Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 30
MBh 1 30.1
सौतिरुवाच स्पृष्टमात्रा तु पद्भ्यां सा गरुडेन बलीयसा। अभज्यत तरोः शाखां भग्नां चैकामधारयत्॥
sautiruvāca spṛṣṭamātrā tu padbhyāṃ sā garuḍena balīyasā| abhajyata taroḥ śākhāṃ bhagnāṃ caikāmadhārayat||
Sauti said: The moment the branch of the tree was touched by the greatly powerful Garuda with his feet, it broke down. As it was about to fall, it was caught by him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.2
तां भक्त्वा स महाशाखां स्मयमानो विलोकयन्। अथात्र लम्बतोऽपश्यद्वालखिल्यानधोमुखान्॥ ॥
tāṃ bhaktvā sa mahāśākhāṃ smayamāno vilokayan| athātra lambato'paśyadvālakhilyānadhomukhān|| ||
As he cast his eyes in wonder on the broken branch of the tree, he saw that the Valakhilya Rishis were hanging form it, with their heads downwards.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.3
ऋषयो ह्यत्र लम्बन्ते न हन्यामिति तानृषीन्। तपोरतान्लम्बमानान्ब्रह्मर्षीनभिवीक्ष्य सः॥
ṛṣayo hyatra lambante na hanyāmiti tānṛṣīn| taporatānlambamānānbrahmarṣīnabhivīkṣya saḥ||
Having seen the holy Rishis thus suspended, he said to himself, “These Rishis of great penances must not be killed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.4
हन्यादेतान्संपतन्ती शाखेत्यथ विचिन्त्य सः। नखैदूंढतरं वीरः संगृह्य गजकच्छपौ॥
hanyādetānsaṃpatantī śākhetyatha vicintya saḥ| nakhaidūṃḍhataraṃ vīraḥ saṃgṛhya gajakacchapau||
If the bough fell down, the Rishis will be killed.” Reflecting thus, the mighty bird held more firmly the elephant and the tortoise.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.5
स तद्विनाशसंत्रासादभिपत्य खगाधिपः। शाखामास्येन जग्राह तेषामेवान्ववेक्षया॥
sa tadvināśasaṃtrāsādabhipatya khagādhipaḥ| śākhāmāsyena jagrāha teṣāmevānvavekṣayā||
The king of birds, from the fear of killing the Rishis and from the desire of saving them held the bough in his beaks and rose on his wings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.6
अतिदैवं तु तत्तस्य कर्म दृष्ट्वा महर्षयः। विस्मयोत्कम्पहृदया नाम चक्रुर्महाखगे॥
atidaivaṃ tu tattasya karma dṛṣṭvā maharṣayaḥ| vismayotkampahṛdayā nāma cakrurmahākhage||
The great Rishis, seeing this act which was beyond the powers of the celestials, was filled with wonder and they gave the great bird a name.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.7
गुरुं भारं समासाद्यड्डीन एष विहंगमः। गरुडस्तु खगश्रेष्ठस्तस्मात्पन्नगभोजनः॥
guruṃ bhāraṃ samāsādyaḍḍīna eṣa vihaṃgamaḥ| garuḍastu khagaśreṣṭhastasmātpannagabhojanaḥ||
They said "As this great bird rises on its wings with a heavy burden, let the best of the birds, the eater of snakes, be called Garuda.”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.8
ततः शनैः पर्यपतत्पक्षैः शैलाप्रकम्पयन्। एवं सोऽभ्यपतद्देशान्बहून्सगजकच्छपः॥
tataḥ śanaiḥ paryapatatpakṣaiḥ śailāprakampayan| evaṃ so'bhyapataddeśānbahūnsagajakacchapaḥ||
Then shaking the mountains, the bird with the elephant and tortoise, slowly moved onward in the sky and when he was thus going he saw many countries underneath.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.9
दयार्थं बालखिल्यानां न च स्थानमविन्दत। स गत्वा पर्वतश्रेष्ठं गन्धमादनमञ्जसा॥
dayārthaṃ bālakhilyānāṃ na ca sthānamavindata| sa gatvā parvataśreṣṭhaṃ gandhamādanamañjasā||
