Bhima Storms Kubera's Peak and Slays Manimat

Verse 1 (3.161.1)

आर्ष्टिषेणाश्रमे तस्मिन्मम पूर्वपितामहाः । पाण्डोः पुत्रा महात्मानः सर्वे दिव्यपराक्रमाः ॥

ārṣṭiṣeṇāśrame tasminmama pūrvapitāmahāḥ | pāṇḍoḥ putrā mahātmānaḥ sarve divyaparākramāḥ

My forefathers, the high-souled sons of Pandu, all of godlike prowess, there in Arshtishena's hermitage —

Note on the text: Corrected महात्मान → महात्मानः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, the critical edition reads mahātmānaḥ). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.1*799); the second line = CE 3.157.1ab.

Verse 2 (3.161.2)

कियन्तं कालमवसन्पर्वते गन्धमादने । किंच चक्रुर्महावीर्याः सर्वेऽतिबलपौरुषाः ॥

kiyantaṃ kālamavasanparvate gandhamādane | kiṃca cakrurmahāvīryāḥ sarve'tibalapauruṣāḥ

how long did they live on Mount Gandhamadana? And what did those great heroes, all of surpassing strength and manliness, do there?

Note on the text: First line = CE 3.157.1cd; the second line is not in the critical edition (a variant of CE apparatus 3.157.1d*800, found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (3.161.3)

कानि चाभ्यवहार्याणि तत्र तेषां महात्मनाम् । वसतां लोकवीराणामासंस्तद्ब्रूहि सत्तम ॥

kāni cābhyavahāryāṇi tatra teṣāṃ mahātmanām | vasatāṃ lokavīrāṇāmāsaṃstadbrūhi sattama

What food did those high-souled ones, heroes of the world, have while they lived there? Tell me that, O best of men.

Verse 4 (3.161.4)

विस्तरेण च मे शंस भीमसेनपराक्रमम् । यद्यच्चक्रे महाबाहुस्तस्मिन्हैमवते गिरौ ॥

vistareṇa ca me śaṃsa bhīmasenaparākramam | yadyaccakre mahābāhustasminhaimavate girau

And tell me at length of Bhimasena's prowess — whatever the mighty-armed one did on that Himalayan mountain.

Verse 5 (3.161.5)

न खल्वासीत्पुनर्युद्धं तस्य यक्षैर्द्विजोत्तम । धनदाध्युषिते नित्यं वसतस्तत्र पर्वते ॥

na khalvāsītpunaryuddhaṃ tasya yakṣairdvijottama | dhanadādhyuṣite nityaṃ vasatastatra parvate

Was there truly no further fight between him and the yakshas, O best of brahmins, while he lived on that mountain where the Lord of Wealth always dwells?

Note on the text: Corrected तस् → तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the critical edition reads tasya). Removed the quote marks around the second line. First line = CE 3.157.3ef; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.3f*801).

Verse 6 (3.161.6)

कच्चित्समागमस्तेषामासीद्वैश्रवणस्य च । तत्र ह्यायाति धनद आर्ष्टिषेणो यथाऽब्रवीत् ॥

kaccitsamāgamasteṣāmāsīdvaiśravaṇasya ca | tatra hyāyāti dhanada ārṣṭiṣeṇo yathā'bravīt

Did they meet Vaishravana? For the Lord of Wealth comes there, as Arshtishena said.

Verse 7 (3.161.7)

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण तपोधन । न हि मे शृण्वतस्तृप्तिरस्ति तेषां विचेष्टितम् ॥

etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ vistareṇa tapodhana | na hi me śṛṇvatastṛptirasti teṣāṃ viceṣṭitam

This I wish to hear at length, O you who are rich in austerities, for I am never sated with hearing of their deeds.

Note on the text: Corrected रविस्तरेण → विस्तरेण (misprint in Wikisource; stray र, the critical edition reads vistareṇa).

Verse 8 (3.161.8)

एतदात्महितं श्रुत्वा तस्याप्रतिमतेजसः । शासनं सततं चक्रुस्तथैव भरतर्षभाः ॥

etadātmahitaṃ śrutvā tasyāpratimatejasaḥ | śāsanaṃ satataṃ cakrustathaiva bharatarṣabhāḥ

Having heard that counsel for their own good from the sage of matchless splendour, the bulls of the Bharatas always followed his instruction exactly.

Verse 9 (3.161.9)

भुञ्जाना मुनिभोज्यानि रसवन्ति फलानि च । शुद्धबाणहतानां च मृगाणां पिशितान्यपि ॥

bhuñjānā munibhojyāni rasavanti phalāni ca | śuddhabāṇahatānāṃ ca mṛgāṇāṃ piśitānyapi

They ate the food of hermits, juicy fruits, and the flesh of deer killed with clean arrows,

Verse 10 (3.161.10)

मेध्यानि हिमवत्पृष्ठे मधूनि विविधानि च । एवं ते न्यवसंस्तत्र पाण्डवा भरतर्षभाः ॥

medhyāni himavatpṛṣṭhe madhūni vividhāni ca | evaṃ te nyavasaṃstatra pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabhāḥ

and pure honeys of many kinds from the Himalayan heights. Thus the Pandavas, bulls of the Bharatas, lived there.

Verse 11 (3.161.11)

तथा निवसतां तेषां पञ्चमं वर्षमभ्यगात् । शृण्वतां लोमशोक्तानि वाक्यानि विविधान्युत ॥

tathā nivasatāṃ teṣāṃ pañcamaṃ varṣamabhyagāt | śṛṇvatāṃ lomaśoktāni vākyāni vividhānyuta

As they lived thus, listening to Lomasha's many discourses, the fifth year came round.

