Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.147
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3.147.1
धर्मज्ञो बलवाञ्शूरः सद्यो राक्षसपुङ्गवः ।
भक्तोऽस्मानौरसः पुत्रो नेतुमर्हति मातरम् ॥ ३.१४७.१ ॥
The knower of dharma, mighty and heroic, best of rākṣasas, our devotee and our own son, is able at once to take his mother away.
3.147.2
तव भीम सुतेनाहं नीतो भीमपराक्रम ।
अक्षतः सह पाञ्चाल्या गच्छेयं गन्धमादनम् ॥ ३.१४७.२ ॥
O Bhīma of terrible valor, carried by your son, may I go unharmed with Pāñcālī to Gandhamādana.
3.147.3
भ्रातुर्वचनमाज्ञाय भीमसेनो घटोत्कचम् ।
चिन्तयामास बलवान्महाबलपराक्रमम् ॥ ३.१४७.३ ॥
Understanding his brother's word, the mighty Bhīmasena thought of Ghaṭotkaca, of great strength and valor.
3.147.4
घटोत्कचश्च धर्मात्मा स्मृतमात्रः पितुस्तदा ।
कृताञ्जलिरुषातिष्ठदभिवाद्याथ पाण्डवान्।
ब्राह्मणांश्च महाबाहुः स च तैरमिनन्दितः ॥ ३.१४७.४ ॥
And Ghaṭotkaca, righteous of soul, as soon as his father remembered him, stood with folded hands; he bowed to the Pāṇḍavas and to the brahmins, and that mighty-armed one was greeted by them.
3.147.5
उवाच भीमसेनं स पितरं सत्यविक्रमः ॥ ३.१४७.५ ॥
He, of true valor, spoke to his father Bhīmasena.
3.147.6
स्मृतोऽस्मि भवता शीघ्रं शुश्रूषुरहमागतः ।
आज्ञापय महाबाहो सर्वं कर्ताऽस्म्यसंशयम् ॥ ३.१४७.६ ॥
You have remembered me, and I have come quickly, eager to serve. Command me, O mighty-armed one; I will do all without doubt.
3.147.7
तच्छ्रुत्वा भीमसेनस्तु राक्षसं परिषस्वजे ।
चिन्ताया समनप्राप्तमित्युवाच वृकोदरः ॥ ३.१४७.७ ॥
Hearing this, Bhīmasena embraced the rākṣasa; overcome with anxiety, Vṛkodara spoke thus.
3.147.8
हैडिम्बेय परिश्रान्ता तव माताऽपराजिता ।
त्वं कच कामगमस्तात बलवान्वह तां खग ॥ ३.१४७.८ ॥
Hail, son of Hiḍimbā, your mother, the unconquered one, is exhausted. Dear child, you can go at will and are strong; sky-goer, carry her.
3.147.9
स्कन्धमारोप्य भद्रं ते मध्येऽस्माकं विहायसा ।
गच्छ नीचिकया गत्या यथा चैनां न पीडयेः ॥ ३.१४७.९ ॥
Lift her onto your shoulder, may good come to you, and go through the air in our midst; go at a gentle pace so that you do not harm her.
3.147.10
धर्मराजं च धौम्यं च कृष्णां च यमजौ तथा ।
एकोप्यहमलं वोढुं किमुताद्य सहायवान् ॥ ३.१४७.१० ॥
Even alone I am able to carry King Dharma, Dhaumya, Kṛṣṇā and the twins; how much more so today, with helpers!
3.147.11
अन्ये च शतशः शूरा विहङ्गाः कामरूपिणः ।
सर्वान्वो ब्राह्मणैः सार्धं वक्ष्यन्ति सहिताऽनघ।
मन्दंमन्दं गमिष्यामि वहन्द्रुपदनन्दिनीम् ॥ ३.१४७.११ ॥
Hundreds of other heroes, birds of changeable form, together with the brāhmaṇas, will carry all of you, O sinless one; slowly, slowly I shall go, carrying Draupadī, daughter of Drupada.
3.147.12
एवमुक्त्वा ततः कृष्णामुवाह स घटोत्कचः ।
पाण्डूनां मध्यगो वीरः पाण्डवानपि चापरे ॥ ३.१४७.१२ ॥
Having said this, Ghaṭotkaca then carried Kṛṣṇā; that hero, moving among the Pāṇḍavas, and others too carried the Pāṇḍavas.
3.147.13
लोमशः सिद्धमार्गेण जगामानुपमद्युतिः ।
स्वेनैव स प्रभावेण द्वीतीय इव भास्करः ॥ ३.१४७.१३ ॥
Lomaśa, of incomparable splendour, went by the path of the perfected ones; by his own power he shone like a second sun.
