Shiva Purana

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व्यास उवाच ।। शुक्रे निगीर्णे रुद्रेण किमकार्षुश्च दानवाः ।। अंधकेशा महावीरा वद तत्त्वं महामुने ।। १ ।।

sanskrit

Vyāsa said: O Great sage, when Bhārgava was swallowed by Rudra what did the heroic Dānavas headed by Andhaka, do? Please narrate.

english translation

vyAsa uvAca || zukre nigIrNe rudreNa kimakArSuzca dAnavAH || aMdhakezA mahAvIrA vada tattvaM mahAmune || 1 ||

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siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/186/2

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। काव्ये निगीर्णे गिरिजेश्वरेण दैत्या जयाशारहिता बभूवुः ।। हस्तैर्विमुक्ता इव वारणेन्द्राः शृंगैर्विहीना इव गोवृषाश्च ।।२।।

sanskrit

Sanatkumāra said: When Bhārgava was swallowed by the lord of Pārvatī the Daityas gave up hopes of victory, like lordly elephants bereft of trunks or cows and bulls devoid of horns.

english translation

sanatkumAra uvAca || kAvye nigIrNe girijezvareNa daityA jayAzArahitA babhUvuH || hastairvimuktA iva vAraNendrAH zRMgairvihInA iva govRSAzca ||2||

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siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/186/3

शिरो विहीना इव देवसंघा द्विजा यथा चाध्ययनेन हीनाः ।। निरुद्यमास्सत्त्वगणा यथा वै यथोद्यमा भाग्यविवर्जिताश्च ।। ३ ।।

sanskrit

They were as futile as headless trunks, as brahmins who have forsaken the study of the Vedas, as the living beings who have given up efforts and as the efforts of those who are not favoured by good fortune.

english translation

ziro vihInA iva devasaMghA dvijA yathA cAdhyayanena hInAH || nirudyamAssattvagaNA yathA vai yathodyamA bhAgyavivarjitAzca || 3 ||

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siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/186/4

पत्या विहीनाश्च यथैव योषा यथा विपक्षाः खलु मार्गणौघाः ।। आयूंषि हीनानि यथैव पुण्यैर्व्रतैर्विहीनानि यथा श्रुतानि ।।४।।

sanskrit

They were lustreless and ineffectual like women devoid of husbands, like the arrows devoid of feather, like longevity devoid of meritorious actions and like learning in the Vedas without the observance of sacred rites.

english translation

patyA vihInAzca yathaiva yoSA yathA vipakSAH khalu mArgaNaughAH || AyUMSi hInAni yathaiva puNyairvratairvihInAni yathA zrutAni ||4||

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siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/186/5

विना यथा वैभवशक्तिमेकां भवंति हीनास्स्वफलैः क्रियौघाः ।। यथा विशूराः खलु क्षत्रियाश्च सत्यं विना धर्मगणो यथैव ।। ५ ।।

sanskrit

They were as powerless as innumerable activities rendered fruitless without the support of wealth, or as Kṣatriyas devoid of heroism or as the assemblage of virtue without truth.

english translation

vinA yathA vaibhavazaktimekAM bhavaMti hInAssvaphalaiH kriyaughAH || yathA vizUrAH khalu kSatriyAzca satyaM vinA dharmagaNo yathaiva || 5 ||

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