Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 139
MBh 3 139.1
संजय उवाच अर्जुनो वासुदेवश्च धन्विनौ परमार्चितौ। कामादन्यत्र सम्भूतौ सर्वभावाय सम्मितौ॥
saṃjaya uvāca arjuno vāsudevaśca dhanvinau paramārcitau| kāmādanyatra sambhūtau sarvabhāvāya sammitau||
Sanjaya said Arjuna and the son of Vasudeva, the two very adorable wielders of the bow, born in a region other than their own out of their own will are equal to each other in every detail of their nature.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.2
व्यामान्तरं समास्थाय यथामुक्तं मनस्विनः। चक्रं तद् वासुदेवस्य मायया वर्तते विभो॥
vyāmāntaraṃ samāsthāya yathāmuktaṃ manasvinaḥ| cakraṃ tad vāsudevasya māyayā vartate vibho||
That disc of the son of Vasudeva exists, as illusion, O lord though five cubits in diameter it can be hurled by that intelligent in any form he likes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.3
सापह्नवं कौरवेषु पाण्डवानां सुसम्मतम्। सारासारबलं ज्ञातुं तेज:पुञ्जावभासितम्॥
sāpahnavaṃ kauraveṣu pāṇḍavānāṃ susammatam| sārāsārabalaṃ jñātuṃ teja:puñjāvabhāsitam||
(That disc) is the destroyer of the Kurus and therefore dear to the Pandavas. Shining with effulgence, it is the best measure for forming an idea of points of strength and weakness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.4
नरकं शम्बरं चैव कंसं चैद्यं च माधवः। जितवान् घोरसंकाशान् क्रीडन्निव महाबलः॥
narakaṃ śambaraṃ caiva kaṃsaṃ caidyaṃ ca mādhavaḥ| jitavān ghorasaṃkāśān krīḍanniva mahābalaḥ||
That descendant of Madhu, of great strength, as if in play, conquered Naraka, Shambara, Kansa and the king of the Chedis in terrific battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.5
पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च द्यां चैव पुरुषोत्तमः। मनसैव विशिष्टात्मा नयत्यात्मवशं वशीः॥
pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca dyāṃ caiva puruṣottamaḥ| manasaiva viśiṣṭātmā nayatyātmavaśaṃ vaśīḥ||
That foremost men, of a superior soul, can by mere force of his will bring under control the earth, the sky and the heavens.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.6
भूयो भूयो हि यद् राजन् पृच्छसे पाण्डवान् प्रति। सारासारबलं ज्ञातुं तत् समासेन मे शृणु॥
bhūyo bhūyo hi yad rājan pṛcchase pāṇḍavān prati| sārāsārabalaṃ jñātuṃ tat samāsena me śṛṇu||
Again and again, have you, O king, asked me about the Pandavas with a view to know their strength and the points of their superiority and inferiority. Listen to that from me in brief:
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.7
एकतो वा जगत् कृत्स्नमेकतो वा जनार्दनः। सारतो जगतः कृत्स्नादतिरिक्तो जनार्दनः॥
ekato vā jagat kṛtsnamekato vā janārdanaḥ| sārato jagataḥ kṛtsnādatirikto janārdanaḥ||
If the entire world be placed on one side and Janardana on the other; then will the entire world be surpassed by Janardana in point of strength.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.8
भस्म कुर्याज्जगदिदं मनसैव जनार्दनः। न तु कृत्स्नं जगच्छक्तं भस्म कर्तुं जनार्दनम्॥
bhasma kuryājjagadidaṃ manasaiva janārdanaḥ| na tu kṛtsnaṃ jagacchaktaṃ bhasma kartuṃ janārdanam||
The entire world is not able to reduce Janardana to ashes; while Janardana can reduce the world into ashes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.9
यतः सत्यं यतो धर्मो यतो ह्रीरार्जवं यतः। ततो भवतो गोविन्दो यतः कृष्णस्ततो जयः॥
yataḥ satyaṃ yato dharmo yato hrīrārjavaṃ yataḥ| tato bhavato govindo yataḥ kṛṣṇastato jayaḥ||
Where there is truth, where there is righteousness, where there is modesty and where there is humanity, there is Govinda. Where there is Krishna; there is victory.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.10
पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च दिवं च पुरुषोत्तमः। विचेष्टयति भूतात्मा क्रीडन्निव जनार्दनः॥
pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca divaṃ ca puruṣottamaḥ| viceṣṭayati bhūtātmā krīḍanniva janārdanaḥ||
The earth, the sky and the heavens are guided by Janardana, that foremost among men, who is as it were, the soul of all creatures, as if in play.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.11
स कृत्वा पाण्डवान् सत्रं लोकं सम्मोहयन्निव। अधर्मनिरतान् मूढान् दग्धुमिच्छति ते सुतान्॥
sa kṛtvā pāṇḍavān satraṃ lokaṃ sammohayanniva| adharmaniratān mūḍhān dagdhumicchati te sutān||
He, making the Pandavas his instruments, desires to consume your foolish sons, who are attached to vice, sleeping the world in illusion.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.12
कालचक्रं जगच्चक्रं युगचक्रं च केशवः। आत्मयोगेन भगवान् परिवर्तयतेऽनिशम्॥
kālacakraṃ jagaccakraṃ yugacakraṃ ca keśavaḥ| ātmayogena bhagavān parivartayate'niśam||
The wheel of time, the wheel of the world and the wheel of the Yuga (i.e. the wheel of work leading to births and rebirths) dose that ! prosperous bcing ever cause to revolve by application of his soul.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.13
कालस्य च हि मृत्योश्च जङ्गमस्थावरस्य च। ईशते भगवानेकः सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥
kālasya ca hi mṛtyośca jaṅgamasthāvarasya ca| īśate bhagavānekaḥ satyametad bravīmi te||
That prosperous Being alone is lord over Time, Death and over all mobile and immobile beings. I tell you the truth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.14
ईशन्नपि महायोगी सर्वस्य जगतो हरिः। कर्माण्यारभते कर्तुं कीनाश इव वर्धनः॥
īśannapi mahāyogī sarvasya jagato hariḥ| karmāṇyārabhate kartuṃ kīnāśa iva vardhanaḥ||
Though larding over the entire world, Hari, that great anchorite, has recourse to work, as a cultivator tills the soil.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 139.15
तेन वञ्चयते लोकान् मायायोगेन केशवः। ये तमेव प्रपद्यन्ते न ते मुह्यन्ति मानवाः॥
tena vañcayate lokān māyāyogena keśavaḥ| ye tameva prapadyante na te muhyanti mānavāḥ||
By such illusion dose Keshava deceive the world; but those men that have understood him are not deceived.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)