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Pancharatra-Ext and Core: Krishna asks Yudhishthira not to attribute the cause of killings to Ashwatthama as all things happen as per Shiva's divine will.
वासुदेव उवाच॥
vāsudeva uvāca॥
[वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vasudeva; (a name of Krishna); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vasudeva said;)
Vasudeva said.
ततो देवयुगेऽतीते देवा वै समकल्पयन्। यज्ञं वेदप्रमाणेन विधिवद्यष्टुमीप्सवः ॥१०-१८-१॥
tato devayuge'tīte devā vai samakalpayan। yajñaṃ vedapramāṇena vidhivad yaṣṭum īpsavaḥ ॥10-18-1॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवयुगे (devayuge) - in the age of the gods; अतीते (atīte) - having passed; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; वै (vai) - indeed; समकल्पयन् (samakalpayan) - resolved together; यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice; वेदप्रमाणेन (vedapramāṇena) - according to the authority of the Veda; विधिवत् (vidhivat) - properly; यष्टुम् (yaṣṭum) - to perform; ईप्सवः (īpsavaḥ) - desiring;]
(Then, after the age of the gods had passed, the gods indeed resolved together, desiring to perform the sacrifice properly according to the authority of the Veda.)
After the age of the gods had passed, the gods together decided that they wished to perform a sacrifice properly, following the authority of the Vedas.
कल्पयामासुरव्यग्रा देशान्यज्ञोचितांस्ततः। भागार्हा देवताश्चैव यज्ञियं द्रव्यमेव च ॥१०-१८-२॥
kalpayāmāsuravyagrā deśānyajñocitāṃstataḥ। bhāgārhā devatāścaiva yajñiyaṃ dravyameva ca ॥10-18-2॥
[कल्पयामासु (kalpayāmāsu) - they arranged; रव्यग्रा (ravyagrā) - eager; देशान् (deśān) - places; यज्ञोचितान् (yajñocitān) - suitable for sacrifice; ततः (tataḥ) - then; भागार्हाः (bhāgārhāḥ) - worthy of shares; देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - sacrificial; द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - substance; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]
(Then, the eager ones arranged places suitable for sacrifice; the deities worthy of shares, and indeed the sacrificial substances as well.)
Then, the eager ones arranged the places suitable for sacrifice, the deities worthy of shares, and also the sacrificial materials.
ता वै रुद्रमजानन्त्यो याथातथ्येन देवताः। नाकल्पयन्त देवस्य स्थाणोर्भागं नराधिप ॥१०-१८-३॥
tā vai rudram-ajānantyaḥ yāthātathyena devatāḥ। na-akalpayanta devasya sthāṇoḥ bhāgaṃ narādhipa ॥10-18-3॥
[ता (tā) - they (those); वै (vai) - indeed; रुद्रम् (rudram) - Rudra; अजानन्त्यः (ajānantyaḥ) - not knowing; याथातथ्येन (yāthātathyena) - truly; देवताः (devatāḥ) - the gods; न (na) - not; अकल्पयन्त (akalpayanta) - assigned; देवस्य (devasya) - of the god; स्थाणोः (sthāṇoḥ) - of Sthāṇu (Rudra); भागम् (bhāgam) - share; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king;]
(They indeed, not knowing Rudra truly, the gods did not assign the share of the god Sthāṇu, O king.)
O king, the gods, not truly knowing Rudra, did not assign a share to the god Sthāṇu (Rudra).
सोऽकल्प्यमाने भागे तु कृत्तिवासा मखेऽमरैः। तरसा भागमन्विच्छन्धनुरादौ ससर्ज ह ॥१०-१८-४॥
so'kalpyamāne bhāge tu kṛttivāsā makhe'maraiḥ| tarasā bhāgam anvicchan dhanur ādau sasarja ha ॥10-18-4॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अकल्प्यमाने (akalpyamāne) - when not being assigned; भागे (bhāge) - the share; तु (tu) - but; कृत्तिवासा (kṛttivāsā) - Krittivasa (Shiva, the wearer of skins); मखे (makhe) - in the sacrifice; अमरैः (amaraiḥ) - by the gods; तरसा (tarasā) - with force; भागम् (bhāgam) - the share; अन्विच्छन् (anvicchan) - seeking; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - the bow; आदौ (ādau) - at first; ससर्ज (sasarja) - he created; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(He, when the share was not being assigned, but Krittivasa (Shiva), in the sacrifice by the gods, with force, seeking the share, at first created the bow indeed.)
