Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 226

MBh 9 226.1

वैशम्पायन उवाच स मित्रसहमासाद्य अभिज्ञानमयाचत। तस्मै ददावभिज्ञानं स चेक्ष्वाकुवरस्तदा॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca sa mitrasahamāsādya abhijñānamayācata| tasmai dadāvabhijñānaṃ sa cekṣvākuvarastadā||

Vaishampayana said Returning to king Saudasa who was always well-disposed towards all his friends, Utanka solicited him for some sign. That foremost one of Ikshaku's race then gave him a sign.

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MBh 9 226.2

सौदास उवाच न चैवैषा गतिः क्षेम्या न चान्या विद्यते गतिः। एतन्मे मतमाज्ञाय प्रयच्छ मणिकुण्डले॥

saudāsa uvāca na caivaiṣā gatiḥ kṣemyā na cānyā vidyate gatiḥ| etanme matamājñāya prayaccha maṇikuṇḍale||

Saudasa said This my present condition is intolerable. I do not see any refuge. Knowing this to be my wish, do you give away the jewelled ear-rings.

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MBh 9 226.3

इत्युक्तस्तामुत्तङ्कस्तु भर्तुर्वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्। श्रुत्वा च सा तदा प्रादात् ततस्ते मणिकुण्डले॥

ityuktastāmuttaṅkastu bharturvākyamathābravīt| śrutvā ca sā tadā prādāt tataste maṇikuṇḍale||

Thus addressed by the king, Utanka returned to the queen and reported to her the world of her husband. Hearing those words, the queen gave to Utanka her jewelled ear-rings.

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MBh 9 226.4

अवाप्य कुण्डले ते तु राजानं पुनरब्रवीत्। किमेतद् गुह्यवचनं श्रोतुमिच्छामि पार्थिव॥

avāpya kuṇḍale te tu rājānaṃ punarabravīt| kimetad guhyavacanaṃ śrotumicchāmi pārthiva||

Having got the ear-rings, Utanka returned to the king and said to him, 'I wish to hear, O king, what the meaning is of those mysterious words which you said as a sign to your queen.

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MBh 9 226.5

सौदास उवाच प्रजानिसर्गाद् विप्रान् वै क्षत्रियाः पूजयन्ति ह। विप्रेभ्यश्चापि बहवो दोषाः प्रादुर्भवन्ति वै॥

saudāsa uvāca prajānisargād viprān vai kṣatriyāḥ pūjayanti ha| viprebhyaścāpi bahavo doṣāḥ prādurbhavanti vai||

Saudasa said Kshatriyas are seen to honour the Brahmanas from the very beginning of the creation. Towards the Brahmanas, however, many offences originate (on the part of the Kshatriyas).

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MBh 9 226.6

सोऽहं द्विजेभ्यः प्रणतो विप्राद् दोषमवाप्तवान्। गतिमन्यां न पश्यामि मदयन्तीसहायवान्॥

so'haṃ dvijebhyaḥ praṇato viprād doṣamavāptavān| gatimanyāṃ na paśyāmi madayantīsahāyavān||

As for myself, I am always bent in humility before them. I am overtaken by a calamity through a Brahmana. Possessed of Madayanti, I do not see any other refuge.

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MBh 9 226.7

न चान्यामपि पश्यामि गतिं गतिमतां वर। स्वर्गद्वारस्य गमने स्थाने चेह द्विजोत्तम॥

na cānyāmapi paśyāmi gatiṃ gatimatāṃ vara| svargadvārasya gamane sthāne ceha dvijottama||

Indeed, O foremost of all persons, having a high goal, I do not see any other refuge for myself in the matter of approaching the celestial gates or in continuing here, O best of twice-born ones.

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MBh 9 226.8

न हि राज्ञा विशेषेण विरुद्धेन द्विजातिभिः। शक्यं हि लोके स्थातुं वै प्रेत्य वा सुखमेधितुम्॥

na hi rājñā viśeṣeṇa viruddhena dvijātibhiḥ| śakyaṃ hi loke sthātuṃ vai pretya vā sukhamedhitum||

It is impossible for a king that is hostile to Brahmanas to continue living in this world or in acquiring happiness in the next.

