03.174

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (a proper noun, the name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Vaiśampāyana said;)

Vaiśampāyana said.

नगोत्तमं प्रस्रवणैरुपेतं; दिशां गजैः किंनरपक्षिभिश्च। सुखं निवासं जहतां हि तेषां; न प्रीतिरासीद्भरतर्षभाणाम् ॥०३-१७४-१॥

nagottamaṁ prasravaṇair upetaṁ; diśāṁ gajaiḥ kiṁnara-pakṣibhiś ca। sukhaṁ nivāsaṁ jahatāṁ hi teṣāṁ; na prītir āsīd bharatarṣabhāṇām ॥03-174-1॥

[नगोत्तमं (nagottamam) - excellent mountain; प्रस्रवणैः (prasravaṇaiḥ) - with streams; उपेतं (upetam) - accompanied by; दिशां (diśām) - of the quarters (directions); गजैः (gajaiḥ) - with elephants; किंनरपक्षिभिः (kiṁnara-pakṣibhiḥ) - with Kinnara birds; च (ca) - and; सुखं (sukham) - pleasant; निवासं (nivāsam) - residence; जहतां (jahatām) - departing; हि (hi) - indeed; तेषां (teṣām) - of them; न (na) - not; प्रीतिः (prītiḥ) - joy; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; भरतर्षभाणाम् (bharatarṣabhāṇām) - of the most illustrious among the Bharatas;]

(Excellent mountain with streams accompanied, of the quarters with elephants, with Kinnara birds and. Pleasant residence departing, indeed, of them, not joy was, of the most illustrious among the Bharatas.)

Although they were leaving an excellent mountain adorned with streams, filled with elephants of the quarters and Kinnara birds, those foremost among the Bharatas did not feel joy in departing from their pleasant abode. (03-174-1)

ततस्तु तेषां पुनरेव हर्षः; कैलासमालोक्य महान्बभूव। कुबेरकान्तं भरतर्षभाणां; महीधरं वारिधरप्रकाशम् ॥०३-१७४-२॥

tatastu teṣāṃ punareva harṣaḥ; kailāsamālokya mahānbabhūva. kuberakāntaṃ bharatarṣabhāṇāṃ; mahīdharaṃ vāridharaprakāśam ॥03-174-2॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तु (tu) - indeed; तेषां (teṣām) - of them; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - certainly; हर्षः (harṣaḥ) - joy; कैलासम् (kailāsam) - Kailāsa; आलोक्य (ālokya) - having seen; महान् (mahān) - great; बभूव (babhūva) - arose; कुबेरकान्तम् (kuberakāntam) - beloved of Kubera; भरतर्षभाणाम् (bharatarṣabhāṇām) - of the bulls among the Bharatas; महीधरम् (mahīdharam) - mountain; वारिधरप्रकाशम् (vāridharaprakāśam) - shining like a cloud-bearer;]

(Then indeed, for them, again certainly, joy; having seen Kailāsa, great arose. Beloved of Kubera, for the bulls among the Bharatas; the mountain, shining like a cloud-bearer.)

Then indeed, for them, great joy arose again upon seeing Kailāsa. For the foremost of the Bharatas, the mountain beloved of Kubera shone like a carrier of clouds. (03-174-2)

समुच्छ्रयान्पर्वतसंनिरोधा; न्गोष्ठान्गिरीणां गिरिसेतुमालाः। बहून्प्रपातांश्च समीक्ष्य वीराः; स्थलानि निम्नानि च तत्र तत्र ॥०३-१७४-३॥

samucchrayān parvata-saṃnirodhāṅ goṣṭhān girīṇāṃ girisetu-mālāḥ। bahūn prapātāṃś ca samīkṣya vīrāḥ; sthalāni nimnāni ca tatra tatra॥03-174-3॥

[समुच्छ्रयान् (samucchrayān) - elevations; पर्वतसंनिरोधान् (parvata-saṃnirodhān) - mountain-enclosures; गोष्ठान् (goṣṭhān) - enclosures; गिरीणाम् (girīṇām) - of mountains; गिरिसेतुमालाः (girisetu-mālāḥ) - chains of mountain-bridges; बहून् (bahūn) - many; प्रपातान् (prapātān) - precipices; च (ca) - and; समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having observed; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; स्थलानि (sthalāni) - ground-places; निम्नानि (nimnāni) - low-lying; च (ca) - and; तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there;]

(Elevations, mountain-enclosures, enclosures of mountains, chains of mountain-bridges, many precipices also, having observed, the heroes (saw) ground-places low-lying and here and there.)

