Indra's Gifts and Arjuna's Return

Verse 1 (3.176.1)

ततो मामतिविश्वस्तं संरूढशरविक्षतम् । देवराजोऽनुगृह्येदं काले वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tato māmativiśvastaṃ saṃrūḍhaśaravikṣatam | devarājo'nugṛhyedaṃ kāle vacanamabravīt

Then, when my arrow wounds had healed and he had come to trust me fully, the king of the gods showed me his favour and at the fitting time spoke these words:

Note on the text: Corrected मामिविश्वस्तं → मामतिविश्वस्तं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the pada a syllable short, and the commentary on this verse reads अतिविश्वस्तं; the critical edition has abhiviśvastaṃ).

Verse 2 (3.176.2)

दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वाणि त्वयि तिष्ठन्ति भारत । न त्वाऽभिभवितुं शक्तो मानुषो भुवि कश्चन ॥

divyānyastrāṇi sarvāṇi tvayi tiṣṭhanti bhārata | na tvā'bhibhavituṃ śakto mānuṣo bhuvi kaścana

All the divine weapons now reside in you, O Bharata. No man on earth is able to overcome you.

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra's own words (verses 2–3), printed under Arjuna's heading.

Verse 3 (3.176.3)

भीष्मो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णः शकुनिः सह राजभिः । संग्रामस्थस्य ते पुत्र कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ॥

bhīṣmo droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniḥ saha rājabhiḥ | saṃgrāmasthasya te putra kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm

Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Karna and Shakuni, together with the kings, are not worth a sixteenth part of you when you stand in battle, my son.

Verse 4 (3.176.4)

इदं च मे तनुत्राणं प्रायच्छन्मघवान्प्रभुः । अभेद्यं कवचं दिव्यं स्रजं चैव हिरण्मयीम् ॥

idaṃ ca me tanutrāṇaṃ prāyacchanmaghavānprabhuḥ | abhedyaṃ kavacaṃ divyaṃ srajaṃ caiva hiraṇmayīm

And the lord Maghavan gave me this body-guard, a divine coat of mail that nothing can pierce, and this golden garland.

Verse 5 (3.176.5)

देवदत्तं च मे शङ्खं देवः प्रादान्महारवम् । दिव्यं चेदं किरीटं मे स्वयमिन्द्रो युयोज ह ॥

devadattaṃ ca me śaṅkhaṃ devaḥ prādānmahāravam | divyaṃ cedaṃ kirīṭaṃ me svayamindro yuyoja ha

The god gave me the loud-sounding conch Devadatta, and Indra himself set this divine diadem on my head.

Verse 6 (3.176.6)

ततो दिव्यानि वस्त्राणि दिव्यान्याभरणानि च । प्रादाच्छक्रो ममैतानि रुचिराणि बृहन्ति च ॥

tato divyāni vastrāṇi divyānyābharaṇāni ca | prādācchakro mamaitāni rucirāṇi bṛhanti ca

Then Shakra gave me these divine garments and divine ornaments, splendid and rich.

Verse 7 (3.176.7)

एवं संपूजितस्तत्र सुखमस्म्युषितो नृप । इन्द्रस्य भवने पुण्ये गन्धर्वशिशुभिः सह ॥

evaṃ saṃpūjitastatra sukhamasmyuṣito nṛpa | indrasya bhavane puṇye gandharvaśiśubhiḥ saha

Honoured in this way, O king, I lived there happily in Indra's holy palace with the young Gandharvas.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (संपूजितस्तत्रसुखमस्म्युषितो → संपूजितस्तत्र सुखमस्म्युषितो) and corrected इन्द्रस् → इन्द्रस्य (dropped akshara in Wikisource; the critical edition reads indrasya).

Verse 8 (3.176.8)

ततो मामब्रवीच्छक्रः प्रीतिमानमरैः सह । समयोऽर्जुन गन्तुं ते भ्रातरो हि स्मरन्ति ते ॥

tato māmabravīcchakraḥ prītimānamaraiḥ saha | samayo'rjuna gantuṃ te bhrātaro hi smaranti te

Then Shakra, well pleased, said to me in the presence of the immortals, "It is time for you to go, Arjuna; your brothers are thinking of you."

Verse 9 (3.176.9)

एवमिन्द्रस्य भवने पञ्चवर्षाणि भारत । उषितानि मया राजन्स्मरता द्यूतजं कलिम् ॥

evamindrasya bhavane pañcavarṣāṇi bhārata | uṣitāni mayā rājansmaratā dyūtajaṃ kalim

So I lived five years in Indra's palace, O Bharata, O king, all the while remembering the strife that came of the dice.

