Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 39
MBh 2 39.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच गतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु तपस्विषु महात्मसु। पिनाकपाणिर्भगवान् सर्वपापहरो हरः॥ कैरातं वेषमास्थाय काञ्चनदुमसंनिभम्। विभ्राजमानो विपुलो गिरिर्मेरुरिवापरः॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca gateṣu teṣu sarveṣu tapasviṣu mahātmasu| pinākapāṇirbhagavān sarvapāpaharo haraḥ|| kairātaṃ veṣamāsthāya kāñcanadumasaṃnibham| vibhrājamāno vipulo girirmerurivāparaḥ||
When all those high-souled ascetics went away, the wielder of trident, the exalted lord Hara, the destroyer of all sins. Assuming the form of a Kirata (hunter), blazing like a golden tree, appearing like a second huge Meru mountain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.2
श्रीमद्धनुरुपादाय शरांश्चाशीविषोपमान्। निष्पपात महावेगो दहनो देहवानिव॥
śrīmaddhanurupādāya śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān| niṣpapāta mahāvego dahano dehavāniva||
And taking a handsome bow and many virulently poisonous snake-like arrows, came down with great speeds an embodiment of fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.3
देव्या सहोमया श्रीमान् समानव्रतवेषया। नानावेषधरैर्हष्टैर्भूतैरनुगतस्तदा॥ किरातवेषसंच्छन्नः स्त्रीभिश्चापि सहस्रशः। अशोभत तदा राजन् स देशोऽतीव भारत॥
devyā sahomayā śrīmān samānavrataveṣayā| nānāveṣadharairhaṣṭairbhūtairanugatastadā|| kirātaveṣasaṃcchannaḥ strībhiścāpi sahasraśaḥ| aśobhata tadā rājan sa deśo'tīva bhārata||
The auspicious deity was accompanied by Uma who was in the same custom and with the same purpose (as those of her husband Shiva) and also by many merry goblins of various forms and attires. And also by thousands of female (goblins). O king, O descendant of Bharata, the place blazed forth with beauty (as Shiva appeared).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.4
क्षणेन तद् वनं सर्वं निःशब्दमभवत् तदा। नादः प्रस्रवणानां च पक्षिणां चाप्युपारमत्॥
kṣaṇena tad vanaṃ sarvaṃ niḥśabdamabhavat tadā| nādaḥ prasravaṇānāṃ ca pakṣiṇāṃ cāpyupāramat||
And in a moment all the forest was pervaded with silence. The sounds of springs, water-falls and birds ceased.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.5
स संनिकर्षमागम्य पार्थस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः। मूकं नाम दनोः पुत्रं ददर्शाद्भुतदर्शनम्॥ वाराहं रूपमास्थाय तर्कयन्तमिवार्जुनम्। हन्तुं परं दीप्यमानं तमुवाचाथ फाल्गुनः॥ गाण्डीवं धनुरादाय शरांचाशीविषोपमान्। सज्यंधनुर्वरं कृत्वा ज्याघोषेण निनादयन्॥
sa saṃnikarṣamāgamya pārthasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ| mūkaṃ nāma danoḥ putraṃ dadarśādbhutadarśanam|| vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthāya tarkayantamivārjunam| hantuṃ paraṃ dīpyamānaṃ tamuvācātha phālgunaḥ|| gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanurādāya śarāṃcāśīviṣopamān| sajyaṃdhanurvaraṃ kṛtvā jyāghoṣeṇa ninādayan||
Coming near Partha of spotless deeds, he (Shiva) saw that a son of a Danava, named Muka of wonderful appearance. Assuming the form of a boar, intended to kill Arjuna. Seeing him in the attempt to kill him. (At once) taking up his Gandiva bow and virulently poisonous snake-like arrows and also stringing them to the bow and having filled all sides with its twang, Falguni said to him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.6
यन्मां प्रार्थयसे हन्तुमनागसमिहागतम्। तस्मात् त्वां पूर्वमेवाहं नेताद्य यमसादनम्॥
yanmāṃ prārthayase hantumanāgasamihāgatam| tasmāt tvāṃ pūrvamevāhaṃ netādya yamasādanam||
Arjuna said : I have come here, but, done you no harm. As you seek to kill me, I shall certainly today send you to the abode of Yama,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.7
दृष्ट्वा तं प्रहरिष्यन्तं फाल्गुनं दृढधन्विनम्। किरातरूपी सहसा वारयामास शङ्करः॥
dṛṣṭvā taṃ prahariṣyantaṃ phālgunaṃ dṛḍhadhanvinam| kirātarūpī sahasā vārayāmāsa śaṅkaraḥ||
Vaishampayana said : Seeing that firm wielder of bow Falguni (Arjuna) about to kill him, (the Danava), Shankara (Shiva) in the disguise of the Kirata suddenly asked him to stop.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.8
मयैष प्रार्थितः पूर्वमिन्द्रकीलसमप्रभः। अनादृत्य च तद् वाक्यं प्रजहाराथ फाल्गुनः॥
mayaiṣa prārthitaḥ pūrvamindrakīlasamaprabhaḥ| anādṛtya ca tad vākyaṃ prajahārātha phālgunaḥ||
(He said), “This boar like the Indrakila in colour has been first aimed by me." But disregarding his word, Falguni (Arjuna) struck it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.9
किरातश्च समं तस्मिन्नेकलक्ष्ये महाद्युतिः। प्रमुमोचाशनिप्रख्यं शरमग्निशिखोपमम्॥
