Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.57
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2.57.1
तां पुरी द्वारकीं दृष्ट्वा विभुर्नारायणो हरिः ।
हृष्टः सर्वार्थसम्पन्नः प्रवेष्टुमुपचक्रमे ॥ २.५७.१ ॥
Seeing that city Dvārakā, the all-pervading Nārāyaṇa Hari, delighted and endowed with every good thing, began to enter it.
2.57.2
सोऽपश्यद्वृक्षषण्डांश्च रम्यान्नानाजनान्वहून् ।
समन्ततो द्वारवत्यां नानापुष्पफलान्वितान् ॥ २.५७.२ ॥
He saw groves of pleasant trees and many people all around in Dvāravatī, abounding in various flowers and fruits.
2.57.3
अर्कचन्द्रप्रतीकाशैर्मेरुकूटनिभैर्गृहैः ।
द्वारकामावृतां रम्यां सुकृतां विश्वकर्मणा ॥ २.५७.३ ॥
Dvārakā, lovely and surrounded by houses that gleamed like the sun and moon and rose like the peaks of Meru, well built by Viśvakarman.
2.57.4
पद्मषण्डाकुलाभिश्च हंससेवितवारिभिः ।
गङ्गासिन्धुप्रकाशाभिः परिघाभिरलङ्कृताम् ॥ २.५७.४ ॥
Adorned with moats shining like the Ganges and Indus, full of clusters of lotuses, with waters frequented by swans.
2.57.5
प्राकारेणार्कवर्णेन पाण्डरेण विराजिताम् ।
वियन्मूर्ध्नि निविष्टेन द्यामिवाभ्रपरिच्छदाम् ॥ २.५७.५ ॥
It shone with a white rampart the colour of the sun, set on the summit of the sky, so that it seemed like heaven clad in clouds.
2.57.6
नन्दनप्रतिमैश्वापि मिश्रकप्रतिमैर्वनैः ।
तत्र सा विहिता साक्षान्नगरी विश्वकर्मणा ॥ २.५७.६ ॥
That city, with groves like the Nandana and Miśraka gardens, was verily built there by Viśvakarman.
2.57.7
काञ्चनैर्मणिसोपानैरुपेता जनहर्षिणी ।
गीतघोषमहाघोषैः प्रसादप्रवरैः शुभा ॥ २.५७.७ ॥
Adorned with stairways of gold and jewels, delighting the people, auspicious with the great sounds of song and the finest palaces.
2.57.8
तस्मिन्पुरवारश्रेष्ठे दाशार्हाणां यशस्विनाम् ।
नेश्मानि जहृषे दृष्ट्वा भगवान्पाकशासनः ॥ २.५७.८ ॥
In that finest of cities, seeing the dwellings of the renowned Dāśārhas, the venerable Indra, the subduer of Paka, rejoiced.
2.57.9
समुच्छ्रितपताकानि पारिप्लवनिभानि च ।
काञ्चनाभानि भाखन्ति मेरुकूटनिभानि च ॥ २.५७.९ ॥
With banners raised high, like the Pāriplava, golden in hue, they shone like the peaks of Meru.
2.57.10
सुधापाण्डरशृङ्गैश्च शातकुम्भपरिच्छदैः ।
रत्नसानुमहाशृङ्गैः सर्वरत्नसमन्वितैः ॥ २.५७.१० ॥
With peaks white as nectar, coverings of pure gold, great summits and jeweled ridges, endowed with every kind of gem.
2.57.11
सहर्म्यैः सार्धचन्द्रैश्च सनिर्यूहैः सपञ्ज्अरैः ।
सयन्त्रगृहसंबाधैः सधातुभिरिवाद्रिभिः ॥ २.५७.११ ॥
With mansions, half-moon arches, projecting balconies and latticed windows, crowded with machine-houses, like mountains with mineral veins.
2.57.12
मणिकाञ्चनभ्ॐऐश्च सुधामृष्टतलैस्तथा ।
जाम्बूनदमयद्वारैर्वैडूर्यविकृतार्गलैः ॥ २.५७.१२ ॥
With floors of gems and gold, surfaces polished smooth as lime, gates of Jāmbūnada gold, and bolts of cat's-eye gem.
2.57.13
सर्वर्तुसुखसंस्यर्शैर्महाधनपरिच्छदैः ।
रम्यसानुगृहैः शृङ्गैर्विचित्रैरिव पर्वतैः ॥ २.५७.१३ ॥
Its mansions on mountain slopes and its peaks were lovely, pleasant to the touch in every season, filled with great wealth and furnishings, like variegated mountains.
