Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 6
Sourceनारदउवाच- एवं द्वंद्वेषु युद्धेषु संप्रवृत्तेष्वनेकशः । जघानाथ हरिः क्रुद्धो गदया कालनेमिनम् १। विहाय मूर्च्छां संचित्य विष्णुं बाणैर्जघान सः । ततः क्रुद्धेन हरिणा स क्षितौ पातितो व्यसुः २। राजन्जघान संचिंत्य राहुं खड्गेन चंद्रमाः । राहुस्तु तं परित्यज्य तदा सूर्यमधावत ३। सहस्राशुं रणे जित्वा राहुश्चंद्रमधावत । जघान तं च खङ्गेन समरे रजनीपतिः ४। सैंहिकेयांगकाठिन्यात्खङ्गं चूर्णमभूत्तदा । जघान मुष्टिना गाढं कठिनेन विधुंतुदः ५। चंद्रमुत्थाप्य तं कंठे धृत्वा वेगान्महामृधे । गिलित्वा राहुणा चंद्रोप्युद्गीर्णश्च ततः पुनः ६। मृगं स्वचिह्नमुरसि निधाय विससर्ज ह । स उच्चैःश्रवसं गृह्य हयरत्नं विधुंतुदः ७। जालंधरांतिकं नीत्वा भक्त्या तस्मै न्यवेदयत् । दुर्वारणो रणे क्रुद्धस्तं यमं गदया हनत् ८। निशितैर्मार्गणैर्भिन्नः शक्रपुत्रेण चाहवे । धृत्वा जयंतं संह्रादः परिघाघातमूर्च्छितम् ९ । ऐरावतं समारुह्य ययौ जालंधरं प्रति । हतवांश्चैव गदया निह्रादं धनदो रणे १०। रुद्रास्त्रिशूलनिर्घातैर्निशुंभं जघ्नुरोजसा । निशुंभो बाणजालैश्च पीडयामास तानति ११। शुंभासुरो देवगणान्पूरयामास मार्गणैः । मृत्युं मायामय मयो बद्ध्वा पाशैर्निनायतम् १२। ददौ जालंधरायासौ पौलोम्ने सोऽपि सिंधवे । अब्धिना च मुखे क्षिप्तो लोको जीवतु निर्भयः १३। बद्ध्वा च नमुचिं पाशैर्वासवोऽपि रसातलम् । निन्ये विश्वस्य हंतारं अथ जालंधरो ययौ १४। अथेंद्रबलयोर्युद्धमभूद्राजन्सुदारुणम् । बलांगरोचिषो भांति दिशो दश रवेरिव १५। सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि शक्रस्य शीर्णान्यंगे बलस्य च । बलीयसा बलेनेंद्रो मुद्गरेण हतो हृदि १६। ननादेंद्रस्ततो भीमं तच्छ्रुत्वा स बलोहसत् । हसतस्तस्य निश्चेरुर्मुखतो मौक्तिकानि च १७। तस्यांगस्याभिलाषेण न युद्धमकरोत्तदा । तुष्टाव वासवोऽत्यर्थं तं बलं बलसागरम् १८। वरं वृणु सुरश्रेष्ठेत्युक्तः प्राह बलं प्रति । यदि तुष्टोऽसि दैत्येश स्वं वपुर्दातुमर्हसि १९। तदिंद्र वचनं श्रुत्वा भित्त्वा शस्त्रैर्गृहाण माम् । इत्युवाच बलं सोऽपि किमदेयं महात्मनाम् २०। (गीरिव श्रोत्रहीनस्य लोलाक्षीव विचक्षुषः (अतिरिक्त श्लोकाः)। परेषु पुष्पमालेव श्रीः कदर्यस्य निष्फला १। महात्मानो न गृह्णंति हिंसमानान्रिपूनपि । सपत्नीः प्रापयंत्यब्धिं सिंधवो नगनिम्नगाः २। सुजनो न याति विकृतिं परहितनिरतो विनाशकालेऽपि । छिन्नोऽपि चंदनतरुः सुरभयतिमुखं कुठारस्य ३। देवं परं विनश्यति तनुरपि न श्रीर्निवेदितासत्सु । अवशिष्यते हिमांशोः सैव कलाशिरसि या शंभोः ४। ते साधवो भुवनमंडलमौलिभूता ये साधुतामनुपकारिषु दर्शयंति । आत्मप्रयोजनवशात्कृतछिन्नदेहाः पूर्वापकारिषु खलोपि हितानुरक्तः५)। तथेत्युक्त्वा सहस्राक्षो मुद्गरेणाहनद्बलम् । न बिभेद तदा देहः शक्रश्चिंतामवाप ह २०। सस्मारितो मातलिना वज्रेणांगं जघान तत् । तेन वज्रप्रहारेण बलांगं तद्व्यशीर्यत २१। बलांगस्यैकभागस्तु पपात कनकाचले । तुहिनाद्रौ द्वितीयस्तु तृतीयो गोनगेऽपतत् २२। चतुर्थो देवनद्यां च पंचमो मंदरे तथा । वज्राकरे पपातांशः षष्ठश्च विजयांगजः २३। तस्य जातिविशुद्धस्य परिशुद्धेन कर्मणा । कायस्यावयवाः सर्वे रत्नबीजत्वमागताः २४। वज्रादस्थिकणाः कीर्णाः षट्कोणा मणयोऽभवन् । अक्षिभ्यामिन्द्रनीला वै माणिक्यं श्रुतिसंभवम् २५। क्षतजात्पद्मरागाः स्युः मेदसो मरकतास्तथा । प्रवालानि च जिह्वातो दंता मुक्तास्तथाभवन् २६। मज्जोद्भवं मरकतं गारुत्मतमभून्नसा । कांस्यं पुरीषं रजतं वीर्यं ताम्रं च मूत्रजम् २७। अंगस्योद्वर्तनाज्जातं पित्तलं ब्रह्मवीतिकाः । नादाद्वैदूर्यमुत्पन्नं रत्नं चारुतरं तथा २८। नखेभ्यः कनकोत्पत्ती रुधिराच्च रसोद्भवः । मेदसः स्फटिकं जातं प्रवालं मांससंभवम् २९। बलदेहोद्भवान्यासन्रत्नानि पृथिवीतले । पुण्योपचयसंपत्त्या भोक्ष्यंते विमलैर्जनैः ३०। अत्रांतरे हतं श्रुत्वा बलं मघवता मृधे । प्रभावती नाम राज्ञी ययौ तच्चरणांतिकम् ३१। विललाप पतिं दृष्ट्वा विकीर्णावयवं रणे । प्रभावत्यश्रुपूर्णाक्षी मुक्तकेशी घनस्तनी ३२। हा नाथ बलविक्रांत कांतदेह जगत्प्रिय । मां त्वं विहाय किं चात्र कैवल्यं गतवानसि ३३। जराकुष्ठादिभिर्व्याप्तं बुद्ध्वा देहं त्यजंति न । देहिनोऽन्ये परं कांतं त्वया देहो वृथोज्झितः ३४। तव देहेन दिव्येन हारकं भूष्यते प्रिय । रणोत्सुकेन भवता या वेणी ग्रथिता मम ३५। तामुद्ग्रथय वैधव्यदुःखार्त्तायाः स्वयं प्रिय । एवं विलपतीं वीक्ष्य बलराज्ञीं समुद्रजः । दुःखितः शुक्रमित्याह बलं जीवय भार्गव ३६। शुक्र उवाच-। इच्छयामरणं प्राप्तं तं कथं जीवयाम्यहम् । तथापि मंत्रसामर्थ्याद्वाचमुच्चारयिष्यति ३७। जालंधर उवाच-। बलस्य रूप वचनं श्रोतुमिच्छामि भार्गव । जालंधरेणैवमुक्तः क्षणं ध्यानपरोऽभवत् ३८। अथोदतिष्ठद्वदनात्स्वनः श्रोत्रमनोरमः । प्रभावतीं प्रति व्यक्तं वाद्यभांडा दिवोत्थितः ३९। प्रभावति स्वदेहं त्वं ममांगेषु लयं नय । इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा नदी जाता प्रभावती ४०। बलाङ्गेष्वेव लीना सा सुमेरोः पूर्ववाहिनी । यस्यास्तोयेन संजाता रत्नानां कांतिरुत्तमा ४१।
