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Pancharatra: Maya built a magnificent Palace and gave it to Pandavas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
अथाब्रवीन्मयः पार्थमर्जुनं जयतां वरम्। आपृच्छे त्वां गमिष्यामि क्षिप्रमेष्यामि चाप्यहम् ॥२-३-१॥
athābravīn mayaḥ pārtham arjunaṃ jayatāṃ varam। āpṛcche tvāṃ gamiṣyāmi kṣipram eṣyāmi cāpy aham ॥2-3-1॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya; पार्थम् (pārtham) - to Pārtha; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; जयताम् (jayatām) - of the victorious; वरम् (varam) - best; आपृच्छे (āpṛcche) - I take leave; त्वाम् (tvām) - of you; गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall go; क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; एष्यामि (eṣyāmi) - I shall return; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(Then Maya said to Pārtha, Arjuna, the best of the victorious: I take leave of you, I shall go, I shall also return quickly.)
Then Maya said to Pārtha, Arjuna, the best among the victorious: "I take leave of you; I shall go and will return quickly." (2-3-1)
उत्तरेण तु कैलासं मैनाकं पर्वतं प्रति। यक्ष्यमाणेषु सर्वेषु दानवेषु तदा मया ॥ कृतं मणिमयं भाण्डं रम्यं बिन्दुसरः प्रति ॥२-३-२॥
uttareṇa tu kailāsaṃ mainākaṃ parvataṃ prati। yakṣyamāṇeṣu sarveṣu dānaveṣu tadā mayā ॥ kṛtaṃ maṇimayaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ ramyaṃ bindusaraḥ prati ॥2-3-2॥
[उत्तरेण (uttareṇa) - by the north; तु (tu) - but; कैलासं (kailāsaṃ) - Kailāsa; मैनाकं (mainākaṃ) - Maināka; पर्वतं (parvataṃ) - mountain; प्रति (prati) - towards; यक्ष्यमाणेषु (yakṣyamāṇeṣu) - when sacrifices were being performed; सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - by all; दानवेषु (dānaveṣu) - by the Dānavas; तदा (tadā) - then; मया (mayā) - by me; कृतं (kṛtaṃ) - made; मणिमयं (maṇimayaṃ) - jewel-made; भाण्डं (bhāṇḍaṃ) - vessel; रम्यं (ramyaṃ) - beautiful; बिन्दुसरः (bindusaraḥ) - Bindusaras; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(By the north, but towards Kailāsa and Maināka mountain; when sacrifices were being performed by all the Dānavas, then by me a jewel-made beautiful vessel was made towards Bindusaras.)
To the north, towards Kailāsa and Maināka mountains, when all the Dānavas were performing sacrifices, I then made a beautiful vessel of jewels for Bindusaras. (2-3-2)
सभायां सत्यसन्धस्य यदासीद्वृषपर्वणः। आगमिष्यामि तद्गृह्य यदि तिष्ठति भारत ॥२-३-३॥
sabhāyāṃ satyasaṃdhasya yad āsīd vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ। āgamiṣyāmi tad gṛhya yadi tiṣṭhati bhārata ॥2-3-3॥
[सभायाम् (sabhāyām) - in the assembly; सत्यसन्धस्य (satyasaṃdhasya) - of the truth-abiding one; यत् (yat) - which; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; वृषपर्वणः (vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ) - of Vṛṣaparvan; आगमिष्यामि (āgamiṣyāmi) - I shall come; तत् (tat) - that; गृह्य (gṛhya) - having taken; यदि (yadi) - if; तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(In the assembly of the truth-abiding one, whatever was of Vṛṣaparvan, I shall come, having taken that, if it remains, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, in the assembly of the truth-abiding one, whatever belonged to Vṛṣaparvan, if it still remains, I will come and take it. (2-3-3)
ततः सभां करिष्यामि पाण्डवाय यशस्विने। मनःप्रह्लादिनीं चित्रां सर्वरत्नविभूषिताम् ॥२-३-४॥
tataḥ sabhāṃ kariṣyāmi pāṇḍavāya yaśasvine। manaḥprahlādinīṃ citrāṃ sarvaratnavibhūṣitām ॥2-3-4॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly; करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will make; पाण्डवाय (pāṇḍavāya) - for Pāṇḍava; यशस्विने (yaśasvine) - to the illustrious; मनःप्रह्लादिनीम् (manaḥprahlādinīm) - delighting the mind; चित्राम् (citrām) - wonderful; सर्वरत्नविभूषिताम् (sarvaratnavibhūṣitām) - adorned with all jewels;]
(Then I will make an assembly for Pāṇḍava, the illustrious one, wonderful, delighting the mind, adorned with all jewels.)
