Bhima Routs the Krodhavashas and Takes the Lotuses

Verse 1 (3.155.1)

पाण्डवो भीमसेनोऽहं धर्मराजादनन्तरः । विशालां बदरीं प्राप्तो भ्रातृभिः सह राक्षसाः ॥

pāṇḍavo bhīmaseno'haṃ dharmarājādanantaraḥ | viśālāṃ badarīṃ prāpto bhrātṛbhiḥ saha rākṣasāḥ

"I am Bhimasena, the Pandava, next in age to the King of Dharma. I have come to broad Badari with my brothers, Rakshasas."

Verse 2 (3.155.2)

अपश्यत्तत्रपाञ्चाली सौगन्धिकमनुत्तमम् । अनिलोढमितो नूनं सा बहूनि परीप्सति ॥

apaśyattatrapāñcālī saugandhikamanuttamam | aniloḍhamito nūnaṃ sā bahūni parīpsati

"There Panchali saw a peerless saugandhika flower, surely carried by the wind from here, and she longs for many more."

Verse 3 (3.155.3)

तस्या मामनवद्याङ्ग्या धर्मपत्न्याः प्रिये स्थितम् । पुष्पाहारमिह प्राप्तं निबोधत निशाचराः ॥

tasyā māmanavadyāṅgyā dharmapatnyāḥ priye sthitam | puṣpāhāramiha prāptaṃ nibodhata niśācarāḥ

"Know, night-rangers, that I have come here to gather flowers, intent on pleasing my lawful wife, that lady of flawless limbs."

Verse 4 (3.155.4)

आक्रीडोऽयं कुबेरस्य दयितः पुरुषर्षभ । नेह शक्यं मनुष्येण विहर्तुं मर्त्यधर्मणा ॥

ākrīḍo'yaṃ kuberasya dayitaḥ puruṣarṣabha | neha śakyaṃ manuṣyeṇa vihartuṃ martyadharmaṇā

"This is Kubera's beloved pleasure-ground, bull among men. No mortal man may sport here."

Verse 5 (3.155.5)

देवर्षयस्तथा यक्षा देवाश्चात्र वृकोदर । आमन्त्र्य यक्षप्रवरं पिबन्ति च हरन्ति च ॥

devarṣayastathā yakṣā devāścātra vṛkodara | āmantrya yakṣapravaraṃ pibanti ca haranti ca

"Even the divine seers, the Yakshas and the gods, Vrikodara, drink here and carry things away only after asking leave of the chief of the Yakshas."

Note on the text: CE 3.152.5ab–cd; the critical edition reads viharanti for हरन्ति in the second line.

Verse 6 (3.155.6)

गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव विहरन्त्यत्र पाण्डव । यक्षाधिपस्यानुमते कुबेरस्य महात्मनः ॥

gandharvāpsarasaścaiva viharantyatra pāṇḍava | yakṣādhipasyānumate kuberasya mahātmanaḥ

"The Gandharvas and Apsarases too sport here, Pandava, with the consent of the great-souled Kubera, lord of the Yakshas."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line, and corrected कुबेरस् → कुबेरस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive ending was cut off). The first line is CE 3.152.5ef; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.152.5f*0759).

Verse 7 (3.155.7)

अन्यायेनेह यः कश्चिदवमन्य धनेश्वरम् । विहर्तुमिच्छेद्दुर्वृत्तः स विनश्येन्न संशयः ॥

anyāyeneha yaḥ kaścidavamanya dhaneśvaram | vihartumiccheddurvṛttaḥ sa vinaśyenna saṃśayaḥ

"Whoever slights the Lord of Wealth and wrongfully seeks to sport here is a wicked man, and he will perish; there is no doubt of it."

Verse 8 (3.155.8)

तमनादृत्य पद्मानि जिहीर्षसि बलादिह । धर्मराजस्य चात्मानं ब्रवीषि भ्रातरं कथम् ॥

tamanādṛtya padmāni jihīrṣasi balādiha | dharmarājasya cātmānaṃ bravīṣi bhrātaraṃ katham

"Disregarding him, you want to carry off the lotuses from here by force; how then can you call yourself the brother of the King of Dharma?"

Verse 9 (3.155.9)

आमन्त्र्य यक्षराजं वै ततः पिब हरस्व च । नातोऽन्यथा त्वया शक्यं किंचित्पुष्करमीक्षितुम् ॥

āmantrya yakṣarājaṃ vai tataḥ piba harasva ca | nāto'nyathā tvayā śakyaṃ kiṃcitpuṣkaramīkṣitum

"Ask leave of the king of the Yakshas, and then drink and take. Without that you may not so much as look at the lotus pool."

