Indra's Defeat in Battle

Verse 1 (padma.6.7.1)

नारद उवाच ।ततो जालंधरः क्रुद्धः प्राह तं दैत्यसूदनम् । कपटेन बलं हत्वा क्व यास्यसि बलाधम

nārada uvāca tato jālaṁdharaḥ kruddhaḥ prāha taṁ daityasūdanam kapaṭena balaṁ hatvā kva yāsyasi balādhama

Narada said: Then, enraged, Jalandhara said to that slayer of demons: 'Having killed Bala by deceit, where will you go now, O vilest of the mighty?'

Verse 2 (padma.6.7.2)

इत्युक्त्वा तं शतमखं सिंधुसूनुः प्रतापवान् । ससूताश्वध्वजरथं छादयामास मार्गणैः

ityuktvā taṁ śatamakhaṁ siṁdhusūnuḥ pratāpavān sasūtāśvadhvajarathaṁ chādayāmāsa mārgaṇaiḥ

Having said this, the mighty son of the ocean covered Shatamakha, together with his charioteer, horses, banner, and chariot, in a hail of arrows.

Verse 3 (padma.6.7.3)

पपात मूर्च्छितः शक्रो रथोपरि शरैः क्षतः । दृष्ट्वा तं पतितं शक्रं जगर्जार्णवनंदनः

papāta mūrcchitaḥ śakro rathopari śaraiḥ kṣataḥ dṛṣṭvā taṁ patitaṁ śakraṁ jagarjārṇavanaṁdanaḥ

Shakra, wounded by the arrows, fell unconscious upon his chariot; seeing him fallen, the ocean's son roared.

Verse 4 (padma.6.7.4)

मूर्च्छां त्यक्त्वा मुमोचेंद्रो वज्रं जालंधरं प्रति । तदाद्रिदलनं हस्ते गृहीत्वा सिंधुसंभवः

mūrcchāṁ tyaktvā mumoceṁdro vajraṁ jālaṁdharaṁ prati tadādridalanaṁ haste gṛhītvā siṁdhusaṁbhavaḥ

Casting off his stupor, Indra hurled his thunderbolt at Jalandhara; the ocean-born one caught that mountain-splitting bolt in his own hand.

Verse 5 (padma.6.7.5)

वज्रं कक्षापुटे धृत्वा रथादुत्तीर्य सत्वरम् । अभ्यधावत दैत्येंद्रो देवेंद्रं धर्तुमाहवे

vajraṁ kakṣāpuṭe dhṛtvā rathāduttīrya satvaram abhyadhāvata daityeṁdro deveṁdraṁ dhartumāhave

Tucking the thunderbolt at his side and swiftly leaping down from his chariot, the lord of demons rushed to seize Devendra in battle.

Verse 6 (padma.6.7.6)

ततो दुद्राव मघवा रथं त्यक्त्वा हरिं स्मरन् । रथमिंद्रस्य मदवानारुह्यार्णवनंदनः

tato dudrāva maghavā rathaṁ tyaktvā hariṁ smaran rathamiṁdrasya madavānāruhyārṇavanaṁdanaḥ

Then Maghavan, abandoning his chariot, fled, remembering Hari; and the exultant ocean's son mounted Indra's own chariot.

Verse 7 (padma.6.7.7)

यंतारं मातलिं कृत्वा ययौ प्राप्तमनोरथः । रथमिंद्रस्य तरसा यत्र यत्र ययौ बले

yaṁtāraṁ mātaliṁ kṛtvā yayau prāptamanorathaḥ rathamiṁdrasya tarasā yatra yatra yayau bale

Making Matali his charioteer, his wish now fulfilled, he swiftly drove Indra's chariot to wherever the fighting called.

Verse 8 (padma.6.7.8)

जालंधरो महाबाहुः स्वयं चांबुधरो यथा । ततः स कोपात्पुरुषोत्तमः स्वयं खड्गं समुद्यम्य च नंदकं रणे

jālaṁdharo mahābāhuḥ svayaṁ cāṁbudharo yathā tataḥ sa kopātpuruṣottamaḥ svayaṁ khaḍgaṁ samudyamya ca naṁdakaṁ raṇe

The mighty-armed Jalandhara himself advanced like a rain-cloud; then, in anger, Purushottama himself raised his sword Nandaka in that battle,

Verse 9 (padma.6.7.9)

संप्रेरयित्वा गरुडं मनोजवं जघान कोपेन च दैत्यवाहिनीम् । रथान्हयान्कुंजरपत्तिसंघान्स पातयामास बलात्सहस्रशः

saṁprerayitvā garuḍaṁ manojavaṁ jaghāna kopena ca daityavāhinīm rathānhayānkuṁjarapattisaṁghānsa pātayāmāsa balātsahasraśaḥ

and, sending forth Garuda, swift as thought, he struck the demon army in anger; by force he felled thousands of chariots, horses, elephants, and foot-soldiers.

