Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 180
MBh 1 180.1
और्व उवाच उक्तवानस्मि यां क्रोधात् प्रतिज्ञां पितरस्तदा। सर्वलोकविनाशाय न सा मे वितथा भवेत्॥
aurva uvāca uktavānasmi yāṃ krodhāt pratijñāṃ pitarastadā| sarvalokavināśāya na sā me vitathā bhavet||
Arjuna said : O Pitris, the vow I uttered in anger for the destruction of all the worlds must not be in vain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.2
वृथारोषप्रतिज्ञो वै नाहं भवितुमुत्सहे। अनिस्तीर्णो हि मां रोषो दहेदग्निरिवारणिम्॥
vṛthāroṣapratijño vai nāhaṃ bhavitumutsahe| anistīrṇo hi māṃ roṣo dahedagnirivāraṇim||
I cannot to be one whose anger and vows are fruitless. This my anger will certainly consume me (if I do not accomplish my vow), as fire consumes the dry wood.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.3
यो हि कारणतः क्रोधं संजातं क्षन्तुमर्हति। नालं स मनुजः सम्यक् त्रिवर्गं परिरक्षितुम्॥
yo hi kāraṇataḥ krodhaṃ saṃjātaṃ kṣantumarhati| nālaṃ sa manujaḥ samyak trivargaṃ parirakṣitum||
The men, who suppresses his anger excited by a just cause, becomes incapable of duly compassing the Three varga (Dharma, Artha and Kama.)
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.4
अशिष्टानां नियन्ता हि शिष्टानां परिरक्षिता। स्थाने रोषः प्रयुक्तः स्यान्नृपैः सर्वजिगीषुभिः॥
aśiṣṭānāṃ niyantā hi śiṣṭānāṃ parirakṣitā| sthāne roṣaḥ prayuktaḥ syānnṛpaiḥ sarvajigīṣubhiḥ||
The wrath, that the kings, desirous of subjugating the whole world, display, has its use. It serves to restrain the wicked and protect the honest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.5
अश्रौषमहमूरुस्थो गर्भशय्यागतस्तदा। आरावं मातृवर्गस्य भृगूणां क्षत्रियैर्वधे॥
aśrauṣamahamūrustho garbhaśayyāgatastadā| ārāvaṃ mātṛvargasya bhṛgūṇāṃ kṣatriyairvadhe||
When I was lying unborn within my mother and other women of the Bhrigu race as they were being massacred by the Kshatriyas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.6
संहारो हि यदा लोके भृगुणां क्षत्रियाधमैः। आगर्भोच्छेदनात् क्रान्तस्तदा मां मन्युराविशत्॥
saṃhāro hi yadā loke bhṛguṇāṃ kṣatriyādhamaiḥ| āgarbhocchedanāt krāntastadā māṃ manyurāviśat||
O Pitris, when those wretches, the Kshatriyas, were exterminating the Bhrigus together with the unborn children to their race, anger filled my soul.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.7
सम्पूर्णकोशाः किल मे मातरः पितस्तथा। भयात् सर्वेषु लोकेषु नाधिजग्मुः परायणम्॥
sampūrṇakośāḥ kila me mātaraḥ pitastathā| bhayāt sarveṣu lokeṣu nādhijagmuḥ parāyaṇam||
My mother and the other women of our race, each in a state of advanced pregnancy and my father also, though exceedingly afflic did not get a protector in all the world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.8
तान् भृगूणां यदा दारान् कश्चिन्नाभ्युपपद्यत। माता तदा दधारेयमूरुणैकेन मां शुभा॥
tān bhṛgūṇāṃ yadā dārān kaścinnābhyupapadyata| mātā tadā dadhāreyamūruṇaikena māṃ śubhā||
When the Bhrigu women did not find a single protector, my blessed mother held me (hidden) in one of her thighs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.9
प्रतिषेद्वा हि पापस्य यदा लोकेषु विद्यते। तदा सर्वेषु लोकेषु पापकृन्नोपपद्यते॥
pratiṣedvā hi pāpasya yadā lokeṣu vidyate| tadā sarveṣu lokeṣu pāpakṛnnopapadyate||
If there be a punisher of crimes in the world, no one in all the worlds could dare commit a crime.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.10
यदा तु प्रतिषेद्धारं पापो न लभते क्वचित्। तिष्ठन्ति बहवो लोकास्तदा पापेषु कर्मसु॥
yadā tu pratiṣeddhāraṃ pāpo na labhate kvacit| tiṣṭhanti bahavo lokāstadā pāpeṣu karmasu||
If sin does not find any punisher, then many men live in sinful acts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.11
जानन्नपि च यः पापं शक्तिमान् न नियच्छति। ईशः सन् सोऽपि तेनैव कर्मणा सम्प्रयुज्यते॥
jānannapi ca yaḥ pāpaṃ śaktimān na niyacchati| īśaḥ san so'pi tenaiva karmaṇā samprayujyate||
The man who having power to punish sin, does not do so, knowing that a sin has been committed, is himself defiled by that sin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.12
राजभिश्चैश्वरैश्चैव यदि वै पितरो मम। शक्तैर्न शकितास्त्रातुमिष्टं मत्वेह जीवितम्॥ अत एषामहं क्रुद्धो लोकानामीश्वरो ह्ययम्। भवतां च वचो नालमहं समभिवर्तितुम्॥
