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भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said:
वृत्रस्य तु महाराज ज्वराविष्टस्य सर्वशः। अभवन्यानि लिङ्गानि शरीरे तानि मे शृणु ॥१२-२७३-१॥
vṛtrasya tu mahārāja jvarāviṣṭasya sarvaśaḥ। abhavanyāni liṅgāni śarīre tāni me śṛṇu॥12-273-1॥
[वृत्रस्य (vṛtrasya) - of Vṛtra; तु (tu) - but; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; ज्वराविष्टस्य (jvarāviṣṭasya) - afflicted by fever; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely; अभवन् (abhavan) - became; यानि (yāni) - which; लिङ्गानि (liṅgāni) - symptoms; शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body; तानि (tāni) - those; मे (me) - to me; शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear;]
(Of Vṛtra, but O great king, afflicted by fever entirely, became which symptoms in the body, those to me hear.)
O great king, hear from me all the symptoms that appeared in Vṛtra's body when he was completely afflicted by fever.
ज्वलितास्योऽभवद्घोरो वैवर्ण्यं चागमत्परम्। गात्रकम्पश्च सुमहाञ्श्वासश्चाप्यभवन्महान् ॥ रोमहर्षश्च तीव्रोऽभून्निःश्वासश्च महान्नृप ॥१२-२७३-२॥
jvalitāsyo'bhavadghoro vaivarṇyaṃ cāgamatparam। gātrakampaśca sumahāñchvāsaścāpyabhavanmahān ॥ romaharṣaśca tīvro'bhūnniḥśvāsaśca mahānnṛpa ॥12-273-2॥
[ज्वलित (jvalita) - blazing; आस्यः (āsyaḥ) - mouth; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; घोरः (ghoraḥ) - terrible; वैवर्ण्यम् (vaivarṇyam) - pallor; च (ca) - and; आगमत् (āgamat) - came; परम् (param) - extreme; गात्र (gātra) - body; कम्पः (kampaḥ) - trembling; च (ca) - and; सुमहान् (sumahān) - very great; श्वासः (śvāsaḥ) - breath; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; महान् (mahān) - great; रोम (roma) - hair; हर्षः (harṣaḥ) - standing on end; च (ca) - and; तीव्रः (tīvraḥ) - intense; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; निःश्वासः (niḥśvāsaḥ) - sigh; च (ca) - and; महान् (mahān) - great; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(Blazing mouth became terrible, and extreme pallor came. Body trembling and very great breath also became great. Hair standing on end and intense became, sigh also great, O king.)
His mouth blazed terribly, extreme pallor appeared, his body trembled, his breath became very heavy. His hair stood on end intensely, and he sighed deeply, O king.
शिवा चाशिवसङ्काशा तस्य वक्त्रात्सुदारुणा। निष्पपात महाघोरा स्मृतिः सा तस्य भारत ॥ उल्काश्च ज्वलितास्तस्य दीप्ताः पार्श्वे प्रपेदिरे ॥१२-२७३-३॥
śivā cāśivasaṅkāśā tasya vaktrāt sudāruṇā। niṣpapāta mahāghorā smṛtiḥ sā tasya bhārata॥ ulkāś ca jvalitās tasya dīptāḥ pārśve prapedire॥12-273-3॥
[शिवा (śivā) - auspicious; feminine; च (ca) - and; अशिवसङ्काशा (aśivasaṅkāśā) - inauspicious-appearing; तस्य (tasya) - of him; वक्त्रात् (vaktrāt) - from the face; सुदारुणा (sudāruṇā) - very terrible; निष्पपात (niṣpapāta) - fell out; महाघोरा (mahāghorā) - very dreadful; स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory; सा (sā) - she; तस्य (tasya) - of him; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; उल्काः (ulkāḥ) - meteors; च (ca) - and; ज्वलिताः (jvalitāḥ) - blazing; तस्य (tasya) - of him; दीप्ताः (dīptāḥ) - shining; पार्श्वे (pārśve) - at the side; प्रपेदिरे (prapedire) - approached;]
(Auspicious and inauspicious-appearing, from his face, a very terrible, very dreadful memory fell out, she, of him, O Bhārata. And blazing meteors, shining, of him, at the side, approached.)
O Bhārata, from his face, both auspicious and inauspicious in appearance, a very terrible and dreadful memory fell out. And blazing meteors, shining, approached at his side.
गृध्रकङ्कवडाश्चैव वाचोऽमुञ्चन्सुदारुणाः। वृत्रस्योपरि संहृष्टाश्चक्रवत्परिबभ्रमुः ॥१२-२७३-४॥
gṛdhra-kaṅka-vaḍāś-caiva vāco' muñcan-sudāruṇāḥ। vṛtrasya-upari saṃhṛṣṭāś-cakravat-paribabhramuḥ॥12-273-4॥
[गृध्र (gṛdhra) - vulture; कङ्क (kaṅka) - heron; वडाः (vaḍāḥ) - crows; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; वाचः (vācaḥ) - cries; अमुञ्चन् (amuñcan) - uttered; सुदारुणाः (sudāruṇāḥ) - very terrible; वृत्रस्य (vṛtrasya) - of Vṛtra; उपरि (upari) - above; संहृष्टाः (saṃhṛṣṭāḥ) - delighted; चक्रवत् (cakravat) - like a wheel; परिबभ्रमुः (paribabhramuḥ) - circled around;]
(Vultures, herons, and crows indeed uttered very terrible cries; above Vṛtra, delighted, they circled around like a wheel.)
Vultures, herons, and crows uttered dreadful cries and, delighted, circled above Vṛtra like a wheel.
ततस्तं रथमास्थाय देवाप्यायितमाहवे। वज्रोद्यतकरः शक्रस्तं दैत्यं प्रत्यवैक्षत ॥१२-२७३-५॥
tatas taṃ ratham āsthāya devāpyāyitam āhave। vajrodyatakaraḥ śakras taṃ daityaṃ pratyavaikṣata ॥12-273-5॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तम् (tam) - him; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having mounted; देव (deva) - god; अप्यायितम् (apyāyitam) - refreshed; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; वज्र (vajra) - thunderbolt; उद्यत (udyata) - raised; करः (karaḥ) - hand; शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Śakra (Indra); तम् (tam) - that; दैत्यं (daityam) - demon; प्रत्यवैक्षत (pratyavaikṣata) - looked at;]
(Then, having mounted that chariot, the god, refreshed in battle, Śakra (Indra), with thunderbolt-raised hand, looked at that demon.)
Then Śakra (Indra), having mounted that chariot and refreshed in battle, with his hand raised holding the thunderbolt, looked at that demon.
अमानुषमथो नादं स मुमोच महासुरः। व्यजृम्भत च राजेन्द्र तीव्रज्वरसमन्वितः ॥ अथास्य जृम्भतः शक्रस्ततो वज्रमवासृजत् ॥१२-२७३-६॥
amānuṣam atho nādaṃ sa mumoca mahāsuraḥ। vyajṛmbhata ca rājendra tīvrajvarasamanvitaḥ॥ athāsya jṛmbhataḥ śakrastato vajram avāsṛjat॥12-273-6॥
[अमानुषम् (amānuṣam) - not-human; superhuman; अथ (atha) - then; उ (u) - indeed; नादम् (nādam) - sound; सः (saḥ) - he; मुमोच (mumoca) - released; महासुरः (mahāsuraḥ) - great asura; व्यजृम्भत (vyajṛmbhata) - yawned; opened mouth wide; च (ca) - and; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; तीव्र (tīvra) - intense; ज्वर (jvara) - fever; समन्वितः (samanvitaḥ) - endowed with; afflicted with; अथ (atha) - then; अस्य (asya) - his; जृम्भतः (jṛmbhataḥ) - while yawning; शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra; ततः (tataḥ) - then; वज्रम् (vajram) - thunderbolt; अवासृजत् (avāsṛjat) - hurled; released;]
(The great asura, then, indeed, released a superhuman sound; he yawned, O king, afflicted with intense fever. Then, as he was yawning, Indra then hurled the thunderbolt.)
The great asura then let out a superhuman sound and yawned, O king, afflicted by intense fever. As he was yawning, Indra hurled his thunderbolt at him.
