Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 181
MBh 3 181.1
सुपर्ण उवाच यस्मादुत्तार्यते पापाद् यस्मान्निःश्रेयसोऽश्नुते। अस्मादुत्तारणबलादुत्तरेत्युच्यते द्विज॥
suparṇa uvāca yasmāduttāryate pāpād yasmānniḥśreyaso'śnute| asmāduttāraṇabalāduttaretyucyate dvija||
Suparna said Since a man is absolved from his sins in this quarter and since he attains salvation here, it is called North (Uttara), O twice born one, from its power of absolution (uttarana).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.2
उत्तरस्य हिरण्यस्य परिवापश्च गालव। मार्गः पश्चिमपूर्वाभ्यां दिग्भ्यां वै मध्यमः स्मृतः॥
uttarasya hiraṇyasya parivāpaśca gālava| mārgaḥ paścimapūrvābhyāṃ digbhyāṃ vai madhyamaḥ smṛtaḥ||
And since the north, which is the region of gold (and other treasures) stretches between the west and the east therefore is it called the central region.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.3
अस्यां दिशि वरिष्ठायामुत्तरायां द्विजर्षभ। नासौम्यो नाविधेयात्मा नाधर्मो वसते जनः॥
asyāṃ diśi variṣṭhāyāmuttarāyāṃ dvijarṣabha| nāsaumyo nāvidheyātmā nādharmo vasate janaḥ||
In this region, the north, which is the best, O best among the twice born, none that is not tranquil, none that has not brought his soul under control and none that is vicious, lives.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.4
अत्र नारायणः कृष्णो जिष्णुश्चैव नरोत्तमः। बदर्यामाश्रमपदे तथा ब्रह्मा च शाश्वतः॥
atra nārāyaṇaḥ kṛṣṇo jiṣṇuścaiva narottamaḥ| badaryāmāśramapade tathā brahmā ca śāśvataḥ||
Here lives Narayana, the ever victorious Krishna, that best among men in the hermitage of Badri and so does Brahma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.5
अत्र वै हिमवत्पृष्ठे नित्यमास्ते महेश्वरः। प्रकृत्या पुरुषः सार्धं युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभः॥
atra vai himavatpṛṣṭhe nityamāste maheśvaraḥ| prakṛtyā puruṣaḥ sārdhaṃ yugāntāgnisamaprabhaḥ||
Here on the breast of the Himayat mountain even lives Maheshvara who is endued with effulgence like that of the fire which blazes at the termination of each Yuga, like Purusha in company with Prakriti.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.6
न स दृश्यो मुनिगणैस्तथा देवैः सवासवैः। गन्धर्वयक्षसिद्धैर्वा नरनारायणादृते॥
na sa dṛśyo munigaṇaistathā devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ| gandharvayakṣasiddhairvā naranārāyaṇādṛte||
He is invisible by the group of Munis as also by the gods along with Vasava and by the Gandharvas and Yakshas who have attained salvation, indeed by all save by Nara and Narayana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.7
अत्र विष्णुः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रचरणोऽव्ययः। सहस्रशिरसः श्रीमानेकः पश्यति मायया।॥
atra viṣṇuḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasracaraṇo'vyayaḥ| sahasraśirasaḥ śrīmānekaḥ paśyati māyayā|||
Here lives the eternal Vishnu of a thousand eye, a thousand feet and a thousand heads who appears one with the aid of illusion.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.8
अत्र राज्येन विप्राणां चन्द्रमाश्चाभ्यषिच्यत। अत्र गङ्गां महादेवः पतन्तीं गगनाच्च्युताम्॥
atra rājyena viprāṇāṃ candramāścābhyaṣicyata| atra gaṅgāṃ mahādevaḥ patantīṃ gaganāccyutām||
Here was the moon entrusted with the kingship over regenerate persons and here Mahadeva let fall the Ganga, which descended from the sky,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.9
प्रतिगृह्य ददौ लोके मानुषे ब्रह्मवित्तम। अत्र देव्या तपस्तप्तं महेश्वरपरीप्सया॥
pratigṛhya dadau loke mānuṣe brahmavittama| atra devyā tapastaptaṃ maheśvaraparīpsayā||
After receiving her on his head, to the world of men, O you best among those that know Brahma; here was asceticism practiced by the goddess (Uma) with the desire of getting Maheshvara for her husband.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.10
अत्र कामश्च रोषश्च शैलचोमा च सम्बभुः। अत्र राक्षसयक्षाणां गन्धर्वाणां च गालव॥ आधिपत्येन कैलासे धनदोऽप्यभिषेचितः। अत्र चैत्ररथं रम्यमत्र वैखानसाश्रमः॥
atra kāmaśca roṣaśca śailacomā ca sambabhuḥ| atra rākṣasayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ ca gālava|| ādhipatyena kailāse dhanado'pyabhiṣecitaḥ| atra caitrarathaṃ ramyamatra vaikhānasāśramaḥ||
Here were born Kama (the god of love) Rosha (the ire of Shiva), the Kailasa mountain as also Uma; and here, O Galava, over the Rakshasas and Yakshas and Gandharvas, was the giver of wealth (Kubera) anointed king in the Kailasa; here is suitable the pleasure garden of Kubera-the enchanting Chaitraratha and here is situate the hermitage of the class of Rishis known as Vaikhanas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.11
अत्र मन्दाकिनी चैव मन्दरश्च द्विजर्षभ। अत्र सौगन्धिकवनं नैर्ऋतैरभिरक्ष्यते॥
atra mandākinī caiva mandaraśca dvijarṣabha| atra saugandhikavanaṃ nairṛtairabhirakṣyate||
Here are situate the Mandakini (river) and the Mandara (mountain) O best among the twice born and here is the wood named Saugandhanika which is guarded by Rakshasas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.12
शाद्वलं कदलीस्कन्धमत्र संतानका नगाः। अत्र संयमनित्यानां सिद्धानां स्वैरचारिणाम्॥
śādvalaṃ kadalīskandhamatra saṃtānakā nagāḥ| atra saṃyamanityānāṃ siddhānāṃ svairacāriṇām||
Here are plains covered with green grass and groups of plantain trees and the celestial trees, the Santanakas and in this quarter the Siddhas, who have ever their passions under control and who always roam about at their pleasure,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 181.13
विमानान्यनुरूपाणि कामभोग्यानि गालव। अत्र ते ऋषयः सप्त देवी चारुन्धती तथा॥
vimānānyanurūpāṇi kāmabhogyāni gālava| atra te ṛṣayaḥ sapta devī cārundhatī tathā||
Have their abodes resembling the heaven and replete with all objects of enjoyment; and here live the seven Rishis and also the Goddess Arundhati.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)