Mount Hemakuta and the Wrathful Rishabha

Verse 1 (3.110.1)

ततः प्रयातः कौन्तेयः क्रमेण भरतर्षभ । नन्दामपरनन्दां च नद्यौ पापभयापहे ॥

tataḥ prayātaḥ kaunteyaḥ krameṇa bharatarṣabha | nandāmaparanandāṃ ca nadyau pāpabhayāpahe

Then the son of Kunti went on in due course, O bull of the Bharatas, to the two rivers Nanda and Aparananda, which take away the fear of sin.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रायतः → प्रयातः (misprint in Wikisource; "set out", critical edition prayātaḥ).

Verse 2 (3.110.2)

पर्वतं स समासाद्य हेमकूटमनामयम् । अचिन्त्यानद्भुतान्भावान्ददर्श सुबहून्नृपः ॥

parvataṃ sa samāsādya hemakūṭamanāmayam | acintyānadbhutānbhāvāndadarśa subahūnnṛpaḥ

Reaching Mount Hemakuta, free from sickness, the king saw a great many wondrous things beyond imagining.

Note on the text: Corrected अचिन्त्याबद्भुतान्भावाब्ददर्श सुवहून् → अचिन्त्यानद्भुतान्भावान्ददर्श सुबहून् (misprints in Wikisource, ब for न and व for ब; critical edition acintyān adbhutān bhāvān dadarśa subahūn).

Verse 3 (3.110.3)

वर्षो यत्राभवद्घोर उपलाश्च सहस्रशः । नाशक्नुवंस्तमारोढुं विषण्णमनसो जनाः ॥

varṣo yatrābhavadghora upalāśca sahasraśaḥ | nāśaknuvaṃstamāroḍhuṃ viṣaṇṇamanaso janāḥ

There a terrible rain fell, with hailstones by the thousand; people could not climb the mountain and grew disheartened.

Note on the text: Corrected यत्राभावद्वओर → यत्राभवद्घोर, नाशक्रुवंस् → नाशक्नुवंस् and विपण्णमनसो → विषण्णमनसो (misprints in Wikisource; critical edition yatrābhavan … nāśaknuvaṃs … viṣaṇṇamanaso). The first half-line differs from the critical edition (vāco yatrābhavan meghā), a recension variant kept here.

Verse 4 (3.110.4)

वायुर्नित्यं ववौ तत्र नित्यं देवश्च वर्षति । स्वाध्यायघोषश्च तथा श्रूयते न च दृश्यते ॥

vāyurnityaṃ vavau tatra nityaṃ devaśca varṣati | svādhyāyaghoṣaśca tathā śrūyate na ca dṛśyate

There the wind blew without ceasing and the rain-god poured without ceasing; the sound of Vedic recitation was heard, yet no one was seen.

Note on the text: Corrected खाद्यायघोषश्च → स्वाध्यायघोषश्च (misprint in Wikisource; "the sound of Vedic recitation", as in the critical edition's apparatus, svādhyāyaghoṣaś). The first line is CE 3.109.4ab; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.109.4b*0540).

Verse 5 (3.110.5)

सायं प्रातश्च भगवान्दृश्यते हव्यवाहनः । मक्षिकाश्चादशंस्तत्र तपसः प्रतिघातिकाः ॥

sāyaṃ prātaśca bhagavāndṛśyate havyavāhanaḥ | makṣikāścādaśaṃstatra tapasaḥ pratighātikāḥ

Morning and evening the blessed fire, bearer of oblations, could be seen; and flies stung there, hindering austerity.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.109.4cd; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.109.4b*0541, line 1).

Verse 6 (3.110.6)

निर्वेदो जायते तत्र गृहाणि स्मरते जनः । एवं बहुविधान्भावानद्भुतान्वीक्ष्य पाण्डवः । लोमशं पुनरेवाथ पर्यपृच्छत्तदद्भुतम् ॥

nirvedo jāyate tatra gṛhāṇi smarate janaḥ | evaṃ bahuvidhānbhāvānadbhutānvīkṣya pāṇḍavaḥ | lomaśaṃ punarevātha paryapṛcchattadadbhutam

Weariness comes over one there, and a man longs for his home. Having seen these many wonders of every kind, the Pandava questioned Lomasha once more about that marvel.

Note on the text: Corrected ग्रुहाणि → गृहाणि and बहुविधानभावान् → बहुविधान्भावान् (misprints in Wikisource; critical edition gṛhāṇi … bahuvidhān bhāvān). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.109.4b*0541, line 2); the other two lines are CE 3.109.5.

