तस्मिन्देशे यदा वृक्षाः सर्व एव निपातिताः। पुगीकृताश्च शतशः परस्परवधेप्सया
When, in that place, all the trees had been felled and piled up in heaps by their mutual desire to kill, hundreds lay scattered.
ततः शिलाः समादाय मुहूर्तमिव भारत। महाभ्रैरिव शैलेन्द्रौ युयुधाते महाबलौ
Then, O Bharata, for a while, the two mighty warriors took up great rocks, and fought like mountain-lords with massive clouds.
शिलाभिरुग्ररूपाभिर्बृहतीभिः परस्परम्। वज्रैरिव महावेगैराजघ्नतुरमर्षणौ
With huge, fearsome rocks, both struck each other with the force of thunderbolts, in their wrath.
अभिद्रुत्य च भूयस्तावन्योन्यबलदर्पितौ। भुजाभ्यां परिगृह्याथ चकर्षाते गजाविव
Rushing at each other again, both proud of their strength, they seized one another with their arms and wrestled like two elephants.
मुष्टिभिश् महाघोरैरन्योन्यमभिपेततुः। ततः कटकटाशब्दो बभूव शुमहात्मनोः
With terrible fists, they struck each other, and then a loud cracking sound arose from those two mighty souls.
ततः संहृत्यमुष्टिं तु पञ्चशीर्षमिवोरगम्। वेगेनाभ्यहनद्भीमो राक्षसस्य शिरोधराम्
Then Bhima, gathering his fist like a five-headed serpent, struck the Rakshasa's neck with force.
ततः श्रान्तं तु तद्रक्षो भीमसेनभुजाहतम्। सुपरिभ्रान्तमालक्ष्य भीमसेनोऽभ्यवर्तत
Seeing that Rakshasa, exhausted and struck by Bhimasena's arms, reeling greatly, Bhimasena pressed his attack.
तत एनं महाबाहुर्बाहुभ्याममरोपमः। समुत्क्षिप्य बलाद्भीमो निष्पिपेष महीतले
Then Bhima, mighty-armed and peerless in strength, lifted him up with his arms and dashed him to the ground.
ततः संपीड्य बलवद्भुजाभ्यां क्रोधमूर्च्छितः।' तस्य गात्राणि सर्वाणि चूर्णयामास पाण्डवः। अरत्निना चाभिहत्य शिरः कायादपाहरत्
Then, seizing him powerfully with his arms, his mind overcome by wrath, the Pandava crushed all his limbs, and with his knee struck off his head from his body.
संदष्टौष्ठं विवृत्ताक्षं फलं वृक्षादिव च्युतम्। जटासुरस्य तु शिरो भीमसेनबलाद्धृतम्। पपात रुधिरादिग्धं संदष्टदशनच्छदम्
The Rakshasa's head, lips bitten, eyes wide, torn from the body by Bhimasena's strength like a fruit fallen from a tree, fell to the ground, drenched in blood, with teeth clenched.
तं निहत्यमहेष्वासो युधिष्ठिरमुपागमत्। स्तूयमानो द्विजाग्र्यैस्तु मरुद्भिरिव वासवः
Having slain him, the mighty archer approached Yudhishthira, praised by eminent brahmins like Vasava among the Maruts.
निहते राक्षसे तस्मिन्पुनर्नारायणाश्रमम्। अभ्येत्य राजा कौन्तेयो निवासमकरोत्प्रभुः
After the rakshasa was killed, the king, son of Kunti, returned again to the hermitage of Narayana and made his dwelling there.
स समानीय तान्सर्वान्भ्रातॄनित्यब्रवीद्वचः। द्रौपद्या सहितः काले संस्मरन्भ्रातरं जयम्
He gathered all his brothers and spoke these words, together with Draupadi, recalling the victory of his brother at the proper time.
समाश्चतस्रोऽभिगताः शिवेन चरतां वने। कृतोद्देशः स बीभत्सुऋ पञ्चमीमभितः समाम्
The four seasons had passed as he wandered in the forest with Shiva's favor; then Arjuna, the fifth, arrived after completing his quest.
प्राप्य पर्वतराजानं श्वेतं शिखरिणांवरम्। [पुष्पितैर्द्रुमषण्डैश्च मत्तकोकिलाषट्पदैः
He reached the king of mountains, the splendid white peak, adorned with blossoming groves and intoxicated cuckoos and bees.
