Matsya Purana 150.22
Matsyapurāṇa 150.22
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150.22
nirbibhedābhijātasya hṛdayaṃ durjano yathā 84
tena paṭṭiśaghātena dhaneśaḥ parimūrchitaḥ
nipapāta rathopasthe jarjaro dhūrvaho yathā 85
tathāgataṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā dhaneśaṃ naravāhanam
khaḍgāstro nirṛtirdevo niśācarabalānugaḥ 86
abhidudrā va vegena kujambhaṃ bhīmavikramam
atha dṛṣṭvā tu durdharṣaṃ kujambho rākṣaseśvaram 87
codayāmāsa sainyāni rākṣasendra vadhaṃ prati
On the other hand Kuvera showered a volley of arrows on the demon which the latter cut down in return On the arrows being thus rendered useless Kuvera took up His javelin (Śakti) bedecked with golden bells and holding it in His hand decked with pearled bracelets hurled it with great violence at Kujambha That Śakti of Kuvera rent the chest of His adversary and after fulfilling its mission, the javelin entered within the ground After a muhûrta (moment) the demon came back to his senses and pierced the chest of Kuvera with his sharpened spear (Pattiśâstra) as a wicked man's words pierce through the heart Kuvera, like an old ox, fell down senseless on His chariot—78 85
Seeing the fall of Kuvera Nirṛiti the lord of the Râkṣasas followed by his army with great violence, rushed towards Kujambha with sword in hand The latter directed his army to encounter that of his foe The lord of the Râkṣasas, illumined by the lustre of his ornaments, saw the army of Kujambha armed with various kinds of weapons, became enraged, and contracting his eyebrows jumped from his chariot and severed violently with his unsheathed bright sword, the heads of many warriors of Kujambha, as if, he was cutting lotuses He then advanced forward biting his lips with rage and cut down many heroes At that time, the demon Kujambha seeing his army reduced to small numbers, left Kuvera and dashed towards Nirṛiti, the Râkṣasa lord—86-92
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- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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- Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
- Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Matsya — Sanskrit
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