Udanka Recovers the Earrings from the Nagas

Verse 1 (14.58.1)

स मित्रसहमासाद्य अभिज्ञानमयाचत । तस्मै ददावभिज्ञानं स चेक्ष्वाकुवरस्तदा ॥

sa mitrasahamāsādya abhijñānamayācata | tasmai dadāvabhijñānaṃ sa cekṣvākuvarastadā

He approached Mitrasaha and asked for a token of recognition, and that best of the Ikshvakus then gave him the token.

Verse 2 (14.58.2)

न चैवैषा गतिः क्षेम्या न चान्या विद्यते गतिः । एतन्मे तत्वमाज्ञाय प्रयच्छ मणिकुण्डले ॥

na caivaiṣā gatiḥ kṣemyā na cānyā vidyate gatiḥ | etanme tatvamājñāya prayaccha maṇikuṇḍale

"This is no safe course, and there is no other course. Understand the truth of this from me, and hand over the two jewelled earrings."

Verse 3 (14.58.3)

इत्युक्तस्तामुदङ्कस्तु भर्तुर्वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् । श्रुत्वा च सा तदा प्रादात्ततस्ते मणिकुण्डले ॥

ityuktastāmudaṅkastu bharturvākyamathābravīt | śrutvā ca sā tadā prādāttataste maṇikuṇḍale

Told this by the king, Udanka then repeated her husband's words to her, and when she had heard them she gave him the two jewelled earrings.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Saudasa (carried-over heading) to Vaishampayana: the verse is narration (CE 14.57.3 is headed vaiśaṃpāyana).

Verse 4 (14.58.4)

अवाप्य कुण्डले ते तु राजानं पुनरब्रवीत् । किमेतद्गुह्यवचनं श्रोतुमिच्छामि पार्थिव ॥

avāpya kuṇḍale te tu rājānaṃ punarabravīt | kimetadguhyavacanaṃ śrotumicchāmi pārthiva

Having got the two earrings, he said to the king again: "What is this secret word? I wish to hear it, O king."

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Saudasa (carried-over heading) to Vaishampayana: the first line is narration, and the question that follows is Udanka's own (the critical edition prints the verse without a new heading, under Vaishampayana).

Verse 5 (14.58.5)

प्रजाविसर्गाद्विप्रान्वै क्षत्रियाः पूजयन्ति ह । विप्रेभ्यश्चापि बहवो दोषाः प्रादुर्भवन्ति नः ॥

prajāvisargādviprānvai kṣatriyāḥ pūjayanti ha | viprebhyaścāpi bahavo doṣāḥ prādurbhavanti naḥ

"Since the creation of beings, Kshatriyas have honoured Brahmins; and yet many faults arise for us from Brahmins."

Verse 6 (14.58.6)

सोहं द्विजेभ्यः प्रणतो विप्राद्दोषमवाप्तवान् । गतिमन्यां न पश्यामि मदयन्तीसहायवान् ॥

sohaṃ dvijebhyaḥ praṇato viprāddoṣamavāptavān | gatimanyāṃ na paśyāmi madayantīsahāyavān

"I, who bowed to the twice-born, incurred a fault from a Brahmin. With only Madayanti as my companion, I see no other course."

Note on the text: No automatic match. Lines = CE 14,057.006a and 006c (the critical edition's verse 14.57.6).

Verse 7 (14.58.7)

न चान्यामपि पश्यामि गतिं गतिमतांवर । स्वर्गद्वारस्य गमने स्थाने चेह द्विजोत्तम ॥

na cānyāmapi paśyāmi gatiṃ gatimatāṃvara | svargadvārasya gamane sthāne ceha dvijottama

"Nor do I see any other course, best of those who have a course, either for going to the gate of heaven or for staying here, best of Brahmins."

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE star passage 14,057.006c*0114_01 (attached to 14.57.6); second line = CE 14,057.006e.

Verse 8 (14.58.8)

न हि राज्ञा विशेषेण विरुद्धेन द्विजातिभिः । शक्यं हि लोके स्थातुं वै प्रेत्य वा सुखमेधितुम् ॥

na hi rājñā viśeṣeṇa viruddhena dvijātibhiḥ | śakyaṃ hi loke sthātuṃ vai pretya vā sukhamedhitum

"For a king who is especially hostile to the twice-born cannot remain among men, nor prosper in happiness after death."

