Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.168
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3.168.1
यथागतं गते शक्रे भ्रातृभिः सह संगतः ।
कृष्णया चैव बीभत्सुर्धर्मराजमपूजयत् ॥ ३.१६८.१ ॥
When Indra had gone back the way he came, Bībhatsu (Arjuna), joined with his brothers and with Kṛṣṇā, paid honor to Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira).
3.168.2
अभिवादयमानं तं मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय पाण्डवम् ।
हर्षगद्गदया वाचा प्रहृष्टोऽर्जुनमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१६८.२ ॥
Smelling the head of that Pāṇḍava, who was bowing before him, and delighted, he spoke to Arjuna in a voice choked with joy.
3.168.3
कथमर्जुन कालोऽयं स्वर्गे रव्यतिगतस्तव ।
कथं चास्त्राण्यवाप्तानि देवराजश्च तोषितः ॥ ३.१६८.३ ॥
Arjuna, how did this time pass for you in heaven? How did you obtain the weapons, and how did you please the king of the gods?
3.168.4
सम्यग्वा ते गृहीतानि कच्चिदस्त्राणि पाण्डव ।
कच्चित्सुराधिपः प्रीतो रुद्रश्चास्त्राण्यदात्तव ॥ ३.१६८.४ ॥
Pāṇḍava, have you properly taken up the weapons? Was the lord of the gods pleased, and did Rudra give you his weapons?
3.168.5
यथा दृष्टश्च ते शक्रो भगवान्वा पिनाकधृत् ।
यथैवास्त्राण्यवाप्तानि यथैवाराधिताश्च ते ॥ ३.१६८.५ ॥
How you saw Śakra (Indra) or the blessed Pinākadhārin (Śiva), how you obtained the weapons, and how you propitiated them.
3.168.6
यथोक्तवांस्त्वां भगवाञ्शतक्रतुररिंदम ।
कृतप्रियस्त्वयाऽस्मीति तस्य ते किं प्रियं कृतम् ॥ ३.१६८.६ ॥
Subduer of enemies, the blessed Śatakratu (Indra) told you, 'You have done me a favor.' What favor did you do for him?
3.168.7
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण महाद्युते ।
यथा तुष्टो महादेवो देवराजस्तथाऽनघ ॥ ३.१६८.७ ॥
I wish to hear this in full detail, O radiant one: how Mahādeva and the king of the gods were pleased, O sinless one.
3.168.8
यच्चापि वज्रपाणेस्तु प्रियं कृतमरिंदम ।
एतदाख्याहि मे सर्वमखिलेन धनंजय ॥ ३.१६८.८ ॥
And tell me fully everything that favour which Indra, the thunderbolt-wielder, bestowed, O subduer of foes, O Dhanaṃjaya.
3.168.9
शृणु हन्त महाराज विधिना येन दृष्टवान् ।
शतक्रतुमहं देवं भगवन्तं च शंकरम् ॥ ३.१६८.९ ॥
Listen, O great king, to how I beheld Indra, the hundred-sacrificer, and the blessed lord Śaṅkara.
3.168.10
विद्यामधीत्य तां राजंस्त्वयोक्तामरिमर्दन ।
भवता च समादिष्टस्तपसे प्रस्थितो वनम् ॥ ३.१६८.१० ॥
Having studied that knowledge which you taught, O king, O crusher of foes, and instructed by you, I set out for the forest to undertake penance.
3.168.11
भृगुतुन्दमथो गत्वा काम्यकादास्थितस्तपः ।
एकरात्रोषितः कंचिदपश्यं ब्राह्मणं पथि ॥ ३.१६८.११ ॥
Then, having gone to Bhṛgutuṅga and taken up austerity from Kāmyaka, after staying one night I saw a brahmin on the path.
3.168.12
स मामपृच्छत्कौन्तेय क्वासि गन्ता ब्रवीहि मे ।
तस्मा अवितथं सर्वमब्रवं कुरुनन्दन ॥ ३.१६८.१२ ॥
He asked me, O son of Kuntī, 'Where are you going? Tell me.' Then, O joy of the Kurus, I told him everything truthfully.
3.168.13
स तथ्यं मम तच्छ्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणो राजसत्तम ।
अपूजयत मां राजन्प्रीतिमांश्चाभवन्मयि ॥ ३.१६८.१३ ॥
Having heard my true account, that brahmin, O best of kings, honored me, and O king, he became pleased with me.
3.168.14
ततो मामब्रवीत्प्रीतस्तप आतिष्ठ भारत ।
तपस्वी नचिरेण त्वं द्रक्ष्यसे विबुधाधिषम् ॥ ३.१६८.१४ ॥
Then, pleased, he said to me, "Undertake austerities, O Bhārata; become an ascetic, and before long you will see the lord of the gods."
