Kadru and Vinata Behold the Ocean

Verse 1 (1.21.1)

ततो रजन्यां व्युष्टायां प्रभातेऽभ्युदिते रवौ । कद्रूश्च विनता चैव भगिन्यौ ते तपोधन ॥

tato rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ prabhāte'bhyudite ravau | kadrūśca vinatā caiva bhaginyau te tapodhana

Then, when the night had passed and the sun had risen at dawn, the two sisters Kadru and Vinata, O ascetic,

Verse 2 (1.21.2)

अमर्षिते सुसंरब्धे दास्ये कृतपणे तदा । सागरस्य परं पारं वेलावनविभूषितम् । जग्मतुस्तुरगं द्रष्टुमुच्चैःश्रवसमन्तिकात् ॥

amarṣite susaṃrabdhe dāsye kṛtapaṇe tadā | sāgarasya paraṃ pāraṃ velāvanavibhūṣitam | jagmatusturagaṃ draṣṭumuccaiḥśravasamantikāt

indignant and greatly wrought up, having staked servitude, went to the far shore of the ocean, adorned with the forests along its coast, to see the horse Uchchaihshravas close at hand.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki quote marks (` … ') around the middle line. Corrected स्मगरस्य → सागरस्य (misprint in Wikisource; स्मगर is not a word). The middle line is not in the critical edition; lines 1 and 3 are CE 1.19.2.

Verse 3 (1.21.3)

ददृशातेऽथ ते तत्र समुद्रं निधिमम्भसाम् । महान्तमुदकागाधं क्षोभ्यमाणं महास्वनम् ॥

dadṛśāte'tha te tatra samudraṃ nidhimambhasām | mahāntamudakāgādhaṃ kṣobhyamāṇaṃ mahāsvanam

There they beheld the ocean, the treasury of waters: vast, of unfathomed waters, heaving and roaring loudly,

Note on the text: Only the first line is in the critical edition (first line of CE 1.19.3); the second line is not.

Verse 4 (1.21.4)

तिमिंगिलझषाकीर्णं मकरैरावृतं तथा । सत्त्वैश्च बहुसाहस्रैर्नानारूपैः समावृतम् ॥

timiṃgilajhaṣākīrṇaṃ makarairāvṛtaṃ tathā | sattvaiśca bahusāhasrairnānārūpaiḥ samāvṛtam

teeming with timingila whales and fish, covered with makaras, and filled with creatures of many forms by the thousand;

Note on the text: The first line is the second line of CE 1.19.3; the second line is the first line of CE 1.19.4. Corrected सत्वैश्च → सत्त्वैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्, as in the critical edition).

Verse 5 (1.21.5)

भीषणैर्विकृतैरन्यैर्घोरैर्जलचरैस्तथा । उग्रैर्नित्यमनाधृष्यं कूर्मग्राहसमाकुलम् ॥

bhīṣaṇairvikṛtairanyairghorairjalacaraistathā | ugrairnityamanādhṛṣyaṃ kūrmagrāhasamākulam

ever unassailable because of other dreadful, misshapen, terrible and fierce water creatures, and crowded with tortoises and crocodiles;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), except the second line, which is the second line of CE 1.19.4.

Verse 6 (1.21.6)

आकरं सर्वरत्नानामालयं वरुणस्य च । नागानामालयं रम्यमुत्तमं सरितां पतिम् ॥

ākaraṃ sarvaratnānāmālayaṃ varuṇasya ca | nāgānāmālayaṃ ramyamuttamaṃ saritāṃ patim

the mine of all jewels, the dwelling of Varuna, the lovely home of the Nagas, the supreme lord of rivers;

Verse 7 (1.21.7)

पातालज्वलनावासमसुराणां च बान्धवम् । भयंकरं च सत्त्वानां पयसां निधिमर्णवम् ॥

pātālajvalanāvāsamasurāṇāṃ ca bāndhavam | bhayaṃkaraṃ ca sattvānāṃ payasāṃ nidhimarṇavam

the abode of the fire of the netherworld, kinsman of the asuras, terrifying to living beings, the sea, the treasury of waters;

Verse 8 (1.21.8)

शुभं दिव्यममर्त्यानाममृतस्याकरं परम् । अप्रमेयमचिन्त्यं च सुपुण्यजलमद्भुतम् ॥

śubhaṃ divyamamartyānāmamṛtasyākaraṃ param | aprameyamacintyaṃ ca supuṇyajalamadbhutam

auspicious, divine, the supreme source of the immortals' nectar, immeasurable, beyond thought, of most holy and wondrous waters;

Verse 9 (1.21.9)

घोरं जलचरारावरौद्रं भैरवनिःस्वनम् । गम्भीरावर्तकलिलं सर्वभूतभयंकरम् ॥

ghoraṃ jalacarārāvaraudraṃ bhairavaniḥsvanam | gambhīrāvartakalilaṃ sarvabhūtabhayaṃkaram

dreadful, fearsome with the cries of water creatures, of terrifying roar, thick with deep whirlpools, frightening to all beings;

