Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.231
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1.231.1
ततो देवर्षयः सर्वे सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः ।
जग्मुस्तदा परमार्तिं दृष्ट्वा तत्कदनं महत् ॥ १.२३१.१ ॥
Then all the divine sages, the perfected beings and the supreme sages, seeing that great destruction, went there in great distress.
1.231.2
तेऽभिजग्मुर्जितक्रोधा जितात्मानो जितेन्द्रियाः ।
पितामहस्य भनं जगतः कृपया तदा ॥ १.२३१.२ ॥
Those who had conquered anger, who were self-controlled and had mastered their senses, out of compassion for the world, then approached the abode of the Grandfather.
1.231.3
ततो ददृशुरासीनं सह देवैः पितामहम् ।
सिद्धैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिश्चैव समन्तात्परिवारितम् ॥ १.२३१.३ ॥
Then they saw the Grandfather seated together with the gods, surrounded on all sides by the perfected beings and the brahmarshis.
1.231.4
तत्र देवो महादेवस्तत्राग्निर्वायुना सह ।
चन्द्रादित्यौ च शक्रश्च पारमेष्ठ्यास्तथर्षयः ॥ १.२३१.४ ॥
There was the god Mahādeva; there was Agni together with Vāyu; the Moon and the Sun, and Indra, and likewise the sages of the Paramēṣṭhin.
1.231.5
वैखानसा वालखिल्या वानप्रस्था मरीचिपाः ।
अजाश्चैवाविमूढाश्च तेजोगर्भास्तपस्विनः ॥ १.२३१.५ ॥
The Vaikhānasas, the Vālakhilyas, the forest-dwellers, the Marīcipas, the Ajas, the Avimūḍhas, and the ascetics whose womb is of fire (radiance) were there as well.
1.231.6
ऋषयः सर्व एवैते पितामहमुपागमन् ।
ततोऽभिगम्य ते दीनाः सर्व एव महर्षयः ॥ १.२३१.६ ॥
All these sages approached the Grandfather; then all those distressed great sages, having gone near him, [stood before him].
1.231.7
सुन्दोपसुन्दयौः कर्म सर्वमेव शशंसिरे ।
यथा हृतं यथा चैव कृतं येन क्रमेण च ॥ १.२३१.७ ॥
They recounted all the deeds of Sunda and Upasunda — how things were seized, how they were done, and in what order.
1.231.8
न्यवेदयंस्ततः सर्वमखिलेन पितामहे ।
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे ते चैव परमर्षयः ॥ १.२३१.८ ॥
Then they reported everything fully to the Grandfather. Then all the groups of gods, and those supreme sages too.
1.231.9
तमेवार्थं पुरस्कृत्य पितामहमचोदयन् ।
ततः पितामहः श्रुत्वा सर्वेषां तद्वचस्तदा ॥ १.२३१.९ ॥
Placing that very matter before him, they urged the Grandfather. Then the Grandfather, having heard that speech of all of them...
1.231.10
मुहूर्तमिव संचिन्त्य कर्तव्यस्य च निश्चयम् ।
तयोर्वधं समुद्दिश्य विश्वकर्माणमाह्वयत् ॥ १.२३१.१० ॥
Having pondered for a moment and settled upon what was to be done, aiming at the destruction of those two, he summoned Viśvakarman.
1.231.11
दृष्ट्वा च विश्वकर्माणं व्यादिदेश पितामहः ।
सृज्यतां प्रार्थनीयैका प्रमदेति महातपाः ॥ १.२३१.११ ॥
Seeing Viśvakarman, the Grandfather of great austerity commanded: "Let one desirable woman be created."
1.231.12
पितामहं नमस्कृत्य तद्वाक्यमभिनन्द्य च ।
निर्ममे योषितं दिव्यां चिन्तयित्वा पुनःपुनः ॥ १.२३१.१२ ॥
Having bowed to the Grandfather and gladly accepted that command, reflecting again and again, he created a divine woman.
1.231.13
त्रिषु लोकेषु यत्किंचिद्भूतं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।
समानयद्दर्शनीयं तत्तदत्र स विश्ववित् ॥ १.२३१.१३ ॥
Whatever beings there are in the three worlds, movable and immovable, he who knows all gathered there whatever was worthy of sight.
1.231.14
कोटिशश्चैव रत्नानि तस्या गात्रे न्यवेशत् ।
तां रत्नसङ्घातमयीमसृजद्देवरूपिणीम् ॥ १.२३१.१४ ॥
Tens of millions of jewels he set upon her body, and he created her, made of a mass of jewels, having a divine form.
1.231.15
सा प्रयत्नेन महता निर्मिता विश्वकर्मणा ।
त्रिषु लोकेषु नारीणां रूपेणाप्रतिमाभवत् ॥ १.२३१.१५ ॥
She was fashioned with great effort by Viśvakarman, and became unequalled in beauty among the women of the three worlds.
1.231.16
न तस्याः सूक्ष्ममप्यस्ति यद्गात्रे रूपसंपदा ।
नियुक्ता यत्र वा दृष्टिर्न सज्जति निरीक्षताम् ॥ १.२३१.१६ ॥
There was not even a fine part of her body, through the wealth of her beauty, where the gaze of those who looked would not cling.
1.231.17
सा विग्रहवतीव श्रीः कामरूपा वपुष्मती ।
पितामहमुपातिष्ठत्किं करोमीति चाब्रवीत् ॥ १.२३१.१७ ॥
She was like Śrī herself embodied, able to take any form at will, possessed of a beautiful body. She approached the Grandfather and said, "What shall I do?"
