The Battle of the Ganas (continued)

Verse 1 (skanda.8.134.1)

सनत्कुमार उवाच । संकुले वर्तमाने तु प्रमथासुरसैन्ययोः । श्रूयन्ते कार्मुकरवाः सिंहनादाश्च दारुणाः

sanatkumāra uvāca | saṁkule vartamāne tu pramathāsurasainyayoḥ | śrūyante kārmukaravāḥ siṁhanādāśca dāruṇāḥ

Sanatkumara said: As the melee raged between the armies of the Pramathas and Asuras, the twang of bows and dreadful lion-roars were heard.

Verse 2 (skanda.8.134.2)

व्याविद्धाङ्गुलयो देवश्चारणोरगगुह्यकाः । नेदुरुद्धूतवस्त्रान्ता युद्धोद्धवकृतस्वनाः

vyāviddhāṅgulayo devaścāraṇoragaguhyakāḥ | neduruddhūtavastrāntā yuddhoddhavakṛtasvanāḥ

The gods, Charanas, serpents, and Guhyakas, snapping their fingers, their garment-ends fluttering, cried out, making sounds born of the excitement of battle.

Verse 3 (skanda.8.134.3)

शूरारसितशब्देन तेनोदीरितविक्रमाः । चक्रुः कर्माण्यसह्यानि दर्पिताः प्रमथासुराः

śūrārasitaśabdena tenodīritavikramāḥ | cakruḥ karmāṇyasahyāni darpitāḥ pramathāsurāḥ

Stirred to valor by that sound of heroes' shouts, the proud Pramathas and Asuras performed unbearable feats.

Verse 4 (skanda.8.134.4)

असिभिर्व्यायितैश्छिन्नाः पट्टिशैर्भिन्नवक्षसः । शरसंकृत्तमर्माणः पतन्ति प्रमथासुराः

asibhirvyāyitaiśchinnāḥ paṭṭiśairbhinnavakṣasaḥ | śarasaṁkṛttamarmāṇaḥ patanti pramathāsurāḥ

Cut by swords wielded with force, their chests pierced by pattishas, their vital points severed by arrows, the Pramathas and Asuras fell.

Verse 5 (skanda.8.134.5)

शिरसां पात्यमानानां बहूनां चोरुभिः सह । राशयस्तत्र दृश्यन्ते प्रमथासुरसंयुगे

śirasāṁ pātyamānānāṁ bahūnāṁ corubhiḥ saha | rāśayastatra dṛśyante pramathāsurasaṁyuge

Heaps of the many heads being felled, together with thighs, are seen there in the battle of Pramathas and Asuras.

Verse 6 (skanda.8.134.6)

भग्नचक्रा विध्वजाश्च विवरूथा विकूबराः । दृश्यन्ते शतशो व्यश्वा हतसारथयो रथाः

bhagnacakrā vidhvajāśca vivarūthā vikūbarāḥ | dṛśyante śataśo vyaśvā hatasārathayo rathāḥ

Chariots with broken wheels, bannerless, without protective plating, without poles, are seen by the hundreds, horseless, their charioteers slain.

Verse 7 (skanda.8.134.7)

सपताकाः सकेयूराः सवर्मायुधकेतवः । निष्कृष्टदन्तमुशलाः पतन्ति गजपुङ्गवाः

sapatākāḥ sakeyūrāḥ savarmāyudhaketavaḥ | niṣkṛṣṭadantamuśalāḥ patanti gajapuṅgavāḥ

Lordly elephants, with flags, with armlets, with armor, weapons, and standards, their tusk-clubs torn out, fall.

Verse 8 (skanda.8.134.8)

शरप्रहाररुग्णाङ्गाश्चामरापीडकोज्ज्वलाः । ससादिनो निपात्यन्ते हयाः सूर्यहयोपमाः

śaraprahārarugṇāṅgāścāmarāpīḍakojjvalāḥ | sasādino nipātyante hayāḥ sūryahayopamāḥ

Horses, resembling the sun's steeds, their limbs broken by arrow-blows, radiant with fly-whisk crests, are struck down together with their riders.

Verse 9 (skanda.8.134.9)

उद्भ्रान्तैस्तुरगैस्त्रस्तैर्दानवैः सरथैरपि । तद्बलं प्रबभौ मत्तं भ्रान्तग्राहार्णवोपमम्

udbhrāntaisturagaistrastairdānavaiḥ sarathairapi | tadbalaṁ prababhau mattaṁ bhrāntagrāhārṇavopamam

With bewildered, frightened horses, and Danavas together with their chariots, that intoxicated army appeared like a bewildered ocean full of sea-monsters.

Verse 10 (skanda.8.134.10)

वासोभिरातपत्रैश्व मुकुटैर्मणिकुण्डलैः । हारार्धहारैः केयूरैरङ्गुलीयैः स्रगुत्तमैः

vāsobhirātapatraiśva mukuṭairmaṇikuṇḍalaiḥ | hārārdhahāraiḥ keyūrairaṅgulīyaiḥ sraguttamaiḥ

With garments, and parasols, with crowns, jeweled earrings; with necklaces, half-necklaces, armlets, rings, and excellent garlands—

Verse 11 (skanda.8.134.11)

कराननैः प्रकृत्तैश्च चरणैश्च निपातितैः । युद्धभूमिर्वृता भाति द्यौर्नक्षत्रैरिवोदितैः

karānanaiḥ prakṛttaiśca caraṇaiśca nipātitaiḥ | yuddhabhūmirvṛtā bhāti dyaurnakṣatrairivoditaiḥ

—and with severed hands and faces, and fallen feet, the battlefield, thus strewn, shone like the sky risen with stars.

