Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 203
MBh 5 203.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच तस्मिन्नतिरथे द्रोणे निहते पार्षतेन वै। मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वन्नतः परम्॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca tasminnatirathe droṇe nihate pārṣatena vai| māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva kimakurvannataḥ param||
Dhritarashtra said When that Atiratha, viz., Drona had been slain by the son of Prisata, O Sanjaya, did my troops and those of the Pandavas do afterwards?
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MBh 5 203.2
संजय उवाच
saṃjaya uvāca
were son
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MBh 5 203.3
तस्मिन्नतिरथे द्रोणे निहते पार्षतेन वै। कौरवेषु च भग्नेषु कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः॥
tasminnatirathe droṇe nihate pārṣatena vai| kauraveṣu ca bhagneṣu kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ||
Sanjaya said When that Atiratha Drona had been slain by the son of Prisata and when the Kaurava ranks broken and routed, Kunti's Dhananjaya.
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MBh 5 203.4
दृष्टवा सुमहदाश्चर्यमात्मनो विजयावहम्। यदृच्छयाऽऽगतं व्यासं पप्रच्छ भरतर्षभ॥
dṛṣṭavā sumahadāścaryamātmano vijayāvaham| yadṛcchayā''gataṃ vyāsaṃ papraccha bharatarṣabha||
Beholding a wonderful sight indicative of his victory, questioned, O foremost of the Bharatas, the mighty sage Vyasa who had gone there at his own pleasure.
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MBh 5 203.5
अर्जुन उवाच संग्रामे न्यहनं शत्रूशरौधैर्विमलैरहम्। अग्रता लक्षये यान्तं पुरुषं पावकप्रभम्॥
arjuna uvāca saṃgrāme nyahanaṃ śatrūśaraudhairvimalairaham| agratā lakṣaye yāntaṃ puruṣaṃ pāvakaprabham||
Arjuna said When slaying my foes in battle with myriads of resplendent darts, I saw a male being of the effulgence of fire proceeding before me.
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MBh 5 203.6
ज्वलन्तं शूलमुद्यम्य यां दिशं प्रतिपद्यते। तस्यां दिशि विदीर्यन्ते शत्रवो मे महामुने॥
jvalantaṃ śūlamudyamya yāṃ diśaṃ pratipadyate| tasyāṃ diśi vidīryante śatravo me mahāmune||
Raising his blazing trident wherever he turned, my foes in that direction, O mighty sage, he routed and scorched.
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MBh 5 203.7
तेन भग्नानरीन् सर्वान् मद्भग्नान् मन्यते जनः। तेन भग्नानि सैन्यानि पृष्ठतोऽनुव्रजाम्यहम्॥
tena bhagnānarīn sarvān madbhagnān manyate janaḥ| tena bhagnāni sainyāni pṛṣṭhato'nuvrajāmyaham||
People think that I rout my foes whereas they are really routed by him. I only pursue from behind the troops already broken and routed by him.
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MBh 5 203.8
भगवंस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व को वै स पुरुषोत्तमः। शूलपाणिर्मया हृष्टतेजसा सूर्यसंनिभः॥
bhagavaṃstanmamācakṣva ko vai sa puruṣottamaḥ| śūlapāṇirmayā hṛṣṭatejasā sūryasaṃnibhaḥ||
O illustrious possessor of the six qualities the Bhagas, tell me who is that excellent of all male beings, whom I see armed with the trident and who resembles the Sun himself in effulgence.
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MBh 5 203.9
न पद्भ्यां स्पृशते भूमिं न च शूलं विमुञ्चति। शूलाच्छूलसहस्राणि निष्पेतुस्तस्य तेजसा॥
na padbhyāṃ spṛśate bhūmiṃ na ca śūlaṃ vimuñcati| śūlācchūlasahasrāṇi niṣpetustasya tejasā||
He never touches the earth with his feet nor does he hurled his trident; but in consequence of his energy, thousands of arrows issue out of that trident of his.
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MBh 5 203.10
व्यास उवाच प्रजापतीनां प्रथमं तैजसं पुरुषं प्रभुम्। भुवनं भूर्भुवं देवं सर्वलोकेश्वरं प्रभुम्॥ ईशानं वरदं पार्थ दृष्टवानसि शङ्करम्! तं गच्छ शरणं देव वरदं भुवनेश्वरम्॥
vyāsa uvāca prajāpatīnāṃ prathamaṃ taijasaṃ puruṣaṃ prabhum| bhuvanaṃ bhūrbhuvaṃ devaṃ sarvalokeśvaraṃ prabhum|| īśānaṃ varadaṃ pārtha dṛṣṭavānasi śaṅkaram! taṃ gaccha śaraṇaṃ deva varadaṃ bhuvaneśvaram||
Vyasa said O son of Pritha, you have seen Sankara, that first of all the creators of the world, that lord of all energies, primary male being, he that is the embodiment of heaven, earth and sky, the divine Lord, the saviour of the universe, the paramount master, the bestower of boons, also called Ishana. O, do you seek the refuge of that boon-giving deity, that lord of the universe.
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MBh 5 203.11
महादेवं महात्मानमीशानं जटिलं विभुम्। त्र्यक्षं महाभुजं रुद्रं शिखिनं चीरवाससम्॥
mahādevaṃ mahātmānamīśānaṃ jaṭilaṃ vibhum| tryakṣaṃ mahābhujaṃ rudraṃ śikhinaṃ cīravāsasam||
He was the Paramount Divinity, of illustrious soul, also called Ishana, the wearer of matted locks and the origin of all auspiciousness. He possesses three eyes and mighty arms and fierce energy; and his locks are tied as a crown of his head and he clad in deer skin.
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MBh 5 203.12
महादेवं हरं स्थाणुं वरदं भुवनेश्वरम्। जगत्प्रधानमजितं जगत्प्रीतिमधीश्वरम्॥
mahādevaṃ haraṃ sthāṇuṃ varadaṃ bhuvaneśvaram| jagatpradhānamajitaṃ jagatprītimadhīśvaram||
That supreme god, called Hara or Sthanu, is the lord of the universe and the giver of boons. He is the foremost of all beings in the universe and incapable of beings vanquished. He is the afforder of joy to the universe and it its paramount ruler.
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MBh 5 203.13
जगद्योनि जगद्वीजं जयिनं जगतो गतिम्। विश्वात्मानं विश्वसृजं विश्वमूर्तिं यशस्विनम्॥
jagadyoni jagadvījaṃ jayinaṃ jagato gatim| viśvātmānaṃ viśvasṛjaṃ viśvamūrtiṃ yaśasvinam||
The origin, the light and the refuge of the universe, he is ever attended with victory. He is the soul and the creator of the universe; and the universe is his from and he is ever-glorious.
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MBh 5 203.14
विश्वेश्वरं विश्वनरं कर्मणामीश्वरं प्रभुम्। शम्भुं स्वयम्भुं भूतेशुं भूतभव्यभवोद्भवम्॥
viśveśvaraṃ viśvanaraṃ karmaṇāmīśvaraṃ prabhum| śambhuṃ svayambhuṃ bhūteśuṃ bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavam||
That Lord of the universe and its ruler, that great one is the lord of all action. Known by the name of Shambhu he is self-born, he is the lord of all creatures and the origin of the past, present and future.
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MBh 5 203.15
योगं योगेश्वरं सर्वं सर्वलोकेश्वरेश्वरम्। सर्वश्रेष्ठं जगच्छ्रेष्ठं वरिष्ठं परमेष्ठिनम्॥
yogaṃ yogeśvaraṃ sarvaṃ sarvalokeśvareśvaram| sarvaśreṣṭhaṃ jagacchreṣṭhaṃ variṣṭhaṃ parameṣṭhinam||
He is the Yoga and the lord of Yoga. He is called Sarva and is the lord of the lords of the world. He is superior to everything. He is the most excellent of all things in the universe and the highest of all and is called Paramesthin.
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MBh 5 203.16
लोकत्रयविधातारमेकं लोकत्रयाश्रयम्। शुद्धात्मानं भवं भीमं शशाङ्ककृतशेखरम्॥ शाश्वतं भूधरं देवं सर्ववागीश्वरेश्वरम्। । सुदुर्जयं जगन्नाथं जन्ममृत्युजरातिगम्॥
lokatrayavidhātāramekaṃ lokatrayāśrayam| śuddhātmānaṃ bhavaṃ bhīmaṃ śaśāṅkakṛtaśekharam|| śāśvataṃ bhūdharaṃ devaṃ sarvavāgīśvareśvaram| | sudurjayaṃ jagannāthaṃ janmamṛtyujarātigam||
He is the ordainer of the three worlds and the sole refuge of them all. He is pure souled, universe himself, dreadful, holder of moon on head, eternal, the protector of the universe, the forernost of all deities among the gods of speeches, incapable of being vanquished, lord of world and is beyond the reach of birth, decline and death.
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MBh 5 203.17
ज्ञानात्मानं ज्ञानगम्यं ज्ञानश्रेष्ठं सुदुर्विदम्। दातारं चैव भक्तानां प्रसादविहितान् वरान्॥
jñānātmānaṃ jñānagamyaṃ jñānaśreṣṭhaṃ sudurvidam| dātāraṃ caiva bhaktānāṃ prasādavihitān varān||
The essence of knowledge and incapable of being comprehended by the understanding and the best of all knowledge, he is unknowable. Out of his grace he gives to his worshippers the boons they desire.
