.18.72)

जालंधर उवाच ।देवमुक्तपदं लभ्यं कृतकृत्येन केनचित् । इदानीं कृतकृत्योऽस्मि यत्त्वां पश्ये त्वया हतः

jālaṁdhara uvāca devamuktapadaṁ labhyaṁ kṛtakṛtyena kenacit idānīṁ kṛtakṛtyo'smi yattvāṁ paśye tvayā hataḥ

Jalandhara said: 'That state, bestowed by a god, is attained only by one who has fulfilled all his tasks; and now I too am fulfilled — for I behold you, and by you I am to be slain.'

Verse 73 (padma.6.18.73)

शिव उवाच ।मत्स्थानं परमं क्षेत्रं यदि त्वं गंतुमुत्सुकः । तर्हि मां कोपयस्वाशु दैत्यं हत्वा दृढैः शरैः

śiva uvāca matsthānaṁ paramaṁ kṣetraṁ yadi tvaṁ gaṁtumutsukaḥ tarhi māṁ kopayasvāśu daityaṁ hatvā dṛḍhaiḥ śaraiḥ

Shiva said: 'If you are eager to go to my supreme abode, my supreme realm, then swiftly provoke my anger — by slaying this demon with firm arrows.

Verse 74 (padma.6.18.74)

ततोऽहं त्वां हनिष्यामि मत्स्थानं यास्यसेऽनघ । महेश्वरवचः श्रुत्वा प्राह जालंधरः शिवम्

tato'haṁ tvāṁ haniṣyāmi matsthānaṁ yāsyase'nagha maheśvaravacaḥ śrutvā prāha jālaṁdharaḥ śivam

'Then I shall slay you, and you shall attain my own abode, O sinless one.' Hearing Maheshvara's words, Jalandhara said to Shiva —

Verse 75 (padma.6.18.75)

त्वयि सर्वजगत्पूज्ये पूर्वं न प्रहराम्यहम्

tvayi sarvajagatpūjye pūrvaṁ na praharāmyaham

'Against you, worshipped by the whole world, I shall not strike first.'

Verse 76 (padma.6.18.76)

नारद उवाच ।एवमुक्तो जघानाशु सिंधुजं विशिखैः शिवः । ते शराः सिंधुपुत्रस्य देहलग्ना विभांति च

nārada uvāca evamukto jaghānāśu siṁdhujaṁ viśikhaiḥ śivaḥ te śarāḥ siṁdhuputrasya dehalagnā vibhāṁti ca

Narada said: Thus addressed, Shiva swiftly struck the ocean-born with his arrows; those arrows, lodged in the ocean-son's body, shone forth

Verse 77 (padma.6.18.77)

यथा लोहगिरिप्रांते वेणवो वह्निदीपिताः । जालंधरो हरस्यांगं पूरयामास मार्गणैः

yathā lohagiriprāṁte veṇavo vahnidīpitāḥ jālaṁdharo harasyāṁgaṁ pūrayāmāsa mārgaṇaiḥ

like bamboo canes blazing with fire at the edge of an iron mountain. Jalandhara too filled Hara's body with his own arrows.

Verse 78 (padma.6.18.78)

तैः शरैः शुशुभे रुद्रो यथा खं खेचराकुलम् । जालंधरेशयोर्युद्धं तथा द्वंद्वमभून्नृप

taiḥ śaraiḥ śuśubhe rudro yathā khaṁ khecarākulam jālaṁdhareśayoryuddhaṁ tathā dvaṁdvamabhūnnṛpa

By those arrows Rudra shone forth, as the sky fills with birds. Thus, O king, a duel arose between Jalandhara and Ishvara.

Verse 79 (padma.6.18.79)

हरादन्येन हंतास्ति न सोढान्योऽर्णवात्मजात् । गिरिकोटिसहस्रैस्तु तदा पृथ्वीपुटोद्धृतैः

harādanyena haṁtāsti na soḍhānyo'rṇavātmajāt girikoṭisahasraistu tadā pṛthvīpuṭoddhṛtaiḥ

None but Hara could slay him, and none but the ocean's son could bear such blows. Then, with thousands of millions of mountains, uprooted from the very folds of the earth,

Verse 80 (padma.6.18.80)

पूरयामास समरे सिंधुजः पार्वतीपतिम् । ततः शूलेन निहतो रुद्रेणोरसि दानवः

pūrayāmāsa samare siṁdhujaḥ pārvatīpatim tataḥ śūlena nihato rudreṇorasi dānavaḥ

the ocean-born filled Parvati's husband in that battle. Then, struck in the chest by Rudra's trident, that demon

Verse 81 (padma.6.18.81)

निःससार मुखात्तस्य ज्वरो जंभो भयंकरः । स च वीरज्वरोनाम सिंहवक्त्रो नराकृतिः

niḥsasāra mukhāttasya jvaro jaṁbho bhayaṁkaraḥ sa ca vīrajvaronāma siṁhavaktro narākṛtiḥ

emitted from his mouth a terrible fever named Jambha; and that fever, named Virajvara, lion-faced, human-formed —

Verse 82 (padma.6.18.82)

दैत्यदेहाद्विनिष्क्रांतं दृष्ट्वा सिंहमुखं ज्वरम् । हुंकारमकरोद्घोरं शरभस्तत्र निर्ययौ

daityadehādviniṣkrāṁtaṁ dṛṣṭvā siṁhamukhaṁ jvaram huṁkāramakarodghoraṁ śarabhastatra niryayau

seeing that lion-faced fever emerge from the demon's body, he let out a terrible roar; then Sharabha appeared there.