The heroes, observing elevations, mountain enclosures, cow-pens of the mountains, chains of mountain ridges, and many precipices, as well as low-lying tracts of land here and there, (proceeded on their way). (03-174-3)

तथैव चान्यानि महावनानि; मृगद्विजानेकपसेवितानि। आलोकयन्तोऽभिययुः प्रतीता; स्ते धन्विनः खड्गधरा नराग्र्याः ॥०३-१७४-४॥

tathaiva cānyāni mahāvanāni; mṛgadvijānekapasevitāni. ālokayanto’bhiyayuḥ pratītāḥ; ste dhanvinaḥ khaḍgadharā narāgryāḥ ॥03-174-4॥

[तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; च (ca) - and; अन्यानि (anyāni) - other; महावनानि (mahāvanāni) - great forests; मृगद्विज- (mṛgadvija-) - beasts and birds; अनेकप- (anekapa-) - by many protectors; सेवितानि (sevitāni) - inhabited; आलोकयन्तः (ālokayantaḥ) - looking upon; अभिययुः (abhiyayuḥ) - approached; प्रतीताः (pratītāḥ) - confident; स्ते (ste) - they; धन्विनः (dhanvinaḥ) - archers; खड्गधराः (khaḍgadharāḥ) - sword-bearers; नराग्र्याः (narāgryāḥ) - excellent men;]

(Likewise and other great forests, beasts and birds by many protectors inhabited, looking upon, approached, confident, they, archers, sword-bearers, excellent men.)

In the same way, the outstanding warriors, who were archers and sword-bearers, confidently proceeded, surveying other great forests inhabited by many kinds of beasts and birds. (03-174-4)

वनानि रम्याणि सरांसि नद्यो; गुहा गिरीणां गिरिगह्वराणि। एते निवासाः सततं बभूवुः निशानिशं प्राप्य नरर्षभाणाम्॥०३-१७४-५॥

vanāni ramyāṇi sarāṃsi nadyo; guhā girīṇāṃ girigahvarāṇi। ete nivāsāḥ satataṃ babhūvuḥ niśāniśaṃ prāpya nararṣabhāṇām॥03-174-5॥

[वनानि (vanāni) - forests; रम्याणि (ramyāṇi) - pleasant; सरांसि (sarāṃsi) - lakes; नद्यो (nadyo) - rivers; गुहा (guhā) - caves; गिरीणां (girīṇāṃ) - of mountains; गिरिगह्वराणि (girigahvarāṇi) - mountain caves; एते (ete) - these; निवासाः (nivāsāḥ) - dwellings; सततं (satataṃ) - always; बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - were (became); निशानिशं (niśāniśaṃ) - night and night; (every night; continuously;) प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; having obtained; नरर्षभाणाम् (nararṣabhāṇām) - of the best among men;]

(Forests, pleasant, lakes, rivers; caves of mountains, mountain caves; these dwellings always were, night and night, having obtained, of the best among men.)

Pleasant forests, lakes, rivers, mountain caves, and grottoes—these always became the dwellings, night after night, of the best among men. (03-174-5)

ते दुर्गवासं बहुधा निरुष्य; व्यतीत्य कैलासमचिन्त्यरूपम्। आसेदुरत्यर्थमनोरमं वै; तमाश्रमाग्र्यं वृषपर्वणस्ते ॥०३-१७४-६॥

te durgavāsaṃ bahudhā niruṣya; vyatītya kailāsamacintyarūpam। āseduratyarthamanoramaṃ vai; tamāśramāgryaṃ vṛṣaparvaṇaste ॥03-174-6॥

[ते (te) - they; दुर्गवासं (durgavāsaṃ) - inhabited in difficult places; बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways; निरुष्य (niruṣya) - having endured; व्यतीत्य (vyatītya) - having crossed over; कैलासमचिन्त्यरूपम् (kailāsamacintyarūpam) - the Kailāsa mountain of unimaginable form; आसेदुरत्यर्थमनोरमं (āseduratyarthamanoramaṃ) - they reached exceedingly charming; वै (vai) - indeed; तम् (tam) - that; आश्रमाग्र्यं (āśramāgryam) - excellent hermitage; वृषपर्वणस्ते (vṛṣaparvaṇaste) - of Vṛṣaparvan, they;]

(They, having endured the inhabited difficult places in many ways; having crossed the Kailāsa of unimaginable form, they indeed reached that exceedingly charming, excellent hermitage of Vṛṣaparvan.)

