Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 14
MBh 9 14.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच त्वयाऽऽपगेय नामानि श्रुतानीह जगत्पतेः। पितामहेशाय विभो नामान्याचक्ष्व शम्भवे॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca tvayā''pageya nāmāni śrutānīha jagatpateḥ| pitāmaheśāya vibho nāmānyācakṣva śambhave||
Yudhishthira said O son of the River Ganga, you have heard all the names of the Lord of the universe. Tell us, O grandfather, all the names that are applied, O powerful one, to Him who is called Isha and Shambhu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.2
बभ्रवे विश्वरूपाय महाभाग्यं च तत्त्वतः। सुरासुरगुरौ देवे शंकरेऽव्यक्तयोनये॥
babhrave viśvarūpāya mahābhāgyaṃ ca tattvataḥ| surāsuragurau deve śaṃkare'vyaktayonaye||
Tell us all those names which are applied to him who is called Babhru or vast, Him who has the universe for his form, Him who is the illustrious Lord of all the gods and the Asuras, who is called Shankara, and who has an origin that is unmanifest. Tell us also of the power of Mahadeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.3
भीष्म उवाच अशक्तोऽहं गुणान् वक्तुं महादेवस्य धीमतः। यो हि सर्वगतो देवो न च सर्वत्र दृश्यते॥
bhīṣma uvāca aśakto'haṃ guṇān vaktuṃ mahādevasya dhīmataḥ| yo hi sarvagato devo na ca sarvatra dṛśyate||
Bhishma said I am quite incompetent to recite the virtues of the highly intelligent Mahadeva. He pervades all things in the universe and yet is not seen anywhere.
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MBh 9 14.4
ब्रह्मविष्णुसुरेशानां स्रष्टा च प्रभुरेव च। ब्रह्मादयः पिशाचान्ता यं हि देवा उपासते॥
brahmaviṣṇusureśānāṃ sraṣṭā ca prabhureva ca| brahmādayaḥ piśācāntā yaṃ hi devā upāsate||
He is the creator of Brahman. Vishnu, and Indra, and he is their lord. All the gods, from Brahman to the Pishachas, adore him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.5
प्रकृतीनां परत्वेन पुरुषस्य च यः परः। चिन्त्यते यो योगविद्भिर्ऋषिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः। अक्षरं परमं ब्रह्म असच्च सदसच्च यः॥
prakṛtīnāṃ paratvena puruṣasya ca yaḥ paraḥ| cintyate yo yogavidbhirṛṣibhistattvadarśibhiḥ| akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma asacca sadasacca yaḥ||
He is above both Prakriti and Purusha. It is of Him that Rishis, conversant with Yoga and possessing a knowledge of all subjects think and reflect.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.6
प्रकृति पुरुषं चैव क्षोभयित्वा स्वतेजसा। ब्रह्माणमसृजत् तस्माद् देवदेवः प्रजापतिः॥
prakṛti puruṣaṃ caiva kṣobhayitvā svatejasā| brahmāṇamasṛjat tasmād devadevaḥ prajāpatiḥ||
He is indestructible and Supreme Brahma. He is both existent and nonexistent. Agitating both Nature and Soul by his energy, He created therefrom the universal lord of creatures, viz., Brahman.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.7
को हि शक्तो गुणान् वक्तुं देवदेवस्य धीमतः। गर्भजन्मजरायुक्तो मर्यो मृत्युसमन्वितः॥
ko hi śakto guṇān vaktuṃ devadevasya dhīmataḥ| garbhajanmajarāyukto maryo mṛtyusamanvitaḥ||
Who is there, who is competent to recount the virtues of that god of gods, who is gifted with supreme Intelligence? Man is subject to conception, birth, decrepitude, and death.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.8
को हि शक्तो भवं ज्ञातुं मद्विधः परमेश्वरम्। ऋते नारायणात् पुत्र शङ्खचक्रगदाधरात्॥
ko hi śakto bhavaṃ jñātuṃ madvidhaḥ parameśvaram| ṛte nārāyaṇāt putra śaṅkhacakragadādharāt||
Being such, what man like me understand Bhava? Only Narayana, O son, that holder of the conch, the discus, and the mace, can comprehend Mahadeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.9
एष विद्वान् गुणश्रेष्ठो विष्णुः परमदुर्जयः। दिव्यचक्षुर्महातजा वीक्षते योगचक्षुषा॥
eṣa vidvān guṇaśreṣṭho viṣṇuḥ paramadurjayaḥ| divyacakṣurmahātajā vīkṣate yogacakṣuṣā||
can an He gifted with knowledge. He is the foremost of all beings in qualities. He is Vishnu, because he pervades the universe. He is irresistible. Gifted with spiritual vision, He is possessed of supreme Energy. He sees all things with the eye of Yoga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.10
रुद्रभक्त्या तु कृष्णेन जगद् व्याप्तं महात्मना। तं प्रसाद्य तदा देवं बदाँ किल भारत॥
rudrabhaktyā tu kṛṣṇena jagad vyāptaṃ mahātmanā| taṃ prasādya tadā devaṃ badā~ kila bhārata||
On account of his devotion to the illustrious Rudra whom he pleased, O Bharata, in the hermitage of Badari, by penances, that the great Krishna has succeeded in overwhelming the entire universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.11
अर्थात् प्रियतरत्वं च सर्वलोकेषु वै तदा। प्राप्तवानेव राजेन्द्र सुवर्णाक्षान्महेश्वरात्॥
arthāt priyataratvaṃ ca sarvalokeṣu vai tadā| prāptavāneva rājendra suvarṇākṣānmaheśvarāt||
O king of kings, it is through Maheshvara of celestial vision that Vasudeva has got the quality of universal agreeableness agreeableness which is much greater than riches.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.12
पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं तु तप्तवानेष माधवः। प्रसाद्य वरदं देवं चराचरगुरुं शिवम्॥
pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu taptavāneṣa mādhavaḥ| prasādya varadaṃ devaṃ carācaraguruṃ śivam||
For a full thousand years this Madhava practised the austerest penances and at last succeeded in pleasing the illustrious and boongiving Shiva, that lord of the mobile and the immobile universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.13
युगे युगे तु कृष्णेन तोषितो वै महेश्वरः। भक्त्या परमया चैव प्रीतश्चैव महात्मनः॥
yuge yuge tu kṛṣṇena toṣito vai maheśvaraḥ| bhaktyā paramayā caiva prītaścaiva mahātmanaḥ||
In every new cycle has Krishna pleased Mahadeva. In every cycle has Mahadeva been pleased with the great devotion of the great Krishna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.14
ऐश्वर्यं यादृशं तस्य जगधोनेर्महात्मनः। तदयं दृष्टवान् साक्षात् पुत्रार्थे हरिरच्युतः॥
aiśvaryaṃ yādṛśaṃ tasya jagadhonermahātmanaḥ| tadayaṃ dṛṣṭavān sākṣāt putrārthe hariracyutaḥ||
Hari, who himself is above all decay, saw the power of the great Mahadeva that original cause of the universe, on the occasion of his penances in the retreat of Vadari undergone for getting a son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.15
यस्मात् परतरं चैव नान्यं पश्यामि भारत। व्याख्यातुं देवदेवस्य शक्तो नामान्यशेषतः॥
yasmāt parataraṃ caiva nānyaṃ paśyāmi bhārata| vyākhyātuṃ devadevasya śakto nāmānyaśeṣataḥ||
I do not, O Bharata, see any one who is superior to Mahadeva. Only Krishna is competent to explain the names of that god of gods fully and without creating the desire of hearing more.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.16
एष शक्तो महाबाहुर्वक्तुं भगवतो गुणान्। विभूतिं चैव कात्स्न्र्थेन सत्यां माहेश्वरी नृप॥
eṣa śakto mahābāhurvaktuṃ bhagavato guṇān| vibhūtiṃ caiva kātsnrthena satyāṃ māheśvarī nṛpa||
This mightyarmed one of Yadu's race is alone competent to tell the qualities of the illustrious Shiva. Verily, O king, only he is able to describe fully the power of the Supreme god.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.17
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त्वा तदा भीष्मो वासुदेवं महायशाः। भवमाहात्म्यसंयुक्तमिदमाह पितामहः॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca evamuktvā tadā bhīṣmo vāsudevaṃ mahāyaśāḥ| bhavamāhātmyasaṃyuktamidamāha pitāmahaḥ||
Vaishampayana said Having said these words, the illustrious Bhishma, the grandfather of the Kurus, addressing Vasudeva, said the following words describing the greatness of Bhava, O king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.18
भीष्म उवाच सुरासुरगुरो देव विष्णो त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि। शिवाय विष्णुरूपाय यन्मां पृच्छद् युधिष्ठिरः॥
bhīṣma uvāca surāsuraguro deva viṣṇo tvaṃ vaktumarhasi| śivāya viṣṇurūpāya yanmāṃ pṛcchad yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||
Bhishma said You are the Lord of all the gods and the Asuras. You are illustrious. You are Vishnu, because you pervade the entire universe. You should describe those subjects connected with Shiva of universal about which Yudhishthira has asked me.
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MBh 9 14.19
नाम्नां सहस्रं देवस्य तण्डिना ब्रह्मयोनिना। निवेदितं ब्रह्मलोके ब्रह्मणो यत् पुराभवत्॥
nāmnāṃ sahasraṃ devasya taṇḍinā brahmayoninā| niveditaṃ brahmaloke brahmaṇo yat purābhavat||
In days of yore, the Rishi Tandin, originated from Brahman, recited in Brahman's region and before Brahman himself the thousand names of Mahadeva.
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MBh 9 14.20
द्वैपायनप्रभृतयस्तथा चेमे तपोधनाः। ऋषयः सुव्रता दान्ताः शृण्वन्तु गदतस्तव॥
dvaipāyanaprabhṛtayastathā ceme tapodhanāḥ| ṛṣayaḥ suvratā dāntāḥ śṛṇvantu gadatastava||
Do you recite those names before this assemblage of Rishis having asceticism for their wealth, observant of high vows, possessed hear you. of self-control, and numbering the Islandborn Krishna among them, may
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.21
ध्रुवाय नन्दिने होः गोप्ने विश्वसृजेऽग्नये। महाभाग्यं विभो—हि मुण्डिनेऽथ कपर्दिने॥
dhruvāya nandine hoḥ gopne viśvasṛje'gnaye| mahābhāgyaṃ vibho—hi muṇḍine'tha kapardine||
Do you discourse the high blessedness of Him who is immutable, who is always cheerful and happy, who is Hotri, who is the universal Protector, who is Creator of the universe, and who is called Mundin and Kaparddin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.22
वासुदेव उवाच न गतिः कर्मणां शक्या वेत्तुमीशस्य तत्त्वतः। हिरण्यगर्भप्रमुखा देवाः सेन्द्रा महर्षयः॥
vāsudeva uvāca na gatiḥ karmaṇāṃ śakyā vettumīśasya tattvataḥ| hiraṇyagarbhapramukhā devāḥ sendrā maharṣayaḥ||
Vasudeva said The very gods with Indra, and the Grandfather Brahman numbering among them, and the great Rishis also, cannot understand the course of Mahadeva's deeds truly and full.
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MBh 9 14.23
न विदुर्यस्य भवनमादित्याः सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः। स कथं नरमात्रेण शक्यो ज्ञातुं सतां गतिः॥
na viduryasya bhavanamādityāḥ sūkṣmadarśinaḥ| sa kathaṃ naramātreṇa śakyo jñātuṃ satāṃ gatiḥ||
Even he is the end which all righteous people gain. The very Adityas, who are gifted with subtile sight, are unable to see his abode. How then can one who is merely a man succeed in comprehending Him?
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MBh 9 14.24
तस्याहमसुरघ्नस्य कांश्चिद् भगवतो गुणान्। भवतां कीर्तयिष्यामि व्रतेशाय यथातथम्॥
tasyāhamasuraghnasya kāṃścid bhagavato guṇān| bhavatāṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi vrateśāya yathātatham||
I shall, therefore, truly recount to you some only of the qualities of that illustrious killer of Asuras, who is considered as the Lord of all sacrifices and vows.
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MBh 9 14.25
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान् गुणांस्तस्य महात्मनः। उपस्पृश्य शुचिर्भूत्वा कथयामास धीमतः॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca evamuktvā tu bhagavān guṇāṃstasya mahātmanaḥ| upaspṛśya śucirbhūtvā kathayāmāsa dhīmataḥ||
Vaishampayana said Having said these words, the illustrious Vasudeva began his discourse on the qualities of the great Mahadeva gifted with the highest intelligence, after having purified himself by touching water.
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MBh 9 14.26
वासुदेव उवाच शुश्रूषध्वं ब्राह्मणेन्द्रास्त्वं च तात युधिष्ठिर। त्वं चापगेय नामानि शृणुष्वेह कपर्दिने॥
vāsudeva uvāca śuśrūṣadhvaṃ brāhmaṇendrāstvaṃ ca tāta yudhiṣṭhira| tvaṃ cāpageya nāmāni śṛṇuṣveha kapardine||
Vasudeva said Hear, you foremost of Brahmanas, and you Yudhishthira also, O sire, and hear you too, O River's son, the names which are applied to Kaparddin.
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MBh 9 14.27
यदवाप्तं च मे पूर्वं साम्बहेतोः सुदुष्करम्। यथावद् भगवान् दृष्टो मया पूर्वं समाधिना॥
yadavāptaṃ ca me pūrvaṃ sāmbahetoḥ suduṣkaram| yathāvad bhagavān dṛṣṭo mayā pūrvaṃ samādhinā||
Hear, you, how in days of yore. I gained a sight, so difficult to get, for the sake of Shamva. Verily, in those days was the illustrious god seen by me on account of Yogaabstraction.
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MBh 9 14.28
शम्बरे निहते पूर्वं रौक्मिणेयेन धीमता। अतीते द्वादशे वर्षे जाम्बवत्यब्रवीद्धि माम्॥
śambare nihate pūrvaṃ raukmiṇeyena dhīmatā| atīte dvādaśe varṣe jāmbavatyabravīddhi mām||
After twelve years had passed from the time when Pradyumna, the son of Rukmini, who is gifted with great intelligence, killed the Asura Shamvara in days of yore, my wife Jambavati addressed me.
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MBh 9 14.29
प्रद्युम्नचारुदेष्णादीन् रुक्मिण्या वीक्ष्य पुत्रकान्। पुत्रार्थिनी मामुपेत्य वाक्यमाह युधिष्ठिर॥ शूरं बलवतां श्रेष्ठं कान्तरूपमकल्मषम्। आत्मतुल्यं मम सुतं प्रयच्छाच्युत माचिरम्॥
pradyumnacārudeṣṇādīn rukmiṇyā vīkṣya putrakān| putrārthinī māmupetya vākyamāha yudhiṣṭhira|| śūraṃ balavatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kāntarūpamakalmaṣam| ātmatulyaṃ mama sutaṃ prayacchācyuta māciram||
Indeed, seeing Pradyumna and Charudeshna and other sons born of Rukmini, Jamvavati, desirous of a son, said these words to me, O Yudhishthira, grant me, O you of undecaying glory, a heroic son, the foremost of powerful men, possessed of the most lovely features, sinless, and like your self. And, O, let there be no delay on your part in granting this prayer of mine!
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MBh 9 14.30
न हि तेऽप्राप्यमस्तीह त्रिषु लोकेषु किंचन। लोकान् सृजेस्त्वमपरानिच्छन् यदुकुलोद्वह॥
na hi te'prāpyamastīha triṣu lokeṣu kiṃcana| lokān sṛjestvamaparānicchan yadukulodvaha||
There is noting in the three worlds which you cannot acquire! O perpetuator of Yadu's race, you can create other worlds if only you wish! Observing a vow for twelve years and purifying yourself, you had worshipped the Lord of all creatures (viz., Mahadeva), and then begotten upon Rukmini the sons that she has got from you, viz., Charudeshna and Sucharu and Charlshravas and Charuvesha and Yashodhana and Charuyashas and Pradyumna and Shambhu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.31
त्वया द्वादशवर्षाणि व्रतीभूतेन शुष्यता। आराध्य पशुभर्तारं रुक्मिण्यां जनिताः सुताः॥ चारुदेष्णः सुचारश्च चारुवेशो यशोधरः। चारुश्रवाश्चारुयशाः प्रद्युम्नः शुम्भुरेव च॥ यथा ते जनिताः पुत्रा रुक्मिण्यां चारुविक्रमाः। तथा ममापि तनयं प्रयच्छ मधुसूदन।॥
tvayā dvādaśavarṣāṇi vratībhūtena śuṣyatā| ārādhya paśubhartāraṃ rukmiṇyāṃ janitāḥ sutāḥ|| cārudeṣṇaḥ sucāraśca cāruveśo yaśodharaḥ| cāruśravāścāruyaśāḥ pradyumnaḥ śumbhureva ca|| yathā te janitāḥ putrā rukmiṇyāṃ cāruvikramāḥ| tathā mamāpi tanayaṃ prayaccha madhusūdana|||
O killer of Madhu, do you grant me a son like those of great prowess whom you have begotten upon Rukmini.
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MBh 9 14.32
इत्येवं चोदितो देव्या तामवोचं सुमध्यमाम्। अनुजानीहि मां राज्ञि करिष्ये वचनं तव॥
ityevaṃ codito devyā tāmavocaṃ sumadhyamām| anujānīhi māṃ rājñi kariṣye vacanaṃ tava||
Thus addressed by the princess, I replied to her having slender waist Let me have your permission, O queen! I shall certainly obey your command.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.33
सा च मामब्रवीद् गच्छ शिवाय विजयाय च। ब्रह्मा शिवः काश्यपश्च नद्यो देवा मनोनुगाः॥ क्षेत्रौषध्यो यज्ञवाहाश्छन्दांस्य॒षिगणाध्वराः। समुद्रा दक्षिणास्तोभा ऋक्षाणि पितरो ग्रहाः॥ देवपल्यो देवकन्या देवमातर एव च। मन्वन्तराणि गावश्च चन्द्रमाः सविता हरिः॥ सावित्री ब्रह्मविद्या च ऋतवो वत्सरास्तथा। क्षणा लवा मुहूर्ताश्च निमेषा युगपर्ययाः॥ रक्षन्तु सर्वत्र गतं त्वां यादव सुखाय च। अरिष्टं गच्छ पन्थानमप्रमत्तो भवानघ॥
sā ca māmabravīd gaccha śivāya vijayāya ca| brahmā śivaḥ kāśyapaśca nadyo devā manonugāḥ|| kṣetrauṣadhyo yajñavāhāśchandāṃsya॒ṣigaṇādhvarāḥ| samudrā dakṣiṇāstobhā ṛkṣāṇi pitaro grahāḥ|| devapalyo devakanyā devamātara eva ca| manvantarāṇi gāvaśca candramāḥ savitā hariḥ|| sāvitrī brahmavidyā ca ṛtavo vatsarāstathā| kṣaṇā lavā muhūrtāśca nimeṣā yugaparyayāḥ|| rakṣantu sarvatra gataṃ tvāṃ yādava sukhāya ca| ariṣṭaṃ gaccha panthānamapramatto bhavānagha||
She answered me, saying Go, and acquire success and prosperity! Let Brahmana and Shiva and Kashyapa, the Rivers, those gods who preside over the mind, the soil, all deciduous herbs, those Chahandas who are considered as bearers of the libations poured in Sacrifices, the Rishis, Earth, the Oceans, the sacrificial presents, those syllables which are ultered for completing the cadences of Samans, the Rikshas, the Pitris, the Planets, the wives of the gods, the celestial maidens, the celestial mothers, the great cycles, kine, Chaudramas, Savitri, Agni, Savitri, the knowledge of the Vedas, the seasons, the year, the Kshanas, the Lavas, the Muhurtas, the Nimeshas, and the Yugas in succession, protect you, O Yadava, and keep you in happiness, wherever you may live. Let no danger overtake you on your way, and let no carelessness be thine, O sinless one.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.34
एवं कृतस्वस्त्ययनस्तयाऽहं ततोऽभ्यनुज्ञाय नरेन्द्रपुत्रीम्। पितुः समीपं नरसत्तमस्य मातुश्च राज्ञश्च तथाऽऽहकस्य॥ गत्वा समावेद्य यदब्रवीन्मां विद्याधरेन्द्रस्य सुता भृशार्ता। तानभ्यनुज्ञाय तदातिदुःखाद् गदं तथैवातिबलं च रामम्। अथोचतुः प्रीतियुतौ तदानीं तप:समृद्धिर्भवतोऽस्त्वविघ्नम्॥
evaṃ kṛtasvastyayanastayā'haṃ tato'bhyanujñāya narendraputrīm| pituḥ samīpaṃ narasattamasya mātuśca rājñaśca tathā''hakasya|| gatvā samāvedya yadabravīnmāṃ vidyādharendrasya sutā bhṛśārtā| tānabhyanujñāya tadātiduḥkhād gadaṃ tathaivātibalaṃ ca rāmam| athocatuḥ prītiyutau tadānīṃ tapa:samṛddhirbhavato'stvavighnam||
Thus blessed by her, I took her leave, bidding farewell to the daughter of the prince of monkeys. Repairing them to the presence of that foremost of men, viz., my father, of my mother, of the king, and of Ahuka, I informed them of what the daughter of the king of the Vidyadharas, in great misery, had said to me. Bidding them farewell with a sorrowful heart, I then went to Gada and to Rama of great power.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.35
प्राप्यानुज्ञां गुरुजनादहं तार्क्ष्यमचिन्तयम्। सोऽवहद्धिमवन्तं मां प्राप्य चैनं व्यसर्जयम्॥
prāpyānujñāṃ gurujanādahaṃ tārkṣyamacintayam| so'vahaddhimavantaṃ māṃ prāpya cainaṃ vyasarjayam||
These two gladly addressed me, saying Let your penances inultiply without any hinderance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.36
तत्राहमद्भुतान् भावानपश्यं गिरिसत्तमे। क्षेत्रं च तपसां श्रेष्ठं पश्याम्यद्भुतमुत्तमम्॥
tatrāhamadbhutān bhāvānapaśyaṃ girisattame| kṣetraṃ ca tapasāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ paśyāmyadbhutamuttamam||
Having got the perinission of all of them, I thought of Garuda. He forthwith came to me and took me to Himavat. Arrived at Himavat, I sent him away.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.37
दिव्यं वैयाघ्रपद्यस्य उपमन्योर्महात्मनः। पूजितं देवगन्धर्वैाझ्या लक्ष्या समावृतम्॥
divyaṃ vaiyāghrapadyasya upamanyormahātmanaḥ| pūjitaṃ devagandharvaiājhyā lakṣyā samāvṛtam||
There, on that foremost of mountains, I saw many wonderful spectacles. I saw an excellent, wonderful, and agreeable hermitage for the practice of penances.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.38
धव-ककुभ-कदम्ब-नारिकेलैः कुरबक-केतक जम्बु-पाटलाभिः। वट-वरुणक-वत्सनाभ-बिल्वैः सरल-कपित्थ-प्रियाल-साल तालैः॥
dhava-kakubha-kadamba-nārikelaiḥ kurabaka-ketaka jambu-pāṭalābhiḥ| vaṭa-varuṇaka-vatsanābha-bilvaiḥ sarala-kapittha-priyāla-sāla tālaiḥ||
That charming retreat was the property of the great Upamanyu who was a descendant of Vyaghrapada. That retreat is spoken highly of and respected by the gods and the Gandharvas and seemed to be covered with Vedic beauty.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.39
बदरी-कुन्द-पुन्नागैरशोकाम्रातिमुक्तकैः। मधूकैः कोविदारैश्च चम्पकैः पनसैस्तथा॥ वन्यैर्बहुविधैर्वक्षैः फलपुष्यप्रदैर्युतम्। पुष्पगुल्मलताकीर्णं कदलीषण्डशोभितम्॥ नानाशकुनिसम्भोज्यैः फलैर्वृक्षरलंकृतम्। यथास्थानविनिक्षिप्तैर्भूषितं भस्मराशिभिः॥
badarī-kunda-punnāgairaśokāmrātimuktakaiḥ| madhūkaiḥ kovidāraiśca campakaiḥ panasaistathā|| vanyairbahuvidhairvakṣaiḥ phalapuṣyapradairyutam| puṣpagulmalatākīrṇaṃ kadalīṣaṇḍaśobhitam|| nānāśakunisambhojyaiḥ phalairvṛkṣaralaṃkṛtam| yathāsthānavinikṣiptairbhūṣitaṃ bhasmarāśibhiḥ||
It was adorned with Dhavas and Kakubhas and Kaomvas and cocoas with Kuruvakas and Kitakas and amvus and Paalas, with banians and Varunakas and Vatsanabhas and Vilwas, with Saralas and Kapitthas and Piyalas and Shalas and Palmyras, with Vadaris and Ingudis and Punnagas and Ashokas and Amras and Kovidaras and Champakas and Panashas, and with various other trees having fruits and flowers. And that retreat was also decked with the straight steins of the Musa Supienta.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.40
रुरु-वानर-शार्दूल-सिंह-द्वीपि-समाकुलम्। कुरङ्ग-बर्हिणाकीर्णं मार्जार-भुजगावृतम्। पूगैश्च मृगजातीनां महिष‘निषेवितम्॥
ruru-vānara-śārdūla-siṃha-dvīpi-samākulam| kuraṅga-barhiṇākīrṇaṃ mārjāra-bhujagāvṛtam| pūgaiśca mṛgajātīnāṃ mahiṣa‘niṣevitam||
Truly, that asylum was adorned with various other sorts of trees and with various kinds of fruits forming the food of various kinds of birds. Heaps of ashes were thrown in proper places all around, which enhanced the beauty of the scene.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.41
सकृत्प्रभिन्नैश्च गजैर्विभूषितं प्रहष्टनानाविधपक्षिसेवितम्। महीरुहाणां च वनैर्विचित्रैः॥
sakṛtprabhinnaiśca gajairvibhūṣitaṃ prahaṣṭanānāvidhapakṣisevitam| mahīruhāṇāṃ ca vanairvicitraiḥ||
It was full of Rurus and apes and tigers and lions and leopards, deer of various species and peacocks and cats and snakes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.42
नानापुष्परजोमिश्रो गजदानाधिवासितः। दिव्यस्रीगीतबहुलो मारुतोऽभिमुखो ववौ॥
nānāpuṣparajomiśro gajadānādhivāsitaḥ| divyasrīgītabahulo māruto'bhimukho vavau||
Indeed, large numbers of other animals also were seen there, as also buffaloes and bears. Delicious breezes blew, continually carrying the sweet notes of celestial nymphs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.43
धारानिनादैविहगप्रणादैः शुभैस्तथा बृंहितैः कुञ्जराणाम्। गीतैस्तथा किन्नराणामुदारैः शुभैः स्वनैः सामगानां च वीर॥ अचिन्त्यं मनसाऽप्यन्यैः सरोभिः समलंकृतम्। विशालैश्चाग्निशरणैर्भूषितं कुसुमावृतैः॥
dhārāninādaivihagapraṇādaiḥ śubhaistathā bṛṃhitaiḥ kuñjarāṇām| gītaistathā kinnarāṇāmudāraiḥ śubhaiḥ svanaiḥ sāmagānāṃ ca vīra|| acintyaṃ manasā'pyanyaiḥ sarobhiḥ samalaṃkṛtam| viśālaiścāgniśaraṇairbhūṣitaṃ kusumāvṛtaiḥ||
