Mahabharata, Book 1, Section XXV: Astika Parvaआदिपर्व

Kisari Mohan Ganguli’s English prose (1883–96), beside the Sanskrit of adhyāya 1.25.

25Sanskrit adhyāya 1.25 · Sanskrit source · English source

Sanskrit

सौतिरुवाच।
ततः कामगमः पक्षी महावीर्यो महाबलः।
मातुरन्तिकमागच्छत्परं पारं महोदधेः।।
यत्र सा विनता तस्मिन्पणितेन पराजिता।
अतीव दुःखसंतप्ता दासीभावमुपागता।।
ततः कदाचिद्विनतां प्रणतां पुत्रसन्निधौ।
काले चाहूय वचनं कद्रूरिदमभाषत।।
नागानामालयं भद्रे सुरम्यं चारुदर्शनम्।
समुद्रकुक्षावेकान्ते तत्र मां विनते नय।।
सौतिरुवाच।
ततः सुपर्णमाता तामवहत्सर्पमातरम्।
पन्नगान्गरुडश्चापि मातुर्वचनचोदितः।।
स सूर्यमभितो याति वैनतेयो विहंगमः।
सूर्यरश्मिप्रतप्ताश्च मूर्च्छिताः पन्नगाऽभवन्।।
तदवस्थान्सुतान्दृष्ट्वा कद्रूः शक्रमथास्तुवत्।
नमस्ते सर्वदेवेश नमस्ते बलसूदन।।
नमुचिघ्न नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्राक्ष शचीपते।
सर्पाणां सूर्यतप्तानां वारिणा त्वं प्लवो भव।।
त्वमेव परमं त्राणमस्माकममरोत्तम।
ईशो असि पवः स्रष्टुं त्वमनल्पं पुरंदर।।
त्वमेव मेघस्त्वं वायुस्त्वमग्निर्विद्युतोऽम्बरे।
त्वमभ्रगणविक्षेप्ता त्वामेवाहुर्महाघनम्।।
त्वं वज्रमतुलं घोरं घोषवांस्त्वं बलाहकः।
स्रष्टा त्वमेव लोकानां संहर्ता चापराजितः।।
त्वं ज्योतिः सर्वभूतानां त्वमादित्यो विभावसुः।
त्वं महद्भूतमाश्चर्यं त्वं राजा त्वं सुरोत्तमः।।
त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं सहस्राक्षस्त्वं देवस्त्वं परायणम्।
त्वं सर्वममृतं देव त्वं सोमः परमार्चितः।।
त्वं मुहूर्तस्तिथिस्त्वं च त्वं लवस्त्वं पुनः क्षणः।
शुक्लस्त्वं बहुलस्त्वं च कला काष्ठा त्रुटिस्तथा।
संवत्सरर्तवो मासा रजन्यश्च दिनानि च।।
त्वमुत्तमा सगिरिवना वसुंधरा
सभास्करं वितिमिरमम्बरं तथा।
मदोदधिः सतिमितिमिङ्गिलस्तथा
महोर्मिमान्बहुमकरो झषाकुलः।।
महायशास्त्वमिति सदाऽभिपूज्यसे
मनीषिभिर्मुदितमना महर्षिभिः।
अभिष्टुतः पिबसि च सोममध्वरे
कषट्कृतान्यपि च हवींषि भूतये।।
त्वं विप्रैः सततमिहेज्यसे फलार्थं
वेदाङ्गेष्वतुलबलौघ गीयसे च।
त्वद्धेतोर्यजनपरायणा द्विजेन्द्रा
वेदाङ्गान्यभिगमयन्ति सर्वयत्नैः।।
।। इति श्रीमन्महाभारते आदिपर्वणि
आस्तीकपर्वणि पञ्चविंशोऽध्यायः।। 25 ।।

English Ganguli

“Sauti said, ‘Then that bird of great strength and energy and capable of going at will to every place repaired to his mother’s side on the other shore of the great ocean. Thither lived Vinata in affliction, defeated in wager and put into a state of slavery. Once Kadru calling Vinata who had prostrated herself before the former, addressed her these words in the presence of her son, ‘O gentle Vinata, there is in the midst of the ocean, in a remote quarter, a delightful and fair region inhabited by the Nagas. Bear me thither!’ At this that mother of the bird of fair feathers bore (on her shoulders) the mother of the snakes. And Garuda also, directed by his mother’s words, carried (on his back) the snakes. And that ranger of the skies born of Vinata began to ascend towards the Sun. And thereupon the snakes, scorched by the rays of the Sun, swooned away. And Kadru seeing her sons in that state prayed to Indra, saying, ‘I bow to thee, thou Lord of all the gods! I bow to thee, thou slayer of Vritra! I bow to thee, thou slayer of Namuchi! O thou of a thousand eyes, consort of Sachi! By thy showers, be thou the protector of the snakes scorched by the Sun. O thou best of the deities, thou art our great protector. O Purandara, thou art able to grant rain in torrents. Thou art Vayu (the air), the clouds, fire, and the lightning of the skies. Thou art the propeller of the clouds, and hast been called the great cloud (i.e., that which will darken the universe at the end of Yuga). Thou art the fierce and incomparable thunder, and the roaring clouds. Thou art the Creator of the worlds and their Destroyer. Thou art unconquered. Thou art the light of all creatures, Aditya, Vibhavasu, and the wonderful elements. Thou art the ruler of all the gods. Thou art Vishnu. Thou hast a thousand eyes. Thou art a god, and the final resource. Thou art, O deity, all amrita, and the most adored Soma. Thou art the moment, the lunar day, the bala (minute), thou art the kshana (4 minutes). Thou art the lighted fortnight, and also the dark fortnight. Thou art kala, thou kashtha, and thou Truti. Thou art the year, the seasons, the months, the nights, and the days. Thou art the fair Earth with her mountains and forests. Thou art also the firmament, resplendent with the Sun. Thou art the great Ocean with heaving billows and abounding with whales, swallowers of whales, and makaras, and various fishes. Thou art of great renown, always adored by the wise and by the great Rishis with minds rapt in contemplation. Thou drinkest, for the good of all creatures, the Soma juice in sacrifices and the clarified butter offered with sacred invocation. Thou art always worshipped at sacrifices by Brahmanas moved by desire of fruit. O thou of incomparable mass of strength, thou art sung in the Vedas and Vedangas. It is for that reason that learned Brahmanas bent upon performing sacrifices, study the Vedas with every care.’”

And so ends the twenty-fifth section in the Astika Parva of the Adi Parva.