Vishnupurana 4.4.28-31
Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.4.28-31
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.4.28
sa cāṭavyāṃ mṛgayāṃ gato vyāghradvayam apaśyat ||
The son of Sudása having gone into the woods to hunt, fell in with a couple of tigers, by whom the forest had been cleared of the deer. The king slew one of these tigers with an arrow. At the moment of expiring, the form of the animal was changed, and it became that of a fiend of fearful figure, and hideous aspect. Its companion, threatening the prince with its vengeance, disappeared.
4.4.29
tābhyāṃ ca tad vanam apamṛgaṃ kṛtaṃ sa caikaṃ tayor bāṇena jaghāna ||
The son of Sudása having gone into the woods to hunt, fell in with a couple of tigers, by whom the forest had been cleared of the deer. The king slew one of these tigers with an arrow. At the moment of expiring, the form of the animal was changed, and it became that of a fiend of fearful figure, and hideous aspect. Its companion, threatening the prince with its vengeance, disappeared.
4.4.30
mriyamāṇaś cāsāv atibhīṣaṇākṛtir atikarālavadano rākṣaso 'bhavat ||
The son of Sudása having gone into the woods to hunt, fell in with a couple of tigers, by whom the forest had been cleared of the deer. The king slew one of these tigers with an arrow. At the moment of expiring, the form of the animal was changed, and it became that of a fiend of fearful figure, and hideous aspect. Its companion, threatening the prince with its vengeance, disappeared.
4.4.31
dvitīyo 'pi pratikriyāṃ te kariṣyāmīty uktvāntardhānaṃ jagāma ||
The son of Sudása having gone into the woods to hunt, fell in with a couple of tigers, by whom the forest had been cleared of the deer. The king slew one of these tigers with an arrow. At the moment of expiring, the form of the animal was changed, and it became that of a fiend of fearful figure, and hideous aspect. Its companion, threatening the prince with its vengeance, disappeared.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English