But when his share was not assigned, Krittivasa (Shiva), in the sacrifice by the gods, forcefully, seeking his share, first created the bow.
लोकयज्ञः क्रियायज्ञो गृहयज्ञः सनातनः। पञ्चभूतमयो यज्ञो नृयज्ञश्चैव पञ्चमः ॥१०-१८-५॥
lokayajñaḥ kriyāyajño gṛhayajñaḥ sanātanaḥ। pañcabhūtamayo yajño nṛyajñaścaiva pañcamaḥ ॥10-18-5॥
[लोकयज्ञः (lokayajñaḥ) - the sacrifice for the world; क्रियायज्ञः (kriyāyajñaḥ) - the sacrifice of actions; गृहयज्ञः (gṛhayajñaḥ) - the household sacrifice; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal; पञ्चभूतमयः (pañcabhūtamayaḥ) - consisting of the five elements; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; नृयज्ञः (nṛyajñaḥ) - the sacrifice for mankind; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पञ्चमः (pañcamaḥ) - the fifth;]
(The sacrifice for the world, the sacrifice of actions, the household sacrifice, (are) eternal; the sacrifice consisting of the five elements, and indeed the sacrifice for mankind (is) the fifth.)
The sacrifice for the world, the sacrifice of actions, and the household sacrifice are eternal; the sacrifice consisting of the five elements and the sacrifice for mankind are considered the fifth.
लोकयज्ञेन यज्ञैषी कपर्दी विदधे धनुः। धनुः सृष्टमभूत्तस्य पञ्चकिष्कुप्रमाणतः ॥१०-१८-६॥
lokayajñena yajñaiṣī kapardī vidadhe dhanuḥ। dhanuḥ sṛṣṭamabhūttasya pañcakiṣkupramāṇataḥ ॥10-18-6॥
[लोकयज्ञेन (lokayajñena) - by the sacrifice of the world; यज्ञैषी (yajñaiṣī) - the seeker of sacrifice; कपर्दी (kapardī) - Kapardī (the matted-haired one, Śiva); विदधे (vidadhe) - fashioned; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - the bow; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - the bow; सृष्टम् (sṛṣṭam) - created; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; तस्य (tasya) - of it; पञ्चकिष्कुप्रमाणतः (pañcakiṣkupramāṇataḥ) - of the measure of five kiskus (a unit of length);]
(By the sacrifice of the world, the seeker of sacrifice, Kapardī, fashioned the bow. The bow created became of the measure of five kiskus.)
Through the world's sacrifice, Kapardī (Śiva), desiring sacrifice, fashioned a bow. That bow, when created, was of the size of five kiskus.
वषट्कारोऽभवज्ज्या तु धनुषस्तस्य भारत। यज्ञाङ्गानि च चत्वारि तस्य संहननेऽभवन् ॥१०-१८-७॥
vaṣaṭkāro'bhavajjyā tu dhanuṣastasya bhārata। yajñāṅgāni ca catvāri tasya saṃhanane'bhavan ॥10-18-7॥
[वषट्कारः (vaṣaṭkāraḥ) - the exclamation 'vaṣaṭ'; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; ज्या (jyā) - the bowstring; तु (tu) - but; धनुषः (dhanuṣaḥ) - of the bow; तस्य (tasya) - of it; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; यज्ञाङ्गानि (yajñāṅgāni) - the parts of the sacrifice; च (ca) - and; चत्वारि (catvāri) - four; तस्य (tasya) - of it; संहनने (saṃhanane) - in the construction; अभवन् (abhavan) - became;]
(The exclamation 'vaṣaṭ' became the bowstring, but, O Bhārata, the four parts of the sacrifice became its construction.)
