03.118

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (a proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Vaiśampāyana said.)

Vaiśampāyana said.

गच्छन्स तीर्थानि महानुभावः; पुण्यानि रम्याणि ददर्श राजा। सर्वाणि विप्रैरुपशोभितानि; क्वचित्क्वचिद्भारत सागरस्य ॥०३-११८-१॥

gacchans tīrthāni mahānubhāvaḥ; puṇyāni ramyāṇi dadarśa rājā. sarvāṇi viprair upaśobhitāni; kvacit kvacid bhārata sāgarasya ॥03-118-1॥

[गच्छन् (gacchan) - going;, तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred places;, महानुभावः (mahānubhāvaḥ) - great-souled one;, पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - auspicious;, रम्याणि (ramyāṇi) - beautiful;, ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw;, राजा (rājā) - the king;, सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all;, विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - by brahmins;, उपशोभितानि (upaśobhitāni) - adorned;, क्वचित् क्वचित् (kvacit kvacit) - here and there;, भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;, सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean;]

(Going to sacred places, the great-souled one, the king, saw the auspicious, beautiful (places), all adorned by brahmins, here and there, O Bhārata, of the ocean.)

As he went to sacred places, the noble king saw all the auspicious and beautiful spots, adorned by brahmins here and there, O Bhārata, along the ocean. (03-118-1)

स वृत्तवांस्तेषु कृताभिषेकः; सहानुजः पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रः। समुद्रगां पुण्यतमां प्रशस्तां; जगाम पारिक्षित पाण्डुपुत्रः ॥०३-११८-२॥

sa vṛttavāṁs teṣu kṛtābhiṣekaḥ; sahānujaḥ pārthivaputrapautraḥ. samudragāṁ puṇyatamāṁ praśastāṁ; jagāma pārīkṣita pāṇḍuputraḥ ॥03-118-2॥

[स (sa) (sa) - he; वृत्तवान् (vṛttavān) (vṛttavān) - the one who has fulfilled (duties/rites); तेषु (teṣu) (teṣu) - among them; कृताभिषेकः (kṛtābhiṣekaḥ) (kṛtābhiṣekaḥ) - having performed the anointing ceremony; सहानुजः (sahānujaḥ) (sahānujaḥ) - together with his younger brother(s); पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रः (pārthivaputrapautraḥ) (pārthivaputrapautraḥ) - descendant (son and grandson) of kings; समुद्रगाम् (samudragām) (samudragām) - leading to the ocean; पुण्यतमाम् (puṇyatamām) (puṇyatamām) - most sacred; प्रशस्ताम् (praśastām) (praśastām) - praised; जगाम (jagāma) (jagāma) - he went; पारिक्षित (pārīkṣita) (pārīkṣita) - of Parīkṣit; पाण्डुपुत्रः (pāṇḍuputraḥ) (pāṇḍuputraḥ) - son of Pāṇḍu;]

(He, having fulfilled duties among them and performed the anointing ceremony, together with his younger brothers, descendant of kings' sons and grandsons, to the river leading to the ocean, most sacred, praised, went— the son of Pāṇḍu, descendant of Parīkṣit.)

Having completed his duties among them and performed the anointing ceremony, the son of Pāṇḍu, descendant of Parīkṣit, together with his younger brothers, went to the most sacred and praised river flowing to the ocean. (03-118-2)

तत्रापि चाप्लुत्य महानुभावः; सन्तर्पयामास पितॄन्सुरांश्च। द्विजातिमुख्येषु धनं विसृज्य; गोदावरिं सागरगामगच्छत् ॥०३-११८-३॥

tatrāpi cāplutya mahānubhāvaḥ; santarpayāmāsa pitṝn surāṁś ca. dvijātimukhyeṣu dhanaṁ visṛjya; godāvariṁ sāgara-gāma-gacchat ॥03-118-3॥

[तत्रापि (tatrāpi) - there also; च (ca) - and; आप्लुत्य (āplutya) - having bathed; महानुभावः (mahānubhāvaḥ) - the great-souled one; सन्तर्पयामास (santarpayāmāsa) - he satisfied; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - the ancestors; सुरान् (surān) - the gods; च (ca) - and; द्विजातिमुख्येषु (dvijātimukhyeṣu) - among the foremost of the twice-born; धनम् (dhanam) - wealth; विसृज्य (visṛjya) - having distributed; गोदावरिम् (godāvarim) - the Godāvarī [river]; सागरगाम (sāgara-gāma) - going to the sea; गच्छत् (gacchat) - he went;]

(There also and, having bathed, the great-souled one satisfied the ancestors and the gods. Among the foremost of the twice-born, having distributed wealth, to the Godāvarī going to the sea, he went.)