The babblings of mountain rivers and springs, the sweet notes of winged choristers, the gruntings of elephants, the delicious notes of Kinnaras, and the auspicious voice of ascetics singing the Samans, O hero, and various other kinds of music, made that retreat highly charming. The very imagination cannot conceive another hermitage as charming as the one I saw. There were also large houses in that asylum, intended for the preservation of the sacred fire, and covered all over with flowering creepers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.44
विभूषितं पुण्यपवित्रतोयया सदा च जुष्टं नृप जलकन्यया। महात्मभिर्वन्हिासमानकल्पैः॥
vibhūṣitaṃ puṇyapavitratoyayā sadā ca juṣṭaṃ nṛpa jalakanyayā| mahātmabhirvanhiāsamānakalpaiḥ||
It was bedecked with the river Ganga of clear and sacred water. Indeed the daughter of Jahnu always remained there. It was decked also with many asce:ics who were the foremost of all pious persons, who had high souls, and who resembled fire itself in energy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.45
वाय्वाहारैरम्बुपैर्जप्यनित्यैः सम्प्रक्षालैर्योगिभिर्ध्याननित्यैः। धूमप्राशैरूष्मपैः क्षीरपैश्च संजुष्टं च ब्राह्मणेन्द्रैः समन्तात्॥
vāyvāhārairambupairjapyanityaiḥ samprakṣālairyogibhirdhyānanityaiḥ| dhūmaprāśairūṣmapaiḥ kṣīrapaiśca saṃjuṣṭaṃ ca brāhmaṇendraiḥ samantāt||
Some of those ascetics lived upon air and some upon water. Some were devoted to the silent recitation of sacred Mantras. And some were engaged in purifying their souls by practising the virtues of mercy and the rest. And some amongst them were Yogins devoted to the Yoga-meditation. Some amongst them lived upon smoke only, and some lived upon fire, and some upon milk. Thus was, that retreat adorned with many foremost of twice born persons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.46
गोचारिणोऽथाश्मकुट्टा दन्तोलूखलिकास्तथा। मरीचिपाः फेनपाश्च तथैव मृगचारिणः॥
gocāriṇo'thāśmakuṭṭā dantolūkhalikāstathā| marīcipāḥ phenapāśca tathaiva mṛgacāriṇaḥ||
And some there were amongst them who had taken thic vow of eating and drinking like kine that is, by giving up the use of the hands at once. And some used only two pieces of stone for husking their grain, and some who used their teeth only for that purpose. And some lived by drinking only the rays of the imoon, and some by drinking only froth. And some were following the vow of living like deer.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.47
अश्वत्थफलभक्षाश्च तथा छुदकशायिनः। चीरचर्माम्बरधरास्तथा वल्कलधारिणः॥
aśvatthaphalabhakṣāśca tathā chudakaśāyinaḥ| cīracarmāmbaradharāstathā valkaladhāriṇaḥ||
And some there were who lived upon the fruits of the Ficus religiosa, and some who used to lie upon water and some dressed themselves in rags and some in animal skins and some in barks of trees.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.48
सुदुःखान् नियमांस्तांस्तान् वहतः सुतपोधनान्। पश्यन् मुनीन् बहुविधान् प्रवेष्टुमुपचक्रमे॥
suduḥkhān niyamāṃstāṃstān vahataḥ sutapodhanān| paśyan munīn bahuvidhān praveṣṭumupacakrame||
Indeed, I saw various ascetics of the foremost order observing these and other painful vows. I wished then to enter that asylum.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.49
सुपूजितं देवगणैर्महात्मभिः शिवादिभिर्भारत पुण्यकर्मभिः। रराज तच्चाश्रममण्डलं सदा दिवीव राजन् शशिमण्डलं यथा॥
supūjitaṃ devagaṇairmahātmabhiḥ śivādibhirbhārata puṇyakarmabhiḥ| rarāja taccāśramamaṇḍalaṃ sadā divīva rājan śaśimaṇḍalaṃ yathā||
Verily, that asylum was honoured and adored by the gods and all great beings, by Shiva and others, O Bharata, and by all : creatures of pious deeds. Thus addressed, it stood in all its beauty on the breast of Himavata, like the lunar disc in the sky.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.50
क्रीडन्ति सर्नकुला मृगैर्व्याघ्राच मित्रवत्। प्रभावाद् दीप्ततपसां संनिकर्षान्महात्मनाम्॥
krīḍanti sarnakulā mṛgairvyāghrāca mitravat| prabhāvād dīptatapasāṃ saṃnikarṣānmahātmanām||
The mongoose sported there with the snake, and the tiger with the deer, like friends, forgetting their natural enmity, on account of the energy of those ascetics of blazing penances and for their being near to those great ones.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.51
तत्राश्रमपदे श्रेष्ठे सर्वभूतमनोरमे। सेविते द्विजशार्दूलैर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैः॥ नानानियमविख्यातैर्ऋषिभिः सुमहात्मभिः। प्रविशन्नेव चापश्यं जटाचीरधरं प्रभुम्॥ तेजसा तपसा चैव दीप्यमानं यथाऽनलम्। शिष्यैरनुगतं शान्तं युवानं ब्राह्मणर्षभम्॥
tatrāśramapade śreṣṭhe sarvabhūtamanorame| sevite dvijaśārdūlairvedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ|| nānāniyamavikhyātairṛṣibhiḥ sumahātmabhiḥ| praviśanneva cāpaśyaṃ jaṭācīradharaṃ prabhum|| tejasā tapasā caiva dīpyamānaṃ yathā'nalam| śiṣyairanugataṃ śāntaṃ yuvānaṃ brāhmaṇarṣabham||
In that foremost of hermitages, which was charming to all creatures, inhabited by many foremost of Brahmanas fully conversant with the Vedas and their branches, and by many great Rishis well-known for the difficult vows they practised, I saw, as soon as I entered a powerful Rishi with matted locks on head and dressed in rags, who seemed to shine like fire with his penances and energy. Served by his disciples and possessed of tranquil soul, that foremost of Brahmanas was young to look at.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.52
शिरसा वन्दमानं मामुपमन्युरभाषत॥ स्वागतं पुण्डरीकाक्ष सफलानि तपांसि नः। यः पूज्यः पूजयसि मां द्रष्टव्यो द्रष्टुमिच्छसि॥
śirasā vandamānaṃ māmupamanyurabhāṣata|| svāgataṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa saphalāni tapāṃsi naḥ| yaḥ pūjyaḥ pūjayasi māṃ draṣṭavyo draṣṭumicchasi||
His name was Upamanyu. He said to me who bowed to him vith my head down: Welcome are you, O you of eyes like lotus petals! Today, by this visit of yours, we see that our penances have fructified. You are worthy of our adoration, but you worship us still. You are worthy of being scen, but you wish to see me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.53
तमहं प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा मृगपक्षिष्वथाग्निषु। धर्मं च शिष्यवर्गं च समपृच्छमनामयम्॥
tamahaṃ prāñjalirbhūtvā mṛgapakṣiṣvathāgniṣu| dharmaṃ ca śiṣyavargaṃ ca samapṛcchamanāmayam||
Joining my hands I made of him the usual enquiries regarding the well-being of the animals and birds who lived in his asylum, of the progress of his righteousness, and of his disciples.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.54
ततो मां भगवानाह साम्ना परमवल्गुना। लप्स्यसे तनयं कृष्ण आत्मतुल्यमसंशयम्॥
tato māṃ bhagavānāha sāmnā paramavalgunā| lapsyase tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa ātmatulyamasaṃśayam||
The illustrious Upamanyu then addressed me in words which were highly sweet and delightfulYou shall, O Krishna, obtain, forsooth, a son like yourself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.55
तपः सुमहदास्थाय तोषयेशानमीश्वरम्। इह देवः सपत्नीकः समाक्रीडत्यधोक्षज॥
tapaḥ sumahadāsthāya toṣayeśānamīśvaram| iha devaḥ sapatnīkaḥ samākrīḍatyadhokṣaja||
Practising severe penances, do you please Ishana, the Lord of all creatures. That divine Master called also Adhokshaja, sports here with his wife by his side.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.56
इहैनं दैवतश्रेष्ठं देवाः सर्षिगणाः पुरा। तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण सत्येन च दमेन च॥ तोषयित्वा शुभान कामान् प्राप्तवन्तो जनार्दन। तेजसां तपसां चैव निधिः स भगवानिह॥
ihainaṃ daivataśreṣṭhaṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purā| tapasā brahmacaryeṇa satyena ca damena ca|| toṣayitvā śubhāna kāmān prāptavanto janārdana| tejasāṃ tapasāṃ caiva nidhiḥ sa bhagavāniha||
O Janarddana, it was here that the gods with ali the Rishis, in days of yore, pleased that foremost of gods by their penances and celibacy and Truth and selfcontrol, and succeeded in realizing many high hopes. That illustrious god is verily the inexhaustible source of all energies and penances.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.57
शुभाशुभान्वितान् भगवान् विसृजन संक्षिपन्नापि। आस्ते देव्या सदाचिन्त्यो यं प्रार्थयसि शत्रुहन्॥
śubhāśubhānvitān bhagavān visṛjana saṃkṣipannāpi| āste devyā sadācintyo yaṃ prārthayasi śatruhan||
Coming into existence and withdrawing once more to himself all things fraught with good and evil, that inconceivable God whom you seek, O destroyer of enemies, lives here with his consort.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.58
हिरण्यकशिपुर्योऽभूद् दानवो मेरुकम्पनः। तेन सर्वामरैश्वर्यं शर्वात् प्राप्तं समार्बुदम्॥
hiraṇyakaśipuryo'bhūd dānavo merukampanaḥ| tena sarvāmaraiśvaryaṃ śarvāt prāptaṃ samārbudam||
He who was born as the Danava named Hiranyakashipu, whose strength was so great that he could shake the very mountains of Meru, succeeded in getting from Mahadeva the power belonging to all the gods and enjoyed it for ten millions of years.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.59
तस्यैव पुत्रप्रवरो मन्दारो नाम विश्रुतः। महादेववराच्छकं वर्षार्बुदमयोधयत्॥
tasyaiva putrapravaro mandāro nāma viśrutaḥ| mahādevavarācchakaṃ varṣārbudamayodhayat||
He who was the foremost of all his sons, and who was known by the name of Mandara, succeeded, through the boon he had got from Mahadeva, in fighting Shakra for a million of years.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.60
विष्णोश्चक्रं च तद् घोरं वज्रमाखण्डलस्य च। शीर्णं पुराऽभवत् तात ग्रहस्याङ्गेषु केशव॥
viṣṇoścakraṃ ca tad ghoraṃ vajramākhaṇḍalasya ca| śīrṇaṃ purā'bhavat tāta grahasyāṅgeṣu keśava||
The terrible discus of Vishnu and the thunderbolt of Indra were both unable to make the least impression, O Keshava, in days of yore, upon the body of that great source of universal misery.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.61
यत् तद् भगवता पूर्वं दत्तं चक्रं तवानघ। जलान्तरचरं हत्वा दैत्यं च बलगार्वितम्॥
yat tad bhagavatā pūrvaṃ dattaṃ cakraṃ tavānagha| jalāntaracaraṃ hatvā daityaṃ ca balagārvitam||
The discus which you carry, O sinless one, was given to you by Mahadeva, after he had killed a Daitya who, proud of his strength, used to live within the waters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.62
उत्पादितं वृषाङ्केन दीप्तज्वलनसंनिभम्। दत्तं भगवता तुभ्यं दुर्धर्षं तेजसाद्भुतम्॥
utpāditaṃ vṛṣāṅkena dīptajvalanasaṃnibham| dattaṃ bhagavatā tubhyaṃ durdharṣaṃ tejasādbhutam||
That discus, effulgent as fire, was created by the great god having the bull for his emblem. Wonderful and irresistible in energy, it was given to you by that illustrious god.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.63
न शक्यं द्रष्टुमन्येन वर्जयित्वा पिनाकिनम्। सुदर्शनं भवत्येवं भवेनोक्तं तदा तु तत्॥
na śakyaṃ draṣṭumanyena varjayitvā pinākinam| sudarśanaṃ bhavatyevaṃ bhavenoktaṃ tadā tu tat||
On account of its blazing energy it was incapable of being looked at by and person except the holder of Pinaka. It was, therefore, that Bhava named it Sudarshanam.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.64
सुदर्शनं तदा तस्य लोके नाम प्रतिष्ठितम्। तज्जीर्णमभवत् तात ग्रहस्यालेषु केशव॥
sudarśanaṃ tadā tasya loke nāma pratiṣṭhitam| tajjīrṇamabhavat tāta grahasyāleṣu keśava||
From that time it passed by the name of Sudarshanam in all the worlds. Even that weapon, O Keshava, failed to make the least impression on the body of Hiranyakashipu's son Mandara, who appeared like an evil planet in the three worlds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.65
ग्रहस्यातिबलस्याङ्गे वरदत्तस्य धीमतः। न शस्राणि वहन्त्यङ्गे चक्रवज्रशतान्यपि॥
grahasyātibalasyāṅge varadattasya dhīmataḥ| na śasrāṇi vahantyaṅge cakravajraśatānyapi||
Hundreds of Chakras like you and thunderbolts like that of Shakra, could not inflict a scratch on the body of that evil planet gifted with great might, who had acquired a boon from Mahadeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.66
अर्धमानाश्च विबुधा ग्रहेण सुबलीयसा। शिवदत्तवरान् जघ्नुरसुरेन्द्रान् सुरा भृशम्॥
ardhamānāśca vibudhā graheṇa subalīyasā| śivadattavarān jaghnurasurendrān surā bhṛśam||
Afflicted by the mighty Mandara, the gods, fought hard against him and his companions, all of whom had got boons from Mahadeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.67
तुष्टो विद्युत्प्रभस्यापि त्रिलोकेश्वरतां ददौ। शतं वर्षसहस्राणां सर्वलोकेश्वरोऽभवत्॥
tuṣṭo vidyutprabhasyāpi trilokeśvaratāṃ dadau| śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ sarvalokeśvaro'bhavat||
Pleased with another Danava named Vidyutprabha, Mahadeva granted to him the sovereignty of the three worlds. That Dana remained the king of the three worlds for a hundred thousand years.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.68
मनसैवानुचरो नित्यं भवितासीति चाब्रवीत्। तथा पुत्रसहस्राणामयुतं च ददौ प्रभुः॥ कुशद्वीपं च स ददौ राज्येन भगवानजः।
manasaivānucaro nityaṃ bhavitāsīti cābravīt| tathā putrasahasrāṇāmayutaṃ ca dadau prabhuḥ|| kuśadvīpaṃ ca sa dadau rājyena bhagavānajaḥ|
And Mahadeva said to him You will become one of my attendants. Indeed, the powerful Lord further conferred upon him the boon of a hundred millions of children. The Unborn Lord of all creatures further gave the Danava the region known as Kushadvipa for his kingdom.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.69
तथा शतमुखो नाम धात्रा सृष्टो महासुरः॥ येन वर्षशतं साग्रमात्ममांसैर्हतोऽनलः।
tathā śatamukho nāma dhātrā sṛṣṭo mahāsuraḥ|| yena varṣaśataṃ sāgramātmamāṃsairhato'nalaḥ|
Another great Asura, named Shatamukha, was created by Brahman. For a hundred years he poured on the sacrificial fire the flesh of his own body.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.70
तं प्राह भगवांस्तुष्टः किं करोमीति शंकरः॥ तं वै शतमुखः प्राह योगो भवतु मेऽद्भुतः।
taṃ prāha bhagavāṃstuṣṭaḥ kiṃ karomīti śaṃkaraḥ|| taṃ vai śatamukhaḥ prāha yogo bhavatu me'dbhutaḥ|
Pleased with such penances, Shankara said to him What can I do for you Shatamukha replied, saying you the most wonderful, let me have the power of creating new creatures and animals.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.71
बलं च दैवतश्रेष्ठ शाश्वतं सम्प्रयच्छ मे॥ तथेति भगवानाह तस्य तद् वचनं प्रभुः।
balaṃ ca daivataśreṣṭha śāśvataṃ samprayaccha me|| tatheti bhagavānāha tasya tad vacanaṃ prabhuḥ|
Give also to me, O foremost of all gods, everlasting power. Thus addressed by him, the powerful lord said to him So be it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.72
स्वायम्भुवः क्रतुश्चापि पुत्रार्थमभवत् पुरा॥ आविश्य योगेनात्मानं त्रीणि वर्षशतान्यपि।
svāyambhuvaḥ kratuścāpi putrārthamabhavat purā|| āviśya yogenātmānaṃ trīṇi varṣaśatānyapi|
Concentrating his mind in Yoga, the Selfcreate Brahman, in days of yore, made a sacrifice for three hundred years, with the object of getting children.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.73
योगेश्वरं देवगीतं वेस्थ कृष्ण न संशयः। तस्य चौपददौ पुत्रान् सहस्रं क्रतुसम्मितान्॥
yogeśvaraṃ devagītaṃ vestha kṛṣṇa na saṃśayaḥ| tasya caupadadau putrān sahasraṃ kratusammitān||
Mahadeva granted him a thousand sons having qualifications proportionate to the merits of the sacrifice. Forsooth, you know, O Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, him who is, who is sung by the gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.74
आराध्य स महादेवं प्राप्तवानतुलं यशः। याज्ञवल्क्य इति ख्यात ऋषिः परमधार्मिकः॥
ārādhya sa mahādevaṃ prāptavānatulaṃ yaśaḥ| yājñavalkya iti khyāta ṛṣiḥ paramadhārmikaḥ||
The Rishi known by the name of Yajnavalkya is exceedingly virtuous. By worshipping Mahadeva he has gained great fame.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.75
सोऽपि शङ्करमाराध्य प्राप्तवानतुलं यशः। वेदव्यासश्च योगात्मा पराशरसुतो मुनिः॥
so'pi śaṅkaramārādhya prāptavānatulaṃ yaśaḥ| vedavyāsaśca yogātmā parāśarasuto muniḥ||
The great ascetic who is Parashara's son, viz., Vyasa bent on Yoga, has become famous by worshipping Shankara.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.76
तैः क्रुद्धैर्भगवान् रुद्रस्तपसा तोषितो ह्यभूत्। बालखिल्या मघवता ह्यवज्ञाताः पुरा किल॥
taiḥ kruddhairbhagavān rudrastapasā toṣito hyabhūt| bālakhilyā maghavatā hyavajñātāḥ purā kila||
The Valakhilyas were on a former occasion dishonoured by Maghavat. Filled with anger at this, they pleased the illustrious Rudra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.77
सुपर्णं सोमहर्तारं तपसोत्पादयिष्यथा तांश्चापि दैवतश्रेष्ठः प्राह प्रीतो जगत्पतिः॥
suparṇaṃ somahartāraṃ tapasotpādayiṣyathā tāṃścāpi daivataśreṣṭhaḥ prāha prīto jagatpatiḥ||
That lord of the universe, that foremost one of all the gods, thus pleased by the Valakhilyas, said to them, You shall succeed by your penances in creating a bird which will rob Indra of the Ambrosia.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.78
महादेवस्य रोषाच्च आपो नष्टाः पुराभवन्॥ ताश्च सप्तकपालेन देवैरन्याः प्रवर्तिताः। तत: पानीयमभवत् प्रसन्ने व्यम्बके भुवि॥
mahādevasya roṣācca āpo naṣṭāḥ purābhavan|| tāśca saptakapālena devairanyāḥ pravartitāḥ| tata: pānīyamabhavat prasanne vyambake bhuvi||
All the waters disappeared through the anger of Mahadeva on a former occasion. The gods pleased him by celebrating a sacrifice called Saplakapala, and caused, through his lavour, other waters to fiow into the worlds. Verily, when the threeeyed god, became pleased, water once more appeared in the World.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.79
अनेर्भार्याऽपि भर्तारं संत्यज्य ब्रह्मवादिनी। नाहं तस्य मुनेर्भूयो वशगा स्यां कथंचन॥
anerbhāryā'pi bhartāraṃ saṃtyajya brahmavādinī| nāhaṃ tasya munerbhūyo vaśagā syāṃ kathaṃcana||
The wite of Atri, who was wellread in the Vedas, forsook her husband in anger and said I shall 110 longer live under that ascetic.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.80
इत्युक्त्वा सा महादेवमगच्छच्छरणं किला निराहारा भयादत्रेस्रीणि वर्षशतान्यपि॥
ityuktvā sā mahādevamagacchaccharaṇaṃ kilā nirāhārā bhayādatresrīṇi varṣaśatānyapi||
Having said these words, she sought the protection of Mahadeva. Through fear of her husband Atri, she passed three hundred years, abstaining from all food.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.81
अशेत मुसलेष्वेव प्रसादार्थे भवस्य सा। तामब्रवीद्धसन् देवो भविता वै सुतस्तव॥
aśeta musaleṣveva prasādārthe bhavasya sā| tāmabravīddhasan devo bhavitā vai sutastava||
And all this time she slept on wooden clubs for picasing Bhava, The great god then appeared before her and then smilingly addressed her, saying You will have a son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.82
विना भर्चा च रुद्रेण भविष्यति न संशयः। वंशे तथैव नाम्ना तु ख्याति यास्यति चेप्सिताम्॥ विकर्णश्च महादेवं तथा भक्तसुखावहम्। प्रसाद्य भगवान् सिद्धि प्राप्तवान् मधुसूदन॥
vinā bharcā ca rudreṇa bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ| vaṃśe tathaiva nāmnā tu khyāti yāsyati cepsitām|| vikarṇaśca mahādevaṃ tathā bhaktasukhāvaham| prasādya bhagavān siddhi prāptavān madhusūdana||
And you will have that son without the help of a husband, simply through the favour of Rudra. Forsooth, that son, born in the family of his father, shall become known for his merit, and assume a name after you. The illustrious Vikarna also, destroyer of Madhu, full of devotion 10 Mahadeva, pleased him with severe penances and got high and happy success.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.83
शाकल्यः संशितात्मा वै नववर्षशतान्यपि। आराधयामास भवं मनोयज्ञेन केशव॥
śākalyaḥ saṃśitātmā vai navavarṣaśatānyapi| ārādhayāmāsa bhavaṃ manoyajñena keśava||
Shakalya, too, of controlled soul worshipped Bhava in a mental sacrifice that he celebrated for nine hundred years, O Keshava.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.84
तं चाह भगवांस्तुष्टो ग्रन्थकारो भविष्यसि। वत्साक्षया च ते कीर्तिपैलोक्ये वै भविष्यति॥
taṃ cāha bhagavāṃstuṣṭo granthakāro bhaviṣyasi| vatsākṣayā ca te kīrtipailokye vai bhaviṣyati||
Pleased with him, the illustrious god said to him You will become a great author. O son, your fame shall be eternal in the three worlds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.85
रुद्र उवाच अक्षयं च कुलं तेऽस्तु महर्षिभिरलंकृतम्। भविष्यति द्विजश्रेष्ठः सूत्रकर्ता सुतस्तव॥
rudra uvāca akṣayaṃ ca kulaṃ te'stu maharṣibhiralaṃkṛtam| bhaviṣyati dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ sūtrakartā sutastava||
The illustrious Rudra said Your family also shall never come to an end and shall be adomed by many great Rishis born in it! Your son will become the foremost of Brahmanas and will make thc Sutras of your work.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.86
सावर्णिश्चापि विख्यात ऋषिरासीत् कृते युगे। इह तेन तपस्तप्तं षष्टिवर्षशतान्यथ॥
sāvarṇiścāpi vikhyāta ṛṣirāsīt kṛte yuge| iha tena tapastaptaṃ ṣaṣṭivarṣaśatānyatha||
There was a celebrated Rishi named Savarni in the golden age. Here in this hermitage, he practised sevcrc pchances for six thousand years.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.87
तस्य तुष्टो महादेवो जगौ देवगुरुर्गुरुः । तमाह भगवान् रुद्रः साक्षात् तुष्टोऽस्मि तेऽनघ। ग्रन्थकृल्लोकविख्यातो भविताऽस्यजरामरः॥ गीतेन वादितव्येन नित्यं मामनुयास्यसि।
tasya tuṣṭo mahādevo jagau devagururguruḥ | tamāha bhagavān rudraḥ sākṣāt tuṣṭo'smi te'nagha| granthakṛllokavikhyāto bhavitā'syajarāmaraḥ|| gītena vāditavyena nityaṃ māmanuyāsyasi|
Pleased with him, Mahadeva, that preceptor I am pleased with you, O sinless one. Without being subject to decrepitude or death, you will become an author celebrated through all the worlds. No one shall cqual you in energy and penances. You will always serve me with your songs and instrumental music.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.88
शक्रेण तु पुरा देवो वाराणस्यां जनार्दन। आराधितोऽभूद् भक्तेन दिग्वासा भस्मगुण्ठितः॥१०५
śakreṇa tu purā devo vārāṇasyāṃ janārdana| ārādhito'bhūd bhaktena digvāsā bhasmaguṇṭhitaḥ||105
In days of yore, Shakra also, in Varanasi, filled with devotion, O Janarddana, worshipped Mahadeva who has space, alone for his dress and who is smeared with ashes as an agreeable unguent.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.89
आराध्य स महादेवं देवराजमवाप्तवान्। नारदेन तु भक्त्याऽसौ भव आराधित: पुरा॥
ārādhya sa mahādevaṃ devarājamavāptavān| nāradena tu bhaktyā'sau bhava ārādhita: purā||
Having worshipped Mahadeva thus, he acquired the sovereignty of the celestials. Narada also, in days of yore, worshipped the great Bhava with devotion of heart.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.90
प्रबोधितो महातेजास्तं चापि शृणु विस्तरम्। तेजसा तपसा कीर्त्या त्वत्समो न भविष्यति॥ साक्षात् पशुपतिस्तात तच्चापि शृणु माधव।
