Bhagavatapurana 8.10: atha daśamo'dhyāyaḥ

8.10.1

/0 śrīśuka uvāca
iti dānavadaiteyā nāvindannamṛtaṃ nṛpa /
yuktāḥ karmaṇi yattāśca vāsudevaparāṅmukhāḥ //

Śuka said: / Thus the Dānavas and Daiteyas did not obtain the nectar, O king, / for though engaged and striving in the task, they had turned their backs on Vāsudeva.

Sri Suka said:—

1. Thus, O king, Daityas and Danavas failed to obtain Amrita; for, prepared and full of exertion in the work as they were, they had set their face against the Lord Vasudeva.

8.10.2

sādhayitvāmṛtaṃ rājan pāyayitvā svakān surān /
paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ yayau garuḍavāhanaḥ //

Having brought forth the nectar, O king, and having given it to his own gods to drink, / he who has Garuḍa for his mount departed before the eyes of all living beings.

2. Having produced Amrita, O king, and having made His devout celestials drink of it, the glorious Lord got on the back of Garuda and went out of sight, while all creatures stood gazing on.

8.10.3

sapatnānāṃ parāmṛddhiṃ dṛṣṭvā te ditinandanāḥ /
amṛṣyamāṇā utpeturdevān pratyudyatāyudhāḥ //

Seeing the supreme prosperity of their rivals, the sons of Diti, / unable to endure it, rushed at the gods with weapons raised.

3. Perceiving the good fortune and the complete success of their enemies, those sons of Diti could not bear it and fell upon the gods with raised weapons.

8.10.4

tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve sudhayā pītayaidhitāḥ /
pratisaṃyuyudhuḥ śastrairnārāyaṇapadāśrayāḥ //

Then all the hosts of gods, invigorated by drinking the nectar, / fought back with weapons, taking shelter at the feet of Nārāyaṇa.

4. Strengthened by the Amrita they had drunk all the hosts of the gods depending on the support of Narayana's feet fought their foes with weapons.

8.10.5

tatra daivāsuro nāma raṇaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ /
rodhasy udanvato rājaṃstumulo romaharṣaṇaḥ //

There, on the shore of the ocean, O king, occurred a most terrible, / tumultuous battle known as the war of gods and Asuras, making the hair stand on end.

5. There was fought the most terrible battle of the Gods and the Asuras (called the Deva-Asura battle), O king, and it was a hand-to-hand struggle on the sea-shore which (to hear) makes the hair stand on end.

8.10.6

tatrānyonyaṃ sapatnāste saṃrabdhamanaso raṇe /
samāsādyāsibhirbāṇairnijaghnurvividhāyudhaiḥ //

There the rivals, with minds inflamed with fury, approached one another / in battle and struck with swords, arrows, and various weapons.

6. There the enemies with a raging heart met in battle and struck one another with swords, arrows, and various other weapons.

8.10.7

śaṅkhatūryamṛdaṅgānāṃ bherīḍamariṇāṃ mahān /
hastyaśvarathapattīnāṃ nadatāṃ nisvano 'bhavat //

There arose a mighty roar from conches, clarions, mṛdaṅgas, / kettle-drums, and ḍamaris, and from roaring elephants, horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers.

7. Tremendous was the uproar of conches and trumpets blown, of Mṛdaṅgas, Bheri and Damaru beaten and of elephants roaring, horses neighing, chariots grating and Infantry shouting.

8.10.8

rathino rathibhistatra pattibhiḥ saha pattayaḥ /
hayā hayairibhāścebhaiḥ samasajjanta saṃyuge //

Chariot-warriors clashed in that conflict with chariot-warriors, foot-soldiers with foot-soldiers, / horses with horses, and elephants with elephants.

8. There, in that battle, warriors on chariots were engaged with those on chariots; foot-soldiers with foot-soldiers, horses with horses and elephants with elephants.

8.10.9

uṣṭraiḥ kecidibhaiḥ kecidapare yuyudhuḥ kharaiḥ /
kecidgauramukhairṛkṣairdvīpibhirharibhirbhaṭāḥ //

Some warriors fought on camels, some on elephants, others on donkeys; / some on white-faced monkeys, bears, leopards, or lions.

