Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 24

MBh 4 24.1

संजय उवाच धार्तराष्ट्रबलं दृष्ट्वा युद्धाय समुपस्थितम्। अर्जुनस्य हितार्थाय कृष्णो वचनमब्रवीत्॥

saṃjaya uvāca dhārtarāṣṭrabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā yuddhāya samupasthitam| arjunasya hitārthāya kṛṣṇo vacanamabravīt||

Sanjaya said Having seen the army of Dhritarashtra's son approach with the desire to fight, Krishna spoke these words to Arjuna for his benefit.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.2

श्रीभगवानुवाच शुचिर्भूत्वा महाबाहो संग्रामाभिमुखे स्थितः। पराजयाय शत्रूणां दुर्गास्तोत्रमुदीरय॥

śrībhagavānuvāca śucirbhūtvā mahābāho saṃgrāmābhimukhe sthitaḥ| parājayāya śatrūṇāṃ durgāstotramudīraya||

The Deity said “O mighty-armed hero, purifying yourself, utter, on the even of battle, the hymn to Durga, so that you may defeat the foe".

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.3

संजय उवाच एवमुक्तोऽर्जुन: संख्ये वासुदेवेन धीमता। अवतीर्य रथात् पार्थः स्तोत्रमाह कृताञ्जलिः॥

saṃjaya uvāca evamukto'rjuna: saṃkhye vāsudevena dhīmatā| avatīrya rathāt pārthaḥ stotramāha kṛtāñjaliḥ||

Sanjaya said Being thus addressed by the greatly wise Vasudeva, the son of Pritha, Arjuna alighted from his car and chanted the following hymn with joined hands.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.4

अर्जुन उवाच नमस्ते सिद्धसेनानि आर्ये मन्दरवासिनि। कुमारि कालि कापालि कपिले कृष्णपिङ्गले॥

arjuna uvāca namaste siddhasenāni ārye mandaravāsini| kumāri kāli kāpāli kapile kṛṣṇapiṅgale||

Arjuna said O lord of the Yogins, O dweller of Mandara forest, O identified Deity with Brahma, I bow to you. O Goddess free from decrepitude and decay, O Kali, O wife of Kapala, O Deity of black and brown colour,

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.5

भद्रकालि नमस्तुभ्यं महाकालि नमोऽस्तु ते। चण्डि चण्डे नमस्तुभ्यं तारिणि वरवर्णिनि॥

bhadrakāli namastubhyaṃ mahākāli namo'stu te| caṇḍi caṇḍe namastubhyaṃ tāriṇi varavarṇini||

I bow to you. O giver of benefits to your devotecs, O Mahakali, I bow to you. O wife of the universal destroyer, I bow to you. O proud one, O rescuer from dangers, O possessor of every auspicious attribute, I bow to you.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.6

कात्यायनि महाभागे करालि विजये जये। शिखिपिच्छध्वजधरे नानाभरणभूषिते॥

kātyāyani mahābhāge karāli vijaye jaye| śikhipicchadhvajadhare nānābharaṇabhūṣite||

O goddess who has sprung from the Katar ace, O worshipped of all, O fearful one, O giver of victory, O victory itself, O bearer of the banner of peacocks plumes, O wearer of ornaments.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.7

अट्टशूलप्रहरणे खगखेटकधारिणि। गोपेन्द्रस्यानुजे ज्येष्ठे नन्दगोपकुलोद्भवे॥

aṭṭaśūlapraharaṇe khagakheṭakadhāriṇi| gopendrasyānuje jyeṣṭhe nandagopakulodbhave||

O wielder of fearful spear, O holder of sword and shield, O the younger sister of the cowherd chief, O eldest one, O goddess born in the race of Nandagopa,

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.8

महिषासक्प्रिये नित्यं कौशिकि पीतवासिनि। अट्टहासे कोकमुखे नमस्तेऽस्तु रणप्रिये॥

mahiṣāsakpriye nityaṃ kauśiki pītavāsini| aṭṭahāse kokamukhe namaste'stu raṇapriye||

O lover of buffalo's blood, o deity born in the race of Kushika, O wearer of yellow robes, O devourer of Asuras, O lover of battle, I bow to you.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.9

उमे शाकम्भरि श्वेते कृष्णे कैटभनाशिनि। हिरण्याक्षि विरूपाक्षि सुधूम्राक्षि नमोऽस्तु ते॥ वेदश्रुति महापुण्ये ब्रह्मण्ये जातवेदसि। जम्बूकटकचैत्येषु नित्य सन्निहितालये॥

ume śākambhari śvete kṛṣṇe kaiṭabhanāśini| hiraṇyākṣi virūpākṣi sudhūmrākṣi namo'stu te|| vedaśruti mahāpuṇye brahmaṇye jātavedasi| jambūkaṭakacaityeṣu nitya sannihitālaye||

