The Townsfolk Find Baka Slain

Verse 1 (1.178.1)

ततः स भग्नपार्श्वाङ्गो नदित्वा भैरवं रवम् । शैलराजप्रतीकाशो गतासुरभवद्बकः ॥

tataḥ sa bhagnapārśvāṅgo naditvā bhairavaṃ ravam | śailarājapratīkāśo gatāsurabhavadbakaḥ

Then Baka, his sides and limbs shattered, let out a terrible roar; and, huge as a king of mountains, he lay lifeless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1657, before 1.152.1).

Verse 2 (1.178.2)

तेन शब्देन वित्रस्तो जनस्तस्याथ रक्षसः । निष्पपात गृहाद्राजन्सहैव परिचारिभिः ॥

tena śabdena vitrasto janastasyātha rakṣasaḥ | niṣpapāta gṛhādrājansahaiva paricāribhiḥ

Terrified by that sound, the rakshasa's people rushed out of his house, O king, together with his attendants.

Verse 3 (1.178.3)

बकानुजस्तदा राजन्भीमं शरणमेयिवान् । ततस्तु निहतं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसेन्द्रं महाबलम् । राक्षसाः परमत्रस्ता भीमं शरणमाययुः ॥

bakānujastadā rājanbhīmaṃ śaraṇameyivān | tatastu nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasendraṃ mahābalam | rākṣasāḥ paramatrastā bhīmaṃ śaraṇamāyayuḥ

Then, O king, Baka's younger brother came to Bhima for refuge; and seeing the mighty lord of the rakshasas slain, the rakshasas in utter terror came to Bhima for shelter.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark, doubled danda). Corrected शऱणमाययुः → शरणमाययुः (misprint in Wikisource; ऱ is not a Sanskrit letter, the apparatus reads śaraṇam āyayuḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second and third lines are close to CE apparatus *1658, after 1.152.1.

Verse 4 (1.178.4)

तान्भीतान्विगतज्ञानान्भीमः प्रहरतां वरः । सांत्वयामास बलवान्समये च न्यवेशयत् ॥

tānbhītānvigatajñānānbhīmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ | sāṃtvayāmāsa balavānsamaye ca nyaveśayat

Bhima, mighty and foremost of fighters, calmed them in their fear and bewilderment, and bound them by a pact:

Verse 5 (1.178.5)

न हिंस्या मानुषा भूयो युष्माभिरिति कर्हिचित् । हिंसतां हि वधः शीघ्रमेवमेव भवेदिति ॥

na hiṃsyā mānuṣā bhūyo yuṣmābhiriti karhicit | hiṃsatāṃ hi vadhaḥ śīghramevameva bhavediti

"You must never again, at any time, harm human beings. Whoever does harm will swiftly meet his death in just this way."

Verse 6 (1.178.6)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा तानि रक्षांसि भारत । एवमस्त्विति तं प्राहुर्जगृहुः समयं च तम् ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tāni rakṣāṃsi bhārata | evamastviti taṃ prāhurjagṛhuḥ samayaṃ ca tam

Hearing his words, O Bharata, the rakshasas said to him, "So be it," and accepted that pact.

Verse 7 (1.178.7)

सगणस्तु बकभ्राता प्राणमत्पाण्डवं तदा । ततः प्रभृति रक्षांसि तत्र सौम्यानि भारत । नगरे प्रत्यदृश्यन्त नरैर्नगरवासिभिः ॥

sagaṇastu bakabhrātā prāṇamatpāṇḍavaṃ tadā | tataḥ prabhṛti rakṣāṃsi tatra saumyāni bhārata | nagare pratyadṛśyanta narairnagaravāsibhiḥ

Baka's brother and his band bowed down before the Pandava. From then on, O Bharata, the townspeople saw the rakshasas there only in a peaceable form within the city.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark). First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1660); the rest = CE 1.152.5. Aligned by hand.

Verse 8 (1.178.8)

ततो भीमस्तमादाय गतासुं पुरुषादकम् । निष्कर्णनेत्रं निर्जिह्वं निःसंज्ञं कण्ठपीडनात् । कुर्वन्बहुविधां चेष्टां पुरद्वारमकर्षत ॥

tato bhīmastamādāya gatāsuṃ puruṣādakam | niṣkarṇanetraṃ nirjihvaṃ niḥsaṃjñaṃ kaṇṭhapīḍanāt | kurvanbahuvidhāṃ ceṣṭāṃ puradvāramakarṣata

Then Bhima took up the lifeless man-eater, his ears, eyes and tongue destroyed, senseless from the throttling of his throat, and with great exertion dragged him to the city gate.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick). First line = CE 1.152.6ab; the second and third lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE apparatus *1663_01–02). Aligned by hand.