nāradauvāca- evaṃ dvaṃdveṣu yuddheṣu saṃpravṛtteṣvanekaśaḥ | jaghānātha hariḥ kruddho gadayā kālaneminam 1| vihāya mūrcchāṃ saṃcitya viṣṇuṃ bāṇairjaghāna saḥ | tataḥ kruddhena hariṇā sa kṣitau pātito vyasuḥ 2| rājanjaghāna saṃciṃtya rāhuṃ khaḍgena caṃdramāḥ | rāhustu taṃ parityajya tadā sūryamadhāvata 3| sahasrāśuṃ raṇe jitvā rāhuścaṃdramadhāvata | jaghāna taṃ ca khaṅgena samare rajanīpatiḥ 4| saiṃhikeyāṃgakāṭhinyātkhaṅgaṃ cūrṇamabhūttadā | jaghāna muṣṭinā gāḍhaṃ kaṭhinena vidhuṃtudaḥ 5| caṃdramutthāpya taṃ kaṃṭhe dhṛtvā vegānmahāmṛdhe | gilitvā rāhuṇā caṃdropyudgīrṇaśca tataḥ punaḥ 6| mṛgaṃ svacihnamurasi nidhāya visasarja ha | sa uccaiḥśravasaṃ gṛhya hayaratnaṃ vidhuṃtudaḥ 7| jālaṃdharāṃtikaṃ nītvā bhaktyā tasmai nyavedayat | durvāraṇo raṇe kruddhastaṃ yamaṃ gadayā hanat 8| niśitairmārgaṇairbhinnaḥ śakraputreṇa cāhave | dhṛtvā jayaṃtaṃ saṃhrādaḥ parighāghātamūrcchitam 9 | airāvataṃ samāruhya yayau jālaṃdharaṃ prati | hatavāṃścaiva gadayā nihrādaṃ dhanado raṇe 10| rudrāstriśūlanirghātairniśuṃbhaṃ jaghnurojasā | niśuṃbho bāṇajālaiśca pīḍayāmāsa tānati 11| śuṃbhāsuro devagaṇānpūrayāmāsa mārgaṇaiḥ | mṛtyuṃ māyāmaya mayo baddhvā pāśairnināyatam 12| dadau jālaṃdharāyāsau paulomne so'pi siṃdhave | abdhinā ca mukhe kṣipto loko jīvatu nirbhayaḥ 13| baddhvā ca namuciṃ pāśairvāsavo'pi rasātalam | ninye viśvasya haṃtāraṃ atha jālaṃdharo yayau 14| atheṃdrabalayoryuddhamabhūdrājansudāruṇam | balāṃgarociṣo bhāṃti diśo daśa raveriva 15| sarvāṇyastrāṇi śakrasya śīrṇānyaṃge balasya ca | balīyasā baleneṃdro mudgareṇa hato hṛdi 16| nanādeṃdrastato bhīmaṃ tacchrutvā sa balohasat | hasatastasya niścerurmukhato mauktikāni ca 17| tasyāṃgasyābhilāṣeṇa na yuddhamakarottadā | tuṣṭāva vāsavo'tyarthaṃ taṃ balaṃ balasāgaram 18| varaṃ vṛṇu suraśreṣṭhetyuktaḥ prāha balaṃ prati | yadi tuṣṭo'si daityeśa svaṃ vapurdātumarhasi 19| tadiṃdra vacanaṃ śrutvā bhittvā śastrairgṛhāṇa mām | ityuvāca balaṃ so'pi kimadeyaṃ mahātmanām 20| (gīriva śrotrahīnasya lolākṣīva vicakṣuṣaḥ (atirikta ślokāḥ)| pareṣu puṣpamāleva śrīḥ kadaryasya niṣphalā 1| mahātmāno na gṛhṇaṃti hiṃsamānānripūnapi | sapatnīḥ prāpayaṃtyabdhiṃ siṃdhavo naganimnagāḥ 2| sujano na yāti vikṛtiṃ parahitanirato vināśakāle'pi | chinno'pi caṃdanataruḥ surabhayatimukhaṃ kuṭhārasya 3| devaṃ paraṃ vinaśyati tanurapi na śrīrniveditāsatsu | avaśiṣyate himāṃśoḥ saiva kalāśirasi yā śaṃbhoḥ 4| te sādhavo bhuvanamaṃḍalamaulibhūtā ye sādhutāmanupakāriṣu darśayaṃti | ātmaprayojanavaśātkṛtachinnadehāḥ pūrvāpakāriṣu