12.141
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
पितामह महाप्राज्ञ सर्वशास्त्रविशारद। शरणं पालयानस्य यो धर्मस्तं वदस्व मे ॥१२-१४१-१॥
pitāmaha mahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada। śaraṇaṃ pālayānasya yo dharmastaṃ vadasva me ॥12-141-1॥
[पितामह (pitāmaha) - grandfather; महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - greatly wise; सर्वशास्त्रविशारद (sarvaśāstraviśārada) - expert in all śāstras; शरणं (śaraṇam) - refuge; पालयानस्य (pālayānasya) - of the one being protected; यः (yaḥ) - who; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; तम् (tam) - that; वदस्व (vadasva) - please tell; मे (me) - to me;]
(Grandfather, greatly wise, expert in all śāstras, what is the duty that is the refuge of the one being protected—please tell that to me.)
O Grandfather, greatly wise and expert in all śāstras, please tell me what is the duty that serves as the refuge for one who seeks protection.
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
महान्धर्मो महाराज शरणागतपालने। अर्हः प्रष्टुं भवांश्चैव प्रश्नं भरतसत्तम ॥१२-१४१-२॥
mahāndharmo mahārāja śaraṇāgatapālane। arhaḥ praṣṭuṃ bhavāṃścaiva praśnaṃ bharatasattama ॥12-141-2॥
[महान् (mahān) - great; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; शरणागत (śaraṇāgata) - one who has sought refuge; पालने (pālane) - in protection; अर्हः (arhaḥ) - worthy; प्रष्टुम् (praṣṭum) - to ask; भवान् (bhavān) - you; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question; भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(Great is the duty, O great king, in the protection of one who has sought refuge. Worthy to ask, you indeed, the question, O best of the Bharatas.)
O great king, the duty of protecting those who have sought refuge is supreme. O best of the Bharatas, you are indeed worthy to ask this question.
नृगप्रभृतयो राजन्राजानः शरणागतान्। परिपाल्य महाराज संसिद्धिं परमां गताः ॥१२-१४१-३॥
nṛgaprabhṛtayo rājanrājānaḥ śaraṇāgatān। paripālya mahārāja saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ ॥12-141-3॥
[नृगप्रभृतयः (nṛgaprabhṛtayaḥ) - Nṛga and others; राजन् (rājan) - O king; राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings; शरणागतान् (śaraṇāgatān) - those who have sought refuge; परिपाल्य (paripālya) - having protected; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; संसिद्धिम् (saṃsiddhim) - perfection; परमाम् (paramām) - supreme; गताः (gatāḥ) - attained;]
(Nṛga and others, O king, the kings, having protected those who have sought refuge, O great king, attained supreme perfection.)
O great king, kings such as Nṛga, having protected those who sought refuge, attained the highest perfection.
श्रूयते हि कपोतेन शत्रुः शरणमागतः। पूजितश्च यथान्यायं स्वैश्च मांसैर्निमन्त्रितः ॥१२-१४१-४॥
śrūyate hi kapotena śatruḥ śaraṇamāgataḥ। pūjitaś ca yathā-nyāyaṃ svaiś ca māṃsair nimantritaḥ॥12-141-4॥
[श्रूयते (śrūyate) - is heard; हि (hi) - indeed; कपोतेन (kapotena) - by the pigeon; शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived; पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - was honored; च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - according to; न्यायम् (nyāyam) - rule; स्वैः (svaiḥ) - with his own; च (ca) - and; मांसैः (māṃsaiḥ) - flesh; निमन्त्रितः (nimantritaḥ) - was invited;]
(It is heard indeed by the pigeon the enemy who arrived for refuge was honored and according to rule with his own flesh and was invited.)
