03.166

अर्जुन उवाच॥

arjuna uvāca॥

[अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he) spoke;]

(Arjuna said;)

Arjuna said.

ततोऽहं स्तूयमानस्तु तत्र तत्र महर्षिभिः। अपश्यमुदधिं भीममपाम्पतिमथाव्ययम् ॥०३-१६६-१॥

tato'haṃ stūyamānastu tatra tatra maharṣibhiḥ। apaśyamudadhiṃ bhīmam apāmpatim athāvyayam॥03-166-1॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अहम् (aham) - I; स्तूयमानः (stūyamānaḥ) - being praised; तु (tu) - but; तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there; महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by great sages; अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw; उदधिम् (udadhim) - the ocean; भीमम् (bhīmam) - terrible; अपाम् (apām) - of waters; पतिम् (patim) - lord; अथ (atha) - then; अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable;]

(Then I, being praised but here and there by great sages, I saw the terribly fearful, imperishable lord of waters, the ocean.)

Then, as I was being praised here and there by the great sages, I saw the dreadful, imperishable lord of waters—the ocean. (03-166-1)

फेनवत्यः प्रकीर्णाश्च संहताश्च समुच्छ्रिताः। ऊर्मयश्चात्र दृश्यन्ते चलन्त इव पर्वताः ॥ नावः सहस्रशस्तत्र रत्नपूर्णाः समन्ततः ॥०३-१६६-२॥

phenavatyaḥ prakīrṇāś ca saṃhatāś ca samucchritāḥ। ūrmayaś cātra dṛśyante calanta iva parvatāḥ ॥ nāvaḥ sahasraśas tatra ratnapūrṇāḥ samantataḥ ॥03-166-2॥

[फेनवत्यः (phenavatyaḥ) - having foam; प्रकीर्णाः (prakīrṇāḥ) - scattered; च (ca) - and; संहताः (saṃhatāḥ) - compact; च (ca) - and; समुच्छ्रिताः (samucchritāḥ) - lofty; ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves; च (ca) - and; अत्र (atra) - here; दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen; चलन्त (calanta) - moving; इव (iva) - as if; पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains; नावः (nāvaḥ) - boats; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; तत्र (tatra) - there; रत्नपूर्णाः (ratnapūrṇāḥ) - filled with jewels; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around;]

(having foam, scattered and compact and lofty waves also here are seen moving as if mountains. Boats by thousands there filled with jewels all around.)

Here, foam-crested, scattered, compact, and lofty waves are seen, moving like mountains. There, thousands of boats filled with jewels are all around. (03-166-2)

तिमिङ्गिलाः कच्छपाश्च तथा तिमितिमिङ्गिलाः। मकराश्चात्र दृश्यन्ते जले मग्ना इवाद्रयः ॥०३-१६६-३॥

timiṅgilāḥ kacchapāś ca tathā timitimiṅgilāḥ। makarāś cātra dṛśyante jale magnā ivādrayaḥ॥03-166-3॥

[तिमिङ्गिलाः (timiṅgilāḥ) - great aquatic creatures (Timiṅgila); कच्छपाः (kacchapāḥ) - tortoises; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - as well as; तिमितिमिङ्गिलाः (timitimiṅgilāḥ) - gigantic whales; मकराः (makarāḥ) - crocodiles; च (ca) - and; अत्र (atra) - here; दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen; जले (jale) - in the water; मग्नाः (magnāḥ) - submerged; इव (iva) - like; अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains;]

(Timiṅgila, tortoises and also gigantic whales; crocodiles and here are seen in the water submerged like mountains.)

Huge timiṅgila fishes, tortoises, and gigantic whales, as well as crocodiles, are seen here in the water, submerged like mountains. (03-166-3)

शङ्खानां च सहस्राणि मग्नान्यप्सु समन्ततः। दृश्यन्ते स्म यथा रात्रौ तारास्तन्वभ्रसंवृताः ॥०३-१६६-४॥

śaṅkhānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi magnāny apsu samantataḥ। dṛśyante sma yathā rātrau tārās tanv-abhrasaṃvṛtāḥ ॥03-166-4॥

[शङ्खानां (śaṅkhānāṃ) - of conch-shells; च (ca) - and; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; मग्नानि (magnāni) - sunken; अप्सु (apsu) - in water; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - were seen; स्म (sma) - indeed; यथा (yathā) - like; as; रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night; ताराः (tārāḥ) - stars; तन्वभ्रसंवृताः (tanv-abhrasaṃvṛtāḥ) - covered by thin clouds;]

(Of conch-shells and thousands sunken in water all around were seen indeed like at night stars covered by thin clouds.)

