Shloka 2236
Karṇa’s advance against the Pāṇḍava host; Arjuna’s clash with the Saṃśaptakas (कर्णस्य पाण्डवसेनाप्रवेशः—अर्जुनस्य संशप्तकसंप्रहारः)
आक्रम्य तस्थुरूचुश्व कश्व नाम प्रजापति: । चाँदीका बना हुआ पुर कमलाक्षके और लोहेका विद्युन्मालीके अधिकारमें था। वे तीनों दैत्यराज अपने अस्त्रोंके तेजसे तीनों लोकोंको दबाकर रहते और कहते थे कि “प्रजापति कौन है?'
ākrāmya tasthur ūcuś ca kaś ca nāma prajāpatiḥ | cāṇḍīkā-baddhaṃ puraṃ kamalākṣake ca lohakaṃ vidyunmālike adhikāre āsīt | te trayo daityarājāḥ svāstratejasā trīn lokān abhibhūya tiṣṭhanti sma, ūcuś ca—“prajāpatiḥ kaḥ?”
Having overrun their foes, they stood firm and spoke with arrogant contempt: “And who, indeed, is this Prajāpati?” The three cities—one fashioned of silver, another radiant like a lotus, and a third of iron—were held under the dominion of Kamalākṣa and Vidyunmālī. Those three demon-kings, intoxicated by the splendor of their weapons, kept the three worlds pressed down beneath their power and repeatedly proclaimed, “Who is Prajāpati?”
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