अध्याय १५२
श्लोक 1
मत्स्य-पुराण १५२ तस्मिन्विनिहते दैत्ये ग्रसने लोकनायके निर्मर्यादमयुध्यन्त हरिणा सह दानवाः
matsya-purāṇa 152 tasminvinihate daitye grasane lokanāyake nirmaryādamayudhyanta hariṇā saha dānavāḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
इस्तिशिक्षाश्वशिक्षासु कुशलः श्लक्ष्णभाषितः कृतज्ञः कर्मणां शूरस्तथा क्लेशसहस्त्वृजुः राज्ञा सेनापतिः कार्यो ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियोऽथवा
English
Silta said: — When Grasana the (icneral af the Jaitya army was kille(h all the demons hean to light with Visnu i'l a diu)r(lerly manner. Tliey diseUarged their clnhs, maces, nooses, sliarp-pointed arrows, tridents and other weapons on the Lonl flan.-lrdana. The Loul, s{*('ing those missiles flying at Him. ent them all into hundred pie('< s with Ifis liiuy arrows. The Daiiavas found that all their wcaj>ons and..mnmnitions had run short. Then the armless demons were greatly bewiidert*d and none of them were capable of taking up their arms. They oegaTi to pelt iho Lord with the carcasses of elephants, horses, ete. Yi:-iiu tium fought for a long time valiantly in the groat battlefield, (hi His anus getting tireil He said to Garuda: "Are you tired? If you do not feel jaded take me in front of the demon Mathana. But if you feel quite done up, then go aside from the field of battle fora ecmple of hours.'' On hearing the behests of the Lord, Garuda went to Mathana. The demon, seeing the Lord holding conch, quoit and club making an advance, shot at his chest his fearful arrows and sharp spear Hhindiprdaiia, but the Lord did not mind them and liit him with lUs ten sharp-pointed arrows in the chest. — 1-11.