Thousands of conch-shells, sunken in water all around, were seen, just as stars are seen at night covered by thin clouds. (03-166-4)

तथा सहस्रशस्तत्र रत्नसङ्घाः प्लवन्त्युत। वायुश्च घूर्णते भीमस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥०३-१६६-५॥

tathā sahasraśas tatra ratnasaṅghāḥ plavanty uta। vāyuś ca ghūrṇate bhīmas tad adbhutam ivābhavat॥03-166-5॥

[तथा (tathā) - thus; सहस्रशः (sahasraśas) - by thousands; तत्र (tatra) - there; रत्नसङ्घाः (ratnasaṅghāḥ) - assemblies of jewels; प्लवन्ति (plavanti) - float; उत (uta) - indeed; वायुः (vāyuḥ) - the wind; च (ca) - and; घूर्णते (ghūrṇate) - swirls; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - terrible; तत् (tat) - that; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wondrous; इव (iva) - as if; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]

(Thus by thousands there assemblies of jewels float indeed. The wind also swirls, terrible, that became as if wondrous.)

Thus, by the thousands, assemblies of jewels floated there. The wind also swirled fiercely, and it all appeared truly wondrous (03-166-5).

तमतीत्य महावेगं सर्वाम्भोनिधिमुत्तमम्। अपश्यं दानवाकीर्णं तद्दैत्यपुरमन्तिकात् ॥०३-१६६-६॥

tam atītya mahā-vegaṃ sarva-ambho-nidhim uttamam। apaśyaṃ dānava-ākīrṇaṃ tat daitya-pura-antikāt॥03-166-6॥

[तम् (tam) - him; (that one); अतीत्य (atītya) - having crossed; (surpassing; passing over;) महावेगम् (mahā-vegam) - great speed; (of great force;) सर्वाम्भोनिधिम् (sarva-ambho-nidhim) - all-ocean; (the entire ocean;) उत्तमम् (uttamam) - best; (most excellent; superior;) अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw; (I perceived;) दानवाकीर्णम् (dānava-ākīrṇam) - filled with Dānavas; (thronged by demons;) तत् (tat) - that; (that one, then;) दैत्यपुरमन्तिकात् (daitya-pura-antikāt) - from near the city of Daityas; (from the vicinity of the Daitya-city;);]

(Having crossed him with great speed, the best of all oceans, I saw that (place) filled with Dānavas from near the city of Daityas.)

Having passed him with great speed and crossed the best of all oceans, I saw that place crowded with Dānavas near the city of the Daityas. (03-166-6)

तत्रैव मातलिस्तूर्णं निपत्य पृथिवीतले। नादयन्रथघोषेण तत्पुरं समुपाद्रवत् ॥०३-१६६-७॥

tatraiva mātalis tūrṇaṃ nipatya pṛthivī-tale। nādayan ratha-ghoṣeṇa tat-puraṃ samupādravat ॥03-166-7॥

[तत्रैव (tatraiva) - right there; मातलि: (mātaliḥ) - Mātali; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - swiftly; निपत्य (nipatya) - having descended; पृथिवीतले (pṛthivī-tale) - on the earth's surface; नादयन् (nādayan) - making resound; रथघोषेण (ratha-ghoṣeṇa) - with the chariot’s noise; तत् (tat) - that; पुरम् (puram) - city; समुपाद्रवत् (samupādravat) - he quickly approached;]

(Right there Mātali, swiftly having descended on the earth's surface, making resound with the chariot’s noise, that city he quickly approached.)

