Mahabharata · 1.225.15–16
॥
Devanāgarī
पावकश् चापि तं दावं दग्ध्वा समृगपक्षिणम् ॥
अहानि पञ्च चैकं च विरराम सुतर्पितः ॥
जग्ध्वा मांसानि पीत्वा च मेदांसि रुधिराणि च ॥
युक्तः परमया प्रीत्या ताव् उवाच विशां पते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
pāvakaś cāpi taṃ dāvaṃ dagdhvā samṛgapakṣiṇam ||
ahāni pañca caikaṃ ca virarāma sutarpitaḥ ||
jagdhvā māṃsāni pītvā ca medāṃsi rudhirāṇi ca ||
yuktaḥ paramayā prītyā tāv uvāca viśāṃ pate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
पावकः च अपि तं दावं दग्ध्वा स-मृग-पक्षिणम्pāvakaḥ ca api taṃ dāvaṃ dagdhvā sa-mṛga-pakṣiṇamand Pavaka too, having burned that forest with its beasts and birds,
अहानि पञ्च च एकं च विरराम सु-तर्पितःahāni pañca ca ekaṃ ca virarāma su-tarpitaḥafter five days and one more, fully sated, grew still;
जग्ध्वा मांसानि पीत्वा च मेदांसि रुधिराणि चjagdhvā māṃsāni pītvā ca medāṃsi rudhirāṇi cahaving eaten flesh and drunk fat and blood,
युक्तः परमया प्रीत्या तौ उवाच विशां पतेyuktaḥ paramayā prītyā tau uvāca viśāṃ patefilled with the highest joy, he said this to the two of them, O lord of peoples:
पावकश्pāvakaśoriginal form "pāvakaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समृगपक्षिणम्samṛgapakṣiṇamoriginal form "samṛgapakṣiṇam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैकंcaikaṃoriginal form "caikaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुतर्पितःsutarpitaḥoriginal form "sutarpitaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ताव्tāvoriginal form "tāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"And Pavaka too, having burned that forest with its beasts and birds, six days later, fully sated, grew still; having eaten flesh and drunk fat and blood, filled with the highest joy, he said this to the two of them, O lord of peoples."
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Here the six-day conflagration comes to its end. It must be soberly noted: scripture names the creatures that perished, without delighting in their death. Agni, however, formerly wasted by his ailment from surfeited offerings, is now healed and sated. Here is the completion of an appointed term: every deed, even a fearsome one, has its own measure and limit. Thus scripture shows Agni's satiety; and he turns to the two heroes in gratitude.