Indra's Boons and the End of the Khandava Fire

Verse 1 (1.260.1)

युष्माकमपवर्गार्थं विज्ञप्तो ज्वलनो मया । अग्निना च तथेत्येवं प्रतिज्ञातं महात्मना ॥

yuṣmākamapavargārthaṃ vijñapto jvalano mayā | agninā ca tathetyevaṃ pratijñātaṃ mahātmanā

For your deliverance I made my plea to the Fire-god, and the great-souled Agni promised that it would be so.

Note on the text: Corrected ती → विज्ञप्तो (misprint in Wikisource; the word is mutilated and the pada short; critical edition vijñapto) and तथेत्येतिज्ञातं → तथेत्येवं प्रतिज्ञातं (misprint; वं प्र lost). Recension variant of critical edition 1.225.1.

Verse 2 (1.260.2)

अग्नेर्वचनमाज्ञाय मातुर्धर्मज्ञतां च वः । भवतां च परं वीर्यं नाहं पूर्वमिहागतः ॥

agnervacanamājñāya māturdharmajñatāṃ ca vaḥ | bhavatāṃ ca paraṃ vīryaṃ nāhaṃ pūrvamihāgataḥ

Knowing Agni's word, your mother's sense of duty and your own great strength, I did not come here sooner.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मज्ञतां → मातुर्धर्मज्ञतां and नाहमिहागतः → नाहं पूर्वमिहागतः (misprints in Wikisource; words lost, leaving both padas two syllables short; critical edition mātur dharmajñatāṃ, nāhaṃ pūrvam ihāgataḥ).

Verse 3 (1.260.3)

न सन्तापो हि वः कार्यः पुत्रका हृदि मां प्रति । ऋषीन्वेद हुताशोऽपि ब्रह्म तद्विदितं च वः ॥

na santāpo hi vaḥ kāryaḥ putrakā hṛdi māṃ prati | ṛṣīnveda hutāśo'pi brahma tadviditaṃ ca vaḥ

So you must not nurse resentment against me in your hearts, my sons. Even the eater of oblations knows you to be seers, and the Veda is known to you.

Note on the text: Corrected वर्त्थः → वः कार्यः (misprint in Wikisource; garbled and a syllable short; critical edition vaḥ kāryaḥ) and हुताशो → हुताशोऽपि (misprint; ऽपि lost, leaving the pada short; critical edition hutāśo 'pi).

Verse 4 (1.260.4)

एवमाश्वासितान्पुत्रान्भार्यामादाय स द्विजः । मन्दपालस्ततो देशादन्यं देशं जगाम ह ॥

evamāśvāsitānputrānbhāryāmādāya sa dvijaḥ | mandapālastato deśādanyaṃ deśaṃ jagāma ha

Having reassured his sons in this way, the brahmin Mandapala took his wife and went from that place to another land.

Verse 5 (1.260.5)

भगवानपि तिग्मांशुः समिद्धः खाण्डवं ततः । ददाह सह कृष्णाभ्यां जनयञ्जगतो हितम् ॥

bhagavānapi tigmāṃśuḥ samiddhaḥ khāṇḍavaṃ tataḥ | dadāha saha kṛṣṇābhyāṃ janayañjagato hitam

The blessed lord of fierce rays, blazing up, then burned the Khandava together with the two Krishnas, bringing good to the world.

Note on the text: Corrected भगवानापि → भगवानपि (misprint in Wikisource; superfluous vowel sign; critical edition bhagavān api).

Verse 6 (1.260.6)

वसामेदोवहाः कुल्यास्तत्र पीत्वा च पावकः । जगाम परमां तृप्तिं दर्शयामास चार्जुनम् ॥

vasāmedovahāḥ kulyāstatra pītvā ca pāvakaḥ | jagāma paramāṃ tṛptiṃ darśayāmāsa cārjunam

There the Fire-god drank the streams running with fat and marrow, reached the height of satisfaction, and showed himself to Arjuna.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (1.225.6): Wikisource has lost परमां तृप्तिं from the second line, leaving it four syllables short.

Verse 7 (1.260.7)

ततोऽन्तरिक्षाद्भगवानवतीर्य पुरन्दरः । मरुद्गणैर्वृतः पार्थं केशवं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥

tato'ntarikṣādbhagavānavatīrya purandaraḥ | marudgaṇairvṛtaḥ pārthaṃ keśavaṃ cedamabravīt

Then the blessed Purandara, Indra, descended from the sky surrounded by the hosts of the Maruts and said this to Partha and Keshava:

Note on the text: Corrected ततोऽञन्तरिक्षाद् → ततोऽन्तरिक्षाद् (misprint in Wikisource; stray ञ).

