Uttara Marvels at the Weapons

Verse 1 (4.41.1)

सारथे किमिदं दिव्यं नागो वा यदि वा धनुः । सौवर्णान्यत्र पद्मानि शतपत्राणि भागशः । कुशाग्निप्रतितप्तानि भानुमन्ति बृहन्ति च ॥

sārathe kimidaṃ divyaṃ nāgo vā yadi vā dhanuḥ | sauvarṇānyatra padmāni śatapatrāṇi bhāgaśaḥ | kuśāgnipratitaptāni bhānumanti bṛhanti ca

"Charioteer, what is this divine thing? Is it a serpent, or a bow? Here are golden lotuses with a hundred petals, set in their places, refined in a fire of kusha grass, shining and large.

Note on the text: The critical edition describes the weapons in a different form at 4.38.20–34; Wikisource follows the version the critical edition records in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704 (a 43-line passage), which verses 1–20 follow almost line by line. This verse is *0704, lines 1–3.

Verse 2 (4.41.2)

बिन्दवश्चात्र सौवर्णा मणिप्रोताः समन्ततः । शशिसूर्यप्रभाः पृष्ठे भान्ति रुक्मपरिष्कृताः ॥

bindavaścātra sauvarṇā maṇiprotāḥ samantataḥ | śaśisūryaprabhāḥ pṛṣṭhe bhānti rukmapariṣkṛtāḥ

And here are golden dots, set with jewels all around; on its back they shine with the light of moon and sun, adorned with gold.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 4–5.

Verse 3 (4.41.3)

पुष्पाण्यत्र सुवर्णानि शतपत्राणि भागशः । विस्मापनीयरूपं च भीमं भीमप्रदर्शनम् ॥

puṣpāṇyatra suvarṇāni śatapatrāṇi bhāgaśaḥ | vismāpanīyarūpaṃ ca bhīmaṃ bhīmapradarśanam

Here are golden flowers of a hundred petals, set in their places; its form is wondrous, formidable and fearsome to see.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 6–7.

Verse 4 (4.41.4)

नीलोत्पलनिभं कस्य शातकुम्भपरिष्कृतम् । ऋषभा यस्य सौवर्णाः पृष्ठे तिष्ठन्ति शृङ्गिणः ॥

nīlotpalanibhaṃ kasya śātakumbhapariṣkṛtam | ṛṣabhā yasya sauvarṇāḥ pṛṣṭhe tiṣṭhanti śṛṅgiṇaḥ

Whose is this one, like a blue lotus and adorned with gold, on whose back stand golden bulls with horns?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 8–9.

Verse 5 (4.41.5)

तालप्रमाणं कस्येदं मणिरुक्मविभूषितम् । हाटकस्य सुवर्णस्य यस्मिञ्शाखामृगा दश ॥

tālapramāṇaṃ kasyedaṃ maṇirukmavibhūṣitam | hāṭakasya suvarṇasya yasmiñśākhāmṛgā daśa

Whose is this one, tall as a palm tree and adorned with jewels and gold, on which there are ten monkeys of pure gold?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 10–11.

Verse 6 (4.41.6)

दुरानमं महादीर्घं सुरूपं दुष्प्रधर्षणम् । कस्येदमीदृशं चित्रं धनुः सर्वे च दंशिताः ॥

durānamaṃ mahādīrghaṃ surūpaṃ duṣpradharṣaṇam | kasyedamīdṛśaṃ citraṃ dhanuḥ sarve ca daṃśitāḥ

Hard to bend, very long, handsome and hard to withstand, with all its figures firmly set: whose is this wonderful bow?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 12–13 (mahad dīrghaṃ for महादीर्घं).

Verse 7 (4.41.7)

चन्द्रार्कविमलाभासः सुरूपाः सुप्रदर्शनाः । हंसाः पृष्ठं श्रिता यस्य कुशाग्निप्रतिमार्चिषः । शार्ङ्गगाण्डीवसदृशं कस्येदं सारथे धनुः ॥

candrārkavimalābhāsaḥ surūpāḥ supradarśanāḥ | haṃsāḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ śritā yasya kuśāgnipratimārciṣaḥ | śārṅgagāṇḍīvasadṛśaṃ kasyedaṃ sārathe dhanuḥ

Whose is this bow, charioteer, like Sharnga and Gandiva, on whose back sit swans, handsome and fair to see, with the clear light of moon and sun and a glow like a fire of kusha grass?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 14–16.

