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Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 25

MBh 1 25.1

सौतिरुवाच ततः कामगम: पक्षी महावीर्यो महाबलः। मातुरन्तिकमागच्छत्परं पारं महोदधेः॥

sautiruvāca tataḥ kāmagama: pakṣī mahāvīryo mahābalaḥ| māturantikamāgacchatparaṃ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ||

Sauti said: Then the bird, of great strength and energy, capable of going every where at will, went to his mother on the other side of the great ocean.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.2

यत्र सा विनता तस्मिन्पणितेन पराजिता। अतीव दुःखसंतप्ता दासीभावमुपागता॥

yatra sā vinatā tasminpaṇitena parājitā| atīva duḥkhasaṃtaptā dāsībhāvamupāgatā||

There lived Vinata in great affliction after losing the wager and becoming a slave.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.3

ततः कदाचिद्विनतां प्रणतां पुत्रसंनिधौ। काले चाहूय वचनं कदूरिदमभाषत।। नागानामालयं भद्रे सुरम्यं चारुदर्शनम्। समुद्रकुक्षावेकान्ते तत्र मां विनते नय॥

tataḥ kadācidvinatāṃ praṇatāṃ putrasaṃnidhau| kāle cāhūya vacanaṃ kadūridamabhāṣata|| nāgānāmālayaṃ bhadre suramyaṃ cārudarśanam| samudrakukṣāvekānte tatra māṃ vinate naya||

Sometime after on a certain day, Kadru called Vinata, who prostrated herself before her and said before her son (Garuda). "O gentle Vinata, take me to the beautiful and delightful abode of the Nagas which is situated in the deep recess of the sea.”

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.4

ततः सुपर्णमाता तामवहत्सर्पमातरम्। पन्नगागरुडश्चापि मातुर्वचनचोदितः॥

tataḥ suparṇamātā tāmavahatsarpamātaram| pannagāgaruḍaścāpi māturvacanacoditaḥ||

Thereupon the mother of the bird took upon her shoulder the mother of the snakes. Garuda also, requested by his mother, took the snakes on his back.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.5

स सूर्यमभितो याति वैनतेयो विहंगमः। सूर्यरश्मिप्रतप्ताश्च मूर्च्छिताः पन्नगाऽभवन्।॥

sa sūryamabhito yāti vainateyo vihaṃgamaḥ| sūryaraśmiprataptāśca mūrcchitāḥ pannagā'bhavan|||

The son, of Vinata, the bird, began to ascend towards the sun; and the snakes, scorched by the rays of the sun, all fainted away.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.6

तदवस्थान्सुतान्दृष्ट्वा कदूः शक्रमथास्तुवत्। नमस्ते सर्वदेवेश नमस्ते बलसूदन॥

tadavasthānsutāndṛṣṭvā kadūḥ śakramathāstuvat| namaste sarvadeveśa namaste balasūdana||

Seeing her sons in this plight, Kadru began to praise Indra thus : "I bow to you, O Lord of the celestials, I bow to you, O slayer of Bala.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.7

नमुचिघ्न नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्राक्ष शचीपते। सर्पाणां सूर्यतप्तानां वारिणा त्वं प्लवो भव॥

namucighna namaste'stu sahasrākṣa śacīpate| sarpāṇāṃ sūryataptānāṃ vāriṇā tvaṃ plavo bhava||

O slayer of Namuchi, I bow to thee, O god of thousand eyes, O Lord of Sachi, save my sons, oppressed by the rays of the sun by your showers.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.8

त्वमेव परमं त्राणमस्माकममरोत्तम। ईशो ह्यसि पयः स्रष्टुं त्वमनल्पं पुरन्दर॥

tvameva paramaṃ trāṇamasmākamamarottama| īśo hyasi payaḥ sraṣṭuṃ tvamanalpaṃ purandara||

You are our great protector. O best of gods, O Purandara, you can grant rains in torrents.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.9

त्वमेव मेघस्त्वं वायुस्त्वमग्निर्विद्युतोऽम्बरे। त्वमभ्रगणविक्षेप्ता त्वामेवाहुर्महाधनम्॥

tvameva meghastvaṃ vāyustvamagnirvidyuto'mbare| tvamabhragaṇavikṣeptā tvāmevāhurmahādhanam||

You are Vayu, you are the clouds, you are Agni, you are the lightning in the sky, you are the propellers of the clouds and therefore you are called the great clouds.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.10