prabodhito mahātejāstaṃ cāpi śṛṇu vistaram| tejasā tapasā kīrtyā tvatsamo na bhaviṣyati|| sākṣāt paśupatistāta taccāpi śṛṇu mādhava|
Hear also in full for what object, O you of great power, I invoked with controlled senses and mind that illustrious god gified with Supreme energy. Hear also, O Madhava, how formerly I succeeded in secing that god of gods, that Lord of all creatures, O lord.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.91
तत्सर्वं निखिलेनाद्य कथयिष्यामि तेऽनघ। मयाऽपि च यथा दृष्टो देवदेवः पुरा विभो॥
tatsarvaṃ nikhilenādya kathayiṣyāmi te'nagha| mayā'pi ca yathā dṛṣṭo devadevaḥ purā vibho||
I shall, O sinless one, tell you fully all that I succeeded in obtaining from that god of gods, viz., Maheshvara.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.92
व्याघ्रपाद इति ख्यातो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः। यदर्थं च मया देवः प्रयतेन तथा विभो॥ प्रबोधितो महातेजास्तं चापि शृणु विस्तरम्। यदवाप्तं च मे पूर्वं देवदेवान्महेश्वरात्॥
vyāghrapāda iti khyāto vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ| yadarthaṃ ca mayā devaḥ prayatena tathā vibho|| prabodhito mahātejāstaṃ cāpi śṛṇu vistaram| yadavāptaṃ ca me pūrvaṃ devadevānmaheśvarāt||
Formerly in the golden age, O son, there was a Rishi of great fame, named Vyaghrapada. O lord, listion from me in prolics all that by which I pacified Mahadeva, the great spendorous god with apurpose. O sinles, whatever I got from Maheshvara, the god of the gods, during long long past; I will tell you all that in detail. He was celebrated for his knowledge and mastery over the Vedas and their auxiliaries.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.93
तस्याहमभवं पुत्रो धौम्यश्चापि ममानुजः॥ कस्यचित् त्वथ कालस्य धौम्येन सह माधव। आगच्छमाश्रमं क्रीडन् मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्॥
tasyāhamabhavaṃ putro dhaumyaścāpi mamānujaḥ|| kasyacit tvatha kālasya dhaumyena saha mādhava| āgacchamāśramaṃ krīḍan munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām||
I was born as the son of that Rishi and Dhaumya was born as my younger brother. On a certain occasion, O Madhava, accompanied by Dhaumya, I arrived at the hermitage of certain Rishi of purified souls.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.94
तत्रापि च मया दृष्टा दुह्यमाना पयस्विनी। लक्षितं च मया क्षीरं स्वादुतो ह्यमृतोपमम्॥
tatrāpi ca mayā dṛṣṭā duhyamānā payasvinī| lakṣitaṃ ca mayā kṣīraṃ svāduto hyamṛtopamam||
There I saw a cow that was being milked. And I saw the milk and it appeared to me to resemble nectar itself in taste.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.95
ततोऽहमब्रुवं बाल्याज्जननीमात्मनस्तथा। क्षीरोदनसमायुक्तं भोजनं हि प्रयच्छ मे॥ नेदं क्षीरोदनं मातर्यत् त्वं मे दत्तवत्यसि।
tato'hamabruvaṃ bālyājjananīmātmanastathā| kṣīrodanasamāyuktaṃ bhojanaṃ hi prayaccha me|| nedaṃ kṣīrodanaṃ mātaryat tvaṃ me dattavatyasi|
I then came home, and actuated by childishness, I addressed my mother and said Give me some food prepared with milk.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.96
अभावाच्चैव दुग्धस्य दुःखिता जननी तदा। ततः पिष्टं समालोड्य तोयेन सह माधव॥ आवयोः क्षीरमित्येव पानार्थं समुपानयत्। अथ गव्यं पयस्तात कदाचित् प्राशितं मया॥ पित्राहं यज्ञकाले हि नीतो ज्ञातिकुलं महत्।
abhāvāccaiva dugdhasya duḥkhitā jananī tadā| tataḥ piṣṭaṃ samāloḍya toyena saha mādhava|| āvayoḥ kṣīramityeva pānārthaṃ samupānayat| atha gavyaṃ payastāta kadācit prāśitaṃ mayā|| pitrāhaṃ yajñakāle hi nīto jñātikulaṃ mahat|
There was no milk in the house, and accordingly my mother, was much sorry at my asking for it. My mother took a piece of cake and boiled it in water, O Madhava. The water became whitened and my mother placed it before us, saying that it was milk and asked us to drink it. I had before that drunk milk on one occasion, for my father had, at the time of a sacrifice, taken me to the house of some of our great kinsmen.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.97
तत्र साक्षरते देवी दिव्या गौः सुरनन्दिनी॥ तस्याहं तत् पयः पीत्वा रसेन ह्यमृतोपमम्। ज्ञात्वा क्षीरगुणांश्चैव उपलभ्य हि सम्भवम्॥ स च पिष्टरसस्तात न मे प्रीतिमुपावहत्।
tatra sākṣarate devī divyā gauḥ suranandinī|| tasyāhaṃ tat payaḥ pītvā rasena hyamṛtopamam| jñātvā kṣīraguṇāṃścaiva upalabhya hi sambhavam|| sa ca piṣṭarasastāta na me prītimupāvahat|
A celestial cow, who delights the gods, was being milked on that occasion. Drinking her milk that resembled nectar in taste, I knew the virtues of milk. I, therefore, at once understood the substance that my mother offered me, for milk. Verily, the taste of that cake, O son, did not give me any pleasure whatever.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.98
ततोऽहमब्रुवं बाल्याज्जननीमात्मनस्तथा। नेदं क्षीरोदनं मातर्यत् त्वं मे दत्तवत्यसि।
tato'hamabruvaṃ bālyājjananīmātmanastathā| nedaṃ kṣīrodanaṃ mātaryat tvaṃ me dattavatyasi|
Moved by childishness I then addressed my mother, saying O mother, which you have given me is not any preparation of milk.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.99
ततो मामब्रवीन्माता दुःखशोकसमन्विता॥ पुत्रस्नेहात् परिष्वज्य मूर्ध्नि चाघ्राय माधव।
tato māmabravīnmātā duḥkhaśokasamanvitā|| putrasnehāt pariṣvajya mūrdhni cāghrāya mādhava|
Filled with grief and sorrow at this, and embracing me from affection and smelling my head, O Madhava, she said to me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.100
कुतः क्षीरोदनं वत्स मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्॥ वने निवसतां नित्यं कन्दमूलफलाशिनाम्।
kutaḥ kṣīrodanaṃ vatsa munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām|| vane nivasatāṃ nityaṃ kandamūlaphalāśinām|
Whence, O child, can ascetics of purified souls get food prepared with milk? Such men always live in the forest and live upon bulbs and roots and fruits.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.101
कुतः क्षीरं वनस्थानां मुनीनां गिरिवासिनाम्। आस्थितानां नदीं दिव्यां वालखिल्यैर्निषेविताम्॥१२३
kutaḥ kṣīraṃ vanasthānāṃ munīnāṃ girivāsinām| āsthitānāṃ nadīṃ divyāṃ vālakhilyairniṣevitām||123
Whence shall we, who live by the banks of rivers which are the resort of the Valakhilyas, we, who have mountains and forests for our home whence, indeed, O child, shall we get milk?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.102
पावनानां वनाशानां वनाश्रमनिवासिनाम्॥ ग्राम्याहारनिवृत्तानामारण्यफलभोजिनाम्।
pāvanānāṃ vanāśānāṃ vanāśramanivāsinām|| grāmyāhāranivṛttānāmāraṇyaphalabhojinām|
We, dear child, live on air and on water. We live in asylums in the midst of forests and woods. We habitually abstain from all sorts of food that are taken by person living in villages and towns. We are accustomed to only such food as are supplied by the forest products.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.103
नास्ति पुत्र पयोऽरण्ये सुरभीगोत्रवर्जिते॥ नदीगह्वरशैलेषु तीर्थेषु विविधेषु च। तपसा जप्यनित्यानां शिवो नः परमा गतिः॥ अप्रसाद्य विरूपाक्षं वरदं स्थाणुमव्ययम्। कुतः क्षीरोदनं वत्स सुखानि वसनानि च॥ तं प्रपद्य सदा वत्स सर्वभावेन शङ्करम्।
nāsti putra payo'raṇye surabhīgotravarjite|| nadīgahvaraśaileṣu tīrtheṣu vividheṣu ca| tapasā japyanityānāṃ śivo naḥ paramā gatiḥ|| aprasādya virūpākṣaṃ varadaṃ sthāṇumavyayam| kutaḥ kṣīrodanaṃ vatsa sukhāni vasanāni ca|| taṃ prapadya sadā vatsa sarvabhāvena śaṅkaram|
There cannot be any milk, O child, in the forest where there are no offspring of Surabhi. Living on the banks of rivers, or in caves or on mountainbreasts, or in shrines and other places of the kind, we pass our time in the practice of penances and the recitation of sacred Mantras, Shiva being our highest refuge. Without pleasing the boongiving, Sthanu of undecaying glory him, who has three eyes whence, O child, can one get food prepared with milk and good dresses and other objects of enjoyment in the world? Do you devote yourself wholemindedly, O dear son, to Shankara.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.104
तत्प्रसादाच्च कामेभ्यः फलं प्राप्स्यसि पुत्रक॥ जनन्यास्तद् वचः श्रुत्वा तदाप्रभृति शत्रुहन्। प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतो भूत्वा इदमम्बामचोदयम्॥ कोऽयमम्ब महादेवः स कथं च प्रसीदति।
tatprasādācca kāmebhyaḥ phalaṃ prāpsyasi putraka|| jananyāstad vacaḥ śrutvā tadāprabhṛti śatruhan| prāñjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā idamambāmacodayam|| ko'yamamba mahādevaḥ sa kathaṃ ca prasīdati|
Through his favour, O child, you are sure to obtain all such objects of wishes. Hearing those words of my mother, O destroyer of enemies, that day, I joined my hands in respect and bowing to her, said O mother, who is this Mahadeva? How can one please him?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.105
कुत्र वा वसते देवो द्रष्टव्यो वा कथंचन॥ तुष्यते वा कथं शो रूपं तस्य च कीदृशम्। कथं ज्ञेयः प्रसन्नो वा दर्शयेज्जननि मम॥
kutra vā vasate devo draṣṭavyo vā kathaṃcana|| tuṣyate vā kathaṃ śo rūpaṃ tasya ca kīdṛśam| kathaṃ jñeyaḥ prasanno vā darśayejjanani mama||
Where does that god live? How may he be seen? With what does he become pleased? What also is the form of Sharva? How may one succeed in knowing him? If pleased, will he, O mother, appear before me?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.106
एवमुक्ता तदा कृष्ण माता मे सुतवत्सला। मूर्धन्याघ्राय गोविन्द सबाष्पाकुललोचना॥
evamuktā tadā kṛṣṇa mātā me sutavatsalā| mūrdhanyāghrāya govinda sabāṣpākulalocanā||
After I had said these words, O Krishna, to my mother, she, filled with parental affection, smelt my head, O Govinda, her eyes bathed in tears.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.107
प्रमार्जन्ती च गात्राणि मम वै मधुसूदन। दैन्यमालम्ब्य जननी इदमाह सुरोत्तम॥
pramārjantī ca gātrāṇi mama vai madhusūdana| dainyamālambya jananī idamāha surottama||
Gently patting my body, o destroyer of Madhu, my mother, adopting a tone of great humility, addressed me in the following words, O best of the gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.108
अम्बोवाच दुर्विज्ञेयो महादेवो दुराधारो दुरन्तकः। दुराबाधश्च दुर्ब्रह्यो दुर्दश्यो ह्यकृतात्मभिः॥
ambovāca durvijñeyo mahādevo durādhāro durantakaḥ| durābādhaśca durbrahyo durdaśyo hyakṛtātmabhiḥ||
My mother said It is difficult for persons of impure souls to know Mahadeva. These men are incapable of bearing him in their hearts or understanding him at all. They cannot retain him in their minds. They cannot seize him nor can they see him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.109
यस्य रूपाण्यनेकानि प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः। स्थानानि च विचित्राणि प्रसादाश्चाप्यनेकशः॥
yasya rūpāṇyanekāni pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ| sthānāni ca vicitrāṇi prasādāścāpyanekaśaḥ||
Wise men say that his forms are manifold. Many are the places in which he lives. Many are the forms of his Grace.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.110
को हि तत्त्वेन तद् वेद ईशस्य चरितं शुभम्। कृतवान् यानि रूपाणि देवदेवः पुरा किल।
ko hi tattvena tad veda īśasya caritaṃ śubham| kṛtavān yāni rūpāṇi devadevaḥ purā kila|
Who is there who can understand in full all the excellent deeds, of Isha, or of all the forms that he has assumed in days of yore?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.111
क्रीडते च तथा शर्वः प्रसीदति यथा च वै॥ हृदिस्थः सर्वभूतानां विश्वरूपो महेश्वरः।
krīḍate ca tathā śarvaḥ prasīdati yathā ca vai|| hṛdisthaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ viśvarūpo maheśvaraḥ|
Who can describe how Sharva sports and how he becomes pleased? Maheshvara of universal form lives in the hearts of all Creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.112
भक्तानामनुकम्पार्थं दर्शनं च यथाश्रुतम्॥ मुनीनां ब्रुवतां दिव्यमीशानचरितं शुभम्।
bhaktānāmanukampārthaṃ darśanaṃ ca yathāśrutam|| munīnāṃ bruvatāṃ divyamīśānacaritaṃ śubham|
While ascetics discoursed on the auspicious and excellent deeds of Ishana, I have heard from then how, moved by mercy towards his worshippers, he grants them a sight of his body.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.113
कृतवान् यानि रूपाणि कथितानि दिवौकसैः॥ अनुग्रहार्थं विप्राणां शृणु वत्स समासतः। तानि ते कीर्तयिष्यामि यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि॥
kṛtavān yāni rūpāṇi kathitāni divaukasaiḥ|| anugrahārthaṃ viprāṇāṃ śṛṇu vatsa samāsataḥ| tāni te kīrtayiṣyāmi yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi||
For showing a favour to the Brahmanas, the dwellers of heaven have recited for their information the various forins which were assumed by Mahadeva in days of yore. You have asked me about these. I shall recite them to you, O) son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.114
अम्बोवाच ब्रह्मविष्णुसुरेन्द्राणां रुद्रादित्याश्विनामपि। विश्वेषामपि देवानां वपुर्धारयते भवः॥
ambovāca brahmaviṣṇusurendrāṇāṃ rudrādityāśvināmapi| viśveṣāmapi devānāṃ vapurdhārayate bhavaḥ||
My mother said Bhava assumes the forins of Brahman and Vishnu and the king of the gods: of the Rudras, the Adityas, and the Ashvins; and of those gods called Vishvedevas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.115
नराणां देवनारीणां तथा प्रेतपिशाचयोः। किरातशबराणां च जलजानामनेकश:॥
narāṇāṃ devanārīṇāṃ tathā pretapiśācayoḥ| kirātaśabarāṇāṃ ca jalajānāmanekaśa:||
He assumes the forins also of men and women, of Pretas and Pishachas, of Kiratas and Shabaras, and of all aquatic animal. That illustrious god assumes the forms of also those Shabaras who live in the woods and forests.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.116
करोति भगवान् रूपमाटव्यशबराण्यपि। कूर्मो मत्स्यस्तथा शङ्खः प्रवालाकुरभूषणः॥
karoti bhagavān rūpamāṭavyaśabarāṇyapi| kūrmo matsyastathā śaṅkhaḥ pravālākurabhūṣaṇaḥ||
He assumes the forms of tortoises and fishes and conchs. He assumes the form of those corals which are used as ornaments by men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.117
यक्षराक्षससाणां दैत्यदानवयोरपि। वपुर्धारयते देवो भूयश्च विलवासिनाम्॥
yakṣarākṣasasāṇāṃ daityadānavayorapi| vapurdhārayate devo bhūyaśca vilavāsinām||
He assumes the forms of also Yakshas and Rakshasas and Snakes, of Daityas and Danavas. The illustrious god assumes the forms of all creatures too which live in holes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.118
व्याघ्रसिंहमृगाणां च तरक्ष्वृक्षपतत्रिणाम्। उलूकश्वशृगालानां रूपाणि कुरुतेऽपि च॥
vyāghrasiṃhamṛgāṇāṃ ca tarakṣvṛkṣapatatriṇām| ulūkaśvaśṛgālānāṃ rūpāṇi kurute'pi ca||
He assumes the forms of tigers and lions and deer, of wolves and bears and birds, of owls and of jackals as well.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.119
हंसकाकमयूराणां कृकलासकसारसाम्। रूपाणि च बलाकानां गृध्रचक्राङ्गयोरपि॥
haṃsakākamayūrāṇāṃ kṛkalāsakasārasām| rūpāṇi ca balākānāṃ gṛdhracakrāṅgayorapi||
He assumes the forms of swans and crows and peacocks, of chameleons and lizards and storks. He assumes the forms of cranes and vultures and Chakravakas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.120
करोति वा स रूपाणि धारयत्यपि पर्वतम्। गोरूपं च महादेवो हस्त्यश्वोष्ट्रखराकृतिः॥
karoti vā sa rūpāṇi dhārayatyapi parvatam| gorūpaṃ ca mahādevo hastyaśvoṣṭrakharākṛtiḥ||
He assumes the forms of Chasas and of mountains also. O son, Mahadeva assumes the forms of kine and elephants and horses and camels and asses.
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MBh 9 14.121
छागशार्दूलरूपश्च अनेकमृगरूपधृक्। अण्डजानां च दिव्यानां वपुर्धारयते भवः॥
chāgaśārdūlarūpaśca anekamṛgarūpadhṛk| aṇḍajānāṃ ca divyānāṃ vapurdhārayate bhavaḥ||
He assumes the forms of also goats and pards and various other animals. Bhava assumes the forins of various kinds of birds of beautiful plumage.
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MBh 9 14.122
दण्डी छत्री च कुण्डी च द्विजानां धारणस्तथा। पण्मुखो वै बहुमुखस्त्रिनेत्रो बहुशीर्षकः॥
daṇḍī chatrī ca kuṇḍī ca dvijānāṃ dhāraṇastathā| paṇmukho vai bahumukhastrinetro bahuśīrṣakaḥ||
It is Mahadeva who assumes the form of the Sanyasin bearing the Darda (emblem of mendicancy), and also of the king with the Chhatra and the Brahman with the calabash. He sometimes becomes six faced and sometimes becomes multifaced. He sometimes assumes forins having three eyes and forms having many heads.
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MBh 9 14.123
अनेककटिपादश्च अनेकोदरवक्त्रधृक्। अनेकपाणिपार्श्वश्च अनेकगणसंवृतः॥
anekakaṭipādaśca anekodaravaktradhṛk| anekapāṇipārśvaśca anekagaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ||
And he sometimes assumes forms having many millions of legs and forms having numberless stomachs and faces, and forms gified Hili numberless arms and numberless sides. Ile sometimes appears surrounded by numberless spirits and ghosts.
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MBh 9 14.124
ऋपिगन्धर्वरूपश्च सिद्धचारणरूपधृक्। भस्मपाण्डुरगात्रश्च चन्द्रार्धकृतभूषणः॥
ṛpigandharvarūpaśca siddhacāraṇarūpadhṛk| bhasmapāṇḍuragātraśca candrārdhakṛtabhūṣaṇaḥ||
He assumes the forms of Rishis and (iandharvas, and of Siddhas and Charanas. He assumes a form wlich is rendered whilc with the ashes he smears on it and adorned with a hall-moon on the forchvad.
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MBh 9 14.125
अनेकरावसंघुष्टश्चानेकस्तुतिसंस्कृतः। सर्वभूतान्तक: सर्वः सर्वलोकप्रतिष्ठितः॥
anekarāvasaṃghuṣṭaścānekastutisaṃskṛtaḥ| sarvabhūtāntaka: sarvaḥ sarvalokapratiṣṭhitaḥ||
Adored with various hymns uttered with Various kinds of voice and adored with various Mantras fraught with encomiums, he, who is Sometimes called Sharva. is the Destroyer of all creatures in the universe, and it is upon hiin, again, that all creatures rest as common basis.
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MBh 9 14.126
सर्वलोकान्तरात्मा च सर्वगः सर्ववाद्यपि। सर्वत्र भगवान् ज्ञेयो हृदिस्थः सर्वदेहिनाम्॥
sarvalokāntarātmā ca sarvagaḥ sarvavādyapi| sarvatra bhagavān jñeyo hṛdisthaḥ sarvadehinām||
Mahadeva is the soul of all crcatures. He pervades all things. He is the speaker of all subjects. He lives everywhcre and should be known as living in the hearts of all creatures in the universe.
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MBh 9 14.127
यो हि यं कामयंत् कामं यस्मिन्नर्थेऽळते पुनः। तत् सर्वं वेत्ति देवेशस्तं प्रपद्य यदीच्छसि॥
yo hi yaṃ kāmayaṃt kāmaṃ yasminnarthe'l̤ate punaḥ| tat sarvaṃ vetti deveśastaṃ prapadya yadīcchasi||
on their He knows the desire of every worshipper of his. He becomes acquainted with the object with which one pays hiin adorations. Do you, then, seek the protection of that king of the gods.
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MBh 9 14.128
नन्दते कुप्यते चापि तथा हुंकारयत्यपि। चक्री शूली गदापाणिर्मुसली खङ्गपट्टिशी॥
nandate kupyate cāpi tathā huṃkārayatyapi| cakrī śūlī gadāpāṇirmusalī khaṅgapaṭṭiśī||
He sometimes rejoices, and sometimes becomes irate, and sometimes litters the syllable Hun with a very loud noise. He sometimes arms himself with the discus, sometimes with the trident, sometimes with the mace, sometimes with the heavy mullets, sometimes with the scimitar, and sometimes with the battle-axe.
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MBh 9 14.129
भूधरो नागमौजी च नागकुण्डलकुण्डली। नागयज्ञोपवीती च नागचर्मोत्तरच्छदः॥
bhūdharo nāgamaujī ca nāgakuṇḍalakuṇḍalī| nāgayajñopavītī ca nāgacarmottaracchadaḥ||
He assumes the form of Shesha who keeps up the world on his head. He has snakes for his belt, and his cars are decked with car rings made of snakes. Snakes forin also the sacred thread he wears. An clephant skin is his upper garinent.
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MBh 9 14.130
हसते गायते चैव नृत्यते च मनोहरम्। वादयत्यपि वाद्यानि विचित्राणि गणैर्युतः॥
hasate gāyate caiva nṛtyate ca manoharam| vādayatyapi vādyāni vicitrāṇi gaṇairyutaḥ||
He sometimes laughs and sometimes sings and sometimes dances most beautifully. Surrounded by numberless spirits and ghosts, he sometimes plays on musical instruments. Various are the instruments upon which he plays, and sweet the sounds they yield.
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MBh 9 14.131
वल्गते जृम्भते चैव रुदते रोदयत्यपि। उन्मत्तमत्तरूपं च भाषते चापि सुस्वरः॥
valgate jṛmbhate caiva rudate rodayatyapi| unmattamattarūpaṃ ca bhāṣate cāpi susvaraḥ||
He sometimes wanders, sometimes yawns, sometimes cries, and sometimes causes others to cry. He sometimes assumes the guise of a mad man, and sometimes of a drunkard, and he sometimes utters sweet words.
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MBh 9 14.132
अतीत हसते रौद्रस्रासयन् नयनैर्जनम्। जागर्ति चैव स्वपिति जृम्भते च यथासुखम्॥
atīta hasate raudrasrāsayan nayanairjanam| jāgarti caiva svapiti jṛmbhate ca yathāsukham||
Endued with dreadful fierceness, he sometimes laughs loudly, frightening all creatures with his eyes. He sometimes sleeps and sometimes remains awake, and sometimes yawns as he pleases.
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MBh 9 14.133
जपते जप्यते चैव तपते तप्यते पुनः। ददाति प्रतिगृह्णाति युञ्जते ध्यायतेऽपि च॥
japate japyate caiva tapate tapyate punaḥ| dadāti pratigṛhṇāti yuñjate dhyāyate'pi ca||
He sometimes recites sacred Mantras and sometimes becomes the god of those Mantras which are recited. He sometimes practises penances and sometimes becomes the god for whose adoration those penances are practised. He sometimes make gifts and sometimes receives those gifts; sometimes disposes himself in Yoga and sometimes becomes the object of the Yoga of others.
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MBh 9 14.134
वेदीमध्ये तथा यूपे गोष्ठमध्ये हुताशने। दृश्यते दृश्यते चापि बालो वृद्धो युवा तथा॥
vedīmadhye tathā yūpe goṣṭhamadhye hutāśane| dṛśyate dṛśyate cāpi bālo vṛddho yuvā tathā||
He may be seen on the sacrificial platform or in the sacrificial stake; in the midst of the cowpen or in the fire. He may not again be seen there. He may be seen as a boy or as an old man.
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MBh 9 14.135
क्रीडते ऋषिकन्याभिर्ऋषिपत्नीभिरेव च। ऊर्ध्वकेशो महाशेफो नग्ना विकृतलोचनः॥
krīḍate ṛṣikanyābhirṛṣipatnībhireva ca| ūrdhvakeśo mahāśepho nagnā vikṛtalocanaḥ||
He sports with the daughters and the wives of the Rishis. His hair is long and erect. He is perfectly nude for he has the horizon for his dress. He has terrible eyes.
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MBh 9 14.136
गौरः श्यामस्तथा कृष्णः पाण्डुरो धूमलोहितः। विकृताक्षो विशालाक्षो दिग्वासाः सर्ववासकः॥१६२
gauraḥ śyāmastathā kṛṣṇaḥ pāṇḍuro dhūmalohitaḥ| vikṛtākṣo viśālākṣo digvāsāḥ sarvavāsakaḥ||162
He is fair, he is darkish, he is dark, he is pale, he is of the colour of smoke, and he is red. He has eyes large and terrible. He has empty space for his covering and he covers all things.
