Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 21
MBh 1 21.1
सौतिरुवाच ततो रजन्या व्युष्टायां प्रभातेऽभ्युदिते रवौ। कदूश्च विनताचैव भगिन्यौ तै तपोधन॥
sautiruvāca tato rajanyā vyuṣṭāyāṃ prabhāte'bhyudite ravau| kadūśca vinatācaiva bhaginyau tai tapodhana||
Sauti said: O Rishi, when the night was gone and the sun rose in the morning, the sisters, Kadru and Vinata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.2
अमषिते सुसंरब्धे दास्ये कृतपणे तदा। जग्मतुस्तुरगं द्रष्टुमुच्चैःश्रवसमन्तिकात्॥
amaṣite susaṃrabdhe dāsye kṛtapaṇe tadā| jagmatusturagaṃ draṣṭumuccaiḥśravasamantikāt||
Having laid an wager of slavery and burning with jealously, went to see the horse Uchchaishrava.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.3
ददृशातेऽथ ते तत्र समुद्र निधिमम्भसाम्। महान्तमुदकागाधं क्षोभ्यमाणं महास्वनम्॥
dadṛśāte'tha te tatra samudra nidhimambhasām| mahāntamudakāgādhaṃ kṣobhyamāṇaṃ mahāsvanam||
On their way they saw the great ocean, vast and deep, agitated by wind, making a tremendous roar.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.4
तिमिङ्गिलझषाकीर्णं मकरैरावृतं तथा। सत्त्वैश्च बहुसाहर्नानारूपैः समावृतम्॥
timiṅgilajhaṣākīrṇaṃ makarairāvṛtaṃ tathā| sattvaiśca bahusāharnānārūpaiḥ samāvṛtam||
It was full of whales, fishes large enough to swallow whales, Makaras, tortoises and creatures of various forms by thousands.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.5
भीषणैर्विकृतैरन्यैोरैजलचरैस्तथा। उग्रैर्नित्यमनाधृष्यं कूर्मग्राहसमाकुलम्॥
bhīṣaṇairvikṛtairanyaioraijalacaraistathā| ugrairnityamanādhṛṣyaṃ kūrmagrāhasamākulam||
It was inaccessible by any creatures on account of the presence of terrible, monstershaped, dark and fierce aquatic animals. It was full of crocodiles and tortoises.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.6
आकरं सर्वरत्नानामालयं वरुणस्य च। नागानामालयं रम्यमुत्तमं सरितां पतिम्॥
ākaraṃ sarvaratnānāmālayaṃ varuṇasya ca| nāgānāmālayaṃ ramyamuttamaṃ saritāṃ patim||
It abounded with all kinds of gems; it was the home of Varuna, the beautiful and excellent abode of the Nagas; it was the lord of all rivers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.7
पातालज्वलनावासमसुराणां च बान्धवम्। भयंकरं च सत्त्वानां पयसां निधिमर्णवम्॥
pātālajvalanāvāsamasurāṇāṃ ca bāndhavam| bhayaṃkaraṃ ca sattvānāṃ payasāṃ nidhimarṇavam||
It was the abode of subterranean fire, the friend of the Asuras, the terror of all creatures, the great reservoir of waters, having no deterioration.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.8
शुभं दिव्यममानाममृतस्याकरं परम्। अप्रमेयमचिन्त्यं च सुपुण्यजलमद्भुतम्॥
śubhaṃ divyamamānāmamṛtasyākaraṃ param| aprameyamacintyaṃ ca supuṇyajalamadbhutam||
It was holy, it was beneficial to the celestials, it was the great mine of Ambrosia, it was infinite, inconceivable, sacred and highly wonderful.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.9
घोरं जलचरारावरौद्रं भैरवनि:स्वनम्। गंभीरावर्तकलिलं सर्वभूतभयंकरम्॥
ghoraṃ jalacarārāvaraudraṃ bhairavani:svanam| gaṃbhīrāvartakalilaṃ sarvabhūtabhayaṃkaram||
It was fearful with the terrible roars of acquatic creatures, tremendously-roaring and full of deep whirlpools. It was an object of terror to all creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.10
वेलादोलानिलचलं क्षोभोद्वेगसमुच्छ्रितम्। वीचीहस्तैः प्रचलितैर्नृत्यन्तमिव सर्वतः॥
velādolānilacalaṃ kṣobhodvegasamucchritam| vīcīhastaiḥ pracalitairnṛtyantamiva sarvataḥ||