त्वं वज्रमतुलं घोरं घोषवांस्त्वं बलाहकः। स्रष्टा त्वमेव लोकानां संहर्ता चापराजितः॥

tvaṃ vajramatulaṃ ghoraṃ ghoṣavāṃstvaṃ balāhakaḥ| sraṣṭā tvameva lokānāṃ saṃhartā cāparājitaḥ||

You are the incomparable thunder, you are the roaring clouds, you are the creator and the destroyer of the worlds, you are unconquerable.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.11

त्वं ज्योतिः सर्वभूतानां त्वमादित्यो विभावसुः। त्वं महद्भूतमाश्चर्यं त्वं राजा त्वं सुरोत्तमः॥

tvaṃ jyotiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvamādityo vibhāvasuḥ| tvaṃ mahadbhūtamāścaryaṃ tvaṃ rājā tvaṃ surottamaḥ||

You are the light of all creatures you are Aditya and Vibhavasu, you are the highest knowledge, you are wonderful, you are king, you are the best of the celestials.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.12

त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं सहस्राक्षस्त्वं देवस्त्वं परायणम्। त्वं सर्वमनृतं देवः त्वं सोमः परमार्चितः॥

tvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ sahasrākṣastvaṃ devastvaṃ parāyaṇam| tvaṃ sarvamanṛtaṃ devaḥ tvaṃ somaḥ paramārcitaḥ||

You are Vishnu, you have one thousand eyes, you are a deity, you are the final refuge, you are all Ambrosia, you are the much adored Soma.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.13

त्वं मुहूर्तस्तिथिस्त्वं च त्वं लवस्त्वं पुनः क्षणः। शुक्लस्त्वं बहुलस्त्वं च कला काष्ठा त्रुटिस्तथा। संवत्सरर्तवो मासा रजन्यश्च दिनानि च॥

tvaṃ muhūrtastithistvaṃ ca tvaṃ lavastvaṃ punaḥ kṣaṇaḥ| śuklastvaṃ bahulastvaṃ ca kalā kāṣṭhā truṭistathā| saṃvatsarartavo māsā rajanyaśca dināni ca||

You are moments, you are the Tithis, you are the Lava you are the Kshana, you are the white fortnight, you are Kala, Kashtha, Truti, you are the year, seasons, months, the nights and the days.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.14

त्वमुत्तमा सगिरिवना वसुन्धरा सभास्करं वितिमिरमम्बरं तथा। महोदधिः सतिमितिमिगिलस्तथा महोर्मिमान्बहुमकरो झषाकुलः॥

tvamuttamā sagirivanā vasundharā sabhāskaraṃ vitimiramambaraṃ tathā| mahodadhiḥ satimitimigilastathā mahormimānbahumakaro jhaṣākulaḥ||

You are the beautiful earth with its mountains and forests, you are the clear sky with the sun that drives away all darkness. You are the great ocean with heaving billows and abounding in Timingilas, Timis, Makaras and various other fishes.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.15

महायशास्त्वमिति सदाऽभिपूज्यसे मनीषिभिर्मुदितमना महर्षिभिः। अभिष्टुतः पिबसि च सोममध्वरे वषट् कृतान्यपि च हवींषि भूतये॥

mahāyaśāstvamiti sadā'bhipūjyase manīṣibhirmuditamanā maharṣibhiḥ| abhiṣṭutaḥ pibasi ca somamadhvare vaṣaṭ kṛtānyapi ca havīṃṣi bhūtaye||

You are of renown, you are always adored by the wise and the great contemplative Rishis, you drink the Soma juice and the clarified butter offered with sacred invocation in the sacrifices.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 25.16

त्वं विप्रैः सततमिहेज्यसे फलार्थ वेदाङ्गेष्वतुलबलौघ गीयसे च। त्वद्धतोर्यजनपरायणा द्विजेन्द्रा वेदाङ्गान्यभिगमयन्ति सर्वयत्नैः॥

tvaṃ vipraiḥ satatamihejyase phalārtha vedāṅgeṣvatulabalaugha gīyase ca| tvaddhatoryajanaparāyaṇā dvijendrā vedāṅgānyabhigamayanti sarvayatnaiḥ||

You are always worshipped in the sacrifices by the Brahmanas, desirous of receiving fruits. O God of incomparable strength, you are sung in the Vedas. It is for this reason that the learned Brahmanas, engaged in sacrifices, study the Vedangas with all care."

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)