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MBh 5 203.18
तस्य पारिषदा दिव्या रूपैर्नानाविधैर्विभोः। वामना जटिला मुण्डा ह्रस्वग्रीवा महोदराः॥
tasya pāriṣadā divyā rūpairnānāvidhairvibhoḥ| vāmanā jaṭilā muṇḍā hrasvagrīvā mahodarāḥ||
That great one has for his companions, celestial beings of various forms, some of whom are dwarfs, some with matted locks, some with bald heads, some with short necks, some with large stomachs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.19
महाकाया महोत्साहा महाकर्णास्तथापरे। आननैविकृतैः पादैः पार्थ वेषैश्च वैकृतैः॥
mahākāyā mahotsāhā mahākarṇāstathāpare| ānanaivikṛtaiḥ pādaiḥ pārtha veṣaiśca vaikṛtaiḥ||
Some with huge bodies, some endued with great mighty and some with long ears. All of them have, O son of Pritha, distorted faces, mouths and legs and strange dresses.
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MBh 5 203.20
ईदृशैः स महादेवः पूज्यमानो महेश्वरः। स शिवस्तात तेजस्वी प्रसादाद् याति तेऽग्रतः॥
īdṛśaiḥ sa mahādevaḥ pūjyamāno maheśvaraḥ| sa śivastāta tejasvī prasādād yāti te'grataḥ||
That great lord Mahadeva, O Partha, is adored by even these kinds of followers. That Siva, O son, possessed of energy, goes in advance of you through kindness only.
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MBh 5 203.21
तस्मिन् घोरे सदा पार्थ संग्रामे रोमहर्षणे। द्रौणिकर्णकृपैर्गुप्तां महेष्वासैः प्रहारिभिः॥ कस्तां सेनां तदा पार्थ मनसापि प्रधर्षयेत्। ऋते देवान्महेष्वासाद् बहुरूपान्महेश्वरात्॥
tasmin ghore sadā pārtha saṃgrāme romaharṣaṇe| drauṇikarṇakṛpairguptāṃ maheṣvāsaiḥ prahāribhiḥ|| kastāṃ senāṃ tadā pārtha manasāpi pradharṣayet| ṛte devānmaheṣvāsād bahurūpānmaheśvarāt||
In that dreadful battle, O son of Pritha, capable of causing the hair to stand erect, who else, O Arjuna, except the divine Maheshvara, that foremost of all bowmen, could even in his mind, dare defeat that host that was protected by those great smiters and bowmen, viz., Ashvatthaman, Karna and Kripa.
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MBh 5 203.22
स्थातुमुत्सहते कश्चिन्न तस्मिन्नग्रतः स्थिते। न हि भूतं समं तेन त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते॥
sthātumutsahate kaścinna tasminnagrataḥ sthite| na hi bhūtaṃ samaṃ tena triṣu lokeṣu vidyate||
Nobody can venture to withstand the fighter, in whose front walks Mahadeva himself. There is no creature in the triune worlds who is a match for him.
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MBh 5 203.23
गन्धेनापि हि संग्रामे तस्य क्रुद्धस्य शत्रवः। विसंज्ञा हतभूयिष्ठा वेपन्ति च पतन्ति च॥
gandhenāpi hi saṃgrāme tasya kruddhasya śatravaḥ| visaṃjñā hatabhūyiṣṭhā vepanti ca patanti ca||
At the very smell of the enraged Mahadeva, the enemy trembles and drops down senseless in large numbers in battle.
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MBh 5 203.24
तस्मै नमस्तु कुर्वन्तो देवास्तिष्ठन्ति वै दिवि। ये चान्ये मानवा लोके ते च स्वर्गजितो नराः॥
tasmai namastu kurvanto devāstiṣṭhanti vai divi| ye cānye mānavā loke te ca svargajito narāḥ||
For this reason the gods in heaven ever adore and bow down to him. The men of this world as also others that have attained to heaven.
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MBh 5 203.25
ये भक्ता वरदं देवं शिवं रुद्रमुमापतिम्। अनन्यभावेन सदा सर्वेशं समुपासते॥ इहलोके सुखं प्राप्य ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्।
ye bhaktā varadaṃ devaṃ śivaṃ rudramumāpatim| ananyabhāvena sadā sarveśaṃ samupāsate|| ihaloke sukhaṃ prāpya te yānti paramāṃ gatim|
If they devoutly worship the boon-giving, auspicious and divine Rudra, the lord of Uma, obtain happiness here and the highest felicity hereafter.
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MBh 5 203.26
नमस्कुरुष्व कौन्तेय तस्मै शान्ताय वै सदा॥ रुद्राय शितिकण्ठाय कनिष्ठाय सुवर्चसे।
namaskuruṣva kaunteya tasmai śāntāya vai sadā|| rudrāya śitikaṇṭhāya kaniṣṭhāya suvarcase|
O son of Kunti, bow down to him who is peace incarnate, to him called Rudra (of the fierce), who is of blue throat, exceedingly subtle and of great effulgence.
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MBh 5 203.27
कपर्दिने करालाय हर्यक्षवरदाय च॥ याम्यायाव्यक्तकेशाय सद्वृत्ते शङ्कराय च। काम्याय हरिनेत्राय स्थाणवे पुरुषाय च॥ हरिकेशाय मुण्डाय कृशायोत्तारणाय च। भास्कराय सुतीर्थाय देवदेवाय रंहसे॥ बहुरूपाय शर्वाय प्रियाय प्रियवाससे।
kapardine karālāya haryakṣavaradāya ca|| yāmyāyāvyaktakeśāya sadvṛtte śaṅkarāya ca| kāmyāya harinetrāya sthāṇave puruṣāya ca|| harikeśāya muṇḍāya kṛśāyottāraṇāya ca| bhāskarāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṃhase|| bahurūpāya śarvāya priyāya priyavāsase|
To himn known as Kapardin, him that is dreadful, him who possesses twany eyes, him that is boon giving; to that great ordainer or red locks and righteous conduct, to him who is ever-engaged in the performance of auspicious acts. to him who is an object of desire with all beings; to him who is of tawny eyes; him that is called Sthanu; him that is called Purusha; to him of tawny hair; him that is bald and him that is extremely subtle and of great splendour, to him that is the giver of light, him that is the embodiment of all holy waters, him that is the god of gods, him that is possessed of great impetuosity; him that is of various forms; him who is called Sarva and is vested in pleasant garments.
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MBh 5 203.28
उष्णीषिणे सुवक्त्राय सहस्राक्षाय मीढुषे॥ गिरिशाय प्रशान्ताय यतये चीरवाससे।
uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe|| giriśāya praśāntāya yataye cīravāsase|
To him that possesses an excellent turban, a handsome face and a thousand eyes; him that is the giver of rain, him that has the mountains for his habitation; him that is peace, him that is the protector, him that has the barks of trees for his cloth.
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MBh 5 203.29
हिरण्यबाहवे राज्ञे उग्राय पतये दिशाम्॥ पर्जन्ययतये चैव भूतानां पतये नमः।
hiraṇyabāhave rājñe ugrāya pataye diśām|| parjanyayataye caiva bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ|
To him whose arms are adorned with ornaments of gold, him who is furious; him who is the lord of all the different quarters; him who is the master of clouds and of all created beings.
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MBh 5 203.30
वृक्षाणां पतये चैव गवां च पतये नमः॥ वृक्षरावृतकायाय सेनान्ये मध्यमाय च।
vṛkṣāṇāṃ pataye caiva gavāṃ ca pataye namaḥ|| vṛkṣarāvṛtakāyāya senānye madhyamāya ca|
To hiin who is the lord of all trees and of kine; him that has his body covered with trees; him who is the general of the celestial armies; him who is the inspirer of all thoughts.
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MBh 5 203.31
स्रुवहस्ताय देवाय धन्विने भार्गवाय च॥ बहुरूपाय विश्वस्य पतये मुञ्जवाससे।
sruvahastāya devāya dhanvine bhārgavāya ca|| bahurūpāya viśvasya pataye muñjavāsase|
To him who has the sacrificial ladle in his hands; him who is effulgent, him who wields the bow; him who is Rama himself, him who has numerous semblance's; him who is the lord of the universe; him who has the Munja grass for his attire;
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MBh 5 203.32
सहस्रशिरसे चैव सहस्रनयनाय च॥ सहस्रबाहवे चैव सहस्रचरणाय च।
sahasraśirase caiva sahasranayanāya ca|| sahasrabāhave caiva sahasracaraṇāya ca|
To him who has a thousand heads; him who has a thousand eyes; and him who has a thousand arms and a thousand legs.
