Kubera Comes to Gandhamadana

Verse 1 (3.162.1)

श्रुत्वा बहुविधैः शब्दैर्नाद्यमानां गिरेर्गुहाम् । अजातशत्रुः कौन्तेयो माद्रीपुत्रावुभावपि ॥

śrutvā bahuvidhaiḥ śabdairnādyamānāṃ girerguhām | ajātaśatruḥ kaunteyo mādrīputrāvubhāvapi

Hearing the mountain's cave resound with many kinds of noise, Ajatashatru the son of Kunti, and the two sons of Madri as well,

Verse 2 (3.162.2)

धौम्यः कृष्णा च विप्राश्च सर्वे च सुहृदस्तथा । भीमसेनमपश्यन्तः सर्वे विमनसोऽभवन् ॥

dhaumyaḥ kṛṣṇā ca viprāśca sarve ca suhṛdastathā | bhīmasenamapaśyantaḥ sarve vimanaso'bhavan

Dhaumya, Krishna, the brahmins and all their friends, not seeing Bhimasena anywhere, all became downcast.

Verse 3 (3.162.3)

द्रौपदीमार्ष्टिषेणाय संप्रधार्य महारथाः । सहिताः सायुधाः शूराः शैलमारुरुहुस्तदा ॥

draupadīmārṣṭiṣeṇāya saṃpradhārya mahārathāḥ | sahitāḥ sāyudhāḥ śūrāḥ śailamāruruhustadā

Entrusting Draupadi to Arshtishena's care, the great chariot-warriors, brave and armed, then climbed the mountain together.

Verse 4 (3.162.4)

ततः संप्राप्य शैलाग्रं वीक्षमाणा महारथाः । ददृशुस्ते महेष्वासा भीमसेनमरिंदमम् ॥

tataḥ saṃprāpya śailāgraṃ vīkṣamāṇā mahārathāḥ | dadṛśuste maheṣvāsā bhīmasenamariṃdamam

Reaching the summit and looking about, those great archers saw Bhimasena, the tamer of foes,

Verse 5 (3.162.5)

स्फुरतश्च महाकायान्गतसत्वांश्च राक्षसान् । महाबलान्महासत्वान्भीमसेनेन पातितान् ॥

sphurataśca mahākāyāngatasatvāṃśca rākṣasān | mahābalānmahāsatvānbhīmasenena pātitān

and the huge rakshasas he had felled, some still twitching and some lifeless, mighty and of great strength.

Note on the text: Corrected भीमसेनेव → भीमसेनेन (misprint in Wikisource; the instrumental 'by Bhimasena' is needed, and the critical edition reads bhīmasenena).

Verse 6 (3.162.6)

शुशुभे स महाबाहुर्गदाखड्गधनुर्धरः । निहत्य समरे सर्वान्दानवान्मघवानिव ॥

śuśubhe sa mahābāhurgadākhaḍgadhanurdharaḥ | nihatya samare sarvāndānavānmaghavāniva

The mighty-armed hero, bearing mace, sword and bow, shone like Maghavan after he has slain all the Danavas in battle.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.158.6): Wikisource's verse 6 (शुशुरतश्च महाकायान्गतसत्वांश्च राक्षसान् । महाबलान्महासत्वान्भीमसेनेन पातितान् ॥) is a garbled repeat of verse 5, its opening word a blend of स्फुरतश्च and शुशुभे; the critical edition has its own verse here, which is printed in its place.

Verse 7 (3.162.7)

ततस्ते समतिक्रम्य परिष्वज्य वृकोदरम् । तत्रोपविविशुः पार्थाः प्राप्ता गतिमनुत्तमाम् ॥

tataste samatikramya pariṣvajya vṛkodaram | tatropaviviśuḥ pārthāḥ prāptā gatimanuttamām

Then the Parthas came up to Vrikodara, embraced him and sat down there, as men who have reached the happiest of outcomes.

Verse 8 (3.162.8)

तैश्चतुर्भिर्महेष्वासैर्गिरिशृङ्गमशोभत । लोकपालैर्महाभागैर्दिवं देववरैरिव ॥

taiścaturbhirmaheṣvāsairgiriśṛṅgamaśobhata | lokapālairmahābhāgairdivaṃ devavarairiva

With those four great archers the mountain peak shone as heaven shines with the illustrious World-Guardians, the best of the gods.

Verse 9 (3.162.9)

कुबेरसदनं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसांश्च निपातितान् । भ्राता भ्रातरमासीनमथोवाच युधिष्ठिरः ॥

kuberasadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasāṃśca nipātitān | bhrātā bhrātaramāsīnamathovāca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Seeing Kubera's dwelling and the slain rakshasas, Yudhishthira then spoke to his brother as he sat there.

