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यक्षयुद्धपर्व

yakṣayuddhaparva

[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; युद्ध (yuddha) - battle; पर्व (parva) - section;]

(yakṣa battle section)

Section of the battle with the yakṣa

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (a proper name, the sage/narrator); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]

(Vaiśampāyana said;)

Vaiśampāyana said.

निहते राक्षसे तस्मिन्पुनर्नारायणाश्रमम्। अभ्येत्य राजा कौन्तेयो निवासमकरोत्प्रभुः ॥०३-१५५-१॥

nihate rākṣase tasmin punar nārāyaṇāśramam। abhyetya rājā kaunteyo nivāsam akarot prabhuḥ ॥03-155-1॥

[निहते (nihate) - being slain; राक्षसे (rākṣase) - the demon; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - that; पुनः (punar) - again; नारायणाश्रमम् (nārāyaṇāśramam) - Nārāyaṇa's hermitage; अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having approached; राजा (rājā) - the king; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - son of Kuntī; निवासम् (nivāsam) - residence; अकरोत् (akarot) - made; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord;]

(The demon being slain, that one again to Nārāyaṇa's hermitage, having approached, the king, son of Kuntī, residence made, the lord.)

When the demon was slain, the king, son of Kuntī, again went to Nārāyaṇa's hermitage and took up residence there, O lord. (03-155-1)

स समानीय तान्सर्वान्भ्रातॄनित्यब्रवीद्वचः। द्रौपद्या सहितान्काले संस्मरन्भ्रातरं जयम् ॥०३-१५५-२॥

sa samānīya tān sarvān bhrātṝn ity abravīd vacaḥ। draupadyā sahitān kāle saṃsmaran bhrātaraṃ jayam ॥03-155-2॥

[स (sa) - he; समानीय (samānīya) - having brought together; तान् (tān) - those; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; इति (iti) - thus; अब्रवीद् (abravīd) - said; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; द्रौपद्या (draupadyā) - with Draupadī; सहितान् (sahitān) - accompanied; काले (kāle) - at the proper time; संस्मरन् (saṃsmaran) - remembering; भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother; जयम् (jayam) - Jaya (a name, Yudhiṣṭhira);]

(He, having brought together all those brothers, thus spoke these words; with Draupadī, accompanied at the proper time, remembering the brother Jaya.)

He gathered together all those brothers and then spoke these words; at the proper time, accompanied by Draupadī, he remembered his brother Jaya. (03-155-2)

समाश्चतस्रोऽभिगताः शिवेन चरतां वने। कृतोद्देशश्च बीभत्सुः पञ्चमीमभितः समाम् ॥०३-१५५-३॥

samāś catasro'bhigatāḥ śivena caratāṃ vane। kṛtoddeśaś ca bībhetsuḥ pañcamīm abhitaḥ samām ॥03-155-3॥

[समाः (samāḥ) - years; plural; चतस्रः (catasraḥ) - four; feminine nominative plural; अभिगताः (abhigatāḥ) - attained; feminine plural; शिवेन (śivena) - with Śiva; with the auspicious one; instrumental singular; चरताम् (caratām) - of those moving; of those wandering; वने (vane) - in the forest; locative singular; कृतोद्देशः (kṛtoddeśaḥ) - who has been addressed; having been instructed; masculine nominative singular; च (ca) - and; बीभत्सुः (bībhetsuḥ) - terrible; frightening; nominative singular; पञ्चमीम् (pañcamīm) - the fifth (feminine accusative singular, year); अभितः (abhitaḥ) - on all sides; around; समाम् (samām) - year; accusative singular;]

(The four years attained by those wandering in the forest with Śiva; and Bibhatsu, having been instructed, all around the fifth year.)

The four years spent by those wandering in the forest with Śiva have been reached; and Bibhatsu, after receiving instruction, surrounded the fifth year. (03-155-3)

प्राप्य पर्वतराजानं श्वेतं शिखरिणां वरम्। तत्रापि च कृतोद्देशः समागमदिदृक्षुभिः ॥०३-१५५-४॥

prāpya parvatarājānaṃ śvetaṃ śikhariṇāṃ varam। tatrāpi ca kṛtoddeśaḥ samāgamadidṛkṣubhiḥ ॥03-155-4॥

[प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; पर्वतराजानं (parvatarājānam) - the king of mountains; श्वेतं (śvetam) - white; शिखरिणां (śikhariṇām) - among mountains; वरम् (varam) - the best; तत्र अपि (tatra api) - there also; च (ca) - and; कृत उद्देशः (kṛtauddeśaḥ) - having made a declaration; समागम-दिदृक्षुभिः (samāgama-didṛkṣubhiḥ) - by those desiring to assemble;]

(Having reached the king of mountains, the white one, the best among peaks, there also, indeed, a declaration was made by those desiring to assemble.)

After reaching the king of mountains, the white one and best among the mountains, there too, a declaration was made by those who wished to gather. (03-155-4)

कृतश्च समयस्तेन पार्थेनामिततेजसा। पञ्च वर्षाणि वत्स्यामि विद्यार्थीति पुरा मयि ॥०३-१५५-५॥

kṛtaś ca samayas tena pārthenāmitatejasā। pañca varṣāṇi vatsyāmi vidyārthīti purā mayi॥03-155-5॥

[कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made; च (ca) - and; समयः (samayaḥ) - agreement; तेन (tena) - by him; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Pārtha (Arjuna); अमिततेजसा (amitatejasā) - of immeasurable energy; पञ्च (pañca) - five; वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years; वत्स्यामि (vatsyāmi) - I will dwell; विद्यार्थी (vidyārthī) - as a seeker of knowledge; इति (iti) - thus; पुरा (purā) - formerly; मयि (mayi) - with me;]

(And an agreement was made by him, by Pārtha of immeasurable energy: "For five years I will dwell as a seeker of knowledge," thus, formerly, with me.)

An agreement was made with me in the past by Pārtha of immeasurable energy: "I will dwell as a seeker of knowledge for five years." (03-155-5)

तत्र गाण्डीवधन्वानमवाप्तास्त्रमरिंदमम्। देवलोकादिमं लोकं द्रक्ष्यामः पुनरागतम् ॥०३-१५५-६॥

tatra gāṇḍīvadhanvānam avāptāstram ariṃdamam। devalokād imaṃ lokaṃ drakṣyāmaḥ punar-āgatam ॥03-155-6॥

[तत्र (tatra) - there; गाण्डीवधन्वानम् (gāṇḍīvadhanvānam) - Gāṇḍīva-bow-wielder; अवाप्तास्त्रम् (avāptāstram) - having obtained weapon; अरिंदमम् (ariṃdamam) - subduer of enemies; देवलोकात् (devalokāt) - from the world of the gods; इमं (imaṃ) - this; लोकम् (lokam) - world; द्रक्ष्यामः (drakṣyāmaḥ) - we shall see; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; आगतम् (āgatam) - who has come;]

(There Gāṇḍīva-bow-wielder having obtained weapon, subduer of enemies, from the world of the gods, this world, we shall see again who has come.)

There, we shall see the Gāṇḍīva-bow-wielder, the subduer of enemies, who, having obtained his weapon, has returned to this world from the world of the gods. (03-155-6)

इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मणान्सर्वानामन्त्रयत पाण्डवः। कारणं चैव तत्तेषामाचचक्षे तपस्विनाम् ॥०३-१५५-७॥

ity uktvā brāhmaṇān sarvān amantrayat pāṇḍavaḥ। kāraṇaṃ caiva tat teṣām ācacakṣe tapasvinām॥03-155-7॥

[इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - the Brāhmaṇas; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; आमन्त्रयत (amantrayat) - addressed; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that; तेषाम् (teṣām) - to them; आचचक्षे (ācacakṣe) - declared; तपस्विनाम् (tapasvinām) - of the ascetics;]

(Thus having spoken, to all the Brāhmaṇas addressed the son of Pāṇḍu. The reason, indeed, that to them he declared, of the ascetics. (03-155-7))

Thus, having spoken, the son of Pāṇḍu addressed all the Brāhmaṇas and also declared to the ascetics the reason for this. (03-155-7)

तमुग्रतपसः प्रीताः कृत्वा पार्थं प्रदक्षिणम्। ब्राह्मणास्तेऽन्वमोदन्त शिवेन कुशलेन च ॥०३-१५५-८॥

tam ugratapasaḥ prītāḥ kṛtvā pārthaṃ pradakṣiṇam। brāhmaṇās te 'nvamodanta śivena kuśalena ca ॥03-155-8॥

[तम् (tam) - him; उग्रतपसः (ugratapasaḥ) - of intense penance; प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna); प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - circumambulation; ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - the Brāhmaṇas; ते (te) - they; अन्वमोदन्त (anvamodanta) - rejoiced; शिवेन (śivena) - with auspiciousness; कुशलेन (kuśalena) - with welfare; च (ca) - and;]

(Him of intense penance, pleased, having made a circumambulation of Pārtha, the Brāhmaṇas, they rejoiced with auspiciousness and welfare.)

The Brāhmaṇas, pleased with him of intense penance, circumambulated Pārtha and then rejoiced, wishing auspiciousness and welfare. (03-155-8)

सुखोदर्कमिमं क्लेशमचिराद्भरतर्षभ। क्षत्रधर्मेण धर्मज्ञ तीर्त्वा गां पालयिष्यसि ॥०३-१५५-९॥

sukhodarkam imaṁ kleśam acirād bharatarṣabha। kṣatradharmeṇa dharmajña tīrtvā gāṁ pālayiṣyasi ॥03-155-9॥

[सुखोदर्कम् (sukhodarkam) - having happiness as its result; इमम् (imam) - this; क्लेशम् (kleśam) - suffering; अचिरात् (acirāt) - soon; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull among the Bharatas; क्षत्रधर्मेण (kṣatradharmeṇa) - by the duty of a kṣatriya; धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - knower of dharma; तीर्त्वा (tīrtvā) - having crossed; गाम् (gām) - the earth; पालयिष्यसि (pālayiṣyasi) - you will protect;]

(Having happiness as its result, this suffering, soon, O bull among the Bharatas, by the duty of a kṣatriya, knower of dharma, having crossed, the earth, you will protect.)

O best of the Bharatas, you, who know dharma, will soon overcome this suffering—bearing happiness as its result—by fulfilling the kṣatriya's duty, and will rule the earth. (03-155-9)

तत्तु राजा वचस्तेषां प्रतिगृह्य तपस्विनाम्। प्रतस्थे सह विप्रैस्तैर्भ्रातृभिश्च परन्तपः ॥०३-१५५-१०॥

tattu rājā vacasteṣāṃ pratigṛhya tapasvinām। pratasthe saha vipraistairbhrātṛbhiśca parantapaḥ॥03-155-10॥

[तत् (tat) - that; तु (tu) - but; राजा (rājā) - king; वचः (vacaḥ) - word; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received; तपस्विनाम् (tapasvinām) - of the ascetics; प्रतस्थे (pratasthe) - set out; सह (saha) - with; विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - with the brāhmaṇas; तैः (taiḥ) - with them; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers; च (ca) - and; परन्तपः (parantapaḥ) - scorcher of foes;]

(But that king, having received the word of those ascetics, set out with those brāhmaṇas and with his brothers, the scorcher of foes.)

But the king, having accepted the words of those ascetics, departed with those brāhmaṇas and his brothers, the subduer of enemies. (03-155-10)

द्रौपद्या सहितः श्रीमान्हैडिम्बेयादिभिस्तथा। राक्षसैरनुयातश्च लोमशेनाभिरक्षितः ॥०३-१५५-११॥

draupadyā sahitaḥ śrīmān haiḍimbeyādibhis tathā। rākṣasair anuyātaś ca lomaśenābhirakṣitaḥ ॥03-155-11॥

[द्रौपद्या (draupadyā) - with Draupadī; सहितः (sahitaḥ) - accompanied; श्रीमान् (śrīmān) - prosperous; glorious; हैडिम्बेयादिभिः (haiḍimbeyādibhiḥ) - by Haiḍimbeya and others; तथा (tathā) - likewise; राक्षसैः (rākṣasaiḥ) - by rākṣasas (demons); अनुयातः (anuyātaḥ) - followed; च (ca) - and; लोमशेन (lomaśena) - by Lomaśa; अभिरक्षितः (abhirakṣitaḥ) - protected;]

(With Draupadī, accompanied, glorious, by Haiḍimbeya and others likewise, by rākṣasas followed and by Lomaśa protected.)

Accompanied by Draupadī, the glorious one, followed by Haiḍimbeya and others as well as rākṣasas, and protected by Lomaśa. (03-155-11)

क्वचिज्जगाम पद्भ्यां तु राक्षसैरुह्यते क्वचित्। तत्र तत्र महातेजा भ्रातृभिः सह सुव्रतः ॥०३-१५५-१२॥

kvacic jagāma padbhyāṁ tu rākṣasair uhyate kvacit। tatra tatra mahā-tejā bhrātṛbhiḥ saha su-vrataḥ ॥03-155-12॥

[क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere; जगाम (jagāma) - went; पद्भ्याम् (padbhyām) - on (his) feet; तु (tu) - but; राक्षसैः (rākṣasaiḥ) - by the rākṣasas; उह्यते (uhyate) - is carried; क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere; तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there; महातेजा (mahā-tejā) - of great splendor; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with (his) brothers; सह (saha) - together; सुव्रतः (su-vrataḥ) - firm in vows;]

(Somewhere he went on (his) feet, but somewhere is carried by the rākṣasas; in various places, the one of great splendor, together with (his) brothers, firm in vows.)

