Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.15
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5.15.1
एवमुक्तः स भगवाञ्शच्या तां पुनरब्रवीत् ।
विक्रमस्य न कालोऽयं नहुषो बलवत्तरः ॥ ५.१५.१ ॥
Thus addressed, the blessed one again said to Śacī: "This is not the time for valour; Nahuṣa is exceedingly strong."
5.15.2
विवर्द्धितश्च ऋषिभिर्हव्यकव्यैश्च भामिनि ।
नीतिमत्र विधास्यामि देवि तां कर्तुमर्हसि ॥ ५.१५.२ ॥
Nourished by the sages with oblations to gods and ancestors, O radiant lady, I shall devise a plan here; O goddess, you ought to carry it out.
5.15.3
गुह्यं चैतत्त्वया कार्यं नाख्यातव्यं शुभे क्वचित् ।
गत्वा नहुषमेकान्ते ब्रवीहि च सुमध्यमे ॥ ५.१५.३ ॥
This you must do in secret, and never reveal it to anyone. Go to Nahuṣa in private, O auspicious and slender-waisted one, and speak.
5.15.4
ऋषियानेन दिव्येन मामुपैहि जगत्पते ।
एवं तव वशे प्रीता भविष्यामीति तं वद ॥ ५.१५.४ ॥
"O lord of the world, come to me in the divine vehicle of the sages. Thus I shall be pleased and under your power." Tell him this.
5.15.5
इत्युक्ता देवराजेन पत्नी सा कमलेक्षणा ।
एवमस्त्वित्यथोक्त्वा तु जगाम नहुषं प्रति ॥ ५.१५.५ ॥
Thus addressed by the king of the gods, the lotus-eyed wife said, "So be it," and went toward Nahuṣa.
5.15.6
नहुषस्तां ततो दृष्ट्वा सस्मितो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
स्वागतं ते वरारोहे किं करोमि शुचिस्मिते ॥ ५.१५.६ ॥
Then Nahuṣa, seeing her, said with a smile: "Welcome to you, O fair-hipped one. What shall I do, O pure-smiling one?"
5.15.7
भक्तं मां भज कल्याणि किमिच्छसि मनस्विनि ।
तव कल्याणि यत्कार्यं तत्करिष्ये सुमध्यमे ॥ ५.१५.७ ॥
Auspicious lady, take me, your devotee. High-minded one, what do you desire? Auspicious and slender-waisted lady, whatever is your task, that I will do.
5.15.8
न च व्रीडा त्वया कार्या सुश्रोणि मयि विश्वसेः ।
सत्येन वै पशे देवि करिष्ये वचनं तव ॥ ५.१५.८ ॥
Lady of fine hips, you should feel no shame; trust in me. Goddess, I swear by truth that I will do your bidding.
5.15.9
यो मे कृतस्त्वया कालस्तमाकाङ्क्षे जगत्पते ।
ततस्त्वमेव भर्ता मे भविष्यसि सुराधिम ॥ ५.१५.९ ॥
Lord of the world, I long for the time you have set for me. Then you yourself will be my husband, lord of the gods.
5.15.10
कार्यं च हृदि मे यत्तद्देवराजावधारय ।
वक्ष्यामि यदि मे राजन्प्रियमेतत्करिष्यसि ॥ ५.१५.१० ॥
King of the gods, consider the matter that lies in my heart. O king, if you do this dear thing for me, I will tell it.
5.15.11
वाक्यं प्रणयसंयुक्तं ततः स्यां वशगा तव ।
इन्द्रस्य वाजिनो वाहा हस्तिनोऽथ रथास्तथा ॥ ५.१५.११ ॥
Having heard these words filled with affection, I shall then be under your control: the horses, vehicles, elephants and chariots of Indra as well.
5.15.12
इच्छाम्यहमथापूर्वं वाहनं ते सुराधिप ।
यन्न विष्णोर्न रुद्रस्य न सुराणां न रक्षसाम् ॥ ५.१५.१२ ॥
Lord of the gods, I desire from you an unprecedented vehicle, one that belongs neither to Viṣṇu, nor to Rudra, nor to the gods, nor to the demons.
5.15.13
वहन्तु त्वां महाभागा ऋषयः सङ्गता विभो ।
सर्वे शिबिकया राजन्नेतद्धि मम रोचते ॥ ५.१५.१३ ॥
O mighty one, let all the greatly fortunate sages gathered together carry you in a palanquin, O king; this indeed pleases me.
