एवमुक्त्वा सटास्तस्य पञ्चचक्रे वृकोदरः। अर्धचन्द्रेण वाणेन किंचिदब्रुवतस्तदा
Having spoken thus, Vrikodara struck him five times with his sword, using arrows shaped like half-moons, as he uttered a few words.
विकल्पयित्वा राजानं ततः प्राह वृकोदरः। जीवितुं चेच्छसे मूढ हेतुं मे गदतः शृणु
After considering the king, Vrikodara then spoke: If you wish to live, fool, listen to the condition I state.
दासोस्मीति त्वया वाच्यं संसत्सु च सभासु च। एवं चेज्जीवितं दद्यामेष युद्धजितो विधिः
You must declare, 'I am a slave,' both in assemblies and gatherings; if you do so, I will grant you life, for this is the rule for one defeated in battle.
एवमस्त्विति तं राजा कृच्छ्रमाणो जयद्रथः। प्रोवाच पुरुषव्याघ्रं भीममाहवशोभिनम्
Struggling, King Jayadratha replied to the tiger among men, Bhima, who shone in battle, saying, 'So be it.'
तत एनं विचेष्टन्तं वद्ध्वा पार्थो वृकोदरः। रथमारोपयामास विसंज्ञं पांसुकुण्ठितम्
Then, as he moved about, Vrikodara bound him and placed him, unconscious and covered in dust, onto the chariot.
ततस्तं रथमास्थाय भीमः पार्तानुगस्तदा। अग्र्यमाश्रममध्यस्थामभ्यगच्छद्युधिष्ठिरम्
After mounting the chariot, Bhima, accompanied by Partha, went to Yudhishthira, who was in the foremost hermitage.
दर्शयामास भीमस्तु तदवस्थं जयद्रथम्। तं राजा प्राहसद्दृष्ट्वा मुच्यतामिति चाब्रवीत्
Bhima showed Jayadratha in that condition; the king laughed upon seeing him and said, 'Release him.'
राजानं चाब्रवीद्भीमो द्रौपद्यै कथयेति वै। दासभावं गतो ह्येष पाण्डूनां पापचेतनः
Bhima said to the king, 'Tell Draupadi that this evil-minded one has become a slave to the Pandavas.'
तमुवाच च ततो ज्येष्ठो भ्राता सप्रणयं वचः। मुञ्चेममधमाचारं प्रमाणा यदि ते वयम्
Then the eldest brother affectionately spoke: 'Let us release this one of vile conduct, if you consider us worthy.'
द्रौपदी चाब्रवीद्भीममभिप्रेक्ष्य युधिष्ठिरम्। दासोऽयंमुच्यतां रात्रस्त्वयापञ्चशिखः कृतः
Draupadi, looking at Bhima and Yudhishthira, said: 'He is a slave; let him be released. You have marked him with five locks.'
एवमुक्तः स भीमस्तु भ्रात्रा चैव च कृष्णया। मुमोच तं महापापं जयद्रथमचेतनम्
Thus addressed by his brother and by Krishna, Bhima released the great sinner, Jayadratha, who was unconscious.
स मुक्तोऽभ्येत्यराजानमभिवाद्य युधिष्ठिरम्। ववन्दे विह्वलोराजातांश्च वृद्धान्मुनींस्तदा
Freed, he approached the king, saluted Yudhishthira, and, trembling, bowed to the elders and sages present.
तमुवाच धृणी राजा धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। तथाजयद्रथं दृष्ट्वा गृहीतं सव्यसाचिना
The compassionate king, Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, spoke to him, having seen Jayadratha captured by Savyasachi.
अदासो गच्छ मुक्तोसि मैवं कार्षीः पुनः क्वचित्। स्त्रीकामुक धिगस्तु त्वां क्षुद्रः क्षत्रसहायवान्
You are no longer a slave; go, you are freed. Never act so again anywhere. Shame on you, lustful for women, base one, allied with low Kshatriyas.
एवंविधं हि क कुर्यात्त्वदनयः पुरुषाधमः। `कर्म धर्मविरुद्धं वै लोकदुष्टं च दुर्मते
Who among men would do such a thing as you have done, wretch? This act is contrary to dharma and corrupts the world, O evil-minded one.
गतसत्त्वमिव ज्ञात्वा कर्तारमशुभस्य तम्। संप्रेक्ष्यभरतश्रेष्ठः कृपां चक्रे नराधिपः
Seeing him as if bereft of life, the perpetrator of evil, the best of Bharatas, the king, felt compassion for him.
