Rudra Destroys the Gods' Sacrifice

Verse 1 (10.18.1)

ततो देवयुगेऽतीते देवा वै समकल्पयन् । यज्ञवेदप्रमाणेन विधिवद्यष्टुमीप्सवः ॥

tato devayuge'tīte devā vai samakalpayan | yajñavedapramāṇena vidhivadyaṣṭumīpsavaḥ

Then, when the age of the gods had passed, the gods made ready to hold a sacrifice, wishing to offer it duly in keeping with the authority of sacrifice and the Veda.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the page is the right adhyaya (its rows are labelled 10-18-1 to 10-18-26 and the colophon reads अष्टादशोऽध्यायः । 18); its text is the critical edition's 10.18 (26 verses, no star passages; the CE ends the Sauptika Parva here with nothing after verse 26). The page carries two texts: a <poem> block of 26 verses headed वासुदेव उवाच (numbered ॥१॥-॥२६॥, a different recension of the same adhyaya, in several places closer to the critical edition than the table) and the table of 26 rows; the table is the base text and the input agrees with it row for row; the poem is not translated or added. The summary line above the poem is a heading, not a verse. After the colophon the page prints two further colophons (समाप्तं ऐषीकपर्व । 2 and सौप्तिकपर्व च समाप्तम् । 10, closing the Aishika Parva and the Sauptika Parva) and then a second table that the input omits and that is not added: the pointer तस्यायमाद्यः श्लोकः, a heading जनमेजय उवाच (10-18-1x) and the stray opening verse of the Stri Parva, हते दुर्योधने चैव हते सैन्ये च सर्वशः । धृतराष्ट्रो महाराज श्रुत्वा किमकरोन्मुने ॥ (wrongly labelled 10-18-1c/d); the gloss list after it (10-18-5, 6, 18 and the adhyaya name) is also not added. Speaker: the table heads the whole adhyaya with a misprinted कश्रीभगवानुवाच (the input's कश्रीभगवान् carries the stray क); it is made श्रीभगवान्, Krishna (the Blessed Lord), as in adhyaya 17 (the CE and the poem read Vasudeva). Line 2 begins यज्ञवेदप्रमाणेन where the CE has yajñaṃ vedapramāṇena (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept).

Verse 2 (10.18.2)

कल्पयामासुरथ ते साधनानि हवींषि च । भागार्हा देवताश्चैव यज्ञियं द्रव्यमेव च ॥

kalpayāmāsuratha te sādhanāni havīṃṣi ca | bhāgārhā devatāścaiva yajñiyaṃ dravyameva ca

Then they prepared the means and the oblations, the deities worthy of a share, and the materials fit for sacrifice.

Note on the text: Line 1 (कल्पयामासुरथ ते साधनानि हवींषि च) differs from CE 2a (kalpayām āsur avyagrā deśān yajñocitāṃs tataḥ); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept (the poem has the CE reading).

Verse 3 (10.18.3)

ता वै रुद्रमजानन्त्यो याथातथ्येन देवताः । नाकल्पयन्त देवस्य स्थाणोर्भागं नराधिप ॥

tā vai rudramajānantyo yāthātathyena devatāḥ | nākalpayanta devasya sthāṇorbhāgaṃ narādhipa

But those deities, not knowing Rudra as he truly is, O lord of men, did not appoint a share for the god Sthanu.

Verse 4 (10.18.4)

सोऽकल्प्यमाने भागे तु कृत्तिवासा मखेऽमरैः । तपसा यज्ञमन्विच्छन्धनुरादौ ससर्ज ह ॥

so'kalpyamāne bhāge tu kṛttivāsā makhe'maraiḥ | tapasā yajñamanvicchandhanurādau sasarja ha

When no share was appointed for him at the sacrifice by the immortals, the hide-clad god, seeking the sacrifice by austerity, first made a bow.

Note on the text: Line 2 begins तपसा यज्ञमन्विच्छन् where the CE has tarasā bhāgam anvicchan (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept; the poem has the CE reading).

Verse 5 (10.18.5)

लोकयज्ञः क्रियायज्ञो गृहयज्ञः सनातनः । पञ्चभूतनृयज्ञश्च जज्ञे सर्वमिदं जगत् ॥

lokayajñaḥ kriyāyajño gṛhayajñaḥ sanātanaḥ | pañcabhūtanṛyajñaśca jajñe sarvamidaṃ jagat

The world-sacrifice, the rite-sacrifice, the lasting household sacrifice, and the sacrifice of the five elements and of man: from these all this world arose.