Then I shall construct a magnificent assembly hall for the illustrious Pāṇḍava, one that delights the mind and is adorned with every kind of jewel. (2-3-4)
अस्ति बिन्दुसरस्येव गदा श्रेष्ठा कुरूद्वह। निहिता यौवनाश्वेन राज्ञा हत्वा रणे रिपून् ॥ सुवर्णबिन्दुभिश्चित्रा गुर्वी भारसहा दृढा ॥२-३-५॥
asti bindusarasy-eva gadā śreṣṭhā kurūdvaha। nihitā yauvanāśvena rājñā hatvā raṇe ripūn ॥ suvarṇabindubhiś citrā gurvī bhārasahā dṛḍhā ॥2-3-5॥
[अस्ति (asti) - there is; बिन्दुसरस्य (bindusarasya) - of Bindusaras (the lake); इव (iva) - like; गदा (gadā) - mace; श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - excellent; कुरूद्वह (kurūdvaha) - O best of Kurus; निहिता (nihitā) - deposited; यौवनाश्वेन (yauvanāśvena) - by Yauvanāśva; राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; रिपून् (ripūn) - enemies; सुवर्णबिन्दुभिः (suvarṇabindubhiḥ) - with golden drops; चित्रा (citrā) - adorned; गुर्वी (gurvī) - heavy; भारसहा (bhārasahā) - bearing weight; दृढा (dṛḍhā) - firm;]
(There is, O best of Kurus, an excellent mace like (that) of Bindusaras, deposited by King Yauvanāśva after having slain enemies in battle, adorned with golden drops, heavy, weight-bearing, and firm.)
O best of Kurus, there is an excellent mace, like that of Bindusaras, which was deposited by King Yauvanāśva after he had slain his enemies in battle. It is adorned with golden drops, heavy, able to bear weight, and firm. (2-3-5)
सा वै शतसहस्रस्य संमिता सर्वघातिनी। अनुरूपा च भीमस्य गाण्डीवं भवतो यथा ॥२-३-६॥
sā vai śatasahasrasya saṃmitā sarvaghātinī। anurūpā ca bhīmasya gāṇḍīvaṃ bhavato yathā ॥2-3-6॥
[सा (sā) - she; वै (vai) - indeed; शतसहस्रस्य (śatasahasrasya) - of a hundred thousand; संमिता (saṃmitā) - measured; सर्वघातिनी (sarvaghātinī) - destroyer of all; अनुरूपा (anurūpā) - suitable; च (ca) - and; भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhīma; गाण्डीवं (gāṇḍīvaṃ) - Gāṇḍīva bow; भवतो (bhavato) - of you; यथा (yathā) - just as;]
(She indeed, measured of a hundred thousand, destroyer of all; suitable and of Bhīma, Gāṇḍīva bow of you just as.)
She, indeed, who is measured as a hundred thousand and is the destroyer of all, is as suitable to Bhīma as the Gāṇḍīva bow is to you. (2-3-6)
वारुणश्च महाशङ्खो देवदत्तः सुघोषवान्। सर्वमेतत्प्रदास्यामि भवते नात्र संशयः ॥ इत्युक्त्वा सोऽसुरः पार्थं प्रागुदीचीमगाद्दिशम् ॥२-३-७॥
vāruṇaś ca mahāśaṅkho devadattaḥ sughoṣavān। sarvam etat pradāsyāmi bhavate nātra saṃśayaḥ ॥ ity uktvā so'suraḥ pārthaṃ prāgudīcīm agād diśam ॥2-3-7॥
[वारुणः (vāruṇaḥ) - of Varuṇa; च (ca) - and; महाशङ्खः (mahāśaṅkhaḥ) - great conch; देवदत्तः (devadattaḥ) - Devadatta; सुघोषवान् (sughoṣavān) - having a beautiful sound; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I shall give; भवते (bhavate) - to you; न (na) - not; अत्र (atra) - here; संशयः (saṃśayaḥ) - doubt; इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; सः (saḥ) - he; असुरः (asuraḥ) - the demon; पार्थम् (pārtham) - to Pārtha (Arjuna); प्रागुदीचीम् (prāgudīcīm) - northeast; अगात् (agāt) - went; दिशम् (diśam) - direction;]
(Of Varuṇa and the great conch Devadatta, having a beautiful sound, all this I shall give to you; here is no doubt. Thus having spoken, that demon went to the northeast direction to Pārtha. (2-3-7))
"Of Varuṇa and the great conch Devadatta, which has a beautiful sound, I shall give all this to you; there is no doubt about it." Having said this, the demon went to the northeast direction towards Pārtha. (2-3-7)
उत्तरेण तु कैलासं मैनाकं पर्वतं प्रति। हिरण्यशृङ्गो भगवान्महामणिमयो गिरिः ॥२-३-८॥
uttareṇa tu kailāsaṃ mainākaṃ parvataṃ prati। hiraṇyaśṛṅgo bhagavān mahāmaṇimayo giriḥ ॥2-3-8॥
[उत्तरेण (uttareṇa) - to the north; तु (tu) - but; कैलासं (kailāsaṃ) - Kailāsa; मैनाकं (mainākaṃ) - Maināka; पर्वतं (parvataṃ) - mountain; प्रति (prati) - towards; हिरण्यशृङ्गः (hiraṇyaśṛṅgaḥ) - golden-peaked; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; महामणिमयः (mahāmaṇimayaḥ) - composed of great jewels; गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain;]
(To the north, but towards Kailāsa and Maināka mountain, the golden-peaked, venerable, great jewel-composed mountain (stands).)