Verse 12 (3.161.12)

कृत्यकाल उपस्थास्य इति चोक्त्वा घटोत्कचः । राक्षसैः सह सर्वैश्च पूर्वमेव गतः प्रभो ॥

kṛtyakāla upasthāsya iti coktvā ghaṭotkacaḥ | rākṣasaiḥ saha sarvaiśca pūrvameva gataḥ prabho

Saying, "I will be at hand when there is work to be done," Ghatotkacha had already gone away with all the rakshasas, my lord.

Note on the text: Corrected उपस्तास्य → उपस्थास्य (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ, the critical edition reads upasthāsya).

Verse 13 (3.161.13)

आर्ष्टिषेणाश्रमे तेषां वसतां वै महात्मनाम् । अगच्छन्बहवो मासाः पश्यतां महदद्भुतम् ॥

ārṣṭiṣeṇāśrame teṣāṃ vasatāṃ vai mahātmanām | agacchanbahavo māsāḥ paśyatāṃ mahadadbhutam

While those high-souled ones lived in Arshtishena's hermitage, many months went by as they looked on great wonders.

Verse 14 (3.161.14)

तैस्तत्रविहरद्भिश्च रममाणैश्च पाण्डवैः । प्रीतिमन्तो महाभागा मुनयश्चारणास्तथा ॥

taistatraviharadbhiśca ramamāṇaiśca pāṇḍavaiḥ | prītimanto mahābhāgā munayaścāraṇāstathā

To the Pandavas, as they roamed and took their delight there, came joyful and blessed sages and charanas,

Verse 15 (3.161.15)

आजग्मुः पाण्डवान्द्रष्टुं शुद्धात्मानो यतव्रताः । ते तैः सह कथां चक्रुर्दिव्यां भरतसत्तमाः ॥

ājagmuḥ pāṇḍavāndraṣṭuṃ śuddhātmāno yatavratāḥ | te taiḥ saha kathāṃ cakrurdivyāṃ bharatasattamāḥ

pure in soul and firm in their vows, to see them; and the best of the Bharatas held heavenly conversations with them.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रिव्यां → दिव्यां (misprint in Wikisource; stray र, the critical edition reads divyā).

Verse 16 (3.161.16)

ततः कतिपयाहस्सु महाह्रदनिवासिनम् । ऋद्धिमन्तं महानागं सुपर्णः सहसाऽहरत् ॥

tataḥ katipayāhassu mahāhradanivāsinam | ṛddhimantaṃ mahānāgaṃ suparṇaḥ sahasā'harat

Then, after some days, Suparna (Garuda) suddenly carried off a mighty great serpent that lived in a great lake.

Verse 17 (3.161.17)

प्राकम्पत महाशैलः प्रामृद्यन्त महाद्रुमाः । ददृशुः सर्वभूतानि पाण्डवाश्च तदद्भुतम् ॥

prākampata mahāśailaḥ prāmṛdyanta mahādrumāḥ | dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni pāṇḍavāśca tadadbhutam

The great mountain shook and great trees were crushed; all beings, and the Pandavas, saw that wonder.

Note on the text: Corrected पाणअडवाश्च → पाण्डवाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, the critical edition reads pāṇḍavāś ca).

Verse 18 (3.161.18)

ततः शैलोत्तमस्याग्रात्पाण्डवान्प्रति मारुतः । अवहत्सर्वमाल्यानि गन्धवन्ति शुभानि च ॥

tataḥ śailottamasyāgrātpāṇḍavānprati mārutaḥ | avahatsarvamālyāni gandhavanti śubhāni ca

Then from the summit of that best of mountains the wind carried towards the Pandavas flowers of every kind, fragrant and lovely.

Verse 19 (3.161.19)

तत्रपुष्पाणि दिव्यानि सुहृद्भिः सह पाण्डवाः । ददृशुः पञ्चवर्णानि द्रौपदी च यशस्विनी ॥

tatrapuṣpāṇi divyāni suhṛdbhiḥ saha pāṇḍavāḥ | dadṛśuḥ pañcavarṇāni draupadī ca yaśasvinī

There the Pandavas with their friends, and glorious Draupadi, saw heavenly flowers of five colours.

Verse 20 (3.161.20)

भीमसेनं ततः कृष्णा काले वचनमब्रवीत् । विविक्ते पर्वतोद्देशे सुखासीनं महाभुजम् ॥

bhīmasenaṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇā kāle vacanamabravīt | vivikte parvatoddeśe sukhāsīnaṃ mahābhujam

Then Krishna (Draupadi), at a fitting moment, spoke to mighty-armed Bhimasena as he sat at ease in a secluded spot on the mountain:

Verse 21 (3.161.21)

सुपर्णानिलवेगेन श्वसनेन महाबलात् । पञ्चवर्णानि पात्यन्ते पुष्पाणि भरतर्षभ ॥

suparṇānilavegena śvasanena mahābalāt | pañcavarṇāni pātyante puṣpāṇi bharatarṣabha

By the force of the wind of Suparna's wings, a mighty blast, flowers of five colours are being shaken down, O bull of the Bharatas —

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; Draupadi's speech, announced in verse 20, runs through verse 33, so these verses are given to her. This verse = CE 3.157.19abcd; the half-line that completes it in the critical edition (19ef) is printed after the inserted passage, as verse 26.