Verse 10 (padma.6.7.10)

जनार्दनः कश्यपसूनुसंवृतश्चकार संख्ये चरितं भयावहम् । केशास्थिमज्जारुधिरौघवाहिनीं पिशाचवेतालविहंगसेविताम्

janārdanaḥ kaśyapasūnusaṁvṛtaścakāra saṁkhye caritaṁ bhayāvaham keśāsthimajjārudhiraughavāhinīṁ piśācavetālavihaṁgasevitām

Janardana, accompanied by Kashyapa's son, wrought a terrifying scene in that battle — a river flowing with hair, bone, marrow, and streams of blood, thronged by ghosts, vetalas, and birds,

Verse 11 (padma.6.7.11)

करोरुजंघायुधशस्त्रपूरितां सुदुस्तरां व्याघ्रगजेंद्र सेविताम् । रक्तांत्रहारांगदभूषितांतां विघूर्णनेत्रोत्सवकांतिवाससम्

karorujaṁghāyudhaśastrapūritāṁ sudustarāṁ vyāghragajeṁdra sevitām raktāṁtrahārāṁgadabhūṣitāṁtāṁ vighūrṇanetrotsavakāṁtivāsasam

filled with severed hands, thighs, and legs, weapons and arms, exceedingly hard to cross, thronged by tigers and lordly elephants, adorned with garlands of entrails and armlets, whose very raiment was the ghastly glint of rolling, staring eyes.

Verse 12 (padma.6.7.12)

विष्णुना निहतं सैन्यं दृष्ट्वा दानवपुंगवाः । जालंधराज्ञया सर्वे रुरुधुः परितो हरिम्

viṣṇunā nihataṁ sainyaṁ dṛṣṭvā dānavapuṁgavāḥ jālaṁdharājñayā sarve rurudhuḥ parito harim

Seeing their army destroyed by Vishnu, the foremost demons, at Jalandhara's command, all together surrounded Hari on every side.

Verse 13 (padma.6.7.13)

दैत्यास्ते तत्र बाणौघान्वर्षमाणा यथांबुदाः । यथाद्विरेफाः कमलं पर्वतं जलदा इव

daityāste tatra bāṇaughānvarṣamāṇā yathāṁbudāḥ yathādvirephāḥ kamalaṁ parvataṁ jaladā iva

Those demons rained down torrents of arrows there, like cloud upon cloud, like bees upon a lotus, like clouds upon a mountain,

Verse 14 (padma.6.7.14)

चूतं यथा पक्षिगणा गगनं धूपसंचयः । न दृश्योऽभूत्तदा विष्णुर्न तार्क्ष्यो रणसंकटे

cūtaṁ yathā pakṣigaṇā gaganaṁ dhūpasaṁcayaḥ na dṛśyo'bhūttadā viṣṇurna tārkṣyo raṇasaṁkaṭe

like flocks of birds upon a mango tree, like a mass of incense-smoke covering the sky — in that press of battle, neither Vishnu nor Garuda could be seen at all.

Verse 15 (padma.6.7.15)

सर्वे ते रथमारूढा सर्वशस्त्रैर्महासुराः । वैकुंठाधिपतिं जघ्नुर्गर्जंतो भीमनिस्वनैः

sarve te rathamārūḍhā sarvaśastrairmahāsurāḥ vaikuṁṭhādhipatiṁ jaghnurgarjaṁto bhīmanisvanaiḥ

All those great demons, mounted on their chariots, with every weapon, struck at the Lord of Vaikuntha, roaring with terrible sounds.

Verse 16 (padma.6.7.16)

तान्सर्वान्भीमरूपेण दैत्यारिः कुपितस्तदा । रणे निपातयामास वायुः पर्णचयं यथा

tānsarvānbhīmarūpeṇa daityāriḥ kupitastadā raṇe nipātayāmāsa vāyuḥ parṇacayaṁ yathā

Then the enemy of demons, enraged, in his fearsome form, felled all of them in battle, as the wind scatters a heap of leaves.

Verse 17 (padma.6.7.17)

शैलरोमा ततो विष्णुं दैत्यः कोपादधावत । हरेरपि शरास्तस्य शरीरे शीर्णतां गताः

śailaromā tato viṣṇuṁ daityaḥ kopādadhāvata harerapi śarāstasya śarīre śīrṇatāṁ gatāḥ

Then the demon Shailaroma, in fury, rushed at Vishnu; even Hari's own arrows shattered to pieces upon his body.

Verse 18 (padma.6.7.18)

शैलरोमा च दैत्यारि शरीरं चाहनच्छरैः । हरिः खड्गं विनिर्धूय शिरस्तस्य जहार ह

śailaromā ca daityāri śarīraṁ cāhanaccharaiḥ hariḥ khaḍgaṁ vinirdhūya śirastasya jahāra ha

Shailaroma too struck the demon-foe's body with arrows; Hari, brandishing his sword, severed his head.

Verse 19 (padma.6.7.19)

छिन्ने शिरसि दैत्यस्य कबंधो विक्रमन्रणे । शैलरोमा भुजाभ्यां च तार्क्ष्यं जग्राह पक्षयोः

chinne śirasi daityasya kabaṁdho vikramanraṇe śailaromā bhujābhyāṁ ca tārkṣyaṁ jagrāha pakṣayoḥ

With his head severed, the demon's headless trunk yet went on fighting fiercely in that battle; Shailaroma seized Garuda by both his wings with his two arms.

Verse 20 (padma.6.7.20)

शिरश्चोत्पत्य तरसा विलग्नं स्कंधयोर्दृढम् । ततस्तत्रास्ययुद्धेन हृषीकेशोऽपि विस्मितः

śiraścotpatya tarasā vilagnaṁ skaṁdhayordṛḍham tatastatrāsyayuddhena hṛṣīkeśo'pi vismitaḥ

His severed head leapt up swiftly and fastened itself firmly back upon his shoulders; even Hrishikesha was astonished at that battle of the headless trunk.

Verse 21 (padma.6.7.21)

शिरः संलग्नमालोक्य गरुडो न्यपतद्भुवि । पुनश्चोत्पत्य वेगेन शिरःस्थानं समाश्रयत्

śiraḥ saṁlagnamālokya garuḍo nyapatadbhuvi punaścotpatya vegena śiraḥsthānaṁ samāśrayat

Seeing the head reattached, Garuda fell to the ground; then, rising swiftly again, he regained his own composure.