kirātaśca samaṃ tasminnekalakṣye mahādyutiḥ| pramumocāśaniprakhyaṃ śaramagniśikhopamam||
At that very moment the greatly effulgent Kirata also shot an arrow like the flaming fire or the blazing thunderbolt.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.10
तौ मुक्तौ सायको ताभ्यां समं तत्र निपेततुः। मूकस्य गात्रे विस्तीर्णे शैलसंहनने तदा॥
tau muktau sāyako tābhyāṃ samaṃ tatra nipetatuḥ| mūkasya gātre vistīrṇe śailasaṃhanane tadā||
The two arrows thus shot by the two (men) fell at the same time on the huge and adamantine body of Muka.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.11
यथाशनेर्विनिर्घोषो वज्रस्येव च पर्वते। तथा तयोः संनिपातः शरयोरभवत् तदा॥
yathāśanervinirghoṣo vajrasyeva ca parvate| tathā tayoḥ saṃnipātaḥ śarayorabhavat tadā||
The two arrows fell on him with a loud sound as that of lightning or as that of the thunder falling on a mountain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.12
स विद्धो बहुभिर्बाणैर्दीप्तास्यैः पन्नगैरिव। ममार राक्षसं रूपं भूयः कृत्वा बिभीषणम्॥
sa viddho bahubhirbāṇairdīptāsyaiḥ pannagairiva| mamāra rākṣasaṃ rūpaṃ bhūyaḥ kṛtvā bibhīṣaṇam||
Thus struck by the two arrows which were like flaming-mouthed snakes, Muka, assuming his fearful Rakshasas form, gave up his life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.13
स ददर्श ततो जिष्णुः पुरुषं काञ्चनप्रभम्। किरातवेषसंच्छन्नं स्त्रीसहायममित्रहा॥ तमब्रवीत् प्रीतमनाः कौन्तेयः प्रहसन्निव। को भवानटते शून्ये वने स्त्रीगणसंवृतः॥
sa dadarśa tato jiṣṇuḥ puruṣaṃ kāñcanaprabham| kirātaveṣasaṃcchannaṃ strīsahāyamamitrahā|| tamabravīt prītamanāḥ kaunteyaḥ prahasanniva| ko bhavānaṭate śūnye vane strīgaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ||
Thereupon Jishnu (Arjuna), that slayer of foes, saw before him the person with the form of blazing gold, disguised as a Kirata and accompanied by many women. The son of Kunti then with a cheerful heart smilingly asked him. “Who are you wandering in this solitary forest surrounded by women?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.14
न त्वमस्मिन् वने घोरे बिभेषि कनकप्रभा किमर्थं च त्वया विद्वो वराहो मत्परिग्रहः॥
na tvamasmin vane ghore bibheṣi kanakaprabhā kimarthaṃ ca tvayā vidvo varāho matparigrahaḥ||
O golden-splendoured one, are you not afraid of this fearful forest? Why have you pierced the boar that was first aimed by me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.15
मयाभिपन्नः पूर्वं हि राक्षसोऽयमिहागतः। कामात् परिभवाद् वापि न मे जीवन् विमोक्ष्यसे।२०॥
mayābhipannaḥ pūrvaṃ hi rākṣaso'yamihāgataḥ| kāmāt paribhavād vāpi na me jīvan vimokṣyase|20||
This Rakshasas either listlessly or with the intention of killing me came here and he was first aimed by me, therefore you cannot escape from me with your life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.16
न ह्येष मृगयाधर्मो यस्त्वयाद्य कृतो मयि। तेन त्वां भ्रंशयिष्यामि जीवितात् पर्वताश्रयम्॥
na hyeṣa mṛgayādharmo yastvayādya kṛto mayi| tena tvāṃ bhraṃśayiṣyāmi jīvitāt parvatāśrayam||
What you have done towards me is quite contrary to the usage of the chase. O mountaineer, therefore, I shall take your life.”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.17
इत्युक्तः पाण्डवेयेन किरातः प्रहसन्निव। उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा पाण्डवं सव्यसाचिनम्॥
ityuktaḥ pāṇḍaveyena kirātaḥ prahasanniva| uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā pāṇḍavaṃ savyasācinam||
Having been thus addressed by the Pandava, the Kirata spoke to the son of Pandu, Savyasachi (Arjuna), in these sweet words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.18
न मत्कृते त्वया वीर भी: कार्या वनमन्तिकात्। इयं भूमिः सदास्माकमुचिता वसतां वने।॥
na matkṛte tvayā vīra bhī: kāryā vanamantikāt| iyaṃ bhūmiḥ sadāsmākamucitā vasatāṃ vane|||
"O hero, you need not be anxious for my dwelling in the forest. This forest-land is the proper abode for us who (always) dwell in the forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.19
त्वया तु दुष्करः कस्मादिह वासः प्ररोचितः। वयं तु बहुसत्त्वेऽस्मिन् नवसामस्तपोधन॥
tvayā tu duṣkaraḥ kasmādiha vāsaḥ prarocitaḥ| vayaṃ tu bahusattve'smin navasāmastapodhana||
O ascetic, why have you selected to live here amidst these difficulties and dangers? We always live in these forests full of various sorts of animals.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.20
भवांस्तु कृष्णवाभः सुकुमार: सुखोचितः। कथं शून्यमिमं देशमेकाकी विचरिष्यति॥
bhavāṃstu kṛṣṇavābhaḥ sukumāra: sukhocitaḥ| kathaṃ śūnyamimaṃ deśamekākī vicariṣyati||
You are delicate; you are brought up in luxury; and you are as effulgent as the fire, why do you wander alone in this solitary forest?"
