Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.32
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7.32.1
नर्मदापुलिने यत्र राक्षसेन्द्रः सुदारुणः ।
पुष्पोपहारं कुरुते तस्माद्देशाददूरतः ॥ ७.३२.१ ॥
On the bank of the Narmadā, not far from that place, where the most dreadful lord of the rākṣasas makes an offering of flowers.
7.32.2
अर्जुनो जयतां श्रेष्ठो माहिष्मत्याः पतिः प्रभुः ।
क्रीडते सह नारीभिर्नर्मदातोयमाश्रितः ॥ ७.३२.२ ॥
Arjuna, the best of conquerors, lord and ruler of Māhiṣmatī, plays with women, resorting to the waters of the Narmadā.
7.32.3
तासां मध्यगतो राजा रराज च तदार्जुनः ।
करेणूनां सहस्रस्य मध्यस्थ इव कुञ्जरः ॥ ७.३२.३ ॥
King Arjuna, standing in the midst of them, shone then like a bull elephant standing among a thousand female elephants.
7.32.4
जिज्ञासुः स तु बाहूनां सहस्रस्योत्तमं बलम् ।
रुरोध नर्मदावेगं बाहुभिर्बहुभिर्वृतः ॥ ७.३२.४ ॥
Desiring to test the supreme strength of his thousand arms, surrounded by many arms, he checked the force of the Narmadā.
7.32.5
कार्तवीर्यभुजासक्तं तज्जलं प्राप्य निर्मलम् ।
कूलोपहारं कुर्वाणं प्रतिस्रोतः प्रधावति ॥ ७.३२.५ ॥
That clear water, caught in the arms of Kārtavīrya, making its offering to the bank, rushes back against the current.
7.32.6
समीननक्रमकरः सपुष्पकुशसंस्तरः ।
स नर्मदाम्भसो वेगः प्रावृट्काल इवाबभौ ॥ ७.३२.६ ॥
That rush of the Narmadā's waters, teeming with fish, crocodiles and makara monsters, strewn with flowers and kuśa grass, shone like the rainy season.
7.32.7
स वेगः कार्तवीर्येण सम्प्रेषित इवाम्भसः ।
पुष्पोपहारं सकलं रावणस्य जहार ह ॥ ७.३२.७ ॥
That rush of water, as if sent by Kārtavīrya, carried off Rāvaṇa's entire offering of flowers.
7.32.8
रावणो ऽर्धसमाप्तं तमुत्सृज्य नियमं तदा ।
नर्मदां पश्यते कान्तां प्रतिकूलां यथा प्रियाम् ॥ ७.३२.८ ॥
Then Rāvaṇa, abandoning the half-finished observance, looked upon the Narmadā, who was like an unfavourable beloved wife.
7.32.9
पश्चिमेन तु तं दृष्ट्वा सागरोद्गारसन्निभम् ।
वर्धन्तमम्भसो वेगं पूर्वामाशां प्रविश्य तु ॥ ७.३२.९ ॥
Seeing from the west the swelling rush of water, like the surge of the ocean, he entered the eastern quarter.
7.32.10
ततो ऽनुभ्रान्तशकुनां स्वभावोपरमे स्थिताम् ।
निर्विकाराङ्गनाभासामपश्यद्रावणो नदीम् ॥ ७.३२.१० ॥
Then Rāvaṇa saw the river, with birds wandering restlessly over it, standing in its natural calm, resembling a composed woman.
7.32.11
सव्येतरकराङ्गुल्या सशब्दं च दशाननः ।
वेगप्रभावमन्वेष्टुं सो ऽदिशच्छुकसारणौ ॥ ७.३२.११ ॥
Daśānana, snapping the finger of his left hand, directed Śuka and Sāraṇa to investigate the power of the rushing water.
7.32.12
तौ तु रावणसन्दिष्टौ भ्रातरौ शुकसारणौ ।
व्योमान्तरगतौ वीरौ प्रस्थितौ पश्चिमामुखौ ॥ ७.३२.१२ ॥
Those two heroic brothers, Śuka and Sāraṇa, sent by Rāvaṇa, set out through the sky, facing west.
7.32.13
अर्धयोजनमात्रं तु गत्वा तौ रजनीचरौ ।
पश्येतां पुरुषं तोये क्रीडन्तं सहयोषितम् ॥ ७.३२.१३ ॥
Having gone half a yojana, those two night-wanderers saw a man playing in the water with women.
