> > Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 3
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> > Canto 3 Part 1

> > ************

> > Chapter Eighteen: The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiranyâksa

> > ******

> > TEXT 1

> > maitreya uvaca

> > tad evam akarnya jalesa-bhasitam

> > maha-manas tad viganayya durmadah

> > harer viditva gatim anga naradad

> > rasatalam nirvivise tvaranvitah

> > maitreyah: the great sage Maitreya; uvaca: said; tat: that; evam: thus; akarrya: hearing; jala-isa: of the controller of water, Varuna; bhasitam: words; maha-manah: proud; tat: those words; viganayya: having paid little heed to; durmadah: vainglorious; hareh: of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; viditva: having learned; gatim: the whereabouts; anga: O dear Vidura; naradat: from Narada; rasatalam: to the depths of the ocean; nirvivise: entered; tvara-anvitah: with great speed.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Maitreya continued: The proud and falsely glorious Daitya paid little heed to the words of Varuna. O dear Vidura, he learned from Narada the whereabouts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and hurriedly betook himself to the depths of the ocean.

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> > TEXT 2

> > dadarsa tatrabhijitam dhara-dharam

> > pronniyamanavanim agra-damstraya

> > musnantam aksna sva-ruco 'runa-sriya

> > jahasa caho vana-gocaro mrgah

> > dadarsa: he saw; tatra: there; abhijitam: the victorious; dhara: the earth; dharam: bearing; pronniyamana: being raised upward; avanim: the earth; agra-damstraya: by the tip of His tusk; musnantam: who was diminishing; aksna: with His eyes; sva-rucah: Hiranyaksa's own splendor; aruna: reddish; sriya: radiant; jahasa: he laughed; ca: and; aho: oh; vana-gocarah: amphibious; mrgah: beast.

> > TRANSLATION

> > He saw there the all-powerful Personality of Godhead in His boar incarnation, bearing the earth upward on the ends of His tusks and robbing him of his splendor with His reddish eyes. The demon laughed: Oh, an amphibious beast!

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> > TEXT 3

> > ahainam ehy ajna mahim vimunca no

> > rasaukasam visva-srjeyam arpita

> > na svasti yasyasy anaya mameksatah

> > suradhamasadita-sukarakrte

> > aha: Hiranyaksa said; enam: to the Lord; ehi: come and fight; ajna: O fool; mahim: the earth; vimunca: give up; nah: to us; rasa-okasam: of the inhabitants of the lower regions; visva-srja: by the creator of the universe; iyam: this earth; arpita: entrusted; na: not; svasti: well-being; yasyasi: You will go; anaya: with this; mama iksatah: while I am seeing; sura-adhama: O lowest of the demigods; asadita: having taken; sukara-akrte: the form of a boar.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The demon addressed the Lord: O best of the demigods, dressed in the form of a boar, just hear me. This earth is entrusted to us, the inhabitants of the lower regions, and You cannot take it from my presence and not be hurt by me.

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> > TEXT 4

> > tvam nah sapatnair abhavaya kim bhrto

> > yo mayaya hanty asuran paroksa jit

> > tvam yogamaya-balam aipa-paurusam

> > samsthapya mudha pramrje suhrc-chucah

> > tvam: You; nah: us; sapatnaih: by our enemies; abhavaya: for killing; kim: is it that; bhrtah: maintained; yah: He who; mayaya: by deception; hanti: kills; asuran: the demons; paroksa jit: who conquered by remaining invisible; tvam: You; yogamaya-balam: whose strength is bewildering power; aipa-paurusam: whose power is meager; samsthapya: after killing; mudha: fool; pramrje: I shall wipe out; suhrt-sucah: the grief of my kinsmen.

> > TRANSLATION

> > You rascal, You have been nourished by our enemies to kill us, and You have killed some demons by remaining invisible. O fool, Your power is only mystic, so today I shall enliven my kinsmen by killing You.

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> > TEXT 5

> > tvayi samsthite gadaya sirna-sirsany

> > asmad-bhuja-cyutaya ye ca tubhyam

> > balim haranty rsayo ye ca devah

> > svayam sarve na bhavisyanty amulah

> > tvayi: when You; samsthite: are killed; gadaya: by the mace; sirna: smashed; sirsani: skull; asmat-bhuja: from my hand; cyutaya: released; ye: those who; ca: and; tubhyam: to You; balim: presentations; haranti: offer; rsayah: sages; ye: those who; ca: and; devah: demigods; svayam: automatically; sarve: all; na: not; bhavisyanti: will exist; amulah: without roots.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The demon continued: When You fall dead with Your skull smashed by the mace hurled by my arms, the demigods and sages who offer You oblations and sacrifice in devotional service will also automatically cease to exist, like trees without roots.