3.147.14
ब्राह्मणांश्चापि तान्सर्वान्समुपादाय राक्षसाः ।
नियोगाद्राक्षसेनद्रस्य जग्मुर्भीमपराक्रमाः ॥ ३.१४७.१४ ॥
Lifting up all those brahmins too, the rakshasas of terrible prowess went forth by the command of the lord of the rakshasas.
3.147.15
एवं सुरमणीयानि वनान्युपवनानि च ।
आलोकयन्तस्ते जग्मुर्विशालां बदरीमनु ॥ ३.१४७.१५ ॥
Thus, gazing at forests and groves as delightful as the gardens of the gods, they went on toward Viśālā Badarī.
3.147.16
ते त्वाशुगतिभिर्वीरा राक्षसैस्तैर्महाजवैः ।
उह्यमाना ययुः शीघ्रं महदध्वानमल्पवत् ॥ ३.१४७.१६ ॥
Borne along by those rakshasas of swift and great speed, the heroes went quickly, as though the long road were short.
3.147.17
देशान्म्लेच्छजनाकीर्णान्नानारत्नाकरायुतान् ।
ददृशुर्गिरिपादांश्च नानाधातुसमाचितान् ॥ ३.१४७.१७ ॥
They saw lands crowded with barbarian peoples and abounding in many mines of gems, and the foothills of mountains filled with various metals.
3.147.18
विद्याघरमाकीर्णआन्युतान्वानरकिन्नरैः ।
तथा किंपुरुषैश्चैव गन्धर्वैश्चसमन्ततः ॥ ३.१४७.१८ ॥
They saw places thronged on every side with vidyādharas, monkeys, kinnaras, kiṃpuruṣas and gandharvas.
3.147.19
मयूरैश्चभरैश्चैव हरिणै रुरुभिस्तथा ।
वराहैर्गवयैश्चैव महिषैश्च समावृतान् ॥ ३.१४७.१९ ॥
Covered all around with peacocks, bhairas, deer, rurus, boars, gavayas and buffaloes.
3.147.20
नदीजालसमाकीर्णान्नानापक्षियुतान्बहून् ।
नानाविधमृगैर्जुष्टांश्चारणैश्चोपशोभितान्।
समदैश्च्यशि विहगैः उपैरन्वितांस्तथा ॥ ३.१४७.२० ॥
Thronged with networks of rivers, joined with many kinds of birds and many animals, frequented by celestial bards, adorned with rutting birds and …
3.147.21
तेऽवतीर्य बहून्देशानुत्तरांश्च कुरूनपि ।
ददृशुर्विविधाश्चर्यं कैलासं पर्वतोत्तमम् ॥ ३.१४७.२१ ॥
Having descended through many regions and the northern Kurus, they beheld Kailāsa, the best of mountains, full of wonders of many kinds.
3.147.22
तस्याभ्याशे तु ददृशुर्नरनारायणाश्रमम् ।
उपेतं पादपैर्दिव्यैः सदापुष्पफलोपगैः ॥ ३.१४७.२२ ॥
Near it they saw the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, endowed with divine trees that always bore flowers and fruit.
3.147.23
ददृशुस्तां च बदरीं वृत्तस्कन्धां मनोरमाम् ।
स्निग्धामविरलच्छायां श्रिया परमया युताम् ॥ ३.१४७.२३ ॥
They also saw that jujube tree, its trunk round, lovely, smooth, with dense shade, endowed with supreme splendour.
3.147.24
पत्रैः स्निग्धैरविरलैरुपेतां मृदुभिः शुभाम् ।
विशालशाखां विस्तीर्णामतिद्युतिसमन्विताम् ॥ ३.१४७.२४ ॥
It was adorned with smooth, dense, soft leaves, auspicious, with broad branches, spreading wide, possessed of exceeding brilliance.
3.147.25
फलैरुपचितैर्दिव्यैराचितां स्वादुभिर्भृशम् ।
मधुस्रवैः सदा दिव्यां महर्षिगणसेविताम्।
मदप्रमुदितैर्नित्यं नानाद्विजगणैर्युताम् ॥ ३.१४७.२५ ॥
It was filled with divine, exceedingly sweet fruits, always dripping with honey, attended by multitudes of great sages, and constantly joined by flocks of various birds delighted with their own gladness.