Verse 9 (1.178.9)

द्वारदेशे विनिक्षिप्य पुरमागात्स मारुतिः । स एव राक्षसो नूनं पुनरायाति नः पुरीम् ॥

dvāradeśe vinikṣipya puramāgātsa mārutiḥ | sa eva rākṣaso nūnaṃ punarāyāti naḥ purīm

Leaving him at the gate, the son of the Wind God went into the city. "Surely that very rakshasa is coming back to our city!" —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition as printed here (found in the vulgate recension): the first line opens like CE 1.152.6c (dvāradeśe vinikṣipya) and ends like apparatus *1664_02; the second line = apparatus *1663_03.

Verse 10 (1.178.10)

सबालवृद्धाः पुरुषा इति भीताः प्रदुद्रुवुः । ततो भीमो बकं हत्वा गत्वा ब्राह्मणवेश्म तत् ॥

sabālavṛddhāḥ puruṣā iti bhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ | tato bhīmo bakaṃ hatvā gatvā brāhmaṇaveśma tat

so crying, the people, children and old men among them, fled in terror. Bhima, meanwhile, having killed Baka, went to that brahmin's house

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1663_04); second line = CE 1.152.7ab in a slightly different wording. Aligned by hand.

Verse 11 (1.178.11)

बलीवर्दौ च शकटं ब्राह्मणाय न्यवेदयत् । तूष्णीमन्तर्गृहं गच्छेत्यभिधाय द्विजोत्तमम् ॥

balīvardau ca śakaṭaṃ brāhmaṇāya nyavedayat | tūṣṇīmantargṛhaṃ gacchetyabhidhāya dvijottamam

and handed the two bullocks and the cart over to the brahmin. Telling that best of the twice-born, "Go quietly into the inner house,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1666 and *1667_01, after 1.152.7ab).

Verse 12 (1.178.12)

मातृभ्रातृसमक्षं च गत्वा शयनमेव च । आचचक्षेऽथ तत्सर्वं रात्रौ युद्धमभूद्यथा ॥

mātṛbhrātṛsamakṣaṃ ca gatvā śayanameva ca | ācacakṣe'tha tatsarvaṃ rātrau yuddhamabhūdyathā

he went before his mother and brothers, and to his bed, and then told them everything: how the fight had gone in the night.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (quote mark, doubled danda). First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1667_02); the second line is a different wording of CE 1.152.7cd.

Verse 13 (1.178.13)

ततो नरा विनिष्क्रान्ता नगरात्कल्यमेव तु । ददृशुर्निहतं भूमौ राक्षसं रुधिरोक्षितम् ॥

tato narā viniṣkrāntā nagarātkalyameva tu | dadṛśurnihataṃ bhūmau rākṣasaṃ rudhirokṣitam

At daybreak the people went out of the city and saw the rakshasa lying slain on the ground, drenched in blood.

Verse 14 (1.178.14)

तमद्रिकूटसदृशं विनिकीर्णं भयानकम् । दृष्ट्वा संहृष्टरोमाणो बभूवुस्तत्र नागराः ॥

tamadrikūṭasadṛśaṃ vinikīrṇaṃ bhayānakam | dṛṣṭvā saṃhṛṣṭaromāṇo babhūvustatra nāgarāḥ

Seeing him sprawled there, huge as a mountain peak and terrible, the townsfolk stood with their hair on end.

Note on the text: First line = CE 1.152.9ab (Wikisource reads भयानकम् for bhayāvaham); second line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1669). Aligned by hand.

Verse 15 (1.178.15)

एकचक्रां ततो गत्वा प्रवृत्तिं प्रददुः पुरे । ततः सहस्रशो राजन्नरा नगरवासिनः ॥

ekacakrāṃ tato gatvā pravṛttiṃ pradaduḥ pure | tataḥ sahasraśo rājannarā nagaravāsinaḥ

Then they went to Ekachakra and spread the news through the city; and then, O king, the city's people by the thousands

Note on the text: Aligned by hand: first line = CE 1.152.9cd, second line = 1.152.10ab.