स वज्रः सुमहातेजाः कालाग्निसदृशोपमः। क्षिप्रमेव महाकायं वृत्रं दैत्यमपातयत् ॥१२-२७३-७॥
sa vajraḥ sumahātejāḥ kālāgnisadṛśopamaḥ। kṣiprameva mahākāyaṃ vṛtraṃ daityamapātayat ॥12-273-7॥
[स (sa) - he; वज्रः (vajraḥ) - the thunderbolt; सुमहातेजाः (sumahātejāḥ) - of great brilliance; कालाग्निसदृशोपमः (kālāgni-sadṛśa-upamaḥ) - having the likeness of the fire of time (death); क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; एव (eva) - indeed; महाकायम् (mahākāyam) - the great-bodied; वृत्रम् (vṛtram) - Vṛtra; दैत्यम् (daityam) - the demon; अपातयत् (apātayat) - caused to fall;]
(He, the thunderbolt, of great brilliance, having the likeness of the fire of time, quickly indeed caused the great-bodied demon Vṛtra to fall.)
He, the thunderbolt of immense brilliance, resembling the fire of destruction, swiftly struck down the mighty demon Vṛtra.
ततो नादः समभवत्पुनरेव समन्ततः। वृत्रं विनिहतं दृष्ट्वा देवानां भरतर्षभ ॥१२-२७३-८॥
tato nādaḥ samabhavat punar eva samantataḥ। vṛtraṃ vinihataṃ dṛṣṭvā devānāṃ bharatarṣabha ॥12-273-8॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; नादः (nādaḥ) - sound; समभवत् (samabhavat) - arose; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides; वृत्रम् (vṛtram) - Vṛtra; विनिहतम् (vinihatam) - slain; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull among the Bharatas;]
(Then a sound arose again on all sides. Having seen Vṛtra slain, of the gods, O bull among the Bharatas.)
Then, O bull among the Bharatas, a sound arose again on all sides when the gods saw Vṛtra slain.
वृत्रं तु हत्वा भगवान्दानवारिर्महायशाः। वज्रेण विष्णुयुक्तेन दिवमेव समाविशत् ॥१२-२७३-९॥
vṛtraṃ tu hatvā bhagavān dānavāriḥ mahāyaśāḥ। vajreṇa viṣṇuyuktena divam eva samāviśat ॥12-273-9॥
[वृत्रम् (vṛtram) - Vṛtra (the demon); तु (tu) - but; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; दानव-अरिः (dānava-ariḥ) - enemy of the Dānavas; महायशाः (mahā-yaśāḥ) - of great fame; वज्रेण (vajreṇa) - with the thunderbolt; विष्णु-युक्तेन (viṣṇu-yuktena) - empowered by Viṣṇu; दिवम् (divam) - to heaven; एव (eva) - indeed; समाविशत् (samāviśat) - entered;]
(But having slain Vṛtra, the Lord, the enemy of the Dānavas, of great fame, with the thunderbolt empowered by Viṣṇu, indeed entered heaven.)
But after slaying Vṛtra, the illustrious Lord, destroyer of the Dānavas, using the thunderbolt empowered by Viṣṇu, entered heaven.
अथ वृत्रस्य कौरव्य शरीरादभिनिःसृता। ब्रह्महत्या महाघोरा रौद्रा लोकभयावहा ॥१२-२७३-१०॥
atha vṛtrasya kauravya śarīrād abhiniḥsṛtā। brahmahatyā mahāghorā raudrā lokabhayāvahā ॥12-273-10॥
[अथ (atha) - then; वृत्रस्य (vṛtrasya) - of Vṛtra; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; शरीरात् (śarīrāt) - from the body; अभिनिःसृता (abhiniḥsṛtā) - emerged out; ब्रह्महत्या (brahmahatyā) - Brahminicide; महाघोरा (mahāghorā) - very terrible; रौद्रा (raudrā) - fierce; लोकभयावहा (lokabhayāvahā) - causing fear to the world;]
(Then, O descendant of Kuru, from the body of Vṛtra emerged Brahminicide, very terrible, fierce, causing fear to the world.)
Then, O Kauravya, from the body of Vṛtra, the very terrible and fierce Brahminicide emerged, causing fear throughout the world.
करालदशना भीमा विकृता कृष्णपिङ्गला। प्रकीर्णमूर्धजा चैव घोरनेत्रा च भारत ॥१२-२७३-११॥
karāladaśanā bhīmā vikṛtā kṛṣṇapiṅgalā। prakīrṇamūrdhajā caiva ghoranetrā ca bhārata ॥12-273-11॥
[करालदशना (karāladaśanā) - with terrible teeth; भीमा (bhīmā) - fearsome; विकृता (vikṛtā) - deformed; कृष्णपिङ्गला (kṛṣṇapiṅgalā) - dark and tawny; प्रकीर्णमूर्धजा (prakīrṇamūrdhajā) - with disheveled hair; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; घोरनेत्रा (ghoranetrā) - with terrible eyes; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(With terrible teeth, fearsome, deformed, dark and tawny, with disheveled hair, and indeed with terrible eyes, and O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, she was fearsome, deformed, with terrible teeth, dark and tawny, with disheveled hair and dreadful eyes.
कपालमालिनी चैव कृशा च भरतर्षभ। रुधिरार्द्रा च धर्मज्ञ चीरवस्त्रनिवासिनी ॥१२-२७३-१२॥
kapālamālinī caiva kṛśā ca bharatarṣabha। rudhirārdrā ca dharmajña cīravastranivāsinī ॥12-273-12॥
[कपालमालिनी (kapālamālinī) - one who wears a garland of skulls; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; कृशा (kṛśā) - emaciated; च (ca) - and; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas; रुधिरार्द्रा (rudhirārdrā) - soaked in blood; च (ca) - and; धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - knower of dharma; चीरवस्त्रनिवासिनी (cīravastranivāsinī) - one who dwells in garments of bark; ॥१२-२७३-१२॥ (॥12-273-12॥) -;]
(One who wears a garland of skulls, and indeed emaciated, and, O best of the Bharatas, soaked in blood, and knower of dharma, one who dwells in garments of bark.)
O best of the Bharatas, she wore a garland of skulls, was emaciated, soaked in blood, a knower of dharma, and dwelled in garments of bark.
साभिनिष्क्रम्य राजेन्द्र तादृग्रूपा भयावहा। वज्रिणं मृगयामास तदा भरतसत्तम ॥१२-२७३-१३॥
sābhinis kramya rājendra tādṛgrūpā bhayāvahā। vajriṇaṃ mṛgayāmāsa tadā bharatasattama ॥12-273-13॥
[सा (sā) - she; अभिनिष्क्रम्य (abhinis kramya) - having gone out; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; तादृक्-रूपा (tādṛk-rūpā) - of such form; भयावहा (bhayāvahā) - terrifying; वज्रिणम् (vajriṇam) - the wielder of the thunderbolt; मृगयामास (mṛgayāmāsa) - hunted; तदा (tadā) - then; भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - best of the Bharatas;]
(She, having gone out, O king, of such form, terrifying, hunted the wielder of the thunderbolt then, best of the Bharatas.)
O best of the Bharatas, she, in that terrifying form, went out and then hunted the wielder of the thunderbolt, O king.
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य वृत्रहा कुरुनन्दन। स्वर्गायाभिमुखः प्रायाल्लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥१२-२७३-१४॥
kasyacit tv atha kālasya vṛtrahā kurunandana। svargāyābhimukhaḥ prāyāl lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ॥12-273-14॥
[कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of someone; त् (t) - indeed; अथ (atha) - then; कालस्य (kālasya) - of time; वृत्रहा (vṛtrahā) - Vṛtra-slayer; कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O delight of the Kurus; स्वर्गाय (svargāya) - for heaven; अभिमुखः (abhimukhaḥ) - facing toward; प्रायात् (prāyāt) - departed; लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds; हितकाम्यया (hitakāmyayā) - with the desire for welfare;]
(Of someone, indeed, then, of time, the Vṛtra-slayer, O delight of the Kurus, for heaven, facing toward, departed, of the worlds, with the desire for welfare.)
O Kurunandana, at a certain time, the Vṛtra-slayer, desiring the welfare of the worlds, departed facing heaven.
बिसान्निःसरमाणं तु दृष्ट्वा शक्रं महौजसम्। कण्ठे जग्राह देवेन्द्रं सुलग्ना चाभवत्तदा ॥१२-२७३-१५॥
bisānniḥsaramāṇaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā śakraṃ mahaujasaṃ। kaṇṭhe jagrāha devendraṃ sulagnā cābhavattadā॥12-273-15॥
[बिसान्निःसरमाणम् (bisānniḥsaramāṇam) - emerging from the lotus; तु (tu) - but; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; शक्रम् (śakram) - Śakra (Indra); महोउजसम् (mahaujasaṃ) - of great energy; कण्ठे (kaṇṭhe) - on the neck; जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized; देवेन्द्रम् (devendram) - the lord of the gods; सुलग्ना (sulagnā) - firmly attached; च (ca) - and; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(But having seen Śakra of great energy emerging from the lotus, (she) seized the lord of the gods by the neck, and then became firmly attached.)
