Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.22
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1.22.1
नागाश्च संविदं कृत्वा कर्तव्यमिति तद्वचः ।
निःस्नेहा वै दहेन्माता असंप्राप्तमनोरथा ॥ १.२२.१ ॥
The serpents, having made an agreement, said that it should be done as she had said. A mother without affection, whose desire is unfulfilled, would indeed burn them.
1.22.2
प्रसन्ना मोक्षयेदस्मांस्तस्माच्छापाच्च भामिनी ।
कृष्णं पुच्छं करिष्यामस्तुरगस्य न संशयः ॥ १.२२.२ ॥
If the lovely lady, being pleased, frees us from that curse, we shall make the horse's tail black; there is no doubt.
1.22.3
इति निश्चित्य ते तस्य कृष्णा वाला इव स्थिताः ।
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ते तु सपत्न्यौ पणिते तदा ॥ १.२२.३ ॥
Having resolved this, they stood like its black hairs. Meanwhile, the two co-wives then made their wager.
1.22.4
ततस्ते पणितं कृत्वा भगिन्यौ द्विजसत्तम ।
जग्मतुः परया प्रीत्या परं पारं महोदधेः ॥ १.२२.४ ॥
Then, O best of the twice-born, the two sisters, having made their wager, went with great delight to the far shore of the great ocean.
1.22.5
कद्रूश्च विनता चैव दाक्षायण्यौ विहायसा ।
आलोकयन्त्यावक्षोभ्यं समुद्रं निधिमम्भसाम् ॥ १.२२.५ ॥
Kadrū and Vinatā, the two daughters of Dakṣa, going through the sky, gazed upon the ocean, the treasury of waters, which cannot be disturbed.
1.22.6
वायुनाऽतीव सहसा क्षोभ्यमाणं महास्वनम् ।
तिमिंगिलसमाकीर्णं मकरैरावृतं तथा ॥ १.२२.६ ॥
The ocean, suddenly and violently churned by the wind, roaring greatly, filled with timiṅgilas and surrounded by makaras, was seen.
1.22.7
संयुतं बहुसाहस्रैः सत्वैर्नानाविधैरपि ।
घोरर्घोरमनाधृष्यं गम्भीरमतिभैरवम् ॥ १.२२.७ ॥
It was filled with many thousands of creatures of every kind, terrible among the terrible, unassailable, deep and exceedingly fearsome.
1.22.8
आकरं सर्वरत्नानामालयं वरुणस्य च ।
नागानामालयं चापि सुरम्यं सरितां पतिम् ॥ १.२२.८ ॥
It was the mine of all jewels, the abode of Varuṇa and also the dwelling of the nāgas, exceedingly beautiful, the lord of rivers.
1.22.9
पातालज्वलनावासमसुराणां तथालयम् ।
भयंकराणां सत्त्वानां पयसो निधिमव्ययम् ॥ १.२२.९ ॥
It was the abode of the fire of the underworld, likewise the dwelling of the asuras, the inexhaustible treasury of water for the frightful creatures.
1.22.10
शुभ्रं दिव्यममर्त्यानाममृतस्याकरं परम् ।
अप्रमेयमचिन्त्यं च सुपुम्यजलसंमितम् ॥ १.२२.१० ॥
It was bright and divine, the supreme mine of the nectar of the immortals; immeasurable, inconceivable, and equal to the water of the pure and good.
1.22.11
महानदीभिर्बह्वीभिस्तत्र तत्र सहस्रशः ।
आपूर्यमाणमत्यर्थं नृत्यन्तमिव चोर्मिभिः ॥ १.२२.११ ॥
Here and there it was being filled exceedingly by thousands of great rivers, as if dancing with its waves.
1.22.12
इत्येवं तरलतरोर्मिसंकुलं ते ।
गम्भीरं विकसितमम्बरप्रकाशम्।
पातालज्वलनशिखाविदीपिताङ्गं ।
गर्जन्तं द्रुतमभिजग्मतुस्ततस्ते ॥ १.२२.१२ ॥
Thus they swiftly approached that roaring ocean, full of very restless waves, deep, expansive, shining like the sky, its body lit by the flames of the underworld fire.