7.32.14
बृहत्सालप्रतीकाशं तोयव्याकुलमूर्धजम् ।
मदरक्तान्तनयनं मदव्याकुलतेजसम् ॥ ७.३२.१४ ॥
He was like a great sāla tree, his hair disordered by the water, the corners of his eyes reddened by intoxication, his splendor unsettled by intoxication.
7.32.15
नदीं बाहुसहस्रेण रुन्धन्तमरिमर्दनम् ।
गिरिं पादसहस्रेण रुन्धन्तमिव मेदिनीम् ॥ ७.३२.१५ ॥
The crusher of enemies blocked the river with a thousand arms, like a mountain blocking the earth with a thousand feet.
7.32.16
बालानां वरनारीणां सहस्रेण समावृतम् ।
समदानां करेणूनां सहस्रेणेव कुञ्जरम् ॥ ७.३२.१६ ॥
He was surrounded by a thousand excellent young women, like a bull elephant surrounded by a thousand rutting female elephants.
7.32.17
तमद्भुततमं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसौ शुकसारणौ ।
सन्निवृत्तावुपागम्य रावणं तमथोचतुः ॥ ७.३२.१७ ॥
Having seen that most wondrous sight, the two rākṣasas Śuka and Sāraṇa turned back, approached Rāvaṇa, and spoke to him.
7.32.18
बृहत्सालप्रतीकाशः को ऽप्यसौ राक्षसेश्वर ।
नर्मदां रोधवद्रुद्ध्वा क्रीडापयति योषितः ॥ ७.३२.१८ ॥
Lord of the rākṣasas, who is this one, like a great sāla tree, who blocks the Narmadā as if it were a dam and makes women play?
7.32.19
तेन बाहुसहस्रेण सन्निरुद्धजला नदी ।
सागरोद्गारसङ्काशानुद्गारान्सृजते मुहुः ॥ ७.३२.१९ ॥
Held back by those thousand arms, the river sends up surge after surge, like the heaving of the ocean.
7.32.20
इत्येवं भाषमाणौ तौ निशाम्य शुकसारणौ ।
रावणो ऽर्जुन इत्युक्त्वा प्रययौ युद्धलालसः ॥ ७.३२.२० ॥
Having heard those two, Śuka and Sāraṇa, speaking thus, Rāvaṇa, eager for battle, said, "This is Arjuna," and set out.
7.32.21
अर्जुनाभिमुखे तस्मिन्रावणे राक्षसाधिपे ।
चण्डः प्रवाति पवनः सनादः सुरजास्तथा ॥ ७.३२.२१ ॥
As that lord of the rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa, advanced toward Arjuna, a fierce wind blew with a roar, and the gods' flowers likewise.
7.32.22
सकृदेव कृतो रावः सरक्तः प्रेषितो घनैः ।
महोदरमहापार्श्वधूम्राक्षशुकसारणैः ॥ ७.३२.२२ ॥
Surrounded by Mahodara, Mahāpārśva, Dhūmrākṣa, Śuka and Sāraṇa, Rāvaṇa raised a single blood-red roar, as if sent forth by the clouds.
7.32.23
संवृतो राक्षसेन्द्रस्तु तत्रागाद्यत्र चार्जुनः ।
अदीर्घेणैव कालेन स तदा राक्षसो बली ।
तं नर्मदाह्रदं भीममाजगामाञ्जनप्रभः ॥ ७.३२.२३ ॥
The lord of the rākṣasas, surrounded, went to where Arjuna was; before long that mighty rākṣasa, dark as collyrium, reached the terrible lake of the Narmadā.
7.32.24
स तत्र स्त्रीपरिवृतं वाशिताभिरिव द्विपम् ।
नरेन्द्रं पश्यते राजा राक्षसानां तदार्जुनम् ॥ ७.३२.२४ ॥
There he saw that king surrounded by women, like an elephant amid rutting she-elephants; the king of the rākṣasas then saw Arjuna.
7.32.25
स रोषाद्रक्तनयनो राक्षसेन्द्रो बलोद्धतः ॥ ७.३२.२५ ॥
Enraged, red-eyed, and swollen with strength, the lord of the rākṣasas (spoke).
