Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.16
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5.16.1
त्वमग्रे सर्वदेवानां मुखं त्वमसि हव्यवाट् ।
त्वमन्तः सर्वभूतानां गूढश्चरसि साक्षिवत् ॥ ५.१६.१ ॥
O Fire, you are the first mouth of all the gods, you are the carrier of oblations. Hidden within all beings, you move like a witness.
5.16.2
त्वामाहुरेकं कवयस्त्वामाहुस्त्रिविधं पुनः ।
त्वया त्यक्तं जगच्चेदं सद्यो नश्येद्धुताशन ॥ ५.१६.२ ॥
The wise call you one, and again they call you threefold. O Hutāśana, if you abandoned this world, it would perish at once.
5.16.3
कृत्वा तुभ्यं नमो विप्राः स्वकर्मविजितां गतिम् ।
गच्छन्ति सह पत्नीभिः सुतैरपि च शाश्वतीम् ॥ ५.१६.३ ॥
Having paid homage to you, the brahmins go, with their wives and sons also, to the eternal goal won by their own deeds.
5.16.4
त्वमेवाग्ने हव्यवाहस्त्वमेव परमं हविः ।
यजन्ति सत्रैस्त्वामेव यज्ञैश्च परमाध्वरैः ॥ ५.१६.४ ॥
O Fire, you alone are the carrier of oblations, you alone are the supreme oblation. With long sacrificial sessions, and with the highest rites and sacrifices, men worship you alone.
5.16.5
सृष्ट्वा लोकांस्त्रीमिमान्हव्यवाह ।
प्राप्ते काले पचसि पुनः समिद्धः ।
त्वं सर्वस्य भुवनस्य प्रसूति-
स्त्वमेवाग्रे भवसि पुनः प्रतिष्ठा ॥ ५.१६.५ ॥
O carrier of oblations, having created these three worlds, when the proper time comes you kindle again and cook them. You are the origin of the whole world; at the beginning you are, and again you are the foundation.
5.16.6
त्वामग्ने जलदानाहुर्विद्युतश्च मनीषिणः ।
वहन्ति सर्वभूतानि त्वत्तो निष्क्रम्य हेतयः ॥ ५.१६.६ ॥
O Fire, the wise call you the giver of water and lightning. Issuing forth from you, the bolts bear up all beings.
5.16.7
त्वय्यापो निहिताः सर्वास्त्वयि सर्वमिदं जगत् ।
न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किचित्रिषु लोकेषु पावक ॥ ५.१६.७ ॥
O Pāvaka, all the waters are placed in you, and in you is this entire world. In the three worlds there is nothing unknown to you.
5.16.8
स्वयोर्नि भजते सर्वो विशस्वापोऽविशङ्कितः ।
अहं त्वां वर्धयिष्यामि ब्राह्मैर्मन्त्रैः सनातनैः ॥ ५.१६.८ ॥
Everyone enters without fear into his own waters. With the eternal brahmanical mantras I will make you grow.
5.16.9
एवं स्तुतो हव्यवाट् स भगवान्कविरुत्तमः ।
बृहस्पतिमथोवाच प्रीतिमान्वाक्यमुत्तमम्।
दर्शयिष्यामि ते शक्रं सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥ ५.१६.९ ॥
Thus praised, that carrier of oblations, the blessed and supreme seer, pleased, spoke these excellent words to Bṛhaspati: I will show you Indra; this is true, I tell you.
5.16.10
प्रविष्यापस्ततो वह्निः ससमुद्राः सपल्वलाः ।
आससाद सरस्तच्च गूढो यत्र शतक्रतुः ॥ ५.१६.१० ॥
Then the fire, entering the waters together with the oceans and pools, reached that lake where Indra, the hundred-sacrificer, lay hidden.
5.16.11
अथ तत्रापि पद्मानि विचिन्वन्भरतर्षभ ।
अपश्यत्स तु देवेन्द्रं बिसमध्यगतं तदा ॥ ५.१६.११ ॥
There too, searching among the lotuses, O bull of the Bharatas, he then saw the lord of the gods, who had gone into the midst of a lotus-stalk.
5.16.12
आगत्य च ततस्तूर्णं तमाचष्ट बृहस्पतेः ।
अणुमात्रेण वपुषा पद्मतन्त्वाश्रितं प्रभुम् ॥ ५.१६.१२ ॥
Then, coming quickly, he told Bṛhaspati that the lord, with a body no larger than an atom, was resting on a lotus-fibre.
5.16.13
गत्वा देवर्षिगन्धर्वैः सहितोऽथ बृहस्पतिः ।
पुराणैः कर्मभिर्देवं तुष्टाव बलसूदनम् ॥ ५.१६.१३ ॥
Going forth with the divine sages and gandharvas, Bṛhaspati praised the god, the slayer of Bala, with ancient deeds.