Verse 22 (3.161.22)

दिव्यवर्णानि दिव्यानि दिव्यगन्धवहानि च । मदयन्तीव गन्धेन मनो मे भरतर्षभ ॥

divyavarṇāni divyāni divyagandhavahāni ca | madayantīva gandhena mano me bharatarṣabha

heavenly in colour, heavenly, breathing a heavenly fragrance; with their scent they seem to intoxicate my mind, O bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected दिव्यावर्णानि → दिव्यवर्णानि (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign, the CE apparatus reads divyavarṇāni). Removed a stray quote mark. Verses 22–25 are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.19d*802).

Verse 23 (3.161.23)

येषां तु दर्शनात्स्पर्शान्सौरभ्याच्च तथैव च । नश्यतीव मनोदुःखं ममेदं शत्रुतापन ॥

yeṣāṃ tu darśanātsparśānsaurabhyācca tathaiva ca | naśyatīva manoduḥkhaṃ mamedaṃ śatrutāpana

At the sight of them, at their touch and at their fragrance, this sorrow of my heart seems to melt away, O scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.19d*802).

Verse 24 (3.161.24)

ईदृशैः कुसुमैर्दिव्यैर्दिव्यगन्धवहैः शुभैः । देवतान्यर्चयित्वाऽहमिच्छेयं सङ्गमं त्वया ॥

īdṛśaiḥ kusumairdivyairdivyagandhavahaiḥ śubhaiḥ | devatānyarcayitvā'hamiccheyaṃ saṅgamaṃ tvayā

With such heavenly flowers, lovely and breathing heavenly fragrance, I would worship the gods and then long to be united with you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.19d*802).

Verse 25 (3.161.25)

इदं तु पुरुषव्याघ्र विशेषेणाम्बुजं शुभम् । गन्धसंस्थानसंपन्नं मम मानसवर्धनम् ॥

idaṃ tu puruṣavyāghra viśeṣeṇāmbujaṃ śubham | gandhasaṃsthānasaṃpannaṃ mama mānasavardhanam

And this lotus above all, O tiger among men, so lovely, perfect in fragrance and in form, gladdens my heart.

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.19d*802).

Verse 26 (3.161.26)

प्रत्यक्षं सर्वलोकस्य नदीमश्वरथां प्रति ॥

pratyakṣaṃ sarvalokasya nadīmaśvarathāṃ prati

— in the sight of all the world, towards the river Ashvaratha.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वलोकस् नह्यदृश्यत मां प्रति → सर्वलोकस्य नदीमश्वरथां प्रति (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara in सर्वलोकस्य and a garbled नह्यदृश्यत मां that gives no sense here; the critical edition reads nadīm aśvarathāṃ prati, "towards the river Ashvaratha"). Printed as a single half-verse (WS 26a); it completes verse 21, as CE 3.157.19ef.

Verse 27 (3.161.27)

वासुदेवसहायेन वासुदेवप्रियेण च । खाण्डवे सत्यसन्धेन भ्रात्रा तव महात्मना ॥

vāsudevasahāyena vāsudevapriyeṇa ca | khāṇḍave satyasandhena bhrātrā tava mahātmanā

At Khandava, your brother — the high-souled one, true to his word, whose ally and dear friend is Vasudeva —

Note on the text: Removed the quote marks around the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.19f*803); the second line = CE 3.157.20ab.

Verse 28 (3.161.28)

गन्धर्वोरगरक्षांसि वासवश्च पराजितः । हता मायाविनश्चोग्रा धनुः प्राप्तं च गाण्डिवं ॥

gandharvoragarakṣāṃsi vāsavaśca parājitaḥ | hatā māyāvinaścogrā dhanuḥ prāptaṃ ca gāṇḍivaṃ

defeated gandharvas, serpents and rakshasas, and Vasava (Indra) as well; fierce masters of illusion were slain, and the bow Gandiva was won.

Verse 29 (3.161.29)

तवापि सुमहत्तेजो महद्बाहुबलं च ते । अविषह्यमनाधृष्यं शक्रतुल्यपराक्रम ॥

tavāpi sumahattejo mahadbāhubalaṃ ca te | aviṣahyamanādhṛṣyaṃ śakratulyaparākrama

Yours too is a very great might, and great is the strength of your arms — not to be withstood, not to be assailed, O you whose valour equals Shakra's.

Verse 30 (3.161.30)

त्वद्बाहुबलवेगेन त्रासिताः सर्वराक्षसाः । हित्वा शैलं प्रपद्यन्तां भीमसेन दिशो दश ॥

tvadbāhubalavegena trāsitāḥ sarvarākṣasāḥ | hitvā śailaṃ prapadyantāṃ bhīmasena diśo daśa

Terrified by the force of your mighty arms, let all the rakshasas abandon the mountain and flee to the ten directions, Bhimasena.

Verse 31 (3.161.31)

ततः शैलोत्तमस्याग्रं चित्रमाल्यधरं शिवम् । व्यपेतभयसंमोहाः पश्यन्तु सुहृदस्तव ॥

tataḥ śailottamasyāgraṃ citramālyadharaṃ śivam | vyapetabhayasaṃmohāḥ paśyantu suhṛdastava

Then let your friends, freed from fear and confusion, behold the summit of that best of mountains, auspicious and decked with bright flowers.

Verse 32 (3.161.32)

एवं प्रणिहितं भीम चिरात्प्रभृतिमे मनः । द्रष्टुमिच्छामि शैलाग्रं त्वद्बाहुबलमाश्रिता ॥

evaṃ praṇihitaṃ bhīma cirātprabhṛtime manaḥ | draṣṭumicchāmi śailāgraṃ tvadbāhubalamāśritā

This, Bhima, is what my heart has long been set on: relying on the strength of your arms, I wish to see the mountain's peak.

