Mahabharata — Volume VIII (Dutt edition) — Chapter 108
MBh 8 108.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच अहो धर्मिष्ठता तात वृत्रस्यामिततेजसः। यस्य विज्ञानमतुलं विष्णोर्भक्तिश्च तादृशी॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca aho dharmiṣṭhatā tāta vṛtrasyāmitatejasaḥ| yasya vijñānamatulaṃ viṣṇorbhaktiśca tādṛśī||
How great was the love of virtue possessed by Vritra of incomparable energy, whose knowledge was incomparable and whose devotion to Vishnu was so great.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.2
दुर्विज्ञेयं पदं तात विष्णोरमिततेजसः। कथं वा राजशार्दूल पदं तु ज्ञातवानसौ।२।।
durvijñeyaṃ padaṃ tāta viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ| kathaṃ vā rājaśārdūla padaṃ tu jñātavānasau|2||
The position occupied by Vishnu of immeasurable energy is difficult, of being perceived. How, O foremost of kings, could Vritra comprehend it?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.3
भवता कथितं ह्येतच्छ्रद्दधे चाहमच्युत। भूयस्तु मे समुत्पन्ना बुद्धिरव्यक्तदर्शनात्॥
bhavatā kathitaṃ hyetacchraddadhe cāhamacyuta| bhūyastu me samutpannā buddhiravyaktadarśanāt||
You have described Vritra's acts. I too have heard you in full faith. Because, on account of my seeing that one point is unintelligible that my curiosity has been roused for asking you again.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.4
कथं विनिहतो वृत्रः शक्रेण पुरुषर्षभ। धार्मिको विष्णुभक्तश्च तत्त्वज्ञश्च पदान्वये॥
kathaṃ vinihato vṛtraḥ śakreṇa puruṣarṣabha| dhārmiko viṣṇubhaktaśca tattvajñaśca padānvaye||
How, indeed, was Vritra, who was virtuous, devoted to Vishnu, gifted with knowledge of truth derivable from a just comprehension of the Upanishads and Vedanta, defeated by Indra, O foremost of men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.5
एतन्मे संशयं ब्रूहि पृच्छते भरतर्षभ। वृत्रस्तु राजशार्दूल यथा शक्रेण निर्जितः॥
etanme saṃśayaṃ brūhi pṛcchate bharatarṣabha| vṛtrastu rājaśārdūla yathā śakreṇa nirjitaḥ||
O king of the Bharatas, remove this my doubt! Indeed, tell me, O foremost of kings, how Vritra was defeated by Shakra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.6
यथा चैवाभवद् युद्धं तच्चाचक्ष्व पितामह। विस्तरेण महाबाहो परं कौतूहलं हि मे॥
yathā caivābhavad yuddhaṃ taccācakṣva pitāmaha| vistareṇa mahābāho paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me||
O grandfather, O you of mighty arms, tell me fully how the battle took place. Great is my curiosity to hear it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.7
भीष्म उवाच रथेनेन्द्रः प्रयातो वै सार्धं देवगणैः पुरा। ददर्शाथाग्रतो वृत्रं धिष्ठितं पर्वतोपमम्॥
bhīṣma uvāca rathenendraḥ prayāto vai sārdhaṃ devagaṇaiḥ purā| dadarśāthāgrato vṛtraṃ dhiṣṭhitaṃ parvatopamam||
Bhishma said-In days of yore, Indra, accompanied by the celestial army, proceeded on his car, and saw the Asura Vritra stationed before him like a mountain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.8
योजनानां शतान्यूज़ पञ्चोच्छ्रितमरिंदम्। शतानि विस्तरेणाथ त्रीण्येवाभ्यधिकानि वै॥
yojanānāṃ śatānyūja़ pañcocchritamariṃdam| śatāni vistareṇātha trīṇyevābhyadhikāni vai||
He was full five hundred Yojanas in height, 0 chastiser of enemies and three hundred Yojanas in circumference.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.9
तत् प्रेक्ष्य तादृशं रूपं त्रैलोक्येनापि दुर्जयम्। वृत्रस्य देवाः संत्रस्ता न शान्तिमुपलेभिरे॥
tat prekṣya tādṛśaṃ rūpaṃ trailokyenāpi durjayam| vṛtrasya devāḥ saṃtrastā na śāntimupalebhire||
