Skanda Purana 7.9.63_176

7.9.63_176

24 patākaśatamālinā - kha. .. 25 yantriṇā - kha. .. 26... rājamayāvyayama - gha., ...rājānamavyathaḥ - kha. . 27 saptati: - kha. .. 28 sumukhai - gha .. 29 daśa (? ) .. 30 tathāsya - kha. .. 31 hrarṣayat - gha. . 32 sarve - kha. .. 33 balamavyagrā - gha. .. 34 sevinaḥ - gha. .
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ye yūyaṃ raṇamadhyasthā jīvite sati bāliśāḥ .
ekena vāyunā bhagnā dhigvastanmantritaṃ35 purā ..34..
athavā yanmayā proktaṃ yūyaṃ bālā rati36klamāḥ37 .. 7 ..
tattathā nāsti sandeho bālairiva hi vaḥ kṛtam38 . .35..
tiṣṭhadhvaṃ bālavat sarve rakṣanto jīvitaṃ svakam .
ahameko vijeṣyāmi vāyumenaṃ prapaśyata ..36..
tataḥ sa parvato bhūtvā ditiputraḥ pratāpavān .
samantād vāyuvegaṃ taṃ39 samavārayadavyayaḥ40 ..37..
-- - tvānilaṃ jñātvā parvatena nivāritam .
andhako bāhupāśena avaplutyābabandha tam41 ..38..

[…] / You who stand in the midst of battle, fools while life yet remains, / are broken by Vāyu alone! Fie upon that counsel of yours in the past! (34) / Or rather, what was said by me—that you are children exhausted by lovemaking— / that is so, there is no doubt, for your action is like that of children. (35) / All of you stand aside like children, protecting your own lives; / I alone shall conquer this Vāyu—just watch!” (36) / Then, becoming a mountain, that powerful son of Diti, / imperishable, blocked that force of Vāyu on all sides. (37) / […] Knowing the wind to be checked by the mountain, / Andhaka sprang forward and bound him with the noose of his arms. (38)