Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 164
MBh 2 164.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्मिन् नगेन्द्रे वसतां तु तेषां महात्मनां सद्बतमास्थितानाम्। रतिः प्रमोदश्च बभूव तेषामाकाङ्क्षतां दर्शनमर्जुनस्य॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tasmin nagendre vasatāṃ tu teṣāṃ mahātmanāṃ sadbatamāsthitānām| ratiḥ pramodaśca babhūva teṣāmākāṅkṣatāṃ darśanamarjunasya||
Vaishampayana said : Those noble-minded (Pandavas), the observers of pious vows, desirous of beholding Arjuna dwelling in that best of mountains, became passionately attached (to it) and got themselves amused.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.2
स्तेजस्विनः सत्यधृतिप्रधानान्। र्गन्धर्वसङ्घाश्च महर्षयश्च॥
stejasvinaḥ satyadhṛtipradhānān| rgandharvasaṅghāśca maharṣayaśca||
Numerous Gandharvas and Maharshis gladly came to those powerful and energetic ones of chaste desires-(princes), the foremost of those gifted with truth and fortitude.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.3
तं पादपैः पुष्पधरैरुपेतं नगोत्तमं प्राप्य महारथानाम्। मनःप्रसादः परमो बभूव यथा दिवं प्राप्य मरुद्गणानाम्॥
taṃ pādapaiḥ puṣpadharairupetaṃ nagottamaṃ prāpya mahārathānām| manaḥprasādaḥ paramo babhūva yathā divaṃ prāpya marudgaṇānām||
Getting to that excellent mountain, adorned with blossoming trees, those mighty carwarriors were supremely glad at heart as the Maruts on reaching the heavenly regions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.4
मयूरहंसस्वननादितानि पुष्पोपकीर्णानि महाचलस्य। शृङ्गाणि सानूनि च पश्यमाना गिरेः परं हर्षमवाप्य तस्थुः॥
mayūrahaṃsasvananāditāni puṣpopakīrṇāni mahācalasya| śṛṅgāṇi sānūni ca paśyamānā gireḥ paraṃ harṣamavāpya tasthuḥ||
Beholding the summit and the table-land of that mighty mountain, covered with flowers and ringing with the cries of peacocks and cranes, they remained there feeling great joy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.5
साक्षात् कुबेरेण कृताश्च तस्मिन् नगोत्तमे संवृतकूलरोधसः। कादम्बकारण्डवहंसजुष्टाः पद्माकुलाः पुष्करिणीरपश्यन्॥
sākṣāt kubereṇa kṛtāśca tasmin nagottame saṃvṛtakūlarodhasaḥ| kādambakāraṇḍavahaṃsajuṣṭāḥ padmākulāḥ puṣkariṇīrapaśyan||
On that excellent mountain they beheld tanks, excavated by Kubera himself, full of lotuses and frequented by Kadamvas, Karandavas and swans and with their banks covered with (trees).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.6
क्रीडाप्रदेशांश्च समृद्धरूपान् सुचित्रमाल्यावृतजातशोभान्। मणिप्रकीर्णाश्च मनोरमांश्च यथा भवेयुर्धनदस्य राज्ञः॥
krīḍāpradeśāṃśca samṛddharūpān sucitramālyāvṛtajātaśobhān| maṇiprakīrṇāśca manoramāṃśca yathā bhaveyurdhanadasya rājñaḥ||
(They beheld also) magnificent sporting grounds, pleasant to the mind and covered with arrays of beautiful and variegated garlands and studded with gems and suited to the taste of the king (Kubera), the giver of wealth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.7
अनेकवर्णश्च सुगन्धिभिश्च महाद्रुमैः संततमभ्रजालैः। तपःप्रधानाः सततं चरन्तः शृङ्गं गिरेश्चिन्तयितुं न शेकुः॥
anekavarṇaśca sugandhibhiśca mahādrumaiḥ saṃtatamabhrajālaiḥ| tapaḥpradhānāḥ satataṃ carantaḥ śṛṅgaṃ gireścintayituṃ na śekuḥ||
The best of ascetics, always wandering (there) could not (sufficiently) comprehended (the sublimity) of that mountain summit furnished as it was with various many-coloured trees and covered with masses of clouds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.8
स्वतेजसा तस्य नगोत्तमस्य महौषधीनां च तथा प्रभावात्। दहोनिशानां पुरुषप्रवी॥
svatejasā tasya nagottamasya mahauṣadhīnāṃ ca tathā prabhāvāt| dahoniśānāṃ puruṣapravī||
O great hero, by reason of the splendour of this excellent mountain itself and of the brilliancy of the annual herbs there was no difference between day and night.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.9
यमास्थितः स्थावरजङ्गमानि विभावसुर्भावयतेऽमितौजाः। स्तत्र स्थितास्ते ददृशुर्नृसिंहाः॥
yamāsthitaḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāni vibhāvasurbhāvayate'mitaujāḥ| statra sthitāste dadṛśurnṛsiṃhāḥ||
Those best of men saw the rising and setting of Vibhavasu of unrivalled splendour, while, dwelling in that mountain, remaining where he (the sun) nourishes all the mobile and the immobile (creatures).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.10
रवेस्तमिस्रागमनिर्गमांस्ते तथोदयं चास्तमनं च वीराः। समावृताः प्रेक्ष्य तमोनुदस्य गभस्तिजालैः प्रदिशो दिशश्च॥
ravestamisrāgamanirgamāṃste tathodayaṃ cāstamanaṃ ca vīrāḥ| samāvṛtāḥ prekṣya tamonudasya gabhastijālaiḥ pradiśo diśaśca||
