Sahadeva at the Kaveri and in the Pandya Country

Verse 1 (2.33.1)

इच्छाम्यागमनं श्रोतुं हैडिम्बस्य द्विजोत्तम । लङ्कायां च गतिं ब्रह्मन्पौलस्त्यस्य च दर्शनम् ॥

icchāmyāgamanaṃ śrotuṃ haiḍimbasya dvijottama | laṅkāyāṃ ca gatiṃ brahmanpaulastyasya ca darśanam

O best of the twice-born, I wish to hear of the journey of Hidimba's son: of how he went to Lanka, O brahmin, and of his meeting with the descendant of Pulastya,

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading जनमेजय उवाच (with a stray backtick) that the extraction had left as the first line of the verse; Janamejaya is given as the speaker. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 1–2.

Verse 2 (2.33.2)

कावेरीदर्शनं चैव आनुपूर्व्या वदस्व मे ॥

kāverīdarśanaṃ caiva ānupūrvyā vadasva me

and also of the sight of the Kaveri. Tell it to me in due order.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints the heading वैशम्पायन उवाच in the middle of verse 2 (2-33-2x); the verse is split there, and this first half closes Janamejaya's question. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 3–4, which put the request in two lines (kāverīdarśanaṃ caiva rājānaḥ sarva eva tān / ānupūrvyāc ca me śaṃsa sarvaṃ brāhmaṇapuṃgava).

Verse 3 (2.33.3)

शृणु राजन्यथा वृत्तं सहदेवस्य साहसम् ॥

śṛṇu rājanyathā vṛttaṃ sahadevasya sāhasam

Listen, O king, to how Sahadeva's bold venture came about.

Note on the text: Corrected सहेदवस्य → सहदेवस्य (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel sign). Second half of Wikisource verse 2, after the heading वैशम्पायन उवाच (split from the first half). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, line 5.

Verse 4 (2.33.4)

कालनद्वीपगांश्चैव तरसा जित्य चाहवे । दक्षिणां च दिशं जित्वा चोलस्य विषयं ययौ ॥

kālanadvīpagāṃścaiva tarasā jitya cāhave | dakṣiṇāṃ ca diśaṃ jitvā colasya viṣayaṃ yayau

Having swiftly conquered in battle the people of the Kalana islands, and having subdued the southern quarter, he went to the land of the Cholas.

Note on the text: Corrected तरसाऽजित्य → तरसा जित्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray avagraha turns jitya, "having conquered", into "unconquered"; the CE appendix reads tarasā jitya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 6–7. The CE appendix reads kānanadvīpakāṃś for Wikisource कालनद्वीपगांश्; the base reading is kept.

Verse 5 (2.33.5)

ददर्श पुण्यतोयां वै कावेरीं सरितां वराम् । नानापक्षिगणैर्जुष्टां तापसैरुपशोभिताम् ॥

dadarśa puṇyatoyāṃ vai kāverīṃ saritāṃ varām | nānāpakṣigaṇairjuṣṭāṃ tāpasairupaśobhitām

There he saw the Kaveri, best of rivers, with its holy waters, frequented by flocks of many kinds of birds and graced by ascetics.

Note on the text: Corrected नाजापक्षि → नानापक्षि (misprint in Wikisource; ज for न; the CE appendix reads nānāpakṣi-). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 8–9.

Verse 6 (2.33.6)

साललोध्रार्जुनैर्बिल्वैर्जम्बूशाल्मलकिंशुकैः । कदम्बैः सप्तपर्णैश्च कश्मर्यामलकैर्वृताम् ॥

sālalodhrārjunairbilvairjambūśālmalakiṃśukaiḥ | kadambaiḥ saptaparṇaiśca kaśmaryāmalakairvṛtām

It was lined with sala, lodhra, arjuna and bilva trees, with jambu, shalmali and kimshuka, with kadamba and saptaparna, and with kashmarya and amalaka trees;

Note on the text: Corrected साललोध्रार्जुनैल्वैर् → साललोध्रार्जुनैर्बिल्वैर् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped र्बि breaks the word bilva; the CE appendix reads arjunair bilvair). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 10–11.