Verse 22 (padma.6.7.22)

शैलरोमा ततो विष्णुं जहार गरुडाद्बली । हरिर्जघ्ने तलेनाशु गतायुश्चापतद्भुवि

śailaromā tato viṣṇuṁ jahāra garuḍādbalī harirjaghne talenāśu gatāyuścāpatadbhuvi

Then mighty Shailaroma snatched Vishnu away from Garuda; Hari struck him swiftly with the flat of his palm, and he fell to the ground, his life gone.

Verse 23 (padma.6.7.23)

ततो जालंधरः सूतं खड्गरोमाणमब्रवीत् । संप्रेषय रथं तत्र यत्र देवो जनार्दनः

tato jālaṁdharaḥ sūtaṁ khaḍgaromāṇamabravīt saṁpreṣaya rathaṁ tatra yatra devo janārdanaḥ

Then Jalandhara said to his charioteer Khadgaroma: 'Drive the chariot to where the god Janardana is.'

Verse 24 (padma.6.7.24)

जालंधरस्य वचनात्खङ्गरोमानयद्रथम् । दृष्ट्वा तं पुरतो विष्णुमुवाचार्णवनंदनः

jālaṁdharasya vacanātkhaṅgaromānayadratham dṛṣṭvā taṁ purato viṣṇumuvācārṇavanaṁdanaḥ

At Jalandhara's word, Khadgaroma drove the chariot there; seeing Vishnu before him, the ocean's son said —

Verse 25 (padma.6.7.25)

निःशंकं जहि मां विष्णो नाहं त्वा हन्मि माधव । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः

niḥśaṁkaṁ jahi māṁ viṣṇo nāhaṁ tvā hanmi mādhava tasya tadvacanaṁ śrutvā krodhasaṁraktalocanaḥ

'Strike me down without hesitation, O Vishnu — I shall not strike you, O Madhava.' Hearing his words, his eyes red with rage,

Verse 26 (padma.6.7.26)

नारायणः प्राणहरैः शरैरेनमपूरयत् । विष्णुना च विभिन्नांगोऽर्णवसूनुः प्रतापवान्

nārāyaṇaḥ prāṇaharaiḥ śarairenamapūrayat viṣṇunā ca vibhinnāṁgo'rṇavasūnuḥ pratāpavān

Narayana filled him with life-taking arrows; and the mighty son of the ocean, though pierced through every limb by Vishnu,

Verse 27 (padma.6.7.27)

हरिं संपूरयामास मार्गणौघैर्निरंतरम् । नारायणः प्राणहरैः शरैरेनमपूरयत्

hariṁ saṁpūrayāmāsa mārgaṇaughairniraṁtaram nārāyaṇaḥ prāṇaharaiḥ śarairenamapūrayat

still filled Hari, without pause, with streams of arrows in return; Narayana filled him with life-taking shafts.

Verse 28 (padma.6.7.28)

गरुडं पतितं दृष्ट्वासिंधुसूनोः शरैर्भुवि । रथं संस्मारयामास वैकुंठस्थं जनार्दनः

garuḍaṁ patitaṁ dṛṣṭvāsiṁdhusūnoḥ śarairbhuvi rathaṁ saṁsmārayāmāsa vaikuṁṭhasthaṁ janārdanaḥ

Seeing Garuda struck down to the earth by the ocean's son's arrows, Janardana summoned to mind his chariot standing ready in Vaikuntha.

Verse 29 (padma.6.7.29)

सरथस्तस्य संप्राप्तः सूतहीनो हयैर्वृतः । अश्वैर्युतं रथं दृष्ट्वा विस्मितो भगवान्रणे

sarathastasya saṁprāptaḥ sūtahīno hayairvṛtaḥ aśvairyutaṁ rathaṁ dṛṣṭvā vismito bhagavānraṇe

That chariot, without its charioteer but drawn by its own horses, arrived there at once; and the Lord, seeing it come without a driver, was astonished in that battle.

Verse 30 (padma.6.7.30)

संबोधयित्वा गरुडं सारथ्ये समयोजयत् । स धृत्वा मुकुटं मूर्ध्नि कौस्तुभं हृदये मणिम्

saṁbodhayitvā garuḍaṁ sārathye samayojayat sa dhṛtvā mukuṭaṁ mūrdhni kaustubhaṁ hṛdaye maṇim

Rousing Garuda, he appointed him as charioteer; wearing his crown upon his head and the Kaustubha jewel upon his chest,

Verse 31 (padma.6.7.31)

पुरुषार्थान्हयान्कृत्वा ययौ जालंधरं हरिः । मेदिनीं रथचक्रेण दारयंश्च सुरैः सह

puruṣārthānhayānkṛtvā yayau jālaṁdharaṁ hariḥ medinīṁ rathacakreṇa dārayaṁśca suraiḥ saha

having made his horses the very embodiments of the four goals of life, Hari, together with the gods, went toward Jalandhara, tearing the earth with his chariot-wheels.

Verse 32 (padma.6.7.32)

जघान तरसा बाणैर्दानवानां च वाहिनीम् । देवराजेन संदिष्टो वीतिहोत्रो रणांगणे

jaghāna tarasā bāṇairdānavānāṁ ca vāhinīm devarājena saṁdiṣṭo vītihotro raṇāṁgaṇe

Commanded by the king of gods, Vitihotra swiftly struck down the demon army with arrows on the battlefield,

Verse 33 (padma.6.7.33)

ददाह दानवानीकं समीरणसमन्वितम् । तदाह तं भगवता दैत्यसैन्यं सुरैः सह

dadāha dānavānīkaṁ samīraṇasamanvitam tadāha taṁ bhagavatā daityasainyaṁ suraiḥ saha

and, aided by the wind, burned the demon host to ashes; then, aided by the Lord, that fire, together with the gods, consumed the demon army.