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> > TEXT 6

> > sa tudyamano 'ri-durukta-tomarair

> > damstragra-gam gam upalaksya bhitam

> > todam mrsan niragad ambu-madhyad

> > grahahatah sa-karenur yathebhah

> > sah: He; tudyamanah: being pained; ari: of the enemy; durukta: by the abusive words; tomaraih: by the weapons; damstra-agra: on the ends of His tusks; gam: situated; gam: the earth; upalaksya: seeing; bhitam: frightened; todam: the pain; mrsan: bearing; niragat: He came out; ambu-madhyat: from the midst of the water; graha: by a crocodile; ahatah: attacked; sa-karenuh: along with a she-elephant; yatha: as; ibhah: an elephant.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Although the Lord was pained by the shaftlike abusive words of the demon, He bore the pain. But seeing that the earth on the ends of His tusks was frightened, He rose out of the water just as an elephant emerges with its female companion when assailed by an alligator.

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> > TEXT 7

> > tam nihsarantam salilad anudruto

> > hiranya-keso dviradam yatha jhasah

> > karala-damstro 'sani-nisvano 'bravid

> > gata-hriyam kim tv asatam vigarhitam

> > tam: Him; nihsarantam: coming out; salilat: from the water; anudrutah: chased; hiranya-kesah: having golden hair; dviradam: an elephant; yatha: as; jhasah: a crocodile; karala-damstrah: having fearful teeth; asani-nisvanah: roaring like thunder; abravit: he said; gata-hriyam: for those who are shameless; kim: what; tu: indeed; asatam: for the wretches; vigarhitam: reproachable.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The demon, who had golden hair on his head and fearful tusks, gave chase to the Lord while He was rising from the water, even as an alligator would chase an elephant. Roaring like thunder, he said: Are You not ashamed of running away before a challenging adversary? There is nothing reproachable for shameless creatures!

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> > TEXT 8

> > sa gam udastat salilasya gocare

> > vinyasya tasyam adadhat sva-sattvam

> > abhistuto visva-srja prasunair

> > apuryamano vibudhaih pasyato 'reh

> > sah: the Lord; gam: the earth; udastat: on the surface; salilasya: of the water; gocare: within His sight; vinyasya: having placed; tasyam: to the earth; adadhat: He invested; sva: His own; sattvam: existence; abhistutah: praised; visva-srja: by Brahma (the creator of the universe); prasunaih: by flowers; apuryamanah: becoming satisfied; vibudhaih: by the demigods; pasyatah: while looking on; areh: the enemy.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Lord placed the earth within His sight on the surface of the water and transferred to her His own energy in the form of the ability to float on the water. While the enemy stood looking on, Brahma, the creator of the universe, extolled the Lord, and the other demigods rained flowers on Him.

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> > TEXT 9

> > paranusaktam tapaniyopakalpam

> > maha-gadam kancana-citra-damsam

> > marmany abhiksnam pratudantam duruktaih

> > pracanda-manyuh prahasams tam babhase

> > para: from behind; anusaktam: who followed very closely; tapaniya-upakalpam: who had a considerable amount of gold ornaments; maha-gadam: with a great mace; kancana: golden; citra: beautiful; damsam: armor; marmani: the core of the heart; abhiksnam: constantly; pratudantam: piercing; duruktaih: by abusive words; pracanda: terrible; manyuh: anger; prahasan: laughing; tam: to him; babhase: He said.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The demon, who had a wealth of ornaments, bangles and beautiful golden armor on his body, chased the Lord from behind with a great mace. The Lord tolerated his piercing ill words, but in order to reply to him, He expressed His terrible anger.

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> > TEXT 10

> > sri-bhagavan uvaca

> > satyam vayam bho vana-gocara mrga

> > yusmad-vidhan mrgaye grama-simhan

> > na mrtyu-pasaih pratimuktasya vira

> > vikatthanam tava grhnanty abhadra

> > sri-bhagavan uvaca: the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; satyam: indeed; vayam: We; bhoh: O; vana-gocarah: dwelling in the forest; mrgah: creatures; yusmat-vidhan: like you; mrgaye: I am searching to kill; grama-simhan: dogs; na: not; mrtyu-pasaih: by the bonds of death; pratimuktasya: of one who is bound; virah: the heroes; vikatthanam: loose talk; tava: your; grhnanti: take notice of; abhadra: O mischievous one.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Personality of Godhead said: Indeed, We are creatures of the jungle, and We are searching after hunting dogs like you. One who is freed from the entanglement of death has no fear from the loose talk in which you are indulging, for you are bound up by the laws of death.