Wishing to save the Valakhilyas he could not find a (proper) place to sit on. At last he went to that best of mountains, called Gandhamadana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.10
ददर्श कश्यपं तत्र पितरं तपसि स्थितम्। ददर्श तं पिता चापि दिव्यरूपं विहंगमम्॥
dadarśa kaśyapaṃ tatra pitaraṃ tapasi sthitam| dadarśa taṃ pitā cāpi divyarūpaṃ vihaṃgamam||
There he saw his father, Kashyapa, engaged in ascetic devotions. His father also saw that great bird of divine form.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.11
तेजोवीर्यबलोपेतं मनोमारुतरंहसम्। शैल,ङ्गप्रतीकाशं ब्रह्मदण्डमिवोद्यतम्॥
tejovīryabalopetaṃ manomārutaraṃhasam| śaila,ṅgapratīkāśaṃ brahmadaṇḍamivodyatam||
And of great splendour, strength and energy, as swift as the wind or the mind, huge as a mountain peak, a ready smiter as a curse of a Brahmana,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.12
अचिन्त्यमनभिध्येयं सर्वभूतभयंकरम्। महावीर्यधरं रौद्रं साक्षादग्निमिवोद्यतम्॥
acintyamanabhidhyeyaṃ sarvabhūtabhayaṃkaram| mahāvīryadharaṃ raudraṃ sākṣādagnimivodyatam||
Inconceivable, indescribable, fearful to all creatures possessed of great powers, terrible, as full of splendour as Agni himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.13
अप्रधृष्यमजेयं च देवदानवराक्षसैः। भेत्तारं गिरिशृङ्गाणां समुद्रजलशोषणम्॥
apradhṛṣyamajeyaṃ ca devadānavarākṣasaiḥ| bhettāraṃ giriśṛṅgāṇāṃ samudrajalaśoṣaṇam||
Incapable of being overcome by the Devas and Danavas, capable of splitting mountains and of sucking the ocean,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.14
लोकसंलोडनं घोरं कृतान्तसमदर्शनम्। तमागतमभिप्रेक्ष्य भगवान्कश्यपस्तदा। विदित्वा चास्य संकल्पमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
lokasaṃloḍanaṃ ghoraṃ kṛtāntasamadarśanam| tamāgatamabhiprekṣya bhagavānkaśyapastadā| viditvā cāsya saṃkalpamidaṃ vacanamabravīt||
Capable of destroying the three worlds and as fierce-looking as Yama himself. The greatly illustrious Kashyapa, seeing him approach and knowing his intention, thus addressed him,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.15
कश्यप उवाच पुत्र मा साहसं कार्षीर्मा सद्यो लप्स्यसे व्यथाम्। मा त्वां दहेयुः संक्रुद्धा वालखिल्या मरीचिपाः॥
kaśyapa uvāca putra mā sāhasaṃ kārṣīrmā sadyo lapsyase vyathām| mā tvāṃ daheyuḥ saṃkruddhā vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ||
Kashyapa said : My son, do not commit a rash act, for you will then have to suffer pain. The Valakhilyas, that support on the rays of the sun, if angry, can blast you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.16
सौतिरुवाच ततः प्रसादयामास कश्यपः पुत्रकारणात्। वालखिल्यान्महाभागांतपसा हतकल्मषान्॥
sautiruvāca tataḥ prasādayāmāsa kaśyapaḥ putrakāraṇāt| vālakhilyānmahābhāgāṃtapasā hatakalmaṣān||
Sauti said: Therefore, Kashyapa for the snake of his son, propitiated the very glorious, exceedingly ascetic and sinless Valakhilyas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.17
कश्यप उवाच प्रजाहितार्थमारम्भो गरुडस्य तपोधनाः। चिकीर्षति महत्कर्म तदनुज्ञातुमर्हथ॥
kaśyapa uvāca prajāhitārthamārambho garuḍasya tapodhanāḥ| cikīrṣati mahatkarma tadanujñātumarhatha||
Kashyapa said : O great Rishis, the action of Garuda is for the good of all creatures. He is trying to accomplish a great act and therefore, you should give him permission.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.18