Sometimes he walked on foot, but elsewhere he was carried by the rākṣasas; here and there, the greatly radiant, firm in vows, together with his brothers. (03-155-12)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा बहून्क्लेशान्विचिन्तयन्। सिंहव्याघ्रगजाकीर्णामुदीचीं प्रययौ दिशम् ॥०३-१५५-१३॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā bahūnkleśān vicintayan। siṃha-vyāghra-gaja-ākīrṇām udīcīṃ prayayau diśam ॥03-155-13॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then;, युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira;, राजा (rājā) - king;, बहून् (bahūn) - many;, क्लेशान् (kleśān) - troubles;, विचिन्तयन् (vicintayan) - pondering;, सिंह-व्याघ्र-गज-आकीर्णाम् (siṃha-vyāghra-gaja-ākīrṇām) - filled with lions, tigers, and elephants;, उदीचीम् (udīcīm) - northern;, प्रययौ (prayayau) - went;, दिशम् (diśam) - direction;]

(Then Yudhiṣṭhira the king, pondering many troubles, went to the northern direction filled with lions, tigers, and elephants.)

Then King Yudhiṣṭhira, reflecting on many troubles, went to the northern direction teeming with lions, tigers, and elephants. (03-155-13)

अवेक्षमाणः कैलासं मैनाकं चैव पर्वतम्। गन्धमादनपादांश्च मेरुं चापि शिलोच्चयम् ॥०३-१५५-१४॥

avekṣamāṇaḥ kailāsaṃ mainākaṃ caiva parvatam। gandhamādanapādāṃś ca meruṃ cāpi śiloccayam ॥03-155-14॥

[अवेक्षमाणः (avekṣamāṇaḥ) - observing; examining; कैलासं (kailāsaṃ) - Kailāsa (proper noun; name of a mountain); मैनाकं (mainākaṃ) - Maināka (proper noun; name of a mountain); च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - just; indeed; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain; गन्धमादनपादान् (gandhamādanapādān) - the bases (foothills) of Gandhamādana (mountain); च (ca) - and; मेरुम् (merum) - Meru (proper noun; name of a mountain); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; शिलoccयम् (śiloccayam) - rocky peak; mountain;]

(Observing Kailāsa, Maināka, and indeed the mountain, the bases of Gandhamādana, and Meru also, the rocky peak.)

Observing Kailāsa, Maināka, and that mountain as well as the foothills of Gandhamādana and also Meru, the lofty rocky peak. (03-155-14)

उपर्युपरि शैलस्य बह्वीश्च सरितः शिवाः। प्रस्थं हिमवतः पुण्यं ययौ सप्तदशेऽहनि ॥०३-१५५-१५॥

uparyupari śailasya bahvīś ca saritaḥ śivāḥ। prasthaṃ himavataḥ puṇyaṃ yayau saptadaśe'ahani ॥03-155-15॥

[उपर्युपरि (uparyupari) - upon upon; शैलस्य (śailasya) - of the mountain; बह्वीः (bahvīḥ) - many; च (ca) - and; सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers; शिवाः (śivāḥ) - auspicious; प्रस्थं (prastham) - summit; हिमवतः (himavataḥ) - of Himavat; पुण्यं (puṇyam) - holy; ययौ (yayau) - he/went; सप्तदशे (saptadaśe) - on the seventeenth; अहनि (ahani) - day;]

(Upon upon the mountain, and many auspicious rivers, to the holy summit of Himavat he went on the seventeenth day.)

On the seventeenth day, he went to the holy summit of Himavat, over many auspicious rivers and heights of the mountain. (03-155-15)

ददृशुः पाण्डवा राजन्गन्धमादनमन्तिकात्। पृष्ठे हिमवतः पुण्ये नानाद्रुमलतायुते ॥०३-१५५-१६॥

dadṛśuḥ pāṇḍavā rājan-gandhamādanam-antikāt। pṛṣṭhe himavataḥ puṇye nānā-druma-latā-yute ॥03-155-16॥

[ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; राजन् (rājan) - O king; गन्धमादनम् (gandhamādanam) - Gandhamādana; अन्तिकात् (antikāt) - from near; पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) - on the rear side; हिमवतः (himavataḥ) - of the Himavat (Himalaya mountain); पुण्ये (puṇye) - sacred; नाना-द्रुम-लता-युक्ते (nānā-druma-latā-yukte) - endowed with various trees and creepers;]

(They saw, the Pāṇḍavas, O king, Gandhamādana from near, on the rear side of the Himavat, sacred, endowed with various trees and creepers.)

O king, the Pāṇḍavas saw the sacred Gandhamādana mountain, full of many trees and creepers, close by, on the far side of the Himalaya. (03-155-16)

सलिलावर्तसञ्जातैः पुष्पितैश्च महीरुहैः। समावृतं पुण्यतममाश्रमं वृषपर्वणः ॥०३-१५५-१७॥

salilāvarta-sañjātaiḥ puṣpitaiś ca mahī-ruhaiḥ। samāvṛtaṃ puṇyatamam āśramaṃ vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ ॥03-155-17॥

[सलिलावर्तसञ्जातैः (salilāvarta-sañjātaiḥ) - arising from water-whirlpools;, पुष्पितैः (puṣpitaiḥ) - with blossoming;, च (ca) - and;, महीरुहैः (mahīruhaiḥ) - by trees;, समावृतं (samāvṛtam) - surrounded;, पुण्यतमम् (puṇyatamam) - most holy;, आश्रमं (āśramam) - hermitage;, वृषपर्वणः (vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ) - of Vṛṣaparvan;]

(Surrounded by trees blossoming and arising from water-whirlpools, the most holy hermitage of Vṛṣaparvan.)

The most holy hermitage of Vṛṣaparvan, surrounded by blossoming trees generated by water-whirlpools. (03-155-17)

तमुपक्रम्य राजर्षिं धर्मात्मानमरिंदमाः। पाण्डवा वृषपर्वाणमवन्दन्त गतक्लमाः ॥०३-१५५-१८॥

tam upakramya rājarṣiṃ dharmātmānam ariṃdamāḥ। pāṇḍavā vṛṣaparvāṇam avandanta gataklamāḥ॥03-155-18॥

[तम् (tam) - him; उपक्रम्य (upakramya) - approaching; राजर्षिं (rājarṣiṃ) - royal sage; धर्मात्मानम् (dharmātmānam) - of righteous soul; अरिंदमाः (ariṃdamāḥ) - subduers of foes; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; वृषपर्वाणम् (vṛṣaparvāṇam) - Vṛṣaparvan; अवन्दन्त (avandanta) - saluted; गतक्लमाः (gataklamāḥ) - freed from fatigue;]

(Him having approached, the royal sage of righteous soul, the subduers of foes, the Pāṇḍavas, Vṛṣaparvan saluted, freed from fatigue.)

Having approached him, the subduers of foes—the Pāṇḍavas—who were freed from fatigue, saluted the royal sage Vṛṣaparvan of righteous soul. (03-155-18)

अभ्यनन्दत्स राजर्षिः पुत्रवद्भरतर्षभान्। पूजिताश्चावसंस्तत्र सप्तरात्रमरिंदमाः ॥०३-१५५-१९॥

abhyanandat sa rājarṣiḥ putravad bharatarṣabhān। pūjitāś cāva saṃs tatra saptarātram ariṃdamāḥ॥03-155-19॥

[अभ्यनन्दत् (abhyanandat) - he rejoiced in; he welcomed; स (sa) - he; राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - the royal sage; पुत्रवत् (putravat) - as a son; भरतरर्षभान् (bharatarṣabhān) - the best of the Bharatas; पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - honored; च (ca) - and; आवसंस्तत्र (āva saṃs tatra) - stayed there; सप्तरात्रम् (saptarātram) - seven nights; अरिंदमाः (ariṃdamāḥ) - destroyers of foes;]

(He, the royal sage, rejoiced in the best of Bharatas as a son; and the destroyers of foes, having been honored, stayed there for seven nights.)

The royal sage was delighted with the foremost of the Bharatas as if they were his own sons; after being honored, the destroyers of foes stayed there for seven nights. (03-155-19)

अष्टमेऽहनि सम्प्राप्ते तमृषिं लोकविश्रुतम्। आमन्त्र्य वृषपर्वाणं प्रस्थानं समरोचयन् ॥०३-१५५-२०॥

aṣṭame'hani samprāpte tam ṛṣiṃ lokaviśrutam। āmantrya vṛṣaparvāṇaṃ prasthānaṃ samarocayan ॥03-155-20॥

[अष्टमे (aṣṭame) - on the eighth; (locative singular of aṣṭama, eighth); अहनि (ahani) - day; (locative singular of ahan, day); सम्प्राप्ते (samprāpte) - having arrived; (locative singular absolutive of samprāpta, arrived); तम् (tam) - him; (accusative singular masculine pronoun); ऋषिं (ṛṣiṃ) - sage; (accusative singular of ṛṣi, sage); लोकविश्रुतम् (lokaviśrutam) - famous in the world; (accusative singular adjective, known in the world); आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having addressed; having bid farewell; (gerund of ā-mantr, to address); वृषपर्वाणम् (vṛṣaparvāṇam) - Vṛṣaparvan; (accusative singular masculine proper noun); प्रस्थानम् (prasthānam) - departure; journey; (accusative singular of prasthāna, departure); समरोचयन् (samarocayan) - he arranged; he decided; (3rd person singular imperfect of sam-ṛc, to arrange);]

(On the eighth day having arrived, him, the sage, famous in the world, having addressed Vṛṣaparvan, departure he arranged.)

When the eighth day had arrived, having addressed the sage renowned in the world, he informed Vṛṣaparvan about the departure. (03-155-20)

एकैकशश्च तान्विप्रान्निवेद्य वृषपर्वणे। न्यासभूतान्यथाकालं बन्धूनिव सुसत्कृतान् ॥०३-१५५-२१॥

ekaikaśaś ca tān viprān nivedya vṛṣaparvaṇe। nyāsabhūtān yathākālaṃ bandhūn iva susatkṛtān ॥03-155-21॥

[एकैकशः (ekaikaśaḥ) - each individually; च (ca) - and; तान् (tān) - them (accusative plural); विप्रान् (viprān) - Brāhmaṇas; निवेद्य (nivedya) - having delivered; वृषपर्वणे (vṛṣaparvaṇe) - to Vṛṣaparvan; न्यासभूतान् (nyāsabhūtān) - placed in trust; यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - at the proper time; बन्धूनिव (bandhūn iva) - like relatives; सुसत्कृतान् (susatkṛtān) - well-honored;]

(Each individually, having delivered those Brāhmaṇas to Vṛṣaparvan, being placed in trust at the proper time, like relatives, well-honored.)

Having delivered each of those Brāhmaṇas one by one to Vṛṣaparvan, placed in trust at the proper time and well-honored, as if they were his own relatives. (03-155-21)

ततस्ते वरवस्त्राणि शुभान्याभरणानि च। न्यदधुः पाण्डवास्तस्मिन्नाश्रमे वृषपर्वणः ॥०३-१५५-२२॥

tatas te varavastrāṇi śubhāny ābharaṇāni ca। nyadadhuḥ pāṇḍavās tasminn āśrame vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ॥03-155-22॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; वरवस्त्राणि (varavastrāṇi) - excellent garments; शुभानि (śubhāni) - auspicious; आभरणानि (ābharaṇāni) - ornaments; च (ca) - and; न्यदधुः (nyadadhuḥ) - placed; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; आश्रमे (āśrame) - hermitage; वृषपर्वणः (vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ) - Vṛṣaparvan's (belonging to Vṛṣaparvan);]

(Then they excellent garments auspicious ornaments and placed the Pāṇḍavas in that hermitage of Vṛṣaparvan.)

Then the Pāṇḍavas placed those excellent garments and auspicious ornaments in that hermitage of Vṛṣaparvan. (3-155-22)

अतीतानागते विद्वान्कुशलः सर्वधर्मवित्। अन्वशासत्स धर्मज्ञः पुत्रवद्भरतर्षभान् ॥०३-१५५-२३॥

atītānāgate vidvān kuśalaḥ sarvadharmavit। anvaśāsat sa dharmajñaḥ putravad bharatarṣabhān ॥03-155-23॥

[अतीतानागते (atītānāgate) - past and future; विद्वान् (vidvān) - the learned one; कुशलः (kuśalaḥ) - skillful; सर्वधर्मवित् (sarvadharmavit) - knower of all dharmas; अन्वशासत् (anvaśāsat) - instructed; सः (saḥ) - he; धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma; पुत्रवत् (putravat) - like a son; भरतरर्षभान् (bharatarṣabhān) - the foremost of the Bharatas;]

(The learned, skillful knower of all dharmas, concerning the past and future, he instructed the foremost of the Bharatas, who were like sons, as the knower of dharma.)

He, the learned and skillful knower of all dharmas, knowing the past and future, instructed the foremost of the Bharatas like a father to sons, being a knower of dharma. (03-155-23)

तेऽनुज्ञाता महात्मानः प्रययुर्दिशमुत्तराम्। कृष्णया सहिता वीरा ब्राह्मणैश्च महात्मभिः ॥ तान्प्रस्थितानन्वगच्छद्वृषपर्वा महीपतिः ॥०३-१५५-२४॥

te'anujñātā mahātmānaḥ prayayur diśam uttarām। kṛṣṇayā sahitā vīrā brāhmaṇaiś ca mahātmabhiḥ ॥ tān prasthitān anvagacchad vṛṣaparvā mahīpatiḥ ॥03-155-24॥

[ते (te) - they; अनुज्ञाता (anujñātāḥ) - having been permitted; महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled ones; प्रययुः (prayayūḥ) - departed; दिशम् (diśam) - direction; उत्तराम् (uttarām) - northern; कृष्णया (kṛṣṇayā) - with Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - with Brāhmaṇas; च (ca) - and; महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by great-souled beings; तान् (tān) - them; प्रस्थितान् (prasthitān) - departed; अन्वगच्छत् (anvagacchat) - followed; वृषपर्वा (vṛṣaparvā) - Vṛṣaparvā; महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - lord of the earth;]

(They, having been permitted, great-souled ones, departed, the northern direction. With Kṛṣṇā together, heroes, and with Brāhmaṇas, by great-souled ones. Them, departed, followed, Vṛṣaparvā, the lord of the earth.)

