The Pandavas Wait for Arjuna on Gandhamadana

Verse 1 (3.165.1)

तस्मिन्नगेन्द्रे वसतां तु तेषां । महात्मनां सद्व्रतमास्थितानाम् । रतिः प्रमोदश्च बभूव तेषा- । माकाङ्क्षतां दर्शनमर्जुनस्य ॥

tasminnagendre vasatāṃ tu teṣāṃ | mahātmanāṃ sadvratamāsthitānām | ratiḥ pramodaśca babhūva teṣā- | mākāṅkṣatāṃ darśanamarjunasya

As those great souls, holding to their good vows, dwelt on that lord of mountains, delight and joy came to them, though they longed to see Arjuna.

Verse 2 (3.165.2)

तान्वीर्ययुक्तान्सुविशुद्धसत्त्वां- । स्तेजस्विनः सत्यधृतिप्रधानान् । संप्रीयमाणा बहवोऽभिजग्मु- । र्गन्धर्वसङ्घाश्च महर्षयश्च ॥

tānvīryayuktānsuviśuddhasattvāṃ- | stejasvinaḥ satyadhṛtipradhānān | saṃprīyamāṇā bahavo'bhijagmu- | rgandharvasaṅghāśca maharṣayaśca

Many companies of Gandharvas and great seers came, well pleased, to those valiant men of pure nature, full of splendour, foremost in truth and steadfastness.

Note on the text: Corrected सुविशुद्धसत्वां- → सुविशुद्धसत्त्वां- (misspelling in Wikisource; the critical edition reads suviśuddhasattvāṃs) and बहवोऽबिजग्मु- → बहवोऽभिजग्मु- (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; the critical edition reads 'bhijagmur).

Verse 3 (3.165.3)

तं पादपैः पुष्पफलैरुपेतं । नगोत्तमं प्राप्य महारथानाम् । मनःप्रसादः परमो बभूव । यथा दिवं प्राप्य मरुद्गणानाम् ॥

taṃ pādapaiḥ puṣpaphalairupetaṃ | nagottamaṃ prāpya mahārathānām | manaḥprasādaḥ paramo babhūva | yathā divaṃ prāpya marudgaṇānām

Having reached that best of mountains, set with trees full of flowers and fruit, the great chariot-warriors felt the highest serenity of mind, as the hosts of Maruts do on reaching heaven.

Verse 4 (3.165.4)

मयूरहंसस्वननादितानि । पुष्पोपकीर्णानि महाचलस्य । शृङ्गाणि सानूनि च पश्यमाना । गिरेः परं हर्षमवाप्य तस्थुः ॥

mayūrahaṃsasvananāditāni | puṣpopakīrṇāni mahācalasya | śṛṅgāṇi sānūni ca paśyamānā | gireḥ paraṃ harṣamavāpya tasthuḥ

Gazing at the peaks and slopes of the great mountain, ringing with the cries of peacocks and swans and strewn with flowers, they stood there filled with the highest joy.

Verse 5 (3.165.5)

साक्षात्कुबेरेण कृताश्च तस्मि- । न्नगोत्तमे संवृतकूटगुल्माः । कादम्बकारण्डवहंसजुष्टाः । पद्माकुलाः पुष्करिणीरपश्यन् ॥

sākṣātkubereṇa kṛtāśca tasmi- | nnagottame saṃvṛtakūṭagulmāḥ | kādambakāraṇḍavahaṃsajuṣṭāḥ | padmākulāḥ puṣkariṇīrapaśyan

On that best of mountains they saw lotus ponds made by Kubera himself, ringed with mounds and thickets, frequented by kadamba geese, karandava ducks and swans, and crowded with lotuses.

Verse 6 (3.165.6)

क्रीडाप्रदेशांश्च समृद्धरूपा- । न्सवेदिकांस्ते न्यवसन्सुवेशान् । मणिप्रकीर्णांश्च मनोरमांश्च । यथा भवेयुर्धनदस्य राज्ञः ॥

krīḍāpradeśāṃśca samṛddharūpā- | nsavedikāṃste nyavasansuveśān | maṇiprakīrṇāṃśca manoramāṃśca | yathā bhaveyurdhanadasya rājñaḥ

They dwelt among pleasure-grounds of rich beauty, with raised platforms and fine adornments, strewn with gems and delightful, such as would befit King Kubera, the giver of wealth.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रीडाप्रदेशांस्च → क्रीडाप्रदेशांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च for श्च) and नदस्य → धनदस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the line a syllable short; the critical edition reads dhanadasya). The second and third lines differ from the critical edition's 3.161.6, a recension variant.