Verse 83 (padma.6.18.83)

शिवस्य निःसृतेनासौ शरभेण निपातितः । अजेयं शंकरं दृष्ट्वा वृषभेंद्रेण संयुतम्

śivasya niḥsṛtenāsau śarabheṇa nipātitaḥ ajeyaṁ śaṁkaraṁ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣabheṁdreṇa saṁyutam

By that Sharabha, come forth from Shiva, he was struck down. Seeing the unconquerable Shankara, accompanied by his lordly bull,

Verse 84 (padma.6.18.84)

आययौ वृषभाभ्याशे तरसा सागरात्मजः । वृषं पुच्छे गृहीत्वा च भ्रामयामास चांबरे

āyayau vṛṣabhābhyāśe tarasā sāgarātmajaḥ vṛṣaṁ pucche gṛhītvā ca bhrāmayāmāsa cāṁbare

the ocean-born came swiftly near that bull; seizing it by the tail, he whirled it in the sky,

Verse 85 (padma.6.18.85)

जालंधरो महाबाहुश्चिक्षेप हिमवद्गिरौ । ततस्त्रिशूलमत्युग्रं मुमोच गिरिजापतिः

jālaṁdharo mahābāhuścikṣepa himavadgirau tatastriśūlamatyugraṁ mumoca girijāpatiḥ

and mighty-armed Jalandhara hurled it upon the Himalaya mountain. Then the Lord of Girija loosed his most fierce trident.

Verse 86 (padma.6.18.86)

तद्धस्तेन गृहीत्वा च दैत्येशः शिवसन्निधौ । रथारूढो धनुर्गृह्य कालकेदारमब्धिजः

taddhastena gṛhītvā ca daityeśaḥ śivasannidhau rathārūḍho dhanurgṛhya kālakedāramabdhijaḥ

Catching it in his hand, in Shiva's very presence, the demon-king, the ocean-born, mounting his chariot, taking up his bow Kalakedara,

Verse 87 (padma.6.18.87)

पूरयामास विशिखैः शिवमुर्वीतले स्थितम् । उग्रः शस्त्राञ्छरान्छित्वा बाणै रथमचूर्णयत्

pūrayāmāsa viśikhaiḥ śivamurvītale sthitam ugraḥ śastrāñcharānchitvā bāṇai rathamacūrṇayat

filled Shiva, standing on the ground, with arrows. Fierce, cutting through weapons and shafts, he shattered his chariot with arrows —

Verse 88 (padma.6.18.88)

दशयोजनविस्तीर्णं सारथ्यश्व समन्वितम् । जालंरोऽपि विरथो अभ्यधावन्मृधे शिवम्

daśayojanavistīrṇaṁ sārathyaśva samanvitam jālaṁro'pi viratho abhyadhāvanmṛdhe śivam

ten yojanas wide, together with its charioteer and horses. Jalandhara too, now chariotless, rushed at Shiva in that fight.

Verse 89 (padma.6.18.89)

तयोर्युद्धमभूद्घोरमद्भुतं लोमहर्षणम् । तद्दृष्ट्वाऽकांडकल्पांत शंकया तत्र सुःसुराः

tayoryuddhamabhūdghoramadbhutaṁ lomaharṣaṇam taddṛṣṭvā'kāṁḍakalpāṁta śaṁkayā tatra suḥsurāḥ

A terrible, wondrous, hair-raising battle broke out between them; seeing it, the gods there grew fearful, sensing an untimely dissolution of the world.

Verse 90 (padma.6.18.90)

सर्वास्त्रैस्तावदन्योन्यं जघ्नतुर्भीमविक्रमौ । पद्भिः पृथ्वीं चालयंतौ कंपयंतौ नभः स्वनैः

sarvāstraistāvadanyonyaṁ jaghnaturbhīmavikramau padbhiḥ pṛthvīṁ cālayaṁtau kaṁpayaṁtau nabhaḥ svanaiḥ

Those two of terrible valor struck one another with every weapon, shaking the earth with their feet, and making the sky tremble with their roars.

Verse 91 (padma.6.18.91)

अथोत्कटं बलं दृष्ट्वा दानवेंद्रस्य शंकरः । शस्त्रजालं जहाराशु योगमायाबलेन सः

athotkaṭaṁ balaṁ dṛṣṭvā dānaveṁdrasya śaṁkaraḥ śastrajālaṁ jahārāśu yogamāyābalena saḥ

Then, seeing the demon-lord's overwhelming might, Shankara swiftly took away all his weapons, by the power of his own yogic illusion.

Verse 92 (padma.6.18.92)

ततः कोटिभुजो दैत्यो दंष्ट्रा भीषणलोचनः । शस्त्रहीनोऽपि तरसा धावमानो हरं ययौ

tataḥ koṭibhujo daityo daṁṣṭrā bhīṣaṇalocanaḥ śastrahīno'pi tarasā dhāvamāno haraṁ yayau

Then that ten-million-armed demon, with terrible fangs and eyes, though weaponless, rushed swiftly at Hara,

Verse 93 (padma.6.18.93)

विशालकरबंधेन बबंध समरे शिवम् । ततस्तस्य कृपाणेन चिच्छेद करकाननम्

viśālakarabaṁdhena babaṁdha samare śivam tatastasya kṛpāṇena ciccheda karakānanam

and bound Shiva in that battle with the grip of his vast, coiling arms. Then, with a knife, they cut off that whole forest of his arms.