But when she saw Indra, of great energy, emerging from the lotus, she seized the lord of the gods by the neck and became firmly attached to him at that moment.
स हि तस्मिन्समुत्पन्ने ब्रह्महत्याकृते भये। नलिन्यां बिसमध्यस्थो बभूवाब्दगणान्बहून् ॥१२-२७३-१६॥
sa hi tasmin samutpanne brahmahatyākṛte bhaye। nalinyāṃ bisamadhyastho babhūvābdaganānbahūn ॥12-273-16॥
[स (sa) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; समुत्पन्ने (samutpanne) - arisen; ब्रह्महत्याकृते (brahmahatyākṛte) - caused by Brahmin-slaying; भये (bhaye) - fear; नलिन्यां (nalinyāṃ) - in the lotus-pond; बिसमध्यस्थः (bisamadhyasthaḥ) - situated in the midst of the lotus-stalks; बभूव (babhūva) - remained; अब्दगणान् (abdaganān) - for groups of years; बहून् (bahūn) - many;]
(He indeed, in that fear arisen caused by Brahmin-slaying, remained in the lotus-pond, situated in the midst of the lotus-stalks, for many groups of years.)
He, indeed, out of fear that arose from the act of Brahmin-slaying, stayed for many years in the lotus-pond, hidden among the lotus-stalks.
अनुसृत्य तु यत्नात्स तया वै ब्रह्महत्यया। तदा गृहीतः कौरव्य निश्चेष्टः समपद्यत ॥१२-२७३-१७॥
anusṛtya tu yatnātsa tayā vai brahmahatyayā। tadā gṛhītaḥ kauravya niśceṣṭaḥ samapadyata ॥12-273-17॥
[अनुसृत्य (anusṛtya) - having followed; तु (tu) - but; यत्नात् (yatnāt) - with effort; सः (saḥ) - he; तया (tayā) - by her; वै (vai) - indeed; ब्रह्महत्यया (brahmahatyayā) - by Brahmahatyā (personification of Brahminicide); तदा (tadā) - then; गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - seized; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; निश्चेष्टः (niśceṣṭaḥ) - motionless; समपद्यत (samapadyata) - became;]
(Having followed but with effort, he was indeed seized by her, by Brahmahatyā; then, O descendant of Kuru, he became motionless.)
But after being pursued with effort, he was seized by her, by Brahmahatyā; then, O Kauravya, he became motionless.
तस्या व्यपोहने शक्रः परं यत्नं चकार ह। न चाशकत्तां देवेन्द्रो ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहितुम् ॥१२-२७३-१८॥
tasyā vyapohane śakraḥ paraṃ yatnaṃ cakāra ha। na cāśakattāṃ devendro brahmahatyāṃ vyapohitum ॥12-273-18॥
[तस्या (tasyā) - of her; व्यपोहने (vyapohane) - in the removal; शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Śakra (Indra); परं (paraṃ) - supreme; यत्नं (yatnaṃ) - effort; चकार (cakāra) - made; ह (ha) - indeed; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अशकत् (aśakat) - was able; तां (tāṃ) - her; देवेन्द्रः (devendraḥ) - Devendra (Indra); ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - Brahma-hatya (the sin of killing a Brāhmaṇa); व्यपोहितुम् (vyapohitum) - to remove;]
(Of her in the removal Śakra (Indra) supreme effort made indeed. Not and was able her Devendra (Indra) Brahma-hatya to remove.)
Śakra (Indra) made supreme effort to remove her (the sin), but Devendra (Indra) was not able to remove the Brahma-hatya (the sin of killing a Brāhmaṇa).
गृहीत एव तु तया देवेन्द्रो भरतर्षभ। पितामहमुपागम्य शिरसा प्रत्यपूजयत् ॥१२-२७३-१९॥
gṛhīta eva tu tayā devendro bharatarṣabha। pitāmaham upāgamya śirasā pratyapūjayat ॥12-273-19॥
[गृहीत (gṛhīta) - seized; taken; accepted; एव (eva) - indeed; certainly; तु (tu) - but; however; तया (tayā) - by her; देवेन्द्रः (devendraḥ) - Indra; lord of the gods; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandsire; Brahmā; उपागम्य (upāgamya) - having approached; शिरसा (śirasā) - with (his) head; प्रत्यपूजयत् (pratyapūjayat) - honored; saluted;]
(Indeed, O best of the Bharatas, Indra, having been seized by her, approached the grandsire Brahmā and honored (him) with (his) head.)
O best of the Bharatas, Indra, having been seized by her, approached the grandsire Brahmā and respectfully saluted him with his head.
ज्ञात्वा गृहीतं शक्रं तु द्विजप्रवरहत्यया। ब्रह्मा सञ्चिन्तयामास तदा भरतसत्तम ॥१२-२७३-२०॥
jñātvā gṛhītaṃ śakraṃ tu dvijapravarahatyayā। brahmā sañcintayāmāsa tadā bharatasattama ॥12-273-20॥
[ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known; गृहीतं (gṛhītam) - seized; शक्रं (śakram) - Indra; तु (tu) - but; द्विजप्रवरहत्यया (dvijapravarahatyayā) - by the killing of the best of Brāhmaṇas; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; सञ्चिन्तयामास (sañcintayāmāsa) - began to ponder; तदा (tadā) - then; भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(Having known that Indra was seized because of the killing of the best of Brāhmaṇas, Brahmā then began to ponder, O best of the Bharatas.)
O best of the Bharatas, Brahmā, having realized that Indra was seized due to the slaying of the foremost Brāhmaṇa, began to reflect at that time.
तामुवाच महाबाहो ब्रह्महत्यां पितामहः। स्वरेण मधुरेणाथ सान्त्वयन्निव भारत ॥१२-२७३-२१॥
tām uvāca mahābāho brahmahatyāṃ pitāmahaḥ। svareṇa madhureṇātha sāntvayann iva bhārata॥12-273-21॥
[ताम् (tām) - her; (accusative singular of sā) उवाच (uvāca) - said; (perfect of vac) महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; (vocative of mahābāhu) ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - Brahminicide; (accusative singular) पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the grandsire; (subject, nominative singular) स्वरेण (svareṇa) - with voice; (instrumental singular of svara) मधुरेण (madhureṇa) - sweet; (instrumental singular of madhura) अथ (atha) - then; सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - consoling; (present participle of sāntv) इव (iva) - as if; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; (vocative);]
(Her said O mighty-armed, Brahminicide, the grandsire, with voice sweet then consoling as if, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, the grandsire said to her, O mighty-armed, about the Brahminicide, then, as if consoling, with a sweet voice.
मुच्यतां त्रिदशेन्द्रोऽयं मत्प्रियं कुरु भामिनि। ब्रूहि किं ते करोम्यद्य कामं कं त्वमिहेच्छसि ॥१२-२७३-२२॥
mucyatāṃ tridaśendro'yaṃ matpriyaṃ kuru bhāmini। brūhi kiṃ te karomyadya kāmaṃ kaṃ tvamihecchasi ॥12-273-22॥
[मुच्यताम् (mucyatām) - let be released; त्रिदशेन्द्रः (tridaśendraḥ) - the lord of the thirty (Indra); अयम् (ayam) - this; मत् (mat) - my; प्रियं (priyaṃ) - beloved; कुरु (kuru) - do; भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful lady; ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak; किं (kiṃ) - what; ते (te) - to you; करोमि (karomi) - I do; अद्य (adya) - today; कामं (kāmaṃ) - desire; कं (kaṃ) - which; त्वम् (tvam) - you; इह (iha) - here; इच्छसि (icchasi) - desire;]
(Let this lord of the thirty (Indra) be released; do my beloved, O beautiful lady. Speak, what shall I do for you today? Which desire do you wish here?)
Let this Indra be released; O beautiful lady, do what is dear to me. Tell me, what shall I do for you today? Which desire do you wish for here?
ब्रह्महत्योवाच॥
brahmahatyovāca॥
[ब्रह्महत्या (brahmahatyā) - Brahminicide; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Brahminicide said.)
Brahminicide said.
त्रिलोकपूजिते देवे प्रीते त्रैलोक्यकर्तरि। कृतमेवेह मन्येऽहं निवासं तु विधत्स्व मे ॥१२-२७३-२३॥
trilokapūjite deve prīte trailokyakartari। kṛtameveha manye'haṃ nivāsaṃ tu vidhatsva me ॥12-273-23॥
[त्रिलोकपूजिते (trilokapūjite) - worshipped by the three worlds; देवे (deve) - O god; प्रीते (prīte) - pleased; त्रैलोक्यकर्तरि (trailokyakartari) - creator of the three worlds; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; एव (eva) - indeed; इह (iha) - here; मन्ये (manye) - I think; अहम् (aham) - I; निवासम् (nivāsam) - residence; तु (tu) - but; विधत्स्व (vidhatsva) - please arrange; मे (me) - for me;]
(O god worshipped by the three worlds, pleased, creator of the three worlds, I think indeed here it is done, but please arrange a residence for me.)
