13.054
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (3rd person singular, perfect tense of the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
ततः स राजा रात्र्यन्ते प्रतिबुद्धो महामनाः। कृतपूर्वाह्णिकः प्रायात्सभार्यस्तद्वनं प्रति ॥१३-५४-१॥
tataḥ sa rājan rātry-ante pratibuddho mahāmanāḥ। kṛtapūrvāhṇikaḥ prāyāt-sabhāryas tad vanaṃ prati ॥13-54-1॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; स (sa) - he; राजा (rājā) - king; रात्र्यन्ते (rātry-ante) - at the end of the night; प्रतिबुद्धः (pratibuddhaḥ) - having awakened; महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - great-minded; कृतपूर्वाह्णिकः (kṛtapūrvāhṇikaḥ) - having performed the morning rites; प्रायात् (prāyāt) - departed; सभार्यः (sabhāryaḥ) - with his wife; तद् (tad) - that; वनं (vanaṃ) - forest; प्रतिः (prati) - towards;]
(Thereafter he king at the end of the night having awakened, great-minded, having performed the morning rites, departed with his wife towards that forest.)
Thereafter, the king, having awakened at the end of the night and performed the morning rites, departed with his wife towards that forest. (13-54-1)
ततो ददर्श नृपतिः प्रासादं सर्वकाञ्चनम्। मणिस्तम्भसहस्राढ्यं गन्धर्वनगरोपमम् ॥ तत्र दिव्यानभिप्रायान्ददर्श कुशिकस्तदा ॥१३-५४-२॥
tato dadarśa nṛpatiḥ prāsādaṃ sarvakañcanam। maṇistambhasahasrāḍhyaṃ gandharvanagaropamam॥ tatra divyānabhiprāyāndadarśa kuśikastadā॥13-54-2॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - the king; प्रासादं (prāsādam) - palace; सर्वकाञ्चनम् (sarvakañcanam) - all golden; मणिस्तम्भसहस्राढ्यम् (maṇistambhasahasrāḍhyam) - rich in a thousand jewel pillars; गन्धर्वनगरोपमम् (gandharvanagaropamam) - resembling the city of the Gandharvas; तत्र (tatra) - there; दिव्यान् (divyān) - divine; अभिप्रायान् (abhiprāyān) - intentions; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; कुशिकः (kuśikaḥ) - Kushika; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Then the king saw the palace, all golden, rich in a thousand jewel pillars, resembling the city of the Gandharvas. There then Kushika saw divine intentions.)
Then the king saw a palace entirely of gold, adorned with a thousand jewel pillars, resembling the city of the Gandharvas. There, at that time, Kushika saw divine intentions. (13-54-2)
पर्वतान्रम्यसानूंश्च नलिनीश्च सपङ्कजाः। चित्रशालाश्च विविधास्तोरणानि च भारत ॥ शाद्वलोपचितां भूमिं तथा काञ्चनकुट्टिमाम् ॥१३-५४-३॥
parvatān ramyasanūṁś ca nalinīś ca sa-paṅkajāḥ। citraśālāś ca vividhāstoaraṇāni ca bhārata॥ śādvalopacitāṁ bhūmiṁ tathā kāñcanakuṭṭimām॥13-54-3॥
[पर्वतान् (parvatān) - mountains; रम्यसानून् (ramyasanūn) - beautiful peaks; च (ca) - and; नलिनीः (nalinīḥ) - lotus-lakes; च (ca) - and; सपङ्कजाः (sa-paṅkajāḥ) - with lotuses; चित्रशालाः (citraśālāḥ) - decorated halls; च (ca) - and; विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various; स्तोरणानि (storaṇāni) - gateways; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; शाद्वलोपचितां (śādvalopacitām) - covered with green grass; भूमिं (bhūmim) - ground; तथा (tathā) - and so; काञ्चनकुट्टिमाम् (kāñcana-kuṭṭimām) - paved with gold;]
(Mountains, beautiful peaks, and lotus-lakes with lotuses; decorated halls and various gateways also, O Bhārata; ground covered with green grass, and likewise paved with gold.)
O Bhārata, (he saw) mountains with beautiful peaks, lotus-lakes full of lotuses, decorated halls, various gateways, ground thick with green grass, and even floors paved with gold. (13-54-3)
सहकारान्प्रफुल्लांश्च केतकोद्दालकान्धवान्। अशोकान्मुचुकुन्दांश्च फुल्लांश्चैवातिमुक्तकान् ॥१३-५४-४॥
sahakārān praphullāṁś ca ketakoddālakān dhavān | aśokān mucukundāṁś ca phullāṁś caiva atimuktakān ॥13-54-4॥
[सहकारान् (sahakārān) - mango trees; प्रफुल्लान् (praphullān) - blooming; च (ca) - and; केतक-उद्दालकान् (ketaka-uddālakān) - screw-pine and white flowered plants; धवान् (dhavān) - dhava trees; अशोकान् (aśokān) - ashoka trees; मुचुकुन्दान् (mucukundān) - muchukunda trees; च (ca) - and; फुल्लान् (phullān) - blooming; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; अतिमुक्तकान् (atimuktakān) - atimuktaka creepers;]
(Mango trees blooming and screw-pine and white flowered plants, dhava trees, ashoka trees, muchukunda trees and blooming and indeed atimuktaka creepers.)