Having traversed many difficult regions and passed the incomparable form of Kailāsa, they finally reached the exceedingly delightful, eminent hermitage of Vṛṣaparvan. (03-174-6)

समेत्य राज्ञा वृषपर्वणस्ते; प्रत्यर्चितास्तेन च वीतमोहाः। शशंसिरे विस्तरशः प्रवासं; शिवं यथावद्वृषपर्वणस्ते ॥०३-१७४-७॥

sametya rājñā vṛṣaparvaṇaste; pratyarcitāstena ca vītamohāḥ. śaśaṃsire vistaraśaḥ pravāsaṃ; śivaṃ yathāvad vṛṣaparvaṇaste ॥03-174-7॥

[समेत्य (sametya) - having approached; राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king; वृषपर्वण (vṛṣaparvaṇa) - by Vṛṣaparvan; ते (te) - they; प्रत्यर्चिताः (pratyarcitāḥ) - being received respectfully; तेन (tena) - by him; च (ca) - and; वीतमोहाः (vītamohāḥ) - who were free from delusion; शशंसिरे (śaśaṃsire) - they related; विस्तरशः (vistaraśaḥ) - in detail; प्रवासं (pravāsaṃ) - exile; शिवं (śivam) - auspicious; यथावद् (yathāvad) - rightly/as is proper; वृषपर्वण (vṛṣaparvaṇa) - to Vṛṣaparvan; स्ते (ste) - they;]

(Having approached, by the king Vṛṣaparvan, they, being respectfully received by him and free from delusion, related in detail the exile, auspicious, as was proper, to Vṛṣaparvan, they.)

Having approached, those who were free from delusion were respectfully received by King Vṛṣaparvan, and they explained in detail their auspicious exile to Vṛṣaparvan as was proper. (03-174-7)

सुखोषितास्तत्र त एकरात्रं; पुण्याश्रमे देवमहर्षिजुष्टे। अभ्याययुस्ते बदरीं विशालां; सुखेन वीराः पुनरेव वासम् ॥०३-१७४-८॥

sukhoṣitās tatra te ekarātraṃ; puṇyāśrame devamahaṛṣijuṣṭe. abhyāyayus te badarīṃ viśālāṃ; sukhena vīrāḥ punareva vāsam ॥03-174-8॥

[सुखोषिताः (sukhoṣitāḥ) - well-rested; तत्र (tatra) - there; ते (te) - they; एकरात्रम् (ekarātram) - one night; पुण्याश्रमे (puṇyāśrame) - in the holy hermitage; देवमहर्षिजुष्टे (devamahṛṣijuṣṭe) - inhabited by celestial sages; अभ्याययुः (abhyāyayuḥ) - approached; ते (te) - they; बदरीम् (badarīm) - Badarī; विशालाम् (viśālām) - vast; सुखेन (sukhena) - with ease; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; वासम् (vāsam) - residence;]

(Well-rested there they one night in the holy hermitage inhabited by celestial sages; they approached the vast Badarī; with ease the heroes again indeed (had) residence.)

After spending one restful night there, in the holy hermitage inhabited by celestial sages, the heroes again approached the vast Badarī and dwelt there comfortably. (03-174-8)

ऊषुस्ततस्तत्र महानुभावा; नारायणस्थानगता नराग्र्याः। कुबेरकान्तां नलिनीं विशोकाः; सम्पश्यमानाः सुरसिद्धजुष्टाम् ॥०३-१७४-९॥

ūṣus tatas tatra mahānubhāvāḥ; nārāyaṇasthānagatā narāgryaḥ. kuberakāntāṃ nalinīṃ viśokāḥ; sampaśyamānāḥ surasiddhajuṣṭām ॥03-174-9॥

[ऊषुः (ūṣuḥ) - approached; ततः (tataḥ) - then; तत्र (tatra) - there; महानुभावाः (mahānubhāvāḥ) - the great-souled ones; नारायणस्थानगता (nārāyaṇasthānagatā) - gone to the abode of Nārāyaṇa; नराग्र्याः (narāgryaḥ) - noble men; कुबेरकान्ताम् (kuberakāntām) - dear to Kubera; नलिनीम् (nalinīm) - the lotus (lake); विशोकाः (viśokāḥ) - free from sorrow; सम्पश्यमानाः (sampaśyamānāḥ) - beholding; सुरसिद्धजुष्टाम् (surasiddhajuṣṭām) - favored by gods and siddhas;]

(The great-souled ones then there approached; the noble men gone to the abode of Nārāyaṇa, free from sorrow, beholding the lotus (lake) dear to Kubera, favored by gods and siddhas.)

Then the great-souled noble men, having gone to the abode of Nārāyaṇa, approached and, free from sorrow, beheld the lotus lake dear to Kubera, cherished by gods and siddhas. (03-174-9)

तां चाथ दृष्ट्वा नलिनीं विशोकाः; पाण्डोः सुताः सर्वनरप्रवीराः। ते रेमिरे नन्दनवासमेत्य; द्विजर्षयो वीतभया यथैव ॥०३-१७४-१०॥

tāṃ cātha dṛṣṭvā nalinīṃ viśokāḥ; pāṇḍoḥ sutāḥ sarvanarapravīrāḥ. te remire nandanavāsam etya; dvijarṣayo vītabhayā yathaiva ॥03-174-10॥