Verse 94 (padma.6.18.94)

सिंधुजेन भुजाक्रांतो रुद्रोभून्नीललोहितः । लीलया योधयामास रणेऽसौ सिंधुनंदनः

siṁdhujena bhujākrāṁto rudrobhūnnīlalohitaḥ līlayā yodhayāmāsa raṇe'sau siṁdhunaṁdanaḥ

Gripped by the ocean-born's arms, Rudra became blue-red; the ocean's son fought on there, playfully.

Verse 95 (padma.6.18.95)

छिन्नहस्तोऽपि युयुधे स्वर्भानुः शिरसा यथा । नियुद्धेन नदीसूनुस्तोषयामास शंकरम्

chinnahasto'pi yuyudhe svarbhānuḥ śirasā yathā niyuddhena nadīsūnustoṣayāmāsa śaṁkaram

Even with his hands cut off, he fought on, as Svarbhanu fights on with only his head; by that wrestling combat, the river's son satisfied Shankara.

Verse 96 (padma.6.18.96)

परितुष्टोऽब्रवीच्छंभुर्वरं वरय दुर्लभम् । जालंधरेणसोऽप्युक्तस्त्वं मे देह्यात्मनः पदम्

parituṣṭo'bravīcchaṁbhurvaraṁ varaya durlabham jālaṁdhareṇaso'pyuktastvaṁ me dehyātmanaḥ padam

Well satisfied, Shambhu said: 'Ask even for a rare boon.' Addressed thus by Jalandhara, he was told: 'Give me your own place.'

Verse 97 (padma.6.18.97)

मम दोःशस्त्रहीनस्य नावज्ञां कर्तुमर्हसि । शीघ्रं प्रयच्छ मे सिद्धिं नोचेत्त्वां संहराम्यहम्

mama doḥśastrahīnasya nāvajñāṁ kartumarhasi śīghraṁ prayaccha me siddhiṁ nocettvāṁ saṁharāmyaham

'Do not disdain me, weaponless and armless — swiftly grant me perfection, or else I shall destroy you.'

Verse 98 (padma.6.18.98)

इत्युक्त्वा सभुजो भूत्वा जघ्ने तं मुष्टिनोरसि । ततः सुदर्शनं चक्रं पुरा यन्निर्मितं स्वयम्

ityuktvā sabhujo bhūtvā jaghne taṁ muṣṭinorasi tataḥ sudarśanaṁ cakraṁ purā yannirmitaṁ svayam

Having said this, his arms regrown, he struck their chest with his fist. Then that Sudarshana discus, made by himself long ago,

Verse 99 (padma.6.18.99)

मुखादुद्गीर्य तद्धस्ते गृहीत्वा तोलयद्रुषा । सूर्यकोटिसहस्राभं ग्रसंतं सचराचरम्

mukhādudgīrya taddhaste gṛhītvā tolayadruṣā sūryakoṭisahasrābhaṁ grasaṁtaṁ sacarācaram

disgorging it from his own mouth, taking it in hand, weighing it in fury — radiant as billions upon billions of suns, devouring all moving and unmoving beings —

Verse 100 (padma.6.18.100)

तेन चक्रेण चिच्छेद शिरो जालंधरस्य च । ततस्तच्छीर्षमुत्प्लुत्य गगने शतयोजनम्

tena cakreṇa ciccheda śiro jālaṁdharasya ca tatastacchīrṣamutplutya gagane śatayojanam

with that discus they severed Jalandhara's head. Then that head, leaping up, flew a hundred yojanas through the sky,

Verse 101 (padma.6.18.101)

दंष्ट्रा शतकरालास्यं स्वर्भूमिनयनं च यत् । व्याघ्रगत्या ततो यातं सदनं ब्रह्मणो नृप

daṁṣṭrā śatakarālāsyaṁ svarbhūminayanaṁ ca yat vyāghragatyā tato yātaṁ sadanaṁ brahmaṇo nṛpa

its mouth gaping with a hundred terrible fangs, its eyes like the very worlds of heaven — O king, with a tiger's motion it went right to Brahma's own abode.

Verse 102 (padma.6.18.102)

भूयः स्वर्गे ततो दृष्ट्वा मृडः शीर्षमधावत । स्रवत्तद्रुधिरं भूरि प्रकुर्वद्भैरवस्वनम्

bhūyaḥ svarge tato dṛṣṭvā mṛḍaḥ śīrṣamadhāvata sravattadrudhiraṁ bhūri prakurvadbhairavasvanam

Then, seeing it again in heaven, Mrida pursued that head, from which much blood flowed and which made a terrifying sound.

Verse 103 (padma.6.18.103)

ततो दिशः प्रणष्टास्ता गगनं विलयं गतम् । न तेजसां प्रकाशोऽस्ति चचाल वसुधा भयात्

tato diśaḥ praṇaṣṭāstā gaganaṁ vilayaṁ gatam na tejasāṁ prakāśo'sti cacāla vasudhā bhayāt

Then the directions vanished, the very sky dissolved; there was no light of any radiance anywhere; the earth shook with fear.

Verse 104 (padma.6.18.104)

आपतंतं जघानाशु रुद्रश्चक्रेण तच्छिरः । द्विधा भूत्वाथ राजेंद्र पपात हिमवद्गिरौ

āpataṁtaṁ jaghānāśu rudraścakreṇa tacchiraḥ dvidhā bhūtvātha rājeṁdra papāta himavadgirau

As it came flying, Rudra swiftly struck that head with his discus; split in two, O king of kings, it fell upon the Himalaya mountain.