Note on the text: Line 2 (पञ्चभूतनृयज्ञश्च जज्ञे सर्वमिदं जगत्) differs from CE 5c (pañcabhūtamayo yajño nṛyajñaś caiva pañcamaḥ); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept. The page's gloss reads the four sacrifices as the four named before जज्ञे.

Verse 6 (10.18.6)

लोकयज्ञैर्नृयज्ञैश्च कपर्दी विदधे धनुः । धनुः सृष्टमभूत्तस्य षष्टिकिष्कुप्रमाणतः ॥

lokayajñairnṛyajñaiśca kapardī vidadhe dhanuḥ | dhanuḥ sṛṣṭamabhūttasya ṣaṣṭikiṣkupramāṇataḥ

With the world-sacrifices and the sacrifices of men the matted-haired god fashioned a bow; the bow so made was sixty kishkus in measure.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads लोकयज्ञैर्नृयज्ञैश्च where the CE has lokayajñena yajñaiṣī, and line 2 ends षष्टिकिष्कुप्रमाणतः (sixty kishkus) where the CE has pañcakiṣku (five): recension variants, Wikisource readings kept.

Verse 7 (10.18.7)

वषट्कारोऽभवज्ज्या तु धनुषस्तस्य भारत । यज्ञाङ्गानि च चत्वारि तस्य सन्नहनेऽभवन् ॥

vaṣaṭkāro'bhavajjyā tu dhanuṣastasya bhārata | yajñāṅgāni ca catvāri tasya sannahane'bhavan

The vashatkara became the bowstring of that bow, O Bharata, and four limbs of the sacrifice became its fittings.

Note on the text: Removed a stray ZWNJ (U+200C) after the ट् of वषट्कारः.

Verse 8 (10.18.8)

ततः क्रुद्धो महादेवस्तदुपादाय कार्मुकम् । आजगामाथ तत्रैव यत्र देवाः समीजिरे ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahādevastadupādāya kārmukam | ājagāmātha tatraiva yatra devāḥ samījire

Then Mahadeva, enraged, took up that bow and came to the very place where the gods were sacrificing.

Note on the text: Corrected महादेवस्दुपादाय → महादेवस्तदुपादाय (misprint in Wikisource; the त is dropped and the conjunct broken, "took up that"; the CE and the poem have mahādevas tad upādāya).

Verse 9 (10.18.9)

तमात्तकार्मुकं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मचारिणमव्ययम् । विव्यथे पृथिवी देवी पर्वताश्च चकम्पिरे ॥

tamāttakārmukaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmacāriṇamavyayam | vivyathe pṛthivī devī parvatāśca cakampire

Seeing him, the imperishable celibate, with his bow in hand, Earth the goddess trembled and the mountains shook.

Note on the text: Corrected तमात्कार्मुकं → तमात्तकार्मुकं (misprint in Wikisource; the त of आत्त is dropped, "bow in hand"; the CE and the poem have tam āttakārmukaṃ).

Verse 10 (10.18.10)

न ववौ पवनश्चैव नाग्निर्जज्वाल चैधितः । व्यभ्रमच्चापि संविग्नं दिवि नक्षत्रमण्डलम् ॥

na vavau pavanaścaiva nāgnirjajvāla caidhitaḥ | vyabhramaccāpi saṃvignaṃ divi nakṣatramaṇḍalam

The wind did not blow, nor did the kindled fire blaze; the circle of the stars in the sky whirled in agitation.

Note on the text: Corrected वैधितः → चैधितः (misprint in Wikisource; व for च, "the kindled fire"; the CE and the poem have caidhitaḥ).

Verse 11 (10.18.11)

न बभौ भास्करश्चापि सोमः श्रीमुक्तमण्डलः । तिमिरेणाकुलं सर्वमाकाशं चाभवद्वृतम् ॥

na babhau bhāskaraścāpi somaḥ śrīmuktamaṇḍalaḥ | timireṇākulaṃ sarvamākāśaṃ cābhavadvṛtam

The sun did not shine, nor the moon, its disk robbed of splendour; the whole sky was covered over with darkness.

Note on the text: Corrected चाभवृद्वृतम् → चाभवद्वृतम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ृ on the द, "and was covered"; the CE and the poem have cābhavad vṛtam).