5.15.14
नासुरेषु न देवेषु तुल्यो भवितुमर्हसि ।
सर्वेषां तेज आदत्से स्वेन वीर्येण दर्शनात् ॥ ५.१५.१४ ॥
You do not deserve to be equal to any among the asuras or among the gods; by your own valour, at the mere sight, you seize the splendour of all.
5.15.15
न ते प्रमुखतः स्थातुं कश्चिच्छक्नोति वीर्यवान् ।
एवमुक्तस्तु नहुषः प्राहृष्यत तदा किल।
उवाच वचनं चापि सुरेन्द्रस्तामनिन्दिताम् ॥ ५.१५.१५ ॥
No valiant one is able to stand before you. Thus addressed, Nahuṣa indeed rejoiced then, and the lord of the gods also spoke these words to that blameless woman.
5.15.16
अपूर्वं वाहनमिदं त्वयोक्तं वरवर्णिनि ।
दृढं मे रुचिरं देवि त्वद्वशोऽस्मि वरानने ॥ ५.१५.१६ ॥
O fair-complexioned lady, this unprecedented vehicle you have named pleases me greatly, O goddess; I am under your power, O fair-faced one.
5.15.17
न ह्यल्पवीर्यो भवति यो वाहान्कुरुते मुनीन् ।
अहं तपस्वी बलवान्भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः ॥ ५.१५.१७ ॥
Indeed, he who makes sages his bearers is not of little valour. I am an ascetic, strong, the lord of past, future and present beings.
5.15.18
मयि क्रुद्धे जगन्न स्यान्मयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
देवदानवगन्धर्वाः किन्नरोरगराक्षसाः ॥ ५.१५.१८ ॥
Were I angered, the world would not exist, for all is established in me: gods, dānavas, gandharvas, kinnaras, serpents and rākṣasas.
5.15.19
न मे क्रुद्धस्य पर्याप्ताः सर्वे लोकाः शुचिस्मिते ।
चक्षुषा यं प्रपश्यामि तस्य तेजो हराम्यहम् ॥ ५.१५.१९ ॥
O you of pure smile, for me, enraged, all the worlds are not sufficient. Whomever I look upon with my eye, I take away his splendor.
5.15.20
अहमिन्द्रोऽस्मि देवानां लोकानां च महेश्वरः ।
मयि हव्यं च कव्यं च लोकाश्चैव सनातनाः ।
तस्मात्ते वचनं देवि करिष्यामि न संशयः ॥ ५.१५.२० ॥
I am Indra, the great lord of the gods and of the worlds. In me abide the oblations, the offerings, and the eternal worlds. Therefore, O goddess, I shall do your bidding; there is no doubt.
5.15.21
सप्तर्षयो मां वक्ष्यन्ति सर्वे ब्रह्मर्षयस्तथा ।
पश्य माहात्म्ययोगं मे ऋद्धिं च वरवर्णिनि ॥ ५.१५.२१ ॥
The seven sages and all the brahmarshis will call me (their lord). Behold the union of my greatness and my prosperity, O you of excellent complexion.
5.15.22
एवमुक्त्वा तु तां देवीं विसृज्य च वराननाम् ।
अथ संचिन्त्य नहुषो बलवीर्येण भारत ॥ ५.१५.२२ ॥
Having thus spoken to that goddess and dismissed her of fair face, then Nahuṣa, reflecting on his strength and valor, O Bhārata.
5.15.23
विसृज्य सुप्रतीकं च नागमैरावतं तथा ।
हंसयुक्तं विमानं च हरियुक्तं तथा रथम् ॥ ५.१५.२३ ॥
Having dismissed the elephant Supratīka and the serpent-elephant Airāvata, and likewise the celestial car yoked with swans and the chariot yoked with horses…
5.15.24
स तु दर्पेण महता परिभूय महामुनीन् ।
विमाने योजयित्वा च ऋषीन्नियमामास्थितान् ॥ ५.१५.२४ ॥
But he, with great arrogance, humiliating the great sages, yoked to the celestial car the rishis who abided by their vows of restraint…
5.15.25
अब्रह्मण्यो बलोपेतो मत्तो मदबलेन च ।
कामवृत्तः स दुष्टात्मा वाहयामास तानृषीन् ॥ ५.१५.२५ ॥
Hostile to brahmins, mighty, intoxicated with pride and the power of his own arrogance, that wicked-minded man who followed his desires made those sages carry him.
