Text 25]
The Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa
693
TRANSLATION
On not finding Indra and the other demigods, who had previously been intoxicated with power, the chief of the Daityas, seeing that they had all vanished before his might, roared loudly.
TEXT 24
ततो निवृत्तः क्रीडिष्यन् गम्भीरं मीमनिस्वनम् । विजगाहे महासस्वो वार्धि मत्त इव द्विपः ॥२४॥
tato nivṛttaḥ krīḍiṣyan gambhīram bhīma-nisvanam vijagāhe mahā-sattvo vārdhim matta iva dvipaḥ
tataḥ—then; nivṛttaḥ—returned; krīḍiṣyan—for the sake of sport; gambhīram—deep; bhīma-nisvanam—making a terrible sound; vijagāhe—dived; mahā-sattvaḥ—the mighty being; vārdhim—in the ocean; mattaḥ—in wrath; iva—like; dvipaḥ—an elephant.
TRANSLATION
After returning from the heavenly kingdom, the mighty demon, who was like an elephant in wrath, for the sake of sport dived into the deep ocean, which was roaring terribly.
TEXT 25
तस्मिन् प्रविष्टे वरुणस्य सैनिका
यादोगणाः सन्नधियः ससान्वसाः ।
अहन्यमाना अपि तस्य वर्चसा
प्रधर्षिता दूतरं प्रदुष्टुः ॥२५॥
tasmin praviṣṭe varuṇasya sainikā yādo-gaṇāḥ sannadhiyaḥ sasādhvasāḥ ahanyamānā api tasya varcasā pradharṣitā dūrataram pradudruvuḥ
tasmin praviṣṭe—when he entered the ocean; varuṇasya—of Varuṇa; sainikāḥ—the defenders; yādas-gaṇāḥ—the aquatic animals; sannadhiyaḥ—