Book 3 Chapter 43 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | gateṣu lokapāleṣu pārthaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
cintayām āsa rājendra devarājarathāgamam |
2 | tataś cintayamānasya guḍākeśasya dhīmataḥ
ratho mātalisaṃyukta ājagāma mahāprabhaḥ |
3 | nabho vitimiraṃ kurvañ jaladān pāṭayann iva
diśaḥ saṃpūrayan nādair mahāmegharavopamaiḥ |
4 | asayaḥ śaktayo bhīmā gadāś cograpradarśanāḥ
divyaprabhāvāḥ prāsāś ca vidyutaś ca mahāprabhāḥ |
5 | tathaivāśanayas tatra cakrayuktā huḍāguḍāḥ
vāyusphoṭāḥ sanirghātā barhimeghanibhasvanāḥ |
6 | tatra nāgā mahākāyā jvalitāsyāḥ sudāruṇāḥ
sitābhrakūṭapratimāḥ saṃhatāś ca yathopalāḥ |
7 | daśa vājisahasrāṇi harīṇāṃ vātaraṃhasām
vahanti yaṃ netramuṣaṃ divyaṃ māyāmayaṃ ratham |
8 | tatrāpaśyan mahānīlaṃ vaijayantaṃ mahāprabham
dhvajam indīvaraśyāmaṃ vaṃśaṃ kanakabhūṣaṇam |
9 | tasmin rathe sthitaṃ sūtaṃ taptahemavibhūṣitam
dṛṣṭvā pārtho mahābāhur devam evānvatarkayat |
10 | tathā tarkayatas tasya phalgunasyātha mātaliḥ
saṃnataḥ praśrito bhūtvā vākyam arjunam abravīt |
11 | bho bho śakrātmaja śrīmāñ śakras tvāṃ draṣṭum icchati
ārohatu bhavāñ śīghraṃ ratham indrasya saṃmatam |
12 | āha mām amaraśreṣṭhaḥ pitā tava śatakratuḥ
kuntīsutam iha prāptaṃ paśyantu tridaśālayāḥ |
13 | eṣa śakraḥ parivṛto devair ṛṣigaṇais tathā
gandharvair apsarobhiś ca tvāṃ didṛkṣuḥ pratīkṣate |
14 | asmāl lokād devalokaṃ pākaśāsanaśāsanāt
āroha tvaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ labdhāstraḥ punar eṣyasi |
15 | arjuna uvāca |
15 | mātale gaccha śīghraṃ tvam ārohasva rathottamam
rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ śatair api sudurlabham |
16 | pārthivaiḥ sumahābhāgair yajvabhir bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ
daivatair vā samāroḍhuṃ dānavair vā rathottamam |
17 | nātaptatapasā śakya eṣa divyo mahārathaḥ
draṣṭuṃ vāpy atha vā spraṣṭum āroḍhuṃ kuta eva tu |
18 | tvayi pratiṣṭhite sādho rathasthe sthiravājini
paścād aham athārokṣye sukṛtī satpathaṃ yathā |
19 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
19 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā mātaliḥ śakrasārathiḥ
āruroha rathaṃ śīghraṃ hayān yeme ca raśmibhiḥ |
20 | tato 'rjuno hṛṣṭamanā gaṅgāyām āplutaḥ śuciḥ
jajāpa japyaṃ kaunteyo vidhivat kurunandanaḥ |
21 | tataḥ pitṝn yathānyāyaṃ tarpayitvā yathāvidhi
mandaraṃ śailarājaṃ tam āpraṣṭum upacakrame |
22 | sādhūnāṃ dharmaśīlānāṃ munīnāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
tvaṃ sadā saṃśrayaḥ śaila svargamārgābhikāṅkṣiṇām |
23 | tvatprasādāt sadā śaila brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā viśaḥ
svargaṃ prāptāś caranti sma devaiḥ saha gatavyathāḥ |
24 | adrirāja mahāśaila munisaṃśraya tīrthavan
gacchāmy āmantrayāmi tvāṃ sukham asmy uṣitas tvayi |
25 | tava sānūni kuñjāś ca nadyaḥ prasravaṇāni ca
tīrthāni ca supuṇyāni mayā dṛṣṭāny anekaśaḥ |
26 | evam uktvārjunaḥ śailam āmantrya paravīrahā
āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ dyotayann iva bhāskaraḥ |
27 | sa tenādityarūpeṇa divyenādbhutakarmaṇā
ūrdhvam ācakrame dhīmān prahṛṣṭaḥ kurunandanaḥ |
28 | so 'darśanapathaṃ yātvā martyānāṃ bhūmicāriṇām
dadarśādbhutarūpāṇi vimānāni sahasraśaḥ |
29 | na tatra sūryaḥ somo vā dyotate na ca pāvakaḥ
svayaiva prabhayā tatra dyotante puṇyalabdhayā |
30 | tārārūpāṇi yānīha dṛśyante dyutimanti vai
dīpavad viprakṛṣṭatvād aṇūni sumahānty api |
31 | tāni tatra prabhāsvanti rūpavanti ca pāṇḍavaḥ
dadarśa sveṣu dhiṣṇyeṣu dīptimanti svayārciṣā |
32 | tatra rājarṣayaḥ siddhā vīrāś ca nihatā yudhi
tapasā ca jitasvargāḥ saṃpetuḥ śatasaṃghaśaḥ |
33 | gandharvāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi sūryajvalanatejasām
guhyakānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca tathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ |
34 | lokān ātmaprabhān paśyan phalguno vismayānvitaḥ
papraccha mātaliṃ prītyā sa cāpy enam uvāca ha |
35 | ete sukṛtinaḥ pārtha sveṣu dhiṣṇyeṣv avasthitāḥ
yān dṛṣṭavān asi vibho tārārūpāṇi bhūtale |
36 | tato 'paśyat sthitaṃ dvāri sitaṃ vaijayinaṃ gajam
airāvataṃ caturdantaṃ kailāsam iva śṛṅgiṇam |
37 | sa siddhamārgam ākramya kurupāṇḍavasattamaḥ
vyarocata yathā pūrvaṃ māndhātā pārthivottamaḥ |
38 | aticakrāma lokān sa rājñāṃ rājīvalocanaḥ
tato dadarśa śakrasya purīṃ tām amarāvatīm |