सौतिरुवाच एवमुक्ता भगवता मुनयस्ते समभ्ययुः। मुक्त्वा शाखां गिरिं पुण्यं हिमवन्तंतपोऽर्थिनः॥
sautiruvāca evamuktā bhagavatā munayaste samabhyayuḥ| muktvā śākhāṃ giriṃ puṇyaṃ himavantaṃtapo'rthinaḥ||
Sauti said: The great ascetics, having been thus addressed by the illustrious Kashyapa, quitting the bough, went to the sacred Himalayas to observe ascetic penances.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.19
ततस्तेष्वपयातेषु पितरं विनतासुतः। शाखाव्याक्षिप्तवदनः पर्यपृच्छत कश्यपम्॥
tatasteṣvapayāteṣu pitaraṃ vinatāsutaḥ| śākhāvyākṣiptavadanaḥ paryapṛcchata kaśyapam||
When the Rishis went away, the son of Vinata, his voice choked by the bough in his beaks, asked his father Kashyapa,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.20
भगवन्क्व विमुञ्चामि तरोः शाखामिमामहम्। वर्जितं मानुषैर्देशमाख्यातु भगवान्मम॥
bhagavankva vimuñcāmi taroḥ śākhāmimāmaham| varjitaṃ mānuṣairdeśamākhyātu bhagavānmama||
"O illustrious one, where stall I throw this great bough of the tree? O illustrious one, point me a place free from men."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.21
ततो निःपुरुषं शैलं हिमसंरुद्धकन्दरम्। अगम्यं मनसाप्यन्यैस्तस्याचख्यौ स कश्यपः॥
tato niḥpuruṣaṃ śailaṃ himasaṃruddhakandaram| agamyaṃ manasāpyanyaistasyācakhyau sa kaśyapaḥ||
Kashyapa told him of a mountain without human beings, with caves and dales, always covered with snow and inaccessible by ordinary men even in thought.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.22
तं पर्वतं महाकुक्षिमुद्दिश्य स महाखगः! जवेनाभ्यपतत्तार्क्ष्य: सशाखागजकच्छपः॥
taṃ parvataṃ mahākukṣimuddiśya sa mahākhagaḥ! javenābhyapatattārkṣya: saśākhāgajakacchapaḥ||
The great bird, carrying the bough, the elephant and the tortoise, proceeded in great speed towards that mountain of broad waist.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.23
न तां वध्री परिणहेच्छतचर्मा महातनुम्। शाखिनो महतीं शाखां यां प्रगृह्य ययौ खगः॥
na tāṃ vadhrī pariṇahecchatacarmā mahātanum| śākhino mahatīṃ śākhāṃ yāṃ pragṛhya yayau khagaḥ||
The great bough with which the huge bird flew away could be girt round with a cord made of a hundred hides.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.24
स ततः शतसाहस्रं योजनान्तरमागतः। कालेन नातिमहता गरुडः पतगेश्वरः॥
sa tataḥ śatasāhasraṃ yojanāntaramāgataḥ| kālena nātimahatā garuḍaḥ patageśvaraḥ||
The king of the birds, Garuda, flew away one hundred thousand Yojanas in the shortest time.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.25
स तं गत्वा क्षणेनैव पर्वतं वचनापितुः। अमुञ्चन्महतीं शाखां सस्वनं तत्र खेचरः॥
sa taṃ gatvā kṣaṇenaiva parvataṃ vacanāpituḥ| amuñcanmahatīṃ śākhāṃ sasvanaṃ tatra khecaraḥ||
Going almost within a moment to the mountains as directed by his father, the bird let fall the great bough. And it fell with a great noise.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.26
पक्षानिलहतश्चास्य प्राकम्पत स शैलराट्। मुमोच पुष्पवर्षं च समागलितपादपः॥
pakṣānilahataścāsya prākampata sa śailarāṭ| mumoca puṣpavarṣaṃ ca samāgalitapādapaḥ||
That king of the mountains trembled, having been struck with the storm, raised by Garuda's wings. The trees thereon dropped showers of flowers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.27
शृङ्गाणि च व्यशीर्यन्त गिरेस्तस्य समन्ततः। मणिकाञ्चनचित्राणि शोभयन्ति महागिरिम्॥
śṛṅgāṇi ca vyaśīryanta girestasya samantataḥ| maṇikāñcanacitrāṇi śobhayanti mahāgirim||