3.147.26
अदंशमशके देशे बहुमूलफलोदके ।
नीलशाद्वलसंछन्ने देवगन्धर्वसेविते ॥ ३.१४७.२६ ॥
That place was free of gnats and mosquitoes, abounding in roots, fruits and water, covered with blue grass, and frequented by gods and gandharvas.
3.147.27
सुभूमिभागविशदे स्वभावविदिते शुभे ।
जातां हिममृदुस्पर्शे देशेऽपहतकण्टके ॥ ३.१४७.२७ ॥
In that auspicious region, clear in its fair stretches of ground, known for its own natural character, with a touch soft as snow, and cleared of thorns.
3.147.28
तामुपेत्य महात्मानः सह तैर्ब्राह्मणर्षभैः ।
अवतेरुस्ततः सर्वे राक्षसस्कन्धतः शनैः ॥ ३.१४७.२८ ॥
Having reached that place, the great-souled ones, together with those bulls among brahmins, all slowly descended from the shoulders of the rakshasa.
3.147.29
ततस्तमाश्रमं पुण्यं नरनारायणाश्रितम् ।
ददृशुः पाण्डवा राजन्सहिता द्विजपुङ्गवैः ॥ ३.१४७.२९ ॥
Then, O king, the Pāṇḍavas, together with those best of twice-born men, beheld that holy hermitage resorted to by Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
3.147.30
तमसा रहितं पुण्यमनामृष्टं रवेः करैः ।
क्षुत्तृट्शीतोष्णदोषैश्च वर्जितं शोकनाशनम् ॥ ३.१४७.३० ॥
That holy hermitage was free of darkness, untouched by the rays of the sun, devoid of the faults of hunger, thirst, cold and heat, and a destroyer of sorrow.
3.147.31
महर्षिगणसंबाधं ब्राह्म्या लक्ष्म्या समन्वितम् ।
दुष्प्रवेशं महाराज नरैर्धर्मबहिष्कृतैः ॥ ३.१४७.३१ ॥
O great king, this hermitage is crowded with throngs of great sages, endowed with the splendour of Brahman; it is hard for men cast out from dharma to enter.
3.147.32
बलिहोमार्चितं दिव्यं सुसंमृष्टानुलेपनम् ।
दिव्यपुष्पोपहारैश्च सर्वतोऽभिविराजितम् ॥ ३.१४७.३२ ॥
Honoured with offerings and oblations, divine, well swept and anointed, shining on all sides with gifts of divine flowers.
3.147.33
विशालैरग्निशरणैः स्रुग्भाण्डैराचितं शुभैः ।
महद्भिस्तोयकलशैः कठिनैश्चोपशोभितम् ॥ ३.१४७.३३ ॥
Filled with vast fire-altars, ladles and vessels, auspicious, adorned with great water-pots and sturdy vessels.
3.147.34
शरण्यं सर्वभूतानां ब्रह्मघोपनिनादितम् ।
दिव्यमाश्रयणीयं तमाश्रमं श्रमनाशनम्।
श्रिया युतमनिर्देश्यं देववर्योपशोभितम् ॥ ३.१४७.३४ ॥
A refuge for all beings, resounding with the sound of Brahman's chant, divine, to be resorted to, that hermitage which destroys weariness; endowed with splendour, indescribable, adorned by the best of gods.
3.147.35
फलमूलाशनैर्दान्तैश्चारुकृष्णाजिनाम्बरैः ।
सूर्यवैश्वानरसमैस्तपसा भावितात्मभिः ॥ ३.१४७.३५ ॥
Eating fruit and roots, self-controlled, clad in fine black antelope skins, equal to the sun and the fire, their souls purified by austerity.
3.147.36
महर्षिभिर्मोक्षपरैर्यतिभिर्नियतेन्द्रियैः ।
ब्रह्मभूतैर्महाभागैरुपेतं ब्रह्मवादिभिः ॥ ३.१४७.३६ ॥
Frequented by great sages, ascetics intent on liberation, with senses restrained, become one with Brahman, greatly blessed, speakers of Brahman.
3.147.37
सोऽभ्यगच्छन्महातेजास्तानृषीन्नियतः शुचिः ।
भ्रातृभिः सहितो धीमान्धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ३.१४७.३७ ॥
That great-splendoured, self-controlled and pure Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Dharma, wise, went up to those sages together with his brothers.
3.147.38
दिव्यज्ञानोपपन्नास्ते दृष्ट्वा प्राप्तं युधिष्ठिरम् ।
अभ्यगच्छन्त सुप्रीता दिव्या देवमहर्षयः। ॥ ३.१४७.३८ ॥
Those divine great sages, endowed with divine knowledge, seeing Yudhiṣṭhira arrive, went towards him, greatly pleased.
