Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.9
हिन्दी · தமிழ் · తెలుగు · ಕನ್ನಡ · മലയാളം · বাংলা · मराठी · ગુજરાતી · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · ଓଡ଼ିଆ · اردو · English · Español · Français · Deutsch · Português · Русский · 中文 · 日本語 · العربية · Bahasa Indonesia · ไทย
14.9.1
कच्चित्सुखं स्वपिषि त्वं बृहस्पते ।
कच्चिन्मनोज्ञाः परिचारकास्ते।
कच्चिद्देवानां सुखकामोसि विप्र ।
कच्चिद्देवास्त्वां परिपालयन्ति ॥ १४.९.१ ॥
Bṛhaspati, do you sleep in comfort? Are your attendants pleasing? Brahmin, do you desire the welfare of the gods? Do the gods protect you?
14.9.2
सुखं शये शयने देवराज ।
तथा मनोज्ञाः परिचारका मे।
तथा देवानां सुखकामोस्मि नित्यं ।
देवाश्च मां सुभृशं पालयन्ति ॥ १४.९.२ ॥
I lie down comfortably on my couch, O king of the gods. Likewise my attendants are pleasing. Likewise I always desire the welfare of the gods, and the gods protect me greatly.
14.9.3
कुतो दुःखं मानसं देहजं वा ।
पाण्डुर्विवर्णश्च कुतस्त्वमद्य।
आचक्ष्व मे ब्राह्मण यावदेता-
न्निहन्मि सर्वांस्तव दुःखकर्तॄन् ॥ १४.९.३ ॥
From where comes your sorrow today, mental or born of the body? Why are you pale and discolored? Brahmin, tell me, until I slay all those who cause you sorrow.
14.9.4
मरुत्तमाहुर्मघवन्यक्ष्यमाणं ।
महायज्ञेनोत्तमदक्षिणेन।
संवर्तो याजयतीति मे श्रुतं ।
तदिच्छामि न स तं याजयेत् ॥ १४.९.४ ॥
Maghavan, they say Marutta is about to perform a great sacrifice with the best sacrificial fee. I have heard that Saṃvarta officiates for him. I wish that he should not officiate for him.
14.9.5
सर्वान्कामाननुयातोसि विप्र ।
त्वं देवानां मन्त्रयसे पुरोधाः।
उभौ च ते जरामृत्यू व्यतीतौ ।
किं संवर्तस्तव कर्ताऽद्य विप्र ॥ १४.९.५ ॥
Brahmin, you have attained all your desires. As household priest of the gods you give them counsel. Both old age and death have passed you by. Brahmin, what can Saṃvarta do to you today?
14.9.6
देवैः सह त्वमसुरान्सम्प्रणुद्य ।
जिघांससे चाप्युत सानुबन्धान्।
यंयं समृद्धं पश्यसि तत्रतत्र ।
दुःखं सपत्नेषु समृद्धिभावः ॥ १४.९.६ ॥
With the gods you drive away the asuras and wish to slay them together with their followers. Wherever you see prosperity, there sorrow arises among rivals, and the state of prosperity.
14.9.7
अतोस्मि देवेन्द्र विवर्णरूपः ।
सपत्नो मे वर्धते तन्निशम्य।
सर्वोपायैर्मघवन्संनियच्छ ।
संवर्तं वा पार्थिवं वा मरुत्तम् ॥ १४.९.७ ॥
Therefore, O lord of the gods, I have become pale in appearance, for on hearing this my rival grows. O bountiful one, restrain by every means either Saṃvarta or the king, O best of the Maruts.
14.9.8
एहि गच्छ प्रहितो जातवेदो ।
बृहस्पतिं परिदातुं मरुत्ते।
अयं वै त्वां याजयिता बृहस्पति-
स्तथाऽमरं चैव करिष्यतीति ॥ १४.९.८ ॥
Come, go! O Agni, knower of all born beings, sent by me to bring Bṛhaspati around to Marutta. This Bṛhaspati will surely officiate the sacrifice for you, and thus will make you immortal.
14.9.9
अहं गच्छामि तव शक्राद्य दूतो ।
बृहस्पतिं परिदातुं मरुत्ते।
वाचं सत्यां पुरुहूतस्य कर्तुं ।
बृहस्पतेश्चापचितिं चिकीर्षुः ॥ १४.९.९ ॥
I go today as your messenger, O Śakra, to bring Bṛhaspati around to Marutta, desiring to make true the word of Puruhūta and to do honour to Bṛhaspati.
