Mahabharata 3.171: ekasaptatyadhika śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

3.171.1

arjuna uvāca |
tato māmabhiviśvastaṃ saṃrūḍhaśaravikṣatam |
devarājo'nugṛhyedaṃ kāle vacanamabravīt || 1 ||

"Arjuna continued, 'Then firmly confident, the sovereign of the celestials considering as his own, pertinently said these words unto me wounded by cleaving shafts, 'All the celestial weapons, O Bharata, are with thee, so no man on earth will by any means be able to over-power thee. And, O son, when thou art in the field, Bhishma and Drona and Kripa and Karna and Sakuni together with other Kshatriyas shall not amount unto one-sixteenth part of thee.' And the lord Maghavan granted me this golden garland and this shell, Devadatta, of mighty roars, and also his celestial mail impenetrable and capable of protecting the body. And Indra himself set on my (head) this diadem. And Sakra presented me with these unearthly apparels and unearthly ornaments, elegant and rare. In this manner, O king, (duly) honoured, I delightfully dwelt in Indra's sacred abode with the children of the Gandharvas. Then, well-pleased, Sakra, together with the celestials, addressed me, saying, 'O Arjuna, the time hath come for thy departure; thy brothers have thought of thee.' Thus, O Bharata, remembering the dissensions arising from that gambling, did I, O king, pass those five years in the abode of Indra. Then have I come and seen thee surrounded by our brothers on the summit of this lower range of the Gandhamadana.'

3.171.2

divyānyastrāṇi sarvāṇi tvayi tiṣṭhanti bhārata |
na tvābhibhavituṃ śakto mānuṣo bhuvi kaścana || 2 ||

3.171.3

bhīṣmo droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniḥ saha rājabhiḥ |
saṃgrāmasthasya te putra kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm || 3 ||

3.171.4

idaṃ ca me tanutrāṇaṃ prāyacchanmaghavānprabhuḥ |
abhedyaṃ kavacaṃ divyaṃ srajaṃ caiva hiraṇmayīm || 4 ||

3.171.5

devadattaṃ ca me śaṅkhaṃ devaḥ prādānmahāravam |
divyaṃ cedaṃ kirīṭaṃ me svayamindro yuyoja ha || 5 ||

3.171.6

tato divyāni vastrāṇi divyānyābharaṇāni ca |
prādācchakro mamaitāni rucirāṇi bṛhanti ca || 6 ||

3.171.7

evaṃ saṃpūjitastatra sukhamasmyuṣito nṛpa |
indrasya bhavane puṇye gandharvaśiśubhiḥ saha || 7 ||

3.171.8

tato māmabravīcchakraḥ prītimānamaraiḥ saha |
samayo'rjuna gantuṃ te bhrātaro hi smaranti te || 8 ||

3.171.9

evamindrasya bhavane pañca varṣāṇi bhārata |
uṣitāni mayā rājansmaratā dyūtajaṃ kalim || 9 ||

3.171.10

tato bhavantamadrākṣaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritam |
gandhamādanamāsādya parvatasyāsya mūrdhani || 10 ||

3.171.11

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
diṣṭyā dhanaṃjayāstrāṇi tvayā prāptāni bhārata |
diṣṭyā cārādhito rājā devānāmīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ || 11 ||

"Yudhishthira said, 'O Dhananjaya, by fortune it is that the weapons have been obtained by thee; by fortune it is that the master of the immortals hath been adored by thee. O repressor of foes, by fortune it is that the divine Sthanu together with the goddess had become manifest unto thee and been gratified by thee in battle, O sinless one; by fortune it is that thou hadst met with the Lokapalas, O best of the Bharatas. O Partha, by fortune it is that we have prospered; and by fortune it is that thou hast come back. To-day I consider as if the entire earth engarlanded with cities hath already been conquered, and as if the sons of Dhritarashtra have already been subdued. Now, O Bharata, I am curious to behold those celestial weapons wherewith thou hadst slain the powerful Nivata-Kavachas.'"

3.171.12

diṣṭyā ca bhagavānsthāṇurdevyā saha paraṃtapa |
sākṣāddṛṣṭaḥ suyuddhena toṣitaśca tvayānagha || 12 ||

3.171.13

diṣṭyā ca lokapālaistvaṃ sameto bharatarṣabha |
diṣṭyā vardhāmahe sarve diṣṭyāsi punarāgataḥ || 13 ||

3.171.14

adya kṛtsnāmimāṃ devīṃ vijitāṃ puramālinīm |
manye ca dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrānapi vaśīkṛtān || 14 ||

3.171.15

tāni tvicchāmi te draṣṭuṃ divyānyastrāṇi bhārata |
yaistathā vīryavantaste nivātakavacā hatā || 15 ||

3.171.16

arjuna uvāca |
śvaḥ prabhāte bhavāndraṣṭā divyānyastrāṇi sarvaśaḥ |
nivātakavacā ghorā yairmayā vinipātitāḥ || 16 ||

"Thereat Arjuna said, 'Tomorrow in the morning thou wilt see all the celestial weapons with which I slew the fierce Nivata-Kavachas.'"

3.171.17

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
evamāgamanaṃ tatra kathayitvā dhanaṃjayaḥ |
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvai rajanīṃ tāmuvāsa ha || 17 ||

Vaisampayana said, "Thus having related (the facts touching) the arrival, Dhananjaya passed that night there, together with all his brothers."