rājabhiścaiśvaraiścaiva yadi vai pitaro mama| śaktairna śakitāstrātumiṣṭaṃ matveha jīvitam|| ata eṣāmahaṃ kruddho lokānāmīśvaro hyayam| bhavatāṃ ca vaco nālamahaṃ samabhivartitum||
The kings and others, who were capable of protecting my fathers, did not protect them, neglecting to perform their duty by giving themselves up to the pleasures of life. Therefore, I have just cause to be enraged. I am the lord of creation, I am incapable of obeying your command.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.13
ममापि चेद् भवेदेवमीश्वरस्य सतो महत्। उपेक्षमाणस्य पुनर्लोकानां किल्बिषाद् भयम्॥
mamāpi ced bhavedevamīśvarasya sato mahat| upekṣamāṇasya punarlokānāṃ kilbiṣād bhayam||
Capable as I am of punishing this crime, if I abstain from doing it, men will once more have to undergo a similar persecution.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.14
यश्चाहं मन्युजो मेऽग्निर्लोकानादातुमिच्छति। दहेदेष च मामेव निगृहीतः स्वतेजसा॥
yaścāhaṃ manyujo me'gnirlokānādātumicchati| dahedeṣa ca māmeva nigṛhītaḥ svatejasā||
The fire of my wrath, which is ready to consume the worlds, if suppressed, will certainly consume me by its own energy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.15
भवतां च विजानामि सर्वलोकहितेप्सुताम्। तस्माद् विधध्वं यच्छ्रेयो लोकानां मम चेश्वराः॥
bhavatāṃ ca vijānāmi sarvalokahitepsutām| tasmād vidhadhvaṃ yacchreyo lokānāṃ mama ceśvarāḥ||
O masters, I know you always seek the good of the worlds. Therefore, instruct me as to what may be good to myself or to the worlds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.16
पितर ऊचुः य एष मन्युजस्तेऽग्निर्लोकानादातुमिच्छति। अप्सु तं मुञ्च भद्रं ते लोका ह्यप्सु प्रतिष्ठिताः॥
pitara ūcuḥ ya eṣa manyujaste'gnirlokānādātumicchati| apsu taṃ muñca bhadraṃ te lokā hyapsu pratiṣṭhitāḥ||
The Pitris said : Throw this fire of your wrath which desires to consume the worlds into the waters. That will do you good. The worlds rest on water.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.17
आपोमयाः सर्वरसाः सर्वमापोमयं जगत्। तस्मादप्सु विमुञ्चमं क्रोधाग्निं द्विजसत्तम॥
āpomayāḥ sarvarasāḥ sarvamāpomayaṃ jagat| tasmādapsu vimuñcamaṃ krodhāgniṃ dvijasattama||
Every juicy substance is full of water; indeed the whole universe is full of water. Therefore, O best of the twice born, throw this your anger into the waters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.18
अयं तिष्ठतु ते विप्र यदीच्छसि महोदधौ। मन्युजोऽग्निर्दहन्नापो लोका ह्यापोमयाः स्मृताः॥
ayaṃ tiṣṭhatu te vipra yadīcchasi mahodadhau| manyujo'gnirdahannāpo lokā hyāpomayāḥ smṛtāḥ||
O Brahmana, if you desire it, let this fire of your wrath remain in the great ocean, consuming its water, for we have heard the worlds are made of water.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.19
एवं प्रतिज्ञा सत्येयं तवानघ भविष्यति। न चैवं सामरा लोंका गमिष्यन्ति पराभवम्॥
evaṃ pratijñā satyeyaṃ tavānagha bhaviṣyati| na caivaṃ sāmarā loṃkā gamiṣyanti parābhavam||
O sinless one, in this way your word will be made true and the worlds with the celestials will not be destroyed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.20
वसिष्ठ उवाच ततस्तं क्रोधजं तात और्वोऽग्निं वरुणालये। उत्ससर्ज च चैवाप उपयुङ्क्ते महोदधौ॥
vasiṣṭha uvāca tatastaṃ krodhajaṃ tāta aurvo'gniṃ varuṇālaye| utsasarja ca caivāpa upayuṅkte mahodadhau||
Vasishtha said: Thereupon Aurva threw the fire of his wrath into the abode of Varuna (sea) and that fire consumes the waters of the great ocean.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.21
महद्धयशिरो भूत्वा यत् तद् वेदविदो विदुः। तमग्निमुद्रिद् वक्त्रात् पिबत्यापो महोदधौ॥
mahaddhayaśiro bhūtvā yat tad vedavido viduḥ| tamagnimudrid vaktrāt pibatyāpo mahodadhau||
Assuming a greatly fearful head (that of a horse) and emitting fire from its mouth, it consumes the waters of the great ocean. The men learned in the Vedas call it Vadabamukha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 180.22
तस्मात् त्वमपि भद्रं ते न लोकान् हन्तुमर्हसि। पराशर पराँल्लोकान् जानज्ञानवतां वर॥
tasmāt tvamapi bhadraṃ te na lokān hantumarhasi| parāśara parā~llokān jānajñānavatāṃ vara||
O Parashara, O foremost of all wise men, you are acquainted with the higher regions, you should not destroy the world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)