Verse 105 (padma.6.18.105)

ततो जालंधरस्याशु शिरसः शकले किल । विशतः सर्वभूतानां पश्यतां स्म वृषाकपौ

tato jālaṁdharasyāśu śirasaḥ śakale kila viśataḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ paśyatāṁ sma vṛṣākapau

Then at once, from those two halves of Jalandhara's severed head, before the very eyes of all beings, entering into the presence of Vrishakapi,

Verse 106 (padma.6.18.106)

तस्य कंठात्समुद्भूता दैत्याः शतसहस्रशः । ते हतास्तेन चक्रेण कपर्दिकरशालिना

tasya kaṁṭhātsamudbhūtā daityāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ te hatāstena cakreṇa kapardikaraśālinā

from his throat there emerged demons in their hundreds of thousands; they were slain by that same discus, held in the matted-locked one's hand.

Verse 107 (padma.6.18.107)

जालंधरकबंधं तन्ननर्त रुधिरारुणम् । पुनः पुनः समुद्भूतास्तस्य कंठात्तु दानवाः

jālaṁdharakabaṁdhaṁ tannanarta rudhirāruṇam punaḥ punaḥ samudbhūtāstasya kaṁṭhāttu dānavāḥ

That blood-red trunk of Jalandhara went on dancing; again and again demons kept springing forth from his throat,

Verse 108 (padma.6.18.108)

पुनः पुनर्बलवता छिन्नाश्चक्रेण शंभुना । मेदसा सिंधुपुत्रस्य पूरिता सकला मही

punaḥ punarbalavatā chinnāścakreṇa śaṁbhunā medasā siṁdhuputrasya pūritā sakalā mahī

and again and again they were cut down by Shambhu's mighty discus; the whole earth became filled with the ocean-son's own fat.

Verse 109 (padma.6.18.109)

मेदिनी मेदसैवैषा ख्यातिं प्राप्ता तु पार्थिव । यत्र दैत्यवरस्यास्य शोणितं शैलतां गतम्

medinī medasaivaiṣā khyātiṁ prāptā tu pārthiva yatra daityavarasyāsya śoṇitaṁ śailatāṁ gatam

O king, this earth, because of that very fat, became renowned by the name 'Medini'; and where that foremost demon's blood turned to stone,

Verse 110 (padma.6.18.110)

कैलासस्योत्तरे भागे तत्राभूच्छोणितं पुरम् । अथ मांसचयान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वतो व्याप्य तिष्ठतः

kailāsasyottare bhāge tatrābhūcchoṇitaṁ puram atha māṁsacayāndṛṣṭvā sarvato vyāpya tiṣṭhataḥ

there, on the northern side of Kailasa, arose a city named Shonitapura. Then, seeing those masses of flesh spread out everywhere,

Verse 111 (padma.6.18.111)

तदा सस्मार देवेशश्चतुःषष्टिगणं रणे । विज्ञानस्मरणाद्देव्यः संप्राप्ताः शंकरांतिकम्

tadā sasmāra deveśaścatuḥṣaṣṭigaṇaṁ raṇe vijñānasmaraṇāddevyaḥ saṁprāptāḥ śaṁkarāṁtikam

the Lord of gods then remembered, in that battle, his sixty-four Yogini attendants; through that very act of remembrance, those goddesses arrived in Shankara's presence.

Verse 112 (padma.6.18.112)

कृतांजलिपुटाः प्रोचुः शिव किं करवामहे

kṛtāṁjalipuṭāḥ procuḥ śiva kiṁ karavāmahe

With joined palms they said: 'O Shiva, what shall we do?'

Verse 113 (padma.6.18.113)

महादेव उवाच ।य एते दैत्यमांसस्य राशयो गिरिसन्निभाः । भक्षयध्वं युताः शीघ्रं दत्तानुज्ञा मया तु वः

mahādeva uvāca ya ete daityamāṁsasya rāśayo girisannibhāḥ bhakṣayadhvaṁ yutāḥ śīghraṁ dattānujñā mayā tu vaḥ

Mahadeva said: 'These heaps of demon flesh, like mountains — devour them together, swiftly. I grant you all my permission.'

Verse 114 (padma.6.18.114)

ब्राह्मी माहेश्वरी चैव कौमारी वैष्णवी तथा । वाराही चैव माहेंद्री सर्वाः स्वगणशोभिताः

brāhmī māheśvarī caiva kaumārī vaiṣṇavī tathā vārāhī caiva māheṁdrī sarvāḥ svagaṇaśobhitāḥ

Brahmi, Maheshvari, Kaumari, Vaishnavi, Varahi, and Mahendri too — all of them adorned with their own attendant-hosts,

Verse 115 (padma.6.18.115)

एवं शंकरनिर्दिष्टा देव्यस्ता मांससंचयान् । क्रूरेण चक्षुषालोक्य निन्युश्चादर्शनं क्षणात्

evaṁ śaṁkaranirdiṣṭā devyastā māṁsasaṁcayān krūreṇa cakṣuṣālokya ninyuścādarśanaṁ kṣaṇāt

thus commanded by Shankara, those goddesses, gazing with fierce eyes upon the heaps of flesh, made them vanish from sight in an instant.

Verse 116 (padma.6.18.116)

अथ जालंधरवपुः क्षीणं क्रांतं तु शक्तिभिः । ताभिर्ग्रस्ते शरीरे तु तस्य देहाद्विनिःसृता

atha jālaṁdharavapuḥ kṣīṇaṁ krāṁtaṁ tu śaktibhiḥ tābhirgraste śarīre tu tasya dehādviniḥsṛtā

Then Jalandhara's body, weakened and overcome by their powers, its very form seized by them —

Verse 117 (padma.6.18.117)

प्रभासा शंकरं प्राप्ता जगामादर्शनं क्षणात् । तत्तेजः सूर्यसंकाशं लयं प्राप्तं महेश्वरे

prabhāsā śaṁkaraṁ prāptā jagāmādarśanaṁ kṣaṇāt tattejaḥ sūryasaṁkāśaṁ layaṁ prāptaṁ maheśvare

a radiance emerged from it, reached Shankara, and vanished from sight in an instant; that sun-like radiance was absorbed into Maheshvara.