To the north, beyond Kailāsa and Maināka mountain, stands the venerable mountain Hiraṇyaśṛṅga, composed of great jewels and crowned with golden peaks. (2-3-8)
रम्यं बिन्दुसरो नाम यत्र राजा भगीरथः। दृष्ट्वा भागीरथीं गङ्गामुवास बहुलाः समाः ॥२-३-९॥
ramyaṃ bindusaro nāma yatra rājā bhagīrathaḥ। dṛṣṭvā bhāgīrathīṃ gaṅgāmuvāsa bahulāḥ samāḥ ॥2-3-9॥
[रम्यं (ramyaṃ) - beautiful; pleasant; बिन्दुसरः (bindusaraḥ) - Bindu Lake; नाम (nāma) - named; called; यत्र (yatra) - where; राजा (rājā) - king; भगीरथः (bhagīrathaḥ) - Bhagīratha; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; भागीरथीं (bhāgīrathīṃ) - Bhāgīrathī (Ganga); गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - Ganga; उवास (uvāsa) - dwelt; stayed; बहुलाः (bahulāḥ) - many; समाः (samāḥ) - years;]
(The beautiful Bindu Lake named, where King Bhagīratha, having seen the Bhāgīrathī Ganga, dwelt for many years.)
At the beautiful lake called Bindu, King Bhagīratha, after seeing the Bhāgīrathī Ganga, stayed there for many years. (2-3-9)
यत्रेष्ट्वा सर्वभूतानामीश्वरेण महात्मना। आहृताः क्रतवो मुख्याः शतं भरतसत्तम ॥२-३-१०॥
yatreṣṭvā sarvabhūtānām īśvareṇa mahātmanā। āhṛtāḥ kratavo mukhyāḥ śataṃ bharatasattama ॥2-3-10॥
[यत्र (yatra) - where; इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā) - having worshipped; सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings; ईश्वरेण (īśvareṇa) - by the lord; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one; आहृताः (āhṛtāḥ) - have been offered; क्रतवः (kratavaḥ) - sacrifices; मुख्याः (mukhyāḥ) - principal; शतम् (śatam) - a hundred; भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(Where, having worshipped the lord, the great-souled one, a hundred principal sacrifices of all beings have been offered, O best of the Bharatas.)
O best of the Bharatas, where the great-souled lord has been worshipped and a hundred principal sacrifices of all beings have been offered. (2-3-10)
यत्र यूपा मणिमयाश्चित्याश्चापि हिरण्मयाः। शोभार्थं विहितास्तत्र न तु दृष्टान्ततः कृताः ॥२-३-११॥
yatra yūpā maṇimayāś cityāś cāpi hiraṇmayāḥ। śobhārthaṃ vihitās tatra na tu dṛṣṭāntataḥ kṛtāḥ॥2-3-11॥
[यत्र (yatra) - where; यूपाः (yūpāḥ) - sacrificial posts; मणिमयाः (maṇimayāḥ) - made of jewels; च (ca) - and; इत्याः (cityāḥ) - altars; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; हिरण्मयाः (hiraṇmayāḥ) - made of gold; शोभार्थम् (śobhārtham) - for the sake of beauty; विहिताः (vihitāḥ) - arranged; तत्र (tatra) - there; न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; दृष्टान्ततः (dṛṣṭāntataḥ) - as an example; कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - made;]
(Where sacrificial posts made of jewels and altars also made of gold are arranged for the sake of beauty there, not but made as an example.)
Where sacrificial posts of jewels and altars of gold are arranged for beauty, they are not made as examples. (2-3-11)
यत्रेष्ट्वा स गतः सिद्धिं सहस्राक्षः शचीपतिः। यत्र भूतपतिः सृष्ट्वा सर्वलोकान्सनातनः ॥ उपास्यते तिग्मतेजा वृतो भूतैः सहस्रशः ॥२-३-१२॥
yatreṣṭvā sa gataḥ siddhiṃ sahasrākṣaḥ śacīpatiḥ। yatra bhūtapatiḥ sṛṣṭvā sarvalokān sanātanaḥ ॥ upāsyate tigmatejā vṛto bhūtaiḥ sahasraśaḥ ॥2-3-12॥
[यत्र (yatra) - where; इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā) - having worshipped; सः (saḥ) - he; गतः (gataḥ) - went; सिद्धिं (siddhiṃ) - success; सहस्राक्षः (sahasrākṣaḥ) - the thousand-eyed (Indra); शचीपतिः (śacīpatiḥ) - the lord of Śacī (Indra); यत्र (yatra) - where; भूतपतिः (bhūtapatiḥ) - the lord of beings (Śiva); सृष्ट्वा (sṛṣṭvā) - having created; सर्वलोकान् (sarvalokān) - all worlds; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - the eternal one; उपास्यते (upāsyate) - is worshipped; तिग्मतेजा (tigmatejā) - of sharp radiance; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded; भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by beings; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(Where, having worshipped, he went to success, the thousand-eyed, the lord of Śacī (Indra); where the lord of beings (Śiva), having created all worlds, the eternal one, is worshipped, of sharp radiance, surrounded by beings by thousands.)
