Book 3 Chapter 143 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | te śūrās tatadhanvānas tūṇavantaḥ samārgaṇāḥ
baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇāḥ khadgavanto 'mitaujasaḥ |
2 | parigṛhya dvijaśreṣṭhāñ śreṣṭhāḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām
pāñcālīsahitā rājan prayayur gandhamādanam |
3 | sarāṃsi saritaś caiva parvatāṃś ca vanāni ca
vṛkṣāṃś ca bahulacchāyān dadṛśur girimūrdhani nityapuṣpaphalān deśān devarṣigaṇasevitān |
4 | ātmany ātmānam ādhāya vīrā mūlaphalāśanāḥ
cerur uccāvacākārān deśān viṣamasaṃkaṭān paśyanto mṛgajātāni bahūni vividhāni ca |
5 | ṛṣisiddhāmarayutaṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ priyam
viviśus te mahātmānaḥ kiṃnarācaritaṃ girim |
6 | praviśatsv atha vīreṣu parvataṃ gandhamādanam
caṇḍavātaṃ mahad varṣaṃ prādurāsīd viśāṃ pate |
7 | tato reṇuḥ samudbhūtaḥ sapatrabahulo mahān
pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca dyāṃ caiva tamasāvṛṇot |
8 | na sma prajñāyate kiṃ cid āvṛte vyomni reṇunā
na cāpi śekus te kartum anyonyasyābhibhāṣaṇam |
9 | na cāpaśyanta te 'nyonyaṃ tamasā hatacakṣuṣaḥ
ākṛṣyamāṇā vātena sāśmacūrṇena bhārata |
10 | drumāṇāṃ vātabhagnānāṃ patatāṃ bhūtale bhṛśam
anyeṣāṃ ca mahījānāṃ śabdaḥ samabhavan mahān |
11 | dyauḥ svit patati kiṃ bhūmau dīryante parvatā nu kim
iti te menire sarve pavanena vimohitāḥ |
12 | te yathānantarān vṛkṣān valmīkān viṣamāṇi ca
pāṇibhiḥ parimārganto bhītā vāyor nililyire |
13 | tataḥ kārmukam udyamya bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
kṛṣṇām ādāya saṃgatyā tasthāv āśritya pādapam |
14 | dharmarājaś ca dhaumyaś ca nililyāte mahāvane
agnihotrāṇy upādāya sahadevas tu parvate |
15 | nakulo brāhmaṇāś cānye lomaśaś ca mahātapāḥ
vṛkṣān āsādya saṃtrastās tatra tatra nililyire |
16 | mandībhūte ca pavane tasmin rajasi śāmyati
mahadbhiḥ pṛṣatais tūrṇaṃ varṣam abhyājagāma ha |
17 | tato 'śmasahitā dhārāḥ saṃvṛṇvantyaḥ samantataḥ
prapetur aniśaṃ tatra śīghravātasamīritāḥ |
18 | tataḥ sāgaragā āpaḥ kīryamāṇāḥ samantataḥ
prādurāsan sakalusāḥ phenavatyo viśāṃ pate |
19 | vahantyo vāri bahulaṃ phenoḍupapariplutam
parisasrur mahāśabdāḥ prakarṣantyo mahīruhān |
20 | tasminn uparate varṣe vāte ca samatāṃ gate
gate hy ambhasi nimnāni prādurbhūte divākare |
21 | nirjagmus te śanaiḥ sarve samājagmuś ca bhārata
pratasthuś ca punar vīrāḥ parvataṃ gandhamādanam |