Verse 9 (14.58.9)

तदिष्टे ते मया दत्ते एते स्वे मणिकुण्डले । यः कृतस्तेऽद्य समयः सफलं तं कुरुष्व मे ॥

tadiṣṭe te mayā datte ete sve maṇikuṇḍale | yaḥ kṛtaste'dya samayaḥ saphalaṃ taṃ kuruṣva me

"So these two jewelled earrings of mine, which I have given to you at your wish — make fruitful for me the agreement you made today."

Note on the text: Corrected कुरुष्य → कुरुष्व (misprint in Wikisource; ष्य for ष्व; the critical edition reads kuruṣva).

Verse 10 (14.58.10)

राजंस्तथेह कर्तास्मि पुनरेष्यामि ते वशम् । प्रश्नं च कञ्चित्प्रष्टुं त्वां व्यवसिष्ये परंतप ॥

rājaṃstatheha kartāsmi punareṣyāmi te vaśam | praśnaṃ ca kañcitpraṣṭuṃ tvāṃ vyavasiṣye paraṃtapa

"O king, I shall do so, and I shall return into your power. But there is a question I have resolved to ask you, scorcher of foes."

Verse 11 (14.58.11)

ब्रूहि विप्र यथाकामं प्रतिवक्तास्मि ते वचः । छेत्तास्मि संशयं तेऽद्य न मेऽत्रास्ति विचारणा ॥

brūhi vipra yathākāmaṃ prativaktāsmi te vacaḥ | chettāsmi saṃśayaṃ te'dya na me'trāsti vicāraṇā

"Speak, Brahmin, as you wish; I shall answer what you say. I shall cut through your doubt today — I have no hesitation in this."

Note on the text: Corrected मेऽत्राश्ति → मेऽत्रास्ति (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; the critical edition reads me 'trāsti).

Verse 12 (14.58.12)

प्राहुर्वाक्संयतं विप्रं धर्मनैपुणदर्शिनः । मित्रेषु यश्च विषमः स्तेन इत्येव तं विदुः ॥

prāhurvāksaṃyataṃ vipraṃ dharmanaipuṇadarśinaḥ | mitreṣu yaśca viṣamaḥ stena ityeva taṃ viduḥ

"Those who see the subtleties of dharma say that a man who keeps his speech under restraint is a true Brahmin; and one who deals unfairly with his friends they know as a thief."

Verse 13 (14.58.13)

स भवान्मित्रतामद्य सम्प्राप्तो मम पार्थिव । स मे बुद्धिं प्रयच्छस्व सम्मतां पुरुषर्षभ ॥

sa bhavānmitratāmadya samprāpto mama pārthiva | sa me buddhiṃ prayacchasva sammatāṃ puruṣarṣabha

"You have today become my friend, O king. So, best of men, give me counsel that I can accept."

Note on the text: Corrected बवान् → भवान् (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; the critical edition reads sa bhavān).

Verse 14 (14.58.14)

अवाप्तार्थोऽहमद्येह भवांश्च पुरुषादकः । भवत्सकाशमागन्तुं क्षमं मम न वेति वै ॥

avāptārtho'hamadyeha bhavāṃśca puruṣādakaḥ | bhavatsakāśamāgantuṃ kṣamaṃ mama na veti vai

"I have gained my purpose today, and you are a man-eater. Tell me whether it is fitting for me to come into your presence, or not."

Verse 15 (14.58.15)

क्षमं चेदिह वक्तव्यं मया द्विजवरोत्तम । मत्समीपं द्विजश्रेष्ठ नागन्तव्यं कथञ्चन ॥

kṣamaṃ cediha vaktavyaṃ mayā dvijavarottama | matsamīpaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha nāgantavyaṃ kathañcana

"If I am to say what is fitting, best of Brahmins, then you must not come near me in any way."

Note on the text: Corrected द्विजश्रेष्ट → द्विजश्रेष्ठ (misprint in Wikisource; ट for ठ).