Verse 10 (3.162.10)

साहसाद्यदि वा मोहाद्भीम पापमिदं कृतम् । नैतत्ते सदृशं वीर मुनेरिव मृषा वधाः ॥

sāhasādyadi vā mohādbhīma pāpamidaṃ kṛtam | naitatte sadṛśaṃ vīra muneriva mṛṣā vadhāḥ

"Whether out of rashness or delusion, Bhima, you have done a wicked thing. These needless killings do not befit you, hero, who live like a hermit.

Note on the text: Corrected मोहाद्बीम → मोहाद्भीम (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ, the critical edition reads bhīma) and separated साहसाद्यदिवा → साहसाद्यदि वा. Wikisource's मृषा वधाः ('needless killings', as its commentary explains) is a recension variant of the critical edition's mṛṣāvacaḥ.

Verse 11 (3.162.11)

राजद्विष्टं न कर्तव्यमिति धर्मविदो विदुः । त्रिदशानामिदं द्विष्टं भीमसेन त्वया कृतम् ॥

rājadviṣṭaṃ na kartavyamiti dharmavido viduḥ | tridaśānāmidaṃ dviṣṭaṃ bhīmasena tvayā kṛtam

Those who know dharma know that nothing hateful to the king should be done; yet what you have done, Bhimasena, is hateful to the thirty gods.

Verse 12 (3.162.12)

अर्थधर्मावनादृत्य यः पापे कुरुते मनः । कर्मणां पार्थ पापानां स फलं विन्दते ध्रुवम् ॥

arthadharmāvanādṛtya yaḥ pāpe kurute manaḥ | karmaṇāṃ pārtha pāpānāṃ sa phalaṃ vindate dhruvam

Whoever disregards both profit and dharma and sets his mind on sin, Partha, surely reaps the fruit of his sinful deeds.

Note on the text: The two lines are CE 3.158.12ab–cd; the critical edition's verse 12 continues with the second line of the next verse.

Verse 13 (3.162.13)

साहसं वत भद्रं ते देवानामपि चाप्रियम् । पुनरेवं न कर्तव्यं मम चेदिच्छसि प्रियम् ॥

sāhasaṃ vata bhadraṃ te devānāmapi cāpriyam | punarevaṃ na kartavyaṃ mama cedicchasi priyam

This rash act, alas — bless you — is displeasing even to the gods. Do not do such a thing again, if you wish to please me."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the first line and separated साहसंवत → साहसं वत. The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.158.12d*0813, reading bata); the second line is CE 3.158.12ef.

Verse 14 (3.162.14)

एवमुक्त्वा स धर्मात्मा भ्राता भ्रातरमच्युतम् । भीमसेनं महाबाहुमप्रधृष्यपराक्रमम् ॥

evamuktvā sa dharmātmā bhrātā bhrātaramacyutam | bhīmasenaṃ mahābāhumapradhṛṣyaparākramam

Having spoken thus to his brother, the steadfast Bhimasena, mighty-armed and of irresistible valour, the righteous

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line. The first line is CE 3.158.13ab; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.158.13b*0814).

Verse 15 (3.162.15)

अर्थतत्त्वविभागज्ञः कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । विरराम महातेजास्तमेवार्थं विचिन्तयन् ॥

arthatattvavibhāgajñaḥ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | virarāma mahātejāstamevārthaṃ vicintayan

Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, who knew how to discern the true nature of things, fell silent, great in splendour, pondering that very matter.

Note on the text: Corrected विराम → विरराम (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, the verb 'fell silent' is विरराम, and the critical edition reads virarāma). The two lines are CE 3.158.13cd–ef.

Verse 16 (3.162.16)

ततस्ते हतशिष्टा ये भीमसेनेन राक्षसाः । सहिताः प्रत्यपद्यन्त कुबेरसदनं प्रति ॥

tataste hataśiṣṭā ye bhīmasenena rākṣasāḥ | sahitāḥ pratyapadyanta kuberasadanaṃ prati

Then the rakshasas who had survived Bhimasena went together towards Kubera's palace.

Verse 17 (3.162.17)

ते जवेन महावेगाः प्राप्य वैश्रवणालयम् । भीममार्तस्वरं चक्रुर्भीमसेनभयार्दिताः ॥

te javena mahāvegāḥ prāpya vaiśravaṇālayam | bhīmamārtasvaraṃ cakrurbhīmasenabhayārditāḥ

Moving at great speed they reached Vaishravana's abode and, tormented by fear of Bhimasena, raised a terrible cry of distress.

