Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.109
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3.109.1
भगीरथवचः शुत्वा प्रियार्य च द्विचौकसाम् ।
एवमस्त्विति राजानं भगवान्प्रत्यभापत ॥ ३.१०९.१ ॥
Hearing the words of Bhagīratha, which were dear and noble, the blessed one answered the king: 'So be it.'
3.109.2
धारयिष्ये महाभाग गगनात्मच्युतां शिवाम् ।
दिव्यां देवनदीं पुण्यां त्वत्कृते नृपसत्तम् । ॥ ३.१०९.२ ॥
O greatly fortunate one, for your sake I shall receive the auspicious, divine, sacred river of the gods, falling from the sky, O best of kings.
3.109.3
एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहो हिमवन्तुमुपागमत् ।
संवृतः पार्षदैर्घोरैर्नानाप्रहरणोधतैः । ॥ ३.१०९.३ ॥
Having said this, O mighty-armed one, he went to the Himālaya, surrounded by fearsome attendants raising various weapons.
3.109.4
तत्र स्थित्वा नरश्रेष्ठं भगीरथमुवाच ह ।
प्रयाचस्व महाबाहो शैलराजसुतां नदीम् ॥ ३.१०९.४ ॥
Standing there, he spoke to Bhagīratha, the best of men: 'O mighty-armed one, beg for that river, the daughter of the king of mountains.'
3.109.5
पितृणां पावनार्थ ते तामहं मनुजाधिप ।
पतमानां सरिच्छ्रेष्ठां धारयिष्ये त्रिविष्टपात् ॥ ३.१०९.५ ॥
O lord of men, for the purification of your ancestors I shall hold her, the best of rivers, as she falls from heaven.
3.109.6
एतच्छ्रुत्वा बचो राजा शर्वेण समुदाहृतम् ।
प्रयतः प्रणतो भूत्वा गङ्गं हि समचिन्तयत् ॥ ३.१०९.६ ॥
Hearing these words spoken by Śarva, the king, reverent and bowing, meditated upon Gaṅgā.
3.109.7
ततः पुण्यजला रम्या राज्ञा समनुचिन्तिता ।
ईशानं च स्थितं दृष्ट्वा गगनात्सहसा च्युता ॥ ३.१०९.७ ॥
Then Gaṅgā, pure-watered and lovely, remembered by the king, seeing Īśāna (Śiva) standing there, suddenly fell from the sky.
3.109.8
तां प्रच्युतामथो दृष्ट्वा देवाः सार्घ् महर्षिभिः ।
गन्धर्वोरगयक्षाश्व समाजग्मुर्दिदृक्षवः ॥ ३.१०९.८ ॥
Seeing her fallen, the gods, with offerings and with the great sages, and the gandharvas, serpents and yakṣas, came together, desiring to see her.
3.109.9
ततः पपात गगनाद्ग्ङ्गा हिमवतः सुता ।
समुद्वान्तमहावर्ता मीनग्राहसमाकुला ॥ ३.१०९.९ ॥
Then the Gaṅgā, daughter of the Himālaya, fell from the sky, churning with great whirlpools and full of fish and crocodiles.
3.109.10
तां दधार हरो राजन्गङ्गां गगनमेखलाम् ।
ललाटदेशे पतितां मालां मुक्तामयीमिव । ॥ ३.१०९.१० ॥
O king, Hara (Śiva) held that Gaṅgā, girdled by the sky, fallen upon his forehead like a garland made of pearls.
3.109.11
सा बभूव विसर्पन्ती त्रिधा राजन्समुद्रगा ।
फेनपुञ्जाकुलजला हंसानामिव पङ्कयः ॥ ३.१०९.११ ॥
O king, she flowed on, dividing into three, going toward the ocean, her waters churned by heaps of foam, like rows of swans.
3.109.12
क्कचिदाभोगकुटिला प्रस्खलन्ती क्कचित्क्कचित् ।
सा फेनपटसंवीता मत्तेव प्रमदाऽव्रजत् ॥ ३.१०९.१२ ॥
Winding in broad curves, here and there stumbling, clothed in a garment of foam, she went like an intoxicated woman.
3.109.13
क्कचित्सा तोयनिनदैर्नदन्ती नादमुत्तमम् ।
क्कचिदाकाशमावर्तैः संक्षिपन्तीव सर्वशः ॥ ३.१०९.१३ ॥
At one place she roared with a supreme sound from the din of her waters, and at another she seemed to draw in the sky on every side with her whirlpools.
3.109.14
एवंप्रकारान्सुबहून्कुर्वती गगनाच्युता ।
पृथिवीतलमासाद्य भगीरथमथाब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१०९.१४ ॥
Doing many such things, fallen from the sky, she reached the surface of the earth and then spoke to Bhagīratha.
3.109.15
दर्शयस्व महाराज मार्ग केन व्रजाम्यहम् ।
त्वदर्थमवतीर्णास्मि पृथिवीं पृथिवीपते ॥ ३.१०९.१५ ॥
Show me the path, great king, by which way I should go; for your sake I have descended to the earth, lord of the earth.
3.109.16
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो राजा प्रातिष्टत भगीरथः ।
तत्र तानि शरीराणि सागराणां महात्मनाम् ।
प्लावनार्थं नरश्रेष्ठ पुण्येन सलिलेन च ॥ ३.१०९.१६ ॥
Having heard these words, King Bhagīratha set out; there, to wash the bodies of those great-souled sons of Sagara, O best of men, with the sacred water (the Gaṅgā flowed).
3.109.17
गंङ्गाया धारणं कृत्वा हरो लोकनमस्कृतः ।
कैलासं पर्वतश्रेष्ठं जगाम त्रिदशैः सह ॥ ३.१०९.१७ ॥
Having received the Gaṅgā, Hara (Śiva), worshipped by the worlds, went with the gods to Kailāsa, the best of mountains.
3.109.18
समासाद्य समुद्रं च गङ्गया सहितो नृपः ।
पूरयामास वेगेन समुद्रं वरुणालयम् ॥ ३.१०९.१८ ॥
Reaching the ocean, the king, accompanied by the Gaṅgā, with force filled the ocean, the abode of Varuṇa.
3.109.19
दुहितृत्वे च नृपतिर्गङ्गां समनुकल्पयत् ।
पितृणां चोदकं तत्र ददौ पूर्णमनोरथः ॥ ३.१०९.१९ ॥
And the king regarded Gaṅgā as his daughter, and there, his desire fulfilled, he gave the water offering to the ancestors.
3.109.20
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं गङ्ग त्रिपथगा यथा ।
पूरणार्थ समुद्रस्य पृथिवीमवतारिता ॥ ३.१०९.२० ॥
O Gaṅgā, all this has been told to you: how the three-pathed Gaṅgā was brought down to earth to fill the ocean.
3.109.21
कालेयाश्च महाराज त्रिदशैर्विनिपातिताः ।
समुद्रश्च यथा पीतः कारणार्थ महात्मना ॥ ३.१०९.२१ ॥
And, great king, the Kāleyas were struck down by the gods, and the ocean was drunk by the great-souled one for a purpose.
3.109.22
वातापिश्च यथा नीतः क्षयं स ब्रह्महा प्रभो ।
अगस्त्येन महाराज यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥ ३.१०९.२२ ॥
And, O lord, how Vātāpi, the slayer of a brahmin, was brought to destruction by Agastya — great king, this is what you ask me about.