O god, worshipped by the three worlds and creator of the three worlds, who is pleased, I believe that everything is accomplished here, but please arrange a residence for me.
त्वया कृतेयं मर्यादा लोकसंरक्षणार्थिना। स्थापना वै सुमहती त्वया देव प्रवर्तिता ॥१२-२७३-२४॥
tvayā kṛteyaṃ maryādā lokasaṃrakṣaṇārthinā। sthāpanā vai sumahatī tvayā deva pravartitā ॥12-273-24॥
[त्वया (tvayā) - by you; कृता (kṛtā) - made; इयम् (iyam) - this; मर्यादा (maryādā) - boundary; limit; law; लोक (loka) - world; संरक्षण (saṃrakṣaṇa) - protection; अर्थिना (arthinā) - by the seeker; desiring; स्थापना (sthāpanā) - establishment; वै (vai) - indeed; सुमहती (sumahatī) - very great; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; देव (deva) - O god; प्रवर्तिता (pravartitā) - set in motion; established;]
(By you, this boundary (law) was made, by the seeker of the protection of the world. Indeed, a very great establishment was set in motion by you, O god.)
O god, you, desiring the protection of the world, have established this great boundary; indeed, a very great order has been set in motion by you.
प्रीते तु त्वयि धर्मज्ञ सर्वलोकेश्वरे प्रभो। शक्रादपगमिष्यामि निवासं तु विधत्स्व मे ॥१२-२७३-२५॥
prīte tu tvayi dharmajña sarvalokeśvare prabho। śakrādapagamiṣyāmi nivāsaṃ tu vidhatsva me ॥12-273-25॥
[प्रीते (prīte) - when pleased; तु (tu) - but; त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - knower of dharma; सर्वलोकेश्वरे (sarvalokeśvare) - lord of all worlds; प्रभो (prabho) - O master; शक्रात् (śakrāt) - from Indra; अपगमिष्यामि (apagamiṣyāmi) - I shall depart; निवासं (nivāsaṃ) - residence; तु (tu) - but; विधत्स्व (vidhatsva) - please arrange; मे (me) - for me;]
(When pleased but in you, O knower of dharma, lord of all worlds, O master, from Indra I shall depart; but please arrange a residence for me.)
O knower of dharma, lord of all worlds, when you are pleased, O master, I shall depart from Indra; but please arrange a residence for me.
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
तथेति तां प्राह तदा ब्रह्महत्यां पितामहः। उपायतः स शक्रस्य ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहत ॥१२-२७३-२६॥
tatheti tāṃ prāha tadā brahmahatyāṃ pitāmahaḥ। upāyataḥ sa śakrasya brahmahatyāṃ vyapohata ॥12-273-26॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; इति (iti) - so; ताम् (tām) - her; प्राह (prāha) - said; तदा (tadā) - then; ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - Brahminicide; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the Grandfather (Brahmā); उपायतः (upāyataḥ) - having approached; सः (saḥ) - he; शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Śakra (Indra); ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - Brahminicide; व्यपोहत् (vyapohat) - removed;]
(Thus, so, to her, said, then, Brahminicide, the Grandfather (Brahmā). Having approached, he, of Śakra (Indra), Brahminicide, removed.)
Thus, the Grandfather (Brahmā) then said to her. Having approached, he removed the Brahminicide of Śakra (Indra).
ततः स्वयम्भुवा ध्यातस्तत्र वह्निर्महात्मना। ब्रह्माणमुपसङ्गम्य ततो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१२-२७३-२७॥
tataḥ svayambhuvā dhyātastatra vahnirmahātmanā। brahmāṇamupasaṅgamya tato vacanamabravīt ॥12-273-27॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स्वयम्भुवा (svayambhuvā) - by Svayambhū (the self-born); ध्यातः (dhyātaḥ) - meditated upon; तत्र (tatra) - there; वह्निः (vahniḥ) - Agni (the fire god); महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one; ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahmā; उपसङ्गम्य (upasaṅgamya) - having approached; ततः (tataḥ) - then; वचनम् (vacanam) - words; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke;]
(Then, by Svayambhū having been meditated upon there, Agni by the great-souled one, having approached Brahmā, then spoke words.)
Then, after Svayambhū meditated there, Agni, the great-souled one, approached Brahmā and spoke these words.
प्राप्तोऽस्मि भगवन्देव त्वत्सकाशमरिंदम। यत्कर्तव्यं मया देव तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥१२-२७३-२८॥
prāpto'smi bhagavan deva tvat-sakāśam ariṃdama। yat kartavyaṃ mayā deva tad bhavān vaktum arhati ॥12-273-28॥
[प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord; देव (deva) - O god; त्वत् (tvat) - to you; सकाशम् (sakāśam) - presence; अरिंदम (ariṃdama) - O subduer of enemies; यत् (yat) - what; कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - to be done; मया (mayā) - by me; देव (deva) - O god; तत् (tat) - that; भवान् (bhavān) - you; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak; अर्हति (arhati) - are worthy;]
(I have attained, O Lord, O god, to your presence, O subduer of enemies. What is to be done by me, O god, that you are worthy to speak.)
O Lord, O god, I have come into your presence, O subduer of enemies. Please tell me what I should do.
ब्रह्मोवाच॥
brahmovāca॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; the creator; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Brahmā said;)
Brahmā said.
बहुधा विभजिष्यामि ब्रह्महत्यामिमामहम्। शक्रस्याद्य विमोक्षार्थं चतुर्भागं प्रतीच्छ मे ॥१२-२७३-२९॥
bahudhā vibhajiṣyāmi brahmahatyām imām aham। śakrasya adya vimokṣārthaṃ caturbhāgaṃ pratīccha me ॥12-273-29॥
[बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways; विभजिष्यामि (vibhajiṣyāmi) - I shall divide; ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - the killing of a Brāhmaṇa; इमाम् (imām) - this; अहम् (aham) - I; शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Śakra; आद्य (adya) - today; विमोक्षार्थम् (vimokṣārtham) - for the release; चतुर्भागम् (caturbhāgam) - a fourth part; प्रतीच्छ (pratīccha) - accept; मे (me) - from me;]
(In many ways I shall divide this killing of a Brāhmaṇa; for the release of Śakra today, accept a fourth part from me.)
I will divide this act of Brāhmaṇa-killing in many ways; for Śakra's release today, accept a fourth part from me.
अग्निरुवाच॥
agniruvāca॥
[अग्नि (agni) - fire; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Fire said.)
Agni said.
मम मोक्षस्य कोऽन्तो वै ब्रह्मन्ध्यायस्व वै प्रभो। एतदिच्छामि विज्ञातुं तत्त्वतो लोकपूजित ॥१२-२७३-३०॥
mama mokṣasya ko'nto vai brahmaṃdhyāyasva vai prabho। etadicchāmi vijñātuṃ tattvato lokapūjita ॥12-273-30॥
[मम (mama) - my; मोक्षस्य (mokṣasya) - of liberation; कः (kaḥ) - what; अन्तः (antaḥ) - end; वै (vai) - indeed; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman; ध्यायस्व (dhyāyasva) - meditate; वै (vai) - indeed; प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord; एतत् (etat) - this; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish; विज्ञातुम् (vijñātum) - to know; तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in reality; लोकपूजित (lokapūjita) - revered by the world;]
(My liberation's what end indeed, O Brahman, meditate indeed, O Lord. This I wish to know in reality, O revered by the world.)
O Brahman, O Lord revered by the world, what is the end of my liberation? Please meditate and tell me this; I wish to know the truth of it.
ब्रह्मोवाच॥
brahmovāca॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; the creator; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Brahmā said;)
Brahmā said.
यस्त्वां ज्वलन्तमासाद्य स्वयं वै मानवः क्वचित्। बीजौषधिरसैर्वह्ने न यक्ष्यति तमोवृतः ॥१२-२७३-३१॥
yastvāṃ jvalantam āsādya svayaṃ vai mānavaḥ kvacit। bījauṣadhirasair vahne na yakṣyati tamovṛtaḥ ॥12-273-31॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; ज्वलन्तम् (jvalantam) - burning; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; वै (vai) - indeed; मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a human; क्वचित् (kvacit) - at any time; बीजौषधिरसैः (bījauṣadhirasaiḥ) - with the juices of seeds and herbs; वह्ने (vahne) - to the fire; न (na) - not; यक्ष्यति (yakṣyati) - will offer oblation; तमोवृतः (tamovṛtaḥ) - covered by darkness;]
(Who, having approached you burning, himself indeed a human at any time, with the juices of seeds and herbs, to the fire, not will offer oblation, covered by darkness.)