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> > TEXT 11

> > ete vayam nyasa-hara rasaukasam

> > gata-hriyo gadaya dravitas te

> > tisthamahe 'thapi kathancid ajau

> > stheyam kva yamo balinotpadya vairam

> > ete: Ourselves; vayam: We; nyasa: of the charge; harah: thieves; rasa-okasam: of the inhabitants of Rasatala; gata-hriyah: shameless; gadaya: by the mace; dravitah: chased; te: your; tisthamahe: We shall stay; atha api: nevertheless; kathancit: somehow; ajau: on the battlefield; stheyam: We must stay; kva: where; yamah: can We go; balina: with a powerful enemy; utpadya: having created; vairam: enmity.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Certainly We have stolen the charge of the inhabitants of Rasatala and have lost all shame. Although bitten by your powerful mace, I shall stay here in the water for some time because, having created enmity with a powerful enemy, I now have no place to go.

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> > TEXT 12

> > tvam pad-rathanam kila yuthapadhipo

> > ghatasva no 'svastaya asv anuhah

> > samsthapya casman pramrjasru svakanam

> > yah svam pratijnam natipiparty asabhyah

> > tvam: you; pad-rathanam: of foot soldiers; kila: indeed; yuthapa: of the leaders; adhipah: the commander; ghatasva: take steps; nah: Our; asvastaye: for defeat; asu: promptly; anuhah: without consideration; samsthapya: having killed; ca: and; asman: Us; pramrja: wipe away; asru: tears; svakanam: of your kith and kin; yah: he who; svam: his own; pratijnam: promised word; na: not; atipiparti: fulfills; asabhyah: not fit to sit in an assembly.

> > TRANSLATION

> > You are supposed to be the commander of many foot soldiers, and now you may take prompt steps to overthrow Us. Give up all your foolish talk and wipe out the cares of your kith and kin by slaying Us. One may be proud, yet he does not deserve a seat in an assembly if he fails to fulfill his promised word.

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> > TEXT 13

> > maitreya uvaca

> > so 'dhiksipto bhagavata

> > pralabdhas ca rusa bhrsam

> > ajaharolbanam krodham

> > kridyamano 'hi-rad iva

> > maitreyah: the great sage Maitreya; uvaca: said; sah: the demon; adhiksiptah: having been insulted; bhagavata: by the Personality of Godhead; pralabdhah: ridiculed; ca: and; rusa: angry; bhrsam: greatly; ajahara: collected; ulbanam: great; krodham: anger; kridyamanah: being played with; ahi-rat: a great cobra; iva: like.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Sri Maitreya said: The demon, being thus challenged by the Personality of Godhead, became angry and agitated, and he trembled in anger like a challenged cobra.

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> > TEXT 14

> > srjann amarsitah svasan

> > manyu-pracalitendriyah

> > asadya tarasa daityo

> > gadaya nyahanad dharim

> > srjan: giving out; amarsitah: being angry; svasan: breaths; manyu: by wrath; pracalita: agitated; indriyah: whose senses; asadya: attacking; tarasa: quickly; daityah: the demon; gadaya: with his mace; nyahanat: struck; harim: Lord Hari.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Hissing indignantly, all his senses shaken by wrath, the demon quickly sprang upon the Lord and dealt Him a blow with his powerful mace.

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> > TEXT 15

> > bhagavams tu gada-vegam

> > visrstam ripunorasi

> > avancayat tirascino

> > yogarudha ivantakam

> > bhagavan: the Lord; tu: however; gada-vegam: the blow of the mace; visrstam: thrown; ripuna: by the enemy; urasi: at His breast; avancayat: dodged; tirascinah: aside; yoga-arudhah: an accomplished yogi; iva: like; antakam: death.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Lord, however, by moving slightly aside, dodged the violent mace-blow aimed at His breast by the enemy, just as an accomplished yogi would elude death.

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> > TEXT 16

> > punar gadam svam adaya

> > bhramayantam abhiksnasah

> > abhyadhavad dharih kruddhah

> > samrambhad dasta-dacchadam

> > punah: again; gadam: mace; svam: his; adaya: having taken; bhramayantam: brandishing; abhiksnasah: repeatedly; abhyadha: vat: rushed to meet; harih: the Personality of Godhead; kruddhah: angry; samrambhat: in rage; dasta: bitten; dacchadam: his lip.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Personality of Godhead now exhibited His anger and rushed to meet the demon, who bit his lip in rage, took up his mace again and began to repeatedly brandish it about.

