Fifth Skandha · Chapter 6
Sourceव्यास उवाच ताम्रेऽथ मूर्च्छिते दैत्ये महिषः क्रोधसंयुतः । समुद्यम्य गदां गुर्वीं देवानुपजगाम ह ॥ १ ॥ तिष्ठन्त्वद्य सुराः सर्वे हन्म्यहं गदया किल । सर्वे बलिभुजः कामं बलहीनाः सदैव हि ॥ २ ॥ इत्युक्त्वासौ गजारूढं सम्प्राप्य मदगर्वितः । जघान गदया तूर्णं बाहुमूले महाभुजः ॥ ३ ॥ सोऽपि वज्रेण घोरेण चिच्छेदाशु गदाञ्च ताम् । प्रहर्तुकामस्त्वरितो जगाम महिषं प्रति ॥ ४ ॥ हयारिरपि कोपेन खड्गमादाय सुप्रभम् । ययाविन्द्रं महावीर्यं प्रहरिष्यन्निवान्तिकम् ॥ ५ ॥ बभूव च तयोर्युद्धं सर्वलोकभयावहम् । आयुधैर्विविधैस्तत्र मुनिविस्मयकारकम् ॥ ६ ॥ चकाराशु तदा दैत्यो मायां मोहकरीं किल । शाम्बरीं सर्वलोकघ्नीं मुनीनामपि मोहिनीम् ॥ ७ ॥ कोटिशो महिषास्तत्र तद्रूपास्तत्पराक्रमाः । ददृशुः सायुधाः सर्वे निघ्नन्तो देववाहिनीम् ॥ ८ ॥ मघवा विस्मितस्तत्र दृष्ट्वा तां दैत्यनिर्मिताम् । बभूवातिभयोद्विग्नो मायां मोहकरीं किल ॥ ९ ॥ वरुणोऽपि सुसन्त्रस्तस्तथैव धननायकः । यमो हुताशनः सूर्यः शीतरश्मिर्भयातुरः ॥ १० ॥ पलायनपरा सर्वे बभूवुर्मोहिताः सुराः । ब्रह्मविष्णमहेशानां स्मरणं चक्रुरुद्यताः ॥ ११ ॥ तत्राजग्मुश्च काजेशाः स्मृतमात्राः सुरोत्तमाः । हंसतार्क्ष्यवृषारूढास्त्रातुकामा वरायुधाः ॥ १२ ॥ शौरिस्तां मोहिनीं दृष्ट्वा सुदर्शनमथोज्ज्वलम् । मुमोच तत्तेजसैव माया सा विलयं गता ॥ १३ ॥ वीक्ष्य तान्महिषस्तत्र सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारिणः । योद्धुकामः समादाय परिघं समुपाद्रवत् ॥ १४ ॥ महिषाख्यो महावीरः सेनानीश्चिक्षुरस्तथा । उग्रास्यश्चोग्रवीर्यश्च दुद्रुवुर्युद्धकामुकाः ॥ १५ ॥ असिलोमात्रिनेत्रश्च बाष्कलोऽन्धक एव च । एते चान्ये च बहवो युद्धकामा विनिर्ययुः ॥ १६ ॥ सन्नद्धा धृतचापास्ते रथारूढा मदोद्धताः । परिवव्रुः सुरान्सर्वान्वृका इव सुवत्सकान् ॥ १७ ॥ बाणवृष्टिं ततश्चक्रुर्दानवा मदगर्विताः । सुराश्चापि तथा चक्रुः परस्परजिघांसवः ॥ १८ ॥ अन्धको हरिमासाद्य पञ्चबाणाञ्छिलाशितान् । मुमोच विषसन्दिग्धान्कर्णाकृष्टान्महाबलान् ॥ १९ ॥ वासुदेवोऽप्यसंप्राप्तान्विशिखानाशुगैस्तदा । चिच्छेद तान्पुनः पञ्च मुमोच रिपुनाशनः ॥ २० ॥ तयोः परस्परं युद्धं बभूव हरिदैत्ययोः । बाणासिचक्रमुसलैर्गदाशक्तिपरश्वधैः ॥ २१ ॥ महेशान्धकयोर्युद्धं तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम् । पञ्चाशद्दिनपर्यन्तं बभूव च परस्परम् ॥ २२ ॥ इन्द्रबाष्कलयोस्तद्वन्महिषासुररुद्रयोः । यमत्रिनेत्रयोस्तद्वन्महाहनुधनेशयोः ॥ २३ ॥ असिलोमवरुणयोर्युद्धं परमदारुणम् । गरुडं गदया दैत्यो जघान हरिवाहनम् ॥ २४ ॥ स गदापातखिन्नाङ्गो निःश्वसन्नवतिष्ठत । शौरिस्तं दक्षिणेनाशु हस्तेन परिसान्त्वयन् ॥ २५ ॥ स्थिरं चकार देवेशो वैनतेयं महाबलम् । समाकृष्य धनुः शार्ङ्गं मुमोच विशिखान्बहून् ॥ २६ ॥ अन्धकोपरि कोपेन हन्तुकामो जनार्दनः । दानवोऽपि च तान्वाणांश्चिच्छेद स्वशरैः शितैः ॥ २७ ॥ पञ्चाशद्भिर्हरिं कोपाज्जघान च शिलाशितैः । वासुदेवोऽपि तांस्तूर्णं वञ्चयित्वा शरोत्तमान् ॥ २८ ॥ चक्रं मुमोच वेगेन सहस्रारं सुदर्शनम् । त्यक्तं सुदर्शनं दूरात्स्वचक्रेण न्यवारयत् ॥ २९ ॥ ननाद च महाराज देवान्सम्मोहयन्निव । दृष्ट्वा तु विफलं जातं चक्रं देवस्य शार्ङ्गिणः ॥ ३० ॥ जग्मुः शोकं सुराः सर्वे जहर्षुर्दानवास्तथा । वासुदेवोऽपि तरसा दृष्ट्वा देवाञ्छुचावृतान् ॥ ३१ ॥ गदां कौमोदकीं धृत्वा दानवं समुपाद्रवत् । तं जघानातिवेगेन मूर्ध्नि मायाविनं हरिः ॥ ३२ ॥ स गदाभिहतो भूमौ निपपातातिमूर्च्छितः । तं तथा पतितं वीक्ष्य हयारिरतिकोपनः ॥ ३३ ॥ आजगाम रमानाथं त्रासयन्नतिगर्जितैः । वासुदेवोऽपि तं दृष्ट्वा समायान्तं क्रुधान्वितम् ॥ ३४ ॥ चापज्यानिनदं चोग्रं चकार नन्दयन्सुरान् । शरवृष्टिं चकाराशु भगवान्महिषोपरि ॥ ३५ ॥ सोऽपि चिच्छेद बाणौघैस्ताञ्छरान्गगनेरितान् । तयोर्युद्धमभूद्राजन् परस्परभयावहम् ॥ ३६ ॥ गदया ताडयामास केशवो मस्तकोपरि । स गदाभिहतो मूर्ध्नि पपातोर्व्यां सुमूर्च्छितः ॥ ३७ ॥ हाहाकारो महानासीत्सैन्ये तस्य सुदारुणः । स विहाय व्यथां दैत्यो मुहूर्तादुत्थितः पुनः ॥ ३८ ॥ गृहीत्वा परिघं शीर्षे जघान मधुसूदनम् । परिघेणाहतस्तेन मूर्च्छामाप जनार्दनः ॥ ३९ ॥ मूर्च्छितं तमुवाहाशु जगाम गरुडो रणात् । परावृत्ते जगन्नाथे देवा इन्द्रपुरोगमाः ॥ ४० ॥ भयं प्रापुः सुदुःखार्ताश्चुक्रुशुश्च रणाजिरे । क्रन्दमानान्सुरान्वीक्ष्य शङ्करः शूलभृत्तदा ॥ ४१ ॥ महिषं तरसाभ्येत्य प्राहरद्रोषसंयुतः । सोऽपि शक्तिं मुमोचाथ शङ्करस्योरसि स्फुटम् ॥ ४२ ॥ जगर्ज स च दुष्टात्मा वञ्चयित्वा त्रिशूलकम् । शङ्करोऽपि तदा पीडां न प्रापोरसि ताडितः ॥ ४३ ॥ तं जघान त्रिशूलेन कोपादरुणलोचनः । संलग्नं शङ्करं दृष्ट्वा महिषेण दुरात्मना ॥ ४४ ॥ आजगाम हरिस्तावत्त्यक्त्वा मूर्च्छां प्रहारजाम् । महिषस्तु तदा वीक्ष्य सम्प्राप्तौ हरिशङ्करौ ॥ ४५ ॥ युद्धकामौ महावीर्यो चक्रशूलधरौ वरौ । कोपयुक्तो बभूवासौ दृष्ट्वा तौ समुपागतौ ॥ ४६ ॥ जगाम सम्मुखस्तावत्संग्रामार्थं महाभुजः । माहिषं वपुरास्थाय धुन्वन्पुच्छं समुत्कटम् ॥ ४७ ॥ चकार भैरवं नादं त्रासयन्नमरानपि । धुन्वञ्छृङ्गे महाकायो दारुणो जलदो यथा ॥ ४८ ॥ शृङ्गाभ्यां पर्वताज्छृङ्गांश्चिक्षेप भृशमुत्कटान् । दृष्ट्वा तौ तु महावीर्यौ दानवं देवसत्तमौ ॥ ४९ ॥ चक्रतुर्बाणवृष्टिं च दानवोपरि दारुणाम् । कुर्वाणौ बाणवृष्टिं तौ दृष्ट्वा हरिहरौ हरिः ॥ ५० ॥ चिक्षेप गिरिशृङ्गं तु पुच्छेनावृत्य दारुणम् । आपतन्तं गिरिं वीक्ष्य भगवान्सात्वतां पतिः ॥ ५१ ॥ विशिखैः शतधा चक्रे चक्रेणाशु जघान तम् । हरिचक्राहतः संख्ये मूर्च्छामाप स दैत्यराट् ॥ ५२ ॥ उत्तस्थौ च क्षणान्नूनं मानुषं वपुरास्थितः । गदापाणिर्महाघोरो दानवः पर्वतोपमः ॥ ५३ ॥ मेघनादं ननादोच्चैर्भीषयन्नमरानपि । तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवान्विष्णुः पाञ्चजन्यं समुज्ज्वलम् ॥ ५४ ॥ पूरयामास तरसा शब्दं कर्तुं खरस्वरम् । तेन शब्देन शङ्खस्य भयत्रस्ताश्च दानवाः । बभूवुर्मुदिता देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः ॥ ५५ ॥
