Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 182
MBh 2 182.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच निदाघान्तकरः कालः सर्वभूतसुखावहः। तत्रैव वसतां तेषां प्रावृट् समभिपद्यत॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca nidāghāntakaraḥ kālaḥ sarvabhūtasukhāvahaḥ| tatraiva vasatāṃ teṣāṃ prāvṛṭ samabhipadyata||
Vaishampayana said: While they (the Pandavas) were living there, the rainy season, which puts an end to summer and is agreeable to all creatures, made its appearance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.2
छादयन्तो महाघोषाः खं दिशश्च बलाहकाः। प्रववर्षुर्दिवारात्रमसिताः सततं तदा॥ तापत्ययनिकेताश्च शतशोऽथ सहाशः। अपेतार्कप्रभाजालाः सविद्युद्विमलप्रभाः॥
chādayanto mahāghoṣāḥ khaṃ diśaśca balāhakāḥ| pravavarṣurdivārātramasitāḥ satataṃ tadā|| tāpatyayaniketāśca śataśo'tha sahāśaḥ| apetārkaprabhājālāḥ savidyudvimalaprabhāḥ||
Then, hundreds and thousands of sable clouds covering the entire) firmament and the cardinal points, emitting thundering roars and looking like (so many) awnings in the rainy season, incessantly poured down showers night and day. The effulgence of the sun disappeared from the earth; and its place was filled by the stainless splendour of lightning.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.3
विरूढशष्याधरणी मत्तदंशसरीसृपा। बभूव पयसा सिक्ता शान्ता सर्वमनोरमा॥
virūḍhaśaṣyādharaṇī mattadaṃśasarīsṛpā| babhūva payasā siktā śāntā sarvamanoramā||
And the earth, over grown with grass teeming with gnats and reptiles, maddened with joy and saturated with water, looked serene and became delightful to all.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.4
न स्म प्रज्ञायते किंचिदम्भसा समवस्तृते। समं वा विषमं वापि नद्यो वा स्थावराणि च॥
na sma prajñāyate kiṃcidambhasā samavastṛte| samaṃ vā viṣamaṃ vāpi nadyo vā sthāvarāṇi ca||
When the (surface of the earth was flooded with water it could not be discerned whether the ground was even or uneven or whether there were rivers, ground.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.5
क्षुब्धतोया महावेगाः श्वसमाना इवाशुगाः। सिन्धवः शोभयांचक्रुः काननानि तपात्यये॥
kṣubdhatoyā mahāvegāḥ śvasamānā ivāśugāḥ| sindhavaḥ śobhayāṃcakruḥ kānanāni tapātyaye||
At the close of summer, the streams full of agitated waters and careering violently with a hissing noise like (flight of) arrows, lent a grace to the woods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.6
नदतां काननान्तेषु श्रूयन्ते विविधाः स्वनाः। वृष्टिभिश्च्छाद्यमानानां वराहमृगपक्षिणाम्॥
nadatāṃ kānanānteṣu śrūyante vividhāḥ svanāḥ| vṛṣṭibhiścchādyamānānāṃ varāhamṛgapakṣiṇām||
The boars, the stage and the birds, drenched in water began to utter various sounds that could be heard in the forests.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.7
स्तोकका: शिखिनश्चैव पुंस्कोकिलगणैः सह। मत्ताः परिपतन्ति स्म दर्दुराश्चैव दर्पिताः॥
stokakā: śikhinaścaiva puṃskokilagaṇaiḥ saha| mattāḥ paripatanti sma dardurāścaiva darpitāḥ||
The Chatakas, .the peacocks, the male kokilas and the excited frogs all intoxicated (with joy) began to frolic about.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.8
तथा बहुविधाकारा प्रावृण्मेघानुनादिता। अभ्यतीता शिवा तेषां चरतां मरुधन्वसु॥
tathā bahuvidhākārā prāvṛṇmeghānunāditā| abhyatītā śivā teṣāṃ caratāṃ marudhanvasu||
Thus, while the Pandavas were wandering about in dry sandy tracts at the neighbourhood of mountains the delightful rainy season so various in aspect and resounding with (the roar of) the clouds passed away.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.9
