10.014
Pancharatra and Core: Krishna asks Arjuna to release the counterweapon to protect Bhima. Seeing the destructive power of both the weapons, sages and Narada are concerned.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage/narrator); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
इङ्गितेनैव दाशार्हस्तमभिप्रायमादितः। द्रौणेर्बुद्ध्वा महाबाहुरर्जुनं प्रत्यभाषत ॥१०-१४-१॥
iṅgitenaiva dāśārhastam abhiprāyam āditaḥ। drauṇer buddhvā mahābāhur arjunaṃ pratyabhāṣata ॥10-14-1॥
[इङ्गितेनैव (iṅgitenaiva) - by gesture only; दाशार्हः (dāśārhaḥ) - the descendant of the Dasharha (Krishna); तम् (tam) - him; अभिप्रायम् (abhiprāyam) - intention; आदितः (āditaḥ) - having understood; द्रौणेः (drauṇeḥ) - of Drona's son (Ashvatthama); बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having perceived; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - addressed;]
(By gesture only, the descendant of the Dasharha (Krishna), having understood his intention, having perceived the intention of Drona's son, the mighty-armed Arjuna addressed (him).)
By a mere gesture, Krishna, the descendant of the Dasharha, understood Arjuna's intention and, perceiving the intention of Drona's son, the mighty-armed Arjuna spoke to him.
अर्जुनार्जुन यद्दिव्यमस्त्रं ते हृदि वर्तते। द्रोणोपदिष्टं तस्यायं कालः सम्प्रति पाण्डव ॥१०-१४-२॥
arjunārjuna yaddivyam astraṃ te hṛdi vartate. droṇopadiṣṭaṃ tasyāyaṃ kālaḥ samprati pāṇḍava ॥10-14-2॥
[अर्जुन (arjuna) - O Arjuna; अर्जुन (arjuna) - O Arjuna; यत् (yat) - which; दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine; अस्त्रं (astraṃ) - weapon; ते (te) - your; हृदि (hṛdi) - in (your) heart; वर्तते (vartate) - resides; द्रोणोपदिष्टं (droṇopadiṣṭaṃ) - taught by Droṇa; तस्य (tasya) - of that; अयम् (ayam) - this; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; सम्प्रति (samprati) - now; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pāṇḍu;]
(O Arjuna, O Arjuna, the divine weapon which resides in your heart, taught by Droṇa, of that this is the time now, O son of Pāṇḍu.)
O Arjuna, now is the time to use the divine weapon taught to you by Droṇa, which resides in your heart, O son of Pāṇḍu.
भ्रातॄणामात्मनश्चैव परित्राणाय भारत। विसृजैतत्त्वमप्याजावस्त्रमस्त्रनिवारणम् ॥१०-१४-३॥
bhrātṝṇām ātmanaś caiva paritrāṇāya bhārata। visṛja etat tvam api ājāvastram astra-nivāraṇam ॥10-14-3॥
[भ्रातॄणाम् (bhrātṝṇām) - of the brothers; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of yourself; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; परित्राणाय (paritrāṇāya) - for the protection; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; विसृज (visṛja) - release; एतत् (etat) - this; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अपि (api) - also; आजा-वस्त्रम् (ājā-vastram) - goat-skin garment; अस्त्र-निवारणम् (astra-nivāraṇam) - missile-repelling;]
(O Bhārata, for the protection of your brothers and yourself, you also release this goat-skin garment that repels missiles.)
O Bhārata, for the protection of both your brothers and yourself, you too should release this missile-repelling goat-skin garment.
केशवेनैवमुक्तस्तु पाण्डवः परवीरहा। अवातरद्रथात्तूर्णं प्रगृह्य सशरं धनुः ॥१०-१४-४॥
keśavenaivamuktastu pāṇḍavaḥ paravīrahā। avatāradrathāttūrṇaṃ pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ ॥10-14-4॥
[केशवेन (keśavena) - by Keśava; एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed; तु (tu) - but; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu; परवीरहा (paravīrahā) - destroyer of enemy heroes; अवतारत् (avatārat) - descended; रथात् (rathāt) - from the chariot; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken up; सशरम् (saśaram) - with arrows; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - the bow;]
(But the son of Pāṇḍu, destroyer of enemy heroes, thus addressed by Keśava, quickly descended from the chariot, having taken up the bow with arrows.)
