Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.26
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8.26.1
तेजसोऽर्धं सुरा दत्त्वा शङ्कराय महात्मने ।
पशुत्वमपि चोपेत्य विश्वकर्माणमव्ययम् ॥ ८.२६.१ ॥
The gods, having given half their radiance to the great-souled Śaṅkara, and having approached the imperishable Viśvakarman,
8.26.2
ऊचुः सर्वे समाभाष्य रथः सङ्कल्प्यतामिति ।
विश्वकर्माऽपि सञ्चिन्त्य रथं दिव्यमकल्पयत् ॥ ८.२६.२ ॥
They all conferred and said, 'Let a chariot be devised.' Viśvakarman too, having reflected, fashioned a divine chariot.
8.26.3
समेतां पृथिवीं देवी विशालां पुरमालिनीम् ।
सपर्वतवनद्वीपां चक्रे भूतधरां रथम् ॥ ८.२६.३ ॥
The goddess Earth, united, vast, garlanded with cities, with her mountains, forests and islands, he made into the chariot that bears all beings.
8.26.4
ईषां नक्षत्रवंशं च छत्रं मेरुमहागिरिम् ।
अनेकद्रुसञ्छन्नं रत्नाकरमनुत्तमम् ॥ ८.२६.४ ॥
The axle of the constellations and the pole, Mount Meru the great mountain as the parasol, and the supreme ocean, the treasure-store, covered with many trees.
8.26.5
हिमवन्तं च विन्ध्यं च नानाद्रुमलताकुलम् ।
अवस्करं प्रतिष्ठानं कल्पयामास वै तदा ॥ ८.२६.५ ॥
The Himālaya and the Vindhya, full of many trees and creepers, he then fashioned as the lower body and the base of the chariot.
8.26.6
अस्तंगिरिमधिष्ठानं नानाद्विजगणायुतम् ।
चकार भगवांस्त्वष्टा उदयं रथकूबरम् ॥ ८.२६.६ ॥
The blessed Tvaṣṭṛ made the Eastern Mountain (the rising) the chariot's central body, with the Western Mountain (the setting) as its base, filled with flocks of many birds.
8.26.7
मीननक्रझषावासं दानवालयमुत्तमम् ।
समुद्रमक्षं विदधे पत्तनाकरशोभितम् ॥ ८.२६.७ ॥
The ocean, abode of fish, crocodiles and sea-creatures, the supreme dwelling of the dānavas, adorned with towns and mines, he made into the axle.
8.26.8
चक्रं चक्रे चन्द्रमसं तारकागणमण्डितम् ।
दिवाकरं चाप्यपरं चक्रं चक्रेंऽशुमालिनम् ॥ ८.२६.८ ॥
He made one wheel the moon, adorned with hosts of stars, and the other wheel the sun, garlanded with rays.
8.26.9
गङ्गां सरस्वतीं तूणीं चक्रे विश्वकृदव्ययः ।
अलङ्कारा रथस्यासन्नापगाः सरितस्तथा ॥ ८.२६.९ ॥
The imperishable creator of the world made the Gaṅgā and the Sarasvatī into the quiver; the ornaments of the chariot were likewise rivers and streams.
8.26.10
त्रीनग्नीन्मन्त्रवच्चक्रे रथस्याथ त्रिवेणुकम् ।
अनुकर्षान्रथे दीप्तान्वरूथांश्चापि तारकाः ॥ ८.२६.१० ॥
With mantras he made the three fires into the three-jointed pole of the chariot; the blazing traction-poles and coverings on the chariot were also stars.
8.26.11
ओषधीर्वीरुधश्चैव घण्टाजालं च भानुमत् ।
अलञ्चकार च रथं मासपक्षर्तुभिर्विभुः ॥ ८.२६.११ ॥
With herbs, creepers and a radiant network of bells the all-powerful one adorned the chariot; with months, fortnights and seasons he adorned it.
8.26.12
अहोरात्रैः कलाभिश्च काष्ठाभिरयनैस्तथा ।
द्यां युगं युगपर्वाणि संवर्तकबलाहरकान् ॥ ८.२६.१२ ॥
With days and nights, with the units of time, the moments and the solstices; with the heaven, the ages, the joints of the ages and the clouds of cosmic dissolution…
8.26.13
शम्यां धृतिं च मेधां च स्थितिं सन्नतिमेव च ।
ऋग्वेदं सामवेदं च धुर्यावश्वावकल्पयत् ॥ ८.२६.१३ ॥
Shamyā, steadfastness, intellect, stability and reverence, and the Ṛg Veda and the Sāma Veda — these he fashioned as the two yoke-horses of the chariot.
8.26.14
पृष्ठाश्वौ तु यजुर्वेदः कल्पितोऽथर्वणस्तथा ।
अश्वानां चाप्यलङ्कारं विदधे पदसञ्चयम् ॥ ८.२६.१४ ॥
As the back-horses were arranged the Yajur Veda and likewise the Atharva Veda; he also made the adornment of the horses and the gathering of their paces.