Where, after worshipping, Indra, the thousand-eyed lord of Śacī, attained success; where the eternal lord of beings (Śiva), having created all the worlds, is worshipped, radiant and surrounded by thousands of beings. (2-3-12)
नरनारायणौ ब्रह्मा यमः स्थाणुश्च पञ्चमः। उपासते यत्र सत्रं सहस्रयुगपर्यये ॥२-३-१३॥
naranārāyaṇau brahmā yamaḥ sthāṇuśca pañcamaḥ। upāsate yatra satraṃ sahasrayugaparyaye ॥2-3-13॥
[नरनारायणौ (naranārāyaṇau) - Nara and Nārāyaṇa; (dual) ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; (the creator) यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama; (the god of death) स्थाणुः (sthāṇuḥ) - Sthāṇu; (epithet of Śiva) च (ca) - and; पञ्चमः (pañcamaḥ) - the fifth; उपासते (upāsate) - worship; (they worship) यत्र (yatra) - where; सत्रम् (satram) - sacrifice; (ritual) सहस्रयुगपर्यये (sahasrayugaparyaye) - at the end of a thousand yugas;]
(Nara and Nārāyaṇa, Brahmā, Yama, Sthāṇu and the fifth, worship where the sacrifice (is), at the end of a thousand yugas.)
Where the sacrifice is performed at the end of a thousand yugas, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, Brahmā, Yama, Sthāṇu, and the fifth worship there. (2-3-13)
यत्रेष्टं वासुदेवेन सत्रैर्वर्षसहस्रकैः। श्रद्दधानेन सततं शिष्टसम्प्रतिपत्तये ॥२-३-१४॥
yatreṣṭaṃ vāsudevena satrair varṣasahasrakaiḥ। śraddadhānena satataṃ śiṣṭasampratipattaye ॥2-3-14॥
[यत्र (yatra) - where; इष्टं (iṣṭam) - sacrificed; offered; वासुदेवेन (vāsudevena) - by Vāsudeva; सत्रैः (satraiḥ) - by sacrificial sessions; वर्षसहस्रकैः (varṣasahasrakaiḥ) - with thousands of years; श्रद्दधानेन (śraddadhānena) - by one endowed with faith; सततं (satatam) - always; continually; शिष्टसम्प्रतिपत्तये (śiṣṭasampratipattaye) - for the attainment of the conduct of the wise;]
(Where sacrifice was offered by Vāsudeva with sacrificial sessions lasting thousands of years, by one endowed with faith, always, for the attainment of the conduct of the wise.)
Where Vāsudeva performed sacrifices through sacrificial sessions lasting thousands of years, always with faith, for the attainment of the conduct of the wise. (2-3-14)
सुवर्णमालिनो यूपाश्चित्याश्चाप्यतिभास्वराः। ददौ यत्र सहस्राणि प्रयुतानि च केशवः ॥२-३-१५॥
suvarṇamālino yūpāścityāścāpyatibhāsvarāḥ। dadau yatra sahasrāṇi prayutāni ca keśavaḥ ॥2-3-15॥
[सुवर्ण (suvarṇa) - gold; मालिनः (mālinaḥ) - garlanded; यूपाः (yūpāḥ) - sacrificial posts; च (ca) - and; इत्याः (ityāḥ) - such; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अति (ati) - very; भास्वराः (bhāsvarāḥ) - shining; ददौ (dadau) - gave; यत्र (yatra) - where; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - tens of millions; च (ca) - and; केशवः (keśavaḥ) - Keśava (Kṛṣṇa);]
(Where Keśava gave thousands and tens of millions of sacrificial posts garlanded with gold and such, also very shining.)
Keśava gave thousands and tens of millions of sacrificial posts adorned with golden garlands, all of which were exceedingly radiant. (2-3-15)
तत्र गत्वा स जग्राह गदां शङ्खं च भारत। स्फाटिकं च सभाद्रव्यं यदासीद्वृषपर्वणः ॥ किङ्करैः सह रक्षोभिरगृह्णात्सर्वमेव तत् ॥२-३-१६॥
tatra gatvā sa jagrāha gadāṃ śaṅkhaṃ ca bhārata। sphāṭikaṃ ca sabhādravyaṃ yad āsīd vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ ॥ kiṅkaraiḥ saha rakṣobhir agṛhṇāt sarvam eva tat ॥2-3-16॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; सः (saḥ) - he; जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized; गदाम् (gadām) - mace; शङ्खम् (śaṅkham) - conch; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; स्फाटिकम् (sphāṭikam) - crystal; च (ca) - and; सभाद्रव्यं (sabhādravyaṃ) - assembly property; यत् (yat) - which; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; वृषपर्वणः (vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ) - of Vṛṣaparvan; किङ्करैः (kiṅkaraiḥ) - by attendants; सह (saha) - together with; रक्षोभिः (rakṣobhiḥ) - by demons; अगृह्णात् (agṛhṇāt) - took; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that;]
(There having gone, he seized the mace, conch, and, O Bhārata, the crystal and the assembly property which was of Vṛṣaparvan. Together with the attendants and demons, he took all that indeed.)