9. Some soldiers fought with camels; some with elephants; some again with donkeys; some others with white animals, bears, tigers, and monkeys.

8.10.10

gṛdhraiḥ kaṅkairbakairanye śyenabhāsaistimiṅgilaiḥ /
śarabhairmahiṣaiḥ khaḍgairgovṛṣairgavayāruṇaiḥ //

Others [fought] on vultures, herons, cranes, hawks, bhāsa birds, and timiṅgila fish; / on śarabhas, water buffaloes, rhinoceroses, bulls, forest bulls, and ruddy cows;

10. Some with kites, vultures, and cranes, some with eagles and the like, some with whales, others with eight-footed sharabhas, some with bisons, some with rhinoceroses, bulls, buffaloes and arunas.

8.10.11

śivābhirākhubhiḥ kecit kṛkalāsaiḥ śaśairnaraiḥ /
bastaireke kṛṣṇasārairhaṃsairanye ca sūkaraiḥ //

some on jackals, rats, chameleons, hares, and men; / some on goats, black antelopes, swans, and others on boars;

11. Some fought with jackals, rats, lizards, and blood-suckers, hares and human beings; some others with goat and sheep, with deer and swans and still some others with hogs.

8.10.12

anye jalasthalakhagaiḥ sattvairvikṛtavigrahaiḥ /
senayorubhayo rājan viviśuste 'grato 'grataḥ //

and others rode creatures of water, land, and sky with deformed bodies; / and so, O king, they entered at the very front of both armies.

12. Some with birds of land and water, others with creatures of horrible shapes; the soldiers of both the armies strove with one another, O king, and rushed to the front.

8.10.13

citradhvajapaṭai rājannātapatraiḥ sitāmalaiḥ /
mahādhanairvajradaṇḍairvyajanairbārhacāmaraiḥ //

With diverse banner cloths, O king, with spotless white parasols / possessing costly diamond-studded handles, with fans and chowries of peacock feathers,

13. to 15. O king, with flags of various hues, with umbrellas black and white, with highly priced rods of adamantine strength, fans and chowries of peacock feathers; with turbans and helmets unsettled by the winds, with torches, coats of mail and ornaments, with white and brilliant weapons dazzling under the rays of the sun, the armies of the celestial and Asura heroes shone, O son of Pandus, with their ranks of warriors like two oceans with rows of the sea-monsters.

8.10.14

vātoddhūtottaroṣṇīṣairarcirbhirvarmabhūṣaṇaiḥ /
sphuradbhirviśadaiḥ śastraiḥ sutarāṃ sūryaraśmibhiḥ //

with turbans and upper garments fluttering in the wind, with the radiance of armor and ornaments, / with flashing, bright weapons, and above all with the rays of the sun,

8.10.15

devadānavavīrāṇāṃ dhvajinyau pāṇḍunandana /
rejaturvīramālābhiryādasāmiva sāgarau //

the two armies of the heroes among gods and Dānavas, O son of Pāṇḍu, / shone forth with rows of heroes, like two oceans with rows of aquatic monsters.

8.10.16

vairocano baliḥ saṅkhye so 'surāṇāṃ camūpatiḥ /
yānaṃ vaihāyasaṃ nāma kāmagaṃ mayanirmitam //

Bali, the son of Virocana, was the commander of the Asura army in that battle; / [he mounted] a vehicle named Vaihāyasa, which moved at will and was built by Maya.

16. & 17. In this battle the commander of the Asura army was *Bali*, the son of *Virochana* and his vehicle was an aerial car constructed by *Maya* and capable of travelling to any place desired. It was filled with every thing necessary for the fight, it surpassed all imagination, it defied all description, it was visible and invisible. It was, O king, the wonder of all wonders.

8.10.17

sarvasāṅgrāmikopetaṃ sarvāścaryamayaṃ prabho /
apratarkyamanirdeśyaṃ dṛśyamānamadarśanam //

Equipped with all implements of war, full of all wonders, O Lord,
inconceivable, indescribable, visible and yet invisible,

8.10.18

āsthitastadvimānāgryaṃ sarvānīkādhipairvṛtaḥ /
bālavyajanachatrāgryai reje candra ivodaye //

mounted upon that foremost aerial chariot, surrounded by all the commanders of the armies,
with the finest fly-whisks and umbrellas, he shone like the rising moon.

