Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.25
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1.25.1
ततः कामगमः पक्षी महावीर्यो महाबलः ।
मातुरन्तिकमागच्छत्परं पारं महोदधेः ॥ १.२५.१ ॥
Then the bird, able to go wherever it willed, of great valour and great strength, came to his mother on the far shore of the great ocean.
1.25.2
यत्र सा विनता तस्मिन्पणितेन पराजिता ।
अतीव दुःखसंतप्ता दासीभावमुपागता ॥ १.२५.२ ॥
There Vinatā, defeated in that wager, tormented by great sorrow, had fallen into the state of a slave.
1.25.3
ततः कदाचिद्विनतां प्रणतां पुत्रसन्निधौ ।
काले चाहूय वचनं कद्रूरिदमभाषत ॥ १.२५.३ ॥
Then, once, at the proper time, Kadrū called Vinatā, who was bowing low in the presence of her son, and spoke these words.
1.25.4
नागानामालयं भद्रे सुरम्यं चारुदर्शनम् ।
समुद्रकुक्षावेकान्ते तत्र मां विनते नय ॥ १.२५.४ ॥
O good Vinatā, the abode of the nāgas is very lovely and beautiful to behold, in a secluded place in the bosom of the ocean; take me there.
1.25.5
ततः सुपर्णमाता तामवहत्सर्पमातरम् ।
पन्नगान्गरुडश्चापि मातुर्वचनचोदितः ॥ १.२५.५ ॥
Then the mother of Suparṇa carried Kadrū, the mother of serpents, and Garuḍa too, urged by his mother's words, carried the serpents.
1.25.6
स सूर्यमभितो याति वैनतेयो विहंगमः ।
सूर्यरश्मिप्रतप्ताश्च मूर्च्छिताः पन्नगाऽभवन् ॥ १.२५.६ ॥
That bird Vainateya kept going around the sun, and the serpents, scorched by the sun's rays, fell into a swoon.
1.25.7
तदवस्थान्सुतान्दृष्ट्वा कद्रूः शक्रमथास्तुवत् ।
नमस्ते सर्वदेवेश नमस्ते बलसूदन ॥ १.२५.७ ॥
Seeing her sons in that state, Kadrū then praised Śakra: Homage to you, lord of all the gods; homage to you, destroyer of strength.
1.25.8
नमुचिघ्न नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्राक्ष शचीपते ।
सर्पाणां सूर्यतप्तानां वारिणा त्वं प्लवो भव ॥ १.२५.८ ॥
Homage to you, slayer of Namuci, thousand-eyed lord of Śacī. For the serpents scorched by the sun, become a raft upon the waters.
1.25.9
त्वमेव परमं त्राणमस्माकममरोत्तम ।
ईशो असि पवः स्रष्टुं त्वमनल्पं पुरंदर ॥ १.२५.९ ॥
You alone are our supreme refuge, best of the immortals. You are the lord who makes the rain abundant, O Purandara.
1.25.10
त्वमेव मेघस्त्वं वायुस्त्वमग्निर्विद्युतोऽम्बरे ।
त्वमभ्रगणविक्षेप्ता त्वामेवाहुर्महाघनम् ॥ १.२५.१० ॥
You are the cloud, you are the wind, you are the fire, and in the sky you are the lightning. You are the scatterer of the masses of clouds; it is you they call the great cloud.
1.25.11
त्वं वज्रमतुलं घोरं घोषवांस्त्वं बलाहकः ।
स्रष्टा त्वमेव लोकानां संहर्ता चापराजितः ॥ १.२५.११ ॥
You are the incomparable, terrible thunderbolt; you are the roaring thundercloud. You alone are the creator of the worlds and their destroyer; you are unconquered.
1.25.12
त्वं ज्योतिः सर्वभूतानां त्वमादित्यो विभावसुः ।
त्वं महद्भूतमाश्चर्यं त्वं राजा त्वं सुरोत्तमः ॥ १.२५.१२ ॥
You are the light of all beings; you are the sun Āditya and Vibhāvasu. You are the great and wondrous being; you are the king, you are the best of the gods.
1.25.13
त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं सहस्राक्षस्त्वं देवस्त्वं परायणम् ।
त्वं सर्वममृतं देव त्वं सोमः परमार्चितः ॥ १.२५.१३ ॥
You are Viṣṇu, you are the thousand-eyed one, you are the god, you are the supreme refuge. O god, you are all things and the nectar of immortality; you are Soma, most highly honoured.
1.25.14
त्वं मुहूर्तस्तिथिस्त्वं च त्वं लवस्त्वं पुनः क्षणः ।
शुक्लस्त्वं बहुलस्त्वं च कला काष्ठा त्रुटिस्तथा।
संवत्सरर्तवो मासा रजन्यश्च दिनानि च ॥ १.२५.१४ ॥
You are the muhūrta and the lunar day; you are the lava, and again you are the kṣaṇa. You are the bright fortnight and you are the dark fortnight; the kalā, the kāṣṭhā and the truṭi are also you. The years, the seasons, the months, the nights and the days are you.
1.25.15
त्वमुत्तमा सगिरिवना वसुंधरा ।
सभास्करं वितिमिरमम्बरं तथा।
मदोदधिः सतिमितिमिङ्गिलस्तथा ।
महोर्मिमान्बहुमकरो झषाकुलः ॥ १.२५.१५ ॥
You are the excellent earth with its mountains and forests; and the sky, free of darkness, with the sun. Likewise you are the ocean of intoxication, with its timi and timiṅgila fish, with great waves, many makara, full of fish.
1.25.16
महायशास्त्वमिति सदाऽभिपूज्यसे ।
मनीषिभिर्मुदितमना महर्षिभिः।
अभिष्टुतः पिबसि च सोममध्वरे ।
कषट्कृतान्यपि च हवींषि भूतये ॥ १.२५.१६ ॥
O one of great glory, thus you are always worshipped. Praised by the wise, great sages with glad hearts, you drink the soma at the sacrifice, and you also accept the oblations offered with the call vaṣaṭ, for the welfare of beings.
1.25.17
त्वं विप्रैः सततमिहेज्यसे फलार्थं ।
वेदाङ्गेष्वतुलबलौघ गीयसे च।
त्वद्धेतोर्यजनपरायणा द्विजेन्द्रा ।
वेदाङ्गान्यभिगमयन्ति सर्वयत्नैः ॥ १.२५.१७ ॥
Here you are constantly worshipped by the Brahmins for the sake of fruit; O mass of incomparable strength, you are sung in the limbs of the Veda; and for your sake the best of twice-born men, devoted to sacrifice, study the Vedic limbs with all their effort.