Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 22
MBh 1 22.1
सौतिरुवाच नागाश्च संविदं कृत्वा कर्तव्यमिति तद्वचः। निःस्नेहा वै दहेन्माता असंप्राप्तमनोरथा॥
sautiruvāca nāgāśca saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā kartavyamiti tadvacaḥ| niḥsnehā vai dahenmātā asaṃprāptamanorathā||
Sauti said: The Nagas, after a consultation came to the conclusion that they should obey their mother's command, for if her wish was not gratified, she, abandoning her love towards them, would burn them all.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.2
प्रसन्ना मोक्षयेदस्मांस्तस्माच्छापाच्च भामिनी। कृष्णं पुच्छं करिष्यामस्तुरगस्य न संशयः॥
prasannā mokṣayedasmāṃstasmācchāpācca bhāminī| kṛṣṇaṃ pucchaṃ kariṣyāmasturagasya na saṃśayaḥ||
If she was gratified, she might free them from the curse. They said:-“We shall undoubtedly make the horse's hair black.”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.3
तथा हि गत्वा ते तस्य पुच्छे वाला इति स्मृताः। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ते तु सपत्न्यौ पणिते तदा॥
tathā hi gatvā te tasya pucche vālā iti smṛtāḥ| etasminnantare te tu sapatnyau paṇite tadā||
It is said that they then went and became hairs on the tail of the horse (Uchchaishrava). In the mean time the two co-wives laid the wager.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.4
ततस्ते पणितं कृत्वा भगिन्यौ द्विजसत्तम। जग्मतुः परया प्रीत्या परं पारं महोदधेः॥
tataste paṇitaṃ kṛtvā bhaginyau dvijasattama| jagmatuḥ parayā prītyā paraṃ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ||
And having laid the wager, o best of Brahmanas, the two sisters proceeded in great delight to the other side of the great ocean.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.5
कदूश्च विनताचैव दाक्षायण्यौ विहायसा। आलोकयन्त्यावक्षोभ्यं समुद्र निधिमम्भसाम्॥
kadūśca vinatācaiva dākṣāyaṇyau vihāyasā| ālokayantyāvakṣobhyaṃ samudra nidhimambhasām||
Kadru and Vinata, the daughters of Daksha, saw on their way the ocean, incapable of being easily disturbed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.6
वायुनाऽतीव सहसा क्षोभ्यमाणं महास्वनम्। तिमिगिलसमाकीर्णं मकरैरावृतं तथा॥
vāyunā'tīva sahasā kṣobhyamāṇaṃ mahāsvanam| timigilasamākīrṇaṃ makarairāvṛtaṃ tathā||
(But) greatly agitated all on a sudden by the wind. (It was) terribly roaring, full of Timingilas and Makaras.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.7
संयुतं बहुसाहस्रैः सत्त्वैर्नानाविधैरपि। घोरै?रमनाधृष्यं गंभीरमतिभैरवम्॥
saṃyutaṃ bahusāhasraiḥ sattvairnānāvidhairapi| ghorai?ramanādhṛṣyaṃ gaṃbhīramatibhairavam||
And many thousands of other creatures of various forms; it was frightful with the presence of horrible monsters; it was inaccessible, fearful and terrible,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.8
आकरं सर्वरत्नानामालयं वरुणस्य च। नागानामालयं चापि सुरम्यं सरितां पतिम्॥
ākaraṃ sarvaratnānāmālayaṃ varuṇasya ca| nāgānāmālayaṃ cāpi suramyaṃ saritāṃ patim||
The mine of all gems, the home of Varuna, the beautiful habitation of the Nagas, the Lord of rivers,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.9
पातालज्वलनावासमसुराणां तथालयम्। भयंकराणां सत्त्वानां पयसो निधिमव्ययम्॥
pātālajvalanāvāsamasurāṇāṃ tathālayam| bhayaṃkarāṇāṃ sattvānāṃ payaso nidhimavyayam||
The abode of subterranean fire, the home of the Asuras and many fearful creatures, the reservoir of waters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.10
शुभं दिव्यममानाममृतस्याकरं परम्। अप्रमेयमचिन्त्यं च सुपुण्यजलसंमितम्॥
śubhaṃ divyamamānāmamṛtasyākaraṃ param| aprameyamacintyaṃ ca supuṇyajalasaṃmitam||
It was holy, the great receptacle of the Arabrosia of the celestials, immeasurable and inconceivable, full of holy waters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.11
महानदीभिर्बह्वीभिस्तत्र तत्र सहस्रशः। आपूर्यमाणमत्यर्थं नृत्यन्तमिव चोर्मिभिः॥
mahānadībhirbahvībhistatra tatra sahasraśaḥ| āpūryamāṇamatyarthaṃ nṛtyantamiva cormibhiḥ||
Filled with many thousands of and thus disturbed, dancing with its waves.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 22.12
इत्येवं तरलतरोर्मिसंकुलं ते गंभीरं विकसितमम्बरप्रकाशं। पातालज्वलनशिखाविदीपिताङ्गं गर्जन्तं द्रुतमभिजग्मतुस्ततस्ते॥
ityevaṃ taralatarormisaṃkulaṃ te gaṃbhīraṃ vikasitamambaraprakāśaṃ| pātālajvalanaśikhāvidīpitāṅgaṃ garjantaṃ drutamabhijagmatustataste||
Such was the ocean full of liquid waves, (it was) vast as the sky, deep, lighted with the flames of subterranean fire, roaring; they (the sisters) passed quickly over it. great rivers
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)