Verse 34 (padma.6.7.34)

जालंधरः स्वल्पशेषं दध्यौ दृष्ट्वा बलं स्वकम् । अथाह भार्गवं राजा मत्सैन्यं निहतं सुरैः

jālaṁdharaḥ svalpaśeṣaṁ dadhyau dṛṣṭvā balaṁ svakam athāha bhārgavaṁ rājā matsainyaṁ nihataṁ suraiḥ

Seeing his own army reduced to a mere remnant, Jalandhara fell into anxious thought; then the king said to Bhargava: 'My army has been destroyed by the gods.

Verse 35 (padma.6.7.35)

त्वयि तिष्ठति मंत्रज्ञे विख्यातो विद्यया भवान् । किं तया विद्यया ब्रह्मन्क्षत्रेणाथ बलेन च

tvayi tiṣṭhati maṁtrajñe vikhyāto vidyayā bhavān kiṁ tayā vidyayā brahmankṣatreṇātha balena ca

'While you are here, O knower of mantras, renowned for your learning, O brahmin — what use is that learning, or that kshatriya-might,

Verse 36 (padma.6.7.36)

या न रक्षति रोगार्तान्यद्बलं शरणागतान् । जालंधरवचः श्रुत्वा भार्गवस्तमभाषत

yā na rakṣati rogārtānyadbalaṁ śaraṇāgatān jālaṁdharavacaḥ śrutvā bhārgavastamabhāṣata

'if it cannot protect the afflicted and those who seek refuge?' Hearing Jalandhara's words, Bhargava said to him —

Verse 37 (padma.6.7.37)

पश्य राजन्मम बलं ब्राह्मणस्य रणांगणे । इत्युक्त्वा वारिणा स्पृष्टा हुंकारेण प्रबोधिताः

paśya rājanmama balaṁ brāhmaṇasya raṇāṁgaṇe ityuktvā vāriṇā spṛṣṭā huṁkāreṇa prabodhitāḥ

'O king, behold, on this battlefield, my power — the power of a brahmin!' Having said this, he touched them with water and, with the sound of 'Hum,' roused them,

Verse 38 (padma.6.7.38)

उत्थापितास्ते कविना शरौघैः प्राणहारकैः । देवाहता रणे पेतुः समंतात्सिंधुसूनुना

utthāpitāste kavinā śaraughaiḥ prāṇahārakaiḥ devāhatā raṇe petuḥ samaṁtātsiṁdhusūnunā

raising them up — those torn by life-taking arrows, struck down by the gods — but they fell once more all around the ocean's son.

Verse 39 (padma.6.7.39)

बाणैर्जर्जरदेहास्ते धृतप्राणा नराधिप । न मृतास्त्वमरत्वाच्च बाणैर्भिन्नाश्च सत्तम

bāṇairjarjaradehāste dhṛtaprāṇā narādhipa na mṛtāstvamaratvācca bāṇairbhinnāśca sattama

O king, their bodies riddled by arrows, they yet clung to life; O best of men, being touched by immortality's power, they did not die though pierced through.

Verse 40 (padma.6.7.40)

ततो नारायणो देवो बृहस्पतिमभाषत । धिग्बलं दैवतगुरो यो न जीवयसे सुरान्

tato nārāyaṇo devo bṛhaspatimabhāṣata dhigbalaṁ daivataguro yo na jīvayase surān

Then the god Narayana said to Brihaspati: 'Shame on your power, O guru of the gods, that you do not revive the gods!'

Verse 41 (padma.6.7.41)

धिषणस्तु जगन्नाथमुवाच त्वरितं तदा । ओषधीभिरहं स्वामिन्जीवयिष्यामि निर्जरान्

dhiṣaṇastu jagannāthamuvāca tvaritaṁ tadā oṣadhībhirahaṁ svāminjīvayiṣyāmi nirjarān

Then Dhishana quickly said to the Lord of the world: 'O Master, I shall revive the gods with herbs.'

Verse 42 (padma.6.7.42)

इत्युक्त्वा धिषणः सोऽपि ययौ क्षीरार्णवस्थितम् । द्रोणमद्रिं तदा गत्वा सुखं गृह्यौषधीः स्वयम्

ityuktvā dhiṣaṇaḥ so'pi yayau kṣīrārṇavasthitam droṇamadriṁ tadā gatvā sukhaṁ gṛhyauṣadhīḥ svayam

Having said this, Dhishana went to Mount Drona, standing within the Ocean of Milk; going there, he easily gathered the herbs himself,

Verse 43 (padma.6.7.43)

गुरुस्तासां च योगेन जीवयामास निर्जरान् । उत्थितास्ते ततो देवा जघ्नुर्दानववाहिनीम्

gurustāsāṁ ca yogena jīvayāmāsa nirjarān utthitāste tato devā jaghnurdānavavāhinīm

and the guru, by their application, revived the immortals; those gods, thus risen, then fell upon the demon host.

Verse 44 (padma.6.7.44)

देवान्समुत्थितान्दृष्ट्वा बभाषे सिंधुजः कविम् । विना त्वद्विद्यया काव्य कथमेते समुत्थिताः

devānsamutthitāndṛṣṭvā babhāṣe siṁdhujaḥ kavim vinā tvadvidyayā kāvya kathamete samutthitāḥ

Seeing the gods risen again, the ocean-born one said to the sage: 'O poet, without your own learning, how have these risen again?'

