Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 4.3
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4.3.1
एवं निर्दिश्य चात्मानं निश्वसन्नुष्णमार्तिजम् ।
विमुञ्चन्नश्रु नेत्राभ्यां भीमसेनमुवाच ह ॥ ४.३.१ ॥
Having thus made himself known, sighing hot sighs born of distress and shedding tears from his eyes, he spoke to Bhīmasena.
4.3.2
भीमसेन कथं कर्म मात्स्यराष्ट्रे करिष्यसि ।
हत्वा क्रोधवशांस्तत्र पर्वते गन्धमादने ॥ ४.३.२ ॥
O Bhīmasena, how will you act in the kingdom of Matsya, having there slain on Gandhamādana mountain those who were under the sway of anger?
4.3.3
यक्षान्क्रोधाभिताम्राक्षान्राक्षसांश्चापि पौरुषात् ।
प्रादाः पाञ्चालकन्यायै पद्मानि सुबहून्यपि ॥ ४.३.३ ॥
You overcame the yakṣas with eyes reddened in anger, and the rākṣasas too, by your manly valour, and you gave the daughter of Pāñcāla very many lotuses.
4.3.4
बकं राक्षसराजानं भीषणं पुरुषादकम् ।
जघ्निवानसि कौन्तेय ब्राह्मणार्थमरिन्दम।
क्षेमा चाभयसंवीता सैकचक्रा त्वया कृता ॥ ४.३.४ ॥
O son of Kuntī, O subduer of foes, for a brahmin you slew Baka, the terrible man-eating king of the rākṣasas, and you made Ekacakrā secure and enveloped in fearlessness.
4.3.5
हिडिम्बं च महावीर्यं किर्मीरं चैव राक्षसम् ।
त्वया हत्वा महाबाहो वनं निष्कण्टकं कृतम् ॥ ४.३.५ ॥
O mighty-armed one, having slain Hiḍimba of great might and also the rākṣasa Kirmīra, you made the forest free of thorns.
4.3.6
आपदं चापि संप्राप्ता द्रौपदी चारुहासिनी ।
जटासुरवधं कृत्वा वयं च परिमोक्षिताः ॥ ४.३.६ ॥
And when the sweet-smiling Draupadī too had fallen into calamity, having slain Jaṭāsura, you freed us.
4.3.7
मत्स्यराजांन्तिके तात वीर्यपूर्णोऽत्यमर्षणः ।
वृकोदर विराटस्य बलीयान्दुर्बलीयसः।
समीपे नगरे तस्य वत्स्यसे केन कर्मणा ॥ ४.३.७ ॥
Dear one, near the king of the Matsyas, full of valour and quick to anger, Vṛkodara, how will you dwell in his city, and by what occupation, you who are stronger than Virāṭa and yet weaker in appearance?
4.3.8
सूदोऽहं वललो नाम्ना सूपकारो नराधिप ।
उपस्थास्यामि राजानं विराटमिति रोचये ॥ ४.३.८ ॥
I am a cook named Vallabha, lord of men. I think it fitting that I should attend upon King Virāṭa.
4.3.9
रसान्नानाविधांश्चापि स्वादूंश्च मधुरांस्तथा ।
सूपांश्चापि करिष्यामि कुशलोस्मि महानसे ॥ ४.३.९ ॥
I will prepare foods of many flavours, tasty and sweet dishes, and soups as well; I am skilled in the kitchen.
4.3.10
कृतपूर्वाणि यान्यस्य व्यञ्जनानि सुशिक्षितैः ।
तान्यप्यभिभविष्यामि प्रीतिं संजनयन्नहम् ॥ ४.३.१० ॥
I will surpass even the dishes that his well-trained cooks have made before, producing delight.
4.3.11
पूर्वमप्राशितांस्तेन कर्ता रसगुणान्वितान् ।
स्वादु व्यञ्जनमास्वाद्य मात्स्यः प्रीतो भविष्यति ॥ ४.३.११ ॥
Having tasted a savoury dish of rich flavour, never before tasted by anyone else, made by him, the Matsya king will be pleased.
4.3.12
आहरिष्यामि दारूणां पाटितानां शतंशतम् ।
राजा कर्माणि मे दृष्ट्वा न मां परिभविष्यति ॥ ४.३.१२ ॥
I will bring hundreds upon hundreds of split logs; having seen my deeds, the king will not disdain me.
4.3.13
ये च तस्य महामल्लाः समरेष्वपराजिताः ।
कृतप्रतापा बहुशो राज्ञः प्रत्यायिता बले ॥ ४.३.१३ ॥
And his great wrestlers, unconquered in battles, who have many times displayed their valour and are trusted in the king's army —
4.3.14
रङ्गोपजीविनः सर्वे परेषां च भयावहाः ।
तानहं निहनिष्यामि रतिं राज्ञः प्रवर्तयन् ॥ ४.३.१४ ॥
All of them, who live by the arena and cause fear to enemies, I will slay, bringing delight to the king.
