 | Book 1 Chapter 158
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | te pratasthuḥ puraskṛtya mātaraṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
samair udaṅmukhair mārgair yathoddiṣṭaṃ paraṃtapāḥ
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| 2 | te gacchantas tv ahorātraṃ tīrthaṃ somaśravāyaṇam
āseduḥ puruṣavyāghrā gaṅgāyāṃ pāṇḍunandanāḥ
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| 3 | ulmukaṃ tu samudyamya teṣām agre dhanaṃjayaḥ
prakāśārthaṃ yayau tatra rakṣārthaṃ ca mahāyaśāḥ
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| 4 | tatra gaṅgājale ramye vivikte krīḍayan striyaḥ
īrṣyur gandharvarājaḥ sma jalakrīḍām upāgataḥ
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| 5 | śabdaṃ teṣāṃ sa śuśrāva nadīṃ samupasarpatām
tena śabdena cāviṣṭaś cukrodha balavad balī
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| 6 | sa dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavāṃs tatra saha mātrā paraṃtapān
visphārayan dhanur ghoram idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 7 | saṃdhyā saṃrajyate ghorā pūrvarātrāgameṣu yā
aśītibhis truṭair hīnaṃ taṃ muhūrtaṃ pracakṣate
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| 8 | vihitaṃ kāmacārāṇāṃ yakṣagandharvarakṣasām
śeṣam anyan manuṣyāṇāṃ kāmacāram iha smṛtam
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| 9 | lobhāt pracāraṃ caratas tāsu velāsu vai narān
upakrāntā nigṛhṇīmo rākṣasaiḥ saha bāliśān
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| 10 | tato rātrau prāpnuvato jalaṃ brahmavido janāḥ
garhayanti narān sarvān balasthān nṛpatīn api
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| 11 | ārāt tiṣṭhata mā mahyaṃ samīpam upasarpata
kasmān māṃ nābhijānīta prāptaṃ bhāgīrathījalam
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| 12 | aṅgāraparṇaṃ gandharvaṃ vitta māṃ svabalāśrayam
ahaṃ hi mānī cerṣyuś ca kuberasya priyaḥ sakhā
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| 13 | aṅgāraparṇam iti ca khyataṃ vanam idaṃ mama
anu gaṅgāṃ ca vākāṃ ca citraṃ yatra vasāmy aham
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| 14 | na kuṇapāḥ śṛṅgiṇo vā na devā na ca mānuṣāḥ
idaṃ samupasarpanti tat kiṃ samupasarpatha
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| 15 | arjuna uvāca
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| 15 | samudre himavatpārśve nadyām asyāṃ ca durmate
rātrāv ahani saṃdhau ca kasya kḷptaḥ parigrahaḥ
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| 16 | vayaṃ ca śaktisaṃpannā akāle tvām adhṛṣṇumaḥ
aśaktā hi kṣaṇe krūre yuṣmān arcanti mānavāḥ
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| 17 | purā himavataś caiṣā hemaśṛṅgād viniḥsṛtā
gaṅgā gatvā samudrāmbhaḥ saptadhā pratipadyate
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| 18 | iyaṃ bhūtvā caikavaprā śucir ākāśagā punaḥ
deveṣu gaṅgā gandharva prāpnoty alakanandatām
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| 19 | tathā pitṝn vaitaraṇī dustarā pāpakarmabhiḥ
gaṅgā bhavati gandharva yathā dvaipāyano 'bravīt
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| 20 | asaṃbādhā devanadī svargasaṃpādanī śubhā
katham icchasi tāṃ roddhuṃ naiṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
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| 21 | anivāryam asaṃbādhaṃ tava vācā kathaṃ vayam
na spṛśema yathākāmaṃ puṇyaṃ bhāgīrathījalam
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| 22 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 22 | aṅgāraparṇas tac chrutvā kruddha ānamya kārmukam
mumoca sāyakān dīptān ahīn āśīviṣān iva
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| 23 | ulmukaṃ bhrāmayaṃs tūrṇaṃ pāṇḍavaś carma cottamam
vyapovāha śarāṃs tasya sarvān eva dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 24 | arjuna uvāca
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| 24 | bibhīṣikaiṣā gandharva nāstrajñeṣu prayujyate
astrajñeṣu prayuktaiṣā phenavat pravilīyate
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| 25 | mānuṣān ati gandharvān sarvān gandharva lakṣaye
tasmād astreṇa divyena yotsye 'haṃ na tu māyayā
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| 26 | purāstram idam āgneyaṃ prādāt kila bṛhaspatiḥ
bharadvājasya gandharva guruputraḥ śatakratoḥ
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| 27 | bharadvājād agniveśyo agniveśyād gurur mama
sa tv idaṃ mahyam adadād droṇo brāhmaṇasattamaḥ
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| 28 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 28 | ity uktvā pāṇḍavaḥ kruddho gandharvāya mumoca ha
pradīptam astram āgneyaṃ dadāhāsya rathaṃ tu tat
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| 29 | virathaṃ viplutaṃ taṃ tu sa gandharvaṃ mahābalam
