Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.44
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2.44.1
अव्यक्तो व्यक्तलिङ्गस्थो य एव भगवान्प्रभुः ।
नरनारायणो भूत्वा हरिरासीद्युधिष्ठिर ॥ २.४४.१ ॥
He who is unmanifest yet abides in a manifest form, the blessed lord, the sovereign, became Nara-Nārāyaṇa and was Hari, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
2.44.2
ब्रह्मा च शक्रः सूर्यश्च धर्मश्चैव सनातनः ।
बहुशः सर्वभूतात्मा प्रादुर्भवति कार्यतः।
प्रादुर्भावांस्तु वक्ष्यामि दिव्यान्देवगणैर्युतान्। ॥ २.४४.२ ॥
Brahmā, Indra, the sun, and the eternal Dharma, and the soul of all beings, manifest many times as the purpose requires. I will tell of those divine manifestations, accompanied by the hosts of gods.
2.44.3
सुप्त्वा युगसहस्रं स प्रादुर्भवति कार्यवान् ।
अनेकबहुसाहस्रैर्देवदेवो जगत्पतिः ॥ २.४४.३ ॥
Having slept for a thousand yugas, he, possessed of purpose, manifests himself in many thousands of forms, the god of gods, lord of the world.
2.44.4
ब्रह्माणं कपिलं चैव परमेष्ठिं तथैव च ।
देवान्सप्तर्षिभिश्चैव शङ्करं च महायशाः ॥ २.४४.४ ॥
Brahmā, Kapila, Parameṣṭhin, likewise the gods, together with the seven sages, and Śaṅkara as well, he, the one of great fame.
2.44.5
सनत्कुमारं भगवान्मनुं चैव प्रजापतिम् ।
पुरा चक्रे च देवादिः प्रदीप्ताग्निसमप्रभः ॥ २.४४.५ ॥
Sanatkumāra, the blessed Manu, and Prajāpati too, he made long ago; the first of the gods, radiant like a blazing fire.
2.44.6
येन चार्णवमध्यस्थौ नष्टेस्थावरजङ्गमे ।
नष्टदेवासुरवरे प्रनष्टोरगराक्षसे ॥ २.४४.६ ॥
By whom, standing in the midst of the ocean, when the immovable and the movable were destroyed, when the best of gods and asuras were destroyed, when serpents and rākṣasas were utterly destroyed.
2.44.7
योद्धुकामौ सुदुर्धर्षौ भ्रातरौ मधुकैठभौ ।
हतौ भगवता तेन ततो दत्त्वा वरं परम् ॥ २.४४.७ ॥
The two brothers Madhu and Kaiṭabha, eager to fight and very hard to overcome, were slain by that blessed one; then, having granted a supreme boon,
2.44.8
भूमिं बद्ध्वा कृतौ पूर्वावजेयौ द्वौ महाऽसुरौ ।
तौ कर्णमलसंभूतौ विष्णोस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥ २.४४.८ ॥
Those two great asuras, invincible, formed earlier, having bound the earth, were born from the earwax of that great-souled Viṣṇu.
2.44.9
महार्णवे प्रस्वपतः शैलराजसमौ स्थितौ ।
तौ विवेश स्वयं वायुर्ब्रह्मणा साधु चोदितः ॥ २.४४.९ ॥
Those two stood like kings of mountains before him, who was sleeping soundly in the great ocean; the wind itself, well impelled by Brahmā, entered them.
2.44.10
तौ दिवं छादयित्वा तु ववृधाते महाऽसुरौ ।
वायुप्रमाणौ तौ दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मा पर्यमृशच्छनैः ॥ २.४४.१० ॥
The two great asuras grew, covering the sky; seeing them of the size of the wind, Brahmā gradually touched them all around.
2.44.11
एकं मृदुतरं वेत्ति कठिनं वेत्ति चापरम् ।
नामनी तु तयोश्चके सविता सलिलोद्भवः ॥ २.४४.११ ॥
One was known as the softer and the other as the harder; Savitā, born of the waters, gave names to them both.
2.44.12
मृदुस्त्वयं मधुर्नाम कठिनः कैठभः स्वयम् ।
तौ दैत्यौ कृतनामानौ चेरतुर्बलगर्वितौ ॥ २.४४.१२ ॥
"This one is soft; his name is Madhu, and the hard one is Kaiṭabha himself." Named thus, the two Daityas roamed, proud of their strength.
2.44.13
तौ पुराऽथ दिवं सर्वां प्राप्तौ राजन्महासुरौ ।
प्रच्छाद्याथ दिवं सर्वां चेरतुर्मधुकैठभौ ॥ २.४४.१३ ॥
O king, formerly those two great asuras reached all of heaven, covered it over, and Madhu and Kaiṭabha roamed about.
