Lomasha's Warning and Blessing on the Road to Kailasa

Verse 1 (3.141.1)

उशीरबीजं मैनाकं गिरिं श्वेतं च भारत । समतीतोऽसि कौन्तेय कालशैलं च पार्थिव ॥

uśīrabījaṃ mainākaṃ giriṃ śvetaṃ ca bhārata | samatīto'si kaunteya kālaśailaṃ ca pārthiva

Lomasha said: You have passed Ushirabija, Mainaka and the White Mountain, O Bharata, and Kalashaila too, son of Kunti, O king.

Verse 2 (3.141.2)

एषा गङ्गा सप्तविधा राजते भरतर्षभ । स्थानं विरजसं पुण्यं यत्राग्निर्नित्यमिध्यते ॥

eṣā gaṅgā saptavidhā rājate bharatarṣabha | sthānaṃ virajasaṃ puṇyaṃ yatrāgnirnityamidhyate

Here the Ganga shines in seven streams, bull of the Bharatas. This is the pure and holy place where the fire burns forever.

Verse 3 (3.141.3)

एतद्वै मानुषेणाद्य न शक्यं द्रष्टुमद्भुतम् । समाधिं कुरुताव्यग्रास्तीर्थान्येतानि द्रक्ष्यथ ॥

etadvai mānuṣeṇādya na śakyaṃ draṣṭumadbhutam | samādhiṃ kurutāvyagrāstīrthānyetāni drakṣyatha

No human being can see this marvel now. Compose your minds and keep them undistracted, and you will see these sacred places.

Verse 4 (3.141.4)

एतद्द्रक्ष्यसि देवानामाक्रीडं चरणाङ्कितम् । अतिक्रान्तोऽसि कौन्तेय कालशैलं च पर्वतम् ॥

etaddrakṣyasi devānāmākrīḍaṃ caraṇāṅkitam | atikrānto'si kaunteya kālaśailaṃ ca parvatam

Here you will see the playground of the gods, marked with their footprints. You have passed beyond Mount Kalashaila, son of Kunti.

Note on the text: Corrected च रणाङ्कितम् → चरणाङ्कितम् (misprint in Wikisource; a misplaced word break that turns "marked with footprints" into "marked with battle"; the critical edition's apparatus reads caraṇāṅkitam) and अतिक्रान्तोसि → अतिक्रान्तोऽसि (missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.140.3d*0675.

Verse 5 (3.141.5)

श्वेतं गिरिं प्रवेक्ष्यामो मन्दरं चैव पर्वतम् । यत्र माणिवरो यक्षः कुबेरश्चैव यक्षराट् ॥

śvetaṃ giriṃ pravekṣyāmo mandaraṃ caiva parvatam | yatra māṇivaro yakṣaḥ kuberaścaiva yakṣarāṭ

We shall enter the White Mountain and Mount Mandara, where the yaksha Manivara lives, and Kubera, king of the yakshas.

Verse 6 (3.141.6)

अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि गन्धर्वाः शीघ्रगामिनः । तथा किंपुरुषा राजन्यक्षाश्चैव चतुर्गुणाः ॥

aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi gandharvāḥ śīghragāminaḥ | tathā kiṃpuruṣā rājanyakṣāścaiva caturguṇāḥ

Eighty-eight thousand swift-moving gandharvas are there, O king, and four times as many kimpurushas and yakshas,

Verse 7 (3.141.7)

अनेकरूपसंस्थाना नानाप्रहरणाश्च ते । यक्षेन्द्रं मनुजश्रेष्ठ माणिभद्रमुपासते ॥

anekarūpasaṃsthānā nānāpraharaṇāśca te | yakṣendraṃ manujaśreṣṭha māṇibhadramupāsate

of many shapes and forms and bearing many kinds of weapons; they wait upon Manibhadra, lord of the yakshas, best of men.