5.16.14
महाऽसुरो हतः शक्र नमुचिर्दारुणस्त्वया ।
शम्बरश्च बलश्चैव तथोभौ घोरविक्रमौ ॥ ५.१६.१४ ॥
O Śakra, you slew the great asura, the cruel Namuci, and likewise Śambara and Bala, both of terrible valour.
5.16.15
शतक्रतो विवर्धस्व सर्वाञ्शत्रून्निषूदय ।
उत्तिष्ठ शक्र संपश्य देवर्षीश्च समागतान् ॥ ५.१६.१५ ॥
O hundred-sacrificer, grow strong and destroy all the enemies. O Śakra, rise up and behold the divine sages who have assembled.
5.16.16
महेन्द्र दानवान्हत्वा लोकास्त्रातास्त्वया विभो ।
अपां फेनं समासाद्य विष्णुतेजोतिबृंहितम्।
त्वया वृत्रो हतः पूर्वं देवराज जगत्पते ॥ ५.१६.१६ ॥
O great Indra, having slain the Dānavas you protected the worlds. O mighty one, having reached the foam of the waters greatly swelled with Viṣṇu's splendour, you formerly slew Vṛtra. O king of the gods, lord of the universe!
5.16.17
त्वं सर्वभूतेषु शरण्य ईड्य-
स्त्वया समं विद्यते नेह भूतम्।
त्वया धार्यन्ते सर्वभूतानि शक्र ।
त्वं देवानां महिमानं चकर्थ ॥ ५.१६.१७ ॥
You are the refuge of all beings, worthy of praise. Here there is no being equal to you. O Śakra, all beings are sustained by you. You have made the glory of the gods great.
5.16.18
पाहि सर्वांश्च लोकांश्च महेन्द्र बलमाप्नुहि ।
एवं संस्तूयमानश्च सोऽवर्धत शनैः शनैः ॥ ५.१६.१८ ॥
O great Indra, protect all the worlds and obtain strength. Thus being praised, he grew gradually, little by little.
5.16.19
स्वं चैव वपुरास्थाय बभूव स बलान्वितः ।
अब्रवीच्च गुरं देवो बृहस्पतिमवस्थितम् ॥ ५.१६.१९ ॥
Having assumed his own body, he became endowed with strength, and the god spoke to the teacher Bṛhaspati, who stood before him.
5.16.20
किं कार्यमवशिष्टं वो हतस्त्वाष्ट्रो महासुरः ।
वृत्रश्च सुमहाकायो यो वै लोकाननाशयत् ॥ ५.१६.२० ॥
What task remains for you? The great asura, son of Tvaṣṭṛ, and Vṛtra of enormous body, who indeed destroyed the worlds, has been slain.
5.16.21
बृहस्पतिरुवाच ।
मानुषो नहुषो राजा देवर्षिगणतेजसा।
देवराज्यमनुप्राप्तः सर्वान्नो बाधते भृशम् ॥ ५.१६.२१ ॥
The human king Nahuṣa, by the splendor of the host of gods and sages, has attained the kingship of the gods and greatly oppresses us all.
5.16.22
कथं च नहुषो राज्यं देवानां प्राप दुर्लभम् ।
तपसा केन वा युक्तः किंवीर्यो वा बृहस्पते ।
तत्सर्वं कथय त्वं मे यथेन्द्रत्वमुपेयिवान् ॥ ५.१६.२२ ॥
How did Nahuṣa obtain the kingdom of the gods, so hard to obtain? By what asceticism, or endowed with what might, O Bṛhaspati? Tell me all of it, how he attained Indra-hood.
5.16.23
बृहस्पतिरुवाच ।
त्वयि प्रनष्टे देवेश विश्वं प्रव्यथितं जगत्।
परस्परभयोद्विग्नं बभूवार्तमराजकम् ॥ ५.१६.२३ ॥
When you, O lord of gods, were lost, the whole world was greatly distressed; agitated by mutual fear, it became afflicted and without a king.
5.16.24
ततो देवैः सगन्धर्वैः सर्षिसङ्घैः सपावकैः ।
मानुषो नहुषो राजा देवराज्येऽभिषेचितः ॥ ५.१६.२४ ॥
Then, together with the gods, the gandharvas, the hosts of sages and the fires, the human king Nahuṣa was anointed in the kingdom of the gods.
5.16.25
देवा भीताः शक्रमकामयन्त ।
त्वया त्यक्तं महदैन्द्रं पदं तत्।
तदा देवाः पितरोऽथर्षयश्च ।
गन्धर्वमुख्याश्च समेत्य सर्वे ॥ ५.१६.२५ ॥
The gods, frightened, desired Indra. You have abandoned that great seat of Indra. Then the gods, the fathers, the sages and the chief Gandharvas all came together.
