Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.173
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3.173.1
ततोऽश्मवर्षं सुमहत्प्रादुरासीत्समन्ततः ।
नगमात्रैः शिलाखण्डैस्तन्मां दृढमपीडयत् ॥ ३.१७३.१ ॥
Then a great rain of stones appeared on all sides; with rock fragments as large as mountains it pressed hard upon me.
3.173.2
तदहं वज्रसंकाशैः शरैरिनद्रास्त्रचोदितैः ।
अचूर्णयं वेगवद्भिः शतधैकैकमाहवे ॥ ३.१७३.२ ॥
Then I, with arrows like thunderbolts, swift and driven by the Indra weapon, shattered each one of them into a hundred pieces in battle.
3.173.3
चूर्ण्यमानेऽश्मवर्षे तु यावकः समजायत ।
तत्राश्मचूर्णा न्यपतन्पावकप्रकरा इव ॥ ३.१७३.३ ॥
As the rain of stones was being crushed, a reddish powder arose, and the stone dust fell there like heaps of fire.
3.173.4
ततोऽश्मवर्षे विहते जलवर्षं महत्तरम् ।
धाराभिरक्षमात्राभिः प्रादुरासीनममान्तिके ॥ ३.१७३.४ ॥
Then, when the rain of stones had been destroyed, a far greater rain of water appeared close by, in streams as thick as an axle.
3.173.5
नभस प्रच्युता धारास्तिग्मवीर्याः सहस्रशः ।
आवृण्वन्सर्वतो व्योम दिशश्चोपदिशस्तथा ॥ ३.१७३.५ ॥
From the sky, thousands of streams of fierce force fell, covering on all sides the sky, the quarters and the intermediate quarters.
3.173.6
धाराणां च निपातेन वायोर्विष्फूर्जितेन च ।
गर्जितेन च मेघानां न प्राज्ञायत किंचन ॥ ३.१७३.६ ॥
By the falling of the streams, by the roaring of the wind and the thundering of the clouds, nothing could be perceived.
3.173.7
धारा दिवि च संबद्धा वसुधायां च सर्वशः ।
व्यामोहयन्त मां तत्रनिपतन्त्योऽनिशं भुवि ॥ ३.१७३.७ ॥
Streams joined together in the sky and everywhere on the earth fell upon the ground incessantly there, bewildering me.
3.173.8
तत्रोपदिष्टमिन्द्रेण दिव्यमस्त्रं विशोषणम् ।
दीप्तं प्राहिणवं घोरमशुप्यत्तेन तज्जलम् ॥ ३.१७३.८ ॥
There I discharged the divine drying weapon taught by Indra, blazing and terrible, and by it that water dried up.
3.173.9
हतेऽश्मवर्षे च मया जलवर्षे च शोषिते ।
मुमुचुर्दानवा मायामग्निं वायुं च भारत ॥ ३.१७३.९ ॥
When the shower of stones was destroyed by me and the shower of water was dried up, the demons, O Bhārata, released illusion, fire and wind.
3.173.10
ततोऽहमग्निं व्यधमं सलिलास्त्रेण सर्वशः ।
शैलेन च महास्त्रेण वायोरवेगमधारयम् ॥ ३.१७३.१० ॥
Then I dispelled the fire entirely with the water-weapon, and with the great weapon, the mountain-weapon, I checked the momentum of the wind.
3.173.11
तस्यां प्रतिहतायां ते दानवा युद्धदुर्मदाः ।
प्राकुर्वन्विविधां मायां यौगपद्येन भारत ॥ ३.१७३.११ ॥
When that was countered, the demons, drunk with battle, at once produced manifold illusions, O Bhārata.
3.173.12
ततो वर्षं प्रादुरभूत्सुमहद्रोमहर्षणम् ।
अस्त्राणां घोररूपाणामग्नेर्वायोस्तथाऽश्मनाम् ॥ ३.१७३.१२ ॥
Then arose a very great, hair-raising shower of weapons of terrible form: of fire, of wind, and likewise of stones.
3.173.13
सा तु मायामयी वृष्टिः पीडयामास मां युधि ।
अथ घोरं तमस्तीव्रं प्रादुरासीत्समन्ततः ॥ ३.१७३.१३ ॥
That illusory shower afflicted me in battle. Then a terrible, dense darkness arose on all sides.
3.173.14
तमसा संवृतेलोके घोरेण परुषेण च ।
हरयो विमुखाश्चासन्प्रास्खलच्चापि मातलिः ॥ ३.१७३.१४ ॥
With the world enveloped in terrible, harsh darkness, the horses turned away, and Mātali too stumbled.
3.173.15
हस्ताद्धिरण्मयश्चास्य प्रतोदः प्रापतद्भुवि ।
असकृच्चाह मां भीतः किं करिष्याव इत्यपि ॥ ३.१७३.१५ ॥
The golden goad slipped from his hand and fell to the ground. Frightened, he kept asking me again and again, "What shall we do?"
