ŚB 6.6.33-36
Devanagari
वैश्वानरसुता याश्च चतस्रश्चारुदर्शना: ।
उपदानवी हयशिरा पुलोमा कालका तथा ॥ ३३ ॥
उपदानवीं हिरण्याक्ष: क्रतुर्हयशिरां नृप ।
पुलोमां कालकां च द्वे वैश्वानरसुते तु क: ॥ ३४ ॥
उपयेमेऽथ भगवान् कश्यपो ब्रह्मचोदित: ।
पौलोमा: कालकेयाश्च दानवा युद्धशालिन: ॥ ३५ ॥
तयो: षष्टिसहस्राणि यज्ञघ्नांस्ते पितु: पिता ।
जघान स्वर्गतो राजन्नेक इन्द्रप्रियङ्कर: ॥ ३६ ॥
उपदानवी हयशिरा पुलोमा कालका तथा ॥ ३३ ॥
उपदानवीं हिरण्याक्ष: क्रतुर्हयशिरां नृप ।
पुलोमां कालकां च द्वे वैश्वानरसुते तु क: ॥ ३४ ॥
उपयेमेऽथ भगवान् कश्यपो ब्रह्मचोदित: ।
पौलोमा: कालकेयाश्च दानवा युद्धशालिन: ॥ ३५ ॥
तयो: षष्टिसहस्राणि यज्ञघ्नांस्ते पितु: पिता ।
जघान स्वर्गतो राजन्नेक इन्द्रप्रियङ्कर: ॥ ३६ ॥
Verse text
vaiśvānara-sutā yāś ca
catasraś cāru-darśanāḥ
upadānavī hayaśirā
pulomā kālakā tathā
catasraś cāru-darśanāḥ
upadānavī hayaśirā
pulomā kālakā tathā
upadānavīṁ hiraṇyākṣaḥ
kratur hayaśirāṁ nṛpa
pulomāṁ kālakāṁ ca dve
vaiśvānara-sute tu kaḥ
kratur hayaśirāṁ nṛpa
pulomāṁ kālakāṁ ca dve
vaiśvānara-sute tu kaḥ
upayeme ’tha bhagavān
kaśyapo brahma-coditaḥ
paulomāḥ kālakeyāś ca
dānavā yuddha-śālinaḥ
kaśyapo brahma-coditaḥ
paulomāḥ kālakeyāś ca
dānavā yuddha-śālinaḥ
tayoḥ ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi
yajña-ghnāṁs te pituḥ pitā
jaghāna svar-gato rājann
eka indra-priyaṅkaraḥ
yajña-ghnāṁs te pituḥ pitā
jaghāna svar-gato rājann
eka indra-priyaṅkaraḥ
Synonyms
vaiśvānara-sutāḥ — the daughters of Vaiśvānara; yāḥ — who; ca — and; catasraḥ — four; cāru-darśanāḥ — very, very beautiful; upadānavī — Upadānavī; hayaśirā — Hayaśirā; pulomā — Pulomā; kālakā — Kālakā; tathā — as well; upadānavīm — Upadānavī; hiraṇyākṣaḥ — the demon Hiraṇyākṣa; kratuḥ — Kratu; hayaśirām — Hayaśirā; nṛpa — O King; pulomām kālakām ca — Pulomā and Kālakā; dve — the two; vaiśvānara-sute — daughters of Vaiśvānara; tu — but; kaḥ — the prajāpati; upayeme — married; atha — then; bhagavān — the most powerful; kaśyapaḥ — Kaśyapa Muni; brahma-coditaḥ — requested by Lord Brahmā; paulomāḥ kālakeyāḥ ca — the Paulomas and Kālakeyas; dānavāḥ — demons; yuddha-śālinaḥ — very fond of fighting; tayoḥ — of them; ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi — sixty thousand; yajña-ghnān — who were disturbing sacrifices; te — your; pituḥ — of the father; pitā — the father; jaghāna — killed; svaḥ-gataḥ — in the heavenly planets; rājan — O King; ekaḥ — alone; indra-priyam-karaḥ — to please King Indra.
Translation
Vaiśvānara, the son of Danu, had four beautiful daughters, named Upadānavī, Hayaśirā, Pulomā and Kālakā. Hiraṇyākṣa married Upadānavī, and Kratu married Hayaśirā. Thereafter, at the request of Lord Brahmā, Prajāpati Kaśyapa married Pulomā and Kālakā, the other two daughters of Vaiśvānara. From the wombs of these two wives of Kaśyapa came sixty thousand sons, headed by Nivātakavaca, who are known as the Paulomas and the Kālakeyas. They were physically very strong and expert in fighting, and their aim was to disturb the sacrifices performed by the great sages. My dear King, when your grandfather Arjuna went to the heavenly planets, he alone killed all these demons, and thus King Indra became extremely affectionate toward him.