Verse 7 (3.165.7)

अनेकवर्णैश्च सुगन्धिभिश्च । महाद्रुमैः संततमभ्रजालैः । तपःप्रधानाः सततं चरन्तः । शृङ्गं गिरेश्चिन्तयितुं न शेकुः ॥

anekavarṇaiśca sugandhibhiśca | mahādrumaiḥ saṃtatamabhrajālaiḥ | tapaḥpradhānāḥ satataṃ carantaḥ | śṛṅgaṃ gireścintayituṃ na śekuḥ

Though they were given to austerity and kept roaming there constantly, they could not take in with their minds the summit of the mountain, ever covered with great trees of many colours and sweet scents, and with banks of cloud.

Note on the text: Corrected अनेकवर्णैश् → अनेकवर्णैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped च; the critical edition reads anekavarṇaiś ca).

Verse 8 (3.165.8)

स्वतेजसा तस्य नगोत्तमस्य । महौषधीनां च तथा प्रभावात् । विभक्तरूपः सविता बभूव । निशामुखं प्राप्य नरर्षभाणाम् ॥

svatejasā tasya nagottamasya | mahauṣadhīnāṃ ca tathā prabhāvāt | vibhaktarūpaḥ savitā babhūva | niśāmukhaṃ prāpya nararṣabhāṇām

Through that great mountain's own radiance and the power of its great herbs, the sun took on a distinct form for those bulls among men when nightfall came.

Note on the text: The second line differs from the critical edition's 3.161.8cd (vibhaktabhāvo na babhūva kaś cid / aharniśānāṃ puruṣapravīra), a recension variant.

Verse 9 (3.165.9)

यमास्थितः स्थावरजङ्गमानां । विभावसुर्भावयिता हरीशः । तस्योदयं चास्तमनं च वीरा- । स्तत्रस्थितास्ते ददृशुर्नृसिंहाः ॥

yamāsthitaḥ sthāvarajaṅgamānāṃ | vibhāvasurbhāvayitā harīśaḥ | tasyodayaṃ cāstamanaṃ ca vīrā- | statrasthitāste dadṛśurnṛsiṃhāḥ

Staying there, those heroes, lions among men, watched the rising and the setting of the sun, resting on whom the radiant fire, lord of the bright steeds, nourishes all things moving and unmoving.

Note on the text: Corrected भाविता → भावयिता (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the line a syllable short of its upajati metre, and the agent noun of the causative is bhāvayitā) and वीर- → वीरा- (misprint; the plural subject needs vīrāḥ, as in the critical edition). The second line otherwise differs from the critical edition (vibhāvasur bhāvayate 'mitaujāḥ), a recension variant.

Verse 10 (3.165.10)

रवेस्तमिस्रागमनिर्गमांस्ते । तथोदयं चास्तमनं च वीराः । समावृताः प्रेक्ष्य तमोनुदस्य । गभस्तिजालैः प्रदिशो दिशश्च ॥

ravestamisrāgamanirgamāṃste | tathodayaṃ cāstamanaṃ ca vīrāḥ | samāvṛtāḥ prekṣya tamonudasya | gabhastijālaiḥ pradiśo diśaśca

The heroes watched the sun, dispeller of darkness, its comings and goings with the night, its rising and its setting, and they saw the quarters and the spaces between them covered with the nets of its rays.

Verse 11 (3.165.11)

स्वाध्यायवन्तः सततक्रियाश्च । धर्मप्रधानाश्च शुचिव्रताश्च । सत्ये स्थितास्तस्य महारथस्य । सत्यव्रतस्यागमनप्रतीक्षाः ॥

svādhyāyavantaḥ satatakriyāśca | dharmapradhānāśca śucivratāśca | satye sthitāstasya mahārathasya | satyavratasyāgamanapratīkṣāḥ

Given to Vedic study, constant in their rites, intent on dharma, pure in their vows and steadfast in truth, they waited for the coming of that great chariot-warrior, true to his vow.

Verse 12 (3.165.12)

इहैव हर्षोऽस्तु समागतानां । क्षिप्रं कृतास्त्रेण धनंजयेन । इति ब्रुवन्तः परमाशिषस्ते । पार्थास्तपोयोगपरा बभूवुः ॥

ihaiva harṣo'stu samāgatānāṃ | kṣipraṃ kṛtāstreṇa dhanaṃjayena | iti bruvantaḥ paramāśiṣaste | pārthāstapoyogaparā babhūvuḥ

"May joy be ours, gathered here together, when Dhananjaya comes soon with his weapons won!" Speaking such fervent blessings, the sons of Pritha devoted themselves to austerity and yoga.

Note on the text: Corrected परमाशिपस्ते → परमाशिषस्ते (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads paramāśiṣas te).

Verse 13 (3.165.13)

दृष्ट्वा विचित्राणि गिरौ वनानि । किरीटिनं चिन्तयतामभीक्ष्णम् । बभूव रात्रिर्दिवसश्च तेषां । संवत्सरेणैव समानरूपः ॥

dṛṣṭvā vicitrāṇi girau vanāni | kirīṭinaṃ cintayatāmabhīkṣṇam | babhūva rātrirdivasaśca teṣāṃ | saṃvatsareṇaiva samānarūpaḥ

Though they saw the wondrous forests on the mountain, they kept thinking of the diademed Arjuna, and for them each night and each day became like a year.

