Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.181
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3.181.1
स भीमसेनस्तेजस्वी तदा सर्पवशं गतः ।
चिन्तयामास सर्पस्य वीर्यमत्यद्भुतं महत् ॥ ३.१८१.१ ॥
Then the radiant Bhīmasena, brought under the snake's power, began to reflect on the snake's most wondrous and great strength.
3.181.2
उवाच च महासर्पं कामयाब्रूहि पन्नग ।
कस्त्वं भो भुजगश्रेष्ठ किं मया च करिष्यसि ॥ ३.१८१.२ ॥
He said to the great serpent: "Tell me, O serpent, who are you? O best of snakes, what will you do with me?"
3.181.3
पाण्डवो भीमसेनोऽहं धर्मराजादनन्तरः ।
नागायुतसमप्राणस्त्वया नीतः कथं वशम् ॥ ३.१८१.३ ॥
"I am Bhīmasena, a Pāṇḍava, next after Dharmarāja. Having the life-force of ten thousand elephants, how have you brought me under your power?"
3.181.4
सिंहाः केसरिणो व्याघ्रा महिषा वारणास्तथा ।
समागताश्च बहुशो निहताश्च मया युधि ॥ ३.१८१.४ ॥
"Lions, maned lions, tigers, buffaloes and elephants have also come against me many times, and in battle they were slain by me."
3.181.5
राक्षसाश्च पिशाचाश्च पन्नगाश्च महाबलाः ।
भुजवेगमशक्ता मे सोढुं पन्नगसत्तम ॥ ३.१८१.५ ॥
"Rākṣasas, piśācas and mighty serpents have been unable to withstand the force of my arms, O best of serpents."
3.181.6
किंनु विद्याबलं किंनु वरदानमथो तव ।
उद्योगमपि कुर्वाणो वशगोस्मि कृतस्त्वया ॥ ३.१८१.६ ॥
"Is it by your power of knowledge, or by some boon of yours? Or, though I was striving, have I been brought under your power?"
3.181.7
अनुत्यो विक्रमो नॄणामिति मे धीयते मतिः ।
यथेदं मे त्वया नाग बलं प्रतिहतं महत् ॥ ३.१८१.७ ॥
The valour of men is unconquerable, so I hold; for, O serpent, you have checked this great strength of mine.
3.181.8
इत्येवंवादिनं वीरं भीममक्लिष्टकारिणम् ।
भोगेन महता गृह्य समन्तात्पर्यवेष्टयत् ॥ ३.१८१.८ ॥
As the hero Bhīma, who acts without effort, spoke thus, the serpent seized him with its great coils and wrapped him round on every side.
3.181.9
निगृह्यैनं महाबाहुं ततः स भुजगस्तदा ।
विमुच्यास्य भुजौ पीनाविदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१८१.९ ॥
Having seized that mighty-armed one, the serpent then released his stout arms and spoke these words.
3.181.10
दिष्टस्त्वं क्षुधितस्याद्य देवैर्भक्षो महाभुज ।
दिष्ट्या कालस्य महतः प्रियाः प्राणा हि देहिनां ॥ ३.१८१.१० ॥
O mighty-armed one, today the gods have destined you as food for me, who am hungry; by fortune, before great Time, the lives of embodied beings are indeed dear to them.
3.181.11
यथा त्विदं मया प्राप्तं भुजङ्गत्वमरिंदम ।
तदवश्यं त्वया मत्तः श्रोतव्यं शृणु यन्मम ॥ ३.१८१.११ ॥
O subduer of foes, you must surely hear from me how I came to this serpent-state; listen to what is mine.
3.181.12
इमामवस्थां संप्राप्तो ह्यहं कोपान्महर्षिणा ।
शापस्यान्तं परिप्रेप्सुः सर्वस् कथयामि तत् ॥ ३.१८१.१२ ॥
Through the great sage's anger I have come to this condition; desiring to obtain the end of the curse, I will tell it all.
3.181.13
नहुषो नाम राजर्षिर्व्यक्तं ते श्रोत्रमागतः ।
तवैव पूर्वः पूर्वेषामायोर्वंशधरः सुतः ॥ ३.१८१.१३ ॥
The royal sage named Nahuṣa has surely reached your ear: he was the first of your forefathers, the son who bore the line of Āyu.
3.181.14
सोहं शापादगस्त्यस्य ब्राह्मणानवमत्य च ।
इमामवस्थामापन्नः पश्य दैवमिदं मम ॥ ३.१८१.१४ ॥
Through Agastya's curse, and because I had shown contempt for brahmins, I have fallen into this state. Behold, this is my fate.