It is said that the pigeon, seeing his enemy come for refuge, honored him as per the rules and even invited him with his own flesh.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
कथं कपोतेन पुरा शत्रुः शरणमागतः। स्वमांसैर्भोजितः कां च गतिं लेभे स भारत ॥१२-१४१-५॥
kathaṁ kapotena purā śatruḥ śaraṇamāgataḥ। svamāṁsairbhojitaḥ kāṁ ca gatiṁ lebhe sa bhārata॥12-141-5॥
[कथं (kathaṁ) - how; कपोतेन (kapotena) - by the pigeon; पुरा (purā) - formerly; शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; आगतः (āgataḥ) - having come; स्वमांसैः (svamāṁsaiḥ) - with his own flesh; भोजितः (bhojitaḥ) - fed; कां (kāṁ) - which; च (ca) - and; गतिम् (gatiṁ) - state; लेभे (lebhe) - obtained; स (sa) - he; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(How by the pigeon formerly the enemy, having come for refuge, was fed with his own flesh; which state did he obtain, and (O) Bhārata?)
O Bhārata, how did the pigeon formerly feed the enemy who had come for refuge with his own flesh, and what state did he attain?
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
शृणु राजन्कथां दिव्यां सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्। नृपतेर्मुचुकुन्दस्य कथितां भार्गवेण ह ॥१२-१४१-६॥
śṛṇu rājan kathāṃ divyāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm। nṛpater mucukundasya kathitāṃ bhārgaveṇa ha ॥12-141-6॥
[शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear; राजन् (rājan) - O king; कथां (kathām) - story; दिव्यां (divyām) - divine; सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् (sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm) - destroyer of all sins; नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king; मुचुकुन्दस्य (mucukundasya) - of Mucukunda; कथितां (kathitām) - told; भार्गवेण (bhārgaveṇa) - by Bhārgava; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(Hear, O king, the divine story, destroyer of all sins, of King Mucukunda, told indeed by Bhārgava.)
O king, listen to the divine story that destroys all sins—the tale of King Mucukunda as narrated by Bhārgava.
इममर्थं पुरा पार्थ मुचुकुन्दो नराधिपः। भार्गवं परिपप्रच्छ प्रणतो भरतर्षभ ॥१२-१४१-७॥
imam arthaṃ purā pārtha mucukundo narādhipaḥ। bhārgavaṃ paripapraccha praṇato bharatarṣabha ॥12-141-7॥
[इमम् (imam) - this; (accusative singular masculine) अर्थम् (artham) - matter; meaning; object; पुरा (purā) - formerly; in ancient times; पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā; Arjuna; मुचुकुन्दः (mucukundaḥ) - Mucukunda; (proper noun, king's name); नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - king; lord of men; भार्गवम् (bhārgavam) - to Bhārgava; (descendant of Bhṛgu, i.e., sage or priestly figure); परिपप्रच्छ (paripapraccha) - asked; inquired; प्रणतः (praṇataḥ) - having bowed; reverent; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas; (epithet for Arjuna or Yudhiṣṭhira);]
(This matter formerly, O Pārtha, Mucukunda the king asked Bhārgava, having bowed, O best of the Bharatas.)
O Pārtha, in ancient times, King Mucukunda, having bowed in reverence, asked Bhārgava about this matter, O best of the Bharatas.
तस्मै शुश्रूषमाणाय भार्गवोऽकथयत्कथाम्। इयं यथा कपोतेन सिद्धिः प्राप्ता नराधिप ॥१२-१४१-८॥
tasmai śuśrūṣamāṇāya bhārgavo'kathayatkathām। iyaṃ yathā kapotena siddhiḥ prāptā narādhipa ॥12-141-8॥
[तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; शुश्रूषमाणाय (śuśrūṣamāṇāya) - who was serving; भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu); अकथयत् (akathayat) - narrated; कथाम् (kathām) - the story; इयम् (iyam) - this; यथा (yathā) - as; कपोतेन (kapotena) - by the pigeon; सिद्धिः (siddhiḥ) - success; प्राप्ता (prāptā) - was attained; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king;]
(To him who was serving, Bhārgava narrated the story: This is how, O king, success was attained by the pigeon.)
Bhārgava narrated the story to the one who was serving him: "O king, this is how the pigeon attained success."
