Seventh Skandha · Chapter 7
Sourceव्यास उवाच - दत्ते ग्रहे तु राजेन्द्र वासवः कुपितौ भृशम् । प्रोवाच च्यवनं तत्र दर्शयन्बलमात्मनः ॥ १ ॥ मा ब्रह्मबन्धो मर्यादामिमां त्वं कर्त्तुमर्हसि । वधिष्यामि द्विषन्तं त्वां विश्वरूपमिवाऽपरम् ॥ २ ॥ च्यवन उवाच - मावमंस्था महात्मानौ रूपद्रविणवर्चसा । यौ चक्रतुर्मां मघवन् वृन्दारकमिवापरम् ॥ ३ ॥ ऋते त्वां विबुधाश्चान्ये कथं वाददते ग्रहम् । अश्विनावपि देवेन्द्र देवौ विद्धि परन्तपौ ॥ ४ ॥ इन्द्र उवाच - भिषजौ नार्हतः कामं ग्रहं यज्ञे कथञ्चन । यदि दित्ससि मन्दात्मन् शिरश्छेत्स्यामि साम्प्रतम् ॥ ५ ॥ व्यास उवाच अनादृत्य तु तद्वाक्यं वासवस्य च भार्गवः । ग्रहं तु ग्राहयामास भर्त्सयन्निव तं भृशम् ॥ ६ ॥ सोमपात्रं यदा ताभ्यां गृहीतं तु पिपासया । समीक्ष्य बलभिद्देव इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ७ ॥ आभ्यमर्थाय सोमं त्वं ग्राहयिष्यसि चेत्स्वयम् । वज्रं तु प्रहरिष्यामि विश्वरूपमिवापरम् ॥ ८ ॥ वासवेनैवमुक्तस्तु भार्गवश्चातिगर्वितः । जग्राह विधिवत्सोममश्विभ्यामतिमन्युमान् ॥ ९ ॥ इन्द्रोऽपि प्राक्षिपत्कोपाद्वज्रमस्मै स्वमायुधम् । पश्यतां सर्वदेवानां सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम् ॥ १० ॥ प्रेरितं चाशनिं प्रेक्ष्य च्यवनस्तपसा ततः । स्तम्भयामास वज्रं स शक्रस्यामिततेजसः ॥ ११ ॥ कृत्यया स महाबाहुरिन्द्रं हन्तुमिहोद्यतः । जुहावाग्नौ श्रुतं हव्यं मन्त्रेण मुनिसत्तमः ॥ १२ ॥ तत्र कृत्या समुत्पन्ना च्यवनस्य तपोबलात् । प्रबलः पुरुषः क्रूरो बृहत्कायो महासुरः ॥ १३ ॥ मदो नाम महाघोरो भयदः प्राणिनामिह । शरीरे पर्वताकारस्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रो मयानकः ॥ १४ ॥ चतस्रश्चायता दंष्ट्रा योजनानां शतं शतम् । इतरे त्वस्य दशना बभूवुर्दशयोजनाः ॥ १५ ॥ बाहू पर्वतसंकाशावायतौ क्रूरदर्शनौ । जिह्वा तु भीषणा क्रूरा लेलिहाना नभस्तलम् ॥ १६ ॥ ग्रीवा तु गिरिशृङ्गाभा कठिना भीषणा भृशम् । नखा व्याघ्रनखप्रख्याः केशाश्चातीवभीषणाः ॥ १७ ॥ शरीरं कज्जलाभं च तस्य चास्यं भयानकम् । नेत्रे दावानलप्रख्ये भीषणेऽतिभयानके ॥ १८ ॥ हनुरेका स्थिता तस्य भूमावेका दिवं गता । एवंविधः समुत्पन्नो मदो नाम बृहत्तनुः ॥ १९ ॥ तं विलोक्य सुराः सर्वे भयमाजग्मुरंहसा । इन्द्रोऽपि भयसंत्रस्तो युद्धाय न मनो दधे ॥ २० ॥ दैत्योऽपि वदने कामं वज्रमादाय संस्थितः । व्याप्तं नभो घोरदृष्टिर्ग्रसन्निव जगत्त्रयम् ॥ २१ ॥ स भक्ष्ययिष्यन्संक्रुद्धः शतक्रतुमुपाद्रवत् । चक्रुशुश्च सुराः सर्वे हा हताः स्मेति संस्थिताः ॥ २२ ॥ इन्द्रः स्तम्भितबाहुस्तु मुमुक्षुर्वज्रमन्तिकात् । न शशाक पविं तस्मिन्प्रहर्तुं पाकशासनः ॥ २३ ॥ वज्रहस्तः सुरेशानस्तं वीक्ष्य कालसन्निभम् । सस्मार मनसा तत्र गुरुं समयकोविदम् ॥ २४ ॥ स्मरणादाजगामाशु बृहस्पतिरुदारधीः । गुरुस्तत्समयं दृष्ट्वा विपत्तिसदृशं महत् ॥ २५ ॥ विचार्य मनसा कृत्यं तमुवाच शचीपतिम् । दुःसाध्योऽयं महामन्त्रैस्त्वयं वज्रेण वासव ॥ २६ ॥ असुरो मदसंज्ञस्तु यज्ञकुण्डात्समुत्थितः । तपोबलमृषेः सम्यक् च्यवनस्य महाबलः ॥ २७ ॥ अनिवार्यो ह्ययं शत्रुस्त्वया देवैस्तथा मया । शरणं याहि देवेश च्यवनस्य महात्मनः ॥ २८ ॥ स निवारयिता नूनं कृत्यामात्मकृतां किल । न निवारयितुं शक्ताः शक्तिभक्तरुषं क्वचित् ॥ २९ ॥ व्यास उवाच - इत्युक्तो गुरुणा शक्रस्तदागच्छन्मुनिं प्रति । प्रणम्य शिरसा नम्रः तमुवाच भयान्वितः ॥ ३० ॥ क्षमस्व मुनिशार्दूल शमयासुरमुद्यतम् । प्रसन्नो भव सर्वज्ञ वचनं ते करोम्यहम् ॥ ३१ ॥ सोमार्हावश्विनावेतावद्यप्रभृति भार्गव । भविष्यतः सत्यमेतद्वचो विप्र प्रसीद मे ॥ ३२ ॥ मिथ्या ते नोद्यमो ह्येष भवत्येव तपोधन । जाने त्वमपि धर्मज्ञ मिथ्या नैव करिष्यसि ॥ ३३ ॥ सोमपावश्विनावेतौ त्वत्कृतौ च सदैवे हि । भविष्यतश्च शर्यातेः कीर्तिस्तु विपुला भवेत् ॥ ३४ ॥ मया यद्धि कृतं कर्म सर्वथा मुनिसत्तम । परीक्षार्थं तु विज्ञेयं तव वीर्यप्रकाशनम् ॥ ३५ ॥ प्रसादं कुरु मे ब्रह्मन् मदं संहर चोत्थितम् । कल्याणं सर्वदेवानां तथा भूयो विधीयताम् ॥ ३६ ॥ एवमुक्तस्तु शक्रेण च्यवनः परमार्थवित् । संजहार तपः कोपं समुत्पन्नं विरोधजम् ॥ ३७ ॥ देवमाश्वास्य संविग्नं भार्गवस्तु मदं ततः । व्यभजत्स्त्रीषु पानेषु द्यूतेषु मृगयासु च ॥ ३८ ॥ मदं विभज्य देवेन्द्रमाश्वास्य चकितं भिया । संस्थाप्य च सुरान्सर्वान्मखं तस्य न्यवर्तयत् ॥ ३९ ॥ ततस्तु संस्कृतं सोमं वासवाय महात्मने । अश्विभ्यां सर्वधर्मात्मा पाययामास भार्गवः ॥ ४० ॥ एवं तौ च्यवनेनार्यावश्विनौ रविपुत्रकौ । विहितौ सोमपौ राजन् सर्वथा तपसो बलात् ॥ ४१ ॥ सरस्तदपि विख्यातं जातं यूपविमण्डितम् । आश्रमस्तु मुनेः सम्यक् पृथिव्यां विश्रुतोऽभवत् ॥ ४२ ॥ शर्यातिरपि सन्तुष्टो ह्यभवत्तेन कर्मणा । यज्ञं समाप्य नगरे जगाम सचिवैर्वृतः ॥ ४३ ॥ राज्यं चकार धर्मज्ञो मनुपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । आनर्तस्तस्य पुत्रोऽभूदानर्ताद्रेवतोऽभवत् ॥ ४४ ॥ सोऽन्तःसमुद्रे नगरीं विनिर्माय कुशस्थलीम् । आस्थितोऽभुङ्क्त विषयानानर्तादीनरिन्दमः ॥ ४५ ॥ तस्य पुत्रशतं जज्ञे ककुद्मिज्येष्ठमुत्तमम् । पुत्री च रेवती नाम्ना सुन्दरी शुभलक्षणा ॥ ४६ ॥ वरयोग्या यदा जाता तदा राजा च रेवतः । चिन्तयामास राजेन्द्रो राजपुत्रान्कुलोद्भवान् ॥ ४७ ॥ रैवतं नाम च गिरिमाश्रितः पृथिवीपतिः । चकार राज्यं बलवानानर्तेषु नराधिपः ॥ ४८ ॥ विचिन्त्य मनसा राजा कस्मै देया मया सुता । गत्वा पृच्छामि ब्रह्माणं सर्वज्ञं सुरपूजितम् ॥ ४९ ॥ इति सञ्चिन्त्य भूपालः सुतामादाय रेवतीम् । ब्रह्मलोकं जगामाशु प्रष्टुकामः पितामहम् ॥ ५० ॥ यत्र देवाश्च यज्ञाश्च छन्दांसि पर्वतास्तथा । अब्धयः सिद्धगन्धर्वाः दिव्यरूपधराः स्थिताः ॥ ५१ ॥ ऋषयः सिद्धगन्धर्वाः पन्नगाश्चारणास्तथा । तस्थुः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे स्तुवन्तश्च पुरातनाः ॥ ५२ ॥
vyāsa uvāca - datte grahe tu rājendra vāsavaḥ kupitau bhṛśam | provāca cyavanaṃ tatra darśayanbalamātmanaḥ || 1 || mā brahmabandho maryādāmimāṃ tvaṃ karttumarhasi | vadhiṣyāmi dviṣantaṃ tvāṃ viśvarūpamivā'param || 2 || cyavana uvāca - māvamaṃsthā mahātmānau rūpadraviṇavarcasā | yau cakraturmāṃ maghavan vṛndārakamivāparam || 3 || ṛte tvāṃ vibudhāścānye kathaṃ vādadate graham | aśvināvapi devendra devau viddhi parantapau || 4 || indra uvāca - bhiṣajau nārhataḥ kāmaṃ grahaṃ yajñe kathañcana | yadi ditsasi mandātman śiraśchetsyāmi sāmpratam || 5 || vyāsa uvāca anādṛtya tu tadvākyaṃ vāsavasya ca bhārgavaḥ | grahaṃ tu grāhayāmāsa bhartsayanniva taṃ bhṛśam || 6 || somapātraṃ yadā tābhyāṃ gṛhītaṃ tu pipāsayā | samīkṣya balabhiddeva idaṃ vacanamabravīt || 7 || ābhyamarthāya somaṃ tvaṃ grāhayiṣyasi cetsvayam | vajraṃ tu prahariṣyāmi viśvarūpamivāparam || 8 || vāsavenaivamuktastu bhārgavaścātigarvitaḥ | jagrāha vidhivatsomamaśvibhyāmatimanyumān || 9 || indro'pi prākṣipatkopādvajramasmai svamāyudham | paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham || 10 || preritaṃ cāśaniṃ prekṣya cyavanastapasā tataḥ | stambhayāmāsa vajraṃ sa śakrasyāmitatejasaḥ || 11 || kṛtyayā sa mahābāhurindraṃ hantumihodyataḥ | juhāvāgnau śrutaṃ havyaṃ mantreṇa munisattamaḥ || 12 || tatra kṛtyā samutpannā cyavanasya tapobalāt | prabalaḥ puruṣaḥ krūro bṛhatkāyo mahāsuraḥ || 13 || mado nāma mahāghoro bhayadaḥ prāṇināmiha | śarīre parvatākārastīkṣṇadaṃṣṭro mayānakaḥ || 14 || catasraścāyatā daṃṣṭrā yojanānāṃ śataṃ śatam | itare tvasya daśanā babhūvurdaśayojanāḥ || 15 || bāhū parvatasaṃkāśāvāyatau krūradarśanau | jihvā tu bhīṣaṇā krūrā lelihānā nabhastalam || 16 || grīvā tu giriśṛṅgābhā kaṭhinā bhīṣaṇā bhṛśam | nakhā vyāghranakhaprakhyāḥ keśāścātīvabhīṣaṇāḥ || 17 || śarīraṃ kajjalābhaṃ ca tasya cāsyaṃ bhayānakam | netre dāvānalaprakhye bhīṣaṇe'tibhayānake || 18 || hanurekā sthitā tasya bhūmāvekā divaṃ gatā | evaṃvidhaḥ samutpanno mado nāma bṛhattanuḥ || 19 || taṃ vilokya surāḥ sarve bhayamājagmuraṃhasā | indro'pi bhayasaṃtrasto yuddhāya na mano dadhe || 20 || daityo'pi vadane kāmaṃ vajramādāya saṃsthitaḥ | vyāptaṃ nabho ghoradṛṣṭirgrasanniva jagattrayam || 21 || sa bhakṣyayiṣyansaṃkruddhaḥ śatakratumupādravat | cakruśuśca surāḥ sarve hā hatāḥ smeti saṃsthitāḥ || 22 || indraḥ stambhitabāhustu mumukṣurvajramantikāt | na śaśāka paviṃ tasminprahartuṃ pākaśāsanaḥ || 23 || vajrahastaḥ sureśānastaṃ vīkṣya kālasannibham | sasmāra manasā tatra guruṃ samayakovidam || 24 || smaraṇādājagāmāśu bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ | gurustatsamayaṃ dṛṣṭvā vipattisadṛśaṃ mahat || 25 || vicārya manasā kṛtyaṃ tamuvāca śacīpatim | duḥsādhyo'yaṃ mahāmantraistvayaṃ vajreṇa vāsava || 26 || asuro madasaṃjñastu yajñakuṇḍātsamutthitaḥ | tapobalamṛṣeḥ samyak cyavanasya mahābalaḥ || 27 || anivāryo hyayaṃ śatrustvayā devaistathā mayā | śaraṇaṃ yāhi deveśa cyavanasya mahātmanaḥ || 28 || sa nivārayitā nūnaṃ kṛtyāmātmakṛtāṃ kila | na nivārayituṃ śaktāḥ śaktibhaktaruṣaṃ kvacit || 29 || vyāsa uvāca - ityukto guruṇā śakrastadāgacchanmuniṃ prati | praṇamya śirasā namraḥ tamuvāca bhayānvitaḥ || 30 || kṣamasva