Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 99
MBh 2 99.1
लोमश उवाच इल्वलस्तान् विदित्वा तु महर्षिसहितान् नृपान्। उपस्थितान् सहामात्यो विषयान्ते ह्यपूजयत्॥
lomaśa uvāca ilvalastān viditvā tu maharṣisahitān nṛpān| upasthitān sahāmātyo viṣayānte hyapūjayat||
Lomasha said: Having learnt that those kings with the great Rishi had arrived at the frontier of his kingdom. Ilvala with all his relatives went out and worshipped them duly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.2
तेषां ततोऽसुरश्रेष्ठस्त्वातिथ्यमकरोत् तदा। सुसंस्कृतेन कौरव्य भ्रात्रा वातापिना यदा॥
teṣāṃ tato'suraśreṣṭhastvātithyamakarot tadā| susaṃskṛtena kauravya bhrātrā vātāpinā yadā||
O descendant of Kuru, that foremost of Asuras received them with hospitality and entertained them with well cooked meat of his brother Vatapi (in the form of a goat).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.3
ततो राजर्षयः सर्वे विषण्णा गतचेतसः। वातापिं संस्कृतं दृष्ट्वा मेषभूतं महासुरम्॥
tato rājarṣayaḥ sarve viṣaṇṇā gatacetasaḥ| vātāpiṃ saṃskṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā meṣabhūtaṃ mahāsuram||
Thereupon seeing Vatapi, the great Asura cooked, all the royal sages were filled with grief and became as senseless.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.4
अथाब्रवीदगस्त्यस्तान् राजर्षीनृषिसत्तमः। विषादो वो न कर्तव्यो ह्यहं भोक्ष्ये महासुरम्॥ धुर्यासनमथासाद्य निषसाद महानृषिः। तं पर्यवेषद् दैत्येन्द्र इल्वलः प्रहसन्निव॥
athābravīdagastyastān rājarṣīnṛṣisattamaḥ| viṣādo vo na kartavyo hyahaṃ bhokṣye mahāsuram|| dhuryāsanamathāsādya niṣasāda mahānṛṣiḥ| taṃ paryaveṣad daityendra ilvalaḥ prahasanniva||
Thereupon that foremost of Rishis Agastya said to those royal sages. “You ought not to grieve. I shall eat up the great Asura." When the great Rishi sat on an excellent seat in order to eat, the great Daitya Ilvala laughingly began to distribute the food.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.5
अगस्त्य एव कृत्स्नं तु वातापिं वुभुजे ततः। भुक्तवत्यसुरोऽऽह्वानमकरोत् तस्य चेल्वलः॥
agastya eva kṛtsnaṃ tu vātāpiṃ vubhuje tataḥ| bhuktavatyasuro''hvānamakarot tasya celvalaḥ||
Then Agastya eat up all the cooked meat of Vatapi. When the dinner was over the Asura Alluvial began to summon him (Vatapi).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.6
ततो वायुः प्रादुरभूदधस्तस्य महात्मनः। शब्देन महता तात गर्जन्निव यथा घनः॥
tato vāyuḥ prādurabhūdadhastasya mahātmanaḥ| śabdena mahatā tāta garjanniva yathā ghanaḥ||
Thereupon, a child, (only a quantity of) wind came out of the stomach of the high-souled one with great a sound as that of the roaring clouds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.7
वातापे निष्क्रमस्वेति पुनः पुनरुवाच ह। तं प्रहस्याब्रवीद् राजन्नगस्त्यो मुनिसत्तमः॥
vātāpe niṣkramasveti punaḥ punaruvāca ha| taṃ prahasyābravīd rājannagastyo munisattamaḥ||
He (Ilvala) again and again cried, “Vatapi,O Vatapi, come out.” Then that foremost of Rishis, Agastya laughingly said,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.8
कुतो निष्क्रमितुं शक्तो मया जीर्णस्तु सोऽसुरः। इल्वलस्तु विषण्णोऽभूद् दृष्ट्वा जीर्ण महासुरम्॥
kuto niṣkramituṃ śakto mayā jīrṇastu so'suraḥ| ilvalastu viṣaṇṇo'bhūd dṛṣṭvā jīrṇa mahāsuram||
"How can he come out? I have already digested that Asura." Seeing that great Asura digested, Ilvala became sad.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.9