Any human who, having come near you blazing, does not offer oblations to the fire with the juices of seeds and herbs at any time, being enveloped in darkness, will not perform the sacrifice.
तमेषा यास्यति क्षिप्रं तत्रैव च निवत्स्यति। ब्रह्महत्या हव्यवाह व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वरः ॥१२-२७३-३२॥
tameṣā yāsyati kṣipraṃ tatraiva ca nivatsyati। brahmahatyā havyavāha vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ ॥12-273-32॥
[तम् (tam) - him; एषा (eṣā) - this; यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go; क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; तत्रैव (tatraiva) - there itself; च (ca) - and; निवत्स्यति (nivatsyati) - will remain; ब्रह्महत्या (brahmahatyā) - Brahmin-slaying (sin); हव्यवाह (havyavāha) - O Fire; व्येतु (vyetu) - may depart; ते (te) - your; मानसः (mānasaḥ) - mental; ज्वरः (jvaraḥ) - fever;]
(Him this will go quickly, there itself and will remain. Brahmin-slaying (sin), O Fire, may depart, your mental fever.)
This (sin) will quickly leave him and remain there itself. O Fire, may the sin of Brahmin-slaying and your mental fever depart.
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
इत्युक्तः प्रतिजग्राह तद्वचो हव्यकव्यभुक्। पितामहस्य भगवांस्तथा च तदभूत्प्रभो ॥१२-२७३-३३॥
ityuktaḥ pratijagrāha tadvaco havyakavyabhuk। pitāmahasya bhagavāṃstathā ca tadabhūtprabho ॥12-273-33॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been addressed; प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - accepted; तत् (tat) - that; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; हव्यकव्यभुक् (havyakavyabhuk) - the enjoyer of oblations to gods and ancestors; पितामहस्य (pitāmahasya) - of the Grandfather (Brahmā); भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered one; तथा (tathā) - in that manner; च (ca) - and; तद् (tad) - that; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]
(Thus having been addressed, the enjoyer of oblations to gods and ancestors accepted that speech. The revered one of the Grandfather (Brahmā) also became that, O lord.)
Thus addressed, the enjoyer of oblations to gods and ancestors accepted those words. The revered one of the Grandfather (Brahmā) also became that, O lord.
ततो वृक्षौषधितृणं समाहूय पितामहः। इममर्थं महाराज वक्तुं समुपचक्रमे ॥१२-२७३-३४॥
tato vṛkṣauṣadhitṛṇaṃ samāhūya pitāmahaḥ। imam arthaṃ mahārāja vaktuṃ samupacakrame ॥12-273-34॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वृक्ष-औषधि-तृणम् (vṛkṣa-auṣadhi-tṛṇam) - tree-herb-grass; समाहूय (samāhūya) - having summoned; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the grandsire; इमम् (imam) - this; अर्थम् (artham) - matter; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak; समुपचक्रमे (samupacakrame) - he began;]
(Then, having summoned the trees, herbs, and grasses, the grandsire, O great king, began to speak this matter.)
Then the grandsire, having summoned the trees, herbs, and grasses, began to speak about this matter, O great king.
ततो वृक्षौषधितृणं तथैवोक्तं यथातथम्। व्यथितं वह्निवद्राजन्ब्रह्माणमिदमब्रवीत् ॥१२-२७३-३५॥
tato vṛkṣauṣadhitṛṇaṃ tathaivoktaṃ yathātatham। vyathitaṃ vahnivad rājann brahmāṇam idam abravīt ॥12-273-35॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वृक्ष-औषधि-तृणम् (vṛkṣa-auṣadhi-tṛṇam) - tree-herb-grass; तथा एव (tathā eva) - in the same way; उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken; यथा (yathā) - as; तथम् (tatham) - so; व्यथितम् (vyathitam) - afflicted; वह्नि-वत् (vahni-vat) - like fire; राजन् (rājan) - O king; ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - to Brahmā; इदम् (idam) - this; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(Then the tree, herb, and grass, in the same way as spoken, as so, afflicted like fire, O king, to Brahmā, this said.)
Then, O king, the trees, herbs, and grasses, being afflicted just as described, spoke thus to Brahmā, like fire.
अस्माकं ब्रह्महत्यातो कोऽन्तो लोकपितामह। स्वभावनिहतानस्मान्न पुनर्हन्तुमर्हसि ॥१२-२७३-३६॥
asmākaṃ brahmahatyāto ko'nto lokapitāmaha। svabhāvanihatānasmānna punarhantumarhasi ॥12-273-36॥
[अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) - of us; our; ब्रह्महत्यातः (brahmahatyātaḥ) - from the killing of a Brāhmaṇa; from Brāhmaṇa-slaughter; कः (kaḥ) - what; who; अन्तः (antaḥ) - end; limit; लोकपितामह (lokapitāmaha) - O grandsire of the world; O ancestor of the world; स्वभावनिहतान् (svabhāvanihatān) - those killed by their own nature; destroyed by inherent disposition; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; न (na) - not; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought; you should;]
(Of us, from Brāhmaṇa-slaughter, what end, O grandsire of the world? Those destroyed by their own nature, us, not again to kill you ought.)
O grandsire of the world, what end is there for us from Brāhmaṇa-slaughter? You ought not to kill us again, who have already been destroyed by our own nature.
वयमग्निं तथा शीतं वर्षं च पवनेरितम्। सहामः सततं देव तथा छेदनभेदनम् ॥१२-२७३-३७॥
vayam agniṃ tathā śītaṃ varṣaṃ ca pavaneritām। sahāmaḥ satataṃ deva tathā chedanabhedanam ॥12-273-37॥
[वयम् (vayam) - we; अग्निम् (agniṃ) - fire; तथा (tathā) - likewise; शीतम् (śītam) - cold; वर्षम् (varṣam) - rain; च (ca) - and; पवनेरितम् (pavaneritām) - driven by wind; सहामः (sahāmaḥ) - endure; सततम् (satatam) - constantly; देव (deva) - O god; तथा (tathā) - also; छेदनभेदनम् (chedanabhedanam) - cutting and breaking;]
(We fire likewise cold rain and driven by wind endure constantly O god also cutting and breaking.)
O god, we constantly endure fire, cold, rain driven by wind, as well as cutting and breaking.
ब्रह्महत्यामिमामद्य भवतः शासनाद्वयम्। ग्रहीष्यामस्त्रिलोकेश मोक्षं चिन्तयतां भवान् ॥१२-२७३-३८॥
brahmahatyām imām adya bhavataḥ śāsanād vayam। grahīṣyāmaḥ trilokeśa mokṣaṃ cintayatāṃ bhavān॥12-273-38॥
[ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - Brahminicide; (the act of killing a Brāhmaṇa;) इमाम् (imām) - this; (accusative singular feminine;) अद्य (adya) - today; भवतः (bhavataḥ) - by your; शासनात् (śāsanāt) - from command; वयम् (vayam) - we; ग्रहीष्यामः (grahīṣyāmaḥ) - shall accept; त्रिलोकेश (trilokeśa) - O Lord of the three worlds; मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation; चिन्तयताम् (cintayatām) - for those who desire; भवान् (bhavān) - you;]
(Brahminicide this today by your command we shall accept, O Lord of the three worlds; liberation for those who desire, you (should) consider.)
O Lord of the three worlds, by your command, we shall accept this Brahminicide today; you should consider liberation for those who desire it.
ब्रह्मोवाच॥
brahmovāca॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; the creator; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Brahmā said;)
Brahmā said.
पर्वकाले तु सम्प्राप्ते यो वै छेदनभेदनम्। करिष्यति नरो मोहात्तमेषानुगमिष्यति ॥१२-२७३-३९॥
parvakāle tu samprāpte yo vai chedanabhedanam। kariṣyati naro mohāttameṣānugamiṣyati ॥12-273-39॥
[पर्वकाले (parvakāle) - at the time of a festival; तु (tu) - but; सम्प्राप्ते (samprāpte) - having arrived; यः (yaḥ) - who; वै (vai) - indeed; छेदन (chedana) - cutting; भेदनम् (bhedanam) - splitting; करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will do; नरः (naraḥ) - man; मोहात् (mohāt) - out of delusion; तम् (tam) - him; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; अनुगमिष्यति (anugamiṣyati) - will follow;]
(At the time of a festival, but when it has arrived, who indeed cutting or splitting will do, the man out of delusion, him of these will follow.)
But at the time of a festival, if a man, out of delusion, performs cutting or splitting, he will follow the fate of these (beings).