Blooming mango trees, screw-pine and white-flowered plants, dhava, ashoka, muchukunda, and atimuktaka creepers. (13-54-4)
चम्पकांस्तिलकान्भव्यान्पनसान्वञ्जुलानपि। पुष्पितान्कर्णिकारांश्च तत्र तत्र ददर्श ह ॥१३-५४-५॥
campakāṃs tilakān bhavyān panasān vañjulān api। puṣpitān karṇikārāṃś ca tatra tatra dadarśa ha ॥13-54-5॥
[चम्पकान् (campakān) - campaka trees; तिलकान् (tilakān) - tilaka trees; भव्यान् (bhavyān) - auspicious; पनसान् (panasān) - jackfruit trees; वञ्जुलान् (vañjulān) - vañjula trees; अपि (api) - also; पुष्पितान् (puṣpitān) - flowering; कर्णिकारान् (karṇikārān) - karṇikāra trees; च (ca) - and; तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(Campaka trees, tilaka trees, auspicious jackfruit trees, vañjula trees also, flowering karṇikāra trees and, here and there, he saw indeed.)
He saw here and there campaka trees, tilaka trees, auspicious jackfruit and vañjula trees, and also flowering karṇikāra trees. (13-54-5)
श्यामां वारणपुष्पीं च तथाष्टापदिकां लताम्। तत्र तत्र परिकॢप्ता ददर्श स महीपतिः ॥१३-५४-६॥
śyāmāṃ vāraṇapuṣpīṃ ca tathāṣṭāpadikāṃ latām। tatra tatra parikḷiptā dadarśa sa mahīpatiḥ॥13-54-6॥
[श्यामां (śyāmām) - dark; blackish; वारणपुष्पीं (vāraṇapuṣpīm) - bearing elephant-flower (Crinum asiaticum); च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - also; likewise; अष्टापदिकां (aṣṭāpadikām) - having many-leaved (or, resembling a chess-board); लताम् (latām) - creeper (plant); तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there; परिकॢप्ता (parikḷiptā) - set; arranged; ददर्श (dadarśa) - (he) saw; स (sa) - he; महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king;]
(Dark, elephant-flower-bearing and also multi-leaved creeper, here and there set, saw he the king.)
The king saw, here and there, creepers that were dark, bore elephant-flowers, and also had many leaves, arranged in various places. (13-54-6)
वृक्षान्पद्मोत्पलधरान्सर्वर्तुकुसुमांस्तथा। विमानच्छन्दकांश्चापि प्रासादान्पद्मसंनिभान् ॥१३-५४-७॥
vṛkṣān padmotpaladharān sarvartukusumān tathā। vimānacchandakāṃś cāpi prāsādān padmasaṃnibhān ॥13-54-7॥
[वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees; पद्मोत्पलधरान् (padmotpaladharān) - bearing lotuses and water-lilies; सर्वर्तुकुसुमान् (sarvartukusumān) - of all-season flowers; तथा (tathā) - thus; also; विमानच्छन्दकान् (vimānacchandakān) - (with) celestial canopies; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; प्रासादान् (prāsādān) - palaces; पद्मसंनिभान् (padmasaṃnibhān) - lotus-like;]
(Trees bearing lotuses and water-lilies, of all-season flowers, also celestial canopies, and also palaces resembling lotuses.)
There were trees bearing lotuses and water-lilies and all-season flowers, as well as celestial canopies and lotus-like palaces. (13-54-7)
शीतलानि च तोयानि क्वचिदुष्णानि भारत। आसनानि विचित्राणि शयनप्रवराणि च ॥१३-५४-८॥
śītalāni ca toyāni kvacid uṣṇāni bhārata। āsanāni vicitrāṇi śayanapravarāṇi ca ॥13-54-8॥
[शीतलानि (śītalāni) - cool (things); च (ca) - and; तोयानि (toyāni) - waters; क्वचित् (kvacit) - in some place; somewhere; उष्णानि (uṣṇāni) - warm (things); भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; आसनानि (āsanāni) - seats; विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - varied; wonderful; शयनप्रवराणि (śayanapravarāṇi) - excellent beds; च (ca) - and;]
(Cool waters and and in some place warm waters, O Bhārata. Varied seats, excellent beds and.)
O Bhārata, there were cool waters, and in some places, warm waters; there were also various seats and excellent beds. (13-54-8)
पर्यङ्कान्सर्वसौवर्णान्परार्ध्यास्तरणास्तृतान्। भक्ष्यभोज्यमनन्तं च तत्र तत्रोपकल्पितम् ॥१३-५४-९॥
paryaṅkān sarva-sauvarṇān parārdhyā-staraṇāṁs tṛtān| bhakṣya-bhojya-manantaṁ ca tatra tatra upakalpitam ॥13-54-9॥
[पर्यङ्कान् (paryaṅkān) - couches; सर्वसौवर्णान् (sarva-sauvarṇān) - all golden; परार्ध्य (parārdhya) - very precious; आस्तरणान् (āstaraṇān) - coverings; तृतान् (tṛtān) - spread; भक्ष्य (bhakṣya) - eatables; भोज्य (bhojya) - foods to be enjoyed; अनन्तं (anantam) - endless; च (ca) - and; तत्र (tatra) - here; तत्र (tatra) - there; उपकल्पितम् (upakalpitam) - arranged;]
(Couches all golden, with very precious coverings spread, eatables, foods enjoyed, endless and, here and there arranged.)
All-golden couches covered with very precious spreads, and endless varieties of eatables and foods were arranged here and there. (13-54-9)
वाणीवादाञ्छुकांश्चापि शारिकाभृङ्गराजकान्। कोकिलाञ्छतपत्रांश्च कोयष्टिमककुक्कुटान् ॥१३-५४-१०॥
vāṇīvādāñ chukāṃś cāpi śārikābhṛṅgarājakān | kokilāñ chatapatrāṃś ca koyaṣṭimakakukkuṭān ॥13-54-10॥
[वाणीवादान् (vāṇīvādān) - those who utter speech; (i.e., speaking beings); शुकान् (śukān) - parrots; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; शारिका (śārikā) - starlings (mynas); भृङ्गराजकान् (bhṛṅgarājakān) - those like the king of bees (black drongo birds or similar black birds); कोकिलान् (kokilān) - cuckoos; शतपत्रान् (śatapatrān) - peacocks; च (ca) - and; कोयष्टिमककुक्कुटान् (koyaṣṭimaka-kukkuṭān) - bambooroosters and cocks;]
(those uttering speech, parrots and also starlings, birds like the king of bees, cuckoos, peacocks and bambooroosters and cocks.)