[तां (tām) - her (that one); च (ca) - and; अथ (atha) - then; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; नलिनीं (nalinīm) - (the) lotus-lake; विशोकाः (viśokāḥ) - free from grief; पाण्डोः (pāṇḍoḥ) - of Pāṇḍu; सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons; सर्वनरप्रवीराः (sarvanarapravīrāḥ) - the foremost among all men; ते (te) - they; रेमिरे (remire) - rejoiced; नन्दनवासम् (nandanavāsam) - the abode of delight (Nandana); एत्य (etya) - having reached; द्विजर्षयः (dvijarṣayaḥ) - the twice-born sages; वीतभयाः (vītabhayāḥ) - devoid of fear; यथैव (yathaiva) - just as;]

(Having then seen her, the lotus-lake, free from grief, the sons of Pāṇḍu, foremost among all men, they rejoiced, having reached the abode of delight (Nandana), just as the twice-born sages devoid of fear.)

Then, having beheld the lotus-lake, the sons of Pāṇḍu, foremost among men, free from sorrow, rejoiced on reaching the delightful Nandana grove, just like the fearless Brahmin sages. (03-174-10)

ततः क्रमेणोपययुर्नृवीरा; यथागतेनैव पथा समग्राः। विहृत्य मासं सुखिनो बदर्यां; किरातराज्ञो विषयं सुबाहोः ॥०३-१७४-११॥

tataḥ krameṇopayayur nṛvīrā; yathāgatenaiva pathā samagrāḥ। vihṛtya māsaṃ sukhino badaryāṃ; kirātarājño viṣayaṃ subāhoḥ ॥03-174-11॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रमेण (krameṇa) - in due order; उपययुः (upayayūḥ) - approached; नृवीराः (nṛvīrāḥ) - the heroic men; यथा (yathā) - as; आगतेन (āgatena) - by which (they had) come; एव (eva) - indeed; पथा (pathā) - by the path; समग्राः (samagrāḥ) - all together; विहृत्य (vihṛtya) - having spent (time); मासं (māsaṃ) - a month; सुखिनः (sukhinaḥ) - happily; बदर्यां (badaryāṃ) - in Badari; किरातराज्ञः (kirātarājñaḥ) - of the king of the Kirātas; विषयं (viṣayam) - territory; सुबाहोः (subāhoḥ) - of Subāhu;]

(Then in order the heroic men approached, indeed by the very path by which (they had) come, all together. Having spent a month happily in Badari, (they went) to the territory of the king of the Kirātas, Subāhu.)

Then the heroic men, all together, returned in order by the same path they had come. After spending a month happily at Badari, they went to the territory of Subāhu, the king of the Kirātas. (03-174-11)

चीनांस्तुखारान्दरदान्सदार्वा; न्देशान्कुणिन्दस्य च भूरिरत्नान्। अतीत्य दुर्गं हिमवत्प्रदेशं; पुरं सुबाहोर्ददृशुर्नृवीराः ॥०३-१७४-१२॥

cīnāṃstu khārān daradān sadārvān deśān kuṇindasya ca bhūri-ratnān। atītya durgaṃ himavat-pradeśaṃ; puraṃ subāhor dadṛśur nṛvīrāḥ ॥03-174-12॥

[चीनान् (cīnāṃ) - the Chinese; तुख़ारान् (tukhārān) - the Tukhāras; दरदान् (daradān) - the Daradas; सदार्वान् (sadārvān) - the Sadarvas; देशान् (deśān) - countries; कुणिन्दस्य (kuṇindasya) - of Kuṇinda; च (ca) - and; भूरि-रत्नान् (bhūri-ratnān) - abundant in jewels; अतीत्य (atītya) - having crossed; दुर्गं (durgaṃ) - difficult region; हिमवत्-प्रदेशं (himavat-pradeśaṃ) - Himalayan region; पुरं (puraṃ) - city; सुबाहोः (subāhoḥ) - of Subāhu; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; नृवीराः (nṛvīrāḥ) - heroic princes;]

(The Chinese, the Tukhāras, the Daradas, the Sadarvas—countries of Kuṇinda also, abundant in jewels—having crossed the difficult Himalayan region, the heroic princes saw the city of Subāhu.)

