Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.30
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14.30.1
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
कार्तवीर्यस्य संवादं समुद्रस्य च भामिनि ॥ १४.३०.१ ॥
Here too they recount this ancient story, the dialogue of Kārtavīrya and the ocean, O radiant lady.
14.30.2
कार्तवीर्यार्जुनो नाम राजा बाहुसहस्रवान् ।
येन सागरपर्यन्ता धनुषा निर्जिता मही ॥ १४.३०.२ ॥
There was a king named Kārtavīryārjuna, thousand-armed, who conquered the earth bounded by the ocean with his bow.
14.30.3
स कदाचित्समुद्रान्ते विचरन्बलदर्पितः ।
अवीकिरच्छरशतैः समुद्रमिति नः श्रुतम् ॥ १४.३०.३ ॥
Once, wandering at the edge of the ocean, proud of his strength, he showered the ocean with hundreds of arrows, so we have heard.
14.30.4
तं समुद्रो नमस्कृत्य कृताञ्जलिरुवाचह ।
मा मुञ्च वीर नाराचान्ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥ १४.३०.४ ॥
The ocean bowed to him and, with folded hands, spoke: O hero, do not release your arrows; tell me, what shall I do for you?
14.30.5
मदाश्रयाणि भूतानि त्वद्विसृष्टैर्महेषुभिः ।
वध्यन्ते राजशार्दूल तेभ्यो देह्यभयं विभो ॥ १४.३०.५ ॥
O tiger among kings, the beings who depend on me are being slain by the great arrows you release; O mighty one, grant them safety.
14.30.6
मत्समो यदि संग्रामे शरासनधरः क्वचित् ।
विद्यते तं समाचक्ष्व यः समो मे महामृधे ॥ १४.३०.६ ॥
If anywhere in battle there is an archer equal to me, point him out to me, one who is my equal in this great battle.
14.30.7
महर्षिर्जमदग्निस्ते यदि राजन्पुरा श्रुतः ।
तस्य पुत्रस्तवातिथ्यं यथावत्कर्तुमर्हति ॥ १४.३०.७ ॥
O king, if you have heard of the great sage Jamadagni before, his son is worthy to offer you hospitality as is proper.
14.30.8
ततः स राजा प्रययौ क्रोधेन महता वृतः ।
स तमाश्रममागम्य राममेवान्वपद्यत ॥ १४.३०.८ ॥
Then the king set out, surrounded by great anger. Having come to that hermitage, he went straight to Rāma.
14.30.9
स रामप्रतिकूलानि चकार सह बन्धुभिः ।
आयासं जनयामास रामस्य च महात्मनः ॥ १४.३०.९ ॥
Together with his kinsmen he did things hostile to Rāma, and caused distress to the great-souled Rāma.
14.30.10
ततस्तेजः प्रजज्वाल रामस्यामिततेजसः ।
प्रदहन्रिपुसैन्यानि तदा कमललोचने ॥ १४.३०.१० ॥
Then the blaze of Rāma of boundless splendor flared up, burning the enemy armies, O lotus-eyed one.
14.30.11
ततः परशुमादाय स तं बाहुसहस्रिणम् ।
चिन्छेद सहसा रामो बहुशाखमिव द्रुमम् ॥ १४.३०.११ ॥
Then Rāma, taking up his axe, suddenly cut down that thousand-armed one, as one fells a many-branched tree.
14.30.12
तं हतं पतितं दृष्ट्वा समेताः सर्वबान्धवाः ।
असीनादाय शक्तीर्श्च भार्गवं पर्यधावयन् ॥ १४.३०.१२ ॥
Seeing him slain and fallen, all his kinsmen gathered together, took up swords and spears, and rushed upon Bhārgava (Rāma).
14.30.13
रामोऽपि धनुरादाय रथमारुह्य सत्वरः ।
विसृजञ्शरवर्षाणि व्यधमत्पार्थिवं बलम् ॥ १४.३०.१३ ॥
Rāma too, taking up his bow and swiftly mounting his chariot, scattered the royal army, pouring forth showers of arrows.
14.30.14
ततस्तु क्षत्रियाः केचिज्जमदग्निं निहत्य च ।
विविशुर्गिरिदुर्गाणि मृगाः सिंहार्दिता इव ॥ १४.३०.१४ ॥
Then some kshatriyas, slain by Jamadagni's son, entered mountain fastnesses like deer harassed by a lion.
14.30.15
तेषां स्वविहितं कर्म तद्भयान्नानुतिष्ठताम् ।
प्रजा वृषलतां प्राप्ता ब्राह्मणानामदर्शनात् ॥ १४.३०.१५ ॥
Because they, out of fear, did not perform their prescribed duties, and because brahmins were no longer seen, the people fell into the state of the low-born.
14.30.16
एवं ते द्रविडाऽभीराः पुण्ड्राश्च शबरैः सह ।
वृषलत्वं परिगता व्युत्थानात्क्षत्रधर्मतः ॥ १४.३०.१६ ॥
Thus the Draviḍas, Ābhīras and Puṇḍras, together with the Śabaras, fell into the state of the low-born, having abandoned the kṣatra-dharma.
14.30.17
ततश्च हतवीरासु क्षत्रियासु पुनः पुनः ।
द्विजैरुत्पादितं क्षत्रं जामदग्न्यो न्यकृन्तत ॥ १४.३०.१७ ॥
Then, as the heroic kṣatriyas were slain again and again, Jāmadagnya cut down the kṣatra lineage that the brahmins had brought forth anew.
14.30.18
एकविंशतिमे याते रामं वागशरीरिणी ।
दिव्या प्रोवाच मधुरा सर्वलोकपरिश्रुता ॥ १४.३०.१८ ॥
When the twenty-first time had passed, a divine, sweet, far-famed disembodied voice spoke to Rāma.
14.30.19
रामराम निवर्तस्व कं गुणं तात पश्यसि ।
क्षत्रबन्धूनिमान्प्राणैर्विप्रयोज्य पुनः पुनः ॥ १४.३०.१९ ॥
Rāma, Rāma, turn back. Dear son, what virtue do you see in taking the lives of these pretender kṣatriyas again and again?
14.30.20
तथैव तं महात्मानमृचीकप्रमुखास्तदा ।
पितामहा महाभाग निवर्तस्वेत्यथाब्रुवन् ॥ १४.३०.२० ॥
Likewise, then the forefathers headed by Ṛcīka said to that great-souled one: O greatly fortunate one, turn back.
14.30.21
पितुर्वधममृष्यंस्तु रामः प्रोवाच तानृषीन् ।
नार्हन्तीह भवन्तो मां निवारयितुमित्युत ॥ १४.३०.२१ ॥
But Rāma, not enduring his father's killing, said to those sages: You are not fit here to restrain me.
14.30.22
नार्हसे क्षत्रबन्धूंस्त्वं निहन्तुं जयतांवर ।
नेह युक्तं त्वया हन्तुं ब्राह्मणेन सता नृपान् ॥ १४.३०.२२ ॥
You should not kill these pretender kṣatriyas, best of victors. It is not fitting for you, a brahmin, to kill kings here.