4.3.15
न च तान्युध्यमानोऽहं नयिष्ये यमसादनम् ।
तथा तान्निहनिष्यामि जीविष्यन्ति यथाऽऽतुराः ॥ ४.३.१५ ॥
Fighting them, I will not send them to the abode of Yama; I will strike them down so that they live on like the afflicted.
4.3.16
वृषो वा महिषो वापि नागो वा षाष्टिहायनः ।
सिंहो व्याघ्रो ग्रहीतव्यो भविष्यति न संशयः ॥ ४.३.१६ ॥
A bull, or a buffalo, or a sixty-year-old elephant, or a lion or a tiger — these will have to be seized; there is no doubt.
4.3.17
तान्सर्वान्दुर्ग्रहानन्यैराशीविषविषोपमान् ।
बलादहं ग्रहीष्यामि मत्स्यराजस्य पश्यतः ॥ ४.३.१७ ॥
All those hard for others to seize, like the venom of venomous snakes, I will seize by force in the sight of the king of the Matsyas.
4.3.18
आरालिका वा सूदा वा येऽस्य युक्ता महानसे ।
तानहं प्रीणयिष्यामिं मनुष्यान्स्तेन कर्मणा ॥ ४.३.१८ ॥
The cooks and kitchen-men employed in his kitchen — those men I will please by a thief's deed.
4.3.19
आरालिको गोविकर्ता सूपकर्ता नियोधकः ।
आसं युधिष्ठिरस्याहमिति वक्ष्यामि मानवान् ॥ ४.३.१९ ॥
I am a cook, a meat-cutter, a maker of broth, a wrestler; I will tell people that I was the servant of Yudhiṣṭhira.
4.3.20
आत्मानमात्मना रक्षंश्चरिष्यामि विशांपते ।
इत्येवं च प्रतिज्ञातं विचरिष्याम्यहं यथा।
विराटनगरे च्छन्नो विराटस्य समीपतः ॥ ४.३.२० ॥
O lord of men, I will move about protecting myself; thus was it promised. I will wander concealed in the city of Virāṭa, near Virāṭa himself.
4.3.21
अग्निर्ब्राह्मणरूपेण प्रच्छन्नोऽन्नमयाचत ।
महाशनं ब्राह्मणं मां प्रमुञ्चार्जुन खाण्डवे ॥ ४.३.२१ ॥
Agni, in the form of a brahmin, disguised, begged for food. O Arjuna, release me, the great-eating brahmin, at Khāṇḍava.
4.3.22
संशुश्रुवे च धर्मात्मा यस्तमर्थं चकार ह ।
तस्मै ब्राह्मणरूपाय हुताशाय महायशाः ।
विजित्यैकरथेनेन्द्रं हत्वा पन्नगराक्षसान् ॥ ४.३.२२ ॥
It is heard that the righteous-souled one who did that deed, that great-famed one, did it for Hutāśana in brahmin form, having conquered Indra with a single chariot and slain serpents and demons.
4.3.23
यस्तु देवान्मनुष्यांश्च सर्वानेकरथोऽजयत् ।
स भीमधन्वा श्वेताश्वः पाण्डवः किं करिष्यति ॥ ४.३.२३ ॥
He who alone, with a single chariot, conquered gods and all men — the terrible-bowed, white-horsed Pāṇḍava — what will he do now?
4.3.24
आशीविषसमस्पर्शो नागानामिव वासुकिः ।
दृष्टीविष इवाहीनामग्निस्तेजस्विनामिव ॥ ४.३.२४ ॥
Whose touch is like that of a venomous serpent, like Vāsuki among the nāgas; like a serpent of poisonous glance among snakes, like fire among the radiant.
4.3.25
समुद्र इव सिन्धूनां शैलानां हिमवानिव ।
महेन्द्र इव देवानां दानवानां बलिर्यथा ॥ ४.३.२५ ॥
As the ocean among rivers, the Himavat among mountains, Mahendra among the gods, and Bali among the Dānavas.
4.3.26
सुप्रतीको गजेन्द्राणां युग्यानां तुरगो यथा ।
कुबेर इव यक्षाणां मृगाणां केसरी यथा ॥ ४.३.२६ ॥
As Supratīka among lordly elephants, the horse among draught animals, Kubera among the yakṣas, and the lion among beasts.