Verse 7 (3.110.7)

यदेतद्भगवंश्चित्रं पर्वतेऽस्मिन्महौजसि । एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण महाद्युते ॥

yadetadbhagavaṃścitraṃ parvate'sminmahaujasi | etanme sarvamācakṣva vistareṇa mahādyute

Holy sir, this marvel on this mighty mountain: tell me all about it in full, O radiant one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text; its apparatus has it as 3.109.5d*0542, headed as Yudhishthira's words. Speaker: Wikisource prints no heading, but the verse is wholly Yudhishthira's question.

Verse 8 (3.110.8)

यथाश्रुतमिदं पूर्वमस्माभिररिकर्शन । तदेकाग्रमना राजन्निबोध गदतो मम ॥

yathāśrutamidaṃ pūrvamasmābhirarikarśana | tadekāgramanā rājannibodha gadato mama

Listen with an undivided mind, O king, tamer of foes, as I tell what we heard of old.

Note on the text: Corrected अस्माभिरर्किर्शन → अस्माभिररिकर्शन (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition asmābhir arikarśana).

Verse 9 (3.110.9)

अस्मिन्नृषभकूटेऽभूदृषभो नाम तापसः । अनेकशतवर्षायुस्तपस्वी कोपनो भृशम् ॥

asminnṛṣabhakūṭe'bhūdṛṣabho nāma tāpasaḥ | anekaśatavarṣāyustapasvī kopano bhṛśam

On this Rishabhakuta there lived an ascetic named Rishabha, many hundreds of years old, given to austerity and exceedingly quick to anger.

Note on the text: Corrected अस्मिन्नृपभकूटेऽभूदृपभो → अस्मिन्नृषभकूटेऽभूदृषभो (misprint in Wikisource, प for ष; the peak and the sage are Ṛṣabhakūṭa and Ṛṣabha, critical edition asminn ṛṣabhakūṭe 'bhūd ṛṣabho).

Verse 10 (3.110.10)

स वै संभाष्यमाणोऽन्यैः कोपाद्गिरिमुवाच ह । य इह व्याहरेत्कश्चिदुपलानुत्सृजेत वा ॥

sa vai saṃbhāṣyamāṇo'nyaiḥ kopādgirimuvāca ha | ya iha vyāharetkaścidupalānutsṛjeta vā

When others kept talking to him, he said to the mountain in his anger: "If anyone speaks here, let loose stones on him."

Note on the text: Corrected कोपाद्भिरिमुवाच → कोपाद्गिरिमुवाच (misprint in Wikisource; गिरिम् "to the mountain", critical edition kopād girim uvāca).

Verse 11 (3.110.11)

वातं चाहूय मा शब्दमित्युवाच स तापसः । व्याहरंश्चेह पुरुषो मेघशब्देन वार्यते ॥

vātaṃ cāhūya mā śabdamityuvāca sa tāpasaḥ | vyāharaṃśceha puruṣo meghaśabdena vāryate

And summoning the wind, the ascetic said, "Let there be no sound." So a man who speaks here is silenced by the thunder of the clouds.

Verse 12 (3.110.12)

एवमेतानि कर्माणि राजंस्तेन महर्षिणा । कृतानि कानिचित्क्रोधात्प्रतिषिद्धानि कानिचित् ॥

evametāni karmāṇi rājaṃstena maharṣiṇā | kṛtāni kānicitkrodhātpratiṣiddhāni kānicit

In this way, O king, that great seer in his anger brought some of these things about and forbade others.

Verse 13 (3.110.13)

नन्दां त्वभिगता देवाः पुरा राजन्निति श्रुतिः । अन्वपद्यन्त सहसा पुरुषा देवदर्शिनः ॥

nandāṃ tvabhigatā devāḥ purā rājanniti śrutiḥ | anvapadyanta sahasā puruṣā devadarśinaḥ

Long ago, O king, so the tradition says, the gods came to the Nanda, and at once men eager to see the gods came following after them.

Note on the text: Corrected अन्वपद्यन्त् → अन्वपद्यन्त (misprint in Wikisource; a stray virama).

Verse 14 (3.110.14)

तेनादर्शनमिच्छन्तो देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । दुर्गं चक्रुरिमं देशं गिरिं प्रत्यूहरूपकम् ॥

tenādarśanamicchanto devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | durgaṃ cakrurimaṃ deśaṃ giriṃ pratyūharūpakam

So the gods led by Shakra, not wishing to be seen, made this region hard to reach, setting the mountain up as a barrier.

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्गचक्रुरिमं → दुर्गं चक्रुरिमं and प्रत्यूहरुपकम् → प्रत्यूहरूपकम् (misprints in Wikisource; critical edition durgaṃ cakrur imaṃ … -pratyūharūpakam).

Verse 15 (3.110.15)

तदाप्रभृति कौन्तेय नरा गिरिमिमं सदा । नाशक्नुवन्नभिद्रष्टुं कुत एवाधिरोहितुम् ॥

tadāprabhṛti kaunteya narā girimimaṃ sadā | nāśaknuvannabhidraṣṭuṃ kuta evādhirohitum

From that time on, son of Kunti, men have never been able even to look upon this mountain, let alone climb it.