7.32.26
इत्येवमर्जुनामात्यनाह गम्भीरया गिरा ।
अमात्याः क्षिप्रमाख्यात हैहयस्य नृपस्य वै ॥ ७.३२.२६ ॥
Thus he spoke in a deep voice to Arjuna's ministers: "Ministers of the Haihaya king, go quickly and announce it."
7.32.27
युद्धार्थी समनुप्राप्तो रावणो नाम राक्षसः ।
रावणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा मन्त्रिणो ऽथार्जुनस्य ते ।
उत्तस्थुः सायुधास्त्राश्च रावणं वाक्यमब्रुवन् ॥ ७.३२.२७ ॥
"Rāvaṇa, a rākṣasa desiring battle, has arrived." Hearing Rāvaṇa's words, Arjuna's ministers rose, armed with weapons and missiles, and spoke to Rāvaṇa.
7.32.28
युद्धस्य कालो विज्ञेयः साधु भोः साधु रावण ॥ ७.३२.२८ ॥
"The time for battle must be known. Well, O Rāvaṇa, well."
7.32.29
चः श्रुत्वा मन्त्रिणो ऽथार्जुनस्य ते ।
यः क्षीबं स्त्रीवृतं चैव योद्धुमुत्सहते नृपम् ।
स्त्रीसमक्षं कथं यत्तद्योद्धुमुत्सहसे ऽर्जुनम् ।
वाशितामध्यगं मत्तं शार्दूल इव कुञ्जरम् ॥ ७.३२.२९ ॥
"You who, intoxicated and surrounded by women, dare to fight the king, how will you dare to fight Arjuna in the presence of women? Like a tiger attacking a maddened elephant among female elephants."
7.32.30
क्षमस्वाद्य दशग्रीव चोष्यतां रजनी त्वया ।
युद्धे श्रद्धा च यद्यस्ति श्वस्तात समरे ऽर्जुनम् ॥ ७.३२.३० ॥
"O ten-necked one, forgive us for today; spend this night here. If you have faith in battle, fight Arjuna tomorrow on the battlefield."
7.32.31
यद्यद्यास्ति मतिर्योद्धुं युद्धतृष्णासमावृता ।
निहत्यास्मांस्ततो युद्धमर्जुनेनोपयास्यसि ॥ ७.३२.३१ ॥
If you have the desire to fight, and are overcome by a thirst for battle, you will first slay us and then go to face Arjuna in combat.
7.32.32
ततस्ते रावणामात्यैरमात्याः पार्थिवस्य तु ।
सूदिताश्चापि ते युद्धे भक्षिताश्च बुभुक्षितैः ॥ ७.३२.३२ ॥
Then the ministers of that king were slain in battle by Rāvaṇa's ministers, and they were devoured by the hungry ones.
7.32.33
ततो हलहलाशब्दो नर्मदातीर आबभौ ।
अर्जुनस्यानुयातऽणां रावणस्य च मन्त्रिणाम् ॥ ७.३२.३३ ॥
Then a tumult arose on the bank of the Narmadā, from the followers of Arjuna and the ministers of Rāvaṇa.
7.32.34
इषुभिस्तोमरैः शूलैस्त्रिशूलैर्वज्रकर्षणैः ।
सरावणानर्दयन्तः समन्तात्समभिद्रुताः ॥ ७.३२.३४ ॥
Tormenting them, together with Rāvaṇa, with arrows, spears, lances, tridents and thunderbolt-like weapons, they rushed at them from all sides.
7.32.35
हैहयाधिपयोधानां वेग आसीत्सुदारुणः ।
सनक्रमीनमकरसमुद्रस्येव निःस्वनः ॥ ७.३२.३५ ॥
The rush of the warriors of the lord of the Haihayas was very terrible, like the roar of the ocean full of crocodiles, fish and makaras.
7.32.36
रावणस्य तु ते ऽमात्याः प्रहस्तशुकसारणाः ।
कार्तवीर्यबलं क्रुद्धा निर्दहन्ति स्म तेजसा ॥ ७.३२.३६ ॥
Those ministers of Rāvaṇa — Prahasta, Śuka and Sāraṇa — enraged, burned the army of Kārtavīrya with their power.