They, the great-souled ones, having been permitted, departed in the northern direction. Together with Kṛṣṇā, the heroes left along with the great-souled Brāhmaṇas. Vṛṣaparvā, the lord of the earth, followed those who had set out. (03-155-24)

उपन्यस्य महातेजा विप्रेभ्यः पाण्डवांस्तदा। अनुसंसाध्य कौन्तेयानाशीर्भिरभिनन्द्य च ॥ वृषपर्वा निववृते पन्थानमुपदिश्य च ॥०३-१५५-२५॥

upanyasya mahātejā viprebhyaḥ pāṇḍavāṃstadā। anusaṃsādhya kaunteyān āśīrbhir abhinandya ca॥ vṛṣaparvā nivavṛte panthānam upadiśya ca॥03-155-25॥

[उपन्यस्य (upanyasya) - having presented; महातेजा (mahātejā) - of great energy (masc nom sg); विप्रेभ्यः (viprebhyaḥ) - to the Brāhmaṇas; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas (acc pl); तदा (tadā) - then; अनुसंसाध्य (anusaṃsādhya) - after arranging; कौन्तेयान् (kaunteyān) - the sons of Kuntī (acc pl); आशीर्भिः (āśīrbhiḥ) - with blessings; अभिनन्द्य (abhinandya) - having saluted; च (ca) - and; वृषपर्वा (vṛṣaparvā) - Vṛṣaparvan (nom sg); निववृते (nivavṛte) - turned back; पन्थानम् (panthānam) - the road; उपदिश्य (upadiśya) - having pointed out; च (ca) - and;]

(Having presented (to) the brāhmaṇas by the great-energied one the Pāṇḍavas then; after arranging the sons of Kuntī, with blessings having saluted and; Vṛṣaparvan turned back, the road having pointed out, and.)

Then the greatly energetic Vṛṣaparvan, having presented the Pāṇḍavas to the Brāhmaṇas, after arranging for the sons of Kuntī and blessing them, saluted them. Having pointed out the road, he turned back. (03-155-25)

नानामृगगणैर्जुष्टं कौन्तेयः सत्यविक्रमः। पदातिर्भ्रातृभिः सार्धं प्रातिष्ठत युधिष्ठिरः ॥०३-१५५-२६॥

nānāmṛgagaṇair juṣṭaṃ kaunteyaḥ satyavikramaḥ। padātir bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ prātiṣṭhata yudhiṣṭhiraḥ॥03-155-26॥

[नाना (nānā) - various; मृगगणैः (mṛgagaṇaiḥ) - by groups of deer (and wild animals); जुष्टं (juṣṭam) - adorned; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - son of Kunti; सत्यविक्रमः (satyavikramaḥ) - of true valor; पदाति (padāti) - on foot; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers; सार्धं (sārdham) - together with; प्रातिष्ठत (prātiṣṭhata) - set forth; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira;]

(various by groups of wild animals adorned the son of Kunti of true valor on foot with brothers together set forth Yudhishthira.)

Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti of true valor, set forth on foot together with his brothers through the place adorned by groups of various wild animals. (03-155-26)

नानाद्रुमनिरोधेषु वसन्तः शैलसानुषु। पर्वतं विविशुः श्वेतं चतुर्थेऽहनि पाण्डवाः ॥०३-१५५-२७॥

nānādrumanirodheṣu vasantaḥ śailasānuṣu। parvataṃ viviśuḥ śvetaṃ caturthe' hani pāṇḍavāḥ॥03-155-27॥

[नाना-द्रुम-निरोधेषु (nānā-druma-nirodheṣu) - among thickets of various trees; वसन्तः (vasantaḥ) - dwelling; शैल-सानुषु (śaila-sānuṣu) - on the slopes of the mountain; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain; विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - entered; श्वेतम् (śvetam) - white; चतुर्थे अहनि (caturthe ahani) - on the fourth day; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas;]

(Among thickets of various trees, dwelling on the mountain slopes, the Pāṇḍavas entered the white mountain on the fourth day.)

The Pāṇḍavas, after dwelling among the thickets of various trees upon the mountain slopes, entered the white mountain on the fourth day. (03-155-27)

महाभ्रघनसङ्काशं सलिलोपहितं शुभम्। मणिकाञ्चनरम्यं च शैलं नानासमुच्छ्रयम् ॥०३-१५५-२८॥

mahā-bhra-ghana-saṅkāśaṃ salilopahitaṃ śubham। maṇi-kāñcana-ramyaṃ ca śailaṃ nānā-samucchrayam ॥03-155-28॥

[महाभ्रघनसङ्काशम् (mahā-bhra-ghana-saṅkāśam) - having the appearance of great dense clouds; सलिलोपहितम् (salila-upahitam) - adorned with water; शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious; मणिकाञ्चनरम्यम् (maṇi-kāñcana-ramyam) - beautiful with jewels and gold; च (ca) - and; शैलम् (śailam) - mountain; नानासमुच्छ्रयम् (nānā-samucchrayam) - having various elevations;]

(Having the appearance of great dense clouds, adorned with water, auspicious, beautiful with jewels and gold, and mountain having various elevations.)

A mountain, auspicious and beautiful with jewels and gold, appearing like great dense clouds, adorned with water, and having various elevations. (03-155-28)

ते समासाद्य पन्थानं यथोक्तं वृषपर्वणा। अनुसस्रुर्यथोद्देशं पश्यन्तो विविधान्नगान् ॥०३-१५५-२९॥

te samāsādya panthānaṃ yathoktaṃ vṛṣaparvaṇā। anusasrur yathoddeśaṃ paśyanto vividhān nagān ॥03-155-29॥

[ते (te) - they; समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having attained; having approached; पन्थानं (panthānam) - road; path; यथोक्तं (yathoktam) - as told; as directed; वृषपर्वणा (vṛṣaparvaṇā) - by Vṛṣaparvan; अनुसस्रु (anusasru) - they followed; यथोद्देशं (yathoddeśam) - according to the direction; पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ) - seeing; विविधान् (vividhān) - various; नगान् (nagān) - cities;]

(They, having approached the path as told by Vṛṣaparvan, followed according to the direction, seeing various cities.)

They, after reaching the road as instructed by Vṛṣaparvan, went along as directed, observing various cities. (03-155-29)

उपर्युपरि शैलस्य गुहाः परमदुर्गमाः। सुदुर्गमांस्ते सुबहून्सुखेनैवाभिचक्रमुः ॥०३-१५५-३०॥

uparyupari śailasya guhāḥ paramadurgamāḥ। sudurgamāṁste subahūnsukhenaivābhicakramuḥ ॥03-155-30॥

[उपर्युपरि (uparyupari) (uparyupari) - higher and higher; शैलस्य (śailasya) (śailasya) - of the mountain; गुहाः (guhāḥ) (guhāḥ) - caves; परमदुर्गमाः (paramadurgamāḥ) (paramadurgamāḥ) - very difficult to access; सुदुर्गमान् (sudurgamān) (sudurgamān) - very inaccessible (places/caves); ते (te) (te) - they; सुबहून् (subahūn) (subahūn) - many; सुखेन (sukhena) (sukhena) - with ease; एव (eva) (eva) - indeed; अभिचक्रमुः (abhicakramuḥ) (abhicakramuḥ) - they went over;]

(Higher and higher of the mountain caves very difficult to access, very inaccessible many they with ease indeed went over.)

They easily traversed many of the mountain's caves that were extremely difficult to access, ascending higher and higher. (03-155-30)

धौम्यः कृष्णा च पार्थाश्च लोमशश्च महानृषिः। अगमन्सहितास्तत्र न कश्चिदवहीयते ॥०३-१५५-३१॥

dhaumyaḥ kṛṣṇā ca pārthāśca lomaśaśca mahānṛṣiḥ। agamansahitāstatra na kaścidavahīyate ॥03-155-31॥

[धौम्यः (dhaumyaḥ) - Dhaumya; (name of a sage); कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā; (Draupadī, proper noun, fem.); च (ca) - and; पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - the Pārthas; (the sons of Pṛthā, i.e., the Pāṇḍavas); च (ca) - and; लोमशश्च (lomaśaśca) - Lomaśa and; (Lomaśa – name of a sage; ca – and;) महानृषिः (mahānṛṣiḥ) - great sage; अगमन् (agaman) - they went; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together; तत्र (tatra) - there; न (na) - not; कश्चित् (kaścit) - any one; अवहीयते (avahīyate) - was left behind;]

(Dhaumya, Kṛṣṇā and the Pārthas and Lomaśa, the great sage, they went together there; not anyone was left behind.)

Dhaumya, Kṛṣṇā, the Pārthas and Lomaśa, the great sage, all went there together; no one was left behind. (03-155-31)

ते मृगद्विजसङ्घुष्टं नानाद्विजसमाकुलम्। शाखामृगगणैश्चैव सेवितं सुमनोहरम् ॥०३-१५५-३२॥

te mṛga-dvija-saṅghuṣṭaṃ nānā-dvija-samākulam। śākhā-mṛga-gaṇaiś caiva sevitaṃ sumanoharam ॥03-155-32॥

[ते (te) - they; मृगद्विजसङ्घुष्टं (mṛga-dvija-saṅghuṣṭam) - filled with the multitude of animals and birds; नानाद्विजसमाकुलम् (nānā-dvija-samākulam) - thronged with various kinds of birds; शाखामृगगणैश्चैव (śākhā-mṛga-gaṇaiś ca eva) - and indeed by troops of branch-dwelling animals (monkeys); सेवितं (sevitam) - frequented by; सुमनोहरम् (sumanoharam) - very delightful;]

(They (saw) a place filled with the multitude of animals and birds, thronged with various kinds of birds, and indeed frequented by troops of branch-dwelling animals, very delightful.)

They saw a place filled with many kinds of animals and birds, thronged with various birds, frequented by groups of monkeys, and very delightful. (03-155-32)

पुण्यं पद्मसरोपेतं सपल्वलमहावनम्। उपतस्थुर्महावीर्या माल्यवन्तं महागिरिम् ॥०३-१५५-३३॥

puṇyaṃ padmasaropetaṃ sapalvalamahāvanam। upatastthurmahāvīryā mālyavantaṃ mahāgirim ॥03-155-33॥

[पुण्यं (puṇyam) - meritorious; holy; पद्मसरोपेतं (padmasaropetaṃ) - adorned with lotus-ponds; सपल्वलमहावनम् (sapalvalamahāvanam) - with great woods having marshes; उपतस्थु: (उपतस्थुः) (upatastthuḥ) - approached; महावीर्या: (mahāvīryāḥ) - of great strength; माल्यवन्तं (mālyavantaṃ) - the Mālyavat; महागिरिम् (mahāgirim) - great mountain;]

(The meritorious, adorned with lotus-ponds, with great woods having marshes, they of great strength approached the Mālyavat great mountain.)

The mighty heroes, in that holy region adorned with lotus ponds and vast forests with marshes, approached the great mountain Mālyavat. (03-155-33)

ततः किम्पुरुषावासं सिद्धचारणसेवितम्। ददृशुर्हृष्टरोमाणः पर्वतं गन्धमादनम् ॥०३-१५५-३४॥

tataḥ kimpuruṣāvāsaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam। dadṛśur hṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ parvataṃ gandhamādanam॥03-155-34॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; किम्पुरुषावासं (kimpuruṣāvāsam) - the abode of the Kimpuruṣas; सिद्धचारणसेवितम् (siddhacāraṇasevitam) - attended by Siddhas and Cāraṇas; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; हृष्टरोमाणः (hṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ) - with hairs standing on end (with delight); पर्वतं (parvatam) - mountain; गन्धमादनम् (gandhamādanam) - Gandhamādana (proper name);]

(Then the abode of the Kimpuruṣas, attended by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, they saw, with hairs standing on end, the mountain Gandhamādana.)

Then, with hair standing on end in delight, they saw the mountain Gandhamādana, the abode of the Kimpuruṣas, attended by Siddhas and Cāraṇas. (03-155-34)

विद्याधरानुचरितं किंनरीभिस्तथैव च। गजसिंहसमाकीर्णमुदीर्णशरभायुतम् ॥०३-१५५-३५॥

vidyādharānucaritaṁ kiṁnarībhiḥ tathaiva ca। gaja-siṁha-samākīrṇam udīrṇa-śarabha-ayutam॥03-155-35॥

[विद्याधरानुचरितं (vidyādharānucaritam) - followed by Vidyādharas; किंनरीभिः (kiṁnarībhiḥ) - by Kinnarīs; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same manner; च (ca) - and; गजसिंहसमाकीर्णम् (gaja-siṁha-samākīrṇam) - filled with elephants and lions; उदीर्णशरभायुतम् (udīrṇa-śarabha-ayutam) - abounding with leaping śarabhas (mythical beasts);]

(Followed by Vidyādharas, by Kinnarīs in the same manner and; filled with elephants and lions, abounding with leaping śarabhas.)

Accompanied by Vidyādharas and likewise by Kinnarīs, crowded with elephants and lions, and swarming with bounding śarabhas. (03-155-35)

उपेतमन्यैश्च तदा मृगैर्मृदुनिनादिभिः। ते गन्धमादनवनं तन्नन्दनवनोपमम् ॥०३-१५५-३६॥

upetaman-yaiz ca tadā mṛgair mṛdu-ninādibhiḥ। te gandhamādana-vanaṃ tan nandanavana-upamam ॥03-155-36॥

[उपेतम् (upetam) - approached; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by other; च (ca) - and; तदा (tadā) - then; मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - by deer; मृदु (mṛdu) - gentle; निनादिभिः (ninādibhiḥ) - by sounds; ते (te) - they; गन्धमादनवनम् (gandhamādana-vanam) - Gandhamadana forest; तत् (tat) - that; नन्दनवनोपमम् (nandanavana-upamam) - like Nandana garden;]

(Approached also by other deer with gentle sounds, they (entered) the Gandhamadana forest, that (was) like the Nandana garden.)

