Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.184
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3.184.1
निदाघान्तकरः कालः सर्वभूतसुखावहः ।
तत्रैव वसतां तेषां प्रावृट् समभिपद्यत ॥ ३.१८४.१ ॥
The season that ends the summer's heat and brings happiness to all beings arrived; for them dwelling there, the rainy season came upon them.
3.184.2
छादयन्तो महाघोषाः स्वं दिशश्च बलाहकाः ।
प्रववर्षुर्दिवारात्रमसिताः सततं तदा ॥ ३.१८४.२ ॥
Covering their own quarters, the dark clouds with mighty roaring then poured down ceaselessly, day and night.
3.184.3
तपात्ययनिकेताश्च शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।
अपेतार्कप्रभाजालाः सविद्युन्मण्डप्रभाः ॥ ३.१८४.३ ॥
Clouds, the dwellings at the end of summer's heat, came by the hundreds and thousands, the net of the sun's light gone from them, their halos bright with lightning.
3.184.4
विरूढशष्पा धरणी मत्तदंशसरीसृपा ।
बभूव पयसा सिक्ता शान्तधूमरजोगणा ॥ ३.१८४.४ ॥
The earth, with grass sprouted, its gnats and creeping things grown restless, was drenched with water, and the masses of dust and smoke were laid to rest.
3.184.5
न स्म प्रज्ञायते किंचिदम्भसा समवस्तृते ।
समं वा विषमं वाऽपि नद्यो वा स्तावराणि वा ॥ ३.१८४.५ ॥
When everything is covered over with water, nothing can be discerned: neither level nor uneven ground, neither rivers nor fixed things.
3.184.6
क्षुब्धतोया महावेगाः श्वसमाना इवाशुगाः ।
सिन्धवः शोभयांचक्रुः काननानि तपात्यये ॥ ३.१८४.६ ॥
The rivers, their waters churned and their force great, rushing swiftly as if panting, adorned the forests at the end of the heat.
3.184.7
नदतां काननान्तेषु श्रूयन्ते विविधाः स्वनाः ।
वृष्टिभिस्ताड्यमानानां वराहमृगपक्षिणाम् ॥ ३.१८४.७ ॥
In the edges of the forest the various cries of boars, deer and birds, roaring and struck by the rains, could be heard.
3.184.8
स्तोककाः शिखिनश्चैव पुंस्कोकिलगणैः सह ।
मत्ताः परिपतन्ति स्म दर्दुरश्चैव दर्पिताः ॥ ३.१८४.८ ॥
The small peacocks, together with flocks of male cuckoos, flew about intoxicated, and the proud frogs too.
3.184.9
तदा बहुविधाकारा प्रावृण्मेघानुनादिता ।
अभ्यतीता शिवा तेषां चरतां मरुधन्वसु ॥ ३.१८४.९ ॥
Then the rainy season, of many forms and resounding with the thunder of clouds, passed away, and for those wandering in the desert lands it was auspicious.
3.184.10
क्रौञ्चहंससमाकीर्णा शरत्प्रमुदीताऽभवत् ।
रूढकक्षवनप्रस्था प्रसन्नजलनिम्नगा ॥ ३.१८४.१० ॥
Autumn, filled with cranes and swans, became joyful; the forest tracts were overgrown with thickets, and the rivers ran with clear water.
3.184.11
विमलाकाशनक्षत्रा शरत्तेषां शिवाऽभषत् ।
मृगद्विजसमाकीर्णा पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ॥ ३.१८४.११ ॥
The autumn, with its clear sky and stars, became auspicious for the great-souled Pāṇḍavas, filled as it was with deer and birds.
3.184.12
दृश्यन्ते शान्तरजसः क्षपाजलदशीतलाः ।
ग्रहनक्षत्रसङ्घैश्च सोमेन च विराजिताः ॥ ३.१८४.१२ ॥
Nights with the dust settled, cooled by night-dew and clouds, were seen, shining with the hosts of planets and constellations and with the moon.
3.184.13
कुमुदैः पुण्डरीकैश्च शीतवारिधराः शिवाः ।
नदीः पुष्करिणीश्चैव ददृशुः समलंकृताः ॥ ३.१८४.१३ ॥
They saw auspicious rivers and lotus pools, adorned with white lotuses and red lotuses, their waters cool.
3.184.15
ते वै मुमुदिरे वीराः प्रसन्नसलिलां शिवाम् ।
पश्यन्तो दृढधन्वानः परिपूर्णां सरस्वतीम् ॥ ३.१८४.१५ ॥
Those heroes, firm of bow, rejoiced seeing the Sarasvatī, auspicious, with clear water, full to the brim.
3.184.16
तेषां पुण्यतमा रात्रिः पर्वसन्धौ स्म शारदी ।
तत्रैव वसतामासीत्कार्तिकी जनमेजय ॥ ३.१८४.१६ ॥
O Janamejaya, for them dwelling there, the Kārtikī night, at the junction of the lunar phases in autumn, was the most sacred.
3.184.17
पुण्यकृद्भिर्महासत्वैस्तापसैः सह पाण्डवाः ।
तत्सर्वं भरतश्रेष्ठ समूहुर्योगमुत्तमम् ॥ ३.१८४.१७ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, the Pāṇḍavas together with the virtuous, great-souled ascetics performed all that supreme discipline.
3.184.18
तमिस्राभ्युदये तस्मिन्धौम्येन सह पाण्डवाः ।
सूतैः पौरोगवैः साकं काम्यकं प्रययुर्वनम् ॥ ३.१८४.१८ ॥
At that dawn breaking through the darkness, the Pāṇḍavas, with Dhaumya, together with the charioteers and cooks, set out for the Kāmyaka forest.