Verse 33 (3.161.33)

इच्छामि च नरव्याघ्र पुष्पं प्रत्यक्षमीदृशम् । आनीयमानं क्षिप्रं वै त्वया भरतसत्तम ॥

icchāmi ca naravyāghra puṣpaṃ pratyakṣamīdṛśam | ānīyamānaṃ kṣipraṃ vai tvayā bharatasattama

And, tiger among men, I wish to see such a flower before my own eyes, brought here quickly by you, best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Removed the quote marks around the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.24d*805).

Verse 34 (3.161.34)

ततः क्षिप्तमिवात्मानं द्रौपद्या स परंतपः । नामृष्यत महाबाहुः प्रहारमिवसद्गजः ॥

tataḥ kṣiptamivātmānaṃ draupadyā sa paraṃtapaḥ | nāmṛṣyata mahābāhuḥ prahāramivasadgajaḥ

Then that scorcher of foes, the mighty-armed one, feeling himself as good as taunted by Draupadi, could not bear it, as a noble elephant cannot bear a blow.

Verse 35 (3.161.35)

सिंहर्षभगतिः श्रीमानुदारः कनकप्रभः । मनस्वी बलवान्दृप्तो मानी शूरश्च पाण्डवः ॥

siṃharṣabhagatiḥ śrīmānudāraḥ kanakaprabhaḥ | manasvī balavāndṛpto mānī śūraśca pāṇḍavaḥ

With the gait of a lion or a bull, splendid, noble, gleaming like gold, high-spirited, strong, proud, haughty and brave was the Pandava;

Note on the text: Corrected दृष्टो → दृप्तो and भूरश्च → शूरश्च (misprints in Wikisource; ष्ट for प्त and भ for श, the critical edition reads dṛpto and śūraś ca).

Verse 36 (3.161.36)

लोहिताक्षः पृथुव्यंसो मत्तवारणविक्रमः । सिंहदंष्ट्रो वृषस्कन्धः सालपोत इवोद्गतः ॥

lohitākṣaḥ pṛthuvyaṃso mattavāraṇavikramaḥ | siṃhadaṃṣṭro vṛṣaskandhaḥ sālapota ivodgataḥ

red-eyed, broad-shouldered, with the stride of an elephant in rut, lion-toothed, bull-shouldered, tall as a young sal tree;

Verse 37 (3.161.37)

महात्मा चारुसर्वाङ्गः कम्बुग्रीवो महाहनुः । रुक्मपृष्ठं धनुः खड्गं तूणांश्चापि परामृशन् ॥

mahātmā cārusarvāṅgaḥ kambugrīvo mahāhanuḥ | rukmapṛṣṭhaṃ dhanuḥ khaḍgaṃ tūṇāṃścāpi parāmṛśan

great-souled, fair in every limb, with a neck lined like a conch and a mighty jaw — he took up his gold-backed bow, his sword and his quivers.

Note on the text: Corrected चारुसर्वाङ्ग → चारुसर्वाङ्गः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, the critical edition reads cārusarvāṅgaḥ) and खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint; the critical edition reads khaḍgaṃ).

Verse 38 (3.161.38)

सकेसरीव चोत्सिक्तः प्रभिन्न इव वारणः । व्यपेतभयसंमोहः शैलमभ्यपतद्बली ॥

sakesarīva cotsiktaḥ prabhinna iva vāraṇaḥ | vyapetabhayasaṃmohaḥ śailamabhyapatadbalī

Like a proud lion, like an elephant in rut, the mighty one, free of fear and confusion, rushed towards the mountain.

Verse 39 (3.161.39)

तं मृगेन्द्रमिवायान्तं प्रभिन्नमिव वारणम् । ददृशुः सर्वभूतानि पार्थं खड्गधनुर्धरम् ॥

taṃ mṛgendramivāyāntaṃ prabhinnamiva vāraṇam | dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni pārthaṃ khaḍgadhanurdharam

All beings watched the son of Pritha, bearing sword and bow, as he came on like the king of beasts, like an elephant in rut.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गधनुर्धरम् → खड्गधनुर्धरम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads khaḍga).

Verse 40 (3.161.40)

द्रौपद्या वर्धयन्हर्षं गदामादाय पाण्डवः । व्यपेतभयसंमोहः शैलराजं समाविशत् ॥

draupadyā vardhayanharṣaṃ gadāmādāya pāṇḍavaḥ | vyapetabhayasaṃmohaḥ śailarājaṃ samāviśat

Adding to Draupadi's joy, the Pandava took up his mace and, free of fear and confusion, entered the king of mountains.

Verse 41 (3.161.41)

न ग्लानिर्न च कातर्यं न वैक्लव्यं न मत्सरः । कदाचिज्जुषते पार्थमात्मजं मातरिश्वनः ॥

na glānirna ca kātaryaṃ na vaiklavyaṃ na matsaraḥ | kadācijjuṣate pārthamātmajaṃ mātariśvanaḥ

Weariness, timidity, faintness of heart and envy never touch the son of Pritha, the son of the Wind.

Verse 42 (3.161.42)

तदेकायनमासाद्य विषमं भीमदर्शनम् । बहुतालोच्छ्रयं शृङ्गमारुरोह महाबलः ॥

tadekāyanamāsādya viṣamaṃ bhīmadarśanam | bahutālocchrayaṃ śṛṅgamāruroha mahābalaḥ

Reaching a path wide enough for one alone, rough and fearsome to look on, the mighty one climbed a peak as high as many palm trees.

Verse 43 (3.161.43)

स किन्नरमहानागमुनिगन्धर्वराक्षसान् । हर्षयन्पर्वतस्याग्रमारुरोह महाबलः ॥

sa kinnaramahānāgamunigandharvarākṣasān | harṣayanparvatasyāgramāruroha mahābalaḥ

Delighting kinnaras, great serpents, sages, gandharvas and rakshasas, the mighty one climbed to the top of the mountain.

