Hanuman’s Parting Boon; Bhima Sees the Saugandhika Forest

Verse 1 (3.153.1)

ततः संहृत्य विपुलं तद्वपुः कामवर्धितम् । भीमसेनं पुनर्दोर्भ्यां पर्यष्वजत वानरः ॥

tataḥ saṃhṛtya vipulaṃ tadvapuḥ kāmavardhitam | bhīmasenaṃ punardorbhyāṃ paryaṣvajata vānaraḥ

Then the monkey drew in that vast body, swollen at his will, and once more clasped Bhimasena in his arms.

Verse 2 (3.153.2)

परिष्वक्तस्य तस्याशु भ्रात्रा भीमस्य भारत । श्रमो नाशमुपागच्छत्सर्वं चासीत्प्रदक्षिणम् ॥

pariṣvaktasya tasyāśu bhrātrā bhīmasya bhārata | śramo nāśamupāgacchatsarvaṃ cāsītpradakṣiṇam

As soon as Bhima was embraced by his brother, Bharata, his weariness vanished and everything turned in his favor.

Verse 3 (3.153.3)

बलं चातिबलो मेने न मेऽस्ति सदृशो महान् । ततः पुनरथोवाच पर्यश्रुनयनो हरिः ॥

balaṃ cātibalo mene na me'sti sadṛśo mahān | tataḥ punarathovāca paryaśrunayano hariḥ

Bhima, now exceedingly strong, felt his strength and thought, “No one, however great, is my equal.” Then the monkey, his eyes brimming with tears, spoke again.

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets and a doubled danda around the first line (editorial marks in Wikisource). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 746*, reading kva cit for महान्); the second is CE 3.150.3ab.

Verse 4 (3.153.4)

भीममाभाष्य सौहार्दाद्बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा । गच्छ वीर स्वमावासं स्मर्तव्योऽस्मि कथान्तरे ॥

bhīmamābhāṣya sauhārdādbāṣpagadgadayā girā | gaccha vīra svamāvāsaṃ smartavyo'smi kathāntare

Addressing Bhima with affection, in a voice choked with tears, he said: “Go to your dwelling, hero, and remember me when you tell your stories.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.150.3cd and 4ab; Wikisource divides the lines differently.

Verse 5 (3.153.5)

इहस्थश्च कुरुश्रेष्ठ न निवेद्योऽस्मि कस्यचित् । धनदस्यालयाच्चापि विसृष्टानां महाबल ॥

ihasthaśca kuruśreṣṭha na nivedyo'smi kasyacit | dhanadasyālayāccāpi visṛṣṭānāṃ mahābala

Best of the Kurus, tell no one that I am here. Mighty one, for the wives of the gods and gandharvas, sent away from the abode of Kubera, the giver of wealth,

Note on the text: Restored a missing avagraha (निवेद्योस्मि → निवेद्योऽस्मि). This verse is CE 3.150.4cd and 5ab.

Verse 6 (3.153.6)

एष काल इहायातुं देवगन्धर्वयोषिताम् । ममापि सफलं चक्षुः स्मारितश्चास्मि राघवम् ॥

eṣa kāla ihāyātuṃ devagandharvayoṣitām | mamāpi saphalaṃ cakṣuḥ smāritaścāsmi rāghavam

this is the time to come here. My own eyes too have borne fruit, and I have been reminded of Raghava,

Note on the text: Corrected च क्षुः → चक्षुः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space broke the word, the critical edition reads cakṣuḥ). This verse is CE 3.150.5cd and 6ab (एष काल for deśakāla).

Verse 7 (3.153.7)

रामाभिधानं विष्णुं हि जगद्धृदयनन्दनम् । सीतावक्त्रारविन्दार्कं दशास्यध्वान्तभास्करम् ॥

rāmābhidhānaṃ viṣṇuṃ hi jagaddhṛdayanandanam | sītāvaktrāravindārkaṃ daśāsyadhvāntabhāskaram

of Vishnu who bore the name of Rama, the delight of the world’s heart, the sun to the lotus of Sita’s face, the sun that scattered the darkness that was ten-headed Ravana,

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets and an inner double danda around this verse (editorial marks in Wikisource) and corrected सीतावक्रारविन्दार्कं → सीतावक्त्रारविन्दार्कं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त turned “face” into “crooked”, the critical edition’s apparatus reads sītāvaktrāravindārkaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it in its apparatus as star passage 748*, after 3.150.6.