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MBh 5 203.33
शरणं गच्छ कौन्तेय वरदं भुवनेश्वरम्॥ उमापतिं विरूपाक्षं दक्षयज्ञनिबर्हणम्।
śaraṇaṃ gaccha kaunteya varadaṃ bhuvaneśvaram|| umāpatiṃ virūpākṣaṃ dakṣayajñanibarhaṇam|
O son of Kunti, seek the refuge of at lord of the universe, who bestows boons, who is the lord of Uma, who possesses three-eyes and who is the destroyer of Daksha's sacrifice;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.34
प्रजानां पतिमव्यग्रं भूतानां पतिमव्ययम्॥ कपर्दिनं वृषावर्तं वृषनाभं वृषध्वजम्।
prajānāṃ patimavyagraṃ bhūtānāṃ patimavyayam|| kapardinaṃ vṛṣāvartaṃ vṛṣanābhaṃ vṛṣadhvajam|
Who is the protector of all created beings; who is ever-cheerful; who is the faviour of all; who is undeteriorating in his glory; who is called Kaparddin and those gait is like that of the bull; whose lavel is like that of the bull and whose emblem is the bull.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.35
वृषदष वृषपतिं वृषशृङ्गं वृषर्षभम्॥ वृषाङ्क वृषभोदारं वृषभं वृषभेक्षणम्।
vṛṣadaṣa vṛṣapatiṃ vṛṣaśṛṅgaṃ vṛṣarṣabham|| vṛṣāṅka vṛṣabhodāraṃ vṛṣabhaṃ vṛṣabhekṣaṇam|
Who is proud like the bull, who is the lord of the bull, who is known by the horns of the bull and who is the bull of bulls, whose bannerdevise is the bull; who is generous like the bull; who has eyes like those of the bull;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.36
वृषायुधं वृषशरं वृषभूतं वृषेश्वरम्॥ महोदरं महाकायं द्वीपिचर्मनिवासिनम्।
vṛṣāyudhaṃ vṛṣaśaraṃ vṛṣabhūtaṃ vṛṣeśvaram|| mahodaraṃ mahākāyaṃ dvīpicarmanivāsinam|
Whose weapons are all of superior make; whose arrows is the Vrisha (Krishna) and who is righteousness incarnate; who is called the Great Lord, whose seat is the leopard's skin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.37
लोकेशं वरदं मुण्डं ब्रह्मण्यं ब्राह्मणप्रियम्॥ त्रिशूलपाणिं वरदं खगचर्मधरं प्रभुम्।
lokeśaṃ varadaṃ muṇḍaṃ brahmaṇyaṃ brāhmaṇapriyam|| triśūlapāṇiṃ varadaṃ khagacarmadharaṃ prabhum|
Who is the lord of the words, who is the giver of boons, who is bald, who is devoted to the Brahmanas and who behoves the Brahmanas, who is armed with the trident, who is boon-giving; who wields the sword and the buckles; and who is the lightly auspicious one:
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.38
पिनाकिनं खड्गधरं लोकानां पतिमीश्वरम्॥ प्रपद्ये शरणं देवं शरण्यं चीरवाससम्। नमस्तस्मै सुरेशाय यस्य वैश्रवणः सखा॥ सुवाससे नमस्तुभ्यं सुव्रताय सुधन्विने।
pinākinaṃ khaḍgadharaṃ lokānāṃ patimīśvaram|| prapadye śaraṇaṃ devaṃ śaraṇyaṃ cīravāsasam| namastasmai sureśāya yasya vaiśravaṇaḥ sakhā|| suvāsase namastubhyaṃ suvratāya sudhanvine|
Who use the bow Pinaka, who is shorn of his battle-axe and who is the sovereign and the saviour of the universe. I totally consign myself to the care of that divine lord, that giver of protection, that god versed in deer's skin; salutation to that lord of the gods who has Vaisravana for his friend, salutation to him of illustrious vows, to him whose companions are all best bow-men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.39
धनुर्धराय देवाय प्रियधन्वाय धन्विने॥ धन्वन्तराय धनुषे धन्वाचार्याय ते नमः।
dhanurdharāya devāya priyadhanvāya dhanvine|| dhanvantarāya dhanuṣe dhanvācāryāya te namaḥ|
To him who himself wields the bow, to that great Divinity with whom the bow is a favourite weapon; who is himself the arrow hurled by the bow; who is the bow-string and the bow and the preceptor instructing others in the use of the bow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.40
उग्रायुधाय देवाय नमः सुरवराय च॥ नमोऽस्तु बहुरूपाय नमोऽस्तु बहुधन्विने।
ugrāyudhāya devāya namaḥ suravarāya ca|| namo'stu bahurūpāya namo'stu bahudhanvine|
Salutations to that deity whose weapons are terrible and who himself is the foremost of all gods, salutations to him whose semblances are various and who has got diverse bowmen as his attendants.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.41
नमोऽस्तु स्थाणवे नित्यं नमस्तस्मै तपस्विने॥ नमोऽस्तु त्रिपुरनाय भगनाय च वै नमः।
namo'stu sthāṇave nityaṃ namastasmai tapasvine|| namo'stu tripuranāya bhaganāya ca vai namaḥ|
Salutations to Sthanu, to that best of all wielders of bow, salutations even to the destroyer of 'Tripura,' and the slayer of Bhaga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.42
वनस्पतीनां पतये नराणां पतये नमः॥ मातृणां पतये चैव गणानां पतये नमः।
vanaspatīnāṃ pataye narāṇāṃ pataye namaḥ|| mātṛṇāṃ pataye caiva gaṇānāṃ pataye namaḥ|
Salutations to the lord of the Vanaspatis (Trees & c) and to the lord of men; salutations to the lord of the celestial mothers and to the lord of the Ganas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.43
गवां च पतये नित्यं यज्ञानां पतये नमः॥ अपां च पतये नित्यं देवानां पतये नमः।
gavāṃ ca pataye nityaṃ yajñānāṃ pataye namaḥ|| apāṃ ca pataye nityaṃ devānāṃ pataye namaḥ|
Salutations ever to him who is the lord of kine and the master of all sacrifices. Salutations to the lord of waters and of the celestials;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.44
पूष्णो दन्तविनाशाय त्र्यक्षाय वरदाय च॥ नीलकण्ठाय पिङ्गाय स्वर्णकेशाय वै नमः।
pūṣṇo dantavināśāya tryakṣāya varadāya ca|| nīlakaṇṭhāya piṅgāya svarṇakeśāya vai namaḥ|
Salutations to him who is the destroyer of Surya's teeth, who is of three eyes, who is the giver of boons, who is called Hara, who is blue-throated and who is of golden locks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.45
कर्माणि यानि दिव्यानि महादेवस्य धीमतः॥ तानि ते कीर्तयिष्यामि यथाप्रज्ञं यथाश्रुतम्।
karmāṇi yāni divyāni mahādevasya dhīmataḥ|| tāni te kīrtayiṣyāmi yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam|
I shall now relate to you, according to my knowledge and as I have heard them related, all the divine deeds of the supremely wise Mahadeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.46
न सुरा नासुरा लोके न गन्धर्वा न राक्षसाः॥ सुखमेधन्ति कुपिते तस्मिन्नपि गुहागताः।
na surā nāsurā loke na gandharvā na rākṣasāḥ|| sukhamedhanti kupite tasminnapi guhāgatāḥ|
If Mahadeva is worked up with rage, neither the gods, nor the Asuras, neither the Gandharvas, nor the Rakshasas, even if they conceal themselves in deep caves, can enjoy any peace.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.47
दक्षस्य यजमानस्य विधिवत् सम्भृतं पुरा॥ विव्याध कुपितो यज्ञं निर्दयस्त्वभवत् तदा।
dakṣasya yajamānasya vidhivat sambhṛtaṃ purā|| vivyādha kupito yajñaṃ nirdayastvabhavat tadā|
In days of yore when Daksha had collected all the necessary objects for the celebration of his sacrifice, Mahadeva excited with rage destroyed them all; indeed then he became unusually stern.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.48
धनुषा बाणमुत्सृज्य सघोषं विननाद च॥ ते न शर्म कुतः शान्ति लेभिरे स्म सुरास्तदा।
dhanuṣā bāṇamutsṛjya saghoṣaṃ vinanāda ca|| te na śarma kutaḥ śānti lebhire sma surāstadā|
Shooting an arrow with his bow then, he uttered a tremendous roar. The celestials, who always perform acts beneficial to the world, the were filled with anxiety.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.49
विद्रुते सहसा यज्ञे कुपिते च महेश्वरे॥ तेन ज्यातलघोषेण सर्वे लोकाः समाकुलाः।
vidrute sahasā yajñe kupite ca maheśvare|| tena jyātalaghoṣeṇa sarve lokāḥ samākulāḥ|
When the sacrifice was destroyed and when Maheshvara was enraged, the gods were greatly frightened at the sound produced by his twanging bow and his palm-strokes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.50
बभूवुर्वशगाः पार्थ निपेतुश्च सुरासुराः॥ आपश्चुक्षुभिरे सर्वाश्चकम्पे च वसुंधरा।
babhūvurvaśagāḥ pārtha nipetuśca surāsurāḥ|| āpaścukṣubhire sarvāścakampe ca vasuṃdharā|
The gods and the Asuras all succumbed and fell down and O son of Pritha, the waters were agitated and the earth trembled with everything on it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.51
पर्वताश्च व्यशीर्यन्त दिशो नागाश्च मोहिताः॥ अन्धेन तमसा लोका न प्राक्राशन्त संवृताः।
parvatāśca vyaśīryanta diśo nāgāśca mohitāḥ|| andhena tamasā lokā na prākrāśanta saṃvṛtāḥ|
The mountains split and the quarters of heaven and the Nagas became stupefied. Enveloped in a pall of gloom the universe was lost to view.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.52
जनिवान् सह सूर्येण सर्वेषां ज्योतिषां प्रभाः॥ चुक्षुभुर्भयभीताश्च शान्तिं चक्रुस्तथैव च। ऋषयः सर्वभूतानामात्मनश्च सुखैषिणः॥ पूषाणमभ्यद्रवत शंकरः प्रहसन्निव।
janivān saha sūryeṇa sarveṣāṃ jyotiṣāṃ prabhāḥ|| cukṣubhurbhayabhītāśca śāntiṃ cakrustathaiva ca| ṛṣayaḥ sarvabhūtānāmātmanaśca sukhaiṣiṇaḥ|| pūṣāṇamabhyadravata śaṃkaraḥ prahasanniva|