2.57.14
पञ्चवर्णसवर्णैश्च पुष्पवृष्टिसमप्रभैः ।
तुल्यैः पर्जन्यनिर्घोषैर्ह्रादैर्भोगवती यथा ॥ २.५७.१४ ॥
It was of five colors and their matching hues, bright like a shower of flowers, resounding with echoes equal to the roar of thunderclouds, like the city of Bhogavatī.
2.57.15
कृष्णध्वजोपवाह्यैश्च दाशार्हायुधरोहितैः ।
वृष्णिवीरमयूरैश्च स्त्रीसहस्रप्रजाकुलैः ॥ २.५७.१५ ॥
It was crowded with dark banners and the chariots that bore them, with the Dāśārha weapons and red banners, with the Vṛṣṇi heroes like peacocks, and with thousands of women and people.
2.57.16
वासुदेवैन्द्रपर्जन्यैर्गृहमेघैरलङ्कृता ।
ददृशे द्वारकाऽतीव मेघैर्द्यैरिव संवृता ॥ २.५७.१६ ॥
Dvārakā, adorned with the clouds of Vāsudeva, Indra and Parjanya and with house-clouds, appeared exceedingly as if enveloped by the clouds of heaven.
2.57.17
साक्षाद्भगवतो वेश्म विहितं विश्वकर्मणा ।
ददृशुर्वासुदेवस्य चतुर्योजनमायतम् ॥ २.५७.१७ ॥
They saw the very dwelling of the Lord, fashioned by Viśvakarman: the palace of Vāsudeva, four yojanas in extent.
2.57.18
तावदेव सुविस्तीर्णं सुसम्पूर्णं महाधनैः ।
प्रासादवरसम्पन्नं युक्तं जगति पर्वतैः ॥ २.५७.१८ ॥
Just as broad, very full of great wealth, endowed with excellent mansions, it was joined to the mountains of the world.
2.57.19
यं चकार महाभागस्त्वष्टा वासवचोदितः ।
प्रासादं हेमनाभस्य सर्वतो योजनायतम् ॥ २.५७.१९ ॥
The palace of Hemanābha, which the greatly fortunate Tvaṣṭṛ built at the bidding of Vāsava, extended a yojana in every direction.
2.57.20
मेरोरिव गिरेः शृङ्गमुच्छ्रितं काञ्चनालयम् ।
रुक्मिण्याः प्रवरो वासो निर्मितः सुमहात्मना ॥ २.५७.२० ॥
The golden abode, raised high like the peak of Mount Meru — the excellent dwelling of Rukmiṇī, which that greatly exalted one built.
2.57.21
सत्यभामा पुनर्वेश्म सदा वसति पाण्डरम् ।
विचित्रमणिसोपानं यं विदुः शीतवानिति ॥ २.५७.२१ ॥
Satyabhāmā's dwelling, too, always stands there — the white mansion with stairs of varied jewels, which people know as Śītavān.
2.57.22
विमलादित्यवर्णाभिः पताकाभिरलङ्कृतम् ।
व्यक्तबद्धं यथोद्देशे चतुर्दशमहाध्वजम् ॥ २.५७.२२ ॥
Adorned with banners the colour of the spotless sun, with fourteen great flags clearly fastened in their proper places.
2.57.23
सर्वप्रासादमुख्योऽत्र जाम्बवत्या विभूषितः ।
प्रभाया जृम्भणैश्चित्रैस्त्रैलोक्यमिव भासयन् ॥ २.५७.२३ ॥
Foremost of all palaces here is Jāmbavatī's mansion, adorned with the wondrous radiance of Prabhā, as though it illuminated the three worlds.
2.57.24
यस्तु पाण्डरवर्णाभस्तयोरन्तरमाश्रितः ।
विश्वकर्माकरोदेनं कैलासशिखरोपमम् ॥ २.५७.२४ ॥
But the white mansion situated between those two was built by Viśvakarman; it is like the peak of Kailāsa.
2.57.25
जाम्बूनदप्रदीप्ताग्रः प्रदीप्तज्वलनोपमः ।
सागरप्रतिमोऽतिष्ठन्मेरुरित्यभिविश्रुतः ॥ २.५७.२५ ॥
With a peak blazing like gold, like a blazing fire, resembling the ocean, it stood, renowned as Meru.