Having crossed the difficult Himalayan region and the jewel-rich countries of the Chinese, Tukhāras, Daradas, Sadarvas, and Kuṇinda, the heroic princes saw the city of Subāhu. (03-174-12)

श्रुत्वा च तान्पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रा; न्प्राप्तान्सुबाहुर्विषये समग्रान्। प्रत्युद्ययौ प्रीतियुतः स राजा; तं चाभ्यनन्दन्वृषभाः कुरूणाम् ॥०३-१७४-१३॥

śrutvā ca tān pārthivaputrapautrān prāptān subāhur viṣaye samagrān। pratyudyayau prītiyutaḥ sa rājā taṃ cābhyanandan vṛṣabhāḥ kurūṇām॥03-174-13॥

[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; च (ca) - and; तान् (tān) - them; पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रान् (pārthivaputrapautrān) - sons and grandsons of kings; प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - arrived; सुबाहुः (subāhuḥ) - Subāhu; विषये (viṣaye) - in the territory; समग्रान् (samagrān) - all; प्रत्युद्ययौ (pratyudyayau) - went forth to meet; प्रीतियुतः (prītiyutaḥ) - endowed with affection; स (sa) - he; राजा (rājā) - king; तं (taṃ) - him; च (ca) - and; अभ्यनन्दन् (abhyanandan) - welcomed; वृषभाः (vṛṣabhāḥ) - chiefs; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus;]

(Having heard and those sons and grandsons of kings arrived, Subāhu in the territory all, went forth to meet affection-endowed he king; him and welcomed chiefs of the Kurus.)

Having heard that all those sons and grandsons of kings had arrived in his territory, King Subāhu, full of affection, went forth to meet them; and the chiefs of the Kurus welcomed him. (03-174-13)

समेत्य राज्ञा तु सुबाहुना ते; सूतैर्विशोकप्रमुखैश्च सर्वैः। सहेन्द्रसेनैः परिचारकैश्च; पौरोगवैर्ये च महानसस्थाः ॥०३-१७४-१४॥

sametya rājñā tu subāhunā te; sūtair viśokapramukhaiś ca sarvaiḥ. sahendrasenaiḥ paricārakaiś ca; paurogavair ye ca mahānasasthāḥ ॥03-174-14॥

[समेत्य (sametya) - having assembled; राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king; तु (tu) - but; सुबाहुना (subāhunā) - by Subāhuna; ते (te) - they; सूतैः (sūtaiḥ) - by charioteers; विशोकप्रमुखैः (viśokapramukhaiḥ) - headed by Viśoka; च (ca) - and; सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - all; सहेन्द्रसेनैः (sahendrasenaiḥ) - together with Indrasena; परिचारकैः (paricārakaiḥ) - by attendants; च (ca) - and; पौरोगवैः (paurogavaiḥ) - by family priests; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; महानसस्थाः (mahānasasthāḥ) - those situated in the kitchen;]

(Having assembled by the king indeed and by Subāhuna, they; by the charioteers headed by Viśoka and all; together with Indrasena and by attendants and by family priests who and those situated in the kitchen.)

Having assembled by the king and by Subāhuna, they, along with all the charioteers headed by Viśoka, together with Indrasena and the attendants, the family priests, and those stationed in the kitchen, (acted thus). (03-174-14)

सुखोषितास्तत्र त एकरात्रं; सूतानुपादाय रथांश्च सर्वान्। घटोत्कचं सानुचरं विसृज्य; ततोऽभ्ययुर्यामुनमद्रिराजम् ॥०३-१७४-१५॥

sukhoṣitās tatra ta ekarātraṃ; sūtān upādāya rathāṃś ca sarvān. ghaṭotkacaṃ sānucaraṃ visṛjya; tato'bhya yuryāmunam adrirājam ॥03-174-15॥

[सुखोषिताः (sukhoṣitāḥ) - having passed the night happily; तत्र (tatra) - there; ते (te) - they; एकरात्रम् (ekarātram) - one night; सूतान् (sūtān) - charioteers; उपादाय (upādāya) - having taken; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; च (ca) - and; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; घटोत्कचम् (ghaṭotkacam) - Ghaṭotkaca; स-अनुचरम् (sa-anucaram) - with his followers; विसृज्य (visṛjya) - having dismissed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अभ्ययुः (abhyayuḥ) - approached; यामुनम् (yāmunam) - by the Yamunā; अद्रिराजम् (adri-rājam) - the king of mountains;]

(Having passed the night happily there, they, having taken all the charioteers and chariots, having dismissed Ghaṭotkaca with his followers, then approached the king of mountains by the Yamunā.)

After spending a pleasant night there, they took all their charioteers and chariots, dismissed Ghaṭotkaca and his followers, and then proceeded to the king of mountains by the Yamunā. (03-174-15)

तस्मिन्गिरौ प्रस्रवणोपपन्ने; हिमोत्तरीयारुणपाण्डुसानौ। विशाखयूपं समुपेत्य चक्रु; स्तदा निवासं पुरुषप्रवीराः ॥०३-१७४-१६॥

tasmin girau prasravaṇopapanne; himottarīyāruṇapāṇḍusānau. viśākhayūpaṃ samupetya cakru; stadā nivāsaṃ puruṣapravīrāḥ ॥03-174-16॥