The splendour of the luminaries as also of the Sun was destroyed. The Rishis filled with fear became agitated and desirous of their own good and that of all other creatures, performed propitiatory rites. Then Sankara, smilingly rushed upon Pushana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.53
पुरोडाशं भक्षयतो दशनान् वै व्यशातयत्॥ ततो निश्चक्रमुर्देवा वेपमाना नताः स्म ते।
puroḍāśaṃ bhakṣayato daśanān vai vyaśātayat|| tato niścakramurdevā vepamānā natāḥ sma te|
Who was eating the sacrificial oblations and the tore out his teeth. The gods then, bowing down to him, fled away trembling.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.54
पुनश्च संदधे दीप्तान् देवानां निशिताशरान्॥ सधूमान् सस्फुलिङ्गांश्च विद्युत्तोयदसंनिभान्।
punaśca saṃdadhe dīptān devānāṃ niśitāśarān|| sadhūmān sasphuliṅgāṃśca vidyuttoyadasaṃnibhān|
Once more Mahadeva aimed ai the gods a shower of burning and sharp resembling tongues of fire mixed with smoke or clouds with lightning.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.55
तं दृष्ट्वा तु सुराः सर्वे प्रणिपत्य महेश्वरम्॥ रुद्रस्य यज्ञभागं च विशिष्टं ते त्वकल्पयन्।
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu surāḥ sarve praṇipatya maheśvaram|| rudrasya yajñabhāgaṃ ca viśiṣṭaṃ te tvakalpayan|
Beholding that arrowy shower, all the gods, bowing down to Maheshvara, assigned to Rudra a substantial share in sacrifices.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.56
भयेन त्रिदशा राजञ्छरणं च प्रपेदिरे॥ तेन चैवातिकोपेन स यज्ञः संधितस्तदा।
bhayena tridaśā rājañcharaṇaṃ ca prapedire|| tena caivātikopena sa yajñaḥ saṃdhitastadā|
Afraid, the gods sought his protection, O prince. His anger having subsided the great god re-established the sacrifice. arrows
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.57
रुद्रं जग्मुः भग्नाश्चापि सुरा आसन भीताश्चाद्यापि तं प्रति॥ असुराणां पुराण्यासंस्रीणि वीर्यवतां दिवि।
rudraṃ jagmuḥ bhagnāścāpi surā āsana bhītāścādyāpi taṃ prati|| asurāṇāṃ purāṇyāsaṃsrīṇi vīryavatāṃ divi|
The gods that had fled away returned. Indeed they are afraid of Maheshvara even to this day. Formerly the puissant Asuras had three cities in heaven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.58
आयसं राजतं चैव सौवर्णं परमं महत्॥ सौवर्ण कमलाक्षस्य तारकाक्षस्य राजतम्।
āyasaṃ rājataṃ caiva sauvarṇaṃ paramaṃ mahat|| sauvarṇa kamalākṣasya tārakākṣasya rājatam|
One was made of gold, another of silver and the third of iron; each of them was excellent and large. The golden city belonged to Kamalaksha, the silver city to Taraksksha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.59
तृतीयं तु पुरं तेषां विद्युन्मालिन आयसम्॥ न शक्तस्तानि मघवान् भेत्तुं सर्वायुधैरपि।
tṛtīyaṃ tu puraṃ teṣāṃ vidyunmālina āyasam|| na śaktastāni maghavān bhettuṃ sarvāyudhairapi|
The third, made of iron, belonged to Vidyutmalin. Using all his weapons, failed to capture those cities.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.60
अथ सर्वे पुरा शरणमर्दिताः॥ ते तमूचुर्महात्मानं सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः।
atha sarve purā śaraṇamarditāḥ|| te tamūcurmahātmānaṃ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ|
Thereupon all the celestials, afflicted as they were, sought the refuge of Rudra. The gods then, with Vasava at their head, said these words to that high-souled one.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.61
ब्रह्मदत्तवरा ह्येते घोरास्त्रिपुरवासिनः॥ पीडयन्त्यधिकं लोकं यस्मात् ते वरदर्पिताः।
brahmadattavarā hyete ghorāstripuravāsinaḥ|| pīḍayantyadhikaṃ lokaṃ yasmāt te varadarpitāḥ|
The denizens of the three cities, having obtained boons from Brahma and proud in consequence of those boons, are excessively oppressing the worlds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.62
त्वदृते देवदेवेश नान्यः शक्तः कथंचन॥ हन्तुं दैत्यान् महादेव जहि तांस्त्वं सुरद्विषः।
tvadṛte devadeveśa nānyaḥ śaktaḥ kathaṃcana|| hantuṃ daityān mahādeva jahi tāṃstvaṃ suradviṣaḥ|
O Lord of the gods, O supreme Divinity, save yourself, there is none capable of slaying the Daityas. Do you slay those injurers of the gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.63
रुद्र रौद्रा भविष्यन्ति पशवः सर्वकर्मसु॥ निपातयिष्यसे चैतानसुरान् भुवनेश्वर।
rudra raudrā bhaviṣyanti paśavaḥ sarvakarmasu|| nipātayiṣyase caitānasurān bhuvaneśvara|
O Rudra, then creatures immolated in every sacrifice will be yours. Do you therefore, O lord of the universe, over-throw those Asuras.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.64
स तथोक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा देवानां हितकाम्यया॥ गन्धमादनविन्ध्यौ च कृत्वा वंशध्वजौ हरः।
sa tathoktastathetyuktvā devānāṃ hitakāmyayā|| gandhamādanavindhyau ca kṛtvā vaṃśadhvajau haraḥ|
Thus addressed by the gods and moved by the desire for benefiting them, Mahadeva said 'yea' to their proposals. Then he made the two mountains, viz., Gandhamadan and Vindhya the two bamboo poles of his car.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.65
पृथ्वी ससागरवनां रथं कृत्वा तु शङ्करः॥ अक्षं कृत्वा तु नागेन्द्रं शेषं नाम त्रिलोचनः।
pṛthvī sasāgaravanāṃ rathaṃ kṛtvā tu śaṅkaraḥ|| akṣaṃ kṛtvā tu nāgendraṃ śeṣaṃ nāma trilocanaḥ|
And the earth with all the oceans and the forests his chariot and the snake Sesa the Aksha of his chariot.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.66
चक्रे कृत्वा तु चन्द्रार्को देवदेवः पिनाकधृक्॥ अणी कृत्वैलपत्रं च पुष्पदन्तं च त्र्यम्बकेः।
cakre kṛtvā tu candrārko devadevaḥ pinākadhṛk|| aṇī kṛtvailapatraṃ ca puṣpadantaṃ ca tryambakeḥ|
The Sun and the Moon then became the wheels of the car of that god of gods, that wielder of the Pinaka bow. The three eyed Divinity then made Elapatra and Puspadanta the pins of his car.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.67
यूपं कृत्वा तु मलयमवनाहं च तक्षकम्॥ योक्त्राङ्गानि च सत्त्वानि कृत्वा
yūpaṃ kṛtvā tu malayamavanāhaṃ ca takṣakam|| yoktrāṅgāni ca sattvāni kṛtvā
The puissant Mahadeva then made the Malaya mountains the yoke and the great Takshaka the chord for fastening the yoke to the poles and the other creatures about him the bounds of his steeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.68
वेदान् कृत्वाऽथ चतुरश्चतुरश्वान् महेश्वरः॥ उपवेदान् खलीनांश्च कृत्वा लोकत्रयेश्वरः।
vedān kṛtvā'tha caturaścaturaśvān maheśvaraḥ|| upavedān khalīnāṃśca kṛtvā lokatrayeśvaraḥ|
The mighty god then made the four Vedas the four steeds of his chariot; the lord of the three worlds made the auxiliaries of the Vedas the bridle-bits of his steeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.69
गायत्री प्रग्रहं कृत्वा सावित्री च महेश्वरः॥ कृत्वोङ्कारं प्रतोदं च ब्रह्माणं चैव सारथिम्।
gāyatrī pragrahaṃ kṛtvā sāvitrī ca maheśvaraḥ|| kṛtvoṅkāraṃ pratodaṃ ca brahmāṇaṃ caiva sārathim|
Mahadeva then made Gayatri and Savitri the reins, the mystic monosyllable in the whip and Brahmana the driver.
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गाण्डीवं मन्दरं कृत्वा गुणं कृत्वा तु वासुकिम्॥ विष्णुं शरोत्तमं कृत्वा शल्यमग्निं तथैव च।
gāṇḍīvaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā guṇaṃ kṛtvā tu vāsukim|| viṣṇuṃ śarottamaṃ kṛtvā śalyamagniṃ tathaiva ca|
Then making the Mandar mountains the bow, Vasuki its string, Vishnu its excellent arrows, Fire the arrow-head.
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शर्वः प्रतापवान्। वायुकृत्वाथ वाजाभ्यां पुढे वैवस्वतं यमम्॥ विद्युत् कृत्वाथ निश्राणं मेलं कृत्वाथ वै ध्वजम्।
śarvaḥ pratāpavān| vāyukṛtvātha vājābhyāṃ puḍhe vaivasvataṃ yamam|| vidyut kṛtvātha niśrāṇaṃ melaṃ kṛtvātha vai dhvajam|
And Vayu the two wings of that arrows, Yama the feathers in its tail lightning the whetstone and Meru his standard.
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आरुह्य स रथं दिव्यं सर्वदेवमयं शिवः॥ त्रिपुरस्य वधार्थाय स्थाणुः प्रहरतां वरः। असुराणामन्तकरः श्रीमानतुलविक्रमः॥ स्तूयमानः सुरैः पार्थ ऋषिभिश्च तपोधनैः।
āruhya sa rathaṃ divyaṃ sarvadevamayaṃ śivaḥ|| tripurasya vadhārthāya sthāṇuḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ| asurāṇāmantakaraḥ śrīmānatulavikramaḥ|| stūyamānaḥ suraiḥ pārtha ṛṣibhiśca tapodhanaiḥ|
The god Siva, riding on that wonderful car composed of all the excellent celestial forces proceeded for the destruction of the tripple city. Indeed Sthanu, that foremost of Smiters, that destroyer of Asuras, that most beautifullooking warrior of infinite energy, adored by the gods and Rishis, possessed of the wealth of asceticism, O Partha.