Verse 44 (3.161.44)

ततो वैश्रवणावासं ददर्श भरतर्षभः । काञ्चनैः स्फाटिकैश्चैव वेश्मभिः समलंकृतम् ॥

tato vaiśravaṇāvāsaṃ dadarśa bharatarṣabhaḥ | kāñcanaiḥ sphāṭikaiścaiva veśmabhiḥ samalaṃkṛtam

Then the bull of the Bharatas saw the abode of Vaishravana (Kubera), adorned with mansions of gold and crystal,

Verse 45 (3.161.45)

प्राकारेण परिक्षिप्तं सौवर्णेन समन्ततः । सर्वरत्नद्युतिमता सर्वोद्यानवता तथा ॥

prākāreṇa parikṣiptaṃ sauvarṇena samantataḥ | sarvaratnadyutimatā sarvodyānavatā tathā

surrounded on all sides by a golden wall that shone with the lustre of every jewel and held gardens of every kind —

Note on the text: Removed a stray opening bracket. Verses 45–48 are bracketed in Wikisource and are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.35d*806).

Verse 46 (3.161.46)

शैलादभ्युच्छ्रयवता चयाट्टालकशोभिना । द्वारतोरणनिर्व्यूहध्वजसंवाहशोभिना ॥

śailādabhyucchrayavatā cayāṭṭālakaśobhinā | dvāratoraṇanirvyūhadhvajasaṃvāhaśobhinā

a wall rising higher than the mountain, handsome with its ramparts and towers, handsome with gates, archways, projecting turrets and rows of banners;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.35d*806).

Verse 47 (3.161.47)

विलासिनीभिरत्यर्थं नृत्यन्तीभिः समन्ततः । वायुना धूयमानाभिः पताकाभिरलंकृतम् ॥

vilāsinībhiratyarthaṃ nṛtyantībhiḥ samantataḥ | vāyunā dhūyamānābhiḥ patākābhiralaṃkṛtam

and it was adorned with pennants that tossed in the wind and danced wildly on every side like playful women.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.35d*806).

Verse 48 (3.161.48)

धनुष्कोटिमवष्टभ्य वक्रभावेन बाहुना । पश्यमानः सखेदेन द्रविणाधिपतेः पुरम् ॥

dhanuṣkoṭimavaṣṭabhya vakrabhāvena bāhunā | paśyamānaḥ sakhedena draviṇādhipateḥ puram

Leaning on the tip of his bow, his arm crooked, he gazed with sorrow at the city of the Lord of Wealth.

Note on the text: Removed a stray closing bracket and a doubled danda (।।]). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.35d*806).

Verse 49 (3.161.49)

मोदयन्सर्वभूतानि गन्धमादनसंभवः । सर्वगन्धवहस्तत्र मारुतः सुसुखो ववौ ॥

modayansarvabhūtāni gandhamādanasaṃbhavaḥ | sarvagandhavahastatra mārutaḥ susukho vavau

Gladdening all creatures, a wind born on Gandhamadana, carrying every fragrance, blew there most pleasantly.

Note on the text: Corrected मोदयनसर्वभूतानि → मोदयन्सर्वभूतानि (misprint in Wikisource; full न for half न्, the critical edition reads modayan sarvabhūtāni).

Verse 50 (3.161.50)

चित्रा विविधवर्णाभाश्चित्रमञ्जरिधारिणः । अचिन्त्या विविधास्तत्र द्रुमाः परमशोभिनः ॥

citrā vividhavarṇābhāścitramañjaridhāriṇaḥ | acintyā vividhāstatra drumāḥ paramaśobhinaḥ

Trees beyond imagining stood there, of many kinds, wonderful, gleaming in many colours, bearing bright clusters of blossom, surpassingly beautiful.

Verse 51 (3.161.51)

रत्नजालपरिक्षिप्तं चित्रमाल्यविभूषितम् । राक्षसाधिपतेः स्थानं ददृशे भरतर्षभः ॥

ratnajālaparikṣiptaṃ citramālyavibhūṣitam | rākṣasādhipateḥ sthānaṃ dadṛśe bharatarṣabhaḥ

The bull of the Bharatas saw the dwelling of the lord of the rakshasas, hung with nets of jewels and decked with bright garlands.

Verse 52 (3.161.52)

गदाखड्गधनुष्पाणिः समभित्यक्तजीवितः । भीमसेनो महाबाहुस्तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः ॥

gadākhaḍgadhanuṣpāṇiḥ samabhityaktajīvitaḥ | bhīmaseno mahābāhustasthau giririvācalaḥ

Mace, sword and bow in hand, careless of his life, mighty-armed Bhimasena stood there, unmoving as a mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected गदाखङ्ग → गदाखड्ग and गिरिवाचलः → गिरिरिवाचलः (misprints in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, and a dropped akshara that also breaks the metre; the critical edition reads khaḍga and girir ivācalaḥ).

Verse 53 (3.161.53)

ततः शङ्खमुपाध्माय द्विषतां रोमहर्षणम् । ज्याघोषं तलशब्दं च कृत्वा भूतान्यमोहयत् ॥

tataḥ śaṅkhamupādhmāya dviṣatāṃ romaharṣaṇam | jyāghoṣaṃ talaśabdaṃ ca kṛtvā bhūtānyamohayat

Then he blew his conch, which made his enemies' hair stand on end, and with the twang of his bowstring and the slap of his palms he stunned the creatures there.