Verse 45 (padma.6.7.45)

इति दैत्योक्तमाकर्ण्य शुक्रः प्राहार्णवात्मजम् । क्षीरसागरमध्यस्थो द्रोणोनाम महागिरिः

iti daityoktamākarṇya śukraḥ prāhārṇavātmajam kṣīrasāgaramadhyastho droṇonāma mahāgiriḥ

Hearing this demon's words, Shukra said to the ocean's son: 'In the midst of the Ocean of Milk stands a great mountain named Drona.

Verse 46 (padma.6.7.46)

औषध्यस्तत्र तिष्ठंति जीवयंति च या मृतान् । तत्र गत्वा सुराचार्यो गृहीत्वोषधिसंचयम्

auṣadhyastatra tiṣṭhaṁti jīvayaṁti ca yā mṛtān tatra gatvā surācāryo gṛhītvoṣadhisaṁcayam

'There grow such herbs that they revive even the dead; going there, the gods' preceptor gathered a store of those herbs, and —

Verse 47 (padma.6.7.47)

रणे विनिहतान्देवानुत्थापयति मंत्रतः । भार्गवोक्तमथाकर्ण्य सैन्यभारं महाबलः

raṇe vinihatāndevānutthāpayati maṁtrataḥ bhārgavoktamathākarṇya sainyabhāraṁ mahābalaḥ

'has, by mantra, raised the gods slain in battle.' Hearing what Bhargava had said, the mighty Jalandhara —

Verse 48 (padma.6.7.48)

शुंभे निक्षिप्य तरसा ययौ जालंधरोऽर्णवम् । अथ प्रविष्टः क्षीराब्धौ वेश्मदिव्यं महाप्रभम्

śuṁbhe nikṣipya tarasā yayau jālaṁdharo'rṇavam atha praviṣṭaḥ kṣīrābdhau veśmadivyaṁ mahāprabham

swiftly entrusted the burden of his army to Shumbha and went off to the Ocean; then he entered that divine, splendorous abode within the Ocean of Milk.

Verse 49 (padma.6.7.49)

प्रविश्य तत्र क्षीराब्धेः क्रीडास्थानं ददर्श सः । नोष्णो न शीतलो वायुर्न तमो यत्र दृश्यते

praviśya tatra kṣīrābdheḥ krīḍāsthānaṁ dadarśa saḥ noṣṇo na śītalo vāyurna tamo yatra dṛśyate

Entering there, he beheld the pleasure-ground of the Ocean of Milk, where the breeze was neither hot nor cold, and no darkness was ever seen,

Verse 50 (padma.6.7.50)

यत्र गायंति नृत्यंति क्रीडंति च वरस्त्रियः । सुपीनस्तनभाराढ्याः कृशोदर्यः सुदंतिकाः

yatra gāyaṁti nṛtyaṁti krīḍaṁti ca varastriyaḥ supīnastanabhārāḍhyāḥ kṛśodaryaḥ sudaṁtikāḥ

where lovely women sang, danced, and sported — full-breasted, slender-waisted, and beautiful of teeth,

Verse 51 (padma.6.7.51)

नेत्रविभ्रमविक्षेपैर्नितंबपरिवर्त्तनैः । अंगैः संमोहनै रम्यैर्बाहुवल्लीविचालनैः

netravibhramavikṣepairnitaṁbaparivarttanaiḥ aṁgaiḥ saṁmohanai ramyairbāhuvallīvicālanaiḥ

with the playful glances of their eyes, the sway of their hips, their enchanting, graceful limbs, and the swaying motion of their vine-like arms,

Verse 52 (padma.6.7.52)

पादविन्यासरणि तैर्मधुरैर्वचनस्तवैः । सौगंध्यसौख्यदैर्वासैर्नेत्रभ्रमरहुंकृतैः

pādavinyāsaraṇi tairmadhurairvacanastavaiḥ saugaṁdhyasaukhyadairvāsairnetrabhramarahuṁkṛtaiḥ

with the sweetness of their gait, with soft, praising words, with fragrant and pleasing garments, with the humming of bees drawn to their flower-like eyes,

Verse 53 (padma.6.7.53)

चामरांदोललीलाभिः स्रग्भिः स्मितविलोकितैः। सेवां चक्रुर्विलासिन्यस्तत्र सुतः।।

cāmarāṁdolalīlābhiḥ sragbhiḥ smitavilokitaiḥ sevāṁ cakrurvilāsinyastatra sutaḥ

with the graceful swaying of fly-whisks, with garlands, and with smiling glances — there those courtly women rendered their service; and there the ocean's son —

Verse 54 (padma.6.7.54)

। क्रीडंतं तत्र दुग्धाब्धिं संवीक्ष्य समरोत्सुकः। अथाह प्रणिपत्यासौ क्षीराब्धिं तात हंसि माम्। द्रोणाचलौषधीर्व्याजादंबुभिः प्लावयस्वतः

krīḍaṁtaṁ tatra dugdhābdhiṁ saṁvīkṣya samarotsukaḥ athāha praṇipatyāsau kṣīrābdhiṁ tāta haṁsi mām droṇācalauṣadhīrvyājādaṁbubhiḥ plāvayasvataḥ

...seeing the Ocean of Milk himself thus at play, Jalandhara, eager for battle, bowed and said: 'O father, strike me down. Under the pretext of Mount Drona's herbs, sweep it away with your own waters.'