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स्थानं माहेश्वरं कृत्वा दिव्यमप्रतिमं प्रभुः॥ अतिष्ठत् स्थाणुभूतः स सहस्रं परिवत्सरान्।
sthānaṃ māheśvaraṃ kṛtvā divyamapratimaṃ prabhuḥ|| atiṣṭhat sthāṇubhūtaḥ sa sahasraṃ parivatsarān|
Created an excellent and unequaled array called after his own name and then stood firm for a thousand years.
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यदा त्रीणि समेतानि अन्तरिक्षे पुराणि च॥ त्रिपर्वणा त्रिशल्येन तदा तानि बिभेद सः।
yadā trīṇi sametāni antarikṣe purāṇi ca|| triparvaṇā triśalyena tadā tāni bibheda saḥ|
Then when the three cities came together on the firmameni, he pierced them with that shaft of his having three knots.
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पुराणि न च तं शेकुर्दानवाः प्रतिवीक्षितुम्॥ शरं कालाग्निसंयुक्तं विष्णुसोमसमायुतम्।
purāṇi na ca taṃ śekurdānavāḥ prativīkṣitum|| śaraṃ kālāgnisaṃyuktaṃ viṣṇusomasamāyutam|
The denizens of those cities, the Danavas, then could not look at that arrow composed of the Fire of Dissolution and of Vishnu and Soma.
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पुराणि दग्धवन्तं तं देवी याता प्रवीक्षितुम्॥ बालमङ्कगतं कृत्वा स्वयं पञ्चशिखं पुनः।
purāṇi dagdhavantaṃ taṃ devī yātā pravīkṣitum|| bālamaṅkagataṃ kṛtvā svayaṃ pañcaśikhaṃ punaḥ|
When the tripple city began to burn, the goddess Durga went to see the sight, with a child on her lap having only five clumps of hair on its head.
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उमा जिज्ञासमाना वै कोऽयमित्यब्रवीत् सुरान्॥ असूयतश्च शक्रस्य वज्रेण प्रहरिष्यतः।
umā jijñāsamānā vai ko'yamityabravīt surān|| asūyataśca śakrasya vajreṇa prahariṣyataḥ|
Uma then asked the gods who that child was. The malevolent Indra then tried to strike him with the thunder bolt.
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बाहुं सवजं तं तस्य क्रुद्धस्यास्तमभयत् प्रभुः॥ प्रहस्य भगवांस्तूर्णं सर्वलोकेश्वरो विभुः।
bāhuṃ savajaṃ taṃ tasya kruddhasyāstamabhayat prabhuḥ|| prahasya bhagavāṃstūrṇaṃ sarvalokeśvaro vibhuḥ|
Thereupon the all-powerful Lord of all the worlds, possessed of the six excellent qualities the Bhagas, smilingly paralysed the arm of the enraged Indra wielding the thunder bolt.
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तत: स स्तम्भितभुजः शक्रो देवगणैर्वृतः॥ जगाम ससुरस्तूर्णं ब्रह्माणं प्रभुमव्ययम्।
tata: sa stambhitabhujaḥ śakro devagaṇairvṛtaḥ|| jagāma sasurastūrṇaṃ brahmāṇaṃ prabhumavyayam|
Then with his arm paralysed Shakra, surrounded by the celestials, quickly proceeded to the undeteriorating Brahma.
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ते तं प्रणम्य शिरसा प्रोचुः प्राञ्जलयस्तदा॥ किमप्यङ्कगतं ब्रह्मन् पार्वत्या भूतमद्भुतम्।
te taṃ praṇamya śirasā procuḥ prāñjalayastadā|| kimapyaṅkagataṃ brahman pārvatyā bhūtamadbhutam|
Then the gods bowing their heads down to Brahma addressed him, with folded arms, thus-"O Brahma, what wonderful creature is now lying on the lap of Parvati?
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बालरूपधरं दृष्ट्वा नास्माभिरभिलक्षितः॥ तस्मात् त्वां प्रष्टुमिच्छामो निर्जिता येन वै वयम्।
bālarūpadharaṃ dṛṣṭvā nāsmābhirabhilakṣitaḥ|| tasmāt tvāṃ praṣṭumicchāmo nirjitā yena vai vayam|
As he appeared to be a mere boy we did not offer salutations to him. But we have been defeated totally by him. It is therefore that we want to ask you about him.
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अयुध्यता हि बालेन लीलया सपुरंदराः॥ तेषां तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः।
ayudhyatā hi bālena līlayā sapuraṃdarāḥ|| teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ|
With Purandra to head us, we were easily defeated by that boy though he did not at all fight with us." Hearing those words of theirs, that foremost of all conversant with Brahma's viz., Brahma.
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ध्यात्वा स शम्भुं भगवान् बालं चामिततेजसम्॥ उवाच भगवान् ब्रह्मा शादींश्च सुरोत्तमान्।
dhyātvā sa śambhuṃ bhagavān bālaṃ cāmitatejasam|| uvāca bhagavān brahmā śādīṃśca surottamān|
Reflected for a while and then decided that boy of infinite prowess to be a manifestation of Shambhu himself, that possessor of the six illustrious qualities, the Bhagas. The almighty Brahman addressing Shakra and other foremost
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चराचरस्य जगतः प्रभुः स भगवान् हरः॥ तस्मात् परतरं नान्यत् किंचिदस्ति महेश्वरात्।
carācarasya jagataḥ prabhuḥ sa bhagavān haraḥ|| tasmāt parataraṃ nānyat kiṃcidasti maheśvarāt|
He is the almighty lord Hara, the Masterruler of the mobile and immobile creation. There is nothing superior to that foremost of gods known by the name of Maheshvara.
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यो दृष्टो ह्युमया सार्धं युष्माभिरमितद्युतिः॥ स पार्वत्याः कृते शर्वः कृतवान् बालरूपताम्।
yo dṛṣṭo hyumayā sārdhaṃ yuṣmābhiramitadyutiḥ|| sa pārvatyāḥ kṛte śarvaḥ kṛtavān bālarūpatām|
That boy of immeasurable effulgence whom you have seen with the goddess, is Siva himself, assuming the boy-like appearance for gratifying Parvati.
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ते मया सहिता यूयं प्रापयध्वं तमेव हि॥ स एष भगवान् देवः सर्वलोकेश्वरः प्रभुः।
te mayā sahitā yūyaṃ prāpayadhvaṃ tameva hi|| sa eṣa bhagavān devaḥ sarvalokeśvaraḥ prabhuḥ|
Let therefore yourselves with me seek his refuge, that god who is the ruler of all the worlds and the possessor of the six illustrious qualities, the Bhagas.
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न सम्बुबुधिरे चैनं देवास्तं भुवनेश्वरम्॥ सप्रजापतयः सर्वे बालार्कसदृशप्रभम्। अथाभ्येत्य ततो ब्रह्मा दृष्ट्वा स च महेश्वरम्॥ अयं श्रेष्ठ इति ज्ञात्वा ववन्दे तं पितामहः।
na sambubudhire cainaṃ devāstaṃ bhuvaneśvaram|| saprajāpatayaḥ sarve bālārkasadṛśaprabham| athābhyetya tato brahmā dṛṣṭvā sa ca maheśvaram|| ayaṃ śreṣṭha iti jñātvā vavande taṃ pitāmahaḥ|
O gods, you could not recognise that lord of the worlds. Thereafter the celestials with the Prajapati approached that boy of the radiance of the rising Sun. Then Brahma behclding the mighty lord and the grandsire knowing him to be the paramount master, began to adore him
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ब्रह्मोवाच त्वं यज्ञो भुवनस्यास्य त्वं गतिस्त्वं परायणम्॥ त्वं भवस्त्वं महादेवस्त्वं धाम परमं पदम्।
brahmovāca tvaṃ yajño bhuvanasyāsya tvaṃ gatistvaṃ parāyaṇam|| tvaṃ bhavastvaṃ mahādevastvaṃ dhāma paramaṃ padam|
Brahma said You are the sacrifice, you are the refuge of this world and you are its sole stay. You are Bhava, you are Mahadeva, you are the abode of all things and you are the most supreme of all things.
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त्वया सर्वमिदं व्याप्तं जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम्॥ भगवन् भूतभव्येश लोकनाथ जगत्पते। प्रसादं कुरु शक्रस्य त्वया क्रोधार्दितस्य वै॥
tvayā sarvamidaṃ vyāptaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam|| bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa lokanātha jagatpate| prasādaṃ kuru śakrasya tvayā krodhārditasya vai||
Yourself pervade the whole universe with its mobile and immobile creatures. O lord of the past and the future, O lord of the Lokas, O master of the universe, be propitious on Shakra afflicted as he is with your wrath.
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व्यास उवाच पद्मयोनिवचः श्रुत्वा ततः प्रीतो महेश्वरः। प्रसादाभिमुखो भूत्वा अट्टहासमथाकरोत्॥
vyāsa uvāca padmayonivacaḥ śrutvā tataḥ prīto maheśvaraḥ| prasādābhimukho bhūtvā aṭṭahāsamathākarot||
Vyasa said Hearing the words of the lotus-sprung Divinity, Maheswara then became propitiated and desirous of showering his grace, he then laughed aloud.