khalopi hitānuraktaḥ5)| tathetyuktvā sahasrākṣo mudgareṇāhanadbalam | na bibheda tadā dehaḥ śakraściṃtāmavāpa ha 20| sasmārito mātalinā vajreṇāṃgaṃ jaghāna tat | tena vajraprahāreṇa balāṃgaṃ tadvyaśīryata 21| balāṃgasyaikabhāgastu papāta kanakācale | tuhinādrau dvitīyastu tṛtīyo gonage'patat 22| caturtho devanadyāṃ ca paṃcamo maṃdare tathā | vajrākare papātāṃśaḥ ṣaṣṭhaśca vijayāṃgajaḥ 23| tasya jātiviśuddhasya pariśuddhena karmaṇā | kāyasyāvayavāḥ sarve ratnabījatvamāgatāḥ 24| vajrādasthikaṇāḥ kīrṇāḥ ṣaṭkoṇā maṇayo'bhavan | akṣibhyāmindranīlā vai māṇikyaṃ śrutisaṃbhavam 25| kṣatajātpadmarāgāḥ syuḥ medaso marakatāstathā | pravālāni ca jihvāto daṃtā muktāstathābhavan 26| majjodbhavaṃ marakataṃ gārutmatamabhūnnasā | kāṃsyaṃ purīṣaṃ rajataṃ vīryaṃ tāmraṃ ca mūtrajam 27| aṃgasyodvartanājjātaṃ pittalaṃ brahmavītikāḥ | nādādvaidūryamutpannaṃ ratnaṃ cārutaraṃ tathā 28| nakhebhyaḥ kanakotpattī rudhirācca rasodbhavaḥ | medasaḥ sphaṭikaṃ jātaṃ pravālaṃ māṃsasaṃbhavam 29| baladehodbhavānyāsanratnāni pṛthivītale | puṇyopacayasaṃpattyā bhokṣyaṃte vimalairjanaiḥ 30| atrāṃtare hataṃ śrutvā balaṃ maghavatā mṛdhe | prabhāvatī nāma rājñī yayau taccaraṇāṃtikam 31| vilalāpa patiṃ dṛṣṭvā vikīrṇāvayavaṃ raṇe | prabhāvatyaśrupūrṇākṣī muktakeśī ghanastanī 32| hā nātha balavikrāṃta kāṃtadeha jagatpriya | māṃ tvaṃ vihāya kiṃ cātra kaivalyaṃ gatavānasi 33| jarākuṣṭhādibhirvyāptaṃ buddhvā dehaṃ tyajaṃti na | dehino'nye paraṃ kāṃtaṃ tvayā deho vṛthojjhitaḥ 34| tava dehena divyena hārakaṃ bhūṣyate priya | raṇotsukena bhavatā yā veṇī grathitā mama 35| tāmudgrathaya vaidhavyaduḥkhārttāyāḥ svayaṃ priya | evaṃ vilapatīṃ vīkṣya balarājñīṃ samudrajaḥ | duḥkhitaḥ śukramityāha balaṃ jīvaya bhārgava 36| śukra uvāca-| icchayāmaraṇaṃ prāptaṃ taṃ kathaṃ jīvayāmyaham | tathāpi maṃtrasāmarthyādvācamuccārayiṣyati 37| jālaṃdhara uvāca-| balasya rūpa vacanaṃ śrotumicchāmi bhārgava | jālaṃdhareṇaivamuktaḥ kṣaṇaṃ dhyānaparo'bhavat 38| athodatiṣṭhadvadanātsvanaḥ śrotramanoramaḥ | prabhāvatīṃ prati vyaktaṃ vādyabhāṃḍā divotthitaḥ 39| prabhāvati svadehaṃ tvaṃ mamāṃgeṣu layaṃ naya | iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā nadī jātā prabhāvatī 40| balāṅgeṣveva līnā sā sumeroḥ pūrvavāhinī | yasyāstoyena saṃjātā ratnānāṃ kāṃtiruttamā 41|