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.21
अर्जुन उवाच गाण्डीवमाश्रयं कृत्वा नाराचांश्चाग्निसंनिभान्। निवसामि महारण्ये द्वितीय इव पावकिः॥
arjuna uvāca gāṇḍīvamāśrayaṃ kṛtvā nārācāṃścāgnisaṃnibhān| nivasāmi mahāraṇye dvitīya iva pāvakiḥ||
Arjuna said: Depending on my Gandiva(bow) and my arrows as blazing as the fire, I live in this great forest like a second son of fire (Kartikeya).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.22
एष चापि मया जन्तुर्मंगरूपं समाश्रितः। राक्षसो निहतो घोरो हन्तुं मामिह चागतः॥
eṣa cāpi mayā janturmaṃgarūpaṃ samāśritaḥ| rākṣaso nihato ghoro hantuṃ māmiha cāgataḥ||
See, this great beast, this fearful Rakshasas, who came here in the form of an animal, has been killed by me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.23
किरात उवाच मयैषधन्वनिर्मुक्तैस्ताडितः पूर्वमेव हि। बाणैरभिहतः शेते नीतश्च यमसादनम्॥
kirāta uvāca mayaiṣadhanvanirmuktaistāḍitaḥ pūrvameva hi| bāṇairabhihataḥ śete nītaśca yamasādanam||
The Kirata said: This one (the Rakshasas) was first struck with the arrow shot from my bow. He was killed and sent to the abode of Yama by me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.24
ममैष लक्ष्यभूतो हि मम पूर्वपरिग्रहः। ममैव च प्रहारेण जीविताद् व्यपरोपितः॥
mamaiṣa lakṣyabhūto hi mama pūrvaparigrahaḥ| mamaiva ca prahāreṇa jīvitād vyaparopitaḥ||
He was first aimed by me, he was first claimed by mc and it is from my shot that he has lost his life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.25
दोषान् स्वान् नार्हसेऽन्यस्मै वक्तुं स्वबलदर्पितः। अविलप्तोऽसि मन्दात्मन् न मे जीवन् विमोक्ष्यसे।३०।।
doṣān svān nārhase'nyasmai vaktuṃ svabaladarpitaḥ| avilapto'si mandātman na me jīvan vimokṣyase|30||
Being proud of your strength, you should not blame others for your own fault. O wickedminded wretch, you are yourself in fault and therefore you will not escape from me with life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.26
स्थिरो भवस्व मोक्ष्यामि सायकानशनीनिव। घटस्व परया शक्त्या मुञ्च त्वमपि सायकान्॥
sthiro bhavasva mokṣyāmi sāyakānaśanīniva| ghaṭasva parayā śaktyā muñca tvamapi sāyakān||
Stop, I shall shoot at you arrows like the thunder. Try your best if you can and shoot at me your arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.27
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा किरातस्यार्जुनस्तदा। रोषमाहारयामास ताडयामास चेषुभिः॥
tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā kirātasyārjunastadā| roṣamāhārayāmāsa tāḍayāmāsa ceṣubhiḥ||
Vaishampayana said : Having heard these words of the Kirata, Arjuna, grew angry and began to strike him with numerous arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.28
ततो हृष्टेन मनसा प्रतिजग्राह सायकान्। भूयो भूय इति प्राह मन्दमन्देत्युवाच ह॥
tato hṛṣṭena manasā pratijagrāha sāyakān| bhūyo bhūya iti prāha mandamandetyuvāca ha||
Thereupon he (the Kirata) received upon himself all those arrows with a cheerful heart, He again and again said "O wretch, Owretch,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.29
प्रहरस्व शरानेतान् नाराचान् मर्मभेदिनः। इत्युक्तो बाणवर्षं स मुमोच सहसार्जुनः॥
praharasva śarānetān nārācān marmabhedinaḥ| ityukto bāṇavarṣaṃ sa mumoca sahasārjunaḥ||
Shoot at me your best arrows that are capable of piercing to the very heart." Having been thus addressed, Arjuna poured a shower of arrows upon him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.30
ततस्तौ तत्र संरब्धौ राजमानौ मुहुर्मुहुः। शरैराशीविषाकारैस्ततक्षाते परस्परम्॥
tatastau tatra saṃrabdhau rājamānau muhurmuhuḥ| śarairāśīviṣākāraistatakṣāte parasparam||
Thereupon both of thein became angry. Engaging in a fearful fight, they hurled again and again at each other showers of poisonous snake-like arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.31
ततोऽर्जुनः शरवर्षं किराते समवासृजत्। तत् प्रसन्नेन मनसा प्रतिजग्राह शङ्करः॥