धर्मनिश्चयसंयुक्तां कामार्थसहितां कथाम्। शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्गदतो मे महाभुज ॥१२-१४१-९॥
dharmaniścayasaṃyuktāṃ kāmārthasahitāṃ kathām। śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājangadato me mahābhuja ॥12-141-9॥
[धर्म (dharma) - righteousness; निश्चय (niścaya) - certainty; संयुक्तां (saṃyuktām) - joined with; काम (kāma) - desire; अर्थ (artha) - purpose; सहितां (sahitām) - accompanied by; कथाम् (kathām) - story; शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen; आवहितः (āvahitaḥ) - attentively; राजन् (rājan) - O king; गदतः (gadataḥ) - spoken; मे (me) - by me; महाभुज (mahābhuja) - mighty-armed;]
(Listen attentively, O king, to the story joined with certainty of righteousness and accompanied by desire and purpose, spoken by me, O mighty-armed.)
O mighty-armed king, listen attentively to the story, which is endowed with certainty of righteousness and accompanied by desire and purpose, as spoken by me.
कश्चित्क्षुद्रसमाचारः पृथिव्यां कालसंमतः। चचार पृथिवीं पापो घोरः शकुनिलुब्धकः ॥१२-१४१-१०॥
kaścit-kṣudra-samācāraḥ pṛthivyāṃ kāla-saṃmataḥ। cacāra pṛthivīṃ pāpo ghoraḥ śakuni-lubdhakaḥ ॥12-141-10॥
[कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone; क्षुद्र (kṣudra) - mean; petty; समाचारः (samācāraḥ) - with conduct; with behavior; पृथिव्यां (pṛthivyāṃ) - on the earth; काल (kāla) - time; era; संमतः (saṃmataḥ) - approved; accepted; चचार (cacāra) - wandered; moved about; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - the earth; पापः (pāpaḥ) - evil; wicked; घोरः (ghoraḥ) - terrible; dreadful; शकुनि (śakuni) - bird; लुब्धकः (lubdhakaḥ) - hunter;]
(Someone of mean conduct, approved by time, wandered on the earth; the wicked, terrible bird-hunter (moved) on the earth.)
A certain wicked bird-hunter of vile conduct, accepted by the times, roamed the earth; he was dreadful and evil.
काकोल इव कृष्णाङ्गो रूक्षः पापसमाहितः। यवमध्यः कृशग्रीवो ह्रस्वपादो महाहनुः ॥१२-१४१-११॥
kākola iva kṛṣṇāṅgo rūkṣaḥ pāpasamāhitaḥ। yavamadhyaḥ kṛśagrīvo hrasvapādo mahāhanuḥ ॥12-141-11॥
[काकोल (kākola) - like a crow; इव (iva) - as; कृष्णाङ्गः (kṛṣṇāṅgaḥ) - black-bodied; रूक्षः (rūkṣaḥ) - rough; पापसमाहितः (pāpasamāhitaḥ) - absorbed in evil; यवमध्यः (yavamadhyaḥ) - narrow-waisted; कृशग्रीवः (kṛśagrīvaḥ) - thin-necked; ह्रस्वपादः (hrasvapādaḥ) - short-legged; महाहनुः (mahāhanuḥ) - large-jawed;]
(Like a crow, black-bodied, rough, absorbed in evil, narrow-waisted, thin-necked, short-legged, large-jawed.)
He is like a crow: black-bodied, rough, intent on evil, with a narrow waist, thin neck, short legs, and a large jaw.
नैव तस्य सुहृत्कश्चिन्न सम्बन्धी न बान्धवः। स हि तैः सम्परित्यक्तस्तेन घोरेण कर्मणा ॥१२-१४१-१२॥
naiva tasya suhṛtkaścinna sambandhī na bāndhavaḥ। sa hi taiḥ samparityaktastena ghoreṇa karmaṇā ॥12-141-12॥
[न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; तस्य (tasya) - of him; सुहृत् (suhṛt) - friend; कश्चित् (kaścit) - any; न (na) - not; सम्बन्धी (sambandhī) - relative; न (na) - not; बान्धवः (bāndhavaḥ) - kinsman; सः (saḥ) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; सम्परित्यक्तः (samparityaktaḥ) - completely abandoned; तेन (tena) - by that; घोरेण (ghoreṇa) - terrible; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - action;]
(Not indeed of him any friend, not relative, not kinsman; he indeed by them completely abandoned by that terrible action.)