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MBh 9 226.9

तदिष्टे ते मया दत्ते एते स्वे मणिकुण्डले। यः कृतस्तेऽद्य समय: सफलं तं कुरुध्व मे॥

tadiṣṭe te mayā datte ete sve maṇikuṇḍale| yaḥ kṛtaste'dya samaya: saphalaṃ taṃ kurudhva me||

Hence have I given you these my jewelled ear-rings which were coveted by you. Do you now keep the agreement which you have made with me today.

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MBh 9 226.10

उत्तङ्क उवाच राजस्तथेह कर्तास्मि पुनरेष्यामि ते वशम्। प्रश्नं च कंचित् प्रष्टु त्वां निवृत्तेऽस्मि परंतप॥

uttaṅka uvāca rājastatheha kartāsmi punareṣyāmi te vaśam| praśnaṃ ca kaṃcit praṣṭu tvāṃ nivṛtte'smi paraṃtapa||

Utanka said O king, I shall certainly carry out my promise. I shall truly return and place myself under your power. There is, however, a question, O scorcher of enemies which I wish to ask you.

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MBh 9 226.11

ब्रूहि विप्र यथाकामं प्रतिवक्तास्मि ते वचः। छेत्तास्मि सशयं तेऽद्य न मेऽत्रास्ति विचारणा॥

brūhi vipra yathākāmaṃ prativaktāsmi te vacaḥ| chettāsmi saśayaṃ te'dya na me'trāsti vicāraṇā||

Saudasa said Say, O learned Brahmana, what is in your mind. I shall certainly reply to your words. I shall remove whatever doubt may being your mind. I have no hesitation in this.

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MBh 9 226.12

प्राहुर्वाक्संयतं विप्रं धर्मनैपुणदर्शिनः। मित्रेषु यश्च विषमः स्तेन इत्येव तं विदुः॥

prāhurvāksaṃyataṃ vipraṃ dharmanaipuṇadarśinaḥ| mitreṣu yaśca viṣamaḥ stena ityeva taṃ viduḥ||

Utanka said Those who are skilled in the rules of duty, say that Brahmanas are of controlled speech. One who acts wrongly towards friends is considered as vile as a thief.

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MBh 9 226.13

स भवान् मित्रतामद्य सम्प्राप्तो मम पार्थिव। स मे बुद्धिं प्रयच्छस्व सम्मतां पुरुषर्षभ॥

sa bhavān mitratāmadya samprāpto mama pārthiva| sa me buddhiṃ prayacchasva sammatāṃ puruṣarṣabha||

You, again, O king, have become my friend today. Do you then, O foremost of men, give me such advice as is approved by the wise.

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MBh 9 226.14

अवाप्तार्थोऽहमद्येह भवांश्च पुरुषादकः। भवत्सकाशमागन्तुं क्षमं मम न वेति वै॥

avāptārtho'hamadyeha bhavāṃśca puruṣādakaḥ| bhavatsakāśamāgantuṃ kṣamaṃ mama na veti vai||

As for myself, I have now obtained the fruition of my wishes. You, again, are a cannibal. Is it proper for me to return to you or not.

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MBh 9 226.15

सौदास उवाच क्षमं चेदिह वक्तव्यं तव द्विजवरोत्तम। मत्समीपं द्विजश्रेष्ठ नागन्तव्यं कथंचन॥

saudāsa uvāca kṣamaṃ cediha vaktavyaṃ tava dvijavarottama| matsamīpaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha nāgantavyaṃ kathaṃcana||

Saudasa said If it is proper (for me), O foremost of superior Brahmanas, to say what you ask, I should then, O best of twice-born ones, tell you that you should never return to me.

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MBh 9 226.16

एवं तव प्रपश्यामि श्रेयो भृगुकुलोद्वह। आगच्छतो हि ते विप्र भवेन्मृत्युर्न संशयः॥

evaṃ tava prapaśyāmi śreyo bhṛgukulodvaha| āgacchato hi te vipra bhavenmṛtyurna saṃśayaḥ||

O perpetuator of Bhrigu's race, by acting thus, you will secure your well-being. If you return, O learned Brahmana, you will surely meet with death.

