13.141
Bhishma said.
When thus spoken to, Arjuna became silent, and Vāyu said to him: "Listen, O best of the Haihayas, to my account of the action of Ātreya, the most high-souled." (13-141-1)
In the dreadful darkness, the gods and demons fought together. At that place, Svarbhanu struck Soma and Bhaskara with arrows. (13-141-2)
Then, O tiger among kings, the gods—seized by darkness—were being slain by the Dānavas at that time, along with their mighty forces. (13-141-3)
While being slain by the asuras, the inhabitants of heaven, their lives almost spent, saw the sage Atri practicing austerity in the great forest. (13-141-4)
Then the gods spoke to him, whose anger was calmed and whose senses were conquered: "Both the Moon and the Sun, these two, have been wounded by the asuras with arrows." (13-141-5)
We are being destroyed by enemies, enveloped in darkness. We do not attain peace. Protect us from fear, O Lord. (13-141-6)
How can I protect what belongs to you? They said: "Become the Moon; also become the Sun who destroys darkness, and indeed become the destroyer of evil-doers for us." (13-141-7)
Thus, being addressed so, at that time the Moon, the remover of darkness, became thrice as bright. He saw the gentle form and the appearance of the Sun. (13-141-8)
O King, seeing that Soma and likewise the Sun were not very bright, Atri made them shine with brightness by his own austerity in the contest. (13-141-9)
He then illuminated the darkness covering the world and dispelled the groups of enemies of the gods with his own radiance. (13-141-10)
Seeing the great Asuras being burned by Atri, the gods, protected by Atri, also then struck back at them by their prowess. (13-141-11)
And Savitṛ, the radiant god, the protector whose enemies were destroyed, by Atri indeed, then, the state of Soma was brought about through his supreme brilliance. (13-141-12)
O royal sage, see what has been accomplished by the unique sage, reciting (mantras), clad in skin, and subsisting on fruit – one who has transcended actions. (13-141-13)
I will also tell in detail the deed relating to Atri, the greatly high-souled; either I will speak or you speak, O best Kṣatriya from the line of Atri. (13-141-14)
After these words, Arjuna became silent, and Vāyu said to him, "Listen, O King, to the great deed of the great-souled Cyavana." (13-141-15)
Having come to an agreement with the Aśvins, Cyavana addressed Indra (Pākaśāsana), saying, "Together with the gods, let the two Aśvins, drinkers of Soma, do (this)." (13-141-16)
Indra said.
How can these two, who are excluded by us, be Soma-drinkers? These two are not considered equal by the gods; therefore, do not speak to us in this way. (13-141-17)
O Mahāvraṭa, we do not wish to drink soma together with the Aśvins. Let others drink as they wish; but I am not able to drink it here. (13-141-18)
Cyavana said;
O slayer of Bāla, if you do not carry out the words spoken by me, then, being overpowered by me, you will immediately drink Soma indeed at the sacrifice. (13-141-19)
Then, an action was undertaken for the benefit of the two Aśvins; by Cyavana, the gods were overcome with mantras at that time. (13-141-20)
But seeing that action having been begun, Indra, overwhelmed by anger, lifted up the huge mountain and approached Cyavana. Likewise, the Lord, his eyes filled with impatience, advanced with his thunderbolt. (13-141-21)
When Cyavana, possessed of austerity, saw him falling, he sprinkled (it) with water and stopped that, thunderbolt and mountain together. (13-141-22)
Then the great sage created for Indra a very terrible enemy—intoxication, formed from sacrificial oblations and mantras, with a gaping mouth. (13-141-23)
He had a thousand teeth, each a hundred yojanas long; his fangs were two hundred yojanas and very terrible. His jaw rested on the earth, and one side of his mouth touched the sky. (13-141-24)
All the gods, including the Vasus and Indra, are stationed at the root of his tongue, having entered the mouth of the sea-monster, just as fish in the great ocean. (13-141-25)
Then the gods, after conferring together, came to this intoxicating drink. United, they said: "Śakra, let us bow to him, the twice-born. Along with the Aśvins, let us also drink Soma, now free from all affliction." (13-141-26)
Then Indra, having bowed, fulfilled that request of Cyavana. Cyavana also made the two Aśvins participants in the Soma-drinking. (13-141-27)
Then the sage renounced action and pride, and the powerful one distributed these among gambling at dice, hunting, drinking, and women. (13-141-28)
O king, by these faults, a person surely comes to ruin; therefore, a person should always keep away from them. (13-141-29)
O king, this deed of Cyavana has also been proclaimed to you. I can tell (about it), or you may tell of the Kṣatriya boon received from Cyavana. (13-141-30)