Verse 16 (1.178.16)

तत्राजग्मुर्बकं द्रष्टुं सस्त्रीवृद्धकुमारकाः । ततस्ते विस्मिताः सर्वे कर्म दृष्ट्वाऽतिमानुषम् । दैवतान्यर्चयाञ्चक्रुः प्रार्थितानि पुरा भयात् ॥

tatrājagmurbakaṃ draṣṭuṃ sastrīvṛddhakumārakāḥ | tataste vismitāḥ sarve karma dṛṣṭvā'timānuṣam | daivatānyarcayāñcakruḥ prārthitāni purā bhayāt

came there with their women, old folk and children to see Baka. All of them were amazed at that superhuman deed, and they worshipped the gods to whom they had prayed before out of fear.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand: the lines = CE 1.152.10cd, 1.152.11ab and a different wording of 1.152.11cd.

Verse 17 (1.178.17)

ततः प्रगणयामासुः कस्य वारोऽद्य भोजने । ज्ञात्वा चागम्य तं विप्रं पप्रच्छुः सर्व एव ते ॥

tataḥ pragaṇayāmāsuḥ kasya vāro'dya bhojane | jñātvā cāgamya taṃ vipraṃ papracchuḥ sarva eva te

Then they reckoned whose turn it had been that day to supply the meal; and when they knew, they all came to that brahmin and questioned him.

Verse 18 (1.178.18)

एवं पृष्टः स बहुशो रक्षमाणश्च पाण्डवान् । उवाच नागरान्सर्वानिदं विप्रर्षभस्तदा ॥

evaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ sa bahuśo rakṣamāṇaśca pāṇḍavān | uvāca nāgarānsarvānidaṃ viprarṣabhastadā

Questioned like this again and again, that bull among brahmins, shielding the Pandavas, said this to all the townsfolk:

Verse 19 (1.178.19)

आज्ञापितं मामशने रुदन्तं सह बन्धुभिः । ददर्श ब्राह्मणः कश्चिन्मन्त्रसिद्धो महामनाः ॥

ājñāpitaṃ māmaśane rudantaṃ saha bandhubhiḥ | dadarśa brāhmaṇaḥ kaścinmantrasiddho mahāmanāḥ

"When I had been ordered to supply the meal and was weeping with my family, a great-souled brahmin, master of mantras, saw me.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Brahmin (Wikisource prints his heading before this verse, misnumbered 1-179-19x; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 20 (1.178.20)

परिपृच्छ्य स मां पूर्वं परिक्लेशं पुरस्य च । अब्रवीद्ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठो विश्वास्य प्रहसन्निव ॥

paripṛcchya sa māṃ pūrvaṃ parikleśaṃ purasya ca | abravīdbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭho viśvāsya prahasanniva

That excellent brahmin first asked me about the distress of the city; then, reassuring me, he said with something like a smile:

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Brahmin (his speech, begun at verse 19, continues; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 21 (1.178.21)

प्रापयिष्याम्यहं तस्मा अन्नमेतद्दुरात्मने । मन्निमित्तं भयं चापि न कार्यमिति चाब्रवीत् ॥

prāpayiṣyāmyahaṃ tasmā annametaddurātmane | mannimittaṃ bhayaṃ cāpi na kāryamiti cābravīt

'I will take this food to that evil one myself; and have no fear on my account.'

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Brahmin (his speech continues; the input carried Vaishampayana over). A different wording of CE 1.152.16, aligned by hand.

Verse 22 (1.178.22)

स तदन्नमुपादाय गतो बकवनं प्रति । तेन नूनं भवेदेतत्कर्म लोकहितं कृतम् ॥

sa tadannamupādāya gato bakavanaṃ prati | tena nūnaṃ bhavedetatkarma lokahitaṃ kṛtam

He took that food and went toward Baka's forest. Surely it was he who did this deed for the good of the world."

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Brahmin (his speech ends here; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 23 (1.178.23)

ततस्ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे क्षत्रियाश्च सुविस्मिताः । वैश्याः शूद्राश्च मुदिताश्चक्रुर्ब्रह्ममहं तदा ॥

tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve kṣatriyāśca suvismitāḥ | vaiśyāḥ śūdrāśca muditāścakrurbrahmamahaṃ tadā

Then all the brahmins and kshatriyas, greatly amazed, and the vaishyas and shudras, rejoicing, held a festival in honour of the brahmins.

