Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.5
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11.5.1
यदिदं धर्मगहनं बुद्ध्या समनुबुध्यते ।
एतद्विस्तरतः सर्वं बुद्धिमार्गं प्रशंस मे ॥ ११.५.१ ॥
Tell me in full detail the entire path of intellect by which this profound matter of dharma is fully understood.
11.5.2
अत्र ते सर्वयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्वा स्वयम्भुवे ।
यथा संसारगहनं वदन्ति परमर्षयः ॥ ११.५.२ ॥
Here I will tell you everything, bowing to the Self-existent one, just as the great sages describe the deep forest of saṃsāra.
11.5.3
कश्चिन्महति कान्तारे वर्तमानो द्विजः किल ।
महद्दुर्गमनुप्राप्तो वनं क्रव्यादसङ्कुलम् ॥ ११.५.३ ॥
A certain twice-born man, dwelling in a great forest, came into a great peril, reaching a wood crowded with flesh-eating beasts.
11.5.4
सिंहव्याघ्रगजर्क्षौघैरतिघोरमहास्वनैः ।
पिशितादैरतिभयैर्महोग्राकृतिभिस्तथा ॥ ११.५.४ ॥
With hosts of lions, tigers, elephants and bears, with very terrible great roars, with flesh-eaters of very frightening and greatly fierce forms.
11.5.5
समन्तात्सम्परिक्षिप्तं यस्माद्द्रष्टुर्महद्भयम् ।
तदस्य दृष्ट्वा हृदयमुद्वेगमगमत्परम् ॥ ११.५.५ ॥
Surrounded on all sides, there arose great fear in the beholder; seeing this, his heart was seized with the utmost agitation.
11.5.6
अभ्युच्छ्रयन्ति रमाणि विक्रियाश्च परन्तप ।
स तद्वनं व्यनुसरन्सम्प्रधावन्नितस्ततः ॥ ११.५.६ ॥
O scorcher of foes, there delightful things and changes arise; he wandered through that forest, running hither and thither.
11.5.7
वीक्षमाणो दिशः सर्वाः शरणं क्व भवेदिति ।
स तेषां नाशमन्विच्छन्प्रद्रुतो भयपीडितः।
न च निर्याति वै दूरं न वा तैर्विप्रयुज्यते ॥ ११.५.७ ॥
Looking in all directions, wondering where refuge might be, he fled, seeking their destruction, tormented by fear; he did not go far away, nor was he separated from them.
11.5.8
अथापश्यद्वनं गूढं समन्ताद्वागुरावृतम् ।
बाहुभ्यां सम्परिष्वक्तः स्त्रिया परमघोरया ॥ ११.५.८ ॥
Then he saw a hidden forest, surrounded on all sides by a net, and he was embraced by a woman most terrible.
11.5.9
पञ्चशीर्षधरैर्नागैः शैलैरिव समुन्नतैः ।
नभःस्पृशैर्महावृक्षैः परिक्षिप्तं महावनम् ॥ ११.५.९ ॥
That great forest was encircled by serpents bearing five hoods, and by great trees lofty as mountains, touching the sky.
11.5.10
वनमध्ये च तत्राभूदुदपानः समावृतः ।
वल्लीभिस्तृणनद्धाभिर्गूढाभिरभिसंवृतः ॥ ११.५.१० ॥
In the midst of that forest there was a well, covered and enclosed by hidden creepers bound with grass.
11.5.11
पपात स द्विजस्तत्र निगूढे सलिलाशये ।
विलग्नश्चाभवत्तस्मिँल्लतासन्तानसङ्कुले ॥ ११.५.११ ॥
That twice-born man fell there into the hidden water-reservoir, and became caught in the thick tangle of creepers.
11.5.12
पनसस्य यथा जातं वृन्तबद्धं महाफलम् ।
स तथा लम्बते तत्र ह्यूर्ध्वपादो ह्यधः शिराः ॥ ११.५.१२ ॥
Like a great jackfruit grown upon its tree and hanging from its stalk, so he dangled there, feet upward and head downward.
11.5.13
अथ तत्रापि चान्योऽस्य भूयो जात उपद्रवः ।
कूपमध्ये महानागमपश्यत महाबलम् ॥ ११.५.१३ ॥
Then there, too, another calamity arose for him again: in the middle of the well he saw a great serpent of immense strength.
11.5.14
कूपपीनाहवेलायामपश्यत् महागजम् ॥ ११.५.१४ ॥
At the time of the full rim of the well, he saw a great elephant.
11.5.15
षड्वक्त्रं कृष्णशबलं द्विषट्कपदचारिणम् ।
क्रमेण परिसर्पन्तं वल्लीवृक्षसमावृतम् ॥ ११.५.१५ ॥
Six-faced, black and spotted, moving on twelve feet, creeping along step by step, enveloped by creepers and trees.
11.5.16
तस्य शाखाप्रशाखासु वृक्षशाखावलम्बिनः ।
नानारूपा मधुकरा घोररूपा भयावहाः ॥ ११.५.१६ ॥
On its branches and twigs, hanging from the boughs of the tree, were bees of many forms, of terrible shape, bringing fear.
11.5.17
आसते मधु संवृत्य पूर्वमेव निकेतजाः ।
भूयोभूयः समीहन्ते मधूनि भरतर्षभ ॥ ११.५.१७ ॥
Born in their hives, they sit having already gathered honey, and again and again they seek out honey, O bull of the Bharatas.
11.5.18
स्वादनीयानि भूतानां यैर्बालो न वितृप्यते ।
तेषां मधूनां बहुधा धारा प्रस्रवते तदा ॥ ११.५.१८ ॥
Sweet to living beings, by which a child is never satisfied; then a stream of those honeys flows forth in many ways.
11.5.19
आलम्बमानः स पुमान्धारां पिबति सर्वदा ।
न चास्य तृष्णा विरता पिबमानस्य सङ्कटे ॥ ११.५.१९ ॥
That man, clinging there, drinks from the stream always; yet even while drinking in danger, his thirst is never quenched.
11.5.20
अभीप्सति च तां नित्यमतृप्तः स पुनः पुनः ।
न चास्य जीविते राजन्निर्वेदः समजायत ॥ ११.५.२० ॥
Unsatisfied, he always desires it again and again; and, O king, in his life no disgust with the world ever arises.
11.5.21
तत्रैव च मनुष्यस्य जीविताशा प्रतिष्ठिता ।
कृष्णाः श्वेताश्च तं वृक्षं निकृन्तन्ति स्म मूषिकाः ॥ ११.५.२१ ॥
Right there the man's hope of life is fixed; black and white mice were gnawing away at that tree.
11.5.22
व्यालैश्च तद्वनं दुर्गं स्त्रिया च परमोग्रया ।
कूपाधस्ताच्च नागेन पीनाहे कुञ्जरेण च ॥ ११.५.२२ ॥
That forest, hard to traverse, was full of wild beasts; there was also a most fierce woman; beneath the well there was a serpent and a great elephant.
11.5.23
वृक्षप्रपाताच्च भयं मूषिकेभ्यश्च पञ्चमम् ।
मधुलोभान्मधुकरैः षष्ठमाहुर्महद्भयम् ॥ ११.५.२३ ॥
Fear of falling from the tree, fear of the mice, the fifth; and from greed for honey, the bees, the sixth great fear—so it is said.
11.5.24
एवं स वसते तत्र क्षिप्तः संसारसागरे ।
न चैव जीविताशायां निर्वेदमुपगच्छति ॥ ११.५.२४ ॥
Thus he dwells there, cast into the ocean of worldly existence, and in his hope of life he does not attain dispassion.