3.173.16
मां च भीराविशत्तीव्रा तस्मिन्विगतचेतसि ।
स च मां विगतज्ञानः संत्रस्तमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१७३.१६ ॥
Intense fear entered him, whose mind had departed, and it entered me as well. Bereft of understanding, he spoke these words to me in terror.
3.173.17
सुराणामसुराणां च संग्रामः सुमहानभूत् ।
अमृतार्थं पुरा पार्त स च दृष्टो मयाऽनघ ॥ ३.१७३.१७ ॥
Long ago there was a very great battle between the gods and the asuras for the sake of nectar, O son of Pṛthā; and I saw it, O sinless one.
3.173.18
शम्बरस्य वधे घोरः संग्रामः सुमहानभूत् ।
सारथ्यं देवराजस्य तत्रापि कृतवानहम् ॥ ३.१७३.१८ ॥
In the slaying of Śambara there was a terrible and very great battle; and there too I acted as charioteer for the king of the gods.
3.173.19
तथैव वृत्रस्य वधे संगृहीता हया मया ।
वैरोचनेर्मया युद्धं दृष्टं चापि सुदारुणम् ॥ ३.१७३.१९ ॥
Likewise, in the slaying of Vṛtra I gathered the horses, and I also saw the most dreadful battle with Vairocana.
3.173.20
एते मया महाघोरः संग्रामाः पर्युपासिताः ।
न चापि विगतज्ञानो भूतपूर्वोस्मि पाण्डव ॥ ३.१७३.२० ॥
These dreadful battles I have witnessed and taken part in; O Pāṇḍava, I was never before deprived of understanding.
3.173.21
पितामहेन संहारः प्रजानां विहितो ध्रुवम् ।
न हि युद्धमिदं युक्तमन्यत्र जगतः क्षयात् ॥ ३.१७३.२१ ॥
Surely the destruction of creatures has been ordained by the Grandfather; this battle is not fitting unless it brings about the ruin of the world.
3.173.22
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना ।
मोहयिष्यन्दानवानामहं मायाबलं महत् ॥ ३.१७३.२२ ॥
Having heard his words, steadying myself by my own strength, I shall use my great power of illusion to bewilder the Dānavas.
3.173.23
अब्रुवं मातलिं भीतं पश्य मे बुजयोर्बलम् ।
अस्त्राणां च प्रभावं वै धनुषो गाण्डिवस्य च ॥ ३.१७३.२३ ॥
I said to the frightened Mātali: Behold the strength of my arms, the power of the weapons, and indeed of the bow Gāṇḍīva.
3.173.24
अद्यास्त्रमाययैतैषां मायामेतां सुदारुणाम् ।
विनिहन्मि तमश्चोग्रं मा भैः सूत स्तिरो भव ॥ ३.१७३.२४ ॥
Now with the illusion of weapons I shall destroy this most dreadful illusion of theirs and the fierce darkness; do not fear, charioteer, stand aside.
3.173.25
एवमुक्त्वाहमसृजमस्त्रमायां नराधिप ।
मोहनीं सर्वभूतानां हिताय त्रिदिवौकसाम् ॥ ३.१७३.२५ ॥
Having spoken thus, O lord of men, I released the weapon-illusion, bewildering to all beings, for the welfare of the dwellers of the three heavens.
3.173.26
पीड्यमानासु मायासु तासु तास्वसुरोत्तमाः ।
पुनर्बहुविधा मायाः प्राकुर्वन्नमितौजसः ॥ ३.१७३.२६ ॥
As those illusions were assailed, those foremost of asuras, of immeasurable might, again produced illusions of many kinds.
3.173.27
पुनः प्रकाशमभवत्तमसा ग्रस्यते पुनः ।
भवत्यदर्शनो लोकः पुनरप्सु निमज्जति ॥ ३.१७३.२७ ॥
Again there was light; again it is swallowed by darkness; the world becomes invisible again, and again sinks into the waters.
3.173.28
सुसंगृहीतैर्हरिभिः प्रकाशे सति मातलिः ।
व्यचरत्स्यन्दनाग्र्येण संग्रामे रोमहर्षणे ॥ ३.१७३.२८ ॥
When there was light again, Mātali, with the well-reined horses, moved about on the foremost chariot in the hair-raising battle.
3.173.29
ततः पर्यपतन्नुग्रा निवातकवचा मयि ।
तानहं विवरं दृष्ट्वा प्राहण्वं यमसादनम् ॥ ३.१७३.२९ ॥
Then the fierce Nivātakavacas rushed down upon me; seeing an opening among them, I struck them, to send them to the abode of Yama.
3.173.30
वर्तमाने तथा युद्धे निवातकवचान्तके ।
नापश्यं सहसा सर्वान्दानवान्मायया वृतान् ॥ ३.१७३.३० ॥
While the battle was going on thus, in the destruction of the Nivātakavacas, I did not suddenly see all the Dānavas covered by illusion.