Thus addressed by Keśava, the son of Pāṇḍu, the destroyer of enemy heroes, quickly got down from the chariot, taking up his bow and arrows.
पूर्वमाचार्यपुत्राय ततोऽनन्तरमात्मने। भ्रातृभ्यश्चैव सर्वेभ्यः स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा परन्तपः ॥१०-१४-५॥
pūrvam ācāryaputrāya tato'nantaram ātmane | bhrātṛbhyaś caiva sarvebhyaḥ svastīty uktvā parantapaḥ ||10-14-5||
[पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first; आचार्यपुत्राय (ācāryaputrāya) - to the teacher's son; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after; आत्मने (ātmane) - to himself; भ्रातृभ्यः (bhrātṛbhyaḥ) - to the brothers; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सर्वेभ्यः (sarvebhyaḥ) - to all; स्वस्ति (svasti) - well-being; इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; परन्तपः (parantapaḥ) - the scorcher of foes;]
(First to the teacher's son, then immediately after to himself, to the brothers and indeed to all, having said 'well-being', the scorcher of foes.)
The scorcher of foes first offered well-wishes to the teacher's son, then to himself, to his brothers, and to all, saying 'well-being' to each.
देवताभ्यो नमस्कृत्य गुरुभ्यश्चैव सर्वशः। उत्ससर्ज शिवं ध्यायन्नस्त्रमस्त्रेण शाम्यताम् ॥१०-१४-६॥
devatābhyo namaskṛtya gurubhyaścaiva sarvaśaḥ। utsasarja śivaṃ dhyāyannastramastreṇa śāmyatām ॥10-14-6॥
[देवताभ्यः (devatābhyaḥ) - to the deities; नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having bowed; गुरुभ्यः (gurubhyaḥ) - to the teachers; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - in every way; उत्ससर्ज (utsasarja) - he released; शिवं (śivam) - Śiva; ध्यायन् (dhyāyan) - meditating; अस्त्रम् (astram) - the weapon; अस्त्रेण (astreṇa) - with the weapon; शाम्यताम् (śāmyatām) - let it be pacified;]
(Having bowed to the deities and indeed to the teachers in every way, meditating on Śiva, he released the weapon; let the weapon be pacified with the weapon.)
After bowing to the deities and to the teachers in every way, and meditating on Śiva, he released the weapon, wishing that the weapon be pacified by another weapon.
ततस्तदस्त्रं सहसा सृष्टं गाण्डीवधन्वना। प्रजज्वाल महार्चिष्मद्युगान्तानलसंनिभम् ॥१०-१४-७॥
tatas tad astraṃ sahasā sṛṣṭaṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvanā। prajajvāla mahārciṣmat yugāntānala-saṃnibham ॥10-14-7॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तत् (tat) - that; अस्त्रं (astraṃ) - weapon; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; सृष्टं (sṛṣṭam) - discharged; गाण्डीवधन्वना (gāṇḍīvadhanvanā) - by the wielder of the Gandiva bow; प्रजज्वाल (prajajvāla) - blazed forth; महार्चिष्मत् (mahārciṣmat) - with great flames; युगान्तानलसंनिभम् (yugāntānala-saṃnibham) - resembling the fire at the end of an age;]
(Then that weapon, suddenly discharged by the wielder of the Gandiva bow, blazed forth with great flames, resembling the fire at the end of an age.)
Then, the weapon suddenly released by Arjuna, the wielder of the Gandiva bow, blazed with immense flames, like the fire that appears at the end of the world.
तथैव द्रोणपुत्रस्य तदस्त्रं तिग्मतेजसः। प्रजज्वाल महाज्वालं तेजोमण्डलसंवृतम् ॥१०-१४-८॥
tathaiva droṇaputrasya tadastraṃ tigmatejasaḥ। prajajvāla mahājvālaṃ tejomaṇḍalasaṃvṛtam ॥10-14-8॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; द्रोणपुत्रस्य (droṇaputrasya) - of the son of Droṇa; तत् (tat) - that; अस्त्रं (astraṃ) - weapon; तिग्मतेजसः (tigmatejasaḥ) - of sharp brilliance; प्रजज्वाल (prajajvāla) - blazed forth; महाज्वालं (mahājvālaṃ) - with great flames; तेजोमण्डलसंवृतम् (tejomaṇḍalasaṃvṛtam) - enveloped in a sphere of radiance;]
(In the same way, that weapon of the son of Droṇa, of sharp brilliance, blazed forth with great flames, enveloped in a sphere of radiance.)
