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Matsyapurana 150.139

Matsyapurāṇa 150.139

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Sanskrit

150.139

kakṣāvālambya pāṇibhyām upaviṣṭo hyadhomukhaḥ
sarve te niṣpratīkārā daityāścandramasā jitāḥ //

Then, all the demons were baffled by the chill of the himâstra, and vâyavyâstra of the Moon They could not walk on nor could hold their weapons in hand The demons were frozen with cold and began to feel unbearable pain all over their body under the influence of the arrows of the Moon Mahiṣâsura also could not do anything His body also began to shiver through cold He sat down holding his chest (or chariot?) with his hands and with his head cast downwards All the demons could not do anything Thus overpowered by the Moon, the Daityas could not take any revenge They all abandoned the ambition of war and stood up to save their lives when the furious Kalanemi addressed them as—136 140

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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