Verse 118 (padma.6.18.118)

एवं स विलयं प्राप्तः त्रिदिशारिस्त्रिलोचनात् । वृणुध्वं च वरं सर्वाः प्रीतः प्राह महेश्वरः

evaṁ sa vilayaṁ prāptaḥ tridiśāristrilocanāt vṛṇudhvaṁ ca varaṁ sarvāḥ prītaḥ prāha maheśvaraḥ

Thus that enemy of the three worlds was dissolved by the three-eyed one. 'Choose your boons, all of you' — pleased, Maheshvara said.

Verse 119 (padma.6.18.119)

तदा ताः सर्वयोगिन्यः पप्रच्छुर्जगदीश्वरम् । मर्त्यलोकेषु ये लोका भोगमोक्षवरेप्सवः

tadā tāḥ sarvayoginyaḥ papracchurjagadīśvaram martyalokeṣu ye lokā bhogamokṣavarepsavaḥ

Then all those Yoginis asked the Lord of the world: 'Those people in the mortal world who desire the boon of enjoyment or liberation,

Verse 120 (padma.6.18.120)

पूजयिष्यंति ते नित्यं स्वगृहे योगिनीगणम् । तत्तेषां वांछितं सर्वं सिध्यतां त्वत्प्रसादतः

pūjayiṣyaṁti te nityaṁ svagṛhe yoginīgaṇam tatteṣāṁ vāṁchitaṁ sarvaṁ sidhyatāṁ tvatprasādataḥ

'who shall constantly worship the host of Yoginis in their own homes — by your very grace, let all their wishes be fulfilled.'

Verse 121 (padma.6.18.121)

महादेव उवाच ।यः कश्चित्पूजयेन्नित्यं भक्तिभावसमन्वितः । युष्मद्गणं च तस्याहं वरदोऽस्मि धरातले

mahādeva uvāca yaḥ kaścitpūjayennityaṁ bhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ yuṣmadgaṇaṁ ca tasyāhaṁ varado'smi dharātale

Mahadeva said: 'Whoever shall constantly worship your host, endowed with devotion — to him I shall be a boon-giver upon this earth.

Verse 122 (padma.6.18.122)

मद्भक्तः केशवस्यापि द्वेष्टि यो योगिनीगणम् । भैरवोऽहं तदा तस्य हरिष्ये सुकृतं कृतम्

madbhaktaḥ keśavasyāpi dveṣṭi yo yoginīgaṇam bhairavo'haṁ tadā tasya hariṣye sukṛtaṁ kṛtam

'My own devotee, if he yet hates the host of Yoginis dear to Keshava, then, as Bhairava, I shall take away all the merit he has earned.'

Verse 123 (padma.6.18.123)

इति दत्तवरा हृष्टा योगिन्यो विभुना मृधे । अत्रांतरे भवानीं तां सस्मार वृषभं हरः

iti dattavarā hṛṣṭā yoginyo vibhunā mṛdhe atrāṁtare bhavānīṁ tāṁ sasmāra vṛṣabhaṁ haraḥ

Thus, having been granted this boon by the Lord in that battle, the Yoginis rejoiced. Meanwhile Hara remembered Bhavani and his bull;

Verse 124 (padma.6.18.124)

स्मृतमात्रा पार्वती सा वृषभश्चागमत्क्षणात् । सखीगणसमायुक्ता संप्राप्ता हरवल्लभा

smṛtamātrā pārvatī sā vṛṣabhaścāgamatkṣaṇāt sakhīgaṇasamāyuktā saṁprāptā haravallabhā

at the mere act of remembrance, Parvati and the bull arrived in that very moment; Hara's beloved arrived, together with her band of companions.

Verse 125 (padma.6.18.125)

संत्यक्त्वा भ्रामरीं मूर्तिं हरस्यार्द्धं समारुहत् । गिरिजासहितो राजन्महेशो मुमुदे ततः

saṁtyaktvā bhrāmarīṁ mūrtiṁ harasyārddhaṁ samāruhat girijāsahito rājanmaheśo mumude tataḥ

Casting off her whirling form, she took her place upon the left half of Hara's body; and, O king, Mahesha, together with Girija, then rejoiced greatly.

Verse 126 (padma.6.18.126)

योगिनीं प्रत्युवाचेदं पिबध्वं रुधिरं नृप । जालंधरकबंधस्थं ताः श्रुत्वा जहृषुर्भृशम्

yoginīṁ pratyuvācedaṁ pibadhvaṁ rudhiraṁ nṛpa jālaṁdharakabaṁdhasthaṁ tāḥ śrutvā jahṛṣurbhṛśam

He said to the Yoginis: 'Drink the blood standing within Jalandhara's headless trunk.' Hearing this, they rejoiced greatly.

Verse 127 (padma.6.18.127)

मांसमेदोह्यसृक्पीत्वा योगिन्यो ननृतुर्मुदा । ततो हरः प्रसन्नोऽभूत्तासां क्रीडनवीक्षणात्

māṁsamedohyasṛkpītvā yoginyo nanṛturmudā tato haraḥ prasanno'bhūttāsāṁ krīḍanavīkṣaṇāt

Having drunk the flesh, fat, and blood, the Yoginis danced with joy; then Hara grew pleased at the sight of their sporting.