tato'rjunaḥ śaravarṣaṃ kirāte samavāsṛjat| tat prasannena manasā pratijagrāha śaṅkaraḥ||
Arjuna poured a shower of arrows on the Kirata, but Shankara (Shiva) received them all upon him with a cheerful heart.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.32
मुहूर्तं शरवर्षं तत् प्रतिगृह्य पिनाकधृक्। अक्षतेन शरीरेण तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः॥ स दृष्ट्वा बाणवर्ष
muhūrtaṃ śaravarṣaṃ tat pratigṛhya pinākadhṛk| akṣatena śarīreṇa tasthau giririvācalaḥ|| sa dṛṣṭvā bāṇavarṣa
Having born that shower of arrows for a moment, the wiclder of Pinaka, (Shiva) stood there in unwounded body like an immovable mountain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.33
तु मोघीभूतंधनंजयः। परमं विस्मयं चक्रे साधु साध्विति चाब्रवीत्॥
tu moghībhūtaṃdhanaṃjayaḥ| paramaṃ vismayaṃ cakre sādhu sādhviti cābravīt||
Seeing his shower of arrows had no effects (on his adversary), Dhananjaya (Arjuna) became greatly surprised; and he exclaimed "Excellent" "Excellent."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.34
अहोऽयं कुसुमाराङ्गो हिमवच्छिखराश्रयः। गाण्डीवमुक्तान् नाराचान् प्रतिगृहणात्यविह्वलः॥
aho'yaṃ kusumārāṅgo himavacchikharāśrayaḥ| gāṇḍīvamuktān nārācān pratigṛhaṇātyavihvalaḥ||
"Alas, this delicate bodied mountaincer of the Himalayas bear unmoved the arrows shot from the Gandiva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.35
कोऽयं देवो भवेत् साक्षाद् रुद्रो यक्षः सुरोऽसुरः विद्यते हि गिरिश्रेष्ठे त्रिदशानां समागमः॥
ko'yaṃ devo bhavet sākṣād rudro yakṣaḥ suro'suraḥ vidyate hi giriśreṣṭhe tridaśānāṃ samāgamaḥ||
Who is he? Is he the deity Rudra (Shiva) himself? Is he a Yaksha or a celestials or a Asura? The celestials often come to this best of mountains.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.36
न हि मद्वाणजालानामुत्सृष्टानां सहस्रशः। शक्तोऽन्यः सहितुं वेगमते देवं पिनाकिनम्॥
na hi madvāṇajālānāmutsṛṣṭānāṃ sahasraśaḥ| śakto'nyaḥ sahituṃ vegamate devaṃ pinākinam||
Except the deity, the wielder of Pinaka, there is none else that can with stand the force of the thousands of arrows shot by me from the Gandiva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.37
देवो वा यदि वा यक्षो रुद्रादन्यो व्यवस्थितः। अहमेनं शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्नयामि यमसादनम्॥
devo vā yadi vā yakṣo rudrādanyo vyavasthitaḥ| ahamenaṃ śaraistīkṣṇairnayāmi yamasādanam||
Whether he is a celestials or a Yaksha, any body cxcept Rudra (Shiva), I Shall soon send him to the abode of Yama with my these sharp arrows."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.38
ततो हृष्टमना जिष्णुाराचान् मर्मभेदिनः। व्यसृजच्छतधा राजन् मयूखानिव भास्करः॥
tato hṛṣṭamanā jiṣṇuārācān marmabhedinaḥ| vyasṛjacchatadhā rājan mayūkhāniva bhāskaraḥ||
O king, thereupon Jishnu, (Arjuna) with a chcerful heart began to hurl thousands of arrows, (each) capable of piercing to the very heart, as the sun spreads his rays (all over the world).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.39
तान् प्रसन्नेन मनसा भगवाल्लोकभावनः। शूलपाणिः प्रत्यगृहणाच्छिलावर्षमिवाचलः॥
tān prasannena manasā bhagavāllokabhāvanaḥ| śūlapāṇiḥ pratyagṛhaṇācchilāvarṣamivācalaḥ||
The exalted Creator of the world, the wielder of trident, with a cheerful heart bore that shower of arrows, as a mountain does a shower of rocks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.40
क्षणेन क्षीणबाणोऽथ संवृत्तः फाल्गुनस्तदा। भीश्चैनमाविशत् तीव्रा तं दृष्ट्वा शरसंक्षयम्॥
kṣaṇena kṣīṇabāṇo'tha saṃvṛttaḥ phālgunastadā| bhīścainamāviśat tīvrā taṃ dṛṣṭvā śarasaṃkṣayam||
The arrows of Falguni were soon exhausted; and seeing that all his arrows were exhausted, he was seized with great fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.41
चिन्तयामास जिष्णुस्तु भगवन्तं हुताशनम्। पुरस्तादक्षयौ दत्तौ तूणौ येनास्य खाण्डवे॥