And the peaks of that great mountain, decked with gems and gold, were loosened and fell down on all sides.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.28
शाखिनो बहवश्चापि शाखायाऽभिहतास्तया। काञ्चनैः कुसुमैर्भान्त विद्युत्त्वन्त इवाम्बुदाः॥
śākhino bahavaścāpi śākhāyā'bhihatāstayā| kāñcanaiḥ kusumairbhānta vidyuttvanta ivāmbudāḥ||
The falling bough struck down many trees, which, with golden flowers amid their dark leaves, looked like clouds charged with lightning.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.29
ते हेमविकचा भूमौ युताः पर्वतधातुभिः। व्यराजञ्छाखिनस्तत्र सूर्यांशुप्रतिरञ्जिताः॥
te hemavikacā bhūmau yutāḥ parvatadhātubhiḥ| vyarājañchākhinastatra sūryāṃśupratirañjitāḥ||
And these trees, bright as gold, falling down upon the ground and dyed with the mountain metals, looked as if they were bathed in the rays of the sun.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.30
ततस्तस्य गिरेः शृङ्गमास्थाय स खगोत्तमः। भक्षयामास गरुडस्तावुभौ गजकच्छपौ॥
tatastasya gireḥ śṛṅgamāsthāya sa khagottamaḥ| bhakṣayāmāsa garuḍastāvubhau gajakacchapau||
Then the best of birds sat on the summit of that mountain and ate both the elephant and the tortoise.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.31
तावुभौ भक्षयित्वा तु स तायः कूर्मकुञ्जरौ। ततः पर्वतकूटाग्रादुत्पपात महाजवः॥
tāvubhau bhakṣayitvā tu sa tāyaḥ kūrmakuñjarau| tataḥ parvatakūṭāgrādutpapāta mahājavaḥ||
The son of Tarkshya (Garuda), having thus eaten the elephant and the tortoise, rose on his wings from the top of that mountain summit.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.32
प्रावर्तन्ताथ देवानामुत्पाताभयशंसिनः। इन्द्रस्य वज्रं दयितं प्रजज्वाल भयात्ततः॥
prāvartantātha devānāmutpātābhayaśaṃsinaḥ| indrasya vajraṃ dayitaṃ prajajvāla bhayāttataḥ||
Various evil omens appeared before the celestial foreboding fear. Indra's thunder-bolt blazed up in a fright.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.33
सधूमा न्यपतत्सार्चिर्दिवोल्का नभसश्च्युता। तथा वसूनां रुद्राणामादित्यानां च सर्वशः॥ साध्यानां मरुतां चैव ये चान्ये देवतागणाः। स्वं स्वं प्रहरणं तेषां परस्परमुपाद्रवत्॥
sadhūmā nyapatatsārcirdivolkā nabhasaścyutā| tathā vasūnāṃ rudrāṇāmādityānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ|| sādhyānāṃ marutāṃ caiva ye cānye devatāgaṇāḥ| svaṃ svaṃ praharaṇaṃ teṣāṃ parasparamupādravat||
Meteors with flames and smoke, loosened from the welkin, shot down during the day; and the weapons of the Vasus, the Rudras, la Adityas, the Sadhyas, the Maruts and of all other classes of celestials began to fight among one another.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.34
अभूतपूर्वं संग्रामे तदा देवासुरेऽपि च। वदुर्वाताः सनिर्घाता: पेतुरुल्काः सहस्रशः॥
abhūtapūrvaṃ saṃgrāme tadā devāsure'pi ca| vadurvātāḥ sanirghātā: peturulkāḥ sahasraśaḥ||
Such things had never happened, not even during the war between the Devas and the Danavas. The winds blew with thunder; meteors fell in thousands;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.35
निरभ्रमेव चाकाशं प्रजगर्न महास्वनम्। देवानामपि यो देवः सोऽप्यवर्षत शोणितम्॥
nirabhrameva cākāśaṃ prajagarna mahāsvanam| devānāmapi yo devaḥ so'pyavarṣata śoṇitam||
The cloudless sky made a tremendous roar. Even he who was the god of the gods, dropped blood,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.36