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
ततो वृक्षौषधितृणमेवमुक्तं महात्मना। ब्रह्माणमभिसम्पूज्य जगामाशु यथागतम् ॥१२-२७३-४०॥
tato vṛkṣauṣadhitṛṇamevamuktaṃ mahātmanā। brahmāṇamabhisampūjya jagāmāśu yathāgatam ॥12-273-40॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वृक्ष-औषधि-तृणम् (vṛkṣa-auṣadhi-tṛṇam) - tree-herb-grass; एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul; ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahmā; अभिसम्पूज्य (abhisampūjya) - having duly worshipped; जगाम (jagāma) - went; आशु (āśu) - quickly; यथा-आगतम् (yathā-āgatam) - as (he) had come;]
(Then, tree-herb-grass thus spoken by the great soul, having duly worshipped Brahmā, (he) went quickly as (he) had come.)
Then, after the great soul had thus spoken about the trees, herbs, and grasses, and having duly worshipped Brahmā, he quickly departed as he had come.
आहूयाप्सरसो देवस्ततो लोकपितामहः। वाचा मधुरया प्राह सान्त्वयन्निव भारत ॥१२-२७३-४१॥
āhūyāpsaraso devas tato lokapitāmahaḥ। vācā madhurayā prāha sāntvayann iva bhārata ॥12-273-41॥
[आहूय (āhūya) - having summoned; अप्सरः (apsaraḥ) - the celestial nymphs; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; ततः (tataḥ) - then; लोकपितामहः (lokapitāmahaḥ) - the grandsire of the worlds; वाचा (vācā) - with speech; मधुरया (madhurayā) - sweet; प्राह (prāha) - said; सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - soothing; इव (iva) - as if; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Having summoned the celestial nymphs, then the god, the grandsire of the worlds, with sweet speech, said, as if soothing, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, the grandsire of the worlds, having summoned the celestial nymphs, then spoke with sweet words, as if to soothe.
इयमिन्द्रादनुप्राप्ता ब्रह्महत्या वराङ्गनाः। चतुर्थमस्या भागं हि मयोक्ताः सम्प्रतीच्छत ॥१२-२७३-४२॥
iyam indrād anuprāptā brahmahatyā varāṅganāḥ। caturtham asyā bhāgaṃ hi mayoktāḥ sampratīcchata ॥12-273-42॥
[इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine); इन्द्रात् (indrāt) - from Indra; अनुप्राप्ता (anuprāptā) - has come after; ब्रह्महत्या (brahmahatyā) - Brahminicide; वराङ्गनाः (varāṅganāḥ) - noble women; चतुर्थम् (caturtham) - the fourth; अस्या (asyā) - of her; भागम् (bhāgam) - part; हि (hi) - indeed; मया (mayā) - by me; उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - have been said; सम्प्रतीच्छत (sampratīcchata) - accept (you all);]
(This (Brahminicide), having come from Indra, O noble women, her fourth part indeed has been said by me; accept (it).)
O noble women, this Brahminicide, having come from Indra, her fourth part has indeed been declared by me; accept it.
अप्सरस ऊचुः॥
apsarasa ūcuḥ॥
[अप्सरस (apsarasa) - water-nymphs; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said;]
(The water-nymphs said.)
The apsarases said.
ग्रहणे कृतबुद्धीनां देवेश तव शासनात्। मोक्षं समयतोऽस्माकं चिन्तयस्व पितामह ॥१२-२७३-४३॥
grahaṇe kṛtabuddhīnāṃ deveśa tava śāsanāt। mokṣaṃ samayato'smākaṃ cintayasva pitāmaha ॥12-273-43॥
[ग्रहणे (grahaṇe) - at the eclipse; कृतबुद्धीनां (kṛtabuddhīnāṃ) - of those whose minds are resolved; देवेश (deveśa) - O lord of the gods; तव (tava) - by your; शासनात् (śāsanāt) - command; मोक्षं (mokṣaṃ) - liberation; समयतः (samayataḥ) - at the appointed time; अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) - of us; चिन्तयस्व (cintayasva) - consider; पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandsire;]
(At the eclipse, of those whose minds are resolved, O lord of the gods, by your command, liberation at the appointed time of us, consider, O grandsire.)
O grandsire, at the time of the eclipse, please consider granting liberation to us, whose minds are resolved, by your command, O lord of the gods.
ब्रह्मोवाच॥
brahmovāca॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; the creator; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Brahmā said;)
Brahmā said.
रजस्वलासु नारीषु यो वै मैथुनमाचरेत्। तमेषा यास्यति क्षिप्रं व्येतु वो मानसो ज्वरः ॥१२-२७३-४४॥
rajasvalāsu nārīṣu yo vai maithunam ācaret। tam eṣā yāsyati kṣipraṃ vyetu vo mānaso jvaraḥ॥12-273-44॥
[रजस्वलासु (rajasvalāsu) - in menstruating; (women); नारीषु (nārīṣu) - among women; यः (yaḥ) - who; वै (vai) - indeed; मैथुनम् (maithunam) - sexual union; आचरेत् (ācaret) - should practice; तम् (tam) - him; एषा (eṣā) - this; यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go (to); क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; व्येतु (vyetu) - may depart; वः (vo) - your; मानसः (mānasaḥ) - mental; ज्वरः (jvaraḥ) - fever;]
(In menstruating women, who indeed should practice sexual union, to him this will go quickly; may your mental fever depart.)
If anyone has intercourse with a menstruating woman, this (trouble) will quickly befall him; may your mental distress subside.
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
तथेति हृष्टमनस उक्त्वाथाप्सरसां गणाः। स्वानि स्थानानि सम्प्राप्य रेमिरे भरतर्षभ ॥१२-२७३-४५॥
tatheti hṛṣṭamanasa uktvāthāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ। svāni sthānāni samprāpya remire bharatarṣabha ॥12-273-45॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; इति (iti) - so; हृष्टमनसः (hṛṣṭamanasaḥ) - with delighted minds; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; अथ (atha) - then; अप्सरसाम् (apsarasām) - of the apsarases; गणाः (gaṇāḥ) - groups; स्वानि (svāni) - their own; स्थानानि (sthānāni) - places; सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having reached; रेमिरे (remire) - rejoiced; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(Thus, having spoken with delighted minds, then the groups of apsarases, having reached their own places, rejoiced, O best of the Bharatas.)
Thus, O best of the Bharatas, the groups of apsarases, having spoken joyfully, returned to their own places and rejoiced.
ततस्त्रिलोककृद्देवः पुनरेव महातपाः। अपः सञ्चिन्तयामास ध्यातास्ताश्चाप्यथागमन् ॥१२-२७३-४६॥
tatas trilokakṛd devaḥ punar eva mahātapāḥ। apaḥ sañcintayām āsa dhyātās tāś cāpy athāgaman ॥12-273-46॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; त्रिलोककृत् (trilokakṛt) - creator of the three worlds; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - of great austerity; अपः (apaḥ) - waters; सञ्चिन्तयाम् (sañcintayām) - began to contemplate; आस (āsa) - he; ध्याताः (dhyātāḥ) - meditated upon; ताः (tāḥ) - those (waters); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अथ (atha) - then; आगमन् (āgaman) - they came;]
(Then the god, creator of the three worlds, of great austerity, again indeed began to contemplate the waters; having meditated upon those, they also then came.)
Then the god, the creator of the three worlds and of great austerity, once again began to contemplate the waters; as he meditated upon them, they also appeared.
तास्तु सर्वाः समागम्य ब्रह्माणममितौजसम्। इदमूचुर्वचो राजन्प्रणिपत्य पितामहम् ॥१२-२७३-४७॥
tāstu sarvāḥ samāgamya brahmāṇam amitaujasaṃ। idam ūcur vaco rājan praṇipatya pitāmaham ॥12-273-47॥
[ताः (tāḥ) - they (those women); तु (tu) - but; indeed; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; समागम्य (samāgamya) - having assembled; ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahmā; अमितौजसम् (amitaujasaṃ) - of immeasurable energy; इदम् (idam) - this; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; राजन् (rājan) - O king; प्रणिपत्य (praṇipatya) - having bowed down; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to the grandsire (Brahmā);]
(They indeed all having assembled approached Brahmā of immeasurable energy, having bowed down to the grandsire, O king, said these words.)
O king, all those women, having assembled, bowed down to the grandsire Brahmā of immeasurable energy and spoke these words.