8.26.15
सिनीवालीमनुमतिं कुहूं राकां च सुप्रभाम् ।
योक्ताणि चक्रे चाश्वानां कूश्माण्डांश्चापि पन्नगान्। ॥ ८.२६.१५ ॥
Sinīvālī, Anumati, Kuhū, Rākā and the splendid Suprabhā he made into the reins of the horses; and the Kūṣmāṇḍas and serpents as well.
8.26.16
तालपृष्ठोऽथ नहुषः कार्कोटकधनञ्जयौ ।
इतरे चाभवन्नागा हयानां वाहबन्धनम् ॥ ८.२६.१६ ॥
Tālapṛṣṭha, then Nahuṣa, Kārkoṭaka and Dhanañjaya; and the other serpents became the bindings that yoke the horses.
8.26.17
अभीशवः षडङ्गानि कल्पितानि महीपते ।
ओङ्कारः कल्पितस्तस्य प्रतोदो विश्वकर्मणा ॥ ८.२६.१७ ॥
O lord of the earth, the reins and the six limbs were fashioned; the syllable Oṃ was made as its form, and its goad was made by Viśvakarman.
8.26.18
यज्ञाः सर्वे पृथक्लृप्ता रथाङ्गानि च भागशः ।
अधिष्ठानं मनश्चासीत्परिरथ्या सरस्वती ॥ ८.२६.१८ ॥
All the sacrifices were arranged separately, and the parts of the chariot were fashioned portion by portion; the mind was its seat, and the Sarasvatī its circuit-path.
8.26.19
नानावर्णानि शस्त्राणि पताकाः पवनेरिताः ।
विद्युदिन्द्रधनुर्युक्तं रथं दीप्त्या व्यदीपयत् ॥ ८.२६.१९ ॥
Weapons of many colours and banners stirred by the wind, joined with lightning and the rainbow, he made that chariot blaze with brilliance.
8.26.20
वर्म योद्धुं च विहितं नमो ग्रहगणाकुलम् ।
अभेद्यं भानुमच्चित्रं कालचक्रपरिक्षतम् ॥ ८.२६.२० ॥
The armour, made for battle, was crowded with hosts of planets; impenetrable, radiant with the sun, wondrous, and marked with the wheel of time.
8.26.21
एवमस्मिन्महाराज कल्पिते रथसत्तमे ।
त्वष्ट्रा मनुजशार्दूल द्विषतां भयवर्धने ॥ ८.२६.२१ ॥
Thus, O great king, upon that finest of chariots prepared by Tvaṣṭṛ, O tiger among men, which increases the fear of the enemies—
8.26.22
स्वान्यायुधानि दिव्यानि न्यदधाच्छङ्करो रथे ।
ध्वजयष्टिं वियत्कृत्वा स्थापयामास गोवृषम् ॥ ८.२६.२२ ॥
Śaṅkara placed his own divine weapons upon that chariot; making the sky itself the banner-staff, he set upon it the bull (Nandi) emblem.
8.26.23
ब्रह्मदण्डः कालदम्डो रुद्रदण्डश्च ते ज्वराः ।
परिष्कारा र्थस्यासन्समन्ताद्दिशमुद्धताः ॥ ८.२६.२३ ॥
Brahmā's staff, Time's staff and Rudra's staff — those fever-like, burning weapons — were the adornments of the chariot, raised high on every side.
8.26.24
विचित्रमृतुभिः षड्भिः कृत्वा संवत्सरं धनुः ।
छायामेवात्मनश्चक्रे धनुर्ज्यामक्षयां ध्रुवाम् ॥ ८.२६.२४ ॥
Having made that wondrous bow, the year formed of the six seasons, he fashioned his own likeness; its bowstring was imperishable and firm.
8.26.25
कालो हि भगवान्रुद्रस्तच्च संवत्सरं धनुः ।
तस्माद्रौद्री कालरात्री ज्या कृता धनुषो जरा ॥ ८.२६.२५ ॥
Time indeed is the blessed Rudra, and that year is the bow. Therefore the fierce dark night of time was made the bowstring of the bow, which is decay.
8.26.26
ततो रथे रथाश्वांस्तानृषयः समयोजयन् ।
एकैकशः सुसंहृष्टानादाय सुधृतव्रताः ॥ ८.२६.२६ ॥
Then the sages firm in their vows, greatly delighted, took those chariot horses one by one and yoked them to the chariot.
8.26.27
दक्षिणस्यां धुरि कृत ऋग्वेदो मन्त्रपारगैः ।
सव्यतः सामवेदश्च युक्तो राजन्महर्षिभिः ॥ ८.२६.२७ ॥
O king, on the right yoke-pole the Ṛgveda was placed by masters of the mantras, and on the left the Sāmaveda was yoked by the great sages.
