Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.27
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13.27.1
हत्वा तं पक्षिशार्दूलः कुविन्दानां जनं व्रती ।
उपोपविश्य शैलाग्रे भक्षयामास तावुभौ।
वारणं कच्छर्प चैव संहृष्टः स पतत्रिराट् ॥ १३.२७.१ ॥
Having slain one of the Kuvinda folk, the tiger among birds, a vow-keeper, sat down on a mountain peak and devoured both of them, the elephant and the turtle. That king of birds was delighted.
13.27.2
तयोः स रुधिरं पीत्वा मेदसी च परन्तप ।
संहृष्टः यततांश्रेष्ठो लब्ध्वा बलमनुत्तमम्।
जंगाम देवराजस्य भवनं पन्नगाशनः ॥ १३.२७.२ ॥
Having drunk the blood and marrow-fat of those two, O scorcher of foes, he was delighted. The best of those who strive, having obtained unsurpassed strength, the serpent-eater went to the abode of the king of the gods.
13.27.3
तं प्रणम्य महात्मानं पावकं विस्फुलिङ्गिनम् ।
रात्रिदिवं प्रज्वलितं रक्षार्थममृतस्य ह ॥ १३.२७.३ ॥
Having bowed to that great-souled fire, which throws off sparks and blazes night and day, indeed for the sake of guarding the nectar.
13.27.4
तं दृष्ट्वा विहगेन्द्रस्य भयं तीव्रमुपाविशत् ।
नतु तोयान्न रक्षिभ्यो भयमस्योपपद्यते ॥ १३.२७.४ ॥
Seeing him, the king of birds was seized with intense fear and sat down; yet the fear does not arise for him from the water, nor from the guardians.
13.27.5
पक्षित्वमात्मनो दृष्ट्वा ज्वलन्तं च हुताशनम् ।
पितामहमथो गत्वा ददर्श भुजगाशनः ॥ १३.२७.५ ॥
Seeing his own state as a bird and the blazing fire, then having gone to the grandfather, the serpent-eater beheld him.
13.27.6
तं प्रणम्य महात्मानं गरुडः प्रयताञ्जलिः ।
प्रोवाच तदसन्दिग्धं वचनं पन्नगेश्वरः ॥ १३.२७.६ ॥
Having bowed to that great-souled one, Garuḍa, lord of serpents, with palms joined in reverence, spoke those unambiguous words.
13.27.7
उद्यतं गुरुकृत्ये मां भगवन्धर्मनिश्चितम् ।
विमोक्षणार्थं मातुर्हि दासभावादनिन्दितम् ॥ १३.२७.७ ॥
O revered one, I am resolved on a weighty task, firm in duty: to free my mother, who is blameless, from servitude.
13.27.8
कद्रूसकाशममृतं मयाहर्तव्यमीश्वर ।
तदा मे जननी देव दासभावात्प्रमोक्ष्यते ॥ १३.२७.८ ॥
O lord, I must bring the nectar from the presence of Kadrū; then, O god, my mother will be freed from servitude.
13.27.9
तत्रामृतं प्रज्वलितो नित्यमीश्वर रक्षति ।
हिरण्यरेता भगवान्पाकशासनशासनात् ॥ १३.२७.९ ॥
There the blazing Agni, the golden-seeded revered one, always guards the nectar, O lord, by the command of Indra.
13.27.10
तत्र मे देवदेवेश भयं तीव्रमथाविशत् ।
ज्वलन्तं पावकं दृष्ट्वा पक्षित्वं चात्मनः प्रभो ॥ १३.२७.१० ॥
There, O lord of gods, a fierce fear entered me, O lord, on seeing the blazing fire and my own wings.
13.27.11
समतिक्रमितुं शक्यः कथं स्यात्पावको मया ।
तस्याभ्युपायं वरद वक्तुमीशोऽसि मे प्रभो ॥ १३.२७.११ ॥
How could I overcome this fire? O giver of boons, O lord, you are able to tell me the means to do so.
13.27.12
तमब्रवीन्महाभाग तप्यमानं विहङ्गमम् ।
अग्नेः संशमनोपायमुत्सयन्त पुनःपुनः ॥ १३.२७.१२ ॥
To that distressed bird, O greatly fortunate one, Utsayanta told again and again the means of quenching the fire.
13.27.13
पयसा शाम्यते वत्स सर्पिषा च हुताशनः ।
शरीरस्थोपि भूतानां किं पुनः प्रज्वलन्भुवि ॥ १३.२७.१३ ॥
Dear child, the sacred fire is quenched with milk and with ghee. If the fire dwelling in the bodies of creatures blazes upon the earth, how then would it not be quenched?
13.27.14
नवनीतं पयो वाऽपि पावके त्वं समादधेः ।
ततो गच्छ यथाकामं न त्वा धक्ष्यति पावकः ॥ १३.२७.१४ ॥
Offer fresh butter or milk into the fire. Then go wherever you wish; the fire will not burn you.