Verse 16 (14.58.16)

एवं तव प्रपश्यामि श्रेयो भृगुकुलोद्वह । आगच्छतो हि ते विप्र भवेन्मृत्युर्न संशयः ॥

evaṃ tava prapaśyāmi śreyo bhṛgukulodvaha | āgacchato hi te vipra bhavenmṛtyurna saṃśayaḥ

"This is what I see as best for you, scion of Bhrigu's line: if you come, death will surely befall you."

Note on the text: Corrected विप्रि → विप्र and भवेन्मृर्त्युन → भवेन्मृत्युर्न (misprints in Wikisource; stray ि, and ृ and र् misplaced; the critical edition reads vipra bhaven mṛtyur asaṃśayam). The second line is a recension variant of CE 14.57.15c.

Verse 17 (14.58.17)

इत्युक्तः स तदा राजा क्षमं बुद्धिमता हितम् । अनुज्ञाप्य स राजानमहल्यां प्रति जग्मिवान् ॥

ityuktaḥ sa tadā rājā kṣamaṃ buddhimatā hitam | anujñāpya sa rājānamahalyāṃ prati jagmivān

Thus advised by the wise king in what was fitting and beneficial, he took the king's leave and set out toward Ahalya.

Verse 18 (14.58.18)

गृहीत्वा कुण्डले दिव्ये गुरुपत्न्याः प्रियंकरः । जवेन महता प्रायाद्गौतमस्याश्रमं प्रति ॥

gṛhītvā kuṇḍale divye gurupatnyāḥ priyaṃkaraḥ | javena mahatā prāyādgautamasyāśramaṃ prati

Taking the two divine earrings, the one who sought to please his teacher's wife went with great speed toward Gautama's hermitage.

Verse 19 (14.58.19)

यथा तयो रक्षणं च मदयन्त्याऽभिभाषितम् । तथा ते कुण्डले बध्वा तदा कृष्णाजिनेऽनयत् ॥

yathā tayo rakṣaṇaṃ ca madayantyā'bhibhāṣitam | tathā te kuṇḍale badhvā tadā kṛṣṇājine'nayat

As Madayanti had told him how the two were to be guarded, so he tied the two earrings in a black antelope skin and carried them.

Verse 20 (14.58.20)

स कस्मिंश्चित्क्षुधाविष्टः फलभारसमन्वितम् । बिल्वं ददर्श विप्रर्षिरारुरोह च तं ततः ॥

sa kasmiṃścitkṣudhāviṣṭaḥ phalabhārasamanvitam | bilvaṃ dadarśa viprarṣirāruroha ca taṃ tataḥ

Somewhere on the way, driven by hunger, the Brahmin sage saw a bilva tree heavy with fruit, and he climbed it.

Verse 21 (14.58.21)

शाखास्वासज्य तस्यैव कृष्णाजिनमरिंदम । पातयामास बिल्वानि तदा स द्विजपुङ्गवः ॥

śākhāsvāsajya tasyaiva kṛṣṇājinamariṃdama | pātayāmāsa bilvāni tadā sa dvijapuṅgavaḥ

O subduer of foes, he hung that same black antelope skin on its branches, and that best of Brahmins began to knock down bilva fruits.

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE 14,057.020a; second line = CE star passage 14,057.020b*0115_01.

Verse 22 (14.58.22)

अथ पातयमानस्य बिल्वापहृतचक्षुषः । न्यपतंस्तानि बिल्वानि तस्मिन्नेवाजिने विभो ॥

atha pātayamānasya bilvāpahṛtacakṣuṣaḥ | nyapataṃstāni bilvāni tasminnevājine vibho

As he went on knocking them down, his eyes held by the bilva fruits, those fruits fell upon that very skin, O lord.

Note on the text: No automatic match. Lines = CE star passage 14,057.020b*0115_02 and 020b*0115_03 (attached to 14.57.20).