vyāsa uvāca tāmre'tha mūrcchite daitye mahiṣaḥ krodhasaṃyutaḥ | samudyamya gadāṃ gurvīṃ devānupajagāma ha || 1 || tiṣṭhantvadya surāḥ sarve hanmyahaṃ gadayā kila | sarve balibhujaḥ kāmaṃ balahīnāḥ sadaiva hi || 2 || ityuktvāsau gajārūḍhaṃ samprāpya madagarvitaḥ | jaghāna gadayā tūrṇaṃ bāhumūle mahābhujaḥ || 3 || so'pi vajreṇa ghoreṇa cicchedāśu gadāñca tām | prahartukāmastvarito jagāma mahiṣaṃ prati || 4 || hayārirapi kopena khaḍgamādāya suprabham | yayāvindraṃ mahāvīryaṃ prahariṣyannivāntikam || 5 || babhūva ca tayoryuddhaṃ sarvalokabhayāvaham | āyudhairvividhaistatra munivismayakārakam || 6 || cakārāśu tadā daityo māyāṃ mohakarīṃ kila | śāmbarīṃ sarvalokaghnīṃ munīnāmapi mohinīm || 7 || koṭiśo mahiṣāstatra tadrūpāstatparākramāḥ | dadṛśuḥ sāyudhāḥ sarve nighnanto devavāhinīm || 8 || maghavā vismitastatra dṛṣṭvā tāṃ daityanirmitām | babhūvātibhayodvigno māyāṃ mohakarīṃ kila || 9 || varuṇo'pi susantrastastathaiva dhananāyakaḥ | yamo hutāśanaḥ sūryaḥ śītaraśmirbhayāturaḥ || 10 || palāyanaparā sarve babhūvurmohitāḥ surāḥ | brahmaviṣṇamaheśānāṃ smaraṇaṃ cakrurudyatāḥ || 11 || tatrājagmuśca kājeśāḥ smṛtamātrāḥ surottamāḥ | haṃsatārkṣyavṛṣārūḍhāstrātukāmā varāyudhāḥ || 12 || śauristāṃ mohinīṃ dṛṣṭvā sudarśanamathojjvalam | mumoca tattejasaiva māyā sā vilayaṃ gatā || 13 || vīkṣya tānmahiṣastatra sṛṣṭisthityantakāriṇaḥ | yoddhukāmaḥ samādāya parighaṃ samupādravat || 14 || mahiṣākhyo mahāvīraḥ senānīścikṣurastathā | ugrāsyaścogravīryaśca dudruvuryuddhakāmukāḥ || 15 || asilomātrinetraśca bāṣkalo'ndhaka eva ca | ete cānye ca bahavo yuddhakāmā viniryayuḥ || 16 || sannaddhā dhṛtacāpāste rathārūḍhā madoddhatāḥ | parivavruḥ surānsarvānvṛkā iva suvatsakān || 17 || bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ tataścakrurdānavā madagarvitāḥ | surāścāpi tathā cakruḥ parasparajighāṃsavaḥ || 18 || andhako harimāsādya pañcabāṇāñchilāśitān | mumoca viṣasandigdhānkarṇākṛṣṭānmahābalān || 19 || vāsudevo'pyasaṃprāptānviśikhānāśugaistadā | ciccheda tānpunaḥ pañca mumoca ripunāśanaḥ || 20 || tayoḥ parasparaṃ yuddhaṃ babhūva haridaityayoḥ | bāṇāsicakramusalairgadāśaktiparaśvadhaiḥ || 21 || maheśāndhakayoryuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam | pañcāśaddinaparyantaṃ babhūva ca parasparam || 22 || indrabāṣkalayostadvanmahiṣāsurarudrayoḥ | yamatrinetrayostadvanmahāhanudhaneśayoḥ || 23 || asilomavaruṇayoryuddhaṃ paramadāruṇam | garuḍaṃ gadayā daityo jaghāna harivāhanam || 24 || sa gadāpātakhinnāṅgo niḥśvasannavatiṣṭhata | śauristaṃ dakṣiṇenāśu hastena parisāntvayan || 25 || sthiraṃ cakāra deveśo vainateyaṃ mahābalam | samākṛṣya dhanuḥ śārṅgaṃ mumoca viśikhānbahūn || 26 || andhakopari kopena hantukāmo