He included those that utter speech, parrots, starlings, black birds like the king of bees, cuckoos, peacocks, and bambooroosters and cocks. (13-54-10)
मयूरान्कुक्कुटांश्चापि पुत्रकाञ्जीवजीवकान्। चकोरान्वानरान्हंसान्सारसांश्चक्रसाह्वयान् ॥१३-५४-११॥
mayūrān kukkuṭāṁś ca api putrakāñ jīvjīvakān। cakorān vānarān haṁsān sārasāṁś cakrasāhvayān ॥13-54-11॥
[मयूरान् (mayūrān) - peacocks; कुक्कुटान् (kukkuṭān) - cocks; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; पुत्रकान् (putrakān) - chicks; जीवजीवकान् (jīvjīvakān) - jīvjīvaka birds; चकोरान् (cakorān) - chakor birds; वानरान् (vānarān) - monkeys; हंसान् (haṁsān) - swans; सारसान् (sārasān) - cranes; चक्रसाह्वयान् (cakrasāhvayān) - the birds called cakrasāhvaya;]
(Peacocks, cocks, and also chicks, jīvjīvaka birds, chakor birds, monkeys, swans, cranes, the birds called cakrasāhvaya.)
Peacocks, cocks, chicks, jīvjīvaka birds, chakor birds, monkeys, swans, cranes, and birds called cakrasāhvaya. (13-54-11)
समन्ततः प्रणदितान्ददर्श सुमनोहरान्। क्वचिदप्सरसां सङ्घान्गन्धर्वाणां च पार्थिव ॥१३-५४-१२॥
samantataḥ praṇaditān dadarśa sumanoharān। kvacid apsarasāṃ saṅghān gandharvāṇāṃ ca pārthiva ॥13-54-12॥
[समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides; प्रणदितान् (praṇaditān) - emitting sound; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; सुमनोहरान् (sumanoharān) - very beautiful; क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere; अप्सरसाम् (apsarasām) - of the apsarases; सङ्घान् (saṅghān) - groups; गन्धान्वाणाम् (gandharvāṇām) - of the gandharvas; च (ca) - and; पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king;]
(On all sides very beautiful, emitting sound, he saw; somewhere, O king, groups of apsarases and of gandharvas also.)
O king, on all sides he saw very beautiful beings making sounds; in some places, groups of apsarases and gandharvas as well. (13-54-12)
कान्ताभिरपरांस्तत्र परिष्वक्तान्ददर्श ह। न ददर्श च तान्भूयो ददर्श च पुनर्नृपः ॥१३-५४-१३॥
kāntābhir aparāṁs tatra pariṣvaktān dadarśa ha। na dadarśa ca tān bhūyo dadarśa ca punar nṛpaḥ ॥13-54-13॥
[कान्ताभिः (kāntābhiḥ) - by beloved women; by dear ones; अपरान् (aparān) - others; different ones; तत्र (tatra) - there; परिष्वक्तान् (pariṣvaktān) - embraced; hugged; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; ह (ha) - indeed; न (na) - not; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; च (ca) - and; तान् (tān) - them; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king;]
(By beloved women others there embraced he saw indeed. Not he saw and them again he saw and again the king.)
There, the king saw others embraced by their beloved women; indeed, he did not see them, and then once more he saw them again. (13-54-13)
गीतध्वनिं सुमधुरं तथैवाध्ययनध्वनिम्। हंसान्सुमधुरांश्चापि तत्र शुश्राव पार्थिवः ॥१३-५४-१४॥
gītadhvaniṁ sumadhuraṁ tathaivādhyayanadhvanim। haṁsān sumadhurāṁś cāpi tatra śuśrāva pārthivaḥ॥13-54-14॥
[गीतध्वनिं (gītadhvanim) - song-sound; सुमधुरं (sumadhuram) - very-sweet; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; अध्ययनध्वनिम् (adhyayanadhvanim) - recitation-sound; हंसान् (haṁsān) - swans; सुमधुरान् (sumadhurān) - very-sweet; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; तत्र (tatra) - there; शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard; पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - the king;]
(Song-sound very-sweet, in the same way recitation-sound; swans very-sweet and also there heard the king.)
The king heard there the very sweet sound of songs, and likewise the sound of recitation, as well as the very sweet voices of swans. (13-54-14)
तं दृष्ट्वात्यद्भुतं राजा मनसाचिन्तयत्तदा। स्वप्नोऽयं चित्तविभ्रंश उताहो सत्यमेव तु ॥१३-५४-१५॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvātyadbhutaṃ rājā manasācintayattadā। svapno'yaṃ cittavibhraṃśa utāho satyameva tu॥13-54-15॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; अत्यद्भुतं (atyadbhutam) - extremely wonderful; राजा (rājā) - the king; मनसा (manasā) - in (his) mind; अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - thought; तदा (tadā) - then; स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - a dream; अयम् (ayam) - this; चित्तविभ्रंशः (cittavibhraṃśaḥ) - confusion of mind; उत (uta) - or; आहो (āho) - or; सत्यम् (satyam) - truth; एव (eva) - indeed; तु (tu) - but;]
(Him having seen extremely wonderful, the king in (his) mind thought then. Dream this, confusion of mind, or or truth indeed but.)
