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ते निकृत्तभुजस्कन्धाः कबन्धाकृतिदर्शनाः नदन्तः भैरवान् नादान् निपतन्ति स्म दानवाःte nikṛttabhujaskandhāḥ kabandhākṛtidarśanāḥ nadantaḥ bhairavān nādān nipatanti sma dānavāḥthe danavas, their arms and shoulders severed, looking like headless trunks, fell crying out with fearsome roars
ततः गोक्षीरकुन्देन्दुमृणालरजतप्रभम् जलजम् पाञ्चजन्यम् वै प्राणेन अहम् अपूरयम्tataḥ gokṣīrakundendumṛṇālarajataprabham jalajam pāñcajanyam vai prāṇena aham apūrayamthen with my breath I filled the water-born Panchajanya, gleaming like cow's milk, jasmine, the moon, a lotus stalk, and silver
तान् दृष्ट्वा पतितान् तत्र शाल्वः सौभपतिः तदा मायायुद्धेन महता योधयाम् आस माम् युधिtān dṛṣṭvā patitān tatra śālvaḥ saubhapatiḥ tadā māyāyuddhena mahatā yodhayām āsa mām yudhiseeing them fallen there, Shalva, lord of Saubha, then fought me in battle with a great magical warfare
ततः हुडहुडाः प्रासाः शक्तिशूलपरश्वधाः पट्टिशाः च भुशुण्ड्यः च प्रापतन् अनिशम् मयिtataḥ huḍahuḍāḥ prāsāḥ śaktiśūlaparaśvadhāḥ paṭṭiśāḥ ca bhuśuṇḍyaḥ ca prāpatan aniśam mayithen thundering javelins, spears, pikes, axes, halberds, and slings fell upon me without pause
तान् अहम् मायया एव आशु प्रतिगृह्य व्यनाशयम् तस्याम् हतायाम् मायायाम् गिरिशृङ्गैः अयोधयत्tān aham māyayā eva āśu pratigṛhya vyanāśayam tasyām hatāyām māyāyām giriśṛṅgaiḥ ayodhayatI swiftly countered them with magic itself and destroyed them; when that magic was broken, he fought with mountain peaks
ततः अभवत् तमः इव प्रभातम् इव च अभवत् दुर्दिनम् सुदिनम् च एव शीतम् उष्णम् च भारतtataḥ abhavat tamaḥ iva prabhātam iva ca abhavat durdinam sudinam ca eva śītam uṣṇam ca bhāratathen it became now like darkness, now like dawn, now a foul day, now a fair day, now cold, now heat, O Bharata
एवम् मायाम् विकुर्वाणः योधयाम् आस माम् रिपुः विज्ञाय तत् अहम् सर्वम् मायया एव व्यनाशयम्evam māyām vikurvāṇaḥ yodhayām āsa mām ripuḥ vijñāya tat aham sarvam māyayā eva vyanāśayamthus the enemy fought me, working his magic in many forms; recognizing all of it, I destroyed it too with magic
यथाकालम् तु युद्धेन व्यधमम् सर्वतः शरैःyathākālam tu yuddhena vyadhamam sarvataḥ śaraiḥbut at the right moment, through battle, I scattered him on every side with arrows
ततः व्योम महाराज शतसूर्यम् इव अभवत् शतचन्द्रम् च कौन्तेय सहस्रायुततारकम्tataḥ vyoma mahārāja śatasūryam iva abhavat śatacandram ca kaunteya sahasrāyutatārakamthen the sky, O great king, seemed filled with a hundred suns, a hundred moons, O son of Kunti, and thousands upon thousands of stars
ततः न अज्ञायत तदा दिवारात्रम् तथा दिशः ततः अहम् मोहम् आपन्नः प्रज्ञास्त्रम् समयोजयम्tataḥ na ajñāyata tadā divārātram tathā diśaḥ tataḥ aham moham āpannaḥ prajñāstram samayojayamthen day and night, and even the directions, could no longer be told apart; then, falling into confusion, I employed the weapon of clear knowledge
ततः तत् अस्त्रम् अस्त्रेण विधूतम् शरतूलवत्tataḥ tat astram astreṇa vidhūtam śaratūlavatand that weapon was dispelled by a weapon, like autumn cotton-down
तथा तत् अभवत् युद्धम् तुमुलम् लोमहर्षणम् लब्धालोकः च राजेन्द्र पुनः शत्रुम् अयोधयम्tathā tat abhavat yuddham tumulam lomaharṣaṇam labdhālokaḥ ca rājendra punaḥ śatrum ayodhayamsuch was that battle, tumultuous and hair-raising; having regained my sight, O lord of kings, I fought the enemy once more
नदन्तोnadantooriginal form "nadanto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नादन्nādanoriginal form "nādan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जलजंjalajaṃoriginal form "jalajaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पाञ्चजन्यंpāñcajanyaṃoriginal form "pāñcajanyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्राणेनाहम्prāṇenāhamoriginal form "prāṇenāham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पतितांस्patitāṃsoriginal form "patitāṃs", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सौभपतिस्saubhapatisoriginal form "saubhapatis", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मांmāṃoriginal form "māṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पट्टिशाश्paṭṭiśāśoriginal form "paṭṭiśāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भुशुण्ड्यश्bhuśuṇḍyaśoriginal form "bhuśuṇḍyaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रापतन्न्prāpatannoriginal form "prāpatann", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनिशंaniśaṃoriginal form "aniśaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अहंahaṃoriginal form "ahaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
माययैवाशुmāyayaivāśuoriginal form "māyayaivāśu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्यांtasyāṃoriginal form "tasyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हतायांhatāyāṃoriginal form "hatāyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मायायांmāyāyāṃoriginal form "māyāyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गिरिशृङ्गैर्giriśṛṅgairoriginal form "giriśṛṅgair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽभवत्'bhavatoriginal form "'bhavat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तमtamaoriginal form "tama", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाभवत्cābhavatoriginal form "cābhavat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुर्दिनंdurdinaṃoriginal form "durdinaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुदिनंsudinaṃoriginal form "sudinaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उष्णंuṣṇaṃoriginal form "uṣṇaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवंevaṃoriginal form "evaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मायांmāyāṃoriginal form "māyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विकुर्वाणोvikurvāṇooriginal form "vikurvāṇo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मांmāṃoriginal form "māṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अहंahaṃoriginal form "ahaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वंsarvaṃoriginal form "sarvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
माययैवmāyayaivaoriginal form "māyayaiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यथाकालंyathākālaṃoriginal form "yathākālaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्यधमंvyadhamaṃoriginal form "vyadhamaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवाभवत्ivābhavatoriginal form "ivābhavat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शतचन्द्रंśatacandraṃoriginal form "śatacandraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाज्ञायतnājñāyataoriginal form "nājñāyata", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिवारात्रंdivārātraṃoriginal form "divārātraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽहं'haṃoriginal form "'haṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रज्ञास्त्रंprajñāstraṃoriginal form "prajñāstraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततस्tatasoriginal form "tatas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विधूतंvidhūtaṃoriginal form "vidhūtaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अभवद्abhavadoriginal form "abhavad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
युद्धंyuddhaṃoriginal form "yuddhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तुमुलंtumulaṃoriginal form "tumulaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लब्धालोकश्labdhālokaśoriginal form "labdhālokaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Shalva seeks to win not by weapons alone but by disordering perception: he blurs light and darkness, direction and time. Krishna's answer is prajna, clear knowledge. Where illusion breaks one's bearings, liberation begins by restoring sight.