Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 47

English (machine translation) 47

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47.22 — 2 parts

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The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then all the gods went to Brahmā for refuge, / with elephants resembling supreme mountains and horses resembling elephants,

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with chariots resembling cities yoked with lions and tigers, / and others with tortoises, buffaloes, and yet others with makaras.

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Having reached the world of Brahmā, the gods headed by Śakra, / upon seeing the lotus-born god, bowed down with an eight-limbed prostration.

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The gods said: / Victory, O God, praised by the world! Victory, O maker of transmigration! / O lotus-born one, best of the gods, we have taken refuge in you alone!

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Hearing the anxious speech of the gods whose minds were purified, / he spoke to the king of the gods with a voice deep as a thundercloud:

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"Why have you come here, O gods, and why is there pallor upon you all? / By whom have all of you been insulted? Tell me quickly yourself!"

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The gods said: / "A great Daitya named Andhaka is powerful, O lotus-born one; / by him all the hosts of gods have been deprived of wealth and jewels.

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Having slain the hosts of gods with swords, discuses, and axes, / that Dānava has also taken by force the wife of Śakra and departed."

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Hearing the words of the gods, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / began to reflect, O best of kings, upon the slaying of the Dānava:

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"The sinful Dānava cannot be slain by all of you celestials; / he [alone] is the protector of all worlds; no other can be found anywhere."

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Thus addressed by Brahmā, all the gods immediately thereafter, / placing Brahmā at their head, went to where Keśava was; / Brahmā and the others praised the wielder of the discus with various hymns.

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The gods said: / "Victory to you, O Lord of the gods of gods, who dwell on the breast of Lakṣmī! / O destroyer of the Asuras, O Lord of the gods, we have taken refuge in you!"

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Being praised by all the gods headed by Brahmā, Janārdana, / becoming joyful in his mind, spoke to the host of gods:

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The venerable Vāsudeva said: / "Welcome to the gods and brāhmaṇas; today the night has brought an auspicious dawn. / Let the business be told quickly: against whom are the celestials angered?

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What is the sorrow, and what is the distress? Or whence has fear arrived? / Let the fortunate ones tell the cause that is in their minds!

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By whomsoever defeat was inflicted, let him go today to the abode of Yama!" / Being thus spoken to by Kṛṣṇa, they recounted that to him,

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showing their own bodies, ashamed, with their faces cast downward: / "Our kingdom was stolen by Andhaka, and we were stripped of our splendor, O Lord!

Protect [us], O God, like a father his son; slay the enemy of Indra along with his sons and grandsons!" / And thus was spoken to him by the lotus-seated one, he whose lotus feet are praised by gods and Asuras.

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Taking up the conch, discus, club, and bow, the Supreme Lord / then arose from his serpent-couch before the gods.

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The venerable Vāsudeva said: / "Whether he stays in Pātāla, or in the mortal realm, or in heaven, / I shall slay that sinner by whom the gods have been distressed.

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Let the gods go to their own abode, satisfied and having their power restored." / Hearing those words of Viṣṇu, Brahmā and the others with Indra,

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having bowed to Hari, went to heaven on their own vehicles, delighted in their hearts.

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|| Thus ends the forty-seventh chapter, named 'The Description of the Celestials Going to Heaven', in the Revākhaṇḍa, in the fifth Avantī section, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.

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RKV chapter 48

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Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa) — Sanskrit