Having gone there, he seized the mace, conch, crystal, and all the assembly property that belonged to Vṛṣaparvan, O Bhārata. Together with the attendants and demons, he took everything. (2-3-16)
तदाहृत्य तु तां चक्रे सोऽसुरोऽप्रतिमां सभाम्। विश्रुतां त्रिषु लोकेषु दिव्यां मणिमयीं शुभाम् ॥२-३-१७॥
tad āhṛtya tu tāṃ cakre so'suro'pratimāṃ sabhām। viśrutāṃ triṣu lokeṣu divyāṃ maṇimayīṃ śubhām॥2-3-17॥
[तत् (tat) - that; आहृत्य (āhṛtya) - having brought; तु (tu) - but; ताम् (tām) - her; चक्रे (cakre) - made; सः (saḥ) - he; असुरः (asuraḥ) - the asura; अप्रतिमाम् (apratimām) - unrivaled; सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly hall; विश्रुताम् (viśrutām) - renowned; त्रिषु (triṣu) - in three; लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - worlds; दिव्याम् (divyām) - divine; मणिमयीम् (maṇimayīm) - made of jewels; शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious;]
(That having brought but her made he the asura unrivaled assembly hall renowned in three worlds divine made of jewels auspicious.)
But having brought that, the asura made her into an unrivaled, auspicious assembly hall, renowned in the three worlds, divine and made of jewels. (2-3-17)
गदां च भीमसेनाय प्रवरां प्रददौ तदा। देवदत्तं च पार्थाय ददौ शङ्खमनुत्तमम् ॥२-३-१८॥
gadāṃ ca bhīmasenāya pravarāṃ pradadau tadā। devadattaṃ ca pārthāya dadau śaṅkham-anuttamam ॥2-3-18॥
[गदाम् (gadām) - mace; (accusative singular) च (ca) - and; भीमसेनाय (bhīmasenāya) - to Bhīmasena; प्रवराम् (pravarām) - excellent; प्रददौ (pradadau) - gave; तदा (tadā) - then; देवदत्तम् (devadattam) - Devadatta (name of conch); च (ca) - and; पार्थाय (pārthāya) - to Pārtha (Arjuna); ददौ (dadau) - gave; शङ्खम् (śaṅkham) - conch; अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - excellent;]
(And the excellent mace he gave to Bhīmasena then. Devadatta, the conch, he gave to Pārtha (Arjuna), and the excellent conch.)
Then he gave the excellent mace to Bhīmasena. He also gave the conch named Devadatta, the best conch, to Pārtha (Arjuna). (2-3-18)
सभा तु सा महाराज शातकुम्भमयद्रुमा। दश किष्कुसहस्राणि समन्तादायताभवत् ॥२-३-१९॥
sabhā tu sā mahārāja śātakumbhamayadrumā। daśa kiṣkusahasrāṇi samantādayatābhavat ॥2-3-19॥
[सभा (sabhā) - assembly; तु (tu) - but; सा (sā) - that; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; शातकुम्भमयद्रुमा (śātakumbhamayadrumā) - with trees made of gold; दश (daśa) - ten; किष्कुसहस्राणि (kiṣkusahasrāṇi) - thousand pillars; समन्तात् (samantāt) - on all sides; आयता (āyatā) - extended; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(But that assembly, O great king, with trees made of gold, became extended on all sides with ten thousand pillars.)
But, O great king, that assembly hall, with trees made of gold, was extended on all sides with ten thousand pillars. (2-3-19)
यथा वह्नेर्यथार्कस्य सोमस्य च यथैव सा। भ्राजमाना तथा दिव्या बभार परमं वपुः ॥२-३-२०॥
yathā vahneryathārkasya somasya ca yathaiva sā। bhrājamānā tathā divyā babhāra paramaṃ vapuḥ ॥2-3-20॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; वह्नेः (vahneḥ) - of fire; यथा (yathā) - just as; अर्कस्य (arkasya) - of the sun; सोमस्य (somasya) - of the moon; च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - just as; एव (eva) - indeed; सा (sā) - she; भ्राजमाना (bhrājamānā) - shining; तथा (tathā) - in that way; दिव्या (divyā) - divine; बभार (babhāra) - bore; परमं (paramaṃ) - supreme; वपुः (vapuḥ) - form;]
(Just as of fire, just as of the sun, of the moon and just as indeed she, shining, in that way the divine bore the supreme form.)
Just as fire, the sun, and the moon shine, so too did she, shining divinely, bear a supreme form. (2-3-20)
प्रतिघ्नतीव प्रभया प्रभामर्कस्य भास्वराम्। प्रबभौ ज्वलमानेव दिव्या दिव्येन वर्चसा ॥२-३-२१॥
pratighnatīva prabhayā prabhām arkasya bhāsvarām। prababhau jvalamānevā divyā divyena varcasā ॥2-3-21॥
[प्रतिघ्नतीव (pratighnatīva) - as if repelling; indeed; प्रभया (prabhayā) - by the radiance; प्रभाम् (prabhām) - the radiance; अर्कस्य (arkasya) - of the sun; भास्वराम् (bhāsvarām) - shining; प्रबभौ (prababhau) - shone; ज्वलमानेव (jvalamānevā) - as if blazing; दिव्या (divyā) - divine; दिव्येन (divyena) - by divine; वर्चसा (varcasā) - splendour;]
(As if repelling (others) indeed by radiance, the shining radiance of the sun, she shone as if blazing, divine, by divine splendour.)