Verse 7 (2.33.7)

न्यग्रोधैश्च महाशाखैः प्लक्षैरौदुम्बरैरपि । शमीपलाशवृक्षैश्च अश्वत्थैः खदिरैर्वृताम् ॥

nyagrodhaiśca mahāśākhaiḥ plakṣairaudumbarairapi | śamīpalāśavṛkṣaiśca aśvatthaiḥ khadirairvṛtām

with great-branched banyans, with plaksha and udumbara figs, with shami and palasha trees, and with ashvattha and khadira trees;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 12–13.

Verse 8 (2.33.8)

बदरीभिश्च सञ्छन्नामश्वकर्णैश्च शोभिताम् । चूतैः पुण्ड्रकपत्रैश्च कदलीवनसंवृताम् ॥

badarībhiśca sañchannāmaśvakarṇaiśca śobhitām | cūtaiḥ puṇḍrakapatraiśca kadalīvanasaṃvṛtām

it was covered with jujube trees and adorned with ashvakarna trees, and surrounded by mangoes, pundrakapatra trees and groves of plantain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 14 and 23.

Verse 9 (2.33.9)

चक्रवाकगणैः कीर्णां प्लवैश्च जलवायसैः । समुद्रकाकैः क्रौञ्चैश्च नादितां जलकुक्कुटैः ॥

cakravākagaṇaiḥ kīrṇāṃ plavaiśca jalavāyasaiḥ | samudrakākaiḥ krauñcaiśca nāditāṃ jalakukkuṭaiḥ

It was thronged with flocks of chakravaka birds, with plavas and water-crows, and it rang with the cries of sea-crows, krauncha herons and water-fowl.

Note on the text: Corrected कीर्णं प्लवैश्च → कीर्णां प्लवैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the participle must be feminine, agreeing with the river, like every other epithet of the Kaveri here). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 27–28.

Verse 10 (2.33.10)

एवं खगैश्च बहुभिः सङ्घुष्टां जलवासिभिः । आश्रमैर्बहुभिः सक्तां चैत्यवृक्षैश्च शोभिताम् ॥

evaṃ khagaiśca bahubhiḥ saṅghuṣṭāṃ jalavāsibhiḥ | āśramairbahubhiḥ saktāṃ caityavṛkṣaiśca śobhitām

Resounding thus with many water-dwelling birds, it was lined with many hermitages and graced by sacred shrine-trees.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 29–30.

Verse 11 (2.33.11)

शोभितां ब्राह्मणैः शुभ्रैर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैः । क्वचित्तीररुहैर्वृक्षैर्मालाभिरिव शोभिताम् ॥

śobhitāṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ śubhrairvedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ | kvacittīraruhairvṛkṣairmālābhiriva śobhitām

It was graced by radiant brahmins who had mastered the Vedas and the Vedangas, and in places the trees growing on its banks adorned it like garlands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 31–32.

Verse 12 (2.33.12)

क्वचित्सुपुष्पितैर्वृक्षैः क्वचित्सौगन्धिकोत्पलैः । कह्लारकुमुदोत्फुल्लैः कमलैरुपशोभिताम् ॥

kvacitsupuṣpitairvṛkṣaiḥ kvacitsaugandhikotpalaiḥ | kahlārakumudotphullaiḥ kamalairupaśobhitām

In places it was beautified by trees in full flower, in places by fragrant saugandhika lilies and blue lotuses, and by kahlara and kumuda lilies in bloom and by lotuses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 34–35.