Verse 12 (10.18.12)

अभिभूतास्ततो देवा विषयान्न प्रजज्ञिरे । न प्रत्यभाच्च यज्ञः स देवतास्त्रेसिरे तथा ॥

abhibhūtāstato devā viṣayānna prajajñire | na pratyabhācca yajñaḥ sa devatāstresire tathā

Then the gods, overpowered, lost their bearings; the sacrifice did not shine forth, and the deities trembled.

Note on the text: Line 2 (न प्रत्यभाच्च यज्ञः स देवतास्त्रेसिरे तथा) differs from CE 12c (na pratyabhāc ca yajñas tān vedā babhraṃśire tadā); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept (the poem has the CE reading).

Verse 13 (10.18.13)

ततः स यज्ञं विव्याध रौद्रेण हृदि पत्रिणा । अपक्रान्तस्ततो यज्ञो मृगो भूत्वा सपावकः ॥

tataḥ sa yajñaṃ vivyādha raudreṇa hṛdi patriṇā | apakrāntastato yajño mṛgo bhūtvā sapāvakaḥ

Then he pierced the sacrifice in the heart with a terrible arrow; the sacrifice fled, taking the form of a deer, and the fire with it.

Note on the text: Corrected अपक्रान्स्ततो → अपक्रान्तस्ततो (misprint in Wikisource; the त is dropped, "fled"; the CE and the poem have apakrāntas tato). Line 1 has विव्याध रौद्रेण in the order of the words reversed from the CE's raudreṇa vivyādha (recension variant, kept).

Verse 14 (10.18.14)

स तु तेनैव रूपेण दिविस्थो वै व्यराजत । अन्वीयमानो रुद्रेण युधिष्ठिर नभस्तले ॥

sa tu tenaiva rūpeṇa divistho vai vyarājata | anvīyamāno rudreṇa yudhiṣṭhira nabhastale

In that very form it reached the sky and shone there, pursued by Rudra through the heavens, O Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Line 1 (स तु तेनैव रूपेण दिविस्थो वै व्यराजत) differs from CE 14a (sa tu tenaiva rūpeṇa divaṃ prāpya vyarocata); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 15 (10.18.15)

अपक्रान्ते ततो यज्ञे संज्ञा न प्रत्यभात्सुरान् । नष्टसंज्ञेषु देवेषु न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन ॥

apakrānte tato yajñe saṃjñā na pratyabhātsurān | naṣṭasaṃjñeṣu deveṣu na prājñāyata kiñcana

When the sacrifice had fled, consciousness did not return to the gods; the gods having lost their senses, nothing could be made out at all.

Verse 16 (10.18.16)

त्र्यम्बकः सवितुर्बाहू भगस्य नयने तथा । पूष्णश्च दशनान्क्रुद्धो धनुष्कोट्या व्यशातयत् ॥

tryambakaḥ saviturbāhū bhagasya nayane tathā | pūṣṇaśca daśanānkruddho dhanuṣkoṭyā vyaśātayat

Then Tryambaka, in wrath, struck off with the tip of his bow the arms of Savitr, the eyes of Bhaga, and the teeth of Pushan.

Verse 17 (10.18.17)

प्राद्रवन् ततो देवा यज्ञाङ्गानि च सर्वशः । केचित्तत्रैव घूर्णन्तो गतासव इवाभवन् ॥

prādravan tato devā yajñāṅgāni ca sarvaśaḥ | kecittatraiva ghūrṇanto gatāsava ivābhavan

The gods and all the limbs of the sacrifice scattered in every direction; some, reeling right there, seemed to have lost their breath.

Verse 18 (10.18.18)

स तु विद्राव्य तत्सर्वं शितिकण्ठोऽवहस्य च । अवष्टभ्य धनुष्कोटिं रुरोध विबुधांस्ततः ॥

sa tu vidrāvya tatsarvaṃ śitikaṇṭho'vahasya ca | avaṣṭabhya dhanuṣkoṭiṃ rurodha vibudhāṃstataḥ

Having routed them all, the dark-throated god laughed, planted the tip of his bow, and then held the gods in check.

Note on the text: Corrected शितिकम्ठो → शितिकण्ठो (misprint in Wikisource; म् for ण्, "the dark-throated"; the CE and the poem have śitikaṇṭho).

Verse 19 (10.18.19)

ततो वागमरैरुक्ता ज्यां तस्य धनुषोऽच्छिनत् । अथ तत्सहसा राजंश्छिन्नज्यं विस्फुरद्धनुः ॥

tato vāgamarairuktā jyāṃ tasya dhanuṣo'cchinat | atha tatsahasā rājaṃśchinnajyaṃ visphuraddhanuḥ

Then Speech, called up by the immortals, cut the string of his bow; and then, O king, with its string cut, that bow suddenly sprang away quivering.