Verse 8 (4.41.8)

चतुर्थं काञ्चनवपुर्भाति विद्युद्गणोपमम् । नीलोपलिप्तमच्छिद्रं जातरूपमयं धनुः । मत्स्याश्चास्य हिरण्यस्य पृष्ठे तिष्ठन्ति दंशिताः ॥

caturthaṃ kāñcanavapurbhāti vidyudgaṇopamam | nīlopaliptamacchidraṃ jātarūpamayaṃ dhanuḥ | matsyāścāsya hiraṇyasya pṛṣṭhe tiṣṭhanti daṃśitāḥ

The fourth, with a body of gold, shines like a mass of lightning; the bow is flawless, tinged with blue and made of gold, and golden fish stand fixed upon its back.

Note on the text: Corrected चतुर्तं → चतुर्थं, अच्छिदं → अच्छिद्रं and मत्स्यश्चास्य → मत्स्याश्चास्य (misprints in Wikisource: त for थ; a dropped र; the singular मत्स्यः cannot take तिष्ठन्ति and दंशिताः; the apparatus reads caturthaṃ, acchidraṃ, matsyā). Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 17–19.

Verse 9 (4.41.9)

शक्रचापोपमं दिव्यं कस्येदं सारथे धनुः । उच्छ्रितं फणिवद्दिव्यं सारवत्त्वाद्दुरानमम् ॥

śakracāpopamaṃ divyaṃ kasyedaṃ sārathe dhanuḥ | ucchritaṃ phaṇivaddivyaṃ sāravattvāddurānamam

Whose is this divine bow, charioteer, like Indra's rainbow, rising like a hooded serpent, hard to bend because of its great strength?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 20–21 (dīrghaṃ for the second दिव्यं).

Verse 10 (4.41.10)

सहस्रगोधाः सौवर्णा द्वीपिनश्च चतुर्दश । बर्हिणश्चात्र सौवर्णाः शतचन्द्रार्कभूषिताः । जाम्बूनदविचित्राङ्गं कस्येदं पञ्चमं धनुः ॥

sahasragodhāḥ sauvarṇā dvīpinaśca caturdaśa | barhiṇaścātra sauvarṇāḥ śatacandrārkabhūṣitāḥ | jāmbūnadavicitrāṅgaṃ kasyedaṃ pañcamaṃ dhanuḥ

A thousand golden lizards and fourteen leopards, and golden peacocks here adorned with a hundred moons and suns: whose is this fifth bow, its body worked with Jambu-river gold?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 22–24.

Verse 11 (4.41.11)

कस्येमे क्षुरनाराचाः सहस्रं लोमवापिनः । प्रक्षिप्तास्तीक्ष्णतुण्डाग्रा उपासङ्गे हिरण्मये ॥

kasyeme kṣuranārācāḥ sahasraṃ lomavāpinaḥ | prakṣiptāstīkṣṇatuṇḍāgrā upāsaṅge hiraṇmaye

Whose are these thousand razor-headed iron arrows, feathered, with sharp beaked points, packed into a golden quiver?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, line 25; line 2 corresponds to 4.38.34d*0705 (viprakṣiptās tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrā).

Verse 12 (4.41.12)

हारिद्रवर्णाः कस्येमे शिताः पञ्चशतं शराः । आशीविषसमस्पर्शाः शिताश्चाजिह्मगा दृढाः ॥

hāridravarṇāḥ kasyeme śitāḥ pañcaśataṃ śarāḥ | āśīviṣasamasparśāḥ śitāścājihmagā dṛḍhāḥ

Whose are these five hundred sharpened arrows of turmeric hue, deadly to the touch as venomous snakes, keen, straight-flying and strong?

Note on the text: Corrected शिता → शिताः and अजिंहगा → अजिह्मगा (misprints in Wikisource: a dropped visarga; ह्म miswritten as ंह — "straight-flying"; the apparatus reads śitāḥ and ajihmagā). The critical edition records the verse in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0706 (gatau for the second शिताः).

Verse 13 (4.41.13)

विपाठाः पृथवः कस्य गृध्रपत्रार्धवाजिताः । वराहकर्णास्तीक्ष्णाग्राः कस्येमे रुचिराः शराः ॥

vipāṭhāḥ pṛthavaḥ kasya gṛdhrapatrārdhavājitāḥ | varāhakarṇāstīkṣṇāgrāḥ kasyeme rucirāḥ śarāḥ

Whose are these broad vipatha arrows, fletched half their length with vulture feathers? Whose are these handsome arrows with boar-ear heads and sharp points?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 27–28.

Verse 14 (4.41.14)

वज्राशनिसमस्पर्शा वैश्वानरशिखार्चिषः । सुवर्णपुङ्खास्तीक्ष्णाग्राः कस्य सप्तशतं शराः ॥

vajrāśanisamasparśā vaiśvānaraśikhārciṣaḥ | suvarṇapuṅkhāstīkṣṇāgrāḥ kasya saptaśataṃ śarāḥ

Whose are these seven hundred arrows with golden nocks and sharp points, striking like the thunderbolt and blazing like the crest of fire?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 29–30 (vaiśvānarasamārciṣaḥ for वैश्वानरशिखार्चिषः).