Verse 13 (2.33.13)

कावेरीं तादृशीं दृष्ट्वा प्रीतिमान्पाण्डवस्तदा । अस्मद्राष्ट्रे यथा गङ्गा कावेरी च तथा शुभा ॥

kāverīṃ tādṛśīṃ dṛṣṭvā prītimānpāṇḍavastadā | asmadrāṣṭre yathā gaṅgā kāverī ca tathā śubhā

Seeing the Kaveri so, the son of Pandu was delighted: "As the Ganga is in our kingdom, so lovely is the Kaveri."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 40–41.

Verse 14 (2.33.14)

सहदेवस्तु तां तीर्त्वा नदीमनुचरैः सह । दक्षिणं तीरमासाद्य गमनायोपचक्रमे ॥

sahadevastu tāṃ tīrtvā nadīmanucaraiḥ saha | dakṣiṇaṃ tīramāsādya gamanāyopacakrame

Sahadeva crossed that river with his followers, reached the southern bank and set out to march on.

Note on the text: Corrected तीरभासाद्य → तीरमासाद्य (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; the CE appendix reads tīram āsādya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 42–43.

Verse 15 (2.33.15)

आगतं पाण्डवं तत्र श्रुत्वा विषयवासिनः । दर्शनार्थं ययुस्ते तु कौतूहलसमन्विताः ॥

āgataṃ pāṇḍavaṃ tatra śrutvā viṣayavāsinaḥ | darśanārthaṃ yayuste tu kautūhalasamanvitāḥ

Hearing that the son of Pandu had come there, the people of that country went out to see him, full of curiosity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 44–45.

Verse 16 (2.33.16)

द्रमिडाः पुरुषा राजन्स्त्रियश्च प्रियदर्शनाः । गत्वा पाण्डुसुतं तत्र ददृशुस्ते मुदाऽन्विताः ॥

dramiḍāḥ puruṣā rājanstriyaśca priyadarśanāḥ | gatvā pāṇḍusutaṃ tatra dadṛśuste mudā'nvitāḥ

The Dravida men, O king, and their lovely women went to the son of Pandu there and gazed at him with delight,

Note on the text: Corrected राजन्स्रियचश्च → राजन्स्त्रियश्च (misprint in Wikisource; garbled स्त्रियश्च, "and women"; the CE appendix reads striyaś ca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 46–47.

Verse 17 (2.33.17)

सुकुमारं विशालाक्षं व्रजन्तं त्रिदशोपमम् । दर्शनीयतमं लोके नेत्रैरनिमिषैरिव ॥

sukumāraṃ viśālākṣaṃ vrajantaṃ tridaśopamam | darśanīyatamaṃ loke netrairanimiṣairiva

at the tender, large-eyed prince who walked like one of the gods, the handsomest in the world, looking at him as if with eyes that never blinked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 48–49.

Verse 18 (2.33.18)

आश्चर्यभूतं ददृशुर्द्रमिडास्ते समागताः । महासेनोपमं दृष्ट्वा पूजां चक्रुश्च तस्य वै ॥

āścaryabhūtaṃ dadṛśurdramiḍāste samāgatāḥ | mahāsenopamaṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjāṃ cakruśca tasya vai

The Dravidas who had gathered there beheld him as a wonder. Seeing him like Mahasena (Skanda), they paid him honour

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 50–51.

Verse 19 (2.33.19)

रत्नैश्च विविधैरिष्टैर्भोगैरन्यैश्च संमतैः । गीतमङ्गलयुक्ताभिः स्तुवन्तो नकुलानुजम् ॥

ratnaiśca vividhairiṣṭairbhogairanyaiśca saṃmataiḥ | gītamaṅgalayuktābhiḥ stuvanto nakulānujam

with many kinds of precious gems and with other pleasing gifts, praising Nakula's younger brother with songs and auspicious hymns.

Note on the text: Corrected गतिमङ्गलयुक्तार्भिः → गीतमङ्गलयुक्ताभिः (misprint in Wikisource; गति for गीत and a stray र्; the CE appendix reads gītamaṅgalayuktābhiḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 52–53.