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> > TEXT 17

> > tatas ca gadayaratim

> > daksinasyam bhruvi prabhuh

> > ajaghne sa tu tam saumya

> > gadaya kovido 'hanat

> > tatah: then; ca: and; gadaya: with His mace; aratim: the enemy; daksinasyam: on the right; bhruvi: on the brow; prabhuh: the Lord; ajaghne: struck; sah: the Lord; tu: but; tam: the mace; saumya: O gentle Vidura; gadaya: with his mace; kovidah: expert; ahanat: he saved himself.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Then with His mace the Lord struck the enemy on the right of his brow, but since the demon was expert in fighting, O gentle Vidura, he protected himself by a maneuver of his own mace.

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> > TEXT 18

> > evam gadabhyam gurvibhyam

> > haryakso harir eva ca

> > jigisaya susamrabdhav

> > anyonyam abhijaghnatuh

> > evam: in this way; gadabhyam: with their maces; gurvibhyam: huge; haryaksah: the demon Haryaksa (Hiranyaksa); harih: Lord Hari; eva: certainly; ca: and; jigisaya: with a desire for victory; susamrabdhau: enraged; anyonyam: each other; abhijaghnatuh: they struck.

> > TRANSLATION

> > In this way, the demon Haryaksa and the Lord, the Personality of Godhead, struck each other with their huge maces, each enraged and seeking his own victory.

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> > TEXT 19

> > tayoh sprdhos tigma-gadahatangayoh

> > ksatasrava-ghrana-vivrddha-manyvoh

> > vicitra-margams carator jigisaya

> > vyabhad ilayam iva susminor mrdhah

> > tayoh: them; sprdhoh: the two combatants; tigma: pointed; gada: by the maces; ahata: injured; angayoh: their bodies; ksata-asrava: blood coming out from the injuries; ghrana: smell; vivrddha: increased; manyvoh: anger; vicitra: of various kinds; margan: maneuvers; caratoh: performing; jigisaya: with a desire to win; vyabhat: it looked like; ilayam: for the sake of a cow (or the earth); iva: like; susminoh: of two bulls; mrdhah: an encounter.

> > TRANSLATION

> > There was keen rivalry between the two combatants; both had sustained injuries on their bodies from the blows of each other's pointed maces, and each grew more and more enraged at the smell of blood on his person. In their eagerness to win, they performed maneuvers of various kinds, and their contest looked like an encounter between two forceful bulls for the sake of a cow.

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> > TEXT 20

> > daityasya yajnavayavasya maya-

> > grhita-varaha-tanor mahatmanah

> > kauravya mahyam dvisator vimardanam

> > didrksur agad rsibhir vrtah svarat

> > daityasya: of the demon; yajna-avayavasya: of the Personality of Godhead (of whose body yajna is a part); maya: through His potency; grhita: was assumed; varaha: of a boar; tanoh: whose form; maha-atmanah: of the Supreme Lord; kauravya: O Vidura (descendant of Kuru); mahyam: for the sake of the world; dvisatoh: of the two enemies; vimardanam: the fight; didrksuh: desirous to see; agat: came; rsibhih: by the sages; vrtah: accompanied; svarat: Brahma.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O descendant of Kuru, Brahma, the most independent demigod of the universe, accompanied by his followers, came to see the terrible fight for the sake of the world between the demon and the Personality of Godhead, who appeared in the form of a boar.

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> > TEXT 21

> > asanna-saundiram apeta-sadhvasam

> > krta-pratikaram aharya-vikramam

> > vilaksya daityam bhagavan sahasra-nir

> > jagada narayanam adi-sukaram

> > asanna: attained; saundiram: power; apeta: devoid of; sadhvasam: fear; krta: making; pratikaram: opposition; aharya: unopposable; vikramam: having power; vilaksya: having seen; daityam: the demon; bhagavan: the worshipful Brahma; sahasra-nih: the leader of thousands of sages; jagada: addressed; narayanam: Lord Narayana; adi: the original; sukaram: having the form of a boar.

> > TRANSLATION

> > After arriving at the place of combat, Brahma, the leader of thousands of sages and transcendentalists, saw the demon, who had attained such unprecedented power that no one could fight with him. Brahma then addressed Narayana, who was assuming the form of a boar for the first time.