Verse 15 (4.41.15)

कस्यायं सायको दीर्घो गव्ये कोशे च दंशितः । कस्य दण्डो दृढः श्लक्ष्णो रुचिरोऽयं प्रकाशते ॥

kasyāyaṃ sāyako dīrgho gavye kośe ca daṃśitaḥ | kasya daṇḍo dṛḍhaḥ ślakṣṇo ruciro'yaṃ prakāśate

Whose is this long sword in a sheath of cow-hide? Whose is this firm, smooth and handsome staff that gleams so?

Note on the text: Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 31–32.

Verse 16 (4.41.16)

वैयाघ्रकोशः कस्यायं दिव्यः खड्गो महाप्रभः । कस्यार्थमसयश्चैते पञ्च शार्दूललक्षणाः ॥

vaiyāghrakośaḥ kasyāyaṃ divyaḥ khaḍgo mahāprabhaḥ | kasyārthamasayaścaite pañca śārdūlalakṣaṇāḥ

Whose is this divine, radiant sword in a sheath of tiger skin? For whom are these five swords bearing the mark of tigers?

Note on the text: Corrected शङ्खो → खड्गो (corruption in Wikisource; a "conch" with a tiger-skin sheath makes no sense, Arjuna's answer in the next adhyaya names it a blade of Bhima's, and the apparatus reads divyaḥ khaḍgo mahāprabhaḥ). Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 33–34 (line 2 there reads kasyāyam asir āvāpe pañcaśārdūlalakṣaṇaḥ).

Verse 17 (4.41.17)

कस्यायं निर्मलः खड्गो द्वीपिचर्मनिवासितः । नीलोत्पलसवर्णोऽयं कस्य खड्गः पृथुर्महान् ॥

kasyāyaṃ nirmalaḥ khaḍgo dvīpicarmanivāsitaḥ | nīlotpalasavarṇo'yaṃ kasya khaḍgaḥ pṛthurmahān

Whose is this spotless sword, sheathed in leopard skin? Whose is this broad, great sword with the hue of a blue lotus?

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्ग → खड्ग twice (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग). Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 35–36.

Verse 18 (4.41.18)

मृगेन्द्रचर्मावसितस्तीक्ष्णधारः सुनिर्मलः । ऋषभाजिनकोशस्तु कस्य खड्गो महानयम् ॥

mṛgendracarmāvasitastīkṣṇadhāraḥ sunirmalaḥ | ṛṣabhājinakośastu kasya khaḍgo mahānayam

Whose is this great sword, wrapped in lion skin, sharp-edged and spotless, with a scabbard of bull's hide?

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गो → खड्गो (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग). Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 37–38.

Verse 19 (4.41.19)

यस्यापिधाने दृश्यन्ते सूर्याः पञ्च परिष्कृताः । कस्यायं विपुलः खड्गः शृङ्गत्सरुमनोहरः ॥

yasyāpidhāne dṛśyante sūryāḥ pañca pariṣkṛtāḥ | kasyāyaṃ vipulaḥ khaḍgaḥ śṛṅgatsarumanoharaḥ

Whose is this broad sword with a lovely hilt of horn, on whose sheath five golden suns are worked?

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गः → खड्गः (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग). Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 39–40.

Verse 20 (4.41.20)

निहितः पार्षते कोशे तैलधौतः समाहितः । प्रमाणवर्णयुक्तश्च कस्य खड्गो महानयम् । एतेन प्रतिविद्धः सञ्जीवेत्कश्चिन्न कुञ्जरः ॥

nihitaḥ pārṣate kośe tailadhautaḥ samāhitaḥ | pramāṇavarṇayuktaśca kasya khaḍgo mahānayam | etena pratividdhaḥ sañjīvetkaścinna kuñjaraḥ

Whose is this great sword, kept in a sheath of deer skin, washed with oil and well cared for, of true proportion and colour? No elephant struck by it would live.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गो → खड्गो (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग). Not in the critical text in this form (vulgate reading); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.38.34d*0704, lines 41–43.

Verse 21 (4.41.21)

निर्दिशस्व यथामार्गं मया पृष्टा बृहन्नले । विस्मयो मे परो जातो दृष्ट्वा सर्वमिदं महत् ॥

nirdiśasva yathāmārgaṃ mayā pṛṣṭā bṛhannale | vismayo me paro jāto dṛṣṭvā sarvamidaṃ mahat

Tell me truly, Brihannala, in due order, what I have asked. Great wonder has risen in me at the sight of all these mighty things."