Mātali, right there, swiftly descended to the earth's surface and, making the city resound with the noise of his chariot, quickly approached that city. (03-166-7)

रथघोषं तु तं श्रुत्वा स्तनयित्नोरिवाम्बरे। मन्वाना देवराजं मां संविग्ना दानवाभवन् ॥०३-१६६-८॥

rathaghoṣaṃ tu taṃ śrutvā stanayitnor ivāmbare। manvānā devarājaṃ māṃ saṃvignā dānavābhavan ॥03-166-8॥

[रथघोषम् (rathaghoṣam) - chariot-sound; तु (tu) - but; तम् (tam) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; स्तनयित्नोः (stanayitnoḥ) - of thunder; इव (iva) - like; अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky; मन्वानाः (manvānāḥ) - thinking; देवराजम् (devarājam) - the king of the gods; माम् (mām) - me; संविग्नाः (saṃvignāḥ) - alarmed; दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - the Dānavas; अभवन् (abhavan) - became;]

(Having heard that chariot-sound, but, like the thunder in the sky, thinking me to be the king of the gods, the Dānavas became alarmed.)

When they heard that chariot-sound, which was like thunder in the sky, the Dānavas, thinking I was the king of the gods, became alarmed. (03-166-8)

सर्वे सम्भ्रान्तमनसः शरचापधराः स्थिताः। तथा शूलासिपरशुगदामुसलपाणयः ॥०३-१६६-९॥

sarve sambhrāntamanasaḥ śaracāpadharāḥ sthitāḥ। tathā śūlāsiparaśugadāmusalapāṇayaḥ॥03-166-9॥

[सर्वे (sarve) - all; सम्भ्रान्तमनसः (sambhrāntamanasaḥ) - with agitated minds; शरचापधराः (śaracāpadharāḥ) - bearing arrows and bows; स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - stood; तथा (tathā) - likewise; शूलासिपरशुगदामुसलपाणयः (śūlāsiparaśugadāmusalapāṇayaḥ) - holding spears, swords, axes, maces, clubs (in their hands);]

(All with agitated minds, bearing arrows and bows, stood; likewise, holding spears, swords, axes, maces, clubs (in their hands).)

All, with disturbed minds, stood bearing arrows and bows; similarly, others held spears, swords, axes, maces, and clubs in their hands. (03-166-9)

ततो द्वाराणि पिदधुर्दानवास्त्रस्तचेतसः। संविधाय पुरे रक्षां न स्म कश्चन दृश्यते ॥०३-१६६-१०॥

tato dvārāṇi pidadhur dānavās trasta-cetasaḥ। saṃvidhāya pure rakṣāṃ na sma kaścana dṛśyate॥03-166-10॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; द्वाराणि (dvārāṇi) - doors; पिदधुः (pidadhur) - closed; दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - Dānavas; त्रस्तचेतसः (trasta-cetasaḥ) - with frightened minds; संविधाय (saṃvidhāya) - having arranged; पुरे (pure) - in the city; रक्षाम् (rakṣām) - defense; न (na) - not; स्म (sma) - indeed; कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen;]

(Then the Dānavas with frightened minds closed the doors, having arranged defense in the city; indeed, not anyone is seen.)

Then the Dānavas, their minds full of fear, closed the doors and arranged defenses in the city; not a single person was seen. (3-166-10)

ततः शङ्खमुपादाय देवदत्तं महास्वनम्। पुरमासुरमाश्लिष्य प्राधमं तं शनैरहम् ॥०३-१६६-११॥

tataḥ śaṅkham upādāya devadattaṃ mahāsvanam। puram āsuram āśliṣya prādhamaṃ taṃ śanair aham ॥03-166-11॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon; शङ्खम् (śaṅkham) - conch; उपादाय (upādāya) - having taken; देवदत्तं (devadattam) - Devadatta (name of a conch); महास्वनम् (mahāsvanam) - great-sounding; पुरम् (puram) - city; आसुरम् (āsuram) - of the Asura (demonic); आश्लिष्य (āśliṣya) - having embraced (or, having reached/encircled); प्राधमम् (prādhamaṃ) - at first (the very first); तं (taṃ) - that; शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly; अहम् (aham) - I;]

(Thereupon, having taken the conch named Devadatta, great-sounding, having embraced the city of the Asura, at first, that, slowly, I.)

