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अक्षयाणि किलैतानि विवर्तन्ते स्म मातले । अनुभावप्रयुक्तानि सुरैरवजितानि ह॥५-९६-१६॥
These indeed are said to be inexhaustible, O Mātali; they operate by inherent potency, and yet were overcome by the gods.
english translation
अत्र राक्षसजात्यश्च भूतजात्यश्च मातले । दिव्यप्रहरणाश्चासन्पूर्वदैवतनिर्मिताः॥५-९६-१७॥
Here, O Mātali, there were also divine weapons belonging to the Rākṣasa class and the Bhūta class—fashioned by the earlier gods.
english translation
अग्निरेष महार्चिष्माञ्जागर्ति वरुणह्रदे । वैष्णवं चक्रमाविद्धं विधूमेन हविष्मता॥५-९६-१८॥
This fire, radiant with mighty flames, keeps watch in Varuṇa’s lake; and the Vaiṣṇava discus is set there, attended by smokeless fire that bears the oblations.
english translation
एष गाण्डीमयश्चापो लोकसंहारसंभृतः । रक्ष्यते दैवतैर्नित्यं यतस्तद्गाण्डिवं धनुः॥५-९६-१९॥
This bow, made of gāṇḍī-wood, is reserved for world-ending exigencies; the deities guard it unceasingly—this is the Gāṇḍīva bow.
english translation
एष कृत्ये समुत्पन्ने तत्तद्धारयते बलम् । सहस्रशतसंख्येन प्राणेन सततं ध्रुवम्॥५-९६-२०॥
When a task arises, it sustains the force required for that very purpose—steadily and without interruption—by vitality measured in hundreds of thousands.
english translation