Verse 18 (3.162.18)

न्यस्तशस्त्रायुधाः क्लान्ताः शोणिताक्तपरिच्छदाः । प्रकीर्णमूर्धजा राजन्यक्षाधिपतिमब्रुवन् ॥

nyastaśastrāyudhāḥ klāntāḥ śoṇitāktaparicchadāḥ | prakīrṇamūrdhajā rājanyakṣādhipatimabruvan

With their weapons thrown down, worn out, their garments smeared with blood and their hair dishevelled, O king, they said to the lord of the yakshas:

Verse 19 (3.162.19)

गदापरिघनिस्त्रिंशतोमरप्रासयोधिनः । राक्षसा निहताः सर्वे तव देवपुरःसराः ॥

gadāparighanistriṃśatomaraprāsayodhinaḥ | rākṣasā nihatāḥ sarve tava devapuraḥsarāḥ

"O god, all the rakshasas of your vanguard, who fought with maces, iron clubs, swords, lances and darts, have been slain.

Note on the text: Corrected निस्त्रिंस → निस्त्रिंश (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, the word for sword is निस्त्रिंश, and the critical edition reads nistriṃśa).

Verse 20 (3.162.20)

प्रमृद्य तरसा शैलं मानुषेण धनेश्वर । एकेन निहताः सङ्ख्ये गताः क्रोधवशा गणाः ॥

pramṛdya tarasā śailaṃ mānuṣeṇa dhaneśvara | ekena nihatāḥ saṅkhye gatāḥ krodhavaśā gaṇāḥ

A man, O lord of wealth, has forcibly overrun the mountain; single-handed he has slain the Krodhavasha hosts in battle.

Note on the text: Separated प्रमृद्यतरसा → प्रमृद्य तरसा.

Verse 21 (3.162.21)

प्रवरा राक्षसेन्द्राणां यक्षाणां च नराधिप । शेरते निहता देव गतसत्वाः परासवः ॥

pravarā rākṣasendrāṇāṃ yakṣāṇāṃ ca narādhipa | śerate nihatā deva gatasatvāḥ parāsavaḥ

The foremost of the rakshasa lords and of the yakshas, O lord, lie slain, O god, lifeless and without breath.

Verse 22 (3.162.22)

भग्नः शैलो वयं भग्ना मणिमांस्ते सखा हतः । मानुषेण कृतं कर्म विधत्स्व यदनन्तरम् ॥

bhagnaḥ śailo vayaṃ bhagnā maṇimāṃste sakhā hataḥ | mānuṣeṇa kṛtaṃ karma vidhatsva yadanantaram

The mountain is shattered, we are shattered, and your friend Manimat is slain. A man has done this deed — decide what is to be done next."

Note on the text: Corrected मानुषेणं → मानुषेण (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara on the instrumental, the critical edition reads mānuṣeṇa). Wikisource's भग्नः शैलो वयं भग्ना is a recension variant of the critical edition's labdhaḥ śailo vayaṃ muktā.

Verse 23 (3.162.23)

स तच्छ्रुत्वा तु संक्रुद्धः सर्वयक्षगणाधिपः । कोपसंरक्तनयनः कथमित्यब्रवीद्वचः ॥

sa tacchrutvā tu saṃkruddhaḥ sarvayakṣagaṇādhipaḥ | kopasaṃraktanayanaḥ kathamityabravīdvacaḥ

Hearing this, the lord of all the hosts of yakshas grew furious; his eyes red with rage, he said, "How?"

Verse 24 (3.162.24)

द्वितीयमपराध्यन्तं भीमं श्रुत्वा धनेश्वरः । चुक्रोध यक्षाधिपतिर्युज्यतामिति चाब्रवीत् ॥

dvitīyamaparādhyantaṃ bhīmaṃ śrutvā dhaneśvaraḥ | cukrodha yakṣādhipatiryujyatāmiti cābravīt

Hearing that Bhima had offended a second time, the lord of wealth, master of the yakshas, flew into a rage and said, "Let it be yoked!"

Verse 25 (3.162.25)

अथाभ्रघनसंकाशं गिरिकूटमिवोच्छ्रितम् । रथं संयोजयामासुर्गन्धर्वैर्हेममालिभिः ॥

athābhraghanasaṃkāśaṃ girikūṭamivocchritam | rathaṃ saṃyojayāmāsurgandharvairhemamālibhiḥ

Then they yoked Gandharva horses garlanded with gold to his chariot, which was like a dense mass of cloud and towered like a mountain peak.

Note on the text: Corrected गर्न्धैवर्हेममालिभिः → गन्धर्वैर्हेममालिभिः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, the commentary glosses गन्धर्वैर्हयैः and the critical edition reads gāndharvair). The second line is a recension variant of CE 3.158.23cd.

Verse 26 (3.162.26)

तस्य सर्वगुणोपेता विमलाक्षा हयोत्तमाः । तेजोबलगुणोपेता नानारत्नविभूषिताः । शोभमाना रथे युक्तास्तरिष्यन्त इवाशुगाः ॥

tasya sarvaguṇopetā vimalākṣā hayottamāḥ | tejobalaguṇopetā nānāratnavibhūṣitāḥ | śobhamānā rathe yuktāstariṣyanta ivāśugāḥ

Its excellent horses had every good quality and clear eyes; full of fire, strength and spirit, adorned with many kinds of jewels, they shone yoked to the chariot, swift as if about to take flight.