Verse 55 (padma.6.7.55)

क्षीरसागर उवाच । तं प्राप्तं शरणं पुत्र प्लावयाम्यूर्मिभिः कथम् । मुनींद्रास्तं न शंसंति यस्त्यजेच्छरणागतम्

kṣīrasāgara uvāca taṁ prāptaṁ śaraṇaṁ putra plāvayāmyūrmibhiḥ katham munīṁdrāstaṁ na śaṁsaṁti yastyajeccharaṇāgatam

The Ocean of Milk said: 'My son, he has come to me for refuge — how could I sweep him away with my waves? Great sages never praise one who abandons a refuge-seeker.'

Verse 56 (padma.6.7.56)

पितृव्यवचनं श्रुत्वा संक्रोधात्संततं गिरिम् । तलप्रहरणेनैव ताडयामास दैत्यराट्

pitṛvyavacanaṁ śrutvā saṁkrodhātsaṁtataṁ girim talapraharaṇenaiva tāḍayāmāsa daityarāṭ

Hearing his uncle's words, the demon king, in great fury, struck that mountain again and again with mere blows of his palm.

Verse 57 (padma.6.7.57)

ततो द्रोणगिरी राजन्भीतो जालंधराद्भृशम् । अथाजगाम रूपेण प्राह जालंधरं प्रति

tato droṇagirī rājanbhīto jālaṁdharādbhṛśam athājagāma rūpeṇa prāha jālaṁdharaṁ prati

O king, then Mount Drona, greatly terrified of Jalandhara, came to him in bodily form and said to Jalandhara —

Verse 58 (padma.6.7.58)

तवाहमभवं दासो रक्ष मां शरणागतम् । रसातलं महाबाहो यास्यामि तव शासनात्

tavāhamabhavaṁ dāso rakṣa māṁ śaraṇāgatam rasātalaṁ mahābāho yāsyāmi tava śāsanāt

'I have become your servant — protect me, who have come for refuge. O mighty-armed one, I shall go to the netherworld at your command.

Verse 59 (padma.6.7.59)

यावत्त्वं कुरुषे राज्यं तावत्स्थास्याम्यहं प्रभो । ओषधीनां विरावेण सिद्धानां रोदनेन च

yāvattvaṁ kuruṣe rājyaṁ tāvatsthāsyāmyahaṁ prabho oṣadhīnāṁ virāveṇa siddhānāṁ rodanena ca

'As long as you rule this kingdom, O Lord, I shall remain there' — amid the wailing of the herbs and the crying of the Siddhas —

Verse 60 (padma.6.7.60)

रसातलं जगामाद्रिः सिंधुसूनोः प्रपश्यतः । ततो जालंधरो वीर आजगाम महारणम्

rasātalaṁ jagāmādriḥ siṁdhusūnoḥ prapaśyataḥ tato jālaṁdharo vīra ājagāma mahāraṇam

that mountain went down to the netherworld before the very eyes of the ocean's son. Then the hero Jalandhara returned to the great battlefield.

Verse 61 (padma.6.7.61)

पूर्वकल्पितमारुह्य रथस्थं केशवं ययौ । रथस्थं माधवं दृष्ट्वा जहासोच्चैर्नदीसुतः

pūrvakalpitamāruhya rathasthaṁ keśavaṁ yayau rathasthaṁ mādhavaṁ dṛṣṭvā jahāsoccairnadīsutaḥ

Mounting his already-readied chariot, he went toward Keshava, who stood in his own chariot; seeing Madhava there, the river's son laughed loudly.

Verse 62 (padma.6.7.62)

तावत्त्वं तिष्ठ शकटे यावद्धन्यामरीनहम् । एवमुक्त्वा जघानाशु शरैस्तां देववाहिनीम्

tāvattvaṁ tiṣṭha śakaṭe yāvaddhanyāmarīnaham evamuktvā jaghānāśu śaraistāṁ devavāhinīm

'Stay in your chariot until I have slain my enemies' — having said this, he swiftly struck down that army of gods with arrows.

Verse 63 (padma.6.7.63)

बाणैर्विदारिता देवास्त्राहीत्यूचुर्बृहस्पतिम् । ततो बृहस्पतिः शीघ्रमगमत्क्षीरसागरम्

bāṇairvidāritā devāstrāhītyūcurbṛhaspatim tato bṛhaspatiḥ śīghramagamatkṣīrasāgaram

The gods, torn by his arrows, cried out to Brihaspati: 'Save us!' Then Brihaspati went swiftly to the Ocean of Milk.

Verse 64 (padma.6.7.64)

अदृष्ट्वा तं ततो द्रोणमभूच्चिन्तापरो नृप । अथागत्य रणं तूर्णममरान्प्राह गीष्पतिः

adṛṣṭvā taṁ tato droṇamabhūccintāparo nṛpa athāgatya raṇaṁ tūrṇamamarānprāha gīṣpatiḥ

O king, not finding Drona there, he fell into anxious worry; then, coming swiftly back to the battlefield, Gishpati said to the gods —

Verse 65 (padma.6.7.65)

पलायध्वं सुराः सर्वे द्रोणाद्रिः क्षयमागतः । एवमुक्तवतस्तस्य गुरोश्चिच्छेद सिंधुजः

palāyadhvaṁ surāḥ sarve droṇādriḥ kṣayamāgataḥ evamuktavatastasya gurościccheda siṁdhujaḥ

'Flee, all you gods — Mount Drona has met its end!' As he spoke thus, the ocean-born one —

Verse 66 (padma.6.7.66)

यज्ञोपवीतं केशांश्च बाणैस्तीक्ष्णैर्हसन्सुरान् । ततो दुद्राव वेगेन गुरुः प्राणभयार्दितः

yajñopavītaṁ keśāṁśca bāṇaistīkṣṇairhasansurān tato dudrāva vegena guruḥ prāṇabhayārditaḥ

cut off his sacred thread and hair with sharp arrows, mocking the gods; then the guru, stricken with fear for his life, fled away swiftly.

