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Matsyapurana 153.177

Matsyapurāṇa 153.177

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Sanskrit

153.177

tataḥ śatena bāṇānāṃ śakraṃ vivyādha dānavaḥ
nārāyaṇaṃ ca saptatyā navatyā ca hutāśanam //

The demon king after driving away the arrows of the Devas covered the earth and sky in all quarters with his own He shot his sharp pointed arrows after skilfully mounting them on his bowstring and drawing it right up to his ears glittering white with the ear-ornaments, and made the weapons of the Devas futile, just as the arguments of the Sâstras are rendered futile by counter arguments He hit Indra with 100 arrows, Viṣṇu with 70, Agni with 90, the head of Vayu with 10, Kuvera with 70, Varuṇa with 8, the Râkṣasa Nirṛiti with another 28, and Yama's head with 10 arrows He again hit them each with another ten arrows Then he wounded Matali the charioteer of Indra with three arrows and hit Garuda with 10 Afterwards he cut the arrows and broke the quivers and the bows of the Devas into pieces, when the Latter became bereft of their bows and quivers The Lokapâlas and the Devas, afterwards angrily came out armed with fish bows and arrows and began to shower innumerable arrows on Tarâkâsura At that time the demon with his eyes turned red with wrath let out his arrows like fire, on the volleys sent forth by the Devas, he then shot violently one arrow like the fire at the time of dissolution on the chest of Indra When Indra was hit on the chest, he began to shiver and sat down in his chariot Afterwards, Târakâsura shot two arrows on the shoulders of the most valiant Lord Viṣṇu shining like thousands of suns The Sâraṅga bow of Viṣṇu dropped Then the Vasus and Yama to the left of Viṣṇu were hit with arrows like fire He then hit Varuṇa, the Lord of waters and began to dry him up Afterwards Târakâsura caused the horrified Râkṣasas to fly about in each direction and caused alarm also to Vâyu with his very hard arrows—175-187

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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