Note on the text: The first two lines are CE 3.158.24; the third is CE 3.158.25ab.

Verse 27 (3.162.27)

ततस्ते तु महायक्षाः क्रुद्धं दृष्ट्वा धनेश्वरम् । हर्षयामासुरन्योन्यमिङ्गितैर्विजयावहैः ॥

tataste tu mahāyakṣāḥ kruddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhaneśvaram | harṣayāmāsuranyonyamiṅgitairvijayāvahaiḥ

Then those great yakshas, seeing the lord of wealth angry, roused one another with signs that promised victory.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.158.25b*0815); the second line is CE 3.158.25cd.

Verse 28 (3.162.28)

स तमास्थाय भगवान्राजराजो महारथम् । प्रययौ देवगन्धर्वैः स्तूयमानो महाद्युतिः ॥

sa tamāsthāya bhagavānrājarājo mahāratham | prayayau devagandharvaiḥ stūyamāno mahādyutiḥ

Mounting that great chariot, the blessed king of kings set out in great splendour, praised by the gods and Gandharvas.

Note on the text: Corrected देवगनधर्वैः → देवगन्धर्वैः (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct, the critical edition reads devagandharvaiḥ).

Verse 29 (3.162.29)

तं प्रयान्तं महात्मानं सर्वे यक्षा धनाधिपम् । अनुजग्मुर्महात्मानं धनदं घोरदर्शनाः ॥

taṃ prayāntaṃ mahātmānaṃ sarve yakṣā dhanādhipam | anujagmurmahātmānaṃ dhanadaṃ ghoradarśanāḥ

As the great-souled lord of wealth set out, all the yakshas, dreadful to behold, followed the great-souled Dhanada,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line. The first line is a variant of CE 3.158.27ab; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.158.27b*0816).

Verse 30 (3.162.30)

रक्ताक्षा हेमसंकाशा महाकाया महाबलाः । सायुधा बद्धनिस्त्रिंशा यक्षा बहुशतायुधाः ॥

raktākṣā hemasaṃkāśā mahākāyā mahābalāḥ | sāyudhā baddhanistriṃśā yakṣā bahuśatāyudhāḥ

red-eyed, golden-hued, huge of body and great in strength, armed, with swords girded on, yakshas bearing weapons by the hundred.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.158.27cd; the second is CE 3.158.28ab, where Wikisource's बहुशतायुधाः is a recension variant of the critical edition's daśaśatāyutāḥ.

Verse 31 (3.162.31)

ते जवेन महावेगाः प्लवमाना विहायसा । गन्धमादनमाजग्मुः प्रकर्षन्त इवाम्बरम् ॥

te javena mahāvegāḥ plavamānā vihāyasā | gandhamādanamājagmuḥ prakarṣanta ivāmbaram

Rushing at great speed and flying through the air, they came to Gandhamadana, as if dragging the sky along with them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Its first line has no counterpart in the critical edition or its apparatus here (the critical edition's 3.158.28cd reads javena mahatā vīrāḥ parivāryopatasthire); its second line is in the apparatus as 3.158.28d*0817.

Verse 32 (3.162.32)

तत्केसरिमहाजालं धनाधिपतिपालितम् । रम्यं चैव गिरेः शृङ्गमासेदुर्यत्र पाण्डवाः ॥

tatkesarimahājālaṃ dhanādhipatipālitam | ramyaṃ caiva gireḥ śṛṅgamāseduryatra pāṇḍavāḥ

They reached that vast thicket of kesara trees guarded by the lord of wealth, and the lovely mountain peak where the Pandavas were.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line and separated यत्रपाण्डवाः → यत्र पाण्डवाः. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); its apparatus has the two lines as 3.158.28d*0817 and 3.158.28d*0818.

Verse 33 (3.162.33)

कुबेरं च महात्मानं यक्षरक्षोगणावृतम् । ददृशुर्हृष्टरोमाणः पाण्डवाः प्रियदर्शनम् ॥

kuberaṃ ca mahātmānaṃ yakṣarakṣogaṇāvṛtam | dadṛśurhṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ pāṇḍavāḥ priyadarśanam

With their hair standing on end, the Pandavas saw the great-souled Kubera, pleasing to behold, surrounded by hosts of yakshas and rakshasas.

Note on the text: The first line is a recension variant of CE 3.158.29ab; the second line is CE 3.158.29cd.