Verse 20 (2.33.20)

सहदेवस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा द्रमिलानागतान्मुदा । विसृज्य तान्महाबाहुः प्रस्थितो दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥

sahadevastu tāndṛṣṭvā dramilānāgatānmudā | visṛjya tānmahābāhuḥ prasthito dakṣiṇāṃ diśam

Seeing the Dramilas who had come, Sahadeva gladly sent them away, and the mighty-armed one set out toward the south.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 54–55.

Verse 21 (2.33.21)

दूतेन तरसा चोलं विजित्य द्रमिडेश्वरम् । ततो रत्नान्युपादाय पाण्ड्यस्य विषयं ययौ ॥

dūtena tarasā colaṃ vijitya dramiḍeśvaram | tato ratnānyupādāya pāṇḍyasya viṣayaṃ yayau

Swiftly subduing the Chola, lord of the Dravidas, through an envoy, he took gems from him and went on to the land of the Pandya.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डस्य → पाण्ड्यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य; the land is the Pandya country, as in the following verses; the CE appendix reads pāṇḍyasya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 56–57.

Verse 22 (2.33.22)

दर्शने सहदेवस्य न च तृप्ता नराः परे । गच्छन्तमनुगच्छन्तः प्राप्ताः कौतूहलान्विताः ॥

darśane sahadevasya na ca tṛptā narāḥ pare | gacchantamanugacchantaḥ prāptāḥ kautūhalānvitāḥ

Other men, never sated with the sight of Sahadeva, followed him as he went, coming along full of curiosity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 58–59.

Verse 23 (2.33.23)

ततो माद्रीसुतो राजन्मृगसङ्घान्विलोकयन् । गजान्वनचरानन्यान्व्याघ्रान्कृष्णमृगान्बहून् ॥

tato mādrīsuto rājanmṛgasaṅghānvilokayan | gajānvanacarānanyānvyāghrānkṛṣṇamṛgānbahūn

Then, O king, the son of Madri, looking on the herds of beasts, on elephants and other forest creatures, on tigers and many black antelopes,

Note on the text: Corrected माद्रीसुतों → माद्रीसुतो (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara) and कुष्णमृगान् → कृष्णमृगान् (misprint in Wikisource; ु for ृ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 60–61.

Verse 24 (2.33.24)

शुकान्मयूरान्दृष्ट्वा तु गृध्रानारण्यकुक्कुटान् । ततो देशं समासाद्य श्वशुरस्य महीपतेः ॥

śukānmayūrāndṛṣṭvā tu gṛdhrānāraṇyakukkuṭān | tato deśaṃ samāsādya śvaśurasya mahīpateḥ

and seeing parrots, peacocks, vultures and jungle-fowl, came at last to the country of the king who was Arjuna's father-in-law.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 62–63.

Verse 25 (2.33.25)

प्रेषयामास माद्रेयो दूतान्पाण्ड्याय वै तदा । प्रतिजग्राह तस्याज्ञां सम्प्रीत्या मलयध्वजः ॥

preṣayāmāsa mādreyo dūtānpāṇḍyāya vai tadā | pratijagrāha tasyājñāṃ samprītyā malayadhvajaḥ

There the son of Madri sent envoys to the Pandya, and Malayadhvaja gladly accepted his command.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 64–65.

Verse 26 (2.33.26)

भार्या रूपवती जिष्णोः पाण्ड्यस्य तनया शुभा । चित्राङ्गदेति विख्याता द्रमिडी योषितां वरा ॥

bhāryā rūpavatī jiṣṇoḥ pāṇḍyasya tanayā śubhā | citrāṅgadeti vikhyātā dramiḍī yoṣitāṃ varā

The Pandya's lovely daughter, the beautiful wife of Jishnu (Arjuna), was the Dravida princess famed as Chitrangada, the best of women.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 66–67.

