utthito ghora-darśanaḥ
athānvāhārya-pacanād
utthito ghora-darśanaḥ
kṛtānta iva lokānāṁ
yugānta-samaye yathā
Thereafter, a fearful personality who looked like the destroyer of the entire creation at the end of the millennium arose from his desire to destroy Indra.
Though understanding his mistake, making a bahuvrīhi compound by accepting the first word (the normal usage), rather than putting the accent on the last word to make a tat-puruṣa compound in order to kill Indra (āhārya), the demon rose from the fire. Taking the normal meaning, Indra would become the killer. Taking the exceptional, intended meaning to kill Indra (anvāhārya), Indra would be killed along with his carrier. Anvāhārya means the monthly śrāddha offerings, but that meaning does not make sense in this context.
|| 6.9.13-17 ||
viṣvag vivardhamānaṁ tam
iṣu-mātraṁ dine dine
dagdha-śaila-pratīkāśaṁ
sandhyābhrānīka-varcasam
tapta-tāmra-śikhā-śmaśruṁ
madhyāhnārkogra-locanam
dedīpyamāne tri-śikhe
śūla āropya rodasī
nṛtyantam unnadantaṁ ca
cālayantaṁ padā mahīm
darī-gambhīra-vaktreṇa
pibatā ca nabhastalam
lihatā jihvayarkṣāṇi
grasatā bhuvana-trayam
mahatā raudra-daṁṣṭreṇa
jṛmbhamāṇaṁ muhur muhuḥ
vitrastā dudruvur lokā
vīkṣya sarve diśo daśa
Like arrows released in the four directions, the demon's body grew, day after day. He appeared like a burnt hill, lustrous as a bright array of clouds in the evening. The hair on the demon's body and his beard and moustache were the color of melted copper, and his eyes were piercing like the midday sun. As if holding the three worlds on the points of his blazing trident, dancing and shouting with a loud voice, he made the entire surface of the earth tremble. He seemed to be trying to swallow the whole sky with his mouth, which was as deep as a cave. Yawning repeatedly, he seemed to be licking up all the stars in the sky with his tongue and eating the entire universe with his terrible teeth. Seeing this gigantic demon, everyone, in great fear, ran in the ten directions.
The verses are all connected with the last phrase “seeing that form the people fled in the ten directions.” He increased in size daily to the extent of arrows shot in all directions. He seemed to hold the earth and heavens on his trident. His mouth seemed to drink the sky.
|| 6.9.18 ||
yenāvṛtā ime lokās
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