Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 16.3
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16.3.1
एवं प्रयतमानानां वृष्णीनामन्धकैः सह ।
कालो गृहाणि सर्वेषां परिचक्राम नित्यशः ॥ १६.३.१ ॥
Thus, while the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas strove, Time constantly moved around the houses of them all.
16.3.2
करालो विकटो मुण्डः पुरुषः कृष्णपिङ्गलः ।
गृहाण्यावेक्ष्य वृष्णीनां नादृश्यतं पुनः क्वचित् ॥ १६.३.२ ॥
A terrible, hideous, shaven-headed man, dark and tawny, having looked upon the houses of the Vṛṣṇis, was seen nowhere again.
16.3.3
तमघ्नन्त महेष्वासाः शरैः शतसहस्रशः ।
न चाशक्यत वेद्धुं स सर्वभूतात्ययस्तदा ॥ १६.३.३ ॥
The great archers struck him with hundreds of thousands of arrows, but then they could not pierce him, the destroyer of all beings.
16.3.4
उत्पेदिरे महावाता दारुणाश्च दिनेदिने ।
वृष्ण्यन्धकविनाशाय बहवो रोमहर्षणाः ॥ १६.३.४ ॥
Day after day, great and terrible winds arose, many and hair-raising, for the destruction of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas.
16.3.5
विवृद्धमूषिका रथ्या विभिन्नमणिकास्तथा ।
केशा नखाश्च सुप्तानामद्यन्ते मूषिकैर्निशि ॥ १६.३.५ ॥
In the streets the mice had multiplied and the gems were broken; at night the hair and nails of the sleeping are gnawed by mice.
16.3.6
चीचीकूचीति वाशन्ति शारिका वृष्णिवेश्मसु ।
नोपशाम्यति शब्दस्य सदिवारात्रमेव हि ॥ १६.३.६ ॥
In the houses of the Vṛṣṇis the mynah birds cry out "chī-chī-kūcī"; the sound never subsides, always, day and night.
16.3.7
अन्वकुर्वन्नुलूकानां सारसा विरुतं तथा ।
अजाः शिवानां विरुतमन्वकुर्वत भारत ॥ १६.३.७ ॥
The cranes imitated the cries of the owls, and likewise the goats imitated the howling of the jackals, O Bhārata.
16.3.8
पाण्डुरा रक्तपादाश्च विहगाः कालचोदिताः ।
वृष्ण्यन्धकानां गेहेषु कपोता व्यचरंस्तदा ॥ १६.३.८ ॥
Pale birds with red feet, driven by time, and pigeons then roamed in the houses of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas.
16.3.9
व्यजायन्त खरा गोषु करभाश्वतरीषु च ।
शुनीष्वपि बिडालाश्च मूषिका नकुलीषु च ॥ १६.३.९ ॥
Donkeys were born among the cows, camels and mules among the she-camels and she-mules, cats among the bitches, and mice among the female mongooses.
16.3.10
नापत्रपन्त पापानि कुर्वन्तो वृष्णयस्तदा ।
प्रार्दयन्ब्राह्मणांश्चापि पितॄन्देवांस्तथैव च ॥ १६.३.१० ॥
The Vṛṣṇis, doing evil deeds, were not ashamed then; they tormented brahmins, the ancestors, and even the gods.
16.3.11
गुरूंश्चाप्यवमन्यन्ते न तु रामजनार्दनौ ।
पत्न्यः पतीनुच्चरन्ति पत्नीश्चक पतयस्तथा ॥ १६.३.११ ॥
They dishonoured even their elders and teachers, but not Rāma and Janārdana. Wives reviled their husbands, and husbands their wives.
16.3.12
विभावसुः प्रज्वलितो वामं विपरिवर्तते ।
नीललोहितमञ्जिष्ठा विसृजन्नर्चिषः पृथक् ॥ १६.३.१२ ॥
The blazing fire turned to the left, sending forth flames separately, dark-blue, red and madder-coloured.
