Arjuna Reaches the City Beneath the Sea

Verse 1 (3.171.1)

ततोऽहं स्तूयमानस्तु तत्रतत्र सुरर्षिभिः । अपश्यमुदधिं भीममपांपतिमथाव्ययम् ॥

tato'haṃ stūyamānastu tatratatra surarṣibhiḥ | apaśyamudadhiṃ bhīmamapāṃpatimathāvyayam

Then, praised here and there by the divine sages, I beheld the fearsome ocean, the imperishable lord of the waters.

Note on the text: Corrected सुरपिभिः → सुरर्षिभिः (misprint in Wikisource; प for र्ष, which yields no word; the critical edition reads maharṣibhiḥ at this place).

Verse 2 (3.171.2)

फेनवत्यः प्रकीर्णाश्च संहताश्च समुच्छ्रिताः । ऊर्मयश्चात्र दृश्यन्ते चलन्त इव पर्वताः ॥

phenavatyaḥ prakīrṇāśca saṃhatāśca samucchritāḥ | ūrmayaścātra dṛśyante calanta iva parvatāḥ

Its waves, foaming, scattered and massed together, towering high, could be seen there like moving mountains.

Note on the text: Corrected समुच्छिताः → समुच्छ्रिताः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र, the critical edition reads samucchritāḥ) and restored a missing word space (चलन्तइव → चलन्त इव). Matches the first two lines of CE 3.166.2.

Verse 3 (3.171.3)

नावः सहस्रशस्तत्र रत्नपूर्णाः समन्ततः । नभसीव विमानानि विचरन्त्यो विरेजिरे ॥

nāvaḥ sahasraśastatra ratnapūrṇāḥ samantataḥ | nabhasīva vimānāni vicarantyo virejire

Ships by the thousand, laden with jewels, were all around, and they shone as they moved, like celestial chariots in the sky.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line. The first line is the last line of CE 3.166.2; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.166.2f*0848).

Verse 4 (3.171.4)

तिमिङ्गिलाः कच्छपाश्च तथा तिमितिमिङ्गिलाः । मकराश्चात्र दृश्यन्ते जले मग्ना इवाद्रयः ॥

timiṅgilāḥ kacchapāśca tathā timitimiṅgilāḥ | makarāścātra dṛśyante jale magnā ivādrayaḥ

Timingilas, tortoises and timi-timingilas, and makaras too, could be seen there, sunk in the water like mountains.

Note on the text: Corrected कच्छपाश् → कच्छपाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च, the critical edition reads kacchapāś ca), तिमितिभिङ्गिलाः → तिमितिमिङ्गिलाः (misprint; भ for म, the critical edition reads timitimiṃgilāḥ) and मप्रा → मग्ना (misprint; the critical edition reads magnā).

Verse 5 (3.171.5)

शङ्खानां च सहस्राणि मग्नान्यप्सु समन्ततः । दृश्यन्ते स्म यथा रात्रौ तारास्तन्वभ्रसंवृताः ॥

śaṅkhānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi magnānyapsu samantataḥ | dṛśyante sma yathā rātrau tārāstanvabhrasaṃvṛtāḥ

Thousands of conches lay sunk in the waters all around, seen as stars are seen at night through a thin veil of cloud.

Note on the text: Corrected four misprints in Wikisource, following the critical edition: महबाणि → सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi), मग्रान्यप्सु → मग्नान्यप्सु (magnāny apsu), ममन्ततः → समन्ततः (samantataḥ) and तन्वभ्रमंवृताः → तन्वभ्रसंवृताः (tanv abhrasaṃvṛtāḥ).

Verse 6 (3.171.6)

तथा सहस्रशस्तत्र रत्नसङ्घाः प्लवन्त्युत । वायुश्च घूर्णते भीमस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tathā sahasraśastatra ratnasaṅghāḥ plavantyuta | vāyuśca ghūrṇate bhīmastadadbhutamivābhavat

Heaps of jewels by the thousand floated there, and a terrible wind whirled about; it seemed a wonder.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्ररत्नसङ्घाः → तत्र रत्नसङ्घाः) and corrected वायुश् घृर्णते → वायुश्च घूर्णते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च and ृ for ू, the critical edition reads vāyuś ca ghūrṇate).

Verse 7 (3.171.7)

तमतीत्य महावेगं सर्वाम्भोनिधिमुत्तमम् । अपश्यं दानवाकीर्णं तद्दैत्यपुरमन्तिकात् ॥

tamatītya mahāvegaṃ sarvāmbhonidhimuttamam | apaśyaṃ dānavākīrṇaṃ taddaityapuramantikāt

Passing beyond that mighty, surging ocean, the greatest treasury of waters, I saw close at hand the city of the daityas, swarming with danavas.

Verse 8 (3.171.8)

तत्रैव मातलिस्तूर्णं निपात्य पृथिवीतले । दानवान्रथघोषेण तत्पुरं समुपाद्रवत् ॥

tatraiva mātalistūrṇaṃ nipātya pṛthivītale | dānavānrathaghoṣeṇa tatpuraṃ samupādravat

Right there Matali swiftly brought the chariot down to the ground and, with the thunder of the chariot, bore down on the danavas and their city.