O Bhārata, the exclamation 'vaṣaṭ' became the bowstring, and the four parts of the sacrifice formed its construction.
ततः क्रुद्धो महादेवस्तदुपादाय कार्मुकम्। आजगामाथ तत्रैव यत्र देवाः समीजिरे ॥१०-१८-८॥
tataḥ kruddho mahādevas tad-upādāya kārmukam। ājagāmātha tatraiva yatra devāḥ samījire ॥10-18-8॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Mahadeva; तत्-उपादाय (tat-upādāya) - having taken that; कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow; आजगाम (ājagāma) - came; अथ (atha) - then; तत्र-एव (tatraiva) - right there; यत्र (yatra) - where; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; समीजिरे (samījire) - had assembled;]
(Then, angry Mahadeva, having taken that bow, came then right there where the gods had assembled.)
Then, the enraged Mahadeva, taking up that bow, arrived at the very place where the gods had gathered.
तमात्तकार्मुकं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मचारिणमव्ययम्। विव्यथे पृथिवी देवी पर्वताश्च चकम्पिरे ॥१०-१८-९॥
tamāttakārmukaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmacāriṇamavyayam। vivyathe pṛthivī devī parvatāśca cakampire ॥10-18-9॥
[तम् (tam) - him; आत्तकार्मुकम् (āttakārmukam) - with drawn bow; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; ब्रह्मचारिणम् (brahmacāriṇam) - the celibate; अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable; विव्यथे (vivyathe) - was agitated; पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the earth; देवी (devī) - goddess; पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains; च (ca) - and; चकम्पिरे (cakampire) - trembled;]
(Having seen him with a drawn bow, the imperishable celibate, the goddess Earth was agitated, and the mountains trembled.)
When the imperishable celibate was seen with his bow drawn, the goddess Earth became agitated and the mountains trembled.
न ववौ पवनश्चैव नाग्निर्जज्वाल चैधितः। व्यभ्रमच्चापि संविग्नं दिवि नक्षत्रमण्डलम् ॥१०-१८-१०॥
na vavau pavanaś caiva nāgnir jajvāla caidhitaḥ। vyabhramac cāpi saṃvignaṃ divi nakṣatramaṇḍalam ॥10-18-10॥
[न (na) - not; ववौ (vavau) - blew; पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; न (na) - not; अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; जज्वाल (jajvāla) - blazed; च (ca) - and; इधितः (idhitaḥ) - kindled; व्यभ्रमत् (vyabhramat) - moved; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; संविग्नम् (saṃvignam) - agitated; दिवि (divi) - in the sky; नक्षत्रमण्डलम् (nakṣatramaṇḍalam) - constellation of stars;]
(The wind did not blow, and indeed the fire did not blaze though kindled. The constellation of stars in the sky also moved agitatedly.)
The wind did not blow, nor did the fire blaze though kindled. Even the constellation of stars in the sky moved about in agitation.
न बभौ भास्करश्चापि सोमः श्रीमुक्तमण्डलः। तिमिरेणाकुलं सर्वमाकाशं चाभवद्वृतम् ॥१०-१८-११॥
na babhau bhāskaraś cāpi somaḥ śrīmuktamaṇḍalaḥ। timireṇākulaṃ sarvam ākāśaṃ cābhavad vṛtam ॥10-18-11॥
[न (na) - not; बभौ (babhau) - shone; भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; सोमः (somaḥ) - the moon; श्री (śrī) - splendid; मुक्त (mukta) - pearl; मण्डलः (maṇḍalaḥ) - disk; तिमिरेण (timireṇa) - by darkness; आकुलं (ākulaṃ) - pervaded; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; आकाशं (ākāśaṃ) - sky; च (ca) - and; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; वृतम् (vṛtam) - covered;]
(Neither the sun nor even the moon with its splendid pearl-like disk shone; all the sky became pervaded and covered by darkness.)