He had neither any friend, nor relative, nor kinsman; indeed, he was completely abandoned by them because of that terrible deed.
स वै क्षारकमादाय द्विजान्हत्वा वने सदा। चकार विक्रयं तेषां पतङ्गानां नराधिप ॥१२-१४१-१३॥
sa vai kṣārakam ādāya dvijān hatvā vane sadā। cakāra vikrayaṃ teṣāṃ pataṅgānāṃ narādhipa ॥12-141-13॥
[स (sa) - he; वै (vai) - indeed; क्षारकम् (kṣārakam) - alkali-substance; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; द्विजान् (dvijān) - twice-born (Brāhmaṇas); हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; वने (vane) - in the forest; सदा (sadā) - always; चकार (cakāra) - he did; विक्रयम् (vikrayam) - sale; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; पतङ्गानाम् (pataṅgānām) - of birds; नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - the king of men;]
(He indeed, having taken alkali-substance, having killed the twice-born in the forest always, did the sale of their birds, the king of men.)
He, the king, would always take alkali, kill Brāhmaṇas in the forest, and sell their birds.
एवं तु वर्तमानस्य तस्य वृत्तिं दुरात्मनः। अगमत्सुमहान्कालो न चाधर्ममबुध्यत ॥१२-१४१-१४॥
evaṃ tu vartamānasya tasya vṛttiṃ durātmanaḥ। agamatsumahānkālo na cādharmamabudhyata ॥12-141-14॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; तु (tu) - but; वर्तमानस्य (vartamānasya) - of the present; तस्य (tasya) - of him; वृत्तिं (vṛttiṃ) - conduct; दुरात्मनः (durātmanaḥ) - of the wicked one; अगमत् (agamat) - passed; सुमहान् (sumahān) - very great; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness; अबुध्यत (abudhyata) - he realized;]
(Thus but of the present of him conduct of the wicked one passed very great time not and unrighteousness he realized.)
Thus, while the wicked one continued his conduct, a very long time passed, but he did not realize his unrighteousness.
तस्य भार्यासहायस्य रममाणस्य शाश्वतम्। दैवयोगविमूढस्य नान्या वृत्तिररोचत ॥१२-१४१-१५॥
tasya bhāryāsahāyasya ramamāṇasya śāśvatam। daivayogavimūḍhasya nānyā vṛttirarocata ॥12-141-15॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; भार्या-सहायस्य (bhāryā-sahāyasya) - with wife as companion; रममाणस्य (ramamāṇasya) - enjoying; शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal; दैव-योग-विमूढस्य (daiva-yoga-vimūḍhasya) - deluded by the conjunction of fate; न (na) - not; अन्या (anyā) - other; वृत्तिः (vṛttiḥ) - course of life; अरोजत् (arocata) - was pleasing;]
(Of him, with wife as companion, enjoying, eternal; to the one deluded by the conjunction of fate, no other course of life was pleasing.)
For him, who was enjoying eternal companionship with his wife, and was deluded by the conjunction of fate, no other way of life was pleasing.
ततः कदाचित्तस्याथ वनस्थस्य समुद्गतः। पातयन्निव वृक्षांस्तान्सुमहान्वातसम्भ्रमः ॥१२-१४१-१६॥
tataḥ kadācittasyātha vanasthasya samudgataḥ। pātayanniva vṛkṣāṃstānsumahānvātasambhramaḥ ॥12-141-16॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; कदाचित् (kadācit) - at some time; तस्य (tasya) - of him; अथ (atha) - then; वनस्थस्य (vanasthasya) - of the one dwelling in the forest; समुद्गतः (samudgataḥ) - arisen; पातयन् (pātayan) - causing to fall; इव (iva) - as if; वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees; तान् (tān) - those; सुमहान् (sumahān) - very great; वातसम्भ्रमः (vātasambhramaḥ) - wind-tumult;]
(Then, at some time, for him, then, of the one dwelling in the forest, arisen. Causing to fall, as if, trees, those, very great wind-tumult.)