3.168.15
ततोऽहं वचनात्तस्य गिरिमारुह्य शैशिरम् ।
तपोऽतप्यं महाराज मासं मूलफलाशनः ॥ ३.१६८.१५ ॥
Then, at his word, I climbed that snowy mountain, and, O great king, for a month I performed austerities, eating roots and fruits.
3.168.16
द्वितीयश्चापि मे मासो जलं भक्षयतो गतः ।
निराहारस्तृतीयेऽथ मासे पाण्डवनन्दन ॥ ३.१६८.१६ ॥
My second month too passed with me drinking only water; and then, in the third month, O son of Pāṇḍu, I remained without food.
3.168.17
ऊर्ध्वबाहुश्चतुर्थं तु मासमस्मि स्थितस्तदा ।
न च मे हीयते प्राणस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ३.१६८.१७ ॥
In the fourth month, however, I stood with my arms raised; yet my life-breath did not wane, and it became as though wonderful.
3.168.18
पञ्चमे त्वथ संप्राप्ते प्रथमे दिवसे गते ।
वराहसंस्थितं भूतं मत्समीपं समागमत् ॥ ३.१६८.१८ ॥
When the fifth month came, and on its first day had passed, a being in the form of a boar came near me.
3.168.19
निघ्नन्प्रोथेन पृथिवीं विलिखंश्चरणैरपि ।
संमार्जञ्जठरेणोर्वीं विवर्तंश्च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ ३.१६८.१९ ॥
Striking the earth with his snout, scratching it with his feet, sweeping the ground with his belly, rolling over again and again.
3.168.20
अनु तस्यापरं भूतं महत्कैरातसंस्थितम् ।
धनुर्बाणासिमत्प्राप्तं स्त्रीगणानुगतं तदा ॥ ३.१६८.२० ॥
After it came another great being, standing in the form of a Kirāta, bearing bow, arrows and sword, accompanied then by a host of women.
3.168.21
ततोऽहं धनुरादाय तथाऽक्षय्ये महेषुधी ।
अताडयं शरेणाथ तद्भूतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥ ३.१६८.२१ ॥
Then I took up my bow, and with two great inexhaustible quivers I struck that hair-raising being with an arrow.
3.168.22
युपत्तं किरातस्तु विकृष्य बलवद्धनुः ।
अभ्याजघ्ने दृढतरं कम्पयन्निव मेदिनीम् ॥ ३.१६८.२२ ॥
But the Kirāta, drawing his mighty bow, struck me very firmly, as if shaking the earth.
3.168.23
सतु मामब्रवीद्राजन्मम पूर्वपरिग्रहः ।
मृगयाधर्ममुत्सृज्य किमर्थं ताडितस्त्वया ॥ ३.१६८.२३ ॥
He said to me, "O king, this was my prior claim. Abandoning the rule of the hunt, why have you struck me?"
3.168.24
एष ते निशितैर्बाणैर्दर्पं हन्मि स्थिरो भव ।
संघर्षवान्महाकायस्ततो मामभ्यधावत ॥ ३.१६८.२४ ॥
"Here, with sharp arrows I will destroy your pride; stand firm." Then that great-bodied one, full of rage, rushed at me.
3.168.25
ततो गिरिमिवात्यर्थमावृणोन्मां महाशरैः ।
तं चाहं शरवर्षेण महता समवाकिरम् ॥ ३.१६८.२५ ॥
Then he covered me completely with great arrows, like a mountain. And I covered him with a great rain of arrows.
3.168.26
ततः शरैर्दीप्तमुखैर्यन्त्रितैरनु यन्त्रितैः ।
प्रत्यविध्यमहं तं तु वज्रैरिव शिलोच्चयम् ॥ ३.१६८.२६ ॥
Then with arrows blazing at the tips, controlled and following one another, I struck back at him, as one strikes a heap of rocks with thunderbolts.
3.168.27
तस्य तच्छतधा रूपमभवच्च सहस्रधा ।
तानि चास्य शरीराणि शरैरहमताडयम् ॥ ३.१६८.२७ ॥
His form became a hundredfold and a thousandfold, and I struck those bodies of his with arrows.
3.168.28
पुनस्तानि शरीराणि एकीभूतानि भारत ।
अदृश्यन्त महाराज तान्यहं व्यधमं पुनः ॥ ३.१६८.२८ ॥
O Bhārata, those bodies again appeared as one. O great king, I struck them down once more.