Then, joined by other deer with gentle calls, they entered the Gandhamadana forest, which was like the Nandana garden. (03-155-36)

मुदिताः पाण्डुतनया मनोहृदयनन्दनम्। विविशुः क्रमशो वीरा अरण्यं शुभकाननम् ॥०३-१५५-३७॥

muditāḥ pāṇḍutanayā manohṛdayanandanam। viviśuḥ kramaśo vīrā araṇyaṃ śubhakānanam॥03-155-37॥

[मुदिताः (muditāḥ) - gladdened; joyful; पाण्डुतनयाः (pāṇḍutanayāḥ) - sons of Pāṇḍu; मनोहृदयनन्दनम् (manohṛdayanandanam) - delighting the minds and hearts; विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - entered; क्रमशः (kramaśaḥ) - in succession; gradually; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - forest; शुभकाननम् (śubhakānanam) - auspicious forest;]

(Gladdened, the sons of Pāṇḍu, delighting minds and hearts, entered in succession, the heroes, the auspicious forest.)

Joyful, the sons of Pāṇḍu, who delighted the hearts and minds, the heroic ones, entered the auspicious forest one after another. (03-155-37)

द्रौपदीसहिता वीरास्तैश्च विप्रैर्महात्मभिः। शृण्वन्तः प्रीतिजननान्वल्गून्मदकलाञ्शुभान् ॥ श्रोत्ररम्यान्सुमधुराञ्शब्दान्खगमुखेरितान् ॥०३-१५५-३८॥

draupadī-sahitā vīrās taiś ca vipraiḥ mahātmabhiḥ। śṛṇvantaḥ prīti-jananān valgūn madakalāñ śubhān॥ śrotra-ramyān su-madhurān śabdān khaga-mukha-iritān॥03-155-38॥

[द्रौपदीसहिता (draupadī-sahitā) - together with Draupadī; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; तैः (taiḥ) - with those; च (ca) - and; विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - with brāhmaṇas; महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - great-souled; शृण्वन्तः (śṛṇvantaḥ) - hearing; प्रीतिजननान् (prīti-jananān) - producing delight; वल्गून् (valgūn) - charming; मदकलान् (madakalān) - intoxicated; शुभान् (śubhān) - auspicious; श्रोत्ररम्यान् (śrotra-ramyān) - pleasing to the ears; सुमधुरान् (su-madhurān) - very sweet; शब्दान् (śabdān) - sounds; खगमुखैः (khaga-mukhaiḥ) - by bird-mouths; इритान् (iritān) - uttered;]

(Together with Draupadī, the heroes with those great-souled brāhmaṇas, hearing charming, intoxicating, auspicious, delight-producing, pleasing to the ears, very sweet sounds uttered by bird mouths.)

The heroes, together with Draupadī and those great-souled brāhmaṇas, listened to charming, intoxicating, auspicious, and delight-giving sounds—very sweet sounds, pleasing to the ears, which were uttered by the voices of birds. (03-155-38)

सर्वर्तुफलभाराढ्यान्सर्वर्तुकुसुमोज्ज्वलान्। पश्यन्तः पादपांश्चापि फलभारावनामितान् ॥०३-१५५-३९॥

sarvartuphalabhārāḍhyān sarvartukusumojjvalān। paśyantaḥ pādapāṁś cāpi phalabhārāvanāmitān॥03-155-39॥

[सर्वर्तुफलभाराढ्यान् (sarvartu-phala-bhāra-āḍhyān) - rich with the weight of fruits in every season; सर्वर्तुकुसुमोज्ज्वलान् (sarvartu-kusuma-ujjvalān) - bright with flowers in every season; पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ) - seeing; पादपान् (pādapān) - trees; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; फलभारावनामितान् (phala-bhāra-avanāmitān) - bent with the weight of fruit;]

(Seeing trees rich with the weight of fruits in every season, (and) bright with flowers in every season, (and) also bent with the weight of fruit.)

They beheld trees that were heavy with fruit in every season, brilliant with flowers throughout the year, and also bowed down by the weight of their fruits. (03-155-39)

आम्रानाम्रातकान्फुल्लान्नारिकेलान्सतिन्दुकान्। अजातकांस्तथा जीरान्दाडिमान्बीजपूरकान् ॥०३-१५५-४०॥

āmrān āmrātakān phullān nārikelān satindukān। ajātakān tathā jīrān dāḍimān bījapūrakān ॥03-155-40॥

[आम्रान् (āmrān) - mangoes; आम्रातकान् (āmrātakān) - hog plums (Spondias pinnata); फुल्लान् (phullān) - blossomed; नारिकेलान् (nārikelān) - coconuts; सतिन्दुकान् (satindukān) - Ceylon ironwood fruits (Mesua ferrea); अजातकान् (ajātakān) - unripe myrobalans; तथा (tathā) - as well as; जीरान् (jīrān) - cumin fruits; दाडिमान् (dāḍimān) - pomegranates; बीजपूरकान् (bījapūrakān) - citron fruits;]

(Mangoes, hog plums, blossomed coconuts, Ceylon ironwood fruits, unripe myrobalans as well as cumin fruits, pomegranates, citron fruits.)

Mangoes, hog plums, blossomed coconuts, Ceylon ironwood fruits, unripe myrobalans, as well as cumin fruits, pomegranates, and citrons. (03-155-40)

पनसाँल्लिकुचान्मोचान्खर्जूरानाम्रवेतसान्। पारावतांस्तथा क्षौद्रान्नीपांश्चापि मनोरमान् ॥०३-१५५-४१॥

panasāṃllikucānmocānkharjūrānāmravetasān। pārāvatāṃstathā kṣaudrānnīpāṃścāpi manoramān ॥03-155-41॥

[पनसाः (panasāḥ) - jackfruits; लिकुचान् (likucān) - licorice fruits; मोचान् (mocān) - banana fruits; खर्जूरान् (kharjūrān) - dates; आम्रवेतसान् (āmravetasān) - mango and cane fruits; पारावतान् (pārāvatān) - pigeons; तथा (tathā) - also; क्षौद्रान् (kṣaudrān) - honey-combs; नीपान् (nīpān) - kadamba trees; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; मनो (mano) - mind; रमान् (ramān) - pleasing;]

(Jackfruits, licorice fruits, banana fruits, dates, mango and cane fruits, pigeons also, honey-combs, kadamba trees and also mind-pleasing.)

Jackfruits, licorice, bananas, dates, mangoes and canes, pigeons, honeycombs, and kadamba trees, all delightful to the mind. (03-155-41)

बिल्वान्कपित्थाञ्जम्बूंश्च काश्मरीर्बदरीस्तथा। प्लक्षानुदुम्बरवटानश्वत्थान्क्षीरिणस्तथा ॥ भल्लातकानामलकान्हरीतकबिभीतकान् ॥०३-१५५-४२॥

bilvān kapitthāñ jambūṁś ca kāśmarīr badarīs tathā। plakṣān udumbaravaṭān aśvatthān kṣīriṇas tathā॥ bhallātakān āmalakān harītaka bibhītakān॥03-155-42॥

[बिल्वान् (bilvān) - bilva trees; कपित्थान् (kapitthān) - wood apple trees; जम्बूंश् (jambūṁś) - jamun trees; च (ca) - and; काश्मरीः (kāśmarīḥ) - Kashmari trees; बदरीः (badarīḥ) - jujube trees; तथा (tathā) - also; प्लक्षान् (plakṣān) - fig trees; उदुम्बरवटान् (udumbaravaṭān) - cluster fig and banyan trees; अश्वत्थान् (aśvatthān) - peepul trees; क्षीरिणः (kṣīriṇaḥ) - milky trees (sap-producing); तथा (tathā) - also; भल्लातकान् (bhallātakān) - marking nut trees; आमलकान् (āmalakān) - amla (emblic) trees; हरीतक (harītaka) - haritaki trees; बिभीतकान् (bibhītakān) - bibhitaka trees;]

(bilva trees, wood apple trees, jamun trees and Kashmari trees, jujube trees also; fig trees, cluster fig and banyan trees, peepul trees, sap-producing trees also; marking nut trees, amla trees, haritaki, bibhitaka trees.)

Bilva, wood apple, jamun, Kashmari, and jujube trees; also fig, cluster fig, banyan, peepul, other sap-producing trees; marking nut, amla, haritaki, and bibhitaka trees. (03-155-42)

इङ्गुदान्करवीरांश्च तिन्दुकांश्च महाफलान्। एतानन्यांश्च विविधान्गन्धमादनसानुषु ॥०३-१५५-४३॥

iṅgudān karavīrāṁś ca tindukāṁś ca mahāphalān। etān anyāṁś ca vividhān gandhamādana-sānuṣu ॥03-155-43॥

[इङ्गुदान् (iṅgudān) - inguda trees (sapota) trees; करवीरान् (karavīrān) - oleander trees; च (ca) - and; तिन्दुकान् (tindukān) - diospyros trees (ebony/plum); च (ca) - and; महाफलान् (mahāphalān) - with great fruit; एतान् (etān) - these; अन्यान् (anyān) - other; च (ca) - and; विविधान् (vividhān) - various; गन्धमादनसानुषु (gandhamādana-sānuṣu) - on the slopes of Gandhamadana (mountain);]

(Inguda trees, oleander trees, and tinduka trees, and those with great fruits; these and other various (trees) on the Gandhamadana slopes.)

Inguda, oleander, tinduka, and other trees bearing large fruits, as well as many other various kinds, grow on the slopes of the Gandhamadana mountain. (3-155-43)

फलैरमृतकल्पैस्तानाचितान्स्वादुभिस्तरून्। तथैव चम्पकाशोकान्केतकान्बकुलांस्तथा ॥०३-१५५-४४॥

phalair amṛtakalpais tān ācitān svādubhis tarūn। tathaiva campakāśokān ketakān bakulāṁs tathā ॥03-155-44॥

[फलैः (phalaiḥ) - with fruits; अमृतकल्पैः (amṛtakalpaiḥ) - like nectar; तान् (tān) - those; आचितान् (ācitān) - laden; स्वादुभिः (svādubhiḥ) - sweet; तरून् (tarūn) - trees; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; चम्पक-अशोकान् (campaka-aśokān) - campaka and aśoka trees; केतकान् (ketakān) - ketaka trees; बकुलान् (bakulān) - bakula trees; तथा (tathā) - as well;]

(With fruits like nectar, those sweet-laden trees; likewise campaka and aśoka trees, ketaka trees, bakula trees as well.)

There were trees laden with fruits like nectar, sweet to taste; and likewise there were campaka, aśoka, ketaka, and bakula trees as well. (03-155-44)

पुंनागान्सप्तपर्णांश्च कर्णिकारान्सकेतकान्। पाटलान्कुटजान्रम्यान्मन्दारेन्दीवरांस्तथा ॥०३-१५५-४५॥

puṁnāgān saptaparṇāṁś ca karṇikārān sekatakān। pāṭalān kuṭajān ramyān mandārān indīvarān tathā ॥03-155-45॥

[पुंनागान् (puṁnāgān) - the trees called Mimusops elengi; सप्तपर्णान् (saptaparṇān) - seven-leaved trees (Alstonia scholaris); च (ca) - and; कर्णिकारान् (karṇikārān) - the Cassia fistula trees; सकेतकान् (sekatakān) - the Pandanus trees; पाटलान् (pāṭalān) - the Trumpet-flower trees; कुटजान् (kuṭajān) - the Holarrhena antidysenterica trees; रम्यान् (ramyān) - beautiful; मन्दारान् (mandārān) - the Erythrina indica trees; इन्दीवरान् (indīvarān) - the blue lotus flowers; तथा (tathā) - also;]

(puṁnāgān, saptaparṇān, and karṇikārān, sekatakān; pāṭalān, kuṭajān, beautiful mandārān, indīvarān also.)

Puṇnāga, saptaparṇa, karṇikāra, ketaka, pāṭala, kuṭaja, mandāra, and indīvara—these beautiful trees and flowers also. (03-155-45)

पारिजातान्कोविदारान्देवदारुतरूंस्तथा। शालांस्तालांस्तमालांश्च प्रियालान्बकुलांस्तथा ॥ शाल्मलीः किंशुकाशोकाञ्शिंशपांस्तरलांस्तथा ॥०३-१५५-४६॥

pārijātān kovidārān devadāru-tarūṁs tathā। śālāṁs tālāṁs tamālāṁś ca priyālān bakulāṁs tathā॥ śālmalīḥ kiṁśuka-aśokān śiṁśapāṁs taralāṁs tathā॥03-155-46॥

[पारिजातान् (pārijātān) - Pārijāta trees; कोविदारान् (kovidārān) - Kovidāra trees; देवदारुतरून् (devadāru-tarūn) - deodar trees; तथा (tathā) - as well as; शालान् (śālān) - śāla trees; तालान् (tālān) - palm trees; तमालान् (tamālān) - tamāla trees; च (ca) - and; प्रियालान् (priyālān) - priyāla trees; बकुलान् (bakulān) - bakula trees; तथा (tathā) - as well as; शाल्मलीः (śālmalīḥ) - śālmalī trees; किंशुक (kiṁśuka) - kiṁśuka trees; अशोकान् (aśokān) - aśoka trees; शिंशपान् (śiṁśapān) - śiṁśapā trees; तरलान् (taralān) - tarala trees; तथा (tathā) - and also;]

(Pārijāta trees, Kovidāra trees, and deodar trees as well; śāla trees, palm trees, tamāla trees and priyāla trees, bakula trees likewise; śālmalī trees, kiṁśuka trees, aśoka trees, śiṁśapā trees, tarala trees as well.)

