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Chapter 44

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चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः सुकलोवाच- स्वसैन्यं दुर्धरं दृष्ट्वा निर्जितं दुर्धरेण तम् । चुकोप भूपतिः क्रूरं दुःसहं शूकरं प्रति १। धनुरादाय वेगेन बाणं कालानलोपमम् । तस्याभिमुखमेवासौ हयेनाभिससार सः २। स यदा नृपतिं हयपृष्ठगतं वरपौरुषयुक्तममित्रहणम् । परिपश्यति शूकरयूथपतिः प्रगतोभिमुखं रणभूमितले ३। निशितेन शरेण हतो हि यदा नृपतेर्हयपादतले प्रगतः । तमिहैव विलंघ्य च वेगमनाः प्रखरेण जवेन च कोलवरः ४। व्यथितस्तुरगः सकिरिःकिटिना न हि याति क्षितौ स हि विद्धगतिः । तुरगः पतितो भुवि तुंडहतो लघुस्यंदनमेव गतो नृपतिः ५। स हि गर्जति शूकरजातिरवैरथसंस्थितकोशल येन जवैः । गदया निहतः किल भूपतिना रणमध्यगतः स हि यूथपतिः ६। परित्यज्य तनुं च स्वकां हि तदा गत एव हरेर्गृहमेव वरम् ७। कृत्वा हि युद्धं समरे हितेन राज्ञा समं शूकरराजराजः । पपात भूमौ च हतो यदा तु ववर्षिरे देववराः सुपुष्पैः ८। तस्योर्ध्वगः पुष्पचयः सुजातः संतानकानामिव सौरभश्च । सकुंकुमैश्चंदनवृष्टिमेव कुर्वंति देवाः परितुष्यमाणाः ९। विमृश्यमानः स हि तेन राज्ञा चतुर्भुजः सोपि बभूव राजन् । दिव्यांबरोभूषणदिव्यरूपः स्वतेजसा भाति दिवाकरो यथा १०। दिव्येन यानेन दिवं गतो यदा सुपूज्यमानः सुरराजदेवैः । गंधर्वराजः स बभूव भूयः पूर्वं स्वकं कायमिहैव हित्वा ११। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने सुकलाचरित्रे। चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः ४४।

catuścatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ sukalovāca- svasainyaṃ durdharaṃ dṛṣṭvā nirjitaṃ durdhareṇa tam | cukopa bhūpatiḥ krūraṃ duḥsahaṃ śūkaraṃ prati 1| dhanurādāya vegena bāṇaṃ kālānalopamam | tasyābhimukhamevāsau hayenābhisasāra saḥ 2| sa yadā nṛpatiṃ hayapṛṣṭhagataṃ varapauruṣayuktamamitrahaṇam | paripaśyati śūkarayūthapatiḥ pragatobhimukhaṃ raṇabhūmitale 3| niśitena śareṇa hato hi yadā nṛpaterhayapādatale pragataḥ | tamihaiva vilaṃghya ca vegamanāḥ prakhareṇa javena ca kolavaraḥ 4| vyathitasturagaḥ sakiriḥkiṭinā na hi yāti kṣitau sa hi viddhagatiḥ | turagaḥ patito bhuvi tuṃḍahato laghusyaṃdanameva gato nṛpatiḥ 5| sa hi garjati śūkarajātiravairathasaṃsthitakośala yena javaiḥ | gadayā nihataḥ kila bhūpatinā raṇamadhyagataḥ sa hi yūthapatiḥ 6| parityajya tanuṃ ca svakāṃ hi tadā gata eva harergṛhameva varam 7| kṛtvā hi yuddhaṃ samare hitena rājñā samaṃ śūkararājarājaḥ | papāta bhūmau ca hato yadā tu vavarṣire devavarāḥ supuṣpaiḥ 8| tasyordhvagaḥ puṣpacayaḥ sujātaḥ saṃtānakānāmiva saurabhaśca | sakuṃkumaiścaṃdanavṛṣṭimeva kurvaṃti devāḥ parituṣyamāṇāḥ 9| vimṛśyamānaḥ sa hi tena rājñā caturbhujaḥ sopi babhūva rājan | divyāṃbarobhūṣaṇadivyarūpaḥ svatejasā bhāti divākaro yathā 10| divyena yānena divaṃ gato yadā supūjyamānaḥ surarājadevaiḥ | gaṃdharvarājaḥ sa babhūva bhūyaḥ pūrvaṃ svakaṃ kāyamihaiva hitvā 11| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne sukalācaritre| catuścatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ 44|

English translation

Sukalā said :

1-2. Seeing his own irresistible army completely vanquished by him (i.e. by the hog) who was difficult to be stopped, the king got angry with the cruel, unbearable hog. He, mounted upon a horse, and taking a bow and an arrow resembling the destructive fire at the end of the world, speedily moved in front of him.

3-7. When the lord of the herd of boars saw the king, the killer of his enemies, mounted upon the back of a horse and endowed with excellent valour, he went forth to him on the battlefield. The best hog, when struck with a sharp arrow of (i.e. by) the king, went to the soles of the feet of the horse. With a quick mind (i.e. decision) he overstepped him with a very sharp speed. The horse was afflicted by the hog. The hog did not go to (i.e. fall on) the ground. The horse, with his movement checked, and struck on the face,.fell down on the ground. Then the king just went to (i.e. got into) a small chariot. He roared with sounds of (i.e. befitting) the species of a hog. The hog, who was in the midst of the battlefield, was speedily struck with a mace by the Kośala -king seated in his chariot; and then giving up his body, he just went to the excellent abode of Viṣṇu .

8-11. When the lord of hogs after fighting with the king in the battle, fell on the ground after being struck (by the king), best gods showered excellent flowers on him. On him a great heap of flowers was accumulated and the fragrance was as it were of the Santānaka flowers. Gods, being fully pleased, showered on him sandal with saffron. Being pondered over by the king, O king, he became one having four hands. He had (on his person) divine garments. His form was divine, and with his lustre he shone as the sun (shines). When, he being greatly honoured by the king of gods and (other) gods, went to heaven in a divine car, he, casting his former body here only, again became the lord of Gandharvas .

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 20390, revision 335470 (2022-04-08T23:57:47Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364251.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.