Then, at some time, a very great tumult of wind arose for him, who was dwelling in the forest, as if causing those trees to fall.
मेघसङ्कुलमाकाशं विद्युन्मण्डलमण्डितम्। सञ्छन्नं सुमुहूर्तेन नौस्थानेनेव सागरः ॥१२-१४१-१७॥
meghasaṅkulam ākāśaṃ vidyunmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam। sañchannaṃ sumuhūrtena nausthānenaiva sāgaraḥ ॥12-141-17॥
[मेघ-सङ्कुलम् (megha-saṅkulam) - clouds-filled; आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky; विद्युत्-मण्डल-मण्डितम् (vidyut-maṇḍala-maṇḍitam) - lightning-circle-adorned; सञ्छन्नम् (sañchannam) - covered; सुमुहूर्तेन (sumuhūrtena) - in a very short time; नौस्थानेन (nausthānena) - by a ship's position; एव (eva) - just; indeed; सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - ocean;]
(The sky filled with clouds, adorned with circles of lightning, covered in a very short time, just like the ocean by the position of a ship.)
The sky, crowded with clouds and adorned with circles of lightning, was covered in a very short time, just as the ocean is by the position of a ship.
वारिधारासमूहैश्च सम्प्रहृष्टः शतक्रतुः। क्षणेन पूरयामास सलिलेन वसुन्धराम् ॥१२-१४१-१८॥
vāridhārāsamūhaiś ca samprahṛṣṭaḥ śatakratuḥ। kṣaṇena pūrayām āsa salilena vasundharām ॥12-141-18॥
[वारि (vāri) - water; धारा (dhārā) - streams; समूहैः (samūhaiḥ) - by groups; च (ca) - and; सम्प्रहृष्टः (samprahṛṣṭaḥ) - greatly delighted; शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Indra; क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in an instant; पूरयाम् (pūrayām) - caused to fill; आस (āsa) - he; सलिलेन (salilena) - with water; वसुन्धराम् (vasundharām) - the earth;]
(And Indra, greatly delighted, with groups of streams of water, in an instant, caused the earth to be filled with water.)
Indra, overjoyed, instantly filled the earth with water by pouring down torrents of rain.
ततो धाराकुले लोके सम्भ्रमन्नष्टचेतनः। शीतार्तस्तद्वनं सर्वमाकुलेनान्तरात्मना ॥१२-१४१-१९॥
tato dhārākule loke sambhramannaṣṭacētanaḥ। śītārttastad vanaṃ sarvam ākulēnāntarātmanā ॥12-141-19॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; धाराकुले (dhārākule) - in torrents; लोके (loke) - in the world; सम्भ्रमन् (sambhraman) - bewildered; नष्टचेतनः (naṣṭacētanaḥ) - having lost consciousness; शीतार्तः (śītārtaḥ) - afflicted by cold; तत् (tat) - that; वनम् (vanam) - forest; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; आकुलेन (ākulēna) - with agitation; अन्तरात्मना (antarātmanā) - with inner self;]
(Then, in the world filled with torrents, bewildered, having lost consciousness, afflicted by cold, that entire forest (he saw) with an agitated inner self.)
Then, bewildered and having lost consciousness in the world overwhelmed by torrents, afflicted by cold, he saw that entire forest with a deeply agitated heart.
नैव निम्नं स्थलं वापि सोऽविन्दत विहङ्गहा। पूरितो हि जलौघेन मार्गस्तस्य वनस्य वै ॥१२-१४१-२०॥
naiva nimnaṃ sthalaṃ vāpi so'vindata vihaṅgahā। pūrito hi jalaughena mārgas tasya vanasya vai ॥12-141-20॥
[न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; निम्नं (nimnam) - low; स्थलं (sthalam) - place; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; सः (saḥ) - he; अविन्दत् (avindat) - found; विहङ्गहा (vihaṅgahā) - bird-killer; पूरितः (pūritaḥ) - filled; हि (hi) - indeed; जलौघेन (jalaughena) - by a mass of water; मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path; तस्य (tasya) - of that; वनस्य (vanasya) - of the forest; वै (vai) - indeed;]
(Not indeed a low place or even (any) place did he, the bird-killer, find; for the path of that forest was indeed filled by a mass of water.)