Verse 27 (2.33.27)

आगतं सहदेवं तु सा श्रुत्वाऽन्तः पुरे पितुः । प्रेषयामास सम्प्रीत्या पूजारत्नं च वै बहु ॥

āgataṃ sahadevaṃ tu sā śrutvā'ntaḥ pure pituḥ | preṣayāmāsa samprītyā pūjāratnaṃ ca vai bahu

Hearing in her father's inner apartments that Sahadeva had come, she gladly sent him gifts of honour and many gems.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 68–69.

Verse 28 (2.33.28)

पाण्ड्योऽपि बहुरत्नानि दूतैः सह मुमोच ह । मणिमुक्ताप्रवालानि सहदेवाय कीर्तिमान् ॥

pāṇḍyo'pi bahuratnāni dūtaiḥ saha mumoca ha | maṇimuktāpravālāni sahadevāya kīrtimān

The illustrious Pandya too sent many treasures with the envoys for Sahadeva: jewels, pearls and coral.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 70–71. Its second line differs in wording there.

Verse 29 (2.33.29)

तां दृष्ट्वाऽप्रतिमां पूजां पाण्डवोऽपि मुदा नृप । भ्रातुः पुत्रे बहून्रत्नान्दत्वा वै बभ्रुवाहने ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā'pratimāṃ pūjāṃ pāṇḍavo'pi mudā nṛpa | bhrātuḥ putre bahūnratnāndatvā vai babhruvāhane

Seeing that matchless honour, O king, the son of Pandu was glad, and he gave many gems to his brother's son Babhruvahana.

Note on the text: Corrected बभ्रूवाहने → बभ्रुवाहने (misprint in Wikisource; ू for ु; the CE appendix reads babhruvāhane). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 72–73.

Verse 30 (2.33.30)

पाण्ड्यं द्रमिडराजानं श्वशुरं मलयध्वजम् । स दूतैस्तं वशे कृत्वा मणलूरेश्वरं तदा ॥

pāṇḍyaṃ dramiḍarājānaṃ śvaśuraṃ malayadhvajam | sa dūtaistaṃ vaśe kṛtvā maṇalūreśvaraṃ tadā

Having brought under his sway through envoys the Pandya Malayadhvaja, king of the Dravidas and Arjuna's father-in-law, who was lord of Manalura,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 74–75.

Verse 31 (2.33.31)

ततो रत्नान्युपादाय द्रमिडैरावृतो ययौ । अगस्त्यस्यालयं दिव्यं देवलोकसमं गिरिम् ॥

tato ratnānyupādāya dramiḍairāvṛto yayau | agastyasyālayaṃ divyaṃ devalokasamaṃ girim

he took the gems and went on, surrounded by Dravidas, to the divine mountain that is the abode of Agastya, like the world of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 76–77.

Verse 32 (2.33.32)

स तं प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा मलयं भरतर्षभ । लङ्घयित्वा तु माद्रेयस्ताम्रपर्णीं नदीं शुभाम् ॥

sa taṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā malayaṃ bharatarṣabha | laṅghayitvā tu mādreyastāmraparṇīṃ nadīṃ śubhām

Walking around that Malaya mountain with reverence, O bull of the Bharatas, the son of Madri crossed the lovely river Tamraparni,

Note on the text: Corrected प्रदक्षिमं → प्रदक्षिणं (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण) and ताम्रपणीं → ताम्रपर्णीं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र्; the CE appendix reads tāmraparṇīṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 78–79.

Verse 33 (2.33.33)

प्रसन्नसलिलां दिव्यां सुशीतां च मनोहराम् । समुद्रतीरमासाद्य न्यविशत्पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥

prasannasalilāṃ divyāṃ suśītāṃ ca manoharām | samudratīramāsādya nyaviśatpāṇḍunandanaḥ

divine, cool and charming, with its clear waters; and reaching the shore of the ocean, the son of Pandu made camp there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 80–81.