muniśārdūla śamayāsuramudyatam | prasanno bhava sarvajña vacanaṃ te karomyaham || 31 || somārhāvaśvināvetāvadyaprabhṛti bhārgava | bhaviṣyataḥ satyametadvaco vipra prasīda me || 32 || mithyā te nodyamo hyeṣa bhavatyeva tapodhana | jāne tvamapi dharmajña mithyā naiva kariṣyasi || 33 || somapāvaśvināvetau tvatkṛtau ca sadaive hi | bhaviṣyataśca śaryāteḥ kīrtistu vipulā bhavet || 34 || mayā yaddhi kṛtaṃ karma sarvathā munisattama | parīkṣārthaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ tava vīryaprakāśanam || 35 || prasādaṃ kuru me brahman madaṃ saṃhara cotthitam | kalyāṇaṃ sarvadevānāṃ tathā bhūyo vidhīyatām || 36 || evamuktastu śakreṇa cyavanaḥ paramārthavit | saṃjahāra tapaḥ kopaṃ samutpannaṃ virodhajam || 37 || devamāśvāsya saṃvignaṃ bhārgavastu madaṃ tataḥ | vyabhajatstrīṣu pāneṣu dyūteṣu mṛgayāsu ca || 38 || madaṃ vibhajya devendramāśvāsya cakitaṃ bhiyā | saṃsthāpya ca surānsarvānmakhaṃ tasya nyavartayat || 39 || tatastu saṃskṛtaṃ somaṃ vāsavāya mahātmane | aśvibhyāṃ sarvadharmātmā pāyayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ || 40 || evaṃ tau cyavanenāryāvaśvinau raviputrakau | vihitau somapau rājan sarvathā tapaso balāt || 41 || sarastadapi vikhyātaṃ jātaṃ yūpavimaṇḍitam | āśramastu muneḥ samyak pṛthivyāṃ viśruto'bhavat || 42 || śaryātirapi santuṣṭo hyabhavattena karmaṇā | yajñaṃ samāpya nagare jagāma sacivairvṛtaḥ || 43 || rājyaṃ cakāra dharmajño manuputraḥ pratāpavān | ānartastasya putro'bhūdānartādrevato'bhavat || 44 || so'ntaḥsamudre nagarīṃ vinirmāya kuśasthalīm | āsthito'bhuṅkta viṣayānānartādīnarindamaḥ || 45 || tasya putraśataṃ jajñe kakudmijyeṣṭhamuttamam | putrī ca revatī nāmnā sundarī śubhalakṣaṇā || 46 || varayogyā yadā jātā tadā rājā ca revataḥ | cintayāmāsa rājendro rājaputrānkulodbhavān || 47 || raivataṃ nāma ca girimāśritaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | cakāra rājyaṃ balavānānarteṣu narādhipaḥ || 48 || vicintya manasā rājā kasmai deyā mayā sutā | gatvā pṛcchāmi brahmāṇaṃ sarvajñaṃ surapūjitam || 49 || iti sañcintya bhūpālaḥ sutāmādāya revatīm | brahmalokaṃ jagāmāśu praṣṭukāmaḥ pitāmaham || 50 || yatra devāśca yajñāśca chandāṃsi parvatāstathā | abdhayaḥ siddhagandharvāḥ divyarūpadharāḥ sthitāḥ || 51 || ṛṣayaḥ siddhagandharvāḥ pannagāścāraṇāstathā | tasthuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve stuvantaśca purātanāḥ || 52 ||
English translation
1-2. Vyasa said O King! When the vessel filled with the Soma juice was given to the two AsVins, Indra became very angry and showing his strength, spoke thus to the Muni Chyavana. O Brahmana! Never will you be able to endow him with such a high honour. When you have shewn towards me your enmity, I will kill you, no doubt, exactly like VisVarupa.