O Uma, O Shakambhari, O white-coloured deity, O black-coloured goddess, O destroyer of Kaitabha Asura, O yellow-eyed one, O various eyed one, O smoke coloured eyed one, I bow to you. You are the Vedas, you are the Shrutis, you are the highest virtue. You are propitious to Brahmanas who are engaged in sacrifices, you posses the knowledge of the past, you are ever present in the sacred abodes erected in your honour in the Jambudvipa.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.10

त्वं ब्रह्मविद्या विद्यानां महानिद्रा च देहिनाम्। स्कन्दमातर्भगवति दुर्गे कान्तारवासिनि॥

tvaṃ brahmavidyā vidyānāṃ mahānidrā ca dehinām| skandamātarbhagavati durge kāntāravāsini||

You are the science of Brahma among sciences, you are that sleep of creatures, which has no waking, C_mother of Skanda, O possessor of the six attributes, O Durga, O dweller of inaccessible regions,

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.11

भवतु मे नित्यं स्वाहाकारः स्वधा चैव कला काष्ठा सरस्वती। सावित्रि वेदमाता च तथा वेदान्त उच्यते॥

bhavatu me nityaṃ svāhākāraḥ svadhā caiva kalā kāṣṭhā sarasvatī| sāvitri vedamātā ca tathā vedānta ucyate||

You are described as svaha, as svadha as Kala, as Kashta, as Sarasvati, as Savitri, the mother of the Vedas and as the science of the Vedanta.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.12

स्तुताऽसि त्वं महादेवि विशुद्धनान्तरात्मना। जयो मे नित्यं त्वत्प्रसादाद रणाजिरे॥

stutā'si tvaṃ mahādevi viśuddhanāntarātmanā| jayo me nityaṃ tvatprasādāda raṇājire||

O great goddess with my inner soul purified, I adore you. Let, through your grace, victory always attend me in the field of battle.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.13

कान्तारभयदुर्गेषु भक्तानां चालयेषु च। नित्यं वससि पाताले युद्धे जयसि दानवान्॥

kāntārabhayadurgeṣu bhaktānāṃ cālayeṣu ca| nityaṃ vasasi pātāle yuddhe jayasi dānavān||

You always live in inaccessible regions where there is fear, in places of difficulty, in the abodes of your worshippers and in the nether region. You always anguish the Asuras.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.14

त्वं जम्भनी मोहिनी च माया ह्रीः श्रीस्तथैव च। संध्या प्रभावती चैव सावित्री जननी तथा॥

tvaṃ jambhanī mohinī ca māyā hrīḥ śrīstathaiva ca| saṃdhyā prabhāvatī caiva sāvitrī jananī tathā||

You are consciousness, you are sleep, you are illusion, you are modesty, you are beauty. You are the twilight's, you are the day, you are Savitri, you are the mother.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.15

तुष्टिः पुष्टिकृतिर्दीप्तिश्चन्द्रादित्यविवर्धिनी। भूतिभूतिमतां सङ्घये वीक्ष्यसे सिद्धचारणैः।।

tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭikṛtirdīptiścandrādityavivardhinī| bhūtibhūtimatāṃ saṅghaye vīkṣyase siddhacāraṇaiḥ||

You are contentment, you are growth you are light, you support the sun and the moon, you make them shine. You are the prosperity of those that are prosperous. The Siddhas and the Charanas see you in the Samadhi.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.16

संजय उवाच ततः पार्थस्य विज्ञाय भक्ति मानववत्सला। अन्तरिक्षगतोवाच गोविन्दस्याग्रतः स्थिता॥

saṃjaya uvāca tataḥ pārthasya vijñāya bhakti mānavavatsalā| antarikṣagatovāca govindasyāgrataḥ sthitā||

Sanjaya said Knowing Partha's (Arjuna's) great devotion, Durga, who is always graciously inclined towards mankind, appeared in the sky. In the presence of Govinda (Krishna) she thus spoke to Arjuna.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.17

देव्युवाच स्वल्पेनैव तु कालेन शत्रूञ्जेष्यसि पाण्डव। नरस्त्वमसि दुर्धर्ष नारायणसहायवान्॥

devyuvāca svalpenaiva tu kālena śatrūñjeṣyasi pāṇḍava| narastvamasi durdharṣa nārāyaṇasahāyavān||

The goddess said O son of Pandu, you will vanquish your enemy in no time. O invincible one. You have Narayana himself to help you.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.18