janārdanaḥ | dānavo'pi ca tānvāṇāṃściccheda svaśaraiḥ śitaiḥ || 27 || pañcāśadbhirhariṃ kopājjaghāna ca śilāśitaiḥ | vāsudevo'pi tāṃstūrṇaṃ vañcayitvā śarottamān || 28 || cakraṃ mumoca vegena sahasrāraṃ sudarśanam | tyaktaṃ sudarśanaṃ dūrātsvacakreṇa nyavārayat || 29 || nanāda ca mahārāja devānsammohayanniva | dṛṣṭvā tu viphalaṃ jātaṃ cakraṃ devasya śārṅgiṇaḥ || 30 || jagmuḥ śokaṃ surāḥ sarve jaharṣurdānavāstathā | vāsudevo'pi tarasā dṛṣṭvā devāñchucāvṛtān || 31 || gadāṃ kaumodakīṃ dhṛtvā dānavaṃ samupādravat | taṃ jaghānātivegena mūrdhni māyāvinaṃ hariḥ || 32 || sa gadābhihato bhūmau nipapātātimūrcchitaḥ | taṃ tathā patitaṃ vīkṣya hayāriratikopanaḥ || 33 || ājagāma ramānāthaṃ trāsayannatigarjitaiḥ | vāsudevo'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā samāyāntaṃ krudhānvitam || 34 || cāpajyāninadaṃ cograṃ cakāra nandayansurān | śaravṛṣṭiṃ cakārāśu bhagavānmahiṣopari || 35 || so'pi ciccheda bāṇaughaistāñcharāngaganeritān | tayoryuddhamabhūdrājan parasparabhayāvaham || 36 || gadayā tāḍayāmāsa keśavo mastakopari | sa gadābhihato mūrdhni papātorvyāṃ sumūrcchitaḥ || 37 || hāhākāro mahānāsītsainye tasya sudāruṇaḥ | sa vihāya vyathāṃ daityo muhūrtādutthitaḥ punaḥ || 38 || gṛhītvā parighaṃ śīrṣe jaghāna madhusūdanam | parigheṇāhatastena mūrcchāmāpa janārdanaḥ || 39 || mūrcchitaṃ tamuvāhāśu jagāma garuḍo raṇāt | parāvṛtte jagannāthe devā indrapurogamāḥ || 40 || bhayaṃ prāpuḥ suduḥkhārtāścukruśuśca raṇājire | krandamānānsurānvīkṣya śaṅkaraḥ śūlabhṛttadā || 41 || mahiṣaṃ tarasābhyetya prāharadroṣasaṃyutaḥ | so'pi śaktiṃ mumocātha śaṅkarasyorasi sphuṭam || 42 || jagarja sa ca duṣṭātmā vañcayitvā triśūlakam | śaṅkaro'pi tadā pīḍāṃ na prāporasi tāḍitaḥ || 43 || taṃ jaghāna triśūlena kopādaruṇalocanaḥ | saṃlagnaṃ śaṅkaraṃ dṛṣṭvā mahiṣeṇa durātmanā || 44 || ājagāma haristāvattyaktvā mūrcchāṃ prahārajām | mahiṣastu tadā vīkṣya samprāptau hariśaṅkarau || 45 || yuddhakāmau mahāvīryo cakraśūladharau varau | kopayukto babhūvāsau dṛṣṭvā tau samupāgatau || 46 || jagāma sammukhastāvatsaṃgrāmārthaṃ mahābhujaḥ | māhiṣaṃ vapurāsthāya dhunvanpucchaṃ samutkaṭam || 47 || cakāra bhairavaṃ nādaṃ trāsayannamarānapi | dhunvañchṛṅge mahākāyo dāruṇo jalado yathā || 48 || śṛṅgābhyāṃ parvatājchṛṅgāṃścikṣepa bhṛśamutkaṭān | dṛṣṭvā tau tu mahāvīryau dānavaṃ devasattamau || 49 || cakraturbāṇavṛṣṭiṃ ca dānavopari dāruṇām | kurvāṇau bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ tau dṛṣṭvā hariharau hariḥ || 50 || cikṣepa giriśṛṅgaṃ tu pucchenāvṛtya dāruṇam | āpatantaṃ giriṃ vīkṣya bhagavānsātvatāṃ patiḥ || 51 || viśikhaiḥ śatadhā cakre cakreṇāśu