In the same way, the weapon of Droṇa's son, blazing with sharp brilliance, flared up with great flames, surrounded by a sphere of radiance.
निर्घाता बहवश्चासन्पेतुरुल्काः सहस्रशः। महद्भयं च भूतानां सर्वेषां समजायत ॥१०-१४-९॥
nirghātā bahavaś cāsan petur ulkāḥ sahasraśaḥ। mahad bhayaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ samajāyata ॥10-14-9॥
[निर्घाता (nirghātā) - thunderbolts; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; च (ca) - and; आसन् (āsan) - were; पेतुः (petuḥ) - fell; उल्काः (ulkāḥ) - meteors; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; महत् (mahat) - great; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; च (ca) - and; भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all; समजायत (samajāyata) - arose;]
(Thunderbolts were many and meteors fell by thousands; great fear also of all beings arose.)
There were many thunderbolts, and thousands of meteors fell; a great fear arose among all beings.
सशब्दमभवद्व्योम ज्वालामालाकुलं भृशम्। चचाल च मही कृत्स्ना सपर्वतवनद्रुमा ॥१०-१४-१०॥
saśabdam abhavad vyoma jvālā-mālā-ākulaṃ bhṛśam। cacāla ca mahī kṛtsnā sa-parvata-vana-drumā ॥10-14-10॥
[सशब्दम् (saśabdam) - with sound; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; व्योम (vyoma) - the sky; ज्वालामाला (jvālā-mālā) - garland of flames; आकुलम् (ākulam) - filled; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - intensely; च (ca) - and; चचाल (cacāla) - trembled; मही (mahī) - the earth; कृत्स्ना (kṛtsnā) - entire; स (sa) - with; पर्वत (parvata) - mountains; वन (vana) - forests; द्रुमा (drumā) - trees;]
(The sky became filled with sound and garlands of flames intensely. And the entire earth, with mountains, forests, and trees, trembled.)
The sky resounded and was intensely filled with garlands of flames. The whole earth, along with its mountains, forests, and trees, trembled.
ते अस्त्रे तेजसा लोकांस्तापयन्ती व्यवस्थिते। महर्षी सहितौ तत्र दर्शयामासतुस्तदा ॥१०-१४-११॥
te astre tejasā lokāṃstāpayantī vyavasthite. maharṣī sahitau tatra darśayāmāsatustadā ॥10-14-11॥
[ते (te) - they; अस्त्रे (astre) - in the missile; तेजसा (tejasā) - by the brilliance; लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds; तापयन्ती (tāpayantī) - burning; व्यवस्थिते (vyavasthite) - being situated; महर्षी (maharṣī) - the great sages; सहितौ (sahitau) - together; तत्र (tatra) - there; दर्शयामासतुः (darśayāmāsatuḥ) - showed; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(They, being situated in the missile, burning the worlds by brilliance, the great sages together there showed then.)
Then, the great sages, being together there, showed (them) burning the worlds with the brilliance of the missile.
नारदः स च धर्मात्मा भरतानां पितामहः। उभौ शमयितुं वीरौ भारद्वाजधनञ्जयौ ॥१०-१४-१२॥
nāradaḥ sa ca dharmātmā bharatānāṃ pitāmahaḥ। ubhau śamayituṃ vīrau bhāradvāja-dhanañjayau ॥10-14-12॥
[नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; स (sa) - he; च (ca) - and; धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous-souled; भरतानां (bharatānāṃ) - of the Bharatas; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the grandsire; उभौ (ubhau) - both; शमयितुं (śamayituṃ) - to pacify; वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes; भारद्वाजधनञ्जयौ (bhāradvāja-dhanañjayau) - Bhāradvāja and Dhanañjaya;]
(Nārada, he and the righteous-souled grandsire of the Bharatas. Both heroes, Bhāradvāja and Dhanañjaya, to pacify.)
Nārada, along with the righteous-souled grandsire of the Bharatas, and both heroes, Bhāradvāja and Dhanañjaya, set out to pacify them.