प्राञ्जलिश्च सहामात्यैरिदं वचनमब्रवीत्। किमर्थमुपयाताः स्थ ब्रूत किं करवाणि वः॥
prāñjaliśca sahāmātyairidaṃ vacanamabravīt| kimarthamupayātāḥ stha brūta kiṃ karavāṇi vaḥ||
Joining his hands along with his ministers, he thus spoke, “What for have you come here? And what can I do for you?”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.10
प्रत्युवाच ततोऽगस्त्यः प्रहसन्निल्वलं तदा। ईशं सुर विद्मस्त्वां वयं सर्वेधनेश्वरम्॥
pratyuvāca tato'gastyaḥ prahasannilvalaṃ tadā| īśaṃ sura vidmastvāṃ vayaṃ sarvedhaneśvaram||
Thereupon Agastya smilingly thus replied, "O Asura, we know you to be possessed of great power and also enormous wealth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.11
एते च नातिधनिनोधनार्थश्च महान् मम। यथाशक्त्यविहिंस्यान्यान् संविभागं प्रयच्छ नः॥
ete ca nātidhaninodhanārthaśca mahān mama| yathāśaktyavihiṃsyānyān saṃvibhāgaṃ prayaccha naḥ||
These kings are not very wealthy, but my necessity of wealth is great. Give us what you can without injuring any other.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.12
ततोऽभिवाद्य तमृषिमिल्वलो वाम्यमब्रवीत्। दित्सितं यदि वेत्सि त्वं ततो दास्यामि ते वसु॥
tato'bhivādya tamṛṣimilvalo vāmyamabravīt| ditsitaṃ yadi vetsi tvaṃ tato dāsyāmi te vasu||
Thereupon (having been thus addressed) Ilvala saluted the Rishi and thus spoke to him, "If you can say what it is that I mean to give, then I shall give you wealth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.13
अगस्त्य उवाच गवां दशसहस्राणि राज्ञामेकैकशोऽसुर। तावदेव सुवर्णस्य दित्सितं ते महासुर॥
agastya uvāca gavāṃ daśasahasrāṇi rājñāmekaikaśo'sura| tāvadeva suvarṇasya ditsitaṃ te mahāsura||
Agastya said : O Asura, you have intended to give to each of these kings ten thousand kine and as many gold coins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.14
मां ततो वै द्विगणं रथश्चैव हिरण्मयः। मनोजवौ वाजिनौ च दित्सितं ते महासुर॥
māṃ tato vai dvigaṇaṃ rathaścaiva hiraṇmayaḥ| manojavau vājinau ca ditsitaṃ te mahāsura||
O great Asura, to me you have intended to give twice as much and a golden chariot and a couple of horses with the speed of mind.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.15
लोमश उवाच जिज्ञास्यमानः स रथः कौन्तेयासीद्धिरण्मयः। ततः प्रव्यथितो दैत्यो ददावभ्यधिकं वसु॥
lomaśa uvāca jijñāsyamānaḥ sa rathaḥ kaunteyāsīddhiraṇmayaḥ| tataḥ pravyathito daityo dadāvabhyadhikaṃ vasu||
Lomasha said: O son of Kunti, he (Ilvala) made inquired and learnt that the car was really made of gold. The Daitya then with a sad heart gave away much wealth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.16
विरावश्च सुरावश्च तस्मिन् युक्तौ रथे हयौ। ऊहतुः सवसूनाशु तावगस्त्याश्रमं प्रति॥ अगस्त्येनाभ्यनुज्ञाता जग्मू राजर्षयस्तदा। कृतवांश्च मुनिः सर्वं लोपामुद्राचिकीर्षितम्॥
virāvaśca surāvaśca tasmin yuktau rathe hayau| ūhatuḥ savasūnāśu tāvagastyāśramaṃ prati|| agastyenābhyanujñātā jagmū rājarṣayastadā| kṛtavāṃśca muniḥ sarvaṃ lopāmudrācikīrṣitam||
That car which are yoked the two horses, called Virava and Surava. O descendant of Bharata, these horses took those kings and Agastya and also all the wealth to the hermitage of Agastya within twinkling of an eye. Then obtaining Agastya's permission the royal sages went away to their respective cities. That Rishi (Agastya) did all that his wife Lopamudra had desired.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.17