Verse 34 (3.162.34)

कुबेरस्तु महासत्वान्पाण्डोः पुत्रान्महारथान् । आत्तकार्मुकनिस्त्रिंशान्दृष्ट्वा प्रीतोऽभवत्तदा ॥

kuberastu mahāsatvānpāṇḍoḥ putrānmahārathān | āttakārmukanistriṃśāndṛṣṭvā prīto'bhavattadā

Kubera, for his part, seeing the mighty sons of Pandu, the great chariot-warriors, holding bows and swords, was pleased.

Verse 35 (3.162.35)

सर्वे चेमे नरव्याघ्राः पुरन्दरसमौजसः । देवकार्यं करिष्यन्ति हृदयेन तुतोष ह ॥

sarve ceme naravyāghrāḥ purandarasamaujasaḥ | devakāryaṃ kariṣyanti hṛdayena tutoṣa ha

"All these tigers among men have Purandara's might; they will accomplish the gods' work," he thought, and rejoiced in his heart.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') and an inner danda from the first line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); its apparatus has the two lines as 3.158.30d*0819 and 3.158.30d*0820 (reading devakāryaṃ cikīrṣan sa).

Verse 36 (3.162.36)

ते पक्षिण इवापेतुर्गिरिशृङ्गं महाजवाः । तस्थुस्तेषां सकाशे वै धनेश्वरपुरःसराः ॥

te pakṣiṇa ivāpeturgiriśṛṅgaṃ mahājavāḥ | tasthusteṣāṃ sakāśe vai dhaneśvarapuraḥsarāḥ

Swift as birds, they swooped down on the mountain peak and stood near the Pandavas, with the lord of wealth at their head.

Note on the text: A recension variant of CE 3.158.31 (the critical edition reads ivotpatya gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ … samabhyāśe).

Verse 37 (3.162.37)

ततस्तं हृष्टमनसं पाण्डवान्प्रति भारत । समीक्ष्य यक्षगन्धर्वा निर्विकारमवस्थिताः ॥

tatastaṃ hṛṣṭamanasaṃ pāṇḍavānprati bhārata | samīkṣya yakṣagandharvā nirvikāramavasthitāḥ

Then, O Bharata, seeing him well disposed towards the Pandavas, the yakshas and Gandharvas stood calm, without hostility.

Note on the text: Separated समीक्ष्ययक्षगन्धर्वा → समीक्ष्य यक्षगन्धर्वा.

Verse 38 (3.162.38)

पाण्डवाश्च महात्मानः प्रणम्य धनदं प्रभुम् । नकुलः सहदेवश्च धर्मपुत्रश्च धर्मवित् ॥

pāṇḍavāśca mahātmānaḥ praṇamya dhanadaṃ prabhum | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca dharmaputraśca dharmavit

The great-souled Pandavas — Nakula, Sahadeva, and the son of Dharma who knew dharma — bowed to the lord Dhanada,

Note on the text: Corrected सहदेवश् → सहदेवश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, the critical edition reads sahadevaś ca).

Verse 39 (3.162.39)

अपराद्धमिवात्मानं मन्यमाना महारथाः । तस्थुः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे परिवार्य धनेश्वरम् ॥

aparāddhamivātmānaṃ manyamānā mahārathāḥ | tasthuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve parivārya dhaneśvaram

and, regarding themselves as offenders, the great chariot-warriors all stood with joined palms around the lord of wealth.

Verse 40 (3.162.40)

शय्यासनयुतं श्रीमत्पुष्पकं विश्वकर्मणा । विहितं चित्रपर्यन्तमातिष्ठत धनाधिपः ॥

śayyāsanayutaṃ śrīmatpuṣpakaṃ viśvakarmaṇā | vihitaṃ citraparyantamātiṣṭhata dhanādhipaḥ

The lord of wealth took his seat on the splendid Pushpaka, made by Vishvakarman, furnished with couches and seats and with a richly adorned border.

Verse 41 (3.162.41)

तमासीनं महाकायाः शङ्कुकर्णा महाजवाः । उपोपविविशुर्यक्षा राक्षसाश्च सहस्रशः ॥

tamāsīnaṃ mahākāyāḥ śaṅkukarṇā mahājavāḥ | upopaviviśuryakṣā rākṣasāśca sahasraśaḥ

As he sat there, yakshas and rakshasas by the thousand, huge of body, spike-eared and very swift, sat down close by him.

Note on the text: Corrected राक्षसाश् → राक्षसाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, the critical edition reads rākṣasāś ca).

Verse 42 (3.162.42)

शतशश्चापि गन्धर्वास्तथैवाप्सरसां गणाः । परिवार्योपतिष्ठन्ति यथा देवाः शतक्रतुम् ॥

śataśaścāpi gandharvāstathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | parivāryopatiṣṭhanti yathā devāḥ śatakratum

Gandharvas by the hundred and troops of apsarases surrounded him and waited on him, as the gods wait on Shatakratu.