Verse 67 (padma.6.7.67)

देवाः सर्वे रणं हित्वा पलायांचक्रिरे नृप । एवं विद्राव्य देवान्वै जनार्द्दनमधावत

devāḥ sarve raṇaṁ hitvā palāyāṁcakrire nṛpa evaṁ vidrāvya devānvai janārddanamadhāvata

O king, all the gods, abandoning the battle, fled away; having thus routed the gods, he rushed at Janardana.

Verse 68 (padma.6.7.68)

हृषीकेशोऽपि दैत्येशमन्वधावद्रणोत्सुकः । ततो युद्धमभूद्धोरं विष्णोर्जालंधरस्य च

hṛṣīkeśo'pi daityeśamanvadhāvadraṇotsukaḥ tato yuddhamabhūddhoraṁ viṣṇorjālaṁdharasya ca

Hrishikesha too, eager for the fight, pursued the lord of demons; then a terrible battle broke out between Vishnu and Jalandhara.

Verse 69 (padma.6.7.69)

दुर्द्धर्षणो बाणजालैः प्लावयामास केशवम् । तान्बाणान्खंडशः कृत्वा पूरयित्वा शरैर्महान्

durddharṣaṇo bāṇajālaiḥ plāvayāmāsa keśavam tānbāṇānkhaṁḍaśaḥ kṛtvā pūrayitvā śarairmahān

The unassailable Jalandhara flooded Keshava with a hail of arrows; but Vishnu, shattering those arrows to pieces and filling him in return with his own mighty shafts —

Verse 70 (padma.6.7.70)

वासुदेवोसुरं बाणैर्जालंधरमपीडयत् । जालंधरो रथं त्यक्त्वा शरपीडितविग्रहः

vāsudevosuraṁ bāṇairjālaṁdharamapīḍayat jālaṁdharo rathaṁ tyaktvā śarapīḍitavigrahaḥ

afflicted the demon Jalandhara with arrows; Jalandhara, abandoning his chariot, his body pierced with wounds —

Verse 71 (padma.6.7.71)

विष्णुं विजेतुं दुद्राव संयतिस्थमथ द्रुतम् । तमायांतं रणे दृष्ट्वा हरिर्विव्याध सायकैः

viṣṇuṁ vijetuṁ dudrāva saṁyatisthamatha drutam tamāyāṁtaṁ raṇe dṛṣṭvā harirvivyādha sāyakaiḥ

rushed swiftly to conquer Vishnu, who stood firm upon the battlefield; seeing him coming, Hari pierced him with arrows.

Verse 72 (padma.6.7.72)

बाणानंगेसहद्विष्णोः प्राप्तोऽसौ रथसंनिधौ । हस्तेनैकेन गरुडं द्वितीयेन रथं हरेः

bāṇānaṁgesahadviṣṇoḥ prāpto'sau rathasaṁnidhau hastenaikena garuḍaṁ dvitīyena rathaṁ hareḥ

Enduring those arrows upon his own body, he reached the vicinity of Vishnu's chariot; seizing Garuda with one hand and Hari's chariot with the other —

Verse 73 (padma.6.7.73)

भ्रामयित्वांबरे शश्वत्श्वेतद्वीपे न्यपातयत् । जालंधरकरक्षिप्तो गरुडोऽपि पपात ह

bhrāmayitvāṁbare śaśvatśvetadvīpe nyapātayat jālaṁdharakarakṣipto garuḍo'pi papāta ha

whirling them repeatedly through the sky, he flung them down onto Shvetadvipa; Garuda too, hurled by Jalandhara's hand, fell there.

Verse 74 (padma.6.7.74)

क्रौंचद्वीपे स तत्रैव विश्राममकरोच्चिरम् । अच्युतः प्रच्युतस्तस्माद्भ्रमतो रथमंडलात्

krauṁcadvīpe sa tatraiva viśrāmamakarocciram acyutaḥ pracyutastasmādbhramato rathamaṁḍalāt

He rested there a long while on Krauncha Island; Achyuta, hurled from that whirling chariot,

Verse 75 (padma.6.7.75)

रणमागत्य दैत्येशं तिष्ठतिष्ठेत्यभाषत । दृष्ट्वा तमागतं भूयः केशवं समरप्रियः

raṇamāgatya daityeśaṁ tiṣṭhatiṣṭhetyabhāṣata dṛṣṭvā tamāgataṁ bhūyaḥ keśavaṁ samarapriyaḥ

returned to the battlefield and said to the lord of demons: 'Stand, stand and fight!' The battle-loving Jalandhara, seeing Keshava come again,

Verse 76 (padma.6.7.76)

पूरयन्मार्गणैर्भूमिं जगर्जार्णवनंदनः

pūrayanmārgaṇairbhūmiṁ jagarjārṇavanaṁdanaḥ

filled the earth with a torrent of arrows and roared, that son of the ocean.