Having seen him, who was extremely wonderful, the king then thought in his mind: Is this a dream, a confusion of the mind, or is it indeed the truth? (13-54-15)
अहो सह शरीरेण प्राप्तोऽस्मि परमां गतिम्। उत्तरान्वा कुरून्पुण्यानथ वाप्यमरावतीम् ॥१३-५४-१६॥
aho saha śarīreṇa prāpto'smi paramāṃ gatim। uttarānvā kurūn puṇyān atha vāpy amarāvatīm ॥13-54-16॥
[अहो (aho) - ah; सह (saha) - with; together with; शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by (this) body; with the body; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained; reached; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; परमाम् (paramām) - supreme; highest; गतिम् (gatim) - goal; state; उत्तरान् (uttarān) - northern; (plural accusative); वा (vā) - or; कुरून् (kurūn) - Kurus; (people/land of); पुण्यान् (puṇyān) - auspicious; holy; अथ (atha) - or; or else; वा अपि (vā api) - or indeed; अमरावतीम् (amarāvatīm) - Amarāvatī; (the city of the gods);]
(Ah, with the body I have attained the supreme goal; or the northern (holy) Kurus, or else even Amarāvatī.)
Ah, with my body I have reached the supreme state; either the holy northern Kurus or perhaps even Amarāvatī (the city of the gods). (13-54-16)
किं त्विदं महदाश्चर्यं सम्पश्यामीत्यचिन्तयत्। एवं सञ्चिन्तयन्नेव ददर्श मुनिपुङ्गवम् ॥१३-५४-१७॥
kiṁ tvidam mahadāścaryaṁ sampaśyāmītyacintayat। evaṁ sañcintayanneva dadarśa munipuṅgavam ॥13-54-17॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; तु (tu) - but; इदं (idam) - this; महदाश्चर्यं (mahadāścaryam) - great wonder; सम्पश्यामि (sampaśyāmi) - I am seeing; इति (iti) - thus; अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - he thought; एवं (evaṁ) - thus; सञ्चिन्तयन् (sañcintayan) - pondering; एव (eva) - indeed; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; मुनिपुङ्गवम् (munipuṅgavam) - the foremost sage;]
(What but this great wonder I am seeing, thus he thought. Thus indeed pondering, he saw the foremost sage.)
He thought, "What is this great wonder I am seeing?" While thus pondering, he saw the foremost sage. (13-54-17)
तस्मिन्विमाने सौवर्णे मणिस्तम्भसमाकुले। महार्हे शयने दिव्ये शयानं भृगुनन्दनम् ॥१३-५४-१८॥
tasmin vimāne sauvarṇe maṇi-stambha-samākule। mahārhe śayane divye śayānaṃ bhṛgu-nandanam॥13-54-18॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; विमाने (vimāne) - palace; सौवर्णे (sauvarṇe) - golden; मणिस्तम्भसमाकुले (maṇi-stambha-samākule) - filled with jeweled pillars; महार्हे (mahārhe) - very precious; शयने (śayane) - on the bed; दिव्ये (divye) - divine; शयानम् (śayānam) - reclining; भृगुनन्दनम् (bhṛgu-nandanam) - son of Bhṛgu;]
(In that golden palace filled with jeweled pillars, on the very precious, divine bed, reclining, the son of Bhṛgu.)
He, the son of Bhṛgu, was reclining on a divine and most precious bed in that golden palace adorned with jeweled pillars. (13-54-18)
तमभ्ययात्प्रहर्षेण नरेन्द्रः सह भार्यया। अन्तर्हितस्ततो भूयश्च्यवनः शयनं च तत् ॥१३-५४-१९॥
tam abhyayāt praharṣeṇa narendraḥ saha bhāryayā। antarhitaḥ tato bhūyaḥ cyavanaḥ śayanaṃ ca tat ॥13-54-19॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached; प्रहर्षेण (praharṣeṇa) - with great joy; नरेन्द्रः (narendraḥ) - king; सह (saha) - with; भार्यया (bhāryayā) - wife; अन्तर्हितः (antarhitaḥ) - disappeared; ततः (tataḥ) - then; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; च्यवनः (cyavanaḥ) - Cyavana; शयनम् (śayanam) - bed; च (ca) - and; तत् (tat) - that;]
(Him approached with great joy the king with (his) wife; disappeared then again Cyavana and bed and that.)
The king, together with his wife, approached him with great joy; then Cyavana and that bed again disappeared. (13-54-19)
ततोऽन्यस्मिन्वनोद्देशे पुनरेव ददर्श तम्। कौश्यां बृस्यां समासीनं जपमानं महाव्रतम् ॥ एवं योगबलाद्विप्रो मोहयामास पार्थिवम् ॥१३-५४-२०॥
tato'nyasmin vanoddeśe punar eva dadarśa tam। kauśyāṃ bṛsyāṃ samāsīnaṃ japamānaṃ mahāvratam॥ evaṃ yogabalād vipro mohayāmāsa pārthivam॥13-54-20॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अन्यस्मिन् (anyasmin) - in another; वनोद्धेशे (vanoddeśe) - part of the forest; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; तम् (tam) - him; कौश्याम् (kauśyām) - on a blanket of Kusha grass; बृस्याम् (bṛsyām) - on a deerskin; समासीनम् (samāsīnam) - seated; जपमानम् (japamānam) - reciting (mantra); महाव्रतम् (mahāvratam) - one with a great vow; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; योगबलात् (yogabalāt) - by the power of yoga; विप्रः (vipraḥ) - the Brāhmaṇa; मोहयामास (mohayāmāsa) - bewildered; पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - the king;]
(Then in another part of the forest, again indeed, he saw him, seated on a kusa-grass and deerskin, reciting (mantra), a great vows-holder. Thus, by the power of yoga, the Brāhmaṇa bewildered the king.)