[तस्मिन्गिरौ (tasmin girau) - on that mountain; प्रस्रवणोपपन्ने (prasravaṇa-upapanne) - endowed with springs; हिमोत्तरीयारुणपाण्डुसानौ (hima-uttarīya-aruṇa-pāṇḍu-sānau) - having snowy, reddish, and pale (yellowish-white) peaks; विशाखयूपं (viśākha-yūpam) - with diverging peaks like stakes; समुपेत्य (samupetya) - having arrived near; चक्रु (cakru) - they made; स्तदा (stadā) - then; निवासं (nivāsaṃ) - dwelling; पुरुषप्रवीराः (puruṣa-pravīrāḥ) - the best among men;]

(On that mountain endowed with springs, having snowy, reddish, and pale peaks, with diverging summits like stakes, having arrived, then the best among men made a dwelling.)

On that mountain, which had springs and peaks snowy, reddish, and pale, with diverging summits like stakes, the foremost of men then made their dwelling. (03-174-16)

वराहनानामृगपक्षिजुष्टं; महद्वनं चैत्ररथप्रकाशम्। शिवेन यात्वा मृगयाप्रधानाः; संवत्सरं तत्र वने विजह्रुः ॥०३-१७४-१७॥

varāhanānāmṛgapakṣijuṣṭaṃ; mahad vanaṃ caitrarathaprakāśam। śivena yātvā mṛgayāpradhānāḥ; saṃvatsaraṃ tatra vane vijahruḥ ॥03-174-17॥

[वराह-नाना-मृग-पक्षि-जुष्टं (varāha-nānā-mṛga-pakṣi-juṣṭaṃ) - endowed with boars, various beasts, and birds; महत्-वन् (mahat-van) - great forest; चैत्ररथ-प्रकाशम् (caitraratha-prakāśam) - shining like Caitraratha (garden of Indra); शिवेन (śivena) - auspiciously; यात्वा (yātvā) - having gone; मृगया-प्रधानाः (mṛgayā-pradhānāḥ) - devoted to hunting; संवत्सरं (saṃvatsaraṃ) - a year; तत्र (tatra) - there; वने (vane) - in the forest; विजह्रुः (vijahruḥ) - they spent (their time);]

(Endowed with boars, various beasts, and birds; a great forest shining like Caitraratha having gone auspiciously, devoted to hunting, for a year there in the forest, they spent (their time).)

They went to a great forest endowed with boars, various beasts, and birds, shining like Caitraratha; having gone there auspiciously, being devoted to hunting, they spent a year in that forest. (03-174-17)

तत्राससादातिबलं भुजङ्गं; क्षुधार्दितं मृत्युमिवोग्ररूपम्। वृकोदरः पर्वतकन्दरायां; विषादमोहव्यथितान्तरात्मा ॥०३-१७४-१८॥

tatrāsasādātibalaṃ bhujaṅgaṃ; kṣudhārditaṃ mṛtyumivograrūpam. vṛkodaraḥ parvatakandarāyāṃ; viṣāda-moha-vyathitāntarātmā ॥03-174-18॥

[तत्र (tatra) - there; आससाद (āsasāda) - he approached; अतिबलम् (atibalam) - very strong; भुजङ्गम् (bhujaṅgam) - serpent; क्षुधार्दितम् (kṣudhārditam) - afflicted by hunger; मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death; इव (iva) - like; उग्ररूपम् (ugrarūpam) - terrible form; वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Vṛkodara; पर्वतकन्दरायां (parvatakandarāyām) - in the mountain-cave; विषादमोहव्यथितान्तरात्मा (viṣāda-moha-vyathita-antarātmā) - his innermost self afflicted by grief and delusion;]

(There he approached a very strong serpent; afflicted by hunger, looking like death in a terrible form. Vṛkodara, in the mountain cave, his innermost self afflicted by grief and delusion.)

There in the mountain cave, Vṛkodara, his innermost self afflicted by grief and confusion, approached a mighty serpent, ghastly and fierce like death itself, tormented by hunger. (03-174-18)

द्वीपोऽभवद्यत्र वृकोदरस्य; युधिष्ठिरो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः। अमोक्षयद्यस्तमनन्ततेजा; ग्राहेण संवेष्टितसर्वगात्रम् ॥०३-१७४-१९॥

dvīpo'bhavadyatra vṛkodarasya; yudhiṣṭhiro dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ. amokṣayadyastamanantatejā; grāheṇa saṃveṣṭitasarvagātram ॥03-174-19॥

[द्वीपः (dvīpaḥ) - island; अभवत् (abhavat) - was; became; यत्र (yatra) - where; वृकोदरस्य (vṛkodarasya) - of Vṛkodara; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira; धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of bearers of dharma; वरिष्ठः (variṣṭhaḥ) - the most eminent; अमोक्षयत् (amokṣayat) - released; यः (yaḥ) - who; तम् (tam) - him; अनन्ततेजाः (anantatejāḥ) - of infinite brilliance; ग्राहेण (grāheṇa) - by the crocodile; संवेष्टित (saṃveṣṭita) - enveloped; सर्वगात्रम् (sarvagātram) - all limbs;]

(An island was, where of Vṛkodara; Yudhiṣṭhira, among bearers of dharma the most eminent, who released him of infinite brilliance, by the crocodile enveloped in all limbs.)