Verse 8 (3.141.8)

तेषामृद्धिरतीवात्र गतौ वायुसमाश्च ते । स्थानात्प्रच्यावयेयुर्ये देवराजमपि ध्रुवम् ॥

teṣāmṛddhiratīvātra gatau vāyusamāśca te | sthānātpracyāvayeyurye devarājamapi dhruvam

Their power here is exceedingly great, and in speed they match the wind; they could surely drive even the king of the gods from his seat.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.140.7c): Wikisource's second line (यक्षेन्द्रं मनुजश्रेष्ठ माणिभद्रमुपासते) merely repeats the second line of the previous verse, in place of a lost line; it is replaced by the critical edition's line sthānāt pracyāvayeyur ye devarājam api dhruvam (स्थानात्प्रच्यावयेयुर्ये देवराजमपि ध्रुवम्). Line 1 is 3.140.7a of the critical edition, kept in Wikisource's reading (अतीवात्र for atīvāgryā).

Verse 9 (3.141.9)

तैस्तात बलिभिर्गुप्ता यातुधानैश्च रक्षिताः । दुर्गमाः पर्वताः पार्थ समाधिं परमं कुरु ॥

taistāta balibhirguptā yātudhānaiśca rakṣitāḥ | durgamāḥ parvatāḥ pārtha samādhiṃ paramaṃ kuru

Guarded by those mighty beings, my son, and protected by yatudhanas, these mountains are hard to cross, Partha; keep your mind wholly composed.

Verse 10 (3.141.10)

कुबेरसचिवाश्चान्ये रौद्रा मैत्राश्च राक्षसाः । तैः समेष्याम कौन्तेय यत्तो विक्रमणे भव ॥

kuberasacivāścānye raudrā maitrāśca rākṣasāḥ | taiḥ sameṣyāma kaunteya yatto vikramaṇe bhava

There are other counsellors of Kubera as well, rakshasas both fierce and friendly. We shall meet them, son of Kunti; be ready to show your valour.

Verse 11 (3.141.11)

कैलासः पर्वतो राजन्षड्योजनशतोच्छ्रितः । यत्र देवाः समायान्ति विशाला यत्र भारत ॥

kailāsaḥ parvato rājanṣaḍyojanaśatocchritaḥ | yatra devāḥ samāyānti viśālā yatra bhārata

Mount Kailasa, O king, rises six hundred yojanas high; there the gods assemble, and there too is Vishala, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected पड्योजन → षड्योजन (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष, critical edition ṣaḍyojana-) and restored a missing word space (यत्रदेवाः → यत्र देवाः).

Verse 12 (3.141.12)

असङ्ख्येयास्तु कौन्तेय यक्षराक्षसकिन्नराः । नागाः सुपर्णा गन्धर्वाः कुबेरसदनं प्रति ॥

asaṅkhyeyāstu kaunteya yakṣarākṣasakinnarāḥ | nāgāḥ suparṇā gandharvāḥ kuberasadanaṃ prati

Countless yakshas, rakshasas and kinnaras, nagas, suparnas and gandharvas make their way toward Kubera's abode, son of Kunti.

Verse 13 (3.141.13)

तान्विगाहस्व पार्थाद्य तपसा च दमेन च । रक्ष्यमाणो मया राजन्भीमसेनबलेन च ॥

tānvigāhasva pārthādya tapasā ca damena ca | rakṣyamāṇo mayā rājanbhīmasenabalena ca

Make your way among them today, Partha, by austerity and self-control, protected by me, O king, and by Bhimasena's strength.

Verse 14 (3.141.14)

स्वस्ति ते वरुणो राजा यमश्च समितिंजयः । गङ्गा च यमुना चैव पर्वताश्च दिशन्तु ते ॥

svasti te varuṇo rājā yamaśca samitiṃjayaḥ | gaṅgā ca yamunā caiva parvatāśca diśantu te

May King Varuna and Yama, victor in battle, the Ganga and the Yamuna, and the mountains grant you well-being.

Verse 15 (3.141.15)

मरुतश्च सहाश्विभ्यां सरितश्च सरांसि च । स्वस्ति देवासुरेभ्यश्च वसुभ्यश्च महाद्युते ॥

marutaśca sahāśvibhyāṃ saritaśca sarāṃsi ca | svasti devāsurebhyaśca vasubhyaśca mahādyute

May the Maruts with the two Ashvins, the rivers and the lakes, grant you well-being; and may well-being come to you from the gods and the asuras, and from the Vasus, O glorious one.