There, too, after bathing, the great-souled one satisfied the ancestors and the gods. He distributed wealth among the foremost of the twice-born and went to the Godāvarī, which flows to the sea. (03-118-3)

ततो विपाप्मा द्रविडेषु राज; न्समुद्रमासाद्य च लोकपुण्यम्। अगस्त्यतीर्थं च पवित्रपुण्यं; नारीतीर्थान्यथ वीरो ददर्श ॥०३-११८-४॥

tato vipāpmā draviḍeṣu rājā; samudram āsādya ca lokapuṇyam। agastyatīrthaṃ ca pavitrapuṇyam; nārītīrthāni atha vīraḥ dadarśa॥03-118-4॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; विपाप्मा (vipāpmā) - sinless one; द्रविडेषु (draviḍeṣu) - in the Dravidian lands; राजन् (rājan) - king; समुद्रम् (samudram) - ocean; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached; च (ca) - and; लोकपुण्यम् (lokapuṇyam) - famed in the world; अगस्त्यतीर्थम् (agastyatīrtham) - Agastya's sacred water-place; च (ca) - and; पवित्रपुण्यम् (pavitrapuṇyam) - pure and holy; नारीतीर्थानि (nārītīrthāni) - women's sacred bathing-places; अथ (atha) - then; वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw;]

(Then the sinless king, having reached the ocean and the famous worldly holy places, and Agastya's sacred, pure, holy place, saw also the women's sacred bathing-places, then the hero saw.)

Then the sinless king, having reached the ocean and the renowned holy places of the earth, saw Agastya's pure and sacred water-site, as well as the women's sacred bathing-places; thus the hero beheld them. (03-118-4)

तत्रार्जुनस्याग्र्यधनुर्धरस्य; निशम्य तत्कर्म परैरसह्यम्। सम्पूज्यमानः परमर्षिसङ्घैः; परां मुदं पाण्डुसुतः स लेभे ॥०३-११८-५॥

tatrārjunasya agryadhanurdharasya; niśamya tat karma parair asahyam. sampūjyamānaḥ paramarṣisaṅghaiḥ; parāṃ mudaṃ pāṇḍusutaḥ sa lebhe ॥03-118-5॥

[तत्र (tatra) - there; अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; अग्र्यधनुर्धरस्य (agryadhanurdharasya) - of the foremost bow-bearer; निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard; तत् (tat) - that; कर्म (karma) - deed; परैः (paraiḥ) - by others; असह्यम् (asahyam) - unbearable; सम्पूज्यमानः (sampūjyamānaḥ) - being honored; परमर्षिसङ्घैः (paramarṣisaṅghaiḥ) - by groups of supreme sages; पराम् (parām) - supreme; मुदम् (mudam) - joy; पाण्डुसुतः (pāṇḍusutaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu; स (sa) - he; लेभे (lebhe) - obtained;]

(There, of Arjuna, of the foremost bow-bearer; having heard that deed by others unbearable, being honored by groups of supreme sages, supreme joy the son of Pandu, he obtained.)

There, Arjuna, the foremost wielder of the bow, having heard of his deed which others could not bear, and as he was being honored by assemblies of supreme sages, the son of Pandu attained supreme joy. (03-118-5)

स तेषु तीर्थेष्वभिषिक्तगात्रः; कृष्णासहायः सहितोऽनुजैश्च। सम्पूजयन्विक्रममर्जुनस्य; रेमे महीपालपतिः पृथिव्याम् ॥०३-११८-६॥

sa teṣu tīrtheṣv abhiṣiktagātraḥ; kṛṣṇāsahāyaḥ sahito'nujaiś ca. sampūjayan vikramam arjunasya; reme mahīpālapatiḥ pṛthivyām ॥03-118-6॥

[स (sa) - he; तेषु (teṣu) - in those; तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - sacred places; अभिषिक्तगात्रः (abhiṣiktagātraḥ) - with body anointed; कृष्णासहायः (kṛṣṇāsahāyaḥ) - with Kṛṣṇa as companion; सहितः (sahitaḥ) - together; अनुजैः (anujaiḥ) - with younger brothers; च (ca) - and; सम्पूजयन् (sampūjayan) - honoring; विक्रमम् (vikramam) - valor; अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; रेमे (reme) - enjoyed; महीपालपतिः (mahīpālapatiḥ) - king of kings; पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on the earth;]

(He, in those sacred places, with body anointed, with Kṛṣṇa as companion, together with younger brothers and, honoring the valor of Arjuna, the king of kings enjoyed on the earth.)

