Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.55
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14.55.1
अभिजानामि जगतः कर्तारं त्वां जनार्दन ।
नूनं भवत्प्रसादोऽयमिति मे नास्ति संशयः ॥ १४.५५.१ ॥
O Janārdana, I know you to be the creator of the world. Surely this is your grace; of this I have no doubt.
14.55.2
चित्तं च सुप्रसन्नं मे त्वद्भावगतमच्युत ।
विनिवृत्तश्च मे कोप इति विद्धि परंतप ॥ १४.५५.२ ॥
O Acyuta, my mind, turned toward your nature, is greatly pleased, and my anger has subsided—know this, O scorcher of foes.
14.55.3
यदि त्वनुग्रहं कञ्चित्त्वत्तोऽर्हामि जनार्दन ।
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपं वैष्णवं तन्निदर्शय ॥ १४.५५.३ ॥
O Janārdana, if I deserve any favor from you, I wish to see your Vaiṣṇava form—show it to me.
14.55.4
ततः स तस्मै प्रीतात्मा दर्शयामास तद्वपुः ।
शाश्वतं वैष्णवं धीमान्ददृशे यद्धनंजयः ॥ १४.५५.४ ॥
Then, with a gladdened heart, he showed him that eternal Vaiṣṇava body, which the wise Dhanaṃjaya had also beheld.
14.55.5
स ददर्श महात्मानं विश्वरूपं महाभुजम् ।
सहस्रसूर्यप्रतिमं दीप्तिमत्पावकोपमम्।
सर्वमाकाशमावृत्य तिष्ठन्तं सर्वतोमुखम् ॥ १४.५५.५ ॥
He beheld that great-souled one in his universal form—great-armed, like a thousand suns, like blazing fire, standing enveloping the whole sky, facing in every direction.
14.55.6
तद्दृष्ट्वा परमं रूपं विष्णोर्वैष्णवमद्भुतम् ।
विस्मयं च ययौ विप्रस्तं दृष्ट्वा परमेश्वरम् ॥ १४.५५.६ ॥
Seeing that supreme and wondrous Vaiṣṇava form of Viṣṇu, and beholding that Supreme Lord, the brahmin was filled with astonishment.
14.55.7
नमोनमस्ते सर्वात्मन्नारायण परात्मक ।
परमात्मन्पद्मनाभ पुण्डरीकाक्ष माधव ॥ १४.५५.७ ॥
Salutation, salutation to you, O self of all, Nārāyaṇa, supreme self. O supreme soul, Padmanābha, lotus-eyed Mādhava!
14.55.8
हिरण्यगर्भरूपाय संसारोत्तारणाय च ।
पुरुषाय पुराणाय शान्तश्यामाय ते नमः ॥ १४.५५.८ ॥
To you whose form is the golden womb, who ferries across from worldly existence, the Person, the ancient one, the calm dark one: salutation.
14.55.9
अविद्यातिमिरादित्यं भवव्याधिमहौषधिम् ।
संसारार्णवसारं त्वां प्रणमामि गतिर्भव ॥ १४.५५.९ ॥
To you, sun for the darkness of ignorance, great medicine for the disease of existence, the essence of the ocean of worldly life, I bow; be my refuge.
14.55.10
सर्ववेदैकवेद्याय सर्ववेदमयाय च ।
वासुदेवाय नित्याय नमो भक्तप्रियाय ते ॥ १४.५५.१० ॥
To you, to be known alone through all the Vedas, made of all the Vedas, Vāsudeva, the eternal, dear to your devotees: salutation.
14.55.11
दयया दुःखमोहान्मां सुमुद्धर्तुमिहार्हसि ।
कर्मभिर्बहुभिः पापैर्बद्धं पाहि जनार्दन ॥ १४.५५.११ ॥
By compassion you should lift me up from suffering and delusion. Protect me, bound by many actions and sins, O Janārdana.
14.55.12
विश्वकर्मन्नमस्तेऽस्तु विश्वात्मन्विश्वकसम्भव ।
पद्म्यां ते पृथिवी व्याप्ता शिरसा चावृतं नभः ॥ १४.५५.१२ ॥
Salutation to you, O maker of the universe, O self of the universe, O source of the universe! By your feet the earth is pervaded, and by your head the sky is covered.
14.55.13
द्यावापृथिव्योर्यन्मध्यं जठरेण तवावृतम् ।
भुजाभ्यामावृताश्चाशास्त्वमिदं सर्वमच्युत ॥ १४.५५.१३ ॥
O Acyuta, the space between heaven and earth is filled by your belly, and the quarters are enclosed by your arms; all this is you.
14.55.14
संहरस्व पुनर्देव रूपमक्षय्यमुत्तमम् ।
पुनस्त्वां स्वेन रूपेण द्रष्टुमिच्छामि शाश्वतम् ॥ १४.५५.१४ ॥
O god, withdraw again this imperishable and supreme form; I wish to see you again in your own eternal form.