मम्लुर्माल्यानि देवानां नेशुस्तेजांसि चैव हि। उत्पातमेघा रौद्राश्च ववृषुः शोणितं बहु॥
mamlurmālyāni devānāṃ neśustejāṃsi caiva hi| utpātameghā raudrāśca vavṛṣuḥ śoṇitaṃ bahu||
The garlands in the necks of the celestials grew pale and dim and their splendour was lost. And terrible masses of clouds vomited thick showers of blood.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.37
रजांसि मुकुटान्येषामुत्थिानि व्यघर्षयन्। ततस्त्राससमुद्विग्नः सह देवैः शतऋतुः। उत्पातान्दारुणान्पश्यन्नित्युवाच बृहस्पतिम्॥
rajāṃsi mukuṭānyeṣāmutthiāni vyagharṣayan| tatastrāsasamudvignaḥ saha devaiḥ śataṛtuḥ| utpātāndāruṇānpaśyannityuvāca bṛhaspatim||
The dust, raised by the winds, darkened the splendour of the coronets worn by the celestial. Thereupon, Indra with the other celestials, perplexed with fear on account of these evil omens, addressed Brihaspati thus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.38
इन्द्र उवाच किमर्थं भगवन्योरा उत्पाताः सहसोस्थिताः। न च शत्रु प्रपश्यामि युधि यो नः प्रधर्षयेत्॥
indra uvāca kimarthaṃ bhagavanyorā utpātāḥ sahasosthitāḥ| na ca śatru prapaśyāmi yudhi yo naḥ pradharṣayet||
Indra said : O illustrious one, why have these great disasters suddenly arisen? I do not see any enemy who will oppress us in a war.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.39
बृहस्पतिरुवाच तवापराधाद्देवेन्द्र प्रमादाच्च शतक्रतो। तपसा बालखिल्यानां महर्षीणां महात्मनाम्॥
bṛhaspatiruvāca tavāparādhāddevendra pramādācca śatakrato| tapasā bālakhilyānāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām||
Brihaspati said : O king of the celestials, O Shatakratu, it is from your carelessness and from your fault and owing to the penances of the illustrious Rishi Valakhilyas,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.40
कश्यपस्य मुनेः पुत्रो विनतायाश्च खेचरः। हर्तुं सोममभिप्राप्तो बलवान्कामरूपधृक्॥
kaśyapasya muneḥ putro vinatāyāśca khecaraḥ| hartuṃ somamabhiprāpto balavānkāmarūpadhṛk||
That the son of the Rishi Kashyapa and Vinata, the great bird, capable of assuming any form at will, is coming to take away the Soma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.41
समर्थो बलिना श्रेष्ठो हर्तुं सोमं विहंगमः। सर्वं संभवायाम्यस्मिन्नसाध्यमपि साधयेत्॥
samartho balinā śreṣṭho hartuṃ somaṃ vihaṃgamaḥ| sarvaṃ saṃbhavāyāmyasminnasādhyamapi sādhayet||
And the strongest of all the strong, that bird is capable of taking away the Soma. Everything is possible in him. He can achieve even the unachievable.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.42
सौतिरुवाच श्रुत्वैतद्वचनं शक्रः प्रोवाचामृतरक्षिणः। महावीर्यबल: पक्षी हर्तुं सोममिहोद्यतः॥
sautiruvāca śrutvaitadvacanaṃ śakraḥ provācāmṛtarakṣiṇaḥ| mahāvīryabala: pakṣī hartuṃ somamihodyataḥ||
Sauti said : Having heard this, Indra spoke to those that guarded the Ambrosia, "A greatly powerful bird has determined to take away the Soma;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.43
युष्मान्संबोधयाम्येष यया न स हरेबलात्। अतुलं हि बलं तस्य बृहस्पतिरुवाच ह॥
yuṣmānsaṃbodhayāmyeṣa yayā na sa harebalāt| atulaṃ hi balaṃ tasya bṛhaspatiruvāca ha||
I warn you beforehand, so that he may not succeed in taking it by force. Brihaspati has told me that his strength is matchless."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.44