Moved by winds, heaving high with agitation and disturbance, it seemed to dance everywhere with uplifted hands represented by its waves.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.11
चन्द्रवृद्धिक्षयवशादुद्वृत्तोर्मिसमाकुलम्। पाञ्चजन्यस्य जननं रत्नाकरमनुत्तमम्॥
candravṛddhikṣayavaśādudvṛttormisamākulam| pāñcajanyasya jananaṃ ratnākaramanuttamam||
It was full of heaving billows, caused by the changes of the moon, it was the parent of (the great conch of Krishna) Panchajanya, it was the great mine of gems.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.12
गां विन्दता भगवता गोविन्देनामितौजसा। वराहरूपिणा चान्तर्विक्षोभितजलाविलम्॥
gāṃ vindatā bhagavatā govindenāmitaujasā| varāharūpiṇā cāntarvikṣobhitajalāvilam||
It was in days of yore disturbed by the greatly powerful Lord Govinda (Vishnu) when he assumed the form, of a boar for raising the earth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.13
ब्रह्मर्षिणा व्रतवता वर्षाणां शतमत्रिणा। अनासादितगाधं च पातालतलमव्ययम्॥
brahmarṣiṇā vratavatā varṣāṇāṃ śatamatriṇā| anāsāditagādhaṃ ca pātālatalamavyayam||
The Rishi Atri of great austerity could not fathom its bottom, lower than the nether regions, though he tried to do it for one hundred years.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.14
अध्यात्मयोगनिद्रां च पद्मनाभस्य सेवतः। युगादिकालशयनं विष्णोरमिततेजसः॥
adhyātmayoganidrāṃ ca padmanābhasya sevataḥ| yugādikālaśayanaṃ viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ||
It became the bed of lotus-navelled Vishnu when at the end of every Yuga the immeasurably powerful Deity fell asleep in spiritual meditation.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.15
वज्रपातनसंत्रस्तमैनाकस्याभयप्रदम्। डिम्बाहवादितानां च असुराणां परायणम्॥
vajrapātanasaṃtrastamainākasyābhayapradam| ḍimbāhavāditānāṃ ca asurāṇāṃ parāyaṇam||
It was the asylum in which (the hill) Mainaka took under the fear of the falling thunderbolt. It was the retreat of the Asuras, overcome (by the celestials) in the fearful battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.16
वडवामुखदीप्ताग्नेस्तोयहव्यप्रदं शिवम्। अगाधपारं विस्तीर्णमप्रमेयं सरित्यतिम्॥
vaḍavāmukhadīptāgnestoyahavyapradaṃ śivam| agādhapāraṃ vistīrṇamaprameyaṃ sarityatim||
It was the ghee, in the shape of its waters, in the (sacrificial) fire that issued forth from the mouth of Vadava. It was without limits, fathomless, vast, immeasurable and the lord of rivers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.17
महानदीभिर्बह्वीभिःस्पर्धयेव सहस्रशः अभिसार्यमाणमनिशं ददृशाते महार्णवम्। आपूर्यमाणमत्यर्थं नृत्यमानमिवोर्मिभिः॥
mahānadībhirbahvībhiḥspardhayeva sahasraśaḥ abhisāryamāṇamaniśaṃ dadṛśāte mahārṇavam| āpūryamāṇamatyarthaṃ nṛtyamānamivormibhiḥ||
They saw that thousands of great rivers were rushing into it in great pride like rivals of its love. They saw that it was full, always dancing in its waves.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 21.18
गंभीरं तिमिमकरोग्रसंकुलं तं। गर्जन्त जलचररावरौद्रनादैः। विस्तीर्णं ददृशतुरम्बरप्रकाशं तेऽगाधं निधिमुरुमम्भसामनन्तम्॥
gaṃbhīraṃ timimakarograsaṃkulaṃ taṃ| garjanta jalacararāvaraudranādaiḥ| vistīrṇaṃ dadṛśaturambaraprakāśaṃ te'gādhaṃ nidhimurumambhasāmanantam||
They saw that it was deep and resounded with the terrible uproar of Makaras Timis and other aquatic creatures; they saw it was vast, unlimited as space, unfathomable, infinite and the great reservoir of waters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)