Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.34
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1.34.1
इत्येवमुक्तो गरुडः प्रत्युवाच शचीपतिम् ।
सख्यं मेऽस्तु त्वया देव यथेच्छसि पुरंदर।
बलं तु मम जानीहि महच्चासह्यमेव च ॥ १.३४.१ ॥
Thus addressed, Garuḍa replied to the lord of Śacī: "O god Purandara, let there be friendship between us, if you wish it. Know my strength; it is great and unbearable."
1.34.2
कामं नैतत्प्रशंसन्ति सन्तः स्वबलसंस्तवम् ।
अनिमित्तं सुरश्रेष्ठ सद्यः प्राप्नोति गर्हणाम् ॥ १.३४.२ ॥
Indeed, the good do not praise the recounting of one's own strength; one who does so without cause quickly incurs blame, O best of gods.
1.34.3
गुणसंकीर्तनं चापि पृष्टेनान्येन गोपते ।
वक्तव्यं न तु वक्तव्यं स्वयमेव शतक्रतो ॥ १.३४.३ ॥
Even when asked by another, one may recount one's qualities; but, O lord of cows, O Śatakratu, one should not speak of them unprompted.
1.34.4
सखेति कृत्वा तु सखे पृष्टो वक्ष्याम्यहं त्वया ।
न ह्यात्मस्तवसंयुक्तं वक्तव्यमनिमित्ततः ॥ १.३४.४ ॥
Taking you as a friend, O friend, since you ask, I shall speak; yet words full of self-praise ought not to be spoken without cause.
1.34.5
सपर्वतवनामुर्वीं ससागरजलामिमाम् ।
वहे पक्षेण वै शक्र त्वामप्यत्रावलम्बिनम् ॥ १.३४.५ ॥
O Śakra, this earth with its mountains, forests and ocean waters I could carry on a single wing, and you too, clinging here to it.
1.34.6
सर्वान्संपिण्डितान्वापि लोकान्सस्थाणुजङ्गमान् ।
वहेयमपरिश्रान्तो विद्धीदं मे महद्बलम् ॥ १.३४.६ ॥
Even all the worlds gathered together, both the immobile and the mobile, I could carry without tiring. Know that this is my great strength.
1.34.7
इत्युक्तवचनं वीरं किरीटी श्रीमतां वरः ।
आह शौनक देवेन्द्रः सर्वलोकहितः प्रभुः ॥ १.३४.७ ॥
Having spoken these words to that hero, Indra, the crowned one, best of the glorious, lord of the gods and benefactor of all worlds, said, O Śaunaka:
1.34.8
एवमेव यथात्थ त्वं सर्वं संभाव्यते त्वयि ।
संगृह्यतामिदानीं मे सख्यमत्यन्तमुत्तमम् ॥ १.३४.८ ॥
It is just as you have said; all is possible in you. Now accept my supreme and excellent friendship.
1.34.9
न कार्यं यदि सोमेन मम सोमः प्रदीयताम् ।
अस्मांस्ते हि प्रबाधेयुर्येभ्यो दद्याद्भवानिमम् ॥ १.३४.९ ॥
If you have no use for the soma, let my soma be given to me. Those to whom you would give it will surely oppress us.
1.34.10
किंचित्कारणमुद्दिश्य सोमोऽयं नीयते मया ।
न दास्यामि समापातुं सोमं कस्मैचिदप्यहम् ॥ १.३४.१० ॥
Having some purpose in view, I am carrying this soma away. I shall not give this soma to anyone to drink.
1.34.11
यत्रेमं तु सहस्राक्ष निक्षिपेयमहं स्वयम् ।
त्वमादाय ततस्तृर्णं हरेथास्त्रिदिवेश्वर ॥ १.३४.११ ॥
O thousand-eyed one, wherever I myself shall set this down, from there you should quickly seize it and carry it off, O lord of the three heavens.
1.34.12
वाक्येनानेन तुष्टोऽहं यत्त्वयोक्तमिहाण्डज ।
यमिच्छसि वरं मत्तस्तं गृहाण खगोत्तम ॥ १.३४.१२ ॥
I am pleased by these words you have spoken here, O egg-born one. Take whatever boon you desire from me, O best of birds.
1.34.13
इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचेदं कद्रूपुत्राननुस्मरन् ।
भवेयुर्भुजगाः शक्र मम भक्ष्या महाबलाः ॥ १.३४.१३ ॥
Thus addressed, remembering the sons of Kadrū, he replied: O Śakra, let those mighty serpents be my food.
1.34.14
ईशोऽहमपि सर्वस्य करिष्यामि तु तेऽर्थिताम् ।
भवेयुर्भुजगाः शक्र मम भक्ष्या महाबलाः ॥ १.३४.१४ ॥
I too am lord of all, and I will certainly grant your request. O Śakra, let those mighty serpents be my food.
1.34.15
तथेत्युक्त्वाऽन्वगच्छत्तं ततो दानवसूदनः ।
देवदेवं महात्मानं योगिनामीश्वरं हरिम् ॥ १.३४.१५ ॥
Saying "So be it," the slayer of the Dānavas then followed that god of gods, the great-souled Hari, lord of yogīs.
1.34.16
स चान्वमोदत्तं चार्थं यथोक्तं गरुडेन वै ।
इदं भूयो वचः प्राह भगवांस्त्रिदशेश्वरः ॥ १.३४.१६ ॥
He approved that request exactly as Garuḍa had spoken it, and then the blessed lord, lord of the thirty gods, spoke these words again.