18. Riding in that aerial car, surrounded by all the leaders of

the army and waited upon with chowries and umbrellas, Bali shone like the moon on the eastern hill (rising).

8.10.19

tasyāsan sarvato yānairyūthānāṃ patayo 'surāḥ /
namuciḥ śambaro bāṇo vipracittirayomukhaḥ //

Surrounding him on all sides in their conveyances were the leaders of the troops, the asuras:
Namuci, Śambara, Bāṇa, Vipracitti, Ayomukha,

19 & 20. Round him stood leading various squadrons, several Asuras, namely, Namuchi, Sambara, Bana, Viprachitti, and Ayomukha (iron-faced); the two-headed Kalanabha, Praheti, Heti, Ilvala, Sakuni, Bhuta-Santapa, (he who afflicts beings), Vajradamshtra, (of adamantine teeth), Virochana.

8.10.20

dvimūrdhā kālanābho 'tha prahetirhetirilvalaḥ /
śakunirbhūtasantāpo vajradaṃṣṭro virocanaḥ //

Dvimūrdhan, Kālanābha, and also Praheti, Heti, Ilvala,
Śakuni, Bhūtasantāpa, Vajradaṃṣṭra, Virocana,

8.10.21

hayagrīvaḥ śaṅkuśirāḥ kapilo meghadundubhiḥ /
tārakaścakradṛk śumbho niśumbho jambha utkalaḥ //

Hayagrīva, Śaṅkuśiras, Kapila, Meghadundubhi,
Tāraka, Cakradṛś, Śumbha, Niśumbha, Jambha, Utkala,

21 & 22. Hagagriva, Sankusiras (the peg-headed), Kapila, Megha, Dundubhi, Taraka, Chakradruk, Shumbha, Nisumbha, Jambha, Utkala, Arishta, Arishtanemi, Maya the chief of the Tripuras, and also others like Paulomas, Kaleyas, Nivathakavachas and others.

8.10.22

ariṣṭo 'riṣṭanemiśca mayaśca tripurādhipaḥ /
anye paulomakāleyā nivātakavacādayaḥ //

Ariṣṭa, Ariṣṭanemi, and Maya, the lord of Tripura,
as well as others: the Paulomas, the Kāleyas, the Nivātakavacas, and more.

8.10.23

alabdhabhāgāḥ somasya kevalaṃ kleśabhāginaḥ /
sarva ete raṇamukhe bahuśo nirjitāmarāḥ //

Having obtained no share of the soma, sharing only in hardship,
all these warriors had repeatedly defeated the immortals in the vanguard of battle.

23 & 24. All who had no share in the Amrita at all, who had only to bear the stress and the brunt of the task and all who had mostly been victors over the gods in battle-all roaring like lions blew their boisterous conches; observing the enemies proud of their strength, Indra the king of swarga was greatly enraged.

8.10.24

siṃhanādān vimuñcantaḥ śaṅkhān dadhmurmahāravān /
dṛṣṭvā sapatnān utsiktān balabhit kupito bhṛśam //

Uttering lion-roars, they blew their loud conches.
Seeing his adversaries arrogant, the slayer of Bala was enraged exceedingly.

8.10.25

airāvataṃ dikkariṇamārūḍhaḥ śuśubhe svarāṭ /
yathā sravatprasravaṇamudayādrimaharpatiḥ //

Mounted upon Airāvata, the elephant of the quarter, the sovereign shone,
as the lord of day atop the sunrise mountain with its flowing cascades.

25. Seated on *Iravata*, the elephant of the eastern point, he shone just as the Lord of the day on the (eastern) Udaya mountain of rising with streams and cataracts flowing down (with rocks overflown with spring currents).

8.10.26

tasyāsan sarvato devā nānāvāhadhvajāyudhāḥ /
lokapālāḥ sahagaṇairvāyvagnivaruṇādayaḥ //

Surrounding him were the gods with diverse vehicles, banners, and weapons—
the world-protectors headed by Vāyu, Agni, and Varuṇa, along with their hosts.