Note on the text: Removed a stray bracket ([) before the verse, and corrected पिव → पिब (misprint in Wikisource; imperative of pā, "drink") and the final ईक्षितुं → ईक्षितुम्. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.152.7d*0761.

Verse 10 (3.155.10)

राक्षसास्तं न पश्यामि धनेश्वरमिहान्तिके । दृष्ट्वाऽपिच महाराजं नाहं याचितुमुत्सहे ॥

rākṣasāstaṃ na paśyāmi dhaneśvaramihāntike | dṛṣṭvā'pica mahārājaṃ nāhaṃ yācitumutsahe

"Rakshasas, I do not see that Lord of Wealth anywhere near. And even if I saw the great king, I would not bring myself to beg."

Verse 11 (3.155.11)

न हि याचन्ति राजान एष धर्मः सनातनः । न चाहं हातुमिच्छामि क्षात्रधर्मं कथंचन ॥

na hi yācanti rājāna eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | na cāhaṃ hātumicchāmi kṣātradharmaṃ kathaṃcana

"Kings do not beg; that is the eternal law. And I will never in any way abandon the duty of a Kshatriya."

Verse 12 (3.155.12)

इयं च नलिनी रम्या जाता पर्वतनिर्झरे । नेयं भवनमासाद्यकुबेरस्य महात्मनः ॥

iyaṃ ca nalinī ramyā jātā parvatanirjhare | neyaṃ bhavanamāsādyakuberasya mahātmanaḥ

"This lovely lotus lake was born of a mountain stream; it does not lie within the palace of the great-souled Kubera."

Verse 13 (3.155.13)

तुल्या हि सर्वभूतानामियं वैश्रवणस्य च । एवं गतेषु द्रव्येषु कः कं याचितुमर्हति ॥

tulyā hi sarvabhūtānāmiyaṃ vaiśravaṇasya ca | evaṃ gateṣu dravyeṣu kaḥ kaṃ yācitumarhati

"It belongs to all creatures as much as to Vaishravana. When things stand so, who should beg of whom?"

Verse 14 (3.155.14)

इत्युक्त्वा राक्षसान्सर्वान्भीमसेनो व्यगाहत । तां तु पुष्करिणीं वीरः प्रभिन्न इव कुञ्जरः ॥

ityuktvā rākṣasānsarvānbhīmaseno vyagāhata | tāṃ tu puṣkariṇīṃ vīraḥ prabhinna iva kuñjaraḥ

Saying this to all the Rakshasas, the hero Bhimasena plunged into the lotus pool like an elephant in rut.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.152.12ab; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.152.12b*0763).

Verse 15 (3.155.15)

ततः स राक्षसैर्वाचा प्रतिषिद्धः प्रतापवान् । मा मैवमिति सक्रोधैर्भर्त्सयद्भिः समन्ततः ॥

tataḥ sa rākṣasairvācā pratiṣiddhaḥ pratāpavān | mā maivamiti sakrodhairbhartsayadbhiḥ samantataḥ

Then the Rakshasas tried to stop the valiant hero with words, crying "No, do not!" as they angrily threatened him from every side.

Note on the text: CE 3.152.12cd–ef.

Verse 16 (3.155.16)

कदर्थीकृत्यतु स तान्राक्षसान्भीमविक्रमः । व्यगाहत महातेजास्ते तं सर्वे न्यवारयन् ॥

kadarthīkṛtyatu sa tānrākṣasānbhīmavikramaḥ | vyagāhata mahātejāste taṃ sarve nyavārayan

But Bhima of terrible valour, the mighty one, made light of those Rakshasas and went down into the water, while all of them tried to hold him back.

Verse 17 (3.155.17)

गृह्णीत बध्नीत विकर्ततेमं । पचाम खादाम च भीमसेनम् । क्रुद्धा ब्रुवन्तोऽभिययुर्द्रुतं ते । शस्त्राणि चोद्यम्य विवृत्तनेत्राः ॥

gṛhṇīta badhnīta vikartatemaṃ | pacāma khādāma ca bhīmasenam | kruddhā bruvanto'bhiyayurdrutaṃ te | śastrāṇi codyamya vivṛttanetrāḥ

"Seize him! Bind him! Cut him to pieces! Let us cook Bhimasena and eat him!" So they shouted in their anger, and rushed swiftly at him, weapons raised and eyes rolling.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रतं → द्रुतं (misprint in Wikisource; "swiftly"; the critical edition reads drutaṃ).