3.181.15
त्वां चेदवध्यमायान्तमतीव प्रियदर्शनम् ।
अहमद्योपयोक्ष्यामि विधानं पश्य यादृशम् ॥ ३.१८१.१५ ॥
If you, who cannot be slain and who are most pleasing to behold, come near, today I shall seize you. Behold the manner of my doing.
3.181.16
न हि मे मुच्यते कश्चित्कथंचित्प्रग्रहं गतः ।
गचजोवा महिषो वाऽपि षष्ठे काले नरोत्तम ॥ ३.१८१.१६ ॥
O best of men, no one who has come into my grip is ever released in any way, whether elephant or buffalo, even at the sixth time.
3.181.17
नासि केवलसर्पेण तिर्यग्योनिषु वर्तता ।
गृहीतः कौरवश्रेष्ठ वरदानमिदं मम ॥ ३.१८१.१७ ॥
O best of the Kauravas, you have not been seized merely by a snake dwelling in an animal womb; this is my boon.
3.181.18
पतता हि विमानाग्रान्मया शक्रासनाद्द्रुतम् ।
कुरु शापान्तमित्युक्तो भगवान्मुनिसत्तमः ॥ ३.१८१.१८ ॥
As I fell swiftly from the summit of my aerial car, from Indra's seat, the venerable best of sages was told: 'Bring an end to the curse.'
3.181.19
यस्त्वया वेष्टितो राजन्मोहमेति महाबलः ।
मोक्षस्ते भविता राजन्कस्माच्चित्कालपर्ययात् ॥ ३.१८१.१९ ॥
O king, the mighty one whom you have encircled falls into delusion; O king, your release will come after some passage of time.
3.181.20
ततोस्मि पतितो भूमौ न च मामजहात्स्मृतिः ।
स्मार्तमस्ति पुराणं मे यथैवाधिगतं तथा ॥ ३.१८१.२० ॥
Then I fell to the ground, yet memory did not abandon me; the ancient lore is in my recollection just as I had learned it.
3.181.21
यस्तु ते व्याहृतान्प्रश्नान्प्रतिब्रूयाद्विभागवित् ।
स त्वां मोक्षयिता शापादिति मामब्रवीदृषिः ॥ ३.१८१.२१ ॥
He who, knowing the divisions, answers the questions you have spoken, will free you from the curse — so the sage told me.
3.181.22
गृहीतस्य त्वया राजन्प्राणिनोपि बलीयसः ।
सत्वभ्रंशोऽधिकस्यापि सर्वस्याशु भविष्यति ॥ ३.१८१.२२ ॥
O king, the creature you have seized, however mighty it is, will lose its vital strength; and even the excessive, all of it, will soon come to the same.
3.181.23
इतिचाप्यहमश्रौषं वचस्तेषां दयावताम् ।
मयि संजातहार्दानामथ तेऽन्तर्हिता द्विजाः ॥ ३.१८१.२३ ॥
Thus I also heard the words of those compassionate twice-born ones, who had felt tenderness toward me; then those brahmins vanished.
3.181.24
सोहं परमदुष्कर्मा वसामि निरयेऽशुचौ ।
सर्पयोनिमिमां प्राप्यकालाकाङ्क्षी महाद्युते ॥ ३.१८१.२४ ॥
I, of very evil deeds, dwell in an impure hell; O radiant one, having obtained this serpent's birth, I await the appointed time.
3.181.25
तमुवाच महाबाहुर्भीमसेनो भुजङ्गमम् ।
न ते कुप्ये महासर्प नात्मने द्विजसत्तम ॥ ३.१८१.२५ ॥
Mighty-armed Bhīmasena spoke to the serpent: "I am not angry with you, great serpent, best of the twice-born, nor with myself."
3.181.26
यस्मादभावी भावी वा मनुष्यः सुखदुःखयोः ।
आगमे यदि वाऽपाये न तत्र ग्लपयेन्मनः ॥ ३.१८१.२६ ॥
For in pleasure and pain, whether destined to come or not, in their arriving or departing, a man should not let his mind be troubled.
3.181.27
दैवं पुरुषकारेण को वञ्चयितुमर्हति ।
दैवमेव परं मन्ये पौरुषं तु निरर्थकम् ॥ ३.१८१.२७ ॥
Who can deceive fate by human effort? I consider fate alone supreme; human effort is useless.
3.181.28
पश्य दैवोपघाताद्धि भुजवीर्यव्यपाश्रयम् ।
इमामवस्थां संप्राप्तमनिमित्तमिहाद्य माम् ॥ ३.१८१.२८ ॥
See, through the blow of fate, I, who relied on the strength of my arms, have today reached this state here without cause.