He, the bird-killer, could not find any low ground or any place at all, for the path through that forest was completely flooded.
पक्षिणो वातवेगेन हता लीनास्तदाभवन्। मृगाः सिंहा वराहाश्च स्थलान्याश्रित्य तस्थिरे ॥१२-१४१-२१॥
pakṣiṇo vātavegena hatā līnāstadābhavan। mṛgāḥ siṃhā varāhāśca sthalānyāśritya tasthire ॥12-141-21॥
[पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds; वातवेगेन (vātavegena) - by the force of wind; हता (hatā) - struck; लीनाः (līnāḥ) - disappeared; तदा (tadā) - then; अभवन् (abhavan) - became; मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer; सिंहाः (siṃhāḥ) - lions; वराहाः (varāhāḥ) - boars; च (ca) - and; स्थलानि (sthalāni) - dry places; आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having taken refuge; तस्थिरे (tasthire) - remained;]
(The birds, struck by the force of the wind, disappeared then. The deer, lions, and boars, having taken refuge in dry places, remained.)
The birds were swept away by the force of the wind and vanished at that time. The deer, lions, and boars took shelter in dry places and stayed there.
महतावातवर्षेण त्रासितास्ते वनौकसः। भयार्ताश्च क्षुधार्ताश्च बभ्रमुः सहिता वने ॥१२-१४१-२२॥
mahatā vātavarṣeṇa trāsitās te vanaukasaḥ। bhayārtāś ca kṣudhārtāś ca babhramuḥ sahitā vane ॥12-141-22॥
[महत् (mahat) - great; आ (ā) - by; वातवर्षेण (vātavarṣeṇa) - by wind and rain; त्रासिताः (trāsitāḥ) - frightened; ते (te) - they; वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - forest-dwellers; भयार्ताः (bhayārtāḥ) - afflicted by fear; च (ca) - and; क्षुधार्ताः (kṣudhārtāḥ) - afflicted by hunger; च (ca) - and; बभ्रमुः (babhramuḥ) - wandered; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together; वने (vane) - in the forest;]
(Frightened by the great wind and rain, those forest-dwellers, afflicted by fear and afflicted by hunger, wandered together in the forest.)
Driven by the great storm of wind and rain, those forest-dwellers, terrified and hungry, wandered together through the forest.
स तु शीतहतैर्गात्रैर्जगामैव न तस्थिवान्। सोऽपश्यद्वनषण्डेषु मेघनीलं वनस्पतिम् ॥१२-१४१-२३॥
sa tu śītahatair gātrair jagāmaiva na tasthivān। so'paśyad vanaṣaṇḍeṣu meghanīlaṃ vanaspatim ॥12-141-23॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; शीतहतैः (śītahataiḥ) - by cold-stricken; गात्रैः (gātraiḥ) - with limbs; जगाम (jagāma) - went; एव (eva) - indeed; न (na) - not; तस्थिवान् (tasthivān) - stood; सः (saḥ) - he; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw; वनषण्डेषु (vanaṣaṇḍeṣu) - in forest-groves; मेघनीलम् (meghanīlam) - cloud-dark; वनस्पतिम् (vanaspatim) - tree;]
(He but with cold-stricken limbs went indeed, not stood. He saw in forest-groves a cloud-dark tree.)
But he, with limbs afflicted by cold, did not stand still and went on. In the forest groves, he saw a tree dark as a cloud.
ताराढ्यं कुमुदाकारमाकाशं निर्मलं च ह। मेघैर्मुक्तं नभो दृष्ट्वा लुब्धकः शीतविह्वलः ॥१२-१४१-२४॥
tārāḍhyaṃ kumudākāram ākāśaṃ nirmalaṃ ca ha। meghair muktaṃ nabho dṛṣṭvā lubdhakaḥ śītavihvalaḥ ॥12-141-24॥
[ताराढ्यं (tārāḍhyam) - star-filled; कुमुदाकारम् (kumudākāram) - like a white lotus; आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky; निर्मलम् (nirmalam) - pure; च (ca) - and; ह (ha) - indeed; मेघैः (meghaiḥ) - by clouds; मुक्तम् (muktam) - freed; नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; लुब्धकः (lubdhakaḥ) - the hunter; शीतविह्वलः (śītavihvalaḥ) - overcome by cold;]
(Star-filled, like a white lotus, the pure sky indeed, having seen the sky freed by clouds, the hunter overcome by cold.)