तच्छ्रुत्वा विबुधा वाक्यं विस्मिता यत्नमास्थिताः। परिवार्यामृतं तस्थुर्वज्री चेन्द्रः प्रतापवान्॥
tacchrutvā vibudhā vākyaṃ vismitā yatnamāsthitāḥ| parivāryāmṛtaṃ tasthurvajrī cendraḥ pratāpavān||
The celestials, when they heard it, were astonished and they took precautions. They stood surrounding the Ambrosia and the greatly powerful Indra stood with them, thunder-bolt in hand.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.45
धारयन्तो विचित्राणि काञ्चनानि मनस्विनः। कवचानि महार्हाणि वैदूर्यविकृतानि च॥
dhārayanto vicitrāṇi kāñcanāni manasvinaḥ| kavacāni mahārhāṇi vaidūryavikṛtāni ca||
The celestials wore wonderful and greatly valuable breast-plates of gold, set with gems;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.46
चर्माण्यपि च गात्रेषु भानुमन्ति दृढानि च। विविधानि च शस्त्राणि घोररूपाण्यनेकशः॥
carmāṇyapi ca gātreṣu bhānumanti dṛḍhāni ca| vividhāni ca śastrāṇi ghorarūpāṇyanekaśaḥ||
They wore bright leather arīnours of great toughness and wielded various sharp weapons of terrible forms,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.47
शिततीक्ष्णाग्रधाराणि समुद्यम्य सुरोत्तमाः। सविस्फुलिङ्गज्वालानि सधूमानि च सर्वशः॥
śitatīkṣṇāgradhārāṇi samudyamya surottamāḥ| savisphuliṅgajvālāni sadhūmāni ca sarvaśaḥ||
All emitting fire with smoke and all raised up by the best of the celestials.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.48
चक्राणि परिघांश्चैव त्रिशूलानि परश्वधान्। शक्तीश्च विविधास्तीक्ष्णा: करवालांश्च निर्मलान्। स्वदेहरूपाण्यादाय गदाश्चोग्रप्रदर्शनाः॥
cakrāṇi parighāṃścaiva triśūlāni paraśvadhān| śaktīśca vividhāstīkṣṇā: karavālāṃśca nirmalān| svadeharūpāṇyādāya gadāścograpradarśanāḥ||
They were armed with many discusses, iron maces, spikes, lances, tridents, battle-axes and various other sharp-pointed missiles, polished swords and maces of terrible forms, all suited to their respective bodies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.49
तैः शस्त्रैर्भानुमद्भिस्ते दिव्याभरणभूषिताः। भानुमन्तः सुरगणास्तस्थुर्विगतकल्मषाः॥
taiḥ śastrairbhānumadbhiste divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ| bhānumantaḥ suragaṇāstasthurvigatakalmaṣāḥ||
Armed with these bright weapons and adorned with all celestial ornaments, the celestials, having their fear allayed, waited there (ready to meet Garuda).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.50
अनुपमबलवीर्यतजेसो धृतमनसः परिरक्षणेऽमृतस्य। असुरपुरविदारणाः सुरा ज्वलनसमिद्धवपु:प्रकाशिनः॥
anupamabalavīryatajeso dhṛtamanasaḥ parirakṣaṇe'mṛtasya| asurapuravidāraṇāḥ surā jvalanasamiddhavapu:prakāśinaḥ||
The celestials of matchless strength, energy and splendour, capable of splitting the cities of the Asuras, displayed themselves in forms resplendent as the blazing fire; they all resolved to protect the Ambrosia (at all hazard).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 1 30.51
इति समरवरं सुराः स्थितास्ते परिघसहस्रशतैः समाकुलम्। विगलितमिव चाम्बरान्तरं तपनमरीचिविकाशितं बभासे॥
iti samaravaraṃ surāḥ sthitāste parighasahasraśataiḥ samākulam| vigalitamiva cāmbarāntaraṃ tapanamarīcivikāśitaṃ babhāse||
And in consequence of the celestials standing there and owing to hundreds of thousands of maces furnished with iron spokes, that battle-field looked like another firmament illuminated by the rays of the sun.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)