English translation
Nārada said :
1-18a. When the duels in this way had commenced in many ways, the angry Viṣṇu struck Kālanemi with his mace. He, giving up his swoon (i.e. regaining consciousness) thought, and struck Viṣṇu with arrows. Then the angry Viṣṇu dropped him dead on the ground. O king, having reflected, Candramā (i.e. the Moon) struck Rāhu with a sword. Rāhu at that time leaving him ran to the Sun. Having vanquished the Sun in the battle, Rāhu ran to the Moon. The lord of the night (i.e. the Moon) struck him with a sword in the battle. Due to the hardness of the body of Rāhu the sword at that time was powdered. Rāhu struck him deeply with his hard fist. Having lifted up Candra (i.e. the Moon) he swallowed him speedily in the great war and again spat him out. He, putting his mark, the dear on his chest, dismissed him. That Rāhu, seizing (the horse) Uccaiḥ-śravas , took him to Jālandhara and offered him to him (i.e. to Jālandhara) with devotion. The angry Durvāraṇa struck Yama with a mace in the war. Saṃhrāda , pierced with sharp arrows by ( Jayanta ) the son of Indra seized Jayanta who fainted due to the stroke of the iron club, mounted upon Airāvata , and went to Jālandhara. Kubera also struck Nirhāda with his mace in the battle. The Rudras vigourously hit Niśumbha with the strokes of their spears. Niśumbha too very much harassed them with volleys of arrows. The demon Śumbha filled (i.e. covered) the hosts of gods with arrows. Maya , full of deceit, tied Yama with nooses, and took him (to Jālandhara). He gave him to Jālandhara, and Jayanta also to the Ocean. The Ocean too threw him into his mouth (so that) the world should be free from fear. Then Indra also, having tied Namuci with nooses, took him, the destroyer of the universe; then Jālandhara went. O king, a very fierce battle took place between Indra and Bala . The splendour from the body of Bala shone, like that of the Sun, in the ten directions. All the missiles of Indra were shattered on (striking) the body of Bala. The mighty Bala struck Indra with a mallet on his chest. Then Indra roared fiercely. Hearing that Bala laughed. From the mouth of him who was laughing, pearls dropped down. With a desire for (securing) his body, Indra did not fight.