He, with his body anointed in those sacred places, accompanied by Kṛṣṇa and his younger brothers, honoring Arjuna's valor, the king of kings enjoyed life on the earth. (03-118-6)

ततः सहस्राणि गवां प्रदाय; तीर्थेषु तेष्वम्बुधरोत्तमस्य। हृष्टः सह भ्रातृभिरर्जुनस्य; सङ्कीर्तयामास गवां प्रदानम् ॥०३-११८-७॥

tataḥ sahasrāṇi gavāṃ pradāya; tīrtheṣu teṣvambudharottamasya. hṛṣṭaḥ saha bhrātṛbhirarjunasya; saṅkīrtayāmāsa gavāṃ pradānam ॥03-118-7॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; गवां (gavāṃ) - of cows; प्रदाय (pradāya) - having given; तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - at the holy places; तेषु (teṣu) - in those; अम्बुधर-उत्तमस्य (ambudharottamasya) - of Ambudharottama; हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted; सह (saha) - with; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - brothers; अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; सङ्कीर्तयामास (saṅkīrtayāmāsa) - he extolled; गवां (gavāṃ) - of cows; प्रदानम् (pradānam) - the gifting;]

(Then, having given thousands of cows at the holy places of Ambudharottama, delighted, with the brothers of Arjuna, he extolled the gifting of cows.)

Then, after donating thousands of cows at those holy places of Ambudharottama, delighted, he, along with Arjuna’s brothers, celebrated the act of giving cows. (03-118-7)

स तानि तीर्थानि च सागरस्य; पुण्यानि चान्यानि बहूनि राजन्। क्रमेण गच्छन्परिपूर्णकामः; शूर्पारकं पुण्यतमं ददर्श ॥०३-११८-८॥

sa tāni tīrthāni ca sāgarasya; puṇyāni ca anyāni bahūni rājan. krameṇa gacchan paripūrṇa-kāmaḥ; śūrpārakaṃ puṇyatamaṃ dadarśa ॥03-118-8॥

[स (sa) - he; तानि (tāni) - those; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - holy places; च (ca) - and; सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean; पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - meritorious; च (ca) - and; अन्यानि (anyāni) - other; बहूनि (bahūni) - many; राजन् (rājan) - O king; क्रमेण (krameṇa) - in due order; गच्छन् (gacchan) - going; परिपूर्णकामः (paripūrṇa-kāmaḥ) - one whose desire is fulfilled; शूर्पारकं (śūrpārakam) - Śūrparaka; पुण्यतमं (puṇyatamam) - most holy; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw;]

(He those holy places and of the ocean; meritorious and other many O king. In order going, fulfilled-desires; Śūrparaka, most holy, he saw.)

He, O king, traveling in order through those holy places of the ocean and many other meritorious sites, saw the most holy Śūrparaka, his desires fulfilled. (03-118-8)

तत्रोदधेः कञ्चिदतीत्य देशं; ख्यातं पृथिव्यां वनमाससाद। तप्तं सुरैर्यत्र तपः पुरस्ता; दिष्टं तथा पुण्यतमैर्नरेन्द्रैः ॥०३-११८-९॥

tatrodadheḥ kañcidatītya deśaṃ; khyātaṃ pṛthivyāṃ vanamāsasāda. taptaṃ surairyatra tapaḥ purastā; diṣṭaṃ tathā puṇyatamairnarendraiḥ ॥03-118-9॥

[तत्र (tatra) - there; उदधेः (udadheḥ) - of the ocean; कञ्चित् (kañcit) - a certain; अतीत्य (atītya) - having crossed; देशं (deśam) - region; ख्यातं (khyātam) - famous; पृथिव्यां (pṛthivyāṃ) - on the earth; वनम् (vanam) - forest; आससाद (āsasāda) - he reached; तप्तं (taptam) - practiced; सुरैः (suraiḥ) - by the gods; यत्र (yatra) - where; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; पुरस्ता (purastā) - formerly; दिष्टं (diṣṭam) - destined; तथा (tathā) - thus; पुण्यतमैः (puṇyatamaiḥ) - by the most virtuous; नरेन्द्रैः (narendraiḥ) - by kings;]

(There, of the ocean, having crossed a certain region, famous on the earth, he reached a forest; where austerity was practiced by the gods formerly, thus destined by the most virtuous kings.)