jaghāna tam | haricakrāhataḥ saṃkhye mūrcchāmāpa sa daityarāṭ || 52 || uttasthau ca kṣaṇānnūnaṃ mānuṣaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ | gadāpāṇirmahāghoro dānavaḥ parvatopamaḥ || 53 || meghanādaṃ nanādoccairbhīṣayannamarānapi | tacchrutvā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ pāñcajanyaṃ samujjvalam || 54 || pūrayāmāsa tarasā śabdaṃ kartuṃ kharasvaram | tena śabdena śaṅkhasya bhayatrastāśca dānavāḥ | babhūvurmuditā devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ || 55 ||
English translation
1-8. Vyasa said O King! On the Daitya Tannra becoming unconscious Mahisa became very angry and, raising his Gada (club), came up before the Devas and said “Devas! O Ye powerless like crows; wait; with one stroke of Gada, I will kill you.” Thus saying, the powerful Mahisa swelled with pride, seeing Indra before him mounted on his elephant instantly struck him on his arms. Indra, again lost no time, and struck violently with his thunderbolt and cut the Danava's Gada into pieces, and came up very close, wanting to strike at him. Mahisa, too, becoming very angry took up his lustrous sword and came to Indra to attack him with this weapon. A fight then occurred between the two, terrible to all the Lokas and wonderful to the Munis, where various weapons were showered from both the sides. The Demon Mahisa spread then his S'amvari Maya, destructive to all the worlds and fascinating to the Munis.
Hundreds and hundreds of powerful buffalo-like appearances resembling Mahisa became, then, visible on the battle-field; they all began to kill the Deva forces with weapons in their hands.
9-14. Seeing this magic of the Danava, Indra became thunderstruck and very much confounded with terror. Varuna, Kuvera, the Lord of wealth, Yama, Fire, Moon, Sun, and other Devas all fled with terror. Indra then, being surrounded by the network of magic, began to call Brahma, Visnu and Mahes'a in his mind. At the instant when they were called in mind, Brahma, Visnu and Mahes’a riding on respective conveyances Swan, Garuda, and Bull, came up there with best weapons in their hands for Indra's protection. Visnu seeing the play of that fascinating magic hurled his bright discus, Sudars'an; and caused the magic to vanish at once. Seeing the three, the Creator, the Preserver, and the Destroyer, the Danava Mahisa came
up there with his Parigha (a club tipped with iron) weapon, desirous to fight with them.
15-16. Then the general Chiksura, Ugrasya, Ugravirya, Asiloma, Trinetra, Vaskala, Andhaka and other warriors came up to fight.