Verse 8 (3.153.8)

मानुषं गात्रसंस्पर्शं गत्वा भीम त्वया सह । तदस्मद्दर्शनं वीर कौन्तेयामोघमस्तु ते ॥

mānuṣaṃ gātrasaṃsparśaṃ gatvā bhīma tvayā saha | tadasmaddarśanaṃ vīra kaunteyāmoghamastu te

for through you, Bhima, I have once more touched a human body. So, hero, son of Kunti, let this meeting with me not be in vain for you.

Note on the text: Corrected कौन्तेयामाघमस्तु → कौन्तेयामोघमस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign, the critical edition reads kaunteyāmogham astu). This verse is CE 3.150.6cd and 7ab.

Verse 9 (3.153.9)

भ्रातृत्वं त्वं पुरस्कृत्य वरं वरय भारत । यदि तावन्मया क्षुद्रा गत्वा वारणसाह्वयम् ॥

bhrātṛtvaṃ tvaṃ puraskṛtya varaṃ varaya bhārata | yadi tāvanmayā kṣudrā gatvā vāraṇasāhvayam

Regarding me as your brother, choose a boon, Bharata. If I am to go to the city named after the elephant and kill those petty

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.150.7cd and 8ab.

Verse 10 (3.153.10)

धार्तराष्ट्रा निहन्तव्या यावदेतत्करोम्यहम् । शिलया नगरं वा तन्मर्दितव्यं मया यदि ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrā nihantavyā yāvadetatkaromyaham | śilayā nagaraṃ vā tanmarditavyaṃ mayā yadi

sons of Dhritarashtra, I will do it at once. Or if that city is to be crushed by me with a rock,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.150.8cd and 9ab.

Verse 11 (3.153.11)

बद्ध्वा दुर्योधनं चाद्य आनयामि तवान्तिकम् । यावदेतत्करोम्यद्य कामं तव महाबल ॥

baddhvā duryodhanaṃ cādya ānayāmi tavāntikam | yāvadetatkaromyadya kāmaṃ tava mahābala

or if I am to bind Duryodhana and bring him to you this very day, I will do it today, mighty one, as you wish.”

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets and a doubled danda around the first line (editorial marks in Wikisource) and restored a missing word space (करोम्यद्यकामं → करोम्यद्य कामं). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 750*); the second is CE 3.150.9cd.

Verse 12 (3.153.12)

भीमसेनस्तु तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा तस्य महात्मनः । प्रत्युवाच हनूमन्तं प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना ॥

bhīmasenastu tadvākyaṃ śrutvā tasya mahātmanaḥ | pratyuvāca hanūmantaṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā

Hearing these words of the great-souled one, Bhimasena answered Hanuman with a joyful heart:

Note on the text: Corrected तस् → तस्य and हनून्तं → हनूमन्तं (misprints in Wikisource; dropped aksharas, the critical edition reads tasya … hanūmantaṃ).

Verse 13 (3.153.13)

कृतमेव त्वया सर्वं मम वानरपुङ्गव । स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु महाबाहो कामये त्वां प्रसीद मे ॥

kṛtameva tvayā sarvaṃ mama vānarapuṅgava | svasti te'stu mahābāho kāmaye tvāṃ prasīda me

“You have already done everything for me, bull among monkeys. May all be well with you, mighty-armed one; I hold you dear. Be gracious to me.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (प्रसीदमे → प्रसीद मे). Wikisource reads कामये (“I hold you dear”) where the critical edition has kṣāmaye (“I ask your pardon”); kept as a variant.

Verse 14 (3.153.14)

सनाथाः पाण्डवाः सर्वे त्वया नाथेन वीर्यवन् । तवैव तेजसा सर्वान्विजेष्यामो वयं परान् ॥

sanāthāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sarve tvayā nāthena vīryavan | tavaiva tejasā sarvānvijeṣyāmo vayaṃ parān

With you as our protector, mighty one, all the Pandavas are protected. By your power alone we shall conquer all our enemies.”

Verse 15 (3.153.15)

एवमुक्तस्तु हनुमान्भीमसेनमभाषत । भ्रातृत्वात्सौहृदाच्चैव करिष्यामि प्रियं तव ॥

evamuktastu hanumānbhīmasenamabhāṣata | bhrātṛtvātsauhṛdāccaiva kariṣyāmi priyaṃ tava

Addressed thus, Hanuman said to Bhimasena: “Out of brotherhood and affection I will do what pleases you.

Verse 16 (3.153.16)

चमूं विगाह्य शत्रूणां परशक्तिसमाकुलाम् । यदा सिंहरवं वीर करिष्यसि महाबल ॥

camūṃ vigāhya śatrūṇāṃ paraśaktisamākulām | yadā siṃharavaṃ vīra kariṣyasi mahābala

When, hero, you plunge into the army of your foes, bristling with enemy spears, and roar your lion’s roar, mighty one,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.150.14ab–cd (परशक्ति- for śaraśakti-).