Verse 8 (1.260.8)

कृतं युवाभ्यां कर्मेदममरैरपि दुष्करम् । वरं वृणीतं तुष्टोऽस्मि दुर्लभं पुरुषेष्विह ॥

kṛtaṃ yuvābhyāṃ karmedamamarairapi duṣkaram | varaṃ vṛṇītaṃ tuṣṭo'smi durlabhaṃ puruṣeṣviha

You two have done a deed that is hard even for the immortals. I am pleased; choose a boon, one rarely granted among men.

Verse 9 (1.260.9)

पार्थस्तु वरयामास शक्रादस्त्राणि सर्वशः । प्रदातुं तच्च शक्रस्तु कालं चक्रे महाद्युतिः ॥

pārthastu varayāmāsa śakrādastrāṇi sarvaśaḥ | pradātuṃ tacca śakrastu kālaṃ cakre mahādyutiḥ

Partha asked Shakra for all his weapons, and Shakra, in his great splendour, set a time for giving them.

Verse 10 (1.260.10)

यदा प्रसन्नो भगवान्महादेवो भविष्यति । तदा तुभ्यं प्रदास्यामि पाण्डवास्त्राणि सर्वशः ॥

yadā prasanno bhagavānmahādevo bhaviṣyati | tadā tubhyaṃ pradāsyāmi pāṇḍavāstrāṇi sarvaśaḥ

When the blessed Mahadeva is pleased with you, then, son of Pandu, I will give you all my weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected तदातुभ्यं → तदा तुभ्यं (misprint in Wikisource; missing word break).

Verse 11 (1.260.11)

अहमेव च तं कालं वेत्स्यामि कुरुनन्दन । तपसा महता चापि दास्यामि भवतोऽप्यहम् ॥

ahameva ca taṃ kālaṃ vetsyāmi kurunandana | tapasā mahatā cāpi dāsyāmi bhavato'pyaham

I myself will know when that time has come, O joy of the Kurus, and for your great austerity I will give them to you.

Verse 12 (1.260.12)

आग्नेयानि च सर्वाणि वायव्यानि च सर्वशः । मदीयानि च सर्वाणि ग्रहीष्यसि धनञ्जय ॥

āgneyāni ca sarvāṇi vāyavyāni ca sarvaśaḥ | madīyāni ca sarvāṇi grahīṣyasi dhanañjaya

You will receive all the weapons of Agni, all those of Vayu, and all of my own, Dhananjaya.

Verse 13 (1.260.13)

वासुदेवोऽपि जग्राह प्रीतिं पार्थेन शाश्वतीम् । ददौ सुरपतिश्चैव वरं कृष्णाय धीमते ॥

vāsudevo'pi jagrāha prītiṃ pārthena śāśvatīm | dadau surapatiścaiva varaṃ kṛṣṇāya dhīmate

Vasudeva for his part chose everlasting friendship with Partha, and the lord of the gods granted that boon to the wise Krishna.

Note on the text: Recension variant of critical edition 1.225.13 (second line differs).

Verse 14 (1.260.14)

एवं दत्त्वा वरं ताभ्यां सह देवैर्मरुत्पतिः । हुताशनमनुज्ञाप्य जगाम त्रिदिवं प्रभुः ॥

evaṃ dattvā varaṃ tābhyāṃ saha devairmarutpatiḥ | hutāśanamanujñāpya jagāma tridivaṃ prabhuḥ

Having given boons to the two of them in this way, the lord of the Maruts took leave of the Fire-god and went with the gods to heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected जगामत्रिदिवं → जगाम त्रिदिवं (misprint in Wikisource; missing word break). Recension variant of critical edition 1.225.14.

Verse 15 (1.260.15)

पावकश्च तदा दावं दग्ध्वा समृगपक्षिणम् । अहोभिरेकविंशद्भिर्विरराम सुतर्पितः ॥

pāvakaśca tadā dāvaṃ dagdhvā samṛgapakṣiṇam | ahobhirekaviṃśadbhirvirarāma sutarpitaḥ

And the Fire-god, having burned the forest with its beasts and birds for twenty-one days, then ceased, fully sated.

Note on the text: Corrected दग्ध्वसमृगपक्षिणम् → दग्ध्वा समृगपक्षिणम् (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition dagdhvā samṛgapakṣiṇam) and विरराग्सुतर्पितः → विरराम सुतर्पितः (misprint; critical edition virarāma sutarpitaḥ). Wikisource reads twenty-one days; the critical edition (and the "kha" manuscript noted on the Wikisource page) reads six.