cintayāmāsa jiṣṇustu bhagavantaṃ hutāśanam| purastādakṣayau dattau tūṇau yenāsya khāṇḍave||
Jishnu (Arjuna) then thought of the exalted Agni who had forinerly given him two inexhaustible quivers at the burning of the Khandava.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.42
किं नु मोक्ष्यामिधनुषा यन्मे बाणाः क्षयं गताः। अयं च पुरुषः कोऽपि बाणान् चसति सर्वशः॥ हत्वा चैनंधनुष्कोट्या शूलाचेणेव कुञ्जरम्। नयामि दण्डधारस्य यमस्य सदनं प्रति॥
kiṃ nu mokṣyāmidhanuṣā yanme bāṇāḥ kṣayaṃ gatāḥ| ayaṃ ca puruṣaḥ ko'pi bāṇān casati sarvaśaḥ|| hatvā cainaṃdhanuṣkoṭyā śūlāceṇeva kuñjaram| nayāmi daṇḍadhārasya yamasya sadanaṃ prati||
(He inentally said), "Alas, my arrows are exhausted! What shall I shoot now from my bow? Who is this person who swallows up my arrows. Killing him by striking with the end of my bow as elephants are killed by clubs, I shall then send him to the wielder of mace, Yama."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.43
प्रगृह्याथधनुष्कोट्या ज्यापाशेनावकृष्य च। मुष्टिभिश्चापि हतवान् वज्रकल्पैर्महाद्युतिः॥
pragṛhyāthadhanuṣkoṭyā jyāpāśenāvakṛṣya ca| muṣṭibhiścāpi hatavān vajrakalpairmahādyutiḥ||
Taking up the bow and dragging him (the Kirata) with his bow-string, the greally effulgent (Arjuna) struck him some fearful blows which descended upon him as thunderbolis.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.44
सम्प्रयुद्धोधनुष्कोट्या कौन्तेयः परवीरहा। तदप्यस्यधनुर्दिव्यं जग्राह गिरिगोचरः॥
samprayuddhodhanuṣkoṭyā kaunteyaḥ paravīrahā| tadapyasyadhanurdivyaṃ jagrāha girigocaraḥ||
When that slayer of hostile heroes the son of Kunti, began to fight with the end of the bow, that mountaineer snatched (from his hand) that excellent bow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.45
ततोऽर्जुनो चस्तधनुः खङ्गपाणिरतिष्ठत। युद्धस्यान्तमभीप्सन् वै वेगेनाभिजगाम् तम्॥
tato'rjuno castadhanuḥ khaṅgapāṇiratiṣṭhata| yuddhasyāntamabhīpsan vai vegenābhijagām tam||
His bow having been snatched away from his hand, Arjuna, with the desire of ending the fight, rushed with great force at his adversary with sword in hand.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.46
तस्य मूर्ध्नि शितं खङ्गमसक्तं पर्वतेष्वपि। मुमोच भुजवीर्येण विक्रम्य कुरुनन्दनः॥
tasya mūrdhni śitaṃ khaṅgamasaktaṃ parvateṣvapi| mumoca bhujavīryeṇa vikramya kurunandanaḥ||
Then that prince of the Kuru race struck that sharp weapon in his (Kirata's) head with the whole strength of his arms, a weapon which could not be resisted even by solid rocks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.47
तस्य मूर्धानमासाद्य पफालासिवरो हि सः। ततो वृक्षः शिलाभिश्च योधयामास फाल्गुनः॥
tasya mūrdhānamāsādya paphālāsivaro hi saḥ| tato vṛkṣaḥ śilābhiśca yodhayāmāsa phālgunaḥ||
But that best of swords on falling on his head broke into pieces. Thereupon Falguni began to fight with trees and stones.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.48
तदा वृक्षान् महाकायः प्रत्यगृहणादथो शिलाः। किरातरूपी भगवांस्ततः पार्थो महाबलः॥
tadā vṛkṣān mahākāyaḥ pratyagṛhaṇādatho śilāḥ| kirātarūpī bhagavāṃstataḥ pārtho mahābalaḥ||
Then the exalted deity in the disguise of the huge-bodied Kirata bore that shower of trees and stones too. The greatly strong Partha (Arjuna).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.49
मुष्टिभिर्वज्रसंकाशै—ममुत्पादयन् मुखे। प्रजहार दुराधर्षे किरातसमरूपिणि॥
muṣṭibhirvajrasaṃkāśai—mamutpādayan mukhe| prajahāra durādharṣe kirātasamarūpiṇi||
His mouth smoking with wrath, struck (again) that irrepressible (deity) in the form of the Kirata with fists which were like thunderbolts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.50
ततः शक्राशनिसमैर्मुष्टिभिर्भृशदारुणैः। किरातरूपी भगवानर्दयामास फाल्गुनम्॥
tataḥ śakrāśanisamairmuṣṭibhirbhṛśadāruṇaiḥ| kirātarūpī bhagavānardayāmāsa phālgunam||
