Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.230
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1.230.1
उत्सवे वृत्तमात्रे तु त्रैलोक्याकाङ्क्षिणावुभौ ।
मन्त्रयित्वा ततः सेनां तावज्ञापयतां तदा ॥ १.२३०.१ ॥
When the festival had just ended, the two who desired the three worlds deliberated and then gave orders to their army.
1.230.2
सुहृद्भिरप्यनुज्ञातौ दैत्यैर्वृद्धैश्च मन्त्रिभिः ।
कृत्वा प्रास्थानिकं रात्रौ मघासु ययतुस्तदा ॥ १.२३०.२ ॥
Having obtained the leave of friends, Daityas, elders and counselors, and having performed the departure rites at night, the two set out under the Maghā constellation.
1.230.3
गदापिट्टशधारिण्या शूलमुद्गरहस्तया ।
प्रस्थितौ सह वर्मिण्या महत्या दैत्यसेनया ॥ १.२३०.३ ॥
Together with the great, armored Daitya army, bearing clubs and maces, with tridents and cudgels in hand, the two set out.
1.230.4
मङ्गलैः स्तुतिभिश्चापि विजयप्रतिसंहितैः ।
चारणैः स्तूयमानौ तौ जग्मतुः परया मुदा ॥ १.२३०.४ ॥
Praised by bards with auspicious hymns and songs bound to victory, the two went on with supreme joy.
1.230.5
तावन्तरिक्षमुत्प्लुत्य दैत्यौ कामगमावुभौ ।
देवानामेव भवनं जग्मतुर्युद्दुर्मदौ ॥ १.२३०.५ ॥
Leaping up into the sky, the two Daityas, moving at will and intoxicated with battle, went straight to the abode of the gods.
1.230.6
तयोरागमनं ज्ञात्वा वरदानं च तत्प्रभोः ।
हित्वा त्रिविष्टपं जग्मुर्ब्रह्मलोकं ततः सुराः ॥ १.२३०.६ ॥
Having learned of their coming and of the boon granted by that lord, the gods then left heaven and went to the world of Brahmā.
1.230.7
ताविन्द्रलोकं निर्जित्य यक्षरक्षोगणांस्तदा ।
खेचराण्यपि भूतानि जघ्नतुस्तीव्रविक्रमौ ॥ १.२३०.७ ॥
Having conquered the world of Indra, those two then slew the hosts of yakṣas and rākṣasas, and the beings that move through the sky; they were of fierce valour.
1.230.8
अन्तर्भूमिगतान्नागाञ्जित्वा तौ च महारथौ ।
समुद्रवासिनीः सर्वा म्लेच्छजातीर्विजिग्यतुः ॥ १.२३०.८ ॥
Having conquered the nāgas dwelling within the earth, those two great charioteers also conquered all the barbarian tribes that dwell by the sea.
1.230.9
ततः सर्वां महीं जेतुमारब्धावुग्रशासनौ ।
सैनिकांश्च समाहूय सुतीक्ष्णं वाक्यमूचतुः ॥ १.२३०.९ ॥
Then the two of harsh rule began to conquer the whole earth, and summoning the soldiers they spoke these very sharp words.
1.230.10
राजर्षयो महायज्ञैर्हव्यकव्यैर्द्विजातयः ।
तेजो बलं च देवानां वर्धन्ति श्रियं तथा ॥ १.२३०.१० ॥
Royal sages and the twice-born, through great sacrifices and offerings of oblations and of the ancestral rites, increase the radiance, strength and glory of the gods.
1.230.11
तेषामेवं प्रवृत्तानां सर्वेषामसुरद्विषाम् ।
संभूय सर्वैरस्माभिः कार्यः सर्वात्मना वधः ॥ १.२३०.११ ॥
Against all of them, who are thus engaged in such deeds, the enemies of the asuras, we all together must bring about their complete slaughter with our whole being.
1.230.12
एवं सर्वान्समादिश्य पूर्वतीरे महोदधेः ।
क्रूरां मतिं समास्थाय जग्मतुः सर्वतोमुखौ ॥ १.२३०.१२ ॥
Having thus instructed them all, and adopting a cruel resolve on the eastern shore of the great ocean, the two departed, their faces turned in every direction.
1.230.13
यज्ञैर्यजन्ति ये केचिद्याजयन्ति च ये द्विजाः ।
तान्सर्वान्प्रसभं हत्वा बलिनौ जग्मतुस्ततः ॥ १.२३०.१३ ॥
Having forcibly slain all who performed sacrifices and all the twice-born who caused others to sacrifice, the two mighty ones then departed.
1.230.14
आश्रमेष्वग्निहोत्राणि मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् ।
गृहीत्वा प्रक्षिपन्त्यप्सु विश्रब्धं सैनिकास्तयोः ॥ १.२३०.१४ ॥
In the hermitages of the sages of purified soul, their soldiers would take the fire-offerings and confidently throw them into the waters.