Verse 10 (3.176.10)

ततो भवन्तमद्राक्षं भ्रातृभिः परिवारितम् । गन्धमादनमासाद्य पर्वतस्यास्य मूर्धनि ॥

tato bhavantamadrākṣaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritam | gandhamādanamāsādya parvatasyāsya mūrdhani

Then, coming to Gandhamadana, I saw you on the summit of this mountain, surrounded by our brothers.

Verse 11 (3.176.11)

दिष्ट्या धनंजयास्त्राणि त्वया प्राप्तानि भारत । दिष्ट्या चाराधितो राजा देवानामीश्वरः प्रभुः ॥

diṣṭyā dhanaṃjayāstrāṇi tvayā prāptāni bhārata | diṣṭyā cārādhito rājā devānāmīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ

It is our good fortune, Dhananjaya, that you have won the weapons, O Bharata; our good fortune that you have pleased the king of the gods, the mighty lord.

Verse 12 (3.176.12)

दिष्ट्या च भगवान्स्थाणुर्देव्या सह परंतपः । साक्षाद्दृष्टः स्वयुद्धेन तोषितश्च त्वयाऽनघ ॥

diṣṭyā ca bhagavānsthāṇurdevyā saha paraṃtapaḥ | sākṣāddṛṣṭaḥ svayuddhena toṣitaśca tvayā'nagha

It is our good fortune that you saw with your own eyes the blessed Sthanu, scorcher of foes, together with the Goddess, and pleased him with your own fighting, O sinless one.

Note on the text: Corrected भगवन् → भगवान् (dropped vowel sign in Wikisource; the nominative goes with स्थाणुः, the critical edition reads bhagavān) and तोषितश् → तोषितश्च (dropped च; the pada is a syllable short, the critical edition reads toṣitaś ca).

Verse 13 (3.176.13)

दिष्ट्या च लोकपालैस्त्वं समेतो भरतर्षभ । दिष्ट्या वर्धामहे पार्थ दिष्ट्याऽसि पुनरागतः ॥

diṣṭyā ca lokapālaistvaṃ sameto bharatarṣabha | diṣṭyā vardhāmahe pārtha diṣṭyā'si punarāgataḥ

It is our good fortune that you have met the Guardians of the World, O bull of the Bharatas. Fortune favours us, Partha; by good fortune you have come back.

Verse 14 (3.176.14)

अद्य कृत्स्नामिमां देवीं विजितां पुरमालिनीम् । पश्यामि भूमिं कौन्तेय त्वया मे प्रतिपादिताम् । मन्ये च धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रानपि वशीकृतान् ॥

adya kṛtsnāmimāṃ devīṃ vijitāṃ puramālinīm | paśyāmi bhūmiṃ kaunteya tvayā me pratipāditām | manye ca dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrānapi vaśīkṛtān

Today I look upon this whole goddess Earth, garlanded with cities, as already won, the land you have handed over to me, son of Kunti; and I count even Dhritarashtra's sons as brought under our power.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and '). The first and third lines are CE 3.171.14a–c; the second is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.171.14b*0869).

Verse 15 (3.176.15)

इच्छामि तानि चास्त्राणि द्रष्टुं दिव्यानि भारत । यैस्तथा वीर्यवन्तस्ते निवातकवचा हताः ॥

icchāmi tāni cāstrāṇi draṣṭuṃ divyāni bhārata | yaistathā vīryavantaste nivātakavacā hatāḥ

I wish to see those divine weapons, O Bharata, by which the mighty Nivatakavachas were slain.

Verse 16 (3.176.16)

श्वः प्रभाते भवान्द्रष्टा दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वशः । निवातकवचा घोरा यैर्मया विनिपातिताः ॥

śvaḥ prabhāte bhavāndraṣṭā divyānyastrāṇi sarvaśaḥ | nivātakavacā ghorā yairmayā vinipātitāḥ

Tomorrow at daybreak you shall see all the divine weapons with which I struck down the dreadful Nivatakavachas.

Note on the text: Corrected सः → श्वः (misprint in Wikisource; the adhyaya's own heading speaks of श्वःप्रदर्शनप्रतिज्ञानम्, and the critical edition reads śvaḥ).

Verse 17 (3.176.17)

एवमागमनं तत्र कथयित्वा धनंजयः । भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वै रजनीं तामुवास ह ॥

evamāgamanaṃ tatra kathayitvā dhanaṃjayaḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvai rajanīṃ tāmuvāsa ha

Having thus told of his coming there, Dhananjaya spent that night with all his brothers.