7.32.37
अर्जुनाय तु तत्कर्म रावणस्य समन्त्रिणः ।
क्रीडमानाय कथितं पुरुषैर्द्वाररक्षिभिः ॥ ७.३२.३७ ॥
The ministers of Rāvaṇa reported that deed to Arjuna, who was at play, through the men who guarded the gate.
7.32.38
श्रुत्वा न भेतव्यमिति स्त्रीजनं तं ततो ऽर्जुनः ।
उत्ततार जलात्तस्माद्गङ्गातोयादिवाञ्जनः ॥ ७.३२.३८ ॥
Having heard, and having reassured the women that they should not fear, Arjuna then came out of the Ganges' waters like the elephant Añjana.
7.32.39
क्रोधदूषितनेत्रस्तु स ततो ऽर्जुनपावकः ।
प्रजज्वाल महाघोरो युगान्त इव पावकः ॥ ७.३२.३९ ॥
Then Arjuna, his eyes clouded with anger, blazed up like a fire, terrible as the fire at the end of an age.
7.32.40
स तूर्णतरमादाय वरहेमाङ्गदो गदाम् ।
अभिदुद्राव रक्षांसि तमांसीव दिवाकरः ॥ ७.३२.४० ॥
Taking up his club with great speed, wearing fine golden armlets, he rushed upon the demons as the sun upon darkness.
7.32.41
बाहुविक्षेपकरणां समुद्यम्य महागदाम् ।
गारुडं वेगमास्थाय चापपातैव सो ऽर्जुनः ॥ ७.३२.४१ ॥
Raising the great club that could be swung with the arms, assuming the speed of Garuḍa, Arjuna swept forward as if loosed like an arrow from a bow.
7.32.42
तस्य मार्गं समारुद्ध्य विन्ध्यो ऽर्कस्येव पर्वतः ।
स्थितो विन्ध्य इवाकम्प्यः प्रहस्तो मुसलायुधः ॥ ७.३२.४२ ॥
Blocking his path, like the Vindhya mountain before the sun, Prahasta, armed with a pestle, stood firm, unshakable like the Vindhya.
7.32.43
ततो ऽस्य मुसलं घोरं लोहबद्धं महोद्धतः ।
प्रहस्तः प्रेषयन्क्रुद्धो ररास च यथाम्बुदः ॥ ७.३२.४३ ॥
Then Prahasta, greatly enraged, hurling his terrible iron-bound club, roared like a cloud.
7.32.44
तस्याग्रे मुसलस्याग्निरशोकापीडसन्निभः ।
प्रहस्तकरमुक्तस्य बभूव प्रदहन्निव ॥ ७.३२.४४ ॥
At the tip of that club, released from Prahasta's hand, a fire appeared like a cluster of aśoka blossoms, as if burning.
7.32.45
अथायान्तं तु मुसलं कार्तवीर्यस्तदार्जुनः ।
निपुणं वञ्चयामास सगदो ऽगदविक्रमः ॥ ७.३२.४५ ॥
Then Kārtavīrya Arjuna skilfully deceived the approaching club with his mace; he was of unfailing prowess.
7.32.46
ततस्तमभिदुद्राव प्रहस्तं हैहयाधिपः ।
भ्रामयानो गदां गुर्वीं पञ्चबाहुशतोच्छ्रयाम् ॥ ७.३२.४६ ॥
Then the lord of the Haihayas rushed at Prahasta, whirling a heavy mace five hundred arms high.
7.32.47
तथा हतो ऽतिवेगेन प्रहस्तो गदया तदा ।
निपपात स्थितः शैलो वज्रिवज्रहतो यथा ॥ ७.३२.४७ ॥
Struck by the mace with tremendous force, Prahasta fell, like a mountain struck by Indra's thunderbolt.
7.32.48
प्रहस्तं पतितं दृष्ट्वा मारीचशुकसारणाः ।
समहोदरधूम्राक्षा ह्यपसृष्टा रणाजिरात् ॥ ७.३२.४८ ॥
Seeing Prahasta fallen, Mārīca, Śuka, Sāraṇa, along with Mahodara and Dhūmrākṣa, withdrew from the battlefield.
7.32.49
अपक्रान्तेष्वमात्येषु प्रहस्ते वै निपातिते ।
रावणो ऽभ्यद्रवत्तूर्णमर्जुनं नृपसत्तमम् ॥ ७.३२.४९ ॥
When the ministers had withdrawn and Prahasta had fallen, Rāvaṇa swiftly rushed upon Arjuna, the best of kings.