She shone with a radiance as if repelling others, her brilliance like that of the sun, blazing and divine, with celestial splendour. (2-3-21)
नगमेघप्रतीकाशा दिवमावृत्य विष्ठिता। आयता विपुला श्लक्ष्णा विपाप्मा विगतक्लमा ॥२-३-२२॥
nagameghapratīkāśā divamāvṛtya viṣṭhitā। āyatā vipulā ślakṣṇā vipāpmā vigataklamā ॥2-3-22॥
[नग (naga) - mountain; मेघ (megha) - cloud; प्रतीकाशा (pratīkāśā) - resembling; दिवम् (divam) - sky; आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having covered; विष्ठिता (viṣṭhitā) - spread; आयता (āyatā) - extended; विपुला (vipulā) - vast; श्लक्ष्णा (ślakṣṇā) - smooth; विपाप्मा (vipāpmā) - free from evil; विगत्क्लमा (vigataklamā) - free from fatigue;]
(Resembling mountains and clouds, having covered the sky, spread out, extended, vast, smooth, free from evil, free from fatigue.)
They, resembling mountains and clouds, having covered the sky, are spread out—extended, vast, smooth, free from evil, and free from fatigue. (2-3-22)
उत्तमद्रव्यसम्पन्ना मणिप्राकारमालिनी। बहुरत्ना बहुधना सुकृता विश्वकर्मणा ॥२-३-२३॥
uttamadravyasampannā maṇiprākāramālinī। bahuratnā bahudhanā sukṛtā viśvakarmaṇā ॥2-3-23॥
[उत्तम (uttama) - excellent; द्रव्य (dravya) - substance; सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - endowed; मणि (maṇi) - jewel; प्राकार (prākāra) - rampart; मालिनी (mālinī) - garlanded; बहु (bahu) - many; रत्ना (ratnā) - gems; बहु (bahu) - much; धना (dhanā) - wealth; सुकृता (sukṛtā) - well-made; विश्वकर्मणा (viśvakarmaṇā) - by Viśvakarman;]
(Endowed with excellent substances, garlanded with jewel ramparts, with many gems, much wealth, well-made by Viśvakarman.)
Endowed with the finest materials, adorned with garlands of jewel ramparts, abundant in gems and wealth, skillfully constructed by Viśvakarman. (2-3-23)
न दाशार्ही सुधर्मा वा ब्रह्मणो वापि तादृशी। आसीद्रूपेण सम्पन्ना यां चक्रेऽप्रतिमां मयः ॥२-३-२४॥
na dāśārhī sudharmā vā brahmaṇo vāpi tādṛśī। āsīdrūpeṇa sampannā yāṃ cakre'pratimāṃ mayaḥ ॥2-3-24॥
[न (na) - not; दाशार्ही (dāśārhī) - the descendant of Dasharha (Krishna); सुधर्मा (sudharmā) - Sudharma (the assembly hall); वा (vā) - or; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahma; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; तादृशी (tādṛśī) - such; आसीत् (āsīt) - there was; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - in form; सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - endowed; याम् (yām) - which; चक्रे (cakre) - made; अप्रतिमाम् (apratimām) - unrivaled; मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya (the architect);]
(Not the descendant of Dasharha, nor Sudharma, nor even that of Brahma, was such as the unrivaled one which Maya made, endowed in form.)
Neither the hall of the Dasharha (Krishna), nor Sudharma, nor even that of Brahma, was as splendid as the unrivaled one which Maya constructed, endowed with such form. (2-3-24)
तां स्म तत्र मयेनोक्ता रक्षन्ति च वहन्ति च। सभामष्टौ सहस्राणि किङ्करा नाम राक्षसाः ॥२-३-२५॥
tāṃ sma tatra mayenoktā rakṣanti ca vahanti ca। sabhām aṣṭau sahasrāṇi kiṅkarā nāma rākṣasāḥ ॥2-3-25॥
[तां (tāṃ) - her; स्म (sma) - indeed; तत्र (tatra) - there; मयेनोक्ता (mayenoktā) - spoken by Maya; रक्षन्ति (rakṣanti) - protect; च (ca) - and; वहन्ति (vahanti) - carry; च (ca) - and; सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly hall; अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; किङ्कराः (kiṅkarāḥ) - servants; नाम (nāma) - named; राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rākṣasas;]
(Her indeed there, spoken by Maya, (they) protect and (they) carry. The assembly hall (by) eight thousand servants named rākṣasas.)
There, eight thousand rākṣasas called servants, as spoken by Maya, indeed protect and carry her assembly hall. (2-3-25)
अन्तरिक्षचरा घोरा महाकाया महाबलाः। रक्ताक्षाः पिङ्गलाक्षाश्च शुक्तिकर्णाः प्रहारिणः ॥२-३-२६॥
antarikṣacarā ghorā mahākāyā mahābalāḥ। raktākṣāḥ piṅgalākṣāśca śuktikarṇāḥ prahāriṇaḥ ॥2-3-26॥
[अन्तरिक्षचरा (antarikṣacarā) - moving in the sky; घोरा (ghorā) - terrible; महाकाया (mahākāyā) - great-bodied; महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - of great strength; रक्ताक्षाः (raktākṣāḥ) - red-eyed; पिङ्गलाक्षाः (piṅgalākṣāḥ) - tawny-eyed; च (ca) - and; शुक्तिकर्णाः (śuktikarṇāḥ) - with shell-like ears; प्रहारिणः (prahāriṇaḥ) - strikers;]
(Moving in the sky, terrible, great-bodied, of great strength, red-eyed, tawny-eyed and with shell-like ears, strikers.)