17-23. Those Proud Danavas, clad in armour and mounted on chariots with bows in their hands besieged the Devas, like a tiger attacking an heifer. Then those Danavas swelled with pride began to shower on arrows after arrows; the Devas, too, began to do the same, desiring to extirpate them.The General Andhaka, coming up to Hah, drew his bow with great force up to his ear and shot at him five sharp arrows tipped with poison. Vasudeva, the Destroyer of the enemies, cut off those arrows no sooner they came up before him; and He shot at the Danavas five arrows. Then Hari and the Danava struck each other with various weapons and arrows, swords, discus, Musala, clubs, S’akti, and Paras'u. Here, on the other hand, the fight lasted for fifty days between Mahes'a versus Andhaka; and it was a very close conflict, causing horripilation. Thus severe fights ensued between Vaskala and Indra, Mahisa and Rudra, Trinetra and Yama, Maha Hanu and Kuvera, Asiloma and Varuna.
24-39. The Danava Mahisa struck Garuda, the conveyance of Hari, with his club; Garuda, being very much distressed with the blow, sat down, gasping. Visnu then comforted the powerful Garuda, the son of Vinata and made him calm and quiet. Wanting to kill Andhaka, Janardana became infuriated, and, drawing his bow made of horn, call S'arnga, shot at him arrows after arrows. The Danava cut off all those arrows to pieces with his own mass of arrows. Then, becoming very angry, he shot fifty sharp arrows at Hari. Vasudeva quickly made all those arrows useless and hurled Sudars'ana Chakra with thousand spokes on the Danava with great violence. Andhaka
thwarted this with his own discus and shouted aloud with such a great force that all the Devas became confused and confounded. Visnu's Chakra being baffled, the Devas became distressed with grief and the Danavas got elated. Seeing the Devas thus grieved, Visnu held aloft his Kaumodaki Gada (club) and came hurriedly before the Danava. Hari struck then with his Gada on the Danava's head whereon he fell senseless on the ground. The hot-tempered Mahisa, seeing Andhaka senseless, bellowed aloud and, terrifying Hari, came up there. Seeing him there, Vasudeva made such a thundering noise with his bow string that the Devas became highly glad. Then the Bhagavan shot showers of arrows on Mahisa; and Mahisa, too, cut those arrows while they were seen in the air. O king! Then a very close fight ensued between the two, Kes'ava struck on the head of the Danava with his club. Thus struck, he fell in a swoon on the ground and a general cry of distress arose amongst the Danavas. In a moment the Danava got up again, free from trouble; he then struck again on Visnu's head with his Parigha (a club mounted with iron, a mace). Struck by that mace, Janardan lay senseless; Garuda, seeing him thus unconscious, immediately took him away from the battle field.
40-55. When Visnu thus fled, Indra and the Devas were much distressed with fear and began to cry aloud. Hearing the Devas cry, S'ankara became wrathful and, quickly coming before Mahisa, struck him with his trident (S'ula). The wicked Mahisa made his weapon ineffectual and bellowed aloud and struck on the breast of S'ankara with his S’akti (a kind of missile). Thus wounded in his breast S'ankara did not feel any pain; rather, with his eyes red with anger. He struck him again with Trisula. Seeing S'ankara engaged with Mahisa, Hari becoming conscious came again on the battle-field. Seeing the two powerful Deva-chiefs, Hari and Hara, in the battle¬ field Mahisa became very much angry: he then assumed a buffalo body and wagging his tail to and fro came in front of them with a desire to fight. That terrible Mahisa of a huge body shook his horns
and bellowed so deep like a thunder cloud that even the Devas got frightened. He began to hurl the huge mountain peaks with his two horns. The two powerful Devas Hari and Hara, began to shoot at the Danava deadly arrows after arrows. Seeing these two gods shower arrows upon him, Mahisa began to hurl mountains on them by his tail. Visnu cut off those mountains into hundred pieces by his arrow; and struck at him instantly with his Chakra. Struck thus by Chakra, the Lord of the Danavas fainted, but he instantly rose up with a human body. The mountain-like terrible Danava with a club in his hand frightened the Devas and uttered grave sounds like those of rumbling rain clouds. Hearing that, the Bhagavan Visnu sounded a more terrible sound with his Pahchajanya S'ankha (conchshell). Hearing the sound of that conchshell, the Danavas were struck with terror and the ascetic Risis and Devas became exalted with joy.
Here ends the Sixth Chapter of the Fifth Skandha on the Deva Danava fight in S'ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam, the Maha Puranam, of 18,000 versus by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 24405, revision 74838 (2016-07-21T14:49:00Z). English is Swami Vijñanananda’s complete 1921–23 public-domain translation, controlled against the archival OCR and its chapter page at https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk05ch06.htm. Historic spelling and transliteration are lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.