Mahabharata
Ghaṭotkaca-vadha-parva (alāyudha-vadha) (The Death of Alāyudha)7.153.17–20
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Mahabharata · 7.153.17–20
Devanāgarī

ततो वज्रनिपाताश् च साशनिस्तनयित्नवः ॥
महांश् चटचटाशब्दस् तत्रासीद् धि महाहवे ॥
तां प्रेक्ष्य विहितां मायां राक्षसो राक्षसेन तु ॥
ऊर्ध्वम् उत्पत्य हैडिम्बस् तां मायां माययावधीत् ॥
सो ऽभिवीक्ष्य हतां मायां मायावी माययैव हि ॥
अश्मवर्षं सुतुमुलं विससर्ज घटोत्कचे ॥
अश्मवर्षं स तद् घोरं शरवर्षेण वीर्यवान् ॥
दिशो विध्वंसयाम् आस तद् अद्भुतम् इवाभवत् ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tato vajranipātāś ca sāśanistanayitnavaḥ ||
mahāṃś caṭacaṭāśabdas tatrāsīd dhi mahāhave ||
tāṃ prekṣya vihitāṃ māyāṃ rākṣaso rākṣasena tu ||
ūrdhvam utpatya haiḍimbas tāṃ māyāṃ māyayāvadhīt ||
so 'bhivīkṣya hatāṃ māyāṃ māyāvī māyayaiva hi ||
aśmavarṣaṃ sutumulaṃ visasarja ghaṭotkace ||
aśmavarṣaṃ sa tad ghoraṃ śaravarṣeṇa vīryavān ||
diśo vidhvaṃsayām āsa tad adbhutam ivābhavat ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सः समास्थाय मायाम् तुsaḥ samāsthāya māyām tuhe, having resorted to illusion; he, having resorted to sorcery
ववर्ष रुधिरम् बहुvavarṣa rudhiram bahupoured forth much blood; poured forth much blood
विद्युद्विभ्राजितम् च आसीत्vidyudvibhrājitam ca āsītwas lit up by lightning; was lit up by lightning
तिमिराभ्राकुलम् नभःtimirābhrākulam nabhaḥthe sky, full of dark clouds; the sky, full of dark clouds
ततः वज्रनिपाताः चtataḥ vajranipātāḥ cathen falling thunderbolts; then falling thunderbolts
साशनिस्तनयित्नवःsāśanistanayitnavaḥwith thunder, rolling peals; and rolling peals of thunder
महान् चटचटाशब्दःmahān caṭacaṭāśabdaḥa great crashing roar; a great crashing
तत्र आसीत् हि महाहवेtatra āsīt hi mahāhavewas there indeed in the great battle; stood in that great battle
ताम् प्रेक्ष्य विहिताम् मायाम्tām prekṣya vihitām māyāmhaving seen that wrought illusion; seeing that wrought sorcery
राक्षसः राक्षसेन तुrākṣasaḥ rākṣasena tuthe rakshasa, by the rakshasa; the rakshasa [Ghatotkacha] — [wrought] by the rakshasa
ऊर्ध्वम् उत्पत्य हैडिम्बःūrdhvam utpatya haiḍimbaḥhaving flown upward, the son of Hidimba; having flown upward, the son of Hidimba
ताम् मायाम् मायया अवधीत्tām māyām māyayā avadhītdestroyed that illusion with [his own] illusion; struck down that sorcery with [his own] sorcery
सः अभिवीक्ष्य हताम् मायाम्saḥ abhivīkṣya hatām māyāmhe, having seen the illusion destroyed; he, seeing the sorcery destroyed
मायावी मायया एव हिmāyāvī māyayā eva hithe sorcerer, by illusion; the sorcerer — by sorcery itself
अश्मवर्षम् सुतुमुलम्aśmavarṣam sutumulama most tumultuous rain of stones; a most tumultuous rain of stones
विससर्ज घटोत्कचेvisasarja ghaṭotkacepoured down upon Ghatotkacha; unleashed upon Ghatotkacha
Translation

He, having resorted to sorcery, poured forth much blood; the sky, full of dark clouds, was lit up by lightning. Then falling thunderbolts and rolling peals of thunder, a great crashing, stood in that great battle. Seeing that wrought sorcery, the rakshasa [Ghatotkacha] — [wrought] by the rakshasa — having flown upward, the son of Hidimba struck down that sorcery with his own sorcery. He [Alayudha], seeing the sorcery destroyed, the sorcerer — by sorcery itself — unleashed a most tumultuous rain of stones upon Ghatotkacha.

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