The Serpents Obey and the Sisters Fly over the Sea

Verse 1 (1.22.1)

नागाश्च संविदं कृत्वा कर्तव्यमिति तद्वचः । निःस्नेहा वै दहेन्माता असंप्राप्तमनोरथा ॥

nāgāśca saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā kartavyamiti tadvacaḥ | niḥsnehā vai dahenmātā asaṃprāptamanorathā

The serpents consulted together and decided: "We must do what she says. If her wish is not fulfilled, our mother, with no love left for us, may burn us;

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

Verse 2 (1.22.2)

प्रसन्ना मोक्षयेदस्मांस्तस्माच्छापाच्च भामिनी । कृष्णं पुच्छं करिष्यामस्तुरगस्य न संशयः ॥

prasannā mokṣayedasmāṃstasmācchāpācca bhāminī | kṛṣṇaṃ pucchaṃ kariṣyāmasturagasya na saṃśayaḥ

but if she is pleased, the lovely lady may release us from that curse. We shall make the horse's tail black, without a doubt."

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

Verse 3 (1.22.3)

इति निश्चित्य ते तस्य कृष्णा वाला इव स्थिताः । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ते तु सपत्न्यौ पणिते तदा ॥

iti niścitya te tasya kṛṣṇā vālā iva sthitāḥ | etasminnantare te tu sapatnyau paṇite tadā

Having resolved thus, they settled on it like black hairs. Meanwhile the two co-wives had made their wager.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki quote marks (` … ') around the first line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 4 (1.22.4)

ततस्ते पणितं कृत्वा भगिन्यौ द्विजसत्तम । जग्मतुः परया प्रीत्या परं पारं महोदधेः ॥

tataste paṇitaṃ kṛtvā bhaginyau dvijasattama | jagmatuḥ parayā prītyā paraṃ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ

Then, having made the wager, the two sisters, best of brahmins, went in high spirits to the far shore of the great ocean.

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

Verse 5 (1.22.5)

कद्रूश्च विनता चैव दाक्षायण्यौ विहायसा । आलोकयन्त्यावक्षोभ्यं समुद्रं निधिमम्भसाम् ॥

kadrūśca vinatā caiva dākṣāyaṇyau vihāyasā | ālokayantyāvakṣobhyaṃ samudraṃ nidhimambhasām

Kadru and Vinata, the daughters of Daksha, travelling through the sky, gazed down on the imperturbable ocean, the treasury of waters,

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

Verse 6 (1.22.6)

वायुनाऽतीव सहसा क्षोभ्यमाणं महास्वनम् । तिमिंगिलसमाकीर्णं मकरैरावृतं तथा ॥

vāyunā'tīva sahasā kṣobhyamāṇaṃ mahāsvanam | timiṃgilasamākīrṇaṃ makarairāvṛtaṃ tathā

violently and suddenly lashed by the wind and roaring loudly, teeming with timingilas and covered with makaras,

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

Verse 7 (1.22.7)

संयुतं बहुसाहस्रैः सत्त्वैर्नानाविधैरपि । घोरैर्घोरमनाधृष्यं गम्भीरमतिभैरवम् ॥

saṃyutaṃ bahusāhasraiḥ sattvairnānāvidhairapi | ghorairghoramanādhṛṣyaṃ gambhīramatibhairavam

filled with creatures of many kinds by the thousand, dreadful with its dreadful beings, unassailable, deep and exceedingly fearsome;

Note on the text: Corrected सत्वैर् → सत्त्वैर् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्) and घोरर्घोरम् → घोरैर्घोरम् (misprint in Wikisource; the instrumental plural घोरैः, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 8 (1.22.8)

आकरं सर्वरत्नानामालयं वरुणस्य च । नागानामालयं चापि सुरम्यं सरितां पतिम् ॥

ākaraṃ sarvaratnānāmālayaṃ varuṇasya ca | nāgānāmālayaṃ cāpi suramyaṃ saritāṃ patim

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

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

Verse 9 (1.22.9)

पातालज्वलनावासमसुराणां तथालयम् । भयंकराणां सत्त्वानां पयसो निधिमव्ययम् ॥

pātālajvalanāvāsamasurāṇāṃ tathālayam | bhayaṃkarāṇāṃ sattvānāṃ payaso nidhimavyayam

the abode of the fire of the netherworld and likewise the dwelling of the asuras, the imperishable treasury of waters, home of fearsome creatures;

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

Verse 10 (1.22.10)

शुभ्रं दिव्यममर्त्यानाममृतस्याकरं परम् । अप्रमेयमचिन्त्यं च सुपुण्यजलसंमितम् ॥

śubhraṃ divyamamartyānāmamṛtasyākaraṃ param | aprameyamacintyaṃ ca supuṇyajalasaṃmitam

bright, divine, the supreme source of the immortals' nectar, immeasurable, beyond thought, brimming with most holy water;

Note on the text: Corrected सुपुम्य → सुपुण्य (misprint in Wikisource; सुपुम्य is not a word). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 11 (1.22.11)

महानदीभिर्बह्वीभिस्तत्र तत्र सहस्रशः । आपूर्यमाणमत्यर्थं नृत्यन्तमिव चोर्मिभिः ॥

mahānadībhirbahvībhistatra tatra sahasraśaḥ | āpūryamāṇamatyarthaṃ nṛtyantamiva cormibhiḥ

filled to overflowing here and there by great rivers in their thousands, and seeming to dance with its waves.

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

Verse 12 (1.22.12)

इत्येवं तरलतरोर्मिसंकुलं ते । गम्भीरं विकसितमम्बरप्रकाशम् । पातालज्वलनशिखाविदीपिताङ्गं । गर्जन्तं द्रुतमभिजग्मतुस्ततस्ते ॥

ityevaṃ taralatarormisaṃkulaṃ te | gambhīraṃ vikasitamambaraprakāśam | pātālajvalanaśikhāvidīpitāṅgaṃ | garjantaṃ drutamabhijagmatustataste

So, over that roaring ocean, crowded with restless waves, deep, wide open, bright as the sky, its body lit by the flames of the netherworld's fire, the two of them swiftly flew on.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 1.19.17 (the first and last lines differ in wording).