लोपामुद्रोवाच कृतवानसि तत् सर्वं भगवन् मम काक्षितम्। उत्पादय सकृन्मह्यमपत्यं वीर्यवत्तरम्॥
lopāmudrovāca kṛtavānasi tat sarvaṃ bhagavan mama kākṣitam| utpādaya sakṛnmahyamapatyaṃ vīryavattaram||
Lopamudra said : O exalted one, you have accomplished all my desires. (Now) beget on me a greatly powerful and virtuous son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.18
अगस्त्य उवाच तुष्टोऽहमस्मि कल्याणि तव वृत्तन शोभने। विचारणामपत्ये तु तव वक्ष्यामि तां शृणु।॥
agastya uvāca tuṣṭo'hamasmi kalyāṇi tava vṛttana śobhane| vicāraṇāmapatye tu tava vakṣyāmi tāṃ śṛṇu|||
Agastya said : O blessed one, O beautiful lady, I am pleased with your conduct. Listen to me as regards the proposal I make in respect of your son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.19
सहस्रं तेऽस्तु पुत्राणां शतं वा दशसम्मितम्। दश वा शततुल्याः स्युरेको वापि सहस्रजित्॥
sahasraṃ te'stu putrāṇāṃ śataṃ vā daśasammitam| daśa vā śatatulyāḥ syureko vāpi sahasrajit||
Do you desire to have one thousand sons or one hundred sons, each equal to one hundred or only one such who can conquer one thousand.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.20
लोपामुद्रोवाच सहस्रसम्मितः पुत्र एकोऽप्यस्तु तपोधन। एकोहि बहुभिः श्रेयान् विद्वान् साधुरसाधुभिः॥
lopāmudrovāca sahasrasammitaḥ putra eko'pyastu tapodhana| ekohi bahubhiḥ śreyān vidvān sādhurasādhubhiḥ||
Lopamudra said : O great ascetic, let me have one son equal to one thousand. One learned and good son is preferable to many bad ones.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.21
लोमश उवाच स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय तया सम्भवन्मुनिः। समये समशीलिन्या श्रद्दावाञ्छ्रद्दधानया॥ तत आधाय गर्भं तमगमद् वनमेव सः। तस्मिन् वनगते गर्भो ववृधे सप्त शारदान्॥
lomaśa uvāca sa tatheti pratijñāya tayā sambhavanmuniḥ| samaye samaśīlinyā śraddāvāñchraddadhānayā|| tata ādhāya garbhaṃ tamagamad vanameva saḥ| tasmin vanagate garbho vavṛdhe sapta śāradān||
Lomasha said: O King, saying “So be it”, that Rishi lived with reverence with his devoted wife of equal behaviour and then the Rishi) went away into the forest. After he had gone away to the forest, that conception grew on for seven years.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.22
सप्तमेऽब्दे गते चापि प्राच्यवत् स महाकविः। ज्वलन्निव प्रभावेण दृढस्युर्नाम भारत॥
saptame'bde gate cāpi prācyavat sa mahākaviḥ| jvalanniva prabhāveṇa dṛḍhasyurnāma bhārata||
O descendant of Bharata, when the seventh year passed, that highly learned man, called Dridasya came out of the womb blazing like fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.23
साङ्गोपनिषदान् वेदाञ्जपन्निव महातपाः। तस्य पुत्रोऽभवदृषेः स तेजस्वी महाद्विजः॥
sāṅgopaniṣadān vedāñjapanniva mahātapāḥ| tasya putro'bhavadṛṣeḥ sa tejasvī mahādvijaḥ||
That highly effulgent Brahmana, that great ascetic, took birth as that Rishi's (Agastya's) son, as if uttering the Vedas, Vedangas and the Upanishadas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.24
स बाल एव तेजस्वी पितुस्तस्य निवेशने। इध्मानां भारमाजहे इध्मवाहस्ततोऽभवत्॥
sa bāla eva tejasvī pitustasya niveśane| idhmānāṃ bhāramājahe idhmavāhastato'bhavat||