26. Round Indra stood the gods on their various vehicles with flags and weapons, Vayu, Agni, Varuna and other protectors of the world with their hosts.

8.10.27

te 'nyonyamabhisaṃsṛtya kṣipanto marmabhirmithaḥ /
āhvayanto viśanto 'gre yuyudhurdvandvayodhinaḥ //

Advancing toward one another, striking mutually at vulnerable spots,
calling out and charging to the forefront, the duelers fought.

27. They assailed and reproached one another with recriminating aspersions; and calling them to fight they rushed into them, to the front, and all fought hand to hand.

8.10.28

yuyodha balirindreṇa tārakeṇa guho 'syata /
varuṇo hetināyudhyan mitro rājan prahetinā //

Bali fought with Indra; Guha strove with Tāraka;
Varuṇa battled with Heti, and Mitra, O King, with Praheti.

28 to 30. Bali fought with Indra, and Guha was thrown down by Taraka (and Guha with Taraka); Varuna with *Heti*, Mitra with Praheti, O king, Yama with Kalanabha, Viswakarma with *Maya*; Sambara fought with Tvashta, Virochana with Savitru, Namuchi with Aparajita, Aswins with Vrishaparwan, the god Surya with the hundred sons of Bali, of whom the eldest was Bana.

8.10.29

yamastu kālanābhena viśvakarmā mayena vai /
śambaro yuyudhe tvaṣṭrā savitrā tu virocanaḥ //

Yama fought with Kālanābha, Viśvakarman indeed with Maya,
Śambara fought with Tvaṣṭṛ, and Virocana with Savitṛ.

8.10.30

aparājitena namuciraśvinau vṛṣaparvaṇā /
sūryo balisutairdevo bāṇajyeṣṭhaiḥ śatena ca //

Namuci fought with Aparājita; the two Aśvins with Vṛṣaparvan;
the sun god with Bali's hundred sons, the eldest of whom was Bāṇa.

8.10.31

rāhuṇā ca tathā somaḥ pulomnā yuyudhe 'nilaḥ /
niśumbhaśumbhayordevī bhadrakālī tarasvinī //

So too Soma fought with Rāhu, and Anila with Puloman;
the swift goddess Bhadrakālī fought with Niśumbha and Śumbha.

31. Similarly the moon (Chandra) fought with Rahu, Vayu with Puloman; the powerful goddess Bhadrakali with Nisumbha and Sumbha.

8.10.32

vṛṣākapistu jambhena mahiṣeṇa vibhāvasuḥ /
ilvalaḥ saha vātāpirbrahmaputrairarindama //

Vṛṣākapi fought with Jambha, and Vibhāvasu with Mahiṣa;
Ilvala, along with Vātāpi, fought with the sons of Brahmā, O subduer of enemies.

32. Also Vrishakapi fought with Jambha, Vibhavasu with Mahisha; Ilwala and Vathapi with Vasishta and others, O conqueror of enemies.

8.10.33

kāmadevena durmarṣa utkalo mātṛbhiḥ saha /
bṛhaspatiścośanasā narakeṇa śanaiścaraḥ //

Durmarṣa fought with Kāmadeva, Utkala along with the Mātṛs,
Bṛhaspati with Uśanas, and Śanaiścara with Naraka.

33. Durmarsha fought with Kamadeva (Manmatha); Utkala with Matris, Bhrihaspati (Jupiter) with Sukra and Saturn with Naraka.

8.10.34

maruto nivātakavacaiḥ kāleyairvasavo 'marāḥ /
viśvedevāstu paulomai rudrāḥ krodhavaśaiḥ saha //

The Maruts fought with the Nivātakavacas, the immortal Vasus with the Kāleyas,
the Viśvedevas with the Paulomas, and the Rudras with the Krodhavaśas.

34. The gods called Maruts (wind-gods) fought with Nivathakavachas; and Visvedevas with the sons of Puloman and Rudras with those Asuras called Krodhavasas.

8.10.35

ta evamājāvasurāḥ surendrā dvandvena saṃhatya ca yudhyamānāḥ /
anyonyamāsādya nijaghnurojasā jigīṣavastīkṣṇaśarāsitomaraiḥ //

Thus the asuras and the lords of the gods, fighting in duels and in compact ranks upon the battlefield,
approaching one another, struck with all their might, eager for victory, with sharp arrows, swords, and javelins.

