01.225
Pancharatra: Partha’s boon and Shakra’s advice to please Mahadeva.
मन्दपाल उवाच॥
Mandapāla said.
युष्माकं परिरक्षार्थं विज्ञप्तो ज्वलनो मया। अग्निना च तथेत्येवं पूर्वमेव प्रतिश्रुतम् ॥१-२२५-१॥
For your protection, I informed the Fire. Agni too, in this way, had already promised so before. (1-225-1)
अग्नेर्वचनमाज्ञाय मातुर्धर्मज्ञतां च वः। युष्माकं च परं वीर्यं नाहं पूर्वमिहागतः ॥१-२२५-२॥
Having heard Agni's words, your mother's righteousness, and your great strength, I had not come here before. (1-225-2)
न सन्तापो हि वः कार्यः पुत्रका मरणं प्रति। ऋषीन्वेद हुताशोऽपि ब्रह्म तद्विदितं च वः ॥१-२२५-३॥
O sons, you should not grieve regarding death. The sages and even Agni know Brahman, and that knowledge is also yours. (1-225-3)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
एवमाश्वास्य पुत्रान्स भार्यां चादाय भारत। मन्दपालस्ततो देशादन्यं देशं जगाम ह ॥१-२२५-४॥
Thus, O Bhārata, after consoling his sons and taking his wife, Mandapala then left that land and went to another country. (1-225-4)
भगवानपि तिग्मांशुः समिद्धं खाण्डवं वनम्। ददाह सह कृष्णाभ्यां जनयञ्जगतोऽभयम् ॥१-२२५-५॥
The Sun god, along with the two Krishnas, set the Khandava forest ablaze, thereby granting fearlessness to the world. (1-225-5)
वसामेदोवहाः कुल्यास्तत्र पीत्वा च पावकः। अगच्छत्परमां तृप्तिं दर्शयामास चार्जुनम् ॥१-२२५-६॥
Having drunk from the fat-carrying channels there, Agni attained supreme satisfaction and showed it to Arjuna. (1-225-6)
ततोऽन्तरिक्षाद्भगवानवतीर्य सुरेश्वरः। मरुद्गणवृतः पार्थं माधवं चाब्रवीदिदम् ॥१-२२५-७॥
Then the lord of the gods, attended by the Maruts, descended from the sky and spoke these words to Pārtha and Mādhava. (1-225-7)
कृतं युवाभ्यां कर्मेदममरैरपि दुष्करम्। वरान्वृणीतं तुष्टोऽस्मि दुर्लभानप्यमानुषान् ॥१-२२५-८॥
You two have accomplished a deed that even the gods find difficult. I am pleased—choose your boons, even those rare and beyond human reach. (1-225-8)
पार्थस्तु वरयामास शक्रादस्त्राणि सर्वशः। ग्रहीतुं तच्च शक्रोऽस्य तदा कालं चकार ह ॥१-२२५-९॥
But Arjuna requested all the weapons from Indra; and Indra then set the time for him to receive them. (1-225-9)
यदा प्रसन्नो भगवान्महादेवो भविष्यति। तुभ्यं तदा प्रदास्यामि पाण्डवास्त्राणि सर्वशः ॥१-२२५-१०॥
When Lord Mahadeva is pleased, I will then give you all the weapons of the Pāṇḍavas. (1-225-10)
अहमेव च तं कालं वेत्स्यामि कुरुनन्दन। तपसा महता चापि दास्यामि तव तान्यहम् ॥१-२२५-११॥
O Kurunandana, I alone shall know that time, and by great austerity I shall also give those to you. (1-225-11)
आग्नेयानि च सर्वाणि वायव्यानि तथैव च। मदीयानि च सर्वाणि ग्रहीष्यसि धनञ्जय ॥१-२२५-१२॥
O Dhananjaya, you will take all the weapons belonging to Agni, all those belonging to Vāyu, and all those belonging to me as well. (1-225-12)
वासुदेवोऽपि जग्राह प्रीतिं पार्थेन शाश्वतीम्। ददौ च तस्मै देवेन्द्रस्तं वरं प्रीतिमांस्तदा ॥१-२२५-१३॥
Vāsudeva also accepted the everlasting affection from Pārtha. Then, Indra, filled with love, granted that boon to him. (1-225-13)
दत्त्वा ताभ्यां वरं प्रीतः सह देवैर्मरुत्पतिः। हुताशनमनुज्ञाप्य जगाम त्रिदिवं पुनः ॥१-२२५-१४॥
Pleased after granting a boon to the two, the lord of the Maruts, along with the gods, permitted Agni and then returned to heaven. (1-225-14)
पावकश्चापि तं दावं दग्ध्वा समृगपक्षिणम्। अहानि पञ्च चैकं च विरराम सुतर्पितः ॥१-२२५-१५॥
The fire, having consumed that forest along with its beasts and birds, continued for five days and one more, and then, being fully satisfied, it ceased. (1-225-15)
जग्ध्वा मांसानि पीत्वा च मेदांसि रुधिराणि च। युक्तः परमया प्रीत्या तावुवाच विशां पते ॥१-२२५-१६॥
After eating the flesh and drinking the fats and blood, and being filled with supreme delight, he spoke to them, O lord of men. (1-225-16)
युवाभ्यां पुरुषाग्र्याभ्यां तर्पितोऽस्मि यथासुखम्। अनुजानामि वां वीरौ चरतं यत्र वाञ्छितम् ॥१-२२५-१७॥
I am satisfied by you two noble youths, the foremost of men, as much as one could wish. I permit you, O heroes, to go wherever you desire. (1-225-17)
एवं तौ समनुज्ञातौ पावकेन महात्मना। अर्जुनो वासुदेवश्च दानवश्च मयस्तथा ॥१-२२५-१८॥
Thus, having received permission from Pāvaka, the great-souled one, Arjuna, Vāsudeva, and the Dānava Maya also (departed). (1-225-18)
परिक्रम्य ततः सर्वे त्रयोऽपि भरतर्षभ। रमणीये नदीकूले सहिताः समुपाविशन् ॥१-२२५-१९॥
O best of the Bharatas, after circumambulating, all three of them together sat down on the beautiful riverbank. (1-225-19)