They move in the sky, are terrible and great-bodied, possessing immense strength, with red and tawny eyes, shell-like ears, and are strikers. (2-3-26)
तस्यां सभायां नलिनीं चकाराप्रतिमां मयः। वैडूर्यपत्रविततां मणिनालमयाम्बुजाम् ॥२-३-२७॥
tasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ nalinīṃ cakārāpratimāṃ mayaḥ। vaiḍūryapatravitatāṃ maṇinālamayāmbujām ॥2-3-27॥
[तस्यां (tasyāṃ) - in that; (locative singular of tad) सभायां (sabhāyāṃ) - assembly hall; (locative singular of sabhā) नलिनीं (nalinīṃ) - lotus; (accusative singular of nalinī) चकार (cakāra) - made; (3rd person singular perfect of kṛ) अप्रतिमां (apratimāṃ) - unrivaled; (accusative singular of apratimā) मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya; (name of the architect) वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya) - of beryl; (instrumental singular of vaiḍūrya) पत्र (patra) - leaf; (accusative plural of patra) विततां (vitatāṃ) - spread out; (accusative singular of vitatā) मणि (maṇi) - gem; (instrumental singular of maṇi) नाल (nāla) - stalk; (accusative singular of nāla) मय (maya) - made of; (instrumental singular of maya) अम्बुजाम् (ambujām) - lotus; (accusative plural of ambuja);]
(In that assembly hall, Maya made an unrivaled lotus, with leaves spread of beryl and stalks made of gems.)
In that assembly hall, Maya created an incomparable lotus, its leaves spread out with beryl and its stalks made of gems. (2-3-27)
पद्मसौगन्धिकवतीं नानाद्विजगणायुताम्। पुष्पितैः पङ्कजैश्चित्रां कूर्ममत्स्यैश्च शोभिताम् ॥२-३-२८॥
padmasaugandhikavatīṃ nānādvijagaṇāyutām। puṣpitaiḥ paṅkajaiś citrāṃ kūrmamatsyaiś ca śobhitām ॥2-3-28॥
[पद्म (padma) - lotus; सौगन्धिक (saugandhika) - having fragrance; वतीं (vatīṃ) - possessing; नाना (nānā) - various; द्विज (dvija) - twice-born; गण (gaṇa) - groups; आयुताम् (āyutām) - endowed with; पुष्पितैः (puṣpitaiḥ) - with blossomed; पङ्कजैः (paṅkajaiḥ) - lotuses; चित्रां (citrāṃ) - variegated; कूर्म (kūrma) - tortoises; मत्स्यैः (matsyaiḥ) - fishes; च (ca) - and; शोभिताम् (śobhitām) - adorned;]
(Possessing fragrant lotuses, endowed with various groups of twice-born, variegated with blossomed lotuses, adorned with tortoises and fishes.)
A place filled with fragrant lotuses, inhabited by various groups of birds, adorned with blooming lotuses, and beautified by tortoises and fishes. (2-3-28)
सूपतीर्थामकलुषां सर्वर्तुसलिलां शुभाम्। मारुतेनैव चोद्धूतैर्मुक्ताबिन्दुभिराचिताम् ॥२-३-२९॥
sūpatīrthāmakaluṣāṃ sarvartusalilāṃ śubhām। mārutenaiva coddhūtairmuktābindubhirācitām ॥2-3-29॥
[सूपतीर्थाम् (sūpatīrthām) - with good fords; अकलुषाम् (akaluṣām) - untainted; सर्वर्तुसलिलाम् (sarvartu-salilām) - with water in all seasons; शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious; मारुतेन (mārutena) - by the wind; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; उद्धूतैः (uddhūtaiḥ) - swept; मुक्ताबिन्दुभिः (muktā-bindubhiḥ) - with pearl-drops; आचिताम् (ācitām) - adorned;]
(With good fords, untainted, with water in all seasons, auspicious, indeed swept by the wind and adorned with pearl-drops.)
With excellent fords, pure, filled with water in every season, auspicious, swept by the wind and adorned with drops like pearls. (2-3-29)
मणिरत्नचितां तां तु केचिदभ्येत्य पार्थिवाः। दृष्ट्वापि नाभ्यजानन्त तेऽज्ञानात्प्रपतन्त्युत ॥२-३-३०॥
maṇiratnacitāṃ tāṃ tu kecidabhyetya pārthivāḥ। dṛṣṭvāpi nābhyajānanta te'jñānātprapatantyuta ॥2-3-30॥
[मणि (maṇi) - gem; रत्न (ratna) - jewel; चिताम् (citām) - heaped; ताम् (tām) - that; तु (tu) - but; केचित् (kecit) - some; अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having approached; पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; अपि (api) - even; न (na) - not; अभ्यजानन्त (abhyajānanta) - recognized; ते (te) - they; अज्ञानात् (ajñānāt) - out of ignorance; प्रपतन्ति (prapatanti) - fall; उत (uta) - indeed;]
(That heap of gems and jewels, but some kings, having approached, even having seen, did not recognize it; they, out of ignorance, indeed fall.)