Verse 23 (14.58.23)

यस्मिंस्ते कुण्डले बद्धे तदा द्विजवरेण वै । बिल्वप्रहारैस्तस्याथ व्यशीर्यद्बन्धनं ततः ॥

yasmiṃste kuṇḍale baddhe tadā dvijavareṇa vai | bilvaprahāraistasyātha vyaśīryadbandhanaṃ tataḥ

The skin on which the best of Brahmins had tied the two earrings — the blows of the bilva fruits made its fastening burst apart.

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE 14,057.020c; second line = CE star passage 14,057.020d*0116_01.

Verse 24 (14.58.24)

सकुण्डलं तदजिनं पपात सहसा तरोः । विशीर्णबन्धने तस्मिन्गते कृष्णाजिने महीम् ॥

sakuṇḍalaṃ tadajinaṃ papāta sahasā taroḥ | viśīrṇabandhane tasmingate kṛṣṇājine mahīm

The skin, earrings and all, suddenly fell from the tree. And when the black antelope skin, its fastening loosened, had reached the ground,

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE star passage 14,057.020d*0116_02 (attached to 14.57.20); second line = CE 14,057.021a.

Verse 25 (14.58.25)

अपश्यद्भुजगः कश्चित्ते तत्र मणिकुण्डले । ऐरावतकुलोद्भूतः शीघ्रो भूत्वा तदा हि सः ॥

apaśyadbhujagaḥ kaścitte tatra maṇikuṇḍale | airāvatakulodbhūtaḥ śīghro bhūtvā tadā hi saḥ

a certain serpent of Airavata's lineage saw the two jewelled earrings lying there, and moved swiftly.

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE 14,057.021c; second line is a variant of CE 14,057.022a (Wikisource ऐरावतकुलोद्भूतः … हि सः for airāvatakulotpannaḥ … sa vai).

Verse 26 (14.58.26)

विदश्यास्येन वल्मीकं विवेशाथ स कुण्डले । ह्रियमाणे तु दृष्ट्वा स कुण्डले भुजगेन ह ॥

vidaśyāsyena valmīkaṃ viveśātha sa kuṇḍale | hriyamāṇe tu dṛṣṭvā sa kuṇḍale bhujagena ha

Gripping the two earrings in its mouth, it entered an anthill. And seeing the earrings being carried off by the serpent,

Note on the text: No automatic match. Lines = CE 14,057.022c and 023a.

Verse 27 (14.58.27)

पपात वृक्षात्सोद्वेगो दुःखात्परमकोपनः । स दण्डकाष्ठमादाय वल्मीकमखनत्तदा ॥

papāta vṛkṣātsodvego duḥkhātparamakopanaḥ | sa daṇḍakāṣṭhamādāya valmīkamakhanattadā

he fell from the tree, agitated and exceedingly enraged with grief, and taking a staff of wood he began to dig into the anthill.

Note on the text: No automatic match. Lines = CE 14,057.023c and 024a.

Verse 28 (14.58.28)

अहानि त्रिंशदव्यग्रः पञ्च चान्यानि भारत । क्रोधामर्षाभिसंतप्तस्तदा ब्राह्मणसत्तमः ॥

ahāni triṃśadavyagraḥ pañca cānyāni bhārata | krodhāmarṣābhisaṃtaptastadā brāhmaṇasattamaḥ

He dug without pause for thirty days and five days more, O Bharata, that best of Brahmins, his limbs burning with anger and indignation.

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets round the first line (the page prints it as an interpolated line). Corrected ब्राह्मणिसत्तमः → ब्राह्मणसत्तमः (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि). No automatic match. First line = CE star passage 14,057.024b*0117_01 (attached to 14.57.24); second line is a variant of CE 14,057.024c (Wikisource क्रोधामर्षाभिसंतप्तस्तदा ब्राह्मणसत्तमः for krodhāmarṣābhitaptāṅgas tato vai dvijapuṃgavaḥ).

Verse 29 (14.58.29)

तस्य वेगमसह्यं तमसहन्ती वसुन्धरा । दण्डकाष्ठाभिनुन्नाङ्गी चचाल भृशमाकुला । ततः खनत एवाथ विप्रर्षेर्धरणीतलम् । नागलोकस्य पन्थानं कर्तुकामस्य निश्चयात् ॥

tasya vegamasahyaṃ tamasahantī vasundharā | daṇḍakāṣṭhābhinunnāṅgī cacāla bhṛśamākulā | tataḥ khanata evātha viprarṣerdharaṇītalam | nāgalokasya panthānaṃ kartukāmasya niścayāt

The Earth, unable to bear his unbearable force, her body battered by the digging-staff, trembled violently in distress, as the sage went on digging into her surface, resolved to open a road to the world of the nagas.

