Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 9: Kaikeyī Convinced by MantharāText 2.9.13
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 9: Kaikeyī Convinced by Mantharā
Text 2.9.13

स शम्बर इति ख्यातः शतमायो महासुरः।
ददौ शक्रस्य सङ्ग्रामं देवसङ्घैरनिर्जितः॥

sa śambara iti khyātaḥ śata-māyo mahāsuraḥ
dadau śakrasya saṅgrāmaṁ deva-saṅghair anirjitaḥ

saḥ = that; śambaraḥ = Śambara; iti = as; khyātaḥ = was famous; śata-māyaḥ = using hundreds of deceptive tricks; mahā-asuraḥ = great asura; dadau = he engaged; śakrasya = with Indra; saṅgrāmam = in war; deva-saṅghaiḥ = the devas; anirjitaḥ = after defeating.

That great asura was famous as Śambara. Using hundreds of deceptive tricks, he engaged in war with Indra after defeating the devas.1


1. Śambara first conquered the devas and then wanted to capture Indra’s capital and so waged a war with him. Indra then requested Daśaratha to help him out.

 

1 Śambara first conquered the devas and then wanted to capture Indra’s capital and so waged a war with him. Indra then requested Daśaratha to help him out.

 

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