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MBh 9 14.137
अरूपस्याद्यरूपस्य अतिरूपाद्यरूपिणः। अनाद्यन्तमजस्यान्तं वेत्स्यते कोऽस्य तत्त्वतः॥
arūpasyādyarūpasya atirūpādyarūpiṇaḥ| anādyantamajasyāntaṃ vetsyate ko'sya tattvataḥ||
Who is there that can truly understand the limits of Mahadeva who is formless, who is made up of illusion, who is of the form of all actions in the universe, who assumes the form of Hiranyagharbha, and who is without beginning and end, and birth.
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MBh 9 14.138
हृदि प्राणो जनो जीवो योगात्मा योगसंज्ञितः। ध्यानं तत्परमात्मा च भावग्राह्यो महेश्वरः॥
hṛdi prāṇo jano jīvo yogātmā yogasaṃjñitaḥ| dhyānaṃ tatparamātmā ca bhāvagrāhyo maheśvaraḥ||
He lives in the heart (of every creature). He is the vital air, he is the mind, and he is the individual soul. He is the soul of Yoga, and he is called Yoga. He is the Yoga meditation into which Yogins enter. He is the Supreme Soul. Indeed, Maheshvara is capable of being apprehended not by the senses but through only the Soul seizing his existence.
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MBh 9 14.139
वादको गायनश्चैव सहस्रशतलोचनः। एकवक्त्रो द्विवक्त्रश्च त्रिवक्त्रोऽनेकवक्त्रकः॥
vādako gāyanaścaiva sahasraśatalocanaḥ| ekavaktro dvivaktraśca trivaktro'nekavaktrakaḥ||
Hearing those words of my mother, O destroyer of enemies, from that day my devotion was directed to Mahadeva, having nothing clse for its object.
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MBh 9 14.140
तद्भक्तस्तद्गतो नित्यं तन्निष्ठस्तत्परायणः। भज पुत्र महादेवं ततः प्राप्स्यसि चेप्सितम्॥
tadbhaktastadgato nityaṃ tanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ| bhaja putra mahādevaṃ tataḥ prāpsyasi cepsitam||
He plays on various musical instruments. He is a vocalist. He has a hundred thousand eyes. He has one mouth, he has two mouths, he has three mouths, and he has many mouths.
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MBh 9 14.141
जनन्यास्तद् वचः श्रुत्वा तदाप्रभृति शत्रुहन्। मम भक्तिर्महादेवे नैष्ठिकी समपद्यत॥
jananyāstad vacaḥ śrutvā tadāprabhṛti śatruhan| mama bhaktirmahādeve naiṣṭhikī samapadyata||
Devoting yourself to him, fixing your heart upon him, depending upon him, and accepting him as your one refuge, do you, O son, worship Mahadeva and then all your wishes will bear fruits!
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MBh 9 14.142
ततोऽहं तप आस्थाय तोषयामास शङ्करम्। एकं वर्षसहस्रं तु वामाङ्गुष्ठाग्रविष्ठितः॥
tato'haṃ tapa āsthāya toṣayāmāsa śaṅkaram| ekaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu vāmāṅguṣṭhāgraviṣṭhitaḥ||
I, then, began the practice of the austerest penances for pleasing Shankara. For one thousand years I stood on my left toe.
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MBh 9 14.143
एकं वर्षशतं चैव फलाहारस्ततोऽभवम्। द्वितीयं शीर्णपर्णाशी तृतीयं चाम्बुभोजनः॥
ekaṃ varṣaśataṃ caiva phalāhārastato'bhavam| dvitīyaṃ śīrṇaparṇāśī tṛtīyaṃ cāmbubhojanaḥ||
After that I passed one thousand years, living only upon fruits. The next one thousand years I passed, living upon the fallen leaves of trees. The next thousand years I passed, living upon water only.
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MBh 9 14.144
शतानि सप्त चैवाहं वायुभक्षस्तदाभवम्। एक वर्षसहस्रं तु दिव्यमाराधितो मया॥
śatāni sapta caivāhaṃ vāyubhakṣastadābhavam| eka varṣasahasraṃ tu divyamārādhito mayā||
After that I passed seven hundred ycars, living on air only. In this way I worshipped Mahadeva for a full thousand divine years.
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MBh 9 14.145
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवः सर्वलोकेश्वरः प्रभुः। एकभक्त इति ज्ञात्वा जिज्ञासां कुरुते तदा॥ शक्ररूपं स कृत्वा तु सर्वैर्देवगणैर्वृतः। सहस्राक्षस्तदा भूत्वा वज्रपाणिर्महायशाः॥
tatastuṣṭo mahādevaḥ sarvalokeśvaraḥ prabhuḥ| ekabhakta iti jñātvā jijñāsāṃ kurute tadā|| śakrarūpaṃ sa kṛtvā tu sarvairdevagaṇairvṛtaḥ| sahasrākṣastadā bhūtvā vajrapāṇirmahāyaśāḥ||
After this, the powerful Mahadeva the Lord of all the universe became propitiated with me. Desirous of determining whether I was solely devoted to him only, he appeared before me in the form of Shakra surrounded by all the gods. As the celebrated Shakra, he had a thousand eyes on his body and was armed with the thunderbolt.
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MBh 9 14.146
सुधावदातं रक्ताक्षं स्तब्धकर्ण मदोत्कटम्। आवेष्टितकरं घोरं चतुर्दष्ट्रं महागजम्॥ समास्थितः स भगवान् दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा। आजगाम किरीटी तु हारकेयूरभूषितः॥
sudhāvadātaṃ raktākṣaṃ stabdhakarṇa madotkaṭam| āveṣṭitakaraṃ ghoraṃ caturdaṣṭraṃ mahāgajam|| samāsthitaḥ sa bhagavān dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā| ājagāma kirīṭī tu hārakeyūrabhūṣitaḥ||
And he rode on an elephant which was entirely white, with eyes red, ears folded, the temporal juice trickling down his cheeks, with trunk contracted, dreadful to look at and having four tusks. Indeed riding on such an elephant, the illustrious king of the gods seemed to shine with his energy. With a beautiful crown on his head and adorned with garlands round his neck and bracelets round his arms, he came where I was.
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MBh 9 14.147
पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि। सेव्यमानोऽप्सरोभिश्च दिव्यगन्धर्वनादितैः॥
pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani| sevyamāno'psarobhiśca divyagandharvanāditaiḥ||
A white umbrella was held over his head. And he was served by many Apsaras, and many Gandharvas sang his praise.
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MBh 9 14.148
ततो मामाह देवेन्द्रस्तुष्टस्तेऽहं द्विजोत्तम। वरं वृणीष्व मत्तस्त्वं यत् ते मनसि वर्तते॥
tato māmāha devendrastuṣṭaste'haṃ dvijottama| varaṃ vṛṇīṣva mattastvaṃ yat te manasi vartate||
Addressing me he said, ( foremost of twice borns, I have been pleased with you. Beg of me whatever boon you wish.
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MBh 9 14.149
शक्रस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा नाहं प्रीतमनाऽभवम्। अब्रुवंश्च तदा हृष्टो देवराजमिदं वचः॥ नाहं त्वत्तो वरं काक्षे नान्यस्मादपि दैवतात्। महादेवादृते सौम्य सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥
śakrasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā nāhaṃ prītamanā'bhavam| abruvaṃśca tadā hṛṣṭo devarājamidaṃ vacaḥ|| nāhaṃ tvatto varaṃ kākṣe nānyasmādapi daivatāt| mahādevādṛte saumya satyametad bravīmi te||
Hearing these words of Shakra I was not gladdened. O Krishna, I answered the king of the gods in these words, I do not wish any boon from you, or from any other god. O amiable deity, I tell you truly that it is Mahadeva only from whom I may ask for boons.
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MBh 9 14.150
सत्यं सत्यं हि नः शक्र वाक्यमेतत् सुनिश्चितम्। न यन्महेश्वरं मुक्त्वा कथाऽन्या मम रोचते॥
satyaṃ satyaṃ hi naḥ śakra vākyametat suniścitam| na yanmaheśvaraṃ muktvā kathā'nyā mama rocate||
True it is, O Shakra, true are those words that I say to you. No other words are at all agreeable to me except those about Maheshvara.
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MBh 9 14.151
पशुपतिवचनाद् भवामि सद्यः कृमिरथवा तरुरप्यनेकशाखः। अपशुपतिवरप्रसादजा मे त्रिभुवनराज्यविभूतिरप्यनिष्टा॥
paśupativacanād bhavāmi sadyaḥ kṛmirathavā tarurapyanekaśākhaḥ| apaśupativaraprasādajā me tribhuvanarājyavibhūtirapyaniṣṭā||
Commanded by that Lord of all creatures, I am ready to become a worm or a tree with many branches. If not acquired through the favour of Mahadeva's boons I would not accept the very sovereignty of the three worlds.
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MBh 9 14.152
जन्म श्वपाकमध्येऽपि मेऽस्तु हरचरणवन्दनरतस्य। मा वानीश्वरभक्तो भवानि भवनेऽपि शक्रस्य॥
janma śvapākamadhye'pi me'stu haracaraṇavandanaratasya| mā vānīśvarabhakto bhavāni bhavane'pi śakrasya||
I may be born among the very Shvapakas but I will still be devoted to the feet of Hara! Without, again, being devoted to that Lord of all creatures, I would not like to be born in the palace of Indra himself.
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MBh 9 14.153
वाय्वम्बुभुजोऽपि सतो नरस्य दुःखक्षयः कुतस्तस्य। भवति हि सुरासुरगुरौ यस्य न विश्वेश्वरे भक्तिः॥
vāyvambubhujo'pi sato narasya duḥkhakṣayaḥ kutastasya| bhavati hi surāsuragurau yasya na viśveśvare bhaktiḥ||
If a person has no devotion to that Lord of the universe that Master of the gods and the Asuras his misery will not terminate even if from want of food he has to live upon only air and water.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.154
अलमन्याभिस्तेषां कथाभिरप्यन्यधर्मयुक्ताभिः। येषां न क्षणमपि रुचितो हरचरणस्मरणविच्छेदः।
alamanyābhisteṣāṃ kathābhirapyanyadharmayuktābhiḥ| yeṣāṃ na kṣaṇamapi rucito haracaraṇasmaraṇavicchedaḥ|
Those persons who do not like to live even a moment without thinking of Mahadeva's feet, have no necessity of other subjects fraught with other kinds of morality and righteousness,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.155
हरचरणनिरतमतिना भवितव्यमनार्जवं युगं प्राप्य। संसारभयं न भवति हरभक्तिरसायनं पीत्वा॥
haracaraṇaniratamatinā bhavitavyamanārjavaṃ yugaṃ prāpya| saṃsārabhayaṃ na bhavati harabhaktirasāyanaṃ pītvā||
When the unrighteous or sinful cycle comes, one should never pass a moment without devoting his heart upon Mahadeva. One, who has drunk the ambrosia of the devotion to Hara, becomes freed from the fear of the world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.156
दिवसं दिवसाधु वा मुहूर्तं वा क्षणं लवम्। न ह्यलब्धप्रसादस्य भक्तिर्भवति शङ्करे॥
divasaṃ divasādhu vā muhūrtaṃ vā kṣaṇaṃ lavam| na hyalabdhaprasādasya bhaktirbhavati śaṅkare||
One, who has not acquired the favour of Mahadeva, can never succeed to devote himself to Mahadeva for a single day or for half a day or for a moment or for a Kshana or for a Lava.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.157
अपि कीट: पतङ्गो वा भवेयं शङ्कराज्ञया। न तु शक्र त्वया दत्तं त्रैलोक्यमपि कामये॥
api kīṭa: pataṅgo vā bhaveyaṃ śaṅkarājñayā| na tu śakra tvayā dattaṃ trailokyamapi kāmaye||
Ordered by Mahadeva I shall cheerfully become a worm or an insect, but I do not desire for even the sovereignty of the three worlds if bestowed by you, O Shakra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.158
श्वापि महेश्वरवचनाद् भवामि स हि नः परः कामः। त्रिदशगणराज्यमपि खलु नेच्छाभ्यमहेश्वराज्ञप्तम्।।
śvāpi maheśvaravacanād bhavāmi sa hi naḥ paraḥ kāmaḥ| tridaśagaṇarājyamapi khalu necchābhyamaheśvarājñaptam||
At the word, of Hara I would become even a dog. In fact, that is my highest wish. If not given by Maheshvara, I would not have the sovereignty of the very gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.159
इन्द्र उवाच न नाकपृष्ठं न च देवराज्यं न ब्रह्मलोकं न च निष्फलत्वम्। न सर्वकामानखिलान् वृणोमि हरस्य दासत्वमहं वृणोमि॥
indra uvāca na nākapṛṣṭhaṃ na ca devarājyaṃ na brahmalokaṃ na ca niṣphalatvam| na sarvakāmānakhilān vṛṇomi harasya dāsatvamahaṃ vṛṇomi||
Indra said I do no wish to have this celestial dominion. I do not desire to have the sovereignty of the gods. I do not wish to have the region of Brahman. Indeed, I do not wish to have that extinction of individual existence which is called Liberation and which is a complete oneness with Brahma. But I want to become the slave of Hara.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.160
उपमन्युरुवाच न प्रीयते पशुपतिर्भगवान् ममेशः। १ःखानि देहविहितानि समुद्वहामि।।१८९
upamanyuruvāca na prīyate paśupatirbhagavān mameśaḥ| 1ḥkhāni dehavihitāni samudvahāmi||189
As long as that Lord of all creatures, the illustrious Mahesha with crown on his head and body white like the lunar disc, does not become pleased with me, so long shall I cheerfully bear all those miseries consequent upon a hundred repetitions of decrepitude, death and birth, which embodied beings come by.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.161
दिवसकरशशाङ्कराह्रिदीप्तं त्रिभुवनसारमसारमाद्यमेकम्। अजरममरमप्रसाद्य रुद्रं जगति पुमानिह को लभेत शान्तिम्॥
divasakaraśaśāṅkarāhridīptaṃ tribhuvanasāramasāramādyamekam| ajaramamaramaprasādya rudraṃ jagati pumāniha ko labheta śāntim||
What persons in the universe can acquire tranquility without pleasing Rudra who is freed from decrepitude and death, who is effulgent like the Sun, the Moon, or the Fire, who is the root or original cause of everything real and unreal in the three worlds, and who exists as the one indivisible?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.162
यदि नाम जन्म भूयो अवति मदीयैः पुनर्दोषैः। तस्मिंस्तस्मिञ्जन्मनि भवे भवेन्मेऽक्षया भक्तिः॥
yadi nāma janma bhūyo avati madīyaiḥ punardoṣaiḥ| tasmiṃstasmiñjanmani bhave bhavenme'kṣayā bhaktiḥ||
If on account of any faults, I come by rebirths, I shall, in those new births, devote myself solely to Bhava.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.163
शक्र उवाच कः पुनर्भवने हेतुरीशे कारणकारणे। येन शर्वादृतेऽन्यस्मात् प्रसादं नाभिकाक्षसि॥
śakra uvāca kaḥ punarbhavane heturīśe kāraṇakāraṇe| yena śarvādṛte'nyasmāt prasādaṃ nābhikākṣasi||
Shakra said What are your grounds for the existence of a Supreme Being or for His being the cause of all causes?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.164
उपमन्युरुवाच सदसद् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं यमाहुर्ब्रह्मवादिनः। नित्यकमनेकं च वरं तस्माद् वृणीमहे॥
upamanyuruvāca sadasad vyaktamavyaktaṃ yamāhurbrahmavādinaḥ| nityakamanekaṃ ca varaṃ tasmād vṛṇīmahe||
Upamanyu said I beg boons from Him whom Brahmavadins have described as existent and nonexistent, manifest and unmanifest, eternal or immutable, One and many.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.165
अनादिमध्यपर्यन्तं ज्ञानैश्चर्यमचिन्तितम्। आत्मानं परमं यस्माद् वरं तस्माद् वृणीमहे॥
anādimadhyaparyantaṃ jñānaiścaryamacintitam| ātmānaṃ paramaṃ yasmād varaṃ tasmād vṛṇīmahe||
I beg boons from Him who is without beginning and middle and end, who is Knowledge and Power, who is inconceivable and who is the Supreme Soul.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.166
ऐश्वर्यं सकलं यस्मादनुत्पादितमव्ययम्। अबीजाद् बीजसम्भूतं वरं तस्माद् वृणीमहे॥
aiśvaryaṃ sakalaṃ yasmādanutpāditamavyayam| abījād bījasambhūtaṃ varaṃ tasmād vṛṇīmahe||
I pray for boons from Him whence is all Power who has not been produced by and one, who is immutable, and who, though himself not sprung from any seed, is the seed of all things in the universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.167
तमसः परमं ज्योतिस्तपस्तवृत्तिनां परम्। यं ज्ञात्वा नानुशोचन्ति वरं तस्माद् वृणीमहे ॥
tamasaḥ paramaṃ jyotistapastavṛttināṃ param| yaṃ jñātvā nānuśocanti varaṃ tasmād vṛṇīmahe ||
I pray for boons from Him who is above the quality of Darkness, who is blazing Effulgence, who is the essence of all penances, who is above all our faculties and which we may devote for the purpose of comprehending him, and by knowing whom every one becomes liberated from grief or sorrow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.168
भूतभावनभावज्ञं सर्वभूताभिभावनम्। सर्वगं सर्वदं देवं पूजयामि पुरन्दर॥
bhūtabhāvanabhāvajñaṃ sarvabhūtābhibhāvanam| sarvagaṃ sarvadaṃ devaṃ pūjayāmi purandara||
I adore him, O Purandara, who is conversant with the creation of all elements and the thoughts of all living creatures, and who is the original cause of the existence or creation of all creatures, who is omnipresent, and who has the power to give everything.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.169
हेतुवादैर्विनिमुक्तं सांख्ययोगार्थदं परम्। यमुपासन्ति तत्त्वज्ञा वरं तस्माद् वृणीमहे॥ मघवन् मघवात्मानं यं वदन्ति सुरेश्वरम्। सर्वभूतगुरुं देवं वरं तस्माद् वृणीमहे॥
hetuvādairvinimuktaṃ sāṃkhyayogārthadaṃ param| yamupāsanti tattvajñā varaṃ tasmād vṛṇīmahe|| maghavan maghavātmānaṃ yaṃ vadanti sureśvaram| sarvabhūtaguruṃ devaṃ varaṃ tasmād vṛṇīmahe||
I pray for boons from Him who cannot be comprehended by argument, who is the object of the Sankhya and the Yoga systems of philosophy, and who is above all things, and whom all persons conversant with the topics of enquiry, adore, I pray for boons from Him, O Maghavat, who is the soul of Maghavat himself, who is said to be the God of the gods, and who is the Master of all creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.170
यतः पूर्वमसृजद् देवं ब्रह्माणं लोकभावनम्। अण्डमाकाशमापूर्य वरं तस्माद् वृणीमहे॥
yataḥ pūrvamasṛjad devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ lokabhāvanam| aṇḍamākāśamāpūrya varaṃ tasmād vṛṇīmahe||
I pray for boons from Him who it was that first created Brahman, that creator of all the worlds, having filied Ether (with His energy) and called into being the primeval egg.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.171
अग्निरापोऽनिल: पृथ्वी खं बुद्धिश्च मनो महान्। स्रष्टा चैषां भवेद् योऽन्यो ब्रूहि कः परमेश्वरात्।।
agnirāpo'nila: pṛthvī khaṃ buddhiśca mano mahān| sraṣṭā caiṣāṃ bhaved yo'nyo brūhi kaḥ parameśvarāt||
Who else than that Supreme Lord could have created Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Space, Mind, and the principle of Greatness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.172
मनो मतिरहंकारस्तन्मात्राणीन्द्रियाणि च। ब्रूहि चैषां भवेच्छक कोऽन्योऽस्ति परमं शिवात्।।
mano matirahaṃkārastanmātrāṇīndriyāṇi ca| brūhi caiṣāṃ bhavecchaka ko'nyo'sti paramaṃ śivāt||
Tell me, O Shakra, who clse than Shiva could create Mind, Understanding, Ego, the subtile elements and the senses? Who is there higher than Shiva?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.173
स्रष्टारं भुवनस्येह वदन्तीह पितामहम्। आराध्य स तु देवेशमश्नुते महतीं श्रियम्॥
sraṣṭāraṃ bhuvanasyeha vadantīha pitāmaham| ārādhya sa tu deveśamaśnute mahatīṃ śriyam||
The wise say that the Grandfather Brahman is the creator of this universe. Brahman, however, got his great power and prosperity by worshipping and gratifying Mahadeva, that God of gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.174
भगवत्युत्तमैश्वर्यं ब्रह्मविष्णुपुरोगमम्। विद्यते वै महादेवाद् ब्रूहि कः परमेश्वरात्॥
bhagavatyuttamaiśvaryaṃ brahmaviṣṇupurogamam| vidyate vai mahādevād brūhi kaḥ parameśvarāt||
That great power, which is in that illustrious Being who created Brahman, Vishnu, and Rudra, was derived from Mahadeva. Tell me who is there who is superior to the Supreme Lord?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.175
दैत्यदानवमुख्यानामाधिपत्यारिमर्दनात्। कोऽन्यः शक्नोति देवेशाद् दितेः सम्पादितुं सुतान्।।
daityadānavamukhyānāmādhipatyārimardanāt| ko'nyaḥ śaknoti deveśād diteḥ sampādituṃ sutān||
Who else than that God of gods can bestow upon the sons of Diti lordship and power judging by the sovereignty and the power of oppressing given to the foremost of the Daityas and the Danavas? are
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.176
दिक्कालसूर्यतेजांसि ग्रहवाग्विन्दुतारकाः। विद्धि त्वेते महादेवाद् ब्रूहि कः परमेश्वरात्॥
dikkālasūryatejāṃsi grahavāgvindutārakāḥ| viddhi tvete mahādevād brūhi kaḥ parameśvarāt||
The cardinal points, Time, the Sun, all luminous bodies, planets, wind, water, and the stars and constellations all from Mahadevas. Tell us who is the higher than the Supreme Lord?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.177
अथोत्पत्तिविनाशे वा यज्ञस्य त्रिपुरस्य वा। दैत्यदानवमुख्यानामाधिपत्यारिमर्दनः॥
athotpattivināśe vā yajñasya tripurasya vā| daityadānavamukhyānāmādhipatyārimardanaḥ||
Who else is there, than Mahadeva, in the creation of Sacrifice and the destruction of Tripura? Who else than Mahadeva has grinded the enemies, coming into contact with the Daityas and the Danavas?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.178
किं चात्र बहुभिः सूक्तैर्हेतुवादैः पुरंदर सहस्त्रनयनं दृष्ट्वा त्वामेव सुरसत्तम॥
kiṃ cātra bahubhiḥ sūktairhetuvādaiḥ puraṃdara sahastranayanaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvāmeva surasattama||
What necessity, O Purandara, is there of giving vent to tall talks full of sophistry when I see you a thousand eyes, O best of the gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.179
पूजितं सिद्धगन्धर्वैर्देवैश्च ऋषिभिस्तथा। देवदेवप्रसादेन तत् सर्वं कुशिकोत्तम॥
pūjitaṃ siddhagandharvairdevaiśca ṛṣibhistathā| devadevaprasādena tat sarvaṃ kuśikottama||
You who are adored by Siddhas and Gandharvas and the deities and the Rishis? O best of the Kushikas, all this is due to the favour of that God of gods, viz., Mahadeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.180
अव्यक्तमुक्तकेशाय सर्वगस्येदमात्मकम्। चेतनाचेतनाद्येषु शक्र विद्धि महेश्वरात्॥
avyaktamuktakeśāya sarvagasyedamātmakam| cetanācetanādyeṣu śakra viddhi maheśvarāt||
Know, O Keshava, that this all, consisting of animate and inanimate creation with heaven and other unseen creation, which are in these worlds, and which has the allpervading Lord for its soul, has emanated from Maheshvara and has been created for enjoyment of the individual soul.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.181
भुवाद्येषु महान्तेषु लोकालोकान्तरेषु च। द्वीपस्थानेषु मेरोश्च विभवेष्वन्तरेषु च॥ भगवन् मघवन् देवं वदन्ते तत्त्वदर्शिनः।
bhuvādyeṣu mahānteṣu lokālokāntareṣu ca| dvīpasthāneṣu merośca vibhaveṣvantareṣu ca|| bhagavan maghavan devaṃ vadante tattvadarśinaḥ|
In the worlds that are known by the names of Bhu, Bhuva, Svah, and Maha, in the midst of the mountains of Lokaloka, in the islands, in the mountains of Meru, in all things which produce happiness, and in the hearts of all creatures, O illustrious Maghavat, lives Mahadeva, as held by persons conversant with all the topics of enquiry.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.182
यदि देवाः सुराः शक्र पश्यन्त्यन्यां भवाद् गतिम्।। किं न गच्छन्ति शरणं मर्दिताश्चासुरैः सुराः।
yadi devāḥ surāḥ śakra paśyantyanyāṃ bhavād gatim|| kiṃ na gacchanti śaraṇaṃ marditāścāsuraiḥ surāḥ|
If, O Shakra, the gods and the Asuras could see any other powerful Being than Bhava, would not both of them, especially the former when opposed and oppressed by the latter, have sought the protection of that Being?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.183
अभिघातेषु देवानां सयक्षोरगरक्षसाम्॥ परस्परविनाशेषु स्वस्थानैश्वर्यदो भवः।
abhighāteṣu devānāṃ sayakṣoragarakṣasām|| parasparavināśeṣu svasthānaiśvaryado bhavaḥ|
In all battles of the gods, the Yakshas, the Uragas, and the Rakshasas, which end in mutual destruction, it is Bhava who gives to those who meet with destruction power, befitting their position and acts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.184
अन्धकस्याथ शुक्रस्य दुन्दुभेर्महिषस्य च॥ यक्षेन्द्रबलरक्षःसु निवातकवचेषु च। वरदानवघाताय ब्रूहि कोऽन्यो महेश्वरात्॥
andhakasyātha śukrasya dundubhermahiṣasya ca|| yakṣendrabalarakṣaḥsu nivātakavaceṣu ca| varadānavaghātāya brūhi ko'nyo maheśvarāt||
Tell me, who else than Maheshvara is there for conferring boons upon, and once more taking them away from, Andhaka and Shukra and Dundubhi and Mahisha and many foremost of Yakshas and Bala and Rakshasas and the Nivatakavachas?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.185
सुरासुरगुरोर्वक्त्रे कस्य रेत: पुरा हतम्। कस्य वाऽन्यस्य रेतस्तद् येन हैमो गिरिः कृतः।।२१६