Note on the text: No automatic match. Four-line verse (as the page prints it, 14-58-29a–d) = CE 14,057.025a, 025c, 026a, 026c; line 2 reads आकुला where the critical edition has āturā (recension variant, kept).

Verse 30 (14.58.30)

रथेन हरियुक्तेन तं देशमुपजग्मिवान् । वज्रपाणिर्महातेजास्तं ददर्श द्विजोत्तमम् ॥

rathena hariyuktena taṃ deśamupajagmivān | vajrapāṇirmahātejāstaṃ dadarśa dvijottamam

The wielder of the thunderbolt, of great splendour, came to that place in a chariot yoked with bay horses, and saw that best of Brahmins.

Verse 31 (14.58.31)

स तु तं ब्राह्मणो भूत्वा तस्य दुःखेन दुःखितः । उदङ्कमब्रवीद्वाक्यं नैतच्छक्यं त्वयेति वै ॥

sa tu taṃ brāhmaṇo bhūtvā tasya duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ | udaṅkamabravīdvākyaṃ naitacchakyaṃ tvayeti vai

Taking the form of a Brahmin, and pained at his pain, he said to Udanka: "This cannot be done by you."

Verse 32 (14.58.32)

इतो हि नागलोको वै योजनानि सहस्रशः । न दण्डकाष्ठसाध्यं च मन्ये कार्यमिदं तव ॥

ito hi nāgaloko vai yojanāni sahasraśaḥ | na daṇḍakāṣṭhasādhyaṃ ca manye kāryamidaṃ tava

"From here the world of the nagas is thousands of yojanas away. I do not think this task of yours can be accomplished with a staff of wood."

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Vaishampayana (carried-over heading) to Indra, who is speaking in the guise of a Brahmin (the page has no new heading here, and the critical edition prints none either; the speech is Vajrapani's).

Verse 33 (14.58.33)

नागलोके यदि ब्रह्मन्न शक्ये कुण्डले मया । प्राप्तुं प्राणान्विमोक्ष्यामि पश्यतस्ते द्विजोत्तम ॥

nāgaloke yadi brahmanna śakye kuṇḍale mayā | prāptuṃ prāṇānvimokṣyāmi paśyataste dvijottama

"Brahmin, if I cannot get the two earrings in the world of the nagas, I shall give up my life before your eyes, best of Brahmins."

Verse 34 (14.58.34)

यदा स नाशकत्तस्य निश्चयं कर्तुमन्यथा । वज्रपाणिस्तदा दण्डं वज्रास्त्रेण युयोज ह ॥

yadā sa nāśakattasya niścayaṃ kartumanyathā | vajrapāṇistadā daṇḍaṃ vajrāstreṇa yuyoja ha

When he could not make Udanka change his resolve, the wielder of the thunderbolt then joined the staff to the thunderbolt weapon.

Verse 35 (14.58.35)

ततो वज्रप्रहारैस्तैर्दार्यमाणा वसुन्धरा । नागलोकस्य पन्थानमकरोज्जनमेजय ॥

tato vajraprahāraistairdāryamāṇā vasundharā | nāgalokasya panthānamakarojjanamejaya

Then, split by those blows of the thunderbolt, the Earth made a road to the world of the nagas, O Janamejaya.

Note on the text: Corrected वसुन्धर → वसुन्धरा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped final ā; the subject is feminine, and the critical edition reads vasuṃdharā).

