Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.229
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1.229.1
शणु मे विस्तरेणेममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
भ्रातृभिः सहितः पार्थ यथा वृत्तं युधिष्ठिर ॥ १.२२९.१ ॥
Listen to me in detail to this ancient history, O Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Pṛthā, of what happened to you with your brothers.
1.229.2
महासुरस्यान्ववाये हिरण्यकशिपोः पुरा ।
निकुम्भो नाम दैत्येन्द्रस्तेजस्वी बलवानभूत् ॥ १.२२९.२ ॥
In former times, in the lineage of the great asura Hiraṇyakaśipu, there was born Nikumbha by name, the radiant and mighty lord of the daityas.
1.229.3
तस्य पुत्रौ महावीर्यौ जातौ भीमपराक्रमौ ।
सुन्दोपसुन्दौ दैत्येन्द्रौ दारुणौ क्रूरमानसौ ॥ १.२२९.३ ॥
His two sons were born, of great valor and terrible prowess: Sunda and Upasunda, lords of the daityas, cruel and of savage mind.
1.229.4
तावेकनिश्चयौ दैत्यावेककार्यार्थसंमतौ ।
निरन्तरमवर्तेतां समदुःखसुखावुभौ ॥ १.२२९.४ ॥
Those two daityas had one resolve, agreed on a single purpose, constantly kept together, and shared pain and pleasure alike.
1.229.5
विनाऽन्योन्यं न भुञ्जाते विनाऽन्योन्यं न जल्पतः ।
अन्योन्यस्य प्रियकरावन्योन्यस्य प्रियंवदौ ॥ १.२२९.५ ॥
Without each other they would not eat, without each other they would not speak; they were doers of what is dear to one another and speakers of what is dear to one another.
1.229.6
एकशीलसमाचारौ द्विधैवैकोऽभवत्कृतः ।
तौ विवृद्धौ महावीर्यौ कार्येष्वप्येकनिश्चयौ ॥ १.२२९.६ ॥
Though of one nature and conduct, the two were in effect made into one; they grew in great valor, and even in their undertakings they held one resolve.
1.229.7
त्रैलोक्यविजयार्थाय समाधायैकनिश्चयम् ।
दीक्षां कृत्वा गतौ विन्ध्यं तावुग्रं तेपतुस्तपः ॥ १.२२९.७ ॥
Resolving on one purpose, to conquer the three worlds, the two took their vows, went to the Vindhya mountains, and performed fierce austerities.
1.229.8
तौ तु दीर्घेण कालेन तपोयुक्तौ बभूवतुः ।
क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्तौ जटावल्कलधारिणौ ॥ १.२२९.८ ॥
Devoted to austerity for a long time, the two grew exhausted with hunger and thirst, and they wore matted hair and bark garments.
1.229.9
मलोपचितसर्वाङ्गौ वायुभक्षौ बभूवतुः ।
आत्ममांसानि जुह्वान्तौ पादाङ्गुष्ठाग्रधिष्ठितौ।
ऊर्ध्वबाहू चानिमिषौ दीर्घकालं धृतव्रतौ ॥ १.२२९.९ ॥
Their limbs were caked with dirt, and they lived on air alone. Offering their own flesh as oblations, standing on the tips of their great toes, arms raised high and eyes unblinking, they kept their vows for a long time.
1.229.10
तयोस्तपःप्रभावेण दीर्घकालं प्रतापितः ।
धूमं प्रमुमुचे विन्ध्यस्तद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ १.२२९.१० ॥
By the power of their austerity, the Vindhya mountain, heated for a long time, sent forth smoke, and it became a wondrous sight.
1.229.11
ततो देवा भयं जग्मुरुग्रं दृष्ट्वा तयोस्तपः ।
तपोविघातार्थमथो देवा विघ्नानि चक्रिरे ॥ १.२२९.११ ॥
Then the gods, seeing their terrible austerity, grew afraid; and to disrupt their penance, the gods created obstacles.
1.229.12
रत्नैः प्रलोभयामासुः स्त्रीभिश्चोभौ पुनःपुनः ।
न च तौ चक्रतुर्भङ्गं व्रतस्य सुमहाव्रतौ ॥ १.२२९.१२ ॥
The gods repeatedly tempted the two with jewels and with women, but the two, great in their vows, did not break their vow.
1.229.13
अथ मायां पुनर्देवास्तयोश्चक्रुर्महात्मनोः ।
भगिन्यो मातरो भार्यास्तयोश्चात्मजनस्तथा ॥ १.२२९.१३ ॥
Then the gods again created an illusion for those two great-souled ones: their sisters, mothers, wives, and their offspring.
1.229.14
प्रपात्यमाना विस्रस्ताः शूलहस्तेन रक्षसा ।
भ्रष्टाभरणकेशान्ता भ्रष्टाभरणवाससः ॥ १.२२९.१४ ॥
Being hurled down by the rakshasa with a spear in hand, their hair-ends and ornaments fallen, their garments and adornments dropped.
1.229.15
अभिभाष्य ततः सर्वास्तौ त्राहीति विचुक्रुशुः ।
न च तौ चक्रतुर्भङ्गं व्रतस्य सुमहाव्रतौ ॥ १.२२९.१५ ॥
Then all of them, addressing the two, cried out, 'Save us!' But the two of great vows did not break their vow.
1.229.16
यदा क्षोभं नोपयाति नार्तिमन्यतरस्तयोः ।
ततः स्त्रियस्ता भूतं च सर्वमन्तरधीयत ॥ १.२२९.१६ ॥
When neither of the two was agitated or distressed, then those women and the whole illusory creation vanished.