35. Thus on the battle-field the Asuras and the great Suras met together in a hand-to-hand fight, approached and struck at one another, in their desire to win with their sharp arrows, swords and spikes.

8.10.36

bhuśuṇḍibhiścakragadarṣṭipaṭṭiśaiḥ śaktyulmukaiḥ prāsaparaśvadhairapi /
nistriṃśabhallaiḥ parighaiḥ samudgaraiḥ sabhindipālaiśca śirāṃsi cicchiduḥ //

With bhuśuṇḍis, discus-weapons, maces, spears, and axes; with darts, firebrands, barbed missiles, and battle-axes;
with broadswords, crescent-headed arrows, iron clubs, mallets, and slings, they severed heads.

36. And with Bhusundi, Chakra, Gada, Rishti, Pattisa, Sakti, Ulmuka (fire-brand), Prasa, Parasvadha (battle-axe), long swords and Bhallas, Parighas, Mudgaras and Bhindipalas, they cut down the heads of one another.

8.10.37

gajāsturaṅgāḥ sarathāḥ padātayaḥ sārohavāhā vividhā vikhaṇḍitāḥ /
nikṛttabāhūruśirodharāṅghrayaś chinnadhvajeṣvāsatanutrabhūṣaṇāḥ //

Elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers, along with varied mounts and their riders, were shattered,
their arms, thighs, necks, and feet severed, their banners, bows, armors, and ornaments broken to pieces.

37. Elephants and horses with the chariots, foot-soldiers, and the riders of various conveyances were beaten down and their arms, thighs, necks and feet chopped off, and their banners, bows, coats of mail and ornaments broken.

8.10.38

teṣāṃ padāghātarathāṅgacūrṇitād āyodhanādulbaṇa utthitastadā /
reṇurdiśaḥ khaṃ dyumaṇiṃ ca chādayan nyavartatāsṛksrutibhiḥ pariplutāt //

From that battleground pulverized by the pounding of feet and chariot-wheels, fierce dust then arose,
veiling the directions, the sky, and the jewel of heaven, until it settled, flooded by torrents of blood.

38. The terrible dust that rose up from the battle ground powdered under the feet of the celestials and others and the wheels of the chariot enveloped the directions, the firmament and the sun but turned back being flooded by the spouts of blood.

8.10.39

śirobhiruddhūtakirīṭakuṇḍalaiḥ saṃrambhadṛgbhiḥ paridaṣṭadacchadaiḥ /
mahābhujaiḥ sābharaṇaiḥ sahāyudhaiḥ sā prāstṛtā bhūḥ karabhorubhirbabhau //

With heads whose diadems and earrings were shaken loose, eyes fixed in wrath, and lips bitten;
with mighty arms adorned with ornaments and holding weapons, and with thighs like elephant trunks, the ground was strewn and shone.

39. Covered with heads destitute of crowns and ear-rings, blood-shot eyes, close-clasped lips, long arms with ornaments and weapons as well as thighs like the elephant’s trunk, that battle-field shone (as if completely overspread with a carpet).

8.10.40

kabandhāstatra cotpetuḥ patitasvaśiro 'kṣibhiḥ /
udyatāyudhadordaṇḍairādhāvanto bhaṭān mṛdhe //

Headless trunks sprang up there and,
with the eyes of their own fallen heads, rushed at warriors in the battle with weapon-bearing club-like arms uplifted.

40. And there the trunks of soldiers, when their heads fell down [looking at their opponents with the eyes in their fallen heads] with weapons drawn up ran towards the opponents in battle, and rushed forward to fight.

8.10.41

balirmahendraṃ daśabhistribhirairāvataṃ śaraiḥ /
caturbhiścaturo vāhān ekenārohamārcchayat //

Bali pierced Mahendra with ten arrows, Airāvata with three,
the four steeds with four, and the driver with one.