14.55.15
तमुवाच प्रसन्नात्मा गोविन्दो जनमेजय ।
वरं वृणीष्वेति तदा तमुदङ्कोऽब्रवीदिदम्। ॥ १४.५५.१५ ॥
Then Govinda, his heart pleased, said to him, O Janamejaya, "Choose a boon." Then Uttaṅka spoke to him this.
14.55.16
पर्याप्त एष एवाद्य वरस्त्वत्तो महाद्युते ।
यत्ते रूपमिदं कृष्ण पश्यामि प्रभवाप्ययम् ॥ १४.५५.१६ ॥
O greatly radiant one, this alone is enough boon from you today: that, Kṛṣṇa, I see this form of yours, the origin and the dissolution.
14.55.17
तमब्रकवीत्पुनः कृष्णो मा त्वमत्र विचारय। ॥ १४.५५.१७ ॥
Then Kṛṣṇa said to him again, "Do not deliberate on this here."
14.55.18
अवश्यं करणीयं च यद्येतन्मन्यसे विभो ।
तोयमिच्छामि यत्रेष्टं मरुष्वेतद्धि दुर्लभम् ॥ १४.५५.१८ ॥
O lord, if you think this must be done, I desire water where it is wished for; in the desert, this indeed is rare.
14.55.19
ततः संहृत्य तत्तेजः प्रोवाचोदङ्कमीश्वरः ।
एष्टव्ये सति चिन्त्योऽहमित्युक्त्वा द्वारकां ययौ ॥ १४.५५.१९ ॥
Then the Lord, withdrawing that radiance, spoke to Udaṅka: "When it is to be done and you think of me, I am to be remembered." Having said this, he went to Dvārakā.
14.55.20
ततः कदाचिद्भगवानुदङ्कस्तोयकाङ्क्षया ।
तृषितः परिचक्राम मरौ सस्मार चाच्युतम् ॥ १४.५५.२० ॥
Then at some time the blessed Udaṅka, desiring water, thirsty, wandered about in the desert and remembered Acyuta.
14.55.21
ततो दिग्वाससं धीमान्मातङ्गं मलपङ्किनम् ।
अपश्यत मरौ तस्मिञ्श्वयूथपरिवारितम् ॥ १४.५५.२१ ॥
Then the wise Udaṅka saw in that desert a naked mātaṅga, covered with filth, surrounded by a pack of dogs.
14.55.22
भीषणं बद्धनिस्त्रिंशं बाणकार्मुकधारिणम् ।
तस्याधःस्रोतसोऽपश्यद्वारि भूरि द्विजोत्तमः ॥ १४.५५.२२ ॥
Terrifying, with a sword fastened on, bearing bow and arrows — and beneath him, in the flowing stream, the best of the twice-born saw abundant water.
14.55.23
स्मरन्नेव च तं प्राह मातङ्गः प्रहसन्निव ।
एह्युदङ्क प्रतीच्छस्व मत्तो वारि भृगूद्वह।
कृपा हि मे सुमहती त्वां दृष्ट्वा तृट्समाश्रितम् ॥ १४.५५.२३ ॥
Remembering him, the mātaṅga, as if laughing, said: "Come, Udaṅka, take water from me, best of the Bhṛgus. Seeing you afflicted with thirst, my compassion is very great."
14.55.24
इत्युक्तस्तेन स मुनिस्तत्तोयं नाभ्यनन्दन ।
चिक्षेप च स तं धीमान्वाग्भिरुग्राभिरच्युतम्। ॥ १४.५५.२४ ॥
Thus addressed by him, the sage did not accept that water; and the wise one hurled fierce words at Acyuta.
14.55.25
पुनःपुनश्च मातङ्ग पिबस्वेति तमब्रवीत् ।
न चापिबत्स सक्रोधः क्षुभितेनान्तरात्मना ॥ १४.५५.२५ ॥
Again and again he said to him, "Drink, O outcaste." But he, filled with anger, with his inner self agitated, did not drink.
14.55.26
स तथा निश्चयात्तेन प्रत्याख्यातो महात्मना ।
श्वभिः सह महाराज तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ १४.५५.२६ ॥
Thus refused with firm resolve by that great-souled one, O great king, he vanished right there, together with the dogs.
14.55.27
उदङ्कस्तं तथा दृष्ट्वा ततो व्रीडितमानसः ।
मेने प्रलब्धमात्मानं कृष्णेनामित्रघातिना ॥ १४.५५.२७ ॥
Having seen him thus, Uḍaṅka, his mind ashamed, thought himself deceived by Kṛṣṇa, the slayer of enemies.
14.55.28
अथ तेनैव मार्गेण शङ्कचक्रगदाधरः ।
आजगाम महाबाहुरुदङ्कश्चैनमब्रवीत् ॥ १४.५५.२८ ॥
Then by that very path came the mighty-armed one, bearing conch, discus and mace, and Uḍaṅka spoke to him.