इमाः स्म देव सम्प्राप्तास्त्वत्सकाशमरिंदम। शासनात्तव देवेश समाज्ञापय नो विभो ॥१२-२७३-४८॥
imāḥ sma deva samprāptās tvat-sakāśam ariṁdama। śāsanāt tava deveśa samājñāpaya no vibho ॥12-273-48॥
[इमाः (imāḥ) - these (feminine plural); स्म (sma) - indeed; देव (deva) - O god; सम्प्राप्ताः (samprāptāḥ) - have arrived; त्वत् (tvat) - your; सकाशम् (sakāśam) - presence; अरिंदम (ariṁdama) - O subduer of enemies; शासनात् (śāsanāt) - by command; तव (tava) - your; देवेश (deveśa) - O lord of gods; समाज्ञापय (samājñāpaya) - instruct; नः (naḥ) - us; विभो (vibho) - O mighty one;]
(These indeed, O god, have arrived at your presence, O subduer of enemies. By your command, O lord of gods, instruct us, O mighty one.)
O god, these have indeed come to your presence, O subduer of enemies. O lord of gods, by your command, instruct us, O mighty one.
ब्रह्मोवाच॥
brahmovāca॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; the creator; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Brahmā said;)
Brahmā said.
इयं वृत्रादनुप्राप्ता पुरुहूतं महाभया। ब्रह्महत्या चतुर्थांशमस्या यूयं प्रतीच्छत ॥१२-२७३-४९॥
iyaṃ vṛtrādanuprāptā puruhūtaṃ mahābhayā। brahmahatyā caturthāṃśamasya yūyaṃ pratīcchata ॥12-273-49॥
[इयं (iyaṃ) - this (feminine); वृत्रात् (vṛtrāt) - from Vṛtra; अनुप्राप्ता (anuprāptā) - has come; पुरुहूतं (puruhūtam) - O Indra (much-invoked one); महाभया (mahābhayā) - of great fear; ब्रह्महत्या (brahmahatyā) - Brahminicide; चतुर्थांशम् (caturthāṃśam) - a fourth part; अस्या (asyā) - of her; (of it;) यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural); प्रतीच्छत (pratīcchata) - accept;]
(This (feminine) from Vṛtra has come, O Indra (much-invoked one), of great fear. Brahminicide, a fourth part of her, you (all) accept.)
This portion of Brahminicide, which has come from Vṛtra and is greatly to be feared, O Indra, you all accept a fourth part of it.
आप ऊचुः॥
āpa ūcuḥ॥
[आप (āpa) - waters; (Vedic deities); ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said; (they spoke);]
(Waters said;)
The Waters said.
एवं भवतु लोकेश यथा वदसि नः प्रभो। मोक्षं समयतोऽस्माकं सञ्चिन्तयितुमर्हसि ॥१२-२७३-५०॥
evaṃ bhavatu lokeśa yathā vadasi naḥ prabho। mokṣaṃ samayato'smākaṃ sañcintayitumarhasi ॥12-273-50॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be; लोकेश (lokeśa) - O lord of the world; यथा (yathā) - as; वदसि (vadasi) - you say; नः (naḥ) - for us; प्रभो (prabho) - O master; मोक्षं (mokṣaṃ) - liberation; समयतः (samayataḥ) - at the appointed time; अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) - of us; सञ्चिन्तयितुम् (sañcintayitum) - to consider; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought;]
(Thus let it be, O lord of the world, as you say, O master; at the appointed time, you ought to consider liberation for us.)
"So be it, O Lord of the world, as you have said, O Master; at the appointed time, please consider granting us liberation."
त्वं हि देवेश सर्वस्य जगतः परमो गुरुः। कोऽन्यः प्रसादो हि भवेद्यः कृच्छ्रान्नः समुद्धरेत् ॥१२-२७३-५१॥
tvaṃ hi deveśa sarvasya jagataḥ paramo guruḥ। ko'nyaḥ prasādo hi bhaved yaḥ kṛcchrān naḥ samuddharet ॥12-273-51॥
[त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; हि (hi) - indeed; देवेश (deveśa) - O lord of the gods; सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all; जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world; परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme; गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher; कः (kaḥ) - who; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; प्रसादः (prasādaḥ) - grace; हि (hi) - indeed; भवेत् (bhavet) - could be; यः (yaḥ) - who; कृच्छ्रात् (kṛcchrāt) - from difficulties; नः (naḥ) - us; समुद्धरेत् (samuddharet) - would uplift;]
(You indeed, O lord of the gods, are the supreme teacher of all the world. Who else could be the grace who would uplift us from difficulties?)
You truly are the supreme teacher of all the world, O lord of the gods. Who else but your grace could deliver us from our hardships?
ब्रह्मोवाच॥
brahmovāca॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; the creator; the god Brahmā; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke; uttered;]
(Brahmā said;)
Brahmā said.
अल्पा इति मतिं कृत्वा यो नरो बुद्धिमोहितः। श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि युष्मासु प्रतिमोक्ष्यति ॥१२-२७३-५२॥
alpā iti matiṃ kṛtvā yo naro buddhimohitaḥ। śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi yuṣmāsu pratimokṣyati ॥12-273-52॥
[अल्पा (alpā) - small; little; इति (iti) - thus; so; मतिं (matiṃ) - thought; mind; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; having considered; यः (yaḥ) - who; नरः (naraḥ) - man; person; बुद्धि-मोहितः (buddhi-mohitaḥ) - deluded in intellect; whose understanding is confused; श्लेष्म-मूत्र-पुरीषाणि (śleṣma-mūtra-purīṣāṇi) - phlegm, urine, and feces; युष्मासु (yuṣmāsu) - upon you; among you; प्रतिमोक्ष्यति (pratimokṣyati) - will discharge; will release;]
(Having made the thought 'small' thus, the man whose intellect is deluded will discharge phlegm, urine, and feces upon you.)
If a man, whose intellect is deluded, considers you as insignificant, he will discharge phlegm, urine, and feces upon you.
तमेषा यास्यति क्षिप्रं तत्रैव च निवत्स्यति। तथा वो भविता मोक्ष इति सत्यं ब्रवीमि वः ॥१२-२७३-५३॥
tameṣā yāsyati kṣipraṃ tatraiva ca nivatsyati। tathā vo bhavitā mokṣa iti satyaṃ bravīmi vaḥ ॥12-273-53॥
[तम् (tam) - him; एषा (eṣā) - this; यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go; क्षिप्रं (kṣipraṃ) - quickly; तत्रैव (tatraiva) - right there; च (ca) - and; निवत्स्यति (nivatsyati) - will remain; तथा (tathā) - thus; वः (vaḥ) - for you; भविता (bhavitā) - will be; मोक्ष (mokṣa) - liberation; इति (iti) - thus; सत्यं (satyaṃ) - truth; ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak; वः (vaḥ) - to you;]
(Him this will go quickly, right there and will remain; thus for you will be liberation, thus truth I speak to you.)
She will quickly go to him and remain there; thus, liberation will be yours. This is the truth I tell you.
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
ततो विमुच्य देवेन्द्रं ब्रह्महत्या युधिष्ठिर। यथानिसृष्टं तं देशमगच्छद्देवशासनात् ॥१२-२७३-५४॥
tato vimucya devendraṃ brahmahatyā yudhiṣṭhira। yathānisṛṣṭaṃ taṃ deśam agacchad devaśāsanāt ॥12-273-54॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; विमुच्य (vimucya) - having released; देवेन्द्रम् (devendram) - Indra; ब्रह्महत्या (brahmahatyā) - Brahminicide; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; यथा (yathā) - as; अनिसृष्टम् (anisṛṣṭam) - not abandoned; तम् (tam) - that; देशम् (deśam) - place; अगच्छत् (agacchat) - went; देवशासनात् (devaśāsanāt) - by the command of the gods;]
(Then, having released Indra, Brahminicide, Yudhishthira, as not abandoned, that place went by the command of the gods.)
Then, Yudhishthira, having released Indra from Brahminicide, went to that place as directed by the gods.
एवं शक्रेण सम्प्राप्ता ब्रह्महत्या जनाधिप। पितामहमनुज्ञाप्य सोऽश्वमेधमकल्पयत् ॥१२-२७३-५५॥
evaṃ śakreṇa samprāptā brahmahatyā janādhipa। pitāmahamanujñāpya so'śvamedhamakalpayat ॥12-273-55॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - by Śakra; सम्प्राप्ता (samprāptā) - having been brought; ब्रह्महत्या (brahmahatyā) - Brahminicide; जनाधिप (janādhipa) - the lord of men; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandsire; अनुज्ञाप्य (anujñāpya) - having obtained permission; सः (saḥ) - he; अश्वमेधम् (aśvamedham) - the horse-sacrifice; अकल्पयत् (akalpayat) - arranged;]
(Thus, by Śakra, Brahminicide having been brought to the lord of men; having obtained permission from the grandsire, he arranged the horse-sacrifice.)