The hunter, overcome by cold, saw the pure sky, filled with stars and resembling a white lotus, now cleared of clouds.
दिशोऽवलोकयामास वेलां चैव दुरात्मवान्। दूरे ग्रामनिवेशश्च तस्माद्देशादिति प्रभो ॥ कृतबुद्धिर्वने तस्मिन्वस्तुं तां रजनीं तदा ॥१२-१४१-२५॥
diśo'valokayāmāsa velāṃ caiva durātmavān। dūre grāmaniveśaś ca tasmād deśād iti prabho ॥ kṛtabuddhir vane tasmin vastuṃ tāṃ rajanīṃ tadā ॥12-141-25॥
[दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; अवलोकयामास (avalokayāmāsa) - he observed; वेलाम् (velām) - boundary; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; दुरात्मवान् (durātmavān) - wicked-minded one; दूरे (dūre) - at a distance; ग्रामनिवेशः (grāmaniveśaḥ) - village settlement; च (ca) - and; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that; देशात् (deśāt) - region; इति (iti) - thus; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; कृतबुद्धिः (kṛtabuddhiḥ) - having made up his mind; वने (vane) - in the forest; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - there; वस्तुम् (vastum) - to stay; ताम् (tām) - that; रजनीम् (rajanīm) - night; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(He, the wicked-minded one, indeed observed the directions and the boundary. O lord, the village settlement was at a distance from that region, thus. Having made up his mind, then, he stayed that night there in the forest.)
The wicked-minded one looked around at the directions and the boundary. O lord, since the village settlement was far from that region, he decided to spend that night there in the forest.
सोऽञ्जलिं प्रयतः कृत्वा वाक्यमाह वनस्पतिम्। शरणं यामि यान्यस्मिन्दैवतानीह भारत ॥१२-१४१-२६॥
so'ñjaliṃ prayataḥ kṛtvā vākyam āha vanaspatim। śaraṇaṃ yāmi yāny asmin daivatāniha bhārata ॥12-141-26॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अञ्जलिम् (añjalim) - joined palms; प्रयतः (prayataḥ) - with devotion; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech; आह (āha) - said; वनस्पतिम् (vanaspatim) - to the tree (lord of the forest); शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; यामि (yāmi) - I go; यानि (yāni) - which; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; दैवतानि (daivatāni) - deities; इह (iha) - here; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(He, having made (his) palms joined with devotion, said speech to the tree: "I go for refuge to those deities which are here in this, O Bhārata.")
He respectfully joined his palms and addressed the tree, saying: "O Bhārata, I seek refuge in the deities present here within this (tree)."
स शिलायां शिरः कृत्वा पर्णान्यास्तीर्य भूतले। दुःखेन महताविष्टस्ततः सुष्वाप पक्षिहा ॥१२-१४१-२७॥
sa śilāyāṃ śiraḥ kṛtvā parṇāny āstīrya bhūtale। duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭas tataḥ suṣvāpa pakṣihā ॥12-141-27॥
[स (sa) - he; शिलायाम् (śilāyām) - on the stone; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having placed; पर्णानि (parṇāni) - leaves; आस्तीर्य (āstīrya) - having spread; भूतले (bhūtale) - on the ground; दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - with pain; महत (mahatā) - great; आविष्टः (āviṣṭaḥ) - overcome; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सुष्वाप (suṣvāpa) - slept; पक्षिहा (pakṣihā) - the bird-killer;]
(He, having placed his head on the stone, having spread leaves on the ground, overcome with great pain, then slept, the bird-killer.)
He placed his head on the stone, spread leaves on the ground, and, overwhelmed by great pain, the bird-killer then slept.