Greatly powerful even in his childhood, he used to carry loads of sacrificial fuel to his father's house and hence he was called Idhmavaha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.25
तथायुक्तं तु तं दृष्ट्वा मुमुदे स मुनिस्तदा। एवं स जनयामास भारतापत्यमुत्तमम्॥
tathāyuktaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā mumude sa munistadā| evaṃ sa janayāmāsa bhāratāpatyamuttamam||
Seeing him endued with such (prowess) that Rishi became very much pleased. O descendant of Bharata, thus did he beget that excellent son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.26
लेभिरे पितरश्चास्य लोकान् राजन् यथेप्सितान्। तत अर्ध्वमयं ख्यातस्त्वगस्त्यस्याश्रमो भुवि॥
lebhire pitaraścāsya lokān rājan yathepsitān| tata ardhvamayaṃ khyātastvagastyasyāśramo bhuvi||
O king, by this his ancestors obtained the region they desired. From that time this place has become famous on earth as the hermitage of Agastya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.27
प्राह्लादिरेवं वातापिरगस्त्येनोपशामितः। तस्यायमाश्रमो राजन् रमणीयैर्गुणैर्युतः॥
prāhlādirevaṃ vātāpiragastyenopaśāmitaḥ| tasyāyamāśramo rājan ramaṇīyairguṇairyutaḥ||
O king, this is that hermitage of Agastya who had killed Vatapi of the Prahrada race, the hermitage adorned with charming beauties.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.28
एषा भागीरथी पुण्या देवगन्धर्वसेविता। वातेरिता पताकेव विराजति नभस्तले॥
eṣā bhāgīrathī puṇyā devagandharvasevitā| vāteritā patākeva virājati nabhastale||
This sacred Bhagirathi frequented by the celestials and the Gandharvas rolls in like a person in the sky shaken by the gentle breeze.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.29
प्रतार्यमाणा कूटेषु यथा निम्नेषु नित्यशः। शिलातलेषु संत्रस्ता पन्नगेन्द्रवधूरिव॥
pratāryamāṇā kūṭeṣu yathā nimneṣu nityaśaḥ| śilātaleṣu saṃtrastā pannagendravadhūriva||
She flows onward on draggy crests (of hills), descending lower and lower, looking like a frightened female snake lying along the slopes of the hills.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.30
दक्षिणां वै दिशं सर्वां प्लावयन्ती च मातृवत्। पूर्वं शम्भोर्जटाभ्रष्टा समुद्रमहिषी प्रिया। अस्यां नद्यां सुपुण्यायां यथेष्टमवगाह्यताम्॥
dakṣiṇāṃ vai diśaṃ sarvāṃ plāvayantī ca mātṛvat| pūrvaṃ śambhorjaṭābhraṣṭā samudramahiṣī priyā| asyāṃ nadyāṃ supuṇyāyāṃ yatheṣṭamavagāhyatām||
Issuing first from the matted locks of Sambhu (Shiva), this favourite queen of the ocean floods the southern country, (thereby benefiting it) as a mother. Bathe freely in this highly sacred river.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.31
युधिष्ठिर निबोधेदं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम्। भृगोस्तीर्थं महाराज महर्षिगणसेवितम्॥
yudhiṣṭhira nibodhedaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam| bhṛgostīrthaṃ mahārāja maharṣigaṇasevitam||
O Yudhishthira, O great king, behold the Bhrigu Tirtha, celebrated over the three worlds and frequented by the great Rishi.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.32
यत्रोपस्पृष्टवान् रामो हृतं तेजस्तदाऽऽप्तवान्। अत्र त्वां भ्रातृभिः सार्धं कृष्णया चैव पाण्डव॥
yatropaspṛṣṭavān rāmo hṛtaṃ tejastadā''ptavān| atra tvāṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ kṛṣṇayā caiva pāṇḍava||
Bathing in it, Rama regained his lost prowess. O son of Pandu, bathing here with your brothers and Krishna (Draupadi).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.33