Verse 43 (3.162.43)

काञ्चनीं शिरसा बिभ्रद्भीमसेनः स्रजं शुभाम् । बाणखड्गधनुष्पाणिरुदैक्षत धनाधिपम् ॥

kāñcanīṃ śirasā bibhradbhīmasenaḥ srajaṃ śubhām | bāṇakhaḍgadhanuṣpāṇirudaikṣata dhanādhipam

Bhimasena, wearing a beautiful golden garland on his head, with arrows, sword and bow in hand, gazed at the lord of wealth.

Note on the text: Corrected काञ्जनीं → काञ्चनीं and बाणखङ्ग- → बाणखड्ग- (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads kāñcanīṃ and bāṇakhaḍga-).

Verse 44 (3.162.44)

न भीर्भीमस्य न ग्लानिर्विक्षतस्यापि राक्षसैः । आसीत्तस्यामवस्थायां कुबेरमपि पश्यतः ॥

na bhīrbhīmasya na glānirvikṣatasyāpi rākṣasaiḥ | āsīttasyāmavasthāyāṃ kuberamapi paśyataḥ

Though wounded by the rakshasas, Bhima felt neither fear nor weariness in that situation, even as he looked upon Kubera.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्यामवस्तायां → तस्यामवस्थायां (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ, the critical edition reads tasyām avasthāyāṃ).

Verse 45 (3.162.45)

आददानं शितान्बाणान्योद्धुकाममवस्थितम् । दृष्ट्वा भीमं धर्मसुतमब्रवीन्नरवाहनः ॥

ādadānaṃ śitānbāṇānyoddhukāmamavasthitam | dṛṣṭvā bhīmaṃ dharmasutamabravīnnaravāhanaḥ

Seeing Bhima standing ready to fight and taking up sharp arrows, Naravahana, who rides upon men, said to the son of Dharma:

Verse 46 (3.162.46)

विदुस्त्वां सर्वभूतानि पार्थ भूतहिते रतम् । निर्भयश्चापि शैलाग्रे वस त्वं सह बन्धुभिः ॥

vidustvāṃ sarvabhūtāni pārtha bhūtahite ratam | nirbhayaścāpi śailāgre vasa tvaṃ saha bandhubhiḥ

"All beings know you, Partha, as one devoted to the good of creatures. Live here on the mountain top without fear, with your kinsmen.

Note on the text: Separated निर्भयश्चापिशैलाग्रे → निर्भयश्चापि शैलाग्रे.

Verse 47 (3.162.47)

न च मन्युस्त्वया कार्यो भीमसेनस्य पाण्डव । कालेनैते हताः पूर्वं निमित्तमनुजस्तव ॥

na ca manyustvayā kāryo bhīmasenasya pāṇḍava | kālenaite hatāḥ pūrvaṃ nimittamanujastava

And you must not be angry with Bhimasena, son of Pandu. These were slain long ago by Time; your younger brother was only the instrument.

Verse 48 (3.162.48)

व्रीडा चात्र न कर्तव्या साहसं यदिदं कृतम् । दृष्टश्चापि सुरैः पूर्वं विनाशो यक्षरक्षसाम् ॥

vrīḍā cātra na kartavyā sāhasaṃ yadidaṃ kṛtam | dṛṣṭaścāpi suraiḥ pūrvaṃ vināśo yakṣarakṣasām

Nor should you feel shame over this rash deed. The destruction of the yakshas and rakshasas was foreseen by the gods long ago.

Note on the text: Separated चात्रन → चात्र न and पूर्वंविनाशो → पूर्वं विनाशो.

Verse 49 (3.162.49)

न भीमसेने कोपो मे प्रीतोस्मि भरतर्षभ । कर्मणा भीमसेनस्य मम तुष्टिरभूत्पुरा ॥

na bhīmasene kopo me prītosmi bharatarṣabha | karmaṇā bhīmasenasya mama tuṣṭirabhūtpurā

I am not angry with Bhimasena; I am pleased, bull among the Bharatas. Indeed, I was gratified by Bhimasena's deed long before it was done."

Verse 50 (3.162.50)

स एवमुक्त्वा राजानं भीमसेनमभाषत । नैतन्मनसि मे तात वर्तते कुरुसत्तम ॥

sa evamuktvā rājānaṃ bhīmasenamabhāṣata | naitanmanasi me tāta vartate kurusattama

Having said this to the king, he spoke to Bhimasena: "This does not weigh on my mind, dear child, best of the Kurus —

Note on the text: The two lines are CE 3.158.45ab–cd; the critical edition's verse 45 continues with the first line of the next verse.