1.34.17
हरिष्यामि विनिक्षिप्तं सोममित्यनुभाष्य तम् ।
आजगाम ततस्तूर्णं सुपर्णी मातुरन्तिकम् ॥ १.३४.१७ ॥
Telling him, "I will bring back the hidden Soma," the winged one then quickly came to his mother's side.
1.34.18
विनयावनतो भूत्वा वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ।
इदमानीतममृतं देवानां भवनान्मया ॥ १.३४.१८ ॥
Bowing down in humility, he spoke these words: "This nectar of immortality has been brought by me from the abode of the gods."
1.34.19
प्रशाधि किमितो मातः करिष्यामि शुभव्रते ।
परितुष्टाऽहमेतेन कर्मणा तव पुत्रक ॥ १.३४.१९ ॥
O mother of auspicious vows, command me: what shall I do from here? O son, I am fully pleased with this deed of yours.
1.34.20
अजरश्चाभरश्चैव देवानां सुप्रियो भव ।
अथ सर्पानुवाचेदं सर्वान्परमहृष्टवत्।
इदमानीतममृतं निक्षेप्स्यामि कुशेषु वः ॥ १.३४.२० ॥
May you be ageless and unburdened, and dear to the gods. Then, greatly delighted, she spoke to all the serpents: I will place this nectar, which I have brought, upon the kuśa grass for you.
1.34.21
स्नाता मङ्गलसंयुक्तास्ततः प्राश्नीत पन्नगाः ।
भवद्भिरिदमासीनैर्यदुक्तं तद्वचस्तदा ॥ १.३४.२१ ॥
Having bathed and being endowed with auspiciousness, then, O serpents, you should drink this; let the word you spoke while seated here now be fulfilled.
1.34.22
अदासी चैव मातेयमद्यप्रभृति चास्तु मे ।
यथोक्तं भवतामेतद्वचो मे प्रतिपादितम् ॥ १.३४.२२ ॥
From this day, let this mother of mine not be a slave. As you said, your word has been fulfilled for me.
1.34.23
ततः स्नातुं गताः सर्पाः प्रत्युक्त्वा तं तथेत्युत ।
शक्रोऽप्यमृतमाक्षिप्य जगाम त्रिदिवं पुनः ॥ १.३४.२३ ॥
Then the serpents, replying to him, 'So be it,' went off to bathe. And Śakra (Indra), having snatched the nectar, went back again to heaven.
1.34.24
अथागतास्तमुद्देशं सर्पाः सोमार्थिनस्तदा ।
स्नाताश्च कुतजप्याश्च प्रहृष्टाः कृतमङ्गलाः ॥ १.३४.२४ ॥
Then the serpents, desiring the soma (nectar), came to that place, having bathed, performed their recitations, delighted, and having performed auspicious rites.
1.34.25
परस्परकृतद्वेषाः सोमप्राशनकर्मणि ।
अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वमित्युक्त्वा ते समाद्रवन् ॥ १.३४.२५ ॥
Harboring enmity toward one another, in the act of drinking the soma, saying "I first, I first," they rushed forward.
1.34.26
यत्रैतदमृतं चापि स्थापितं कुशसंस्तरे ।
तद्विज्ञाय हृतं सर्पाः प्रतिमायाकृतं च तत् ॥ १.३४.२६ ॥
Learning that this nectar had been placed on the bed of kuśa grass, the serpents seized it; and that was made as a deception.
1.34.27
सोमस्थानमिदं चेति दर्भांस्ते लिलिहुस्तदा ।
ततो द्विधा कृता जिह्वाः सर्पाणां तेन कर्मणा ॥ १.३४.२७ ॥
Thinking "this is the place of soma," they then licked the darbha grass; and then, by that deed, the tongues of the serpents were made forked.
1.34.28
अभवंश्चामृतस्पर्शाद्दर्भास्तेऽथ पवित्रिणः ।
नागाश्च वञ्चिता भूत्वा विसृज्य विनतां ततः।
विषादमगमंस्तीव्रं गरुडस्य बलात्प्रभो ॥ १.३४.२८ ॥
By contact with the nectar those darbha grasses became sacred; and the serpents, deceived, having released Vinatā, O lord, fell into intense sorrow by the might of Garuḍa.
1.34.29
एवं तदमृतं तेन हृतमाहृतमेव च ।
द्विजिह्वाश्च कृताः सर्पा गरुडेन महात्मना ॥ १.३४.२९ ॥
Thus that nectar was taken and also brought back by him; and the great-souled Garuḍa made the serpents two-tongued.
1.34.30
ततः सुपर्णः परमप्रहर्षवा-
न्विहृत्य मात्रा सह तत्र कानने।
भुजंगभक्षः परमार्चितः खगै-
रहीनकीर्तिर्विनतामनन्दयत् ॥ १.३४.३० ॥
Then Suparṇa, greatly rejoicing, roamed with his mother in that forest; the serpent-eater, highly honored by the birds, of undiminished fame, gladdened Vinatā.
1.34.31
इमां कथां यः शृणुयान्नरः सदा ।
पठेत वा द्विजगणमुख्यसंसदि।
असंशयं त्रिदिवमियात्स पुण्यभा-
ङ्महात्मनः पतगपतेः प्रकीर्तनात् ॥ १.३४.३१ ॥
The man who always hears this story, or recites it in an assembly of the foremost of the twice-born, undoubtedly goes to heaven, and by praising the great-souled lord of birds (Garuḍa) becomes a partaker of merit.