3-4. Chyavana said “O Indra! Do not insult the two highsouled AsVins. They have given me beauty, youth and lustre and made me look like a second Deva. O Lord of the Devas! Just as the other Devas can take the vessel of Soma excluding you, so the two powerful AsVins can do the same towards you.”
5. Indra said “They are the physicians; so they cannot in any way have the right to accept the Soma cup. I will just now sever your head.”
6-29. Vyasa said O Ornament to the race of Bharata! At these words of Indra, the Muni made the AsVins accept the Soma cup, thus highly insulting, as it were, Indra and not taking any notice of his words. When the two AsVins accepted the cup with a desire to drink the Soma thereof, the powerful Indra saw it and said “If you make them drink Soma out of your own necessity, I will hurl thunderbolt on your head exactly in the same way as I did towards VisVarupa.”
The Muni became violently angry at this and made the AsVins drink the Soma according to due rites and ceremonies. Indra, too, angrily hurled thunderbolt on him in the presence of all the Devas. The weapon shed lustre like million Suns. Seeing the thunderbolt hurled on him, the powerful Muni made the Indra's thunderbolt stand stock still by virtue of his Tapas. The powerful Muni then adopted black magic to kill Indra and offered oblations of clarified butter and grains, purified by Mantrams, in the Fire. By the Tapas of Chyavana, of unbounded lustre, there sprang from the sacrificial hearth Kritya (A female deity to whom sacrifices are offered for destructive and magical purposes). And out of Kritya originated a very strong person, very cruel and of huge body, a great Demon. The horrible Demon, named Mada, was terrifying to all the beings. His body was huge like a mountain, teeth very sharp and terrible. Four teeth were hundred Yojanas long each, and his other teeth were ten Yojanas long. His arms were like mountains, very long and fierce; tongue, horrible, rough and so very long that it reached up to the heavens. His throat was like a mountain peak hard and of a furious appearance; nails resembled tiger's, hairs horrible. His body was jet black like lamp black; face very terrible, eyes bright like the conflagration fire and awful. One of his jaws touched the ground and the other touched the heaven. Thus was born the Demon, named Mada, of huge form. Looking at him, the Devas became suddenly frightened; Indra, too, got very much terrified at the sight of him and did not want to have any more fight. The Demon swallowed Indra's thunderbolt, looked at the sky, and stood up as if to swallow at once the whole Universe.