5.16.26
गत्वाऽब्रुवन्नहुषं तत्र शक्र ।
त्वं नो राजा भव भुवनस्य गोप्ता।
तानब्रवीन्नहुषो नास्मि शक्त ।
आप्यायध्वं तपसा तेजसा माम् ॥ ५.१६.२६ ॥
Going there, they said to Nahuṣa: 'O Śakra, become our king, the protector of the worlds.' Nahuṣa said to them: 'I am not able; strengthen me by austerity and splendour.'
5.16.27
एवमुक्तैर्वर्द्धितश्चापि देवै ।
राजाऽभवन्नहुषो घोरवीर्यः।
त्रैलोक्ये च प्राप्य राज्यं महर्षी-
न्कृत्वा वाहान्याति लोकान्दुरात्मा ॥ ५.१६.२७ ॥
Thus addressed and strengthened by the gods, Nahuṣa, of terrible might, became king. Having obtained the kingdom of the three worlds, the evil-minded one made the great sages his bearers and went through the worlds.
5.16.28
तेजोहरं दृष्टिविषं सुघोरं ।
मा त्वं पश्येर्नहुषं वै कदाचित्।
देवाश्च सर्वे नहुषं भृशार्ता ।
न पश्यन्ते गूढरूपाश्चरन्तः ॥ ५.१६.२८ ॥
'Never look upon Nahuṣa; his glance is poison that robs splendour, most terrible.' All the gods, greatly distressed by Nahuṣa, moving about in hidden forms, did not look upon him.
5.16.29
एवं वदत्यङ्गिरसां वरिष्ठे ।
बृहस्पतौ लोकपालः कुबेरः।
वैवस्वतश्चैव यमः पुराणो ।
दवेश्च सोमो वरुणश्चाजगाम ॥ ५.१६.२९ ॥
As Bṛhaspati, best of the Aṅgirasas, spoke thus, the world-guardian Kubera came, and ancient Yama, son of Vivasvat, and Soma, lord of the gods, and Varuṇa also came.
5.16.30
ते वै समागम्य महेन्द्रमूचु-
र्दिष्ट्या त्वाष्ट्रो निहतश्चैव वृत्रः।
दिष्ट्या च त्वां कुशलिनमक्षतं च ।
पश्यामो वै निहतारिं च शक्र ॥ ५.१६.३० ॥
Having gathered together, they said to Mahendra: Fortunately Vṛtra, the son of Tvaṣṭṛ, has been slain; fortunately we see you unharmed and uninjured; O Śakra, we see your enemy slain.
5.16.31
स तान्यथावच्च हि लोकपाला-
न्समेत्स वै प्रीतमना महेन्द्रः।
उवाच चैनान्प्रतिभाष्य शक्रः ।
संचोदयिष्यन्नहुषस्यान्तरेण ॥ ५.१६.३१ ॥
Having duly met those world-guardians, the glad-minded great Indra, speaking to them and intending to urge them on regarding Nahuṣa, said:
5.16.32
राजा देवानां नहुषो घोररूप-
स्तत्र साह्यं दीयतां मे भवद्भिः ।
ते चाब्रुवन्नहुषो घोररूपो ।
दृष्टीविषस्तस्य बिभीम ईश ॥ ५.१६.३२ ॥
King Nahuṣa of the gods has a terrible form; let your aid be given to me there. They replied: Nahuṣa of terrible form, poisonous of gaze — O lord, we are afraid of him.
5.16.33
त्वं चेद्राजानं नहुषं पराजये-
स्ततो वयं भागमर्हाम शक्र।
इन्द्रोऽब्रवीद्भवतु भवानपां पति-
र्यमः कुबेरश्च मयाभिषेकम् ॥ ५.१६.३३ ॥
If you defeat King Nahuṣa, then we, O Śakra, should receive a share. Indra said: Let you be lord of the waters; and let Yama and Kubera be anointed by me.
5.16.35
चेन्द्राग्न्योर्वै भाग एको महाक्रतौ ।
शल्य उवाच।
एवं संचिन्त्य भगवान्महेन्द्रः पाकशासनः ।
कुबेरं सर्वयक्षाणां धनानां च प्रभुं तथा ॥ ५.१६.३५ ॥
Indra and Agni have one share at the great sacrifice. Śalya said: Having thus reflected, the blessed great Indra, Pākaśāsana, likewise (appointed) Kubera, lord of all yakṣas and of wealth.
5.16.36
वैवस्वतं पितॄणां च वरुणं चाप्यपां तथा ।
आधिपत्यं ददौ शक्रः सत्कृत्य वरदस्तथा ॥ ५.१६.३६ ॥
Indra, the giver of boons, honouring them, bestowed lordship over the ancestors on Vaivasvata Yama, and likewise lordship over the waters on Varuṇa.