There, having crossed a certain region near the ocean—famous throughout the earth—he reached a forest, where austerities were once practiced by the gods, a place likewise destined by the most virtuous of kings. (03-118-9)

स तत्र तामग्र्यधनुर्धरस्य; वेदीं ददर्शायतपीनबाहुः। ऋचीकपुत्रस्य तपस्विसङ्घैः; समावृतां पुण्यकृदर्चनीयाम् ॥०३-११८-१०॥

sa tatra tām agrya-dhanur-dharasya; vedīṃ dadarśa āyata-pīna-bāhuḥ. ṛcīka-putrasya tapasvi-saṅghaiḥ; samāvṛtāṃ puṇya-kṛd arcanīyām॥03-118-10॥

[स (sa) - he; तत्र (tatra) - there; ताम् (tām) - that (feminine object); अग्र्यधनुर्धरस्य (agrya-dhanuḥ-dharasya) - of the chief bow-holder; वेदीम् (vedīm) - altar; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; आयतपीनबाहुः (āyata-pīna-bāhuḥ) - having long and stout arms; ऋचीकपुत्रस्य (ṛcīka-putrasya) - of the son of Ṛcīka; तपस्विसङ्घैः (tapasvi-saṅghaiḥ) - by groups of ascetics; समावृताम् (samāvṛtām) - surrounded; पुण्यकृत् (puṇya-kṛt) - the doer of merit; अर्चनीयाम् (arcanīyām) - worthy of worship;]

(He there that of the chief bow-holder altar saw, having long and stout arms, of the son of Ṛcīka, surrounded by groups of ascetics, meritorious, worthy of worship.)

There he, having long and stout arms, saw that altar belonging to the chief bow-holder, the son of Ṛcīka, which was surrounded by groups of ascetics and was meritorious, deserving worship. (03-118-10)

ततो वसूनां वसुधाधिपः स; मरुद्गणानां च तथाश्विनोश्च। वैवस्वतादित्यधनेश्वराणा; मिन्द्रस्य विष्णोः सवितुर्विभोश्च ॥०३-११८-११॥

tato vasūnāṃ vasudhādhipaḥ sa; marudgaṇānāṃ ca tathāśvinośca. vaivasvatādityadhaneśvarāṇāṃ indrasya viṣṇoḥ savitur vibhośca ॥03-118-11॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; after that; वसूनाम् (vasūnām) - of the Vasus; वसुधाधिपः (vasudhādhipaḥ) - lord of the earth; स (sa) - he; मरुद्गणानाम् (marudgaṇānām) - of the hosts of the Maruts; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - so; in the same manner; अश्विनोः (aśvinoḥ) - of the two Aśvins; च (ca) - and; वैवस्वत (vaivasvata) - Vaivasvata (son of Vivasvat, Yama); आदित्य (āditya) - of the Ādityas; धनेश्वराणाम् (dhaneśvarāṇām) - of the lords of wealth; इन्द्रस्य (indrasya) - of Indra; विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Viṣṇu; सवितुः (savituḥ) - of Savitṛ; विभोः (vibhoḥ) - of the mighty one; च (ca) - and;]

(Then the lord of the earth of the Vasus, he; and of the hosts of the Maruts, and so of the two Aśvins; of Vaivasvata, of the Ādityas, of the lords of wealth, of Indra, of Viṣṇu, of Savitṛ, of the mighty one, and;)

Then he, the lord of the earth among the Vasus, likewise of the hosts of the Maruts and of the two Aśvins, and of Vaivasvata, the Ādityas, the lords of wealth, Indra, Viṣṇu, Savitṛ, and the mighty one. (03-118-11)

भगस्य चन्द्रस्य दिवाकरस्य; पतेरपां साध्यगणस्य चैव। धातुः पितॄणां च तथा महात्मा; रुद्रस्य राजन्सगणस्य चैव ॥०३-११८-१२॥

bhagasya candrasya divākarasya; pater apāṃ sādhyagaṇasya caiva। dhātuḥ pitṝṇāṃ ca tathā mahātmā; rudrasya rājansa-gaṇasya caiva ॥03-118-12॥

[भगस्य (bhagasya) - of Bhaga; चन्द्रस्य (candrasya) - of Candra (the Moon); दिवाकरस्य (divākarasya) - of Divākara (the Sun); पतेः (pateḥ) - of the lord; अपां (apāṃ) - of waters; साध्यगणस्य (sādhyagaṇasya) - of the Sādhyas group; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; धातुः (dhātuḥ) - of Dhātṛ (the sustainer); पितॄणां (pitṝṇāṃ) - of the Pitṛs (ancestors); च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - thus; in like manner; महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great soul; रुद्रस्य (rudrasya) - of Rudra; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सगणस्य (sagaṇasya) - of the group; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also;]

(Of Bhaga, of Candra, of Divākara; of (the) lord of waters, of the Sādhyas group and also. Of Dhātṛ, of the Pitṛs and also thus the great soul; of Rudra, O king, of the group and also.)

He is the great soul of Bhaga, Candra, Divākara, the lord of waters, and the Sādhyas; also of Dhātṛ, the Pitṛs, and Rudra, O king, and of their hosts as well. (03-118-12)

सरस्वत्याः सिद्धगणस्य चैव; पूष्णश्च ये चाप्यमरास्तथान्ये। पुण्यानि चाप्यायतनानि तेषां; ददर्श राजा सुमनोहराणि ॥०३-११८-१३॥

sarasvatyāḥ siddhagaṇasya caiva; pūṣṇaś ca ye cāpy amarās tathānye. puṇyāni cāpy āyatanāni teṣāṃ; dadarśa rājā sumanoharāṇi ॥03-118-13॥

[सरस्वत्याः (sarasvatyāḥ) - of Sarasvatī; (the goddess or river); सिद्धगणस्य (siddhagaṇasya) - of the group of siddhas; (perfected beings); च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पूष्णः (pūṣṇaḥ) - of Pūṣan; (a deity); च (ca) - and; ये (ye) - those who; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अमराः (amarāḥ) - immortals; (gods); तथा (tathā) - also; likewise; अन्ये (anye) - others; पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - meritorious; holy; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; आयतनानि (āyatanāni) - abodes; dwellings; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of these; of them; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; राजा (rājā) - the king; सुमनोहराणि (sumanoharāṇi) - very charming; delightful;]

(Of Sarasvatī, of the group of siddhas indeed, and of Pūṣan and those who are also immortals, likewise others; the holy abodes of these, the king saw, very charming.)

The king saw the very charming and holy abodes belonging to Sarasvatī, the group of siddhas, Pūṣan, other immortals, and others. (03-118-13)

तेषूपवासान्विविधानुपोष्य; दत्त्वा च रत्नानि महाधनानि। तीर्थेषु सर्वेषु परिप्लुताङ्गः; पुनः स शूर्पारकमाजगाम ॥०३-११८-१४॥

teṣu upavāsān vividhān upoṣya; dattvā ca ratnāni mahā-dhanāni. tīrtheṣu sarveṣu pariplutāṅgaḥ; punaḥ sa śūrpārakam ājagāma ॥03-118-14॥

[तेषु (teṣu) - in those (places); उपवासान् (upavāsān) - fasts; विविधान् (vividhān) - various; उपोष्य (upoṣya) - having observed; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; च (ca) - and; रत्नानि (ratnāni) - jewels; महाधनानि (mahā-dhanāni) - great treasures; तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - at holy places; सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all; परिप्लुताङ्गः (pariplutāṅgaḥ) - having his limbs bathed; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; स (sa) - he; शूर्पारकम् (śūrpārakam) - Shurparaka (a place name); आजगाम (ājagāma) - arrived;]

(In those (places), various fasts having observed, and having given jewels, great treasures, at all holy places, with body bathed, again he arrived at Shurparaka.)

He observed various fasts in those places and gave away jewels and great treasures at all the holy places; having bathed his body, he once again arrived at Shurparaka. (03-118-14)

स तेन तीर्थेन तु सागरस्य; पुनः प्रयातः सह सोदरीयैः। द्विजैः पृथिव्यां प्रथितं महद्भि; स्तीर्थं प्रभासं समुपाजगाम ॥०३-११८-१५॥

sa tena tīrthena tu sāgarasya; punaḥ prayātaḥ saha sodarīyaiḥ। dvijaiḥ pṛthivyāṃ prathitaṃ mahadbhiḥ; tīrthaṃ prabhāsaṃ samupājagāma ॥03-118-15॥

[स (sa) - he; तेन (tena) - with that; तीर्थेन (tīrthena) - with the holy place; तु (tu) - but; सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - departed; सह (saha) - together with; सोदरीयैः (sodarīyaiḥ) - with (his) brothers; द्विजैः (dvijaiḥ) - by the twice-born; पृथिव्यां (pṛthivyāṃ) - on earth; प्रथितं (prathitaṃ) - renowned; महत्-भिः (mahadbhiḥ) - by the great; तीर्थं (tīrthaṃ) - sacred place; प्रभासं (prabhāsaṃ) - Prabhāsa; समुपाजगाम (samupājagāma) - approached; ॥०३-११८-१५॥ (॥03-118-15॥) -;]

(He with that holy place but of the ocean again departed together with brothers. By the twice-born on earth renowned by the great, the sacred place Prabhāsa he approached.)