2.44.14
सर्वमेकार्णवं लोकं योद्धुकामौ सुनिर्भयौ ।
तौ गतावसुरौ दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥ २.४४.१४ ॥
All the world had become one ocean; seeing those two fearless asuras, desiring to fight, go off, Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds […]
2.44.15
एकार्णवाम्बुनिचये तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ।
स पद्मात्पद्मनाभस्य नाभिदेशात्समुत्थितात् ॥ २.४४.१५ ॥
He vanished right there in the mass of waters of the one ocean; from the lotus that arose from the navel of Padmanābha (Viṣṇu) […]
2.44.16
आससाद स्वयं जन्म तत्पङ्कजमपङ्कजम् ।
पूजयामास वसतिं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥ २.४४.१६ ॥
He himself was born on that lotus, which was not born of mud; Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds, worshipped his dwelling.
2.44.17
तावुभौ जलगर्भस्थौ नारायणचतुर्मुखौ ।
बहून्वर्षायुतानप्सु शयानौ न च कम्पितौ ॥ २.४४.१७ ॥
Those two, Nārāyaṇa and the four-faced one, dwelling in the womb of the waters, lying in the water for many tens of thousands of years, did not tremble.
2.44.18
अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य तावुभौ मधुकैठभौ ।
आजग्मतुस्तौ तं देशं यत्र ब्रह्मा व्यवस्थितः ॥ २.४४.१८ ॥
Then, after a long time, those two, Madhu and Kaiṭabha, came to the place where Brahmā was situated.
2.44.19
तौ दृष्ट्वा लोकनाथस्तु रोषात्संरक्तलोचनः ।
उत्पपाताथ शयनात्पद्मनाभो महाद्युतिः ॥ २.४४.१९ ॥
Seeing the two of them, the lord of the worlds, the lotus-navelled one of great splendour, his eyes reddened with anger, sprang up from his couch.
2.44.20
तद्युद्धमभवद्घोरं तयोस्तस्य च भारत ।
एकार्णवे तदा घोरे त्रैलोक्ये जलतां गते ॥ २.४४.२० ॥
O Bhārata, that terrible battle took place between those two and him, in that dreadful single ocean, when the three worlds had turned to water.
2.44.21
तदभूत्तुमुलं युद्धं वर्षसङ्ख्यासहस्रशः ।
न च तावसुरौ युद्धे तदा श्रममवापतुः ॥ २.४४.२१ ॥
That battle became fierce and tumultuous for thousands of years, yet those two asuras did not grow weary in the fight.
2.44.22
अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य तौ दैत्यौ युद्धदुर्मदौ ।
ऊचतुः प्रीतमनसौ देवं नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥ २.४४.२२ ॥
After a long time, those two daityas, proud in battle, spoke with pleased hearts to the god, the lord Nārāyaṇa.
2.44.23
प्रीतौ स्वस्तव युद्धेन श्लाघ्यस्त्वं मृत्युरावयोः ।
आवां जहि न यत्रोर्वा सलिलेन पिरप्लुता ॥ २.४४.२३ ॥
We are pleased with your battle; you are praiseworthy, and you are our death. Slay us in a place where the earth is not covered by water.
2.44.24
हतौ च तव पुत्रत्वं प्राप्नुयाव सुरोत्तम ।
यो ह्यानां युधि निर्जेता तस्यावां विहितौ सुतौ ॥ २.४४.२४ ॥
O best of gods, may we, once slain, obtain your sonship; may we two be appointed as the sons of him who conquers living beings in battle.
2.44.25
तयोस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा तदा नारायणः प्रभुः ।
तौ प्रहस्य मृधे दैत्यौ दोर्भ्यां च समपीडयम् ॥ २.४४.२५ ॥
Hearing their words, the lord Nārāyaṇa then laughed and in battle pressed those two Daityas down with his two arms.
2.44.26
ऊरुभ्यां निधनं चक्रे तावुभौ मधुकैठबौ ।
तौ हतौ चाप्लुतौ तोये वपुर्भ्यामेकतां गतौ ॥ २.४४.२६ ॥
With his thighs he brought death to both Madhu and Kaiṭabha; the two, slain and submerged in the water, became one in their bodies.
2.44.27
मेदो मुमुचतुर्दैत्यौ मज्जमानौ जलोर्मिभिः ।
मेदसा तज्जलं व्याप्तं ताभ्यामन्तर्दधे तदा ॥ २.४४.२७ ॥
Sinking in the water-waves, the two Daityas released marrow-fat; the water was pervaded by that fat, and then the two disappeared into it.
2.44.28
नारायणश्च भगवानसृजद्विविधाः प्रजाः ।
दैत्ययोर्मेदसा छन्ना सर्वा राजन्वसुन्धरा ॥ २.४४.२८ ॥
And the blessed Nārāyaṇa created various creatures; O king, the whole earth was covered with the fat of the two Daityas.
2.44.29
तदाप्रभृति कौन्तेय मेदिनीति स्मृता मही ।
प्रभावात्पद्मनाभस्य शाश्वती च कृता नृणाम् ॥ २.४४.२९ ॥
From that time, O son of Kuntī, this earth has been called Medinī; and by the power of Padmanābha it was made eternal for men.