दुर्योधनहृतं तेजः पुनरादातुमर्हसि। कृतवैरेण रामेण यथा चोपहृतं पुनः॥
duryodhanahṛtaṃ tejaḥ punarādātumarhasi| kṛtavaireṇa rāmeṇa yathā copahṛtaṃ punaḥ||
You should regain that effulgence which had been robbed from you by Duryodhana, as Rama regained his lost splendour by a hostile encounter (with Dashratha's son).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.34
वैशम्पायन उवाच स तत्र भ्रातृभिश्चैव कृष्णाया चैव पाण्डवः। स्नात्वा देवान् पितॄश्चैव तर्पयामास भारत॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca sa tatra bhrātṛbhiścaiva kṛṣṇāyā caiva pāṇḍavaḥ| snātvā devān pitṝścaiva tarpayāmāsa bhārata||
Vaishampayana said : O descendant of Bharata, the Pandava (Yudhishthira) bathed there with his brothers and Krishna (Draupadi) and offered oblations to the Pitris and the celestials.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 99.35
तस्य तीर्थस्य रूपं वै दीप्ताद् दीप्ततरं बभौ। अप्रधृष्यतरवासीच्छात्रवाणां नरर्षभ॥
tasya tīrthasya rūpaṃ vai dīptād dīptataraṃ babhau| apradhṛṣyataravāsīcchātravāṇāṃ nararṣabha||
O foremost of men, after he had bathed there, his body blazed forth in brighter effulgence. and he became invincible to all foes,
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अपृच्छच्चैव राजेन्द्र लोमशं पाण्डुनन्दनः। भगवन् किमर्थं रामस्य हृतमासीद् वपुः प्रभो। कथं प्रत्याहृतं चैव एतदाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः॥
apṛcchaccaiva rājendra lomaśaṃ pāṇḍunandanaḥ| bhagavan kimarthaṃ rāmasya hṛtamāsīd vapuḥ prabho| kathaṃ pratyāhṛtaṃ caiva etadācakṣva pṛcchataḥ||
O king of kings, the son of Pandu (Yudhishthira) then thus spoke to Lomasha, "O exalted one, for what reason Rama's effulgence was robbed? How did he again regain it? I ask you, tell me everything.
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लोमश उवाच शृणु रामस्य राजेन्द्र भार्गवस्य चधीमतः। जातो दशरथस्यासीत् पुत्रो रामो महात्मनः॥ विष्णुः स्वेन शरीरेण रावणस्य वधाय वै। पश्यामस्तमयोध्यायां जातं दाशरथिं ततः॥
lomaśa uvāca śṛṇu rāmasya rājendra bhārgavasya cadhīmataḥ| jāto daśarathasyāsīt putro rāmo mahātmanaḥ|| viṣṇuḥ svena śarīreṇa rāvaṇasya vadhāya vai| paśyāmastamayodhyāyāṃ jātaṃ dāśarathiṃ tataḥ||
Lomasha said : O king of kings, listen to the history of Rama (Dasharatha's son) and also that of the intelligent (Parshurama), the descendant of Bhrigu. For the destruction of Ravana, Vishnu in his own body took his birth as the son of the illustrious Dasharatha. We then saw that son of Dasharatha when he had been born in Ayodhya.
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ऋचीकनन्दनो रामो भार्गवो रेणुकासुतः। तस्य दाशरथेः श्रुत्वा रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः॥ कौतूहलान्वितो रामस्त्वयोध्यामगमत् पुनः। धनुरादाय तद् दिव्यं क्षत्रियाणां निबर्हणम्॥
ṛcīkanandano rāmo bhārgavo reṇukāsutaḥ| tasya dāśaratheḥ śrutvā rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ|| kautūhalānvito rāmastvayodhyāmagamat punaḥ| dhanurādāya tad divyaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ nibarhaṇam||
Being impelled by curiosity, Rama, the descendant of Bhrigu, the son of Richika and Renuka, hearing of Rama, the son of Dasharatha of spotless deeds, went to Ayodhya, taking with him the bow so fatal to the Kshatriyas.
