Shloka 69
Kailāsa-darśana, Badarī-vāsa, and Sarasvatī–Dvaitavana Transition (कैलासदर्शन–बदरीवास–सरस्वतीद्वैतवनगमनम्)
सर्व विश्रावयामास यथाभूतं महाद्ुते महाद्युते! मातलिने मेरा सारा कार्य, जो कुछ जैसे हुआ था, देवराज इन्द्रसे विस्तारपूर्वक कह सुनाया ।। हिरण्यपुरघातं च मायानां च निवारणम्,हिरण्यपुरका विध्वंस, दानवी मायाका निवारण तथा महाबलवान् निवातकवचोंका युद्धमें वध सुनकर मरुत् आदि देवताओंसहित भगवान् सहस्नलोचन इन्द्र अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हो मुझे साधुवाद देने लगे और मुझे प्रेम पूर्वक हृदयसे लगाकर मुसकराते हुए मेरा मस्तक सूँघा। तत्पश्चात् देवराजने बार-बार मुझे सान्त्वना देते हुए देवताओंके साथ यह मधुर वचन कहा--'पार्थ! तुमने युद्धमें वह कार्य किया है, जो देवताओं और असुरोंके लिये भी असम्भव है
arjuna uvāca | sarvaṁ viśrāvayāmāsa yathābhūtaṁ mahādyute mahādyute | mātaline mayā sarvaṁ kāryaṁ yathā yathābhavat tat devarājāya indrāya vistareṇa nyavedayat || hiraṇyapuraghātaṁ ca māyānāṁ ca nivāraṇam | nivātakavacānāṁ ca mahābalānāṁ raṇe vadham | śrutvā marudādibhir devaiḥ saha sahasrākṣa indro ’tyantaṁ prīto māṁ sādhvavādena praśaśaṁsa | premṇā ca hṛdayena saṁpariṣvajya smayamānaḥ mama mūrdhānaṁ jaghrāṇa | tataḥ sa devarāṭ punar punar māṁ sāntvayitvā devaiḥ saha idaṁ madhuraṁ vacanam abravīt— “pārtha! tvayā raṇe tat karma kṛtaṁ yad devāsurair api aśakyam” ||
Arjuna said: “O radiant one, O supremely radiant one! I reported everything exactly as it happened. To Mātali I related the whole undertaking in detail, and he in turn conveyed it fully to Indra, the king of the gods. When Indra heard of the destruction of Hiraṇyapura, the thwarting of the demons’ magical stratagems, and the slaying in battle of the mighty Nivātakavacas, he—together with the Maruts and the other gods—was filled with joy. Praising me with words of approval, he embraced me affectionately, smiled, and, in a gesture of intimate blessing, smelled my head. Then the lord of the gods repeatedly comforted me and, with the assembled deities, spoke these sweet words: ‘Pārtha, in war you have accomplished a deed that is impossible even for gods and asuras.’”
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