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ततः प्रसादयामासुरुमां रुद्रं च ते सुराः। अभवच पुनर्बाहुर्यथाप्रकृति वज्रिणः॥
tataḥ prasādayāmāsurumāṃ rudraṃ ca te surāḥ| abhavaca punarbāhuryathāprakṛti vajriṇaḥ||
Then the celestials gratified both Uma and Maheswara with eulogies. Then the arm of the wielder of the thunderbolt once more regained its natural state.
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तेषां प्रसन्नो भगवान् सपत्नीको वृषध्वजः। देवानां त्रिदशश्रेष्ठो दक्षयज्ञविनाशनः॥
teṣāṃ prasanno bhagavān sapatnīko vṛṣadhvajaḥ| devānāṃ tridaśaśreṣṭho dakṣayajñavināśanaḥ||
Then that illustrious Divinity whose emblem is the bull and who had destroyed the sacrifice of Daksha, together with his batter half, became gracious on the gods.
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स वै रुद्रः स च शिवः सोऽग्निः सर्वश्च सर्ववित्। स चेन्द्रश्चैव वायुश्च सोऽश्विनौ च स विद्युतः॥
sa vai rudraḥ sa ca śivaḥ so'gniḥ sarvaśca sarvavit| sa cendraścaiva vāyuśca so'śvinau ca sa vidyutaḥ||
He is Rudra, he is Siva, he is Agni, he is all and the knower of all. He is Indra, he is Vayu, he is the twin Asvins and he is lightning.
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स भव: स च पर्जन्यो महादेवः सनातनः। स चन्द्रमाः स चेशानः स सूर्यो वरुणश्च सः॥
sa bhava: sa ca parjanyo mahādevaḥ sanātanaḥ| sa candramāḥ sa ceśānaḥ sa sūryo varuṇaśca saḥ||
He is Bhava, he is Parjanya, he is Mahadeva and he is sinless. He is the Moon, he is Ishana, he is the Sun and he is Varuna.
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स. काल: सोऽन्तको मृत्युः स यमो राज्यहानि तु। मासार्धमासा ऋतवः संध्ये संवत्सरश्च सः॥
sa. kāla: so'ntako mṛtyuḥ sa yamo rājyahāni tu| māsārdhamāsā ṛtavaḥ saṃdhye saṃvatsaraśca saḥ||
He is Time, he is Destroyer, he is death, he is Yama and day and night; He is a month, a fortnight, as well as the seasons, the twilight's and the complete year.
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द्वे धाता च स विधाता च विश्वात्मा विश्वकर्मकृत्। सर्वासां देवतानां च धारयत्यवपुर्वपुः॥
dve dhātā ca sa vidhātā ca viśvātmā viśvakarmakṛt| sarvāsāṃ devatānāṃ ca dhārayatyavapurvapuḥ||
He is Dhata and Vidhata, the soul of the universe and the doer of all acts of the universe. Himself formless, he is thousand and he is hundreds of thousands.
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सर्वदेवैः स्तुतो देवः सैकधा बहुधा च सः। शतधा सहस्रधा चैव भूयः शतसहस्रधा॥
sarvadevaiḥ stuto devaḥ saikadhā bahudhā ca saḥ| śatadhā sahasradhā caiva bhūyaḥ śatasahasradhā||
He is eulogised by all the gods. He is one and many. He is hundred, he is thousand and he is hundreds of thousands.
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तनू तस्य देवस्य वेदज्ञा ब्राह्मणा विदुः। घोरा चान्या शिवा चान्या ते तनू बहुधा पुनः॥
tanū tasya devasya vedajñā brāhmaṇā viduḥ| ghorā cānyā śivā cānyā te tanū bahudhā punaḥ||
Brahmanas versed in the Vedas, say that he two forms, one is dreadful and the other peaceful-These two again are divided in numerous portions.
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घोरा तु या तनुस्तस्य सोऽग्निर्विष्णुः स भास्करः। सौम्या तु पुनरेवास्य आपो ज्योतींषि चन्द्रमाः॥
ghorā tu yā tanustasya so'gnirviṣṇuḥ sa bhāskaraḥ| saumyā tu punarevāsya āpo jyotīṃṣi candramāḥ||
His terrible forms are Fire, Vishnu and Bhaskara (the Sun); and his peaceful forms are, water, the luminaries and the moon.
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वेदा साङ्गोपनिषदः पुराणाध्यात्मनिश्चयाः। यदत्र परमं गुह्यं स वै देवो महेश्वरः॥
vedā sāṅgopaniṣadaḥ purāṇādhyātmaniścayāḥ| yadatra paramaṃ guhyaṃ sa vai devo maheśvaraḥ||
Whatever there is highly mysterious in the Vedas, their auxiliaries, in the Upanishads, in the Puranas and in Metaphysics, is identical with the god Maheshvara.
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ईदृशश्च महादेवो भूयांश्च भगवानजः। न हि सर्वे मया शक्या वक्तुं भगवतो गुणाः॥
īdṛśaśca mahādevo bhūyāṃśca bhagavānajaḥ| na hi sarve mayā śakyā vaktuṃ bhagavato guṇāḥ||
Such is the Lord Mahadeva, that Divinity without birth and that possessor of the six illustrious qualities the Bhagas. It is beyond my power to enumerate all the qualities of that lord.
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अपि वर्षसहस्रेण सततं पाण्डुनन्दना सर्वैर्ग्रहैर्गृहीतान् वै सर्वपापसमन्वितान्॥
api varṣasahasreṇa satataṃ pāṇḍunandanā sarvairgrahairgṛhītān vai sarvapāpasamanvitān||
Even, if, O son of Pandu, I were to recount them for a thousand years. On those who are under the malicious influence of evil stars, on those who are stained with every sin.
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स मोचयति सुप्रीतः शरण्यः शरणागतान्। आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं वित्तं कामांश्च पुष्कलान्। ११२॥ स ददाति मनुष्येभ्यः स चैवाक्षिपते पुनः। सेन्द्रादिषु च देवेषु तस्य चैश्वर्यमुच्यते॥
sa mocayati suprītaḥ śaraṇyaḥ śaraṇāgatān| āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ vittaṃ kāmāṃśca puṣkalān| 112|| sa dadāti manuṣyebhyaḥ sa caivākṣipate punaḥ| sendrādiṣu ca deveṣu tasya caiśvaryamucyate||
That great protector is pleased and grants them salvation, if indeed they seek refuge in him. He grants and takes away, life, health, prosperity, wealth and all other kinds of desirable objects. The prosperity seen in Indra and other gods is really his.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.104
स चैव व्यापृतो लोके मनुष्याणां शुभाशुभे। ऐश्वर्याच्चैव कामानामीश्वरश्च स उच्यते॥
sa caiva vyāpṛto loke manuṣyāṇāṃ śubhāśubhe| aiśvaryāccaiva kāmānāmīśvaraśca sa ucyate||
He is present in both the evils and good that exercise influence over the human kind. He gets by a flat of his will whatever prosperity he desired. Therefore, is he called the Lord Paramount.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.105
महेश्वरच महतां भूतानातीश्वरश्च सः। बहुभिर्बहुधा रूपैर्विश्वं व्याप्नोति वै जगत्॥
maheśvaraca mahatāṃ bhūtānātīśvaraśca saḥ| bahubhirbahudhā rūpairviśvaṃ vyāpnoti vai jagat||
He is called Maheshvara and he is the supreme lord superior creatures. In multifarious forms of many kinds, he pervades the universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.106
तस्य देवस्य यद् वक्त्रं समुद्रे तदधिष्ठितम्। वडवामुखेति विक्ष्यातं पिबत् तोयमयं हविः॥
tasya devasya yad vaktraṃ samudre tadadhiṣṭhitam| vaḍavāmukheti vikṣyātaṃ pibat toyamayaṃ haviḥ||
What is known as the mouth of that god is the ocean; and it is well-known that assuming the form of the sea-fire it drinks the libations in the shape of water.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.107
एष चैव श्मशानेषु देवो वसति नित्यशः। यजन्त्येनं जनास्तत्र वीरस्थान इतीश्वरम्॥
eṣa caiva śmaśāneṣu devo vasati nityaśaḥ| yajantyenaṃ janāstatra vīrasthāna itīśvaram||
This Divinity ever dwells in the places of cremation. Men worship this god there where only the braves can go.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.108
अस्य दीप्तानि रूपाणि घोराणि च बहूनि च। लोके यान्यस्य पूज्यन्ते मनुष्याः प्रवदन्ति च॥
asya dīptāni rūpāṇi ghorāṇi ca bahūni ca| loke yānyasya pūjyante manuṣyāḥ pravadanti ca||
The effulgent forms of this lord are many and marvellous; those forms are worshipped in the worlds and are praised and spoken of by men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.109
नामधेयानि लोकेषु बहून्यस्य यथार्थवत्। निरुच्यन्ते महत्त्वाच विभुत्वात् कर्मणस्तथा॥
nāmadheyāni lokeṣu bahūnyasya yathārthavat| nirucyante mahattvāca vibhutvāt karmaṇastathā||
Many also are the names of truthful import of the this Divinity. Known in the worlds. Those. names are all founded upon his supremacy, omnipotence and his acts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.110
वेदे चास्य समाम्नातं शतरुद्रियमुत्तमम्। नाम्ना चानन्तरुद्रेति ह्युपस्थानं महात्मनः॥
vede cāsya samāmnātaṃ śatarudriyamuttamam| nāmnā cānantarudreti hyupasthānaṃ mahātmanaḥ||
In the Vedas, the excellent hymn called Shatarudriya has been sung in his praise, he who is the great Lord called the infinite Rudra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.111
स कामानां प्रभुर्देवो ये दिव्या ये च मानुषाः। स विभुः स प्रभुर्देवो विश्वं व्याप्नोति वै महत्॥