He, having departed from that holy place on the ocean together with his brothers, approached Prabhāsa, the sacred place renowned on earth by great twice-born ones. (03-118-15)

तत्राभिषिक्तः पृथुलोहिताक्षः; सहानुजैर्देवगणान्पितॄंश्च। सन्तर्पयामास तथैव कृष्णा; ते चापि विप्राः सह लोमशेन ॥०३-११८-१६॥

tatrābhiṣiktaḥ pṛthulohitākṣaḥ; sahānujair devagaṇān pitṝṁś ca. santarpayāmāsa tathaiva kṛṣṇā; te cāpi viprāḥ saha lomaśena ॥03-118-16॥

[तत्र (tatra) - there; अभिषिक्तः (abhiṣiktaḥ) - anointed; पृथुलोहिताक्षः (pṛthu-lohitākṣaḥ) - broad-red-eyed; सह (saha) - together with; अनुजैः (anujaiḥ) - younger brothers; देवगणान् (devagaṇān) - divine hosts; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors; च (ca) - and; सन्तर्पयामास (santarpayāmāsa) - he satisfied; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same manner; कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); ते (te) - they; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; सह (saha) - together with; लोमशेन (lomaśena) - with Lomaśa;]

(There, the broad-red-eyed (one) anointed, together with (his) younger brothers, the divine hosts and the ancestors and he satisfied; in the same manner, Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); and they also, the Brāhmaṇas along with Lomaśa.)

There, the broad-red-eyed one (Yudhiṣṭhira), upon being anointed, together with his brothers, satisfied the hosts of gods and the ancestors; Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) did likewise. The Brāhmaṇas, along with Lomaśa, were also satisfied. (03-118-16)

स द्वादशाहं जलवायुभक्षः; कुर्वन्क्षपाहःसु तदाभिषेकम्। समन्ततोऽग्नीनुपदीपयित्वा; तेपे तपो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः ॥०३-११८-१७॥

sa dvādaśāhaṃ jalavāyubhakṣaḥ; kurvankṣapāḥsu tad-abhiṣekam। samantato'gnīn-upadīpayitvā; tepe tapo dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ ॥03-118-17॥

[स (sa) - he; द्वादशाहम् (dvādaśāham) - for twelve days; जलवायुभक्षः (jalavāyubhakṣaḥ) - subsisting on water and air; कुर्वन् (kurvan) - performing; क्षपाहःसु (kṣapāḥsu) - at night-times; तद् (tad) - that; अभिषेकम् (abhiṣekam) - anointing; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides; अग्नीन् (agnīn) - fires; उपदीपयित्वा (upadīpayitvā) - having kindled; तेपे (tepe) - practised austerity; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - among those who uphold dharma; वरिष्ठः (variṣṭhaḥ) - the most excellent;]

(He, for twelve days, subsisting on water and air, performing that anointing at night-times, having kindled fires on all sides, practised austerity, the most excellent among those who uphold dharma.)

He, the foremost among those who uphold dharma, for twelve days practised austerity, subsisting only on water and air, performing the anointing at night, and kindling fires on all sides. (03-118-17)

तमुग्रमास्थाय तपश्चरन्तं; शुश्राव रामश्च जनार्दनश्च। तौ सर्ववृष्णिप्रवरौ ससैन्यौ; युधिष्ठिरं जग्मतुराजमीढम् ॥०३-११८-१८॥

tamugramāsthāya tapaścarantaṃ; śuśrāva rāmaś ca janārdanaś ca. tau sarvavṛṣṇipravarau sasainyau; yudhiṣṭhiraṃ jagmatur ājamīḍham ॥03-118-18॥

[तम् (tam) - him; उग्रम् (ugram) - intense; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having adopted; तपः (tapaḥ) - penance; चरन्तम् (carantam) - performing; शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma; च (ca) - and; जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janārdana; च (ca) - and; तौ (tau) - they two; सर्ववृष्णिप्रवरौ (sarvavṛṣṇipravarau) - the foremost among all Vṛṣṇis; ससैन्यौ (sasainyau) - with armies; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira; जग्मतुः (jagmatuh) - (they two) went; आजमीढम् (ājamīḍham) - descendant of Ajamīḍha;]

(Having adopted intense penance, him performing penance, Rāma and Janārdana heard. They two, the foremost among all Vṛṣṇis, with armies, to Yudhiṣṭhira, the descendant of Ajamīḍha, went.)

