Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 110
Sourceकुंजल उवाच- आमंत्र्य स मुनीन्सर्वान्वशिष्ठं तपतांवरम् । समुत्सुको गंतुकामो नहुषो दानवं प्रति १। ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वे वशिष्ठाद्यास्तपोधनाः । आशीर्भिरभिनंद्यैनमायुपुत्रं महाबलम् २। आकाशे देवताः सर्वा जघ्नुर्वै दुंदुभीन्मुदा । पुष्पवृष्टिं प्रचक्रुस्ते नहुषस्य च मूर्धनि ३। अथ देवः सहस्राक्षः सुरैः सार्द्धं समागतः । ददौ शस्त्राणि चास्त्राणि सूर्यतेजोपमानि च ४। देवेभ्यो नृपशार्दूलो जगृहे द्विजसत्तम । तानि दिव्यानि चास्त्राणि दिव्यरूपोपमोऽभवत् ५। अथ ता देवताः सर्वाः सहस्राक्षमथाब्रुवन् । स्यंदनो दीयतामस्मै नहुषाय सुरेश्वर ६। देवानां मतमाज्ञाय वज्रपाणिः स्वसारथिम् । आहूय मातलि तं तु आदिदेश ततो द्विज ७। एनं गच्छ महात्मानमुह्यतां स्यंदनेन वै । सध्वजेन महाप्राज्ञमायुजं समरोद्यतम् ८। स चोवाच सहस्राक्षं करिष्ये तवशासनम् । एवमुक्त्वा जगामाशु ह्यायुपुत्रं रणोद्यतम् ९। राजानं प्रत्युवाचैव देवराजस्य भाषितम् । विजयी भव धर्मज्ञ रथेनानेन संगरे १०। इत्युवाच सहस्राक्षस्त्वामेव नृपतीश्वर । जहि त्वं दानवं संख्ये तं हुंडं पापचेतनम् ११। समाकर्ण्य स राजेंद्र सानंदपुलकोद्गमः । प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य वशिष्ठस्य महात्मनः १२। दानवं सूदयिष्यामि समरे पापचेतनम् । देवानां च विशेषेण मम मायापचारितम् १३। एवमुक्ते महावाक्ये नहुषेण महात्मना । अथायातः स्वयं देवः शंखचक्रगदाधरः १४। चक्राच्चक्रं समुत्पाट्य सूर्यबिंबोपमं महत् । ज्वलता तेजसा दीप्तं सुवृत्तारं शुभावहम् १५। नहुषाय ददौ देवो हर्षेण महता किल । तस्मै शूलं ददौ शंभुः सुतीक्ष्णं तेजसान्वितम् १६। तेन शूलवरेणासौ शोभते समरोद्यतः । द्वितीयः शंकरश्चासौ त्रिपुरघ्नो यथा प्रभुः १७। ब्रह्मास्त्रं दत्तवान्ब्रह्मा वरुणः पाशमुत्तमम् । चंद्र तेजःप्रतीकाशं शंखं च नादमंगलम् १८। वज्रमिंद्रस्तथा शक्तिं वायुश्चापं समार्गणम् । आग्नेयास्त्रं तथा वह्निर्ददौ तस्मै महात्मने १९। शस्त्राण्यस्त्राणि दिव्यानि बहूनि विविधानि च । ददुर्देवा महात्मानस्तस्मै राज्ञे महौजसे २०। कुंजल उवाच- अथ आयुसुतो वीरो दैवतैः परिमानितः । आशीर्भिर्नंदितश्चापि मुनिभिस्तत्त्ववेदिभिः २१। आरुरोह रथं दिव्यं भास्वरं रत्नमालिनम् । घंटारवैः प्रणदंतं क्षुद्रघंटासमाकुलम् २२। रथेन तेन दिव्येन शुशुभे नृपनदंनः । दिविमार्गे यथा सूर्यस्तेजसा स्वेन वै किल २३। प्रतपंस्तेजसा तद्वद्दैत्यानां मस्तकेषु सः । जगाम शीघ्रं वेगेन यथा वायुः सदागतिः २४। यत्रासौ दानवः पापस्तिष्ठते स्वबलैर्युतः । तेन मातलिना सार्द्धं वाहकेन महात्मना २५।
kuṃjala uvāca- āmaṃtrya sa munīnsarvānvaśiṣṭhaṃ tapatāṃvaram | samutsuko gaṃtukāmo nahuṣo dānavaṃ prati 1| tataste munayaḥ sarve vaśiṣṭhādyāstapodhanāḥ | āśīrbhirabhinaṃdyainamāyuputraṃ mahābalam 2| ākāśe devatāḥ sarvā jaghnurvai duṃdubhīnmudā | puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ pracakruste nahuṣasya ca mūrdhani 3| atha devaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ samāgataḥ | dadau śastrāṇi cāstrāṇi sūryatejopamāni ca 4| devebhyo nṛpaśārdūlo jagṛhe dvijasattama | tāni divyāni cāstrāṇi divyarūpopamo'bhavat 5| atha tā devatāḥ sarvāḥ sahasrākṣamathābruvan | syaṃdano dīyatāmasmai nahuṣāya sureśvara 6| devānāṃ matamājñāya vajrapāṇiḥ svasārathim | āhūya mātali taṃ tu ādideśa tato dvija 7| enaṃ gaccha mahātmānamuhyatāṃ syaṃdanena vai | sadhvajena mahāprājñamāyujaṃ samarodyatam 8| sa covāca sahasrākṣaṃ kariṣye tavaśāsanam | evamuktvā jagāmāśu hyāyuputraṃ raṇodyatam 9| rājānaṃ pratyuvācaiva devarājasya bhāṣitam | vijayī bhava dharmajña rathenānena saṃgare 10| ityuvāca sahasrākṣastvāmeva nṛpatīśvara | jahi tvaṃ dānavaṃ saṃkhye taṃ huṃḍaṃ pāpacetanam 11| samākarṇya sa rājeṃdra sānaṃdapulakodgamaḥ | prasādāddevadevasya vaśiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ 12| dānavaṃ sūdayiṣyāmi samare pāpacetanam | devānāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa mama māyāpacāritam 13| evamukte mahāvākye nahuṣeṇa mahātmanā | athāyātaḥ svayaṃ devaḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ 14| cakrāccakraṃ samutpāṭya sūryabiṃbopamaṃ mahat | jvalatā tejasā dīptaṃ suvṛttāraṃ śubhāvaham 15| nahuṣāya dadau devo harṣeṇa mahatā kila | tasmai śūlaṃ dadau śaṃbhuḥ sutīkṣṇaṃ tejasānvitam 16| tena śūlavareṇāsau śobhate samarodyataḥ | dvitīyaḥ śaṃkaraścāsau tripuraghno yathā prabhuḥ 17| brahmāstraṃ dattavānbrahmā varuṇaḥ pāśamuttamam | caṃdra tejaḥpratīkāśaṃ śaṃkhaṃ ca nādamaṃgalam 18| vajramiṃdrastathā śaktiṃ vāyuścāpaṃ samārgaṇam | āgneyāstraṃ tathā vahnirdadau tasmai mahātmane 19| śastrāṇyastrāṇi divyāni bahūni vividhāni ca | dadurdevā mahātmānastasmai rājñe mahaujase 20| kuṃjala uvāca- atha āyusuto vīro daivataiḥ parimānitaḥ | āśīrbhirnaṃditaścāpi munibhistattvavedibhiḥ 21| āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ bhāsvaraṃ ratnamālinam | ghaṃṭāravaiḥ praṇadaṃtaṃ kṣudraghaṃṭāsamākulam 22| rathena tena divyena śuśubhe nṛpanadaṃnaḥ | divimārge yathā sūryastejasā svena vai kila 23| pratapaṃstejasā tadvaddaityānāṃ mastakeṣu saḥ | jagāma śīghraṃ vegena yathā vāyuḥ sadāgatiḥ 24| yatrāsau dānavaḥ pāpastiṣṭhate svabalairyutaḥ | tena mātalinā sārddhaṃ vāhakena mahātmanā 25|
English translation
Kuñjala said :
1-3. Having taken leave of all the sages and of Vasiṣṭha , the best of the ascetics, Nahuṣa being eager desired to go to the demon. Then all the sages like Vasiṣṭha, with penance as their treasure, congratulated the very mighty son of Āyu with blessing. All the deities in the sky joyfully beat drums and showered flowers on Nahuṣa’s head.
4-5. Then the thousand-eyed god (i.e. Indra ) came there with gods and gave him weapons and missiles resembling the sun’s lustre. O best twice-born, the best king took those divine missiles from the god, and due to that he became one of a divine form.
6. Then all the deities said to Indra: “O lord of gods, give a chariot to this Nahuṣa.”
7-9a. Knowing the view of the gods, Indra, having called his charioteer, Mātali , ordered him, O twice-born: “O you very wise one, go to him, and carry him—the son of Āyu, ready to fight, in the chariot with the flag;” and he said to Indra: “I shall carry out your order”.
9b-11. Speaking thus, he quickly went to Āyu’s son, ready to fight. He told the king the words of the king of gods: “O you who know Dharma , ‘be victorious in the battle by means of this chariot.’ O lord of kings, thus, Indra has told you. Kill in the battle the demon Huṇḍa of a wicked heart.”
12-13. Hearing (these words) the lord of kings, with horripilation due to joy (said:) “By the grace of the lord of gods, of the magnanimous Vasiṣṭha I shall kill in the battle the demon of a wicked heart, who deceived gods and especially me.”
14-20. When Nahuṣa uttered these great words, the god holding a conch, a disc and a mace himself came there. Drawing out from (his own) disc a great disc resembling the sun’s orb, blazing with burning lustre, with round spokes and bringing auspiciousness, the god gave it to Nahuṣa with great joy. Śiva gave him a very sharp lance endowed with lustre. With that excellent lance, he, ready to fight, shone like another lord Śiva, the killer of Tripura . Brahmā gave him (the missile called) Brahmāstra . Varuṇa (gave him) an excellent noose, resembling the moon’s lustre and a conch with an auspicious sound. Indra (gave him) the thunderbolt and (a kind of missile called) Śakti . Vāyu (gave him) a bow with arrows. Vahni (i.e. Fire) gave the magnanimous one, the fire-missile. (Thus) the divine weapons and missiles of various kinds were given by gods to that great-souled king of great glory.
Kuñjala said :
21-25. Then Āyu’s son, the hero honoured by gods and greeted by sages knowing the true nature of Brahman with blessings, got into the chariot that was divine, lustrous, decked with gems, making a big sound due to the bells, and full of small bells. With that divine chariot the prince shone like the sun by means of his lustre on the divine path. Blazing like him with his lustre, he rushed quickly and speedily, with that magnanimous charioteer Mātali, towards the heads of the demons, like Vāyu that moves constantly, to the place where that sinful demon stood with his army.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25495, revision 335634 (2022-04-12T03:50:12Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365203.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.