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MBh 9 226.17

वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तः स तदा राज्ञा क्षमं बुद्धिमतां हितम्। अनुज्ञाप्य स राजानमहल्यां प्रतिजग्मिवान्॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca ityuktaḥ sa tadā rājñā kṣamaṃ buddhimatāṃ hitam| anujñāpya sa rājānamahalyāṃ pratijagmivān||

Thus addressed by the intelligent king about what was beneficial for him, Utanka took leave of the king and set out for the presence of Ahalya.

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MBh 9 226.18

गृहीत्वा कुण्डले दिव्ये गुरुपल्याः प्रियंकरः। जवेन महता प्रायाद् गौतमस्याश्रमं प्रति॥

gṛhītvā kuṇḍale divye gurupalyāḥ priyaṃkaraḥ| javena mahatā prāyād gautamasyāśramaṃ prati||

Desirous of doing what was agreeable to the wife of his preceptor, he took the ear-rings with him and started with great speed for reaching the hermitage of Gautama.

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MBh 9 226.19

यथा तयो रक्षणं च मदयन्त्यभिभाषितम्। तथा ते कुण्डले बद्ध्वा तदा कृष्णाजिनेऽनयत्॥

yathā tayo rakṣaṇaṃ ca madayantyabhibhāṣitam| tathā te kuṇḍale baddhvā tadā kṛṣṇājine'nayat||

Protecting them even in the manner directed by Madayanti, that is, binding them within the folds of his black, deer-skin, he proceeded on his way.

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MBh 9 226.20

स कस्मिंश्चित् क्षुधाविष्टः फलभारसमन्वितम्। बिल्वं ददर्श विप्रर्षिरारुरोह च तं ततः॥

sa kasmiṃścit kṣudhāviṣṭaḥ phalabhārasamanvitam| bilvaṃ dadarśa viprarṣirāruroha ca taṃ tataḥ||

After he had proceeded for some distance, he became stricken with hunger. He there saw a Bilva tree covered down with the weight of (ripe) fruits. He climbed that tree.

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MBh 9 226.21

शाखामासज्य तस्यैव कृष्णाजिनमरिंदम। पातयामास बिल्वानि तदा स द्विजपुङ्गवः॥

śākhāmāsajya tasyaiva kṛṣṇājinamariṃdama| pātayāmāsa bilvāni tadā sa dvijapuṅgavaḥ||

Causing his deer-skin, O chastiser of enemies, to hang on a branch, that foremost of twice-born ones, then began to pluck some fruits.

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MBh 9 226.22

अथ पातयमानस्य बिल्वापहृतचक्षुषः। न्यपतंस्तानि बिल्वानि तस्मिन्नेवाजिने प्रभो॥ यस्मिंस्ते कुण्डले बद्धे तदा द्विजवरेण वै। बिल्वप्रहारैस्तस्याथ व्यशीर्यद् बन्धनं ततः॥

atha pātayamānasya bilvāpahṛtacakṣuṣaḥ| nyapataṃstāni bilvāni tasminnevājine prabho|| yasmiṃste kuṇḍale baddhe tadā dvijavareṇa vai| bilvaprahāraistasyātha vyaśīryad bandhanaṃ tataḥ||

While he was engaged in plucking those fruits with eyes set towards them, some of them dropped, O king, on that deer-skin, in which those ear-rings had been carefully tied by that foremost of Brahmanas. With the strokes of the fruits, the know became loosened.

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MBh 9 226.23

सकुण्डलं तदजिनं पपात सहसा तरोः। विशीर्णबन्धने तस्मिन् गते कृष्णाजिने महीम्॥ अपश्यद् भुजगः कश्चित् ते तत्र मणिकुण्डले।

sakuṇḍalaṃ tadajinaṃ papāta sahasā taroḥ| viśīrṇabandhane tasmin gate kṛṣṇājine mahīm|| apaśyad bhujagaḥ kaścit te tatra maṇikuṇḍale|

Suddenly that deer-skin, with the ear-rings in it, dropped down. When the know being unfastened, the deer-skin fell down on the ground, a snake who was there saw those jewelled ear-rings.