14.9.10
तः प्रायाद्धूमकेतुर्महात्मा ।
वनस्पतीन्वीरुधश्चावमृद्गन्।
कामाद्धिमान्ते परिवर्तमानः ।
काष्ठातिगो मातरिश्वेव नर्दन् ॥ १४.९.१० ॥
That smoke-bannered great-souled one, Agni, set forth, trampling down trees and creepers, moving at will among the snows, passing beyond the regions, roaring like the wind Mātariśvan.
14.9.11
आश्वर्यमद्ययामि रूपिणं वह्निमागतम् ।
आसनं सलिलं पाद्यं गां चोपानय वै मुने ॥ १४.९.११ ॥
Today I see a marvel: Agni has come in a visible form. O sage, bring a seat, water, water for the feet, and a cow.
14.9.12
आसनं सलिलं पाद््रतिनन्दामि तेऽनघ ।
इन्द्रेण तु समादिष्टं विद्धि मां दूतमागतम् ॥ १४.९.१२ ॥
O blameless one, I gladly accept the seat, water and water for the feet that you offer. Know that I have come as a messenger sent by Indra.
14.9.13
कच्चिच्छ्सुखी च ।
कच्चिच्चास्मान्प्रीयते धूमकेतो।
कच्चिद्देवा अस्य वशे यथाव-
त्प्रब्रूहि त्वं मम कार्त्स्न्येन देव ॥ १४.९.१३ ॥
Is he well? Is he pleased with us, O smoke-bannered one? Are the gods rightly under his control? O god, tell me all of it.
14.9.14
शक्रो भृशं सुसुखी पार्थरातिं चेच्छत्यजरां वै त्वया सः ।
देवाश्च सर्वे वशगास्तस्य राज-
न्संदेशं त्वं शृणु मे देवराज्ञः ॥ १४.९.१४ ॥
Indra is very happy, and through you he desires the kingdom of the son of Pṛthā to be undecaying. All the gods are under his control. O king, hear the message of the king of the gods.
14.9.15
यदर्थं मां प्राहिणोत्त्वत्सकाशं ।
बृहस्पतिं परिदातुं मरुत्ते।
अयं गुरुर्याजयतां नृप त्वां ।
मर्त्यं सन्तममरं त्वां करोतु ॥ १४.९.१५ ॥
The purpose for which he sent me to you is this: to bestow Bṛhaspati upon you on behalf of the Maruts. Let this teacher make you perform sacrifices, O king, and let him make you, who are mortal, immortal.
14.9.16
संवर्तोऽयं याजयिता द्विजो मां ।
बृहस्पतेरञ्जलिरेष तस्य।
न चैवासौ याजयित्वा महेन्द्रं ।
मर्त्यं सन्तं याजयन्नद्य शोभेत् ॥ १४.९.१६ ॥
This Saṃvarta is the brahmin who conducts my sacrifice; this is an offering of reverence to Bṛhaspati. Having caused Mahendra to sacrifice, he would not shine by sacrificing today for a mortal.
14.9.17
ये वै लोका देवलोके महान्तः ।
सम्प्राप्स्यसे तान्देवराजप्रसादात्।
त्वां चेदसौ याजयेद्वै बृहस्पति-
र्नूनं स्वर्गं त्वं जयेः कीर्तियुक्तः ॥ १४.९.१७ ॥
The great worlds of the gods' realm you will attain by the favour of the king of the gods. If Bṛhaspati were to make you sacrifice, you would surely win heaven, endowed with fame.
14.9.18
तथा लोका मानुषा ये च दिव्याः ।
प्रजापतेश्चापि ये वै महान्तः।
तेते जिता देवराज्यं च कृत्स्नं ।
बृहस्पतिर्याजयेच्चेन्नरेन्द्र ॥ १४.९.१८ ॥
Likewise the worlds of men, the divine worlds, the great worlds of Prajāpati, and the entire kingdom of the gods, O lord of men, would all be conquered, if Bṛhaspati were to make you sacrifice.
14.9.19
मा स्मैव त्वं पुनरागाः कथंचि-
द्बृहस्पतिं परिदातुं मरुत्ते।
मा त्वां धक्ष्ये चक्षुषा दारुणेन ।
संक्रुद्धोऽहं पावक त्वं निबोधः ॥ १४.९.१९ ॥
Do not come back again, in any way, to take Bṛhaspati away from Marutta. Enraged, I will burn you with my fierce gaze; know this, O Fire.