Verse 17 (3.153.17)

तदाहं बृंहयिष्यामि स्वरवेण रवं तव । यं श्रुत्वैव भविष्यन्ति व्यसवस्तेऽरयो रणे ॥

tadāhaṃ bṛṃhayiṣyāmi svaraveṇa ravaṃ tava | yaṃ śrutvaiva bhaviṣyanti vyasavaste'rayo raṇe

then I will swell your roar with my own voice, and at the very sound of it your enemies in battle will lose their lives.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and '). The first line is CE 3.150.14ef; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 751*).

Verse 18 (3.153.18)

विजयस्य ध्वजस्थश्च नादान्मोक्ष्यामि दारुणान् । शत्रूणां ये प्राणहराः सुखं येन हनिष्यथ ॥

vijayasya dhvajasthaśca nādānmokṣyāmi dāruṇān | śatrūṇāṃ ye prāṇaharāḥ sukhaṃ yena haniṣyatha

Standing on the banner of Vijaya, I will let loose terrible cries that take the lives of your foes, so that you may kill them with ease.”

Note on the text: Corrected मोक्ष्पामि → मोक्ष्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; प for य, the critical edition reads mokṣyāmi). The first line is CE 3.150.15ab; the second differs from CE 3.150.15cd and ends as star passage 752* does (sukhaṃ yena haniṣyatha).

Verse 19 (3.153.19)

एवमाभाष्य हनुमांस्तदा पाण्डवनन्दनम् । मार्गमाख्याय भीमाय तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

evamābhāṣya hanumāṃstadā pāṇḍavanandanam | mārgamākhyāya bhīmāya tatraivāntaradhīyata

Having spoken thus to the joy of the Pandavas, and having shown Bhima the way, Hanuman vanished on the spot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); star passage 752*, which the CE apparatus gives in place of the close of 3.150.15 (ity uktvāntaradhīyata).

Verse 20 (3.153.20)

गते तस्मिन्हरिवरे भीमोऽपि बलिनां वरः । तेन मार्गेण विपुलं व्यचरद्गन्धमादनम् ॥

gate tasminharivare bhīmo'pi balināṃ varaḥ | tena mārgeṇa vipulaṃ vyacaradgandhamādanam

When that best of monkeys had gone, Bhima, foremost of the strong, ranged over the vast Gandhamadana by the path he had been shown,

Note on the text: Restored a missing avagraha and a word space (भीमोपि → भीमोऽपि; बलिनांवरः → बलिनां वरः).

Verse 21 (3.153.21)

अनुस्मरन्वपुस्तस्य श्रियं चाप्रतिमां भुवि । माहात्म्यमनुभावं च स्मरन्दाशरथेर्ययौ ॥

anusmaranvapustasya śriyaṃ cāpratimāṃ bhuvi | māhātmyamanubhāvaṃ ca smarandāśaratheryayau

recalling Hanuman’s form and his splendor, matchless on earth, and recalling the greatness and power of Dasharatha’s son, he went on.

Verse 22 (3.153.22)

स तानि रमणीयानि वनान्युपवनानि च । विलोलयामास तदा सौगन्धिकवनेप्सया ॥

sa tāni ramaṇīyāni vanānyupavanāni ca | vilolayāmāsa tadā saugandhikavanepsayā

Eager to reach the Saugandhika forest, he then stirred through those lovely woods and groves,

Verse 23 (3.153.23)

फुल्लपद्मविचित्राणि सरांसि सरितस्तथा । नानाकुसुमचित्राणि पुष्पितानि वनानि च ॥

phullapadmavicitrāṇi sarāṃsi saritastathā | nānākusumacitrāṇi puṣpitāni vanāni ca

through lakes and rivers bright with full-blown lotuses, and through flowering woods colorful with blossoms of every kind.

Note on the text: An expanded form of CE 3.150.19ab (phullapadmavicitrāṇi puṣpitāni vanāni ca), as in star passages 754* and 755* of the critical edition’s apparatus (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 24 (3.153.24)

मत्तवारणयूथानि पङ्कक्लिन्नानि भारत । वर्षतामिव मेघानां वृन्दानि ददृशे तदा ॥

mattavāraṇayūthāni paṅkaklinnāni bhārata | varṣatāmiva meghānāṃ vṛndāni dadṛśe tadā

He saw then, Bharata, herds of elephants in rut, smeared with mud, like masses of raining clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected मत्तवारणयुथानि → मत्तवारणयूथानि (misprint in Wikisource; short u for long ū, the critical edition reads mattavāraṇayūthāni). This verse is CE 3.150.19cd–ef.