Verse 54 (3.161.54)

ततः प्रहृष्टरोमाणस्तं शब्दमभिदुद्रुवुः । यक्षराक्षसगन्धर्वाः पाण्डवस्य समीपतः ॥

tataḥ prahṛṣṭaromāṇastaṃ śabdamabhidudruvuḥ | yakṣarākṣasagandharvāḥ pāṇḍavasya samīpataḥ

Then, their hair bristling, yakshas, rakshasas and gandharvas rushed towards that sound, close up to the Pandava.

Verse 55 (3.161.55)

गदापरिघनिस्त्रिंशशूलशक्तिपरश्वथाः । प्रगृहीता व्यरोचन्त यक्षराक्षसबाहुभिः ॥

gadāparighanistriṃśaśūlaśaktiparaśvathāḥ | pragṛhītā vyarocanta yakṣarākṣasabāhubhiḥ

Maces, iron clubs, swords, lances, darts and axes gleamed, gripped in the arms of the yakshas and rakshasas.

Verse 56 (3.161.56)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तेषां तस्य च भारत ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ teṣāṃ tasya ca bhārata

Then the battle began between them and him, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Printed as a single half-verse (WS 56a); with verse 57 it makes CE 3.157.43.

Verse 57 (3.161.57)

तैः प्रयुक्तान्महामायैः शूलशक्तिपरश्वथान् । भल्लैर्भीमः प्रचिच्छेद भीमवेगतरैस्ततः ॥

taiḥ prayuktānmahāmāyaiḥ śūlaśaktiparaśvathān | bhallairbhīmaḥ praciccheda bhīmavegataraistataḥ

With broad-headed arrows of fearsome speed Bhima then cut apart the lances, darts and axes hurled by those great masters of illusion.

Verse 58 (3.161.58)

अन्तरिक्षगतानां च भूमिष्ठानां च गर्जताम् । शरैर्विव्याध गात्राणि राक्षसानां महाबलः ॥

antarikṣagatānāṃ ca bhūmiṣṭhānāṃ ca garjatām | śarairvivyādha gātrāṇi rākṣasānāṃ mahābalaḥ

With his arrows the mighty one pierced the bodies of the roaring rakshasas, those in the sky and those on the ground alike.

Note on the text: Corrected गात्राणइ → गात्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; broken vowel sign, the critical edition reads gātrāṇi).

Verse 59 (3.161.59)

शोणितस्य ततः पेतुर्घनानामिव भारत । गात्रेभ्यः प्रच्युता धारा राक्षसानां समन्ततः । स लोहितमहावृष्टिमभ्यवर्षन्महाबलः ॥

śoṇitasya tataḥ peturghanānāmiva bhārata | gātrebhyaḥ pracyutā dhārā rākṣasānāṃ samantataḥ | sa lohitamahāvṛṣṭimabhyavarṣanmahābalaḥ

Then streams of blood fell like rain from clouds, O Bharata, pouring on every side from the limbs of the rakshasas: the mighty one brought down a great shower of blood.

Note on the text: Removed stray quote marks and a doubled danda. Corrected महावष्टिम् → महावृष्टिम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, the critical edition reads lohitamahāvṛṣṭir). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.44d*808); the second line is a variant of CE 3.157.45cd (which verse 60 repeats with कायेभ्यः); the third line corresponds to CE 3.157.45ab.

Verse 60 (3.161.60)

गदापरिघपाणीनां रक्षसां कायसंभवा । कायेभ्यः प्रच्युता धारा राक्षसानां समन्ततः ॥

gadāparighapāṇīnāṃ rakṣasāṃ kāyasaṃbhavā | kāyebhyaḥ pracyutā dhārā rākṣasānāṃ samantataḥ

Born of the bodies of the rakshasas who wielded maces and iron clubs, the streams poured from those bodies on every side.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 3.157.45d*809); the second line = CE 3.157.45cd.

Verse 61 (3.161.61)

भीमबाहुबलोत्सृष्टैरायुधैर्यक्षरक्षसाम् । विनिकृत्तानि दृश्यन्ते शरीराणि शिरांसि च ॥

bhīmabāhubalotsṛṣṭairāyudhairyakṣarakṣasām | vinikṛttāni dṛśyante śarīrāṇi śirāṃsi ca

The bodies and heads of yakshas and rakshasas were seen hewn apart by the weapons hurled with the strength of Bhima's arms.

Verse 62 (3.161.62)

प्रच्छाद्यमानं रक्षोभिः पाण्डवं प्रियदर्शनम् । ददृशुः सर्वभूतानि सूर्यमभ्रगणैरिव ॥

pracchādyamānaṃ rakṣobhiḥ pāṇḍavaṃ priyadarśanam | dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni sūryamabhragaṇairiva

All beings saw the handsome Pandava hidden by the rakshasas, like the sun by masses of cloud.

Verse 63 (3.161.63)

स रश्मिभिरिवादित्यः शरैररिनिपातिभिः । सर्वानार्च्छन्महाबाहुर्बलवान्सत्यविक्रमः ॥

sa raśmibhirivādityaḥ śarairarinipātibhiḥ | sarvānārcchanmahābāhurbalavānsatyavikramaḥ

Like the sun with its rays, the mighty-armed one, strong and true in valour, struck them all with arrows that brought his enemies down.

Verse 64 (3.161.64)

अभितर्जयमानाश्च रुवन्तश्च महारवान् । सन्नाहं भीमसेनस्य ददृशुः सर्वराक्षसाः ॥

abhitarjayamānāśca ruvantaśca mahāravān | sannāhaṃ bhīmasenasya dadṛśuḥ sarvarākṣasāḥ

Threatening him and roaring great roars, all the rakshasas saw that Bhimasena stood girded for battle.