Verse 128 (padma.6.18.128)

स्वयं च भैरवं रूपं कृत्वा तन्मध्यगः पपौ । तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रा महाकायास्तदासन्योगिनी गणाः

svayaṁ ca bhairavaṁ rūpaṁ kṛtvā tanmadhyagaḥ papau tīkṣṇadaṁṣṭrā mahākāyāstadāsanyoginī gaṇāḥ

He himself, taking on the form of Bhairava, went into their midst and drank too. Sharp-fanged, huge-bodied, those Yogini-hosts, from that time —

Verse 129 (padma.6.18.129)

ग्रसंतोऽद्यापि मांसानि काले चापि पिबंत्यसृक् । तेन जालंधरो दैत्यो नोत्तिष्ठति रणे हतः

grasaṁto'dyāpi māṁsāni kāle cāpi pibaṁtyasṛk tena jālaṁdharo daityo nottiṣṭhati raṇe hataḥ

even today devour flesh and, at certain times, drink blood. For this reason, the demon Jalandhara, once slain in battle, never rises again.

Verse 130 (padma.6.18.130)

ततस्तत्र समाजग्मुर्ब्रह्माद्या देवतागणाः । ऋषयो मरुतो देवा स्तुवंति स्म महेश्वरम्

tatastatra samājagmurbrahmādyā devatāgaṇāḥ ṛṣayo maruto devā stuvaṁti sma maheśvaram

Then Brahma and the other hosts of deities gathered there; the sages, the Maruts, and the gods began to praise Maheshvara.

Verse 131 (padma.6.18.131)

दिशः प्रसेदुः सुरभिर्ववौ मरुद्दिवः प्रपेतुर्भुवि पुष्पवृष्टयः । कृताभिषेकस्य च तस्य निःस्वनान्संनादिता दुंदुभयोऽपि चक्रिरे

diśaḥ praseduḥ surabhirvavau maruddivaḥ prapeturbhuvi puṣpavṛṣṭayaḥ kṛtābhiṣekasya ca tasya niḥsvanānsaṁnāditā duṁdubhayo'pi cakrire

The directions grew radiant, a fragrant breeze blew, showers of flowers fell from heaven to earth; and at that consecration, kettle-drums resounded too.

Verse 132 (padma.6.18.132)

उपरि परिमलांधैः सुस्वरं संपतद्भिर्मधुकरनिकुरं बैरुह्यमाणाभरेण । अविरलमधुधारासारसंसिक्तभूमिः सदसि सुरविमुक्ता प्रापतत्पुष्पवृष्टिः

upari parimalāṁdhaiḥ susvaraṁ saṁpatadbhirmadhukaranikuraṁ bairuhyamāṇābhareṇa aviralamadhudhārāsārasaṁsiktabhūmiḥ sadasi suravimuktā prāpatatpuṣpavṛṣṭiḥ

From above, blind with fragrance, sweetly humming swarms of bees descending, laden with heavy honey, the ground drenched with an unbroken stream of nectar — in that assembly, a shower of flowers, released by the gods, came pouring down.

Verse 133 (padma.6.18.133)

हते तदा सिंधुसुते हरेण नाराचघातैस्त्रिजगत्तदा बभौ । प्रसूनवृष्टिर्ननृतुस्तदांगना जगुश्च यक्षाः सुरकिन्नराद्याः

hate tadā siṁdhusute hareṇa nārācaghātaistrijagattadā babhau prasūnavṛṣṭirnanṛtustadāṁganā jaguśca yakṣāḥ surakinnarādyāḥ

When the ocean's son was slain by Hara's arrow-strokes, the three worlds shone forth in that moment; a shower of blossoms fell, women danced, and Yakshas, gods, Kinnaras and the rest began to sing.

Verse 134 (padma.6.18.134)

शंभुर्वैरिजयोत्थितेन यशसा स्फारांगकीर्तिर्गिरिं । स्वं भेजे सुरसिद्धचारणगणैः संस्तूयमानः सदा । गौरी चापि जगाम चाशु गिरितः श्वेतः । सखीसंवृता संचक्रुस्त्वभिसेवनं सुमनसां वर्षेण देवांगना

śaṁbhurvairijayotthitena yaśasā sphārāṁgakīrtirgiriṁ svaṁ bheje surasiddhacāraṇagaṇaiḥ saṁstūyamānaḥ sadā gaurī cāpi jagāma cāśu giritaḥ śvetaḥ sakhīsaṁvṛtā saṁcakrustvabhisevanaṁ sumanasāṁ varṣeṇa devāṁganā

Shambhu, his fame grown vast from his victory over his enemy, ever praised by hosts of gods, Siddhas, and Charanas, returned to his own mountain. And Gauri too swiftly went from that mountain, fair-complexioned, surrounded by her companions; the celestial women performed a service of worship for her, with a rain of flowers.

Verse 135 (padma.6.18.135)

देवोऽसौ करुणामयः सुरगणान्स्वे स्वे पदे स्थापयन्। प्रादादन्यदपि स्वकं वसु ततो ज्ञात्वा पतिं शंकरः । किं वक्तव्यमतः परं यदि भवेदीशानुकंपा परा । कोऽयं वा त्रिदिवो धरातलमिदं स्यादात्मसात्सर्वतः

devo'sau karuṇāmayaḥ suragaṇānsve sve pade sthāpayan prādādanyadapi svakaṁ vasu tato jñātvā patiṁ śaṁkaraḥ kiṁ vaktavyamataḥ paraṁ yadi bhavedīśānukaṁpā parā ko'yaṁ vā tridivo dharātalamidaṁ syādātmasātsarvataḥ

That compassionate god, establishing the gods each in their own place, went on to grant them his own further wealth besides; then, recognizing Shankara once more as her lord — what more need be said, when the Lord's supreme grace is such as this? What then is heaven, or this earth, that would not become wholly one's own, by such grace?

