Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.29
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1.29.1
तस्य कण्ठमनुप्राप्तो ब्राह्मणः सह भार्यया ।
दहन्दीप्त इवाङ्गारस्तमुवाचान्तरिक्षगः ॥ १.२९.१ ॥
The brahmin who had reached his throat, with his wife, blazing like a burning coal, spoke to him who moves in the sky.
1.29.2
द्विजोत्तम विनिर्गच्छ तूर्णमास्यादपावृतात् ।
न हि मे ब्राह्मणो वध्यः पापेष्वपि रतः सदा ॥ १.२९.२ ॥
Best of the twice-born, come out quickly from this open mouth. Indeed, a brahmin is not to be slain by me, even if he is always engaged in sinful deeds.
1.29.3
ब्रुवाणमेवं गरुडं ब्राह्मणः प्रत्यभाषत ।
निषादी मम भार्येयं निर्गच्छतु मया सह ॥ १.२९.३ ॥
As he spoke thus to Garuḍa, the brahmin replied: "This nishadi is my wife; let her come out with me."
1.29.4
एतामपि निषादीं त्वं परिगृह्याशु निष्पत ।
तूर्णं संभावयात्मानमजीर्णं मम तेजसा ॥ १.२९.४ ॥
Take this nishadi too, and quickly fly out. Regard yourself as undigested by my power.
1.29.5
ततः स विप्रो निष्क्रान्तो निषादीसहितस्तदा ।
वर्धयित्वा च गरुडमिष्टं देशं जगाम ह ॥ १.२९.५ ॥
Then that brahmin came out together with the nishadi, blessed Garuḍa, and went away to the land he desired.
1.29.6
सहभार्ये विनिष्क्रान्ते तस्मिन्विप्रे स पक्षिराट् ।
वितत्य पक्षावाकाशमुत्पपात मनोजवः ॥ १.२९.६ ॥
When that brahmin had gone out with his wife, the king of birds, swift as thought, spread his wings and flew up into the sky.
1.29.7
ततोऽपश्यत्स्वपितरं पृष्टश्चाख्यातवान्पितुः ।
यथान्यायममेयात्मा तं चोवाच महानृषिः ॥ १.२९.७ ॥
Then he saw his father; when questioned by him, he told him all in due order. And the great sage of immeasurable self spoke to him.
1.29.8
कच्चिद्वः कुशलं नित्यं भोजने बहुलं सुत ।
कच्चिच्च मानुषे लोके तवान्नं विद्यते बहु
क्व गन्तास्यतिवेगेन मम त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ १.२९.८ ॥
Son, is your welfare always well with food, and do you find plenty of food in the human world? Where are you going with such speed? You should tell me.
1.29.9
माता मे कुशला शश्वत्तथा भ्राता तथा ह्यहम् ।
न हि मे कुशलं तात भोजने बहुले सदा ॥ १.२९.९ ॥
My mother is always well, and likewise my brother, and I too. But, dear father, my welfare is never well even with abundant food.
1.29.10
अहं हि सर्पैः प्रहितः सोममाहर्तुमुत्तमम् ।
महातुर्दास्यविमोक्षार्थमाहरिष्ये तमद्य वै ॥ १.२९.१० ॥
The serpents have sent me to fetch the supreme Soma. For the sake of freeing my mother from servitude, I shall indeed bring it today.
1.29.11
मात्रा चात्र समादिष्टो निषादान्भक्षयेति ह ।
न च मे तृप्तिरभवद्भक्षयित्वा सहस्रशः ॥ १.२९.११ ॥
My mother has instructed me here to devour the Niṣādas. Yet having devoured them by the thousands, I have found no satisfaction.
1.29.12
तस्माद्भक्ष्यं त्वमपरं भगवन्प्रदिशस्व मे ।
यद्भुक्त्वाऽमृतमाहर्तुं समर्तः स्यामहं प्रभो ॥ १.२९.१२ ॥
Therefore, O blessed one, point out to me another food, eating which I may become able to fetch the nectar, O lord.
1.29.13
क्षुत्पिपासाविघातार्थं भक्ष्यमाख्यातु मे भवान् ।
इदं सरो महापुण्यं देवलोकेऽपि विश्रुतम् ॥ १.२९.१३ ॥
Tell me, for the warding off of hunger and thirst, what food there is. This lake is very holy and renowned even in the world of the gods.