Neither the sun nor the moon with its radiant, pearl-like disk shone; the entire sky was enveloped in darkness.
अभिभूतास्ततो देवा विषयान्न प्रजज्ञिरे। न प्रत्यभाच्च यज्ञस्तान्वेदा बभ्रंशिरे तदा ॥१०-१८-१२॥
abhibhūtās tato devā viṣayān na prajajñire। na pratyabhāc ca yajñas tān vedā babhraṃśire tadā ॥10-18-12॥
[अभिभूताः (abhibhūtāḥ) - overpowered; ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; विषयान् (viṣayān) - objects (of senses); न (na) - not; प्रजज्ञिरे (prajajñire) - recognized; न (na) - not; प्रत्यभात् (pratyabhāt) - appeared; च (ca) - and; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; तान् (tān) - to them; वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas; बभ्रंशिरे (babhraṃśire) - were lost; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Overpowered then the gods did not recognize the objects (of senses). Nor did the sacrifice appear to them, and the Vedas were lost then.)
Then, overpowered, the gods could not recognize the objects of the senses. The sacrifice did not appear to them, and at that time, the Vedas were lost.
ततः स यज्ञं रौद्रेण विव्याध हृदि पत्रिणा। अपक्रान्तस्ततो यज्ञो मृगो भूत्वा सपावकः ॥१०-१८-१३॥
tataḥ sa yajñaṃ raudreṇa vivyādha hṛdi patriṇā। apakrāntastato yajño mṛgo bhūtvā sapāvakaḥ ॥10-18-13॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; यज्ञं (yajñam) - the sacrifice; रौद्रेण (raudreṇa) - with the fierce; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart; पत्रिणा (patriṇā) - with an arrow; अपक्रान्तः (apakrāntaḥ) - departed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the sacrifice; मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - as a deer; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; सपावकः (sapāvakaḥ) - with fire;]
(Then he pierced the sacrifice in the heart with the fierce arrow. Then the sacrifice, having become a deer with fire, departed.)
Then he struck the sacrifice in the heart with a fierce arrow. The sacrifice, taking the form of a fire-bearing deer, departed from there.
स तु तेनैव रूपेण दिवं प्राप्य व्यरोचत। अन्वीयमानो रुद्रेण युधिष्ठिर नभस्तले ॥१०-१८-१४॥
sa tu tenaiva rūpeṇa divaṃ prāpya vyarocata. anvīyamāno rudreṇa yudhiṣṭhira nabhastale ॥10-18-14॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; तेनैव (tenaiva) - with that very; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - form; दिवं (divaṃ) - heaven; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; व्यरोचत (vyarocata) - shone; अन्वीयमानः (anvīyamānaḥ) - being followed; रुद्रेण (rudreṇa) - by Rudra; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; नभस्तले (nabhastale) - in the sky;]
(He but with that very form having reached heaven shone. Being followed by Rudra, Yudhishthira in the sky.)
But he, retaining that very form, reached heaven and shone. Yudhishthira, followed by Rudra, was in the sky.
अपक्रान्ते ततो यज्ञे सञ्ज्ञा न प्रत्यभात्सुरान्। नष्टसञ्ज्ञेषु देवेषु न प्रज्ञायत किञ्चन ॥१०-१८-१५॥
apakrānte tato yajñe sañjñā na pratyabhātsurān। naṣṭasañjñeṣu deveṣu na prajñāyata kiñcana ॥10-18-15॥
[अपक्रान्ते (apakrānte) - having been concluded; ततः (tataḥ) - then; यज्ञे (yajñe) - the sacrifice; सञ्ज्ञा (sañjñā) - consciousness; न (na) - not; प्रत्यभात् (pratyabhāt) - appeared; सुरान् (surān) - to the gods; नष्टसञ्ज्ञेषु (naṣṭasañjñeṣu) - in those whose consciousness was lost; देवेषु (deveṣu) - among the gods; न (na) - not; प्रज्ञायत (prajñāyata) - was perceived; किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything;]
(When the sacrifice was concluded, consciousness did not appear to the gods. Among the gods whose consciousness was lost, nothing was perceived.)
