Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.52
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1.52.1
ततः कर्म प्रववृते सर्पसत्रविधानतः ।
पर्यक्रामंश्च विदिवत्स्वे स्वे कर्मणि याजकाः ॥ १.५२.१ ॥
Then the rite began according to the rule of the serpent sacrifice, and the priests, each engaged in his own task, moved about duly.
1.52.2
प्रावृत्य कृष्णवासांसि धूम्रसंरक्तलोचनाः ।
जुहुवुर्मन्त्रवच्चैव समिद्धं जातवेदसम् ॥ १.५२.२ ॥
Wrapped in dark garments, their eyes reddened by smoke, they poured oblations with mantras into the kindled fire, Jātavedas.
1.52.3
कम्पयन्तश्च सर्वेषामुरगाणां मनांसि च ।
सर्पानाजुहुवुस्तत्र सर्वानग्निमुखे तदा ॥ १.५२.३ ॥
Making the minds of all the serpents tremble, they then summoned all the serpents there into the mouth of the fire.
1.52.4
ततः सर्पाः समापेतुः प्रदीप्ते हव्यवाहने ।
विचेष्टमानाः कृपणमाह्वयन्तः परस्परम् ॥ १.५२.४ ॥
Then the serpents gathered toward the blazing fire that carries the oblations, writhing piteously and calling out to one another.
1.52.5
विस्फुरन्तः श्वसन्तश्च वेष्टयन्तः परस्परम् ।
पुच्छैः शिरोभिश्च भृशं चित्रभानुं प्रपेदिरे ॥ १.५२.५ ॥
Quivering and hissing, coiling around one another, they rushed with great force toward the bright-flamed fire, with their tails and heads.
1.52.6
श्वेताः कृष्णाश्च नीलाश्च स्थविराः शिशवस्तथा ।
नदन्तो विविधान्नादान्पेतुर्दीप्ते विभावसौ ॥ १.५२.६ ॥
White, black and dark-blue serpents, old and young alike, crying out in many kinds of cries, fell into the blazing fire.
1.52.7
क्रोशयोजनमात्रा हि गोकर्णस्य प्रमाणतः ।
पतन्त्यजस्रं वेगेन वह्नावग्निमतां वर ॥ १.५२.७ ॥
Across the extent of Gokarṇa, a krośa and a yojana in measure, they fell without cease with speed into the fire, the best of fire-bearers.
1.52.8
एवं शतसहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च ।
अवशानि विनष्टानि पन्नगानां तु तत्र वै ॥ १.५२.८ ॥
Thus hundreds of thousands, millions, and hundreds of millions of the remaining serpents were destroyed there.
1.52.9
तुरगा इव तत्रान्ये हस्तिहस्ता इवापरे ।
मत्ता इव च मातङ्गा महाकाया महाबलाः ॥ १.५२.९ ॥
There, some were like horses, others like elephants' trunks, and some like maddened elephants, huge-bodied and very strong.
1.52.10
उच्चावचाश्च बहवो नानावर्णा विषोल्बणाः ।
घोराश्च परिघप्रख्या दन्दशूका महाबलाः।
प्रपेतुरग्नावुरगा मातृवाग्दण्डपीडिताः ॥ १.५२.१० ॥
Many serpents of high and low kinds, of various colours, fierce with poison, terrible, like iron bars, the mighty biting serpents, fell into the fire, tormented by the rod of their mother's word.