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

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तो ज्रनिपाताश् सानिस्तयित्नवः
हांश् टाब्दस् त्रासीद् धि हावे
तां प्रेक्ष्य विहितां मायां राक्षसो राक्षसे तु
र्ध्वम् त्पत्य हैडिम्बस् तां मायां मायाधीत्
सो ऽभिवीक्ष्य तां मायां मायावी मायै हि
श्मर्षं सुतुमुलं विर्ज टोत्कचे
श्मर्षं तद् घोरं र्षे वीर्यवान्
दिशो विध्वंयाम् तद् द्भुतम् वावत्

Transliteration (IAST)

tato vajraniś ca śanistanayitnavaḥ ||
mahāṃś caṭacaṭāśabdas tatrād dhi mahave ||
tāṃ prekṣya vihitāṃ yāṃ kṣaso kṣasena tu ||
ūrdhvam utpatya haiḍimbas tāṃ yāṃ yavadhīt ||
so 'bhikṣya hatāṃ yāṃ yayaiva hi ||
aśmavarṣaṃ sutumulaṃ visasarja ghaṭotkace ||
aśmavarṣaṃ sa tad ghoraṃ śaravarṣeṇa ryavān ||
diśo vidhvaṃsam āsa tad adbhutam ibhavat ||

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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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