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Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 174

MBh 2 174.1

अर्जुन उवाच ततो मामतिविश्वस्तं संरूढशरविक्षतम्। देवराजो विगृह्येदं काले वचनमब्रवीत्॥

arjuna uvāca tato māmativiśvastaṃ saṃrūḍhaśaravikṣatam| devarājo vigṛhyedaṃ kāle vacanamabravīt||

Arjuna said : Then the lord of the gods, seeing me, highly faithful and wounded with a arrows and acknowledging me as his own, duly spoke these words. me

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

MBh 2 174.2

दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वाणि त्वयि तिष्ठन्ति भारत। न त्वाभिभवितुं शक्तो मानुषो भुवि कश्चन॥

divyānyastrāṇi sarvāṇi tvayi tiṣṭhanti bhārata| na tvābhibhavituṃ śakto mānuṣo bhuvi kaścana||

"O Bharata, all the celestials weapons are with you; (therefore) no mortal on earth shall by any means be capable of conquering you.

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

MBh 2 174.3

भीष्मो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णः शकुनिः सह राजभिः। संग्रामस्थस्य ते पुत्र कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्॥

bhīṣmo droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniḥ saha rājabhiḥ| saṃgrāmasthasya te putra kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm||

O son, when you will be engaged in battle, Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Karma, Shakuni, together with (other) kings, shall not approach (in strength) a sixteenth part of yours."

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

MBh 2 174.4

इदं च मे तनुत्राणं प्रायच्छन्मघवान् प्रभुः। अभेद्यं कवचं दिव्यं स्रजं चैव हिरण्मयीम्॥

idaṃ ca me tanutrāṇaṃ prāyacchanmaghavān prabhuḥ| abhedyaṃ kavacaṃ divyaṃ srajaṃ caiva hiraṇmayīm||

The lord Maghavan gave this impenetrable celestials armour capable of protecting the body, this golden garland,

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

MBh 2 174.5

देवदत्तं च मे शङ्ख पुनः प्रादान्महारवम्। दिव्यं चेदं किरीटं मे स्वयमिन्द्रो युयोज ह॥

devadattaṃ ca me śaṅkha punaḥ prādānmahāravam| divyaṃ cedaṃ kirīṭaṃ me svayamindro yuyoja ha||

And also this conch, Devadatta, emitting forth loud roars. (And) Indra himself fixed this coronet (on my head).

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

MBh 2 174.6

ततो दिव्यानि वस्त्राणि दिव्यान्याभरणानि च। प्रादाच्छक्रो ममैतानि रुचिराणि बृहन्ति च॥

tato divyāni vastrāṇi divyānyābharaṇāni ca| prādācchakro mamaitāni rucirāṇi bṛhanti ca||

Shakra then granted me these precious and beautiful celestials garments and these hcavenly ornaments.

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

MBh 2 174.7

एवं सम्पूजितस्तत्र सुखमसम्युषितो नृप। इन्द्रस्य भवने पुण्ये गन्धर्वशिशुभिः सह॥

evaṃ sampūjitastatra sukhamasamyuṣito nṛpa| indrasya bhavane puṇye gandharvaśiśubhiḥ saha||

Thus, O king, duly honoured, I dwelt cheerfully in the abode of Indra with the children of the Gandharvas.

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

MBh 2 174.8

ततो मामब्रवीच्छक्रः प्रीतिमानमरैः सह। समयोऽर्जुन गन्तुं ते भ्रातरो हि स्मरन्ति ते॥

tato māmabravīcchakraḥ prītimānamaraiḥ saha| samayo'rjuna gantuṃ te bhrātaro hi smaranti te||

Then Shakra, well pleased, unanimously with the immortals spoke to me: “O Arjuna, the time for your departure has (now) arrived, your brothers are thinking of you.”

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

MBh 2 174.9

एवमिन्द्रस्य भवने पञ्च वर्षाणि भारत। उषितानि मया राजन् स्मरता द्यूतजं कलिम्॥

evamindrasya bhavane pañca varṣāṇi bhārata| uṣitāni mayā rājan smaratā dyūtajaṃ kalim||

Thus, O monarch, remembering the troubles brought on (us) by gambling I passed (these) five years in the abode of Indra.

