Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 177
MBh 2 177.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच नगोत्तमं प्रस्रवणैरुपेतं दिशां गजैः किन्नरपक्षिभिश्च। सुखं निवासं जहतां हि तेषां न प्रीतिरासीद् भरतर्षभाणाम्॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca nagottamaṃ prasravaṇairupetaṃ diśāṃ gajaiḥ kinnarapakṣibhiśca| sukhaṃ nivāsaṃ jahatāṃ hi teṣāṃ na prītirāsīd bharatarṣabhāṇām||
Vaishampayana said : Those foremost of the Bharatas, on leaving their delightful abode on that excellent mountain with waterfalls, the elephants of eight quarters, the Kinnaras and birds, were not happy at heart.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.2
ततस्तु तेषां पुनरेव हर्षः कैलासमालोक्य महान् बभूव। कुबेरकान्तं भरतर्षभाणां महीधरं वारिधरप्रकाशम्॥
tatastu teṣāṃ punareva harṣaḥ kailāsamālokya mahān babhūva| kuberakāntaṃ bharatarṣabhāṇāṃ mahīdharaṃ vāridharaprakāśam||
But those best of the Bharatas again experienced a great delight on beholding the favourite mountain of Kubera, the Kailasa looking (white as the clouds).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.3
समुच्छ्रयान् पर्वतसंनिरोधरान् गोष्ठान् हरीणां गिरिसेतुमालाः। बहून् प्रपातांश्च समीक्ष्य वीराः स्थलानि निम्नानि च तत्र तत्र॥ तथैव चान्यानि महावनानि मृगद्विजानेकपसेवितानि। स्तेधन्विनः खड्गधरा नरावयाः॥
samucchrayān parvatasaṃnirodharān goṣṭhān harīṇāṃ girisetumālāḥ| bahūn prapātāṃśca samīkṣya vīrāḥ sthalāni nimnāni ca tatra tatra|| tathaiva cānyāni mahāvanāni mṛgadvijānekapasevitāni| stedhanvinaḥ khaḍgadharā narāvayāḥ||
And those heroes, the excellent of mortals, armed with bows and swords, felt a great delight, beholding (on their way) elevations and defiles, dens of lions, rows of craggy causeways, numerous waterfalls, low lands here and there and various other great forests inhabited by numerous deer, birds and elephants.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.4
वनानि रम्याणि नद्यो सरांसि गुहा गिरीणां गिरिगह्वराणि। दिवानिशं प्राप्य नरर्षभाणाम्॥
vanāni ramyāṇi nadyo sarāṃsi guhā girīṇāṃ girigahvarāṇi| divāniśaṃ prāpya nararṣabhāṇām||
(And as they journeyed on), romantic forests, rivers, lakes, caves of mountain, mighty mountain, caverns-all these always, by day and night became the dwelling places of those most excellent men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.5
ते दुर्गवासं बहुधा निरुष्य व्यतीत्य कैलासमचिन्त्यरूपम्। आसेदुरत्यर्थमनोरमं ते तमाश्रमाचयं वृषपर्वणस्तु॥
te durgavāsaṃ bahudhā niruṣya vyatītya kailāsamacintyarūpam| āseduratyarthamanoramaṃ te tamāśramācayaṃ vṛṣaparvaṇastu||
(Thus) resting in many inaccessible places and crossing the mountain Kailasa of incomprehensible grandeur, they at length reached the exceedingly beautiful hermitage of Vrishaparva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.6
समेत्य राज्ञा वृषपर्वणा ते प्रत्यर्चितास्तेन च वीतमोहाः। शशंसिरे विस्तरशः प्रवासं गिरौ यथावद् वृषपर्वणस्ते॥
sametya rājñā vṛṣaparvaṇā te pratyarcitāstena ca vītamohāḥ| śaśaṃsire vistaraśaḥ pravāsaṃ girau yathāvad vṛṣaparvaṇaste||
Meeting with the king, Vrishaparva and being welcomed by him they recovered from fatigue and then they related to him) faithfully and fully the story of their stay in the mountains.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.7
सुखोषितास्तस्य त एकरात्रं पुण्याश्रमे देवमहर्षिजुष्टे। अभ्याययुस्ते बदरौं विशाला सुखेन वीराः पुनरेव वासम्॥
sukhoṣitāstasya ta ekarātraṃ puṇyāśrame devamaharṣijuṣṭe| abhyāyayuste badarauṃ viśālā sukhena vīrāḥ punareva vāsam||
And having happily spent a night in that sacred hermitage frequented by the celestials and the Maharshis, those warriors gladly repaired to the great Jujube tree for a sojourn again.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.8