Note on the text: Corrected रुवन्तश् → रुवन्तश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the critical edition reads ruvantaś ca).

Verse 65 (3.161.65)

ते हि विक्षतसर्वाङ्गा भीमसेनभयार्दिताः । भीममार्तस्वरं चक्रुर्विप्रकीर्णमहायुधाः ॥

te hi vikṣatasarvāṅgā bhīmasenabhayārditāḥ | bhīmamārtasvaraṃ cakrurviprakīrṇamahāyudhāḥ

Wounded in every limb and tormented by fear of Bhimasena, they raised a dreadful cry of pain, their great weapons scattered.

Verse 66 (3.161.66)

उत्सृज्य ते गदाशूलानसिशक्तिपरश्वथान् । दक्षिणां दिशमाजग्मुस्त्रासिता दृढधन्वना ॥

utsṛjya te gadāśūlānasiśaktiparaśvathān | dakṣiṇāṃ diśamājagmustrāsitā dṛḍhadhanvanā

Throwing down their maces and lances, swords, darts and axes, they fled to the southern quarter, terrified by the warrior of the firm bow.

Verse 67 (3.161.67)

तत्र शूलगदापाणिर्व्यूढोरस्को महाभुजः । सखा वैश्रवणस्यासीन्मणिमान्नाम राक्षसः ॥

tatra śūlagadāpāṇirvyūḍhorasko mahābhujaḥ | sakhā vaiśravaṇasyāsīnmaṇimānnāma rākṣasaḥ

Among them was a rakshasa named Manimat, a friend of Vaishravana, broad-chested and mighty-armed, with lance and mace in hand.

Verse 68 (3.161.68)

दर्शयन्स प्रतीकारं पौरुषं च महाबलः । स तान्दृष्ट्वा परावृत्तान्स्मयमान इवाब्रवीत् ॥

darśayansa pratīkāraṃ pauruṣaṃ ca mahābalaḥ | sa tāndṛṣṭvā parāvṛttānsmayamāna ivābravīt

Showing his power to strike back and his manhood, the mighty one, seeing them turned in flight, said as if smiling:

Verse 69 (3.161.69)

एकेन बहवः सङ्ख्ये मानुषेण पराजिताः । प्राप्य वैश्रवणावासं किं वक्ष्यथ धनेश्वरम् ॥

ekena bahavaḥ saṅkhye mānuṣeṇa parājitāḥ | prāpya vaiśravaṇāvāsaṃ kiṃ vakṣyatha dhaneśvaram

So many of you, beaten in battle by a single man — a mortal! When you reach Vaishravana's abode, what will you say to the Lord of Wealth?

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; this verse is Manimat's direct speech, announced in verse 68, so it is given to him.

Verse 70 (3.161.70)

एवमाभाष्य तान्सर्वानभ्यवर्तत राक्षसः । शक्तिशूलगदापाणिरभ्यधावत्स पाण्डवम् ॥

evamābhāṣya tānsarvānabhyavartata rākṣasaḥ | śaktiśūlagadāpāṇirabhyadhāvatsa pāṇḍavam

Having spoken thus to them all, the rakshasa turned back and, dart, lance and mace in hand, charged at the Pandava.

Note on the text: Corrected एवमाभाष् → एवमाभाष्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the critical edition reads ābhāṣya).

Verse 71 (3.161.71)

तमापतन्तं वेगेन प्रभिन्नमिव वारणम् । वत्सदन्तैस्त्रिभिः पार्श्वे भीमसेनः समार्दयत् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ vegena prabhinnamiva vāraṇam | vatsadantaistribhiḥ pārśve bhīmasenaḥ samārdayat

As he came rushing on like an elephant in rut, Bhimasena struck him in the side with three calf-tooth arrows.

Verse 72 (3.161.72)

मणिमानपि संक्रुद्धः प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् । प्राहिणोद्भीमसेनाय परिगृह्य महाबलः ॥

maṇimānapi saṃkruddhaḥ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām | prāhiṇodbhīmasenāya parigṛhya mahābalaḥ

Manimat too, enraged, seized a great mace and, gripping it firmly, the mighty one hurled it at Bhimasena.

Verse 73 (3.161.73)

विद्युद्रूपां महाघोरामाकाशे महतीं गदाम् । शरैर्बहुभिरानर्छद्भीमसेनः शिलाशितैः ॥

vidyudrūpāṃ mahāghorāmākāśe mahatīṃ gadām | śarairbahubhirānarchadbhīmasenaḥ śilāśitaiḥ

That great and terrible mace, flashing like lightning in the sky, Bhimasena struck with many stone-whetted arrows.

Verse 74 (3.161.74)

प्रत्यहन्यन्त ते सर्वेगदामासाद्य सायकाः । न वेगं धारयामासुर्गदावेगस्य वेगिताः ॥

pratyahanyanta te sarvegadāmāsādya sāyakāḥ | na vegaṃ dhārayāmāsurgadāvegasya vegitāḥ

All those arrows struck the mace and were turned back; swift as they were, they could not check the force of one so practised with the mace.

Verse 75 (3.161.75)

गदायुद्धसमाचारं बुध्यमानः स वीर्यवान् । व्यंसयामास तं तस्य प्रहारं भीमविक्रमः ॥

gadāyuddhasamācāraṃ budhyamānaḥ sa vīryavān | vyaṃsayāmāsa taṃ tasya prahāraṃ bhīmavikramaḥ

But the valiant one of fearsome prowess (Bhima), knowing the ways of mace-fighting, made that blow of his miss.