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MBh 9 226.24

ऐरावतकुलोद्भूतः शीघ्रो भूत्वा तदा हि सः॥ विदश्यास्येन वल्मीकं विवेशाथ स कुण्डले। ह्रियमाणे तु दृष्ट्वा स कुण्डले भुजगेन ह॥ पपात वृक्षात् सोद्वेगो दुःखात् परमकोपनः। स दण्डकाष्ठमादाय वल्मीकमखनत् तदा॥

airāvatakulodbhūtaḥ śīghro bhūtvā tadā hi saḥ|| vidaśyāsyena valmīkaṃ viveśātha sa kuṇḍale| hriyamāṇe tu dṛṣṭvā sa kuṇḍale bhujagena ha|| papāta vṛkṣāt sodvego duḥkhāt paramakopanaḥ| sa daṇḍakāṣṭhamādāya valmīkamakhanat tadā||

That snake belonged to the race of Airavata. Promptly he took up the ear-rings in his mouth and then entered an ant-hill. Seeing the ear-rings taken by that snake, Utanka, filled with anger and in great anxiety of mind, came down from the tree. Taking his staff he began to pierce that ant-hill.

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MBh 9 226.25

अहानि त्रिंशदव्यग्रः पञ्च चान्यानि भारत। क्रोधामर्षाभिसतंप्तस्तदा ब्राह्मणसत्तमः॥

ahāni triṃśadavyagraḥ pañca cānyāni bhārata| krodhāmarṣābhisataṃptastadā brāhmaṇasattamaḥ||

That best of Brahmanas, burning with anger and the desire for revenge, continually busied himself for thirty-five days in that work.

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MBh 9 226.26

तस्य वेगमसा तमसहन्ती वसुन्धरा। दण्डकाष्ठाभिनुन्नाङ्गी चचाल भृशमाकुला॥

tasya vegamasā tamasahantī vasundharā| daṇḍakāṣṭhābhinunnāṅgī cacāla bhṛśamākulā||

The goddess Earth, unable to bear the force of Utanka's walking staff and with body torn therewith, became greatly anxious.

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MBh 9 226.27

ततः खनत एवाथ विप्रर्धर्धरणीतलम्। नागलोकस्य पन्थानं कर्तुकामस्य निश्चयात्॥ रथेन हरियुक्तेन तं देशमुपजग्मिवान्। वज्रपाणिर्महातेजास्तं ददर्श द्विजोत्तमम्॥

tataḥ khanata evātha viprardhardharaṇītalam| nāgalokasya panthānaṃ kartukāmasya niścayāt|| rathena hariyuktena taṃ deśamupajagmivān| vajrapāṇirmahātejāstaṃ dadarśa dvijottamam||

To that twice-born Rishi then, who continued to dig the Earth from desire of making a path to the nether regions inhabited by the Nagas, the king of the celestial, armed with the thunder, came there, on his car drawn by green horses. Gifted with great energy, he saw that foremost of Brahmanas, as he sat there engaged in his task.

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MBh 9 226.28

वैशम्पायन उवाच स तु तं ब्राह्मणो भूत्वा तस्य दुःखेन दुःखितः। उत्तङ्कमब्रवीद् वाक्यं नैतच्छक्यं त्वयेति वै॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca sa tu taṃ brāhmaṇo bhūtvā tasya duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ| uttaṅkamabravīd vākyaṃ naitacchakyaṃ tvayeti vai||

Vaishampayana continued : LoO king like a Brahmana stricken with the sorrow of Utanka, the king of the celestials addressed him, saying, 'This (purpose of thine) is impracticable of being accomplished.

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MBh 9 226.29

इतो हि नागलोको वै योजनानि सहस्रशः। न दण्डकाष्ठसाध्यं च मन्ये कार्यमिदं तव॥

ito hi nāgaloko vai yojanāni sahasraśaḥ| na daṇḍakāṣṭhasādhyaṃ ca manye kāryamidaṃ tava||

The regions of the Nagas are thousands of Yojanas removed from this place. I think that your purpose is impossible of being achieved with your walking staff.

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MBh 9 226.30

उत्तङ्क उवाच नागलोके यदि ब्रह्मन् न शक्ये कुण्डले मया। प्राप्तुं प्राणान् विमोक्ष्यामि पश्यतस्तु द्विजोत्तम॥

uttaṅka uvāca nāgaloke yadi brahman na śakye kuṇḍale mayā| prāptuṃ prāṇān vimokṣyāmi paśyatastu dvijottama||

Utanka said If, O Brahmana, the ear-rings be not recovered by me from the regions of the Nagas, I shall renounce my life-breaths before your eyes, O foremost of twice-born persons.

