Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 223
MBh 2 223.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच अग्नीनां विविधा वंशाः कीर्तितास्ते मयानघ। शृणु जन्म तु कौरव्य कार्तिकेयस्य धीमतः॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca agnīnāṃ vividhā vaṃśāḥ kīrtitāste mayānagha| śṛṇu janma tu kauravya kārtikeyasya dhīmataḥ||
Markandeya said : O sinless one, O descendant of Kuru, I have told you the history of the various branches of the Agni race. (Now) hear about the birth of the intelligent Kartikeya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.2
अद्भुतस्याद्भुतं पुत्रं प्रवक्ष्याम्यमितौजसम्। जातं ब्रह्मर्षिभार्याभिर्ब्रह्मण्यं कीर्तिवर्धनम्॥
adbhutasyādbhutaṃ putraṃ pravakṣyāmyamitaujasam| jātaṃ brahmarṣibhāryābhirbrahmaṇyaṃ kīrtivardhanam||
I shall (now) speak to you about the wonderful and famous and highly effulgent son of Adbhut, who was born of the wives of the Brahmarsis.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.3
देवासुराः ए । यत्ता विनिघ्नन्तः परस्परम्। तत्राजयन् सदा देवान् दानवा घोररूपिणः॥
devāsurāḥ e | yattā vinighnantaḥ parasparam| tatrājayan sadā devān dānavā ghorarūpiṇaḥ||
In the days of yore, the Devas and the Danavas were always engaged in destroying one another. The fearful Danavas were always able to vanquish the Devas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.4
वध्यमानं बलं दृष्ट्वा बहुशस्तैः पुरंदरः। स सैन्यनायकार्थाय चिन्तामाप भृशं तदा॥
vadhyamānaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā bahuśastaiḥ puraṃdaraḥ| sa sainyanāyakārthāya cintāmāpa bhṛśaṃ tadā||
Findings his armies slaughtered by them and being eager to find out a Generalissimo for the celestials army Purandara (Indra) was filled with great anxiety.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.5
देवसेनां दानवैर्हि भग्नां दृष्ट्वा महाबलः। पालयेद् वीर्यमाश्रित्य स ज्ञेयः पुरुषो मया॥
devasenāṃ dānavairhi bhagnāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābalaḥ| pālayed vīryamāśritya sa jñeyaḥ puruṣo mayā||
(He thought), "I must find out a powerful person, who will be able to reorganize the celestials army, slaughtered as it is by the Danavas."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.6
स शैलं मानसं गत्वा ध्यायनर्थमिदं भृशम्। शुश्रावार्तस्वरं घोरमय मुक्तं स्त्रिया तदा॥
sa śailaṃ mānasaṃ gatvā dhyāyanarthamidaṃ bhṛśam| śuśrāvārtasvaraṃ ghoramaya muktaṃ striyā tadā||
He then went to the Mandara mountain. When he was deeply engaged in his own thought, he heard a piteous voice of a woman crying.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.7
अभिधावतु मां कश्चित् पुरुषस्त्रातु चैव ह। पतिं च मे प्रदिशतु स्वयं वा पतिरस्तु मे॥
abhidhāvatu māṃ kaścit puruṣastrātu caiva ha| patiṃ ca me pradiśatu svayaṃ vā patirastu me||
"May some one soon come to me. Let him point out to me a protector or become my protector himself.”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.8
पुरंदरस्तु तामाह मा भर्नास्ति भयं तव। एवमुक्त्वा ततोऽपश्यत् केशिनं स्थितमग्रतः॥
puraṃdarastu tāmāha mā bharnāsti bhayaṃ tava| evamuktvā tato'paśyat keśinaṃ sthitamagrataḥ||
Purandara said to her, “Don't be afraid; you have no fear.” When he said this he saw Keshin (an Asura) standing before him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.9
किरीटिनं गदापाणि धातुमन्तमिवाचलम्। हस्ते गृहीत्वा कन्यां तामथैनं वासवोऽब्रवीत्॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadāpāṇi dhātumantamivācalam| haste gṛhītvā kanyāṃ tāmathainaṃ vāsavo'bravīt||
Like a hill of metals. He had a crown on his head and a mace in his hand, he held a lady by the hand. To him Vasava thus spoke,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.10
अनार्यकर्मन् कस्मात् त्वमिमां कन्यां जिहीर्षसि। वलिाणं मां विजानीहि विरमास्याः प्रबाधनात्॥
anāryakarman kasmāt tvamimāṃ kanyāṃ jihīrṣasi| valiāṇaṃ māṃ vijānīhi viramāsyāḥ prabādhanāt||
“Why are you insolently behaving towards this lady? Know that I am the wielder of thunder. Stop from doing any violence to this lady."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.11
केश्युवाच विसृजस्व त्वमेवैनां शत्रैषा प्रार्थिता मया। क्षमं ते जीवतो गन्तुं स्वपुरं पाकशासन॥
keśyuvāca visṛjasva tvamevaināṃ śatraiṣā prārthitā mayā| kṣamaṃ te jīvato gantuṃ svapuraṃ pākaśāsana||
Keshin said: O chastiser of Paka, leave her alone. I desire to possess her. Do you think that you will be able to return home with your life?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.12
एवमुक्त्वा गदां केशी चिक्षेपेन्द्रवधाय वै। तामापतन्तीं चिच्छेद मध्ये वलोण वासवः॥
evamuktvā gadāṃ keśī cikṣependravadhāya vai| tāmāpatantīṃ ciccheda madhye valoṇa vāsavaḥ||
Markandeya said : Having said this, Keshin hurled his mace to kill Indra. When falling Vasava cut it down with his thunderbolt.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.13
अथास्य शैलशिखरं केशी क्रुद्धो व्यवासृजत्। तदा पतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य शैलशृङ्गं शतक्रतुः॥
athāsya śailaśikharaṃ keśī kruddho vyavāsṛjat| tadā patantaṃ samprekṣya śailaśṛṅgaṃ śatakratuḥ||
Thereupon Keshin in great anger hurled upon Indra a large mass of rocks. Seeing that the mass of rocks was falling (upon him) Shatakratu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.14
बिभेद राजन् वलोण भुवि तन्निपपात ह। पतता तु तदा केशी तेन शृङ्गेण ताडितः॥
bibheda rājan valoṇa bhuvi tannipapāta ha| patatā tu tadā keśī tena śṛṅgeṇa tāḍitaḥ||
O king, cut it down with his thunderbolt and it fell on the ground. Keshin himself was wounded by that falling mass of rocks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 223.15
हित्वा कन्यां महाभागां प्राद्रवद् भृशपीडितः। अपयातेऽसुरे तस्मिंस्तां कन्यां वासवोऽब्रवीत्। कासि कस्यासि किछेह कुरुषे त्वं शुभानने॥
hitvā kanyāṃ mahābhāgāṃ prādravad bhṛśapīḍitaḥ| apayāte'sure tasmiṃstāṃ kanyāṃ vāsavo'bravīt| kāsi kasyāsi kicheha kuruṣe tvaṃ śubhānane||
Having been thus wounded, he fled away leaving the damsel behind. When the Asura was gone, Indra thus spoke to the lady, “Who and whose are you? O beautiful one, what has brought you here?” CHADTCR 29A
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)