7.32.50
सहस्रबाहोस्तद्युद्धं विंशद्बाहोश्च दारुणम् ।
नृपराक्षसयोस्तत्र चारब्धं रोमहर्षणम् ॥ ७.३२.५० ॥
There began the terrible battle between the thousand-armed one and the twenty-armed one, a hair-raising contest between the king and the demon.
7.32.51
सागराविव संरब्धौ चलन्मूलाविवाचलौ ।
तेजोयुक्ताविवादित्यौ प्रदहन्ताविवानलौ ॥ ७.३२.५१ ॥
The two of them, enraged, were like two oceans; like two mountains with shaking roots; like two suns endowed with brilliance; like two blazing fires.
7.32.52
बलोद्धतौ यथा नागौ वाशितार्थे यथा वृषौ ।
मेघाविव विनर्दन्तौ सिंहाविव बलोत्कटौ ॥ ७.३२.५२ ॥
Proud in their strength, they were like two elephants, or like two bulls contending for their desire; like two thundering clouds, like two fierce lions.
7.32.53
रुद्रकालाविव क्रुद्धौ तदा तौ राक्षसार्जुनौ ।
परस्परं गदाभ्यां तौ ताडयामासतुर्भृशम् ॥ ७.३२.५३ ॥
Then the two of them, enraged like Rudra and Death, the demon and Arjuna, struck each other fiercely with their maces.
7.32.54
वज्रप्रहारानचला यथा घोरान्विषेहिरे ।
गदाप्रहारांस्तौ तत्र सेहाते नरराक्षसौ ॥ ७.३२.५४ ॥
As mountains endure the terrible blows of the thunderbolt, so there the man and the demon endured the blows of the maces.
7.32.55
यथा ऽ शनिरवेभ्यस्तु जायते ऽथ प्रतिश्रुतिः ।
तथा तयोर्गदापोथैर्दिशः सर्वाः प्रतिश्रुताः ॥ ७.३२.५५ ॥
As the thunderbolt's crash rises from the mountains and returns as an echo, so the directions all echoed with the blows of their maces.
7.32.56
अर्जुनस्य गदा सा तु पात्यमाना ऽहितोरसि ।
काञ्चनाभं नभश्चक्रे विद्युत्सौदामिनी यथा ॥ ७.३२.५६ ॥
Arjuna's mace, as it fell upon the enemy's chest, filled the sky with golden radiance like a flash of lightning.
7.32.57
तथैव रावणेनापि पात्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः ।
अर्जुनोरसि निर्भाति गदोल्केव महागिरौ ॥ ७.३२.५७ ॥
Likewise, the mace that Rāvaṇa again and again struck upon Arjuna's chest shone out like a fireball falling upon a great mountain.
7.32.58
नार्जुनः खेदमायाति न राक्षसगणेश्वरः ।
इदमासीत्तयोर्युद्धं यथा पूर्वं बलीन्द्रयोः ॥ ७.३२.५८ ॥
Neither Arjuna nor the lord of the rākṣasa hosts grew weary; this battle between the two was like the battle of the two mighty Indras of old.
7.32.59
शृङ्गैरिव वृषायुध्यन्दन्ताग्रैरिव कुञ्जरौ ।
परस्परं तौ निघ्नन्तौ नरराक्षससत्तमौ ॥ ७.३२.५९ ॥
As two bulls fight with their horns and two elephants with their tusk-tips, so those two, the best of men and rākṣasas, struck one another.
7.32.60
ततो ऽर्जुनेन क्रुद्धेन सर्वप्राणेन सा गदा ।
स्तनयोरन्तरे मुक्ता रावणस्य महोरसि ॥ ७.३२.६० ॥
Then Arjuna, enraged, with all his life-force, hurled that mace between the breasts upon Rāvaṇa's great chest.
7.32.61
वरदानकृतत्राणे सा गदा रावणोरसि ।
दुर्बलेव यथावेगं द्विधाभूत्वा ऽपतत्क्षितौ ॥ ७.३२.६१ ॥
The mace, though the boon had protected Rāvaṇa, broke in two upon his chest, like something feeble, with the force of its own momentum, and fell to the ground.