Verse 36 (14.58.36)

स तेन मार्गेण तदा नागलोकं विवेश ह । ददर्श नागलोकं च योजनानि सहस्रशः ॥

sa tena mārgeṇa tadā nāgalokaṃ viveśa ha | dadarśa nāgalokaṃ ca yojanāni sahasraśaḥ

By that road he then entered the world of the nagas, and he saw the world of the nagas stretching for thousands of yojanas,

Verse 37 (14.58.37)

प्रकारनिचयैर्दिव्यैर्मणिमुक्तास्वलङ्कृतैः । उपपन्नं महाभाग शातकुम्भमयैस्तथा ॥

prakāranicayairdivyairmaṇimuktāsvalaṅkṛtaiḥ | upapannaṃ mahābhāga śātakumbhamayaistathā

furnished with divine ramparts adorned with jewels and pearls, and with others made of gold, O fortunate one.

Verse 38 (14.58.38)

वापीः स्फटिकसोपाना नदीश्च विमलोदकाः । ददर्श वृक्षांश्च बहून्नानाद्विजगणायुतान् ॥

vāpīḥ sphaṭikasopānā nadīśca vimalodakāḥ | dadarśa vṛkṣāṃśca bahūnnānādvijagaṇāyutān

He saw stepwells with crystal stairs, rivers of clear water, and many trees filled with flocks of birds of every kind.

Note on the text: Corrected नदीस्च → नदीश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स for श).

Verse 39 (14.58.39)

तस्य लोकस्य च द्वारं स ददर्श भृगूद्वहः । पञ्चयोजनविस्तारमायतं शतयोजनम् ॥

tasya lokasya ca dvāraṃ sa dadarśa bhṛgūdvahaḥ | pañcayojanavistāramāyataṃ śatayojanam

And that descendant of Bhrigu saw the gateway of that world, five yojanas wide and a hundred yojanas long.

Verse 40 (14.58.40)

नागलोकमुदङ्कस्तु प्रेक्ष्य दीनोऽभवत्तदा । निराशश्चाभवत्तत्र कुण्डलाहरणे पुनः ॥

nāgalokamudaṅkastu prekṣya dīno'bhavattadā | nirāśaścābhavattatra kuṇḍalāharaṇe punaḥ

Seeing the world of the nagas, Udanka became despondent, and again lost hope of recovering the earrings.

Verse 41 (14.58.41)

तत्र प्रोवाच तुरगस्तं कृष्णश्वेतवालधिः । ताम्रास्यनेत्रः कौरव्यः प्रज्वलन्निव तेजसा ॥

tatra provāca turagastaṃ kṛṣṇaśvetavāladhiḥ | tāmrāsyanetraḥ kauravyaḥ prajvalanniva tejasā

There a horse with a black-and-white tail, its mouth and eyes copper-red, O Kauravya, blazing as it were with brilliance, spoke to him.

Verse 42 (14.58.42)

धमस्वापानमेतन्मे ततस्त्वं विप्र लप्स्यसे । ऐरावतसुतेनेह तवानीते हि कुण्डले ॥

dhamasvāpānametanme tatastvaṃ vipra lapsyase | airāvatasuteneha tavānīte hi kuṇḍale

"Blow into my rear passage, Brahmin, and then you will get them, for the two earrings have been brought here by Airavata's son."

Note on the text: Corrected ऐरावतसुतेनेहि → ऐरावतसुतेनेह and तव्रानीते → तवानीते (misprints in Wikisource; stray ि, and व्र for व; the critical edition reads airāvatasuteneha tavānīte). Speaker corrected from Vaishampayana (carried-over heading) to the Horse (Agni): the verse is the horse's speech, introduced in the preceding verse.

Verse 43 (14.58.43)

मा जुगुप्सां कृथाः पुत्र त्वमत्रार्थे कथञ्चन । त्वयैतद्धि समाचीर्णं गौतमस्याश्रमे तदा ॥

mā jugupsāṃ kṛthāḥ putra tvamatrārthe kathañcana | tvayaitaddhi samācīrṇaṃ gautamasyāśrame tadā

"Do not feel any disgust at this, my son, in this matter. You yourself did this very thing before, in Gautama's hermitage."

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Vaishampayana (carried-over heading) to the Horse (Agni), who is still speaking.