Some kings, even after approaching and seeing that heap of gems and jewels, did not recognize it; due to ignorance, they indeed fall. (2-3-30)
तां सभामभितो नित्यं पुष्पवन्तो महाद्रुमाः। आसन्नानाविधा नीलाः शीतच्छाया मनोरमाः ॥२-३-३१॥
tāṃ sabhām abhito nityaṃ puṣpavanto mahādrumāḥ। āsannā nāvidhā nīlāḥ śītacchāyā manoramāḥ ॥2-3-31॥
[ताम् (tām) - her; (accusative singular, feminine) सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly hall; (accusative singular, feminine) अभितः (abhitaḥ) - around; (adverb) नित्यम् (nityam) - always; (adverb) पुष्पवन्तः (puṣpavantaḥ) - flower-bearing; (nominative plural, masculine) महाद्रुमाः (mahādrumāḥ) - great trees; (nominative plural, masculine) आसन्नाः (āsannāḥ) - situated near; (nominative plural, masculine) अनाविधाः (anāvidhāḥ) - of various kinds; (nominative plural, masculine) नीलाः (nīlāḥ) - dark (in color); (nominative plural, masculine) शीतच्छायाः (śītacchāyāḥ) - having cool shade; (nominative plural, masculine) मनोरमाः (manoramāḥ) - pleasing; delightful; (nominative plural, masculine);]
(Around that assembly hall always (stand) great trees bearing flowers, situated near, of various kinds, dark (in color), having cool shade, and delightful.)
All around that assembly hall, there are always great flowering trees, close by, of various kinds, dark in color, with cool shade, and delightful. (2-3-31)
काननानि सुगन्धीनि पुष्करिण्यश्च सर्वशः। हंसकारण्डवयुताश्चक्रवाकोपशोभिताः ॥२-३-३२॥
kānanāni sugandhīni puṣkariṇyaś ca sarvaśaḥ। haṃsakāraṇḍavayutāś cakravākopaśobhitāḥ ॥2-3-32॥
[काननानि (kānanāni) - forests; सुगन्धीनि (sugandhīni) - fragrant; पुष्करिण्यः (puṣkariṇyaḥ) - lotus-ponds; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - everywhere; हंसकारण्डवयुताः (haṃsa-kāraṇḍava-yutāḥ) - endowed with swans and ducks; चक्रवाकोपशोभिताः (cakravāka-upa-śobhitāḥ) - adorned by cakravāka birds; ॥२-३-३२॥ ((2-3-32)) - (2-3-32);]
(Forests, fragrant, lotus-ponds and everywhere, endowed with swans and ducks, adorned by cakravāka birds. (2-3-32))
There are fragrant forests and lotus-ponds everywhere, filled with swans and ducks, and adorned by cakravāka birds. (2-3-32)
जलजानां च माल्यानां स्थलजानां च सर्वशः। मारुतो गन्धमादाय पाण्डवान्स्म निषेवते ॥२-३-३३॥
jalajānāṃ ca mālyānāṃ sthalajānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ। māruto gandham ādāya pāṇḍavān sma niṣevate ॥2-3-33॥
[जलजानाम् (jalajānām) - of those born in water; च (ca) - and; माल्यानाम् (mālyānām) - of garlands; स्थलजानाम् (sthalajānām) - of those born on land; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - in all ways; मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the wind; गन्धम् (gandham) - fragrance; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas; स्म (sma) - indeed; निषेवते (niṣevate) - serves;]
(Of those born in water and of garlands, of those born on land and in all ways, the wind, having taken the fragrance, indeed serves the Pāṇḍavas.)
The wind, carrying the fragrance of water-born and land-born flowers and garlands in every way, attends upon the Pāṇḍavas. (2-3-33)
ईदृशीं तां सभां कृत्वा मासैः परिचतुर्दशैः। निष्ठितां धर्मराजाय मयो राज्ञे न्यवेदयत् ॥२-३-३४॥
īdṛśīṃ tāṃ sabhāṃ kṛtvā māsaiḥ paricaturdaśaiḥ। niṣṭhitāṃ dharmarājāya mayo rājñe nyavedayat ॥2-3-34॥
[ईदृशीम् (īdṛśīm) - such; of this kind; ताम् (tām) - that; her; सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly; hall; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; after making; मासैः (māsaiḥ) - by months; परिचतुर्दशैः (paricaturdaśaiḥ) - full fourteen; complete fourteen; निष्ठिताम् (niṣṭhitām) - established; completed; धर्मराजाय (dharmarājāya) - to Dharmarāja; to Yudhiṣṭhira; मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya (the architect); राज्ञे (rājñe) - to the king; न्यवेदयत् (nyavedayat) - submitted; reported;]
(Such a hall having made, in full fourteen months, established, to Dharmarāja, Maya to the king submitted.)
After constructing such a hall in exactly fourteen months, Maya presented the completed assembly to King Dharmarāja. (2-3-34)
