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Matsyapurana 150.153

Matsyapurāṇa 150.153

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Sanskrit

150.153

jita eṣa śaśāṅko 'tra yadbalaṃ vayamāśritāḥ
ityuktaścodayāmāsa rathaṃ garuḍapūrvajaḥ //

The Sun on realizing the increase of the power of the demons by Kālanemi angrily commanded His charioteer Aruṇa to take Him to the spot where Kālanemi was. "Now there will be a tough fight" said the Sun, "and many heroes, will be killed. Behold! The Moon has been conquered by the Sun."

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

Hearing those words the charioteer Aruṇa instantly drove swiftly the chariot yoked with horses wearing white chāmaras. The Sun took up His huge bow and shot two divine arrows having the lustre and properties of serpents. The first was the sañchāra astra thrown amongst the enemy's forces and the second Indrajāla astra having the properties of magic. By the influence of the sañchāra astra the faces of the demons and the Devas were changed into those of the Devas and Dānavas. In other words, the faces of the demons looked like those of the Devas and the faces of the Devas looked like those of the demons.—151-157.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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