Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.179
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3.179.1
नगोत्तमं प्रस्रवणैरुपेतं ।
दिशां गजैः किन्नरपक्षिभिश्च।
सुखं निवासं जहतां हि तेषां ।
न प्रीतिरासीद्भरतर्षभाणाम् ॥ ३.१७९.१ ॥
Leaving that finest mountain, full of springs and haunted by the elephants of the quarters, the kinnaras and birds, the bulls of the Bharatas, who were abandoning a pleasant dwelling, felt no delight.
3.179.2
ततस्तु तेषां पुनरेव हर्षः ।
कैलासमालोक्य महान्बभूव।
कुबेरकान्तं भरतर्षभाणां ।
महीधरं वारिधरप्रकाशम् ॥ ३.१७९.२ ॥
Then great joy arose again in them, the bulls of the Bharatas, when they beheld Kailāsa, dear to Kubera, shining like a rain cloud.
3.179.3
समुच्छ्रयान्पर्वतसंनिरोधान् ।
गोष्ठान्हरीणां गिरिगह्वराणि।
बहुप्रकाराणि समीक्ष्यवीराः ।
स्थलानि निम्नानि च तत्र तत्र ॥ ३.१७९.३ ॥
Surveying the heights, the mountain-enclosed places, the pastures of the deer, the mountain caves, and the many kinds of high and low ground here and there, the heroes went on.
3.179.4
तथैव चान्यानि महावनानि ।
मृगद्विजानेकपसेवितानि।
आलोकयन्तोऽभिययुः प्रतीता-
स्ते धन्विनाः खङ्गधरा नराग्र्याः ॥ ३.१७९.४ ॥
Likewise, looking at other great forests frequented by deer, birds and many monkeys, those foremost of men, archers and sword-bearers, went on in good spirits.
3.179.5
वनानि रम्याणि नदीः सरांसि ।
गुहा गिरीणां गिरिगह्वराणि
एते निवासाः सततं बभूवु-
र्निशामुखं प्राप्य नरर्षभाणाम् ॥ ३.१७९.५ ॥
Delightful forests, rivers, lakes, caves of the mountains and mountain hollows: these became their constant dwellings, when they reached the approach of night, those bulls among men.
3.179.6
ते दुर्गवासं बहुधा निरुष्य ।
व्यतीत्य कैलासमचिन्त्यरूपम्।
आसेदुरत्यर्थमनोरमं ते ।
तमाश्रमाग्र्यं वृषपर्वणस्तु ॥ ३.१७९.६ ॥
Having dwelt in difficult places in many ways, and having passed beyond Kailāsa of inconceivable form, they reached the exceedingly delightful foremost hermitage of Vṛṣaparvan.
3.179.7
समेत्य राज्ञा वृषपर्वणा ते ।
प्रत्यर्चितास्तेन च वीतमोहाः।
शशंसिरे विस्तरशः प्रवासं ।
शिवं यथावद्वृषपर्वणस्ते ॥ ३.१७९.७ ॥
Having met king Vṛṣaparvan and been honoured by him in return, freed from delusion, they recounted in detail, as it had been, the auspicious account of their journey.
3.179.8
सुखोषितास्तस्य त एकरात्रं ।
पुण्याश्रमे देवमहर्षिजुष्टे।
अभ्याययुस्ते बदरीं विशालां ।
सुखेन वीराः पुनरेव वासम् ॥ ३.१७९.८ ॥
Having dwelt happily for one night in that holy hermitage frequented by gods and great sages, those heroes came to the vast Badarī and again dwelt there happily.
3.179.9
ऊषुस्ततस्तत्र महानुभावा ।
नारायणस्थानगताः समग्राः।
कुबेरकान्तां नलिनीं विशोकाः ।
संपश्यमानाः सुरसिद्धजुष्टाम् ॥ ३.१७९.९ ॥
There those great-souled ones, having gone to the abode of Nārāyaṇa, dwelt together, all of them; free from sorrow, they kept gazing upon that lotus-pond, beloved of Kubera and frequented by gods and siddhas.
3.179.10
तां चाथ दृष्ट्वा नलिनीं विशोकाः ।
पाण्डोः सुताः सर्वनरप्रधानाः।
ते रेमिरे नन्दनवासमेत्य ।
द्विजर्षयो वीतमला यथैव ॥ ३.१७९.१० ॥
Having seen that lotus-pond, the sons of Pāṇḍu, free from sorrow, the foremost of all men, reached a dwelling like the Nandana grove and rejoiced, like stainless twice-born sages.
3.179.11
ततः क्रमेणोपययुर्नृवीरा ।
यथागतेनैव पथा समग्राः।
विहृत्य मासं सुखिनो बदर्यां ।
किरातराज्ञो विषयं सुबाहोः ॥ ३.१७९.११ ॥
Then the heroic men went on in due order, all together, by the very path by which they had come. Having dwelt happily for a month at Badarī, they reached the territory of Subāhu, the king of the Kirātas.
3.179.12
चीनांस्तुषारान्दरदांश्च सर्वान् ।
देशान्कुलिन्दस्य च भूरिरम्यान्।
अतीत्य दुर्गं हिमवत्प्रदेशं ।
पुरं सुबाहोर्ददृशुर्नृवीराः ॥ ३.१७९.१२ ॥
Having passed through the lands of the Chinese, the Tukhāras, the Daradas and all the very pleasant countries of the Kulindas, and crossing the difficult Himalayan region, the heroic men beheld the city of Subāhu.
