Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.224
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3.224.1
आपस्य मुदिता भार्या सा चास्य परमाप्रिया ।
भूपतिं भूतकर्तारं जनयामास पावकम् ॥ ३.२२४.१ ॥
Āpasya's delighted wife, who was most dear to him, bore Pāvaka, lord of beings and creator of beings.
3.224.2
भूतानां साऽपि सर्वेषां यं प्राहुः पावकं पतिम् ।
आत्मा भुवनकर्ता च सोऽध्वरेषु द्विजातिभिः ॥ ३.२२४.२ ॥
The one whom they call Pāvaka, lord of all beings, is the self and the maker of the worlds; in sacrifices the twice-born worship him.
3.224.3
महतां चैव भूतानां सर्वेषामिह यः पतिः ।
भगवान्स महातेजा नित्यं चरति पावकः ॥ ३.२२४.३ ॥
Here the lord of all great beings and of all beings, the blessed Pāvaka of great splendor, moves about always.
3.224.4
अग्निर्गृहपतिर्नाम नित्यं यज्ञेषु पूज्यते ।
आज्यं वहतियो हव्यं सर्वलोकस् पावकः ॥ ३.२२४.४ ॥
Agni, called Gṛhapati, is always worshipped in sacrifices; he who carries clarified butter and oblations is Pāvaka for all the worlds.
3.224.5
अपांगर्भो महाभागः सत्वभुग्यो महाद्भुतः ।
भूपतिर्भूतकर्ता च महतः पतिरुच्यते ॥ ३.२२४.५ ॥
Womb of the waters, greatly blessed, consumer of living beings, most wonderful, lord of the earth and creator of beings, he is called the lord of the great.
3.224.6
मता वहन्तो हव्यानि तस्याग्नेरप्रजाऽभवन् ।
अग्निष्टोमस्तु नियतः क्रतुश्रेष्ठो भवत्युत ॥ ३.२२४.६ ॥
Those considered carriers of oblations became childless through that Agni; but the Agniṣṭoma is a fixed rite, and indeed it is the best of sacrificial rites.
3.224.7
स वह्निः प्रथमो नित्यं देवैरन्विष्यते प्रभुः ।
आयान्तं नियतं दृष्ट्वाप्रविवेशार्णवं भयात् ॥ ३.२२४.७ ॥
That Fire, the first and mighty one, is always sought by the gods. Seeing him coming, restrained, he entered the ocean out of fear.
3.224.8
देवास्तं नाधिगच्छन्ति मार्गमाणा यथातथम् ।
दृष्ट्वा त्वग्निरथर्वाणं ततो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.२२४.८ ॥
The gods, searching, could not find him as he truly is. Then Agni, having seen Atharvan, spoke these words.
3.224.9
देवानां वह हव्यं त्वमहं वीर सुदुर्बलः ।
अथ त्वं गच्छ मध्वक्षं प्रियमेतत्कुरुष्व मे ॥ ३.२२४.९ ॥
Hero, you carry the oblations of the gods; I am very weak. Then you go to Madhvakṣa and do this dear thing for me.
3.224.10
प्रेष्य चाग्निरथर्वाणमन्यं देशं ततोऽगमत् ।
मत्स्यास्तस्य समाचख्युः क्रुद्धस्तानग्निरब्रवीत्।
भक्ष्या वै विविधैर्भावैर्भविष्यथ शरीरिणाम् ॥ ३.२२४.१० ॥
Having sent Atharvan, Agni then went to another country. Then the fish told him everything. Angered, Agni said to them: 'You will become food for many kinds of living beings.'
3.224.11
अथर्वाणं तथा चापि हव्यवाहोऽब्रवीद्वचः ॥ ३.२२४.११ ॥
And so Agni, the carrier of oblations, spoke these words to Atharvan.
3.224.12
अनुनीयमानो हि भृशं देववाक्यान्वितेन सः ।
नैच्छद्वोढुं हवि सर्वं शरीरं चापि सोऽत्यजत् ॥ ३.२२४.१२ ॥
Though greatly persuaded by the words of the gods, he did not wish to carry all the oblations, and he abandoned his very body.
3.224.13
स तच्छरीरं संत्यज्य प्रविवेश धरां तदा ।
भूमिं स्पृष्ट्वाऽसृजद्भ्रातून्पृथक्पृथगतीव हि ॥ ३.२२४.१३ ॥
Having abandoned that body, he then entered the earth, and touching the ground he emitted his brothers, each one separately and in great numbers.
3.224.14
आस्यात्सुगन्धं तेजश्च अस्थिभ्यो देवदारु च ।
श्लेष्मणः स्फाटिकं तस् पित्तान्मारकतं तथा ॥ ३.२२४.१४ ॥
From his mouth came fragrance and radiance; from his bones the deodar tree; from his phlegm crystal; and from his bile emerald.
3.224.15
वातात्कृष्णायसं तस्य त्रिभिरेतैर्बहु प्रजाः ।
त्वचस्तस्याभ्रपटलं स्नायुजं चापि विद्रुमम् ॥ ३.२२४.१५ ॥
From wind came his black iron; by these three many creatures arose. From his skin came a layer of clouds, and from his sinews also coral.
3.224.16
शरीरास्थिविधाश्चान्ये धातवोऽस्याभवन्नृप ।
एवं कृत्वा शरीरं च परमे तपसि स्थितः ॥ ३.२२४.१६ ॥
And his bodily parts, the kinds of bone, and other constituents likewise came into being, O king. Having thus fashioned his body, he remained in supreme austerity.
3.224.17
भृग्वङ्गिरादिभिर्भूयस्तपसोत्थापितस्तदा ।
भृशं जज्वाल तेजस्वी तपसाऽऽप्याधितः शिखी ॥ ३.२२४.१७ ॥
Raised up again by Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras and the other sages through austerity, then that radiant fire blazed up greatly, kindled by austerity.