surāsuragurorvaktre kasya reta: purā hatam| kasya vā'nyasya retastad yena haimo giriḥ kṛtaḥ||216
Was not the seminal fluid of Mahadeva, that Master of both the gods and the Asuras, poured as a libation upon the fire? From that seed originated a mountain of gold. Who else is there whose seed can be said to be possessed of such power.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.186
दिग्वासः कीर्त्यते कोऽन्यो लोके कश्चोर्ध्वरेतसः। कस्य चार्धे स्थिता कान्ता अनङ्ग केन निर्जितः।।२१७।
digvāsaḥ kīrtyate ko'nyo loke kaścordhvaretasaḥ| kasya cārdhe sthitā kāntā anaṅga kena nirjitaḥ||217|
Who else in this world is described as having the horizon only for his dress? Who else can be said to be a celibate with vital seed drawn up? Who else is there who has half his body occupied by his dear wife. Who else is there who has been able to subjugate Cupid?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.187
ब्रूहीन्द्र परमं स्थानं कस्य देवैः प्रशस्यते। श्मशाने कस्य क्रीडाथ नृत्ते वा कोऽभिभाष्यते।।२१८।
brūhīndra paramaṃ sthānaṃ kasya devaiḥ praśasyate| śmaśāne kasya krīḍātha nṛtte vā ko'bhibhāṣyate||218|
Tell me, O Indra, what other Being possesses that high region of supreme happiness which is highly spoken of by all the deities? Who else has the crematorium as his play ground? Who else is there who is so lauded for his dancing?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.188
कस्यैश्वर्यं समानं च भूतैः को वापि क्रीडते। कस्य तुल्यबला देव गणाश्चैश्वर्यदर्पिताः॥
kasyaiśvaryaṃ samānaṃ ca bhūtaiḥ ko vāpi krīḍate| kasya tulyabalā deva gaṇāścaiśvaryadarpitāḥ||
Whose worship and power remains unchangeable? Who else is there who plays with spirits and ghosts. Tell me, O god, who else has companions who are possessed of strength like his own and who are, therefore, proud of that strength or power?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.189
घुष्यते ह्यचलं स्थानं कस्य त्रैलोक्यपूजितम्। वर्षते तपते कोऽन्यो ज्वलते तेजसा च कः॥
ghuṣyate hyacalaṃ sthānaṃ kasya trailokyapūjitam| varṣate tapate ko'nyo jvalate tejasā ca kaḥ||
Who else is there whose place is described as unchangeable and adored with reverence by the three worlds? Who else is there who pours rain, gives heat, and blazes forth in Energy?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.190
कस्मादोषधिसम्पत्तिः को वा धारयते वसु। प्रकामं क्रीडते को वा त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे॥
kasmādoṣadhisampattiḥ ko vā dhārayate vasu| prakāmaṃ krīḍate ko vā trailokye sacarācare||
From whom else do we get our precious herbs? Who else upholds all kinds of riches. Who else sports as much as he likes in the three worlds of mobile and immobile things?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.191
ज्ञानसिद्धिक्रियायोगैः सेव्यमानश्च योगिभिः। ऋषिगन्धर्वसिद्धैश्च विहितं कारणं परम्॥
jñānasiddhikriyāyogaiḥ sevyamānaśca yogibhiḥ| ṛṣigandharvasiddhaiśca vihitaṃ kāraṇaṃ param||
O Indra, know Maheshvara to be the original Cause. He is worshipped by Yogins, by Rishis, by the Gandharvas, and by the Siddhas, with the help of knowledge, of success, and of the rites laid down in the scriptures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.192
कर्मयज्ञक्रियायोगैः सेव्यमानः सुरासुरैः। नित्यं कर्मफलैहीनं तमहं कारणं वदे॥
karmayajñakriyāyogaiḥ sevyamānaḥ surāsuraiḥ| nityaṃ karmaphalaihīnaṃ tamahaṃ kāraṇaṃ vade||
He is worshipped by both the gods and the Asuras with the help of sacrifices by acts and the ritual laid down in the scriptures. The fruits of action can never touch him for he is above them all. Being such, I call him the original cause of everything.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.193
स्थूलं सूक्ष्ममनौपम्यमग्राह्यं गुणगोचरम्। गुणहीनं गुणाध्यक्षं परं माहेश्वरं पदम्॥
sthūlaṃ sūkṣmamanaupamyamagrāhyaṃ guṇagocaram| guṇahīnaṃ guṇādhyakṣaṃ paraṃ māheśvaraṃ padam||
He is both gross and subtile. He is peerless. He cannot be comprehended by the senses. He is endued with qualities and he is shorn of them. He is the lord of qualities, for they are under his control. Even such is Maheshvara's place.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.194
विश्वेशं कारणगुरुं लोकालोकान्तकारणम्। भूताभूतभविष्यच्च जनकं सर्वकारणम्॥
viśveśaṃ kāraṇaguruṃ lokālokāntakāraṇam| bhūtābhūtabhaviṣyacca janakaṃ sarvakāraṇam||
He is the cause of the continuance and the creation (to the universe). He is the cause of the universe and the cause also of its destruction. He is the Past, the Present and the Future. He is the parent of all things. He is the cause of every thing.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.195
अक्षराक्षरमव्यक्तं विद्याविद्ये कृताकृते। धर्माधर्मी यतः शक्र तमहं कारणं ब्रुवे॥
akṣarākṣaramavyaktaṃ vidyāvidye kṛtākṛte| dharmādharmī yataḥ śakra tamahaṃ kāraṇaṃ bruve||
He is mutable, he is the unmanifest, he is Knowledge; he is Ignorance; he is virtue; and he is sin. O Shakra, do I call Him the cause of everything.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.196
प्रत्यक्षमिह देवेन्द्र पश्य लिङ्गं भगाङ्कितम्। देवदेवेन रुद्रेण सृष्टिसंहारहेतुना॥
pratyakṣamiha devendra paśya liṅgaṃ bhagāṅkitam| devadevena rudreṇa sṛṣṭisaṃhārahetunā||
See, O Indra, in the image of Mahadeva the marks of both the sexes. That god of gods, viz., Rudra, that cause of both creation and destruction, shows in his form the marks of both the sexes as the one cause of the creation of the universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.197
मात्रा पूर्वं ममाख्यातं कारणं लोकलक्षणम्। नास्ति चेशात् परं शक तं प्रपद्य यदीच्छसि॥
mātrā pūrvaṃ mamākhyātaṃ kāraṇaṃ lokalakṣaṇam| nāsti ceśāt paraṃ śaka taṃ prapadya yadīcchasi||
My mother formerly told me that he is the cause of the universe and the one cause of everything. There is no one who is higher than Isha, O Shakra. If it pleases you, do you throw yourself on his kindness and protection.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.198
प्रत्यक्षं ननु ते सुरेश विदितं संयोगलिङ्गोद्धम्। त्रैलोक्यं सविकारनिर्गुणगणं ब्रह्मादिरेतोद्भवम्। यद्ब्रह्मेन्द्रहुताशविष्णुसहिता देवाश्च दैत्येश्वरा। नान्यत् कामसहस्रकल्पितधियः शंसन्ति ईशात् परम्।।
pratyakṣaṃ nanu te sureśa viditaṃ saṃyogaliṅgoddham| trailokyaṃ savikāranirguṇagaṇaṃ brahmādiretodbhavam| yadbrahmendrahutāśaviṣṇusahitā devāśca daityeśvarā| nānyat kāmasahasrakalpitadhiyaḥ śaṃsanti īśāt param||
You have evidence, o king of the gods, of the fact that the universe has originated from the union of the sexes. The universe, you kuow, is the sum of what has qualities and what has not them and has for its immcdiate cause the seeds of Brahman and others. Brahman and Indra and Hutasha and Vishnu and all the other gods, along with the Daityas and the Asuras, having the fruition of a thousand desires, always say that there is none who is higher than Ma.ladeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.199
तं देवं सचराचरस्य जगतो व्याख्यातवेद्योत्तम। कामार्थीवरयामि संयतमना मोक्षाय सद्यः शिवम्।।
taṃ devaṃ sacarācarasya jagato vyākhyātavedyottama| kāmārthīvarayāmi saṃyatamanā mokṣāya sadyaḥ śivam||
Moved by desire, I solicit, with controlled mind, that god known to all the mobile and immobile universe, him, who is, who has been described as the best and highest of all the celestials, and who is auspiciousness itself, for getting forth with that highest of all acquisitions, viz., Liberation.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.200
हेतुभिर्वा किमन्यैस्तैरीश: कारणकारणम्। न शुश्रुम यदन्यस्य लिङ्गमभ्यर्चितं सुरैः॥
hetubhirvā kimanyaistairīśa: kāraṇakāraṇam| na śuśruma yadanyasya liṅgamabhyarcitaṃ suraiḥ||
What necessity is there, of other reasons? The great Mahadeva is the cause of all causes. We have never heard that the celestials have, at any time worshipped the emblem of any other god than Mahadeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.201
कस्यान्यस्य सुरैः सर्वैर्लिङ्गं मुक्त्वा महेश्वरम्। अर्च्यतेऽर्चितपूर्व वा ब्रूहि यद्यस्ति ते श्रुतिः॥
kasyānyasya suraiḥ sarvairliṅgaṃ muktvā maheśvaram| arcyate'rcitapūrva vā brūhi yadyasti te śrutiḥ||
If Mahesvara be not accepted, tell me, if you have ever heard of it, who else is there whose einblem has been adored or is being adored by all the celestials?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.202
यस्य ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च त्वं चापि सह दैवतैः। अर्चयध्वं सदा लिङ्गं तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठतमो हि सः॥ न पद्माङ्का न चक्राङ्का न वज्राङ्का यतः प्रजाः। लिङ्गाङ्का च भगाङ्का च तस्मान्माहेश्वरी प्रजा॥२३३
yasya brahmā ca viṣṇuśca tvaṃ cāpi saha daivataiḥ| arcayadhvaṃ sadā liṅgaṃ tasmācchreṣṭhatamo hi saḥ|| na padmāṅkā na cakrāṅkā na vajrāṅkā yataḥ prajāḥ| liṅgāṅkā ca bhagāṅkā ca tasmānmāheśvarī prajā||233
That god is, indeed, the most worshipful of all celestials whose emblem Brahma, Vishnu, you, O Indra, with all the other gods, always adore. Brahma has for his emblem the lotus. Vislinu has for his the discus. Indra has for his the thunderbolt. But the creatures of the world do not bear any of the signs which mark these celestials. On the other hand, all creatures bear the signs which mark Mahadeva and his consort. Hence all creatures inust be considered as belonging to Maheshvara.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.203
देव्याः कारणरूपभावजनिता: सर्वा भगाङ्का स्रियो। लिंगनापि हरस्य सर्वपुरुषाः प्रत्यक्षचिह्नीकृताः। योऽन्यत्कारणमीश्वरात् प्रवदते देव्या च यन्नाङ्कितं। त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे स तु पुमान् बाह्यो भवेद् दुर्मतिः।।
devyāḥ kāraṇarūpabhāvajanitā: sarvā bhagāṅkā sriyo| liṃganāpi harasya sarvapuruṣāḥ pratyakṣacihnīkṛtāḥ| yo'nyatkāraṇamīśvarāt pravadate devyā ca yannāṅkitaṃ| trailokye sacarācare sa tu pumān bāhyo bhaved durmatiḥ||
All female creatures, have originaled from Uma, and hence it is they have the mark of femininity which characterises Uma; while all masculine creatures, who have originated from Shiva bear the masculine mark that marks Shiva, out. That person who holds that there is, in the three worlds with their mobile and immobile creatures, any other cause than the Supreme Lord, and that which is not marked with the mark of either Mahadeva or his wife, should be considered as very wretched and should not be numbered with the creatures of the universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.204
पुंलिङ्गं सर्वमीशानं स्रीलिङ्गं विद्धि चाप्युमाम्। द्वाभ्यां तनुभ्यां व्याप्तं हि चराचरमिदं जगत्॥
puṃliṅgaṃ sarvamīśānaṃ srīliṅgaṃ viddhi cāpyumām| dvābhyāṃ tanubhyāṃ vyāptaṃ hi carācaramidaṃ jagat||
Every being having the mark of the masculine sex should be known to be of Ishana, while every being with the mark of the feminine sex should be known as belonging to Uma. This universt of mobile and immobile crcatures is pervaded by two forms (viz., male and female).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.205
तस्माद् वरमहं काइक्षे निधनं वाऽपि कौशिक। गच्छ वा तिष्ठ वा शक्र यथेष्टं बलसूदन॥
tasmād varamahaṃ kāikṣe nidhanaṃ vā'pi kauśika| gaccha vā tiṣṭha vā śakra yatheṣṭaṃ balasūdana||
It is from Mahadeva that I wish to get boons. Not getting this, O Kaushika, I would rather prefer dissolution itself. Go or remain, O Shakra, as you like, O slayer of Vala.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.206
काममेष वरो मेऽस्तु शापो वाथ महेश्वरात्। न चान्यां देवता काइक्षे सर्वकामफलामपि॥
kāmameṣa varo me'stu śāpo vātha maheśvarāt| na cānyāṃ devatā kāikṣe sarvakāmaphalāmapi||
I wish to have boons or curses from Mahadeva. No, I shall not acknowledge any other god. Nor would I have my desires fulfilled from any other deity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.207
एवमुक्त्वा तु देवेन्द्रं दुःखादाकुलितेन्द्रियः। न प्रसीदति मे देवः किमेतदिति चिन्तयन्॥
evamuktvā tu devendraṃ duḥkhādākulitendriyaḥ| na prasīdati me devaḥ kimetaditi cintayan||
Having said these words to the king of the celestials, I became stricken with grief thinking that Mahadeva had not been propitiated despite my severe austerities.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.208
अथापश्यं क्षणेनैव तमेवैरावतं पुन:। हंसकुन्देन्दुसदृशं मृणालरजतप्रभम्॥ वृषरूपधरं साक्षात् क्षीरोदमिव सागरम्। कृष्णपुच्छं महाकायं मधुपिङ्गललोचनम्॥
athāpaśyaṃ kṣaṇenaiva tamevairāvataṃ puna:| haṃsakundendusadṛśaṃ mṛṇālarajataprabham|| vṛṣarūpadharaṃ sākṣāt kṣīrodamiva sāgaram| kṛṣṇapucchaṃ mahākāyaṃ madhupiṅgalalocanam||
Within the twinkling of an eye, however, I saw the celestial clephant I had seen before me Changed into a bull as while as a swan, or the Jasminum puboscons, or a stalk of the lotus, or silver, or the ocean of milk. Of huge body, the hair of its tail was black and the colour of its cyes was twany like that of honey.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.209
वज्रसारमयैः शृङ्गैर्निष्टप्तकनकप्रभैः। सुतीक्ष्णैर्मृदुरक्तात्रैरुत्किरन्तमिवावनिम्॥
vajrasāramayaiḥ śṛṅgairniṣṭaptakanakaprabhaiḥ| sutīkṣṇairmṛduraktātrairutkirantamivāvanim||
Its horns were hard as adamant and had the Tue of gold. With their very sharp ends, whose hue was a mild red, the bull appeared to tcar the Earth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.210
जाम्बूनदेन दाम्ना च सर्वतः समलंकृतम्। सुवक्त्रखुरनासं च सुकर्णं सुकटीतटम्॥
jāmbūnadena dāmnā ca sarvataḥ samalaṃkṛtam| suvaktrakhuranāsaṃ ca sukarṇaṃ sukaṭītaṭam||
The animal was bedecked all over with ornaments made of the purest gold. Its face and hoofs and nose and ears were beautiful and its waist too wellformed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.211
सुपार्वं विपुलस्कन्धं सुरूपं चारुदर्शनम्। ककुदं तस्य चाभाति स्कन्धमापूर्य धिष्ठितम्॥
supārvaṃ vipulaskandhaṃ surūpaṃ cārudarśanam| kakudaṃ tasya cābhāti skandhamāpūrya dhiṣṭhitam||
Its flanks were beautiful, and its neck was very thick. Its whole form was beautiful to look at. Its hump was charming and seemed to occupy the whole of its shoulder joint.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.212
तुषारगिरिकूटाभं सिताभ्रशिखरोपमम्। तमास्थितश्च भगवान् देवदेवः सहोमया)।२४४।।
tuṣāragirikūṭābhaṃ sitābhraśikharopamam| tamāsthitaśca bhagavān devadevaḥ sahomayā)|244||
And it looked like the summit of a snowclad mountain or like a cliff of white clouds in the sky. Upon the back of that animal I saw seated the illustrious Mahadeva with his wife Uma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.213
अशोभत महादेवः पौर्णमास्यामिवोडुराट्। तस्य तेजोभवो वह्निः समेघः सन्तयित्नुमान्।।२४५ सहस्रमिव सूर्याणां सर्वमापूर्य धिष्ठितः। ईश्वरः सुमहातेजाः संवर्तक इवानलः॥ युगान्ते सर्वभूतानां दिधक्षुरिव चोद्यतः।
aśobhata mahādevaḥ paurṇamāsyāmivoḍurāṭ| tasya tejobhavo vahniḥ sameghaḥ santayitnumān||245 sahasramiva sūryāṇāṃ sarvamāpūrya dhiṣṭhitaḥ| īśvaraḥ sumahātejāḥ saṃvartaka ivānalaḥ|| yugānte sarvabhūtānāṃ didhakṣuriva codyataḥ|
Mahadeva shone like the full-moon. The fire born of his energy shone ini effulgence like lightning that flashes amid clouds. It seemed as if a thousand suns rose there, filling every quarter with a dazzling splendour. That energy of the Supreme Lord looked like the Samvartaka fire which destroys all creatures at the end of the Yoga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.214
तेजसा तु सदा व्याप्तं दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ततः॥ पुनरुद्विग्नहृदयः किमेतदिति चिन्तयन्।
tejasā tu sadā vyāptaṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantataḥ|| punarudvignahṛdayaḥ kimetaditi cintayan|
Filled to the fill with that energy, the horizon became such that I could not see anything on any side. Filled with anxiety I once more, thought that it could mean.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.215
मुहूर्तमिव तत् तेजो व्याप्य सर्वा दिशो दश॥ प्रशान्तं दिक्षु सर्वासु देवदेवस्य मायया। अथापश्यं स्थितं स्थाणुं भगवन्तं महेश्वरम्॥
muhūrtamiva tat tejo vyāpya sarvā diśo daśa|| praśāntaṃ dikṣu sarvāsu devadevasya māyayā| athāpaśyaṃ sthitaṃ sthāṇuṃ bhagavantaṃ maheśvaram||
That energy, however, did not pervade every side for a long time, for soon, through the illusion of that god of gods, the horizon became clear. I then saw the illustrious Sthanu or Maheshvara, seated on the back of his bull, of blessed and sweet appearance and loO king like a smokeless fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.216
नीलकण्ठं महात्मानमसक्तं तेजसां निधिम्। अष्टादशभुजं स्थाणुं सर्वाभरणभूषितम्॥
nīlakaṇṭhaṃ mahātmānamasaktaṃ tejasāṃ nidhim| aṣṭādaśabhujaṃ sthāṇuṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam||
And the great god was accompanied by Parvati of perfect features. Indeed, I saw the bluc-throated and great Sthanu unattached to everything, that receptacle of all sorts of energy or force, having eighteen arms, and bedecked with all sorts of ornainents.
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MBh 9 14.217
शुक्लाम्बरधरं देवं शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनम्। शुक्लध्वजमनाधृष्यं शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतिनम्॥
śuklāmbaradharaṃ devaṃ śuklamālyānulepanam| śukladhvajamanādhṛṣyaṃ śuklayajñopavītinam||
Clad in white robes, he wore white garlands, and had white unguents sincared upon his person. His banner, irresistible in the universe, was white. The thread round his body was also white.
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MBh 9 14.218
गायद्भिर्नृत्यमानैश्च वादयद्भिश्च सर्वशः। वृतं पार्श्वचरैर्दिव्यैरात्मतुल्यपराक्रमैः॥
gāyadbhirnṛtyamānaiśca vādayadbhiśca sarvaśaḥ| vṛtaṃ pārśvacarairdivyairātmatulyaparākramaiḥ||
He was cncircled by companions all endued with prowess equal to his own, who were singing or dancing or playing on various inusical instruments.
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MBh 9 14.219
बालेन्दुमुकुटं पाण्डु शरच्चन्द्रमिवोदितम्। त्रिभिर्नेत्रैः कृतोद्योतं त्रिभिः सूर्यरिवोदितैः॥
bālendumukuṭaṃ pāṇḍu śaraccandramivoditam| tribhirnetraiḥ kṛtodyotaṃ tribhiḥ sūryarivoditaiḥ||
A crescent moon, of pale colour, formed his crown, and put on his forehead it looked like the moon which rises in the autumnal sky. He seemed to dazzle with splendour on account of his three cyes which looked like three suns.
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MBh 9 14.220
अशोभतास्य देवस्य माला गात्रे सितप्रभे। जातरूपमयैः पौग्रथिता रत्नभूषिता॥
aśobhatāsya devasya mālā gātre sitaprabhe| jātarūpamayaiḥ paugrathitā ratnabhūṣitā||
The garland, of the purest white, that was on his body, shone like a wreath of lotuses, of the purest white, adorned with jewels and gems.
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MBh 9 14.221
मूर्तिमन्ति तथाऽस्त्राणि सर्वतेजोमयानि च। मया दृष्टानि गोविन्द भवस्यामिततेजसः॥
mūrtimanti tathā'strāṇi sarvatejomayāni ca| mayā dṛṣṭāni govinda bhavasyāmitatejasaḥ||
I also saw, O Govinda, the weapons in their embodied forms and fraught with every sort of energy, that belong to Bhava of peerless prowess.
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MBh 9 14.222
इन्द्रायुधसवर्णाभं धनुस्तस्य महात्मनः। पिनाकमिति विख्यातमभवत् पन्नगो महान्॥
indrāyudhasavarṇābhaṃ dhanustasya mahātmanaḥ| pinākamiti vikhyātamabhavat pannago mahān||
The great god held a rainbow-coloured bow. That bow known as Pinaka as is in reality a powerful snake.
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MBh 9 14.223
सप्तशीर्षो महाकायस्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रो विघोल्बणः। ज्यावेष्टितमहाग्रीवः स्थितः पुरुषविग्रहः॥
saptaśīrṣo mahākāyastīkṣṇadaṃṣṭro vigholbaṇaḥ| jyāveṣṭitamahāgrīvaḥ sthitaḥ puruṣavigrahaḥ||
Indeed, that snake of seven heads and huge body, of sharp fangs and virulent venom, of large neck and the masculine sex was twined round, with the cord that served as its bowstring. a a
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MBh 9 14.224
शरश्च सूर्यसंकाशः कालानलसमद्युतिः। एतदस्त्रं महाघोरं दिव्यं पाशुपतं महत्॥ अद्वितीयमनिर्देश्यं सर्वभूतभयावहम्। सस्फुलिङ्गं महाकायं विसृजन्तमिवानलम्॥
śaraśca sūryasaṃkāśaḥ kālānalasamadyutiḥ| etadastraṃ mahāghoraṃ divyaṃ pāśupataṃ mahat|| advitīyamanirdeśyaṃ sarvabhūtabhayāvaham| sasphuliṅgaṃ mahākāyaṃ visṛjantamivānalam||
And there was an arrow which shone like that of the sun or of the fire that appears at the end of the cycle. Verily, that arrow was the excellent Pashupata, that mighty and dreadful weapon, which is without second, indescribable for its power, and capable of terrorising every creature. Of huge proportions, it seemed to constantly emit sparks of fire.
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MBh 9 14.225
एकपादं महादंष्ट्रं सहस्रशिरसोदरम्। सहस्रभुजजिह्वाक्षमुद्गिरन्तमिवानलम्॥
ekapādaṃ mahādaṃṣṭraṃ sahasraśirasodaram| sahasrabhujajihvākṣamudgirantamivānalam||
Having one foot, large teeth, and a thousand heads and thousand stomachs, it had thousand arms, a thousand tongues, and a thousand eyes. Indeed, it seemed to continually emit fire.
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MBh 9 14.226
ब्राह्यान्नारायणाच्चैन्द्रादाग्नेयादपि वारुणात्। यद् विशिष्टं महाबाहो सर्वशस्त्रविघातनम्॥
brāhyānnārāyaṇāccaindrādāgneyādapi vāruṇāt| yad viśiṣṭaṃ mahābāho sarvaśastravighātanam||
O you of great arms, that weapon is superior to the Brahma, the Narayana, the Aindra, the Ageneya, and the Varuna weapons. Indeed, it is capable of neutralising every other weapon in the universe.
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MBh 9 14.227
येन तत् त्रिपुरं दग्ध्वा क्षणाद् भस्मीकृतं पुरा। शरेणैकेन गोविन्द महादेवेन लीलया॥
yena tat tripuraṃ dagdhvā kṣaṇād bhasmīkṛtaṃ purā| śareṇaikena govinda mahādevena līlayā||
It was with that weapon that the great Mahadeva had, formerly burnt and consumed in a moment the triple city of the Asuras. With the greatest ease, O Govinda, Mahadeva, using that single arrow, performed that feat.
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MBh 9 14.228
निर्दहेत च यत् कृत्स्नं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्। महेश्वरभुजोत्सृष्टं निमेषार्धान्न संशयः॥
nirdaheta ca yat kṛtsnaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram| maheśvarabhujotsṛṣṭaṃ nimeṣārdhānna saṃśayaḥ||
That weapon, discharged by Mahadeva's arms, can, forsooth, consume in half the time taken up by a twinkling of the eye the entire universe with all its mobile and immobile creatures.
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MBh 9 14.229
नावध्यो यस्य लोकेऽस्मिन् ब्रह्मविष्णुसुरेष्वपि। तदहं दृष्टवांस्तत्र आश्चर्यमिदमुत्तमम्॥
nāvadhyo yasya loke'smin brahmaviṣṇusureṣvapi| tadahaṃ dṛṣṭavāṃstatra āścaryamidamuttamam||
In the universe there is no one including, even Brahman and Vishnu and the celestials, who cannot be killed by that weapon. O sire, I saw that excellent, wonderful and peerless weapon in the hand of Mahadeva.
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MBh 9 14.230
गुह्यमस्त्रवरं नान्यत् तत्तुल्यमधिकं हि वा। यत् तच्छूलमिति ख्यातं सर्वलोकेषु शूलिनः॥
guhyamastravaraṃ nānyat tattulyamadhikaṃ hi vā| yat tacchūlamiti khyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu śūlinaḥ||
There is another mysterious and very strong weapon which is equal or, perhaps, superior to the Pashupata. I saw that also. It is known in all the worlds as the Shula of the Shula-armed Mahadeva.