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जिज्ञासमानो रामस्य वीर्यं दाशरथेस्तदा। तं वै दशरथः श्रुत्वा विषयान्तमुपागतम्॥ प्रेषयामास रामस्य रामं पुत्रं पुरस्कृतम्। स तमभ्यागतं दृष्ट्वा उद्यतास्त्रमवस्थितम्॥ प्रहसनिव कौन्तेय रामो वचनमब्रवीत्। कृतकालं हि राजेन्द्रधनुरेतन्मया विभो॥
jijñāsamāno rāmasya vīryaṃ dāśarathestadā| taṃ vai daśarathaḥ śrutvā viṣayāntamupāgatam|| preṣayāmāsa rāmasya rāmaṃ putraṃ puraskṛtam| sa tamabhyāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā udyatāstramavasthitam|| prahasaniva kaunteya rāmo vacanamabravīt| kṛtakālaṃ hi rājendradhanuretanmayā vibho||
(With the intention of) ascertaining the prowess of Rama, the son of Dasharatha. Hearing that he had arrived at the frontier of his dominion, Dasharatha, sent his own son Rama to receive (Parshu) Rama with respect. Seeing him (Dasharatha's son) arrived and standing before him with upraised weapons, Rama, smilingly spoke these words to him, “O king of kings, O lord, O ruler of earth, string, if you can with all your strength, this bow in my hand which was made to destroy the Kshatriyas."
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समारोपय यत्नेन यदि शक्नोषि पार्थिव। इत्युक्तस्त्वाह भगवंस्त्वं नाधिक्षेप्तुमर्हसि॥
samāropaya yatnena yadi śaknoṣi pārthiva| ityuktastvāha bhagavaṃstvaṃ nādhikṣeptumarhasi||
Having been thus addressed, he (Dasharatha's son) said, “O exalted one, you should not insult me thus.
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नाहमप्यधमोधर्मे क्षत्रियाणां द्विजातिषु। इक्ष्वाकूणां विशेषेण बाहुवीर्ये न कत्थनम्॥
nāhamapyadhamodharme kṣatriyāṇāṃ dvijātiṣu| ikṣvākūṇāṃ viśeṣeṇa bāhuvīrye na katthanam||
I am amongst the twice-born not deficient in the virtue of the Kshatriya order. But the descendants of Ikshvaku never boast of their prowess of arms,
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तमेवंवादिनं तत्र रामो वचनमब्रवीत्। अलं वै व्यपदेशेनधनुरायच्छ राघव॥
tamevaṃvādinaṃ tatra rāmo vacanamabravīt| alaṃ vai vyapadeśenadhanurāyaccha rāghava||
To him who spoke thus, Rama replied in these words, “O descendant of Raghu, stop all your crafty speech. Take this bow."
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ततो जग्राह रोषेण क्षत्रियर्षभसूदनम्। रामो दाशरथिर्दिव्यं हस्ताद् रामस्य कार्मुकम्॥ धनुरारोपयामास सलील इव भारत। ज्याशब्दमकरोच्चैव स्मयमानः स वीर्यवान्॥
tato jagrāha roṣeṇa kṣatriyarṣabhasūdanam| rāmo dāśarathirdivyaṃ hastād rāmasya kārmukam|| dhanurāropayāmāsa salīla iva bhārata| jyāśabdamakaroccaiva smayamānaḥ sa vīryavān||
Thereupon the son of Dasharatha Rama took up in anger from the hands of (Parshu) Rama that celestials bow which destroyed the foremost of Kshatriyas. O descendant of Bharata, that greatly powerful hero stringed that bow without the least exertion and then he twanged it.
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तस्य शब्दस्य भूतानि वित्रसन्त्यशनेरिव। अथाब्रवीत् तदा रामो रामं दाशरथिस्तदा॥ इदमारोपितं ब्रह्मन् किमन्यत् करवाणि ते। तस्य रामो ददौ दिव्यं जामदग्न्यो महात्मनः। शरमाकर्णदेशान्तमयमाकृष्यतामिति॥
tasya śabdasya bhūtāni vitrasantyaśaneriva| athābravīt tadā rāmo rāmaṃ dāśarathistadā|| idamāropitaṃ brahman kimanyat karavāṇi te| tasya rāmo dadau divyaṃ jāmadagnyo mahātmanaḥ| śaramākarṇadeśāntamayamākṛṣyatāmiti||
With its twang like that of the thunder he frightened all creatures. Thereupon Rama, the son of Dasharatha, thus spoke to (Parshu) Rama, “O Brahmana, here I have stringed the bow. What else shall I do for you?” Then the illustrious son of Jamadagni (Parshurama) gave to Rama a celestials arrow and said, “Please this to the bow-string and draw it to your ear.
