Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.232
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12.232.1
शतक्रतुरथापश्यद्बलेर्दीप्तां महात्मनः ।
स्वरूपिणीं शरीराद्धि निष्क्रामन्तीं तदा श्रियम् ॥ १२.२३२.१ ॥
Then Indra, the hundred-sacrificer, saw radiant Śrī, having a visible form, coming forth from the body of the great-souled Bali.
12.232.2
तां दृष्ट्वा प्रभया दीप्तां भगवान्पाककशासनः ।
विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनो बलिं पप्रच्छ वासवः ॥ १२.२३२.२ ॥
Seeing her blazing with her radiance, the blessed Indra, punisher of Pāka, his eyes wide with wonder, asked Bali.
12.232.3
बले केयमपक्रान्ता रोचमाना शिखण्डिनी ।
त्वत्तः स्थिता सकेयूरा दीप्यमाना स्वतेजसा ॥ १२.२३२.३ ॥
O Bali, who is this crested one, shining, departed from you, standing with her armlets, blazing with her own brilliance?
12.232.4
न हीमामासुरीं वेद्मि न दैवीं च न मानुषीम् ।
त्वमेनां पृच्छ वा मा वा यथेष्टं कुरु वासव ॥ १२.२३२.४ ॥
I do not know her, whether she is of the Asuras, or of the gods, or of men. Ask her or do not ask her, O Vāsava; do as you wish.
12.232.5
का त्वं बलेरपक्रान्ता रोचमाना शिखण्डिनी ।
अजानतो ममाचक्ष्व नामधेयं शुचिस्मिते ॥ १२.२३२.५ ॥
Who are you, shining crested one, departed from Bali? O you of the pure smile, tell me your name, for I do not know.
12.232.6
का त्वं तिष्ठसि मामेवं दीप्यमाना स्वतेजसा ।
हित्वा दैत्यवरं सुभ्रु तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः ॥ १२.२३२.६ ॥
O fair-browed one, who are you, standing before me thus, blazing with your own brilliance, having left the best of the Daityas? Tell me, who ask you.
12.232.7
न मां विरोचनो वेद नायं वैरोचनो बलिः ।
आहुर्मां दुःसहेत्येवं विधित्सेति च मां विदुः ॥ १२.२३२.७ ॥
Virocana does not know me, nor does this Bali, the son of Virocana. They call me 'the unbearable,' and they know me as 'the desire to ordain.'
12.232.8
भूतिर्लक्ष्मीति मामाहुः श्रीरित्येव च वासव ।
त्वं मां शक्र न जानीषे सर्वे देवा न मां विदुः ॥ १२.२३२.८ ॥
People call me Bhūti, Lakṣmī, and indeed Śrī. O Vāsava, O Śakra, you do not know me; none of the gods know me.
12.232.9
किमिदं त्वं मम कृते उताहो बलिनः कृते ।
दुःसहे विजहास्येनं चिरसंवासिनी सती ॥ १२.२३२.९ ॥
O Unbearable one, what is this? Are you doing this for my sake, or for Bali's? Though a faithful companion who has long dwelt with him, you are abandoning him.
12.232.10
नो धाता न विधाता मां विदधाति कथंचन ।
कालस्तु शक्र पर्यागान्मैवं शक्रावमन्यथाः ॥ १२.२३२.१० ॥
Neither the creator nor the ordainer ever ordains me in any way. It is time alone, O Śakra, that has passed; do not treat me with such contempt, O Śakra.
12.232.11
कथं त्वया बलिस्त्यक्तः किमर्थं वा शिखण्डिनि ।
कथं च मां न जह्यास्त्वं तन्मे ब्रूहि शुचिस्मिते ॥ १२.२३२.११ ॥
How and why did you abandon Bali, O crested one? And how is it that you will not abandon me? Tell me this, O pure-smiling one.
12.232.12
सत्ये स्थिताऽस्मि दाने च व्रते तपसि चैव हि ।
पराक्रमे च धर्मे च पराचीनस्ततो बलिः ॥ १२.२३२.१२ ॥
I abide in truth, in giving, in vows, and in austerity, and in valour and dharma as well; therefore Bali has turned away.
12.232.13
ब्रह्मण्योऽयं पुरा भूत्वा सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः ।
अभ्यसूयन्ब्राह्मणान्वै उच्छिष्टश्चास्पृशद्धृतम् ॥ १२.२३२.१३ ॥
Once he was devoted to the brahmins, truthful and self-controlled; yet he came to envy the brahmins, and though defiled by leftovers he touched the ghee.