The exalted deity in the form of the Kirata then struck at Falguni with fists which were (also) like the thunder-bolt of Indra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.51
ततश्चटचटाशब्दः सुघोरः समपद्यत। पाण्डवस्य च मुष्टीनां किरातस्य च युध्यतः॥
tataścaṭacaṭāśabdaḥ sughoraḥ samapadyata| pāṇḍavasya ca muṣṭīnāṃ kirātasya ca yudhyataḥ||
In consequence of the fight with fists between the son of Pandu (Arjuna) and the Kirata, great sounds arose in that place.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.52
सुमुहूर्तं तु तद् युद्धमभवल्लोमहर्षणम्। भुजप्रहारसंयुक्तं वृत्रवासवयोरिव॥
sumuhūrtaṃ tu tad yuddhamabhavallomaharṣaṇam| bhujaprahārasaṃyuktaṃ vṛtravāsavayoriva||
That fearful and hair-stirring fight with fists, resembling that of Vasava (Indra) and Vitra, lasted only for a moment.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.53
जघानाथ ततो जिष्णुः किरातमुरसा बली। पाण्डवं च विचेष्टं किरातोऽप्यहनद् बली॥
jaghānātha tato jiṣṇuḥ kirātamurasā balī| pāṇḍavaṃ ca viceṣṭaṃ kirāto'pyahanad balī||
The powerful Jishnu (Arjuna), clasping the Kirata (with his both arms) began to press him with his breast. The greatly strong Kirata (also) pressed the insensible son of Pandu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.54
तयोर्भुजविनिष्पेषात् संघर्षणोरसोस्तथा। समजायत गात्रेषु पावकोऽङ्गारधूमवान्॥
tayorbhujaviniṣpeṣāt saṃgharṣaṇorasostathā| samajāyata gātreṣu pāvako'ṅgāradhūmavān||
In consequence of pressure of their arms and of their breasts, their bodies emitted smokes, as charcoal does in fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.55
तत एनं महादेवः पीड्य गात्रैः सुपीडितम्। तेजसा व्यक्रमद् रोषाच्चेतस्तस्य विमोहयन्॥
tata enaṃ mahādevaḥ pīḍya gātraiḥ supīḍitam| tejasā vyakramad roṣāccetastasya vimohayan||
Thereupon the great god pressed his (Arjuna's) body and attacking him in anger with all his might, he deprived him of his consciousness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.56
ततोऽभिपीडितैर्गात्रैः पिण्डीकृत इवाबभौ। फाल्गुनो गात्रसंरुद्धो देवदेवेन भारत॥
tato'bhipīḍitairgātraiḥ piṇḍīkṛta ivābabhau| phālguno gātrasaṃruddho devadevena bhārata||
O descendant of Bharata, Falguni (Arjuna) thus pressed by the god of gods and his body bruised, became almost like a ball of flesh.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.57
निरुच्छ् वासोऽभवच्चैव संनिरुद्धो महात्मना। पपात भूम्यां निश्चेष्टो गतसत्त्व इवाभवत्॥
nirucch vāso'bhavaccaiva saṃniruddho mahātmanā| papāta bhūmyāṃ niśceṣṭo gatasattva ivābhavat||
Pressed by the high-souled deity, he became breathless and falling on the ground without the power of moving, he looked like one who was dead.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.58
स मुहूर्तं तथा भूत्वा सचेताः पुनरुत्थितः। रुधिरेणाप्लुताङ्गस्तु पाण्डवो भृशदुःखितः॥
sa muhūrtaṃ tathā bhūtvā sacetāḥ punarutthitaḥ| rudhireṇāplutāṅgastu pāṇḍavo bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ||
He soon however regained consciousness. Rising up from the ground, his body being covered with blood, the Pandava (Arjuna) becanie overwhelmed with sorrow
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.59
शरण्यं शरणं गत्वा भगवन्तं पिनाकिनम्। मृन्मयं स्थण्डिलं कृत्वा माल्येनापूजयद् भवम्॥
śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatvā bhagavantaṃ pinākinam| mṛnmayaṃ sthaṇḍilaṃ kṛtvā mālyenāpūjayad bhavam||
Mentally bowing before the exalted deity of the Pinaka and making a clay image of that deity, he worshipped it with garlands of flowers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.60
तच्च माल्यं तदा पार्थः किरातशिरसि स्थितम्। अपश्यत् पाण्डवश्रेष्ठो हर्षेण प्रकृतिं गतः॥
tacca mālyaṃ tadā pārthaḥ kirātaśirasi sthitam| apaśyat pāṇḍavaśreṣṭho harṣeṇa prakṛtiṃ gataḥ||
Seeing the garlands that he had offered to the (clay image) adorning the head of the Kirata, that best of the Pandava, Partha (Arjuna), was filled with joy and he then regained his ease.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.61