Rāma and Janārdana, hearing that he was practicing intense penance, the two foremost of all the Vṛṣṇis, with their armies, went to Yudhiṣṭhira, the descendant of Ajamīḍha. (03-118-18)

ते वृष्णयः पाण्डुसुतान्समीक्ष्य; भूमौ शयानान्मलदिग्धगात्रान्। अनर्हतीं द्रौपदीं चापि दृष्ट्वा; सुदुःखिताश्चुक्रुशुरार्तनादम् ॥०३-११८-१९॥

te vṛṣṇayaḥ pāṇḍusutān samīkṣya; bhūmau śayānān maladigdhagātrān. anarhatīṃ draupadīṃ ca api dṛṣṭvā; suduḥkhitāḥ cukruśu ārta-nādam ॥03-118-19॥

[ते (te) - they; वृष्णयः (vṛṣṇayaḥ) - the Vrishni (clan members or descendants of Vṛṣṇi); पाण्डुसुतान् (pāṇḍusutān) - the sons of Pāṇḍu; समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; शयानान् (śayānān) - lying (down); मलदिग्धगात्रान् (maladigdhagātrān) - their limbs smeared with dirt; अनर्हतीं (anarhatīm) - unworthy (of such treatment); द्रौपदीं (draupadīṃ) - Draupadī; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; सुदुःखिताः (suduhkhitāḥ) - very distressed; चुक्रुशुः (cukruśuḥ) - cried out; आर्तनादम् (ārta-nādam) - with cries of anguish;]

(They, the Vrishnis, having seen the sons of Pandu, lying on the ground, their limbs smeared with dirt, and also having seen Draupadi, unworthy (of such treatment), being very distressed, cried out with cries of anguish.)

The Vrishnis, seeing the Pandavas lying on the ground with their bodies smeared with dirt, and also beholding Draupadi, who deserved no such suffering, were deeply distressed and cried out in anguish. (03-118-19)

ततः स रामं च जनार्दनं च; कार्ष्णिं च साम्बं च शिनेश्च पौत्रम्। अन्यांश्च वृष्णीनुपगम्य पूजां; चक्रे यथाधर्ममदीनसत्त्वः ॥०३-११८-२०॥

tataḥ sa rāmaṃ ca janārdanaṃ ca; kārṣṇiṃ ca sāmbam ca śineś ca pautram। anyāṃś ca vṛṣṇīn upagamya pūjāṃ; cakre yathā dharmam adīnasattvaḥ ॥03-118-20॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; रामं (rāmaṃ) - Rāma (Balarāma); च (ca) - and; जनार्दनं (janārdanam) - Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa); च (ca) - and; कार्ष्णिं (kārṣṇim) - Kārṣṇi (son of Kṛṣṇa, i.e., Pradyumna); च (ca) - and; साम्बं (sāmbam) - Sāmba; च (ca) - and; शिनेश्च (śineś ca) - and of Śini; पौत्रम् (pautram) - the grandson; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; च (ca) - and; वृष्णीन् (vṛṣṇīn) - the Vṛṣṇis; उपगम्य (upagamya) - approaching; पूजां (pūjām) - offering worship; चक्रे (cakre) - he did; यथा (yathā) - according as; धर्मम् (dharmam) - to dharma (righteousness); अदीनसत्त्वः (adīnasattvaḥ) - with unshaken spirit;]

(Then he, Rāma and Janārdana and Kārṣṇi and Sāmba and the grandson of Śini and others, the Vṛṣṇis, approaching, worship he did as according to dharma with unshaken spirit.)