Then, in another part of the forest, he again saw him, seated on kusa-grass and deerskin, engaged in recitation, a holder of great vows. Thus, by the power of yoga, the Brāhmaṇa bewildered the king. (13-54-20)
क्षणेन तद्वनं चैव ते चैवाप्सरसां गणाः। गन्धर्वाः पादपाश्चैव सर्वमन्तरधीयत ॥१३-५४-२१॥
kṣaṇena tad vanaṃ caiva te caiva apsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ। gandharvāḥ pādapāś caiva sarvam antaradhīyata॥13-54-21॥
[क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment; तद् (tad) - that; वनम् (vanaṃ) - forest; चैव (caiva) - and indeed; ते (te) - those; चैव (caiva) - and indeed; अप्सरसाम् (apsarasām) - of the apsarases; गणाः (gaṇāḥ) - groups; गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - gandharvas; पादपाः (pādapāḥ) - trees; चैव (caiva) - and indeed; सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything; अन्तरधीयत (antaradhīyata) - disappeared;]
(In a moment, that forest and indeed those groups of apsarases, gandharvas, trees, and indeed everything disappeared.)
In a moment, that forest, the apsaras groups, gandharvas, the trees, and everything else disappeared. (13-54-21)
निःशब्दमभवच्चापि गङ्गाकूलं पुनर्नृप। कुशवल्मीकभूयिष्ठं बभूव च यथा पुरा ॥१३-५४-२२॥
niḥśabdam abhavac cāpi gaṅgākūlaṃ punar nṛpa। kuśavalmīkabhūyiṣṭhaṃ babhūva ca yathā purā॥ 13-54-22॥
[निःशब्दम् (niḥśabdam) - silent; अभवच्च (abhavac ca) - became and; अपि (api) - also; गङ्गाकूलम् (gaṅgākūlam) - Ganga’s bank; पुनः (punar) - again; नृप (nṛpa) - O King; कुश-वल्मीका-भूयिष्ठम् (kuśa-valmīka-bhūyiṣṭham) - full of kuśa grass and ant-hills; बभूव (babhūva) - became; च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - as; पुरा (purā) - formerly;]
(Silent it became and also the Ganga’s bank again, O King. Full of kuśa grass and ant-hills became and as formerly.)
O King, again the bank of the Ganga became silent, filled mostly with kuśa grass and ant-hills, just as before. (13-54-22)
ततः स राजा कुशिकः सभार्यस्तेन कर्मणा। विस्मयं परमं प्राप्तस्तद्दृष्ट्वा महदद्भुतम् ॥१३-५४-२३॥
tataḥ sa rājā kuśikaḥ sabhāryas tena karmaṇā। vismayaṃ paramaṃ prāptas taddṛṣṭvā mahad adbhutam ॥13-54-23॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; राजा (rājā) - king; कुशिकः (kuśikaḥ) - Kuśika; सभार्यः (sabhāryaḥ) - with (his) wife; तेन (tena) - by that; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - action; विस्मयम् (vismayam) - astonishment; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - obtained; तत् (tat) - that; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; महत् (mahat) - great; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonder;]
(Then he king Kuśika with (his) wife, by that action, supreme astonishment obtained, having seen that great wonder.)
Then King Kuśika, together with his wife, was greatly astonished, having witnessed that great marvel. (13-54-23)
ततः प्रोवाच कुशिको भार्यां हर्षसमन्वितः। पश्य भद्रे यथा भावाश्चित्रा दृष्टाः सुदुर्लभाः ॥१३-५४-२४॥
tataḥ provāca kuśiko bhāryāṃ harṣasamanvitaḥ। paśya bhadre yathā bhāvaś citrā dṛṣṭāḥ sudurlabhāḥ ॥13-54-24॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke; कुशिकः (kuśikaḥ) - Kuśika; भार्यां (bhāryām) - to (his) wife; हर्षसमन्वितः (harṣasamanvitaḥ) - filled with joy; पश्य (paśya) - look; भद्रे (bhadre) - O good lady; यथा (yathā) - how; भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - emotions; चित्राः (citrāḥ) - varied; दृष्टाः (dṛṣṭāḥ) - have been seen; सुदुर्लभाः (sudurlabhāḥ) - very rare;]
(Then Kuśika, filled with joy, spoke to (his) wife: "Look, O good lady, how emotions, varied and very rare, have been seen." (13-54-24))
Then Kuśika, filled with joy, spoke to his wife: "See, O good lady, how varied emotions that are very rare have been witnessed." (13-54-24)
प्रसादाद्भृगुमुख्यस्य किमन्यत्र तपोबलात्। तपसा तदवाप्यं हि यन्न शक्यं मनोरथैः ॥१३-५४-२५॥
prasādādbhṛgumukhyasya kimanyatra tapobalāt। tapasā tadavāpyaṃ hi yanna śakyaṃ manorathaiḥ ॥13-54-25॥
[प्रसादात् (prasādāt) - from favor; भृगु-मुख्यस्य (bhṛgu-mukhyasya) - of the chief of Bhṛgu; किम् (kim) - what; अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere; तपः-बलात् (tapaḥ-balāt) - from the strength of penance; तपसा (tapasā) - by penance; तत् (tat) - that; अवाप्यम् (avāpyam) - to be attained; हि (hi) - indeed; यत् (yat) - which; न (na) - not; शक्यम् (śakyaṃ) - possible; मनोरथैः (manorathaiḥ) - by desires;]
(From the favor of the chief of Bhṛgu, what (is attainable) elsewhere from the strength of penance? By penance that indeed is to be attained which is not possible by desires.)