मयूरैश्चातकैश्चापि नित्योत्सवविभूषितम्। व्याघ्रैर्वरहैर्महिषैर्गवयैर्हरिणैस्तथा
Decorated with peacocks and chatakas, always festive, inhabited by tigers, boars, buffaloes, wild oxen, and deer as well.
श्वापदैर्व्यालरूपैश्च रुरुभिश्च निषेवितम्। फुल्लैः सहस्रपत्रैश्च शतपत्रैस्तथोत्पलैः
Frequented by beasts of prey, serpentine creatures, and deer, adorned with blooming thousand-petaled lotuses, hundred-petaled lotuses, and blue lotuses.
प्रफुल्लैः कमलैश्चैव तथा नीलोत्पलैरपि। महापुणअयं पवित्रं च सुरासुरनिषेवितम्।] तत्रापि च कृतोद्देशः समागमदिदृक्षुभिः
With fully blossomed lotuses and blue water-lilies, a place of great merit and purity, frequented by gods and asuras; there too, after marking the place, they gathered, eager to see.
कृतश्च समयस्तेन पार्थेनामिततेजसा। पञ्चवर्षाणि वत्स्याभि विद्यार्थीति पुरा मयि
A pact was made by Partha, of immeasurable energy: 'I will dwell here for five years to learn,' he had once said to me.
अत्रगाण्डीवधन्वानमवाप्तास्त्रमरिंदमम्। देवलोकादिमं लोकं द्रक्ष्यामः पुनरागतम्
Here, the wielder of Gandiva obtained the celestial weapon; we shall see this world again when he returns from the realm of the gods.
इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मणान्सर्वानामन्त्रयत पाण्डवः। कारणं चैव तत्तेवामाचचक्षे तपस्विनाम्
Having spoken thus, Pandava addressed all the brahmins, and explained the reason to the ascetics in the same manner.
तमुग्रतपसः प्रीताः कुत्वापार्थं प्रदक्षिणम्। ब्राह्मणास्तेऽन्वमोदन्त शिवेन कुशलेन च
Those brahmins, pleased with his fierce austerity, circled Partha in reverence, blessing him with Shiva's favor and well-being.
सुखोदर्कमिमं क्लेशमचिराद्भरतर्षभ। क्षत्रधर्मेण धर्मज्ञ तीर्त्वा गां पालयिष्यसि
O bull among Bharatas, soon you will cross this hardship and its aftermath with the duty of a kshatriya, O knower of dharma, and rule the earth.
तत्तु राजा वचस्तेषां प्रतिगृह्य तपस्विनाम्। प्रतस्थे सह विप्रैस्तैर्भ्रातृभिश्च परंतपः
The king accepted the words of those ascetics, and set forth with them, along with his brothers, the scorcher of foes.
द्रौपद्या सहितः श्रीमान्हैडिम्बेयादिभिस्तदा'। राक्षसैरनुयातो वै लोमशेनाभिरक्षितः
Together with Draupadi, the illustrious one was accompanied by Hidimba's son and other rakshasas, guarded by Lomasha.
क्वचित्पद्भ्यां ततोऽगच्छद्राक्षसैरुदह्यते क्वचित्। तत्रतत्र महातेजा भ्रातृभिः सह सुव्रतः
At times he went on foot, at times carried by rakshasas; here and there, the great-souled one, steadfast, traveled with his brothers.
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा बहुन्क्लेशान्विचिन्तयन्। सिंहव्याघ्रगजाकीर्णामुदीचीं प्रययौ दिशम्
Then King Yudhishthira, reflecting on many hardships, proceeded northward, a region filled with lions, tigers, and elephants.
अवेमाण कैलासं मैनाकं चैव पर्वतम्। गन्धमादनपादांश्च मेरुं चापि शिलोच्चयम्
He beheld Kailasa, Mainaka mountain, the slopes of Gandhamadana, and the rocky heights of Meru.
उपर्युपरि शैलस्य बहीश्च सरितः शिवाः। पृष्ठं हिमवतः पुण्यं ययौ सप्तदशेऽहनि
Above and around the mountain, sacred rivers flowed; on the seventeenth day, they reached the blessed slopes of the Himalaya.
ददृशुः पाण्डवा राजन्गन्धमादनमन्तिकम्। पृष्ठे हिमवतः पुण्ये नानाद्रुमलतावृते
O King, the Pandavas beheld Gandhamadana nearby, on the holy slopes of the Himalaya, adorned with various trees and creepers.