4.3.27
राक्षसानां दशग्रीवो दैत्यानामिव शम्बरः ।
रुद्राणामिव कापाली विष्णुर्बलवतामिव ॥ ४.३.२७ ॥
As Daśagrīva among the rākṣasas, Śambara among the daityas, Kāpālī among the Rudras, and Viṣṇu among the mighty.
4.3.28
रोषामर्षसमायुक्तो भुजङ्गानां च तक्षकः ।
वायुवेगबलोद्धृतो गरुडः पततामिव ॥ ४.३.२८ ॥
Takṣaka, filled with wrath and impatience, among serpents, and Garuḍa, lifted by the force of the wind's speed, among birds.
4.3.29
तपतामिव चादित्यः प्रजानां ब्राह्मणो यथा ।
ह्रदानामिव पातालं पर्जन्यो नर्दतामिव ॥ ४.३.२९ ॥
As the sun among those that shine, the brahmin among the people, the nether world among lakes, and the rain-cloud among the thundering ones.
4.3.30
आयुधानां वरो वज्रः ककुद्मांश्च गवां वरः ।
धृतराष्ट्रश्च नागानां हस्तिष्वैरावतो यथा ॥ ४.३.३० ॥
As the thunderbolt is the best of weapons, the humped bull the best of cattle, Dhṛtarāṣṭra among serpents, and Airāvata among elephants.
4.3.31
पुत्रः प्रियाणामधिको भार्या च सुहृदां वरा ।
गिरीणां प्रवरो मेरुर्देवानां मधुसूदनः।
ग्रहाणां प्रवरश्चन्द्रः सरसां मानसो यथा ॥ ४.३.३१ ॥
A son is the dearest of the dear, a wife the best of friends. Among mountains Meru is foremost, among gods Madhusūdana; among planets the moon is foremost, as Mānasa among lakes.
4.3.32
यथैतानि विशिष्टानि स्वस्यां जात्यां वृकोदर । ॥ ४.३.३२ ॥
As these are distinguished each within its own class, O Vṛkodara.
4.3.33
सोयमिन्द्रादनवमो वासुदेवाच्च भारत ।
उषित्वा पञ्च वर्षाणि सहस्राक्षस्य वेश्मनि।
ब्रह्मचारी व्रते युक्तः सर्वशस्त्रभृतांवरः ॥ ४.३.३३ ॥
He is not inferior even to Indra or to Vāsudeva, O Bhārata. Having dwelt five years in the abode of the thousand-eyed Indra, devoted to the vow of celibacy, he became the best of all weapon-bearers.
4.3.34
अवाप चास्त्रमस्त्रज्ञः सर्वज्ञः सर्वसंमतः ।
क्षिप्रं चाणु विचित्रं च ध्रुवं च वदतां वरः ॥ ४.३.३४ ॥
He obtained weapons; knower of weapons, all-knowing, esteemed by all. Swift, subtle, wondrous, and sure (in discharging them); the best of speakers.
4.3.35
अनुज्ञातः सुरेन्द्रेण पुनः प्रत्यागतो महीम् ।
धार्तराष्ट्रविनाशाय पाण्डवानां जयाय च ॥ ४.३.३५ ॥
Permitted by the lord of gods, he returned again to the earth, for the destruction of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and for the victory of the Pāṇḍavas.
4.3.36
यं मन्ये द्वादशं रुद्रमादित्यानां त्रयोदशम् ।
वसूनां नवमं मन्ये गिरीणामष्टमः स्मृतः ॥ ४.३.३६ ॥
Whom I consider the twelfth Rudra among the Ādityas, the thirteenth (Āditya); the ninth among the Vasus, reckoned the eighth among the mountains.
4.3.37
यस्य दीर्घौ समौ बाहू ज्याघातेन किणीकृतौ ।
दक्षिणश्चैव सव्यश्च बाहू अनडुहो यथा। ॥ ४.३.३७ ॥
Whose long and even arms, both right and left, are hardened by the strike of the bowstring, like the arms of an ox.
4.3.38
तलाङ्गुलित्राभ्युचितौ नागराजकरोपमौ ।
पीनौ परिघसङ्काशौ मृदुताम्रतलौ शुभौ ॥ ४.३.३८ ॥
With palms and fingers well formed and marked by leather guards, like the trunks of the king of elephants, stout, resembling iron bars, with soft reddish palms, auspicious.
4.3.39
श्यामो युवा गुडाकेशो दर्शनीयश्च पाण्डवः ।
गाण्डीवधन्वा श्वेताश्वः किरीटी वानरध्वजः ॥ ४.३.३९ ॥
The dark, young, curly-haired, pleasing Pāṇḍava, bearer of the Gāṇḍīva bow, with white horses, crowned, with the monkey banner.