There are Pārijāta, Kovidāra, deodar, śāla, palm, tamāla, priyāla, bakula, śālmalī, kiṁśuka, aśoka, śiṁśapā, and tarala trees. (03-155-46)

चकोरैः शतपत्रैश्च भृङ्गराजैस्तथा शुकैः। कोकिलैः कलविङ्कैश्च हारीतैर्जीवजीवकैः ॥०३-१५५-४७॥

cakoraiḥ śatapatraiś ca bhṛṅgarājais tathā śukaiḥ। kokilaiḥ kalaviṅkaiś ca hāritair jīvajīvakaiḥ॥03-155-47॥

[चकोरैः (cakoraiḥ) - by chakora birds; शतपत्रैः (śatapatraiḥ) - by lotuses; (literally 'hundred-petaled', but means lotuses) च (ca) - and; भृङ्गराजैः (bhṛṅgarājaiḥ) - by bhṛṅgarāja birds; तथा (tathā) - also; शुकैः (śukaiḥ) - by parrots; कोकिलैः (kokilaiḥ) - by cuckoos; कलविङ्कैः (kalaviṅkaiḥ) - by kalaviṅka birds; च (ca) - and; हारीतैः (hāritaiḥ) - by hārita birds; जीवजीवकैः (jīvajīvakaiḥ) - by jīvajīvaka birds;]

(By chakora birds, by lotuses, and by bhṛṅgarāja birds also by parrots, by cuckoos, by kalaviṅka birds, and by hārita birds, by jīvajīvaka birds.)

It was filled with chakora birds, lotuses, bhṛṅgarāja birds, parrots, cuckoos, kalaviṅka birds, hārita birds, and jīvajīvaka birds. (03-155-47)

प्रियव्रतैश्चातकैश्च तथान्यैर्विविधैः खगैः। श्रोत्ररम्यं सुमधुरं कूजद्भिश्चाप्यधिष्ठितान् ॥०३-१५५-४८॥

priyavrataiś cātakaiś ca tathā anyaiḥ vividhaiḥ khagaiḥ। śrotra-ramyaṃ su-madhuraṃ kūjadbhiś ca api adhiṣṭhitān ॥03-155-48॥

[प्रियव्रतैः (priyavrataiḥ) - by (the birds called) priyavrata; च (ca) - and; आतकैः (cātakaiḥ) - by (the birds called) cātaka; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - so; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by others; विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - various; खगैः (khagaiḥ) - by birds; श्रोत्ररम्यं (śrotra-ramyam) - pleasing to the ear; सुमधुरं (su-madhuram) - very sweet; कूजद्भिः (kūjadbhiḥ) - by chirping (ones); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अधिष्ठितान् (adhiṣṭhitān) - inhabited; ॥०३-१५५-४८॥ (॥03-155-48॥) -;]

(By priyavrata birds and cātaka birds and so by others, by various birds, pleasing to the ear, very sweet, by those chirping, and also inhabited.)

(The groves are) inhabited by priyavrata and cātaka birds and by various other kinds of birds, (whose presence) is pleasing to the ear and very sweet with their chirping. (03-155-48)

सरांसि च विचित्राणि प्रसन्नसलिलानि च। कुमुदैः पुण्डरीकैश्च तथा कोकनदोत्पलैः ॥ कह्लारैः कमलैश्चैव आचितानि समन्ततः ॥०३-१५५-४९॥

sarāṁsi ca vicitrāṇi prasannasalilāni ca। kumudaiḥ puṇḍarīkaiśca tathā kokanadotpalaiḥ॥ kahlāraiḥ kamalaiścaiva ācitāni samantataḥ॥03-155-49॥

[सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes; च (ca) - and; विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - variegated; प्रसन्नसलिलानि (prasannasalilāni) - with clear water; च (ca) - and; कुमुदैः (kumudaiḥ) - with white lotuses; पुण्डरीकैः (puṇḍarīkaiḥ) - with blue lotuses; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - also; कोकनदोत्पलैः (kokanadotpalaiḥ) - with red lotuses and utpalas; कह्लारैः (kahlāraiḥ) - with kahlaara flowers (water lilies); कमलैः (kamalaiḥ) - with lotuses; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; आचितानि (ācitāni) - filled; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around;]

(Lakes and variegated, clear waters and with kumuda, with puṇḍarīka and also with kokanada and utpala, with kahlaara and with lotuses indeed, filled all around.)

There were lakes with clear, variegated waters, adorned all around with kumuda, puṇḍarīka, kokanada and utpala, kahlaara, and lotuses. (03-155-49)

कदम्बैश्चक्रवाकैश्च कुररैर्जलकुक्कुटैः। कारण्डवैः प्लवैर्हंसैर्बकैर्मद्गुभिरेव च ॥ एतैश्चान्यैश्च कीर्णानि समन्ताज्जलचारिभिः ॥०३-१५५-५०॥

kadambaiś cakravākaiś ca kuraraiḥ jalakukkuṭaiḥ. kāraṇḍavaiḥ plavaiḥ haṃsaiḥ bakair madgubhir eva ca ॥ etaiś ca anyaiś ca kīrṇāni samantāt jalacāribhiḥ ॥03-155-50॥

[कदम्बैः (kadambaiḥ) - with kadamba (cotton teal) ducks; चक्रवाकैः (cakravākaiḥ) - with cakravāka (ruddy shelduck) ducks; च (ca) - and; कुररैः (kuraraiḥ) - with kurara (osprey) birds; जलकुक्कुटैः (jalakukkuṭaiḥ) - with jalakukkuṭa (waterfowl, water-cocks); कारण्डवैः (kāraṇḍavaiḥ) - with kāraṇḍava (common pochard) ducks; प्लवैः (plavaiḥ) - with plava (diving) birds; हंसैः (haṃsaiḥ) - with haṃsa (swans); बकैः (bakaiḥ) - with baka (cranes); मद्गुभिः (madgubhiḥ) - with madgu (paddy bird) birds; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; एतैः (etaiḥ) - with these; च (ca) - and; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - with others; च (ca) - and; कीर्णानि (kīrṇāni) - strewn; समन्तात् (samantāt) - all around; जलचारिभिः (jalacāribhiḥ) - with water-dwelling (creatures);]

(With kadamba ducks, cakravāka ducks and kurara birds and waterfowl, with kāraṇḍava ducks, diving birds, swans, cranes, and madgu birds indeed and; with these and with others, strewn all around with water-dwelling beings.)

With kadamba ducks, cakravāka geese, kurara birds, waterfowl, kāraṇḍava ducks, diving birds, swans, cranes, and madgu birds—indeed, with these and with others—(the waters) were filled all around with creatures dwelling in the water. (03-155-50)

हृष्टैस्तथा तामरसरसासवमदालसैः। पद्मोदरच्युतरजःकिञ्जल्कारुणरञ्जितैः ॥०३-१५५-५१॥

hṛṣṭaistathā tāmarasarasāsavamadālasaīḥ। padmodaracyutarajaḥkiñjalkāruṇarañjitaiḥ ॥03-155-51॥

[हृष्टैः (hṛṣṭaiḥ) - with delighted; तथा (tathā) - thus; तामरसरसासवमदालसैः (tāmarasarasāsavamadālasaīḥ) - weary with the intoxication (madālasaiḥ) of the nectar (asava) of lotuses (tāmarasara); पद्मोदरच्युतरजःकिञ्जल्कारुणरञ्जितैः (padmodaracyutarajaḥkiñjalkāruṇarañjitaiḥ) - reddened by the filaments (kiñjalka) colored (aruṇa-rañjitaiḥ) by pollen (rajaḥ) fallen from the hearts (udaracyuta) of lotuses (padma);]

(With delighted (birds), thus, weary with the intoxication of the nectar of lotuses, reddened by the filaments colored red by the pollen fallen from the hearts of lotuses.)

Thus, (the birds were) delighted, languid from the intoxication of lotus-nectar, and reddened by filaments stained crimson with the pollen that had fallen from the hearts of lotuses. (03-155-51)

मधुरस्वरैर्मधुकरैर्विरुतान्कमलाकरान्। पश्यन्तस्ते मनोरम्यान्गन्धमादनसानुषु ॥०३-१५५-५२॥

madhurasvarair madhukaraiḥ virutān kamalākarān। paśyantas te manoram yān gandhamādana-sānuṣu॥03-155-52॥

[मधुरस्वरैः (madhurasvaraiḥ) - with sweet sounds; मधुकरैः (madhukaraiḥ) - by bees; विरुतान् (virutān) - resounding; कमलाकरान् (kamalākarān) - lotus ponds; पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ) - seeing; ते (te) - they; मनोरम्यान् (manoram yān) - charming; गन्धमादनसानुषु (gandhamādana-sānuṣu) - on the slopes of Gandhamadana;]

(With sweet sounds by bees resounding, the lotus ponds, seeing they charming on the slopes of Gandhamadana.)

They saw the charming lotus ponds, resounding with sweet sounds of bees, on the slopes of Gandhamadana. (03-155-52)

तथैव पद्मषण्डैश्च मण्डितेषु समन्ततः। शिखण्डिनीभिः सहिताँल्लतामण्डपकेषु च ॥ मेघतूर्यरवोद्दाममदनाकुलितान्भृशम् ॥०३-१५५-५३॥

tathaiva padmaṣaṇḍaiś ca maṇḍiteṣu samantataḥ। śikhaṇḍinībhiḥ sahitāṃl latāmaṇḍapakeṣu ca ॥ meghatūryaravoddāmamadanākulitān bhṛśam ॥03-155-53॥

[तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; पद्मषण्डैः (padmaṣaṇḍaiḥ) - by clusters of lotuses; च (ca) - and; मण्डितेषु (maṇḍiteṣu) - adorned (places); समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides; शिखण्डिनीभिः (śikhaṇḍinībhiḥ) - by peahens; सहितान् (sahitān) - accompanied (with); लतामण्डपकेषु (latāmaṇḍapakeṣu) - in vine-bowers; च (ca) - and; मेघतूर्यरव (meghatūryarava) - by the sound of cloud-trumpets; उद्दाम (uddāma) - intense; मद (mada) - with intoxication; नाकुलितान् (nākulitān) - agitated; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - exceedingly;]

(Likewise, by clusters of lotuses adorned on all sides, and by peahens accompanied in vine-bowers, and by the intense intoxication caused by the sound of cloud-trumpets, exceedingly agitated.)

In the same way, in groves adorned everywhere with clusters of lotuses, and in vine-bowers filled with peahens, there were those greatly excited by the overpowering intoxication of the thunderous sound of rain clouds. (03-155-53)

कृत्वैव केकामधुरं सङ्गीतमधुरस्वरम्। चित्रान्कलापान्विस्तीर्य सविलासान्मदालसान् ॥ मयूरान्ददृशुश्चित्रान्नृत्यतो वनलासकान् ॥०३-१५५-५४॥

kṛtvaiva kekā-madhuraṃ saṅgīta-madhura-svaram। citrān kalāpān vistīrya savilāsān madālasān॥ mayūrān dadṛśuś citrān nṛtyato vana-lāsakān॥03-155-54॥

[कृत्वा एव (kṛtvā eva) - having made indeed; केक-मधुरं (keka-madhuraṃ) - cry-sweet; सङ्गीत-मधुर-स्वरम् (saṅgīta-madhura-svaram) - music-sweet-voiced; चित्रान् कलापान् (citrān kalāpān) - variegated tails; विस्तीर्य (vistīrya) - having spread; सविलासान् (savilāsān) - with grace; मद-अलसान् (mada-alasān) - intoxication-sluggish; मयूरान् (mayūrān) - peacocks; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; चित्रान् (citrān) - variegated; नृत्यतः (nṛtyataḥ) - dancing; वन-लासकान् (vana-lāsakān) - forest-revellers;]

(Having indeed made a cry sweet as music and melodious in voice, having spread their variegated tails, graceful and sluggish with intoxication, peacocks, they saw — variegated, dancing, forest revellers. (03-155-54))

They saw peacocks, with variegated tails spread out, graceful and languid with intoxication, producing cries sweet as melodious music, dancing as the revellers of the forest. (03-155-54)

कान्ताभिः सहितानन्यानपश्यन्रमतः सुखम्। वल्लीलतासङ्कटेषु कटकेषु स्थितांस्तथा ॥०३-१५५-५५॥

kāntābhiḥ sahitān anyān apaśyan ramataḥ sukham। vallī-latā-saṅkaṭeṣu kaṭakeṣu sthitān tathā ॥03-155-55॥

[कान्ताभिः (kāntābhiḥ) - with beloved women; सहितान् (sahitān) - united (with them); अन्यान् (anyān) - others; अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - not seeing; रमतः (ramataḥ) - enjoying; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; वल्ली-लता-सङ्कटेषु (vallī-latā-saṅkaṭeṣu) - in the thickets of creepers and vines; कटकेषु (kaṭakeṣu) - in groves; स्थितान् (sthitān) - standing; तथा (tathā) - likewise;]

(With beloved women united, not seeing others, enjoying happiness; in the thickets of creepers and vines, in groves, those standing likewise.)

Enjoying happiness together with their beloved women, not observing anyone else, standing amidst the thickets of vines and groves, in the same way. (03-155-55)

कांश्चिच्छकुनजातांश्च विटपेषूत्कटानपि। कलापरचिताटोपान्विचित्रमुकुटानिव ॥ विवरेषु तरूणां च मुदितान्ददृशुश्च ते ॥०३-१५५-५६॥

kāṃścic chakunajātāṃś ca viṭapeṣu utkaṭān api. kalāparacitāṭopān vicitramukuṭān iva ॥ vivareṣu tarūṇāṃ ca muditān dadṛśuś ca te ॥03-155-56॥

[कांश्चित् (kāṃṣcit) - some (certain); शकुनजातान् (śakuna-jātān) - groups of birds; च (ca) - and; विटपेषु (viṭapeṣu) - on the branches; उत्कटान् (utkaṭān) - distinguished; prominent; अपि (api) - also; कलापरचित (kalāpa-racita) - adorned with plumage; composed of plumage; आटोपान् (āṭopān) - crests; tufts; विचित्र (vicitra) - variegated; strange; wonderful; मुकुटान् (mukuṭān) - crowns; head-ornaments; इव (iva) - like; as if; विवरेषु (vivareṣu) - in the hollows; in the cavities; तरूणाम् (tarūṇām) - of trees; च (ca) - and; मुदितान् (muditān) - joyful; delighted; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - they;]

(Some (of them), groups of birds also, distinguished, on the branches, adorned with plumage crests, like variegated crowns. In the hollows of the trees also, joyful (birds), they saw.)