Thereupon, I slowly took up the great-sounding conch Devadatta, encircled the city of the Asura, and first approached it. (03-166-11)

स तु शब्दो दिवं स्तब्ध्वा प्रतिशब्दमजीजनत्। वित्रेसुश्च निलिल्युश्च भूतानि सुमहान्त्यपि ॥०३-१६६-१२॥

sa tu śabdo divaṃ stabdhvā pratiśabdam ajījanat। vitresuś ca nililyuś ca bhūtāni sumahānty api॥03-166-12॥

[स (sa) - he; or that; तु (tu) - but; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; दिवम् (divam) - sky; स्तब्ध्वा (stabdhvā) - having reached; प्रतिशब्दम् (pratiśabdam) - echo; अजीजनत् (ajījanat) - produced; वित्रेसुः (vitresuḥ) - became terrified; च (ca) - and; निलिल्युः (nililyuḥ) - they hid; च (ca) - and; भूतानि (bhūtāni) - creatures; सुमहान्ति (sumahānti) - very great; अपि (api) - even;]

(He but sound sky having reached echo produced. Terrified and they hid and creatures very great even.)

But that sound, having reached the sky, produced an echo. The creatures, even the very great ones, became terrified and hid. (03-166-12)

ततो निवातकवचाः सर्व एव समन्ततः। दंशिता विविधैस्त्राणैर्विविधायुधपाणयः ॥०३-१६६-१३॥

tato nivātakavacāḥ sarva eva samantataḥ। daṃśitā vividhāistrāṇairvividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ ॥03-166-13॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; निवातकवचाः (nivātakavacāḥ) - the Nivātakavacas; सर्व (sarva) - all; एव (eva) - only; indeed; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides; दंशिताः (daṃśitāḥ) - cased; armed; protected; विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - various; त्राणैः (trāṇaiḥ) - protections; armors; विविधायुधपाणयः (vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ) - holding various weapons;]

(Then the Nivātakavacas, all indeed on all sides, armed with various protections, holding various weapons.)

Then all the Nivātakavacas, on all sides, were armed with various protections and holding various weapons. (03-166-13)

आयसैश्च महाशूलैर्गदाभिर्मुसलैरपि। पट्टिशैः करवालैश्च रथचक्रैश्च भारत ॥०३-१६६-१४॥

āyasaiś ca mahāśūlair gadābhir musalair api. paṭṭiśaiḥ karavālaiś ca rathacakraiś ca bhārata ॥03-166-14॥

[आयसैः (āyasaiḥ) - with iron (weapons); च (ca) - and; महाशूलैः (mahāśūlaiḥ) - with great spears; गदाभिः (gadābhiḥ) - with clubs; मुसलैः (musalaiḥ) - with pestles; अपि (api) - also; पट्टिशैः (paṭṭiśaiḥ) - with lances; करवालैः (karavālaiḥ) - with swords; च (ca) - and; रथचक्रैः (rathacakraiḥ) - with chariot wheels; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]

(With iron (weapons) and with great spears, with clubs, with pestles also, with lances, with swords and with chariot wheels and, O Bhārata.)

O Bhārata, (they fought) with iron weapons and great spears, with clubs, pestles, lances, swords, and chariot wheels.

शतघ्नीभिर्भुशुण्डीभिः खड्गैश्चित्रैः स्वलङ्कृतैः। प्रगृहीतैर्दितेः पुत्राः प्रादुरासन्सहस्रशः ॥०३-१६६-१५॥

śataghnībhiḥ bhuśuṇḍībhiḥ khaḍgaiḥ citraiḥ swalaṅkṛtaiḥ। pragṛhītaiḥ diteḥ putrāḥ prādurāsan sahasraśaḥ॥03-166-15॥

[शतघ्नीभिः (śataghnībhiḥ) - with battering weapons; भुशुण्डीभिः (bhuśuṇḍībhiḥ) - with maces; खड्गैः (khaḍgaiḥ) - with swords; चित्रैः (citraiḥ) - varied; स्वलङ्कृतैः (swalaṅkṛtaiḥ) - well-ornamented; प्रगृहीतैः (pragṛhītaiḥ) - being held; दितेः (diteḥ) - of Diti; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; प्रादुरासन् (prādurāsan) - appeared; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]

(With battering weapons, with maces, with swords, varied, well-ornamented, being held, the sons of Diti appeared by thousands.)