3.224.18
दृष्ट्वा ऋषीनभयाच्चापि प्रविवेश महार्णवम् ।
तस्मिन्नष्टे जगद्भीतमथर्वाणमथाश्रितम्।
अर्चयामासुरेवैनमथर्वाणं सुरादयः ॥ ३.२२४.१८ ॥
Seeing the sages, and out of fear, he entered the great ocean. When he had vanished, the frightened world took refuge in Atharvan; then the gods and others worshipped this very Atharvan.
3.224.19
अथर्वाणं श्रिताँल्लोकानात्मन्यालोच्य पावकः ।
मिषतां सर्वभूतानामुन्ममज्ज महार्णवात् ॥ ३.२२४.१९ ॥
Considering in himself the worlds that had taken refuge in Atharvan, Pāvaka rose up from the great ocean while all beings watched.
3.224.20
एवमग्निर्भगवता नष्टः पूर्वमथर्वणा ।
आहूतः सर्वूतानां हव्यं वहति सर्वदा ॥ ३.२२४.२० ॥
Thus Agni, who had been lost earlier by the venerable Atharvan, was invoked; from then on he always carries the oblations of all beings.
3.224.21
एवं त्वजनयद्धिष्ण्यान्वेदोक्तान्विबुधान्बहून् ।
विचरन्विविधान्देशान्भ्रममाणस्तु तत्र वै ॥ ३.२२४.२१ ॥
Thus he brought into being the abodes of many gods spoken of in the Veda, and wandering through various lands, he roamed there.
3.224.22
सिन्धुवर्ज्याः पञ्च नद्यो देविकाऽथ सरस्वती ।
गङ्गा च शतकुम्भा च सरयू गण्डसाह्वया ॥ ३.२२४.२२ ॥
Five rivers, excepting the Sindhu: the Devikā and the Sarasvatī, the Gaṅgā, the Śatakumbhā, and the Sarayū also called Gaṇḍā.
3.224.23
चर्मण्वती मही चैव मेध्या मेधासृतिस्तदा ।
इरावती वेत्रवती नद्यतिस्रोऽथ कौशिकी ॥ ३.२२४.२३ ॥
The Carmaṇvatī, the Mahī, the Medhyā, the Medhāsṛti, the Irāvatī, the Vetravatī, three rivers, and the Kauśikī.
3.224.24
तमसा नर्मदा चैव नदी गोदावरी तथा ।
वेण्णा प्रवेणी भीमा च मरुदा चैव भारत ॥ ३.२२४.२४ ॥
The Tamasā and the Narmadā river, the Godāvarī likewise, the Veṇṇā, the Praveṇī, the Bhīmā, and also the Marudā, O Bhārata.
3.224.25
भारती सुप्रयोगा च कावेरी मज्जुरा तथा ।
तुङ्गवेणा कृष्णवेणा कपिला शोण एव च ॥ ३.२२४.२५ ॥
Bhāratī, Suprayogā, Kāverī, Majjurā, Tuṅgaveṇā, Kṛṣṇaveṇā, Kapilā, and also the Śoṇa.
3.224.26
एता नद्यस्तु धिष्ण्यानां मातरो याः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ ३.२२४.२६ ॥
These are the rivers that have been declared the mothers of the dhiṣṇyas.
3.224.27
अद्भुतस्य प्रिया भार्या तस्याः पुत्रो विडूरथः ।
यावन्तः पावकाः प्रोक्ताः सोमास्तावन्त एव तु ॥ ३.२२४.२७ ॥
Adbhuta's beloved wife had a son, Viḍūratha. As many fires as have been declared, so many somas indeed.
3.224.28
अत्रेश्चाप्यन्वये जाता ब्रह्मणो मानसाः प्रजाः ।
अग्निः पुत्रान्स्रष्टुकामस्तानेवात्मन्यधारयत् ॥ ३.२२४.२८ ॥
In the lineage of Atri too, the mind-born offspring of Brahmā were born. Agni, desiring to beget sons, held those very ones within himself.
3.224.29
तस्य तद्ब्रह्मणः कायान्निर्हरन्ति हुताशनाः ।
एवमेते महात्मानः कीर्तितास्तेऽग्नयो यथा ॥ ३.२२४.२९ ॥
From that body of Brahmā the fire-eaters bring them forth. Thus were these great-souled fires declared.
3.224.30
अप्रमेया यथोत्पन्नाः श्रीमन्तस्तिमिरापहाः ।
अद्भुतस्त तु माहात्म्यं यथा वेदेषु कीर्तितम् ॥ ३.२२४.३० ॥
As they arose, so they are immeasurable, glorious, and dispellers of darkness. And their greatness is wonderful, as declared in the Vedas.
3.224.31
तादृशं विद्धि सर्वेषामेको ह्येषु हुताशनः ।
एक एवैष भगवान्विज्ञेयः प्रथमोऽङ्गिराः ॥ ३.२२४.३१ ॥
Know him to be like that. Among all of these, the fire that receives the offering is one. This blessed one, Aṅgiras, the first, is alone to be known.
3.224.32
बहुधा निःसृतः कायाज्ज्योतिष्टोमः क्रतुर्वथा ।
इत्येष वंशः सुमहानग्नीनां कीर्तितो मया।
पावको विविधैर्मन्त्रैर्हव्यं वहति देहिनाम् ॥ ३.२२४.३२ ॥
From the body, in many ways, issued the Jyotiṣṭoma and other sacrifices. Thus I have declared this great lineage of the fires. The purifying fire carries the oblation of embodied beings with various mantras.