14.9.20
ततो देवानगमद्धूमकेतु-
दीहाद्भीतो व्यथितोऽश्वत्थपर्णवत्।
तं वै दृष्ट्वा प्राह शक्रो महात्मा ।
बृहस्पतेः सन्निधौ हव्यवाहम् ॥ १४.९.२० ॥
Then Dhūmaketu (Fire), afraid and trembling like an aśvattha leaf, went to the gods. Seeing him, the great-souled Śakra spoke to the bearer of oblations in the presence of Bṛhaspati.
14.9.21
यस्त्वं गतः प्रहितो जातवेदो ।
बृहस्पतिं परिदातुं मरुत्ते।
तत्किं प्राह स नृपो यक्ष्यमाणः ।
कच्चिद्वचः प्रतिगृह्णाति तच्च। ॥ १४.९.२१ ॥
O Jātavedas, you were sent to give up Bṛhaspati to Marutta. What did that king, about to sacrifice, say? Did he accept your words?
14.9.22
न ते वाचं रोचयते मरुत्तो ।
बृहस्पतेरञ्जलिं प्राहिणोत्सः।
संवर्तो मां याजयितेत्युवाच ।
पुनः पुनः स मया याच्यमानः ॥ १४.९.२२ ॥
Marutta did not like your words. He sent an offering-gesture to Bṛhaspati, saying that Saṃvarta would officiate for him. Though I asked him again and again, he kept saying the same.
14.9.23
उवाचेदं मानुषा ये च दिव्या ।
प्रजापतेर्ये च लोका महान्तः।
तांश्चेल्लभेयं संविदं तेन कृत्वा ।
तथापि नेच्छेयमिति प्रतीतः ॥ १४.९.२३ ॥
He said this: even if I were to obtain the worlds of men and the divine beings, and the great worlds of Prajāpati, and make an agreement with them, still I would not wish for that.
14.9.24
पुनर्गत्वा पार्थिवं त्वं समेत्य ।
वाक्यं मदीयं प्रापय स्वार्थयुक्तम्।
पुनर्यद्युक्तो न करिष्यते वच-
स्त्वत्तो वज्रं सम्प्रहर्तास्मि तस्मै ॥ १४.९.२४ ॥
Go again, approach that king, and convey my message, which is fitted to my purpose. If he again does not do what is spoken, I shall strike him down with the thunderbolt, through you.
14.9.25
गन्धर्वराड्यात्वयं तत्र दूतो ।
बिभेम्यहं वासव तत्र गन्तुम्।
संरब्धो मामब्रवीत्तीक्ष्णरोषः ।
संवर्तो वाक्यं चरितब्रह्मचर्यः ॥ १४.९.२५ ॥
O Vāsava, the king of the Gandharvas goes there as messenger; I fear to go there. Saṃvarta, enraged, of sharp anger, who has kept Brahmacarya, spoke this word to me.
14.9.26
यद्यागच्छेः पुनरेवं कथंचि-
द्बृहस्पतिं परिदातुं मरुत्ते।
दहेयं त्वां चक्षुषा दारुणेन ।
संक्रुद्ध इत्येतदवैहि शक्र ॥ १४.९.२६ ॥
If you come again in any way to give up Bṛhaspati, lord of the Maruts, I will burn you with my fierce eye. Know this, O Śakra: I am enraged.
14.9.27
त्वमेवान्यान्दहसे जातवेदो ।
न हि त्वदन्यो विद्यते भस्मकर्ता।
त्वत्संस्पर्शात्सर्वलोको बिभेति ।
अश्रद्धेयं वदसे हव्यवाह ॥ १४.९.२७ ॥
O Jātavedas, you alone burn the others; there is no reducer to ashes other than you. All the worlds fear from your touch. O carrier of oblations, you speak what is unbelievable.
14.9.28
दिवं देवेन्द्र पृथिवीं च सर्वां ।
संवेष्टयेस्त्वं स्वबलेनैव शक्र।
एवंविधस्येह सतस्तवासौ ।
कथं वृत्रस्त्रिदिवं प्राग्जहार ॥ १४.९.२८ ॥
O lord of the gods, you could envelop heaven and the whole earth by your own strength alone, O Śakra. Since you are such a one, how did Vṛtra seize the three heavens long ago?