3.181.29
किंतु नाद्यानुशोचामि तथाऽऽत्मानं विनाशितम् ।
तथा तु विपिने न्यस्तान्भ्रातॄन्राज्यपरिच्युतान् ॥ ३.१८१.२९ ॥
But today I do not grieve for myself, thus destroyed, nor for my brothers, left in the forest, fallen from the kingdom.
3.181.30
हिमवांश्च सुदुर्गोऽयं यक्षराक्षससंकुलः ।
मां समुद्वीक्षमाणास्ते प्रयतिष्यन्ति विह्वलाः ॥ ३.१८१.३० ॥
This Himālaya is very difficult to traverse and full of yakṣas and rākṣasas; looking upon me, they will strive in distress.
3.181.31
विनष्टमथ मां श्रुत्वा भविष्यन्ति निरुद्यमाः ।
धर्मशीला मया ते हि बाध्यन्ते राज्यगृद्धिना ॥ ३.१८१.३१ ॥
Hearing that I am ruined, they will become listless, for those virtuous men are indeed oppressed by me, greedy for the kingdom.
3.181.32
अथवा नार्जुनो धीमान्विषादमुपयास्यति ।
सर्वास्त्रविदनाधृष्यो देवगन्धर्वराक्षसैः ॥ ३.१८१.३२ ॥
Or else the wise Arjuna will not fall into grief; he who knows all weapons is unassailable by gods, gandharvas and rākṣasas.
3.181.33
समर्थः स महाबाहुरेकाङ्ना सुमहाबलः ।
देवराजमपि स्थानात्प्रच्यावयितुमञ्जसा ॥ ३.१८१.३३ ॥
That mighty-armed one, alone, is very powerful, able to dislodge even the king of the gods from his place with ease.
3.181.34
किं पुनर्धृतराष्ट्रस् पुत्रं दुर्द्यूतदेविनम् ।
विद्विष्टं सर्वलोकस्य दम्भमोहपरायणम् ॥ ३.१८१.३४ ॥
How much more so the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the ill-fated gambler, hated by all the world, devoted to pride and delusion.
3.181.35
मातरं चैव शोचामि कृपणां पुत्रगृद्धिनीम् ।
याऽस्माकं नित्यमाशास्ते महत्त्वमधिकं परैः ॥ ३.१८१.३५ ॥
I also grieve for our mother, pitiful and greedy for her sons, who always desires greater glory for us than for others.
3.181.36
तस्याः कथं त्वनाथाया मद्विनाशाद्भुजङ्गम् ।
सफलास्ते भविष्यन्ति मयि सर्वे मनोरथाः ॥ ३.१८१.३६ ॥
But how will that unprotected mother fare with my destruction, O serpent? All your desires will be fulfilled in me.
3.181.37
नकुलः सहदेवश्च यमौ च गुरुवर्तिनौ ।
मद्वाहुबलसंगुप्तौ नित्यं पुरुषमानिनौ ॥ ३.१८१.३७ ॥
Nakula and Sahadeva, the twin brothers who obey their elder, always guarded by the strength of my arms, proud of their manhood.
3.181.38
भविष्यतो निरुत्साहौ भ्रष्टवीर्यपराक्रमौ ।
मद्विनाशात्परिद्यूनाविति मे वर्तते मतिः ॥ ३.१८१.३८ ॥
Through my destruction, those two will become without energy, fallen from valour and prowess, and utterly wasted away—such is my thought.
3.181.39
एवंविधं बहु तदा विललाप वृकोदरः ।
भुजङ्गभोगसंरुद्धो नाशकच्च विचेष्टितुम् ॥ ३.१८१.३९ ॥
Then Vṛkodara (Bhīma) lamented much in this way, bound by the coils of the serpent, unable even to move.
3.181.40
युधिष्ठिरस्तु कौन्तेयो बभूवास्वस्तचेतनः ।
अनिष्टदर्शनान्घोरानुत्पातान्परिचिन्तयन् ॥ ३.१८१.४० ॥
But Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, became uneasy in mind, pondering the dreadful ill omens he had seen.
3.181.41
दारुणं ह्यशिवं नादं शिवा दक्षिणतः स्थिता ।
दीप्तायां दिशि वित्रस्ता रौति तस्याश्रमस्य ह ॥ ३.१८१.४१ ॥
On the right, a jackal stood in the blazing quarter, terrified, and howled a dreadful, inauspicious cry near that hermitage.
