Mahabharata · 1.204.19–20
॥
Devanāgarī
तौ गदाभिहतौ भीमौ पेततुर् धरणीतले ॥
रुधिरेणावलिप्ताङ्गौ द्वाव् इवार्कौ नभश्च्युतौ ॥
ततस् ता विद्रुता नार्यः स च दैत्यगणस् तदा ॥
पातालम् अगमत् सर्वो विषादभयकम्पितः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tau gadābhihatau bhīmau petatur dharaṇītale ||
rudhireṇāvaliptāṅgau dvāv ivārkau nabhaścyutau ||
tatas tā vidrutā nāryaḥ sa ca daityagaṇas tadā ||
pātālam agamat sarvo viṣādabhayakampitaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तौ गदाभिहतौ भीमौ पेततुः धरणीतलेtau gadābhihatau bhīmau petatuḥ dharaṇītalethe two of them, formidable, struck down by the maces, fell to the ground,
रुधिरेण अवलिप्ताङ्गौ द्वौ इव अर्कौ नभश्च्युतौrudhireṇa avaliptāṅgau dvau iva arkau nabhaścyutautheir bodies smeared with blood, like two suns fallen from the sky;
ततः ताः विद्रुताः नार्यः सः च दैत्यगणः तदाtataḥ tāḥ vidrutāḥ nāryaḥ saḥ ca daityagaṇaḥ tadāthen those wives scattered, and that host of daityas,
पातालम् अगमत् सर्वः विषादभयकम्पितःpātālam agamat sarvaḥ viṣādabhayakampitaḥall went down to Patala, trembling with despair and fear;
पेततुर्petaturoriginal form "petatur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रुधिरेणावलिप्ताङ्गौrudhireṇāvaliptāṅgauoriginal form "rudhireṇāvaliptāṅgau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्वाव्dvāvoriginal form "dvāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवार्कौivārkauoriginal form "ivārkau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततस्tatasoriginal form "tatas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ताtāoriginal form "tā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विद्रुताvidrutāoriginal form "vidrutā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दैत्यगणस्daityagaṇasoriginal form "daityagaṇas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वोsarvooriginal form "sarvo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"The two of them, formidable, struck down by the maces, fell to the ground, their bodies smeared with blood, like two suns fallen from the sky; then those wives scattered, and that host of daityas -- all went down to Patala, trembling with despair and fear."
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Here two "suns" of evil are extinguished within a single hour. It is significant that they are likened to fallen luminaries: great in evil, and even in falling great, but their fall is the end of their dominion. Herein lies a lesson: the triumph of lawlessness is brief -- what was raised upon blood collapses in blood. Thus the scripture shows judgment upon the asuras; and what Providence had ordained was accomplished by their own hands.