Seeing that form of Vritra, which was incapable of being defeated by the three worlds united together, the celestials became stricken with fear and full of anxiety.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.10
शक्रस्य तु तदा राजनूरुस्तम्भो व्यजायत। भयाद् वृत्रस्य सहसा दृष्ट्वा तद्रूपमुत्तमम्॥
śakrasya tu tadā rājanūrustambho vyajāyata| bhayād vṛtrasya sahasā dṛṣṭvā tadrūpamuttamam||
Indeed, suddenly beholding that huge form of his enemy, O king, Indra was paralysed in the lower extremities.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.11
ततो नादः समभवद् वादित्राणां च निःस्वनः। देवासुराणां सर्वेषां तस्मिन् युद्धे ह्युपस्थिते॥
tato nādaḥ samabhavad vāditrāṇāṃ ca niḥsvanaḥ| devāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ tasmin yuddhe hyupasthite||
Then, on the eve of that great battle between the gods and the demons, there arose loud peals from both sides, and drums and other musical instruments were beaten and blown.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.12
अथ वृत्रस्य कौरव्य दृष्ट्वा शक्रमवस्थितम्। न सम्भ्रमो न भीः काचिदास्था वा समजायत॥
atha vṛtrasya kauravya dṛṣṭvā śakramavasthitam| na sambhramo na bhīḥ kācidāsthā vā samajāyata||
Seeing Indra stationed before him, you of Kuru's race, Vritra felt neither awe nor fear, nor was he disposed to collect all his energies for the battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.13
ततः समभवद् युद्धं त्रैलोक्यस्य भयंकरम्। शक्रस्य च सुरेन्द्रस्य वृत्रस्य च महात्मनः॥
tataḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ trailokyasya bhayaṃkaram| śakrasya ca surendrasya vṛtrasya ca mahātmanaḥ||
Then the battle took place filling the three worlds with fear, between Indra the king of the gods and Vritra of great energy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.14
असिभिः पट्टिशैः शूलैः शक्तितोमरमुद्गरैः। शिलाभिर्विविधाभिश्च कार्मुकैश्च महास्वनैः॥ शस्त्रैश्च विविधैर्दिव्यैः पावकोल्काभिरेव च। देवासुरैस्ततः सैन्यैः सर्वमासीत् समाकुलम्॥
asibhiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlaiḥ śaktitomaramudgaraiḥ| śilābhirvividhābhiśca kārmukaiśca mahāsvanaiḥ|| śastraiśca vividhairdivyaiḥ pāvakolkābhireva ca| devāsuraistataḥ sainyaiḥ sarvamāsīt samākulam||
The entire sky was covered by the warriors of both sides with swords, axes, lances, darts, spears and heavy clubs and rocks of various sizes and bows of loud sound and various sorts of celestial weapons and fires and burning brands.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.15
पितामहपुरोगाश्च सर्वे देवगणास्तथा। ऋषयश्च महाभागास्तद् युद्धं द्रष्टुमागमन्॥ विमानागौमहाराज सिद्धाश्च भरतर्षभ। गन्धर्वाश्च विमानागौरप्सरोभिः समागमन॥
pitāmahapurogāśca sarve devagaṇāstathā| ṛṣayaśca mahābhāgāstad yuddhaṃ draṣṭumāgaman|| vimānāgaumahārāja siddhāśca bharatarṣabha| gandharvāśca vimānāgaurapsarobhiḥ samāgamana||
All the deities led by the Grand-father, and all the highly-blessed Rishis, came to see the battle, on their best of cars; and the Siddhas, also, O foremost of Bharata's family, and the Gandharvas, with the Apsaras, on their own beautiful and foremost of cars, came there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.16
ततोऽन्तरिक्षमावृत्य वृत्रो धर्मभृतां वरः। अश्वमवर्षेण देवेन्द्रं समाकिरदतिद्रुतम्॥
tato'ntarikṣamāvṛtya vṛtro dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ| aśvamavarṣeṇa devendraṃ samākiradatidrutam||
