Matsya Purana 177: adhyāyaḥ 177

177.1

kālanemivṛttāntavarṇanam.

Matsya said:—That highly energetic Asura Kâlanemi, in the midst of the demons, appeared growing in strength like the heavy rain clouds gathering in strength after excessive heat Then the chief Dânavas, like Maya and Târakâsura and others, seeing Kâlanemi were encouraged as if they had drunk the nectar, and stood up and made an advance, and all the demons casting off their fears and knocking off their fatigue, cherished Târakâsura's victory and they all congregated in the field to resume fight, after duly holding a council of war They arranged their phalanxes and the principal demons forming the vanguard of Târkâsura also turned up dauntlessly All were pleased to see Kâlanemi. The chief generals of Maya came off gladly from Maya's side and joined Kâlanemi, Maya, Târakâsura, Varâha, Hayagrîva, Śveta the son of Viprachiti, Khara, Lamba, Ariṣṭa Kiśora, Svarabhânu, Chimara, and Vakrayodhî, versed in warfare and learning and tapasyâ, also came armed with clubs, quoits, axes discs rocks, javelins spears, nooses stores, the terrible Gandśaila, Pattisa Bhindipâla, iron Parighas heavy Ghatani, Satagni, Yugasyanties, etc, to render assistance to Kâlanemi.—1-12

177.2

matsya uvāca.
dānavānāmanīkeṣu kālanemirmahāsuraḥ.
vivarddhitamahātejāstapānte jalado yathā .. 177.1

177.3

taṃ trailokyāntaragataṃ dṛṣṭvā te dānaveśvarāḥ.
uttasthurapariśrāntāḥ pītvāmṛtamanuttamam .. 177.2

177.4

te vītabhayasantrāsā mayatārapurogamāḥ.
tārakāmayasaṃgrāme satataṃ jitakāśinaḥ .. 177.3

177.5

rejurāyodhanagatā dānavāḥ yuddhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ.
mantramabhyasatānteṣāṃ vyūhañca paridhāvatām.. 177.4

177.6

prekṣatāñcābhavat prītirdānavaṃ kālaneminam.
ye tu tatra mayasyāsan mukhyā yuddhapuraḥsarāḥ .. 177.5

177.7

te tu sarve bhayantyaktvā hṛṣṭā yoddhumupasthitāḥ.
mayastāro varāhaśca hayagrīvaśca vīryavān .. 177.6

177.8

vipracittisutaḥ śvenaḥ kharalambāvubhāvapi.
ariṣṭo baliputraśca kiśorākhyastathaiva ca .. 177.7

177.9

svarbhānuścāmara prakhyo vaktrayodhī mahāsuraḥ.
ete'stravedinaḥ sarve sarve tapasi susthitāḥ .. 177.8

177.10

dānavāḥ kṛtino jagmuḥ kālanemiṃ tamuddhatam.
te gadābhirbhuśuṇḍībhiścakrairatha paraśvadhaiḥ .. 177.9

177.11

kālakalpaiśca musalaiḥ kṣepaṇīyaiśca mudgaraiḥ.
aśmabhiścādrisadṛśaiḥ gaṇḍaśailaiśca dāruṇaiḥ .. 177.10

177.12

paṭṭiśairbhindipālaiśca parighaiścottamāyasaiḥ.
ghātanībhiḥ sugurvībhiḥ śataghnībhistathaiva ca .. 177.11

177.13

yugairyantraiśca nirmuktairmārgaṇairugratāḍitaiḥ.
daurbhiścāyatadīptaiśca prāsaiḥ pāśaiśca mūrcchanaiḥ .. 177.12

177.14

bhujaṅgavaktrairlelihānairvisarpadbhiśca sāyakaiḥ.
vajraiḥ praharaṇīyaiśca dīvyamānaiśca tomaraiḥ .. 177.13

They were also armed with arrows resembling the mouths of the serpents bolts, keen swords, tridents, bows, and many other luminous weapons The army of the demons under the leadership of Kâlanemi, looked awfully striking, as if the whole sky was covered with blue clouds.—13-15

177.15

vikośairasibhistīkṣṇaiḥ śūlaiśca śitanirmalaiḥ.
daityāḥ saṃdīptamanasaḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ .. 177.14