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MBh 9 14.231
दाहयेद् यां महीं कृत्स्नां शोषयेद् वा महोदधिम्। संहरेद् वा जगत् कृत्स्नं विसृष्टं शूलपाणिना।।२६६।
dāhayed yāṃ mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ śoṣayed vā mahodadhim| saṃhared vā jagat kṛtsnaṃ visṛṣṭaṃ śūlapāṇinā||266|
Hurled by the illustrious god, that weapon can rive the entire Earth or dry up the waters of the occan or annihilate the entire universe.
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MBh 9 14.232
यौवनाश्वो हतो येन मान्धाता सवल: पुरा। चक्रवर्ती महातेजास्त्रिलोकविजयी नृपः॥
yauvanāśvo hato yena māndhātā savala: purā| cakravartī mahātejāstrilokavijayī nṛpaḥ||
Formerly Yuvanashva's son, king Mandhatri, that conqueror of the three worlds, having imperial sway and gifted with profuse energy, was, with all his armies, killed by means of that weapon.
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MBh 9 14.233
महाबलो महावीर्यः शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः। करस्थेनैव गोविन्द लवणस्येह रक्षसः॥
mahābalo mahāvīryaḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ| karasthenaiva govinda lavaṇasyeha rakṣasaḥ||
Gifted with great might and great energy and resembling Shakra himself in prowess, that king, O Govinda, was killed by the Rakshasa Lavana with the help of this Shula which he had got from Shiva.
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MBh 9 14.234
तच्छूलमतितीक्ष्णाग्रं सुभीमं लोमहर्षणम्। त्रिशिखां भृकुटि कृत्वा तर्जमानमिव स्थितम्॥
tacchūlamatitīkṣṇāgraṃ subhīmaṃ lomaharṣaṇam| triśikhāṃ bhṛkuṭi kṛtvā tarjamānamiva sthitam||
That Shula is keen-pointed. Highly terrible, it is capable of causing everybody's hair stand erect. 1 beheld it in the hand of Mahadeva, as if roaring with anger, having contracted its forehead into three wrinkles.
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MBh 9 14.235
विधूमं सार्चिषं कृष्णं कालसूर्यमिवोदितम्। सर्पहस्तमनिर्देश्यं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम्॥
vidhūmaṃ sārciṣaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ kālasūryamivoditam| sarpahastamanirdeśyaṃ pāśahastamivāntakam||
It resembled, O Krishna, a smokeless fire or the sun that rises at the end of the cycle. The handle of that Shula was made of a great snake. It is really indescribable. It looked like the universal Destroyer armed with his noose.
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MBh 9 14.236
दृष्टवानस्मि गोविन्द तदस्त्रं रुद्रसंनिधौ। परशुस्तीक्ष्णधारश्च दत्तो रामस्य यः पुरा॥ महादेवेन तुष्टेन क्षत्रियाणां क्षयंकरः। कार्तवीर्यो हतो येन चक्रवर्ती महामृधे॥
dṛṣṭavānasmi govinda tadastraṃ rudrasaṃnidhau| paraśustīkṣṇadhāraśca datto rāmasya yaḥ purā|| mahādevena tuṣṭena kṣatriyāṇāṃ kṣayaṃkaraḥ| kārtavīryo hato yena cakravartī mahāmṛdhe||
I saw this weapon, O Govinda, in the hand of Mahadeva. I saw also another weapon, viz., that shar-pedged battle-axe which, was given, formerly unto Rama by Mahadeva for enabling him to root out the Kshatriyas. It was with this weapon that Rama killed in dreadful battle the great Karttaviryya who was the king of the entire world.
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MBh 9 14.237
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी येन निःक्षत्रिया कृता। जामदग्न्येन गोविन्द रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा॥
triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī yena niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā| jāmadagnyena govinda rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā||
It was with that weapon that Jamadagni's son, O Govinda, was able to root out the Kshatriyas for twenty-one times.
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MBh 9 14.238
दीप्तधारः सुरौद्रास्यः सर्पकण्ठाग्रधिष्ठितः। अभवच्छूलिनोऽभ्याशे दीप्तवह्निशतोपमः॥
dīptadhāraḥ suraudrāsyaḥ sarpakaṇṭhāgradhiṣṭhitaḥ| abhavacchūlino'bhyāśe dīptavahniśatopamaḥ||
Of blazing edge and highly terrible, that axe was hanging on the shoulder, adorned with a snake, of Mahadeva. Indeed, it appeared on Mahadeva's body like the flame of a burning fire.
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MBh 9 14.239
असंख्येयानि चास्त्राणि तस्य दिव्यानि धीमतः। प्राधान्यतो मयैतानि कीर्तितानि तवानघ॥
asaṃkhyeyāni cāstrāṇi tasya divyāni dhīmataḥ| prādhānyato mayaitāni kīrtitāni tavānagha||
I saw with the highly intelligent Mahadeva numberless other celestial weapons. I have, however, named only a few principal ones, O sinless one.
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MBh 9 14.240
सव्यदेशे लोकपितामहः। दिव्यं विमानमास्थाय हंसयुक्तं मनोजवम्॥
savyadeśe lokapitāmahaḥ| divyaṃ vimānamāsthāya haṃsayuktaṃ manojavam||
On the left side of the great god stood the Grandfather Brahman seated on an excellent car to which were yoked swans fleet-coursing like the mind.
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MBh 9 14.241
वामपार्श्वगतश्चापि तथा नारायणः स्थितः। वैनतेयं समारुह्य शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः॥ तु देवस्य ब्रह्मा
vāmapārśvagataścāpi tathā nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ| vainateyaṃ samāruhya śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ|| tu devasya brahmā
On the same side was Narayana also, seated on Garuda and bearing the conch, the discus, and the mace.
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MBh 9 14.242
स्कन्दो मयूरमास्थाय स्थितो देव्याः समीपतः। शक्तिघण्टे समादाय द्वितीय इव पावकः॥
skando mayūramāsthāya sthito devyāḥ samīpataḥ| śaktighaṇṭe samādāya dvitīya iva pāvakaḥ||
Near the goddess Uma was Skanda seated on his peacock, bearing his dreadful arrow and bells, and loO king like another Fire-God.
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MBh 9 14.243
पुरस्ताच्चैव देवस्य नन्दि पश्याम्यवस्थितम्। शूलं विष्टभ्य तिष्ठन्तं द्वितीयमिव शङ्करम्॥
purastāccaiva devasya nandi paśyāmyavasthitam| śūlaṃ viṣṭabhya tiṣṭhantaṃ dvitīyamiva śaṅkaram||
Before Mahadeva I saw Nandi standing armed with his Shula and loO king like a second Shankara.
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MBh 9 14.244
स्वायम्भुवाद्या मनवो भृग्वाद्या ऋषयस्तथा। शक्राद्या देवताश्चैव सर्व एव समभ्ययुः॥
svāyambhuvādyā manavo bhṛgvādyā ṛṣayastathā| śakrādyā devatāścaiva sarva eva samabhyayuḥ||
The Munis headed by the Self create Manu, and the Rishis having Bhrigu for their first, and the gods with Shakra at their head, all came there.
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MBh 9 14.245
सर्वभूतगणाश्चैव मातरो विविधाः स्थिताः। तेऽभिवाद्य महात्मानं परिवार्य समन्ततः॥
sarvabhūtagaṇāścaiva mātaro vividhāḥ sthitāḥ| te'bhivādya mahātmānaṃ parivārya samantataḥ||
All the clans of spirits and ghosts, and the celestial Mothers, stood surrounding Mahadeva and saluting him with respect.
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MBh 9 14.246
अस्तुवन् विविधैः स्तोत्रैर्महादेवं सुरास्तदा। ब्रह्मा भवं तदाऽस्तौषीद् रथन्तरमुदीरयन्॥
astuvan vividhaiḥ stotrairmahādevaṃ surāstadā| brahmā bhavaṃ tadā'stauṣīd rathantaramudīrayan||
The gods were engaged in singing the praises of Mahadeva in various hymns. The Grandfather Brahman, uttering a Rathantara, landed Mahadeva.
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MBh 9 14.247
ज्येष्ठसाम्ना च देवेशं जगौ नारायणस्तदा॥ गृणन् ब्रह्म परं शक्रः शतरुद्रियमुत्तमम्।
jyeṣṭhasāmnā ca deveśaṃ jagau nārāyaṇastadā|| gṛṇan brahma paraṃ śakraḥ śatarudriyamuttamam|
Ultering the Jyeshtha Saman Narayana also sang the praises of Bhava, Shakra also did the same with the help of those foremost of Vedic Mantras, viz., the Shata-Rudriyam.
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MBh 9 14.248
ब्रह्मा नारायणश्चैव देवराजश्च कौशिकः॥ अशोभन्त महात्मानस्त्रयस्त्रय इवाग्नयः।
brahmā nārāyaṇaścaiva devarājaśca kauśikaḥ|| aśobhanta mahātmānastrayastraya ivāgnayaḥ|
Verily, Brahman and Narayana and Shakra, those three great gods shone there like three sacrificial fires.
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MBh 9 14.249
तेषां मध्यगतो देवो रराज भगवाञ्छिवः॥ शरदभ्रविनिर्मुक्तः परिधिस्थ इवांशुमान्।
teṣāṃ madhyagato devo rarāja bhagavāñchivaḥ|| śaradabhravinirmuktaḥ paridhistha ivāṃśumān|
In their midst was the illustrious god like the sun in the midst of his corona, come from autumnal clouds.
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MBh 9 14.250
अयुतानि च चन्द्रार्कानपश्यं दिवि केशव॥ ततोऽहमस्तुवं देवं विश्वस्य जगतः पतिम्।
ayutāni ca candrārkānapaśyaṃ divi keśava|| tato'hamastuvaṃ devaṃ viśvasya jagataḥ patim|
I saw countless suns and moons also in the sky, O Keshava. I then lauded the illustrious Lord of everything, the Great Master of the universe.
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MBh 9 14.251
उपमन्युरुवाच नमो देवाधिदेवाय महादेवाय ते नमः॥ शक्ररूपाय शक्राय शक्रवेषधराय च।
upamanyuruvāca namo devādhidevāya mahādevāya te namaḥ|| śakrarūpāya śakrāya śakraveṣadharāya ca|
Upamanyu said I said, Salutations to you, O illustrious one, O you who are the refuge of all things, O you who are called Mahadeva! Salutations to you who assume the form of Shakra, who are Shakra and who disguise yourself in the form of Shakra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.252
नमस्ते वज्रहस्ताय पिङ्गलायारुणाय च॥ पिनाकपाणये नित्यं शङ्खशूलधराय च।
namaste vajrahastāya piṅgalāyāruṇāya ca|| pinākapāṇaye nityaṃ śaṅkhaśūladharāya ca|
Salutations to you who are armed with the thunder, to you who are tawny, and you who are red. Salutations to you who are always armed with the Pinaka, to you who always bear the conch and the Shula.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.253
नमस्ते कृष्णवासाय कृष्णकुञ्चितमूर्धजे॥ कृष्णाजिनोत्तरीयाय कृष्णाष्टमिरताय च।
namaste kṛṣṇavāsāya kṛṣṇakuñcitamūrdhaje|| kṛṣṇājinottarīyāya kṛṣṇāṣṭamiratāya ca|
Salutations to you who are clad in black, to you who are of dark and curly hair, to you who have dark deerskin for your upper garment, to you who preside over the eighth lunation of the dark fortnight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.254
शुक्लवर्णाय शुक्लाय शुक्लाम्बरधराय च॥ शुक्लभस्मावलिप्ताय शुक्लकर्मरताय च।
śuklavarṇāya śuklāya śuklāmbaradharāya ca|| śuklabhasmāvaliptāya śuklakarmaratāya ca|
Salutations to you who are of white hue, to you who are called white, to you who are clad in white dress, to you who have limbs smeared with white ashes, to you who are ever engaged in white deeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.255
नमोऽस्तु रक्तवर्णाय रक्ताम्बरधराय च॥ रक्तध्वजपताकाय रक्तस्रगनुलेपिने।
namo'stu raktavarṇāya raktāmbaradharāya ca|| raktadhvajapatākāya raktasraganulepine|
Salutations to you who are red in colour, to you who are clad in red dress, to you who have a red banner with red flags, to you who wear red garlands and use red unguents.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.256
नमोऽस्तु पीतवर्णाय पीताम्बरधराय च॥ नमोऽस्तूच्छ्रितच्छत्राय किरीटवरधारिणे।
namo'stu pītavarṇāya pītāmbaradharāya ca|| namo'stūcchritacchatrāya kirīṭavaradhāriṇe|
Salutations to you who are brown coloured, to you who are clad in brown dress, to you who have a brown banner with brown flags, to you who wear brown garlands and use brown unguents. Salutations to you who have the umbrella of royalty held over your head, to you who wear the foremost of crowns.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.257
अर्धहारार्धकेयूर अर्धकुण्डलकर्णिने॥ नमः पवनवेगाय नमो देवाय वै नमः।
ardhahārārdhakeyūra ardhakuṇḍalakarṇine|| namaḥ pavanavegāya namo devāya vai namaḥ|
Salutations to you who are adorned with half a garland and half an armlet, to you who are decked with one ring for one ear, to you who are endued with the speed of the wind, to you who are highly effulgent.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.258
सुरेन्द्राय मुनीन्द्राय महेन्द्राय नमोऽस्तु ते॥ नमः पद्मार्धमालाय उत्पलैर्मिश्रिताय च। अर्धचन्दनलिप्ताय अर्धस्रगनुलेपिने॥
surendrāya munīndrāya mahendrāya namo'stu te|| namaḥ padmārdhamālāya utpalairmiśritāya ca| ardhacandanaliptāya ardhasraganulepine||
Salutations to you who are the foremost of gods, to you who are the foremost of Munis, to you who are the foremost of celestials! Salutations to you who wear half a wreath of lotuses, to you who have many lotuses on your body. Salutations to you have half your body smeared with sandal paste, to you who have half your body decked with garlands of flowers and sıncared with fragınent unguents.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.259
नम आदित्यवक्त्राय आदित्यनयनाय च। नम आदित्यवर्णाय आदित्यप्रतिमाय च॥
nama ādityavaktrāya ādityanayanāya ca| nama ādityavarṇāya ādityapratimāya ca||
I bow to you who are bright-hued like the Sun, to you who are like the Sun, to you whose face is like the Sun, to you who have eyes each of which is like the Sun.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.260
नमः सोमाय सौम्याय सौम्यवक्त्रधराय च। सौम्यरूपाय मुख्याय सौम्यदंष्ट्राविभूषिणे॥
namaḥ somāya saumyāya saumyavaktradharāya ca| saumyarūpāya mukhyāya saumyadaṃṣṭrāvibhūṣiṇe||
I bow to you who are Soma, to you who are as mild as Soma, to you who bear the lunar disc, to you who are of lunar aspect, to you who are the foremost of all creatures, to you who are adorned with most beautiful teeth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.261
नमः श्यामाय गौराय अर्धपीतार्धपाण्डवे। नारीनरशरीराय स्त्रीपुंसाय नमोऽस्तु ते॥
namaḥ śyāmāya gaurāya ardhapītārdhapāṇḍave| nārīnaraśarīrāya strīpuṃsāya namo'stu te||
I bow to you who are of a dark colour, to you who are of a fair complexion, to you who have a form half of which is yellow and half white, to you who have a body half of which is male and half female, to you who are both male and female.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.262
नमो वृषभवाहाय गजेन्द्रगमनाय च। दुर्गमाय नमस्तुभ्यमगम्यगमनाय च॥ नमोऽस्तु गणगीताय गणवृन्दरताय च। गणानुयातमार्गाय गणनित्यव्रताय च॥
namo vṛṣabhavāhāya gajendragamanāya ca| durgamāya namastubhyamagamyagamanāya ca|| namo'stu gaṇagītāya gaṇavṛndaratāya ca| gaṇānuyātamārgāya gaṇanityavratāya ca||
I bow to you who have bull for your vehicle, to you who proceed riding on the foremost of elephants, to you who are obtained with difficulty, to you who are capable of going to places unapproachable by others. I bow to you whose praises are sung by the Ganas, to you who are devoted to the various Ganas, to you who follow the track that is trod by the Ganas, to you who are always devoted to the Ganas as to a vow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.263
नमः श्वेताभ्रवर्णाय संध्यारागप्रभाय च। अनुद्दिष्टाभिधानाय स्वरूपाय नमोऽस्तु ते॥ नमो रक्ताग्रवासाय रक्तसूत्रधराय च। रक्तमालाविचित्राय रक्ताम्बरधराय च॥
namaḥ śvetābhravarṇāya saṃdhyārāgaprabhāya ca| anuddiṣṭābhidhānāya svarūpāya namo'stu te|| namo raktāgravāsāya raktasūtradharāya ca| raktamālāvicitrāya raktāmbaradharāya ca||
I bow to you who are of the complexion of white clouds, to you who have the splendour of the evening clouds, to you who are incapable of being described by names, lo you who are of your own form. I bow to you having a garland of red colour, to you who are clad in robes of red.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.264
मणिभूषितमूर्धाय नमश्चन्द्रार्धभूषिणे। विचित्रमणिमूर्धाय कुसुमाष्टधराय च॥
maṇibhūṣitamūrdhāya namaścandrārdhabhūṣiṇe| vicitramaṇimūrdhāya kusumāṣṭadharāya ca||
I bow to you whose crown is set with gems, to you who are adorned with a crescent, to you who wear many beautiful gems in your diadem, to you who have eight flowers on your head.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.265
नमोऽग्निमुखनेत्राय सहस्रशशिलोचने। अग्निरूपाय कान्ताय नमोऽस्तु गहनाय च॥
namo'gnimukhanetrāya sahasraśaśilocane| agnirūpāya kāntāya namo'stu gahanāya ca||
I bow to you who have a fiery mouth and fiery eyes, to you who have eyes effulgent like a thousand moons, to you who are of the form of fire, to you who are beautiful and agreeable, to you who are inconceivable and mysterious.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.266
खचराय नमस्तुभ्यं गोचराभिरताय च। भूचराय भुवनाय अनन्ताय शिवाय च॥
khacarāya namastubhyaṃ gocarābhiratāya ca| bhūcarāya bhuvanāya anantāya śivāya ca||
I bow to you who range in the sky, to you who delight in living in pasture grounds, to you who walk on the Earth, to you who are the Earth, to you who are infinite, to you who are highly auspicious.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.267
नमो दिग्वाससे नित्यमधिवाससुवाससे। नमो जगन्निवासाय प्रतिपत्तिसुखाय च॥
namo digvāsase nityamadhivāsasuvāsase| namo jagannivāsāya pratipattisukhāya ca||
I bow to you who are nude, to you who make a happy home of every place where you may happen to be for the time being. I bow to you who have the universe for your home, to you who have both Knowledge and Felicity for your Soul.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.268
नित्यमुद्वद्धमुकुटे महाकेयूरधारिणे। सर्पकण्ठोपहाराय विचित्राभरणाय च॥
nityamudvaddhamukuṭe mahākeyūradhāriṇe| sarpakaṇṭhopahārāya vicitrābharaṇāya ca||
I bow to you who always wear a diadem, to you who wear a large armlet, to you who have a snake for the garland round your neck, to you who wear many beautiful ornaments on your body.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.269
नमस्त्रिनेत्रनेत्राय सहस्रशतलोचने। स्त्रीपुंसाय नपुंसाय नमः सांख्याय योगिने॥
namastrinetranetrāya sahasraśatalocane| strīpuṃsāya napuṃsāya namaḥ sāṃkhyāya yogine||
I bow to you who have the Sun, the Moon, and Agni for your three eyes, to you who have a thousand cyes, to you who are both male and female, to you who are divested of sex, to you who are a Sankhya, to you who are a Yogin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.270
शंयोरभिस्रवन्ताय अथर्वाय नमो नमः। नमः सर्वार्तिनाशाय नमः शोकहराय च॥
śaṃyorabhisravantāya atharvāya namo namaḥ| namaḥ sarvārtināśāya namaḥ śokaharāya ca||
I bow to you who are the grace of those gods who are adored in sacrifices, to you who are the Atharvans, to you who remove all sorts of disease and pain, to you who remove every sorrow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.271
नमो मेघनिनादाय बहुमायाधराय च। बीजक्षेत्राभिपालाय स्रष्ट्राराय नमो नमः॥
namo meghaninādāya bahumāyādharāya ca| bījakṣetrābhipālāya sraṣṭrārāya namo namaḥ||
I bow to you who roar as deep as the clouds, to you who display diverse kinds of illusions, to you who, lord over the soil and over the seed that is sown in it, to you who are the Creator of everything.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.272
नमः सुरासुरेशाय विश्वेशाय नमो नमः। नमः पवनवेगाय नमः पवनरूपिणे॥
namaḥ surāsureśāya viśveśāya namo namaḥ| namaḥ pavanavegāya namaḥ pavanarūpiṇe||
I bow to you who are the Lord of all the deities, to you who are the Master of the universe, to you who are fleet like the wind, to you who are of the forin of the wind.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.273
नमः काञ्चनमालाय गिरिमालाय वै नमः। नमः सुरारिमालाय चण्डवेगाय वै नमः॥
namaḥ kāñcanamālāya girimālāya vai namaḥ| namaḥ surārimālāya caṇḍavegāya vai namaḥ||
I bow to you who wear a garland of gold, to you who play on hills and mountains, to you who are adored by all who are enemics of the gods, to you who are endued with fierce speed and energy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.274
ब्रह्मशिरोपहर्ताय महिषघ्नाय वै नमः। नमः स्त्रीरूपधाराय यज्ञविध्वंसनाय च॥
brahmaśiropahartāya mahiṣaghnāya vai namaḥ| namaḥ strīrūpadhārāya yajñavidhvaṃsanāya ca||
I bow to you who cut off one of the heads of the Grandfather Brahma, to you who have killed the Asura named Mahisha, to you who have three forms, to you who have every form.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.275
नमस्त्रिपुरहर्ताय यज्ञविध्वंसनाय च। नमः कामाङ्गनाशाय कालदण्डधराय च॥
namastripurahartāya yajñavidhvaṃsanāya ca| namaḥ kāmāṅganāśāya kāladaṇḍadharāya ca||
I bow to you who are the destroyer of the triple city of the Asuras, to you who are the destroyer of (Daksha's) sacrifice, to you who are the destroyer of the person of Kama (the god of love) to you who hold the rod of destruction.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.276
नमः स्कन्दविशाखाय ब्रह्मदण्डाय वै नमः। नमो भवाय शर्वाय विश्वरूपाय वै नमः॥
namaḥ skandaviśākhāya brahmadaṇḍāya vai namaḥ| namo bhavāya śarvāya viśvarūpāya vai namaḥ||
I bow to you who are Skanda, to you who are Visakha, to you who are the rod of the are Brahmana, to you who are Bhava, to you who are Sarvam, to you who are of universal form.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.277
ईशानाय भवघ्नाय नमोऽस्त्वनघकघातिने। नमो विश्वाय मायाय चिन्त्याचिन्त्याय वैनमः॥३१६
īśānāya bhavaghnāya namo'stvanaghakaghātine| namo viśvāya māyāya cintyācintyāya vainamaḥ||316
I bow to you who are Ishana, to you who are the destroyer of Bhaga, to you who are the slayer of Andhaka, to you who are the universe, to you who are possessed of illusion, 10 you who both conceivable and inconceivable.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.278
त्वं नो गतिश्च श्रेष्ठश्च त्वमेव हृदयं तथा। त्वं ब्रह्मा सर्वदेवानां रुद्राणां नीललोहितः॥
tvaṃ no gatiśca śreṣṭhaśca tvameva hṛdayaṃ tathā| tvaṃ brahmā sarvadevānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ nīlalohitaḥ||
You are the one end of all creatures, you are the foremost, you are the heart of everything. You are the Brahman of all the gods, you are the Red and Blue of the Rudras.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.279
आत्मा च सर्वभूतानां सांख्ये पुरुष उच्यते। ऋषभस्त्वं पवित्राणां योगिनां निष्कलः शिवः।।३१८।
ātmā ca sarvabhūtānāṃ sāṃkhye puruṣa ucyate| ṛṣabhastvaṃ pavitrāṇāṃ yogināṃ niṣkalaḥ śivaḥ||318|
You are the Soul of all creatures, you are He called Purusha in the Sankhya philosophy, you are the Rishava among all sacred things, you are the auspicious of the Yogins which, according to them, is indivisible.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.280
गृहस्थस्त्वमाश्रमिणामीश्वराणां महेश्वरः। कुबेरः सर्वयक्षाणां क्रतूनां विष्णुरुच्यते॥
gṛhasthastvamāśramiṇāmīśvarāṇāṃ maheśvaraḥ| kuberaḥ sarvayakṣāṇāṃ kratūnāṃ viṣṇurucyate||
Amongst those who follow the different modes of life, you are the Householder, you are the great Lord amongst the patriarchs. You are Kubera among all the Yakshas, and you are Vishnu amongst all the sacrifices.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.281
पर्वतानां भवान् मेरुर्नक्षत्राणां च चन्द्रमाः। वसिष्ठस्त्वमृषीणां च ग्रहाणां सूर्य उच्यते॥
parvatānāṃ bhavān merurnakṣatrāṇāṃ ca candramāḥ| vasiṣṭhastvamṛṣīṇāṃ ca grahāṇāṃ sūrya ucyate||
You are Meru amongst mountains, you are the Moon among all luminaries of the sky, you are Vashishtha amongst Rishis, yon are the Sun among the planets.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.282
अरण्यानां पशूनां च सिंहस्त्वं परमेश्वरः। ग्राम्याणां गोवृषश्चासि भवाँल्लोकप्रपूजितः॥
araṇyānāṃ paśūnāṃ ca siṃhastvaṃ parameśvaraḥ| grāmyāṇāṃ govṛṣaścāsi bhavā~llokaprapūjitaḥ||
You are the lion among all the beasts, and the bull adored of all among all domestic animals. are are
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.283
आदित्यानां भवान् विष्णुर्वसूनां चैव पावकः। पक्षिणां वैनतेयस्त्वमनन्तो भुजगेषु च॥
ādityānāṃ bhavān viṣṇurvasūnāṃ caiva pāvakaḥ| pakṣiṇāṃ vainateyastvamananto bhujageṣu ca||
Among the Adityas, you are Vishnu (Upendra), among the Vasus, you are Pavaka, among birds you are Garuda, and among snakes you are Ananta.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.284
सामवेदश्च वेदानां यजुषां शतरुद्रियम्। सनत्कुमारो योगानां सांख्यानां कपिलो ह्यसि।।३२३।
sāmavedaśca vedānāṃ yajuṣāṃ śatarudriyam| sanatkumāro yogānāṃ sāṃkhyānāṃ kapilo hyasi||323|
Among the Vedas you arc thc Samans, among the Yajushes you the Shatarudriyam, among Yogins you Sanatkumara, and among Sankhyas you are Kapila.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.285
शक्रोऽसि मरुतां देव पितॄणां हव्यवाडसि। ब्रह्मलोकश्च लोकानां गतीनां मोक्ष उच्यसे॥
śakro'si marutāṃ deva pitṝṇāṃ havyavāḍasi| brahmalokaśca lokānāṃ gatīnāṃ mokṣa ucyase||
Among the Maruts you are Shakra, among the Pitris you are Devarat, among all the regions you are the region of Brahman, and you are emancipation amongst all the ends of creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.286
क्षीरोदः सागराणां च शैलानां हिमवान् गिरिः। वर्णानां ब्राह्मणशासि विप्राणां दीक्षितो द्विजः॥३२५।
kṣīrodaḥ sāgarāṇāṃ ca śailānāṃ himavān giriḥ| varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇaśāsi viprāṇāṃ dīkṣito dvijaḥ||325|
Of all oceans you are the Ocean of Milk, among all mountains you are Himavat, among all the castes you are the Brahmanas, and among all learned Brahmanas you are he who has undergone the initiation.