Then Vritra, that foremost of virtuous persons, speedily overwhelmed the sky and the king of gods with a thick shower of rocks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.17
ततो देवगणाः क्रुद्धाः सर्वतः शरवृष्टिभिः। अश्मवर्षमपोहन्त वृत्रप्रेरितमाहवे॥
tato devagaṇāḥ kruddhāḥ sarvataḥ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ| aśmavarṣamapohanta vṛtrapreritamāhave||
Thereat, filled with ire the celestials dispelled with their showers of arrows that thick down-pour of rocks showered by Vritra in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.18
वृत्रस्तु कुरुशार्दूल महामायो महाबलः। मोहयामास देवेन्द्र मायायुद्धेन सर्वशः॥
vṛtrastu kuruśārdūla mahāmāyo mahābalaḥ| mohayāmāsa devendra māyāyuddhena sarvaśaḥ||
Then Vritra, O foremost of Kurus, endued with mighty strength and large powers of illusion, stupefied the king of illusion. was
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.19
तस्य वृत्रार्दितस्याथ मोह आसीच्छतक्रतोः। रथन्तरेण तं तत्र वसिष्ठः समबोधयत्॥
tasya vṛtrārditasyātha moha āsīcchatakratoḥ| rathantareṇa taṃ tatra vasiṣṭhaḥ samabodhayat||
When the god of hundred sacrifices, thus afflicted by Vritra, possessed by stupefaction, the sage Vashishtha restores him to his senses by chanting Samans.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.20
वसिष्ठ उवाच देवश्रेष्ठोऽसि देवेन्द्र दैत्यासरुनिबर्हण। त्रैलोक्यबलसंयुक्तः कस्माच्छक विषीदसि॥
vasiṣṭha uvāca devaśreṣṭho'si devendra daityāsarunibarhaṇa| trailokyabalasaṃyuktaḥ kasmācchaka viṣīdasi||
Vashishtha said You are the foremost of the gods, O chief of the gods, O destroyer of Daityas and Asuras! The strength of the three worlds lies in you! Why, then, O Shakra, do you languish so!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.21
एष ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च शिवश्चैव जगत्पतिः। सोमश्च भगवान् देवः सर्वे च परमर्षयः॥
eṣa brahmā ca viṣṇuśca śivaścaiva jagatpatiḥ| somaśca bhagavān devaḥ sarve ca paramarṣayaḥ||
See, there are Brahma and Vishnu, and Shiva, that lord of the universe, the illustrious and divine Soma, and all the great Rishis.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.22
माकार्षीः कश्मलं शक्र कश्चिदेवेतरो यथा। आर्यां युद्धे मतिं कृत्वा जहि शत्रून् सुराधिप॥
mākārṣīḥ kaśmalaṃ śakra kaścidevetaro yathā| āryāṃ yuddhe matiṃ kṛtvā jahi śatrūn surādhipa||
Do not, O Indra, yield to weakness, like an ordinary mortal! Firmly determined on battle, kill your enemies, O king of the gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.23
एष लोकगुरुस्त्र्यक्षः सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः। निरीक्षते त्वां भगवांस्त्यज मोहं सुराधिप॥
eṣa lokagurustryakṣaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ| nirīkṣate tvāṃ bhagavāṃstyaja mohaṃ surādhipa||
There, that lord of all the worlds, viz., the Three-eyed (Shiva), worshipped of all the worlds, is seeing you! Shake off this stupefaction, O king of the gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.24
एते ब्रह्मर्षयश्चैव बृहस्पतिपुरोगमाः। स्तवेन शक्र दिव्येन स्तुवन्ति त्वां जयाय वै॥
ete brahmarṣayaścaiva bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ| stavena śakra divyena stuvanti tvāṃ jayāya vai||
There, those twice-born Rishis, headed by Brihaspati, are lauding you for your victory, in celestial hymns.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.25
भीष्म उवाच एवं सम्बोध्यमानस्य वसिष्ठेन महात्मना। अतीव वासवस्यासीद् बलमुत्तमतेजसः॥
