Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 66
Sourceव्यास उवाच- भ्रातरं निहतं दृष्ट्वा कालेयो नाम दानवः। चित्ररथं प्रदुद्राव धृत्वा बाणं सकार्मुकम्१। दृष्ट्वासुरं विधावंतं कालमृत्युसमप्रभम्। अरौत्सीत्तं महावीर्यो जयंतः पाकशासनिः२। अब्रवीच्च महातेजा दैतेयं सुरसत्तमः। तथ्यं धर्माभिसंयुक्तं लोकद्वयहितं ध्रुवम्३। शस्त्राभिघातदुःखार्तं कश्मलं चान्यसंयुतम्। प्रभग्नं च निरस्तं च यो हंति स च बालिशः४। सुचिरं रौरवं भुक्त्वा तस्य दासो भवेच्चिरम्। तस्मान्मामुं प्रयुध्यस्व युद्धधर्मस्थितो भव५। जयंतमब्रवीद्वाक्यं कालेयः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः। निहत्य भ्रातृहंतारमथ त्वांहन्मि सांप्रतम्६। ततस्तं चासुरश्रेष्ठं कालानलसमप्रभम्। जयंतो निशितैर्बाणैर्जघान सुरसत्तमः७। निचकर्त्त शरान्सोपि त्रिभिर्विव्याध चासुरः। यथावृष्टिगणं प्राप्य नदी गैरिकवाहिनी८। तथा तौ च महावीर्यौ न क्षीणौ न च कातरौ। न शर्म परिलेभाते परस्परजयैषिणौ९। अथ तस्य च दैत्यस्य धनुश्चिच्छेद चेषुणा। यंतारं पंचभिर्बाणैः पातयामास भूतले१०। अष्टाभिर्निशितैर्बाणैश्चतुरोश्वानपातयात्। शक्तिं संगृह्य भूमिष्ठः कुमारं च जघान ह११। गदया पीडितं साश्वं सवरूथं सकूबरम्। पातयित्वा धरण्यां च सिंहनादं ननाद ह१२। लाघवात्स धरां गत्वा गदापाणिरुपस्थितः। वज्रपाताद्यथा शब्दो लोकानां दुःसहो भवेत्१३। तथा तयोर्गदापाते शब्दः स्यात्तु मुहुर्मुहुः। एवं तयोर्गदायुद्धं यावदब्दचतुष्टयम्१४। प्रभग्ने ते गदे खस्थौ खड्गचर्मधरावुभौ। तदा पदातिनोर्युद्धमद्भुतं लोमहर्षणं१५। दृष्ट्वा च विस्मयं जग्मुर्देवासुरमहोरगाः। खड्गपातैर्मुहूर्तांते तयोश्छिन्ने तु वर्मणी१६। अभवत्खड्गयुद्धं च तयोर्युद्धातिशीलिनोः। दधार चिकुरे तस्य जयंतो भीमविक्रमः१७। शिरश्छित्वास्य खड्गेन पातयामास भूतले। ततस्तु जयशब्देन देवाः सर्वे ननंदिरे१८। प्रभग्ना दैत्यसंघाश्च दिशः सर्वाः प्रदुद्रुवुः१९। इति श्रीपाद्मपुराणे प्रथमे सृष्टिखंडे कालेयवधोनाम षट्षष्टितमोऽध्यायः६६।
vyāsa uvāca- bhrātaraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā kāleyo nāma dānavaḥ| citrarathaṃ pradudrāva dhṛtvā bāṇaṃ sakārmukam1| dṛṣṭvāsuraṃ vidhāvaṃtaṃ kālamṛtyusamaprabham| arautsīttaṃ mahāvīryo jayaṃtaḥ pākaśāsaniḥ2| abravīcca mahātejā daiteyaṃ surasattamaḥ| tathyaṃ dharmābhisaṃyuktaṃ lokadvayahitaṃ dhruvam3| śastrābhighātaduḥkhārtaṃ kaśmalaṃ cānyasaṃyutam| prabhagnaṃ ca nirastaṃ ca yo haṃti sa ca bāliśaḥ4| suciraṃ rauravaṃ bhuktvā tasya dāso bhavecciram| tasmānmāmuṃ prayudhyasva yuddhadharmasthito bhava5| jayaṃtamabravīdvākyaṃ kāleyaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ| nihatya bhrātṛhaṃtāramatha tvāṃhanmi sāṃpratam6| tatastaṃ cāsuraśreṣṭhaṃ kālānalasamaprabham| jayaṃto niśitairbāṇairjaghāna surasattamaḥ7| nicakartta śarānsopi tribhirvivyādha cāsuraḥ| yathāvṛṣṭigaṇaṃ prāpya nadī gairikavāhinī8| tathā tau ca mahāvīryau na kṣīṇau na ca kātarau| na śarma parilebhāte parasparajayaiṣiṇau9| atha tasya ca daityasya dhanuściccheda ceṣuṇā| yaṃtāraṃ paṃcabhirbāṇaiḥ pātayāmāsa bhūtale10| aṣṭābhirniśitairbāṇaiścaturośvānapātayāt| śaktiṃ saṃgṛhya bhūmiṣṭhaḥ kumāraṃ ca jaghāna ha11| gadayā pīḍitaṃ sāśvaṃ savarūthaṃ sakūbaram| pātayitvā dharaṇyāṃ ca siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ha12| lāghavātsa dharāṃ gatvā gadāpāṇirupasthitaḥ| vajrapātādyathā śabdo lokānāṃ duḥsaho bhavet13| tathā tayorgadāpāte śabdaḥ syāttu muhurmuhuḥ| evaṃ tayorgadāyuddhaṃ yāvadabdacatuṣṭayam14| prabhagne te gade khasthau khaḍgacarmadharāvubhau| tadā padātinoryuddhamadbhutaṃ lomaharṣaṇaṃ15| dṛṣṭvā ca vismayaṃ jagmurdevāsuramahoragāḥ| khaḍgapātairmuhūrtāṃte tayośchinne tu varmaṇī16| abhavatkhaḍgayuddhaṃ ca tayoryuddhātiśīlinoḥ| dadhāra cikure tasya jayaṃto bhīmavikramaḥ17| śiraśchitvāsya khaḍgena pātayāmāsa bhūtale| tatastu jayaśabdena devāḥ sarve nanaṃdire18| prabhagnā daityasaṃghāśca diśaḥ sarvāḥ pradudruvuḥ19| iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe kāleyavadhonāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ66|