Verse 44 (14.58.44)

कथं भवन्तं जानीयामुपाध्यायाश्रमं प्रति । यन्मया चीर्णपूर्वं हि श्रोतुमिच्छामि तद्ध्यहम् ॥

kathaṃ bhavantaṃ jānīyāmupādhyāyāśramaṃ prati | yanmayā cīrṇapūrvaṃ hi śrotumicchāmi taddhyaham

"How am I to recognise you in connection with my teacher's hermitage? I wish to hear what I did there before."

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from उदङ्ग (misprint in the heading) to उदङ्क.

Verse 45 (14.58.45)

गुरोर्गुरु मां जानीहि ज्वलन्तं जातवेदसम् । त्वया ह्यहं सदा विप्र गुरोरर्थेऽभिपूजितः ॥

gurorguru māṃ jānīhi jvalantaṃ jātavedasam | tvayā hyahaṃ sadā vipra gurorarthe'bhipūjitaḥ

"Know me as the teacher of your teacher — the blazing fire, Jatavedas. For your teacher's sake you have always honoured me, Brahmin."

Verse 46 (14.58.46)

विधिवत्सततं विप्र शुचिना भृगुनन्दन । तस्माच्छ्रेयो विधास्यामि तवैवं कुरु माचिरम् ॥

vidhivatsatataṃ vipra śucinā bhṛgunandana | tasmācchreyo vidhāsyāmi tavaivaṃ kuru māciram

"You have done so always, Brahmin, with due rites and in purity, descendant of Bhrigu. So I shall do you good; do as I say, without delay."

Verse 47 (14.58.47)

इत्युक्तस्तु तथाऽकार्षीदुदङ्कश्चित्रभानुना । ताम्रार्चिः प्रीतिमांश्चापि प्रजज्वाल दिधक्षया ॥

ityuktastu tathā'kārṣīdudaṅkaścitrabhānunā | tāmrārciḥ prītimāṃścāpi prajajvāla didhakṣayā

Told this, Udanka did as Chitrabhanu had said; and Agni, copper-red in his flames, was pleased and blazed up, wishing to burn.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from the Horse (carried-over heading) to Vaishampayana: from here to the end the verses are narration.

Verse 48 (14.58.48)

ततोऽस्य रोमकूपेभ्यो ध्मायमानस्य भारत । घनः प्रादुरभूद्धूमो नागलोकभयावहः ॥

tato'sya romakūpebhyo dhmāyamānasya bhārata | ghanaḥ prādurabhūddhūmo nāgalokabhayāvahaḥ

Then, O Bharata, as he blew, a dense smoke came forth from the pores of his skin, and it struck terror in the world of the nagas.

Verse 49 (14.58.49)

तेन धूमेन महता वर्धमानेन भारत । नागलोके महाराज न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन ॥

tena dhūmena mahatā vardhamānena bhārata | nāgaloke mahārāja na prājñāyata kiñcana

By that great and growing smoke, O Bharata, nothing could be made out in the world of the nagas, O great king.

Verse 50 (14.58.50)

हाहाकृतमभूत्सर्वमैरावतिनिवेशनम् । वासुकिप्रमुखानां च नागानां जनमेजय ॥

hāhākṛtamabhūtsarvamairāvatiniveśanam | vāsukipramukhānāṃ ca nāgānāṃ janamejaya

Airavata's house, and the dwellings of the nagas led by Vasuki, rang with cries of alarm, O Janamejaya.

Verse 51 (14.58.51)

न प्राकाशन्त वेश्मानि धूमरुद्धानि भारत । नीहारसंवृतानीव वनानि गिरयस्तथा ॥

na prākāśanta veśmāni dhūmaruddhāni bhārata | nīhārasaṃvṛtānīva vanāni girayastathā

The houses, choked with smoke, could not be seen, O Bharata, like forests and mountains wrapped in mist.

Verse 52 (14.58.52)

ते धूमरक्तनयना वह्नितेजोभितापिताः । आजग्मुर्निश्चयं ज्ञातुं भार्गवस्य महात्मनः ॥

te dhūmaraktanayanā vahnitejobhitāpitāḥ | ājagmurniścayaṃ jñātuṃ bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ

With eyes reddened by the smoke and scorched by the heat of the fire, they came to learn the purpose of the great-souled descendant of Bhrigu.