Verse 25 (3.153.25)

हरिणैश्चपलापाङ्गैर्हरिणीसहितैर्वनम् । सशष्पकवलैः श्रीमान्पथि दृष्ट्वा द्रुतं ययौ ॥

hariṇaiścapalāpāṅgairhariṇīsahitairvanam | saśaṣpakavalaiḥ śrīmānpathi dṛṣṭvā drutaṃ yayau

Seeing on his way the forest full of quick-glancing deer with their does, mouths full of grass, the glorious Bhima hurried on.

Verse 26 (3.153.26)

महिषैश्च वराहैश्च शार्दूलैश्च निषेवितम् । व्यपेतभीर्गिरिं शौर्याद्भीमसेनो व्यगाहत ॥

mahiṣaiśca varāhaiśca śārdūlaiśca niṣevitam | vyapetabhīrgiriṃ śauryādbhīmaseno vyagāhata

Fearless in his valor, Bhimasena plunged deep into the mountain, the haunt of buffaloes, boars and tigers.

Verse 27 (3.153.27)

कुसुमानतशाखैश्च ताम्रपल्लवकोमलैः । याच्यमान इवारण्ये द्रुमैर्मारुतकम्पितैः ॥

kusumānataśākhaiśca tāmrapallavakomalaiḥ | yācyamāna ivāraṇye drumairmārutakampitaiḥ

As though entreated in the forest by trees shaken by the wind, their branches bowed with flowers, soft with copper-red shoots,

Verse 28 (3.153.28)

कृतपद्माञ्जलिपुटा मत्तषट्पदसेविताः । प्रियतीर्थवना मार्गे पद्मिनीः समतिक्रमन् ॥

kṛtapadmāñjalipuṭā mattaṣaṭpadasevitāḥ | priyatīrthavanā mārge padminīḥ samatikraman

he passed on his way lotus pools that seemed to offer their lotuses in cupped hands, haunted by drunken bees, with lovely bathing places and groves.

Verse 29 (3.153.29)

सज्जमानमनोदृष्टिः फुल्लेषु गिरिसानुषु । द्रौपदीवाक्यपाथेयो भीमो भीमपराक्रमः ॥

sajjamānamanodṛṣṭiḥ phulleṣu girisānuṣu | draupadīvākyapātheyo bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ

His mind and eyes caught by the flowering mountain slopes, with Draupadi’s words as provision for his journey, went Bhima of terrible valor.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.150.24ab; the second differs (CE: bhīmaḥ śīghrataraṃ yayau).

Verse 30 (3.153.30)

परिवृत्तेऽहनि ततः प्रकीर्णहरिणे वने । काञ्चनैर्विमलैः पद्मैर्ददर्श विपुलां नदीम् ॥

parivṛtte'hani tataḥ prakīrṇahariṇe vane | kāñcanairvimalaiḥ padmairdadarśa vipulāṃ nadīm

Then, as the day turned, in a forest scattered with deer, he saw a broad river with clear golden lotuses,

Note on the text: Corrected काञ्चनैर्विलैः → काञ्चनैर्विमलैः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, the critical edition reads kāñcanair vimalaiḥ).

Verse 31 (3.153.31)

हंसकारण्डवयुतां चक्रवाकोपशोभिताम् । रचितामिव तस्याद्रेर्मालां विमलपङ्कजाम् ॥

haṃsakāraṇḍavayutāṃ cakravākopaśobhitām | racitāmiva tasyādrermālāṃ vimalapaṅkajām

thronged with geese and karandava ducks and graced by chakravaka birds, like a garland of spotless lotuses woven for that mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्याद्रेर्भालां → तस्याद्रेर्मालां (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म, the critical edition reads mālāṃ).

Verse 32 (3.153.32)

तस्यां नद्यां महासत्वः सौगन्धिकवनं महत् । अपश्यत्प्रीतिजननं बालार्कसदृशद्युति ॥

tasyāṃ nadyāṃ mahāsatvaḥ saugandhikavanaṃ mahat | apaśyatprītijananaṃ bālārkasadṛśadyuti

In that river the mighty Bhima saw the great Saugandhika forest, a delight to the eye, glowing like the newly risen sun.

Verse 33 (3.153.33)

तद्दृष्ट्वा लब्धकामः स मनसा पाण्डुनन्दनः । वनवासपरिक्लिष्टां जगाम मनसा प्रियाम् ॥

taddṛṣṭvā labdhakāmaḥ sa manasā pāṇḍunandanaḥ | vanavāsaparikliṣṭāṃ jagāma manasā priyām

Seeing it, the son of Pandu felt in his heart that his wish was won, and his thoughts went to his beloved, worn down by the hardships of exile in the forest.