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Matsyapurana 153.119

Matsyapurāṇa 153.119

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Sanskrit

153.119

pranaṣṭāyāṃ tu māyāyāṃ tato jambho mahāsuraḥ
cakāra rūpamatulaṃ candrādityapathānugam
vivṛttavadano grastum iyeṣa surapuṃgavān //

Those lions rent the body of the magic elephant at which, Jambha discarded the appearance of an elephant which he had put on and transformed himself into a monstrous serpent with hundreds of hoods He began to scorch the Devas with his poisonous hisses at which Indra discharged Garuḍastra out of which hundreds of Garuḍas were produced and they all swarmed on the serpent like Jambha, and divided his body into pieces Then, Jambha cast off that form and extended himself, obstructing the pathway of the Sun and the Moon He then opened his mouth wide and wanted to swallow up the Devas Instantly, the troop of the Devas and their warriors went inside his mouth—116-121

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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