Yudhiṣṭhira, the foremost among bearers of dharma, released Vṛkodara, whose every limb was enveloped by the crocodile, on the island. (03-174-19)

ते द्वादशं वर्षमथोपयान्तं; वने विहर्तुं कुरवः प्रतीताः। तस्माद्वनाच्चैत्ररथप्रकाशा; च्छ्रिया ज्वलन्तस्तपसा च युक्ताः ॥०३-१७४-२०॥

te dvādaśaṃ varṣam athopayāntaṃ; vane vihartuṃ kuravaḥ pratītāḥ। tasmād vanāc caitrarathaprakāśā; śriyā jvalantas tapasā ca yuktāḥ ॥03-174-20॥

[ते (te) - they; द्वादशं (dvādaśam) - twelfth; वर्षम् (varṣam) - year; अथ (atha) - then; उपयान्तम् (upayāntam) - coming to an end; वने (vane) - in the forest; विहर्तुम् (vihartum) - to roam; कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus; प्रतीताः (pratītāḥ) - appeared; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest; चैत्ररथप्रकाशाः (caitrarathaprakāśāḥ) - splendid as the Caitraratha; श्रियाः (śriyā) - with beauty; ज्वलन्तः (jvalantaḥ) - shining; तपसा (tapasā) - with austerity; च (ca) - and; युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - endowed;]

(They, the twelfth year then coming to an end, in the forest to roam the Kurus appeared. Therefore, from the forest, splendid as the Caitraratha, shining with beauty and endowed with austerity.)

When the twelfth year was coming to an end, the Kurus appeared ready to roam in the forest. Therefore, coming from the forest, brilliant as Caitraratha, radiant with beauty and endowed with asceticism. (03-174-20)

ततश्च यात्वा मरुधन्वपार्श्वं; सदा धनुर्वेदरतिप्रधानाः। सरस्वतीमेत्य निवासकामाः; सरस्ततो द्वैतवनं प्रतीयुः ॥०३-१७४-२१॥

tataś ca yātvā marudhanvapārśvaṃ; sadā dhanurvedaratipradhānāḥ. sarasvatīm etya nivāsakāmāḥ; saras tato dvaitavanaṃ pratīyuḥ ॥03-174-21॥

[ततश्च (tataḥ ca) - then and; then; and; यात्वा (yātvā) - having gone; मरुधन्वपार्श्वं (marudhanvapārśvam) - the side of the Maru-dhanva (desert plain); सदा (sadā) - always; धनुर्वेदरतिप्रधानाः (dhanurvedaratipradhānāḥ) - those mainly devoted to, and delighting in the science of archery; सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvati (the river); एत्य (etya) - having reached; निवासकामाः (nivāsakāmāḥ) - desiring residence; सरः (saras) - lake; ततो (tataḥ) - from there; द्वैतवनं (dvaitavanam) - Dvaitavana (the forest named Dvaita); प्रतीयुः (pratīyuḥ) - they proceeded;]

(Then, having gone to the side of the Maru-dhanva, always those mainly devoted to, and delighting in, the science of archery, having reached the Sarasvati river, desiring residence, from the lake there, they proceeded to the Dvaita forest.)

Then, having gone to the side of Maru-dhanva, those who were always chiefly devoted to the science of archery, upon reaching the Sarasvati river and wishing to settle, from the lake there they proceeded towards the Dvaita forest. (03-174-21)

समीक्ष्य तान्द्वैतवने निविष्टा; न्निवासिनस्तत्र ततोऽभिजग्मुः। तपोदमाचारसमाधियुक्ता; स्तृणोदपात्राहरणाश्मकुट्टाः ॥०३-१७४-२२॥

samīkṣya tān dvaitavane niviṣṭā; nivāsinas tatra tato'bhijagmuḥ. tapodamācārasamādhiyuktā; stṛṇodapātrāharaṇāśmakuṭṭāḥ ॥03-174-22॥

[समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having observed; तान् (tān) - them; द्वैतवने (dvaitavane) - in Dvaita forest; निविष्टाः (niviṣṭāḥ) - residing; निवासिनः (nivāsinaḥ) - inhabitants; तत्र (tatra) - there; ततः (tataḥ) - from there; अभिजग्मुः (abhijagmuḥ) - approached; तपोदमाचारसमाधियुक्ताः (tapodamācārasamādhiyuktāḥ) - engaged in austerity, gift, conduct, and concentration; स्तृण-उदपात्र-आहरण-आश्म-कुट्टाः (stṛṇa-udapātra-āharaṇa-āśma-kuṭṭāḥ) - those who gather grass, water pots, (do) fetching, (and are) stone-pounders;]

(Having observed them, the residents residing in Dvaita forest there from there approached. Engaged in austerity, gift, conduct, and concentration, those who gather grass, water pots, do fetching, and are stone-pounders.)