177.16

tataḥ puraskṛtya tadā kālanemiṃ mahāhave.
sā dīptaśastapravarā daityānāṃ ruruce camūḥ .. 177.15

177.17

dyaurnimīlitasarvāṅga ghanā nīlāmbudāgame.
devatānāmapi camūḥ mumude śakrapālitā .. 177.16

The army of the Devas guarded by Indra, looking white and black, extremely joyful, having the Sun and the Moon with them with asterisms as banners, swift like the wind, located close to the heavenly bodies, under the protection of Indra Varuna, and Kuvera, gleaming like fire blaze, under the chief leadership of Nârâyana, like the mass of ocean, swelled by the Yaksas, and the Gandharvas armed with various kinds of weapons, shone forth and looked particularly splendid Both the armies encountered each other, like the heaven and earth at the time of universal dissolution, and a fearful conflict ensued.—16-21

177.18

upetā sitakṛṣṇābhyāṃ tārābhyāṃ candrasūryayoḥ.
vāyuvegavatī saumyā tārāgaṇapatākinī .. 177.17

177.19

toyadāviddhavasanā grahanakṣatrahāsinī.
yamendravaruṇairguptā dhanadeva ca dhīmatā .. 177.18

177.20

sampradīptāgni nayanā nārāyaṇa parāyaṇā.
sā samudraughasadṛśī divyā devamahācamūḥ .. 177.19

177.21

rarājāstravatī bhīmā yakṣagandharva śālinī.
tayoścamvostadānīntu babhūva sa samāgamaḥ .. 177.20

177.22

dyāvāpṛthivyoḥ saṃyogo yathā syādyugaparyaye.
tadyuddhamabhavad ghoraṃ devadānavasaṅkalam .. 177.21

177.23

kṣamā parākramaparaṃ darpasya vinayasya ca.
niścakramurbalābhyāntu bhīmāstatra surāsurāḥ .. 177.22

The Devas and the demons showed their valour, and arrogance They fought furiously like the clouds emerging from the roaring eastern and western oceans They began to tear down each other as the infuriated elephants rend the mighty mountain trees They also blew several kinds of conches and trumpets The din of their conches filled earth, sky, heavens and the space all round, and so did the noise of the twanging of the bowstrings clashing of swords, clap of the hands etc In the midst of the tumult raised by the kettle-drums etc, the roars of the demons vanished, they began to break the heads of each other, some of them fought duels, some broke other s arms, etc, many of them wrestled, the Devas used their heavy clubs and iron bolts etc.—22-27

177.24

pūrvā parābhyāṃ saṃrabdhāḥ sāgarābhyāmivāmbudāḥ.
tābhyāṃ balābhyāṃ saṃdṛṣṭāśceruste devadānavāḥ .. 177.23

177.25

vanābhyāṃ pārvatīyābhyāṃ puṣpitābhyāṃ yathā gajāḥ.
samājaghnustatobherīḥ śaṅkhāndadhmuranekaśaḥ .. 177.24

177.26

sa śabdodyāṃ bhuvaṃ khañca diśaśca samapūrayat.
jyāghāta talanirghoṣo dhanuṣāṃ kūjitāni ca .. 177.25

177.27

dundubhīnāñca ninado daityamantardadhuḥ svanam.
te'nyonyamabhisampetuḥ pātayantaḥ parasparam .. 177.26

177.28

babhañjurbāhubhirbāhūn dvandvamanye yuyutsavaḥ.
devāstu cāśaniṃ ghoraṃ parighāṃścottamāyasān .. 177.27

177.29

nistriṃśān sasṛjuḥ saṃkhye gadāgurvīśca dānavāḥ.
gadānipātairbhagnāṅgā bāṇaiśca śakalīkṛtāḥ .. 177.28

Many warriors fell down with their limbs severed by the clubs and arrows Several of them fought from their chariots and horses biting their lips with rage There was a tremendous uproar, when the infantry and the chariots started face to face fighting They smashed the chariots of each other, fighting like two clouds in the months of Śrîvana, and Bhâdra rushing into each other Many were killed under the pressure of the chariots running over them Most of the warriors were unable to guide their chariots, being impeded by other chariots, and several of them threw down their foes by the arm.—28-33