41. Bali struck Indra with ten arrows, Iravata with three, the four guards of Iravata with four and its driver with one.

8.10.42

sa tān āpatataḥ śakrastāvadbhiḥ śīghravikramaḥ /
ciccheda niśitairbhallairasamprāptān hasanniva //

Śakra, swift in valor, severed those flying [arrows] with an equal number
of sharp crescent shafts before they reached him, as if smiling.

42. The quick-handed Indra gently smiling cut at once the shafts flying towards him with sharp Bhallas even before they reached him.

8.10.43

tasya karmottamaṃ vīkṣya durmarṣaḥ śaktimādade /
tāṃ jvalantīṃ maholkābhāṃ hastasthāmacchinaddhariḥ //

Seeing his superior feat, [Bali], unable to endure it, seized a dart;
Hari severed it, blazing like a great meteor, while it was still in his hand.

43. Noting Indra's excellent skill, the impatient Bali took up Sakti; but Indra cut it off even while it was in Bali's hand burning like a fire-brand.

8.10.44

tataḥ śūlaṃ tataḥ prāsaṃ tatastomaramṛṣṭayaḥ /
yadyac chastraṃ samādadyāt sarvaṃ tadacchinadvibhuḥ //

Then a trident, then a barbed missile, then a javelin, then spears—
whatever weapon he took up, the powerful lord cut down every one.

44. Then in order took he his Soola, Prasa, Tomara, and Rishties; whatever weapon he would take in his hand the powerful Indra cut it all.

8.10.45

sasarjāthāsurīṃ māyāmantardhānagato 'suraḥ /
tataḥ prādurabhūc chailaḥ surānīkopari prabho //

Then the asura, vanishing from sight, released an asuric illusion;
thereupon a mountain appeared above the army of the gods, O lord.

45. Thereupon the Asura (Bali) made himself invisible and rose up into the sky and thence sent down (created) the Asuric illusion whereby a mountain descended upon the celestial army, O king!

8.10.46

tato nipetustaravo dahyamānā davāgninā /
śilāḥ saṭaṅkaśikharāścūrṇayantyo dviṣadbalam //

Then trees fell down, ablaze with forest fire,
and boulders with chisel-sharp peaks, crushing the enemy forces.

46. Then fell trees burning with forest fire and rocks with chisel-pointed ends reducing the enemies' army to powder.

8.10.47

mahoragāḥ samutpeturdandaśūkāḥ savṛścikāḥ /
siṃhavyāghravarāhāśca mardayanto mahāgajāḥ //

Great serpents, stinging reptiles along with scorpions slithered forth,
as well as lions, tigers, boars, and trampling great elephants.

47. Gigantic serpents, cobras and scorpions, and lions, tigers, porcupines all fell, the latter crushing down the great elephants.

8.10.48

yātudhānyaśca śataśaḥ śūlahastā vivāsasaḥ /
chindhi bhindhīti vādinyastathā rakṣogaṇāḥ prabho //

Sorceresses in their hundreds, spear in hand, stark naked,
crying 'Cut them! Cleave them!', and likewise hordes of rākṣasas [appeared], O lord.

48. The Rakshasa women appeared in hundreds holding soola in their hand, and in their nudity saying 'Chindhi', (cut) 'bhindhi', (break); so also, O Lord, hosts of Rakshasas.

8.10.49

tato mahāghanā vyomni gambhīraparuṣasvanāḥ /
aṅgārān mumucurvātairāhatāḥ stanayitnavaḥ //

Then great clouds in the sky, rumbling with a deep and harsh sound,
battered by winds, unleashed showers of burning coals accompanied by thunder.

49. Next appeared in the sky huge clouds rolling deep and terrible thunders, and the clouds blown by the winds rained fire.

8.10.50

sṛṣṭo daityena sumahān vahniḥ śvasanasārathiḥ /
sāṃvartaka ivātyugro vibudhadhvajinīmadhāk //

A tremendous fire, created by the Daitya and driven by the wind,
exceedingly terrible like the fire of dissolution, burned the army of the immortals.

50. By the Daitya Bali was created a very extensive and formidable fire charioteered by strong gales, most terrible like the fire at deluge and it burnt the celestial army.

8.10.51

tataḥ samudra udvelaḥ sarvataḥ pratyadṛśyata /
pracaṇḍavātairuddhūta taraṅgāvartabhīṣaṇaḥ //

Then an ocean overflowing its shores was seen on all sides,
terrifying with waves and whirlpools whipped up by fierce winds.