Verse 76 (3.161.76)

ततः शक्तिं महाघोरां रुक्मदण्डामयस्मयीम् । तस्मिन्नेवान्तरे धीमान्प्रचिक्षेप स राक्षसः ॥

tataḥ śaktiṃ mahāghorāṃ rukmadaṇḍāmayasmayīm | tasminnevāntare dhīmānpracikṣepa sa rākṣasaḥ

Then, at that very moment, the cunning rakshasa hurled a terrible iron dart with a golden shaft.

Verse 77 (3.161.77)

सा भुजं भीमनिर्ह्रादा भित्त्वा भीमस्य दक्षिणम् । साग्निज्वाला महारौद्रा पपात सहसा भुवि ॥

sā bhujaṃ bhīmanirhrādā bhittvā bhīmasya dakṣiṇam | sāgnijvālā mahāraudrā papāta sahasā bhuvi

With a dreadful roar that fearsome dart, wreathed in flames, pierced Bhima's right arm and suddenly fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Corrected भित्त्वाभीमस् → भित्त्वा भीमस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the critical edition reads bhittvā bhīmasya).

Verse 78 (3.161.78)

सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासः शक्त्याऽमितपराक्रमः । गदां जग्राह कौन्तेयो गदायुद्धविशारदः ॥

so'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ śaktyā'mitaparākramaḥ | gadāṃ jagrāha kaunteyo gadāyuddhaviśāradaḥ

Deeply pierced by the dart, the great bowman of boundless valour, Kunti's son, skilled in fighting with the mace, seized his mace.

Verse 79 (3.161.79)

तां प्रगृह्योन्नदन्भीमः सर्वशैक्यायसीं गदाम् । तरसा सोऽभिदुद्राव मणिमन्तं महाबलम् ॥

tāṃ pragṛhyonnadanbhīmaḥ sarvaśaikyāyasīṃ gadām | tarasā so'bhidudrāva maṇimantaṃ mahābalam

Grasping that mace, made wholly of tempered iron, Bhima roared and rushed swiftly at the mighty Manimat.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.157.64): Wikisource skips verse 79 (blank rows between 78 and 80), though its own commentary glosses शैक्यां under 3-161-79, the word in this verse.

Verse 80 (3.161.80)

दीप्यमानं महाशूलं प्रगृह्य मणिमानपि । प्राहिणोद्भीमसेनाय वेगेन महता नदन् ॥

dīpyamānaṃ mahāśūlaṃ pragṛhya maṇimānapi | prāhiṇodbhīmasenāya vegena mahatā nadan

Manimat too seized a great blazing lance and, roaring, hurled it at Bhimasena with tremendous force.

Note on the text: Restored the first line from the critical edition (3.157.65ab): Wikisource prints only 80b, which has no subject; the critical edition's first line supplies Manimat and the spear that verse 81 breaks.

Verse 81 (3.161.81)

भङ्क्त्वा शूलं गदाग्रेण गदायुद्धविभागवित् । अभिदुद्राव तं तूर्णं गरुत्मानिव पन्नगम् ॥

bhaṅktvā śūlaṃ gadāgreṇa gadāyuddhavibhāgavit | abhidudrāva taṃ tūrṇaṃ garutmāniva pannagam

Breaking the lance with the head of his mace, the master of every movement of mace-fighting rushed swiftly at him, as Garuda swoops on a serpent.

Verse 82 (3.161.82)

सोऽन्तरिक्षमवप्लुत्य विधूय सहसा गदाम् । प्रचिक्षेप महाबाहुर्विनद्य रणमूर्धनि ॥

so'ntarikṣamavaplutya vidhūya sahasā gadām | pracikṣepa mahābāhurvinadya raṇamūrdhani

Leaping up into the sky and suddenly whirling his mace, the mighty-armed one roared and hurled it at the forefront of the battle.

Verse 83 (3.161.83)

सेन्द्राशनिरिवेन्द्रेण विसृष्टा वातरंहसा । हत्वा रक्षः क्षितिं प्राप्य कृत्येव निपपात ह ॥

sendrāśanirivendreṇa visṛṣṭā vātaraṃhasā | hatvā rakṣaḥ kṣitiṃ prāpya kṛtyeva nipapāta ha

Like Indra's thunderbolt loosed by Indra, swift as the wind, it slew the rakshasa and, striking the earth, fell like a sorcerer's fiend.

Note on the text: Corrected वातरहसा → वातरंहसा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, rahasā "in secret" for raṃhasā "with speed"; the critical edition reads vātaraṃhasā).

Verse 84 (3.161.84)

तं राक्षसं भीमबलं भीमसेनबलाहतम् । ददृशुः सर्वभूतानि सिंहेनेव गवांपतिम् ॥

taṃ rākṣasaṃ bhīmabalaṃ bhīmasenabalāhatam | dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni siṃheneva gavāṃpatim

All beings saw that rakshasa of fearsome strength struck down by Bhimasena's might, like a bull brought down by a lion.

Note on the text: Corrected बीमबलं → भीमबलं (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ, the critical edition reads bhīmabalaṃ).

Verse 85 (3.161.85)

तं प्रेक्ष्य निहतं भूमौ हतशेषा निशाचराः । भीममार्तस्वरं कृत्वा जग्मुः प्राचीं दिशं प्रति ॥

taṃ prekṣya nihataṃ bhūmau hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ | bhīmamārtasvaraṃ kṛtvā jagmuḥ prācīṃ diśaṃ prati

Seeing him slain on the ground, the surviving night-rangers raised a dreadful cry of pain and fled towards the eastern quarter.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राचजीं → प्राचीं (misprint in Wikisource; stray akshara, the critical edition reads prācīṃ).