bhīṣma uvāca evaṃ sambodhyamānasya vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā| atīva vāsavasyāsīd balamuttamatejasaḥ||
Bhishma said-While the highly energetic Vasava was thus being restored to senses by the great Vashishtha, his strength became greatly increased.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.26
ततो बुद्धिमुपागम्य भगवान् पाकशासनः। योगेन महता युक्तस्तां मायां व्यपकर्षत॥
tato buddhimupāgamya bhagavān pākaśāsanaḥ| yogena mahatā yuktastāṃ māyāṃ vyapakarṣata||
The illustrious punisher of Paka then, depending upon his intelligence, had recourse to high Yoga and with its help removed these illusions of Vritra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.27
ततोऽङ्गिरःसुतः श्रीमांस्ते चैव सुमहर्षयः। दृष्ट्वा वृत्रस्य विक्रान्तमुपागम्य महेश्वरम्॥ ऊचुर्वृत्रविनाशार्थं लोकानां हितकाम्यया।
tato'ṅgiraḥsutaḥ śrīmāṃste caiva sumaharṣayaḥ| dṛṣṭvā vṛtrasya vikrāntamupāgamya maheśvaram|| ūcurvṛtravināśārthaṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā|
Then Brihaspati, the son of Angiras, and those greatest of Rishis endued with great prosperity, seeing the prowess of Vritra, went to Mahadeva, and moved by the desire of benefiting the three worlds, urged him to kill the great Asura.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.28
ततो भगवतस्तेजो ज्वरो भूत्वा जगत्पतेः॥ समाविशत् तदा रौद्रो वृत्रं लोकपतिं तदा।
tato bhagavatastejo jvaro bhūtvā jagatpateḥ|| samāviśat tadā raudro vṛtraṃ lokapatiṃ tadā|
The energy of that illustrious lord of the universe thereupon assumed the nature of a fierce fever and entered the body of Vritra the lord of Asuras.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.29
विष्णुश्च भगवान् देवः सर्वलोकाभिपूजितः॥ ऐन्द्रं समाविशद् वज्रं लोकसंरक्षणे रतः।
viṣṇuśca bhagavān devaḥ sarvalokābhipūjitaḥ|| aindraṃ samāviśad vajraṃ lokasaṃrakṣaṇe rataḥ|
The illustrious and divine Vishnu, worshipped of all the worlds, bent upon protecting the universe, entered the thunderbolt of Indra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.30
ततो बृहस्पति/मानुपागम्य शतक्रतुम्। वसिष्ठश्च महातेजाः सर्वे च परमर्षयः॥ ते समासाद्य वरदं वासवं लोकपूजितम्। ऊचुरेकाग्रमनसो जहि वृत्रमिति प्रभो॥
tato bṛhaspati/mānupāgamya śatakratum| vasiṣṭhaśca mahātejāḥ sarve ca paramarṣayaḥ|| te samāsādya varadaṃ vāsavaṃ lokapūjitam| ūcurekāgramanaso jahi vṛtramiti prabho||
Then the highly intelligent Brihaspati and Vashishtha of great energy and all the other foremost of Rishis, going to the God of hundred sacrifices, viz., the boon-giving Vasava, the worshipped of all the worlds, said to him kill forthwith Vritra, O powerful one.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.31
महेश्वर उवाच एष वृत्रो महाशक्र बलेन महता वृतः। विश्वात्मा सर्वगश्चैव बहुमायश्च विश्रुतः॥
maheśvara uvāca eṣa vṛtro mahāśakra balena mahatā vṛtaḥ| viśvātmā sarvagaścaiva bahumāyaśca viśrutaḥ||
Maheshvara said There, O Shakra, stands the great Vritra, accompanied by a great army. He is the soul of the universe, capable of going everywhere, gifted with great powers of illusion, and highly illustrious.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.32
तदेनमसुरश्रेष्ठं त्रैलोक्येनापि दुर्जयम्। जहि त्वं योगमास्थाय मावमंस्थाः सुरेश्वर॥
tadenamasuraśreṣṭhaṃ trailokyenāpi durjayam| jahi tvaṃ yogamāsthāya māvamaṃsthāḥ sureśvara||
This foremost of Asuras is, therefore incapable of being defeated by even the threeworlds in a body. Helped by Yoga, do you kill him, O king of the celestials. Do not neglect him.