2.57.26
तस्मिन्गान्धारराजस्य दुहिता कुलशालिनी ।
सुकेशी नाम विख्याता केशवेन निवेशिता ॥ २.५७.२६ ॥
In it dwelt the daughter of the king of Gandhāra, an ornament of her family, renowned by the name Sukeśī, whom Keśava had settled there.
2.57.27
पद्मकूट इति ख्यातः पद्मवर्णो महाप्रभः ।
सुप्रभाया महाबाहो वासः स परमोच्छ्रितः ॥ २.५७.२७ ॥
Known as Padmakūṭa, lotus-coloured, of great splendour, O mighty-armed one, it was the dwelling of Suprabhā, exceedingly lofty.
2.57.28
यस्तु सूर्यप्रभो नाम प्रासादवर उच्यते ।
लक्षणायाः कुरुश्रेष्ठ स दत्तः शार्ङ्गधन्वना ॥ २.५७.२८ ॥
That excellent palace called Sūryaprabha, O best of the Kurus, was given by the bow-wielder to Lakṣaṇā.
2.57.29
वैडूर्यवरवर्णाभः प्रासादो हरितप्रभः ।
श्वेतजाला हि यत्रैव यत्रैव च निवेशिता ॥ २.५७.२९ ॥
The palace with the excellent hue of lapis lazuli, green-shining, with white lattice-work, wherever it was established.
2.57.30
यं विदुः सर्वभूतानि हरिरित्येव भारत ।
सुमित्रविजयावासो देवर्षिगणपूजितः ॥ २.५७.३० ॥
That which all beings know simply as Hari, O Bhārata, the dwelling of Sumitra and Vijaya, worshipped by hosts of gods and sages.
2.57.31
महिष्या वासुदेवस्य भूषणं सर्ववेश्मनाम् ।
यस्तु प्रासादमुख्योऽत्र विहितः सर्वशिल्पिभिः ॥ २.५७.३१ ॥
This dwelling of Vāsudeva's chief queen was the ornament of all houses; the foremost mansion here was built by all the craftsmen.
2.57.32
महिष्या वासुदेवस्य केतुमानिति विश्रुतः ।
प्रसादो विरजो नाम विरजस्को महात्मनः ॥ २.५७.३२ ॥
Vāsudeva's chief queen had a renowned dwelling called Ketumān; it was the Viraja mansion of the great-souled one, known as Virajaska.
2.57.33
उपस्थानगृहं तात केशवस्य महात्मनः ।
यस्तु प्रासादमुख्योऽत्र यं त्वष्टा व्यदधात्स्वयम् ॥ २.५७.३३ ॥
Dear one, this is the audience hall of the great-souled Keśava; the chief mansion here was made by Tvaṣṭṛ himself.
2.57.34
योजनायतविष्कम्भं सर्वरत्नमयं विभोः ।
तेषां तु विहिताः सर्वे रुक्मदण्डाः पताकिनः ॥ २.५७.३४ ॥
That was the dwelling of the lord, a yojana long and wide, made entirely of jewels; in them all, golden staffs were set up bearing banners.
2.57.35
सदने वासुदेवस्य मार्गसञ्जनना ध्वजाः ।
घण्टाजालानि तत्रैव सर्वेषां निवेशने ॥ २.५७.३५ ॥
In Vāsudeva's dwelling there were banners marking the way; and there too, in every one of their dwellings, were nets of bells.
2.57.36
आहृत्य यदुसिंहेन वैजयन्तच्छलो महात् ।
हंसकूटस्य यच्छ्रङ्गमिन्द्रद्युम्नसरो महत् ॥ २.५७.३६ ॥
Brought by the lion of the Yadus, the great Vaijayanta-semblance; the peak of Haṃsakūṭa, and the great lake Indradyumna.
2.57.37
षष्टितालसमुत्सेधमर्धयोजनविस्तृतम् ।
सकिन्नरमहानादं तदप्यमिततेजसः ॥ २.५७.३७ ॥
Sixty palm-trees high and half a yojana wide, resounding with the great cries of the kinnaras — that too belonged to the one of boundless splendour.
2.57.38
पश्यतां सर्वभूतानां त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् ।
आदित्यपथगं यत्तन्मेरोः शिखरमुत्तमम् ॥ २.५७.३८ ॥
That supreme peak of Meru, renowned in the three worlds, reaching the path of the sun, visible to all beings.
