Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.23
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1.23.1
तं समुद्रमतिक्रम्य कद्रूर्विनतया सह ।
न्यपतत्तुरगाभ्याशे न चिरादिव शीघ्रगा ॥ १.२३.१ ॥
Having crossed that ocean together with Vinatā, Kadrū swiftly descended near the horse, as if without delay.
1.23.2
ततस्ते तं हयश्रेष्ठं ददृशाते महाजवम् ।
शशाङ्ककिरणप्रख्यं कालवालमुभे तदा ॥ १.२३.२ ॥
Then the two of them saw that finest of horses, very swift, gleaming like moonbeams, with black tails.
1.23.3
निशाम्य च बहून्वालान्कृष्णान्पुच्छसमाश्रितान् ।
विषण्णरूपां विनतां कद्रूर्दास्ये न्ययोजयत् ॥ १.२३.३ ॥
Seeing many black hairs clinging to the tail, Kadrū put the downcast Vinatā into servitude.
1.23.4
ततः सा विनता तस्मिन्पणितेन पराजिता ।
अभवद्दुःखसंतप्ता दासीभावं समास्थिता ॥ १.२३.४ ॥
Then Vinatā, defeated by that wager, tormented by grief, took up the state of a servant.
1.23.5
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे चापि गरुडः काल आगते ।
विना मात्रा महातेजा विदार्याण्डमजायत ॥ १.२३.५ ॥
In the meantime, when the time came, the mighty-splendored Garuḍa was born, breaking open the egg without his mother.
1.23.6
महासत्त्वबलोपेतः सर्वा विद्योतयन्दिशः ।
कामरूपः कामगमः कामवीर्यो विहंगमः ॥ १.२३.६ ॥
Endowed with great vigor and strength, illuminating all directions, able to take any form at will, to go wherever he pleased, of power at will, that bird.
1.23.7
अग्निराशिरिवोद्भासन्समिद्धोऽतिभयंकरः ।
विद्युद्विस्पष्टपिङ्गाक्षो युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभः ॥ १.२३.७ ॥
He blazed like a heap of fire, kindled and most terrifying, tawny-eyed and clear as lightning, with a radiance equal to the fire at the end of an age.
1.23.8
प्रवृद्धः सहसा पक्षी महाकायो नभोगतः ।
घोरो घोरस्वनो रौद्रो वह्निरौर्व इवापरः ॥ १.२३.८ ॥
Suddenly he grew immense, a bird of vast body that went up into the sky, dreadful and fierce of cry, like another fire of Aurva.
1.23.9
तं दृष्ट्वा शरणं जग्मुर्देवाः सर्वे विभावसुम् ।
प्रमिपत्याब्रुवंश्चैनमासीनं विश्वरूपिणम् ॥ १.२३.९ ॥
Seeing him, all the gods went for refuge to Vibhāvasu, Agni; approaching and bowing, they spoke to him as he sat, of universal form.
1.23.10
अग्ने मा त्वं प्रवर्धिष्ठाः कच्चिन्नो न दिधक्षसि ।
असौ हि राशिः सुमहान्समिद्धस्तव सर्पति ॥ १.२३.१० ॥
O Agni, do not grow greater; surely you do not wish to burn us? That vast kindled mass of yours is moving.
1.23.11
नैतदेवं यथा यूयं मन्यध्वमसुरार्दनाः ।
गरुडो बलवानेष मम तुल्यश्च तेजसा ॥ १.२३.११ ॥
No, it is not as you think, O destroyers of the asuras: this Garuḍa is mighty, and equal to me in splendor.
1.23.12
जातः परमतेजस्वी विनतानन्दवर्धनः ।
तेजोराशिमिमं दृष्ट्वा युष्मान्मोहः समाविशत् ॥ १.२३.१२ ॥
Born of supreme splendor, the increaser of Vinatā's joy: seeing this mass of brilliance, delusion has entered you.
1.23.13
नागक्षयकरश्चै काश्यपेयो महाबलः ।
देवानां च हिते युक्तस्त्वहितो दैत्यरक्षसाम् ॥ १.२३.१३ ॥
He who destroys the nāgas, the mighty son of Kaśyapa, devoted to the welfare of the gods and hostile to the daityas and rākṣasas.
1.23.14
न भीः कार्या कथं चात्र पश्यध्वं सहिता मया ।
एवमुक्तास्तदा गत्वा गरुडं वाग्भिरस्तुवन् ॥ १.२३.१४ ॥
Do not be afraid; behold this together with me. Thus addressed, they went to Garuḍa and praised him with words.
1.23.15
ते दूरादभ्युपेत्यैनं देवाः सर्षिगणास्तदा ।
त्वमृषिस्त्वं महाभागस्त्वं देवः पतगेश्वरः ॥ १.२३.१५ ॥
Then the gods, together with the hosts of sages, approached him from afar and said: "You are a sage, you are greatly fortunate, you are a god, you are the lord of birds."