3.147.39
प्रीतास्ते तस्य सत्कारं विधिना पावकापमाः ।
उपाजह्रुश्च सलिलं पुष्पमूलफलं शुचि ॥ ३.१४७.३९ ॥
Pleased, those fire-like ones paid him honour according to rule, and offered pure water, flowers, roots and fruit.
3.147.40
स तैः प्रीत्याऽथ सत्कारमुपनीतं महर्षिभिः ।
प्रयतः प्रतिगृह्याथ धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ३.१४७.४० ॥
That honour offered by the great sages with affection, Yudhiṣṭhira, the king of Dharma, received with reverence.
3.147.41
तं शक्रसदनप्रख्यं दिव्यगन्धं मनोरमम् ।
प्रीतः स्वर्गोपमं पुण्यं पाण्डवः सह कृष्णया ॥ ३.१४७.४१ ॥
That holy place, like the abode of Indra, of divine fragrance, delightful and like heaven, the Pāṇḍava, pleased, together with Kṛṣṇā, entered.
3.147.42
रविवेश शोभया युक्तं भ्रातृभिश्च सहानघ ।
ब्राह्मणैर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैश्च सहार्चितः ॥ ३.१४७.४२ ॥
O sinless one, he entered that splendid place together with his brothers, and was honoured by the brahmins, versed in the Vedas and their limbs.
3.147.43
तत्रापश्यत्स धर्मात्मा देवदेवर्पिपूजितम् ।
नरनारायणस्थानं भागीरथ्योपशोभितम् ॥ ३.१४७.४३ ॥
There the righteous-souled one saw the abode of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, worshipped by gods and divine sages, adorned by the Bhāgīrathī.
3.147.44
तस्मिन्मधृस्रवफलां ब्रह्मर्षिगणभाविनीम् ।
वदरीं तामुपाश्रित्य पाण्डवो भ्रातृभिः सह ॥ ३.१४७.४४ ॥
There, having resorted to that jujube grove with honey-dripping fruits, frequented by hosts of brahmarṣis, the Pāṇḍava stayed together with his brothers.
3.147.45
मुदा युक्ता महात्मानो रेमिरे तत्र ते तदा ।
आलोकयन्तो मैनाकं नानाद्विजगणायुतम्।
हिरण्यशिखरं चैव मध्ये विन्दुसरः शिवम् ॥ ३.१४७.४५ ॥
Filled with joy, those great-souled ones delighted there, gazing at Maināka filled with many flocks of birds, its golden peak, and in the middle the auspicious Bindu lake.
3.147.46
भागीरथीं सुतीर्थां च शीतामलजलां शिवाम् ।
मणिप्रवालप्रस्तारां पादपैरुषशोभिताम् ॥ ३.१४७.४६ ॥
The Bhāgīrathī, with its fine bathing places, its cold and clear waters, auspicious, strewn with gems and coral, adorned with trees.
3.147.47
दिव्यपुष्पसमाकीर्णां मनःप्रीतिविवर्धनीम् ।
वीक्षमाणा महात्मानो विजह्रुस्तत्र पाण्डवाः ॥ ३.१४७.४७ ॥
Gazing at that place strewn with divine flowers, which increases the delight of the mind, the great-souled Pāṇḍavas roamed there.
3.147.48
तस्मिन्देवर्षिचरिते देशे परमदुर्गमे ।
भागीरथीपुण्यजलेतर्पयांचक्रिरे पितॄन्।
देवानृषींश्च कौन्तेयाः परमं शौचमास्थिताः ॥ ३.१४७.४८ ॥
In that region, frequented by gods and sages and exceedingly hard to reach, in the sacred waters of the Bhāgīrathī, the sons of Kuntī, observing supreme purity, offered libations to the ancestors, the gods and the sages.
3.147.49
तत्र ते तर्पयन्तश्च जपन्तश्च कुरूद्वहाः ।
ब्राह्मणैः सहिता वीरा ह्यवसन्पुरुपर्षभाः ॥ ३.१४७.४९ ॥
There the best of the Kurus, heroes, bulls among men, dwelt with the brahmins, offering libations and reciting.
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कृष्णायास्तत्रपशय्न्तः क्रीडितान्यमरप्रभाः ।
विचित्राणि नरव्याघ्रा रेमिरे तत्र पाण्डवाः ॥ ३.१४७.५० ॥
There the Pāṇḍavas, radiant as gods, tigers among men, delighted, watching the wondrous sports of Kṛṣṇā.