What can be attained from the favor of the chief of Bhṛgu, except through the strength of penance? For that which cannot be attained by mere desires is surely attained by penance. (13-54-25)
त्रैलोक्यराज्यादपि हि तप एव विशिष्यते। तपसा हि सुतप्तेन क्रीडत्येष तपोधनः ॥१३-५४-२६॥
trailokyarājyād api hi tapa eva viśiṣyate। tapasā hi sutaptena krīḍatyeṣa tapodhanaḥ ॥13-54-26॥
[त्रैलोक्यराज्यात् (trailokyarājyāt) - from the sovereignty of the three worlds; अपि (api) - even; हि (hi) - indeed; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; एव (eva) - alone; विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - is superior; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; हि (hi) - indeed; सुतप्तेन (sutaptena) - by well-performed austerity; क्रीडति (krīḍati) - plays; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; तपोधनः (tapodhanaḥ) - one whose wealth is austerity;]
(From the sovereignty of the three worlds even, indeed austerity alone is superior. By austerity indeed, by well-performed austerity, plays this one whose wealth is austerity.)
Austerity alone is indeed superior even to the sovereignty of the three worlds. This one whose wealth is austerity delights through austerity well performed. (13-54-26)
अहो प्रभावो ब्रह्मर्षेश्च्यवनस्य महात्मनः। इच्छन्नेष तपोवीर्यादन्याँल्लोकान्सृजेदपि ॥१३-५४-२७॥
aho prabhāvo brahmarṣeś cyavanasya mahātmanaḥ। icchan eṣa tapovīryād anyān lokān sṛjet api॥13-54-27॥
[अहो (aho) - indeed; प्रभावः (prabhāvaḥ) - splendor; ब्रह्मर्षेः (brahmarṣeḥ) - of the Brahmarṣi; च्यवनस्य (cyavanasya) - of Cyavana; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled; इच्छन् (icchan) - desiring; एष (eṣa) - he; तपः-वीर्याद् (tapo-vīryāt) - from ascetic power; अन्यान् (anyān) - other; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; सृजेत् (sṛjet) - might create; अपि (api) - even;]
(Indeed, the splendor of the great-souled Brahmarṣi Cyavana; desiring, he, from ascetic power, other worlds might even create.)
Indeed, such is the power of the great-souled Brahmarṣi Cyavana; if he wished, he could even create other worlds by the strength of his penance. (13-54-27)
ब्राह्मणा एव जायेरन्पुण्यवाग्बुद्धिकर्मणः। उत्सहेदिह कर्तुं हि कोऽन्यो वै च्यवनादृते ॥१३-५४-२८॥
brāhmaṇā eva jāyeran puṇya-vāk-buddhi-karmaṇaḥ। utsahed iha kartuṃ hi ko'anyo vai cyavanād ṛte॥13-54-28॥
[ब्राह्मणा (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; (priests; learned men); एव (eva) - indeed; only; जायेरन् (jāyeran) - should be born; (may come into being); पुण्य (puṇya) - virtuous; auspicious; वाक् (vāk) - speech; बुद्धि (buddhi) - intellect; कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of action; उत्सहेत् (utsahet) - should be able; (may strive;) इह (iha) - here; कर्तुं (kartuṃ) - to do; (to perform;) हि (hi) - indeed; for; कः (kaḥ) - who; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; वै (vai) - indeed; च्यवनात् (cyavanāt) - apart from Cyavana; (except Cyavana;) ऋते (ṛte) - excluding; without;]
(Brāhmaṇas indeed should be born endowed with virtuous speech, intellect, and action; here, who indeed, other than Cyavana, should be able to do (this)?)
Brāhmaṇas should truly be born endowed with virtuous speech, intellect, and deeds; indeed, who else here but Cyavana could possibly accomplish this? (13-54-28)
ब्राह्मण्यं दुर्लभं लोके राज्यं हि सुलभं नरैः। ब्राह्मण्यस्य प्रभावाद्धि रथे युक्तौ स्वधुर्यवत् ॥१३-५४-२९॥
brāhmaṇyaṃ durlabhaṃ loke rājyaṃ hi sulabhaṃ naraiḥ। brāhmaṇyasya prabhāvāddhi rathe yuktau svadhuryavat ॥13-54-29॥
[ब्राह्मण्यं (brāhmaṇyam) - the state of being a Brāhmaṇa; दुर्लभं (durlabham) - difficult to obtain; लोके (loke) - in the world; राज्यं (rājyaṃ) - kingdom; हि (hi) - indeed; सुलभं (sulabham) - easy to obtain; नरैः (naraiḥ) - by men; ब्राह्मण्यस्य (brāhmaṇyasya) - of Brāhmaṇahood; प्रभावात् (prabhāvāt) - from the power; हि (hi) - indeed; रथे (rathe) - in a chariot; युक्तौ (yuktau) - when harnessed; स्वधुर्यवत् (svadhuryavat) - like the (independent) chariot horse;]
(Brāhmaṇahood difficult to obtain in the world, kingdom indeed easy to obtain by men. Of Brāhmaṇahood from the power indeed, in a chariot when harnessed like the chariot horse.)
Brāhmaṇahood is difficult to attain in this world, whereas kingship is easily attained by men. Indeed, by the power of Brāhmaṇahood, just as in a chariot two horses are yoked, so too (other attainments are drawn along) like the leading horse. (13-54-29)
इत्येवं चिन्तयानः स विदितश्च्यवनस्य वै। सम्प्रेक्ष्योवाच स नृपं क्षिप्रमागम्यतामिति ॥१३-५४-३०॥
ityevaṃ cintayānaḥ sa viditaś cyavanasya vai। samprekṣyovāca sa nṛpaṃ kṣipram āgamyatām iti ॥13-54-30॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एवं (evaṃ) - in this way; चिन्तयानः (cintayānaḥ) - thinking; स (sa) - he; विदितः (viditaḥ) - having been known; च्यवनस्य (cyavanasya) - of Cyavana; वै (vai) - indeed; सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen; उवाच (uvāca) - he said; स (sa) - he; नृपम् (nṛpam) - to the king; क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; आगम्यताम् (āgamyatām) - let him come; इति (iti) - thus;]
(Thus, in this way, thinking, he, having been known, of Cyavana indeed, having seen, said, he, to the king, quickly, let him come, thus.)