7.32.62
स त्वर्जुनप्रमुक्तेन गदापातेन रावणः ।
अपासर्पद्धनुर्मात्रं निषसाद च निष्टनन् ॥ ७.३२.६२ ॥
But Rāvaṇa, struck by the mace hurled by Arjuna, drew back the length of a bow and sat down, groaning.
7.32.63
स विह्वलं तदालक्ष्य दशग्रीवं ततो ऽर्जुनः ।
सहसोत्पत्य जग्राह गरुत्मानिव पन्नगम् ॥ ७.३२.६३ ॥
Seeing him dazed, Arjuna suddenly leapt up and seized the ten-necked one, as Garuḍa seizes a serpent.
7.32.64
स तु बाहुसहस्रेण बलाद्गृह्य दशाननम् ।
बबन्ध बलवान्राजा बलिं नारायणो यथा ॥ ७.३२.६४ ॥
That mighty king, with his thousand arms, seized the ten-faced one by force and bound him, as Nārāyaṇa bound Bali.
7.32.65
बध्यमाने दशग्रीवे सिद्धचारणदेवताः ।
साध्वीतिवादिनः पुष्पैः किरन्त्यर्जुनमूर्धनि ॥ ७.३२.६५ ॥
As the ten-necked one was being bound, the Siddhas, Cāraṇas and gods, crying 'well done', scattered flowers upon Arjuna's head.
7.32.66
व्याघ्रो मृगमिवादाय मृगराडिव दन्तिनम् ।
ननाद हैहयो राजा हर्षादम्बुदवन्मुहुः ॥ ७.३२.६६ ॥
As a tiger, seizing a deer, or a lion an elephant, roars, so the Haihaya king, in joy, roared again and again like a cloud.
7.32.67
प्रहस्तस्तु समाश्वस्तो दृष्ट्वा बद्धं दशाननम् ।
सह तै राक्षसैः क्रुद्धश्चाभिदुद्राव पार्थिवम् ॥ ७.३२.६७ ॥
Prahasta, having recovered, and seeing Daśānana bound, enraged, rushed with those rākṣasas upon the king.
7.32.68
नक्तञ्चराणां वेगस्तु तेषामापततां बभौ ।
उद्भूत आतपापाये पयोदानामिवाम्बुधौ ॥ ७.३२.६८ ॥
The onslaught of the night-wanderers, those rushing forward, shone like clouds risen over the ocean when the heat has passed.
7.32.69
मुञ्च मुञ्चेति भाषन्तस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चासकृत् ।
मुसलानि सशूलानि सोत्ससर्ज तदार्जुने ॥ ७.३२.६९ ॥
Crying again and again, 'Release him! Release him!' and 'Stop! Stop!', they then hurled clubs together with spears at Arjuna.
7.32.70
अप्राप्तान्येव तान्याशु असम्भ्रान्तस्तदार्जुनः ।
आयुधान्यमरारीणां जग्राहारिनिषूदनः ॥ ७.३२.७० ॥
Before those weapons had even arrived, the unperturbed Arjuna, destroyer of foes, swiftly seized the weapons of the enemies of the gods.
7.32.71
ततस्तैरेव रक्षांसि दुर्धरैः प्रवरायुधैः ।
भित्त्वा विद्रावयामास वायुरम्बुधरानिव ॥ ७.३२.७१ ॥
Then, with those very unbearable excellent weapons, piercing the rākṣasas, he scattered them in flight, as the wind scatters the clouds.
7.32.72
राक्षसांस्त्रासयित्वा तु कार्तवीर्यो ऽर्जुनस्तदा ।
रावणं गृह्य नगरं प्रविवेश सुहृद्वृतः ॥ ७.३२.७२ ॥
Having terrified the rākṣasas, then Kārtavīrya Arjuna, seizing Rāvaṇa, entered the city, surrounded by his friends.
7.32.73
स कीर्यमाणः कुसुमाक्षतोत्करैर्द्विजैः सपौरैः पुरुहूतसन्निभः ।
तदा ऽर्जुनः सम्प्रविवेश तां पुरीं बलिं निगृह्येव सहस्रलोचनः ॥ ७.३२.७३ ॥
Then, showered with heaps of flowers and unbroken grains by the twice-born and the townsfolk, Arjuna, like Indra, entered that city, as the thousand-eyed one might enter after subduing Bali.