1.231.18
प्रीतो भूत्वा स दृष्ट्वैव प्रीत्या चास्यै वरं ददौ ।
कान्तत्वं सर्वभूतानां साश्रियानुत्तमं वपुः ॥ १.२३१.१८ ॥
Pleased at once upon seeing her, he gave her a boon out of affection: the quality of being loved by all beings, and a body of unsurpassed splendour.
1.231.19
सा तेन वरदानेन कर्तुश्च क्रियया तदा ।
जहार सर्वभूतानां चक्षूंषि च मनांसि च ॥ १.२३१.१९ ॥
By that boon and by the creator's act, she then captivated the eyes and minds of all beings.
1.231.20
तिलंतिलं समानीय रत्नानां यद्विनिर्मिता ।
तिलोत्तमेति तत्तस्या नाम चक्रे पितामहः ॥ १.२३१.२० ॥
She who was fashioned by gathering the rubies' particles bit by bit, the grandfather named her Tilottamā.
1.231.21
ब्रह्माणं सा नमस्कृत्य प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
किं कार्यं मयि भूतेश येनास्म्यद्येह निर्मिता ॥ १.२३१.२१ ॥
Having bowed to Brahmā, she spoke with joined palms: 'Lord of beings, what task is mine, that I have been created here today?'
1.231.22
गच्छ सुन्दोपसुन्दाभ्यामसुराभ्यां तिलोत्तमे ।
प्रार्थनीयेन रूपेण कुरु भद्रे प्रलोभनम् ॥ १.२३१.२२ ॥
Go, Tilottamā, to the two asuras Sunda and Upasunda; gracious one, entice them with a form that is desirable.
1.231.23
त्वत्कृते दर्शादेव रूपसंपत्कृतेन वै ।
विरोधः स्याद्यथा ताभ्यामन्योन्येन तथा कुरु ॥ १.२३१.२३ ॥
Because of you, through the abundance of your beauty, let hostility arise between the two of them at the very sight of you — so act.
1.231.24
सा तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय नमस्कृत्य पितामहम् ।
चकार मण्डलं तत्र विबुधानां प्रदक्षिणम् ॥ १.२३१.२४ ॥
Having vowed, 'So be it,' and bowed to the grandfather, she made a circle of circumambulation there around the gods.
1.231.25
प्राङ्मुखो भगवानास्ते दक्षिणेन महेश्वरः ।
देवाश्चैवोत्तरेणासन्सर्वतस्त्वृषयोऽभवन् ॥ १.२३१.२५ ॥
The blessed Lord sat facing east; to the south was Maheśvara, to the north were the gods, and on all sides there were sages.
1.231.26
कुर्वन्त्यां तु तदा तत्र मण्डलं तत्प्रदक्षिणम् ।
इन्द्रः स्थाणुश्च भगवान्धैर्येण तु परिच्युतौ ॥ १.२३१.२६ ॥
While they were performing that circumambulation of the circle there, Indra and the blessed Sthāṇu fell away from their steadiness.
1.231.27
द्रष्टुकामस्य चात्यर्थं गतायां पार्श्वतस्तथा ।
अन्यदञ्चितपद्माक्षं दक्षिणं निःसृतं मुखम् ॥ १.२३१.२७ ॥
Through his intense desire to see, as he moved to the side, another face emerged toward the south, its lotus eyes drawn wide.
1.231.28
पृष्ठतः परिवर्तन्त्यां पश्चिमं निःसृतं मुखम् ।
गतायां चोत्तरं पार्श्वमुत्तरं निःसृतं मुखम् ॥ १.२३१.२८ ॥
As he turned backward, a face emerged toward the west; and when he moved to the northern side, a face emerged toward the north.
1.231.29
महेन्द्रस्यापि नेत्राणां पृष्ठतः पार्श्वतोग्रतः ।
रक्तान्तानां विशालानां सहस्रं सर्वतोऽभवत् ॥ १.२३१.२९ ॥
The eyes of the great Indra also, behind, on the sides and in front, broad and red-edged, became a thousand on every side.
1.231.30
एवं चतुर्मुखः स्थाणुर्महादेवोऽभवत्पुरा ।
तथा सहस्रनेत्रश्च बभूव बलसूदनः ॥ १.२३१.३० ॥
Thus in ancient times Sthāṇu, the great god, became four-faced, and Indra, slayer of Bala, became thousand-eyed.
1.231.31
तथा देवनिकायानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः ।
मुखानि चाभ्यवर्तन्त येन याति तिलोत्तमा ॥ १.२३१.३१ ॥
Likewise the faces of all the assemblies of gods and great sages turned toward the place where Tilottamā was going.
1.231.32
तस्या गात्रे निपतिता दृष्टिस्तेषां महात्मनाम् ।
सर्वेषामेव भूयिष्ठमृते देवं पितामहम् ॥ १.२३१.३२ ॥
The gaze of those great-souled ones, nearly all of them, fell upon her body, except that of the god, the grandfather.
1.231.33
गच्छन्त्यां तु तया सर्वे देवाश्च परमर्षयः ।
कृतमित्येव तत्कार्यं मेनिरे रूपसंपदा ॥ १.२३१.३३ ॥
As she was going, the gods and the supreme sages all thought the task was done, by the abundance of her beauty.
1.231.34
तिलोत्तमायां तस्यां तु गतायां लोकभावनः ।
कृतं कार्यमिति श्रीमानब्रवीच्च पितामहः।
सर्वान्विसर्जयामास देवानृषिगणांश्च तान् ॥ १.२३१.३४ ॥
When Tilottamā had gone, the glorious grandfather, sustainer of the worlds, said, 'The task is done,' and dismissed all the gods and the groups of sages.