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MBh 9 226.31

वैशम्पायन उवाच यदा स नाशकत् तस्य निश्चयं कर्तुमन्यथा। वज्रपाणिस्तदा दण्डं वज्रास्त्रेण युयोज ह॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca yadā sa nāśakat tasya niścayaṃ kartumanyathā| vajrapāṇistadā daṇḍaṃ vajrāstreṇa yuyoja ha||

Vaishmpayana said When the thunder-armed Indra could not divert Utanka from his purpose, he united the latter's walking staff with the force of thunder.

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MBh 9 226.32

ततो वज्रप्रहारैस्तैर्दार्यमाणा वसुन्धरा। नागलोकस्य पन्थानमकरोज्जनमेजय॥

tato vajraprahāraistairdāryamāṇā vasundharā| nāgalokasya panthānamakarojjanamejaya||

Then, O Janamejaya, the Earth, opening with those strokes having the force of thunder, gave way to the (nether) regions inhabited by the Nagas.

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MBh 9 226.33

स तेन मार्गेण तदा नागलोकं विवेश ह। ददर्श नागलोकं च योजनानि सहस्रशः॥

sa tena mārgeṇa tadā nāgalokaṃ viveśa ha| dadarśa nāgalokaṃ ca yojanāni sahasraśaḥ||

By that path Utanka entered the world of Nagas. He saw that that region lying thousands of Yojanas on all sides.

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MBh 9 226.34

प्राकारनिचयैर्दिव्यैर्मणिमुक्तास्वलंकृतैः। उपपन्नं महाभाग शातकुम्भमयैस्तथा॥

prākāranicayairdivyairmaṇimuktāsvalaṃkṛtaiḥ| upapannaṃ mahābhāga śātakumbhamayaistathā||

Indeed, O blessed one, it had many walls made of pure gold and decked with jewels and gems.

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MBh 9 226.35

वापी: स्फटिकसोपाना नदीश्च विमलोदकाः। ददर्श वृक्षांश्च बहून् नानाद्विजगणायुतान्॥

vāpī: sphaṭikasopānā nadīśca vimalodakāḥ| dadarśa vṛkṣāṃśca bahūn nānādvijagaṇāyutān||

There were many flue tanks of water furnished with flights of stair-cases made of pure crystal, and many rivers of clear and transparent water. He saw also many trees with various species of birds perching on them.

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MBh 9 226.36

तस्य लोकस्य च द्वारं स ददर्श भृगूद्वहः। पञ्चयोजनविस्तारमायतं शतयोजनम्॥

tasya lokasya ca dvāraṃ sa dadarśa bhṛgūdvahaḥ| pañcayojanavistāramāyataṃ śatayojanam||

That perpetuator of Bhrigu's race saw the gate of that region which was full five Yojanas high and a hundred Yojanas in width.

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MBh 9 226.37

नागलोकमुत्तङ्कस्तु प्रेक्ष्य दीनोऽभवत् तदा। निराशश्चाभवत् तत्र कुण्डलाहरणे पुनः॥

nāgalokamuttaṅkastu prekṣya dīno'bhavat tadā| nirāśaścābhavat tatra kuṇḍalāharaṇe punaḥ||

Seeing the regions of the Nagas, Utanka became very dispirited. Indeed, he despaired of getting back the ear-rings.

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MBh 9 226.38

तत्र प्रोवाच तुरगस्तं कृष्णश्वेतवालधिः। ताम्रास्यनेत्रः कौरव्य प्रज्वलन्निव तेजसा॥

tatra provāca turagastaṃ kṛṣṇaśvetavāladhiḥ| tāmrāsyanetraḥ kauravya prajvalanniva tejasā||

Then there appeared to him a black horse with a white tail. His face and eyes were of a coppcry colour, O you of Kuru's race, and he secmed to blaze forth with energy.

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MBh 9 226.39

धमस्वापानमेतन्मे ततस्त्वं विप्र लप्स्यसे। ऐरावतसुतेनेह तवानीते हि कुण्डले॥

dhamasvāpānametanme tatastvaṃ vipra lapsyase| airāvatasuteneha tavānīte hi kuṇḍale||

Addressing Uttanka, he said, 'Do you blew into the Apana duct of my body. You will then, O learned Brahmana, get back your ear-rings which have been taken away by a descendant of Airvata's race.