ऊषुस्ततस्तत्र महानुभावा नारायणस्थानगताः समग्रा:। कुबेरकान्तां नलिनी विशोकाः सम्पश्यमानाः सुरसिद्धजुष्टाम्॥
ūṣustatastatra mahānubhāvā nārāyaṇasthānagatāḥ samagrā:| kuberakāntāṃ nalinī viśokāḥ sampaśyamānāḥ surasiddhajuṣṭām||
Then arriving at the place of Narayana, all those high-souled men, devoid of sorrow, began to dwell there, beholding the beloved lake of Kubera, frequented by the celestials and he Siddhas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.9
तां चाथ दृष्टवा नलिनी विशोकाः पाण्डोः सुताः सर्वनरप्रधानाः। ते रेमिरे नन्दनवासमेत्य द्विजर्षयो वीतमला यथैव॥
tāṃ cātha dṛṣṭavā nalinī viśokāḥ pāṇḍoḥ sutāḥ sarvanarapradhānāḥ| te remire nandanavāsametya dvijarṣayo vītamalā yathaiva||
(And) seeing that lake, those sons of Pandu, the best of all men, devoid of sorrow, began to sport there, (just) as the sinless Brahmana sages do on getting a habitation in the garden of Nandana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.10
ततः क्रमेणोपययुर्दैवीरा यथागतेनैव पथा समग्राः। विहत्य मासं सुखिनो बदाँ किरातराज्ञो विषयं सुबाहोः॥
tataḥ krameṇopayayurdaivīrā yathāgatenaiva pathā samagrāḥ| vihatya māsaṃ sukhino badā~ kirātarājño viṣayaṃ subāhoḥ||
Then having spent a month happily at Badari, all those heroes gradually proceeded towards the country of Subahu, the king of the Kiratas, along the same route by which they had come (before).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.11
पीनांस्तुषारान् दरदांश्च सर्वान् देशान् कुलिन्दस्य च भूमिरलान्। अतीत्य दुर्गं हिमवत्प्रदेशं पुरं सुबाहोर्ददृशुर्नृवीराः॥
pīnāṃstuṣārān daradāṃśca sarvān deśān kulindasya ca bhūmiralān| atītya durgaṃ himavatpradeśaṃ puraṃ subāhordadṛśurnṛvīrāḥ||
Journeying through China, Turaska, Darada and all the provinces of Kulinda, rich in heaps of jewels and crossing the inaccessible Himalayan regions, those warriors (at length) beheld the capital of Subahu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.12
श्रुत्वा च तान् पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रान्। प्राप्तान् सुबाहुर्विषये समग्रान्। प्रत्युद्ययौ प्रीतियुतः स राजा तं चाभ्यनन्दन वृषभाः कुरूणाम्॥
śrutvā ca tān pārthivaputrapautrān| prāptān subāhurviṣaye samagrān| pratyudyayau prītiyutaḥ sa rājā taṃ cābhyanandana vṛṣabhāḥ kurūṇām||
Hearing of the arrival of those sons and grandsons of kings in his capital, King Subahu, full of joy, advanced to welcome them. And thosc best of the Kurus also greeted him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.13
समेत्य राज्ञा तु सुबाहुना सूतैर्विशोकप्रमुखैश्च सर्वे। सहेन्द्रसेनैः परिचारिकैश्च पौरोगवैर्ये च महानसस्था:॥ ते
sametya rājñā tu subāhunā sūtairviśokapramukhaiśca sarve| sahendrasenaiḥ paricārikaiśca paurogavairye ca mahānasasthā:|| te
Meeting with King Subahu and joined by their charioteers with Vishoka at their head, by all their attendants together with Indrasena, by the porters and by the servants of the kitchen,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.14
सुखोषितास्तत्र त एकरात्रं सूतान् समादाय रथांश्च सर्वान्। घटोत्कचं सानुचरं विसृज्य ततोऽभ्ययुर्यामुनमदिराजम्॥
sukhoṣitāstatra ta ekarātraṃ sūtān samādāya rathāṃśca sarvān| ghaṭotkacaṃ sānucaraṃ visṛjya tato'bhyayuryāmunamadirājam||
They spent a night there happily. Dismissing Ghatotkacha together with all his attendants and retaining all the charioteers and he cars, they then proceeded towards the prince of mountains in the neighbourhood of Yamuna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.15
हिमोत्तरीयारुणपाण्डुसानौ। स्तदा निवासं पुरुषप्रवीराः॥ वराहनानामृगपक्षिजुष्टं महावनं चैत्ररथप्रकाशम्। शिवेन पार्था मृगयाप्रधानाः संवत्सरं तत्र वने विजहुः॥
himottarīyāruṇapāṇḍusānau| stadā nivāsaṃ puruṣapravīrāḥ|| varāhanānāmṛgapakṣijuṣṭaṃ mahāvanaṃ caitrarathaprakāśam| śivena pārthā mṛgayāpradhānāḥ saṃvatsaraṃ tatra vane vijahuḥ||