177.30

paripeturbhṛśaṃ kecit punaḥ kecittu jaghnire.
tato rathaiḥ saturagaiḥ rvimānaiścāśugāmibhiḥ .. 177.29

177.31

samīyuste susaṃrabdhā roṣādanyonyamāhave.
saṃvartamānāḥ samare sandaṣṭauṣṭha puṭānanāḥ .. 177.30

177.32

rathārathairnirudhyante pādātāśca padātibhiḥ.
teṣāṃ rathānāntumulaḥ sa śabdaḥ śabdavāhinām .. 177.31

177.33

nabhonabhaśca hi yathā nabhasyairjaladasvanaiḥ.
babhañjustu rathān kecit kecit sampāṭitārathaiḥ .. 177.32

177.34

sambādhamanye samprāpya na śekuścalituṃ rathān.
anyonyamanye samare dorbhyāmutkṣipya daṃśitāḥ .. 177.33

177.35

saṃhrādamānābharaṇā jaghnustatrāpi carmiṇaḥ.
astrairanye vinirbhinnā vemū raktaṃ hatāyudhi.. 177.34

Some of them killed their foes by pushing them by their shields The warriors wounded in the battle vomitted blood like the clouds pouring out rain A fearful onslaught raged between the Devas and the demons The dense volleys of arrows shot from both the armies covered the sky like clouds and the weapons looked like rainbows in the heavens afterwards Kâlanemi came charged with wrath like the surging ocean The clouds charged with lightning and making a thundering noise, began to be dispersed when they struck Kalanemi s luminous coronet and his body hard like a mountain When he began to breathe in his wrath, and with his twisted facea and wrinkled eyebrows sweats came out of his body and sparks of fire emitted. Sparks emitted from his mouth and his arm stretched towards the sky and the sides and grew in magnitude, and looked as if five hooded serpents had emerged from the mountains, and various kinds of weapons such as clubs, bows, etc, held by him looked beautiful like the mountain peaks touching the skies. When his garments were blown by wind, it seemed as if, the top of mount Meru was struck with the evening rays of the Sun. He knocked down many Devas by his violently striking them with mountain peaks and trees, and cut down many of them by his sword, who felt unable to move about He killed a good many by his blows. The Devas, the Gandharvas and the serpents, thus belaboured by Kalanemi, became lustreless and utterly helpless, and even the mighty Indra of a thousand eyes was entangled in his network of arrows—34 47.

177.36

kṣarajjalānāṃ sadṛśāḥ jaladānāṃ samāgame.
tairastraśastragrathitaṃ kṣiptotkṣiptagadāvilam .. 177.35

177.37

devadānava saṃkṣubdhaṃ saṅkulaṃ yuddhamābabhau.
taddānava mahāmeghaṃ devāyudha virājitam .. 177.36

177.38

anyonyabāṇavarṣeṇa yuddhadurdinamābabhau.
etasminnantare kruddhaḥ kālanemiḥ sa dānavaḥ .. 177.37

177.39

vyavardhata samudraughaiḥ pūryamāṇa ivāmbudaḥ.
tasya vidyuccalāpīḍaiḥ pradīpta śanivarṣiṇaḥ .. 177.38

177.40

gātrairnāgagiriprakhyā vinipeturbalāhakāḥ
krodhānniśvasatastasya bhrūbheda svedavarṣiṇaḥ .. 177.39

177.41

sāgnisphuliṅgapratatā mukhānniṣpeturarciṣaḥ.
tiryagūrdhvañca gagane vavṛdhustasya bāhavaḥ.. 177.40

177.42

parvatādiva niṣkrāntāḥ pañcāsyā iva pannagāḥ.
so'strajālairbahuvidhairdhanubhiḥ parighairapi .. 177.41

177.43

divyamākāśamāvavre parvatairucchritairiva.
so'niloddhūtavasanastasthau saṃgrāmalālasaḥ .. 177.42

177.44

sandhyā tapagrastaśilaḥ sākṣānmerurivācalaḥ.
ūruvega pramathitaiḥ śailaśrṛṅgāgra pādapaiḥ .. 177.43