Note on the text: Corrected वसुभ्यश् → वसुभ्यश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च, which the metre needs; the critical edition's apparatus reads vasubhyaś ca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.140.13d*0676.

Verse 16 (3.141.16)

इन्द्रस्य जाम्बूनदपर्वताद्वै । शृणोमि घोषं तव देवि गङ्गे । गोपाययेमं सुभगे गिरिभ्यः । सर्वाजमीढापचितं नरेन्द्रम् ॥

indrasya jāmbūnadaparvatādvai | śṛṇomi ghoṣaṃ tava devi gaṅge | gopāyayemaṃ subhage giribhyaḥ | sarvājamīḍhāpacitaṃ narendram

O goddess Ganga, I hear your roar from the golden mountain of Indra. Shield this king from the mountains, blessed one, this lord of men honoured by all the Ajamidhas.

Note on the text: Lines are 3.140.14a–d of the critical edition (reading पर्वताद्वै for parvatāgre).

Verse 17 (3.141.17)

ददस्व शर्म प्रविविक्षतोऽस्य । शैलानिमाञ्छैलसुते नृपस्य । शिवप्रदा सर्वसरित्प्रधाने । सभ्रातृकस्येह युधिष्ठिरस्य ॥

dadasva śarma pravivikṣato'sya | śailānimāñchailasute nṛpasya | śivapradā sarvasaritpradhāne | sabhrātṛkasyeha yudhiṣṭhirasya

Grant shelter, daughter of the mountain, to this king who is about to enter these mountains; chief of all rivers, be the bringer of blessing to Yudhishthira here with his brothers.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` ') and corrected स भ्रातृकस्य → सभ्रातृकस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a false word break in the compound 'with his brothers', as the critical edition's apparatus reads sabhrātṛkasya). Lines 1–2 are 3.140.14e–f of the critical edition (reading ददस्व for bhavasva); lines 3–4 are not in its constituted text and appear in its apparatus as 3.140.14f*0678 (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 18 (3.141.18)

अपूर्वोऽयं संभ्रमो लोमशस्य । कृष्णां च सर्वे रक्षत मा प्रमादः । देशो ह्ययं दुर्गतमो मतोऽस्य । तस्मात्परं शौचमिहाचरध्वम् ॥

apūrvo'yaṃ saṃbhramo lomaśasya | kṛṣṇāṃ ca sarve rakṣata mā pramādaḥ | deśo hyayaṃ durgatamo mato'sya | tasmātparaṃ śaucamihācaradhvam

Yudhishthira said: This alarm of Lomasha is something new. All of you, guard Krishna; let there be no carelessness. He holds this region to be the hardest of all to cross; so practise the utmost purity here.

Verse 19 (3.141.19)

ततोऽब्रवीद्भीममुदारवीर्यं । कृष्णां यत्तः पालय भीमसेन । शून्येऽर्जुनेऽसन्निहिते च तात । त्वामेव कृष्णा भजते भयेषु ॥

tato'bravīdbhīmamudāravīryaṃ | kṛṣṇāṃ yattaḥ pālaya bhīmasena | śūnye'rjune'sannihite ca tāta | tvāmeva kṛṣṇā bhajate bhayeṣu

Vaishampayana said: Then he said to Bhima of noble valour: 'Guard Krishna carefully, Bhimasena. With Arjuna away and not at hand, my son, it is to you alone that Krishna turns in times of danger.'

Verse 20 (3.141.20)

ततो महात्मा स यमौ समेत्य । मूर्धन्युपाघ्राय विमृज्य गात्रे । उवाच तौ बाष्पकलं स राजा । मा भैष्टमागच्छतमप्रमत्तौ ॥

tato mahātmā sa yamau sametya | mūrdhanyupāghrāya vimṛjya gātre | uvāca tau bāṣpakalaṃ sa rājā | mā bhaiṣṭamāgacchatamapramattau

Then the great-souled king went to the twins, kissed them on the head and stroked their limbs, and said to them, his voice choked with tears: 'Do not be afraid; go forward with care.'

Note on the text: Corrected महात्मां → महात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, critical edition mahātmā) and बैष्टम् → भैष्टम् (ब for भ; the commentary and the critical edition read bhaiṣṭam), and restored a missing word space (विमृज्यगात्रे → विमृज्य गात्रे).