Verse 18 (3.155.18)

ततः स गुर्वीं यमदण्डकल्पां । महागदां काञ्चनपट्टनद्धाम् । प्रगृह्यतानभ्यपतत्तरस्वी । ततोऽब्रवीत्तिष्ठत तिष्ठतेति ॥

tataḥ sa gurvīṃ yamadaṇḍakalpāṃ | mahāgadāṃ kāñcanapaṭṭanaddhām | pragṛhyatānabhyapatattarasvī | tato'bravīttiṣṭhata tiṣṭhateti

Then, grasping his great mace, heavy as Yama's rod and bound with bands of gold, the swift hero fell upon them, crying, "Stand! Stand!"

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.152.15ab): Wikisource has lost the first half of this verse, so its verse 18 opens with प्रगृह्य ("grasping") with nothing to grasp, and the rest of the passage is shifted (its verse 18 prints this verse's last two lines followed by the first half of the next verse, and its verse 19 prints the next verse's second half twice). The first two lines here are restored from the CE; the last two are Wikisource 18ab, whose ।। after the second line confirms that the verse ended there.

Verse 19 (3.155.19)

ते तं तदा तोमरपट्टसाद्यै- । र्व्याविद्धशस्त्रैः सहसा निपेतुः । जिघांसवः क्रोधवशाः सुभीमा । भीमं समन्तात्परिवव्रुरुग्राः ॥

te taṃ tadā tomarapaṭṭasādyai- | rvyāviddhaśastraiḥ sahasā nipetuḥ | jighāṃsavaḥ krodhavaśāḥ subhīmā | bhīmaṃ samantātparivavrurugrāḥ

Then all at once they fell upon him, whirling lances, pattisas and other weapons; eager to kill him, the dreadful, fierce Krodhavashas surrounded Bhima on every side.

Note on the text: Re-divided: the first two lines are printed in Wikisource as the second half of its verse 18; the last two are Wikisource 19ab. Wikisource 19 then repeats those same two lines (19cd, spelling परिवब्रुः), a duplication that has been dropped. Together the four lines match CE 3.152.16 (which reads vyāvidhya … sahasābhipetuḥ in the second line).

Verse 20 (3.155.20)

वातेन कुन्त्यां बलवान्सुजातः । शूरस्तरस्वी द्विषतां निहन्ता । सत्ये च धर्मे च रतः सदैव । पराक्रमे शत्रुभिरप्रधृष्यः ॥

vātena kuntyāṃ balavānsujātaḥ | śūrastarasvī dviṣatāṃ nihantā | satye ca dharme ca rataḥ sadaiva | parākrame śatrubhirapradhṛṣyaḥ

But he was nobly born, the mighty son of Kunti by the Wind-god, brave and swift, a slayer of his enemies, ever devoted to truth and dharma, and in valour unassailable by his foes.

Verse 21 (3.155.21)

तेषां स मार्गान्विविधान्महात्मा । निहत्य शस्त्राणि च शात्रवाणाम् । यथा प्रवीरान्निजघान भीमः । परश्शतान्पुष्करिणीसमीपे ॥

teṣāṃ sa mārgānvividhānmahātmā | nihatya śastrāṇi ca śātravāṇām | yathā pravīrānnijaghāna bhīmaḥ | paraśśatānpuṣkariṇīsamīpe

The great-souled Bhima foiled their many manoeuvres, struck down the weapons of his foes, and slew more than a hundred of their champions beside the lotus pool.

Note on the text: Corrected शास्त्रवाणाम् → शात्रवाणाम् (misprint in Wikisource; "of the enemies"; the critical edition reads śātravāṇām).

Verse 22 (3.155.22)

ते तस्य वीर्यं च बलं च दृष्ट्वा । विद्याबलंबाहुबलं तथैव । अशक्नुवन्तः सहितं समन्ता- । द्द्रुतं प्रवीराः सहसा निवृत्ताः ॥

te tasya vīryaṃ ca balaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā | vidyābalaṃbāhubalaṃ tathaiva | aśaknuvantaḥ sahitaṃ samantā- | ddrutaṃ pravīrāḥ sahasā nivṛttāḥ

Seeing his valour and strength, his skill in arms and the might of his arms, and unable to stand against him even all together, the champions quickly fled from every side.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रवीरा → प्रवीराः (misprint in Wikisource; the visarga of the nominative plural was dropped).