Verse 51 (3.162.51)

यदिदं साहसं भीम कृष्णार्थे कृतवानसि । मामनादृत्य देवांश्च विनाशं यक्षरक्षसाम् ॥

yadidaṃ sāhasaṃ bhīma kṛṣṇārthe kṛtavānasi | māmanādṛtya devāṃśca vināśaṃ yakṣarakṣasām

this rash deed you did for Krishna's sake, Bhima, destroying yakshas and rakshasas in disregard of me and of the gods,

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.158.45ef; the second is CE 3.158.46ab.

Verse 52 (3.162.52)

स्वबाहुबलमाश्रित्य तेनाहं प्रीतिमांस्त्वयि । शापादद्य विनिर्मुक्तो घोरादस्माद्वृकोदर ॥

svabāhubalamāśritya tenāhaṃ prītimāṃstvayi | śāpādadya vinirmukto ghorādasmādvṛkodara

relying on the strength of your own arms. I am pleased with you for it, Vrikodara, for through it I am today released from a dreadful curse.

Note on the text: The two lines are CE 3.158.46cd–ef (where the second line reads śāpād asmi vinirmukto ghorād adya, a recension variant).

Verse 53 (3.162.53)

अहं पूर्वमगस्त्येन क्रुद्धेन परमर्षिणा । शप्तोऽपराधे कस्मिंश्चित्तस्यैषा निष्कृतिर्ध्रुवम् ॥

ahaṃ pūrvamagastyena kruddhena paramarṣiṇā | śapto'parādhe kasmiṃścittasyaiṣā niṣkṛtirdhruvam

Long ago the great sage Agastya, in his anger, cursed me for a certain offence; this is surely its atonement.

Verse 54 (3.162.54)

दृष्टो हि मम संक्लेशः पुरा पाण्डवनन्दन । न तवात्रापराधोस्ति कथंचिदपि पाण्डव ॥

dṛṣṭo hi mama saṃkleśaḥ purā pāṇḍavanandana | na tavātrāparādhosti kathaṃcidapi pāṇḍava

My suffering was foreseen long ago, joy of the Pandavas. There is no fault of yours in this in any way, son of Pandu."

Verse 55 (3.162.55)

कथं शप्तोसि भगवन्नगस्त्येन महात्मना । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं देव यथैतच्छापकारणम् ॥

kathaṃ śaptosi bhagavannagastyena mahātmanā | śrotumicchāmyahaṃ deva yathaitacchāpakāraṇam

"How were you cursed, lord, by the great-souled Agastya? I wish to hear, O god, what the cause of this curse was.

Verse 56 (3.162.56)

इदं चाश्चर्यभूतं मे यत्क्रोधात्तस्य धीमतः । तदैव त्वं न निर्दग्धः सबलः सपदानुगः ॥

idaṃ cāścaryabhūtaṃ me yatkrodhāttasya dhīmataḥ | tadaiva tvaṃ na nirdagdhaḥ sabalaḥ sapadānugaḥ

And it seems a wonder to me that you were not burnt up then and there by that wise sage's anger, together with your army and your followers."

Note on the text: Corrected तस् → तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, the critical edition reads tasya).

Verse 57 (3.162.57)

देवतानामभून्मन्त्रः कुशावत्यां नरेश्वर । वृतस्तत्राहमगमं महापद्मशतैस्त्रिभिः । यक्षाणां घोररूपाणां विविधायुधधारिणाम् ॥

devatānāmabhūnmantraḥ kuśāvatyāṃ nareśvara | vṛtastatrāhamagamaṃ mahāpadmaśataistribhiḥ | yakṣāṇāṃ ghorarūpāṇāṃ vividhāyudhadhāriṇām

"There was a council of the gods at Kushavati, lord of men. I went there surrounded by three hundred mahapadmas of yakshas, dreadful in form and bearing all kinds of weapons.

Note on the text: Merged Wikisource verses 57 and 58: Wikisource prints the opening line as a one-line verse of its own (its 57a), but it begins the sentence that its 58 completes, and the critical edition has the three lines as one verse, 3.158.51. Wikisource number 58 is included here. Corrected यक्षाणआं → यक्षाणां (misprint in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign, the critical edition reads yakṣāṇāṃ).

Verse 58 (3.162.58)

अध्वन्यहमथापश्यमगस्त्यमृषिसत्तमम् । उग्रं तपस्तप्यमानं यमुनातीरमाश्रितम् । नानापक्षिगणाकीर्णं पुष्पितद्रुमशोभितम् ॥

adhvanyahamathāpaśyamagastyamṛṣisattamam | ugraṃ tapastapyamānaṃ yamunātīramāśritam | nānāpakṣigaṇākīrṇaṃ puṣpitadrumaśobhitam

On the way I saw Agastya, best of sages, practising fierce austerities on the bank of the Yamuna, in a spot thronged with flocks of many birds and graced with flowering trees.