3.168.29
अणुर्बृहच्छिरा भूत्वा बृहच्चाणुशिराः पुनः ।
एकीभूतस्तदा राजन्सोऽभ्यवर्तत मां युधि ॥ ३.१६८.२९ ॥
Becoming small with a large head, and large with a small head, O king, he then became one again and advanced upon me in battle.
3.168.30
यदाऽभिभवितुं बाणैर्न च शक्नोमि तं रणे ।
ततो महास्त्रमातिष्ठं वायव्यं भरतर्षभ ॥ ३.१६८.३० ॥
When I was unable to overpower him with arrows in battle, then, O bull of the Bharatas, I took up the great weapon called Vāyavya.
3.168.31
न चैनमशकं हन्तुं तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ।
तस्मिन्प्रतिहते चास्त्रे विस्मयो मे महानभूत् ॥ ३.१६८.३१ ॥
I could not slay him; it became something wondrous. When that weapon was countered, I was filled with great amazement.
3.168.32
तत्रापि च महाराज सविशेषमहं ततः ।
अस्त्रपूगेन महता रणे भूतमवाकिरम् ॥ ३.१६८.३२ ॥
There too, great king, I then especially covered that creature in battle with a vast host of weapons.
3.168.33
स्थूणाकर्णमथो जालं शरवर्षं शरोल्वणम् ।
शलभास्त्रमश्मवर्षं समास्थायाहमभ्ययाम् ॥ ३.१६८.३३ ॥
Taking up the Sthūṇākarṇa, then a net, a rain of arrows fierce with shafts, the Śalabha weapon, and a rain of stones, I advanced.
3.168.34
जग्रास प्रसभं तानि सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि मे नृप ।
तेषु सर्वेषु जग्धेषु ब्रह्मास्त्रं महदादिशम् ॥ ३.१६८.३४ ॥
O king, it forcibly swallowed all my weapons. When all of them had been swallowed, I discharged the great Brahma-weapon.
3.168.35
ततः प्रज्वलितैर्बाणैः सर्वतश्चोपचीयत ।
उपचीयमानश्च तदा महास्त्रेण व्यवर्धत ॥ ३.१६८.३५ ॥
Then, from every side, it was heaped up with blazing arrows; and as it was heaped up, it grew by the great weapon.
3.168.36
ततः संतापिता लोका मत्प्रसूतेन तेजसा ।
क्षणएन हि दिशः स्वं च सर्वतो हि विदीपितं ॥ ३.१६८.३६ ॥
Then the worlds were scorched by the blaze born from me; in an instant the quarters and the very self were set ablaze on every side.
3.168.37
तदप्यस्त्रं महातेजाः क्षणेनैव व्यशामयत् ।
ब्र्हमास्त्रे तु हते राजन्भयं मां महदाविशत् ॥ ३.१६८.३७ ॥
That one of great splendor quelled that weapon too in an instant. But when the Brahma-weapon was struck, O king, great fear entered me.
3.168.38
ततोऽहं धनुरादाय तथाऽक्षय्ये महेषुधी ।
सहसाऽभ्यहनं भूतं तान्यप्यस्त्राण्यभक्षयत् ॥ ३.१६८.३८ ॥
Then I took up my bow and likewise my two inexhaustible great quivers, and suddenly struck at that spirit. It devoured those weapons too.
3.168.39
एतेष्वस्त्रेषु भूतेन भक्षितेष्वायुधेषु च ।
मम तस् च भूतस्य बाहुयुद्धमवर्तत ॥ ३.१६८.३९ ॥
When these weapons and arms had been devoured by the spirit, a hand-to-hand combat arose between me and that spirit.
3.168.40
व्यायामं मुष्टिभिः कृत्वा तलैरभिसमाहतौ ।
अपायच्च तद्भूतमहं चापातयं महीम् ॥ ३.१६८.४० ॥
Exerting myself with fists and striking each other with the palms, I made that spirit fall, and I threw it down to the earth.
3.168.41
ततः प्रहस्य तद्भूतं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ।
सह स्त्रीभिर्महाराज पश्यतो मेऽद्भुतोपमम् ॥ ३.१६८.४१ ॥
Then that spirit, laughing, vanished right there together with the women, O great king, as I watched—a wonder to behold.
3.168.42
मुख्यं कृत्वा स भगवांस्ततोऽन्यद्रूपमात्मनः ।
दिव्यमेव महाराज वरानोऽद्भुतमम्बरम् ॥ ३.१६८.४२ ॥
Then that blessed lord, setting aside his foremost form, O great king, took on another divine form, and put on a splendid and wondrous garment.
3.168.43
हित्वा किरातरूपं च भगवांस्त्रिदशेश्वरः ।
स्वरूपं दिव्यमास्थाय तस्यौ महेश्वरः ॥ ३.१६८.४३ ॥
Having cast off the form of a hunter, the blessed lord, the lord of the thirty gods, assumed his own divine form and stood there as the Great Lord.