14.9.29
नगण्डिकाकारयोगं करेऽणुं ।
न चारिसोमं प्रपिबामि वह्ने।
न क्षीणशक्तौ प्रहारामि वज्रं ।
को मे सुखाय प्रहरेत मर्त्यः ॥ १४.९.२९ ॥
O fire, I do not drink a small gaṇḍikā-mixture held in the hand, nor the soma of an enemy; nor do I hurl the thunderbolt when my power is spent. Which mortal would strike for my happiness?
14.9.30
प्रव्रजयेयं कालकेयान्पृथिव्या-
मपाकर्षन्दानवानन्तरिक्षात्।
दिवः प्रह्लादमवसानमानयं ।
को मेऽसुखाय प्रहरेत मानवः ॥ १४.९.३० ॥
I drove the Kālakeyas from the earth, drew the Dānavas down from the sky, and at last brought Prahlāda down from heaven. Which man would strike for my unhappiness?
14.9.31
यत्र शर्यातिं च्यवनो याजयिष्य-
न्सहाश्विभ्यां सोममगृह्णदेकः।
तं त्वं क्रुद्धः प्रत्यषेधीः पुरस्ता-
च्छर्यातियज्ञं स्म तं महेन्द्र ॥ १४.९.३१ ॥
When Cyavana, together with the Aśvins, was about to perform a sacrifice for Śaryāti and took the soma alone, you, O great Indra, angrily forbade him beforehand — Śaryāti's sacrifice as well.
14.9.32
वज्रं गृहीत्वा च पुरन्दर त्वं ।
सम्प्राहार्षीश्च्यवनस्यातिघोरम्।
स ते विप्रः सह वज्रेणि बाहु-
मपागृह्णात्तपसा जातमन्युः ॥ १४.९.३२ ॥
O Purandara, having taken up the thunderbolt, you struck Cyavana with terrible force. Then that sage, roused to wrath, by the power of his austerity seized your arm together with the thunderbolt.
14.9.33
ततो रोषात्सर्वतो घोररूपं ।
सपत्नं ते जनयामास भूयः।
मदं नाम्ना चासुरं विश्वरूपं ।
यं त्वं दृष्ट्वा चक्षुषी संन्यमीलः ॥ १४.९.३३ ॥
Then, in anger, he again produced for you a rival of terrible form on every side; his name was Mada, an asura called Viśvarūpa. Seeing him, you closed your eyes.
14.9.34
हनुरेका जगतीस्था तथैका ।
दिवं गता महतो दानवस्य।
सहस्रं दन्तानां शतयोजनानां ।
सुतीक्ष्णानां घोररूपं बभूव ॥ १४.९.३४ ॥
One of the jaws of that great Dānava stood upon the earth, and the other reached to heaven. With a thousand very sharp teeth, each a hundred yojanas long, he took a terrible form.
14.9.35
वृत्ताः स्थूला रजतस्तम्भवर्णा ।
दंष्ट्राश्चतस्रो द्वे शते योजनानाम्।
स त्वां दन्तान्विदशन्नभ्यधाव-
ज्जिघांसया शूलमुद्यम्य घोरम् ॥ १४.९.३५ ॥
Four tusks, round and thick, silver-pillar coloured, two hundred yojanas long. Desiring to slay you, he raised a terrible trident and rushed at you, biting with his teeth.
14.9.36
तं नापश्यस्त्वं तदा घोररूपं ।
सर्वे वै त्वां ददृशुर्दर्शनीयम्।
यस्माद्भीतः प्राञ्जलिस्त्वं महर्षि-
मागच्छेथाः शरणं दानवघ्न ॥ १४.९.३६ ॥
At that time you did not see that terrible form; everyone saw you in a form worthy of sight. O slayer of Dānavas, afraid and with folded hands, you came to the great sage for refuge.
14.9.37
क्षात्राद्बलाद्ब्रह्मबलं गरीयो ।
न ब्रह्मतः किञ्चिदन्यद्गरीयः।
सोहं जानन्ब्रह्मतेजो यथाव-
न्न संवर्त गन्तुमिच्छामि शक्र ॥ १४.९.३७ ॥
The might of Brahman is greater than the might of the warrior; there is nothing greater than Brahman. Therefore, O Śakra, knowing the splendour of Brahman truly, I do not wish to go to Saṃvarta.