Having witnessed the setting in and exit of darkness, the rising and the setting of the sun and all the cardinal points covered with his (sun's rays), those heroes,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.11
स्वाध्यायवन्तः सततक्रियाश्च धर्मप्रधानाश्च शुचिव्रताश्च। सत्ये स्थितास्तस्य महारथस्य सत्यव्रतस्यागमनप्रतीक्षाः॥
svādhyāyavantaḥ satatakriyāśca dharmapradhānāśca śucivratāśca| satye sthitāstasya mahārathasya satyavratasyāgamanapratīkṣāḥ||
Awaiting the arrival of that mighty carwarrior, firm in truth and of true vows, were engaged in reciting the Vedas, constantly practising rituals, chiefly discharging the religious duties and observing pure vows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.12
इहैव हर्षोऽस्तु समागतानां क्षिप्रं कृतास्त्रेणधनंजयेन। इति ब्रुवन्तः परमाशिषस्ते पार्थास्तपोयोगपरा बभूवुः॥
ihaiva harṣo'stu samāgatānāṃ kṣipraṃ kṛtāstreṇadhanaṃjayena| iti bruvantaḥ paramāśiṣaste pārthāstapoyogaparā babhūvuḥ||
Saying "let all those assembled experience joy by meeting speedily here with Arjuna skilled in arms," those highly blessed Parthas became absorbed in Yoga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.13
दृष्ट्वा विचित्राणि गिरौ वनानि किरीटिनं चिन्तयतामभीक्ष्णम्। बभूव रात्रिदिवसश्च तेषां संवत्सरेणैव समानरूपः॥
dṛṣṭvā vicitrāṇi girau vanāni kirīṭinaṃ cintayatāmabhīkṣṇam| babhūva rātridivasaśca teṣāṃ saṃvatsareṇaiva samānarūpaḥ||
Inspite of beholding many romantic forests on the mountain, as they could not help constantly thinking of Arjuna, every day and night appeared to them (long) as a year.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.14
यदैवधौम्यानुमते महात्मा कृत्वा जटां प्रव्रजित: स जिष्णुः। तदैव तेषां न बभूव हर्षः कुतो रतिस्तद्गतमानसानाम्॥
yadaivadhaumyānumate mahātmā kṛtvā jaṭāṃ pravrajita: sa jiṣṇuḥ| tadaiva teṣāṃ na babhūva harṣaḥ kuto ratistadgatamānasānām||
From that very moment when the nobleminded Vishnu, with Dhaumya's leave, matting his hair, went abroad, they (Pandavas) did not experience joy. How could they, lost in his thought, experience any happiness there (on that mountain however romantic it might be)?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.15
भ्रातुर्नियोगात् तु युधिष्ठिरस्य वनादसौ वारणमत्तगामी। स्तदैव ते शोकहता बभूवुः॥
bhrāturniyogāt tu yudhiṣṭhirasya vanādasau vāraṇamattagāmī| stadaiva te śokahatā babhūvuḥ||
Since the very moment when in accordance with the command of his brother Yudhishthira, Vishnu, endowed with the gait of an elephant (with exuberance of spirits), left the forest Kamyaka they became buried in deep sorrow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.16
मस्त्रार्थिनं वासवमभ्युपेतम्।। स्तस्मिन् नगे भारत भारतानाम्॥
mastrārthinaṃ vāsavamabhyupetam|| stasmin nage bhārata bhāratānām||
O Bharata, in this way the Bharatas passed a month with great difficulty on that mountain thinking of Sitasvha Arjuna, who had gone to Vasava, desirous of learning the (science of) arims.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.17
उषित्वा पञ्च वर्षाणि सहस्राक्षनिवेशने। अवाप्य दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वाणि विबुधेश्वरात्॥
uṣitvā pañca varṣāṇi sahasrākṣaniveśane| avāpya divyānyastrāṇi sarvāṇi vibudheśvarāt||
(On the other hand) dwelling five years in the abode of the thousand-cyed (Indra) and from that lord of the celestials obtaining all the heavenly weapons,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.18
आग्नेयं वारुणं सौम्यं वायव्यपथ वैष्णवम्। ऐन्द्रं पाशुपतं ब्राह्मं पारमेष्ठ्यं प्रजापतेः॥
āgneyaṃ vāruṇaṃ saumyaṃ vāyavyapatha vaiṣṇavam| aindraṃ pāśupataṃ brāhmaṃ pārameṣṭhyaṃ prajāpateḥ||
(Namely) those of Agni, Varuna, Soma, Bhrigu, Vishnu, Indra, Pashupati, Brahma, Parameshthi, Prajapati,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.19
यमस्यधातुः सवितुस्त्वष्टुर्वैश्रवणस्य च। तानि प्राप्य सहस्राक्षादभिवाद्य शतक्रतुम्॥
yamasyadhātuḥ savitustvaṣṭurvaiśravaṇasya ca| tāni prāpya sahasrākṣādabhivādya śatakratum||
Yama, Dhata, Savita, Tashta and Vaisravana and getting these weapons, paying homage to the performer of hundred sacrifices.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 164.20
अनुज्ञातस्तदा तेन कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम्। आगच्छदर्जुनः प्रीतः प्रहृष्टो गन्धमादनम्॥
anujñātastadā tena kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam| āgacchadarjunaḥ prītaḥ prahṛṣṭo gandhamādanam||
And going round him, Arjuna with his permission, returned Gandhamadana delighted and fully pleased.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)