Note on the text: Corrected राविर्दिवसश्च → रात्रिर्दिवसश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads rātrir divasaś ca).

Verse 14 (3.165.14)

यदैव धौम्यानुमते महात्मा । कृत्वा जटां प्रव्रजितः स जिष्णुः । तदैव तेषां न बभूव हर्षः । कुतो रतिस्तद्गतमानसानाम् ॥

yadaiva dhaumyānumate mahātmā | kṛtvā jaṭāṃ pravrajitaḥ sa jiṣṇuḥ | tadaiva teṣāṃ na babhūva harṣaḥ | kuto ratistadgatamānasānām

From the moment the great-souled Jishnu, with Dhaumya's consent, bound his hair in a matted knot and set out, joy left them; how could they find delight, with their minds fixed on him?

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (नबभूव → न बभूव).

Verse 15 (3.165.15)

भ्रातुर्नियोगात्तु युधिष्ठिरस्य । वनादसौ वारणमत्तगामी । यत्काम्यकात्प्रव्रजितः स जिष्णु- । स्तदैव ते शोकहता बभूवुः ॥

bhrāturniyogāttu yudhiṣṭhirasya | vanādasau vāraṇamattagāmī | yatkāmyakātpravrajitaḥ sa jiṣṇu- | stadaiva te śokahatā babhūvuḥ

When Jishnu, who moves like a rutting elephant, left the Kamyaka forest at the command of his brother Yudhishthira, from that very hour they were stricken with grief.

Verse 16 (3.165.16)

तथैव तं चिन्तयतां सिताश्व- । मस्त्रार्थिनं वासवमभ्युपेतम् । कालः स कृच्छ्रेण महानतीत- । स्तस्मिन्नगे भारत भारतानाम् ॥

tathaiva taṃ cintayatāṃ sitāśva- | mastrārthinaṃ vāsavamabhyupetam | kālaḥ sa kṛcchreṇa mahānatīta- | stasminnage bhārata bhāratānām

And so, O Bharata, as they thought of him of the white horses, who had gone to Vasava seeking weapons, a long time passed painfully for the Bharatas on that mountain.

Verse 17 (3.165.17)

उषित्वा पञ्चवर्षाणि सहस्राक्षनिवेशने । अवाप्य दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वाणि विबुधेश्वरात् ॥

uṣitvā pañcavarṣāṇi sahasrākṣaniveśane | avāpya divyānyastrāṇi sarvāṇi vibudheśvarāt

Arjuna had lived five years in the abode of the thousand-eyed Indra and had obtained from the lord of the gods all the divine weapons:

Note on the text: Removed the opening bracket ([) with which Wikisource sets off verses 17–20 (no closing bracket is printed). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as 3.161.16d*0832 (lines 1–2).

Verse 18 (3.165.18)

आग्नेयं वारुणं सौम्यं वायव्यमथ वैष्णवम् । ऐन्द्रं पाशुपतं ब्राह्मं पारमेष्ठ्यं प्रजापतेः ॥

āgneyaṃ vāruṇaṃ saumyaṃ vāyavyamatha vaiṣṇavam | aindraṃ pāśupataṃ brāhmaṃ pārameṣṭhyaṃ prajāpateḥ

the weapons of Agni, of Varuna, of Soma, of Vayu and of Vishnu, of Indra, of Pashupati and of Brahma, the Parameshthya weapon of Prajapati,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as 3.161.16d*0832 (lines 3–4).

Verse 19 (3.165.19)

यमस्य धातुः सवितुस्त्वष्टुर्वैश्रवणस्य च । तानि प्राप्य सहस्राक्षादभिवाद्य शतक्रतुम् ॥

yamasya dhātuḥ savitustvaṣṭurvaiśravaṇasya ca | tāni prāpya sahasrākṣādabhivādya śatakratum

and those of Yama, of Dhatri, of Savitri, of Tvashtri and of Vaishravana. Having obtained them from the thousand-eyed god, he saluted Shatakratu,

Note on the text: Corrected चं → च (stray anusvara in Wikisource). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as 3.161.16d*0832 (lines 5–6).

Verse 20 (3.165.20)

अनुज्ञातस्तदा तेन कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम् । आगच्छदर्जुनः प्रीतः प्रहृष्टो गन्धमादनम् ॥

anujñātastadā tena kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam | āgacchadarjunaḥ prītaḥ prahṛṣṭo gandhamādanam

and, given leave by him, walked around him in reverence; then Arjuna, pleased and overjoyed, came to Gandhamadana.

Note on the text: Corrected गन्धपादनम् → गन्धमादनम् (misprint in Wikisource; प for म). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as 3.161.16d*0832 (lines 7–8).