Verse 16 (1.260.16)

जग्ध्वा मांसानि पीत्वा च मेदांसि रुधिराणि च । युक्तः परमया प्रीत्या तावुवाचाच्युतार्जुनौ ॥

jagdhvā māṃsāni pītvā ca medāṃsi rudhirāṇi ca | yuktaḥ paramayā prītyā tāvuvācācyutārjunau

Having eaten the flesh and drunk the fat and blood, and filled with the highest delight, he said to Achyuta and Arjuna:

Note on the text: Corrected चदांसि → च मेदांसि (misprint in Wikisource; मे lost; critical edition ca medāṃsi) and तावुत्वाच्युतार्जुनौ → तावुवाचाच्युतार्जुनौ (misprint; garbled verb). The second pada of line 2 differs from the critical edition (recension variant).

Verse 17 (1.260.17)

युवाभ्यां पुरुषाग्र्याभ्यां तर्पितोऽस्मि यथासुखम् । अनुजानामि वां वीरौ चरतं यत्र वाञ्छितम् ॥

yuvābhyāṃ puruṣāgryābhyāṃ tarpito'smi yathāsukham | anujānāmi vāṃ vīrau carataṃ yatra vāñchitam

You two foremost of men have satisfied me to my heart's content. I give you leave, heroes; go wherever you wish.

Note on the text: Corrected ततोऽस्मि → तर्पितोऽस्मि (misprint in Wikisource; the pada is a syllable short; critical edition tarpito 'smi) and चरतंत्र → चरतं यत्र (misprint; य lost; critical edition carataṃ yatra).

Verse 18 (1.260.18)

गाण्डिवं च धनुर्दिव्यमक्षय्यौ च महेषुधी । कपिध्वजो रथश्चायं तव दत्तो महामते ॥

gāṇḍivaṃ ca dhanurdivyamakṣayyau ca maheṣudhī | kapidhvajo rathaścāyaṃ tava datto mahāmate

The divine bow Gandiva, the two great inexhaustible quivers and this monkey-bannered chariot have been given to you, wise one.

Note on the text: Removed the editorial bracket marks (` and ') that set this passage apart in Wikisource. Corrected अक्षौ → अक्षय्यौ (misprint in Wikisource; the pada is a syllable short; the usual epithet of the two quivers) and तव द → तव दत्तो (misprint; त्तो lost; conjectural restoration of the evident word). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 19 (1.260.19)

अनेन धनुषा चैव रथेनानेन भारत । विजेष्यसि रणे शत्रून्सदेवासुरमानुषान् ॥

anena dhanuṣā caiva rathenānena bhārata | vijeṣyasi raṇe śatrūnsadevāsuramānuṣān

With this bow and with this chariot, O Bharata, you will conquer your enemies in battle, gods, asuras and men alike.

Note on the text: Removed the editorial bracket marks (` and ') that set this passage apart in Wikisource. Corrected रथेनाने → रथेनानेन (misprint in Wikisource; न lost) and सदेवामानुषान् → सदेवासुरमानुषान् (misprint; सुर lost, leaving the pada two syllables short). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (1.260.20)

एवं तौ समनुज्ञातौ पावकेन महात्मना । अर्जुनो वासुदेवश्च दानवश्च मयस्तथा ॥

evaṃ tau samanujñātau pāvakena mahātmanā | arjuno vāsudevaśca dānavaśca mayastathā

Thus given leave by the great-souled Fire-god, Arjuna, Vasudeva and the Danava Maya as well,

Note on the text: Corrected पाववेमहात्मना → पावकेन महात्मना and दानवश्चयस्तथा → दानवश्च मयस्तथा (misprints in Wikisource; aksharas garbled or lost; critical edition pāvakena mahātmanā, dānavaś ca mayas tathā).

Verse 21 (1.260.21)

परिक्रम्य ततः सर्वे त्रयोऽपि भरतर्षभ । रमणीये नदीकूले सहिताः समुपाविशन् ॥

parikramya tataḥ sarve trayo'pi bharatarṣabha | ramaṇīye nadīkūle sahitāḥ samupāviśan

all three of them, O bull of the Bharatas, walked around him and then sat down together on a delightful riverbank.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रयोऽभरतर्षभ → त्रयोऽपि भरतर्षभ (misprint in Wikisource; पि lost) and सहितामुपाविशंन् → सहिताः समुपाविशन् (misprint; aksharas lost and a stray anusvara). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The end-of-parva colophon that follows on the Wikisource page is not a verse and is left out.