He became infuriated with rage and pursued Indra to devour him. Seeing this, the Devas cried aloud “Alas! We are slain.” Indra had his arms disabled by Mantrams and so he could not hurl his thunderbolt though he wanted to do so. The Lord of the Devas, then, with thunderbolt in his hand, looked on the Demon as Death personified and remembered his Guru, skilled in the knowledge which is the proper time to perform a certain thing. The liberal- minded Brihaspati knowing the time of imminent danger, and that he is remembered by Indra, at once came to the spot. He then judged what to do in the present crisis and told Indra “O Indra! This
cannot be averted even by Mantranns; what to speak of thunderbolt! This powerful Asura Mada has arisen from the sacrificial hearth by virtue of the Tapas of the Chyavana Muni. The Muni's power is especially felt here. O Lord of the Devas! Nobody, You, I, nor any other Deva will be able to resist him. Know this. Even Brahma cannot thwart the anger of one who is devoted to the S'akti, the Highest Force; Chyavana is the Bhakta of the Highest S'akti. So no other body is able to defeat him. He is the man himself to take back the Kritya that he has originated. There is no doubt in this. So it is better for you now to take the shelter of the Muni.”
30-52. Vyasa said O King! Hearing thus from his Guru, Indra went to the Muni and bowed down shuddering, before him. “O Muni! Forgive me and stop the Asura from his intention to slay the Devas.
O All knowing One! Be pleased, I will keep your words. O Bhargava! The two As'vins will, from this day, have the right to drink the Some juice. This I speak out to you in truth. O Brahmana! Be graciously pleased unto me. O Ascetic! Your intention will never be baffled. Especially I know you to be a knower of Dharma; so, you will never be able to make your word swerve from truth. The two As'vins will, by your grace, be able to drink always the Soma cup; and the King S'aryati's fame will also know no bounds. O Muni! Know that what I have done is simply to test your prowess in Tapas. O Brahmana!
Now do this favour to me and take back your, this Demon Mada, sprung from your sacrificial hearth and thus do good to all the Devas. There is no doubt in this.” Thus spoken piteously by Indra,
Chyavana, who knew the Highest Reality, drew back within himself the anger arising from the enmity with Indra. Then the Maharsi Chyavana consoled the Devas that were very much perplexed and anxious out of terror of the Demon named Mada and divided the Asura into four parts (1) female sex, (2) drinking, (3) gambling and (4) hunting animals. When Mada was thus divided into four parts, the terror stricken Devas felt themselves relieved and saved and got consoled. Chyavana then placed the Devas in their respective
stations and connpleted the sacrifice. As last, the religious Bhargava made first Indra and then the two AsVins drink the Soma Cups. O King! Thus Chyavana had the AsVins their Soma Cups by virtue of his power of Tapas. Thence the tank with the sacrificial post Yupa became famous and the Muni's As'rama also was renowned and honoured in all respects. The King S'aryati, too, became very glad at this sacrifice and completing the sacrifice returned with his ministers to his city. The Menu's son, the powerful religious King S'aryati governed his kingdom, free from any obstacles or other enemies. He had one son named Anarta; and Anarta had a son named Revata born to him.
Revata built the city of Kus'asthali in the midst of the ocean and began to live there. He enjoyed all the things in the countries named Anarta and others. Revata had one hundred sons of whom Kakudmi was the eldest and of pure character. He had one daughter very beautiful named Revati, endowed with all auspicious qualities. When the daughter reached a marriageable age, the King began to think where he could get a prince of a good noble family. That powerful King began to govern his people Anartas, with his headquarters at the Raivata hill. “Whom to betroth this daughter,” the King thought and settled that he would go to Brahma and ask him, the venerable omniscient Prajapati, worshipped by the Devas. Thus the King went with his daughter Revati to the Brahmaloka. There the Devas, Yajhas, Vedas, mountains, oceans and rivers all were shining with luminous bodies. There the eternal Risis, Siddhas, Gandharbas, Pannagas and Charanas were singing hymns to Brahma, standing with folded hands.
Here ends the Seventh Chapter of the Seventh Book on the twin As'vins drinking the Soma Cup in S'ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam, the Maha Puranam of 18,000 verses, by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.
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