Mahabharata · Book 5 · Udyoga Parva
Mahabharata, Book 5, Section XIVउद्योगपर्व
Kisari Mohan Ganguli’s English prose (1883–96), beside the Sanskrit of adhyāya 5.14.
Sanskrit
अथैनां रूपिणी साध्वीमुपातिष्ठदुपश्रुतिः।
तां वयोरूपसंपन्नां दृष्ट्वा देवीमुपस्थिताम् ।।
इन्द्राणी संप्रहृष्टात्मा संपूज्यैनामथाब्रवीत्।
इच्छामि त्वामहं ज्ञातुं का त्वं ब्रूहि वरानने ।।
उपश्रुतिरुवाच।
उपश्रुतिरहं देवि तवान्तिकमुपागता।
दर्शनं चैव संप्राप्ता तव सत्येन भामिनि ।।
पतिव्रता च युक्ता च यमेन नियमेन च।
दर्शयिष्यामि ते शक्रं देवं वृत्रनिषूदनम् ।।
क्षिप्रमन्वेहि भद्रं ते द्रक्ष्यसे सुरसत्तमम्।
ततस्तां प्रस्थितां देवीमिन्द्राणी सा समन्वगात् ।।
देवारण्यान्यतिक्रम्य पर्वतांश्च बहूंस्ततः ।
हिमवन्तमतिक्रम्य उत्तरं पार्श्वमागमत्।।
समुद्रं च समासाद्य बहुयोजनविस्तृतम्।
आससाद महाद्वीपं नानाद्रुमलतावृतम् ।।
तत्रापश्यत्सरो दिव्यं नानाशकुनिभिर्वृतम्।
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं तावदेवायतं शुभम् ।।
तत्र दिव्यानि पद्मानि पञ्चवर्णानि भारत ।
षट्पदैरुपगीतानि प्रफुल्लानि सहस्रशः।।
सरसस्तस्य मध्ये तु पद्मिनी महती शुभा ।
गौरेणोन्नतनालेन पद्मेन महता वृता ।।
पद्मस्य भित्त्वा नालं च विवेश सहिता तया।
बिसतन्तुप्रविष्टं च तत्रापश्यच्छतक्रतुम् ।।
तं दृष्ट्वा च सुसूक्ष्मेण रूपेणावस्थितं प्रभुम् ।
सूक्ष्मरूपधरा देवी बभूवोपश्रुतिश्च सा।।
इन्द्रं तुष्टाव चेन्द्राणी विश्रुतैः पूर्वकर्मभिः।
स्तूयमानस्ततो देवः शचीमाह पुरन्दरः ।।
किमर्थमसि संप्राप्ता विज्ञातश्च कथं त्वहम्।
ततः सा कथयामास नहुषस्य विचेष्टितम् ।।
इन्द्रत्वं त्रिषु लोकेषु प्राप्य वीर्यसमन्वितः ।
दर्पाविष्टश्च दुष्टात्मा मामुवाच शतक्रतो ।।
उपतिष्ठेति स क्रूरः कालं च कृतवान्मम ।
यदि न त्रास्यसि विभो करिष्यति स मां वशे ।।
एतेन चाहं संप्राप्ता द्रुतं शक्र तवान्तिकम्।
जहि रौद्रं महाबाहो नहुषं पापनिश्चयम् ।।
प्रकाशयस्व चात्मानं दैत्यदानवसूदन।
तेजः समाप्नुहि विभो देवराज्यं प्रशाधि च ।।
।। इति श्रीमन्महाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि
सेनोद्योगपर्वणि चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः ।।
English Ganguli
“Salya said, ‘Then the goddess of Divination stood near that chaste and beautiful lady. And having beheld that goddess, youthful and lovely, standing before her, Indra’s queen, glad at heart, paid respects to them and said, “I desire to know who thou art, O thou of lovely face.” And Divination said, “I am Divination, O goddess, come near thee. Since thou art truthful, therefore, O high-minded lady, do I appear in thy sight. Since thou art devoted to thy lord, employed in controlling thyself, and engaged in the practice of religious rites, I shall show thee the god Indra, the slayer of Vritra. Quickly come after me, so may good betide thee! Thou shalt see that best of gods.” Then Divination proceeded and the divine queen of Indra went after her. And she crossed the heavenly groves, and many mountains; and then having crossed the Himavat mountains, she came to its northern side. And having reached the sea, extending over many yojanas, she came upon a large island covered with various trees and plants. And there she saw a beautiful lake, of heavenly appearance, covered with birds, eight hundred miles in length, and as many in breadth. And upon it, O descendant of Bharata, were full-blown lotuses of heavenly appearance, of five colours, hummed round by bees, and counting by thousands. And in the middle of that lake, there was a large and beautiful assemblage of lotuses having in its midst a large white lotus standing on a lofty stalk. And penetrating into the lotus-stalk, along with Sachi, she saw Indra there who had entered into its fibres. And seeing her lord lying there in a minute form, Sachi also assumed a minute form, so did the goddess of divination too. And Indra’s queen began to glorify him by reciting his celebrated deeds of yore. And thus glorified, the divine Purandara spoke to Sachi, “For what purpose hast thou come? How also have I been found out?” Then the goddess spoke of the acts of Nahusha. And she said, “O performer of a hundred sacrifices, having obtained the sovereignty of the three worlds, powerful and haughty and of a vicious soul, he hath commanded me to visit him, and the cruel wretch hath even assigned me a definite time. If thou wilt not protect me, O lord, he will bring me under his power. For this reason, O Indra, have I come to thee in alarm. O thou of powerful arms, slay the terrible Nahusha of vicious soul. Discover thyself, O slayer of Daityas and Danavas. O lord, assume thy own strength and rule the celestial kingdom.”’"