After the sacrifice ended, the gods lost consciousness, and nothing was perceived among them.
त्र्यम्बकः सवितुर्बाहू भगस्य नयने तथा। पूष्णश्च दशनान्क्रुद्धो धनुष्कोट्या व्यशातयत् ॥१०-१८-१६॥
tryambakaḥ savitur bāhū bhagasya nayane tathā। pūṣṇaś ca daśanān kruddho dhanuṣkoṭyā vyaśātayat ॥10-18-16॥
[त्र्यम्बकः (tryambakaḥ) - three-eyed one; सवितुः (savituḥ) - of Savitṛ; बाहू (bāhū) - arms; भगस्य (bhagasya) - of Bhaga; नयने (nayane) - eyes; तथा (tathā) - also; पूष्णः (pūṣṇaḥ) - of Pūṣan; च (ca) - and; दशनान् (daśanān) - teeth; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; धनुष्कोट्या (dhanuṣkoṭyā) - with the tip of the bow; व्यशातयत् (vyaśātayat) - knocked out;]
(The three-eyed one knocked out the arms of Savitṛ, the eyes of Bhaga, and also, angry, the teeth of Pūṣan with the tip of the bow.)
The three-eyed god (Śiva) angrily struck off Savitṛ's arms, Bhaga's eyes, and Pūṣan's teeth with the tip of his bow.
प्राद्रवन्त ततो देवा यज्ञाङ्गानि च सर्वशः। केचित्तत्रैव घूर्णन्तो गतासव इवाभवन् ॥१०-१८-१७॥
prādravanta tato devā yajñāṅgāni ca sarvaśaḥ। kecittatraiva ghūrṇanto gatāsava ivābhavan ॥10-18-17॥
[प्राद्रवन्त (prādravanta) - ran away; ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; यज्ञाङ्गानि (yajñāṅgāni) - the sacrificial implements; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - in all directions; केचित् (kecit) - some; तत्रैव (tatraiva) - right there; घूर्णन्तः (ghūrṇantaḥ) - reeling; गतासवः (gatāsavaḥ) - lifeless; इव (iva) - as if; अभवन् (abhavan) - became;]
(Then the gods ran away in all directions along with the sacrificial implements. Some, right there, reeling, became as if lifeless.)
Then the gods fled in all directions with the sacrificial implements. Some of them, reeling right there, appeared as if lifeless.
स तु विद्राव्य तत्सर्वं शितिकण्ठोऽवहस्य च। अवष्टभ्य धनुष्कोटिं रुरोध विबुधांस्ततः ॥१०-१८-१८॥
sa tu vidrāvya tatsarvaṃ śitikaṇṭho'vahasya ca। avaṣṭabhya dhanuṣkoṭiṃ rurodha vibudhāṃstataḥ ॥10-18-18॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; विद्राव्य (vidrāvya) - having scattered; तत् (tat) - that; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; शितिकण्ठः (śitikaṇṭhaḥ) - Śitikaṇṭha (the blue-throated one, Śiva); अवहस्य (avahasya) - having laughed; च (ca) - and; अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having taken up; धनुष्कोटिं (dhanuṣkoṭiṃ) - the end of the bow; रुरोध (rurodha) - restrained; विबुधान् (vibudhān) - the gods; ततः (tataḥ) - then;]
(He but having scattered all that, Śitikaṇṭha (Śiva), having laughed and having taken up the end of the bow, restrained the gods then.)
But after scattering all of that, Śitikaṇṭha (Śiva) laughed, took up the end of his bow, and then restrained the gods.