पपात पादयोस्तस्य ततः प्रीतोऽभवद् भवः। उवाच चैनं वचसा मेघगम्भीरगीहरः। जातविस्मयमालोक्य तपःक्षीणाङ्गसंहतिम्॥
papāta pādayostasya tataḥ prīto'bhavad bhavaḥ| uvāca cainaṃ vacasā meghagambhīragīharaḥ| jātavismayamālokya tapaḥkṣīṇāṅgasaṃhatim||
Thereupon he prostrated himself at his feet and Vava (Shiva) became gratified. Seeing his astonishment and his body emaciated with ascetic austerities, the deity thus spoke to his in the voice as that of the roaring clouds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.62
भव उवाच भो भोः फाल्गुन तुष्टोऽस्मि कर्मणाप्रतिमेन ते। शौर्येणानेनधृत्या च क्षत्रियो नास्ति ते समः॥
bhava uvāca bho bhoḥ phālguna tuṣṭo'smi karmaṇāpratimena te| śauryeṇānenadhṛtyā ca kṣatriyo nāsti te samaḥ||
Shiva said: O Falguni, I am pleased with you for your matchless deeds. There is no Kshatriya who is equal to you in courage and patience.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.63
समं तेजश्च वीर्यं च ममाद्य तव चानघ। प्रीतस्तेऽहं महाबाहो पश्य मां भरतर्षभ॥
samaṃ tejaśca vīryaṃ ca mamādya tava cānagha| prītaste'haṃ mahābāho paśya māṃ bharatarṣabha||
O mighty-armed hero, O best of the Bharata race, O sinless one, your strength and prowess are almost equal to mine. I have been pleased with you. Behold me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.64
ददामि ते विशालाक्ष चक्षुः पूर्वऋषिर्भवान्। विजेष्यसि रणे शत्रू नपि सर्वान् दिवौकसः॥
dadāmi te viśālākṣa cakṣuḥ pūrvaṛṣirbhavān| vijeṣyasi raṇe śatrū napi sarvān divaukasaḥ||
O large-eyed hero, I will give you eyes, (so that you may see me in my real form). You were formerly a Rishi. You will vanquish all your enemies, even (if they be) the dwellers of heaven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.65
प्रीत्या च तेऽहं दास्यामि यदस्त्रमनिवारितम्। त्वं हि शक्तो मदीयं तदस्त्रंधारयितुं क्षणात्॥
prītyā ca te'haṃ dāsyāmi yadastramanivāritam| tvaṃ hi śakto madīyaṃ tadastraṃdhārayituṃ kṣaṇāt||
Being pleased with you, I shall give you an irrerestible weapon; you shall soon acquire (great) weapons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.66
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो देवं महादेवं गिरिशं शूलपाणिनम्। ददर्श फाल्गुनस्तत्र सह देव्या महाद्युतिम्॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tato devaṃ mahādevaṃ giriśaṃ śūlapāṇinam| dadarśa phālgunastatra saha devyā mahādyutim||
Vaishampayana said: Thereupon Falguni (Arjuna) saw that greatly effulgent deity, the great god, the dweller of the mountain, the wielder of the Pinaka, with his wife.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.67
स जानुभ्यां महीं गत्वा शिरसा प्रणिपत्य च। प्रसादयामास हरं पार्थः परपुरंजयः॥
sa jānubhyāṃ mahīṃ gatvā śirasā praṇipatya ca| prasādayāmāsa haraṃ pārthaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ||
Kneeling (before him) and bowing down his head to him, that conqueror of enemy's cities, Partha, gratificd Hara (Shiva).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.68
अर्जुन उवाच कपर्दिन् सर्वदेवेश भगनेत्रनिपातन। देवदेव महादेव नीलग्रीव जटाधर॥
arjuna uvāca kapardin sarvadeveśa bhaganetranipātana| devadeva mahādeva nīlagrīva jaṭādhara||
Arjuna said : O Kapardin, O chief of all the celestials, O destroyer of Vaga's eyes, O god of gods, O great god, O blue throated deity of mattedlocks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.69
कारणानां च परमं जाने त्वां त्र्यम्बकं विभुम्। देवानां च गतिं देव त्वत्प्रसूतमिदं जगत्॥
kāraṇānāṃ ca paramaṃ jāne tvāṃ tryambakaṃ vibhum| devānāṃ ca gatiṃ deva tvatprasūtamidaṃ jagat||
O three-eyed god, O lord of all, I know you to be the cause of all causes. You are the refuge of all the celestials. The universe has sprung from you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.70
अजेयस्त्वं त्रिभिर्लोकः सदेवासुरमानुषैः। शिवाय विष्णुरूपाय विष्णवे शिवरूपिणे॥