1.29.14
यत्र कूर्माग्रजं हस्ती सदा कर्षत्यवाङ्मुखः ।
तयोर्जन्मान्तरे वैरं संप्रवक्ष्याम्यसोषतः ॥ १.२९.१४ ॥
Where the elephant, always with face turned down, drags the elder brother of the tortoise, I will fully relate the enmity of those two in another birth.
1.29.15
तन्मे तत्त्वं निबोधस्य यत्प्रमाणौ च तावुभौ ।
शृणु त्वं वत्स भद्रं ते कथां वैराग्यवर्धिनीम् ॥ १.२९.१५ ॥
Understand from me the truth of which measures those two are. Listen, dear child, may good befall you, to this tale that increases dispassion.
1.29.16
पित्रोरर्थविभागे वै समुत्पन्नां पुराण्डज ।
आसीद्विभावसुर्नाम महर्षिः कोपनो भृशम् ॥ १.२९.१६ ॥
O ancient egg-born one, hear the tale that arose over the division of the father's property. There was a great sage named Vibhāvasu, exceedingly quick to anger.
1.29.17
भ्राता तस्यानुजश्चासीत्सुप्रतीको महातपाः ।
स नेच्छति धनं भ्रात्रा सहैकस्थं महामुनिः ॥ १.२९.१७ ॥
His younger brother was Supratīka, a man of great austerity. That great sage did not wish to keep the wealth together with his elder brother.
1.29.18
विभागं कीर्तयत्येव सुप्रतीको हि नित्यशः ।
अथाब्रवीच्च तं भ्राता सुप्रतीकं विभावसुः ॥ १.२९.१८ ॥
Supratīka constantly spoke of the division. Then his brother Vibhāvasu said to Supratīka.
1.29.19
विभागे बहवो दोषा भविष्यन्ति महातपः ।
विभागं बहवो मोहात्कर्तुमिच्छन्ति नित्यशः।
ततो विभक्तास्त्वन्योन्यं नाद्रियन्तेऽर्थमोहिताः ॥ १.२९.१९ ॥
O great ascetic, many faults will arise in division. Out of delusion people constantly desire to divide; then, divided, deluded by wealth, they do not respect one another.
1.29.20
ततः स्वार्थपरान्मूढान्पृथग्भूतान्स्वकैर्धनैः ।
विदित्वा भेदयन्त्येतानमित्रा मित्ररूपिणः ॥ १.२९.२० ॥
Then, knowing these deluded men, intent on their own gain and separated by their own wealth, enemies in the guise of friends sow discord among them.
1.29.21
विदित्वा चापरे भिन्नानन्तरेषु पतन्त्यथ ।
भिन्नानामतुलो नाशः क्षिप्रमेव प्रवर्तते ॥ १.२९.२१ ॥
Others, knowing the divided, fall into their gaps; then the incomparable ruin of the divided comes swiftly.
1.29.22
तस्माद्विभागं भ्रातॄणां न प्रशंसन्ति साधवः ।
एवमुक्तः सुप्रतीको भागं कीर्तयतेऽनिशम् ॥ १.२९.२२ ॥
Therefore the good do not praise the division of brothers. Thus addressed, Supratīka keeps proclaiming his share without pause.
1.29.23
एवं निर्बध्यमानस्तु शशापैनं विभावसुः ।
गुरुशास्त्रेऽनिबद्धानामन्योन्येनाभिशङ्किनाम् ॥ १.२९.२३ ॥
Thus pressed, Vibhāvasu cursed him—concerning those not bound by the teaching of the elders, who are suspicious of one another.
1.29.24
नियन्तु न हि शक्यस्त्वं भेदतो धनमिच्छसि ।
यस्मात्तस्मात्सुप्रतीक हस्तित्वं समवाप्स्यसि ॥ १.२९.२४ ॥
You cannot be restrained, for you seek wealth through division. Therefore, Supratīka, you shall attain the state of an elephant.
