Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.17
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1.17.1
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु भगिन्यौ ते तपोधन ।
अपश्यतां समायान्तमुच्चैः श्रवसमन्तिकात् ॥ १.१७.१ ॥
O treasure of austerity, at that very time your two sisters saw Uccaiḥśravas approaching nearby.
1.17.2
यं तु देवगणाः सर्वे हृष्टरूपमपूजयन् ।
मथ्यमानेऽमृते जातमश्वरत्नमनुत्तमम् ॥ १.१७.२ ॥
That unsurpassed jewel among horses, born when the nectar was churned, which all the groups of gods honored with joyful faces.
1.17.3
अमोघबलमश्वानामुत्तमं जविनां वरम् ।
श्रीमन्तमजरं दिव्यं सर्वलक्षणपूजितम् ॥ १.१७.३ ॥
Of unfailing strength, the best of horses, the foremost of swift ones, glorious, ageless, divine, honored for all its auspicious marks.
1.17.4
कथं तदमृतं देवैर्मथितं क्व च शंस मे ।
कारणं चात्र मथने संजातममृतात्परम्
यत्र जज्ञे महावीर्यः सोऽश्वराजो महाद्युतिः ॥ १.१७.४ ॥
Tell me how the gods churned that nectar, and what else arose from the churning besides the nectar, its cause, and where that king of horses, of great might and brilliance, was born.
1.17.5
ज्वलन्तमचलं मेरुं तेजोराशिमनुत्तमम् ।
आक्षिपन्तं प्रभां भानोः स्वशृङ्गैः काञ्चनोज्ज्वलैः ॥ १.१७.५ ॥
Mount Meru, blazing, immovable, a heap of unsurpassed radiance, outshining the sun's splendor with its golden, gleaming peaks.
1.17.6
कनकाभरणं चित्रं देवगन्धर्वसेवितम् ।
अप्रमेयमनाधृष्यमधर्मबहुलैर्जनैः ॥ १.१७.६ ॥
Adorned with gold, wondrous, attended by gods and gandharvas, immeasurable, unassailable by people full of unrighteousness.
1.17.7
व्यालैरावारितं घोरैर्दिव्यौषधिविदीपितम् ।
नाकमावृत्य तिष्ठन्तमुच्छ्रयेण महागिरिम् ॥ १.१७.७ ॥
Surrounded by fearsome serpents, illumined by divine herbs, that great mountain stood, covering heaven with its height.
1.17.8
अगम्यं मनसाप्यन्यैर्नदीवृक्षसमन्वितम् ।
नानापतगसङ्घैश्च नादितं सुमनोहरैः ॥ १.१७.८ ॥
Inaccessible even to the mind of others, endowed with rivers and trees, resounding with the most charming cries of flocks of many birds.
1.17.9
तस्य शृङ्गमुपारुह्य बहुरत्नाचितं शुभम् ।
अनन्तकल्पमद्वन्द्वं सुराः सर्वे महौजसः ॥ १.१७.९ ॥
Having ascended its peak, full of many jewels, auspicious, of endless variety and free from pairs of opposites, all the gods of great power.
1.17.10
ते मन्त्रयितुमारब्धास्तत्रासीना दिवौकसः ।
अमृताय समागम्य तपोनियमसंयुताः ॥ १.१७.१० ॥
Those dwellers of heaven, seated there and endowed with austerity and discipline, having gathered for the sake of nectar, began to deliberate.
1.17.11
तत्र नारायणो देवो ब्रह्माणमिदमब्रवीत् ।
चिन्तयत्सु सुरेष्वेवं मन्त्रयत्सु च सर्वशः ॥ १.१७.११ ॥
There the god Nārāyaṇa said this to Brahmā, while the gods were thus pondering and deliberating on every side.
1.17.12
देवैरसुरसङ्घैश्च मथ्यतां कलशोदधिः ।
भविष्यत्यमृतं तत्र मथ्यमाने महोदधौ ॥ १.१७.१२ ॥
Let the ocean of milk be churned by the gods and the hosts of asuras; when that great ocean is churned, nectar will arise there.
1.17.13
सर्वौषधीः समावाप्य सर्वरत्नानि चैव ह ।
मन्थध्वयुदधिं देवा वेत्स्यध्वममृतं ततः ॥ १.१७.१३ ॥
Having gathered all the herbs and all the jewels, churn the ocean, O gods; then you will obtain the nectar of immortality.