Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.84
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14.84.1
मागधेनार्चितो राजन्पाण्डवः श्वेतवाहनः ।
दक्षिणां दिशमास्थाय चारयामास तं हयम् ॥ १४.८४.१ ॥
O king, honored by the Māgadha, the Pāṇḍava Śvetavāhana (Arjuna) took up the southern direction and let that horse roam.
14.84.2
ततः स पुनरावर्त्य हयः कामचरो बली ।
आससाद पुरीं रम्यां चेदीनां शुक्तिसाह्वयाम् ॥ १४.८४.२ ॥
Then that strong horse, roaming at will, turned back again and reached the delightful city of the Cedis called Śuktisāhvayā.
14.84.3
शरभेणार्चितस्तत्र शिशुपालसुतेन सः ।
युद्धपूर्वं तदा तेन पूजया च महाबलः ॥ १४.८४.३ ॥
There Śarabha, the son of Śiśupāla, honored him before the battle, and by that worship the mighty one was also honored.
14.84.4
ततोऽर्चितो ययौ राजंस्तदा स तुरगोत्तमः ।
काशीनङ्गान्कोसलांश्च किरातानाथ तङ्गणात् ॥ १४.८४.४ ॥
Then, O king, honored in that way, the finest of horses went on toward the Kāśīs, the Aṅgas, the Kosalas and the Kirātas.
14.84.5
पूजां तत्र यथान्यायं प्रतिगृह्य धनंजयः ।
पुनरावृत्त्य कौन्तेयो दशार्णानगमत्तदा ॥ १४.८४.५ ॥
There, having accepted the worship according to rule, Dhanaṃjaya, the son of Kuntī, turned back and then went on to the Daśārṇas.
14.84.6
तत्र चित्राङ्गदो नाम बलवानरिमर्दनः ।
तेन युद्धमभूत्तस्य विजयस्यातिभैरवम् ॥ १४.८४.६ ॥
There was a strong crusher of enemies named Citrāṅgada; with him a most dreadful battle took place for victory.
14.84.7
तं चापि वशमानीय किरीटी पुरुषर्षभः ।
निषादराज्ञो विषयमेकलव्यस्य जग्मिवान् ॥ १४.८४.७ ॥
Having brought him also under control, Kirīṭī (Arjuna), bull among men, went to the territory of the Niṣāda king Ekalavya.
14.84.8
एकलव्यसुतश्चैनं युद्धेनि जगृहे तदा ।
तत्र चक्रे निषादैः स सग्रामं रोमहर्षणम् ॥ १४.८४.८ ॥
Then Ekalavya's son seized him in battle, and there he fought a hair-raising battle with the Niṣādas.
14.84.9
ततस्तमपि कौन्तेयः समरेष्वपराजितः ।
जिगाय युधि दुर्धर्षो यज्ञविघ्नार्थमागतम् ॥ १४.८४.९ ॥
Then Kaunteya, never defeated in battles, conquered him too, the unassailable one who had come to obstruct the sacrifice.
14.84.10
स तं जित्वा महाराज नैषादिं पाकशासनिः ।
अर्चितः प्रययौ भूयो दक्षिणं सलिलार्णवम् ॥ १४.८४.१० ॥
Having conquered that Niṣāda, O great king, Pākaśāsani (Arjuna), honored, went again toward the southern ocean.
14.84.11
तत्रापि द्रवीडैरान्ध्रै रौद्रैर्माहिषकैरपि ।
तथा कोल्लगिरेयैश्च युद्धमासीन्किरीटिनः ॥ १४.८४.११ ॥
There too there was battle for the diadem-bearer with the Draviḍas, the Āndhras, the fierce Māhiṣakas and the Kolla-Girēyas.
14.84.12
तांश्चापि विजयो जित्वा नातितीव्रेण कर्मणा ।
तुरङ्गमवशेनाथ सुराष्ट्रानभितो ययौ।
गोकर्णमथ चासाद्य प्रभासमपि जग्मिवान् ॥ १४.८४.१२ ॥
Having conquered them as well, Vijaya (Arjuna), without any excessively severe action, by the power of the horse, then went around Surāṣṭra. Then, reaching Gokarṇa, he also went to Prabhāsa.
14.84.13
ततो द्वारवतीं रम्यां वृष्णिवीराभिपालिताम् ।
आससाद हयः श्रीमान्कुरुराजस्य यज्ञियः ॥ १४.८४.१३ ॥
Then the splendid sacrificial horse of the Kuru king reached the lovely Dvāravatī, guarded by the heroes of the Vṛṣṇis.
14.84.14
तमुन्मथ्य हयश्रेष्ठं यादवानां कुमारकाः ।
प्रययुस्तांस्तदा राजन्नुग्रसेनो न्यवारयत् ॥ १४.८४.१४ ॥
The youths of the Yādavas seized that finest of horses and went off with it, O king; then Ugrasena restrained them.
14.84.15
ततः पुराद्विनिष्क्रम्य वृष्ण्यन्धकपतिस्तदा ।
सहितो वासुदेवेन मातुलेन किरीटिनः ॥ १४.८४.१५ ॥
Then the lord of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas came out from the city, accompanied by Vāsudeva and the maternal uncle of the diademed one.
14.84.16
तौ समेत्य कुरुश्रेष्ठं विधिवत्प्रीतिपूर्वकम् ।
परया भारतश्रेष्ठं पूजया समवस्थितौ।
ततस्ताभ्यामनुज्ञातो यतयौ येन हयो गतः ॥ १४.८४.१६ ॥
The two met the best of the Kurus in due form with affection, and stood honoring the best of the Bhāratas with supreme reverence. Then, given leave by them, he went along the way the horse had taken.
14.84.17
ततः स पश्चिमं देशं समुद्रस्य तदा हयः ।
क्रमेणि व्यचरत्स्फीतं ततः पञ्चनदं ययौ ॥ १४.८४.१७ ॥
Then the horse roamed in turn through the western region of the ocean, and then went to the prosperous Pañcanada.
14.84.18
तस्मादपि स कौरव्य गन्धारविषयं हयः ।
विचचार यथाकामं कौन्तेयानुगतस्तदा ॥ १४.८४.१८ ॥
From there too, O descendant of the Kurus, the horse roamed at will through the land of Gandhāra, followed by the son of Kuntī.
14.84.19
ततो गान्धारराजेन युद्धमासीत्किरीटिनः ।
घोरं शकुनिपुत्रेण पूर्ववैरानुसारिणा ॥ १४.८४.१९ ॥
Then a fierce battle arose between the king of Gāndhāra and the diademed Arjuna, with the son of Śakuni, who pursued an old enmity.