Note on the text: Corrected नाशक्रुवन् → नाशक्नुवन् (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition nāśaknuvan).

Verse 16 (3.110.16)

नातप्ततपसा शक्यो द्रष्टुमेष महागिरिः । आरोढुं वाऽपि कौन्तेय तस्मान्नियतवागभव ॥

nātaptatapasā śakyo draṣṭumeṣa mahāgiriḥ | āroḍhuṃ vā'pi kaunteya tasmānniyatavāgabhava

This great mountain cannot be seen, son of Kunti, nor climbed, by one who has not practised austerity. So keep your speech restrained.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रष्टुमेप → द्रष्टुमेष (misprint in Wikisource, प for ष; critical edition draṣṭum eṣa).

Verse 17 (3.110.17)

इह देवास्तदा सर्वे यज्ञानाजह्रुरुत्तमान् । तेषामेतानि लिङ्गानि दृश्यन्तेऽद्यापि भारत ॥

iha devāstadā sarve yajñānājahruruttamān | teṣāmetāni liṅgāni dṛśyante'dyāpi bhārata

Here all the gods once performed excellent sacrifices; their marks can be seen even today, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected यज्ञानाजहुरुत्तमान् → यज्ञानाजह्रुरुत्तमान् (misprint in Wikisource; आजह्रुः "they performed", critical edition ājahrur).

Verse 18 (3.110.18)

कुशाकारेव दूर्वेयं संस्तीर्णेव च भूरियम् । यूपप्रकारा बहवो वृक्षाश्चेमे विशांपते ॥

kuśākāreva dūrveyaṃ saṃstīrṇeva ca bhūriyam | yūpaprakārā bahavo vṛkṣāśceme viśāṃpate

This durva grass looks like kusha grass, this ground looks as if strewn for a sacrifice, and many of these trees are shaped like sacrificial posts, lord of the people.

Note on the text: Corrected च् → च and य़ूप → यूप (misprints in Wikisource; a stray virama and a stray nukta).

Verse 19 (3.110.19)

देवाश्च ऋषयश्चैव वसन्त्यद्यापि भारत । तेषां सायं तथा प्रातर्दृश्यते हव्यवाहनः ॥

devāśca ṛṣayaścaiva vasantyadyāpi bhārata | teṣāṃ sāyaṃ tathā prātardṛśyate havyavāhanaḥ

Gods and seers dwell here even today, O Bharata; their sacred fire is seen in the evening and in the morning.

Note on the text: Corrected ऋषौयश्चैव → ऋषयश्चैव and त्तेषां → तेषां (misprints in Wikisource; critical edition ṛṣayaś caiva … teṣāṃ).

Verse 20 (3.110.20)

इहाप्लुतानां कौन्तेय सद्यः पाप्माऽभिहन्यते । कुरुश्रेष्ठाभिषेकं वै तस्मात्कुरु सहानुजः ॥

ihāplutānāṃ kaunteya sadyaḥ pāpmā'bhihanyate | kuruśreṣṭhābhiṣekaṃ vai tasmātkuru sahānujaḥ

Those who bathe here, son of Kunti, have their sin struck away at once. So, best of the Kurus, bathe here together with your younger brothers.

Note on the text: Corrected इहाप्लतानां → इहाप्लुतानां and तस्माअत्कुरु → तस्मात्कुरु (misprints in Wikisource; critical edition ihāplutānāṃ … tasmāt kuru).

Verse 21 (3.110.21)

ततो नन्दाप्लुताङ्गस्त्वं कौशिकीमभियास्यसि । विश्वामित्रेण यत्रोग्रं तपस्तप्तमनुत्तमम् ॥

tato nandāplutāṅgastvaṃ kauśikīmabhiyāsyasi | viśvāmitreṇa yatrograṃ tapastaptamanuttamam

Then, your limbs bathed in the Nanda, you will go on to the Kaushiki, where Vishvamitra practised fierce and unsurpassed austerity.

Verse 22 (3.110.22)

ततस्तत्र समाप्लुत्य गात्राणि सगणो नृपः । जगाम कौशिकीं पुण्यां रम्यां शीतजलां शुभां ॥

tatastatra samāplutya gātrāṇi sagaṇo nṛpaḥ | jagāma kauśikīṃ puṇyāṃ ramyāṃ śītajalāṃ śubhāṃ

Then the king and his company bathed their limbs there and went on to the holy Kaushiki, lovely, cool-watered and auspicious.

Note on the text: Corrected जगामकौशिकीं → जगाम कौशिकीं (missing word space in Wikisource). The second half-line differs from the critical edition (śivajalāṃ nadīm), a recension variant kept here.