Thus, as he was thinking in this manner, having learned of Cyavana, and having observed, he said to the king, “Let him come quickly.” (13-54-30)
इत्युक्तः सहभार्यस्तमभ्यगच्छन्महामुनिम्। शिरसा वन्दनीयं तमवन्दत स पार्थिवः ॥१३-५४-३१॥
ity-uktaḥ saha-bhāryaḥ tam abhyagacchan mahā-munim। śirasā vandanīyaṃ tam avandata sa pārthivaḥ ॥13-54-31॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been addressed; सह (saha) - together with; भार्यः (bhāryaḥ) - wife; तम् (tam) - him; अभ्यगच्छत् (abhyagacchat) - approached; महामुनिम् (mahāmunim) - the great sage; शिरसा (śirasā) - with (his) head; वन्दनीयं (vandanīyam) - the venerable (one); तम् (tam) - him; अवन्दत (avandata) - bowed; स (sa) - he; पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - the king;]
(Thus having been addressed, together with (his) wife, he approached him, the great sage. With (his) head (bent), the venerable one, him, he bowed, the king.)
Thus addressed, the king, along with his wife, approached the great sage and bowed to him with his head. (13-54-31)
तस्याशिषः प्रयुज्याथ स मुनिस्तं नराधिपम्। निषीदेत्यब्रवीद्धीमान्सान्त्वयन्पुरुषर्षभ ॥१३-५४-३२॥
tasyāśiṣaḥ prayujyātha sa munis taṁ narādhipam। niṣīdety abravīd dhīmān sāntvayan puruṣarṣabha ॥13-54-32॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; (of him); आशिषः (āśiṣaḥ) - blessings; प्रयुज्य (prayujya) - having uttered; अथ (atha) - then; स (sa) - he; मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage; तम् (tam) - him; नराधिपम् (narādhipam) - the king; (lord of men); निषीद (niṣīda) - sit; इति (iti) - thus; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; said; धीमान् (dhīmān) - the wise; सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - consoling; पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - best of men;]
(Having uttered his blessings, then the sage (he) to that king said thus: 'Sit,' consoling, the wise one (said), O best of men.)
Then, having bestowed his blessings, the wise sage consoled the best of men—the king—and said to him: 'Sit.' (13-54-32)
ततः प्रकृतिमापन्नो भार्गवो नृपते नृपम्। उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा तर्पयन्निव भारत ॥१३-५४-३३॥
tataḥ prakṛtim-āpanno bhārgavo nṛpate nṛpam। uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā tarpayann-iva bhārata ॥13-54-33॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - natural state; आपन्नः (āpannaḥ) - having attained; भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - the descendant of Bhṛgu (Paraśurāma); नृपते (nṛpate) - O king; नृपम् (nṛpam) - to the king; उवाच (uvāca) - said; श्लक्ष्णया (ślakṣṇayā) - with gentle; वाचा (vācā) - speech; तर्पयन् (tarpayan) - gratifying; इव (iva) - as if; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata;]
(Then, having attained his natural state, Bhārgava, O king, to the king said with gentle speech, as if gratifying, O Bhārata.)
Then Bhārgava, having regained his composure, addressed the king with gentle words, as if to please him, O Bhārata. (13-54-33)
राजन्सम्यग्जितानीह पञ्च पञ्चसु यत्त्वया। मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि कृच्छ्रान्मुक्तोऽसि तेन वै ॥१३-५४-३४॥
rājansam-yag-jitāniha pañca pañcasu yat-tvayā| manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni-indriyāṇi kṛcchrān-mukto’si tena vai ॥13-54-34॥
[राजन् (rājan) - O king; सम्यक् (samyak) - rightly; जितानि (jitāni) - conquered; इह (iha) - here; पञ्च (pañca) - five; पञ्चसु (pañcasu) - among the five; यत् (yat) - which; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; मनः-षष्ठानि (manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni) - with the mind as the sixth; इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the senses; कृच्छ्रात् (kṛcchrāt) - from difficulty; मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated; असि (asi) - you are; तेन (tena) - by that; वै (vai) - indeed;]
(O king, the five (senses) rightly conquered here among the five, which by you, the senses with the mind as sixth, from difficulty, liberated you are by that indeed.)
O king, because you have rightly conquered the five senses and the mind as the sixth among the five, you are thereby indeed liberated from difficulties. (13-54-34)
सम्यगाराधितः पुत्र त्वयाहं वदतां वर। न हि ते वृजिनं किञ्चित्सुसूक्ष्ममपि विद्यते ॥१३-५४-३५॥
samyag-ārādhitaḥ putra tvayāhaṃ vadatāṃ vara। na hi te vṛjinaṃ kiñcit susūkṣmam api vidyate॥13-54-35॥
[सम्यक्-आराधितः (samyag-ārādhitaḥ) - properly honored; पुत्र (putra) - son; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; अहं (ahaṃ) - I; वदतां (vadatām) - of speakers; वर (vara) - best; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; ते (te) - in you; वृजिनं (vṛjinam) - sin; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - even a little; सुसूक्ष्मम् (susūkṣmam) - very subtle; अपि (api) - even; विध्यते (vidyate) - is found;]
(Properly honored, son, by you I am, best of speakers. Not indeed in you is sin, even the very slightest, found.)