3.179.13
श्रुत्वा च तान्पार्थिव पुत्रपौत्रा-
न्प्राप्तान्सुबाहुर्विषये समग्रान्।
प्रत्युद्ययौ प्रीतियुतः स राजा ।
तं चाभ्यनन्दन्वृषभाः कुरूणाम् ॥ ३.१७९.१३ ॥
O king, hearing that his sons and grandsons had arrived throughout the land, King Subāhu, filled with delight, went forth to meet them; and the bulls of the Kurus welcomed him in return.
3.179.14
समेत्य राज्ञा तु सुबाहुना ते ।
सुतैर्विशोकप्रमुखैश्च सर्वे।
सहेनद्रसेनैः परिचारकैश्च ।
पौरोगवैर्ये च रमहानसस्थाः ॥ ३.१७९.१४ ॥
Having met King Subāhu, they all came together — with the sons led by Viśoka, with the attendants led by Indrasena, and with the cooks who were in the kitchen.
3.179.15
सुखोपितास्तत्रत एकरात्रं ।
सूतान्समादाय रथांश्च सर्वान्।
घटोत्कचं सानुचरं विसृज्य ।
ततोऽभ्ययुर्यामुनमद्रिराजम् ॥ ३.१७९.१५ ॥
Having rested happily there for one night, taking the charioteers and all the chariots, and dismissing Ghaṭotkaca with his followers, they then went on toward the Yamunā, toward the king of mountains.
3.179.16
तस्मिन्गिरौ प्रस्रवणोपपन्न-
हिमोत्तरीयारुणपाण्डुसानौ।
विशाखयूपं समुपेत्य चक्रु-
स्तदा निवासं पुरुषप्रवीराः ॥ ३.१७९.१६ ॥
On that mountain, rich in springs and with peaks reddish-white like a mantle of snow, the foremost of men came to the Viśākha-yūpa and made their dwelling there.
3.179.17
वराहनानामृगपक्षिजुष्टं ।
महावनं चैत्ररथप्रकाशम्।
शिवेन यात्वा मृगयाप्रधानाः ।
संवत्सरं तत्रवने विजह्रुः ॥ ३.१७९.१७ ॥
Having gone in peace to that great forest, frequented by boars, deer and birds, radiant like Caitraratha, the chief hunters roamed there for a year.
3.179.18
तत्राससादातिबलं भुजङ्गं ।
क्षुधार्दितं मृत्युमिवोग्ररूपम्।
वृकोदरः पर्वतकन्दरायां ।
विषादमोहव्यथितान्तरात्मा ॥ ३.१७९.१८ ॥
There, in a mountain cave, Vṛkodara came upon a serpent of great strength, tormented by hunger, fierce in form like Death itself; and his inner self was troubled with despair and bewilderment.
3.179.19
द्वीपोऽभवद्यत्र वृकोदरस्य ।
युधिष्ठिरो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः।
अमोक्षयद्यस्तमनन्ततेजा ।
ग्राहेण संवेष्टितसर्वगात्रम् ॥ ३.१७९.१९ ॥
There, for Vṛkodara, a place became as an island of refuge; and Yudhiṣṭhira, foremost of those who uphold dharma, of boundless splendour, freed him whose whole body had been seized by the crocodile.
3.179.20
ते द्वादशं वर्षमथोपयान्तं ।
वने विहुर्तुं कुरवः प्रतीताः।
तस्माद्वनाच्चैत्ररथप्रकाशा-
च्छ्रिया ज्वलन्तस्तपसा च युक्ताः ॥ ३.१७९.२० ॥
The renowned Kurus, as the twelfth year drew near, were roaming in that forest; then from that forest, resplendent like Caitraratha, blazing with glory and endowed with austerity, they set out.
3.179.21
ततश्च यात्वा मरुधन्वपार्श्वं ।
सदा धनुर्वेदरतिप्रधानाः।
सरस्वतीमेत्य निवासकामाः ।
सरस्ततो द्वैतवनं प्रतीयुः ॥ ३.१७९.२१ ॥
Then, having gone to the edge of the desert, those chiefly delighting always in the science of the bow, desiring to dwell, reached the Sarasvatī and then returned to the Dvaita forest.
3.179.22
समीक्ष् तान्द्वैतवने निविष्टा-
न्निवासिनस्तत्रततोऽभिजग्मुः।
तपोदमाचारसमाधियुक्ता-
स्तृणोदपात्रावरणाश्मकुट्टाः ॥ ३.१७९.२२ ॥
Seeing them settled in the Dvaita forest, the residents there, endowed with asceticism, self-restraint, conduct and meditative absorption, who carried grass, water-vessels, cloaks and stone-pounders, then approached them.
3.179.23
प्लक्षाक्षरौहीतकवेतसाश्च ।
तथा बदर्यः खदिराः शिरीषाः।
बिल्वेङ्गुदाः पीलुशमीकरीराः ।
सरस्वतीतीररुहा बभूवुः ॥ ३.१७९.२३ ॥
Plakṣa, akṣa, rauhītaka and vetasa trees, likewise badarī, khadira, śirīṣa, bilva, iṅgudī, pīlu, śamī and karīra trees, grew on the bank of the Sarasvatī.
3.179.24
तां यक्षगन्धर्वमहर्षिकान्ता-
मावासभूतामिव देवतानाम्।
सरस्वतीं प्रीतियुताश्चरन्तः ।
सुखं विजह्रुर्नरदेवपुत्राः ॥ ३.१७९.२४ ॥
Moving with joy along that Sarasvatī, beloved of yakṣas, gandharvas and great sages, like a dwelling of the gods, the sons of the lord of men enjoyed themselves happily.