2.57.39
जाम्बूनदमयं दिव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् ।
तदप्युत्पाट्य कुच्छ्रेण स्वं निवेशनमाहृतम् ॥ २.५७.३९ ॥
That divine peak, made of Jāmbūnada gold and renowned in the three worlds, he too was uprooted with difficulty and brought to his own abode.
2.57.40
भ्राजमानं पुरा तत्र सर्वौषधिविदीपितम् ।
यमिन्द्रभवनाच्छौरिराजहार परन्तपः ॥ २.५७.४० ॥
That which formerly shone there, lit with all herbs, which Śauri, the tormentor of foes, carried away from the abode of Indra.
2.57.41
पारिजातः स तत्रैव केशवेन निवेशितः ।
लेपहस्तशतैर्जुष्टो विमानैश्च हिरण्मयैः ॥ २.५७.४१ ॥
That pārijāta tree Keśava himself had planted right there, tended by hundreds of plaster-handed craftsmen and surrounded by golden celestial mansions.
2.57.42
विहिता वासुदेवेन तत्रैव च महाद्रुमाः ।
पद्माकुलजलोपेता रक्तसौगन्धिकोत्पलाः ॥ २.५७.४२ ॥
Vāsudeva had also set great trees right there, with waters filled with lotuses, and red saugandhika and blue lotuses in bloom.
2.57.43
मणिमौक्तिकवालूकाः पुष्करिण्यः सरांसि च ।
तासां परमकूलि शोभयन्ति महाद्रुमाः ॥ २.५७.४३ ॥
There were lotus-ponds and lakes with sand like jewels and pearls, and great trees adorned their supreme banks.
2.57.44
सालतालाश्वकर्णाश्च शतशाखाश्च रोहिणः ।
भल्लातककपित्थाश्च इन्द्रवृक्षाश्च चम्पकाः ॥ २.५७.४४ ॥
There were sāla, tāla, aśvakarṇa, hundred-branched rohiṇa, bhallātaka, wood-apple, indra and campaka trees.
2.57.45
खादिरा मृतकाश्चैव समन्तात्परिरोपिताः ।
ये च हैमवता वृक्षा ये च नन्दनजास्तथा ॥ २.५७.४५ ॥
Khadira and mṛtaka trees were planted all around, and likewise the trees of the Himalayas and those born in Nandana.
2.57.46
आहृत्य यदुसिंहेन तेऽपि तत्र निवेशिताः ।
रत्नपीतारुणप्रख्याः सितपुष्पाश्च पादपाः ॥ २.५७.४६ ॥
Brought by the lion of the Yadus, these too were set there: trees resembling jewels, yellow and red, with white flowers.
2.57.47
सर्वर्तुफलपूर्णोस्ते ते च काननसिन्धुषु ।
सहस्रपत्रपद्माश्च मन्दराश्च सहस्रशः ॥ २.५७.४७ ॥
All of them were full of fruit in every season; in the forests and rivers were thousand-petalled lotuses, and thousands of Mandara mountains.
2.57.48
अशोकाः कर्णिकाराश्च तिलका नाग मल्लिकाः ।
कुरका नागपुष्पाश्च चम्पकास्तृणपुल्लिकाः ॥ २.५७.४८ ॥
There were aśoka, karṇikāra, tilaka, nāga and mallikā, kuraka, nāga-flowers, campaka and tṛṇapullikā.
2.57.49
सप्तवर्णाः कबन्धाश्च नीपाः कुरवकास्तथा ।
केतकाः केसराश्चैव हिनतालतलताटकाः ॥ २.५७.४९ ॥
Saptavarṇa, kabandha, nīpa and kuravaka trees, likewise ketaka and kesara, hintāla, tāla and tāṭaka palms.
2.57.50
तालाः प्रलम्बा वकुलाः पिण्डिका बीजपूरकाः ।
द्रुतामलकखर्जूरा महिता जम्बुकास्तथा ॥ २.५७.५० ॥
Palm trees, pralamba, vakula, piṇḍika, citron trees, drutāmalaka and date palms, mahita and jambu trees, likewise.
2.57.51
आम्राः पनसवृक्षाश्च चम्पकास्तिलतिन्दुकाः ।
लिकुचामृताश्चैव क्षीरिका कर्णिका तथा ॥ २.५७.५१ ॥
Mango and jackfruit trees, campaka, sesame and tinduka, likuca and amṛta, likewise kṣīrikā and karṇikā trees.