Verse 12 (skanda.8.134.12)

रुधिरास्राववसना नानाभरणभूषणाः । रक्तवस्त्रावृतैर्गात्रैर्मही मृत्युरिवाबभौ

rudhirāsrāvavasanā nānābharaṇabhūṣaṇāḥ | raktavastrāvṛtairgātrairmahī mṛtyurivābabhau

With garments streaming blood, adorned with various ornaments, the earth, its limbs covered with red-hued garments, appeared like Death itself.

Verse 13 (skanda.8.134.13)

अथ वाजिगजौघानां शोणितोदकवाहिनी । नदी प्रववृते घोरा यमसादनवाहिनी

atha vājigajaughānāṁ śoṇitodakavāhinī | nadī pravavṛte ghorā yamasādanavāhinī

Then a dreadful river, carrying the blood-water of hosts of horses and elephants, flowed forth, bearing the dead to the abode of Yama.

Verse 14 (skanda.8.134.14)

मृगहस्तिखराश्वोष्ट्रमहाग्राहसमाकुला । मांसमेदोयकृत्पंका धनुर्ध्वजशतद्रुमा

mṛgahastikharāśvoṣṭramahāgrāhasamākulā | māṁsamedoyakṛtpaṁkā dhanurdhvajaśatadrumā

Thronged with deer, elephants, donkeys, horses, camels, and great sea-monsters; its mud made of flesh, fat, and liver; its hundred logs being bows and banners.

Verse 15 (skanda.8.134.15)

छिन्नशीर्षोपलशता हस्तपश्वाननोरगा । केशशैवालसंछन्ना धनुर्ज्याशततन्तुका

chinnaśīrṣopalaśatā hastapaśvānanoragā | keśaśaivālasaṁchannā dhanurjyāśatatantukā

With its hundred boulders being severed heads, its hands, animal-faces, and serpents; covered with hair as its water-weeds; its hundred threads being bowstrings.

Verse 16 (skanda.8.134.16)

पाण्डराम्बरहर्षा वै मुकुटाटिकुलाकुला । भेरीकच्छपसंकीर्णा वराभरणदर्दुरा

pāṇḍarāmbaraharṣā vai mukuṭāṭikulākulā | bherīkacchapasaṁkīrṇā varābharaṇadardurā

Delighted with pale garments as its foam, thronged with crowds of crowns as its floating debris, filled with kettledrums as its tortoises, its fine ornaments as its frogs.

Verse 17 (skanda.8.134.17)

शरमीनसमाकीर्णा खड्गनक्रदुरासदा । रथचक्रमहानक्रा गदयादोविलोडिता

śaramīnasamākīrṇā khaḍganakradurāsadā | rathacakramahānakrā gadayādoviloḍitā

Teeming with arrows as its fish, made impassable by swords as its crocodiles; its chariot-wheels as its great crocodiles, stirred by maces as its aquatic monsters.

Verse 18 (skanda.8.134.18)

विशीर्णहारसिकता कफसंजातफेनिनी । रक्तोत्पलानां मालेव कौङकुमी स्रगिबोज्झिता

viśīrṇahārasikatā kaphasaṁjātapheninī | raktotpalānāṁ māleva kauṅakumī sragibojjhitā

Its sand being scattered pearl-necklaces, its foam born of phlegm; like a garland of red lotuses, saffron-hued, as if cast off.

Verse 19 (skanda.8.134.19)

जिह्वेवोरगराजस्य यमस्याज्ञा इवाद्भुता । भयदा भीरुयोधानां शूराणां हर्षवर्धिनी । प्रवृत्ता रुधिराम्भोभिः स्वर्गलोकवहा नदी

jihvevoragarājasya yamasyājñā ivādbhutā | bhayadā bhīruyodhānāṁ śūrāṇāṁ harṣavardhinī | pravṛttā rudhirāmbhobhiḥ svargalokavahā nadī

Like the tongue of the king of serpents, like the wondrous command of Yama, terrifying to cowardly warriors, increasing the joy of heroes — that river, flowing with waters of blood, became the one carrying the fallen to the world of heaven.

Verse 20 (skanda.8.134.20)

संरब्धदैत्येन्द्रविवृद्धधूमं नन्दीश्वराग्निज्वलितान्तरालम् । बभौ बलं सागरतुल्यनादं विनाशि यद्वज्जगदन्तकाले

saṁrabdhadaityendravivṛddhadhūmaṁ nandīśvarāgnijvalitāntarālam | babhau balaṁ sāgaratulyanādaṁ vināśi yadvajjagadantakāle

That army, its smoke increased by the enraged lords of the Daityas, its inner spaces ablaze with Nandishvara's fire, appeared, with a roar equal to the ocean's, as if it were the world's destruction at the time of doomsday.