astratejaḥpramūḍhaṃ ca prapatantam avāṅmukham
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| 30 | śiroruheṣu jagrāha mālyavatsu dhanaṃjayaḥ
bhrātṝn prati cakarṣātha so 'strapātād acetasam
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| 31 | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ tasya bhāryā prapede śaraṇārthinī
nāmnā kumbhīnasī nāma patitrāṇam abhīpsatī
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| 32 | gandharvy uvāca
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| 32 | trāhi tvaṃ māṃ mahārāja patiṃ cemaṃ vimuñca me
gandharvīṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptāṃ nāmnā kumbīnasīṃ prabho
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| 33 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 33 | yuddhe jitaṃ yaśohīnaṃ strīnātham aparākramam
ko nu hanyād ripuṃ tvādṛṅ muñcemaṃ ripusūdana
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| 34 | arjuna uvāca
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| 34 | aṅgemaṃ pratipadyasva gaccha gandharva mā śucaḥ
pradiśaty abhayaṃ te 'dya kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 35 | gandharva uvāca
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| 35 | jito 'haṃ pūrvakaṃ nāma muñcāmy aṅgāraparṇatām
na ca ślāghe balenādya na nāmnā janasaṃsadi
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| 36 | sādhv imaṃ labdhavāṃl lābhaṃ yo 'haṃ divyāstradhāriṇam
gāndharvyā māyayā yoddhum icchāmi vayasā varam
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| 37 | astrāgninā vicitro 'yaṃ dagdho me ratha uttamaḥ
so 'haṃ citraratho bhūtvā nāmnā dagdharatho 'bhavam
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| 38 | saṃbhṛtā caiva vidyeyaṃ tapaseha purā mayā
nivedayiṣye tām adya prāṇadāyā mahātmane
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| 39 | saṃstambhitaṃ hi tarasā jitaṃ śaraṇam āgatam
yo 'riṃ saṃyojayet prāṇaiḥ kalyāṇaṃ kiṃ na so 'rhati
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| 40 | cakṣuṣī nāma vidyeyaṃ yāṃ somāya dadau manuḥ
dadau sa viśvāvasave mahyaṃ viśvāvasur dadau
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| 41 | seyaṃ kāpuruṣaṃ prāptā gurudattā praṇaśyati
āgamo 'syā mayā prokto vīryaṃ pratinibodha me
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| 42 | yac cakṣuṣā draṣṭum icchet triṣu lokeṣu kiṃ cana
tat paśyed yādṛśaṃ cecchet tādṛṣaṃ draṣṭum arhati
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| 43 | samānapadye ṣaṇmāsān sthito vidyāṃ labhed imām
anuneṣyāmy ahaṃ vidyāṃ svayaṃ tubhyaṃ vrate kṛte
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| 44 | vidyayā hy anayā rājan vayaṃ nṛbhyo viśeṣitāḥ
aviśiṣṭāś ca devānām anubhāvapravartitāḥ
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| 45 | gandharvajānām aśvānām ahaṃ puruṣasattama
bhrātṛbhyas tava pañcabhyaḥ pṛthag dātā śataṃ śatam
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| 46 | devagandharvavāhās te divyagandhā manogamāḥ
kṣīṇāḥ kṣīṇā bhavanty ete na hīyante ca raṃhasaḥ
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| 47 | purā kṛtaṃ mahendrasya vajraṃ vṛtranibarhaṇe
daśadhā śatadhā caiva tac chīrṇaṃ vṛtramūrdhani
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| 48 | tato bhāgīkṛto devair vajrabhāga upāsyate
loke yat sādhanaṃ kiṃ cit sā vai vajratanuḥ smṛtā
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| 49 | vajrapāṇir brāhmaṇaḥ syāt kṣatraṃ vajrarathaṃ smṛtam
vaiśyā vai dānavajrāś ca karmavajrā yavīyasaḥ
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| 50 | vajraṃ kṣatrasya vājino avadhyā vājinaḥ smṛtāḥ
rathāṅgaṃ vaḍavā sūte sūtāś cāśveṣu ye matāḥ
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| 51 | kāmavarṇāḥ kāmajavāḥ kāmataḥ samupasthitāḥ
ime gandharvajāḥ kāmaṃ pūrayiṣyanti te hayāḥ
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| 52 | arjuna uvāca
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| 52 | yadi prītena vā dattaṃ saṃśaye jīvitasya vā
vidyā vittaṃ śrutaṃ vāpi na tad gandharva kāmaye
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| 53 | gandharva uvāca
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| 53 | saṃyogo vai prītikaraḥ saṃsatsu pratidṛśyate
jīvitasya pradānena prīto vidyāṃ dadāmi te
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| 54 | tvatto hy ahaṃ grahīṣyāmi astram āgneyam uttamam
tathaiva sakhyaṃ bībhatso cirāya bharatarṣabha
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| 55 | arjuna uvāca
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| 55 | tvatto 'streṇa vṛṇomy aśvān saṃyogaḥ śāśvato 'stu nau
sakhe tad brūhi gandharva yuṣmabhyo yad bhayaṃ tyajet
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