51. Next was observed the sea overflowing all its sides: it looked most terrible by its waves and whirlpools tossed up by stormy winds.

8.10.52

evaṃ daityairmahāmāyairalakṣyagatibhī raṇe /
sṛjyamānāsu māyāsu viṣeduḥ surasainikāḥ //

As such illusions were produced in battle by the Daityas,
masters of great illusions whose movements were imperceptible, the divine soldiers despaired.

52. When such illusions of incalculable and frightful quickness were being created in succession by the daityas of high magical powers, the soldiers of the celestial army stood bewildered.

8.10.53

na tatpratividhiṃ yatra vidurindrādayo nṛpa /
dhyātaḥ prādurabhūt tatra bhagavān viśvabhāvanaḥ //

When Indra and the others knew of no remedy for this, O King,
the Lord, the creator of the universe, manifested there upon being meditated upon.

53. O king, when Indra and others stood impotent to think of the means of counteracting their (Asuras) Maya, the glorious Lord, protector of the world, when sought after, revealed Himself on the spot.

8.10.54

tataḥ suparṇāṃsakṛtāṅghripallavaḥ piśaṅgavāsā navakañjalocanaḥ /
adṛśyatāṣṭāyudhabāhurullasac chrīkaustubhānarghyakirīṭakuṇḍalaḥ //

Then he appeared, his sprout-like feet resting upon the shoulders of the bird of fair plumage,
clad in yellow garments, with eyes like freshly blossomed lotuses,
eight arms bearing weapons, and radiant with the auspicious Kaustubha, a priceless diadem, and earrings.

54. Then, clad in pitambar, with eyes like fresh-blown lotus and with His feet like unto two tender shoots on the shoulders of Suparna, He (Hari) revealed Himself. He had arms bearing eight weapons, the brilliant Kaustubha jewel (on His chest) and priceless crown and ear-rings too.

8.10.55

tasmin praviṣṭe 'surakūṭakarmajā māyā vineśurmahinā mahīyasaḥ /
svapno yathā hi pratibodha āgate harismṛtiḥ sarvavipadvimokṣaṇam //

When he entered, the illusions born of the fraudulent works of the asuras vanished through the majesty of the Greatest,
just as a dream does when awakening arrives; for the remembrance of Hari is liberation from all distress.

55. The moment He entered, all the illusions created by the cunning of the Asuras vanished by the power of the most worshipful Lord, even like a dream on the return of wakefulness, for the *very memory of Sri Hari is the solution of all calamities.*

8.10.56

dṛṣṭvā mṛdhe garuḍavāhamibhārivāha āvidhya śūlamahinodatha kālanemiḥ /
tal līlayā garuḍamūrdhni patadgṛhītvā tenāhanan nṛpa savāhamariṃ tryadhīśaḥ //

Seeing in battle the Lord whose mount is Garuḍa, Kālanemi, whose mount was a lion, whirled a trident and hurled it;
the Lord of the three worlds caught it in play as it fell toward Garuḍa's head, and with it struck down the enemy along with his mount, O King.

56. Seeing in the battle-field Hari borne by Garuda, Kalanemi riding a lion shook his soola and then flung it at Him; but the Lord of the three worlds seized it playfully as it came on to the head of Garuda and with the same He struck down the enemy with the animal under him.

8.10.57

mālī sumāly atibalau yudhi petaturyac cakreṇa kṛttaśirasāvatha mālyavāṃstam /
āhatya tigmagadayāhanadaṇḍajendraṃ tāvac chiro 'cchinadarernadato 'riṇādyaḥ //

Mālī and Sumāli, mighty warriors, fell in battle, their heads severed by his discus; then Mālyavat,
having struck the sovereign of birds with a sharp mace, struck him too; in that instant the primeval Lord severed the roaring enemy's head with his discus.

57. Malyavan struck that One, by whose Chakra the powerful Mali and Sumali had their heads cut off and had fallen in battle, and dealt a blow to the king of birds with his sharp Gada: just then Hari, the first cause of all, with His Chakra cut off the head of the enemy who was roaring loud.