12.232.14
यज्ञशीलः सदा भूत्वा मामेव यजते स्वयम् ।
ततः प्रहाय मूढात्मा कालेनोपनिपीडितः ॥ १२.२३२.१४ ॥
Ever devoted to sacrifice, he himself worshipped me; but then, his mind deluded and oppressed by time, he abandoned me.
12.232.15
अपक्रान्ता ततः शक्र त्वयि वत्स्यामि वासव ।
अप्रमत्तेन धार्याऽस्मि तपसा विक्रमेण च ॥ १२.२३२.१५ ॥
Then I departed; O Śakra, O Vāsava, I shall dwell in you. By the vigilant one I am held fast, through austerity and valour.
12.232.16
कोऽस्ति देवमनुष्येषु सर्वभूतेषु वा पुमान् ।
यस्त्वामेको विषहितुं शक्नुयात्कमलालये ॥ १२.२३२.१६ ॥
Among gods and men, or among all beings, what man is there who alone could endure you, O dweller on the lotus?
12.232.17
नैव देवो न गन्धर्वो नासुरो नं च न्राक्षसः ।
यो मामेको विषहितुं शक्तः कश्चित्पुरंदर ॥ १२.२३२.१७ ॥
Neither god, nor gandharva, nor asura, nor rākṣasa, O Purandara, is there anyone who alone is able to endure me.
12.232.18
तिष्ठेथा मयि नित्यं त्वं यथा तद्ब्रूहि मे शुभे ।
तत्करिष्यामि ते वाक्यमृतं तद्वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ १२.२३२.१८ ॥
Remain in me always; O auspicious one, tell me how this may be. I will do as you say; you ought to speak that truth.
12.232.19
स्थास्यामि नित्यं देवेन्द्र यथा त्वयि निबोध तत् ।
विधिना वेददृष्टेन चतुर्धा विभजस्व माम् ॥ १२.२३२.१९ ॥
I shall remain in you always, O lord of gods; understand this. Divide me into four parts according to the rule prescribed by the Veda.
12.232.20
अहं वै त्वां निधास्यामि यथाशक्ति यथाबलम् ।
न तु मेऽतिक्रमः स्याद्वै सदा लक्ष्मि तवान्तिके ॥ १२.२३२.२० ॥
I will place you according to my capacity and strength; but, O Lakṣmī, while you are near me there must never be any transgression on my part.
12.232.21
भूमिरेव मनुष्येषु धारिणी भूतभाविनी ।
सा ते पादं तितिक्षेत समर्था हीति मे मतिः ॥ १२.२३२.२१ ॥
Among humans, the earth alone is the bearer and the source of all beings. She can bear your foot, for she is capable; that is my opinion.
12.232.22
एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयं भूमौ प्रतिष्ठितः ।
द्वितीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात्सुनिहितं कुरु ॥ १२.२३२.२२ ॥
This foot of mine, which is established upon the earth, has been placed. Therefore, O Śakra, set my second foot well.
12.232.23
आप एव मनुष्येषु द्रवन्त्यः परिधारणे ।
तास्ते पादं तितिक्षन्तामलमापस्तितिक्षितुम् ॥ १२.२३२.२३ ॥
Among humans, the waters are what flow and bear. Let them bear your foot; the waters alone are sufficient to bear it.
12.232.24
एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयमप्सु प्रतिष्ठितः ।
तृतीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात्सुनिहितं कुरु ॥ १२.२३२.२४ ॥
This foot of mine, which is established in the waters, has been placed. Therefore, O Śakra, set my third foot well.
12.232.25
यस्मिन्वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च यस्मिन्देवाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ।
तृतीयं पादमग्निस्ते सुधृतं धारयिष्यति ॥ १२.२३२.२५ ॥
In whom the Vedas, the sacrifices, and the gods are established, Fire will hold your third foot well.
12.232.26
एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयमग्नौ प्रतिष्ठितः ।
चतुर्थं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात्सुनिहितं कुरु ॥ १२.२३२.२६ ॥
This foot of mine, which is established in fire, — therefore, O Śakra, make my fourth foot well-placed.
12.232.27
ये वै सन्तो मनुष्येषु ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः ।
तेते पादं तितिक्षन्तामलं सन्तस्तितिक्षितुम् ॥ १२.२३२.२७ ॥
Those good men among mortals who are devoted to the Brahmins and speak the truth — let them bear that foot; the good are fully able to bear.
12.232.28
एष मे निहितः पादो योऽयं सत्सु प्रतिष्ठितः ।
एवं हि निहितां शक्र भूतेषु परिधत्स्व माम् ॥ १२.२३२.२८ ॥
This foot of mine, which is established among the good — thus, O Śakra, having been placed, hold me among beings.