Then he approached Rāma, Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa), Kārṣṇi (Pradyumna), Sāmba, the grandson of Śini, and other Vṛṣṇis, and offered worship to them according to dharma, with an undisturbed spirit. (03-118-20)

ते चापि सर्वान्प्रतिपूज्य पार्थां; स्तैः सत्कृताः पाण्डुसुतैस्तथैव। युधिष्ठिरं सम्परिवार्य राज; न्नुपाविशन्देवगणा यथेन्द्रम् ॥०३-११८-२१॥

te cāpi sarvānp pratipūjya pārthān; staiḥ satkṛtāḥ pāṇḍusutais tathaiva। yudhiṣṭhiraṃ samparivārya rājan; nupāviśan devagaṇā yathendram ॥03-118-21॥

[ते (te) - they; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; प्रतिपूज्य (pratipūjya) - having honored; पार्थान् (pārthān) - the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas); स्तैः (staiḥ) - by them; सत्कृताः (satkṛtāḥ) - honored; पाण्डुसुतैः (pāṇḍusutaiḥ) - by the sons of Paṇḍu; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira; सम्परिवार्य (samparivārya) - having surrounded; राजन् (rājan) - O king; उपाविशन् (upāviśan) - they sat down near; देवगणाः (devagaṇāḥ) - companies of gods; यथा (yathā) - as; इन्द्रम् (indram) - Indra;]

(They and also, having honored all Pārthas; by them honored by the sons of Paṇḍu likewise. Yudhiṣṭhira having surrounded, O king; sat near (him) the hosts of gods as (they do) Indra.)

They too, after honoring all the sons of Pṛthā and being honored in turn by the sons of Paṇḍu, surrounded Yudhiṣṭhira, O king; and sat near him just as the hosts of gods do around Indra. (03-118-21)

तेषां स सर्वं चरितं परेषां; वने च वासं परमप्रतीतः। अस्त्रार्थमिन्द्रस्य गतं च पार्थं; कृष्णे शशंसामरराजपुत्रम् ॥०३-११८-२२॥

teṣāṃ sa sarvaṃ caritaṃ pareṣāṃ; vane ca vāsaṃ paramapratītaḥ। astrārtham indrasya gataṃ ca pārthaṃ; kṛṣṇe śaśaṃsa amararāja-putram ॥03-118-22॥

[तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; स (sa) - he; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; चरितं (caritaṃ) - deeds; परेषां (pareṣāṃ) - of others; वने (vane) - in the forest; च (ca) - and; वासं (vāsaṃ) - dwelling; परमप्रतीतः (paramapratītaḥ) - fully convinced; अस्त्रार्थम् (astrārtham) - for the sake of divine weapons; इन्द्रस्य (indrasya) - of Indra; गतं (gataṃ) - gone; च (ca) - and; पार्थं (pārthaṃ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); कृष्णे (kṛṣṇe) - to Kṛṣṇa; शशंस (śaśaṃsa) - reported; अमरराजपुत्रम् (amararāja-putram) - the son of the king of the immortals (Indra);]

(He, fully convinced, reported all the deeds of others to Kṛṣṇa—the dwelling in the forest, and that Pārtha, the son of the king of the immortals (Indra), had gone for the sake of divine weapons.)

He, thoroughly convinced, related to Kṛṣṇa all the deeds of the others—their dwelling in the forest and how Pārtha, the son of the king of the immortals, had gone to Indra for obtaining divine weapons. (03-118-22)

श्रुत्वा तु ते तस्य वचः प्रतीता; स्तांश्चापि दृष्ट्वा सुकृशानतीव। नेत्रोद्भवं संमुमुचुर्दशार्हा; दुःखार्तिजं वारि महानुभावाः ॥०३-११८-२३॥

śrutvā tu te tasya vacaḥ pratītāḥ; tāṃś ca api dṛṣṭvā sukṛśān atīva। netra-udbhavam saṃmumucuḥ daśārhāḥ; duḥkha-ārtijaṃ vāri mahānubhāvāḥ ॥03-118-23॥

[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; तु (tu) - but; ते (te) - they; तस्य (tasya) - his; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; प्रतीता; (pratītāḥ) - understanding; तान् (tān) - them; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; सुकृशान् (sukṛśān) - very emaciated; अतीव। (atīva) - exceedingly; नेत्रोद्भवम् (netra-udbhavam) - arising from the eyes; संमुमुचुः (saṃmumucuḥ) - they released; दशार्हाः; (daśārhāḥ) - Daśārhas (the Vrishnis, i.e., Krishna and his kin); दुःखार्तिजम् (duḥkha-ārtijam) - produced by pain and distress; वारि (vāri) - water; महानुभावाः (mahānubhāvāḥ) - great-souled ones;]

(Having heard but they his words, understanding, them also having seen very emaciated exceedingly, arising from the eyes released Daśārhas, pain-distress-produced water, great-souled ones.)

But having heard his words, and understanding, when they saw them exceedingly emaciated, the Daśārhas—great-souled ones—shed water (tears), arising from the eyes, produced by pain and distress. (03-118-23)