Verse 10 (1.21.10)

वेलादोलानिलचलं क्षोभोद्वेगसमुच्छ्रितम् । वीचीहस्तैः प्रचलितैर्नृत्यन्तमिव सर्वतः ॥

velādolānilacalaṃ kṣobhodvegasamucchritam | vīcīhastaiḥ pracalitairnṛtyantamiva sarvataḥ

tossed by the winds that rock its shores, heaving high in turmoil and agitation, seeming to dance on every side with its waves for waving hands;

Verse 11 (1.21.11)

चन्द्रवृद्धिक्षयवशादुद्वृत्तोर्मिसमाकुलम् । पाञ्चजन्यस्य जननं रत्नाकरमनुत्तमम् ॥

candravṛddhikṣayavaśādudvṛttormisamākulam | pāñcajanyasya jananaṃ ratnākaramanuttamam

crowded with waves that swell with the waxing and waning of the moon; the birthplace of the Panchajanya conch, the peerless mine of gems;

Verse 12 (1.21.12)

गां विन्दता भगवता गोविन्देनामितौजसा । वराहरूपिणा चान्तर्विक्षोभितजलाविलम् ॥

gāṃ vindatā bhagavatā govindenāmitaujasā | varāharūpiṇā cāntarvikṣobhitajalāvilam

its waters stirred and clouded within when the blessed Govinda of boundless might, taking the form of a boar, found the earth there;

Verse 13 (1.21.13)

ब्रह्मर्षिणा व्रतवता वर्षाणां शतमत्रिणा । अनासादितगाधं च पातालतलमव्ययम् ॥

brahmarṣiṇā vratavatā varṣāṇāṃ śatamatriṇā | anāsāditagādhaṃ ca pātālatalamavyayam

whose bottom the brahmin seer Atri, keeping his vow for a hundred years, could not reach; imperishable, reaching down to the floor of the netherworld;

Verse 14 (1.21.14)

अध्यात्मयोगनिद्रां च पद्मनाभस्य सेवतः । युगादिकालशयनं विष्णोरमिततेजसः ॥

adhyātmayoganidrāṃ ca padmanābhasya sevataḥ | yugādikālaśayanaṃ viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ

the bed, at the beginning of each age, of lotus-naveled Vishnu of boundless splendour, as he enjoys the yogic sleep of the Self;

Verse 15 (1.21.15)

वज्रपातनसंत्रस्तमैनाकस्याभयप्रदम् । डिम्बाहवार्दितानां च असुराणां परायणम् ॥

vajrapātanasaṃtrastamainākasyābhayapradam | ḍimbāhavārditānāṃ ca asurāṇāṃ parāyaṇam

the giver of safety to Mainaka, terrified by the falling thunderbolt; the shelter of the asuras harried in tumultuous battle;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 16 (1.21.16)

बडवामुखदीप्ताग्नेस्तोयहव्यप्रदं शिवम् । अगाधपारं विस्तीर्णमप्रमेयं सरित्पतिम् ॥

baḍavāmukhadīptāgnestoyahavyapradaṃ śivam | agādhapāraṃ vistīrṇamaprameyaṃ saritpatim

the auspicious one that offers its water as oblation to the blazing fire of the Mare's Mouth; the lord of rivers, wide and immeasurable, whose depth and farther shore cannot be reached.

Verse 17 (1.21.17)

महानदीभिर्बह्वीभिः स्पर्धयेव सहस्रशः । अभिसार्यमाणमनिशं ददृशाते महार्णवम् । आपूर्यमाणमत्यर्थं नृत्यमानमिवोर्मिभिः ॥

mahānadībhirbahvībhiḥ spardhayeva sahasraśaḥ | abhisāryamāṇamaniśaṃ dadṛśāte mahārṇavam | āpūryamāṇamatyarthaṃ nṛtyamānamivormibhiḥ

They beheld the great ocean as countless great rivers, by the thousand, ran ceaselessly to meet it as if in rivalry, filling it to the brim, so that it seemed to dance with its waves.

Note on the text: The third line is not in the critical edition; the first two lines are CE 1.19.15.

Verse 18 (1.21.18)

गम्भीरं तिमिमकरोग्रसंकुलं तं । गर्जन्तं जलचररावरौद्रनादैः । विस्तीर्णं ददृशतुरम्बरप्रकाशं । तेऽगाधं निधिमुरुमम्भसामनन्तम् ॥

gambhīraṃ timimakarograsaṃkulaṃ taṃ | garjantaṃ jalacararāvaraudranādaiḥ | vistīrṇaṃ dadṛśaturambaraprakāśaṃ | te'gādhaṃ nidhimurumambhasāmanantam

Deep, thronged with fierce timis and makaras, roaring with the dreadful cries of water creatures, wide, bright as the sky, unfathomable, vast and endless: such was the treasury of waters the two of them beheld.