English translation
Vyāsa said :
1. Seeing his brother killed, the demon Kāleya , holding an arrow with a bow rushed at Citraratha .
2-3a. Jayanta , the. very mighty son of Indra , seeing the demon like death at the end of the world, rushing (at Citraratha), stopped him; and the best and very powerful god (i.e. Jayanta) said to the demons:
3b-5. “The truth supported by Dharma and certainly beneficial in the two (i.e. this and the next) worlds is: He, who strikes (a rival warrior) who is afflicted with the pain due to a wound caused by the stroke of a weapon, who is depressed in spirits, who is fighting with another (warrior), who is broken or thrown away (i.e. defeated), is childish. After having enjoyed (i.e. lived in) the Raurava (hell) he becomes the slave of him (whom he strikes). Therefore, do not fight with him (i.e. Citraratha). Follow the rules of a just war.”
6. Kāleya, mad with anger, said (these) words to Jayanta: “Having killed him who killed my brother, I shall now kill you.”
7. Then Jayanta, the best among gods, struck, with sharp arrows, the greatest demon, resembling fire at the end of the world.
8-9. The demon too cut them off with three arrows, and struck him. Like a river rising from a mountain and receiving a series of showers, the two very mighty ones did not become weak or discouraged. The two, desiring to conquer each other, did not get pleasure.
10-ll. Then he (i.e. Jayanta) cut off the demon’s bow with an arrow. With five arrows he caused the charioteer to fall on the ground. He also struck down the four horses (of the demon’s chariot) with eight sharp arrows. He too, took the (missile called) śakti , and struck Jayanta (with it).
12-13. (After having) hurt him with a mace, and struck him down along with the fender [1] and the pole of his chariot, he, roared like a lion quickly going down (i.e. jumping on) the ground; he stood there with a mace in his hand. As the sound of the fall of the thunderbolt would be unbearable to the worlds, so the sound of the repeated strokes with their maces (was unbearable).
14-15. In this way their mace-fight lasted for fourteen years. When their maces were broken, both remained in the sky with swords and armours. At that time, gods and great divine serpents were amazed on seeing the wonderful and thrilling fight of the two foot-soldiers.
16-17. After some time their armours were cut off due to the strokes of the swords. The two, very much disposed to fighting, fought with swords. Jayanta, of a fearful valour, seized the hair of his (i.e. the demon’s) head.
18-19. Having cut off his head with the stroke of his sword, he knocked him down on the ground. Then all the gods rejoiced with (i.e. the demon’s) head and uttered the cry of victory. The hosts of demons, that were shattered, fled in all directions.
[1]: [1] : Varūtha—A fender with which a chariot is provided as a defence against collision with the Kūbara—the pole of a carriage to which the yoke is fixed.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 45221, revision 334588 (2022-04-06T08:33:46Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364189.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.