They saw certain groups of birds, prominent on the branches and adorned with plumage crests like colorful crowns. In the hollows of the trees too, they saw joyful birds. (03-155-56)

सिन्धुवारानथोद्दामान्मन्मथस्येव तोमरान्। सुवर्णकुसुमाकीर्णान्गिरीणां शिखरेषु च ॥०३-१५५-५७॥

sindhuvārān atha uddāmān manmathasya eva tomarān। suvarṇa-kusuma-ākīrṇān girīṇāṃ śikhareṣu ca ॥03-155-57॥

[सिन्धुवारान् (sindhuvārān) - sindhuvāra trees; अथ (atha) - then; उद्दामान् (uddāmān) - mighty; मन्मथस्येव (manmathasya eva) - of Manmatha (Kāma, the god of love) indeed; तोमरान् (tomarān) - javelins; सुवर्णकुसुमाकीर्णान् (suvarṇa-kusuma-ākīrṇān) - strewn with golden flowers; गिरीणां (girīṇāṃ) - of the mountains; शिखरेषु (śikhareṣu) - on the peaks; च (ca) - and;]

(sindhuvāra trees then mighty of Manmatha indeed javelins strewn with golden flowers of the mountains on the peaks and.)

Then, sindhuvāra trees, mighty like the javelins of Manmatha, and strewn with golden flowers, were seen on the peaks of the mountains. (03-155-57)

कर्णिकारान्विरचितान्कर्णपूरानिवोत्तमान्। अथापश्यन्कुरबकान्वनराजिषु पुष्पितान् ॥ कामवश्योत्सुककरान्कामस्येव शरोत्करान् ॥०३-१५५-५८॥

karṇikārān viracitān karṇapūrān iva uttamān. atha apaśyan kurabakān vanarājiṣu puṣpitān ॥ kāmavaśya-utsuka-karān kāmasya iva śara-utkarān ॥03-155-58॥

[कर्णिकारान् (karṇikārān) - laburnum trees; विरचितान् (viracitān) - fashioned; composed; कर्णपूरानिव (karṇapūrān iva) - like ear-ornaments; उत्तमान् (uttamān) - excellent; अथ (atha) - then; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw; कुरबकान् (kurabakān) - kurabaka trees; वनराजिषु (vanarājiṣu) - in the lines of forests; पुष्पितान् (puṣpitān) - blossoming; कामवश्य (kāmavaśya) - subdued by desire; उत्सुककरान् (utsuka-karān) - having eager hands; कामस्य (kāmasya) - of Kāma; इव (iva) - like; शर-उत्करान् (śara-utkarān) - masses of arrows;]

(Laburnum trees fashioned like excellent ear-ornaments; then he saw blossoming kurabaka trees in the forest clusters, subdued by desire, having eager hands, like heaps of arrows of Kāma.)

He saw the laburnum trees, fashioned as if they were excellent ear-ornaments, and then he beheld in the clusters of forests the blossoming kurabaka trees, whose eager hands, subdued by desire, were like the heaps of arrows of Kāma. (03-155-58)

तथैव वनराजीनामुदारान्रचितानिव। विराजमानांस्तेऽपश्यंस्तिलकांस्तिलकानिव ॥०३-१५५-५९॥

tathaiva vanarājīnām udārān racitān iva। virājamānāṃs te apaśyaṃs tilakān tilakān iva ॥03-155-59॥

[तथा एव (tathā eva) - just so; in the same way; वनराजीनाम् (vanarājīnām) - of forest trees; उदारान् (udārān) - noble; excellent; रचितान् (racitān) - arrayed; arranged; इव (iva) - as if; like; विराजमानान् (virājamānān) - shining; splendid; ते (te) - they; अपश्यंत् (apaśyaṃs) - (they) saw; तिलकान् (tilakān) - tilaka trees; तिलकान् इव (tilakān iva) - like tilaka trees;]

(Just so, of the forest trees, the noble, arranged as if, shining, they saw tilaka trees, like tilaka trees.)

In the same way, among the forest trees, they saw splendid, excellently arranged tilaka trees, shining like tilaka trees. (03-155-59)

तथानङ्गशराकारान्सहकारान्मनोरमान्। अपश्यन्भ्रमरारावान्मञ्जरीभिर्विराजितान् ॥०३-१५५-६०॥

tathā anaṅga-śara-ākārān sahakārān manoramaān। apaśyan bhramara-ārāvān mañjarībhiḥ virājitān ॥03-155-60॥

[तथा (tathā) - thus; अनङ्गशराकारान् (anaṅga-śara-ākārān) - having the form of Kāma's arrows; सहकारान् (sahakārān) - mango trees; मनोरमान् (manoramān) - charming; अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - he saw; भ्रमरारावान् (bhramara-ārāvān) - resounding with the hum of bees; मञ्जरीभिः (mañjarībhiḥ) - with flower clusters; विराजितान् (virājitān) - adorned;]

(Thus, having the form of Kāma's arrows, charming mango trees, he saw, resounding with the hum of bees, adorned with flower clusters.)

Thus he saw the charming mango trees, shaped like the arrows of Kāma, resounding with the hum of bees and adorned with flower clusters. (03-155-60)

हिरण्यसदृशैः पुष्पैर्दावाग्निसदृशैरपि। लोहितैरञ्जनाभैश्च वैडूर्यसदृशैरपि ॥०३-१५५-६१॥

hiraṇya-sadṛśaiḥ puṣpaiḥ dāvāgni-sadṛśair api। lohitaiḥ añjanābhaiḥ ca vaiḍūrya-sadṛśair api ॥03-155-61॥

[हिरण्यसदृशैः (hiraṇya-sadṛśaiḥ) - with gold-like; पुष्पैः (puṣpaiḥ) - with flowers; दावाग्निसदृशैः (dāvāgni-sadṛśair) - with wildfire-like; अपि (api) - also; लोहितैः (lohitaiḥ) - with red (flowers); अञ्जनाभैः (añjanābhaiḥ) - with collyrium-colored (flowers); च (ca) - and; वैडूर्यसदृशैः (vaiḍūrya-sadṛśaiḥ) - with lapis lazuli-like; अपि (api) - also;]

(With gold-like flowers, with wildfire-like (flowers) also, with red, with collyrium-colored (flowers) and with lapis lazuli-like (flowers) also.)

With gold-colored, wildfire-resembling, red, collyrium-black, and lapis lazuli-like flowers as well. (03-155-61)

तथा शालांस्तमालांश्च पाटल्यो बकुलानि च। माला इव समासक्ताः शैलानां शिखरेषु च ॥०३-१५५-६२॥

tathā śālāṁs tamālāṁś ca pāṭalyo bakulāni ca. mālā iva samāsaktāḥ śailānāṁ śikhareṣu ca ॥03-155-62॥

[तथा (tathā) - thus; in that way; शालान् (śālān) - śāla-trees; तमालान् (tamālān) - tamāla-trees; च (ca) - and; पाटल्यः (pāṭalyaḥ) - pāṭali-trees; बकुलानि (bakulāni) - bakula-trees; च (ca) - and; माला (mālā) - garlands; इव (iva) - like; समासक्ताः (samāsaktāḥ) - closely attached; शैलानाम् (śailānām) - of the mountains; शिखरेषु (śikhareṣu) - on the peaks; च (ca) - and;]

(Thus śāla-trees, tamāla-trees and pāṭali, bakula-trees and, like garlands, closely attached on the mountains' peaks and.)

In this way śāla, tamāla, pāṭali, and bakula trees, closely entwined like garlands, adorn the peaks of the mountains. (03-155-62)

एवं क्रमेण ते वीरा वीक्षमाणाः समन्ततः। गजसङ्घसमाबाधं सिंहव्याघ्रसमायुतम् ॥०३-१५५-६३॥

evaṃ krameṇa te vīrā vīkṣamāṇāḥ samantataḥ। gajasaṅghasamābādhaṃ siṃhavyāghrasamāyutam ॥03-155-63॥

[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; in this way; क्रमेण (krameṇa) - in order; gradually; by succession; ते (te) - those; they; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; valiant ones; वीक्षमाणाः (vīkṣamāṇāḥ) - observing; watching; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides; all around; गजसङ्घसमाबाधं (gajasaṅghasamābādham) - oppressed like a herd of elephants; (having the impediment similar to an elephant herd;) सिंहव्याघ्रसमायुतम् (siṃhavyāghrasamāyutam) - filled with lions and tigers; joined by lions and tigers;]

(Thus in order, those heroes observing on all sides, (saw) the obstruction like a herd of elephants, filled with lions and tigers.)

In this way, those heroes, gradually looking in every direction, saw an area blocked like a herd of elephants, full of lions and tigers. (03-155-63)

शरभोन्नादसङ्घुष्टं नानारावनिनादितम्। सर्वर्तुफलपुष्पाढ्यं गन्धमादनसानुषु ॥०३-१५५-६४॥

śarabho-nnāda-saṅghuṣṭaṃ nānā-rāva-nināditam। sarva-ṛtu-phala-puṣpāḍhyaṃ gandhamādana-sānuṣu ॥03-155-64॥

[शरभ-उन्नाद-सङ्घुष्टम् (śarabha-unnāda-saṅghuṣṭam) - filled with roars of śarabha (wild beasts); नाना-राव-निनादितम् (nānā-rāva-nināditam) - resounding with various cries; सर्व-ऋतु-फल-पुष्प-आढ्यम् (sarva-ṛtu-phala-puṣpa-āḍhyam) - abounding with fruits and flowers of all seasons; गन्धमादन-सानुषु (gandhamādana-sānuṣu) - in the spurs of Gandhamādana;]

(Filled with the roars of śarabha, resounding with various cries, abounding with fruits and flowers of all seasons, in the spurs of Gandhamādana.)

The spurs of Gandhamādana are filled with the roars of wild beasts, resounding with various cries, and are rich in fruits and flowers throughout all seasons. (03-155-64)

पीता भास्वरवर्णाभा बभूवुर्वनराजयः। नात्र कण्टकिनः केचिन्नात्र केचिदपुष्पिताः ॥ स्निग्धपत्रफला वृक्षा गन्धमादनसानुषु ॥०३-१५५-६५॥

pītā bhāsvaravarṇābhā babhūvur vanarājayaḥ। nātra kaṇṭakinaḥ kecin nātra kecid apuṣpitāḥ॥ snigdhapatraphalā vṛkṣā gandhamādanasānuṣu॥03-155-65॥

[पीता (pītā) - yellow; (feminine nominative plural); भास्वरवर्णाभा (bhāsvaravarṇābhā) - radiant-lustered; having shining color; (feminine nominative plural); बभूवु: (बभूवुः) (babhūvuḥ) - became; (third person plural perfect); वनराजयः (vanarājayaḥ) - forest creepers; (feminine nominative plural); न (na) - not; अत्र (atra) - here; कण्टकिनः (kaṇṭakinaḥ) - thorny (plants); (masculine nominative plural); केचिद् (केचित्) (kecit) - some; न (na) - not; अत्र (atra) - here; केचित् (kecit) - some; अपुष्पिताः (apuṣpitāḥ) - unflowering; without flowers; (masculine nominative plural); स्निग्धपत्रफला (snigdhapatraphalā) - having glossy leaves and fruits; (feminine nominative plural); वृक्षा: (vṛkṣāḥ) - trees; (masculine nominative plural); गन्धमादनसानुषु (gandhamādanasānuṣu) - on the slopes of Gandhamādana; (locative plural);]

(Yellow, radiant-colored became the forest creepers. Not here thorny some, not here some unflowering. Glossy-leaved and fruitful trees on the slopes of Gandhamādana.)

The forest creepers became yellow and radiant in color. Here, there were no thorny plants, nor any unflowering ones. The trees on the slopes of Gandhamādana had glossy leaves and fruits. (03-155-65)

विमलस्फटिकाभानि पाण्डुरच्छदनैर्द्विजैः। राजहंसैरुपेतानि सारसाभिरुतानि च ॥ सरांसि सरितः पार्थाः पश्यन्तः शैलसानुषु ॥०३-१५५-६६॥

vimalasphaṭikābhāni pāṇḍuracchadanairdvijaiḥ। rājahaṁsairupetāni sārasābhirutāni ca ॥ sarāṁsi saritaḥ pārthāḥ paśyantaḥ śailasānuṣu ॥03-155-66॥

[विमलस्फटिकाभानि (vimalasphaṭikābhāni) - having the appearance of pure crystal; पाण्डुरच्छदनैः (pāṇḍuracchadanaiḥ) - by those with white plumage; द्विजैः (dvijaiḥ) - by birds (twice-born); राजहंसैः (rājahaṁsaiḥ) - by royal swans; उपेतानि (upetāni) - inhabited by; सारसाभिः (sārasābhiḥ) - by cranes; उतानि (utāni) - resounded with; च (ca) - and; सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes; सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers; पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas); पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ) - seeing; शैलसानुषु (śailasānuṣu) - on the slopes of mountains;]

(The Pāṇḍavas, seeing lakes and rivers having the appearance of pure crystal, inhabited by birds with white plumage, royal swans, resounded with cranes, on the slopes of mountains.)