1.230.15
तपोधनैश्च ये क्रुद्धैः शापा उक्ता महात्मभिः ।
नाक्रामन्त तयोस्तेऽपि वरदाननिराकृताः ॥ १.२३०.१५ ॥
The curses uttered in anger by the great souls rich in asceticism did not take effect on those two, for they had been nullified by the boons granted to them.
1.230.16
नाक्रामन्त यदा शापा बाणा मुक्ताः शिलास्विव ।
नियमान्संपरित्यज्य व्यद्रवन्त द्विजातयः ॥ १.२३०.१६ ॥
When the curses, like arrows loosed upon rocks, had no effect, the twice-born abandoned their vows and fled.
1.230.17
पृथिव्यां ये तपःसिद्धा दान्ताः शमपरायणाः ।
तयोर्भयाद्दुद्रुवुस्ते वैनतेयादिवोरगाः ॥ १.२३०.१७ ॥
Those on earth who had attained perfection through asceticism, who were self-controlled and devoted to tranquillity, fled out of fear of those two, as serpents flee from Garuḍa, the son of Vinatā.
1.230.18
मथितैराश्रमैर्भग्नैर्विकीर्णकलशस्रुवैः ।
शून्यमासीज्जगत्सर्वं कालेनेव हतं तदा ॥ १.२३०.१८ ॥
Then, with the hermitages trampled and broken and pots and ladles scattered about, the whole world was empty, as if struck down by Time itself.
1.230.19
ततो राजन्नदृश्यद्भिर्ऋषिभिश्च महासुरौ ।
उभौ विनिश्चयं कृत्वा विकुर्वाते वधैषिणौ ॥ १.२३०.१९ ॥
Then, O king, before the unseen sages, the two great asuras, resolved and seeking to kill, began to transform themselves.
1.230.20
प्रभिन्नकरटौ मत्तौ भूत्वा कुञ्जररूपिणौ ।
संलीनमपि दुर्गेषु निन्यतुर्यमसादनम् ॥ १.२३०.२० ॥
Taking the form of frenzied elephants with split temples, the two sent even those hidden within fortresses to the abode of Yama.
1.230.21
सिंहौ भूत्वा पुनर्व्याघ्रौ पुनश्चान्तर्हितावुभौ ।
तैस्तैरुपायैस्तौ क्रूरावृषीन्दृष्ट्वा निजघ्नतुः ॥ १.२३०.२१ ॥
Becoming lions, then tigers, then vanishing again, the two cruel ones, by various stratagems, saw the sages and slew them.
1.230.22
निवृत्तयज्ञस्वाध्याया प्रनष्टनृपतिद्विजा ।
उत्सन्नोत्सवयज्ञा च बभूव वसुधा तदा ॥ १.२३०.२२ ॥
Sacrifice and recitation ceased, kings and Brahmins perished, festivals and rites died out — and then the earth became so.
1.230.23
हाहाभूता भयार्ता च निवृत्तविपणापणा ।
निवृत्तदेवकार्या च पुण्योद्वाहविवर्जिता ॥ १.२३०.२३ ॥
Turned to a cry of lamentation, afflicted with fear, its markets and shops closed, its rites to the gods ceased, bereft of auspicious weddings.
1.230.24
निवृत्तकृषिगोरक्षा विध्वस्तनगराश्रमा ।
अस्थिकङ्कालसंकीर्णा भूर्बभूवोग्रदर्शना ॥ १.२३०.२४ ॥
With farming and cattle-keeping ceased, cities and hermitages wrecked, strewn with bones and skeletons, the earth became terrible to behold.
1.230.25
निवृत्तपितृकार्यं च निर्वषट्कारमङ्गलम् ।
जगत्प्रतिभयाकारं दुष्प्रेक्ष्यमभवत्तदा ॥ १.२३०.२५ ॥
Then the rites for the ancestors ceased, and without the vaṣaṭ-call and auspiciousness, that form, terrifying to the world, became hard to behold.
1.230.26
चन्द्रादित्यौ ग्रहास्तारा नक्षत्राणि दिवौकसः ।
जग्मुर्विषादं तत्कर्म दृष्ट्वा सुन्दोपसुन्दयोः ॥ १.२३०.२६ ॥
The moon and the sun, the planets, the stars, the constellations and the dwellers of heaven fell into despondency, seeing the deed of Sunda and Upasunda.
1.230.27
एवं सर्वा दिशो दैत्यौ जित्वा क्रूरेण कर्मणा ।
निःसपत्नौ कुरुक्षेत्रे निवेशमभिचक्रतुः ॥ १.२३०.२७ ॥
Thus, having conquered all directions by cruel deeds, the two Daityas, without rivals, made their dwelling in Kurukṣetra.