Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.263
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12.263.1
प्रजासर्गनिमित्तं मे कार्यवत्तामिमां प्रभो ।
विद्धि सृष्टास्त्वया हीमा मा कुप्यासां पितामह ॥ १२.२६३.१ ॥
O lord, know this function of mine, undertaken for the sake of creating beings. O grandfather, these were created by you; do not be angry.
12.263.2
तव तेजोग्निना देव प्रजा दह्यन्ति सर्वशः ।
ता दृष्ट्वा मम कारुण्यं मा कुप्यासां जगत्प्रभो ॥ १२.२६३.२ ॥
O god, by the fire of your splendor all creatures are burning utterly. Seeing them, compassion arises in me; O lord of the world, do not be angry.
12.263.3
न कुप्ये न च मे कामो नभवेयुः प्रजा इति ।
लाघवार्थं धरण्यास्तु ततः संहार इष्यते ॥ १२.२६३.३ ॥
I am not angry, nor is it my desire that creatures should cease to be. For lightening the burden of the earth, destruction is therefore desired.
12.263.4
इयं हि मां सदा देवी भारार्ता समचोदयत् ।
संहारार्थं महादेव भारेणाप्सु निमज्जती ॥ १२.२६३.४ ॥
This goddess, the Earth, afflicted by her burden, has always urged me toward destruction. O great god, weighed down by her load, she is sinking in the waters.
12.263.5
यदाऽहं नाधिगच्छामि बुद्ध्या बहु विचारयन् ।
संहारमासां वृद्धानां ततो मां क्रोध आविशत् ॥ १२.२६३.५ ॥
When, reflecting much with my intellect, I could not find a way to destroy these elders, then anger entered me.
12.263.6
संहारात्त्वं निवर्तस्य मा क्रुधो विवुधेश्वर ।
मा प्रजाः स्थावरं चैव जङ्गमं च व्यनीनशः ॥ १२.२६३.६ ॥
Turn back from destruction, O lord of the gods; do not be angry. Do not utterly destroy the immovable and the movable creatures.
12.263.7
पल्वलानि च सर्वाणि सर्वं चैव तृणीलपम् ।
स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम् ॥ १२.२६३.७ ॥
All the pools, and all grass and herbs, the immobile and the mobile, the fourfold multitude of beings.
12.263.8
अकाले भस्मसाद्भूतं जगत्सर्वमुपप्लुतम् ।
प्रसीद भगवन्साधो वर एष वृतो मया ॥ १२.२६३.८ ॥
Untimely, the whole world has been reduced to ashes and is afflicted. Be gracious, blessed lord, O virtuous one; this is the boon I have asked.
12.263.9
नष्टा न पुनरेष्यन्ति प्रजा ह्येताः कथंचन ।
तस्मान्निवर्ततामेतत्तेन स्वेनेव तेजसा ॥ १२.२६३.९ ॥
These creatures, once destroyed, will never return in any way. Therefore let this destruction be withdrawn by its own splendour.
12.263.10
उपायमन्यं संपश्य भूतानां हितकाम्यया ।
यथामी जन्तवः सर्वे न दह्येरन्पितामह ॥ १२.२६३.१० ॥
Out of desire for the welfare of beings, consider another means, so that all these creatures may not be burnt, O grandsire.
12.263.11
अभावं हि न गच्छेयुरुत्सन्नप्रजनाः प्रजाः ।
पुत्रत्वेनानुसंकल्प्ये तदाऽहं तप्य दानवैः।
अधिदैवे नियुक्तोस्मि त्वया लोकहितेप्सुना ॥ १२.२६३.११ ॥
Let the creatures whose progeny has been cut off not come to non-existence. Then, conceiving them as my sons, I am tormented by the Dānavas. You, desiring the welfare of the worlds, have appointed me over the divine realm.
12.263.12
त्वद्भवं हि जगन्नाथ एतत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।
प्रसाद्य त्वां महादेव याचाम्यावृत्तिजाः प्रजाः ॥ १२.२६३.१२ ॥
O lord of the world, all this, the immobile and the mobile, has been born from you. O great god, having propitiated you, I beg for creatures born again through renewal.
12.263.13
श्रुत्वा तु वचनं देवः स्थाणोर्नियतवाङ्भनाः ।
तेजस्तत्सन्निजग्राह पुनरेवान्तरात्मनि ॥ १२.२६३.१३ ॥
Having heard Sthāṇu's words, the god, his speech and mind restrained, again drew that fiery energy back into his inner self.
12.263.14
ततोऽग्निमुपसंगृह्य भगवाँल्लोकपूजितः ।
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कल्पयामास वै प्रभुः ॥ १२.२६३.१४ ॥
Then the blessed lord, worshipped by the worlds, gathered in that fire and ordained both activity and cessation.
12.263.15
उपसंहरतस्तस्य तमग्निं रोषजं तदा ।
प्रादुर्बभूव विश्वेभ्यः खेभ्यो नारी महात्मनः ॥ १२.२६३.१५ ॥
As the great-souled one withdrew that fire born of wrath, a woman appeared from the spaces of all the skies.
12.263.16
कृष्णरक्ताम्बरधरा कृष्णनेत्रतलान्तरा ।
दिव्यकुण्डलसंपन्ना दिव्याभरणभूषिता ॥ १२.२६३.१६ ॥
Clad in black and red garments, with black pupils deep within her eyes, endowed with divine earrings and adorned with divine ornaments.
12.263.17
सा विनिःसृत्य वै खेभ्यो दक्षिणामाश्रिता दिशम् ।
ददृशाते च तां कन्यां देवौ विश्वेश्वरावुभौ ॥ १२.२६३.१७ ॥
She came forth from the skies and took refuge in the southern quarter; and the two gods, lords of the universe, saw that maiden.
12.263.18
तामाहूय तदा देवो लोकानामादिरीश्वरः ।
मृत्यो इति महीपाल जहि चेमाः प्रजा इति ॥ १२.२६३.१८ ॥
Then the god, the primal lord of the worlds, called her and said, 'O Death, destroy these creatures.' Thus, O protector of the earth.
12.263.19
त्वं हि संहारबुद्ध्या मे चिन्तिता रुषितेन च ।
तस्मात्संहर सर्वास्त्वं प्रजाः सजडपण्डिताः ॥ १२.२६३.१९ ॥
Indeed, in anger I conceived you with the intent of destruction. Therefore, destroy all creatures, both the foolish and the wise.
12.263.20
अविशेषेण चैव त्वं प्रजाः संहर कामिनि ।
मम त्वं हि नियोगेन श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यसि ॥ १२.२६३.२० ॥
And without distinction, O lovely one, destroy the creatures by my command; by it you shall obtain the supreme good.
12.263.21
एवमुक्ता तु या देवी मृत्युः कमलमालिनी ।
प्रदध्यौ दुःखिता बाला साश्रुपातमतीव च ॥ १२.२६३.२१ ॥
Thus addressed, the goddess Death, who wears a garland of lotuses, the grieving young woman, brooded, shedding many tears.
12.263.22
पाणिभ्यां चैव जग्राह तान्यश्रूणि जनेश्वरः ।
मानवानां हितार्थाय ययाचे पुनरेव ह ॥ १२.२६३.२२ ॥
With both hands the lord of the people took those tears, and for the welfare of humankind he again entreated her.