The Pāṇḍavas beheld lakes and rivers on the mountain slopes, crystal-clear, inhabited by white-plumed birds and royal swans, and resounding with cranes. (03-155-66)

पद्मोत्पलविचित्राणि सुखस्पर्शजलानि च। गन्धवन्ति च माल्यानि रसवन्ति फलानि च ॥ अतीव वृक्षा राजन्ते पुष्पिताः शैलसानुषु ॥०३-१५५-६७॥

padmotpalavicitrāṇi sukhasparśa-jalāni ca। gandhavanti ca mālyāni rasavanti phalāni ca॥ atīva vṛkṣā rājante puṣpitāḥ śailasānuṣu॥03-155-67॥

[पद्मोत्पलविचित्राणि (padmotpalavicitrāṇi) - variegated with lotuses and waterlilies; सुखस्पर्शजलानि (sukhasparśajalāni) - waters pleasant to the touch; च (ca) - and; गन्धवन्ति (gandhavanti) - fragrant; च (ca) - and; माल्यानि (mālyāni) - garlands; रसवन्ति (rasavanti) - full of essence; फलानि (phalāni) - fruits; च (ca) - and; अतीव (atīva) - exceedingly; वृक्षा (vṛkṣāḥ) - trees; राजन्ते (rājante) - shine; पुष्पिताः (puṣpitāḥ) - blossoming; शैलसानुषु (śailasānuṣu) - on the mountain slopes;]

(Variegated with lotuses and waterlilies, waters pleasant to the touch and, fragrant garlands, fruits full of essence and, exceedingly trees shine, blossoming, on the mountain slopes (03-155-67))

Variegated with lotuses and waterlilies, waters pleasant to the touch, fragrant garlands, fruits full of essence, and exceedingly, blossoming trees shine on the mountain slopes. (03-155-67)

एते चान्ये च बहवस्तत्र काननजा द्रुमाः। लताश्च विविधाकाराः पत्रपुष्पफलोच्चयाः ॥०३-१५५-६८॥

ete cānye ca bahavas tatra kānanajā drumāḥ. latāś ca vividhākārāḥ patra-puṣpa-phala-ucchayāḥ ॥03-155-68॥

[एते (ete) - these; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; च (ca) - and; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; तत्र (tatra) - there; काननजा (kānanajā) - forest-born; द्रुमाः (drumāḥ) - trees; लताः (latāḥ) - creepers; च (ca) - and; विविधाकाराः (vividhākārāḥ) - of various forms; पत्र (patra) - leaf; पुष्प (puṣpa) - flower; फल (phala) - fruit; उच्चयाः (ucchayāḥ) - abundant;]

(These and others also, many there forest-born trees, and creepers of various forms, with abundant leaves, flowers, and fruits.)

These, and many others too—forest-born trees there, and creepers of various forms with abundant leaves, flowers, and fruits. (03-155-68)

युधिष्ठिरस्तु तान्वृक्षान्पश्यमानो नगोत्तमे। भीमसेनमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीन्मधुराक्षरम् ॥०३-१५५-६९॥

yudhiṣṭhiras tu tān vṛkṣān paśyamānaḥ nagottame. bhīmasenam idaṁ vākyam abravīn madhurākṣaram ॥03-155-69॥

[युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun; nominative singular; subject); तु (tu) - but; (indeed); तान् (tān) - those; (accusative plural, masculine); वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees; (accusative plural, masculine); पश्यमानः (paśyamānaḥ) - seeing; (present participle, nominative singular masculine); नगोत्तमे (nagottame) - on the excellent mountain; (locative singular, neuter/masculine); भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - to Bhimasena; (proper noun; accusative singular; object); इदं (idaṁ) - this; (accusative singular neuter); वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement; speech; (accusative singular neuter); अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; (imperfect, 3rd person singular); मधुराक्षरम् (madhurākṣaram) - with sweet words; (accusative singular neuter);]

(Yudhishthira but those trees seeing on the excellent mountain to Bhimasena this statement spoke with sweet words.)

But Yudhishthira, seeing those trees on the excellent mountain, spoke this statement with sweet words to Bhimasena. (03-155-69)

पश्य भीम शुभान्देशान्देवाक्रीडान्समन्ततः। अमानुषगतिं प्राप्ताः संसिद्धाः स्म वृकोदर ॥०३-१५५-७०॥

paśya bhīma śubhān deśān devakrīḍān samantataḥ। amānuṣagatiṁ prāptāḥ saṁsiddhāḥ sma vṛkodara ॥03-155-70॥

[पश्य (paśya) - see; observe; भीम (bhīma) - Bhīma (O Bhīma); शुभान् (śubhān) - auspicious; देशान् (deśān) - lands; regions; देवाक्रीडान् (devakrīḍān) - celestial sports; divine sports; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; in all directions; अमानुषगतिम् (amānuṣagatim) - superhuman movement; non-human mode of motion; प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - have attained; have reached; संसिद्धाः (saṁsiddhāḥ) - perfected ones; accomplished; स्म (sma) - indeed; truly; वृकोदर (vṛkodara) - Vṛkodara (O Vṛkodara, Bhīma);]

(See, Bhīma, auspicious lands, divine sports all around; superhuman movement attained, perfected ones indeed, O Vṛkodara.)

See, Bhīma, these auspicious regions and the divine sports happening all around; those perfected beings have truly attained a superhuman state, O Vṛkodara. (03-155-70)

लताभिश्चैव बह्वीभिः पुष्पिताः पादपोत्तमाः। संश्लिष्टाः पार्थ शोभन्ते गन्धमादनसानुषु ॥०३-१५५-७१॥

latābhiś caiva bahvībhiḥ puṣpitāḥ pādapottamāḥ। saṃśliṣṭāḥ pārtha śobhante gandhamādanasānuṣu॥03-155-71॥

[लताभिः (latābhiḥ) - with creepers; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; बह्वीभिः (bahvībhiḥ) - many; पुष्पिताः (puṣpitāḥ) - blossoming; पादपोत्तमाः (pādapottamāḥ) - excellent trees; संश्लिष्टाः (saṃśliṣṭāḥ) - embraced; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha; शोभन्ते (śobhante) - shine; गन्धमादनसानुषु (gandhamādanasānuṣu) - on the slopes of Gandhamādana;]

(With creepers and indeed with many (creepers), blossoming excellent trees, embraced, O Pārtha, shine on the slopes of Gandhamādana.)

O Pārtha, on the slopes of Gandhamādana, the blossoming excellent trees, entwined with many creepers, shine brilliantly. (03-155-71)

शिखण्डिनीभिश्चरतां सहितानां शिखण्डिनाम्। नर्दतां शृणु निर्घोषं भीम पर्वतसानुषु ॥०३-१५५-७२॥

śikhaṇḍinībhiścaratāṃ sahitānāṃ śikhaṇḍinām। nardatāṃ śṛṇu nirghoṣaṃ bhīma parvatasānuṣu॥03-155-72॥

[शिखण्डिनीभिः (śikhaṇḍinībhiḥ) - with feminine crested ones; चरतां (caratām) - of those moving; सहितानां (sahitānām) - united; शिखण्डिनाम् (śikhaṇḍinām) - of (male) crested ones; नर्दतां (nardatām) - of those roaring; शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear; निर्घोषं (nirghoṣam) - resounding sound; भीम (bhīma) - terrible; पर्वतसानुषु (parvatasānuṣu) - on the slopes of the mountains;]

(With the crested females, of the moving, united crested ones, of the roaring, hear the resounding sound, terrible, on the mountain slopes.)

Hear the terrible resounding sound of the roaring, united crested males together with crested females, moving on the slopes of the mountains. (03-155-72)

चकोराः शतपत्राश्च मत्तकोकिलशारिकाः। पत्रिणः पुष्पितानेतान्संश्लिष्यन्ति महाद्रुमान् ॥०३-१५५-७३॥

cakorāḥ śatapatrāś ca matta-kokila-śārikāḥ| patriṇaḥ puṣpitān etān saṁśliṣyanti mahādrumān ॥03-155-73॥

[चकोराः (cakorāḥ) - chakora birds; शतपत्राः (śatapatrāḥ) - lotus-birds; च (ca) - and; मत्तकोकिलशारिकाः (matta-kokila-śārikāḥ) - intoxicated cuckoos and starlings; पत्रिणः (patriṇaḥ) - leafy ones (birds); पुष्पितान् (puṣpitān) - blossoming; एतान् (etān) - these; संस्श्लिष्यन्ति (saṁśliṣyanti) - cling to; महाद्रुमान् (mahādrumān) - great trees;]

(Chakorāḥ, lotus-birds and intoxicated cuckoos and starlings, leafy ones, these blossoming great trees cling to.)

The chakora birds, lotus-birds, intoxicated cuckoos and starlings, and other leaf-dwelling birds, cling to these blossoming great trees. (3-155-73)

रक्तपीतारुणाः पार्थ पादपाग्रगता द्विजाः। परस्परमुदीक्षन्ते बहवो जीवजीवकाः ॥०३-१५५-७४॥

raktapītāruṇāḥ pārtha pādapāgragatā dvijāḥ। parasparamudīkṣante bahavo jīvajīvakāḥ ॥03-155-74॥

[रक्तपीतारुणाः (raktapītāruṇāḥ) - red, yellow, and reddish; पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā; पादपाग्रगता (pādapāgragatā) - having reached the tops of trees; द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - twice-born (birds); परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other; उदीक्षन्ते (udīkṣante) - look at; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; जीवजीवकाः (jīvajīvakāḥ) - jīvajīvaka birds (a kind of parrot);]

(Red, yellow, and reddish, O son of Pṛthā, having reached the tops of trees, twice-born (birds), at each other look, many jīvajīvaka birds.)

O Pārtha, many jīvajīvaka birds, red, yellow, and reddish in color, have reached the tops of the trees and are looking at each other. (03-155-74)

हरितारुणवर्णानां शाद्वलानां समन्ततः। सारसाः प्रतिदृश्यन्ते शैलप्रस्रवणेष्वपि ॥०३-१५५-७५॥

haritāruṇavarṇānāṃ śādvalānāṃ samantataḥ। sārasāḥ pratidṛśyante śailaprasravaṇeṣv api ॥03-155-75॥

[हरितारुणवर्णानां (haritāruṇavarṇānāṃ) - of (those having) green-red hue; शाद्वलानां (śādvalānāṃ) - of the grassy patches; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; सारसाः (sārasāḥ) - cranes; प्रतिदृश्यन्ते (pratidṛśyante) - are seen; शैलप्रस्रवणेषु (śailaprasravaṇeṣu) - in the mountain springs; अपि (api) - also;]

(Of those (having) green-red hue grassy patches all around, cranes are seen in the mountain springs also.)

Cranes are seen all around the grassy spots with green-red hues, and also at the mountain springs. (03-155-75)

वदन्ति मधुरा वाचः सर्वभूतमनोनुगाः। भृङ्गराजोपचक्राश्च लोहपृष्ठाश्च पत्रिणः ॥०३-१५५-७६॥

vadanti madhurā vācaḥ sarva-bhūta-mano-anugāḥ. bhṛṅga-rāja-upacakrāś ca loha-pṛṣṭhāś ca patriṇaḥ ॥03-155-76॥

[वदन्ति (vadanti) - they speak; मधुरा (madhurā) - sweet; वाचः (vācaḥ) - words; सर्वभूतमनोनुगाः (sarva-bhūta-mano-anugāḥ) - following (being agreeable to) the minds of all beings; भृङ्गराजोपचक्राः (bhṛṅga-rāja-upacakrāḥ) - having whorls of flowers resembling king of bees (bhṛṅgarāja flowers); च (ca) - and; लोहपृष्ठाः (loha-pṛṣṭhāḥ) - with iron-spined (having iron-like surface); च (ca) - and; पत्रिणः (patriṇaḥ) - the leaf-bearing ones (plants/trees);]

(They speak sweet words following the minds of all beings; and the leaf-bearing ones have whorls of flowers resembling the king of bees, and have iron surfaces.)

They utter sweet words that are agreeable to the mind of all beings; and these leafy plants possess whorled flowers like the bhṛṅgarāja and iron-like surfaces. (03-155-76)

चतुर्विषाणाः पद्माभाः कुञ्जराः सकरेणवः। एते वैडूर्यवर्णाभं क्षोभयन्ति महत्सरः ॥०३-१५५-७७॥

catur-viṣāṇāḥ padmābhāḥ kuñjarāḥ sakareṇavaḥ। ete vaiḍūrya-varṇābhaṃ kṣobhayanti mahat-saraḥ ॥03-155-77॥

[चतुर्विषाणाः (catur-viṣāṇāḥ) - four-tusked; पद्माभाः (padma-ābhāḥ) - lotus-radiant; कुञ्जराः (kuñjarāḥ) - elephants; सकरेणवः (sa-kareṇavaḥ) - with their mates; एते (ete) - these; वैडूर्यवर्णाभं (vaiḍūrya-varṇābham) - beryl-colored; क्षोभयन्ति (kṣobhayanti) - agitate; महत्सरः (mahat-saraḥ) - great lake;]

(Four-tusked, lotus-radiant elephants, with their mates, these beryl-colored agitate the great lake.)

These four-tusked, lotus-radiant elephants, together with their mates, agitate the great beryl-colored lake. (3-155-77)

बहुतालसमुत्सेधाः शैलशृङ्गात्परिच्युताः। नानाप्रस्रवणेभ्यश्च वारिधाराः पतन्त्यमूः ॥०३-१५५-७८॥

bahutālasamutsedhāḥ śailaśṛṅgāt paricyutāḥ। nānāprasravaṇebhyaś ca vāridhārāḥ patantyamūḥ ॥03-155-78॥

[बहुतालसमुत्सेधाः (bahutālasamutsedhāḥ) - with many elevations; of great height; शैलशृङ्गात् (śailaśṛṅgāt) - from mountain peaks; परिच्युताः (paricyutāḥ) - having fallen; नाना-प्रस्रवणेभ्यः (nānā-prasravanebhyaḥ) - from various springs; च (ca) - and; वारिधाराः (vāridhārāḥ) - streams of water; पतन्ति (patanti) - fall; अमूः (amūḥ) - these;]

(Streams of water, of great height, having fallen from the mountain peaks, and from various springs, these fall.)

These streams of water, with great elevations, fall from mountain peaks and various springs.