Note on the text: Corrected मृपिसत्तमम् → मृषिसत्तमम् and तप्यभानं → तप्यमानं (misprints in Wikisource; प for ष and भ for म, the critical edition reads ṛṣisattamam and has tapasyantaṃ for the participle).

Verse 59 (3.162.59)

तमूर्ध्वबाहुं दृष्ट्वैव सूर्यस्याभिमुखे स्थितम् । तेजोराशिं दीप्यमानं हुताशनमिवैधितम् ॥

tamūrdhvabāhuṃ dṛṣṭvaiva sūryasyābhimukhe sthitam | tejorāśiṃ dīpyamānaṃ hutāśanamivaidhitam

Seeing him standing with arms raised, facing the sun, a mass of radiance, blazing like a kindled fire,

Note on the text: Corrected तमूर्द्वबाहुं → तमूर्ध्वबाहुं (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct, the critical edition reads ūrdhvabāhuṃ).

Verse 60 (3.162.60)

राक्षसाधिपतिः श्रीमान्मणिमान्नाम मे सखा । मौर्ख्यादज्ञानभावाच्च दर्पान्मोहाच्च पार्थिव ॥

rākṣasādhipatiḥ śrīmānmaṇimānnāma me sakhā | maurkhyādajñānabhāvācca darpānmohācca pārthiva

my friend, the illustrious lord of the rakshasas named Manimat, out of folly, ignorance, pride and delusion, O king,

Note on the text: Corrected मौर्क्याद् → मौर्ख्याद् (misprint in Wikisource; क for ख, the commentary reads मौर्ख्यात् and the critical edition maurkhyād). The two lines are CE 3.158.54ab–cd.

Verse 61 (3.162.61)

न्यष्ठीवदाकाशगतो महर्षेस्तस्य मूर्धनि । ततः क्रुद्धः स भगवानुवाचेदं तपोधनः ॥

nyaṣṭhīvadākāśagato maharṣestasya mūrdhani | tataḥ kruddhaḥ sa bhagavānuvācedaṃ tapodhanaḥ

spat on the great sage's head from the sky. Then the blessed sage, rich in austerity, said this in his anger:

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.158.54ef; the second is a recension variant of CE 3.158.55ab (sa kopān mām uvācedaṃ diśaḥ sarvā dahann iva).

Verse 62 (3.162.62)

मामवज्ञाय दुष्टात्मा यस्मादेष सखा तव । धर्षणां कृतवानेतां पश्यतस्ते धनेश्वर ॥

māmavajñāya duṣṭātmā yasmādeṣa sakhā tava | dharṣaṇāṃ kṛtavānetāṃ paśyataste dhaneśvara

"Since this wicked friend of yours has despised me and committed this outrage while you looked on, lord of wealth,

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.158.55cd; the second is CE 3.158.56ab. The critical edition's 3.158.56cd (tasmāt sahaibhiḥ sainyais te vadhaṃ prāpsyati mānuṣāt) has no counterpart in Wikisource.

Verse 63 (3.162.63)

त्वं चाप्येभिर्हतैः सैन्यैः क्लेशं प्राप्नुहि दुर्मते । तमेव मानुषं दृष्ट्वा किल्विषाद्विप्रमोक्ष्यसे ॥

tvaṃ cāpyebhirhataiḥ sainyaiḥ kleśaṃ prāpnuhi durmate | tameva mānuṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā kilviṣādvipramokṣyase

you too, evil-minded one, shall suffer grief when these troops of yours are slain; and on seeing that very man you shall be freed from your sin.

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्भते → दुर्मते (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म, the critical edition reads durmate) and separated दृष्ट्वाकिल्विषाद् → दृष्ट्वा किल्विषाद्.

Verse 64 (3.162.64)

सैन्यानां तु तवैतेषां पुत्रपौत्रबलान्वितम् । न शापं प्राप्स्यते घोरं गच्छ तेऽऽज्ञां करिष्यति ॥

sainyānāṃ tu tavaiteṣāṃ putrapautrabalānvitam | na śāpaṃ prāpsyate ghoraṃ gaccha te''jñāṃ kariṣyati

But the terrible curse will not reach the sons, grandsons and forces of these troops of yours. Go: they will still do your bidding."

Note on the text: Corrected प्राप्यते → प्राप्स्यते (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara — the passive प्राप्यते cannot take the object शापं — and the critical edition reads prāpsyate).

Verse 65 (3.162.65)

एष शापो मया प्राप्तः प्राक्तस्मादृषिसत्तमात् । स भीमेन महाराज भ्रात्रा तव विमोक्षितः ॥

eṣa śāpo mayā prāptaḥ prāktasmādṛṣisattamāt | sa bhīmena mahārāja bhrātrā tava vimokṣitaḥ

This curse I received long ago from that best of sages, and your brother Bhima, great king, has released me from it."