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MBh 9 14.287
आदिस्त्वमसि लोकानां संहर्ता काल एव च। यच्चान्यदपि लोके वै सर्वं तेजोधिकं स्मृतम्।।३२६
ādistvamasi lokānāṃ saṃhartā kāla eva ca| yaccānyadapi loke vai sarvaṃ tejodhikaṃ smṛtam||326
You are the Sun among all things in the worlds, you are the destroyer called Kala. You are whatever else gifted with superior energy or eminence existing in the universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.288
तत् सर्वं भगवानेव इति मे निश्चिता मतिः। नमस्ते भगवन् देव नमस्ते भक्तवत्सल॥
tat sarvaṃ bhagavāneva iti me niścitā matiḥ| namaste bhagavan deva namaste bhaktavatsala||
You are endued with supreme power. This is my certain conclusion. I bow to you, O powerful and illustrious one, O you who are kind to all your worshippers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.289
योगेश्वर नमस्तेऽस्तु नमस्ते विश्वसम्भव। प्रसीद मम भक्तस्य दीनस्य कृपणस्य च॥
yogeśvara namaste'stu namaste viśvasambhava| prasīda mama bhaktasya dīnasya kṛpaṇasya ca||
I bow to you, O lord of Yogins. I bow to you, O original Cause of the universe. Be you pleased with me that am your worshipper, that am very miserable and helpless.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.290
अनैश्वर्येण युक्तस्य गतिर्भव सनातन। यच्चापराधं कृतवानज्ञात्वा परमेश्वर॥ मद्भक्त इति देवेश तत्सर्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि।
anaiśvaryeṇa yuktasya gatirbhava sanātana| yaccāparādhaṃ kṛtavānajñātvā parameśvara|| madbhakta iti deveśa tatsarvaṃ kṣantumarhasi|
O Eternal Lord, do you become the refuge of this adorer of yours who is very weak and miserable! O Supreme Lord, you should pardon me for all the sins i have committed, taking mercy on me for my being your devoted worshipper.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.291
मोहितश्चास्मि देवेश त्वया रूपविपर्ययात्॥ नाय॑ ते न मया दत्तं पाद्यं चापि महेश्वर।
mohitaścāsmi deveśa tvayā rūpaviparyayāt|| nāya̭ te na mayā dattaṃ pādyaṃ cāpi maheśvara|
I ain stupefied by you, O Lord of all the gods, on account of the disguise in which you appeared before me. O Maheshvara, I did not give you the Arghya or water to wash your feet.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.292
एवं स्तुत्वाऽहमीशानं पाद्यमय॑ च भक्तितः॥ कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा सर्वं तस्मै न्यवेदयम्।
evaṃ stutvā'hamīśānaṃ pādyamaya̭ ca bhaktitaḥ|| kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā sarvaṃ tasmai nyavedayam|
Having sung thus the praises of Ishana, I offered him, with great devotion, water to wash his feet and the articles of the Arghya, and then, with joined hands I resigned myself to him, ready to carry out his command.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.293
ततः शीताम्बुसंयुक्ता दिव्यगन्धसमन्विता॥ पुष्पवृष्टिः शुभा तात पपात मम मूर्धनि।
tataḥ śītāmbusaṃyuktā divyagandhasamanvitā|| puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ śubhā tāta papāta mama mūrdhani|
Then, O sire, an auspicious shower of flowers dropped upon my head, carrying celestial fragrance and bedewed with cold water.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.294
दुन्दुभिश्च तदा दिव्यस्ताडितो देवकिङ्करैः। ववौ च मारुतः पुष्पः शुचिगन्धः सुखावहः॥
dundubhiśca tadā divyastāḍito devakiṅkaraiḥ| vavau ca mārutaḥ puṣpaḥ śucigandhaḥ sukhāvahaḥ||
The divine musicians began to play on their kettle drums. A delicious breeze fragrant and sweet, began to blow and fill me with pleasure.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.295
तत: प्रीतो महादेवः सपत्नीको वृषध्वजः। अब्रवीत् त्रिदशांस्तत्र हर्षयन्निव मां तदा॥ पश्यध्वं त्रिदशाः सर्वे उपमन्योर्महात्मनः। मयि भक्तिं परां नित्यमेकभावादवस्थिताम्॥
tata: prīto mahādevaḥ sapatnīko vṛṣadhvajaḥ| abravīt tridaśāṃstatra harṣayanniva māṃ tadā|| paśyadhvaṃ tridaśāḥ sarve upamanyormahātmanaḥ| mayi bhaktiṃ parāṃ nityamekabhāvādavasthitām||
Then Mahadeva accompanied by his wife, and having the bull for his emblem, having been pleased with me, addressed the deities assembled there in these words, filling me with great joy Behold, your gods, the devotion of the great Upamanyu. Indeed, steady and great is that devotion, and entirely fixed, for it remains unaltered.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.296
एवमुक्तास्तदा कृष्ण सुरास्ते शूलपाणिना। ऊचुः प्राञ्जल: सर्वे नमस्कृत्वा वृषध्वजम्॥ भगवन् देवदेवेश लोकनाथ जगत्पते। लभतां सर्वकामेभ्यः फलं त्वत्तो द्विजोत्तमः॥
evamuktāstadā kṛṣṇa surāste śūlapāṇinā| ūcuḥ prāñjala: sarve namaskṛtvā vṛṣadhvajam|| bhagavan devadeveśa lokanātha jagatpate| labhatāṃ sarvakāmebhyaḥ phalaṃ tvatto dvijottamaḥ||
Thus addressed by the great God armed with the Shula, the gods, O Krishna, having bowed down to him and joined their hands in respect, said these words O illustrious one, O God of the gods, O Lord of the universe, O Lord of all, let this best of twice born persons obtain from you the fruition of all his desires!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.297
एवमुक्तस्ततः शर्वः सुरैर्ब्रह्मादिभिस्तथा। आह मां भगवानीशः प्रहसन्निव शंकरः॥
evamuktastataḥ śarvaḥ surairbrahmādibhistathā| āha māṃ bhagavānīśaḥ prahasanniva śaṃkaraḥ||
Thus addressed by all the gods with the Grandfather Brahman among them, Sharva, otherwise called Isha and Shankara, said these words, as if smiling, to ine.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.298
शंङ्कर उवाच वत्सोपमन्यो तुष्टोऽस्मि पश्य मां मुनिपुङ्गव। दृढभक्तोऽसि विप्रर्षे मया जिज्ञासितो ह्यसि॥
śaṃṅkara uvāca vatsopamanyo tuṣṭo'smi paśya māṃ munipuṅgava| dṛḍhabhakto'si viprarṣe mayā jijñāsito hyasi||
The illustrious Shankara said O dear Upamanyu, I am pleased with you. See me, O foremost of ascetics! O learned Rishi, you are firmly devoted to me and you have been well tested by me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.299
अनया चैव भक्त्या ते अत्यर्थे प्रीतिमानहम्। तस्मात्सर्वान्ददाम्यद्य कामांस्तव यथेप्सितान्॥
anayā caiva bhaktyā te atyarthe prītimānaham| tasmātsarvāndadāmyadya kāmāṃstava yathepsitān||
I have been very highly pleased with you on account of this your devotion to Shiva. I Shall, therefore, give you today the fruition of your desires.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.300
एवमुक्तस्य चैवाथ महादेवेन धीमता। हर्षादश्रूण्यवर्तन्त रोमहर्षस्त्वजायत॥
evamuktasya caivātha mahādevena dhīmatā| harṣādaśrūṇyavartanta romaharṣastvajāyata||
Thus' addressed by the highly wise Mahadeva, tears of joy came into my eyes and my hair stood crect.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.301
अब्रुवं च तदा देवं हर्षगद्गदया गिरा। जानुभ्यामवनीं गत्वा प्रणम्य च पुनः पुनः॥
abruvaṃ ca tadā devaṃ harṣagadgadayā girā| jānubhyāmavanīṃ gatvā praṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥ||
Kneeling down to him and bowing to him repeatedly, I then with a voice that was Suppressed with joy, said to him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.302
अद्य जातो ह्यहं देव सफलं जन्म चाद्य मे। सुरासुरगुरुर्देवो यत् तिष्ठति ममाग्रतः॥
adya jāto hyahaṃ deva saphalaṃ janma cādya me| surāsuragururdevo yat tiṣṭhati mamāgrataḥ||
O illustrious god, it appears to me that I was hitherto dead and that it is only today that I have taken my birth, and that my birth has today bomc fruit, since I am standing now in the presence of Him who is the Master of both the gods and the Asuras!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.303
यं न पश्यन्ति चैवाद्धा देवा ह्यमितविक्रमम्। तमहं दृष्टवान् देवं कोऽन्यो धन्यतरो मया॥
yaṃ na paśyanti caivāddhā devā hyamitavikramam| tamahaṃ dṛṣṭavān devaṃ ko'nyo dhanyataro mayā||
Who clse is more praiseworthy than I, since I am seeing with these eyes of mine Him of immeasurable prowess whom the very gods are unable to see without first paying hearty worship?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.304
एवं ध्यायन्ति विद्वांसः परं तत्त्वं सनातनम्। तद् विशेषमिति ख्यातं यदजं ज्ञानमक्षरम्॥ स एष भगवान् देवः सर्वसत्त्वादिरव्ययः। सर्वतत्त्वविधानज्ञः प्रधानपुरुषः परः॥
evaṃ dhyāyanti vidvāṃsaḥ paraṃ tattvaṃ sanātanam| tad viśeṣamiti khyātaṃ yadajaṃ jñānamakṣaram|| sa eṣa bhagavān devaḥ sarvasattvādiravyayaḥ| sarvatattvavidhānajñaḥ pradhānapuruṣaḥ paraḥ||
The learned and the wise consider that as the highest of all topics, which is Eternal, which is distinguished from all else, which is unborn, which is Knowledge, which is indestructible, at one with you o powerful and illustrious one, you who are the beginning of all the topics, you who are indestructible and challengeless, you who know all the ordinances, you who are the foremost of Purushas, you who are the highest of the high.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.305
योऽसृजद् दक्षिणादङ्गाद् ब्रह्माणं लोकसम्भवम्। वामपार्थात् तथा विष्णुं लोकरक्षार्थमीश्वरः॥
yo'sṛjad dakṣiṇādaṅgād brahmāṇaṃ lokasambhavam| vāmapārthāt tathā viṣṇuṃ lokarakṣārthamīśvaraḥ||
You who had created from your right side the Grandfather Brahman, the Creator of all things, you are he who had created from your leftside Vishnu for protecting the Creation.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.306
युगान्ते चैव सम्प्राप्ते रुद्रमीशोऽसृजत् प्रभुः। रुद्रः संहरन् कृत्स्नं जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम्॥ कालो भूत्वा महातेजाः संवर्तक इवानलः। युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि ग्रसन्निव व्यवस्थितः॥
yugānte caiva samprāpte rudramīśo'sṛjat prabhuḥ| rudraḥ saṃharan kṛtsnaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam|| kālo bhūtvā mahātejāḥ saṃvartaka ivānalaḥ| yugānte sarvabhūtāni grasanniva vyavasthitaḥ||
You are that powerful Lord who did create Rudra when the end of the cycle came and when the Creation was once more to be destroyed! That Rudra who originated from you destroyed the Creation with all its mobile and immobile beings, assuming the form of highly powerful Kala, of the cloud Samvartaka, and of the all destroying fire. Indeed, when the time for the dissolution of the universe sets in, that Rudra stands, ready to swallow up the universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.307
एष देवो महादेवो जगत् सृष्ट्वा चराचरम्। कल्पान्ते चैव सर्वेषां स्मृतिमाक्षिप्य तिष्ठति॥
eṣa devo mahādevo jagat sṛṣṭvā carācaram| kalpānte caiva sarveṣāṃ smṛtimākṣipya tiṣṭhati||
You are that Mahadeva who is the original Creator of the universe with all its mobile and immobile creatures. You are he who, at the end of the aeon stands, withdrawing all things into yourself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.308
सर्वगः सर्वभूतात्मा सर्वभूतभवोद्भवः। आस्ते सर्वगतो नित्यमदृश्यः सर्वदैवतैः॥
sarvagaḥ sarvabhūtātmā sarvabhūtabhavodbhavaḥ| āste sarvagato nityamadṛśyaḥ sarvadaivataiḥ||
You are he who pervades all things, you are the Soul of all things, you are the Creator of all principles. Incapable of being beheld by even any of the gods, you are he who exists, pervading all principles.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.309
यदि देयो वरो मह्यं यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो। भक्तिर्भवतु मे नित्यं त्वयि देव सुरेश्वर॥
yadi deyo varo mahyaṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho| bhaktirbhavatu me nityaṃ tvayi deva sureśvara||
If, O Lord, you have been pleased with me and if you would grant me boons, let this be the boon, O Lord of all the gods, that my devotion to you may remain unchanged.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.310
अतीतानागतं चैव वर्तमानं च यद् विभो। जानीयामिति मे बुद्धिः प्रसादात् सुरसत्तम॥
atītānāgataṃ caiva vartamānaṃ ca yad vibho| jānīyāmiti me buddhiḥ prasādāt surasattama||
O best of the gods, let me through your grace, have knowledge of the Present, the Past, and the Future.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.311
क्षीरोदनं च भुञ्जीयामक्षयं सह बान्धवैः। आश्रमे च सदास्माकं सांनिध्यं परमस्तु ते॥
kṣīrodanaṃ ca bhuñjīyāmakṣayaṃ saha bāndhavaiḥ| āśrame ca sadāsmākaṃ sāṃnidhyaṃ paramastu te||
I shall also, with all my kinsmen and friends, always eat food mixed with milk. And let your illustrious self be for ever present at our gifted hermitage.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.312
एवमुक्तः स मां प्राह भगवाँल्लोकपूजितः। महेश्वरो महातेजाश्चराचरगुरुः शिवः॥
evamuktaḥ sa māṃ prāha bhagavā~llokapūjitaḥ| maheśvaro mahātejāścarācaraguruḥ śivaḥ||
Thus addressed by me, the illustrious Maheshvara gifted with supreme energy, that Master of all mobile and immobile creations, viz., Shiva, adored of all the universe, then said to me these words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.313
भगवानुवाच अजरचामरश्चैव भव त्वं दुःखवर्जितः। यशस्वी तेजसा युक्तो दिव्यज्ञानसमन्वितः॥
bhagavānuvāca ajaracāmaraścaiva bhava tvaṃ duḥkhavarjitaḥ| yaśasvī tejasā yukto divyajñānasamanvitaḥ||
The Illustrious God said Be free from every misery and pain and be above decrepitude and death. Be gifted with fame, be endued with great energy, and spiritual knowledge.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.314
ऋषीणामभिगम्यश्च मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यसि। शीलवान् गुणसम्पन्नः सर्वज्ञः प्रियदर्शनः॥
ṛṣīṇāmabhigamyaśca matprasādād bhaviṣyasi| śīlavān guṇasampannaḥ sarvajñaḥ priyadarśanaḥ||
You shall through my grace, be always sought by the Rishis. Be your behaviour good and righteous. May you possess all attributes and universal knowledge. Be you of agreeable appearance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.315
अक्षयं यौवनं तेऽस्तु तेजश्चैवानलोपमम्। क्षीरोदः सागरश्चैव यत्र यत्रेच्छसि प्रियम्॥ तत्र ते भविता कामं सांनिध्यं पयसो निधेः। क्षीरोदनं च भुड्क्ष्व त्वममृतेन समन्वितम्॥
akṣayaṃ yauvanaṃ te'stu tejaścaivānalopamam| kṣīrodaḥ sāgaraścaiva yatra yatrecchasi priyam|| tatra te bhavitā kāmaṃ sāṃnidhyaṃ payaso nidheḥ| kṣīrodanaṃ ca bhuḍkṣva tvamamṛtena samanvitam||
May you possess everlasting youth, and let your energy be like that of fire. Whenever, again, you may wish for the presence, which is so agreeable to you, of the ocean of milk, there shall that ocean appear before you. Do you, with your friends, always obtain food prepared with milk, with the celestial nectar being mixed। with it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.316
बन्धुभिः सहितः कल्पं ततो मामुपयास्यसि। अक्षया बान्धवाश्चैव कुलं गोत्रं च ते सदा॥
bandhubhiḥ sahitaḥ kalpaṃ tato māmupayāsyasi| akṣayā bāndhavāścaiva kulaṃ gotraṃ ca te sadā||
After the expiration of an acon you will enjoy my company. Unending shall be your family and race and Kinsmen.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.317
भविष्यति द्विजश्रेष्ठ मयि भक्तिश्च शाश्वती। सांनिध्यं चाश्रमे नित्यं करिष्यामि द्विजोत्तम॥
bhaviṣyati dvijaśreṣṭha mayi bhaktiśca śāśvatī| sāṃnidhyaṃ cāśrame nityaṃ kariṣyāmi dvijottama||
O foremost of twiceborn ones, your devotion to me shall be eternal. And, O best of Brahmanas. I shall always be present at your hermitage.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.318
तिष्ठ वत्स यथाकामं नोत्कण्ठां च करिष्यसि। स्मृतस्त्वया पुनर्विप्र करिष्यामि च दर्शनम्॥
tiṣṭha vatsa yathākāmaṃ notkaṇṭhāṃ ca kariṣyasi| smṛtastvayā punarvipra kariṣyāmi ca darśanam||
Live, O son, wherever you like shorn of anxiety. Thought of by you, I shall, O learned Brahmana, appear before you again.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.319
एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान् सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः। ईशानः स वरान् दत्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत॥
evamuktvā sa bhagavān sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ| īśānaḥ sa varān dattvā tatraivāntaradhīyata||
Having said these words, and granted me these boons, the illustrious Ishana, effulgent like millions of Suns, disappeared there and then.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.320
एवं दृष्टो मया कृष्ण देवदेवः समाधिना। तदवाप्तं च मे सर्वं यदुक्तं तेन धीमता॥
evaṃ dṛṣṭo mayā kṛṣṇa devadevaḥ samādhinā| tadavāptaṃ ca me sarvaṃ yaduktaṃ tena dhīmatā||
It was even, O Krishna, that I saw, with the help of austere penances, that God of gods. I also got all that was said by the great God endued with supreme intelligence.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.321
प्रत्यक्षं चैव ते कृष्ण पश्य सिद्धान् व्यवस्थितान्। ऋषीन् विद्याधरान् यक्षान् गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा॥
pratyakṣaṃ caiva te kṛṣṇa paśya siddhān vyavasthitān| ṛṣīn vidyādharān yakṣān gandharvāpsarasastathā||
See, O Krishna, before your eyes, these Siddhas living here and these Rishis and Vidyadharas and Yakshas and Gandharvas and Apsaras.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.322
पश्य वृक्षलतागुल्मान् सर्वपुष्पफलप्रदान्। सर्वर्तुकुसुमैर्युक्तान् सुखपत्रान् सुगन्धितः॥
paśya vṛkṣalatāgulmān sarvapuṣpaphalapradān| sarvartukusumairyuktān sukhapatrān sugandhitaḥ||
See these trees and creepers and plants yielding all sorts of flowers and fruits. See them bearing the flowers of every season, with beautiful leaves, and spreading a sweet smell all around.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.323
सर्वमेतन्महाबाहो दिव्यभावसमन्वितम्। प्रसादाद् देवदेवस्य ईश्वरस्य महात्मनः॥
sarvametanmahābāho divyabhāvasamanvitam| prasādād devadevasya īśvarasya mahātmanaḥ||
O you of mighty arms, all these are gifted with a celestial nature through the favour of that god of gods, that supreme Lord, that great Deity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.324
वासुदेव उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य प्रत्यक्षमिव दर्शनम्। विस्मयं परमं गत्वा अध्रुवं तं महामुनिम्॥ धन्यस्त्वमसि विप्रेन्द्र कस्त्वदन्योऽसि पुण्यकृत्। यस्य देवाधिदेवस्ते सांनिध्यं कुरुतेऽऽश्रमे॥
vāsudeva uvāca etacchrutvā vacastasya pratyakṣamiva darśanam| vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā adhruvaṃ taṃ mahāmunim|| dhanyastvamasi viprendra kastvadanyo'si puṇyakṛt| yasya devādhidevaste sāṃnidhyaṃ kurute''śrame||
Vasudeva continued Hearing these words of his and seeing, as it were, with my own eyes all that he had described to me, I became filled with wonder. I then addressed the great ascetic Upamanyu and said to him, Highly praiseworthy as you are, O foremost of learned Brahmanas, for what righteous man is there except you whose retreat enjoys the distinction of being honoured with the presence of that God of gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.325
अपि तावन्ममाप्येवं दद्यात् स भगवाञ्छिवः। दर्शनं मुनिशार्दूल प्रसादं चापि शंकरः॥
api tāvanmamāpyevaṃ dadyāt sa bhagavāñchivaḥ| darśanaṃ muniśārdūla prasādaṃ cāpi śaṃkaraḥ||
Will the powerful Shiva, will the great Shankara, O chief of ascetics, grant me also a sight of his body and show me favour?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.326
उपमन्यु उवाच द्रक्ष्यसे पुण्डरीकाक्ष महादेवं न संशयः। अचिरेणैव कालेन यथा दृष्टो मयानघ॥
upamanyu uvāca drakṣyase puṇḍarīkākṣa mahādevaṃ na saṃśayaḥ| acireṇaiva kālena yathā dṛṣṭo mayānagha||
Upamanyu said Forsooth, O you having eyes like lotus petals, you will very soon see Mahadeva as, O sinless one, I succeeded in seeing him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.327
चक्षुषा चैव दिव्येन पश्याम्यमितविक्रमम्। षष्ठे मासि महादेवं द्रक्ष्यसे पुरुषोत्तम॥
cakṣuṣā caiva divyena paśyāmyamitavikramam| ṣaṣṭhe māsi mahādevaṃ drakṣyase puruṣottama||
O you of immeasurable prowess, I see with my spiritual eyes that you will in the sixth month from, this, succeed in getting a sight of Mahadeva, O best of all persons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.328
षोडशाष्टौ वरांश्चापि प्राप्स्यसि त्वं महेश्वरात्। सपत्नीकाद् यदुश्रेष्ठ सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥
ṣoḍaśāṣṭau varāṃścāpi prāpsyasi tvaṃ maheśvarāt| sapatnīkād yaduśreṣṭha satyametad bravīmi te||
You, O foremost of the Yadus, will obtain from Maheshvara and his wife twentyfour boons. I tell you what is true.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.329
अतीतानागतं चैव वर्तमानं च नित्यशः। विदितं मे महाबाहो प्रसादात् तस्य धीमतः॥
atītānāgataṃ caiva vartamānaṃ ca nityaśaḥ| viditaṃ me mahābāho prasādāt tasya dhīmataḥ||
Through the favour of that Deity gifted with supreme wisdom, I know the Past, the Future, and the Present.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.330
एतान् सहस्रशश्चान्यान् समनुध्यातवान् हरः। कस्मात् प्रसादं भगवान् न कुर्यात् तव माधव।।३७५। त्वादृशेन हिं देवानां श्लाघनीयः समागमः। ब्रह्मण्येनानृशंसेन श्रद्दधानेन चाप्युत॥ जप्यं तु ते प्रदास्यामि येन द्रक्ष्यसि शंकरम्।
etān sahasraśaścānyān samanudhyātavān haraḥ| kasmāt prasādaṃ bhagavān na kuryāt tava mādhava||375| tvādṛśena hiṃ devānāṃ ślāghanīyaḥ samāgamaḥ| brahmaṇyenānṛśaṃsena śraddadhānena cāpyuta|| japyaṃ tu te pradāsyāmi yena drakṣyasi śaṃkaram|
The great Hara has favoured these thousands of Rishis and others. Why will not the powerful Deity show favour to you, O Madhava! I always like the meeting of the gods as does one like you, who is devoted to the Brahmanas, who is full of mercy and who is full of faith. I shall give you certain Mantras. Recite them continuously. By this you are sure to see Shankara!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.331
विष्णु उवाच अब्रुवं तमहं ब्रह्मंस्त्वत्प्रसादान्महामुने॥ द्रक्ष्ये क्षितिजसंघानां मर्दनं त्रिदशेश्वरम्।
viṣṇu uvāca abruvaṃ tamahaṃ brahmaṃstvatprasādānmahāmune|| drakṣye kṣitijasaṃghānāṃ mardanaṃ tridaśeśvaram|
The blessed Vishnu said I then said to him O twiceborn one, through your favour, O great ascetic, I shall see the lord of the deities, that grinder of Diti's numberless sons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.332
एवं कथयतस्तस्य महादेवाश्रितां कथाम्॥ दिनान्यष्टौ ततो जग्मुर्मुहूर्तमिव भारत।
evaṃ kathayatastasya mahādevāśritāṃ kathām|| dinānyaṣṭau tato jagmurmuhūrtamiva bhārata|
Eight days, O Bharata, passed there like an hour, all of us being thus occupied with talk on Mahadeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.333
दिनेऽष्टमे तु विप्रेण दीक्षितोऽहं यथाविधि॥ दण्डी मुण्डी कुशी चीरी घृताक्तो मेखली कृतः।
dine'ṣṭame tu vipreṇa dīkṣito'haṃ yathāvidhi|| daṇḍī muṇḍī kuśī cīrī ghṛtākto mekhalī kṛtaḥ|