भास्कराभप्रभा भीम शारदाभ्रघनोपमाः। शोभयन्ति महाशैलं नानारजतधातवः ॥०३-१५५-७९॥

bhāskarābhaprabhā bhīma śāradābhraghanopamāḥ। śobhayanti mahāśailaṃ nānā-rajata-dhātavaḥ॥03-155-79॥

[भास्कराभप्रभाः (bhāskarābhaprabhāḥ) - having luster like the radiance of the sun; भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - mighty; शारद-अभ्र-घन-उपमाः (śāradābhra-ghana-upamāḥ) - comparable to autumn-cloud masses; शोभयन्ति (śobhayanti) - adorn; महाशैलम् (mahāśailam) - the great mountain; नाना-रजत-धातवः (nānā-rajata-dhātavaḥ) - various silver ores;]

(Having luster like the radiance of the sun, mighty, comparable to autumn-cloud masses, various silver ores adorn the great mountain.)

Various kinds of silver ores, mighty and shining like the sun and resembling masses of autumn clouds, adorn the great mountain. (03-155-79)

क्वचिदञ्जनवर्णाभाः क्वचित्काञ्चनसंनिभाः। धातवो हरितालस्य क्वचिद्धिङ्गुलकस्य च ॥०३-१५५-८०॥

kvacid añjanavarṇābhāḥ kvacit kāñcanasaṃnibhāḥ। dhātavo haritālasya kvacid dhingulakasya ca ॥03-155-80॥

[क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere; अञ्जनवर्णाभाः (añjanavarṇābhāḥ) - having the appearance of the color of collyrium; क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere; काञ्चनसंनिभाः (kāñcanasaṃnibhāḥ) - having the resemblance of gold; धातवः (dhātavaḥ) - ores; हरितालस्य (haritālasya) - of haritāla (orpiment); क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere; धिङ्गुलकस्य (dhingulakasya) - of dhingulaka (cinnabar); च (ca) - and;]

(Somewhere having the appearance of the color of collyrium, somewhere having the resemblance of gold, the ores of haritāla, somewhere of dhingulaka and;)

In some places, the ores appear like the color of collyrium, in some places resembling gold; there are ores of haritāla (orpiment), and in some places of dhingulaka (cinnabar). (03-155-80)

मनःशिलागुहाश्चैव सन्ध्याभ्रनिकरोपमाः। शशलोहितवर्णाभाः क्वचिद्गैरिकधातवः ॥०३-१५५-८१॥

manaḥśilāguhāścaiva sandhyābhra-nikaropamāḥ| śaśalohita-varṇābhāḥ kvacid gairika-dhātavaḥ ॥03-155-81॥

[मनःशिला (manaḥśilā) - realgar (a red mineral); गुहाः (guhāḥ) - caves; चैव (caiva) - and also; सन्ध्या (sandhyā) - twilight; अभ्र (abhra) - cloud; निकर (nikara) - multitude; group; उपमाः (upamāḥ) - like; comparable; शशलोहित (śaśalohita) - rabbit-blood (deep red); वर्णाभाः (varṇābhāḥ) - color; appearance; क्वचित् (kvacit) - in some places; गैरिक (gairika) - red ochre; धातवः (dhātavaḥ) - ores; minerals;]

(Realgar caves and also, like the multitude of twilight clouds; with appearance of rabbit-blood color, in some places, red ochre minerals.)

There are caves of realgar, like masses of clouds at twilight; in some places, minerals of red ochre appear with a hue like rabbit's blood. (03-155-81)

सितासिताभ्रप्रतिमा बालसूर्यसमप्रभाः। एते बहुविधाः शैलं शोभयन्ति महाप्रभाः ॥०३-१५५-८२॥

sitāsitābhra-pratimā bāla-sūrya-sama-prabhāḥ। ete bahu-vidhāḥ śailaṃ śobhayanti mahā-prabhāḥ॥03-155-82॥

[सितासिताभ्रप्रतिमा (sitāsitābhra-pratimā) - white-black-cloud-like;, बालसूर्यसमप्रभाः (bāla-sūrya-sama-prabhāḥ) - having radiance equal to the rising sun;, एते (ete) - these;, बहुविधाः (bahu-vidhāḥ) - of many kinds;, शैलं (śailam) - the mountain;, शोभयन्ति (śobhayanti) - adorn;, महाप्रभाः (mahā-prabhāḥ) - greatly radiant ones;]

(White-black-cloud-like, having radiance equal to the rising sun, these of many kinds adorn the mountain, greatly radiant ones.)

These, resembling white and black clouds and possessing radiance like the rising sun, of various kinds, greatly illuminate and adorn the mountain. (03-155-82)

गन्धर्वाः सह कान्ताभिर्यथोक्तं वृषपर्वणा। दृश्यन्ते शैलशृङ्गेषु पार्थ किम्पुरुषैः सह ॥०३-१५५-८३॥

gandharvāḥ saha kāntābhiḥ yathoktaṃ vṛṣaparvaṇā। dṛśyante śailaśṛṅgeṣu pārtha kimpuruṣaiḥ saha ॥03-155-83॥

[गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - gandharvas; (celestial beings); सह (saha) - together with; along with; कान्ताभिः (kāntābhiḥ) - with beloved women; (by) beloveds; यथोक्तं (yathoktaṃ) - as described; as said; वृषपर्वणा (vṛṣaparvaṇā) - by Vṛṣaparvan; दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen; appear; शैलशृङ्गेषु (śailaśṛṅgeṣu) - on mountain peaks; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha; O son of Pṛthā; किम्पुरुषैः (kimpuruṣaiḥ) - with kimpuruṣas; सह (saha) - with; along with;]

(Gandharvas together with beloved women, as described by Vṛṣaparvan, are seen on mountain peaks, O Pārtha, together with kimpuruṣas.)

O Pārtha, the gandharvas with their beloved women, as described by Vṛṣaparvan, are seen on the mountain peaks together with the kimpuruṣas. (03-155-83)

गीतानां तलतालानां यथा साम्नां च निस्वनः। श्रूयते बहुधा भीम सर्वभूतमनोहरः ॥०३-१५५-८४॥

gītānāṃ talatālānāṃ yathā sāmnāṃ ca nisvanaḥ। śrūyate bahudhā bhīma sarvabhūtamanoharaḥ॥03-155-84॥

[गीतानां (gītānāṃ) - of songs; of melodies; तलतालानां (talatālānāṃ) - of drums; of percussion instruments; यथा (yathā) - just as; as; साम्नां (sāmnāṃ) - of sāman chants; of (Sāma Vedic) hymns; च (ca) - and; निस्वनः (nisvanaḥ) - resonance; sound; echo; श्रूयते (śrūyate) - is heard; बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways; manifoldly; भीम (bhīma) - terrible; fearful; immense; सर्वभूतमनोहरः (sarvabhūtamanoharaḥ) - enchanting to all beings; pleasing to all creatures;]

(Of songs, of drums, just as of hymns and the resonance, is heard in many ways, terrible, enchanting to all beings.)

Just as the sounds of songs, drums, and hymns are heard in many forms—a dreadful yet enchanting resonance to all beings. (03-155-84)

महागङ्गामुदीक्षस्व पुण्यां देवनदीं शुभाम्। कलहंसगणैर्जुष्टामृषिकिंनरसेविताम् ॥०३-१५५-८५॥

mahāgaṅgām udīkṣasva puṇyāṃ deva-nadīṃ śubhām। kalahaṃsa-gaṇair juṣṭām ṛṣikinnara-sevitām ॥03-155-85॥

[महागङ्गाम् (mahāgaṅgām) - the great Ganges; उदीक्षस्व (udīkṣasva) - behold; पुण्यां (puṇyām) - holy; देवनदीम् (deva-nadīm) - the divine river; शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious; कलहंसगणैः (kalahaṃsa-gaṇaiḥ) - by flocks of royal swans; जुष्टाम् (juṣṭām) - adorned; ऋषिकिंनरसेविताम् (ṛṣikinnara-sevitām) - attended by sages and kinnaras;]

(Behold the great Ganges, the holy, divine, and auspicious river, adorned by flocks of royal swans, attended by sages and kinnaras.)

Behold the great Ganga, the holy and auspicious divine river, adorned by flocks of royal swans and attended by sages and kinnaras. (03-155-85)

धातुभिश्च सरिद्भिश्च किंनरैर्मृगपक्षिभिः। गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च काननैश्च मनोरमैः ॥०३-१५५-८६॥

dhātubhiś ca saridbhiś ca kiṁnarair mṛga-pakṣibhiḥ| gandharvair apsarobhiś ca kānanair ca manoramaīḥ ॥03-155-86॥

[धातुभिः (dhātubhiḥ) - by minerals;, च (ca) - and;, सरिद्भिः (saridbhiḥ) - by rivers;, च (ca) - and;, किंनरैः (kiṁnaraiḥ) - by Kiṁnaras;, मृगपक्षिभिः (mṛga-pakṣibhiḥ) - by wild animals and birds;, गन्धर्वैः (gandharvaiḥ) - by Gandharvas;, अप्सरोभिः (apsarobhiḥ) - by Apsarases;, च (ca) - and;, काननैः (kānanaiḥ) - by forests;, च (ca) - and;, मनोरमैः (manoramaīḥ) - by delightful ones;]

(By minerals and by rivers and by Kiṁnaras, wild animals and birds, by Gandharvas, Apsarases and by forests and delightful ones.)

With minerals, rivers, Kiṁnaras, wild animals and birds, Gandharvas, Apsarases, and with beautiful forests. (03-155-86)

व्यालैश्च विविधाकारैः शतशीर्षैः समन्ततः। उपेतं पश्य कौन्तेय शैलराजमरिंदम ॥०३-१५५-८७॥

vyālaiḥ ca vividhākāraiḥ śataśīrṣaiḥ samantataḥ| upetaṃ paśya kaunteya śailarāja-marindama ॥03-155-87॥

[व्यालैः (vyālaiḥ) - with serpents; च (ca) - and; विविधाकारैः (vividhākāraiḥ) - of various forms; शतशीर्षैः (śataśīrṣaiḥ) - with a hundred heads; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides; उपेतं (upetam) - surrounded; पश्य (paśya) - behold; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; शैलराज (śailarāja) - king of mountains; मरिंदम (marindama) - O subduer of enemies;]

(With serpents and of various forms, with a hundred heads on all sides, surrounded, behold, O Kaunteya, king of mountains, O subduer of enemies. (03-155-87))

Behold, O son of Kunti, the king of mountains, surrounded on all sides by serpents of various forms and a hundred heads, O subduer of enemies. (03-155-87)

ते प्रीतमनसः शूराः प्राप्ता गतिमनुत्तमाम्। नातृप्यन्पर्वतेन्द्रस्य दर्शनेन परन्तपाः ॥०३-१५५-८८॥

te prītamanasaḥ śūrāḥ prāptā gatimanuttamām। nātṛpyan parvatendrasya darśanena parantapāḥ ॥03-155-88॥

[ते (te) - they; प्रीतमनसः (prītamanasaḥ) - with joyful minds; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - having attained; गतिम् (gatim) - state; अनुत्तमाम् (anuttamām) - unsurpassed; न (na) - not; अतृप्यन् (atṛpyan) - were satisfied; पर्वतेन्द्रस्य (parvatendrasya) - of the king of mountains; दर्शनेन (darśanena) - by the sight; परन्तपाः (parantapāḥ) - scorchers of foes;]

(They, with joyful minds, heroes, having attained an unsurpassed state, not were satisfied by the sight of the king of mountains, scorchers of foes.)

Though the heroes with joyful minds had attained the unsurpassed state, the enemy-tormenters were not satisfied merely by seeing the king of mountains. (03-155-88)

उपेतमथ माल्यैश्च फलवद्भिश्च पादपैः। आर्ष्टिषेणस्य राजर्षेराश्रमं ददृशुस्तदा ॥०३-१५५-८९॥

upetamaṯha mālyaiśca phalavadbhiśca pādapaiḥ. ārṣṭiṣeṇasya rājarṣerāśramaṁ dadṛśustadā ॥03-155-89॥

[उपेतम् (upetam) - adorned; surrounded; अथ (atha) - then; माल्यैः (mālyaiḥ) - with garlands; च (ca) - and; फलवद्भिः (phalavadbhiḥ) - with fruit-bearing; च (ca) - and; पादपैः (pādapaiḥ) - with trees; आर्ष्टिषेणस्य (ārṣṭiṣeṇasya) - of Ārṣṭiṣeṇa; राजर्षेः (rājarṣeḥ) - of the royal sage; आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; तदा (tadā) - then;]

(Adorned then with garlands and with fruit-bearing trees, the hermitage of Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, the royal sage, they saw then.)

Then they saw the hermitage of Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, the royal sage, which was adorned with garlands and fruit-laden trees. (03-155-89)

ततस्तं तीव्रतपसं कृशं धमनिसन्ततम्। पारगं सर्वधर्माणामार्ष्टिषेणमुपागमन् ॥०३-१५५-९०॥

tatas taṁ tīvra-tapasaṁ kṛśaṁ dhamani-santatam। pāragam sarva-dharmāṇām ārṣṭiṣeṇam upāgaman ॥03-155-90॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; तम् (tam) - him; तीव्रतपसम् (tīvra-tapasam) - of intense austerity; कृशम् (kṛśam) - emaciated; धमनि-सन्ततम् (dhamani-santatam) - veins prominent; पारगम् (pāragam) - one who has crossed over; सर्वधर्माणाम् (sarva-dharmāṇām) - of all dharmas; आर्ष्टिषेणम् (ārṣṭiṣeṇam) - Arṣṭiṣeṇa (proper name); उपागमन् (upāgaman) - approached;]

(Thereafter, him, of intense austerity, emaciated, veins prominent, one who has crossed over all dharmas, Arṣṭiṣeṇa, approached.)

After that, Arṣṭiṣeṇa, who had performed intense austerity, was emaciated, with prominent veins, and who had transcended all dharmas, was approached. (03-155-90)