1.29.25
शप्तस्त्वेवं सुप्रतीको विभावसुमथाब्रवीत् ।
त्वमप्यन्तर्जलचरः कच्छपः संभविष्यसि ॥ १.२९.२५ ॥
Thus cursed, Supratīka said to Vibhāvasu: 'You too will become a tortoise moving in the waters.'
1.29.26
एवमन्योन्यशापात्तौ सुप्रतीकविभावसू ।
गजकच्छपतां प्राप्तावर्थार्थं मूढचेतसौ ॥ १.२९.२६ ॥
Thus, by their mutual curse, Supratīka and Vibhāvasu, deluded in mind for the sake of wealth, attained the state of elephant and tortoise.
1.29.27
रोषदोषानुषङ्गेण तिर्यग्योनिगतावपि ।
परस्परद्वेषरतौ प्रमाणबलदर्पितौ ॥ १.२९.२७ ॥
Through the entanglement of anger and fault they went into animal wombs, yet they still delighted in mutual hatred, proud of their strength and might.
1.29.28
सरस्यस्मिन्महाकायौ पूर्ववैरानुसारिणौ ।
तयोरन्यतरः श्रीमान्समुपैति महागजः ॥ १.२९.२८ ॥
In this lake, the two huge-bodied ones, pursuing their former enmity, one of them, the glorious great elephant, comes near.
1.29.29
यस्य बृंहितशब्देन कूर्मोऽप्यन्तर्जलेशयः ।
उत्थितोऽसौ महाकायः कृत्स्नं विक्षोभयन्सरः ॥ १.२९.२९ ॥
At whose trumpeting sound even the tortoise lying within the waters rose up; that huge-bodied one, agitating the whole lake.
1.29.30
तं दृष्ट्वाऽऽवेष्टितकरः पतत्येष गजो जलम् ।
दन्तहस्ताग्रलाङ्गूलपादवेगेन वीर्यवान् ॥ १.२९.३० ॥
Seeing him, this mighty elephant, its trunk coiled, rushes into the water with the force of its tusks, the tip of its trunk, its tail and its feet.
1.29.31
विक्षोभयंस्ततो नागः सरो बहुझषाकुलम् ।
कूर्मोऽप्यभ्युद्यतशिरा युद्धायाभ्येति वीर्यवान् ॥ १.२९.३१ ॥
Then the elephant, churning the lake full of many fish, came on; and the mighty tortoise too, head raised high, came forth for battle.
1.29.32
षडुच्छ्रितो योजनानि गजस्तद्द्विगुणायतः ।
कूर्मस्त्रियोजनोत्सेधो दशयोजनमण्डलः ॥ १.२९.३२ ॥
The elephant was six yojanas high and twice that in length; the tortoise was three yojanas in height and ten yojanas in circumference.
1.29.33
तावुभौ युद्धसंमत्तौ परस्परवधैषिणौ ।
उपयुज्याशु कर्मेदं साधये हितमात्मनः ॥ १.२९.३३ ॥
Those two, maddened for battle, both seek each other's death. Let me quickly accomplish this deed for my own good.
1.29.34
महाभ्रघनसंकाशं तं भुक्त्वामृतमानय ।
महागिरिसमप्रख्यं घोररूपं च हस्तिनम् ॥ १.२९.३४ ॥
Having devoured that elephant, of terrible form, like a great dark cloud and like a mighty mountain, bring the nectar.
1.29.35
इत्युक्त्वा गरुडं सोऽथ माङ्गल्यमकरोत्तदा ।
युध्यतः सह देवैस्ते युद्धे भवतु मङ्गलम् ॥ १.२९.३५ ॥
Having said this to Garuḍa, he then performed an auspicious rite. May there be good fortune for you in that battle, as you fight with the gods.
1.29.36
पूर्णकुम्भो द्विजा गावो यच्चान्यत्किंचिदुत्तमम् ।
शुभं स्वस्त्ययनं चापि भविष्यति तवाण्डजा ॥ १.२९.३६ ॥
A full pot, brahmins, cows, and whatever else is excellent, auspicious and blessed—these too shall be yours, O egg-born one.
1.29.37
युध्यमानस्य सङ्ग्रामे देवैः सार्धं महाबल ।
ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि पवित्राणि हवींषि च ॥ १.२९.३७ ॥
O mighty one, for one fighting in battle against the gods, the Ṛc verses, the Yajus formulas, the Sāman chants, the purifying things and the oblations (will be his aid).