Verse 136 (padma.6.18.136)

देवाः स्वराज्यमासाद्य यथापूर्वं चकाशिरे । बुभुजुर्यज्ञभागांस्ते लोकपालत्वमाश्रिताः

devāḥ svarājyamāsādya yathāpūrvaṁ cakāśire bubhujuryajñabhāgāṁste lokapālatvamāśritāḥ

The gods, having regained their own realms, shone forth as before; enjoying their sacrificial shares once more, they took up again their positions as guardians of the world.

Verse 137 (padma.6.18.137)

नारद उवाच ।इति जालंधरस्योक्तं यथावदनुपूर्वशः । चरितं लोकवीरस्य राजन्नत्यद्भुतं तव

nārada uvāca iti jālaṁdharasyoktaṁ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ caritaṁ lokavīrasya rājannatyadbhutaṁ tava

Narada said: Thus, O king, in due order, has this utterly wondrous tale been told to you — the deed of that hero of the world, Jalandhara.

Verse 138 (padma.6.18.138)

विष्णुस्त्यजति नाद्यापि क्षीराब्धिं यद्वशो नृप । सर्वोऽपि भुंक्ते स्वं कर्म कर्म तद्विद्ध्यसंशयम्

viṣṇustyajati nādyāpi kṣīrābdhiṁ yadvaśo nṛpa sarvo'pi bhuṁkte svaṁ karma karma tadviddhyasaṁśayam

O king, even today Vishnu does not leave the Ocean of Milk, because he is bound by that very episode; everyone reaps the fruit of their own deeds — know this, without doubt, as karma itself.

Verse 139 (padma.6.18.139)

तुभ्यं दुःखनिरासाय प्रोक्तमाख्यानमुत्तमम् । यावद्देहोस्ति कर्माणि सुखदुःखानि कर्मतः

tubhyaṁ duḥkhanirāsāya proktamākhyānamuttamam yāvaddehosti karmāṇi sukhaduḥkhāni karmataḥ

This excellent tale has been told for the removal of your sorrow; as long as one has a body, pleasure and pain occur according to one's own deeds.

Verse 140 (padma.6.18.140)

देही भुंक्ते वशो राजन्त्राणं न ज्ञानतः परम् । कृष्णादीनां देहबंधे सुखदुःखादि वर्तते

dehī bhuṁkte vaśo rājantrāṇaṁ na jñānataḥ param kṛṣṇādīnāṁ dehabaṁdhe sukhaduḥkhādi vartate

O king, the embodied soul remains subject to enjoyment; there is no protection greater than knowledge. Even for beings like Krishna, within the bondage of the body, pleasure and pain occur.

Verse 141 (padma.6.18.141)

तत्रेतरेषां किं वाच्यं ये वैराग्यपराङ्मुखाः । ज्ञात्वेदृशीं कर्मगतिं सर्वेभ्यो बलवत्तमाम्

tatretareṣāṁ kiṁ vācyaṁ ye vairāgyaparāṅmukhāḥ jñātvedṛśīṁ karmagatiṁ sarvebhyo balavattamām

What then need be said of others, who turn their faces away from dispassion? Knowing this course of karma to be the mightiest of all forces,

Verse 142 (padma.6.18.142)

धीरो भव प्रतीक्षस्व शुभकर्मागमं पुनः । शत्रून्जित्वा तु समये स्वं राज्यं पुनराप्स्यसि

dhīro bhava pratīkṣasva śubhakarmāgamaṁ punaḥ śatrūnjitvā tu samaye svaṁ rājyaṁ punarāpsyasi

be steadfast, and await the coming of good karma once more; having conquered your enemies in due time, you shall regain your own kingdom again.

Verse 143 (padma.6.18.143)

इतिहासमिमं श्रुत्वा न दुःखै परिभूयते । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाश्च यथावच्चात्र कीर्त्तिताः

itihāsamimaṁ śrutvā na duḥkhai paribhūyate dharmārthakāmamokṣāśca yathāvaccātra kīrttitāḥ

Hearing this history, one is not overcome by sorrows; dharma, artha, kama, and moksha have all been duly proclaimed here.

Verse 144 (padma.6.18.144)

स्वर्ग्यं पापहरं पुण्यं शोकमोहविनाशनम् । ब्राह्मणो ज्ञानमाप्नोति राज्यं प्राप्नोति क्षत्रियः

svargyaṁ pāpaharaṁ puṇyaṁ śokamohavināśanam brāhmaṇo jñānamāpnoti rājyaṁ prāpnoti kṣatriyaḥ

It is heaven-bestowing, sin-removing, meritorious, and destructive of grief and delusion. The brahmin attains knowledge through it, the kshatriya attains a kingdom,

Verse 145 (padma.6.18.145)

वैश्यश्च बह्वीं संपत्तिं श्रुत्वा शूद्रः सुखं लभेत् । यो राजा भ्रष्टराज्योऽपि रतः सन्नेव सत्पथि

vaiśyaśca bahvīṁ saṁpattiṁ śrutvā śūdraḥ sukhaṁ labhet yo rājā bhraṣṭarājyo'pi rataḥ sanneva satpathi

the vaishya attains abundant wealth, and, hearing it, the shudra attains happiness. Whatever king, even fallen from his kingdom, remains devoted to the good path,