After observing them, the inhabitants settled in Dvaita forest there approached. They were engaged in austerity, gifts, virtuous conduct, and concentration, and were gatherers of grass, water-pots, fetchers, and grinders of stones. (03-174-22)

प्लक्षाक्षरौहीतकवेतसाश्च; स्नुहा बदर्यः खदिराः शिरीषाः। बिल्वेङ्गुदाः पीलुशमीकरीराः; सरस्वतीतीररुहा बभूवुः ॥०३-१७४-२३॥

plakṣākṣarauhītakavetasāś ca; snuhā badaryaḥ khadirāḥ śirīṣāḥ। bilveṅgudāḥ pīluśamīkarīrāḥ; sarasvatītīraruhā babhūvuḥ ॥03-174-23॥

[प्लक्ष (plakṣa) - ficus infectoria; आक्ष (ākṣa) - terminalia bellirica; रौहीतक (rauhītaka) - symplocos racemosa; वेतसा (vetasā) - bamboo; श्च (ca) - and; स्नुहा (snuhā) - euphorbia neriifolia; बदर्यः (badaryaḥ) - jujube trees; खदिराः (khadirāḥ) - acacia catechu; शिरीषाः (śirīṣāḥ) - albizia lebbeck; बिल्व (bilva) - aegle marmelos; एङ्गुदाः (eṅgudāḥ) - schleichera oleosa; पीलु (pīlu) - salvadora persica; शमी (śamī) - prosopis cineraria; करीराः (karīrāḥ) - capparis sepiaria; सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvatī; तीर (tīra) - bank; रुहा (ruhāḥ) - growing; बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - were; ॥०३-१७४-२३॥ (॥03-174-23॥) - ;]

(Ficus infectoria, Terminalia bellirica, Symplocos racemosa, bamboos and Euphorbia neriifolia, jujube trees, acacia catechu, albizia lebbeck, aegle marmelos, Schleichera oleosa, Salvadora persica, prosopis cineraria, capparis sepiaria—growing on the bank of the Sarasvatī—were.)

Ficus, Terminalia bellirica, Symplocos, bamboos, Euphorbia, jujube, acacia, albizia, bilva, Schleichera, Salvadora, śamī, and karīra trees all grew on the bank of the Sarasvatī. (03-174-23)

तां यक्षगन्धर्वमहर्षिकान्ता; मायागभूतामिव देवतानाम्। सरस्वतीं प्रीतियुताश्चरन्तः; सुखं विजह्रुर्नरदेवपुत्राः ॥०३-१७४-२४॥

tāṃ yakṣa-gandharva-maharṣi-kāntā; māyā-gabhūtām iva devatānām. sarasvatīṃ prīti-yutāḥ carantaḥ; sukhaṃ vijahruḥ naradeva-putrāḥ ॥03-174-24॥

[तां (tāṃ) - her; (accusative singular feminine); यक्षगन्धर्वमहर्षिकान्ता (yakṣa-gandharva-maharṣi-kāntā) - beloved of yakṣas, gandharvas, and great sages; (kāntā — beloved, dear, to all named); मायागभूताम् (māyā-gabhūtām) - appearing as if formed of illusion; (māyā — illusion, ga—become, bhūtām—having become); इव (iva) - like; देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the deities; (genitive plural); सरस्वतीं (sarasvatīṃ) - the river Sarasvatī; (accusative singular); प्रीतियुताः (prīti-yutāḥ) - united with joy; (prīti—delight, yutāḥ—joined with); चरन्तः (carantaḥ) - moving about; wandering; (participle nominative plural masculine); सुखं (sukham) - happily; in happiness; (accusative singular neuter, used adverbially); विजह्रुः (vijahruḥ) - enjoyed; sported; (third person plural, perfect tense); नरदेवपुत्राः (naradeva-putrāḥ) - sons of kings; (nara-deva—king, putrāḥ—sons);]

(Her, beloved of yakṣas, gandharvas, and great sages; appearing as if formed of illusion, like that of the deities; the Sarasvatī, united with joy, moving about, happily, enjoyed (by) the sons of kings.)

The sons of kings enjoyed the Sarasvatī—beloved of yakṣas, gandharvas, and great sages, appearing like an illusory creation of the gods—roaming about with joy. (03-174-24)