Kathasaritsagara 8.7.83
Kathāsaritsāgara 8.7.83
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8.7.83
sūryaprabhaś ca nirdhūya tadastrāṇy avahelayā /
ākarṇākṛṣṭanārācaśatenendram atāḍayat //
Moreover, your over-stepping the bounds of propriety will produce other bad results." When the gods heard that, they said— " All of us have sons here that have been slain, or are being slain, so how can we help fighting? Love for one's offspring is a feeling hard to lay aside, so we must certainly revenge ourselves on their slayers to the utmost of our power; what impropriety is there in this?" When the gods said this, Vírabhadra departed, and a great fight took place between the gods and the Asuras: Sunítha fought with the two Aśvins, and Prajnadhya fought with the Moon, and Sthirabuddhi with the Vasus, and Kálachakra with Váyu, and Prakampana with Agni, and Sinhadanshtra with Nirriti, and Pramathana with Varuna, and Dhúmraketu with Yama, and then Mahámáya fought with the god of wealth, and other Asuras at the same time fought with other gods, with missiles and opposing missiles. And finally, whatever mighty weapon any god sent forth, Śiva immediately destroyed with an angry roar. But the god of wealth, when his club was uplifted, was restrained by Śiva in a conciliatory manner, while various other gods, their weapons having been broken, fled from the field of battle. Then Indra himself, in wrath, attacked Súryaprabha, and let fly a storm of arrows at him and various other weapons. And Súryaprabha repelled those weapons with ease, and kept striking Indra with hundreds of arrows drawn back to the ear.
Translations (1)
- The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, English