1.29.38
रहस्यानि च सर्वाणि सर्वे वेदाश्च ते बलम् ।
वर्धयिष्यन्ति समरे भविष्यति खगोत्तम।
इत्युक्तो गरुडः पित्रा गतस्तं ह्वदमन्तिकात् ॥ १.२९.३८ ॥
All the secret teachings and all the Vedas will increase your strength in battle, O best of birds. Thus addressed by his father, Garuḍa went to that lake nearby.
1.29.39
अपश्यन्निर्मलजलं नानापक्षिसमाकुलम् ।
स तत्स्मृत्वा पितुर्वाक्यं भीमवेगोऽन्तरिक्षगः ॥ १.२९.३९ ॥
He saw the lake with its pure water, full of many kinds of birds. Recalling his father's words, he of terrible speed, moving through the sky, (advanced).
1.29.40
नखेन गजमेकेन कूर्ममेकेन चाक्षिपत् ।
सधुत्पपात चाकाशं तत उच्चैर्विहङ्गमः ॥ १.२९.४० ॥
With one claw he seized an elephant, and with another a tortoise. Then the bird shook and flew high up into the sky.
1.29.41
सोऽलम्बं तीर्थणासाद्य देववृक्षानुपागमत् ।
ते भीताः समकम्पन्त तस्य पक्षानिलाहताः ॥ १.२९.४१ ॥
He reached the Alamba tree at the sacred place and came near the divine trees. Frightened, struck by the wind of his wings, they all trembled together.
1.29.42
न नो भञ्ज्यादिति तदा दिव्याः कनकशाखिनः ।
प्रचलाङ्गान्स तान्दृष्ट्वा मनोरथफलद्रुमान् ॥ १.२९.४२ ॥
Thinking 'Surely he will not break us,' the divine golden-branched trees trembled in their limbs. Seeing those trees that grant the fruit of desire, he...
1.29.43
अन्यानतुलरूपाङ्गानुपचक्राम खेचरः ।
काञ्चनै राजतैश्चैव फलैर्वैदूर्यशाखिनः।
सागराम्बुपरिक्षिप्तान्भ्राजमानान्महाद्रुमान् ॥ १.२९.४३ ॥
The bird moved on toward the others, trees of incomparable form and limbs, bearing golden and silver fruit with branches of lapis lazuli, great trees gleaming, surrounded by the waters of the ocean.
1.29.44
तेषां मध्ये महानासीत्पादपः सुमनोहरः ।
सहस्रयोजनोत्सेधो बहुशाखासमन्वितः ॥ १.२९.४४ ॥
Among them there was a great tree, exceedingly lovely, a thousand yojanas in height, endowed with many branches.
1.29.45
खगानामालयो दिव्यो नाम्ना रौहिणपादपः ।
यस्य छायां समाश्रित्य सद्यो भवति निर्वृतः ॥ १.२९.४५ ॥
The divine abode of birds, the tree named Rauhiṇa, in whose shade one who takes refuge is at once made content.
1.29.46
तमुवाच खगश्रेष्ठं तत्र रौहिणपादपः ।
अतिप्रवृद्धः समुहानापतन्तं मनोजवम् ॥ १.२९.४६ ॥
The Rauhiṇa tree there, very much grown and mighty, spoke to that best of birds swooping down swift as thought.
1.29.47
यैषा मम महाशाखा शतयोजनमायता ।
एतामास्थाय शाखां त्वं खादेमौ गजकच्छपौ ॥ १.२९.४७ ॥
This great branch of mine extends a hundred yojanas; mounting this branch, you may eat the two, the elephant and the tortoise.
1.29.48
ततो द्रुमं पतगसहस्रसेवितं ।
महीधरप्रतिमवपुः प्रकम्पयन्।
खगोत्तमो द्रुतमभिपत्य वेगवा-
न्बभञ्ज तामविरलपत्रसंचयाम् ॥ १.२९.४८ ॥
Then the best of birds, his body like a mountain, swooping swiftly upon that tree frequented by thousands of birds, shaking it, broke it, thick with dense foliage.