Holding battering weapons, maces, and ornamented, varied swords, the sons of Diti appeared by thousands. (03-166-15)

ततो विचार्य बहुधा रथमार्गेषु तान्हयान्। प्राचोदयत्समे देशे मातलिर्भरतर्षभ ॥०३-१६६-१६॥

tato vicārya bahudhā rathamārgeṣu tānhayān। prācodayatsame deśe mātalirbharatarṣabha ॥03-166-16॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; विचार्य (vicārya) - after considering; बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways; रथमार्गेषु (rathamārgeṣu) - in the chariot-paths; तान् (tān) - those; हयान् (hayān) - horses; प्राचोदयत् (prācodayat) - urged on; समे (same) - in the level; देशे (deśe) - region; मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Mātali; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull among the Bharatas;]

(Then, after considering in many ways in the chariot-paths, those horses Mātali urged on in the level region, O bull among the Bharatas.)

Then, O best of the Bharatas, Mātali, after considering in many ways upon the chariot-paths, urged the horses forward in the level region. (03-166-16)

तेन तेषां प्रणुन्नानामाशुत्वाच्छीघ्रगामिनाम्। नान्वपश्यं तदा किञ्चित्तन्मेऽद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥०३-१६६-१७॥

tena teṣāṃ praṇunnānām āśutvāt śīghragāminām। nānvapaśyaṃ tadā kiñcit tan me'dbhutam ivābhavat ॥03-166-17॥

[तेन (tena) - by that; by him; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; प्रणुन्नानाम् (praṇunnānām) - impelled; set in motion; आशुत्वात् (āśutvāt) - because of speed; शीघ्रगामिनाम् (śīghragāminām) - of those moving swiftly; न (na) - not; अन्वपश्यम् (anvapaśyam) - I saw; तदा (tadā) - then; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful; astonishing; इव (iva) - as if; like; आभवत् (ābhavat) - became; was;]

(By that, of them who were impelled, because of speed, of those moving swiftly, I saw not then anything; that to me became as if wonderful.)

By that, I saw nothing at all of those who had been set in motion and were moving quickly, due to their speed; to me, that seemed astonishing. (03-166-17)

ततस्ते दानवास्तत्र योधव्रातान्यनेकशः। विकृतस्वररूपाणि भृशं सर्वाण्यचोदयन् ॥०३-१६६-१८॥

tatas te dānavās tatra yodha-vrātāni anekaśaḥ। vikṛta-svara-rūpāṇi bhṛśam sarvāṇi acodayan ॥03-166-18॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - those; दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - Dānavas (demons); तत्र (tatra) - there; योधव्रातानि (yodha-vrātāni) - bands of warriors; अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - in manifold ways; विकृतस्वररूपाणि (vikṛta-svara-rūpāṇi) - strange-sounding forms; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - intensely; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; अचोदयन् (acodayan) - they incited;]

(Then those Dānavas there, bands of warriors in manifold ways, strange-sounding forms, intensely all they incited.)

Then those Dānavas, there, roused all the bands of warriors in many ways, using forms of strange and intense cries. (03-166-18)

तेन शब्देन महता समुद्रे पर्वतोपमाः। आप्लवन्त गतैः सत्त्वैर्मत्स्याः शतसहस्रशः ॥०३-१६६-१९॥

tena śabdena mahatā samudre parvatopamāḥ। āplavanta gataiḥ sattvair matsyāḥ śata-sahasraśaḥ ॥03-166-19॥

[तेन (tena) - by that; शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound; महता (mahatā) - great; समुद्रे (samudre) - in the ocean; पर्वतोपमाः (parvatopamāḥ) - mountain-like; आप्लवन्त (āplavanta) - leaped; गतैः (gataiḥ) - moving; सत्त्वैः (sattvaiḥ) - beings; मत्स्याः (matsyāḥ) - fishes; शतसहस्रशः (śata-sahasraśaḥ) - in hundreds of thousands;]

(By that great sound, in the ocean, mountain-like, leaped with moving beings, fishes by hundreds and thousands.)