Thus, when Brahminicide was brought by Śakra to the lord of men, after obtaining permission from the grandsire, he arranged for the horse-sacrifice.
श्रूयते हि महाराज सम्प्राप्ता वासवेन वै। ब्रह्महत्या ततः शुद्धिं हयमेधेन लब्धवान् ॥१२-२७३-५६॥
śrūyate hi mahārāja samprāptā vāsavena vai। brahmahatyā tataḥ śuddhiṃ hayamedhena labdhavān ॥12-273-56॥
[श्रूयते (śrūyate) - is heard; हि (hi) - indeed; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; सम्प्राप्ता (samprāptā) - attained; वासवेन (vāsavena) - by Vāsava (Indra); वै (vai) - truly; ब्रह्महत्या (brahmahatyā) - the killing of a Brāhmaṇa; ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; शुद्धिं (śuddhiṃ) - purification; हयमेधेन (hayamedhena) - by the horse-sacrifice; लब्धवान् (labdhavān) - obtained;]
(It is heard indeed, O great king, that the sin of killing a Brāhmaṇa, having been incurred by Vāsava (Indra), thereafter he obtained purification by the horse-sacrifice.)
It is said, O great king, that Indra, having incurred the sin of killing a Brāhmaṇa, later attained purification by performing the horse-sacrifice.
समवाप्य श्रियं देवो हत्वारींश्च सहस्रशः। प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे वासवः पृथिवीपते ॥१२-२७३-५७॥
samavāpya śriyaṃ devo hatvārīṃś ca sahasraśaḥ। praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe vāsavaḥ pṛthivīpate ॥12-273-57॥
[समवाप्य (samavāpya) - having obtained together; श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; अरिन् (arin) - enemies; च (ca) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; प्रहर्षम् (praharṣam) - great joy; अतुलम् (atulam) - incomparable; लेभे (lebhe) - obtained; वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra; पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O king;]
(Having obtained prosperity, the god, having slain enemies by thousands, obtained incomparable great joy, O king.)
O king, having slain thousands of enemies and attained prosperity, Indra experienced incomparable joy.
वृत्रस्य रुधिराच्चैव खुखुण्डाः पार्थ जज्ञिरे। द्विजातिभिरभक्ष्यास्ते दीक्षितैश्च तपोधनैः ॥१२-२७३-५८॥
vṛtrasya rudhirāccaiva khukhuṇḍāḥ pārtha jajñire। dvijātibhirabhakṣyāste dīkṣitaiśca tapodhanaiḥ ॥12-273-58॥
[वृत्रस्य (vṛtrasya) - of Vṛtra; रुधिरात् (rudhirāt) - from the blood; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; खुखुण्डाः (khukhuṇḍāḥ) - owls; पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā; जज्ञिरे (jajñire) - were born; द्विजातिभिः (dvijātibhiḥ) - by the twice-born; अभक्ष्याः (abhakṣyāḥ) - not to be eaten; ते (te) - they; दीक्षितैः (dīkṣitaiḥ) - by the initiated; च (ca) - and; तपोधनैः (tapodhanaiḥ) - by those whose wealth is austerity;]
(O Pārtha, indeed, owls were born from the blood of Vṛtra; they are not to be eaten by the twice-born, by the initiated, and by those whose wealth is austerity.)
O Pārtha, owls originated from the blood of Vṛtra; they are considered unfit for consumption by the twice-born, by the initiated, and by ascetics.
सर्वावस्थं त्वमप्येषां द्विजातीनां प्रियं कुरु। इमे हि भूतले देवाः प्रथिताः कुरुनन्दन ॥१२-२७३-५९॥
sarvāvasthaṃ tvam apy eṣāṃ dvijātīnām priyaṃ kuru। ime hi bhūtale devāḥ prathitāḥ kurunandana ॥12-273-59॥
[सर्वावस्थम् (sarvāvastham) - in all conditions; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अपि (api) - also; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; द्विजातीनाम् (dvijātīnām) - of the twice-born; प्रियं (priyam) - dear; pleasant; कुरु (kuru) - do; make; इमे (ime) - these; हि (hi) - indeed; भूतले (bhūtale) - on the earth; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; प्रथिताः (prathitāḥ) - renowned; famous; कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O delight of the Kurus;]
(In all conditions, you also, of these twice-born, do what is dear. These indeed on the earth are gods, renowned, O delight of the Kurus.)
O Kurunandana, always do what is dear to these twice-born, for these Brahmins are indeed renowned as gods on earth.
एवं शक्रेण कौरव्य बुद्धिसौक्ष्म्यान्महासुरः। उपायपूर्वं निहतो वृत्रोऽथामिततेजसा ॥१२-२७३-६०॥
evaṃ śakreṇa kauravya buddhisaukṣmyānmahāsuraḥ। upāyapūrvaṃ nihato vṛtro'thāmitatejasā ॥12-273-60॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - by Śakra; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; बुद्धिसौक्ष्म्यात् (buddhisaukṣmyāt) - by subtlety of intellect; महासुरः (mahāsuraḥ) - the great asura; उपायपूर्वम् (upāyapūrvam) - by means of strategy; निहतः (nihataḥ) - was slain; वृत्रः (vṛtraḥ) - Vṛtra; अथ (atha) - then; अमिततेजसा (amitatejasā) - by the immeasurable brilliance;]
(Thus, by Śakra, O descendant of Kuru, by subtlety of intellect, the great asura, by means of strategy, was slain—Vṛtra then by the immeasurable brilliance.)
Thus, O Kauravya, Vṛtra, the great asura, was slain by Śakra through subtle intelligence and strategic means, by his immeasurable brilliance.
एवं त्वमपि कौरव्य पृथिव्यामपराजितः। भविष्यसि यथा देवः शतक्रतुरमित्रहा ॥१२-२७३-६१॥
evaṃ tvam api kauravya pṛthivyām aparājitaḥ। bhaviṣyasi yathā devaḥ śatakratur amitrahā ॥12-273-61॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अपि (api) - also; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on the earth; अपराजितः (aparājitaḥ) - unconquered; भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will become; यथा (yathā) - just as; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Indra (the hundred-sacrificed); अमित्रहा (amitrahā) - destroyer of foes;]
(Thus you also, O descendant of Kuru, on the earth unconquered, will become, just as the god Indra, destroyer of foes.)
In this way, you too, O Kauravya, will become unconquered on earth, just like the god Indra, the destroyer of enemies.
ये तु शक्रकथां दिव्यामिमां पर्वसु पर्वसु। विप्रमध्ये पठिष्यन्ति न ते प्राप्स्यन्ति किल्बिषम् ॥१२-२७३-६२॥
ye tu śakrakathāṃ divyām imāṃ parvasu parvasu। vipramadhye paṭhiṣyanti na te prāpsyanti kilbiṣam ॥12-273-62॥
[ये (ye) - those who; तु (tu) - but; शक्रकथाम् (śakrakathām) - the tale of Śakra; दिव्याम् (divyām) - divine; इमाम् (imām) - this; पर्वसु (parvasu) - on festival days; पर्वसु (parvasu) - on festival days; विप्रमध्ये (vipramadhye) - in the midst of Brāhmaṇas; पठिष्यन्ति (paṭhiṣyanti) - will recite; न (na) - not; ते (te) - they; प्राप्स्यन्ति (prāpsyanti) - will obtain; किल्बिषम् (kilbiṣam) - sin;]
(Those who, but, the tale of Śakra, divine, this, on festival days, on festival days, in the midst of Brāhmaṇas, will recite, not, they, will obtain, sin.)
But those who recite this divine tale of Śakra on every festival day in the midst of Brāhmaṇas, they will not incur any sin.
इत्येतद्वृत्रमाश्रित्य शक्रस्यात्यद्भुतं महत्। कथितं कर्म ते तात किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥१२-२७३-६३॥
ity etad vṛtram āśritya śakrasya atyadbhutam mahat। kathitam karma te tāta kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi ॥12-273-63॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एतत् (etat) - this; वृत्रम् (vṛtram) - Vṛtra; आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to; शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Śakra; अत्यद्भुतम् (atyadbhutam) - most wonderful; महत् (mahat) - great; कथितम् (kathitam) - has been told; कर्म (karma) - deed; ते (te) - to you; तात (tāta) - O dear one; किम् (kim) - what; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more; श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear; इच्छसि (icchasi) - do you wish;]
(Thus, this Vṛtra having been resorted to, of Śakra, most wonderful, great, has been told (the) deed to you, O dear one; what more to hear do you wish?)
Thus, the most wonderful and great deed of Śakra, accomplished by resorting to Vṛtra, has been told to you, O dear one; what more do you wish to hear?