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लोमश उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वाब्रवीद् रामः प्रदीप्त इव मन्युना। श्रूयते क्षम्यते चैव दर्पपूर्णोऽसि भार्गव॥
lomaśa uvāca etacchrutvābravīd rāmaḥ pradīpta iva manyunā| śrūyate kṣamyate caiva darpapūrṇo'si bhārgava||
Having heard this, Rama, blazing up in wrath, thus spoke to him, “O descendant of Bhrigu, I have heard what you have said and I have also pardoned you. You are full of vanity.
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त्वया ह्यधिगतं तेजः क्षत्रियेभ्यो विशेषतः। पितामहप्रसादेन तेन मां क्षिपसिध्रुवम्॥
tvayā hyadhigataṃ tejaḥ kṣatriyebhyo viśeṣataḥ| pitāmahaprasādena tena māṃ kṣipasidhruvam||
You have acquired prowess superior to the Kshatriyas through the grace of the Grandsire (Brahma) and therefore you certainly insult me.!
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पश्य मां स्वेन रूपेण चक्षुस्ते वितराम्यहम्। ततो रामशरीरे वै रामः पश्यति भार्गवः॥ आदित्यान् सवसून् रुद्रान् साध्यांश्च समरुद्गणान्। पितरो हुताशनश्चैव नक्षत्राणि ग्रहास्तथा॥ गन्धर्वा राक्षसा यक्षा नद्यस्तीर्थानि यानि च। ऋषयो बालखिल्याश्च ब्रह्मभूताः सनातनाः॥ देवर्षयश्च कात्स्न्र्येन समुद्राः पर्वतास्तथा। वेदाश्च सोपनिषदो वषट्कारैः सहाध्वरैः॥ चेतोमन्ति च सामानिधनुर्वेदश्च भारत। मेघवृन्दानि वर्षाणि विद्युतश्च युधिष्ठिर॥
paśya māṃ svena rūpeṇa cakṣuste vitarāmyaham| tato rāmaśarīre vai rāmaḥ paśyati bhārgavaḥ|| ādityān savasūn rudrān sādhyāṃśca samarudgaṇān| pitaro hutāśanaścaiva nakṣatrāṇi grahāstathā|| gandharvā rākṣasā yakṣā nadyastīrthāni yāni ca| ṛṣayo bālakhilyāśca brahmabhūtāḥ sanātanāḥ|| devarṣayaśca kātsnryena samudrāḥ parvatāstathā| vedāśca sopaniṣado vaṣaṭkāraiḥ sahādhvaraiḥ|| cetomanti ca sāmānidhanurvedaśca bhārata| meghavṛndāni varṣāṇi vidyutaśca yudhiṣṭhira||
Behold me in my own original form; I give you sight.” Then the descendant of Bhrigu Rama saw in the body of Rama (Dasharatha's son). The Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Sadhyas, the Marutas, the Pitris, Hutashana (Fire), constellations, the planets. The Gandharvas, the Rakshashas, the Yakshas, the rivers, the Tirthas, those eternal Rishis who have become Brahma-like, namely Valakhilyas. The celestials Rishis, the seas, the mountains, the Vedas, the Upanishadas, the Vasishthas, the sacrifices, the Samas in their living forms. O descendant of Bharata Yudhishthira, the science of arms, the clouds with rain and lightning to saw in the body of Rama (Dasharatha's son).
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ततः स भगवान् विष्णुस्तं वै बाणं मुमोच ह। शुष्काशनिसमाकीर्णं महोल्काभिश्च भारत॥ पांसुवर्षेण महता मेघवर्षेश्च भूतलम्। भूमिकम्पैश्च निर्घातै दैश्च विपुलैरपि॥
tataḥ sa bhagavān viṣṇustaṃ vai bāṇaṃ mumoca ha| śuṣkāśanisamākīrṇaṃ maholkābhiśca bhārata|| pāṃsuvarṣeṇa mahatā meghavarṣeśca bhūtalam| bhūmikampaiśca nirghātai daiśca vipulairapi||
Then the exalted Vishnu (Rama) shot that arrow. O descendant of Bharata at this the whole earth was filled with sounds of thunder and burning meteors flashed through the sky. Showers of dust and rain fell on the earth, earthquakes, whirl-winds of fearful sounds convulged everything.