By that great sound, mountain-like fishes numbering in hundreds of thousands, along with moving beings, leaped in the ocean. (03-166-19)

ततो वेगेन महता दानवा मामुपाद्रवन्। विमुञ्चन्तः शितान्बाणाञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥०३-१६६-२०॥

tato vegena mahatā dānavā mām-upādravan। vimuñcantaḥ śitān bāṇān śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ॥03-166-20॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वेगेन (vegena) - with speed; महतā (mahatā) - great; दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - the Dānavas (demons); माम् (mām) - me; उपाद्रवन् (upādravan) - attacked; विमुञ्चन्तः (vimuñcantaḥ) - releasing; शितान् (śitān) - sharp; बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]

(Then with great speed the Dānavas attacked me, releasing sharp arrows by hundreds and by thousands.)

Then, with great speed, the Dānavas attacked me, releasing sharp arrows in hundreds and thousands. (03-166-20)

स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुलस्तेषां मम च भारत। अवर्तत महाघोरो निवातकवचान्तकः ॥०३-१६६-२१॥

sa samprahāras tumulas teṣāṃ mama ca bhārata। avartata mahāghoro nivātakavacāntakaḥ ॥03-166-21॥

[स (sa) - that; सम्प्रहारः (samprahāraḥ) - encounter; तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - confused; tumultuous; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; मम (mama) - of me; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; अवर्तत (avartata) - occurred; ensued; महाघोरः (mahāghoraḥ) - very dreadful; निवातकवचान्तकः (nivātakavaca-antakaḥ) - destroying the Nivātakavacas;]

(That encounter tumultuous of them and of me, O Bhārata, occurred, very dreadful, destroying the Nivātakavacas.)

That tumultuous encounter, O Bhārata, very dreadful and destructive of the Nivātakavacas, took place between them and me. (03-166-21)

ततो देवर्षयश्चैव दानवर्षिगणाश्च ये। ब्रह्मर्षयश्च सिद्धाश्च समाजग्मुर्महामृधे ॥०३-१६६-२२॥

tato devarṣayaścaiva dānavarṣigaṇāśca ye। brahmarṣayaśca siddhāśca samājagmur mahāmṛdhe॥03-166-22॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवर्षयः (devarṣayaḥ) - divine sages; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; दानवर्षिगणाः (dānavarṣigaṇāḥ) - groups of sages among the Dānavas; च (ca) - and; ये (ye) - who; ब्रह्मर्षयः (brahmarṣayaḥ) - brahma sages; च (ca) - and; सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected beings; च (ca) - and; समाजग्मुः (samājagmuḥ) - came together; महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle;]

(Then divine sages and also groups of sages among the Dānavas who (were there), and brahma sages and perfected beings came together in the great battle.)

Then the divine sages, the groups of Dānava sages, the brahma sages, and the perfected beings all assembled in the great battle. (03-166-22)

ते वै मामनुरूपाभिर्मधुराभिर्जयैषिणः। अस्तुवन्मुनयो वाग्भिर्यथेन्द्रं तारकामये ॥०३-१६६-२३॥

te vai mām-anurūpābhir-madhurābhir-jayaiṣiṇaḥ। astuvan munayo vāgbhir-yathendraṃ tārakāmaye॥03-166-23॥

[ते (te) - they; वै (vai) - indeed; माम् (mām) - me; अनुरूपाभिः (anurūpābhiḥ) - fitting (ones); मधुराभिः (madhurābhiḥ) - sweet (ones); जयैषिणः (jayaiṣiṇaḥ) - desiring victory; अस्तुवन् (astuvan) - praised; मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages; वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ) - with words; यथा (yathā) - just as; इन्द्रम् (indram) - Indra; तारकामये (tārakāmaye) - in (the war for) the Taraka (demon);]

(They indeed me with fitting, sweet, (and) desiring-victory words, praised sages, with words, just as Indra in (the war for) Taraka.)

Those sages indeed praised me with fitting and sweet words desiring victory, just as they praised Indra in the war against Tāraka. (03-166-23)