O son, you have properly honored me, best among speakers. Indeed, not even the slightest sin is found in you. (13-54-35)
अनुजानीहि मां राजन्गमिष्यामि यथागतम्। प्रीतोऽस्मि तव राजेन्द्र वरश्च प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥१३-५४-३६॥
anujānīhi māṁ rājan gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam | prīto'smi tava rājendra varaś ca pratigṛhyatām ॥13-54-36॥
[अनुजानीहि (anujānīhi) - permit; मां (mām) - me; राजन् (rājan) - O king; गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall go; यथा (yathā) - as; आगतम् (āgatam) - (I) came; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; तव (tava) - of you; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O chief of kings; वरः (varaḥ) - boon; च (ca) - and; प्रतिगृह्यताम् (pratigṛhyatām) - let it be accepted;]
(Permit me, O king, I shall go as (I) came. Pleased I am of you, O chief of kings, and let the boon be accepted.)
O king, permit me; I shall depart as I came. I am pleased with you, O chief of kings; also, let your boon be accepted. (13-54-36)
कुशिक उवाच॥
kuśika uvāca॥
[कुशिक (kuśika) - Kuśika; (a proper noun; a sage or seer); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; (he said);]
(Kuśika spoke;)
Kuśika said;
अग्निमध्यगतेनेदं भगवन्संनिधौ मया। वर्तितं भृगुशार्दूल यन्न दग्धोऽस्मि तद्बहु ॥१३-५४-३७॥
agnimadhyagatena idaṃ bhagavan saṃnidhau mayā। vartitaṃ bhṛguśārdūla yan na dagdho'smi tad bahu॥13-54-37॥
[अग्निमध्यगतेन (agnimadhyagatena) - having entered into the midst of fire; (by one who) went into the center of fire; इदं (idaṃ) - this; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord; संनिधौ (saṃnidhau) - in the presence; मया (mayā) - by me; वर्तितं (vartitaṃ) - has been carried out; has been done; भृगुशार्दूल (bhṛguśārdūla) - O best of Bhṛgus; यत् (yat) - because; न (na) - not; दग्धः (dagdhaḥ) - burned; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; तत् (tat) - that; बहु (bahu) - great; much; ॥१३-५४-३७॥ (॥13-54-37॥) - ;]
(Having entered the midst of fire, O Lord, this has been done by me in the presence, O best of Bhṛgus. That I am not burned—this is great.)
O Lord, this has been done by me in your presence, having entered the midst of fire, O best of Bhṛgus. That I am not burned is indeed a great thing. (13-54-37)
एष एव वरो मुख्यः प्राप्तो मे भृगुनन्दन। यत्प्रीतोऽसि समाचारात्कुलं पूतं ममानघ ॥१३-५४-३८॥
eṣa eva varo mukhyaḥ prāpto me bhṛgunandana. yat prīto'si samācārāt kulaṃ pūtaṃ mama anagha ॥13-54-38॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; एव (eva) - indeed; वरः (varaḥ) - boon; मुख्यः (mukhyaḥ) - principal; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - obtained; मे (me) - by me; भृगुनन्दन (bhṛgunandana) - O descendant of Bhṛgu; यत् (yat) - that; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; असि (asi) - you are; समाचारात् (samācārāt) - from the news; कुलं (kulaṃ) - family; पूतं (pūtaṃ) - purified; मम (mama) - my; अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one;]
(This indeed boon principal obtained by me O descendant of Bhṛgu. That pleased you are from the news, family purified my O sinless one. (13-54-38))
This indeed is the principal boon I have obtained, O descendant of Bhṛgu. That you are pleased with the news, my family is purified, O sinless one. (13-54-38)
एष मेऽनुग्रहो विप्र जीविते च प्रयोजनम्। एतद्राज्यफलं चैव तपश्चैतत्परं मम ॥१३-५४-३९॥
eṣa me'nugraho vipra jīvite ca prayojanam। etad rājya-phalaṃ caiva tapaś caitat paraṃ mama ॥13-54-39॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; मेऽनुग्रहः (me'nugrahaḥ) - my favor; विप्र (vipra) - brāhmaṇa; जीविते (jīvite) - in life; च (ca) - and; प्रयोजनम् (prayojanam) - purpose; एतत् (etat) - this; राज्यफलं (rājya-phalam) - kingdom-fruit; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; च (ca) - and; एतत् (etat) - this; परम् (param) - supreme; मम (mama) - of me;]
(This is my favor, brāhmaṇa, and the purpose in (my) life. This is the fruit of the kingdom indeed, and this austerity, this (is) supreme for me.)
This is my favor, O brāhmaṇa, and the very purpose of my life. This is both the reward of kingship, and this austerity—this is supreme for me. (13-54-39)
यदि तु प्रीतिमान्विप्र मयि त्वं भृगुनन्दन। अस्ति मे संशयः कश्चित्तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥१३-५४-४०॥
yadi tu prītimān vipra mayi tvaṃ bhṛgunandana। asti me saṃśayaḥ kaścit tan me vyākhyātum arhasi ॥13-54-40॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; तु (tu) - but; प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - affectionate; विप्र (vipra) - Brāhmaṇa; मयि (mayi) - towards me; त्वम् (tvaṃ) - you; भृगु-नन्दन (bhṛgu-nandana) - O descendant of Bhṛgu; अस्ति (asti) - there is; मे (me) - to me; संशयः (saṃśayaḥ) - doubt; कश्चित् (kaścit) - some; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; व्याख्यातुम् (vyākhyātum) - to explain; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought;]
(If but affectionate Brāhmaṇa towards me you, O descendant of Bhṛgu, there is to me some doubt, that to me to explain you ought.)
But if you, O affectionate Brāhmaṇa, have love for me, O descendant of Bhṛgu, I have some doubt; you ought to explain that to me. (13-54-40)
