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Mahābhārata • Parva 1 (Ādiparva) • Adhyāya 21

Ādiparva Adhyāya 21

आदिपर्व • अध्यायः 21

Ādiparva Adhyāya 21 of the classical Mahābhārata with 18 verses.

Total: 18 Verses • Citations: MBh 1.21.1–18 • 250 Lexicon Terms
ततः कामगमः पक्षी महावीर्यो महाबलः । मातुरन्तिकमागच्छत्परं तीरं महोदधेः ॥
English Translation
Sauti said: Then the bird, of great strength and energy, capable of going every where at will, went to his mother on the other side of the great ocean.
यत्र सा विनता तस्मिन्पणितेन पराजिता । अतीव दुःखसंतप्ता दासीभावमुपागता ॥
English Translation
There lived Vinata in great affliction after losing the wager and becoming a slave.
ततः कदाचिद्विनतां प्रवणां पुत्रसंनिधौ । काल आहूय वचनं कद्रूरिदमभाषत ॥
English Translation
Sometime after on a certain day, Kadru called Vinata, who prostrated herself before her and said before her son (Garuda). "O gentle Vinata, take me to the beautiful and delightful abode of the Nagas which is situated in the deep recess of the sea.”
नागानामालयं भद्रे सुरम्यं रमणीयकम् । समुद्रकुक्षावेकान्ते तत्र मां विनते वह ॥
English Translation
Sometime after on a certain day, Kadru called Vinata, who prostrated herself before her and said before her son (Garuda). "O gentle Vinata, take me to the beautiful and delightful abode of the Nagas which is situated in the deep recess of the sea.”
ततः सुपर्णमाता तामवहत्सर्पमातरम् । पन्नगान्गरुडश्चापि मातुर्वचनचोदितः ॥
English Translation
Thereupon the mother of the bird took upon her shoulder the mother of the snakes. Garuda also, requested by his mother, took the snakes on his back.
स सूर्यस्याभितो याति वैनतेयो विहंगमः । सूर्यरश्मिपरीताश्च मूर्च्छिताः पन्नगाभवन् । तदवस्थान्सुतान्दृष्ट्वा कद्रूः शक्रमथास्तुवत् ॥
English Translation
The son, of Vinata, the bird, began to ascend towards the sun; and the snakes, scorched by the rays of the sun, all fainted away.
नमस्ते देवदेवेश नमस्ते बलसूदन । नमुचिघ्न नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्राक्ष शचीपते ॥
सर्पाणां सूर्यतप्तानां वारिणा त्वं प्लवो भव । त्वमेव परमं त्राणमस्माकममरोत्तम ॥
English Translation
O slayer of Namuchi, I bow to thee, O god of thousand eyes, O Lord of Sachi, save my sons, oppressed by the rays of the sun by your showers.
ईशो ह्यसि पयः स्रष्टुं त्वमनल्पं पुरंदर । त्वमेव मेघस्त्वं वायुस्त्वमग्निर्वैद्युतोऽम्बरे ॥
English Translation
You are Vayu, you are the clouds, you are Agni, you are the lightning in the sky, you are the propellers of the clouds and therefore you are called the great clouds.
त्वमभ्रघनविक्षेप्ता त्वामेवाहुः पुनर्घनम् । त्वं वज्रमतुलं घोरं घोषवांस्त्वं बलाहकः ॥
स्रष्टा त्वमेव लोकानां संहर्ता चापराजितः । त्वं ज्योतिः सर्वभूतानां त्वमादित्यो विभावसुः ॥
त्वं महद्भूतमाश्चर्यं त्वं राजा त्वं सुरोत्तमः । त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं सहस्राक्षस्त्वं देवस्त्वं परायणम् ॥
English Translation
You are Vishnu, you have one thousand eyes, you are a deity, you are the final refuge, you are all Ambrosia, you are the much adored Soma.
त्वं सर्वममृतं देव त्वं सोमः परमार्चितः । त्वं मुहूर्तस्तिथिश्च त्वं लवस्त्वं वै पुनः क्षणः ॥
English Translation
You are the light of all creatures you are Aditya and Vibhavasu, you are the highest knowledge, you are wonderful, you are king, you are the best of the celestials.
शुक्लस्त्वं बहुलश्चैव कला काष्ठा त्रुटिस्तथा । संवत्सरर्तवो मासा रजन्यश्च दिनानि च ॥
English Translation
You are moments, you are the Tithis, you are the Lava you are the Kshana, you are the white fortnight, you are Kala, Kashtha, Truti, you are the year, seasons, months, the nights and the days.
त्वमुत्तमा सगिरिवना वसुंधरा; सभास्करं वितिमिरमम्बरं तथा । महोदधिः सतिमितिमिंगिलस्तथा; महोर्मिमान्बहुमकरो झषालयः ॥
English Translation
You are the beautiful earth with its mountains and forests, you are the clear sky with the sun that drives away all darkness. You are the great ocean with heaving billows and abounding in Timingilas, Timis, Makaras and various other fishes.
महद्यशस्त्वमिति सदाभिपूज्यसे; मनीषिभिर्मुदितमना महर्षिभिः । अभिष्टुतः पिबसि च सोममध्वरे; वषट्कृतान्यपि च हवींषि भूतये ॥
English Translation
You are of renown, you are always adored by the wise and the great contemplative Rishis, you drink the Soma juice and the clarified butter offered with sacred invocation in the sacrifices.
त्वं विप्रैः सततमिहेज्यसे फलार्थं; वेदाङ्गेष्वतुलबलौघ गीयसे च । त्वद्धेतोर्यजनपरायणा द्विजेन्द्रा; वेदाङ्गान्यभिगमयन्ति सर्ववेदैः ॥
English Translation
You are always worshipped in the sacrifices by the Brahmanas, desirous of receiving fruits. O God of incomparable strength, you are sung in the Vedas. It is for this reason that the learned Brahmanas, engaged in sacrifices, study the Vedangas with all care."
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