धर्मे ते वर्धतां वुद्धिर्मा चाधर्मे मनः कृथाः। साश्च साथपादातः स्वस्ति गच्छ जयद्रथ
May your understanding grow in righteousness; do not set your mind on unrighteousness. With these words, go in peace, Jayadratha.
एवमुक्तस्तु सव्रीजं तूष्णीं किंचिदवाङ्युखः। जगाम राजा दुःखार्तो गङ्गाद्वाराय भारत
Thus addressed, the king, together with his retinue, silent and with his face cast down, departed in sorrow towards Gangadvara, O Bharata.
स देवं शरणं गत्वा विरूपाक्षमुमापतिम्। तपश्चचार विपुलं तस्य प्रीतो वृषध्वजः
He sought refuge with the god Virupaksha, the consort of Uma, and performed severe austerities; Vṛṣadhvaja was pleased with him.
बलिं स्वयं प्रत्यगृह्णात्प्रीयमाणस्त्रिलोचनः। वरं चास्मै ददौ देवः स जग्राह च तच्छृणु
The three-eyed god, delighted, personally accepted his offering, and granted him a boon; hear what he received.
समस्तान्सरथान्पञ्चजयेयं युधि पाण्डवान्। इति राजाऽब्रवीद्देवं नेति देवस्तमब्रवीत्
The king said to the god, 'May I vanquish all the Pandavas together with their charioteers in battle.' The god replied, 'No.'
अजय्यांश्चाप्यवध्यांश्च वारयिष्यसि तान्युधि। ऋतेऽर्जुनं महाबाहुं नरं नाम सुरेश्वरम्
'You shall restrain all of them in battle, making them invincible and unassailable—except for Arjuna, the mighty-armed, the man called the lord of the gods.'
बदर्यां तप्ततपसं नारायणसहायकम्। अजितं सर्वलोकानां देवैरपि दुरासदम्
'In Badari, he performs severe austerities, aided by Narayana, unconquered by all worlds, difficult even for the gods to approach.'
मया दत्तं पाशुपतं दिव्यमप्रतिमं शरम्। अवाप लोकपालेभ्यो वज्रादीन्स महाशरान्
'I have given him the divine, peerless Pashupata missile; from the guardians of the worlds he has obtained great missiles like the thunderbolt.'
देवदेवो ह्यनन्तात्मा विष्णुः सुरगुरुः प्रभुः। प्रधानपुरुषोऽव्यक्तोविश्वात्माविश्वमूर्तिमान्
'The god of gods, the infinite soul, Vishnu, the teacher of the gods, the lord, the primeval person, the unmanifest, the soul of the universe, the one with the form of all.'
युगान्तकाले संप्राप्ते कालाग्निर्दहते जगत्। सपर्वतार्णवद्वीपं सशैलवनकाननम्। निर्दहन्नागलोकांश्चपातालतलचारिणः
'When the end of the age arrives, the fire of time burns the world—together with mountains, oceans, islands, with forests and groves—consuming even the realms of serpents and those who dwell in the depths.'
अथान्तरिक्षे सुमहन्नानावर्णाः पयोधराः। घोरस्वरा विनदिनस्तटिन्मालावलम्बिनः। समुत्तिष्ठन्दिशः सर्वाविवर्षन्तः समन्ततः
'Then, in the sky, vast clouds of various colors arise, making terrible sounds, hung with streams of lightning, rising in all directions and pouring down everywhere.'
ततोऽग्नीं शमयामासुः संवर्ताग्निनियामकाः। अक्षमात्रैश्च धाराभिस्तिष्ठन्त्यापूर्य सर्वशः
'They extinguish the fires—those who control the fires of dissolution—standing everywhere, filling all with streams of water as thick as axles.'
एकार्णवे तदातस्मिन्नुपशान्तचराचरे। नष्टचन्द्रार्कपवने ग्रहनक्षत्रवर्जिते। चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते सलिलेनाप्लुता मही
'Then, in that single ocean, with all moving and unmoving things stilled, with moon, sun, wind, planets and stars gone, at the end of a thousand fourfold ages, the earth is submerged in water.'
ततो नारायणाख्यस्तु सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्। सहस्रशीर्पा पुरुषः स्वप्नुकामस्त्वतीन्द्रियः
'Then Narayana, called the thousand-eyed, thousand-footed, thousand-headed man, the lord beyond the senses, intent on sleep, remains.'