8.26.28
पार्ष्ठिदक्षिणतो युक्तो यजुर्वेदः सुरद्विजैः ।
इतरस्यां तथा पार्ष्ठ्यां युक्तो राजन्नथर्वणः ॥ ८.२६.२८ ॥
On the rear right side the Yajurveda was yoked by the gods and twice-born sages, and likewise, O king, on the other side at the rear the Atharvaveda was yoked.
8.26.29
एवं ते वाजिनो युक्ता यज्ञविद्भिस्तथा रथे ।
अशोभन्त तथा युक्ता यथैवाध्वरमध्यगाः ॥ ८.२६.२९ ॥
Thus those horses, yoked to the chariot by knowers of the sacrifice, shone as though they were going into the midst of a sacrifice.
8.26.30
कल्पयित्वा रथं दिव्यं ततो बाणमकल्पयत् ।
चिन्तयित्वा हरिं विष्णुमव्ययं यज्ञवाहनम् ॥ ८.२६.३० ॥
Having prepared the divine chariot, then he fashioned the arrow, meditating upon the imperishable Hari Viṣṇu, whose vehicle is the sacrifice.
8.26.31
शरं सङ्कल्पयाञ्चक्रे विश्वकर्मा महामनाः ।
तस्य वाजांश्च पुङ्खं च कल्पयामास वै तदा ॥ ८.२६.३१ ॥
Viśvakarman, the great-minded, fashioned an arrow; then he also prepared its feathers and notch.
8.26.32
पुण्यगन्धवहं राजञ्श्वसनं राजसत्तम ।
अग्नीषोमौ शरमुखे कल्पयामास वै तदा ॥ ८.२६.३२ ॥
O best of kings, he then set the wind that carries sacred fragrance, and Agni and Soma, at the mouth of the arrow.
8.26.33
अग्नीषोमात्मकं कृत्स्नमुच्यते वैष्णवं जगत् ।
विष्णुरात्मा भगवतो भवस्यामिततेजसः ॥ ८.२६.३३ ॥
The whole world is said to be made of Agni and Soma, and to belong to Viṣṇu; Viṣṇu is the self of the divine Bhava, of boundless splendour.
8.26.34
तस्माद्धनुर्ज्यासंस्पर्शं स विषेहे शरस्य वै ।
तस्मिञ्शरे तीक्ष्णमन्युममुञ्चद्दुःसहं प्रभुः ॥ ८.२६.३४ ॥
Therefore that lord endured the touch of the bowstring upon the arrow, and into that arrow he released a sharp and unbearable wrath.
8.26.35
भृग्वङ्गिरोमन्युभवः क्रोधाग्निरतिदुःसहः ।
स नीललोहितो धूम्रः कृत्तिवासा भयानकः ॥ ८.२६.३५ ॥
That fire of wrath, born of the anger of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras, was most unbearable; it was dark-red and blue, smoky, clad in a hide, and terrifying.
8.26.36
आदित्यायुतसङ्काशस्तेजोज्वालावृतो भवः ।
दुश्चर्यच्यावको जेता हन्ता ब्रह्मद्विषां वरः ॥ ८.२६.३६ ॥
Bhava, equal to ten thousand suns and wrapped in flames of splendour; Duścaryacyāvaka, the conqueror, the best slayer of the enemies of the Brahmins.
8.26.37
तस्याङ्गानि समाश्रित्य स्थितं विश्वमिदं जगत् ।
जङ्गमाजङ्गमं राजञ्छुशुभेऽद्भुतदर्शनम् ॥ ८.२६.३७ ॥
Resting upon his limbs, this whole world, moving and unmoving, stands, O king, and he shone forth in a wondrous sight.
8.26.38
दृष्टा तु तं रथं दिव्यं कवची स शरासनी ।
आददे स शरं दिव्यं सोमविष्ण्वग्निवायुजम् ॥ ८.२६.३८ ॥
Seeing that divine chariot, the armored archer took up the divine arrow born of Soma, Viṣṇu, Agni and Vāyu.
8.26.39
तमादाय महादेवस्त्रासयन्दैत्यदानवान् ।
आरुरोह तदा यत्तः कम्पयन्निव रोदसी ॥ ८.२६.३९ ॥
Taking it, the great god, terrifying the demons and Dānavas, then ready, mounted the chariot as if shaking heaven and earth.
8.26.40
महर्षिभिः स्तूयमानो वन्द्यमानश्च वन्दिभिः ।
उपनृत्तश्चाप्सरसां गणैर्नृत्तविशारदैः ॥ ८.२६.४० ॥
Praised by the great sages, honored with salutations by the bards, and danced before by troops of apsarases skilled in dance.
8.26.41
स शोभमानो वरदः खङ्गी बाणी शरासनी ।
हसन्निवाब्रवीद्देवः सारथिः को भवेदिति ॥ ८.२६.४१ ॥
Shining, the boon-giver, bearing sword, arrows and bow, the god spoke as if laughing: "Who might be the charioteer?"