sa kāmānāṃ prabhurdevo ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ| sa vibhuḥ sa prabhurdevo viśvaṃ vyāpnoti vai mahat||
That divinity is the Lord of all wishes both human and heavenly. He is the Lord Paramount and the supreme ruler and pervades this extensive universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.112
ज्येष्ठं भूतं वदन्त्येनं ब्राह्मणा मुनयस्तथा। प्रथमो ह्येष देवानां मुखादस्यानलोऽभवत्॥
jyeṣṭhaṃ bhūtaṃ vadantyenaṃ brāhmaṇā munayastathā| prathamo hyeṣa devānāṃ mukhādasyānalo'bhavat||
The Brahmanas and the sages call him the most ancient of beings. He is the first-born of all the gods and fire came out from his mouth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.113
सर्वथा यत् पशून् पाति तैश्च यद् रमते पुनः। तेषामधिपतिर्यच तस्मात् पशुपतिः स्मृतः॥
sarvathā yat paśūn pāti taiśca yad ramate punaḥ| teṣāmadhipatiryaca tasmāt paśupatiḥ smṛtaḥ||
As he always and by every means protects the creature of the universe and always find pleasure in their company and as he is the lord of them all, he is truly called Pasupati.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.114
दिव्यं च ब्रह्मचर्येण लिङ्गमस्य यथा स्थितम्। महयत्येष लोकांश्च महेश्वर इति स्मृतः॥
divyaṃ ca brahmacaryeṇa liṅgamasya yathā sthitam| mahayatyeṣa lokāṃśca maheśvara iti smṛtaḥ||
As his Phallic form is ever present in the observance of the Brahmacharya vow and as it adds to the glory of the world, he is called Maheshvara.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.115
ऋषयश्चैव देवाश्च गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा। लिङ्गमस्यार्चयन्ति स्म तच्चाप्यूक्समास्थितम्॥
ṛṣayaścaiva devāśca gandharvāpsarasastathā| liṅgamasyārcayanti sma taccāpyūksamāsthitam||
The Rishis, the celestials, the Gandharvas and the Apsaras, worship the Phallic emblem of this god, that ever remains erect.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.116
पूज्यमाने ततस्तस्मिन् मोदते च महेश्वरः। सुखी प्रीतश्च भवति प्रहृष्टश्चैव शङ्करः॥
pūjyamāne tatastasmin modate ca maheśvaraḥ| sukhī prītaśca bhavati prahṛṣṭaścaiva śaṅkaraḥ||
When his Phallic unblem is worshipped Maheshvara becomes glad and is pleased and delighted and transported with joy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.117
यदस्य बहुधा रूपं भूतभव्यभवस्थितम्। स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैवं बहुरूपस्ततः स्मृतः॥
yadasya bahudhā rūpaṃ bhūtabhavyabhavasthitam| sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caivaṃ bahurūpastataḥ smṛtaḥ||
As in the past, the present and the future, the god has many forms, both mobile and immobile, he is truly called Vahurupa.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.118
एकाक्षो जाज्वलनास्ते सर्वतोऽक्षिमयोऽपि वा। क्रोधाद् यश्चाविशल्लोकांस्तस्मात् सर्व इति स्मृतः॥
ekākṣo jājvalanāste sarvato'kṣimayo'pi vā| krodhād yaścāviśallokāṃstasmāt sarva iti smṛtaḥ||
With one of his eyes blazing forth, he appears to have eyes on all sides of his body; and as in his wrath, he possesses the worlds, he is called Sarva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.119
धूम्ररूपं च यत् तस्य धूर्जटिस्तेन चोच्यते। विश्वेदेवाश्च यत् तस्मिन् विश्वरूपस्ततः स्मृतः॥१२९
dhūmrarūpaṃ ca yat tasya dhūrjaṭistena cocyate| viśvedevāśca yat tasmin viśvarūpastataḥ smṛtaḥ||129
As his form is like that of smoke he is called Dhurjati; and as the Devas in the world are present in him he is called Vishvarupa.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.120
तिस्रो देवीर्यदा चैव भजते भुवनेश्वरः। द्यामपः पृथिवीं चैव त्र्यम्बकश्च ततः स्मृतः॥
tisro devīryadā caiva bhajate bhuvaneśvaraḥ| dyāmapaḥ pṛthivīṃ caiva tryambakaśca tataḥ smṛtaḥ||
As three goddesses viz., the sky, the firmament and the water, ever worship that lord of the worlds, therefore he is truly calied Tryambaka.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.121
समेधयति यन्नित्यं सर्वार्थान् सर्वकर्मसु। शिवमिच्छन् मनुष्याणां तस्मादेष शिवः स्मृतः॥
samedhayati yannityaṃ sarvārthān sarvakarmasu| śivamicchan manuṣyāṇāṃ tasmādeṣa śivaḥ smṛtaḥ||
As he ever helps in the accomplishment of all acts and increased the wealth of men and is engaged in doing good to them, therefore he is called Siva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.122
सहस्राक्षोऽयुताक्षो वा सर्वतोऽक्षिमयोऽपि वा। यच विश्वं महत् पाति महादेवस्ततः स्मृतः॥
sahasrākṣo'yutākṣo vā sarvato'kṣimayo'pi vā| yaca viśvaṃ mahat pāti mahādevastataḥ smṛtaḥ||
Possessed of thousand or ten thousand eyes or eyes on all sides of his body, as he ever protects the universe, he is called Mahadeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.123
महत् पूर्वं स्थितो यच प्राणोत्पत्तिस्थितश्च यत्। स्थितलिङ्गश्च यन्नित्यं तस्मात् स्थाणुरिति स्मृतः॥१३३
mahat pūrvaṃ sthito yaca prāṇotpattisthitaśca yat| sthitaliṅgaśca yannityaṃ tasmāt sthāṇuriti smṛtaḥ||133
As he is Great and Ancient and is the fountain of life and the cause of its continuance and as his Phallic from is eternal, he is called Sthanu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.124
सूर्याचन्द्रमसोलोके प्रकाशन्ते रुचश्च याः। ताः केशसंज्ञितास्त्र्यक्षे व्योमकेशस्ततः स्मृतः॥
sūryācandramasoloke prakāśante rucaśca yāḥ| tāḥ keśasaṃjñitāstryakṣe vyomakeśastataḥ smṛtaḥ||
They rays of light that proceeding from the Sun and Moon, are seen in the worlds, are said to be the hair of his head and therefore is he called Vyomakesa.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.125
भूतं भव्यं भविष्यं च सर्वं जगदशेषतः। भव एव ततो यस्माद् भूतभव्यभवोद्भवः॥
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarvaṃ jagadaśeṣataḥ| bhava eva tato yasmād bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ||
Since he is the Past, the Future and the Present and in fact, everything in the universe and since he is the origin of the past, the future and the present, he is for that reason called Bhava.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.126
कपिः श्रेष्ठ इति प्रोक्तो धर्मश्च वृष उच्यते। स देवदेवो भगवान् कीर्त्यतेऽतो वृषाकपिः॥
kapiḥ śreṣṭha iti prokto dharmaśca vṛṣa ucyate| sa devadevo bhagavān kīrtyate'to vṛṣākapiḥ||
The word Kapi is said to mean supreme and Vrisha to mean righteousness; therefore that god of gods, the possessor of the illustrious qualities the Bhagas, is called Vrisha Kapi.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.127
ब्रह्माणमिन्द्रं वरुणं यमं धनदमेव च। निगृह्य हरते यस्मात् तस्माद्धर इति स्मृतः॥
brahmāṇamindraṃ varuṇaṃ yamaṃ dhanadameva ca| nigṛhya harate yasmāt tasmāddhara iti smṛtaḥ||
As he destroys Brahma, Indra, Varuna, Kubera and Yama, after having afflicted them greatly, therefore he is called Hara.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.128
निमीलिताभ्यां नेत्राभ्यां बलाद् देवो महेश्वरः। ललाटे नेत्रमसृजत् तेन त्र्यक्षः स उच्यते॥
nimīlitābhyāṃ netrābhyāṃ balād devo maheśvaraḥ| lalāṭe netramasṛjat tena tryakṣaḥ sa ucyate||
Shutting his two, eyes, that Potent Lord created a third on his forehead by sheer force; and therefore is he called the Three-eyed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.129
विषमस्थः शरीरेषु समश्च प्राणिनामिह। स वायुर्विषमस्थेषु प्राणोऽपानः शरीरिषु॥
viṣamasthaḥ śarīreṣu samaśca prāṇināmiha| sa vāyurviṣamastheṣu prāṇo'pānaḥ śarīriṣu||
Whatever of soundness or unsoundness there is in the bodies of men, is said to be his manifestation. He is the Pana and Apana breaths in embodied creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.130
पूजयेद् विग्रहं यस्तु लिङ्गं चापि महात्मनः। लिङ्गं पूजयिता नित्यं महतीं श्रियमश्नुते॥
pūjayed vigrahaṃ yastu liṅgaṃ cāpi mahātmanaḥ| liṅgaṃ pūjayitā nityaṃ mahatīṃ śriyamaśnute||
He that ever worships the Phallic emblem of that illustrious god, attains great prosperity even by such worship of his.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.131
ऊरुभ्यामर्धमाग्नेयं सोमार्धं च शिवा तनुः। . आत्मनोऽर्धं तथा चाग्निः सोमोऽर्धं पुनरुच्यते॥
ūrubhyāmardhamāgneyaṃ somārdhaṃ ca śivā tanuḥ| . ātmano'rdhaṃ tathā cāgniḥ somo'rdhaṃ punarucyate||
Below his two thighs the forms are fiery, the other half of his soul is fire and half the moon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.132