Note on the text: Corrected तृणं → तूर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads tūrṇaṃ), रथघोपेण → रथघोषेण (misprint; प for ष, the critical edition reads rathaghoṣeṇa) and तन्पुरं → तत्पुरं (misprint; the critical edition reads tat puraṃ). निपात्य and दानवान् for the critical edition's nipatya and nādayan are recension variants and are kept.

Verse 9 (3.171.9)

रथघोषं तु तं श्रुत्वा स्तनयित्नोरिवाम्बरे । मन्वाना देवराजं मामाविग्ना दानवाऽभवन् ॥

rathaghoṣaṃ tu taṃ śrutvā stanayitnorivāmbare | manvānā devarājaṃ māmāvignā dānavā'bhavan

Hearing that rumble of the chariot, like thunder in the sky, the danavas took me for the king of the gods and were struck with alarm.

Note on the text: Corrected स्तनयित्नोग्विम्बरे → स्तनयित्नोरिवाम्बरे (misprint in Wikisource; garbled akshara, the critical edition reads stanayitnor ivāmbare). आविग्ना for the critical edition's saṃvignā is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 10 (3.171.10)

सर्वे संभ्रान्तमनसः शरचापधराः स्थिताः । तथाऽसिशूलपरशुगदामुसलपाणयः ॥

sarve saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ śaracāpadharāḥ sthitāḥ | tathā'siśūlaparaśugadāmusalapāṇayaḥ

All of them, confused in mind, stood holding bows and arrows, with swords, spears, axes, maces and clubs in their hands.

Note on the text: Corrected शग्चापधराः → शरचापधराः (misprint in Wikisource; ग् for र, the critical edition reads śaracāpadharāḥ).

Verse 11 (3.171.11)

ततो द्वाराणि पिदधुर्दानवास्त्रस्तचेतसः । संविधाय पुरे रक्षां न स्म कश्चन दृश्यते ॥

tato dvārāṇi pidadhurdānavāstrastacetasaḥ | saṃvidhāya pure rakṣāṃ na sma kaścana dṛśyate

Then the danavas, terrified, shut the gates and set a guard over the city; not one of them could be seen.

Verse 12 (3.171.12)

ततः शङ्खमुपादाय देवदत्तं महास्वनम् । परमां मुदमाश्रित्य प्राधमं तं शनैरहम् ॥

tataḥ śaṅkhamupādāya devadattaṃ mahāsvanam | paramāṃ mudamāśritya prādhamaṃ taṃ śanairaham

Then I took up the conch Devadatta of mighty sound and, filled with great joy, slowly blew it.

Note on the text: परमां मुदमाश्रित्य for the critical edition's puram āsuram āśliṣya is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 13 (3.171.13)

स तु शब्दो दिवं स्तब्ध्वा प्रतिशब्दमजीजनत् । वित्रेसुश्च निलिल्युश्च भूतानि सुमहान्त्यपि ॥

sa tu śabdo divaṃ stabdhvā pratiśabdamajījanat | vitresuśca nililyuśca bhūtāni sumahāntyapi

That sound filled the sky and raised an echo, and even the mightiest creatures trembled and hid themselves.

Verse 14 (3.171.14)

ततो निवातकवचाः सर्व एव समन्ततः । दंशिता विविधैस्त्राणैर्विचित्रायुधपाणयः ॥

tato nivātakavacāḥ sarva eva samantataḥ | daṃśitā vividhaistrāṇairvicitrāyudhapāṇayaḥ

Then all the Nivatakavachas, on every side, clad in armour of many kinds and with all manner of weapons in their hands,

Note on the text: Corrected विचित्रायुपाणयः → विचित्रायुधपाणयः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ध, the critical edition reads -āyudhapāṇayaḥ). विचित्र- for the critical edition's vividha- is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 15 (3.171.15)

आयसैश्च महाशूलैर्गदाभिर्मुसलैरपि । पट्टसैः करवालैश्च रथचक्रैश्च भारत ॥

āyasaiśca mahāśūlairgadābhirmusalairapi | paṭṭasaiḥ karavālaiśca rathacakraiśca bhārata

with great iron spears, with maces and clubs, with pattishas, swords and chariot-wheels, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Corrected आयसैश्र → आयसैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; र for च, the critical edition reads āyasaiś ca).

Verse 16 (3.171.16)

शतघ्नीभिर्भुशुण्डीभिः खड्गैश्चित्रैः स्वलंकृतैः । प्रगृहीतैर्दितेः पुत्राः प्रादुरासन्सहस्रशः ॥

śataghnībhirbhuśuṇḍībhiḥ khaḍgaiścitraiḥ svalaṃkṛtaiḥ | pragṛhītairditeḥ putrāḥ prādurāsansahasraśaḥ

with shataghnis, bhushundis and bright, well-adorned swords grasped in their hands, the sons of Diti came forth in thousands.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गैः → खड्गैः (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, the critical edition reads khaḍgaiś).

