Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 216
MBh 1 216.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच तत: समुद्रे तीर्थानि दक्षिणे भरतर्षभ। अभ्यगच्छत् सुपुण्यानि शोभितानि तपस्विभिः॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tata: samudre tīrthāni dakṣiṇe bharatarṣabha| abhyagacchat supuṇyāni śobhitāni tapasvibhiḥ||
Vaishampayana said : That best of the Bharata race Arjuna then went to the sacred Tirthas situated on the shores of the south sea, all adorned with the ascetics.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.2
वर्जयन्ति स्म तीर्थानि तत्र पञ्च स्म तापसाः। अवकीर्णानि यान्यासन् पुरस्तात् तु तपस्विभिः॥
varjayanti sma tīrthāni tatra pañca sma tāpasāḥ| avakīrṇāni yānyāsan purastāt tu tapasvibhiḥ||
There were five Tirthas where also lived many ascetics, but these sacred waters themselves were shunned by the ascetics.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.3
अगस्त्यतीर्थं सौभद्रं पौलोमं च सुपावनम्। कारन्धमं प्रसन्नं च हयमेधफलं च तत्॥ भारद्वाजस्य तीर्थं तु पापप्रशमनं महत्। एतानि पञ्च तीर्थानि ददर्श कुरुसत्तमः॥
agastyatīrthaṃ saubhadraṃ paulomaṃ ca supāvanam| kārandhamaṃ prasannaṃ ca hayamedhaphalaṃ ca tat|| bhāradvājasya tīrthaṃ tu pāpapraśamanaṃ mahat| etāni pañca tīrthāni dadarśa kurusattamaḥ||
(They were named) Agastya, Subhadra, the greatly holy Pauloma, Karandhama which yielded the fruit of a horse-sacrifice and the great washer of sins Bharadvaja; these five Tirthas that best men saw.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.4
विविक्तान्युपलक्ष्याथ तानि तीर्थानि पाण्डवः। दृष्ट्वा च वय॑मानानि मुनिभिर्धर्मबुद्धिभिः॥ तपस्विनस्ततोऽपृच्छत् प्राञ्जलिः कुरुनन्दनः। तीर्थानीमानि वय॑न्ते किमर्थं ब्रह्मवादिभिः॥
viviktānyupalakṣyātha tāni tīrthāni pāṇḍavaḥ| dṛṣṭvā ca vaya̭mānāni munibhirdharmabuddhibhiḥ|| tapasvinastato'pṛcchat prāñjaliḥ kurunandanaḥ| tīrthānīmāni vaya̭nte kimarthaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ||
The Pandava, the descendant of Kuru (Arjuna), finding them uninhabited and ascertaining that they were shunned by the ascetics, asked with joined hands those pious men that lived near them, “Why these Tirthas are shunned by the Brahmavadis (the utterers of the Vedas).”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.5
तापसा ऊचुः ग्राहाः पञ्च वसन्त्येषु हरन्ति च तपोधनान्। तत एतानि वय॑न्ते तीर्थानि कुरुनन्दन।॥
tāpasā ūcuḥ grāhāḥ pañca vasantyeṣu haranti ca tapodhanān| tata etāni vaya̭nte tīrthāni kurunandana|||
The Celestial said : O descendant of Kuru, there dwell (in their waters) five large crocodiles which carry away the ascetics (who go to bathe in them); therefore these Tirthas are shunned by all.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.6
वैशम्पायन उवाच तेषां श्रुत्वा महाबाहुर्वार्यमाणस्तपोधनैः। जगाम तानि तीर्थानि द्रष्टुं पुरुषसत्तमः॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca teṣāṃ śrutvā mahābāhurvāryamāṇastapodhanaiḥ| jagāma tāni tīrthāni draṣṭuṃ puruṣasattamaḥ||
Vaishampayana said: Having heard these words of the ascetics, the mighty armed hero, that best of men, though dissuaded by them, went to see those Tirthas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.7
ततः सौभद्रमासाद्य महर्षेस्तीर्थमुत्तमम्। विगाह्य सहसा शूरः स्नानं चक्रे परंतपः॥
tataḥ saubhadramāsādya maharṣestīrthamuttamam| vigāhya sahasā śūraḥ snānaṃ cakre paraṃtapaḥ||
Then coming to that excellent Tirtha Subhadra, named after a great Rishi, that hero, that chastiser of foes, plunged into it to take a bath.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.8
अथ तं पुरुषव्याघ्रमन्तर्जलचरो महान्। जग्राह चरणे ग्राहः कुन्तीपुत्रं धनंजयम्॥
atha taṃ puruṣavyāghramantarjalacaro mahān| jagrāha caraṇe grāhaḥ kuntīputraṃ dhanaṃjayam||
Thereupon a large crocodile under the water seized the leg of that best of men, the son of Kunti Dhananjaya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.9
स तमादाय कौन्तेयो विस्फुरन्तं जलेचरम्। उदतिष्ठन्महाबाहुर्बलेन बलिनां वरः॥
sa tamādāya kaunteyo visphurantaṃ jalecaram| udatiṣṭhanmahābāhurbalena balināṃ varaḥ||
But the mighty-armed, the son of Kunti, thee foremost of all strong men, seized that aquatic animal and dragged it up to the shore.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.10
उत्कृष्ट एव ग्राहस्तु सोऽर्जुनेन यशस्विना। बभूव नारी कल्याणी सर्वाभरणभूषिता॥
utkṛṣṭa eva grāhastu so'rjunena yaśasvinā| babhūva nārī kalyāṇī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā||
Dragged up by the illustrious Arjuna, that crocodile became a most handsome women adorned with all ornaments.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.11
दीप्यमाना श्रिया राजन् दिव्यरूपा मनोरमा। तदद्भुतं महद् दृष्ट्वा कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः॥ तां स्त्रियं परमप्रीत इदं वचनमब्रवीत्। का वै त्वमसि कल्याणि कुतो वासि जलेचरी॥ किमर्थं च महत् पापमिदं कृतवती पुरा।
dīpyamānā śriyā rājan divyarūpā manoramā| tadadbhutaṃ mahad dṛṣṭvā kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ|| tāṃ striyaṃ paramaprīta idaṃ vacanamabravīt| kā vai tvamasi kalyāṇi kuto vāsi jalecarī|| kimarthaṃ ca mahat pāpamidaṃ kṛtavatī purā|
O king, that charming and celestials-like damsel appeared to shine in her own beauty. Thereupon the son of Kunti Dhananjaya, seeing that wonderful sight, spoke thus in great happiness to that lady, "O beautiful lady, who are you? O lady of the lake, where do you live? Why did you commit such a dreadful sin before?"