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स रामं विह्वलं कृत्वा तेजश्चाक्षिष्य केवलम्। आगच्छज्ज्वलितो बाणो रामबाहुप्रचोदितः॥
sa rāmaṃ vihvalaṃ kṛtvā tejaścākṣiṣya kevalam| āgacchajjvalito bāṇo rāmabāhupracoditaḥ||
Confounding (Parshu) Rama by the effulgence of the arrow shot by the hand of Rama, it came back blazing into his hand.
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स तु विह्वलतां गत्वा प्रतिलभ्य च चेतनाम्। रामः प्रत्यागतप्राणः प्राणमद् विष्णुतेजसम्॥ विष्णुना सोऽभ्यनुज्ञातो महेन्द्रमगमत् पुनः। भीतस्तु तत्र न्यवसद् व्रीडितस्तु महातपाः॥
sa tu vihvalatāṃ gatvā pratilabhya ca cetanām| rāmaḥ pratyāgataprāṇaḥ prāṇamad viṣṇutejasam|| viṣṇunā so'bhyanujñāto mahendramagamat punaḥ| bhītastu tatra nyavasad vrīḍitastu mahātapāḥ||
(Parshu) Rama who had been thus deprived of his senses, then regaining his consciousness and receiving back (as it were) his life, bowed to the greatly effulgent Vishnu (Rama). Commanded by Vishnu he again went to the Mahendra mountain. The great ascetic lived there in fear and in shame.
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ततः संवत्सरेऽतीते हतौजसमवस्थितम्। निर्मदं दुःखितं दृष्ट्वा पितरो राममब्रुवन्॥
tataḥ saṃvatsare'tīte hataujasamavasthitam| nirmadaṃ duḥkhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitaro rāmamabruvan||
When one year passed away, seeing (Parshu) Rama deprived of prowess, his pride gone and himself in great affliction, the Pitris thus spoke to him,
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पितर ऊचुः न वै सम्यगिदं पुत्र विष्णुमासाद्य वै कृतम्। स हि पूज्यश्च मान्यश्च त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वदा॥
pitara ūcuḥ na vai samyagidaṃ putra viṣṇumāsādya vai kṛtam| sa hi pūjyaśca mānyaśca triṣu lokeṣu sarvadā||
“O son, in going to Vishnu, your conduct was not proper. He deserves to be worshipped and respected by the three worlds.
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गच्छ पुत्र नदी पुण्यां वधूसरकृताह्वयाम्। तत्रोपस्पृश्य तीर्थेषु पुनर्वपुरवाप्स्यसि॥
gaccha putra nadī puṇyāṃ vadhūsarakṛtāhvayām| tatropaspṛśya tīrtheṣu punarvapuravāpsyasi||
O son, go to the sacred river which is known by the name of Vadhusara. Bathing in all the Tirthas in that river, you will regain your old effulgence.
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दीप्तोदं नाम तत् तीर्थं यत्र ते प्रपितामहः। भृगुर्देवयुगे राम तप्तवानुत्तमं तपः॥
dīptodaṃ nāma tat tīrthaṃ yatra te prapitāmahaḥ| bhṛgurdevayuge rāma taptavānuttamaṃ tapaḥ||
O Rama, therein is the Tirtha called Diptodaka where your grand father Bhrigu in the celestials age practised excellent austerities."
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तत् तथा कृतवान् रामः कौन्तेय वचनात् पितुः। प्राप्तवांश्च पुनस्तेजस्तीर्थेऽस्मिन् पाण्डुनन्दन॥
tat tathā kṛtavān rāmaḥ kaunteya vacanāt pituḥ| prāptavāṃśca punastejastīrthe'smin pāṇḍunandana||
O son of Kunti, Rama did all that his ancestors had said. O son of Pandu, he regained his lost effulgence in this Tirtha.
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एतदीदृशकं तात रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा। प्राप्तमासीन्महाराज विष्णुमासाद्य वै पुरा॥
etadīdṛśakaṃ tāta rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā| prāptamāsīnmahārāja viṣṇumāsādya vai purā||
O child, O great king, this was what happened in the days of yore to Rama of spotless deeds when he met with Vishnu.
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