ततो वागमरैरुक्ता ज्यां तस्य धनुषोऽच्छिनत्। अथ तत्सहसा राजंश्छिन्नज्यं विस्फुरद्धनुः ॥१०-१८-१९॥
tato vāgamarairuktā jyāṃ tasya dhanuṣo'cchinat| atha tatsahasā rājaṃśchinnajyaṃ visphuraddhanuḥ ||10-18-19||
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वाक्-अमरैः (vāk-amaraiḥ) - by the speech of the immortals; उक्ता (uktā) - spoken; ज्याम् (jyām) - the bowstring; तस्य (tasya) - of his; धनुषः (dhanuṣaḥ) - of the bow; अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - cut off; अथ (atha) - then; तत् (tat) - that; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; राजन् (rājan) - O king; छिन्नज्यम् (chinnajyam) - with the string cut; विस्फुरत् (visphurat) - quivering; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - the bow;]
(Then, by the speech of the immortals spoken, the bowstring of his bow was cut off. Then, O king, that bow with its string cut suddenly quivered.)
Then, as spoken by the immortals, the string of his bow was cut. Suddenly, O king, that bow with its string cut began to quiver.
ततो विधनुषं देवा देवश्रेष्ठमुपागमन्। शरणं सह यज्ञेन प्रसादं चाकरोत्प्रभुः ॥१०-१८-२०॥
tato vidhanuṣaṃ devā devaśreṣṭham upāgaman। śaraṇaṃ saha yajñena prasādaṃ cākarot prabhuḥ ॥10-18-20॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; विधानुषम् (vidhanuṣam) - to the one with the bow; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; देवश्रेष्ठम् (devaśreṣṭham) - the best among gods; उपागमन् (upāgaman) - approached; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; सह (saha) - with; यज्ञेन (yajñena) - with the sacrifice; प्रसादम् (prasādam) - favor; च (ca) - and; अकरोत् (akarot) - did; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord;]
(Then the gods approached the best among gods, the one with the bow. Taking refuge with the sacrifice, the lord granted favor.)
Then the gods, seeking refuge and favor, approached the supreme lord with the bow, together with the sacrifice.
ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्प्रास्यत्कोपं जलाशये। स जलं पावको भूत्वा शोषयत्यनिशं प्रभो ॥१०-१८-२१॥
tataḥ prasanno bhagavān prāsyat kopaṃ jalāśaye। sa jalaṃ pāvako bhūtvā śoṣayaty aniśaṃ prabho ॥10-18-21॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रसन्नः (prasannaḥ) - pleased; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; प्रास्यत् (prāsyat) - cast away; कोपम् (kopam) - anger; जलाशये (jalāśaye) - into the water; सः (saḥ) - he; जलम् (jalam) - water; पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; शोषयति (śoṣayati) - dries up; अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly; प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord;]
(Then, the pleased Lord cast away his anger into the water. He, having become fire, constantly dries up the water, O Lord.)
Then, the Lord, being pleased, cast away his anger into the water. That anger, having become fire, constantly dries up the water, O Lord.
भगस्य नयने चैव बाहू च सवितुस्तथा। प्रादात्पूष्णश्च दशनान्पुनर्यज्ञं च पाण्डव ॥१०-१८-२२॥
bhagasya nayane caiva bāhū ca savitustathā। prādātpūṣṇaśca daśanānpunaryajñaṃ ca pāṇḍava ॥10-18-22॥
[भगस्य (bhagasya) - of Bhaga; नयने (nayane) - the eyes; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; बाहू (bāhū) - the arms; च (ca) - and; सवितुः (savituh) - of Savitṛ; तथा (tathā) - also; प्रादात् (prādāt) - gave; पूष्णः (pūṣṇaḥ) - of Pūṣan; च (ca) - and; दशनान् (daśanān) - the teeth; पुनः (punar) - again; यज्ञं (yajñam) - the sacrifice; च (ca) - and; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava;]
(Of Bhaga, the eyes and indeed the arms, and of Savitṛ also; he gave of Pūṣan the teeth again, and the sacrifice, O Pāṇḍava.)
O Pāṇḍava, the eyes and arms were given from Bhaga, and also from Savitṛ; the teeth from Pūṣan, and again, the sacrifice.
