Lomasha Brings Indra's Message

Verse 1 (3.89.1)

एवं संभाषमाणे तु धौम्ये कौरवनन्दन । लोमशः स महातेजा ऋषिस्तत्राजगाम ह ॥

evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇe tu dhaumye kauravanandana | lomaśaḥ sa mahātejā ṛṣistatrājagāma ha

As Dhaumya was speaking thus, O delight of the Kurus, the great and radiant seer Lomasha arrived there.

Verse 2 (3.89.2)

तं पाण्डवाग्रजो राजा सगणो ब्राह्मणाश्च ते । उपातिष्ठन्महाभागं दिवि शक्रमिवामराः ॥

taṃ pāṇḍavāgrajo rājā sagaṇo brāhmaṇāśca te | upātiṣṭhanmahābhāgaṃ divi śakramivāmarāḥ

The eldest of the Pandavas, the king, with his companions and those brahmins, waited upon that illustrious sage as the immortals wait upon Shakra in heaven.

Verse 3 (3.89.3)

समभ्यर्च्य यथान्यायं धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । पप्रच्छागमने हेतुमटने च प्रयोजनम् ॥

samabhyarcya yathānyāyaṃ dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | papracchāgamane hetumaṭane ca prayojanam

Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, honoured him as was proper and asked the reason for his coming and the purpose of his wandering.

Verse 4 (3.89.4)

स पृष्टः पाण्डुपुत्रेण प्रीयमाणो महामनाः । उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा हर्षयन्निव पाण्डवान् ॥

sa pṛṣṭaḥ pāṇḍuputreṇa prīyamāṇo mahāmanāḥ | uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā harṣayanniva pāṇḍavān

Questioned by the son of Pandu, the great-hearted sage was pleased, and he spoke in gentle words, as if to gladden the Pandavas.

Verse 5 (3.89.5)

संचरन्नस्मि कौन्तेय सर्वांल्लोकान्यदृच्छया । गतः शक्रस्य भवनं तत्रापश्यं सुरेश्वरम् ॥

saṃcarannasmi kaunteya sarvāṃllokānyadṛcchayā | gataḥ śakrasya bhavanaṃ tatrāpaśyaṃ sureśvaram

Son of Kunti, as I was roaming at will through all the worlds, I went to Shakra's palace, and there I saw the lord of the gods.

Note on the text: Direct speech of Lomasha, announced in verse 4 with no printed heading; given to him (verses 5–26, where from verse 17 he repeats Indra's message).

Verse 6 (3.89.6)

तव च भ्रातरं वीरमपश्यं सव्यसाचिनम् । शक्रस्यार्धासनगतं तत्र मे विस्मयो महान् ॥

tava ca bhrātaraṃ vīramapaśyaṃ savyasācinam | śakrasyārdhāsanagataṃ tatra me vismayo mahān

And I saw your heroic brother Savyasachin seated on half of Shakra's throne. Great was my wonder there,

Note on the text: Matches the first four padas of the critical edition's 3.89.6, which the automatic alignment missed.

Verse 7 (3.89.7)

आसीत्पुरुषशार्दूल दृष्ट्वा पार्थं तथागतम् । आह मां तत्र देवेशो गच्छ पाण्डुसुतान्प्रति ॥

āsītpuruṣaśārdūla dṛṣṭvā pārthaṃ tathāgatam | āha māṃ tatra deveśo gaccha pāṇḍusutānprati

O tiger among men, when I saw Partha in that state. Then the lord of the gods said to me, 'Go to the sons of Pandu.'

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.89.6ef and the second its 3.89.7ab (पाण्डुसुतान्प्रति for pāṇḍusutān iti); the automatic alignment missed them.

Verse 8 (3.89.8)

सोऽहमभ्यागतः क्षिप्रं दिदृक्षुस्त्वां सहानुजम् । वचनात्पुरुहूतस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः ॥

so'hamabhyāgataḥ kṣipraṃ didṛkṣustvāṃ sahānujam | vacanātpuruhūtasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ

So I have come quickly, eager to see you and your younger brothers, at the word of Indra and of the great-souled Partha.

Note on the text: Corrected दिदृक्षस्त्वां → दिदृक्षुस्त्वां (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped u-sign; the critical edition reads didṛkṣus tvāṃ) and पार्थस् च → पार्थस्य च (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition reads pārthasya ca). The first line is the critical edition's 3.89.7cd and the second its 3.89.8ab; the automatic alignment missed them.

Verse 9 (3.89.9)

आख्यास्ये ते प्रियं तात महत्पाण्डवनन्दन । भ्रातृभिः सहितो राजन्कृष्णया चैव तच्छृणु ॥

ākhyāsye te priyaṃ tāta mahatpāṇḍavanandana | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito rājankṛṣṇayā caiva tacchṛṇu

I shall tell you something very pleasing, my son, joy of the Pandavas. Listen to it, O king, together with your brothers and Krishna.