12.232.29
भूमिशुद्धिं ततः कृत्वा अद्भिः संतर्पयन्ति ये ।
भूतानि च यजन्त्यग्नौ तेषां त्वमनपायिनी ॥ १२.२३२.२९ ॥
Then, those who purify the ground and satisfy with water, and who worship beings in the fire — for them you shall be imperishable.
12.232.30
ये क्रियाभिः सुरक्ताभिर्हेतुयुक्ताः समाहिताः ।
ज्ञानवन्तो विवत्सायां लब्धा माद्यन्ति योगिनः ॥ १२.२३२.३० ॥
Those yogins who are endowed with reason and concentrated through rites well-performed, possessing knowledge — having obtained it, they rejoice.
12.232.31
भूतानामिह यो वै त्वां मया विनिहितां सतीम् ।
उपहन्यात्स मे द्वेष्यस्तथा शृण्वन्तु मे वचः ॥ १२.२३२.३१ ॥
Whoever among beings here would harm you, the faithful one whom I have established, is hateful to me. Thus let them all hear my words.
12.232.32
तथेति चोक्त्वा सा भ्रष्टा सर्वलोकनमस्कृता ।
वासवं पालयामास सा देवी कमलालया ॥ १२.२३२.३२ ॥
Saying 'so be it', she, revered by all worlds, though fallen, the goddess who dwells in the lotus, sustained Vāsava.
12.232.33
ततस्त्यक्तः श्रिया राजा दैत्यानां बलिरब्रवीत् ॥ १२.२३२.३३ ॥
Then Bali, king of the Daityas, abandoned by Śrī, spoke.
12.232.34
यावत्पुरस्तात्प्रतपेत्तावद्वै दक्षिणां दिशम् ।
पश्चिमां तावदेवापि तथोदीचीं दिवाकरः ॥ १२.२३२.३४ ॥
As long as the sun blazes in the east, so long does it blaze in the south; likewise as long it blazes in the west and also in the north.
12.232.35
तथा मध्यंदिने सूर्यो नास्तमेति यदा तदा ।
पुनर्देवासुरं युद्धं भावि जेताऽस्मि वस्तदा ॥ १२.२३२.३५ ॥
Likewise, when at midday the sun does not set, then there will again be a battle of gods and asuras, and then I shall be the victor over you.
12.232.36
सर्वलोकान्यदाऽऽदित्यो मध्यस्थस्तापयिष्यति ।
तदा देवासुरे युद्धे जेताऽहं त्वां शतक्रतो ॥ १२.२३२.३६ ॥
When the sun, standing at the midpoint, scorches all the worlds, then in the battle of gods and asuras, O Śatakratu, I shall be the victor over you.
12.232.37
ब्रह्मणाऽस्मि समादिष्टो न हन्तव्यो भवानिति ।
तेन तेऽहं बले वज्रं न विमुञ्जामि मूर्धनि ॥ १२.२३२.३७ ॥
Commanded by Brahmā that you must not be slain, I will not, therefore, release my thunderbolt upon your head in strength.
12.232.38
यथेष्टं गच्छ दैत्येन्द्र स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु महासुर ॥ १२.२३२.३८ ॥
Go as you wish, lord of the Daityas; may there be well-being for you, great Asura.
12.232.39
आदित्यो नैव तपिता कदाचिन्मध्यतः स्थितः ।
स्थापितो ह्यस्य समयः पूर्वमेव स्वयंभुवा ॥ १२.२३२.३९ ॥
The sun never stands still at the midpoint and burns; its time was fixed beforehand by Svayambhū.
12.232.40
अजस्रं परियात्येष सत्येनावतपन्प्रजाः ।
अयनं तस्य षण्मासा उत्तरं दक्षिणं तथा।
येन संयाति लोकेषु शीतोष्णे विसृजन्रविः ॥ १२.२३२.४० ॥
This sun revolves unceasingly, heating creatures by its truth; its course is six months northward and six months southward, and by it he moves through the worlds, pouring out cold and heat.
12.232.41
एवमुक्तस्तु दैत्येन्द्रो बलिरिन्द्रेण भारत ।
जगाम दक्षिणामाशामुदीचीं तु पुरंदरः ॥ १२.२३२.४१ ॥
Thus addressed by Indra, O Bhārata, Bali, lord of the Daityas, went toward the southern quarter, and Puraṃdara went toward the northern.
12.232.42
इत्येतद्बलिना गीतमनहंकारसंज्ञितम् ।
वाक्यं श्रुत्वा सहस्राक्षः स्वमेवारुरुहे तदा ॥ १२.२३२.४२ ॥
Having heard these words spoken by Bali, called 'free from pride', the thousand-eyed Indra then ascended his own place.