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MBh 9 226.40

मा जुगुप्सां कृथाः पुत्र त्वमत्रार्थे कथंचन। त्वयैतद्धि समाचीर्णं गौतमस्याश्रमे तदा।॥

mā jugupsāṃ kṛthāḥ putra tvamatrārthe kathaṃcana| tvayaitaddhi samācīrṇaṃ gautamasyāśrame tadā|||

Do not hate to do my order, O son. You did it often at the hermitage of Gautama in former days.

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MBh 9 226.41

उत्तङ्क उवाच कथं भवन्तं जानीयामुपाध्यायाश्रमं प्रति। यन्मया चीर्णपूर्वं हि श्रोतुमिच्छामि तद्ध्यहम्॥

uttaṅka uvāca kathaṃ bhavantaṃ jānīyāmupādhyāyāśramaṃ prati| yanmayā cīrṇapūrvaṃ hi śrotumicchāmi taddhyaham||

Utanka said How did I know you in the asylum of my preceptor? Indeed, I wish to hear how I did in those days what you order me to do now.

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MBh 9 226.42

अश्व उवाच गुरोगुरुं मां जानीहि ज्वलनं जातवेदसम्। त्वया ह्यहं सदा विप्र गुरोरर्थेऽभिपूजितः॥ विधिवत् सततं विप्र शुचिना भृगुनन्दन। तस्मा यो विधास्यामि तवैवं कुरु मा चिरम्॥

aśva uvāca guroguruṃ māṃ jānīhi jvalanaṃ jātavedasam| tvayā hyahaṃ sadā vipra gurorarthe'bhipūjitaḥ|| vidhivat satataṃ vipra śucinā bhṛgunandana| tasmā yo vidhāsyāmi tavaivaṃ kuru mā ciram||

The horse said Know, O learned Brahmana, that I am the preceptor of your preceptor, for I am the blazing Jatavedas (deity of fire). By you I was often adored for the sake of your preceptor, O child of Bhrigu's race, duly and with a pure heart and body. I shall therefore accomplish what is for your will-being. Do my bidding forthwith.

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MBh 9 226.43

इत्युक्तस्तु तथाकार्षीदुत्तङ्कश्चित्रभानुना। घृतार्चिः प्रीतिमांश्चापि प्रजज्वाल दिधक्षया॥

ityuktastu tathākārṣīduttaṅkaścitrabhānunā| ghṛtārciḥ prītimāṃścāpi prajajvāla didhakṣayā||

Thus addressed by the god of fire, Uttanka did as he was ordered. The deity then, pleased with him, blazed up for consuming everything.

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MBh 9 226.44

ततोऽस्य रोमकूपेभ्यो धम्यतस्तत्र भारता घनः प्रादुरभूद् धूमो नागलोकभयावहः॥

tato'sya romakūpebhyo dhamyatastatra bhāratā ghanaḥ prādurabhūd dhūmo nāgalokabhayāvahaḥ||

From the pores of his body, O Bharata, on account of his very nature, a thick smoke came out threatening terrors to the world of Nagas.

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MBh 9 226.45

तेन धूमेन महता वर्धमानेन भारत। नागलोके महाराज न प्रज्ञायत किंचन॥

tena dhūmena mahatā vardhamānena bhārata| nāgaloke mahārāja na prajñāyata kiṃcana||

With that powerful and wide-spreading smoke, O Bharata, everything became covered with darkness, so that nothing, O king, could any longer be seen in the world of the Nagas.

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MBh 9 226.46

हाहाकृतमभूत् सर्वमैरावतनिवेशनम्। वासुकिप्रमुखानां च नागानां जनमेजय॥

hāhākṛtamabhūt sarvamairāvataniveśanam| vāsukipramukhānāṃ ca nāgānāṃ janamejaya||

Cries of woe were heard throughout the place of the Airavatas, uttered by the Nagas headed by Vasuki, O Janamejaya.

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MBh 9 226.47

न प्रकाशन्त वेश्मानि धूमरुद्धानि भारत। निहारसंवृतानीव वनानि गिरयस्तथा॥

na prakāśanta veśmāni dhūmaruddhāni bhārata| nihārasaṃvṛtānīva vanāni girayastathā||

Covered by that smoke, the places could no longer be seen, O Bharata. These resembled forests and hills overwhelmed by a thick frost.