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.89.8cd and the second its 3.89.9ab; the automatic alignment missed them.

Verse 10 (3.89.10)

यत्त्वयोक्तो महाबाहुरस्त्रार्थं भरतर्षभ । तदस्त्रमाप्तं पार्थेन रुद्रादप्रतिमं विभो ॥

yattvayokto mahābāhurastrārthaṃ bharatarṣabha | tadastramāptaṃ pārthena rudrādapratimaṃ vibho

The weapon for which you sent the mighty-armed one, bull of the Bharatas, that matchless weapon Partha has obtained from Rudra, my lord —

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.89.9cd (भरतर्षभ for pāṇḍavarṣabha) and the second its 3.89.10ab (विभो for mahat); the automatic alignment missed them.

Verse 11 (3.89.11)

यत्तद्ब्रह्मशिरो नाम तपसा रुद्रमागमत् । अमृतादुत्थितं रौद्रं तल्लब्धं सव्यसाचिना ॥

yattadbrahmaśiro nāma tapasā rudramāgamat | amṛtādutthitaṃ raudraṃ tallabdhaṃ savyasācinā

the one called Brahmashiras, which came to Rudra through austerity. That fearsome weapon of Rudra, risen from the nectar of immortality, Savyasachin has won,

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.89.10cd and the second its 3.89.11ab; the automatic alignment missed them.

Verse 12 (3.89.12)

तत्समन्त्रं ससंहारं सप्रायश्चित्तमङ्गलम् । वज्रमस्त्राणि चान्यानि दण्डादीनि युधिष्ठिर ॥

tatsamantraṃ sasaṃhāraṃ saprāyaścittamaṅgalam | vajramastrāṇi cānyāni daṇḍādīni yudhiṣṭhira

together with its mantras, the means of withdrawing it, and its rites of atonement and of renewal; and the thunderbolt and other weapons too, such as the Danda, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.89.11cd and the second its 3.89.12ab (in a different word order); the automatic alignment missed them.

Verse 13 (3.89.13)

यमात्कुबेराद्वरुणादिन्द्राच्च कुरुनन्दन । अस्त्राण्यधीतवान्पार्थो दिव्यान्यमितविक्रमः ॥

yamātkuberādvaruṇādindrācca kurunandana | astrāṇyadhītavānpārtho divyānyamitavikramaḥ

From Yama, from Kubera, from Varuna and from Indra, delight of the Kurus, Partha of boundless valour has learned divine weapons.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.89.12cd–ef, which the automatic alignment missed.

Verse 14 (3.89.14)

विश्वावसोस्तु तनयाद्गीतं नृत्यं च साम च । वादित्रं च यथान्यायं प्रत्यविन्दद्यथाविधि ॥

viśvāvasostu tanayādgītaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca sāma ca | vāditraṃ ca yathānyāyaṃ pratyavindadyathāvidhi

From the son of Vishvavasu he has duly learned song, dance and Sama chanting, and instrumental music as well, in the proper way.

Verse 15 (3.89.15)

एवं कृतास्त्रः कौन्तेयो गान्धर्वं वेदमात्मवान् । सुखं वसति बीभत्सुरनुजस्यानुजस्तव ॥

evaṃ kṛtāstraḥ kaunteyo gāndharvaṃ vedamātmavān | sukhaṃ vasati bībhatsuranujasyānujastava

Thus, master of weapons and of the Gandharva lore, the self-possessed son of Kunti, Bibhatsu, your younger brother's younger brother, lives in happiness.

Verse 16 (3.89.16)

यदर्थं मां सुरश्रेष्ठ इदं वचनमब्रवीत् । तच्च ते कथयिष्यामि युधिष्ठिर निबोध मे ॥

yadarthaṃ māṃ suraśreṣṭha idaṃ vacanamabravīt | tacca te kathayiṣyāmi yudhiṣṭhira nibodha me

Now I shall tell you why the best of the gods spoke these words to me. Listen to me, Yudhishthira.

Verse 17 (3.89.17)

भवान्मनुष्यलोकेऽपि गमिष्यति न संशयः । ब्रूयाद्युधिष्ठिरं तत्र वचनान्मे द्विजोत्तम ॥

bhavānmanuṣyaloke'pi gamiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | brūyādyudhiṣṭhiraṃ tatra vacanānme dvijottama

'You will surely go to the world of men as well. There, best of the twice-born, give Yudhishthira this message from me:

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रवचनान्मे → तत्र वचनान्मे).

