Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.222
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3.222.1
काश्यपो ह्यथ वासिष्ठः प्राणश्च प्राणपुत्रकः ।
अग्निराङ्गिरसश्चैव च्यवनस्तीव्रवर्चकः ॥ ३.२२२.१ ॥
Kāśyapa, Vāsiṣṭha, Prāṇa and Prāṇa's son, Agni, Āṅgirasa, and Cyavana of fierce radiance.
3.222.2
अचरत्स तपस्तीव्रं पुत्रार्थे बहुवार्षिकम् ।
पुत्रं लभेयं धर्मिष्ठं यशसा ब्रह्मणा समम् ॥ ३.२२२.२ ॥
For the sake of a son he practised fierce austerity for many years, hoping to obtain a most righteous son, equal to Brahman in fame and splendour.
3.222.3
महाव्याहृतिभिर्ध्यातः पञ्चभिस्तैस्तदा त्वथ ।
जज्ञे तेजोमयार्चिष्मान्पञ्चवर्णः प्राकरः ॥ ३.२२२.३ ॥
Then, meditated upon with those five great utterances, there was born the radiant, flame-bearing, five-coloured Prākara.
3.222.4
समिद्धोऽग्निः शिरस्तस्य बाहू सूर्यनिभौ तथा ।
त्वङ्नेत्रे च सुवर्णाभे कृष्णे जङ्घे च भारत ॥ ३.२२२.४ ॥
His head was a blazing fire, his arms like the sun; his skin and eyes were golden, and his shins, O Bhārata, were dark.
3.222.5
पञ्चवर्षः स तपसा कृतस्तैः पञ्चभिर्जनैः ।
पाञ्चजन्यः श्रुतो देवः पञ्चवंशकरस्तु सः ॥ ३.२२२.५ ॥
Being five years old, he was made by austerity by those five beings; that god became known as Pāñcajanya, the founder of five lineages.
3.222.6
दशवर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तप्त्वा महातपाः ।
जनयत्पावकं घोरं पितॄणां स प्रजाः सृजन् ॥ ३.२२२.६ ॥
Having performed austerity for ten thousand years, that great ascetic brought forth the terrible fire Pāvaka, who was creating the progeny of the ancestors.
3.222.7
बृहद्रथंतरौ मूर्ध्ना वक्राच्च तपसा हरिम् ।
शिवं नाभ्यां बलादिन्द्रं प्राणाद्वायुं च भारत ॥ ३.२२२.७ ॥
From the head and from the mouth, by austerity, he produced the Bṛhadratha and the Rathaṃtara, and Hari; from the navel Śiva, from strength Indra, and from the breath Vāyu, O Bhārata.
3.222.8
बाहुभ्यामनुदात्तौ च विश्वे भूतानि चैव ह ।
एतान्सृष्ट्वा ततः पञ्च पितॄणामसृजत्सुतान् ॥ ३.२२२.८ ॥
From the arms he produced the two Anudāttas, the Viśve Devas, and beings; having created these, he then produced five sons of the ancestors.
3.222.9
बृहद्रथस्य प्रणिधिः काश्यपश्य महत्तरः ।
भानुरङ्गिरसो धीरः पुत्रो वर्चस्य सौरभः ॥ ३.२२२.९ ॥
The agent of Bṛhadratha, the greatest son of Kaśyapa; the steadfast Bhānu of Aṅgiras; Saurabha, son of Varcas.
3.222.10
प्राणस्य चानुदात्तस्तु व्याख्याताः पञ्च वंशजाः ।
देवान्यज्ञमुषश्चान्यान्सृजन्पञ्चदशोत्तरान् ॥ ३.२२२.१० ॥
The five lineage-born of the Anudātta of breath have been described; and he created the gods, the plunderers of sacrifice, and others, fifteen and more.
3.222.11
सुभीममतिभीमं च भीमं भीमबलाबलम् ।
एतान्यज्ञमुषः पञ्च देवानप्यसृजत्ततः ॥ ३.२२२.११ ॥
Subhīma, Atibhīma, Bhīma, and Bhīmabalābala — these five plunderers of sacrifice, the gods, he then created.
3.222.12
सुमित्रं मित्रवन्तं च मित्रज्ञं मित्रवर्धनम् ।
मित्रधर्माणमित्येतान्देवानभ्यसृजत्ततः ॥ ३.२२२.१२ ॥
Sumitra, Mitravant, Mitrajña, Mitravardhana, and Mitradharmāṇa — these gods he then brought forth.
3.222.13
सुरप्रवीरं वीरं च सुरेशं च सुवर्चसम् ।
सुराणामपि भर्तारं पञ्चैतानसृजत्ततः ॥ ३.२२२.१३ ॥
The hero foremost among the gods, the hero, Sureśa, Suvarcas, and the sustainer even of the gods—these five he then created.
3.222.14
त्रिविधं संस्थिता ह्येते पञ्चपञ्च पृथक्पृथक् ।
मुष्णन्त्यत्र स्थिता ह्येते स्वर्गतान्यज्ञयाजिनः ॥ ३.२२२.१४ ॥
Standing in three divisions, five by five, separately, these here steal from those who sacrifice and have gone to heaven.
3.222.15
तेषामिष्टं हरन्त्येते निघ्नन्ति च महद्धविः ।
स्पर्धयाहव्यवाहानां निघ्नन्त्येते हरन्ति च ॥ ३.२२२.१५ ॥
They carry off their sacrificial reward and strike down the great oblation; out of rivalry they strike the followers of the fire-bearer and carry it off.
3.222.16
बहिर्वेद्यां तदादानं कुशलैः संप्रवर्तितम् ।
तत्रैते नोपसर्पन्ति यत्र चाग्निः स्थितो भवेत् ॥ ३.२२२.१६ ॥
Outside the altar, that taking has been instituted by skilled priests; these do not approach where the fire is established.
3.222.17
चितोऽग्निरुद्वहन्यज्ञं पक्षाभ्यां तान्प्रबाधते ।
मन्त्रै प्रशमिताह्येते नेष्टं मुष्णन्ति यज्ञियम् ॥ ३.२२२.१७ ॥
The fire, piled up and bearing the sacrifice aloft, drives them away with its wings; pacified by mantras, they do not steal the desired reward belonging to the sacrifice.
3.222.18
तपस्ये बृदुक्थस्य पुत्रो भूमिमुपाश्रितः ।
अग्निहोत्रे हूयमाने पृथिव्यां सद्भिरीड्यते ॥ ३.२२२.१८ ॥
The son of Bṛhadukta, in austerity, resorted to the earth; while the Agnihotra oblation is offered, on earth he is praised by the good.
3.222.19
रथन्तरश्चतपसः पुत्रोऽग्निः परिपठ्यते ।
मित्रविन्दा तथा भार्या हविरध्वर्यवो विदुः ॥ ३.२२२.१९ ॥
Rathantara and the son of Tapas are named Agni; his wife is Mitravindā. The adhvaryus know him as the oblation.
3.222.20
एतैः सह महाभाग तपस्तेजस्विभिर्नृप ।
मुमुदे परमप्रीतः सह पुत्रैर्महायशाः ॥ ३.२२२.२० ॥
O greatly fortunate king, together with these men radiant with the splendour of asceticism, the greatly renowned one rejoiced exceedingly along with his sons.