Verse 53 (14.58.53)

श्रुत्वा च निश्चयं तस्य महर्षेरतितेजसः । सम्भ्रान्तनयनाः सर्वे पूजां चक्रुर्यथाविधि ॥

śrutvā ca niścayaṃ tasya maharṣeratitejasaḥ | sambhrāntanayanāḥ sarve pūjāṃ cakruryathāvidhi

Having heard the purpose of that sage of exceeding power, all of them, with bewildered eyes, honoured him as the rule prescribes.

Verse 54 (14.58.54)

सर्वे प्राञ्जलयो नागा वृद्धबालपुरोगमाः । शिरोभिः प्रणिपत्योचुः प्रसीद भगवन्निति ॥

sarve prāñjalayo nāgā vṛddhabālapurogamāḥ | śirobhiḥ praṇipatyocuḥ prasīda bhagavanniti

All the nagas, with joined palms and the old and the young at their head, bowed their heads and said, "Be gracious, venerable one."

Verse 55 (14.58.55)

प्रसाद्य ब्राह्मणं ते तु पाद्यमर्घ्यं निवेद्य च । प्रायच्छन्कुण्डले दिव्ये पन्नगाः परमार्चिते ॥

prasādya brāhmaṇaṃ te tu pādyamarghyaṃ nivedya ca | prāyacchankuṇḍale divye pannagāḥ paramārcite

They appeased the Brahmin by offering water for his feet and the guest-offering, and those serpents gave back the two divine earrings, which were so greatly prized.

Verse 56 (14.58.56)

ततः स पूजितो नागैस्तदोदङ्कः प्रतापवान् । अग्निं प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा जगाम गुरुसद्म तत् ॥

tataḥ sa pūjito nāgaistadodaṅkaḥ pratāpavān | agniṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā jagāma gurusadma tat

Then the glorious Udanka, honoured by the nagas, kept the fire on his right in a circuit and went to his teacher's house.

Verse 57 (14.58.57)

स गत्वा त्वरितो राजन्गौतमस्य निवेशनम् । प्रायच्छत्कुण्डले दिव्ये गुरुपत्न्यास्तदाऽनघ ॥

sa gatvā tvarito rājangautamasya niveśanam | prāyacchatkuṇḍale divye gurupatnyāstadā'nagha

Hastening, O king, he reached Gautama's dwelling and gave the two divine earrings to his teacher's wife, O sinless one.

Verse 58 (14.58.58)

वासुकिप्रमुखानां च नागानां जनमेजय । सर्वं शशंस गुरवे यथावद्द्विजसत्तमः ॥

vāsukipramukhānāṃ ca nāgānāṃ janamejaya | sarvaṃ śaśaṃsa gurave yathāvaddvijasattamaḥ

That best of Brahmins told his teacher everything about Vasuki and the other nagas, Janamejaya, exactly as it had happened.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रमुकानां → प्रमुखानां and गुरेव → गुरवे (misprints in Wikisource; dropped ख, and ए for वे; the critical edition reads pramukhānāṃ … gurave). No automatic match: both lines = CE star passage 14,057.054d*0119_01–02 (attached to 14.57.54).

Verse 59 (14.58.59)

एवं महात्मना तेन त्रींल्लोकाञ्जनमेजय । परिक्रम्याहृते दिव्ये ततस्ते मणिकुण्डले ॥

evaṃ mahātmanā tena trīṃllokāñjanamejaya | parikramyāhṛte divye tataste maṇikuṇḍale

Thus, Janamejaya, those two divine jewelled earrings were retrieved by that great soul after he had travelled around the three worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रींलोकाञ्जनमेजय → त्रींल्लोकाञ्जनमेजय (misprint in Wikisource; the sandhi of -न् before ल् requires ल्ल; the critical edition reads trīṃl lokāñ janamejaya).

Verse 60 (14.58.60)

एवंप्रभावः स मुनिरुदङ्को भरतर्षभ । परेण तपसा युक्तो यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥

evaṃprabhāvaḥ sa munirudaṅko bharatarṣabha | pareṇa tapasā yukto yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi

Such was the power of the sage Udanka, O best of the Bharatas, joined to supreme austerity — of whom you now ask me.