Verse 17 (3.171.17)

ततो विचार्य बहुशो रथमार्गेषु तान्हयान् । प्राचोदयत्समे देशे मातलिर्भरतर्षभ ॥

tato vicārya bahuśo rathamārgeṣu tānhayān | prācodayatsame deśe mātalirbharatarṣabha

Then, O bull of the Bharatas, Matali weighed the chariot's courses again and again and drove the horses onto level ground.

Verse 18 (3.171.18)

तेन तेषां प्रणुन्नानामाशुत्वाच्छीघ्रगामिनाम् । नान्वपश्यत्तदा कश्चित्तन्मेऽद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tena teṣāṃ praṇunnānāmāśutvācchīghragāminām | nānvapaśyattadā kaścittanme'dbhutamivābhavat

So swift were those fast-running horses as he urged them on that no one could follow them with his eyes; it seemed a wonder to me.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रणुन्नानासाशुत्वात् → प्रणुन्नानामाशुत्वात् (misprint in Wikisource; स for म, the critical edition reads praṇunnānām āśutvāc) and कश्रित् → कश्चित् (misprint; र for च). नान्वपश्यत् … कश्चित् for the critical edition's nānvapaśyaṃ … kiṃ cit is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 19 (3.171.19)

ततस्ते दानवास्तत्र योधव्रातान्यनेकशः । विकृतस्वररूपाणि भृशं सर्वाण्यचोदयन् ॥

tataste dānavāstatra yodhavrātānyanekaśaḥ | vikṛtasvararūpāṇi bhṛśaṃ sarvāṇyacodayan

Then the danavas there urged on hard their many bands of warriors, all hideous in voice and form.

Note on the text: Corrected योधवातानि → योधव्रातानि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र, the critical edition reads yodhavrātāny) and restored a missing word space (तत्रयोध- → तत्र योध-).

Verse 20 (3.171.20)

तेन शब्देन सहसा समुद्रे पर्वतोपमाः । आप्लवन्त गतैः सत्वैर्मत्स्याः शतसहस्रशः ॥

tena śabdena sahasā samudre parvatopamāḥ | āplavanta gataiḥ satvairmatsyāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

At that din, fish as big as mountains in the ocean fled all at once by the hundred thousand, their wits gone.

Note on the text: सहसा for the critical edition's mahatā is a recension variant and is kept. Wikisource's page ends after this verse; verses 21–24 are restored from the critical edition.

Verse 21 (3.171.21)

ततो वेगेन महता दानवा मामुपाद्रवन् । विमुञ्चन्तः शितान्बाणाञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

tato vegena mahatā dānavā māmupādravan | vimuñcantaḥ śitānbāṇāñśataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Then the danavas rushed at me with great speed, loosing sharp arrows by the hundred and the thousand.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.166.20): Wikisource's page breaks off after verse 20 with no closing colophon, though its own commentary notes run to verse 24 (a note on 3-171-24 discusses the reading तारकामये); the critical edition's last four verses of this adhyaya (3.166.20–23) stand unmatched.

Verse 22 (3.171.22)

स संप्रहारस्तुमुलस्तेषां मम च भारत । अवर्तत महाघोरो निवातकवचान्तकः ॥

sa saṃprahārastumulasteṣāṃ mama ca bhārata | avartata mahāghoro nivātakavacāntakaḥ

Then, O Bharata, there raged between them and me a tumultuous and most terrible battle, which was to be the end of the Nivatakavachas.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.166.21): Wikisource's page breaks off after verse 20 with no closing colophon, though its own commentary notes run to verse 24 (a note on 3-171-24 discusses the reading तारकामये); the critical edition's last four verses of this adhyaya (3.166.20–23) stand unmatched.

Verse 23 (3.171.23)

ततो देवर्षयश्चैव दानवर्षिगणाश्च ये । ब्रह्मर्षयश्च सिद्धाश्च समाजग्मुर्महामृधे ॥

tato devarṣayaścaiva dānavarṣigaṇāśca ye | brahmarṣayaśca siddhāśca samājagmurmahāmṛdhe

Then the divine sages, the hosts of danava sages, the brahmin sages and the siddhas gathered at that great battle.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.166.22): Wikisource's page breaks off after verse 20 with no closing colophon, though its own commentary notes run to verse 24 (a note on 3-171-24 discusses the reading तारकामये); the critical edition's last four verses of this adhyaya (3.166.20–23) stand unmatched.

Verse 24 (3.171.24)

ते वै मामनुरूपाभिर्मधुराभिर्जयैषिणः । अस्तुवन्मुनयो वाग्भिर्यथेन्द्रं तारकामये ॥

te vai māmanurūpābhirmadhurābhirjayaiṣiṇaḥ | astuvanmunayo vāgbhiryathendraṃ tārakāmaye

Wishing me victory, those sages praised me with sweet and fitting words, as they once praised Indra in the war over Tara.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.166.23): Wikisource's page breaks off after verse 20 with no closing colophon, though its own commentary notes run to verse 24 (a note on 3-171-24 discusses the reading तारकामये); the critical edition's last four verses of this adhyaya (3.166.20–23) stand unmatched.