177.45

apātayad devagaṇān vajreṇeva mahāgirīn.
bahubhiḥ śastranistriṃśchinnabhinna śiroruhāḥ .. 177.44

177.46

na śekuścalituṃ devāḥ kālanemihatā yudhi.
muṣṭibhirnihatāḥ kecit kecittu vidalīkṛtāḥ .. 177.45

177.47

yakṣagandharva patayaḥ petuḥ saha mahoragaiḥ.
tena vitrāsitā devāḥ samare kālaneminā .. 177.46

177.48

na śekuryatnavanto'pi yatnaṃ kartuṃ vicetasaḥ.
tena śakraḥ sahasrākṣaḥ spanditaḥ śarabandhanaiḥ .. 177.47

177.49

airāvatagataḥ saṃkhye calituṃ na śaśāka ha.
nirjalāmbhoda sadṛśo nirjalārṇava saprabhaḥ .. 177.48

At that time Indra riding on his Airâvata could not move about. Varuna was bereft of his noose and looked like the clouds and the oceans bereft of water. Afterwards he belaboured Kuvera with his club and subdued Dharmarâja who shuddering with fear, ran away abandoning his glory. He also overpowered the Lokapâla and divided himself in four parts and located them in four directions These parts did all his works. Then going up to the path of the stars he took the splendour of the Moon and his kingdom what is so anxiously coveted by Râhu He then dispelled the light of the Moon, and also drove away the shining Sun from the gates of heaven, and took under his charge His Sâyanı (procession of the equinoxes) and the diurnal functions Knowing Agni to be the mouth of the Gods, Kalanemi swallowed Him also. He also conquered Vâyu by his valour and controlled and swallowed all the heavenly and mundane streams along with the ocean. In such a way that demon after bringing under his control all waters of heaven and earth, shone forth like Brahmâ and became the terror of the universe, and assuming the forms of Lokapalas and the Sun and the Moon he controlled the affairs of the universe in a well ordained manner. Then enthroning himself in the heavens in the place of Brahmâ, that demon highly energetic like wind and fire began to rule himself the celestial and terrestrial kingdoms All the demons then prayed to him as the Devas do unto Brahmâ—48 60.

177.50

nirvyāpāraḥ kṛtastena vipāśo varuṇo mṛdhe.
raṇo vaiśravaṇastena parighaiḥ kāmarūpiṇā.. 177.49

177.51

vittado'pi kṛtaḥ saṃkhye nirjitaḥ kālaneminā.
yamaḥ sarvaharastena mṛtyupraharaṇe raṇe .. 177.50

177.52

yāmyāmavasthāṃ santyajya bhītaḥ svandiśamāviśat.
sa lokapālānutsārya kṛtvā teṣāñca karmma tat .. 177.51

177.53

dikṣu sarvāsu dehaṃ svaṃ caturdhā vidadhe tadā.
sa nakṣatra pathaḍgatvā divyaṃ svarbhānudarśanam .. 177.52

177.54

jahāra lakṣmīṃ somasya taṃ cāsya viṣayaṃ mahat.
cālayāmāsa dīptāśaṃ svargadvārāt sa bhāskaram .. 177.53

177.55

sāyanañcāsya viṣayaṃ jahāra dinakarmma ca.
so'gne devamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā cakārātma mukhāśrayam .. 177.54

177.56

vāyuñca tarasā jitvā cakārātma vaśānugam.
sa samudrān samānīya sarvāśca sarito balāt .. 177.55

177.57

cakārātmamukhe vīryāddehabhūtāśca sindhavaḥ.
apaḥ svavaśagāḥ kṛtvā divijā yāśca bhūmijāḥ .. 177.56

177.58

sa svayambhuvi vā bhāti mahābhūta patiryathā.
sarvalokamayo daityaḥ sarvabhūta bhayāvahaḥ .. 177.57

177.59

sa lokapālaikavapuścandrāditya grahātmavān.
stāpayāmāsa jagatīṃ suguptāṃ dharaṇīdharaiḥ .. 177.58

177.60

pāvakānilasampāto rarāja yudhi dānavaḥ.
pārameṣṭhye sthitaḥ sthāne lokānāṃ prabhavopame .
taṃ tuṣṭuvurdaityagaṇā devā iva pitāmaham .. 177.59