18b-24. Then he very much praised Bala, the ocean of might. “O best among gods, ask for a boon.” When told like this, Indra said to Bala: “O lord of the demons, if you are pleased, then (please) give your body to me.” Hearing these words of Indra, that Bala also said: “Cutting me (i.e. my body) with weapons take me (i.e. my body).” Then he also (said): “What is that which cannot be (i.e. is not) given by the noble?” “Like speech to one who cannot hear, like a woman of fickle eyes to a blind man, like a garland of flowers to a dead man, wealth is fruitless to a miser. The noble ones do not seize their enemies though they harm. The Rivers also take their co-wives (i.e. other Rivers) to the Ocean. A good man, engaged in the welfare of the others, does not get perturbed even at the time of their destruction. The sandal tree, though cut, makes fragrant the mouth (i.e. the edge) of the axe. Even a divine body perishes, but not the wealth given to the good. That digit of the Moon alone, which is on the head of Śiva remains (intact). Those who show goodness to those who harm them, are the good that are at the top of the earth. Even a wicked man loves them who for their own cause get their bodies cut off for those who have harmed them before.” Saying, ‘All right’, Indra struck Bala with a mallet. Yet his body did not split up. Indra became worried. Being reminded by Mātalin, he hit the body (of Bala) with his thunderbolt. Due to that stroke of the thunderbolt the body of Bala was shattered. A portion of Bala’s body fell on the golden mountain. Another (fell) upon the Himālaya . The third one fell upon the Go mountain. The fourth one (fell) into the divine river. The fifth one (fell) upon the Mandara (mountain). The sixth produced from the body of Vijaya fell into the mine of diamonds.
25-31. All the limbs of his body born pure, became the sources of gems due to the pure act. Particles of the bones fell from the thunderbolt. The hexagons became gems. From his eyes (dropped) sapphires. Rubies were produced from his ears, (so also) rubies were produced from his blood. Emeralds were produced from his marrow. From his tongue corals were produced. In the same way his teeth became pearls. Emeralds were produced from his marrow. So also emeralds were (also) produced from his nose. His excrement became bell-metal. His semen turned into silver. Copper was produced from his urine. From the unguent of his body brass came out, so also lustrous wealth. From his lsound [? sound?] lapis lazuli came out; so also more charming gems. Gold was produced from his nails. Mercury came out from his blood. Crystal was produced from his marrow. Corals were produced from his flesh. The gems were (thus) produced on the earth from the body of Bala. They are enjoyed by pure persons due to the wealth of the collection of their religious merit.
32-37. Meantime, having heard that Bala was killed in the battle by Indra, his queen named Prabhāvatī , went near (i.e. to) his (i.e. Indra’s) feet. Seeing her husband with his limbs shattered in the battle, Prabhāvatī, full of tears, with her hair loose, of stout breasts, lamented: “O lord, O Bala, O you brave one, O you of a handsome body, O you dear to the world, why have you, abandoning me, gone to aloofness? Men do not cast their bodies, even on realising that they are full of old age, and leprosy; but O dear one, you have in vain cast your body; O dear one, by means of your divine body the string of pearls is adorned. O dear one, untie the braid of me afflicted with the grief of widowhood, which you yourself, eager to fight, had tied.” The Ocean’s son, seeing the queen lamenting like this, and being afflicted, said to Śukra : “O Bhārgava , bring him back to life.”
Śukra said :
38. He died willingly. How can I bring him back to life? Yet due to the power of the hymn he will utter words.
Jālandhara said :
39-42. O Bhārgava, I wish (to see Bala’s) form (and) hear his words.
Being thus addressed by Jālandhara, he became engrossed in meditation. Then from his mouth sound pleasing the ears came out, addressing Prabhāvatī. It as it were came out from a musical instrument “O Prabhāvatī, unite your body with the parts of my body.” Hearing these words of (i.e. uttered by) him, Prabhāvatī turned herself into a river. She got united with the parts of Bala’s body, and flowed towards the east. Due to her water, excellent brilliance was produced in gems.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 14544, revision 334360 (2022-04-02T00:07:57Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365437.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.