Verse 146 (padma.6.18.146)

स राज्यं पुनराप्नोति श्रवणान्नित्यमस्य तु । आकर्ण्यैतत्सतां राजन्श्राव्यमन्यन्न रोचते

sa rājyaṁ punarāpnoti śravaṇānnityamasya tu ākarṇyaitatsatāṁ rājanśrāvyamanyanna rocate

regains his kingdom once more through constantly hearing this. O king, having heard this, nothing else that could be heard pleases the good any longer,

Verse 147 (padma.6.18.147)

कलं च कोकिलालापं रूक्षं ध्वांक्षरुतं यथा । आख्यानमेतदनघं श्रुत्वा सज्जनहृत्प्रियः

kalaṁ ca kokilālāpaṁ rūkṣaṁ dhvāṁkṣarutaṁ yathā ākhyānametadanaghaṁ śrutvā sajjanahṛtpriyaḥ

just as, after the cuckoo's sweet call, the crow's harsh cawing seems unpleasant. This sinless tale, once heard, becomes dear to the hearts of good people.

Verse 148 (padma.6.18.148)

हिरण्यतिलवस्त्राद्यैर्धेनुभूमिप्रदानतः । संतोषयेद्वाचकं तु तस्मिंस्तुष्टे फलं लभेत्

hiraṇyatilavastrādyairdhenubhūmipradānataḥ saṁtoṣayedvācakaṁ tu tasmiṁstuṣṭe phalaṁ labhet

With gold, sesame, cloth, and the like, and with the gift of a cow or land, one should satisfy the reciter — when he is pleased, one obtains the fruit.

Verse 149 (padma.6.18.149)

देवताश्च प्रसीदेयुरर्चिते वाचके गुरौ । अन्नदानानि दद्याच्च ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रपूजयेत्

devatāśca prasīdeyurarcite vācake gurau annadānāni dadyācca brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prapūjayet

When the reciter, the guru, is honored, the gods too become gracious. One should give gifts of food, and worship brahmins;

Verse 150 (padma.6.18.150)

जायते विजयी नित्यं पुत्रपौत्रसमृद्धिमान् । जायते विष्णुलोके यः शृणोत्याख्यानमुत्तमम्

jāyate vijayī nityaṁ putrapautrasamṛddhimān jāyate viṣṇuloke yaḥ śṛṇotyākhyānamuttamam

such a person is ever victorious, and blessed with sons and grandsons; whoever hears this excellent account is born in the world of Vishnu.

Verse 151 (padma.6.18.151)

इति व्याजेन भो भूप तुलस्युत्पत्तिकारणम् । ये शृण्वंति नरश्रेष्ठा न तेषां पातकं क्वचित्

iti vyājena bho bhūpa tulasyutpattikāraṇam ye śṛṇvaṁti naraśreṣṭhā na teṣāṁ pātakaṁ kvacit

Thus, O king, by this pretext, has the very cause of Tulsi's origin been told; those best of men who hear it shall never incur any sin.

Verse 152 (padma.6.18.152)

तुलसीमाहात्म्यमिदं पवित्रं पापनाशनम् । श्रुत्वा तु लभते मोक्षमुक्त्वा चैव न संशयः

tulasīmāhātmyamidaṁ pavitraṁ pāpanāśanam śrutvā tu labhate mokṣamuktvā caiva na saṁśayaḥ

This glory of Tulsi is pure and destructive of sin; hearing it, one attains liberation, and speaking it too, without doubt.

Verse 153 (padma.6.18.153)

स्वगृहे रोपिता चैव तुलसी पापनाशिनी । दर्शनाद्ब्रह्महत्यापि नश्यते नात्र संशयः

svagṛhe ropitā caiva tulasī pāpanāśinī darśanādbrahmahatyāpi naśyate nātra saṁśayaḥ

Tulsi, planted in one's own home, is a destroyer of sin; by the mere sight of her, even the sin of killing a brahmin is destroyed, without doubt.

Verse 154 (padma.6.18.154)

कार्तिके चैव माघे तु तुलस्या पूजयेद्धरिम् । वैशाखे तु विशेषेण पूजनं च हरेः स्मृतम्

kārtike caiva māghe tu tulasyā pūjayeddharim vaiśākhe tu viśeṣeṇa pūjanaṁ ca hareḥ smṛtam

In Kartika and in Magha, one should worship Hari with Tulsi; in Vaishakha especially, the worship of Hari together with her is prescribed by tradition.

Verse 155 (padma.6.18.155)

एकेनैव प्रदक्षिणेन सकलं पापं गतं वै सदा ये शूद्रा । भुवि संति दाननिरताः कालेन शुद्धिं गताः । तेपि स्युः सुरपूजनार्हतनवः पापाच्च दूरं गताः ये वै। विष्णुजनाश्च दुर्लभतरा ह्यस्मिन्कलौ सांप्रतम्

ekenaiva pradakṣiṇena sakalaṁ pāpaṁ gataṁ vai sadā ye śūdrā bhuvi saṁti dānaniratāḥ kālena śuddhiṁ gatāḥ tepi syuḥ surapūjanārhatanavaḥ pāpācca dūraṁ gatāḥ ye vai viṣṇujanāśca durlabhatarā hyasminkalau sāṁpratam

By a single circumambulation, all sin is gone forever; even those shudras upon this earth who remain devoted to giving attain purity in time — they too become worthy of the gods' worship and go far from sin; in this Kali age, true devotees of Vishnu have now indeed become exceedingly rare.