5.15.26
नहुषेण विसृष्टा च बृहस्पतिमथाब्रवीत् ।
समयोऽल्पावशेषो मे नहुषेणेह यः कृतः ॥ ५.१५.२६ ॥
Sent by Nahuṣa, she said to Bṛhaspati: The agreed time left to me here with Nahuṣa is but little.
5.15.27
शक्रं मृगय शीघ्रं त्वं भक्तायाः कुरु मे दयाम् ।
बाढमित्येव भगवान्बृहस्पतिरुवाच ताम् ॥ ५.१५.२७ ॥
Seek Indra quickly, and show compassion to me, your devotee. Saying only "Very well," the venerable Bṛhaspati answered her.
5.15.28
न भेतव्यं त्वया देवि नहुषाद्दुष्टचेतसः ।
न ह्येष स्थास्यति चिरं गत एष नराधमः ॥ ५.१५.२८ ॥
Do not fear Nahuṣa, O goddess, wicked-minded as he is; this lowest of men will not remain long, for he has already gone.
5.15.29
अधर्मज्ञो महर्षीणां वाहनाच्च हतः शुभे ।
इष्टिं चाहं करिष्यामि विनाशायास्य दुर्मतेः ॥ ५.१५.२९ ॥
O auspicious one, he who knows not dharma has been struck down for making the great sages his conveyance; and I shall perform a sacrifice for the destruction of this evil-minded one.
5.15.30
शक्रं चाधिगमिष्यामि माभैस्त्वं भद्रमस्तु ते ।
ततः प्रज्वाल्य विधिवज्जुहाव परमं हविः ॥ ५.१५.३० ॥
I shall win back Indra. Do not be afraid; may good fortune be yours. Then, kindling the fire according to rule, he offered the supreme oblation.
5.15.31
बृहस्पतिर्महातेजा देवराजोपलब्धये ।
हुत्वाऽग्निं सोब्रवीद्राजञ्छक्र अन्विष्यतामिति ॥ ५.१५.३१ ॥
Bṛhaspati, of great splendour, having offered into the fire to recover Indra, king of the gods, said: "O king, let Indra be sought."
5.15.32
तस्माच्च भगवान्देवः स्वयमेव हुताशनः ।
स्त्रीवेषमद्भुतं कृत्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ ५.१५.३२ ॥
Then the venerable god Agni himself, the eater of offerings, assumed a wondrous female form and vanished right there.
5.15.33
स दिशः प्रदिशश्चैव पर्वतांश्च वनानि च ।
पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च विचित्याथ मनोगतिः।
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण बृहस्पतिमुपागमत् ॥ ५.१५.३३ ॥
Having searched the directions and intermediate directions, the mountains, the forests, the earth and the sky, he came to Bṛhaspati in the space of a single blink, swift as thought.
5.15.34
बृहस्पते न पश्यामि देवराजमिह क्वचित् ।
आपः शेषाः सदा चापः प्रवेष्टुं नोत्सहाम्यहम् ॥ ५.१५.३४ ॥
O Bṛhaspati, I do not see the king of the gods anywhere here. The remaining waters are always there, and I dare not enter the waters.
5.15.35
न मे तत्र गतिर्ब्रह्मन्किमन्यत्करवाणि ते ।
तमब्रवीद्देवगुरुरपो विश महाद्युते ॥ ५.१५.३५ ॥
O Brahman, I have no way there. What else may I do for you? Then the teacher of the gods said to him: "O greatly radiant one, enter the waters."
5.15.36
नापः प्रवेष्टुं शक्ष्यामि क्षयो मेऽत्र भविष्यति ।
शरणं त्वां प्रपन्नोऽस्मि स्वस्ति तेस्तु महाद्युते ॥ ५.१५.३६ ॥
I shall not be able to enter the waters; my ruin will come of it. I have taken refuge in you. O greatly radiant one, may well-being be yours.
5.15.37
अद्भ्योऽग्निर्ब्रह्मतः क्षत्रमश्मनो लोहमुत्थितम् ।
तेषां सर्वत्रगं तेजः स्वासु योनिषु शाम्यति ॥ ५.१५.३७ ॥
Fire arose from the waters, the warrior power from the brahman, and iron from stone. Their radiance, pervading everywhere, subsides into its own sources.