1.229.17
ततः पितामहः साक्षादभिगम्य महासुरौ ।
वरेण च्छ्दयामास क्वलोकहितः प्रभुः ॥ १.२२९.१७ ॥
Then the grandfather himself, the lord who wishes well to the worlds, approached the two great asuras and pacified them with a boon.
1.229.18
ततः सुन्दोपसुन्दौ तौ भ्रातरौ दृढविक्रमौ ।
दृष्ट्वा पितामहं देवं तस्थतुः प्राञ्जली तदा ॥ १.२२९.१८ ॥
Then the brothers Sunda and Upasunda, of firm prowess, seeing the divine grandfather, stood then with palms joined.
1.229.19
ऊचतुश्च प्रभुं देवं ततस्तौ सहितौ तदा ।
आवयोस्तपसाऽनेन यदि प्रीतः पितामहः ॥ १.२२९.१९ ॥
Then the two of them together said to the lord, the god: if the grandfather is pleased with this austerity of ours,
1.229.20
मायाविदावस्त्रविदौ बलिनौ कामरूपिणौ ।
उभावप्यमरौ स्यावः प्रसन्नो यदि नौ प्रभुः ॥ १.२२९.२० ॥
Skilled in illusion, skilled in weapons, mighty, able to take any form at will, may we both become immortal, if the lord is pleased with us.
1.229.21
ऋतेऽमरत्वं युवयोः सर्वमुक्तं भविष्यति ।
अन्यद्वृणीतं मृत्योश्च विधानममरैः सम् ॥ १.२२९.२१ ॥
Apart from immortality, all that you two have said will come to pass. Choose another boon, equal to the gods, in place of the ordinance of death.
1.229.22
प्रभविष्याव इति यन्महदभ्युद्यतं तपः ।
युवयोर्हेतुनानेन नामरत्वं विधीयते ॥ १.२२९.२२ ॥
Because of this great austerity you two have undertaken, with the aim of becoming powerful, immortality is not granted.
1.229.23
त्रैलोक्यविजयार्थाय भवद्भ्यामास्थितं तपः ।
हेतुनाऽनेन दैत्येन्द्रौ न वां कामं करोम्यहम् ॥ १.२२९.२३ ॥
You two have undertaken this austerity for the conquest of the three worlds. For this reason, O lords of the Daityas, I will not grant your desire.
1.229.24
सुन्दोपसुन्दावूचतुः ।
त्रिषु लोकेषु यद्भूतं किंचित्स्थावरजङ्गमम्।
सर्वस्मान्नौ भयं न स्यादृतेऽन्योन्यं पितामह ॥ १.२२९.२४ ॥
Sunda and Upasunda said: Let us have no fear from any of the moving or unmoving beings that exist in the three worlds, except from each other, O grandfather.
1.229.25
यत्प्रार्थितं यथोक्तं च काममेतद्ददानि वाम् ।
मृत्योर्विधानमेतच्च यथावद्वा भविष्यति ॥ १.२२९.२५ ॥
Whatever you have asked for and spoken of, I grant to you both as you desire. The ordinance of death too shall be just as it has been said.
1.229.26
ततः पितामहो दत्त्वा वरमेतत्तदा तयोः ।
निवर्त्य तपसस्तौ च ब्रह्मलोकं जगाम ह ॥ १.२२९.२६ ॥
Then the grandfather, having granted this boon to those two, turned them back from their austerity and went to the world of Brahmā.
1.229.27
लब्ध्वा वराणि दैत्येन्द्रावथ तौ भ्रातरावुभौ ।
अवध्यौ सर्वलोकस्य स्वमेव भवनं गतौ ॥ १.२२९.२७ ॥
Having obtained the boons, those two brothers, lords of the Daityas, unslayable by all the worlds, went back to their own abode.
1.229.28
तौ तु लब्धवरौ दृष्ट्वा कृतकामौ मनस्विनौ ।
सर्वः सुहृञ्जनस्ताभ्यां प्रहर्षमुपजग्मिवान् ॥ १.२२९.२८ ॥
Seeing those two high-minded ones, who had obtained boons and fulfilled their desires, all their friends and kin were filled with great joy because of them.
1.229.29
ततस्तौ तु जटा भित्त्वा मौलिनौ संबभूवतुः ।
महार्हाभरणोपेतौ विरजोम्बरधारिणौ ॥ १.२२९.२९ ॥
Then the two of them, breaking through their matted locks, became crowned, adorned with costly ornaments and wearing spotless garments.
1.229.30
अकालकौमुदीं चैव चक्रतुः सार्वकालिकीम् ।
नित्यः प्रमुदितः सर्वस्तयोश्चैव सुहृञ्जनः ॥ १.२२९.३० ॥
They made an untimely moonlight festival a perpetual one for all seasons; and all their friends and kin were ever joyful because of them.
1.229.31
भक्ष्यतां भुज्यतां नित्यं दीयतां रम्यतामिति ।
गीयेतां पीयतां चेति शभ्दश्चासीद्गृहे गृहे ॥ १.२२९.३१ ॥
"Let there be eating, let there be enjoyment, let there be constant giving, let there be delight," and "let there be singing, let there be drinking" — such sounds were heard in every house.
1.229.32
तत्रतत्र महानादैरुत्कृष्टतलनादितैः ।
हृष्टं प्रमुदितं सर्वं दैत्यानामभवत्पुरम् ॥ १.२२९.३२ ॥
Resounding here and there with great cries and the loud clapping of palms, the whole city of the Daityas became joyful and delighted.
1.229.33
तैस्तैर्विहारैर्बहुभिर्दैत्यानां कामरूपिणाम् ।
समाः संक्रीडतां तेषामहरेकमिवाभवत् ॥ १.२२९.३३ ॥
For the Daityas, who could take any form at will and played in their many diverse pastimes, the years passed as if they were a single day.