Verse 23 (3.155.23)

विदीर्यमाणास्तत एव तूर्ण- । माकाशमास्थाय विमूढसंज्ञाः । कैलासशृङ्गाण्यभिदुद्रुवुस्ते । भीमार्दिताः क्रोधवशाः प्रभग्नाः ॥

vidīryamāṇāstata eva tūrṇa- | mākāśamāsthāya vimūḍhasaṃjñāḥ | kailāsaśṛṅgāṇyabhidudruvuste | bhīmārditāḥ krodhavaśāḥ prabhagnāḥ

Torn and broken, their senses reeling, they rose at once into the sky and fled toward the peaks of Kailasa, the Krodhavashas, crushed and routed by Bhima.

Verse 24 (3.155.24)

स शक्रवद्दानवदैत्यसङ्घान् । विक्रम्य जित्वा च रणेऽरिसङ्घान् । विगाह्यतां पुष्करिणीं जितारिः । कामं स जग्राह ततोऽम्बुजानि ॥

sa śakravaddānavadaityasaṅghān | vikramya jitvā ca raṇe'risaṅghān | vigāhyatāṃ puṣkariṇīṃ jitāriḥ | kāmaṃ sa jagrāha tato'mbujāni

Like Shakra against the hosts of Danavas and Daityas, he had overpowered and beaten the hosts of his enemies in battle. Then, his foes defeated, he plunged into the pool and gathered the lotuses as he pleased.

Note on the text: Corrected पुष्करीणीं → पुष्करिणीं (misprint in Wikisource; the long ī breaks the metre; the critical edition reads puṣkariṇīṃ).

Verse 25 (3.155.25)

ततः स पीत्वाऽमृतकल्पमम्भो । भूयो बभूवोत्तमवीर्यतेजाः । उत्पाट्य जग्राह ततोऽम्बुजानि । सौगन्धिकान्युत्तमगन्धवन्ति ॥

tataḥ sa pītvā'mṛtakalpamambho | bhūyo babhūvottamavīryatejāḥ | utpāṭya jagrāha tato'mbujāni | saugandhikānyuttamagandhavanti

Then, drinking that water, which was like nectar, he grew greater still in strength and splendour; and he plucked and took the saugandhika lotuses of surpassing fragrance.

Verse 26 (3.155.26)

ततस्तु ते क्रोधवशाः समेत्य । धनेश्वरं भीमबलप्रणुन्नाः । भीमस्य वीर्यं च बलं च संख्ये । यथावदाचख्युरतीव दीनाः ॥

tatastu te krodhavaśāḥ sametya | dhaneśvaraṃ bhīmabalapraṇunnāḥ | bhīmasya vīryaṃ ca balaṃ ca saṃkhye | yathāvadācakhyuratīva dīnāḥ

Then the Krodhavashas, driven off by Bhima's might, went together to the Lord of Wealth and, in great distress, told him truly of Bhima's valour and strength in the fight.

Verse 27 (3.155.27)

तेषां वचस्तत्तु निशाम्य देवः । प्रहस्य रक्षांसि ततोऽभ्युवाच । गृह्णातु भीमो जलजानि कामं । कृष्णानिमित्तं विदितं ममैतत् ॥

teṣāṃ vacastattu niśāmya devaḥ | prahasya rakṣāṃsi tato'bhyuvāca | gṛhṇātu bhīmo jalajāni kāmaṃ | kṛṣṇānimittaṃ viditaṃ mamaitat

Hearing what they said, the god laughed and said to the Rakshasas: "Let Bhima take the lotuses as he pleases. I know that this is for Krishna's sake."

Verse 28 (3.155.28)

ततोऽभ्यनुज्ञाय धनेश्वरं ते । जग्मुः कुरूणां प्रवरं विरोषाः । भीमं च तस्यां ददृशुर्नलिन्यां । यथोपजोषं विहरन्तमेकम् ॥

tato'bhyanujñāya dhaneśvaraṃ te | jagmuḥ kurūṇāṃ pravaraṃ viroṣāḥ | bhīmaṃ ca tasyāṃ dadṛśurnalinyāṃ | yathopajoṣaṃ viharantamekam

Then, taking leave of the Lord of Wealth, they went without anger to the foremost of the Kurus, and saw Bhima alone in the lotus lake, sporting there at his ease.