1.23.16
त्वं प्रभुस्तपनः सूर्यः परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिः ।
त्वमिन्द्रस्त्वं हयमुखस्त्वं शर्वस्त्वं जगत्पतिः ॥ १.२३.१६ ॥
You are the lord, the sun who scorches, the supreme one, the lord of creatures; you are Indra, you are Hayamukha, you are Śarva, you are the lord of the world.
1.23.17
त्वं मुखं पद्मजी विप्रस्त्वमग्निः पवनस्तथा ।
त्वं हि धाता विधाता च त्वं विष्णुः सुरसत्तमः ॥ १.२३.१७ ॥
You are the face, lotus-born, the brahmin; you are Agni, and the wind is also you. You indeed are the creator and the disposer, and you are Viṣṇu, best of the gods.
1.23.18
त्वं महानभिभूः शश्वदमृतं त्वं महद्यशः ।
त्वं प्रभास्त्वमभिप्रेतं त्वं नस्त्राणमनुत्तमम् ॥ १.२३.१८ ॥
You are great, ever the victor, immortality; you are great fame. You are radiance, you are the desired one; for us you are the supreme protection.
1.23.19
ह्यनागतं चोपगतं च सर्वम् ॥ १.२३.१९ ॥
The future and the present, all of it (you are).
1.23.20
त्वमुत्तमः सर्वमिदं चराचरं ।
गभस्तिभिर्भानुरिवावभाससे।
समाक्षिपन्भानुमतः प्रभां मुहु-
स्त्वमन्तकः सर्वमिदं ध्रुवाध्रुवम् ॥ १.२३.२० ॥
You are the highest; all this, the moving and the unmoving. You shine with your rays like the sun; again and again you outshine even the sun's radiance. You are the ender; all this, the fixed and the unfixed.
1.23.21
दिवाकरः परिकुपितो यथा दहे-
त्प्रजास्तथा दहसि हुताशनप्रभ।
भयंकरः प्रलय इवाग्निरुत्थितो ।
विनाशयन्युगपरिवर्तनान्तकृत् ॥ १.२३.२१ ॥
As the enraged sun would burn creatures, so you burn, O radiance of the sacrificial fire. Risen like a fearsome fire of dissolution, the ender at the turn of the ages, destroying.
1.23.22
खगेश्वरं शरणमुपागता वयं ।
महौजसं ज्वलनसमानवर्चसम्।
तडित्प्रभं वितिमिरमभ्रगोचरं ।
महाबलं गरुडमुपेत्य खेचरम् ॥ १.२३.२२ ॥
To the lord of birds we have come for refuge — to Garuḍa of great might, with splendor like fire, radiant as lightning, free from darkness, moving in the sky, of great strength, the sky-goer, having approached him.
1.23.23
परावरं वरदमजय्यविक्रमं ।
तवौजस सर्वमिदं प्रतापितम्।
जगत्प्रभो तप्तसुवर्णवर्चसा ।
त्वं पाहि सर्वांश्च सुरान्महात्मनः ॥ १.२३.२३ ॥
Giver of boons to high and low, of unconquerable valor — by your might all this is scorched. O lord of the world, radiant as refined gold, protect all the gods, O great-souled one.
1.23.24
भयान्विता नभसि विमानगामिनो ।
विमानिता विपथगतिं प्रयान्ति ते।
ऋषेः सुतस्त्वमसि दयावतः प्रभो ।
महात्मनः खगवर कश्यपस्य ह ॥ १.२३.२४ ॥
Terrified, those who travel the sky in celestial cars, their cars broken, go down a path of ruin. O lord, you are the son of the compassionate sage — of the great-souled Kaśyapa, O best of birds.
1.23.25
स मा क्रुधः कुरु जगतो दयां परां ।
त्वमीश्वरः प्रशममुपैहि पाहि नः।
महाशनिस्फुरितसमस्वनेन ते ।
दिशोऽम्बरं त्रिदिवमियं च मेदिनी ॥ १.२३.२५ ॥
Do not be angry; show supreme compassion toward the world. You are the lord; be calm and protect us. By your sound, equal to the crashing of a great thunderbolt, the directions, the sky, heaven, and this earth tremble.
1.23.26
शिवश्च नो भव भगवन्सुखावहः ॥ १.२३.२६ ॥
O blessed lord, be auspicious for us and bring us happiness.
1.23.27
एवं स्तुतः सुपर्णस्तु देवैः सर्षिगणैस्तदा ।
तेजसः प्रतिसंहारमात्मनः स चकार ह ॥ १.२३.२७ ॥
Thus praised by the gods together with the groups of sages, Suparṇa (Garuḍa) then withdrew his radiance into himself.