2.57.52
नालिकेरेङ्गुदाश्चैव उत्क्रोशकवनानि च ।
कदली जातमल्ली च पाटली कुमुदोत्पलाः ॥ २.५७.५२ ॥
Coconut and iṅgudī trees, utkrośaka groves, plantains, jāti-mallī, pāṭalī, and white and blue lotuses.
2.57.53
नीलोत्पलकपूर्णाश्च वाप्यः कूपाः सहस्रशः ।
फुल्लाशाककपित्थाश्च तैस्तीर्त्वा बन्धुजीवकाः ॥ २.५७.५३ ॥
Step-wells filled with blue lotuses and kapūrṇa, and thousands of wells; blossoming śāka and wood-apple trees; having passed through these, bandhujīvaka trees.
2.57.54
प्रियालाशोकवादिर्याः प्राचीनाश्चापि सर्वशः ।
प्रियङ्गुबदरीभिश्च यवैः स्यन्दनचन्दनैः ॥ २.५७.५४ ॥
Priyāla, aśoka and vādirya trees, ancient trees everywhere, with priyaṅgu and badarī, barley, syandana and sandal trees.
2.57.55
शचीपीलुपलाश्चैश्च पलाशवधपिप्लैः ।
उदुम्बरैश्च बिल्वैश्च पालाशैः पारिभद्रकैः ॥ २.५७.५५ ॥
With śacī, pīlu, palāśa, aśva, palāśa-vadha and pippala trees, with udumbara and bilva trees, with pālāśa and pāribhadraka trees.
2.57.56
इन्द्रवृक्षार्जुनैश्चैव अश्वत्थैश्चिरबिल्वकैः ।
भौमगञ्जनवृक्षैश्च भल्लाभैरश्वसाह्वयैः ॥ २.५७.५६ ॥
With indra-vṛkṣa and arjuna trees, with aśvattha and cira-bilvaka trees, with bhauma and gañjana trees, with bhallāta and aśva-sāhvaya trees.
2.57.57
सज्जैस्ताम्बूलवल्लीभिर्लवङ्गैः क्रमुकैस्तथा ।
वंशैश्च विविधैस्तत्र समन्तात्परिरोपितैः ॥ २.५७.५७ ॥
With sajja trees, betel vines, clove trees and areca palms, and with bamboos of many kinds planted all around there.
2.57.58
ये च नन्दनजा वृक्षा ये च चैत्ररथे वने ।
सर्वे ते यदुनाथेन समन्तात्परिरोपिताः ॥ २.५७.५८ ॥
The trees born in Nandana and those in the Caitraratha forest — all of them were planted all around by the lord of the Yadus.
2.57.59
समाहिता महानद्यः पीतलोहितवालुकाः ।
तस्मिन्गृहवरे रम्ये मणिशक्रसवालुकाः ॥ २.५७.५९ ॥
In that delightful excellent dwelling the great rivers flowed in good order, their sands yellow and red, with jewel-like sand and sand like Indra's.
2.57.60
मत्तबर्हिणनादाश्च कोकिलाश्च मदावहाः ।
बभूवुः परमोपेताः सर्वे जगति पर्वताः ॥ २.५७.६० ॥
With the cries of intoxicated peacocks and the cuckoos that stir delight, all the mountains of the world became supremely endowed.
2.57.61
तत्रैव गजयूथानि तत्र गोमहिषास्तथा ।
निवासाश्च कृतास्तत्र वराहा मृगपक्षिणाम् ॥ २.५७.६१ ॥
There too were herds of elephants, and there were cows and buffaloes; and there dwellings had been made for deer, birds and boars.
2.57.62
विश्वकर्मकृतः शैलः प्राकारस्तत्र वेश्मनि ।
व्यक्तकिष्कुशतोद्यामः सुधारससमप्रभः ॥ २.५७.६२ ॥
There, around the mansion, was a rampart like a mountain, made by Viśvakarman, clearly visible a hundred kiṣkus high, shining like a flow of nectar.
2.57.63
तेन ते च महाशैलाः सरितश्च सरांसि च ।
परिक्षिप्तानि वै तस्य वनान्युपवनानि च ॥ २.५७.६३ ॥
By it those great mountains, rivers and lakes, and its forests and groves, were indeed surrounded.