तौ मुनी सर्वधर्मज्ञौ सर्वभूतहितैषिणौ। दीप्तयोरस्त्रयोर्मध्ये स्थितौ परमतेजसौ ॥१०-१४-१३॥
tau munī sarvadharmajñau sarvabhūtahitaiṣiṇau। dīptayorastrayormadhye sthitau paramatejasau ॥10-14-13॥
[तौ (tau) - those two; मुनी (munī) - sages; सर्वधर्मज्ञौ (sarvadharmajñau) - knowers of all dharmas; सर्वभूतहितैषिणौ (sarvabhūtahitaiṣiṇau) - desirous of the welfare of all beings; दीप्तयोः (dīptayoḥ) - of the two blazing (weapons); अस्त्रयोः (astrayoḥ) - of the missiles; मध्ये (madhye) - in the midst; स्थितौ (sthitau) - standing; परमतेजसौ (paramatejasau) - of supreme brilliance;]
(Those two sages, knowers of all dharmas, desirous of the welfare of all beings, of supreme brilliance, stood in the midst of the two blazing missiles.)
Those two sages, who knew all dharmas and sought the welfare of all beings, stood with supreme brilliance between the two blazing missiles.
तदन्तरमनाधृष्यावुपगम्य यशस्विनौ। आस्तामृषिवरौ तत्र ज्वलिताविव पावकौ ॥१०-१४-१४॥
tad-antaram-anādhṛṣyau-upagamya yaśasvinau। āstām-ṛṣivarau tatra jvalitau-iva pāvakau ॥10-14-14॥
[तत् (tat) - then; अन्तरम् (antaram) - interval; अनाधृष्यौ (anādhṛṣyau) - the unassailable ones; उपगम्य (upagamya) - approaching; यशस्विनौ (yaśasvinau) - the illustrious two; आस्ताम् (āstām) - remained; ऋषिवरौ (ṛṣivarau) - the two great sages; तत्र (tatra) - there; ज्वलितौ (jvalitau) - shining; इव (iva) - like; पावकौ (pāvakau) - fires;]
(Then, approaching the unassailable ones, the illustrious two great sages remained there, shining like fires.)
Then, having approached, the two illustrious and unassailable sages remained there, shining like blazing fires.
प्राणभृद्भिरनाधृष्यौ देवदानवसंमतौ। अस्त्रतेजः शमयितुं लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥१०-१४-१५॥
prāṇabhṛdbhiranādhṛṣyau devadānavasaṃmatau। astratejaḥ śamayituṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ॥10-14-15॥
[प्राणभृत्-भिः (prāṇabhṛt-bhiḥ) - by living beings; अनाधृष्यौ (anādhṛṣyau) - invincible; देव-दानव-संमतौ (deva-dānava-saṃmatau) - approved by gods and demons; अस्त्र-तेजः (astra-tejaḥ) - the power of weapons; शमयितुम् (śamayitum) - to subdue; लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds; हित-काम्यया (hita-kāmyayā) - for the desire of welfare;]
(By living beings invincible, approved by gods and demons, to subdue the power of weapons, for the desire of the welfare of the worlds.)
They were invincible to all living beings, respected by both gods and demons, and subdued the power of weapons for the welfare of the worlds.
ऋषी ऊचतुः॥
ṛṣī ūcatuḥ॥
[ऋषी (ṛṣī) - the sages; ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - said;]
(The sages said:)
The sages said:
नानाशस्त्रविदः पूर्वे येऽप्यतीता महारथाः। नैतदस्त्रं मनुष्येषु तैः प्रयुक्तं कथञ्चन ॥१०-१४-१६॥
nānāśastravidaḥ pūrve ye'pyatītā mahārathāḥ। naitad astraṃ manuṣyeṣu taiḥ prayuktaṃ kathaṃcana ॥10-14-16॥
[नाना-शस्त्र-विदः (nānā-śastra-vidaḥ) - knowers of various weapons; पूर्वे (pūrve) - former; ये (ye) - who; अपि (api) - also; अतीता (atītāḥ) - passed (away); महा-रथाः (mahā-rathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors; न (na) - not; एतत् (etat) - this; अस्त्रं (astraṃ) - weapon; मनुष्येषु (manuṣyeṣu) - among men; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; प्रयुक्तं (prayuktam) - employed; कथञ्चन (kathaṃcana) - ever;]
(The knowers of various weapons, the former great chariot-warriors who have also passed away, did not ever employ this weapon among men.)
Even the great chariot-warriors of the past, who were skilled in many weapons, never used this weapon among men.