4.3.40
किंरूपधारी किंकर्मा किंचेष्टः किंपरायणः ।
बीभत्सुर्भीमधन्वा च किं करिष्यति चार्जुनः ।
कुन्तीपुत्रो विराटस्य रमते केन कर्मणा ॥ ४.३.४० ॥
In what form, in what deed, in what conduct, devoted to what? What will Bībhatsu, Arjuna of the fearsome bow, do? By what task does the son of Kuntī take delight in Virāṭa's service?
4.3.41
इमौ किणीकृतौ बाहू ज्याघाततलपीडनात् ।
नित्यं कञ्चुकसंछन्नौ नान्यथा गोप्तुमुत्सहे ॥ ४.३.४१ ॥
These two arms are hardened by the strike of the bowstring and the pressure on the palm; I always keep them covered with a sleeve, for otherwise I could not conceal them.
4.3.42
किं तु कार्यवशादेतदाचरिष्यामि कुत्सितम् ॥ ४.३.४२ ॥
But by the necessity of the task I shall perform this base deed.
4.3.43
बाहू मे भरतश्रेष्ठ महालाञ्छनलक्षितौ ।
ज्याघातेन महान्तौ मे गूहितुं नान्यथोत्सहे ॥ ४.३.४३ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, my two arms are marked with great scars, made large by the striking of the bowstring; I am not able to conceal them otherwise.
4.3.44
उभौ कम्बू प्रतीमुच्य कुण्डले परिपातुके ।
वेणीकृतशिरा भूत्वा भविष्यामि बृहन्नला ॥ ४.३.४४ ॥
Putting on both conch-shell bracelets and wearing gleaming earrings, with my head bound in a braid, I shall become Bṛhannalā.
4.3.45
पठन्नाख्यायिकां नाम स्त्रीभावेन पुनः पुनः ।
प्रजानां समुदाचारं बहुनर्मकृतं वदन् ।
रमयिष्यामि राजानमन्यं चान्तःपुरे जनम् ॥ ४.३.४५ ॥
Reciting the stories called Ākhyāyikā again and again in a woman's manner, speaking of the customs of people and many playful jests, I shall delight the king and the other people in the inner apartments.
4.3.46
नृत्तं गीतं च वादित्रं दिव्यं च विविधं तथा ।
शिक्षयिष्याम्यहं राजन्विराटनगरे स्त्रियः ॥ ४.३.४६ ॥
O king, I shall teach the women in the city of Virāṭa dance, song, instrumental music, and various divine arts.
4.3.47
स्त्रीभावसमुदाचारान्नृत्तगीतकथाश्रयैः ।
छादयिष्यामि राजेन्द्र माययाऽऽत्मानमात्मना ॥ ४.३.४७ ॥
O lord of kings, by the conduct of a woman's manner, by means of dance, song and tales, I shall conceal myself by my own illusion.
4.3.48
युधिष्ठिरस्य गेहेऽस्मिन्द्रौपद्याः परिचारिका ।
उषिताऽस्मीति वक्ष्यामि धर्मराजस्य संमता ॥ ४.३.४८ ॥
I shall say, 'I dwelt in this house of Yudhiṣṭhira as attendant of Draupadī'; it will be approved even by the king of Dharma.
4.3.49
उर्वश्याश्चापि शापेन प्राप्तोस्मि नृप षण्डताम् ।
शक्रप्रसादान्मुक्तोऽहं वर्षादूर्ध्वं त्रयोदशात्।
इत्येतन्मे प्रतिज्ञातं विचरिष्याम्यहं यथा ॥ ४.३.४९ ॥
O king, by the curse of Urvaśī I have obtained the state of a eunuch. By Indra's grace I shall be freed from it after thirteen years. This is the vow I have made; I shall wander about in this way.
4.3.50
एतेन विधिना छन्नः कृतकेन यथा नलः ।
विहरिष्यामि राजेन्द्र विराटस्य पुरे सुखम् ॥ ४.३.५० ॥
O lord of kings, just as Nala went about concealed in disguise, in this way, hidden, I shall dwell happily in the city of Virāṭa.
4.3.51
वासुदेवसमो लोके यशसा विक्रमेण च ।
सोयं राज्ये विराटस्य भवने भरतर्षभः ॥ ४.३.५१ ॥
He who in the world is equal to Vāsudeva in fame and valour, this bull of the Bharatas, will dwell in the kingdom and palace of Virāṭa.
4.3.52
मेरुः प्रच्छादित इव वसन्वज्रोण मुष्टिना ।
आख्याता षण्डकोस्मीति प्रतिज्ञातं हि पातकं ॥ ४.३.५२ ॥
Like Meru covered by a fist that holds the thunderbolt, you will dwell; to be called 'I am a eunuch' — this vow is indeed a sin.