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MBh 8 108.33
अनेन हि तपस्तप्तं बलार्थममराधिप। षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि ब्रह्मा चास्मै वरं ददौ॥ महत्त्वं योगिनां चैव महामायत्वमेव च। महाबलत्वं च तथा तेजश्चाम्यं सुरेश्वर।॥
anena hi tapastaptaṃ balārthamamarādhipa| ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi brahmā cāsmai varaṃ dadau|| mahattvaṃ yogināṃ caiva mahāmāyatvameva ca| mahābalatvaṃ ca tathā tejaścāmyaṃ sureśvara|||
O king of the celestials, Vritra had practised, for full sixty thousand years, the severest penances for acquiring strength. Brahma gave him the boons he had prayed for, viz., the greatness that belongs to Yogins, large powers of illusion, enough of might, and superabundant energy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.34
एतत् त्वां मामकं तेजः समाविशति वासव। व्यग्रमेनं त्वमप्येनं वज्रेण जहि दानवम्॥
etat tvāṃ māmakaṃ tejaḥ samāviśati vāsava| vyagramenaṃ tvamapyenaṃ vajreṇa jahi dānavam||
I give you my energy, O Vasava! The Danava has now lost his coolness. Do you, therefore, kill him now with your thunderbolt.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.35
शक्र उवाच भगवंस्त्वप्रसादेन दितिजं सुदुरासदम्। वज्रेण निहनिष्यामि पश्यतस्ते सुरर्षभ॥
śakra uvāca bhagavaṃstvaprasādena ditijaṃ sudurāsadam| vajreṇa nihaniṣyāmi paśyataste surarṣabha||
Shakra said Before your eyes, O foremost of gods, I shall, through your favour kill with my thunderbolt this invincible son Diti.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.36
भीष्म उवाच आविश्यमाने दैत्ये तु ज्वरेणाथ महासुरे। देवतानामृषीणां च हर्षान्नादो महानभूत्॥
bhīṣma uvāca āviśyamāne daitye tu jvareṇātha mahāsure| devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca harṣānnādo mahānabhūt||
Bhishma said. When the great Asura or Daitya was possessed by that fever, the gods and the Rishis, filled with joy, sent up loud cheers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.37
ततो दुन्दुभयश्चैव शङ्खाश्च सुमहास्वनाः। मुरजा डिण्डिमाश्चैव प्रावाद्यन्त सहस्रशः॥
tato dundubhayaścaiva śaṅkhāśca sumahāsvanāḥ| murajā ḍiṇḍimāścaiva prāvādyanta sahasraśaḥ||
At the same time drums, and conchs of loud blare, and kettle-drums and tabors in thousands began to beat and blow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.38
असुराणां तु सर्वेषां स्मृतिलोपो महानभूत्। मायानाशश्च बलवान् क्षणेन समपद्यत॥
asurāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ smṛtilopo mahānabhūt| māyānāśaśca balavān kṣaṇena samapadyata||
Suddenly all the Asuras lost in a body their memory. At that moment their powers of illusion, also, disappeared.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.39
तथाविष्टमथो ज्ञात्वा ऋशयो देवतास्तथा। स्तुवन्तः शक्रमीशानं तथा प्राचोदयन्त्रपि॥
tathāviṣṭamatho jñātvā ṛśayo devatāstathā| stuvantaḥ śakramīśānaṃ tathā prācodayantrapi||
Knowing the enemy to be thus possessed, the Rishis and gods lauded both Shakra and Ishana, and began to urge the former.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 108.40
रथस्थस्य हि शक्रस्य युद्धकाले महात्मनः। ऋषिभिः स्तूयमानस्य रूपमासीत् सुदुर्दृशम्॥
rathasthasya hi śakrasya yuddhakāle mahātmanaḥ| ṛṣibhiḥ stūyamānasya rūpamāsīt sudurdṛśam||
The form that Indra assumed on the eve of the battle, while seated on his car and while his praises were being lauded by the Rishis, became such that none could look at it without dread.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)