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> > TEXT 22-23

> > brahmovaca

> > esa te deva devanam

> > anghri-mulam upeyusam

> > vipranam saurabheyinam

> > bhutanam apy anagasam

> > agas-krd bhaya-krd duskrd

> > asmad-raddha-varo 'surah

> > anvesann apratiratho

> > lokan atati kantakah

> > brahma uvaca: Lord Brahma said; esah: this demon; te: Your; deva: O Lord; devanam: to the demigods; anghri-mulam: Your feet; upeyusam: to those having obtained; vipranam: to the brahmanas; saurabheyinam: to the cows; bhutanam: to ordinary living entities; api: also; anagasam: innocent; agah-krt: an offender; bhaya-krt: a source of fear; duskrt: wrongdoer; asmat: from me; raddha-varah: having attained a boon; asurah: a demon; anvesan: searching; apratirathah: having no proper combatant; lokan: all over the universe; atati: he wanders; kantakah: being a pinprick for everyone.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Lord Brahma said: My dear Lord, this demon has proved to be a constant pinprick to the demigods, the brahmanas, the cows and innocent persons who are spotless and always dependent upon worshiping Your lotus feet. He has become a source of fear by unnecessarily harassing them. Since he has attained a boon from me, he has become a demon, always searching for a proper combatant, wandering all over the universe for this infamous purpose.

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> > TEXT 24

> > mainam mayavinam drptam

> > nirankusam asattamam

> > akrida balavad deva

> > yathasivisam utthitam

> > ma: do not; enam: him; maya-vinam: skilled in conjuring tricks; drptam: arrogant; nirankusam: self -sufficient; asat-tamam: most wicked; akrida: play with; bala-vat: like a child; deva: O Lord; yatha: as; asivisam: a serpent; utthitam: aroused.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Lord Brahma continued: My dear Lord, there is no need to play with this serpentine demon, who is always very skilled in conjuring tricks and is arrogant, self-sufficient and most wicked.

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> > TEXT 25

> > na yavad esa vardheta

> > svam velam prapya darunah

> > svam deva mayam asthaya

> > tavaj jahy agham acyuta

> > na yavat: before; esah: this demon; vardheta: may increase; svam: his own; velam: demoniac hour; prapya: having reached; darunah: formidable; svam: Your own; deva: O Lord; mayam: internal potency; asthaya: using; tavat: at once; jahi: kill; agham: the sinful one; acyuta: O infallible one.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Brahma continued: My dear Lord, You are infallible. Please kill this sinful demon before the demoniac hour arrives and he presents another formidable approach favorable to him. You can kill him by Your internal potency without doubt.

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> > TEXT 26

> > esa ghoratama sandhya

> > loka-cchambat-kari p rabho

> > upasarpati sarvatman

> > suranam jayam avaha

> > esa: this; ghora-tama: darkest; sandhya: evening time; loka: the world; chambat-kari: destroying; prabho: O Lord; upasarpati: is approaching; sarva-atman: O Soul of all souls; suranam: to the demigods; jayam: victory; avaha: bring.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My Lord, the darkest evening, which covers the world, is fast approaching. Since You are the Soul of all souls, kindly kill him and win victory for the demigods.

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> > TEXT 27

> > adhunaisa'bhijin nama

> > yogo maihurtiko hy agat

> > sivaya nas tvbam suhrdam

> > asu nistara dustaram

> > adhuna: now, esah:this; abhijit nama: called; yogah: auspicious; mauhurtikah: moment, hi: indeed, agat: has alsmost passed; sivaya: for the welfare; nah: of us; tvam: Ypou; suhrdam: of Your friends; asu: quickly; nistara: dispose of; dustaram;: the formidable foe.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The auspicious period known as abhijit, which is most opportune for victory, commended at midday and has all but passed; therefore, in the interest of Your friends, pleas dispose of this formidable foe quikly.

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> > TEXT 28

> > distya tvam vihittam mrtyum

> > ayam asadhitah svayam

> > vikramyainam mrdhye hatva

> > lokan adhehi sarmani

> > distya: by fortune; tvam: to You; vihitam: ordained; mrtyam: death; ayam: this demon; asaditah: has come; svayam: of his own accord; vikramya: exhibiting Your prowess; enam: him; mrdhe: in the duel ; hattva; killing lokan: the worlds: adhehi: establish; sarmani: in peace.

> > TRANSLATION

> > This demon. luckily for us, has come of his own accord to You, his deathordained by You; therefore exhibiting Your ways, kill in th duel and establish the worlds in peace.

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