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

MBh 2 174.10

ततो भवन्तमद्राक्षं भ्रातृभिः परिवारितम्। गन्धमादनपादस्य पर्वतस्यास्य मूर्धनि।॥

tato bhavantamadrākṣaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritam| gandhamādanapādasya parvatasyāsya mūrdhani|||

Then did I behold you surrounded by (my other) brothers on the summit of the lower range of the mountain Gandhamadana.

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

MBh 2 174.11

युधिष्ठिर उवाच दिष्ट्याधनंजयास्त्राणि त्वया प्राप्तानि भारत। दिष्ट्या चाराधितो राजा देवानामीश्वरः प्रभुः॥

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca diṣṭyādhanaṃjayāstrāṇi tvayā prāptāni bhārata| diṣṭyā cārādhito rājā devānāmīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ||

Yudhishthira said: O Dhananjaya, fortunately you have obtained these celestials weapons and it is by good luck too, that you have worshipped the lord king of the celestials.

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

MBh 2 174.12

दिष्ट्या च भगवान् स्थाणुर्देव्या सह परंतप। साक्षाद् दृष्टः स्वयुद्धेन तोषितश्च त्वयानघ॥

diṣṭyā ca bhagavān sthāṇurdevyā saha paraṃtapa| sākṣād dṛṣṭaḥ svayuddhena toṣitaśca tvayānagha||

And luckily, O tormentor of foes, O sinless being, you have beheld that very god, Sthanu himself, together with the goddess and pleased them by fighting

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

MBh 2 174.13

दिष्ट्या च लोकपालैस्त्वं समेतो भरतर्षभ। दिष्ट्या वर्धामहे पार्थ दिष्ट्यासि पुनरागतः॥

diṣṭyā ca lokapālaistvaṃ sameto bharatarṣabha| diṣṭyā vardhāmahe pārtha diṣṭyāsi punarāgataḥ||

And O the best of the Bharatas, luckily it is that you have obtained an interview with the Lokapalas. It is because you are fortunate that we have prospered and fortunately you have come back.

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

MBh 2 174.14

अद्य कृत्स्नां महीं देवीं विजितां पुरमालिनीम्। मन्ये च धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रानपि वशीकृतान्॥

adya kṛtsnāṃ mahīṃ devīṃ vijitāṃ puramālinīm| manye ca dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrānapi vaśīkṛtān||

Today do I consider the entire earth, adorned with cities, as conquered and the sons of Dhritarashtra as subdued.

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

MBh 2 174.15

इच्छामि तानि चास्त्राणि द्रष्टुं दिव्यानि भारत। यैस्तथा वीर्यवन्तस्ते निवातकवचा हताः॥

icchāmi tāni cāstrāṇi draṣṭuṃ divyāni bhārata| yaistathā vīryavantaste nivātakavacā hatāḥ||

O Bharata, (now) I wish to see those celestials weapons by means of which you destroyed the powerful Nivatakavachas.

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

MBh 2 174.16

अर्जुन उवाच श्वः प्रभाते भवान् द्रष्टा दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वशः। निवातकवचा घोरा यैर्मया विनिपातिताः॥

arjuna uvāca śvaḥ prabhāte bhavān draṣṭā divyānyastrāṇi sarvaśaḥ| nivātakavacā ghorā yairmayā vinipātitāḥ||

Arjuna said : You will behold tomorrow morning all those celestials weapons whereby the Nivatakavachas were slain.

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

MBh 2 174.17

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमागमनं तत्र कथयित्वाधनंजयः। भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वै रजनी तामुवास ह॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca evamāgamanaṃ tatra kathayitvādhanaṃjayaḥ| bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvai rajanī tāmuvāsa ha||

Vaishampayana said : Having thus related the events in connection with his arrival there, Dhananjaya passed that night there together with all his brothers.

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