तैजसी महती दीप्ता देवेभ्योऽस्य शिवा तनुः। भास्वती मानुषेष्वस्य तनु?राग्निरुच्यते॥
taijasī mahatī dīptā devebhyo'sya śivā tanuḥ| bhāsvatī mānuṣeṣvasya tanu?rāgnirucyate||
His auspicious form surcharged with energy is more blazing than all the forms of the other gods. Amongst men his blazing and dreadful form is called Fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.133
ब्रह्मचर्यं चरत्येष शिवा यास्य तनुस्तया। यास्य घोरतरा मूर्तिः सर्वानत्ति तयेश्वरः॥
brahmacaryaṃ caratyeṣa śivā yāsya tanustayā| yāsya ghoratarā mūrtiḥ sarvānatti tayeśvaraḥ||
With his auspicious form he practices the vow Brahmacharya, whereas with the dreadful form he has, he devours everything.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.134
यनिर्दहति यत् तीक्ष्णो यदुग्रो यत् प्रतापवान्। मांसशोणितमज्जादो यत् ततो रुद्र उच्यते॥
yanirdahati yat tīkṣṇo yadugro yat pratāpavān| māṃsaśoṇitamajjādo yat tato rudra ucyate||
As he burns, as he is keen and fierce and endued with the great prowess and as he devours flesh, blood and marrow, he is called Rudra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.135
एष देवो महादेवो योऽसौ पार्थ तवाग्रतः। संग्रामे शात्रवान् निघ्नंस्त्वया हृष्टः पिनाकधुक्॥
eṣa devo mahādevo yo'sau pārtha tavāgrataḥ| saṃgrāme śātravān nighnaṃstvayā hṛṣṭaḥ pinākadhuk||
It is this god of gods, the paramount lord, the wielder of the Pinaka bow, O Partha, whom you have seen go before you slaying your enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.136
सिन्धुराजवधार्थाय प्रतिज्ञाते त्वयानघ। कृष्णेन दर्शितः स्वप्ने यस्तु शैलेन्द्रमूर्धनि॥
sindhurājavadhārthāya pratijñāte tvayānagha| kṛṣṇena darśitaḥ svapne yastu śailendramūrdhani||
After you had vowed to slay the ruler of the Sindhus, O sinless one, Krishna showed your this god, in your deam, seated on the top of that best of mountains.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.137
एष वै भगवान् देवः संग्रामे याति तेऽग्रतः। येन दत्तानि तेऽस्त्राणि यैस्त्वया दानवा हताः॥
eṣa vai bhagavān devaḥ saṃgrāme yāti te'grataḥ| yena dattāni te'strāṇi yaistvayā dānavā hatāḥ||
He is that illustrious god, who comes first in the battle field, who provided all weapons by which the Danavas were slain by you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.138
धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं पुण्यं वेदैश्च सम्मितम्। देवदेवस्य ते पार्थ व्याख्यातं शतरुद्रियम्॥
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca sammitam| devadevasya te pārtha vyākhyātaṃ śatarudriyam||
O Partha, thus the hymn approved of Vedas and called Sata-rudriya in honour of that god of gods has been explained to thee which is excellent glorious, life-enhancing and sacred.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.139
सर्वार्थसाधनं पुण्यं सर्वकिल्बिषनाशनम्। सर्वपापप्रशमनं सर्वदुःखभयापहम्॥ चतुर्विधमिदं स्तोत्रं यः शृणोति नरः सदा। विजित्य शत्रून् सर्वान् स रुद्रलोके महीयते॥
sarvārthasādhanaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvakilbiṣanāśanam| sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvaduḥkhabhayāpaham|| caturvidhamidaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ sadā| vijitya śatrūn sarvān sa rudraloke mahīyate||
The hymn of four divisions capable of accomplishing all desired object, destructive of all sins, sacred and able to drive away all stains and to undo all sorrow and all fears. He who listen to this hymn always is succeeds in defeating all his enemies and is highly respected in the region of Rudra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.140
चरितं महात्मनो नित्यं सांग्रामिकमिदं स्मृतम्। पठन् वै शतरुद्रीयं शृण्वंश्च सततोत्थितः॥ भक्तो विश्वेश्वरं देव मानुषेषु च यः सदा। वरान् कामान् स लभते प्रसन्ने त्र्यम्बके नरः॥
caritaṃ mahātmano nityaṃ sāṃgrāmikamidaṃ smṛtam| paṭhan vai śatarudrīyaṃ śṛṇvaṃśca satatotthitaḥ|| bhakto viśveśvaraṃ deva mānuṣeṣu ca yaḥ sadā| varān kāmān sa labhate prasanne tryambake naraḥ||
A man who always attentively reads or heard the recitation of this account (Satarudriya) belonging to war of this great deity and who worships devotionally that illustrious lord of universe (Vishveshvara) obtaineth all excellency objects of desire, in consequence of the three-eyed God being gratified with him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.141
गच्छ युद्ध्यस्व कौन्तेय न तवास्ति पराजयः। यस्य मन्त्री च गोप्ता च पार्श्वस्थो हि जनार्दनः।।१५३
gaccha yuddhyasva kaunteya na tavāsti parājayaḥ| yasya mantrī ca goptā ca pārśvastho hi janārdanaḥ||153
O son of Kunti, Go and fight, defeat is not for thee that hast Janardana on your side for thy adviser and protector.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.142
संजय उवाच एवमुक्त्वार्जुनं संख्ये पराशरसुतस्तदा। जगाम भरतश्रेष्ठ यथागतमरिन्दम॥
saṃjaya uvāca evamuktvārjunaṃ saṃkhye parāśarasutastadā| jagāma bharataśreṣṭha yathāgatamarindama||
Sanjaya said 0 best of Bharata! 0 chastiser of foes! Having addressed Arjuna in these words, the son of Parasara (Vyasa) went away to the place he had come from.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.143
युद्धं कृत्वा महद् घोरं पञ्चाहानि महाबलः। ब्राह्मणो निहतो राजन् ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्तवान्॥
yuddhaṃ kṛtvā mahad ghoraṃ pañcāhāni mahābalaḥ| brāhmaṇo nihato rājan brahmalokamavāptavān||
O king, having warred savagely for five days, the Brahmana (Drona) endued with great strength, fell and repaired to the region of Brahma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.144
स्वधीते यत् फलं वेदे तदस्मिन्नपि पर्वणि। क्षत्रियाणामभीरूणां युक्तमत्र महद् यशः॥
svadhīte yat phalaṃ vede tadasminnapi parvaṇi| kṣatriyāṇāmabhīrūṇāṃ yuktamatra mahad yaśaḥ||
The fruits that arise from a study of the Vedas, arise from the reading of this Parvan also. The great achievements of brave Kshatriyas have bee described here.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.145
य इदं पठते पर्व शृणुयाद् वापि नित्यशः। स मुच्यते महापापैः कृतैोरैश्च कर्मभिः॥
ya idaṃ paṭhate parva śṛṇuyād vāpi nityaśaḥ| sa mucyate mahāpāpaiḥ kṛtaioraiśca karmabhiḥ||
He, who reads or hears the recitation of this Parvan everyday is released from a great sins and the most wicked acts of his life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.146
यज्ञावाप्तिाह्मणस्येह नित्यं घोरे युद्धे क्षत्रियाणां यश्चा शेषौ वर्णी काममिष्टं लभेते पुत्रान् पौत्रान् नित्यमिष्टांस्तथैव॥
yajñāvāptiāhmaṇasyeha nityaṃ ghore yuddhe kṣatriyāṇāṃ yaścā śeṣau varṇī kāmamiṣṭaṃ labhete putrān pautrān nityamiṣṭāṃstathaiva||
By reading it a Brahmana reaps the fruits of sacrifice, a Kshatriya obtains victory in fierce battle. The other orders (Vaishyas and Sudras) attain desirable sons and grandsons and all wishful objects. O king, having warred savagely for five days, the Brahmana (Drona) endued with great strength, fell and repaired to the region of Brahma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.147
स्वधीते यत् फलं वेदे तदस्मिन्नपि पर्वणि। क्षत्रियाणामभीरूणां युक्तमत्र महद् यशः॥
svadhīte yat phalaṃ vede tadasminnapi parvaṇi| kṣatriyāṇāmabhīrūṇāṃ yuktamatra mahad yaśaḥ||
The fruits that arise from a study of the Vedas, arise from the reading of this Parvan also. The great achievements of brave Kshatriyas have bee described here.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.148
य इदं पठते पर्व शृणुयाद् वापि नित्यशः। स मुच्यते महापापैः कृतैोरैश्च कर्मभिः॥
ya idaṃ paṭhate parva śṛṇuyād vāpi nityaśaḥ| sa mucyate mahāpāpaiḥ kṛtaioraiśca karmabhiḥ||
He, who reads or hears the recitation of this Parvan everyday is released from a great sins and the most wicked acts of his life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 203.149
यज्ञावाप्तिाह्मणस्येह नित्यं घोरे युद्धे क्षत्रियाणां यश्चा शेषौ वर्णी काममिष्टं लभेते पुत्रान् पौत्रान् नित्यमिष्टांस्तथैव॥
yajñāvāptiāhmaṇasyeha nityaṃ ghore yuddhe kṣatriyāṇāṃ yaścā śeṣau varṇī kāmamiṣṭaṃ labhete putrān pautrān nityamiṣṭāṃstathaiva||
By reading it a Brahmana reaps the fruits of sacrifice, a Kshatriya obtains victory in fierce battle. The other orders (Vaishyas and Sudras) attain desirable sons and grandsons and all wishful objects.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)