अजेयस्त्वं रणेऽरीणामपि वज्रभृतः स्वयम्। इत्येवमुक्त्वा वरदा क्षणेनान्तरधीयत॥

ajeyastvaṃ raṇe'rīṇāmapi vajrabhṛtaḥ svayam| ityevamuktvā varadā kṣaṇenāntaradhīyata||

You are incapable of being defeated by any foe, not even by the wielder of thunder-bolt (Indra). Having said this, that boon-giving goddess disappeared.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.19

लब्ध्वा वरं तु कौन्तेयो मेने विजयमात्मनः। आरुरोह ततः पार्थो रथं परमसम्मतम्॥

labdhvā varaṃ tu kaunteyo mene vijayamātmanaḥ| āruroha tataḥ pārtho rathaṃ paramasammatam||

The son of Kunti (Arjuna), considered himself blessed by obtaining that boon. Partha then mounted his excellent chariot.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.20

कृष्णार्जुनावेकरथौ दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः। य इदं पठते स्तोत्र कल्य उत्थाय मानवः॥

kṛṣṇārjunāvekarathau divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ| ya idaṃ paṭhate stotra kalya utthāya mānavaḥ||

Then Krishna and Arjuna, both seated in one car, blew their celestial conchs. The man, who chants this hymn in the morning.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.21

यक्षरक्ष:पिशाचेभ्यो न भयं विद्यते सदा। न चापि रिपवस्तेभ्यः सर्पाद्या ये च दंष्ट्रिणः॥ न भयं विद्यते तस्य सदा राजकुलादपि। विवादे जयमाप्नोति बद्धो मुच्यति बन्धनात्॥

yakṣarakṣa:piśācebhyo na bhayaṃ vidyate sadā| na cāpi ripavastebhyaḥ sarpādyā ye ca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ|| na bhayaṃ vidyate tasya sadā rājakulādapi| vivāde jayamāpnoti baddho mucyati bandhanāt||

Has nothing to fear from the Yakshas, the Rakshasas and Pishachas,. He will have no enemies. He will have no fear from snakes and all animals that have poisonous stings and teeth, and also from kings. He is certain to win victory in all disputes. If bound, he will be freed from the bonds.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.22

दुर्गं तरति चावश्यं तथा चौरैर्विमुच्यते। संग्रामे विजयेन्नित्यं लक्ष्मी प्राप्नोति केवलाम्॥

durgaṃ tarati cāvaśyaṃ tathā caurairvimucyate| saṃgrāme vijayennityaṃ lakṣmī prāpnoti kevalām||

He is certain to get over all difficulties, be is certain to be freed from thieves. He will ever win victory, and the goddess of prosperity.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.23

आरोग्यबलसम्पन्नो जीवेद् वर्षशतं तथा। एतद् दृष्टं प्रसादात् तु मया व्यासस्य धीमतः॥ द्वैपायनो नारदश्च

ārogyabalasampanno jīved varṣaśataṃ tathā| etad dṛṣṭaṃ prasādāt tu mayā vyāsasya dhīmataḥ|| dvaipāyano nāradaśca

He will live with health and strength for one hundred years. I have known all this through the grace of the greatly wise Vyasa.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.24

मोहादेतौ न जानन्ति नरनारायणवृषी। तव पुत्रा दुरात्मानः सर्वे मन्युवशानुगाः॥

mohādetau na jānanti naranārāyaṇavṛṣī| tava putrā durātmānaḥ sarve manyuvaśānugāḥ||

Your wicked sons, however, having been entangled in the meshes of death do not, out of ignorance, know them to be Nara and Narayana.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 4 24.25

प्राप्तकालमिदं वाक्यं कालपाशेन गुण्ठिताः। कण्वो रामस्तथाऽनघः। अवारयंस्तवं सुतं न चासौ तद् गृहीतवान्।॥ यत्र धर्मो द्युतिः कान्तिर्यत्र ह्रीः श्रीस्तथा मतिः। यतो धर्मस्ततः कृष्णो यतः कृष्णस्ततो जयः॥

prāptakālamidaṃ vākyaṃ kālapāśena guṇṭhitāḥ| kaṇvo rāmastathā'naghaḥ| avārayaṃstavaṃ sutaṃ na cāsau tad gṛhītavān||| yatra dharmo dyutiḥ kāntiryatra hrīḥ śrīstathā matiḥ| yato dharmastataḥ kṛṣṇo yataḥ kṛṣṇastato jayaḥ||

Entangled in the net and death, they do not know that the last hour of their kingdom has come. Dvaipayana (Vyasa) Narada, Kanva, the sinless Rama had dissuaded your son. But he did not accept their words. Where there is piety there are glory and beauty. Where there is modesty there are intelligence and prosperity. Where there is righteousness, there is Krishna, and where there is Krishna, there is victory.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)