Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.154
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12.154.1
बन्धुत्वादथवा सख्याच्छाल्मले नात्र संशयः ।
कस्मात्त्वां रक्षते नित्यं भीमः सर्वत्रगोऽनिलः ॥ १२.१५४.१ ॥
O Śālmali, there is no doubt it is through kinship or friendship. Why does the fearsome wind, who goes everywhere, always protect you?
12.154.2
तद्भावं परमं वायोः शाल्मके त्वमुपागतः ।
तवाहमस्मीति सदा येन रक्षति मारुतः ॥ १२.१५४.२ ॥
You have attained that supreme state of the wind in the Śālmali, for the wind always protects you, saying, 'I am yours.'
12.154.3
न तं पश्याम्यहं वृक्षं पर्वतं वेश्म चेदृशम् ।
यं न वायुबलाद्भग्नं पृथिव्यामिति मे मतिः ॥ १२.१५४.३ ॥
I do not see any tree, mountain, or dwelling of such a kind that has not been broken on the earth by the force of the wind — such is my view.
12.154.4
त्वं पुनः कारणैर्नूनं रक्ष्यसे शाल्मले यथा ।
वायुना सपरीवारस्तेन तिष्ठस्यसंशयम् ॥ १२.१५४.४ ॥
O Śālmali, surely for some reason you are protected; by the wind, together with your retinue, you stand firm — of this there is no doubt.
12.154.5
न मे वायुः सखा ब्रह्मन्न बन्धुर्मम नारद ।
चिरं मे प्रीयते नैव येन मां रक्षतेऽनिलः ॥ १२.१५४.५ ॥
O Brahmin Nārada, the wind is neither my friend nor my kinsman. The wind that protects me does not long please me at all.
12.154.6
मम तेजोबलं भीमं वायोरपि हि नारद ।
कलामष्टादशीं प्राणैर्न मे प्राप्नोति मारुतः ॥ १२.१५४.६ ॥
O Nārada, my splendour and strength are even more fearsome than the wind's; yet the wind, with its breaths, does not reach even the eighteenth part of me.
12.154.7
आगच्छन्परुषो वायुर्मया विष्टम्भितो बलात् ।
भञ्जन्द्रुमान्पर्वतांश्च यच्चान्यत्स्थाणुजङ्गमम् ॥ १२.१५४.७ ॥
The harsh wind came on, and I held it back by force, as it broke trees and mountains and whatever else stood still or moved.
12.154.8
स मया बहुशो भग्नः प्रभञ्जन्वै प्रभञ्जनः ।
तस्मान्न विभ्ये देवर्षे क्रुद्धादपि समीरणात् ॥ १२.१५४.८ ॥
Many times I have overcome that breaker, the wind itself. Therefore, divine sage, I do not fear even the wind when it is angry.
12.154.9
शाल्मले विपरीतं ते दर्शनं नात्र संशयः ।
न हि वायोर्बले नास्ति भूतं तुल्यबलं क्वचित् ॥ १२.१५४.९ ॥
Śālmali, your view is mistaken; there is no doubt of it. No creature anywhere has strength equal to the strength of the wind.
12.154.10
इन्द्रो यमो वैश्रवणो वरुणश्च जलेश्वरः ।
नैतेऽपि तुल्या मरुतः किं पुनस्त्वं वनस्पते ॥ १२.१५४.१० ॥
Indra, Yama, Vaiśravaṇa, Varuṇa, and the lord of the waters are not equal even to the Maruts; how much less are you, O lord of the forest?
12.154.11
यश्च कश्चिदपि प्राणी चेष्टते शाल्मले भुवि ।
सर्वत्र भगवान्वायुश्चेष्टाप्राणकरः प्रभुः ॥ १२.१५४.११ ॥
Śālmali, whatever living creature moves upon the earth, everywhere the blessed lord Wind is the one who makes it move and gives it breath.
12.154.12
एष चेष्टयते सम्यक्प्राणिनः सम्यगायतः ।
असम्यगायतो भूयश्चेष्टते विकृतं नृषु ॥ १२.१५४.१२ ॥
This one makes living beings move rightly when their breath flows rightly; and when it does not flow rightly, it makes them move again in distorted ways among men.
12.154.13
स त्वमेवंविधं वायुं सर्वसत्वभृतां वरम् ।
न पूजयसि पूज्यन्तं किमन्यद्वुद्धिलाघवात् ॥ १२.१५४.१३ ॥
You do not honour such a wind, the best of all living beings, who deserves worship. What else but lightness of intellect could be the cause?
12.154.14
असारश्चापि दुर्मेधाः केवलं बहु भाषसे ।
क्रोधादिभिरवच्छन्नो मिथ्या वदसि शाल्मले ॥ १२.१५४.१४ ॥
You are worthless and dull-witted, merely speaking much. Overcome by anger and the like, you speak falsely, O silk-cotton tree.
12.154.15
मम रोषः समुत्पन्नस्त्वय्येवं संप्रभाषति ।
ब्रवीम्येष स्वयं वायोस्तव दुर्भाषितं बहु ॥ १२.१५४.१५ ॥
Anger has arisen in me, as you speak thus. On behalf of the wind, I myself answer your many ill-spoken words.
12.154.16
चन्दनैः स्यन्दनैः शालैः सरलैर्देवदारुभिः ।
वेतसैर्धन्वनैश्चापि ये चान्ये बलवत्तराः।
तैश्चापि नैवं दुर्बुद्धे क्षिप्तो वायुः कृतात्मभिः ॥ १२.१५४.१६ ॥
Sandal, syandana, sal, pine, deodar, rattan cane, dhanvana, and the other stronger trees, O fool, though self-controlled, have not thus lashed out at the wind.
12.154.17
तेऽपि जानन्ति वायोश्च बलमात्मन एव च ।
तस्मात्ते नावमन्यन्ते श्वसनं तरुसत्तमाः ॥ १२.१५४.१७ ॥
Those trees too know the strength of the wind and of themselves; therefore those best of trees do not disregard the wind.
12.154.18
त्वं तु मोहान्न जानीपे वायोर्बलमनन्तकम् ।
एवं तस्माद्गमिष्यामि सकाशं मातरिश्वनः ॥ १२.१५४.१८ ॥
But out of delusion you do not know the boundless strength of the wind. Therefore I shall go into the presence of Mātariśvan, the wind.