16.3.13
उदयास्तमये नित्यं पुर्यां तस्यां दिवाकरः ।
व्यदृश्यतासकृत्पुंभिः कबन्धैः परिवारितः ॥ १६.३.१३ ॥
At sunrise and at sunset, in that city, the sun was repeatedly seen surrounded by men and headless trunks.
16.3.14
महानसेषु सिद्धेषु संस्कृतेऽतीवि भारत ।
आहार्यमाणे कृमयो व्यदृश्यन्त सहस्रशः ॥ १६.३.१४ ॥
O Bhārata, when the well-cooked food was being carried away from the kitchens, thousands of worms were seen.
16.3.15
पुण्याहे वाच्यमाने तु जपत्सु च महात्मसु ।
अभिधावन्तः श्रूयन्ते न चादृश्यत कश्चन ॥ १६.३.१५ ॥
While the auspicious blessing was being recited and the great-souled ones were muttering their prayers, the sound of people running was heard, yet no one was seen.
16.3.16
परस्परं च नक्षत्रं हन्यमानं पुनःपुनः ।
ग्रहैरपश्यन्सर्वे ते नात्मनस्तु कथञ्चन ॥ १६.३.१६ ॥
They all saw the lunar mansions being struck again and again by one another by the planets, but they could not see themselves in any way.
16.3.17
नदन्तं पाञ्चिजन्यं च वृष्णन्धकनिवेशने ।
समन्तात्पर्यवाशन्त रासभा दारुणस्वराः ॥ १६.३.१७ ॥
As the conch Pāñcajanya roared in the dwelling of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, donkeys with dreadful voices brayed on all sides.
16.3.18
एवं पश्यन्हृषिकेशः संप्राप्तं कालपर्ययम् ।
त्रयोदश्याममावास्यां तान्दृष्ट्वा प्राब्रवीदिदम् ॥ १६.३.१८ ॥
Seeing thus the turn of time come, Hṛṣīkeśa, having looked upon them on the new-moon night of the thirteenth day, spoke these words.
16.3.19
चतुर्दशी पञ्चदशी कृतेयं राहुणा पुनः ।
प्राप्ते वै भारते युद्धे प्राप्ता चाद्य क्षंयाय नः ॥ १६.३.१९ ॥
The fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days have again been made by Rāhu; as at the coming of the Bhārata war, today it has arrived for our destruction.
16.3.20
विमृशन्नेव कालं तं परिचिन्त्य जनार्दनः ।
मेने प्राप्तं स षट्त्रिंशं वर्षं वै केशिसूदनः ॥ १६.३.२० ॥
Pondering that time, Janārdana thought that the thirty-sixth year had indeed come for Keśisūdana.
16.3.21
पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता गान्धारी हतबान्धवा ।
यदनुव्याजहारार्ता तदिदं समुपागमत् ॥ १६.३.२१ ॥
That which Gāndhārī, tormented by grief for her sons and afflicted with her kinsmen slain, had spoken in anguish has now come to pass.
16.3.22
इदं च तदनुप्राप्तमब्रवीद्यद्युधिष्ठिरः ।
पुरा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु दृष्ट्वेत्पातान्सुदारुणान् ॥ १६.३.२२ ॥
And what has come to pass in accordance with that, Yudhiṣṭhira had said long ago, having seen dreadful portents among the arrayed armies.
16.3.23
इत्युक्त्वा वासुदेवस्तु चिकीर्षुः सत्यमेव तत् ।
आज्ञापयामास तदा तीर्थयात्रामरिंदमः ॥ १६.३.२३ ॥
Having said this, Vāsudeva, wishing to make that very truth come to pass, then ordered a pilgrimage, he who subdues enemies.
16.3.24
अघोषयन्त पुरुषास्तत्र केशवशासनात् ।
तीर्थयात्रा समुद्रे वः कार्येति पुरुषर्षभाः ॥ १६.३.२४ ॥
There men proclaimed by Keśava's command: O bulls among men, a pilgrimage is to be made by you at the ocean.