Verse 77 (padma.6.7.77)

विव्याध दैत्यं हरिराशु शक्त्या हृदि स्फुरंत्या स ततः पपात । सूतो न यत्तं समरान्निवासं तं प्राह रे केन कृतोस्म्यलज्जः

vivyādha daityaṁ harirāśu śaktyā hṛdi sphuraṁtyā sa tataḥ papāta sūto na yattaṁ samarānnivāsaṁ taṁ prāha re kena kṛtosmyalajjaḥ

Hari swiftly pierced the demon with a spear flashing at his heart, and he fell; his charioteer, seeing him not return from the field, cried out: 'Alas — by whom have I been made to witness such shame?'

Verse 78 (padma.6.7.78)

दैत्यारि जालंधरयोर्महत्तदा बभूव युद्धं धरणीतलस्थयोः । प्रेम्णा श्रियस्तं न जघान दानवं स्वयं हरिस्तस्य शरैः पपात

daityāri jālaṁdharayormahattadā babhūva yuddhaṁ dharaṇītalasthayoḥ premṇā śriyastaṁ na jaghāna dānavaṁ svayaṁ haristasya śaraiḥ papāta

Then a great battle took place between the demons' foe and Jalandhara, both now standing upon the ground; out of love for Sri, he did not slay that demon — instead, Hari himself fell, struck by his arrows.

Verse 79 (padma.6.7.79)

ततो निरीक्ष्य गोविंदं पतितं धरणीतले । प्रगृह्यार्णवजो दैत्य आरुरोह निजं रथम् । ततस्तमिंदिरा प्राप्ता रुदंती विष्णुवल्लभा

tato nirīkṣya goviṁdaṁ patitaṁ dharaṇītale pragṛhyārṇavajo daitya āruroha nijaṁ ratham tatastamiṁdirā prāptā rudaṁtī viṣṇuvallabhā

Then, seeing Govinda fallen to the ground, the ocean-born demon seized him and mounted him upon his own chariot; then Indira, Vishnu's beloved, came there weeping.

Verse 80 (padma.6.7.80)

संस्थिता कमला तत्र पतिं कमललोचनम् । पतितं तु पतिं वीक्ष्य लक्ष्मीः प्राहार्णवात्मजम्

saṁsthitā kamalā tatra patiṁ kamalalocanam patitaṁ tu patiṁ vīkṣya lakṣmīḥ prāhārṇavātmajam

Kamala stood there, seeing her lotus-eyed husband; and, seeing him fallen, Lakshmi said to the ocean-born one —

Verse 81 (padma.6.7.81)

शृणुष्व वचनं भ्रातर्जितो विष्णुर्धृतस्त्वया । भगिन्या न च वैधव्यं दातुं युक्तं महाबल

śṛṇuṣva vacanaṁ bhrātarjito viṣṇurdhṛtastvayā bhaginyā na ca vaidhavyaṁ dātuṁ yuktaṁ mahābala

'Listen to my words, brother — you have conquered and captured Vishnu; but, O mighty one, it is not fitting to bestow widowhood upon your own sister.'

Verse 82 (padma.6.7.82)

श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तस्या मुमोच जगतः पतिम् । जालंधरो महाबाहुः स्वस्रे भक्त्या ननाम च

śrutvā tu vacanaṁ tasyā mumoca jagataḥ patim jālaṁdharo mahābāhuḥ svasre bhaktyā nanāma ca

Hearing her words, the mighty-armed Jalandhara released the Lord of the world, and bowed to his sister with devotion.

Verse 83 (padma.6.7.83)

ववंदे चरणौ विष्णोः स्वसुः स्नेहात्तदांजसा । विष्णुर्जालंधरं प्राह तुष्टोऽस्मि तव कर्मणा । वरं वरय दैत्येश किं प्रयच्छामि ते वरम्

vavaṁde caraṇau viṣṇoḥ svasuḥ snehāttadāṁjasā viṣṇurjālaṁdharaṁ prāha tuṣṭo'smi tava karmaṇā varaṁ varaya daityeśa kiṁ prayacchāmi te varam

Out of love for his sister, he at once, with sincere heart, reverenced Vishnu's feet as well; Vishnu said to Jalandhara: 'I am pleased by this deed of yours — choose a boon, O lord of demons, what boon shall I grant you?'

Verse 84 (padma.6.7.84)

जालंधर उवाच । यदि त्वं मम तुष्टोऽसि शौर्येणानेन केशव । स्थातव्यं मत्पितुः स्थाने त्वया कमलया सह

jālaṁdhara uvāca yadi tvaṁ mama tuṣṭo'si śauryeṇānena keśava sthātavyaṁ matpituḥ sthāne tvayā kamalayā saha

Jalandhara said: 'O Keshava, if you are pleased with me for this valor, then you must dwell, together with Kamala, in my father's own realm.'

Verse 85 (padma.6.7.85)

तथेत्युक्त्वा च संस्मृत्य गरुडं धरणीधरः । आरुह्य च जगन्नाथः क्षीराब्धिं प्रियया सह

tathetyuktvā ca saṁsmṛtya garuḍaṁ dharaṇīdharaḥ āruhya ca jagannāthaḥ kṣīrābdhiṁ priyayā saha

'So be it,' he said; and, remembering Garuda, the Bearer of the Earth, the Lord of the world, mounting him together with his beloved —

Verse 86 (padma.6.7.86)

तदाप्रभृति कृष्णस्य वासः श्वशुरमंदिरे । अब्धौ वसति देवेशो लक्ष्म्याः प्रियचिकीर्षया

tadāprabhṛti kṛṣṇasya vāsaḥ śvaśuramaṁdire abdhau vasati deveśo lakṣmyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā

From that time onward, Krishna's dwelling has been in his father-in-law's own house; the Lord of gods dwells in the ocean, wishing to please Lakshmi.