And having found in that mountainabounding in water falls-whose orange and grey coloured plateau is covered with a sheet of snow, the great forest (named) Vishakhayupa, inhabited by boars and birds and resembling the forest of Chitraratha, those heroic men began to dwell there. And those foremost of hunters, the Parthas lived peacefully in that forest for a year.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.16
तत्राससादातिबलं भुजङ्गं क्षुधादितं मृत्युमिवोग्ररूपम्। वृकोदरः पर्वतकन्दरायां विषादमोहव्यथितान्तरात्मा॥
tatrāsasādātibalaṃ bhujaṅgaṃ kṣudhāditaṃ mṛtyumivograrūpam| vṛkodaraḥ parvatakandarāyāṃ viṣādamohavyathitāntarātmā||
There, in a mountain cave, Vrikodara coming across a very powerful serpent distressed with hunger and terrible like death itself, became afflicted at heart with sorrow and distraction.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.17
द्वीपोऽभवद् यत्र वृकोदरस्य युधिष्ठिरोधर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः। अमोक्षयद् यस्तमनन्ततेजा ग्राहेण संवेष्टितसर्वगात्रम्॥
dvīpo'bhavad yatra vṛkodarasya yudhiṣṭhirodharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ| amokṣayad yastamanantatejā grāheṇa saṃveṣṭitasarvagātram||
(But) Yudhishthira, of immeasurable prowess, became the liberator of Vrikodara and extricated him from the gripe of the snake which coiled round his whole body.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.18
ते द्वादशं वर्षमुपोपयातं वने विहर्तुं कुरवः प्रतीताः। तस्माद् वनाच्चैत्ररथप्रकाशात श्रिया ज्वलन्तस्तपसा च युक्ताः॥ ततश्च यात्वा मरुधन्वपार्श्व सदाधनुर्वेदरतिप्रधानाः। सरस्वतीमेत्य निवासकामाः सरस्ततो द्वैतवनं प्रतीयुः॥
te dvādaśaṃ varṣamupopayātaṃ vane vihartuṃ kuravaḥ pratītāḥ| tasmād vanāccaitrarathaprakāśāta śriyā jvalantastapasā ca yuktāḥ|| tataśca yātvā marudhanvapārśva sadādhanurvedaratipradhānāḥ| sarasvatīmetya nivāsakāmāḥ sarastato dvaitavanaṃ pratīyuḥ||
And when the twelfth of their forest life had arrived, those descendants of the Kurus, blazing in splendour, engaged in asceticism and given principally to the practice of archery, leaving that forest looking like that of Chitraratha, repaired gladly towards the confines of the desert. Thence they arrived at the banks of the river Sarasvati and therefrom desirous of dwelling there repaired to the Lake Dvaitavana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.19
समीक्ष्य तान् द्वैतवने निविष्टान् निवासिनस्तत्र ततोऽभिजग्मुः। स्तृणोदपात्रावरणाश्मकुट्टाः॥
samīkṣya tān dvaitavane niviṣṭān nivāsinastatra tato'bhijagmuḥ| stṛṇodapātrāvaraṇāśmakuṭṭāḥ||
And seeing them enter Dvaitavana, the inhabitants of that place engaged in asceticism, restraining their passions, practising purity and fervid devotion and living on (foods) crushed with stone, approached them with grass mats and water vessels (in their hands for their reception).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 177.20
प्लक्षाक्षरैहीतकवेतसाच तथा बदर्यः खदिराः शिरीषाः। बिल्वेड्दा: पीलुशमीकरीराः सरस्वतीतीररुहा बभूवुः॥
plakṣākṣaraihītakavetasāca tathā badaryaḥ khadirāḥ śirīṣāḥ| bilveḍdā: pīluśamīkarīrāḥ sarasvatītīraruhā babhūvuḥ||
The banks of the river Sarasvati were adorned with the holy fig, the Rudraksha, the cane, the Jujube, the Catechu, the Sirisa, the Bel, the Inguda, the Pilu, the Shami and the Karira tree.
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MBh 2 177.21
मागारभूतामिव देवतानाम्। सरस्वतीं प्रीतियुताश्चरन्तः सुखं विजहुर्नरदेवपुत्राः॥
māgārabhūtāmiva devatānām| sarasvatīṃ prītiyutāścarantaḥ sukhaṃ vijahurnaradevaputrāḥ||
Wandering joyfully by the Sarasvati, beloved by the Yakshas, the Gandharvas and the Maharshis and looking like the abode of the celestials, those sons of king lived there happily.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)