Note on the text: Removed a stray ZWNJ (U+200C) after the त् of धनुषोऽच्छिनत्.

Verse 20 (10.18.20)

ततो विधनुषं देवा देवश्रेष्ठमुपागमन् । शरणं सह यज्ञेन प्रसादं चाकरोत्प्रभुः ॥

tato vidhanuṣaṃ devā devaśreṣṭhamupāgaman | śaraṇaṃ saha yajñena prasādaṃ cākarotprabhuḥ

Then the gods, together with the sacrifice, came for refuge to the best of gods, now bowless, and the Lord showed favour.

Verse 21 (10.18.21)

ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्प्रास्यत्कोपं जलाशये । स जलं पावको भूत्वा शोषयत्यनिशं प्रभो ॥

tataḥ prasanno bhagavānprāsyatkopaṃ jalāśaye | sa jalaṃ pāvako bhūtvā śoṣayatyaniśaṃ prabho

Then the Blessed One, pleased, cast his anger into the waters; becoming fire, it dries up the water unceasingly, O lord.

Verse 22 (10.18.22)

भगस्य नयने चैव बाहू च सवितुस्तथा । प्रादात्पूष्णश्च दशनान्पुनर्यज्ञांश्च पाण्डव ॥

bhagasya nayane caiva bāhū ca savitustathā | prādātpūṣṇaśca daśanānpunaryajñāṃśca pāṇḍava

He gave back the eyes of Bhaga, the arms of Savitr, the teeth of Pushan, and the sacrifices too, O Pandava.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends पुनर्यज्ञांश्च पाण्डव where the CE has punar yajñaṃ ca pāṇḍava (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept).

Verse 23 (10.18.23)

ततः सुस्थमिदं सर्वं बभूव पुनरेव हि । सर्वाणि च हवींष्यस्य देवा भागमकल्पयन् ॥

tataḥ susthamidaṃ sarvaṃ babhūva punareva hi | sarvāṇi ca havīṃṣyasya devā bhāgamakalpayan

Then all this became well again, as before, and the gods appointed a share for him in all the oblations.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सुस्थम् where the CE has svastham (spelling variant of the same word; Wikisource reading kept).

Verse 24 (10.18.24)

तस्मिन्क्रुद्धेऽभवत्सर्वमसुस्थं भुवनं प्रभो । प्रसन्ने च पुनः सुस्थं जगद्भवति भारत ॥

tasminkruddhe'bhavatsarvamasusthaṃ bhuvanaṃ prabho | prasanne ca punaḥ susthaṃ jagadbhavati bhārata

When he was angry, the whole world became unwell, O lord; and when he is appeased, the world becomes well again, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Verse differs from CE 24 (tasmin kruddhe 'bhavat sarvam asvasthaṃ bhuvanaṃ vibho / prasanne ca punaḥ svasthaṃ sa prasanno 'sya vīryavān): Wikisource's line 2 (असुस्थं ... सुस्थं जगद्भवति भारत) has a different ending; recension variant, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 25 (10.18.25)

ततस्ते निहताः सर्वे तव पुत्रा महारथाः । अन्ये च बहवः शूराः पाञ्चालस्य पदानुगाः ॥

tataste nihatāḥ sarve tava putrā mahārathāḥ | anye ca bahavaḥ śūrāḥ pāñcālasya padānugāḥ

So were slain all your sons, the great chariot-warriors, and many other heroes, the followers of the Panchala.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends पाञ्चालस्य पदानुगाः where the CE has pāñcālāś ca sahānugāḥ (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept).

Verse 26 (10.18.26)

न तन्मनसि कर्तव्यं न च तद्द्रौणिना कृतम् । महादेवप्रसादः स कुरुकार्यमनन्तरम् ॥

na tanmanasi kartavyaṃ na ca taddrauṇinā kṛtam | mahādevaprasādaḥ sa kurukāryamanantaram

That need not be taken to heart, nor was it done by Drona's son: it was Mahadeva's favour. Attend now to what comes next.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्व्यं → कर्तव्यं (misprint in Wikisource; the त is dropped, "to be taken to heart"; the CE and the poem have kartavyam). Line 2 prints कुरुकार्यमनन्तरम् as one word where the CE has kuru kāryam anantaram; the same letters, kept as printed and read as the CE does. The page ends here with its colophon and the closing colophons of the Aishika and Sauptika Parvas (see verse 1).