ततः सर्वमिदं स्वस्थं बभूव पुनरेव ह। सर्वाणि च हवींष्यस्य देवा भागमकल्पयन् ॥१०-१८-२३॥
tataḥ sarvam idaṃ svasthaṃ babhūva punar eva ha। sarvāṇi ca havīṃṣyasya devā bhāgam akalpayann ॥10-18-23॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; इदं (idaṃ) - this; स्वस्थं (svastham) - well; restored; बभूव (babhūva) - became; पुनः (punar) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; ह (ha) - certainly; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; च (ca) - and; हवींष्यस्य (havīṃṣyasya) - of the oblations; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; भागम् (bhāgam) - share; अकल्पयन् (akalpayann) - assigned;]
(Then all this became well again indeed. And the gods assigned the share of the oblations.)
Then everything was restored to its proper state again. The gods allotted the shares of the oblations.
तस्मिन्क्रुद्धेऽभवत्सर्वमस्वस्थं भुवनं विभो। प्रसन्ने च पुनः स्वस्थं स प्रसन्नोऽस्य वीर्यवान् ॥१०-१८-२४॥
tasmin kruddhe 'bhavat sarvam asvasthaṃ bhuvanaṃ vibho। prasanne ca punaḥ svasthaṃ sa prasanno 'sya vīryavān॥10-18-24॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in him; क्रुद्धे (kruddhe) - being angry; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; अस्वस्थम् (asvastham) - disturbed; भुवनम् (bhuvanam) - the world; विभो (vibho) - O Lord; प्रसन्ने (prasanne) - when pleased; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; स्वस्थम् (svastham) - at peace; स (sa) - he; प्रसन्नः (prasannaḥ) - pleased; अस्य (asya) - his; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful;]
(When he was angry, O Lord, the whole world became disturbed; and when he was pleased again, the world was at peace. He, whose favor brings peace, is powerful.)
When he was angry, O Lord, the entire world was thrown into turmoil; but when he was pleased again, everything returned to peace. He, whose favor restores harmony, is truly powerful.
ततस्ते निहताः सर्वे तव पुत्रा महारथाः। अन्ये च बहवः शूराः पाञ्चालाश्च सहानुगाः ॥१०-१८-२५॥
tataste nihatāḥ sarve tava putrā mahārathāḥ। anye ca bahavaḥ śūrāḥ pāñcālāśca sahānugāḥ ॥10-18-25॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - those; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; सर्वे (sarve) - all; तव (tava) - your; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors; अन्ये (anye) - others; च (ca) - and; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; पाञ्चालाः (pāñcālāḥ) - Panchalas; च (ca) - and; सहानुगाः (sahānugāḥ) - with followers;]
(Then those all your sons, the great chariot-warriors, were slain. And many other heroes and the Panchalas with their followers (were slain).)
Then, all your sons, the great chariot-warriors, were killed. Many other heroes and the Panchalas along with their followers were also slain.
न तन्मनसि कर्तव्यं न हि तद्द्रौणिना कृतम्। महादेवप्रसादः स कुरु कार्यमनन्तरम् ॥१०-१८-२६॥
na tanmanasi kartavyaṃ na hi taddrauṇinā kṛtam। mahādevaprasādaḥ sa kuru kāryamanantaram ॥10-18-26॥
[न (na) - not; तत् (tat) - that; मनसि (manasi) - in the mind; कर्तव्यं (kartavyam) - should be done; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that; द्रौणिना (drauṇinā) - by Drona's son; कृतम् (kṛtam) - was done; महादेवप्रसादः (mahādevaprasādaḥ) - by the grace of Mahadeva; सः (saḥ) - he; कुरु (kuru) - do; कार्यं (kāryam) - the task; अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately;]
(Not that in the mind should be done, nor indeed was that done by Drona's son. By the grace of Mahadeva, he, do the task immediately.)
Do not keep that in your mind, for it was not done by Drona's son. By the grace of Mahadeva, do your task at once.