On the eighth day, I underwent the initiation according to due rites, at the hands of that Brahmana. I received the staff from his hands. I went through the prescribed shave. I took up a quantity of Kusha blades in my hand. I wore rags for my raiment's. I rubbed my person with clarified butter. I put a cord of Munja grass round my loins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.334
मासमेकं फलाहारो द्वितीयं सलिलाशनः॥ तृतीयं च चतुर्थं च पञ्चमं चानिलाशनः।
māsamekaṃ phalāhāro dvitīyaṃ salilāśanaḥ|| tṛtīyaṃ ca caturthaṃ ca pañcamaṃ cānilāśanaḥ|
For one month, I lived on fruits. The second month I lived upon water. The third, the fourth, and the fifth months I passed, living upon air only.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.335
एकपादेन तिष्ठंश्च ऊर्ध्वबाहुरतन्द्रितः॥ तेजः सूर्यसहस्रस्य अपश्यं दिवि भारत।
ekapādena tiṣṭhaṃśca ūrdhvabāhuratandritaḥ|| tejaḥ sūryasahasrasya apaśyaṃ divi bhārata|
I stood all the while, upon one foot, and with my arms also raised upwards, and giving up sleep for all the time. I then saw, O Bharata, in the sky a light that seemed to be as dazzling as that of a thousand Suns.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.336
तस्य मध्यगतं चापि तेजसः पाण्डुनन्दन॥ इन्द्रायुधपिनद्धाङ्गं विद्युन्मालागवाक्षकम्।
tasya madhyagataṃ cāpi tejasaḥ pāṇḍunandana|| indrāyudhapinaddhāṅgaṃ vidyunmālāgavākṣakam|
Towards the centre of that effulgence, O son of Pandu, I saw a cloud loO king like a mass of blue hills, adorned with rows of cranes, decorated with many a grand rainbow, with flashes of lightning and the fire loO king like eyes set on it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.337
नीलशैलचयप्रख्यं वलाकाभूषिताम्बरम्॥ तत्र स्थितश्च भगवान् देव्या सह महाद्युतिः। तपसा तेजसा कान्त्या दीप्तया सह भार्यया।॥
nīlaśailacayaprakhyaṃ valākābhūṣitāmbaram|| tatra sthitaśca bhagavān devyā saha mahādyutiḥ| tapasā tejasā kāntyā dīptayā saha bhāryayā|||
Within that cloud was the powerful Mahadeva, himself of dazzling splendour, accompanied by his consort Uma. Indeed, the great God appeared to shine with his penances, energy, beauty, effulgence, and his beloved consort by his side.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.338
रराज भगवांस्तत्र देव्या सह महेश्वरः। सोमेन सहितः सूर्यो यथा मेघस्थितस्तथा॥
rarāja bhagavāṃstatra devyā saha maheśvaraḥ| somena sahitaḥ sūryo yathā meghasthitastathā||
The powerful Maheshvara, with his wife by his side, shone in the midst of that cloud. The appearance seemed to be like that of the Sun in the midst of clouds with the Moon by his side.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.339
संहृष्टरोमा कौन्तेय विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः। अपश्यं देवसंघानां गतिमार्तिहरं हरम्॥
saṃhṛṣṭaromā kaunteya vismayotphullalocanaḥ| apaśyaṃ devasaṃghānāṃ gatimārtiharaṃ haram||
The hair on my body, O son of Kunti, stood erect, and my eyes expanded with wonder upon seeing Hara, the refuge of all the gods and the remover of all their griefs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.340
किरीटिनं गदिनं शूलपाणिं व्याघ्राजिनं जटिलं दण्डपाणिम्। पिनाकिन वज्रिणं तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्र शुभाङ्गदं व्यालयज्ञोपवीतम्॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ vyāghrājinaṃ jaṭilaṃ daṇḍapāṇim| pinākina vajriṇaṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭra śubhāṅgadaṃ vyālayajñopavītam||
Mahadeva was adorned with a diadem on his head. He was armed with his Shula. He was clad in a tigerskin, had matted locks on his head, and bore the staff in one of his hands. He was armed, besides, with his Pinaka and the thunderbolt. His teeth were sharp pointed. He was adorned with an excellent bracelet for the upper arm. His sacred thread was formed by a snake.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.341
दिव्यां मालामुरसानेकवर्णां समुद्वहन्तं गुल्फदेशावलम्बाम्। चन्द्रं यथा परिविष्टं ससंध्यं वर्षात्यये तद्वदपश्यमेनम्॥
divyāṃ mālāmurasānekavarṇāṃ samudvahantaṃ gulphadeśāvalambām| candraṃ yathā pariviṣṭaṃ sasaṃdhyaṃ varṣātyaye tadvadapaśyamenam||
He wore an excellent garland of various colours on his bosom, that hung down to his toes. Indeed, I saw him like the highly bright moon of an autumnal evening.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.342
प्रमथानां गणैश्चैव समन्तात् परिवारितम्। शरदीव सुदुष्प्रेक्ष्यं परिविष्टं दिवाकरम्॥
pramathānāṃ gaṇaiścaiva samantāt parivāritam| śaradīva suduṣprekṣyaṃ pariviṣṭaṃ divākaram||
Surrounded by various clans of spirits and ghosts, he appeared like the autumnal Sun difficult of being looked at for its dazzling brightness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.343
एकादशशतान्येवं रुद्राणां वृषवाहनम्। अस्तुवं नियतात्मानं कर्मभिः शुभकर्मिणम्॥
ekādaśaśatānyevaṃ rudrāṇāṃ vṛṣavāhanam| astuvaṃ niyatātmānaṃ karmabhiḥ śubhakarmiṇam||
A thousand and hundred Rudras stood around that God of controlled soul and white deeds, seated upon his bull. All of them were employed in singing his praises.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.344
आदित्या वसवः साध्या विश्वेदेवास्तथाश्विनौ। विश्वाभिःस्तुतिभिर्देवं विश्वदेवं समस्तुवम्॥
ādityā vasavaḥ sādhyā viśvedevāstathāśvinau| viśvābhiḥstutibhirdevaṃ viśvadevaṃ samastuvam||
The Adityas, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Vishvedevas, and the twin Ashvins praised that Lord of the universe, by singing the hymns.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.345
शतक्रतुश्च भगवान् विष्णुश्चादितिनन्दनौ। ब्रह्मा रथन्तरं साम ईरयन्ति भवान्तिके॥
śatakratuśca bhagavān viṣṇuścāditinandanau| brahmā rathantaraṃ sāma īrayanti bhavāntike||
The powerful Indra and his brother Upendra, the two sons of Aditi, and the Grandfather Brahman, all sang in the presence of Bhava the Rathantara Saman.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.346
योगीश्वराः सुबहवो योगदं पितरं गुरुम्। ब्रह्मर्षयश्च ससुतास्तथा देवर्षयश्च वै॥ पृथिवी चान्तरिक्षं च नक्षत्राणि ग्रहास्तथा। मासार्धमासा ऋतवो रात्रिः संवत्सराः क्षणाः।।३९४ मुहूर्ताश्च निमेषाश्च तथैव युगपर्ययाः। दिव्या राजन् नमस्यन्ति विद्याः सत्त्वविदस्तथा।।३९५
yogīśvarāḥ subahavo yogadaṃ pitaraṃ gurum| brahmarṣayaśca sasutāstathā devarṣayaśca vai|| pṛthivī cāntarikṣaṃ ca nakṣatrāṇi grahāstathā| māsārdhamāsā ṛtavo rātriḥ saṃvatsarāḥ kṣaṇāḥ||394 muhūrtāśca nimeṣāśca tathaiva yugaparyayāḥ| divyā rājan namasyanti vidyāḥ sattvavidastathā||395
Numberless masters of Yoga, all the twiceborn Rishis with their children, all the celestial Rishis, the goddess Earth, the Sky, the Constellations, the Planets, the Months, the Fortnights, the Seasons, Night, the Years, the Kshanas, the Muhurtas, the Nimeshas, the Yugas one after another, all the celestial Sciences and branches of knowledge, all beings conversant with Truth, were seen bowing down that Supreme Preceptor, that great Father, that giver of Yoga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.347
सनत्कुमारो देवाश्च इतिहासास्तथैव च। मरीचिरङ्गिरा अत्रिः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः॥ मनवः सप्त सोमश्च अथर्वा सबृहस्पतिः। भृगुर्दक्षः कश्यपश्च वसिष्ठः काश्य एव च॥ छन्दांसि दीक्षा यज्ञाश्च दक्षिणाः पावको हविः। यज्ञोपगानि द्रव्याणि मूर्तिमन्ति युधिष्ठिर॥
sanatkumāro devāśca itihāsāstathaiva ca| marīciraṅgirā atriḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ|| manavaḥ sapta somaśca atharvā sabṛhaspatiḥ| bhṛgurdakṣaḥ kaśyapaśca vasiṣṭhaḥ kāśya eva ca|| chandāṃsi dīkṣā yajñāśca dakṣiṇāḥ pāvako haviḥ| yajñopagāni dravyāṇi mūrtimanti yudhiṣṭhira||
Sanatkumara, the Vedas, the Histories, Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, the seven Manus, Soma, the Atharvans, and Brihaspati, Bhrigu, Daksha, Kashyapa, Vasishtha, Kashya, the Chchandas, Diksha, the Sacrifices, Dakshina, the Sacrificial Fires, the Haris poured in sacrifices, and all the articles of the sacrifices, . were seen by me, O Yudhishthira, standing there in their embodied forms.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.348
प्रजानां पालकाः सर्वे सरितः पन्नगा नगाः। देवानां मातरः सर्वा देवपल्यः सकन्यकाः॥ सहस्राणि मुनीनां च अयुतान्यर्बुदानि च। नमस्यन्ति प्रभुं शान्तं पर्वताः सागरा दिशः॥ गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव गीतवादित्रकोविदाः। दिव्यतालेषु गायन्तः स्तुवन्ति भवमद्भुतम्॥ विद्याधरा दानवाश्च गुह्यका राक्षसास्तथा। सर्वाणि चैव भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च। नमस्यन्ति महाराज वाङ्मनःकर्मभिर्विभुम्॥
prajānāṃ pālakāḥ sarve saritaḥ pannagā nagāḥ| devānāṃ mātaraḥ sarvā devapalyaḥ sakanyakāḥ|| sahasrāṇi munīnāṃ ca ayutānyarbudāni ca| namasyanti prabhuṃ śāntaṃ parvatāḥ sāgarā diśaḥ|| gandharvāpsarasaścaiva gītavāditrakovidāḥ| divyatāleṣu gāyantaḥ stuvanti bhavamadbhutam|| vidyādharā dānavāśca guhyakā rākṣasāstathā| sarvāṇi caiva bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca| namasyanti mahārāja vāṅmanaḥkarmabhirvibhum||
All the presiding deities of the worlds, all the Rivers, all the snakes, the mountains, the celestial Mothers, all the wives and daughters of the celestials, thousands upon thousands and millions of ascetics, were seen to bow down to that powerful Lord who is the soul of tranquility. The Mountains, the Oceans, and the Points of the compass also did the same, the Gandharvas and the Apsaras highly proficient in music, in celestial songs, sang and hymned the praises of Bhava who is full of wonder, The Vidyadharas, the Danavas, the Guhyakas, the Rakshasas, and all created beings mobile and immobile were worshipping, in thought, word, and deed that powerful Lord.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.349
पुरस्ताद् धिष्ठितः शर्वो ममासीत् त्रिदशेश्वरः। पुरस्ताद् धिष्ठितं दृष्ट्वा ममेशानं च भारत॥ सप्रजापतिशक्रान्तं जगन्मामभ्युदैक्षत।
purastād dhiṣṭhitaḥ śarvo mamāsīt tridaśeśvaraḥ| purastād dhiṣṭhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā mameśānaṃ ca bhārata|| saprajāpatiśakrāntaṃ jaganmāmabhyudaikṣata|
That Lord of all the gods, viz., Sarva, appeared before me, seated in all his glory. Seeing that Ishana had showed himself to me by being seated in glory before my eyes, the whole universe, with the Grandfather and Shakra, looked at me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.350
ईक्षितुं च महादेवं न मे शक्तिरभूत् तदा॥ ततो मामब्रवीद् देवः पश्य कृष्ण वदस्व च।
īkṣituṃ ca mahādevaṃ na me śaktirabhūt tadā|| tato māmabravīd devaḥ paśya kṛṣṇa vadasva ca|
I, however, had not the power to look at Mahadeva. The great god then addressed me, saying see, OKrishna, and speak to me!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.351
त्वया ह्याराधितश्चाहं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥ त्वत्समो नास्ति मे कश्चित् त्रिषु लाकेषु वै प्रियः।
tvayā hyārādhitaścāhaṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ|| tvatsamo nāsti me kaścit triṣu lākeṣu vai priyaḥ|
You have worshipped me hundreds and thousands of times. There is no one in the three worlds who is dearer to me than you!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.352
शिरसा वन्दिते देवे देवी प्रीता झुमा तदा। ततोऽहमब्रुवं स्थाणुं स्तुतं ब्रह्मादिभिः सुरैः॥
śirasā vandite deve devī prītā jhumā tadā| tato'hamabruvaṃ sthāṇuṃ stutaṃ brahmādibhiḥ suraiḥ||
After I had bowed to him, his wife, viz., the goddess Uma, became pleased with me. I then addressed in these words the great God whose praises are hymned by all the gods headed by the Grandfather Brahman.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.353
नमोऽस्तु ते शाश्वत सर्वयोने ब्रह्माधिपं त्वामृषयो वदन्ति। तपश्च सत्त्वं च रजस्तमश्च त्वामेव सत्यं च वदन्ति सन्तः॥
namo'stu te śāśvata sarvayone brahmādhipaṃ tvāmṛṣayo vadanti| tapaśca sattvaṃ ca rajastamaśca tvāmeva satyaṃ ca vadanti santaḥ||
I saluted Mahadeva, saying I bow to you, o you, who are the origin of all things. The Rishis declare that you are the master of the Vedas. The pious hold that you are Penance, you are Sattwa, you are Rajas, you are Tamas, and you are Truth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.354
त्वं वै ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च वरुणोऽग्निर्मनुर्भवः। धाता त्वष्टा विधाता च त्वं प्रभुः सर्वतोमुखः॥४०८।
tvaṃ vai brahmā ca rudraśca varuṇo'gnirmanurbhavaḥ| dhātā tvaṣṭā vidhātā ca tvaṃ prabhuḥ sarvatomukhaḥ||408|
You are Brahman, you are Rudra, you are Veruna, you are Agni, you are Manu, you are Bhava, you are Dhatri, you are Tashtri, you are Vidhatri, you are the powerful Lord of all things, you are everywhere.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.355
त्वत्तो जातानि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च। त्वया सृष्टमिदं कृत्स्नं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्॥
tvatto jātāni bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca| tvayā sṛṣṭamidaṃ kṛtsnaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram||
All beings, mobile and immobile, have originated from you. You have created this world with all its mobile and immobile creations.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.356
यानीन्द्रियाणीह मनश्च कृत्स्रं ये वायवः सप्त तथैव चाग्नयः। ये देवसंस्थास्तवदेवताश्च तस्मात् परं त्वामृषयो वदन्ति॥
yānīndriyāṇīha manaśca kṛtsraṃ ye vāyavaḥ sapta tathaiva cāgnayaḥ| ye devasaṃsthāstavadevatāśca tasmāt paraṃ tvāmṛṣayo vadanti||
The Rishis say that you are superior to the senses, the mind, the vital air, the seven fires, everything else which rests upon the allpervading Soul and all the celestials who are worshipped.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.357
वेदाश्च यज्ञाः सोमश्च दक्षिणा पावको हविः। यज्ञोपगं च यत् किंचिद् भगवांस्तदसंशयम्॥
vedāśca yajñāḥ somaśca dakṣiṇā pāvako haviḥ| yajñopagaṃ ca yat kiṃcid bhagavāṃstadasaṃśayam||
You, O illustrious one, are the Vedas, the Sacrifices, Soma. Dakshina, Pavaka, Havi and all other ingredients of sacrifice.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.358
इष्टं दत्तमधीतं च व्रतानि नियमाश्च ये। ह्वीः कीर्तिः श्रीर्युतिस्तुष्टिः सिद्धिश्चैव तदर्पणी।।४१२
iṣṭaṃ dattamadhītaṃ ca vratāni niyamāśca ye| hvīḥ kīrtiḥ śrīryutistuṣṭiḥ siddhiścaiva tadarpaṇī||412
The merit of sacrifices, gifts, the study of the Vedas, vows, practices of restraint, Modesty, Fame, Prosperity, Glory, Contentment, and Success, are all for acquiring you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.359
काम: क्रोधो भयं लोभो मदः स्तम्भोऽथ मत्सरः। आधयो व्याधयश्चैव भगवंस्तनवस्तव॥
kāma: krodho bhayaṃ lobho madaḥ stambho'tha matsaraḥ| ādhayo vyādhayaścaiva bhagavaṃstanavastava||
Desire, Anger, Fear, Cupidity, Pride, Stupefaction, and Malice, Pains and Diseases, are, O illustrious one, all your offspring.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.360
कृतिर्विकारः प्रणयः प्रधानं बीजमव्ययम्। मनसः परमा योनिः प्रभावश्चापि शाश्वतः॥
kṛtirvikāraḥ praṇayaḥ pradhānaṃ bījamavyayam| manasaḥ paramā yoniḥ prabhāvaścāpi śāśvataḥ||
You are the acts of creatures, you are the joy and sorrow of those acts, you are the absence of joy and sorrow, you are that Nescience which is the eternal seeds of Desire, you are the great origin of Mind, you are Power, and you are Eternity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.361
अव्यक्तः पावनोऽचिन्त्यः सहस्रांशुर्हिरण्मयः। आदिर्गणानां सर्वेषां भवान् वै जीविताश्चयः॥
avyaktaḥ pāvano'cintyaḥ sahasrāṃśurhiraṇmayaḥ| ādirgaṇānāṃ sarveṣāṃ bhavān vai jīvitāścayaḥ||
You are the Unmanifest, you are Pavana, you are inconceivable, you are the thousand rayed Sun, you are the shining intelligence, you are the first of all the subjects, and you are the support of life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.362
महानात्मा मतिर्ब्रह्मा विश्वः शम्भु स्वयम्भुवः। बुद्धिः प्रज्ञोपलब्धिश्च संविख्यातिधृतिःस्मृतिः।।४१६ पर्यायवाचकैः शब्दैर्महानात्मा विभाव्यते। त्वां बुद्ध्वा ब्राह्मणो वेदात् प्रमोहं विनियच्छति॥४१७
mahānātmā matirbrahmā viśvaḥ śambhu svayambhuvaḥ| buddhiḥ prajñopalabdhiśca saṃvikhyātidhṛtiḥsmṛtiḥ||416 paryāyavācakaiḥ śabdairmahānātmā vibhāvyate| tvāṃ buddhvā brāhmaṇo vedāt pramohaṃ viniyacchati||417
By the words Greatness, Soul Understanding, Brahman, Universe, Shambhu, and Selfcreate, as well as other words seen (in the Vedas), your nature is comprehended as being at one with Greatness and Soul. Knowing you as all this, the learned Brahmana conquers that Ignorance which is the root of the world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.363
हृदयं सर्वभूतानां क्षेत्रज्ञस्त्वमृषिस्तुतः। सर्वत:पाणिपादस्त्वं सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखः॥
hṛdayaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ kṣetrajñastvamṛṣistutaḥ| sarvata:pāṇipādastvaṃ sarvato'kṣiśiromukhaḥ||
You are the heart of all creatures, and you are worshipped by the Rishis as Soul. Your arms and feet extend to every place, and your eyes, head, and face are everywhere. You hear everywhere in the universe, and you exist permeating everything.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.364
सर्वतःश्रुतिमाल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठसि। फलं त्वमसि तिग्मांशोर्निमेषादिषु कर्मसु॥
sarvataḥśrutimālloke sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhasi| phalaṃ tvamasi tigmāṃśornimeṣādiṣu karmasu||
You are the fruit of all acts which are performed in the Nimeshas and other divisions of time which originate from the Sun.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.365
त्वं वै प्रभार्चिः पुरुषः सर्वस्य हृदि संश्रितः। अणिमा महिमा प्राप्तिरीशानो ज्योतिरव्ययः॥
tvaṃ vai prabhārciḥ puruṣaḥ sarvasya hṛdi saṃśritaḥ| aṇimā mahimā prāptirīśāno jyotiravyayaḥ||
You are the original lustre. You are Male Being living in the hearts of all things. You are the successful fruits of Yoga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.366
त्वयि बुद्धिर्मतिर्लोकाः प्रपन्नाः संश्रिताश्च ये। ध्यानिनो नित्ययोगाश्च सत्यसत्त्वा जितेन्द्रियाः॥
tvayi buddhirmatirlokāḥ prapannāḥ saṃśritāśca ye| dhyānino nityayogāśca satyasattvā jitendriyāḥ||
Understanding and Intelligence and all the worlds depend upon you. Those who are given to meditation, who are always busy with Yoga, who are devoted to or firm in Truth and who have conquered their passions, seek you and depend on you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.367
यस्त्वां ध्रुवं वेदयते गुहाशयं प्रभुं पुराणं पुरुषं च विग्रहम्। हिरण्मयं बुद्धिमतां परां गतिं स बुद्धिमान् बुद्धिमतीत्य तिष्ठति॥
yastvāṃ dhruvaṃ vedayate guhāśayaṃ prabhuṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣaṃ ca vigraham| hiraṇmayaṃ buddhimatāṃ parāṃ gatiṃ sa buddhimān buddhimatītya tiṣṭhati||
They who know you the unchangeable, or one who lives in all hearts, or one who is endowed with supreme power, or one who is the ancient Male Being, or one who is pure Knowledge, or one that is the effulgent understanding, or one that is the highest refuge of all persons gifted with intelligence, are, indeed, highly intelligent men. Indeed such persons reign supreme over intelligence. as one seven
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.368
विदित्वा सप्त सूक्ष्माणि षडङ्गं त्वां च मूर्तितः। प्रधानविधियोगस्थस्त्वामेव विशते बुधः॥
viditvā sapta sūkṣmāṇi ṣaḍaṅgaṃ tvāṃ ca mūrtitaḥ| pradhānavidhiyogasthastvāmeva viśate budhaḥ||
By understanding the subtile principles, by comprehending your six attributes, and by mastering the true Yoga, the man of knowledge succeeds in entering into your great self.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.369
एवमुक्ते मया पार्थ भवे चार्तिविनाशने। चराचरं जगत् सर्वं सिंहनादं तदाकरोत्॥
evamukte mayā pārtha bhave cārtivināśane| carācaraṃ jagat sarvaṃ siṃhanādaṃ tadākarot||
After I had said these words, O Partha, to Bhava, that remover of grief and pain, the universe, both mobile and immobile, roared like a lion.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.370
तं विप्रसंघाश्च सुरासुराश्च नागाः पिशाचाः पितरो वयांसि। रक्षोगणा भूतगणाश्च सर्वे महर्षयश्चैव तदा प्रणेमुः॥
taṃ viprasaṃghāśca surāsurāśca nāgāḥ piśācāḥ pitaro vayāṃsi| rakṣogaṇā bhūtagaṇāśca sarve maharṣayaścaiva tadā praṇemuḥ||
The numberless Brahmans present there, the gods and the Asuras, the Nagas, the Pishachas, the Pitris, the birds, various Rakshasas various classes of ghosts and spirits, and all the great Rishis, then bowed down to that great Deity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.371
मम मूर्ध्नि च दिव्यानां कुसुमानां सुगन्धिनाम्। राशयो निपतन्ति स्प वायुश्च सुसुखो ववौ॥
mama mūrdhni ca divyānāṃ kusumānāṃ sugandhinām| rāśayo nipatanti spa vāyuśca susukho vavau||
There then, dropped upon my head showers of highly fragrant celestial flowers and sweet winds blew on the spot.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.372
निरीक्ष्य भगवान् देवी ह्युमां मां च जगद्धितः। शतक्रतुं चाभिवीक्ष्य स्वयं मामाह शङ्करः॥
nirīkṣya bhagavān devī hyumāṃ māṃ ca jagaddhitaḥ| śatakratuṃ cābhivīkṣya svayaṃ māmāha śaṅkaraḥ||
The powerful Shankara then, given to the behoof of the universe, looked at the goddess Uma, and the king of the celestials and myself also, and thus spoke to me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.373
विदुः कृष्ण परां भक्तिमस्मासु तव शत्रुहान्। क्रियतामात्मनः श्रेयः प्रीतिर्हि त्वयि मे परा॥
viduḥ kṛṣṇa parāṃ bhaktimasmāsu tava śatruhān| kriyatāmātmanaḥ śreyaḥ prītirhi tvayi me parā||
We know, O Krishna, that you, O slayer of foes, are greatly devoted to us! Do what is for your good. My love and affection for you is very great.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.374
वृणीष्वाष्टौ वरान् कृष्ण दातास्मि तव सत्तम। ब्रूहि यादवशार्दूल यानिच्छसि सुदुर्लभान्॥
vṛṇīṣvāṣṭau varān kṛṣṇa dātāsmi tava sattama| brūhi yādavaśārdūla yānicchasi sudurlabhān||
Do you ask for eight boons. I shall grant them, O Krishna, O best of all persons. Tell me what they are, O chief of the Yadavas. Say what you wish. You will have them, however difficult of attainment they may be.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 14.375
वृणीष्वाष्टौ वरान् कृष्ण दातास्मि तव सत्तम। ब्रूहि यादवशार्दूल यानिच्छसि सुदुर्लभान्॥
vṛṇīṣvāṣṭau varān kṛṣṇa dātāsmi tava sattama| brūhi yādavaśārdūla yānicchasi sudurlabhān||
Do you ask for eight boons. I shall grant them, O Krishna, O best of all persons. Tell me what they are, O chief of the Yadavas. Say what you wish. You will have them, however difficult of attainment they may be.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)