Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 17
MBh 1 17.1
सूत उवाच एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु भगिन्यौ ते तपोधन। अपश्यतां समायाते उच्चैःश्रवसमन्तिकात्॥
sūta uvāca etasminneva kāle tu bhaginyau te tapodhana| apaśyatāṃ samāyāte uccaiḥśravasamantikāt||
Sauti said : O ascetic Rishi, about this time the two sisters one day saw Uchaishrava approaching towards them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 17.2
यं तं देवगणाः सर्वे हृष्टरूपमपूजयन्। मथ्यमानेऽमृते जातमश्वरत्नमनुत्तमम्॥
yaṃ taṃ devagaṇāḥ sarve hṛṣṭarūpamapūjayan| mathyamāne'mṛte jātamaśvaratnamanuttamam||
(It was the horse) who was worshipped by the celestials, who was the gem among all horses, who rose at the churning of the ocean for the Ambrosia,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 17.3
अमोघबलमश्वानामुत्तमं जगतां वरम्। श्रीमन्तमजरं दिव्यं सर्वलक्षणपूजितम्॥
amoghabalamaśvānāmuttamaṃ jagatāṃ varam| śrīmantamajaraṃ divyaṃ sarvalakṣaṇapūjitam||
Who was divine, graceful, ever-young, irresistible, vigorous, who was creator's masterpiece and who was blessed with all the auspicious marks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 17.4
शौनक उवाच कथं तदमृतं देवैर्मथितं क्व च शंस मे। यत्र जज्ञे महावीर्यः सोऽश्वराजो महाद्युतिः॥
śaunaka uvāca kathaṃ tadamṛtaṃ devairmathitaṃ kva ca śaṃsa me| yatra jajñe mahāvīryaḥ so'śvarājo mahādyutiḥ||
Why and where did the celestial churn the ocean for the Ambrosia, in which did rise, as you say, this best of steeds, so powerful and resplendent? Tell me this.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 17.5
सौतिरुवाच ज्वलन्तमचलं मेलं तेजोराशिमनुत्तमम्। आक्षिपन्तं प्रभां भानो:स्वशृंगैःकाञ्चनोज्वलैः॥
sautiruvāca jvalantamacalaṃ melaṃ tejorāśimanuttamam| ākṣipantaṃ prabhāṃ bhāno:svaśṛṃgaiḥkāñcanojvalaiḥ||
Sauti said: There is a very great mountain, called Meru of blazing and effulgent appearance. The rays of the sun are scattered away when they fall on its golden summit.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 17.6
कनकाभरणं चित्रं देवगन्धर्वसेवितम्। अप्रमेयमनाधृष्यमधर्मबहुलैर्जनैः॥
kanakābharaṇaṃ citraṃ devagandharvasevitam| aprameyamanādhṛṣyamadharmabahulairjanaiḥ||
Decked with gold and exceedingly beautiful, this mountain is frequented by the Devas and Gandharvas; it is immeasurable and unapproachable by men of many sins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 17.7
व्यालैरावारितं घोरैर्दिव्यौषधिविदीपितम्। नाकमावृत्य तिष्ठन्तमुच्छ्रयेण महागिरिम्॥
vyālairāvāritaṃ ghorairdivyauṣadhividīpitam| nākamāvṛtya tiṣṭhantamucchrayeṇa mahāgirim||
It is illuminated with many medicinal plants and fearful beasts of prey roam on its heights.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 17.8
अगम्यं मनसाऽप्यन्यैर्नदीवृक्षसमन्वितम्। नानापतगसबैश्च नादितं सुमनोहरैः॥
agamyaṃ manasā'pyanyairnadīvṛkṣasamanvitam| nānāpatagasabaiśca nāditaṃ sumanoharaiḥ||
It is unapproachable even by mind; it is graced with many trees and stream-lets and resounds with the sweet melody of innumerable birds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 17.9
तस्य शृङ्गमुपारुह्य बहुरत्नाचितं शुभम्। अनन्तकल्पमुद्विद्धं सुरा: सर्वे महौजसः।॥
tasya śṛṅgamupāruhya bahuratnācitaṃ śubham| anantakalpamudviddhaṃ surā: sarve mahaujasaḥ|||
It stands high for infinite ages. Once did the celestials sit on its golden summit and held a conclave.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 17.10
ते मन्त्रयितुमारब्धास्तत्रासीना दिवौकसः। अमृताय समागम्य तपोनियमसंयुताः॥ तत्र नारायणो देवो ब्रह्माणमिदमब्रवीत्। चिन्तयत्सु सुरेष्वेवं मन्त्रयत्सु च सर्वशः॥
te mantrayitumārabdhāstatrāsīnā divaukasaḥ| amṛtāya samāgamya taponiyamasaṃyutāḥ|| tatra nārāyaṇo devo brahmāṇamidamabravīt| cintayatsu sureṣvevaṃ mantrayatsu ca sarvaśaḥ||
They, who had practised penances and observed vows, came in quest of the Ambrosia. They consulted together about the possession of the Ambrosia and seeing them in this mood Narayana addressed Brahma saying;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 17.11
देवैरसुरसंड्बैश्च मथ्यतां कलशोदधिः। भविष्यत्यमृतं तत्र मथ्यमाने महोदधौ॥ सर्वोषधी: समावाप्य सर्वरत्नानि चैव ह। मन्यध्वमुदधिं देवा वेत्स्यध्वममृतं ततः॥
devairasurasaṃḍbaiśca mathyatāṃ kalaśodadhiḥ| bhaviṣyatyamṛtaṃ tatra mathyamāne mahodadhau|| sarvoṣadhī: samāvāpya sarvaratnāni caiva ha| manyadhvamudadhiṃ devā vetsyadhvamamṛtaṃ tataḥ||
"Churn the ocean with both the Devas and the Asuras. By doing so, the Ambrosia and all drugs and gems will be obtained. O celestials, churn the ocean and you will get the Ambrosia.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)