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MBh 9 226.48

ते धूमरक्तनयना वह्नितेजोऽभितापिताः। आजग्मुनिश्चयं ज्ञातुं भार्गवस्य महात्मनः॥

te dhūmaraktanayanā vahnitejo'bhitāpitāḥ| ājagmuniścayaṃ jñātuṃ bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ||

With eyes that were red on account of that smoke and afflicted by the energy of the god of fire, the Nagas came out of their palaces to the greet son of Bhrigu's race for determining what was the matter.

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MBh 9 226.49

श्रुत्वा च निश्चयं तस्य महर्षेरतितेजसः। सम्भ्रान्तनयनाः सर्वे पूजां चक्रुर्यथाविधि।॥

śrutvā ca niścayaṃ tasya maharṣeratitejasaḥ| sambhrāntanayanāḥ sarve pūjāṃ cakruryathāvidhi|||

Having heard what the matter was from that ascetic of incomparable energy, all the Nagas, with fear depicted on their eyes, offered him their adorations according to due forms.

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MBh 9 226.50

सर्वे प्राञ्जलो नागा वृद्धबालपुरोगमाः। शिरोभिः प्रणिपत्योचुः प्रसीद भगवन्निति॥

sarve prāñjalo nāgā vṛddhabālapurogamāḥ| śirobhiḥ praṇipatyocuḥ prasīda bhagavanniti||

Indeed, all the Nagas placing the old and the young ones before them, bowed to him with their heads and joining their hands addressed him, saying, 'Be pleased with us, O holy one.'

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MBh 9 226.51

प्रसाद्य ब्राह्मणं ते तु पाद्यमर्थ्य निवेद्य च। प्रायच्छन् कुण्डले दिव्ये पन्नगाः परमार्चिते॥

prasādya brāhmaṇaṃ te tu pādyamarthya nivedya ca| prāyacchan kuṇḍale divye pannagāḥ paramārcite||

Having pleased that Brahmana and offered him water to wash his feet and the ingredients of the Arghya (for honouring him), the Nagas gave him those celestial and highly-adored earrings.

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MBh 9 226.52

ततः स पूजितो नागैस्तदोत्तङ्कः प्रतापवान्। अग्निं प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा जगाम गुरुसा तत्॥

tataḥ sa pūjito nāgaistadottaṅkaḥ pratāpavān| agniṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā jagāma gurusā tat||

Thus honoured by them, Utanka of great prowess, going round the god of fire, started for the hermitage of his preceptor,

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MBh 9 226.53

स गत्वा त्वरितो राजन् गौतमस्य निवेशनम्। प्रायच्छत् कुण्डले दिव्ये गुरुपत्न्यास्तदानघ॥

sa gatvā tvarito rājan gautamasya niveśanam| prāyacchat kuṇḍale divye gurupatnyāstadānagha||

Indeed, going quickly to Gautama's hermitage, O king, he presented those earrings to the wife of his preceptor, O sinless one.

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MBh 9 226.54

वासुकिप्रमुखानां च नागानां जनमेजय। सर्वे शशंस गुरवे यथावद् द्विजसत्तमः॥

vāsukipramukhānāṃ ca nāgānāṃ janamejaya| sarve śaśaṃsa gurave yathāvad dvijasattamaḥ||

That best of Brahmanas also told his preceptor everything about Vasuki and the other Nagas that had occurred.

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MBh 9 226.55

एवं महात्मना तेन त्रील्लोकान् जनमेजय। परिक्रम्याहृते दिव्ये ततस्ते मणिकुण्डले॥

evaṃ mahātmanā tena trīllokān janamejaya| parikramyāhṛte divye tataste maṇikuṇḍale||

It was thus, O Janamejaya, that the great Utanka, having wandered through the three worlds, fetched, those jewelled ear-rings (for his preceptor's wife).

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MBh 9 226.56

एवंप्रभावः स मुनिरुत्तको भरतर्षभा परेण तपसा युक्तो यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि॥

evaṃprabhāvaḥ sa muniruttako bharatarṣabhā pareṇa tapasā yukto yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi||

Of such prowess, O chief of Bharata's race, was the ascetic Utanka. So austere were the penances with which he was gifted. I have thus told you what you had asked me.

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