3.181.42
एकपक्षाक्षिचरणा वर्तिका घोरदर्शना ।
रक्तं वमन्ती ददृशे प्रत्यादित्यमभासुरा ॥ ३.१८१.४२ ॥
A quail, with one wing, one eye and one foot, of dreadful appearance, vomiting blood, was seen shining opposite the sun.
3.181.43
प्रववौ चानिलो रूक्षश्चण्डः सर्करकर्षणः ।
अपसव्यानि सर्वाणि मृगपक्षिरुतानि च ॥ ३.१८१.४३ ॥
A harsh, violent wind blew, dragging gravel along, and all the cries of beasts and birds turned inauspicious.
3.181.44
पृष्ठतो वायसः कृष्णो याहियाहीति वाशति ।
मुहुर्मुहुः स्फुरति च दक्षिणोऽस्य भुजस्तथा ॥ ३.१८१.४४ ॥
From behind, a black crow kept cawing again and again, 'Go, go,' and his right arm too twitched over and over.
3.181.45
हृदयं चरणश्चापि वामोऽस्य परितप्यति ।
सव्यस्याक्ष्णओ विकारश्चाप्यनिष्टः समपद्यत ॥ ३.१८१.४५ ॥
His heart and his left foot began to burn with torment, and an inauspicious twitching arose in his left eye.
3.181.46
धर्मराजोपि मेधावी शङ्कमानो महद्भयम् ।
द्रौपदीं परिपप्रच्छ क्व भीम इति भारत ॥ ३.१८१.४६ ॥
The wise king of dharma, too, fearing a great danger, asked Draupadī thoroughly, 'Where is Bhīma, O descendant of Bharata?'
3.181.47
शंस तस्मै पाञ्चाली चिरयातं वृकोदरम् ।
स प्रतस्थे महाबाहुर्धौम्येन सहितो नृपः ॥ ३.१८१.४७ ॥
Draupadī told him that Vṛkodara (Bhīma) had gone long ago. Then the king, mighty-armed, set out with Dhaumya.
3.181.48
द्रौपद्या रक्षणं कार्यमित्युवाच धनंजयम् ।
नकुलं सहदेवं च व्यादिदेश द्विजान्प्रति ॥ ३.१८१.४८ ॥
He told Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna) that Draupadī's protection must be ensured, and gave instructions to Nakula and Sahadeva concerning the brahmins.
3.181.49
स तस्य पदमुन्नीय तस्मादेवाश्रमात्प्रभुः ।
मृगयामास कौन्तेयो भीमसेनं महावने ॥ ३.१८१.४९ ॥
The mighty son of Kuntī, having discerned his footprints, searched for Bhīmasena in the great forest from that very hermitage.
3.181.50
स प्राचीं दिशमास्थाय महतो गजयूथपान् ।
ददर्श पृथिवीं चिह्नैर्भीमस्य परिचिह्निताम् ॥ ३.१८१.५० ॥
Turning to the eastern direction, he saw great herds of elephants and their leaders, and saw the earth marked with the signs of Bhīma.
3.181.51
ततो मृगसहस्राणि मृगेनद्राणां शतानि च ।
पतितानि वने दृष्ट्वा मार्गं तस्याविशन्नृपः ॥ ३.१८१.५१ ॥
Then, seeing thousands of deer and hundreds of lions among beasts fallen in the forest, the king entered upon his path.
3.181.52
धावतस्तस्य वीरस् मृगार्थं वातरंहसः ।
ऊरुवातविनिर्भग्नान्द्रुमान्व्यावर्जितान्पथिः ॥ ३.१८१.५२ ॥
The hero, running after the deer swift as the wind, had trees broken by the wind of his thighs bent aside along the path.
3.181.53
स गत्वा तैस्तदा चिह्नैर्ददर्श गिरिगह्वरे ।
रूक्षमारुतभूयिष्ठे निष्पत्रद्रुमसंकुले ॥ ३.१८१.५३ ॥
Following those marks, he went and saw in a mountain cavern, abounding in harsh winds and thick with leafless trees.
3.181.54
ईरिणे निर्जले देशे कण्टकिद्रुमसंकुले ।
अश्मस्थाणुक्षुपाकीर्णे सुदुर्गे विषमोत्कटे।
गृहीतं भुजगेन्द्रेण निश्चेष्टमनुजं तदा ॥ ३.१८१.५४ ॥
In that barren, waterless place, thick with thorny trees, strewn with stones, stumps and reeds, most difficult to cross and rugged, the younger brother lay motionless, seized then by the lord of serpents.