Verse 18 (3.89.18)

आगमिष्यति ते भ्राता कृतास्त्रः क्षिप्रमर्जुनः । सुरकार्यं महत्कृत्वा यदशक्यं दिवौकसैः ॥

āgamiṣyati te bhrātā kṛtāstraḥ kṣipramarjunaḥ | surakāryaṃ mahatkṛtvā yadaśakyaṃ divaukasaiḥ

Your brother Arjuna, master of weapons, will soon return, after accomplishing a great task for the gods that the dwellers of heaven could not achieve.

Verse 19 (3.89.19)

तपसाऽपि त्वमात्मानं योजय भ्रातृभिः सह । तपसो हि परं नास्ति तपसा विन्दते महत् ॥

tapasā'pi tvamātmānaṃ yojaya bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | tapaso hi paraṃ nāsti tapasā vindate mahat

You too, with your brothers, give yourself to austerity. There is nothing higher than austerity; by austerity one attains what is great.

Verse 20 (3.89.20)

अहं च कर्णं जानामि यथावद्भरतर्षभ । सत्यसन्धं महोत्साहं महावीर्यं महाबलम् ॥

ahaṃ ca karṇaṃ jānāmi yathāvadbharatarṣabha | satyasandhaṃ mahotsāhaṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahābalam

I too know Karna well, bull of the Bharatas: true to his word, of great energy, great prowess and great strength,

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.89.19ab. The second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as line 1 of 3.89.19b*0468.

Verse 21 (3.89.21)

महाहवेष्वप्रतिमं महायुद्धविशारदम् । महाधनुर्धरं वीरं महास्त्रं वरवर्णिनम् ॥

mahāhaveṣvapratimaṃ mahāyuddhaviśāradam | mahādhanurdharaṃ vīraṃ mahāstraṃ varavarṇinam

unmatched in great battles, skilled in mighty warfare, a heroic wielder of a great bow, master of great weapons, splendid of form,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 2–3 of 3.89.19b*0468.

Verse 22 (3.89.22)

महेश्वरसुतप्रख्यमादित्यतनयं प्रभुम् । तथाऽर्जुनमतिस्कन्धं सहजोल्वणपौरुषम् ॥

maheśvarasutaprakhyamādityatanayaṃ prabhum | tathā'rjunamatiskandhaṃ sahajolvaṇapauruṣam

the lordly son of the Sun, the equal of Skanda, son of Maheshvara. And I know Arjuna too, high-shouldered, with a fierce manliness born in him.

Note on the text: Corrected सहजोल्वणपौरुणम् → सहजोल्वणपौरुषम् (misprint in Wikisource; ण for ष; the critical edition's apparatus reads sahajolbaṇapauruṣam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 4–5 of 3.89.19b*0468.

Verse 23 (3.89.23)

न स पार्थस्य संग्रामे कलामर्हति षोडशीम् ॥

na sa pārthasya saṃgrāme kalāmarhati ṣoḍaśīm

In battle, Karna is not worth a sixteenth part of Partha.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्तस्य → पार्थस्य (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ). A single line printed as its own verse: it is the critical edition's 3.89.19cd and completes the sentence begun in verse 20 (the apparatus places the five lines of verses 20–22 between 3.89.19ab and cd). Kept as printed.

Verse 24 (3.89.24)

यच्चापि ते भयं कर्णान्मनसिस्थमरिंदम । तच्चाप्यपहरिष्यामि सव्यसाचिन्युपागते ॥

yaccāpi te bhayaṃ karṇānmanasisthamariṃdama | taccāpyapahariṣyāmi savyasācinyupāgate

And the fear of Karna that lies in your mind, tamer of foes, that too I shall take away once Savyasachin has come back.

Verse 25 (3.89.25)

यच्च ते मानसं वीर तीर्थयात्रामिमां प्रति । स महर्षिर्लोमशस्ते कथयिष्यत्यसंशयम् ॥

yacca te mānasaṃ vīra tīrthayātrāmimāṃ prati | sa maharṣirlomaśaste kathayiṣyatyasaṃśayam

And whatever you have in mind, hero, about this pilgrimage to the tirthas, the great sage Lomasha will tell you, without doubt.

Verse 26 (3.89.26)

यच्च किंचित्तपोयुक्तं फलं तीर्थेषु भारत । ब्रह्मर्षिरेष ब्रूयात्ते न तच्छ्रद्धेयमन्यथा ॥

yacca kiṃcittapoyuktaṃ phalaṃ tīrtheṣu bhārata | brahmarṣireṣa brūyātte na tacchraddheyamanyathā

And whatever fruit joined with austerity there is at the tirthas, Bharata, this brahmarshi will tell you. Put your faith in it, and do not take it otherwise.'