The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.100
Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) 3.100
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3.100.1
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
bhūya evāhamicchāmi maharṣestasya dhīmataḥ |
karmaṇāṃ vistaraṃ śrotumagastyasya dvijottama ||
3.100.2
lomaśa uvāca |
śṛṇu rājankathāṃ divyāmadbhutāmatimānuṣīm |
agastyasya mahārāja prabhāvamamitaujasaḥ ||
3.100.3
āsankṛtayuge ghorā dānavā yuddhadurmadāḥ |
kālakeyā iti khyātā gaṇāḥ paramadāruṇāḥ ||
3.100.4
te tu vṛtraṃ samāśritya nānāpraharaṇodyatāḥ |
samantātparyadhāvanta mahendrapramukhānsurān ||
3.100.5
tato vṛtravadhe yatnamakurvaṃstridaśāḥ purā |
purandaraṃ puraskṛtya brahmāṇamupatasthire ||
3.100.6
kṛtāñjalīṃstu tānsarvānparameṣṭhītyuvāca ha |
viditaṃ me surāḥ sarvaṃ yadvaḥ kāryaṃ cikīrṣitam ||
3.100.7
tamupāyaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā vṛtraṃ vadhiṣyatha |
dadhīca iti vikhyāto mahānṛṣirudāradhīḥ ||
3.100.8
taṃ gatvā sahitāḥ sarve varaṃ vai samprayācata |
sa vo dāsyati dharmātmā suprītenāntarātmanā ||
3.100.9
sa vācyaḥ sahitaiḥ sarvairbhavadbhirjayakāṅkṣibhiḥ |
svānyasthīni prayaccheti trailokyasya hitāya vai ||
3.100.10
sa śarīraṃ samutsṛjya svānyasthīni pradāsyati |
tasyāsthibhirmahāghoraṃ vajraṃ saṃskriyatāṃ dṛḍham ||
3.100.11
mahacchatruhaṇaṃ ghoraṃ ṣaḍasri bhīmaniḥsvanam |
tena vajreṇa vai vṛtraṃ vadhiṣyati śatakratuḥ ||
3.100.12
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ tasmācchīghraṃ vidhīyatām |
evamuktāstato devā anujñāpya pitāmaham ||
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nārāyaṇaṃ puraskṛtya dadhīcasyāśramaṃ yayuḥ |
sarasvatyāḥ pare pāre nānādrumalatāvṛtam ||
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ṣaṭpadodgītaninadairvighuṣṭaṃ sāmagairiva |
puṃskokilaravonmiśraṃ jīvaṃ jīvakanāditam ||
3.100.15
mahiṣaiśca varāhaiśca sṛmaraiścamarairapi |
tatra tatrānucaritaṃ śārdūlabhayavarjitaiḥ ||
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kareṇubhirvāraṇaiśca prabhinnakaraṭāmukhaiḥ |
sarovagāḍhaiḥ krīḍadbhiḥ samantādanunāditam ||
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siṃhavyāghrairmahānādānnadadbhiranunāditam |
aparaiścāpi saṃlīnairguhākandaraśāyibhiḥ ||
3.100.18
teṣu teṣvavakāśeṣu śobhitaṃ sumanoramam |
triviṣṭapasamaprakhyaṃ dadhīcāśramamāgaman ||
3.100.19
tatrāpaśyandadhīcaṃ te divākarasamadyutim |
jājvalyamānaṃ vapuṣā yathā lakṣmyā pitāmaham ||
3.100.20
tasya pādau surā rājannabhivādya praṇamya ca |
ayācanta varaṃ sarve yathoktaṃ parameṣṭhinā ||
3.100.21
tato dadhīcaḥ paramapratītaḥ surottamāṃstānidamabhyuvāca |
karomi yadvo hitamadya devāḥ svaṃ cāpi dehaṃ svayamutsṛjāmi ||
3.100.22
sa evamuktvā dvipadāṃ variṣṭhaḥ prāṇānvaśī svānsahasotsasarja |
tataḥ surāste jagṛhuḥ parāso- rasthīni tasyātha yathopadeśam ||
3.100.23
prahṛṣṭarūpāśca jayāya devāstvaṣṭāramāgamya tamarthamūcuḥ |
tvaṣṭā tu teṣāṃ vacanaṃ niśamya prahṛṣṭarūpaḥ prayataḥ prayatnāt ||
3.100.24
cakāra vajraṃ bhṛśamugrarūpaṃ kṛtvā ca śakraṃ sa uvāca hṛṣṭaḥ |
anena vajrapravareṇa deva bhasmīkuruṣvādya surārimugram ||
3.100.25
tato hatāriḥ sagaṇaḥ sukhaṃ vai praśādhi kṛtsnaṃ tridivaṃ diviṣṭhaḥ |
tvaṣṭrā tathoktastu purandarastadvajraṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ prayato hyagṛhṇāt ||
Other recensions (1)
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit