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The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
735
TRANSLATION
The luminaries in outer space disappeared due to the sky's being overcast with masses of clouds, which were accompanied by lightning and thunder. The sky rained pus, hair, blood, stool, urine and bones.
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गिरयः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त नानायुधमुचोऽनघ । दिग्वाससो यातुधान्यः शूलिन्यो मुक्तमूर्धजाः॥२०॥
girayaḥ pratyadṛśyanta nāṇāyudha-muco 'nagha dig-vāsaso yātudhānyaḥ śūlinyo mukta-mūrdhajāḥ
girayaḥ —mountains;  pratyadṛśyanta —appeared;  nāṇā —various;  āyudha —weapons;  mucaḥ —discharging;  anagha —O sinless Vidura;  diś-vāsasaḥ —naked;  yātudhānyaḥ —demonesses;  śūlinyaḥ —armed with tridents;  mukta —hanging loose;  mūrdhajāḥ —hair.
TRANSLATION
O sinless Vidura, mountains discharged weapons of various kinds, and naked demonesses armed with tridents appeared with their hair hanging loose.
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बहुमिर्यक्षरक्षोभिः पच्यश्वरयकुञ्जरैः । आततायिभिरुत्सृष्टा हिंस्रा वाचोऽतिवैशसाः ॥२१॥
bahubhir yakṣa-rakṣobhiḥ patty-aśva-ratha-kuñjaraiḥ ātatāyibhir utsṛṣṭā hiṁsrā vāco 'tivaiśasāḥ
bahubhiḥ —by many;  yakṣa-rakṣobhiḥ —Yakṣas and Rākṣasas;  patti —marching on foot;  aśva —on horses;  ratha —on chariots;  kuñjaraiḥ —or on elephants;  ātatāyibhiḥ —ruffians;  utsṛṣṭāḥ —were uttered;  hiṁsrāḥ —cruel;  vācaḥ —words;  ativaiśasāḥ —murderous.