14.55.29
न युक्तं तादृशं दातुं त्वया पुरुषसत्तम ।
सलिलं विप्रमुख्येभ्यो मातङ्गस्रोतसा विभो ॥ १४.५५.२९ ॥
It is not fitting for you, O best of men, O mighty lord, to give such water from an outcaste's stream to foremost brāhmaṇas.
14.55.30
इत्युक्तवचनं तं तु महाबुद्धिर्जनार्दनः ।
उदङ्कं श्लक्ष्णया वाचा सान्त्वयन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥ १४.५५.३० ॥
Thus addressed, Janārdana, of great intellect, consoling Uḍaṅka with gentle words, said this.
14.55.31
यादृशेनेह रूपेण योग्यं दातुं धृतेन वै ।
तादृशं खलु ते दत्तं यच्च त्वं नावबुध्यथाः ॥ १४.५५.३१ ॥
In the very form in which what is fitting to give is held here, just such was surely given to you, though you did not perceive it.
14.55.32
मया त्वदर्थमुक्तो वै वज्रपाणिः पुरंदरः ।
उदङ्कायामृतं देहि तोयरूपमिति प्रभुः ॥ १४.५५.३२ ॥
For your sake I indeed spoke to Indra, the thunderbolt-handed destroyer of forts: 'Give Uddaṅka the nectar in the form of water,' so the lord said.
14.55.33
स मामुवाच देवेन्द्र न मर्त्योऽमर्त्यतां व्रजेत् ।
अन्यमस्मै वरं देहीत्यसकृद्भृगुनन्दन ॥ १४.५५.३३ ॥
He said to me, 'O lord of the gods, a mortal cannot attain immortality; give him some other boon.' O son of Bhṛgu, he repeated this again and again.
14.55.34
अमृतं देयमित्येव मयोक्तः स शचीपतिः ।
स मां प्रसाद्य देवेन्द्रः पुनरेवेदमब्रवीत् ॥ १४.५५.३४ ॥
I said, 'The nectar must indeed be given'; then Indra, lord of Śacī, pacified me and again spoke thus.
14.55.35
यदि देयमवश्यं वै मातङ्गोऽहं महामते ।
भूत्वाऽमृतं प्रदास्यामि भार्गवाय महात्मने ॥ १४.५५.३५ ॥
If it must indeed be given, O great-minded one, I, having become a Mātaṅga, will give the nectar to the great-souled Bhārgava.
14.55.36
यद्येवं प्रतिगृह्णाति भार्गवोऽमृतमद्य वै ।
प्रदातुमेष गच्छामि भार्गवस्यामृतं विभो।
प्रत्याख्यातस्त्वहं तेन दास्यामि न कथञ्चन ॥ १४.५५.३६ ॥
If the Bhārgava accepts the nectar thus today, O mighty one, I go to give the nectar to the Bhārgava. But he has rejected me, so I will not give it in any way.
14.55.37
स तथा समयं कृत्वा तेन रूपेण वासवः ।
उपस्थितस्त्वया चापि प्रत्याख्यातोऽमृतं ददत्।
चाण्डालरूपी भगवान्सुमहांस्ते व्यतिक्रमः ॥ १४.५५.३७ ॥
Having made such an agreement, Vāsava came in that form; and you too rejected him while he was offering the nectar. O venerable one in the form of an outcaste, this is your great transgression.
14.55.38
यत्तु शक्यं मया कर्तुं भूय एव तवेप्सितम् ।
तोयेप्सां तव दुर्धर्षां करिष्ये सफलामहम् ॥ १४.५५.३८ ॥
But I will again do for you what is possible for me, what you desire. I will make your unassailable desire for water fruitful.
14.55.39
येष्वहःसु च ते ब्रह्मन्सलिलेप्सा भविष्यति ।
तदा मरौ भविष्यन्ति जलपूर्णाः पयोधराः ॥ १४.५५.३९ ॥
O brahmin, on whatever days your desire for water arises, then in the desert there will be clouds full of water.
14.55.40
रसवच्च प्रदास्यन्ति तोयं ते भृगुनन्दन ।
उदङ्गमेघा इत्युक्ताः ख्यातिं यास्यन्ति चापि ते ॥ १४.५५.४० ॥
O son of Bhṛgu, they will give you sweet water; and those clouds, called the Udaṅka clouds, will also attain fame in your name.
14.55.41
इत्युक्तः प्रीतिमान्विप्रः कृष्णेन स बभूव ह ।
अद्याप्युदङ्कमेघाश्च मरौ वर्षन्ति भारत ॥ १४.५५.४१ ॥
Thus addressed by Kṛṣṇa, the brahmin was gladdened. O Bhārata, even today the Udaṅka clouds rain in the desert.