Verse 24 (1.178.24)

ततो जानपदाः सर्वे आजग्मुर्नगरं प्रति । तमद्भुततमं द्रष्टुं पार्थास्तत्रैव चावसन् ॥

tato jānapadāḥ sarve ājagmurnagaraṃ prati | tamadbhutatamaṃ draṣṭuṃ pārthāstatraiva cāvasan

Then all the country folk came to the city to see that great marvel, and the sons of Pritha went on living right there.

Verse 25 (1.178.25)

वेत्रकीयगृहे सर्वे परिवार्य वृकोदरम् । विस्मयादभ्यगच्छन्त भीमं भीमपराक्रमम् ॥

vetrakīyagṛhe sarve parivārya vṛkodaram | vismayādabhyagacchanta bhīmaṃ bhīmaparākramam

At the Vetrakiya house they all crowded round Vrikodara, and came in wonder to Bhima of fearsome valour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1674_01–02, after 1.152.19).

Verse 26 (1.178.26)

न वै न संभवेत्सर्वं ब्राह्मणेषु महात्मसु । इति सत्कृत्य तं पौराः परिवव्रुः समन्ततः ॥

na vai na saṃbhavetsarvaṃ brāhmaṇeṣu mahātmasu | iti satkṛtya taṃ paurāḥ parivavruḥ samantataḥ

"Among great-souled brahmins nothing is impossible," said the townsfolk; and honouring him, they gathered round him on every side.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1674_03–04, after 1.152.19).

Verse 27 (1.178.27)

अयं त्राता हि खेदानां पितेव परमार्थतः । अस्य शुश्रूषवः पादौ परिचर्य उपास्महे ॥

ayaṃ trātā hi khedānāṃ piteva paramārthataḥ | asya śuśrūṣavaḥ pādau paricarya upāsmahe

"Truly this man is our deliverer from our afflictions, like a father. Let us wait upon him and serve his feet."

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Citizens (the whole verse is their speech; Wikisource prints no heading). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1674_05–06, after 1.152.19).

Verse 28 (1.178.28)

पशुमद्दधिमच्चास्य वारं भक्तमुपाहरन् । तस्मिन्हते ते पुरुषा भीताः समनुबोधनाः ॥

paśumaddadhimaccāsya vāraṃ bhaktamupāharan | tasminhate te puruṣā bhītāḥ samanubodhanāḥ

Taking turns, they brought him food rich with meat and curds. With Baka slain, those people, who had lived in fear, were roused to fresh heart.

Note on the text: Corrected दधिमनच्चास्य → दधिमच्चास्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray न breaks the word and adds a syllable to the line, the apparatus reads dadhimac). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1674_07–08, after 1.152.19).

Verse 29 (1.178.29)

ततः संप्राद्रवन्पार्थाः सह मात्रा परन्तपाः । आगच्छन्नेकचक्रां ते पाण्डवाः संशितव्रताः ॥

tataḥ saṃprādravanpārthāḥ saha mātrā parantapāḥ | āgacchannekacakrāṃ te pāṇḍavāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ

The sons of Pritha, scorchers of foes, had hastened there with their mother; those Pandavas of rigorous vows had come to Ekachakra,

Note on the text: Corrected गाण्डवाः → पाण्डवाः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for प, the apparatus reads pāṇḍavāḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1674_09–10, after 1.152.19).

Verse 30 (1.178.30)

वैदिकाध्ययने युक्ता जटिला ब्रह्मचारिणः । अवसंस्ते च तत्रापि ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने । मात्रा सहैकचक्रायां दीर्घकालं सहोषिताः ॥

vaidikādhyayane yuktā jaṭilā brahmacāriṇaḥ | avasaṃste ca tatrāpi brāhmaṇasya niveśane | mātrā sahaikacakrāyāṃ dīrghakālaṃ sahoṣitāḥ

and, devoted to Vedic study, wearing matted hair as brahmacharins, they lived there too in the brahmin's house, staying a long time in Ekachakra with their mother.

Note on the text: Corrected मात्रर → मात्रा (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid form, the apparatus reads mātrā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus *1674_11–13, after 1.152.19).