ajeyastvaṃ tribhirlokaḥ sadevāsuramānuṣaiḥ| śivāya viṣṇurūpāya viṣṇave śivarūpiṇe||
You are incapable of being vanquished by the three worlds of the celestials, of the Asuras and of men. You are Shiva in the form of Vishnu and Vishnu in the form of Shiva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 39.71
दक्षयज्ञविनाशाय हरिरुद्राय वै नमः। ललाटाक्षाय शर्वाय मीढुषे शूलपाणये॥
dakṣayajñavināśāya harirudrāya vai namaḥ| lalāṭākṣāya śarvāya mīḍhuṣe śūlapāṇaye||
You destroyed the sacrifice of Daksha. O Hari, O Rudra, I bow to you. You have an eye on your forehead. O Sharva, O Medrusha, O wielder of trident.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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पिनाकगोप्जे सूर्याय मङ्गल्याय च वेधसे। प्रसादये त्वां भगवन् सर्वभूतमहेश्वर॥
pinākagopje sūryāya maṅgalyāya ca vedhase| prasādaye tvāṃ bhagavan sarvabhūtamaheśvara||
O wielder of the Pinaka, O Surya, O pure bodied deity, O exalted one, O lord of all creatures, I adore you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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गणेशं जगतः शम्भुं लोककारणकारणम्। प्रधानपुरुषातीतं परं सूक्ष्मतरं हरम्॥
gaṇeśaṃ jagataḥ śambhuṃ lokakāraṇakāraṇam| pradhānapuruṣātītaṃ paraṃ sūkṣmataraṃ haram||
O lord of the Ganas, O source of Universal blessings, O (first) cause of the causes of the universe, the foremost of Purusha, the highest and the sublimes Hara.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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व्यतिक्रमं मे भगवन् क्षन्तुमर्हसि शंकर। भगवन् दर्शनाकाक्षी प्राप्तोऽस्मीमं महागिरिम्॥
vyatikramaṃ me bhagavan kṣantumarhasi śaṃkara| bhagavan darśanākākṣī prāpto'smīmaṃ mahāgirim||
O exalted one, O Shankara, you should pardon my fault. It was to get a sight of yourself that I came to this great mountain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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दयितं तव देवेश तापसालयमुत्तमम्। प्रसादये त्वां भगवन् सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम्॥
dayitaṃ tava deveśa tāpasālayamuttamam| prasādaye tvāṃ bhagavan sarvalokanamaskṛtam||
Which is dear to you and which is the excellent abode of ascetics. O chief of the celestials, you are adored by all the worlds and I adore you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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न मे स्यादपराधोऽयं महादेवातिसाहसात्। कृतो मयायमज्ञानाद् विमर्दो यस्त्वया सह। शरणं प्रतिपन्नाय तत् क्षमस्वाद्य शंकर॥
na me syādaparādho'yaṃ mahādevātisāhasāt| kṛto mayāyamajñānād vimardo yastvayā saha| śaraṇaṃ pratipannāya tat kṣamasvādya śaṃkara||
Let not my rashness in the combat that I have fought with you from ignorance be considered by you as a fault. O Shankara, I ask your protection. Pardon me for all I have done.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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वैशम्पायन उवाचत तमुवाच महातेजाः प्रहस्यवृषभध्वजः। प्रगृह्य रुचिरं बाहुं क्षान्तमित्येव फाल्गुनम्॥
vaiśampāyana uvācata tamuvāca mahātejāḥ prahasyavṛṣabhadhvajaḥ| pragṛhya ruciraṃ bāhuṃ kṣāntamityeva phālgunam||
Vaishampayana said : The greatly effulgent Vrishabdhvaja (Shiva), taking hold of the handsome hands of Arjuna, smilingly said to him, “I have pardoned you."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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परिष्वज्य च बाहुभ्यां प्रीतात्मा भगवान् हरः। पुनः पार्थं सान्त्वपूर्वमुवाच वृषभध्वजः॥
pariṣvajya ca bāhubhyāṃ prītātmā bhagavān haraḥ| punaḥ pārthaṃ sāntvapūrvamuvāca vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ||
The exalted Hara, whose sign was the bull, (Shiva), cheerfully embracing Arjuna with his arins, again consoled him and thus spoke to him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)