3.168.44
सोऽदृश्यत ततः साक्षाद्भगवान्गोवृषध्वजः ।
धनुर्गृह्यतदा पाणौ बहुरूपः पिनाकधृत् ॥ ३.१६८.४४ ॥
Then the blessed lord whose banner bears the bull appeared before me in person, bow in hand, of many forms, bearer of the Pināka.
3.168.45
स मामभ्येत्य समरे तथैवाभिमुखं स्थितम् ।
शूलपाणिरथोवाच तुष्टोस्मीति परंतप ॥ ३.१६८.४५ ॥
He came near me, where I stood face to face with him in battle, and the trident-bearer said: "O scorcher of foes, I am pleased."
3.168.46
ततस्तद्धनुरादाय तूणौ चाक्षय्यसायकौ ।
प्रादान्ममैव भगवान्वरयस्वेति चाब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१६८.४६ ॥
Then he took up that bow and the two quivers with inexhaustible arrows and gave them to me, and the blessed lord said, "Ask for a boon."
3.168.47
तुष्टोस्मि तव कौन्तेय ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ।
मनोगतं वीर यत्ते तद्ब्रूहि वितराम्यहम्।
अमरत्वमपाहाय ब्रूहि यत्ते मनोगतम् ॥ ३.१६८.४७ ॥
"Son of Kuntī, I am pleased with you. Tell me, what shall I do for you? Hero, speak what is in your mind; I will grant it to you. Setting aside immortality, speak what is in your mind."
3.168.48
ततः प्राञ्डलिरेवाहमस्त्रेषु कृतमानसः ।
प्रणम्य शिरसा शर्वं ततो वचनमाददे ॥ ३.१६८.४८ ॥
Then I, with my mind set upon weapons, joined my palms, bowed my head to Śarva, and began to speak.
3.168.49
भगवानमे प्रसन्नश्चेदीप्सितोऽयं वरो मम ।
अस्त्राणीच्छाम्यहं ज्ञातुं यानि देवेषु कानिचित् ॥ ३.१६८.४९ ॥
If the blessed lord is pleased with me, this is the boon I desire: I wish to know whatever weapons the gods possess.
3.168.50
ददानीत्येव भगवानब्रवीत्र्यम्बकश्च माम् ।
रौद्रमस्त्रं मदीयं त्वामुपस्थास्यति पाण्डव ॥ ३.१६८.५० ॥
"I shall give it," the blessed Tryambaka said to me. O Pāṇḍava, my terrible weapon will come near you.
3.168.51
प्रददौ च मम प्रीतः सोऽस्त्रं पाशुपतं प्रभुः ।
उवाच च महादेवो दत्त्वा मेऽस्त्रं सनातनम् ॥ ३.१६८.५१ ॥
Pleased, that lord gave me the Pāśupata weapon; and Mahādeva, having given me this eternal weapon, spoke.
3.168.52
न प्रयोज्यंभवेदेतन्मानुषेषु कथंचन ।
जगद्विनिर्दहेदेवमल्पतेजसि पातितम् ॥ ३.१६८.५२ ॥
This weapon must never be used against men in any way: if it is hurled at one of little power, it would utterly burn up the world.
3.168.53
पीड्यमानन बलवत्प्रयोज्यंस्याद्धनंजय ।
अस्त्राणां प्रतिघाते च सर्वथैव प्रयोजयेः ॥ ३.१६८.५३ ॥
O Dhanaṃjaya, it should be used only when you are pressed by a strong foe; and when weapons are being countered, you should by all means employ it.
3.168.54
ततोऽप्रतिहतं दिव्यं सर्वास्त्रप्रतिषेधनम् ।
मूर्तिमन्मे स्थितं पार्श्वे प्रसन्ने गोवृषध्वजे ॥ ३.१६८.५४ ॥
Then, with the bull-bannered lord pleased, that unobstructed divine weapon, which repels all weapons, stood embodied at my side.
3.168.55
उत्सादनममित्राणां परसेनानिकर्तनम् ।
दुरासदं दुष्प्रसहं सुरदानवराक्षसैः ॥ ३.१६८.५५ ॥
The destroyer of enemies, the cutter-down of the enemy's army, unapproachable and unbearable even to gods, dānavas and rākṣasas.
3.168.56
अनुज्ञातस्त्वहं तेन तत्रैव समुपाविशम् ।
प्रेक्षतश्चैवमे देवस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ ३.१६८.५६ ॥
Having been permitted by him, I sat down right there. While he was looking at me, the god vanished right there.