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.12
वर्गोवाच अप्सरास्मि महाबाहो देवारण्यविहारिणी॥
vargovāca apsarāsmi mahābāho devāraṇyavihāriṇī||
Varga said : O mighty-armed hero, I am an Apsara, a sporter in the celestials gardens.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.13
इष्टा धनपतेनित्यं वर्गा नाम महाबल। मम सख्यश्चतस्रोऽन्याः सर्वाः कामगमाः शुभाः॥
iṣṭā dhanapatenityaṃ vargā nāma mahābala| mama sakhyaścatasro'nyāḥ sarvāḥ kāmagamāḥ śubhāḥ||
O greatly strong one, my name is Varga, I am ever beloved of the cclestials treasurer (Kubera). I had four other friends, all handsome and all capable of going everywhere at will. we
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.14
ताभिः सार्धं प्रयातास्मि लोकपालनिवेशनम्। ततः पश्यामहे सर्वा ब्राह्मणं संशितव्रतम्॥
tābhiḥ sārdhaṃ prayātāsmi lokapālaniveśanam| tataḥ paśyāmahe sarvā brāhmaṇaṃ saṃśitavratam||
One day accompanied by them, I was going to the abode of the protector of the world; when we were all going, we saw a Brahmana of rigid vows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.15
रूपवन्तमधीयानमेकमेकान्तचारिणम्। तस्यैव तपसा राजंस्तद् वनं तेजसाऽऽवृतम्॥
rūpavantamadhīyānamekamekāntacāriṇam| tasyaiva tapasā rājaṃstad vanaṃ tejasā''vṛtam||
Who was exceedingly handsome and who was studying the Vedas in solitude. O king, the whole forest was covered with the effulgence of his asceticism.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.16
आदित्य इव तं देशं कृत्स्नं सर्वं व्यकाशयत्। तस्य दृष्ट्वा तपस्तादृग् रूपं चाद्भुतमुत्तमम्॥ अवतीर्णाः स्म तं देशं तपोविघ्नचिकीर्षया।
āditya iva taṃ deśaṃ kṛtsnaṃ sarvaṃ vyakāśayat| tasya dṛṣṭvā tapastādṛg rūpaṃ cādbhutamuttamam|| avatīrṇāḥ sma taṃ deśaṃ tapovighnacikīrṣayā|
He seemed to have illuminated the whole region like the sun. Seeing his that severe, excellent and wonderful asceticism, alighted in that region, wishing to disturb his asceticism.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.17
अहं च सौरभेयी च समीची बुद्बुदा लता॥ यौगपद्येन तं विप्रमभ्यगच्छाम भारत। गायन्त्योऽथ हसन्त्यश्च लोभयित्वा च तं द्विजम्॥
ahaṃ ca saurabheyī ca samīcī budbudā latā|| yaugapadyena taṃ vipramabhyagacchāma bhārata| gāyantyo'tha hasantyaśca lobhayitvā ca taṃ dvijam||
O descendant of Bharata, myself Saurabhi, Samichi, Budabuda and Lata all came to that Brahmana at the same time. O hero, we sang, we laughed, we tried to tempt the Brahmana in various ways.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.18
स च नास्मासु कृतवान् मनो वीर कथंचन। नाकम्पत महातेजाः स्थितस्तपसि निर्मले।॥
sa ca nāsmāsu kṛtavān mano vīra kathaṃcana| nākampata mahātejāḥ sthitastapasi nirmale|||
But he did not set his mind on us even for a moment. O best of the Kshatriyas, his mind, । being fixed on the meditation of the pure, the greatly effulgent (Brahmana), did not suffer his heart to waver.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 216.19
सोऽशपत् कुपितोऽस्मासु ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियर्षभ। ग्राहभूता जले यूयं चरिष्यथ शतं समाः॥
so'śapat kupito'smāsu brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyarṣabha| grāhabhūtā jale yūyaṃ cariṣyatha śataṃ samāḥ||
Angrily looking at us, he cursed us saying, "Becoming crocodiles, live in water for one hundred years."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)