क्रौञ्चहंससमाकीर्णा शरत् प्रमुदिताभवत्। रूढकक्षवनप्रस्था प्रसन्नजलनिम्नगा।॥
krauñcahaṃsasamākīrṇā śarat pramuditābhavat| rūḍhakakṣavanaprasthā prasannajalanimnagā|||
Then came autumn, crowded with ganders and cranes, when the forest tracts were over grown with verdure and the streams became clear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.10
विमलाकाशनक्षत्रा शरत् तेषां शिवाभवत्। मृगद्विजसमाकीर्णा पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्॥
vimalākāśanakṣatrā śarat teṣāṃ śivābhavat| mṛgadvijasamākīrṇā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām||
The sky and the stars shone with a stainless lustre and the country was swarmed with beasts and birds. This season of autumn became auspicious to the high-souled sons of Pandu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.11
दृश्यन्ते शान्तरजसः क्षपा जलदशीतलाः। ग्रहनक्षत्रसङ्घश्च सोमेन च विराजिताः॥
dṛśyante śāntarajasaḥ kṣapā jaladaśītalāḥ| grahanakṣatrasaṅghaśca somena ca virājitāḥ||
(Then) the nights free from dust and cool with clouds were adorned with numerous stars, planets and the moon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.12
कुमुदैः पुण्डरीकैश्च शीतवारिधराः शिवाः। नदीः पुष्करिणीश्चैव ददृशुः समलंकृताः॥
kumudaiḥ puṇḍarīkaiśca śītavāridharāḥ śivāḥ| nadīḥ puṣkariṇīścaiva dadṛśuḥ samalaṃkṛtāḥ||
And (the Pandavas) beheld the rivers and the tanks, full of cool water and beautified with lilies and lotuses and pleasant (to the eye)
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.13
आकाशनीकाशतटां तीरवानीरसंकुलाम्। बभूव चरतां हर्षः पुण्यतीर्थां सरस्वतीम्॥
ākāśanīkāśataṭāṃ tīravānīrasaṃkulām| babhūva caratāṃ harṣaḥ puṇyatīrthāṃ sarasvatīm||
And they experienced a great delight in wandering along the sacred Sarasvati whose banks resemble the firmament and are covered with canes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.14
ते वै मुमुदिरे वीराः प्रसन्नसलिलां शिवाम्। पश्यन्तो दृढधन्वानः परिपूर्णां सरस्वतीम्॥
te vai mumudire vīrāḥ prasannasalilāṃ śivām| paśyanto dṛḍhadhanvānaḥ paripūrṇāṃ sarasvatīm||
And those wielders of strong bows were highly glad at seeing the auspicious Sarasvati full of limpid water.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.15
तेषां पुण्यतमा रात्रिः पर्वसंधौ स्म शारदी। तत्रैव वसतामासीत् कार्तिकी जनमेजय॥
teṣāṃ puṇyatamā rātriḥ parvasaṃdhau sma śāradī| tatraiva vasatāmāsīt kārtikī janamejaya||
O Janamejaya, while dwelling there they passed the most sacred night of the full moon in the month of Kartika.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.16
पुण्यकृद्भिर्महासत्त्वैस्तापसैः सह पाण्डवाः। तत् सर्वे भरतश्रेष्ठाः समूहुर्योगमुत्तमम्॥
puṇyakṛdbhirmahāsattvaistāpasaiḥ saha pāṇḍavāḥ| tat sarve bharataśreṣṭhāḥ samūhuryogamuttamam||
And in company with the righteous and high-souled ascetics, the Pandavas, the best of the Bharatas, spent that juncture in excellent devotion.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 182.17
तमिगाभ्युदये तस्मिन्धौम्येन सह पाण्डवाः। सूतैः पौरोगवैश्चैव काम्यकं प्रययुर्वनम्॥
tamigābhyudaye tasmindhaumyena saha pāṇḍavāḥ| sūtaiḥ paurogavaiścaiva kāmyakaṃ prayayurvanam||
And when the dark fort-night set in immediately after, the sons of Pandu together with Dharma and their charioteers and cooks proceeded to the forest of Kamyaka.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)