संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
रमणीये वनोद्देशे रममाणः अर्जुनः तदा तपसि उग्रे वर्तमानः उग्रतेजाः महामनाःramaṇīye vanoddeśe ramamāṇaḥ arjunaḥ tadā tapasi ugre vartamānaḥ ugratejāḥ mahāmanāḥThen Arjuna, delighting in a beautiful part of the forest, remained in fierce austerity, blazing with fierce splendor and of great mind
दर्भचीरम् निवस्य अथ दण्डाजिनविभूषितः पूर्णे पूर्णे त्रिरात्रे तु मासम् एकम् फलाशनः द्विगुणेन एव कालेन द्वितीयम् मासम् अत्यगात्darbhacīram nivasya atha daṇḍājinavibhūṣitaḥ pūrṇe pūrṇe trirātre tu māsam ekam phalāśanaḥ dviguṇena eva kālena dvitīyam māsam atyagātthen, having put on a garment of darbha grass and bark, adorned with a staff and a deerskin, for the first month he ate fruit every three full nights, and passed the second month with double that interval
तृतीयम् अपि मासम् स पक्षेण आहारम् आचरन् शीर्णम् च पतितम् भूमौ पर्णम् समुपयुक्तवान्tṛtīyam api māsam sa pakṣeṇa āhāram ācaran śīrṇam ca patitam bhūmau parṇam samupayuktavānand in the third month too he took food once a fortnight, eating a withered leaf that had fallen to the ground
चतुर्थे तु अथ संप्राप्ते मासि पूर्णे ततः परम् वायुभक्षः महाबाहुः अभवत् पाण्डुनन्दनः ऊर्ध्वबाहुः निरालम्बः पादाङ्गुष्ठाग्रविष्ठितःcaturthe tu atha saṃprāpte māsi pūrṇe tataḥ param vāyubhakṣaḥ mahābāhuḥ abhavat pāṇḍunandanaḥ ūrdhvabāhuḥ nirālambaḥ pādāṅguṣṭhāgraviṣṭhitaḥthen, when the fourth month had come and fully passed, the mighty-armed son of Pandu became one who fed on air alone, his arms upraised, without support, standing on the tips of his toes
सदा उपस्पर्शनात् च अस्य बभूवुः अमितौजसः विद्युत् अम्भोरुह निभाः जटाः तस्य महात्मनःsadā upasparśanāt ca asya babhūvuḥ amitaujasaḥ vidyut ambhoruha nibhāḥ jaṭāḥ tasya mahātmanaḥfrom his constant ablutions the matted locks of that measurelessly radiant great soul became like lightning and lotus
ततः महर्षयः सर्वे जग्मुः देवम् पिनाकिनम् शितिकण्ठम् महाभागम् प्रणिपत्य प्रसाद्य च सर्वे निवेदयाम् आसुः कर्म तत् फल्गुनस्य हtataḥ maharṣayaḥ sarve jagmuḥ devam pinākinam śitikaṇṭham mahābhāgam praṇipatya prasādya ca sarve nivedayām āsuḥ karma tat phalgunasya hathen all the great sages went to the god who bears the Pinaka, the blue-throated, the most fortunate one; having bowed down and propitiated him, they all reported the deed of Phalguna
एष पार्थः महातेजाः हिमवत्पृष्ठम् आश्रितः उग्रे तपसि दुष्पारे स्थितः धूमाययन् दिशःeṣa pārthaḥ mahātejāḥ himavatpṛṣṭham āśritaḥ ugre tapasi duṣpāre sthitaḥ dhūmāyayan diśaḥthis Partha, of great splendor, having taken refuge on the slopes of Himavat, stands in fierce, hard-to-cross austerity, filling the quarters with smoke
तस्य देवेश न वयम् विद्मः सर्वे चिकीर्षितम् संतापयति नः सर्वान् असौ साधु निवार्यताम्tasya deveśa na vayam vidmaḥ sarve cikīrṣitam saṃtāpayati naḥ sarvān asau sādhu nivāryatāmhis intention, O lord of the gods, none of us know; he scorches us all with his heat; let him be duly restrained
रममाणोramamāṇooriginal form "ramamāṇo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽर्जुनस्'rjunasoriginal form "'rjunas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तपस्य्tapasyoriginal form "tapasy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वर्तमानvartamānaoriginal form "vartamāna", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उग्रतेजाugratejāoriginal form "ugratejā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दर्भचीरंdarbhacīraṃoriginal form "darbhacīraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निवस्याथnivasyāthaoriginal form "nivasyātha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एकंekaṃoriginal form "ekaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्विगुणेनैवdviguṇenaivaoriginal form "dviguṇenaiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्वितीयंdvitīyaṃoriginal form "dvitīyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मासंmāsaṃoriginal form "māsaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पक्षेणाहारम्pakṣeṇāhāramoriginal form "pakṣeṇāhāram", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शीर्णंśīrṇaṃoriginal form "śīrṇaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पतितंpatitaṃoriginal form "patitaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पर्णंparṇaṃoriginal form "parṇaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्व्tvoriginal form "tv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वायुभक्षोvāyubhakṣooriginal form "vāyubhakṣo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाबाहुर्mahābāhuroriginal form "mahābāhur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्ūrdhvabāhuroriginal form "ūrdhvabāhur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सदोपस्पर्शनाच्sadopasparśanācoriginal form "sadopasparśanāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चास्यcāsyaoriginal form "cāsya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बभूवुर्babhūvuroriginal form "babhūvur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विद्युदम्भोरुहनिभाvidyudambhoruhanibhāoriginal form "vidyudambhoruhanibhā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जटास्jaṭāsoriginal form "jaṭās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जग्मुर्jagmuroriginal form "jagmur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देवंdevaṃoriginal form "devaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शितिकण्ठंśitikaṇṭhaṃoriginal form "śitikaṇṭhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाभागंmahābhāgaṃoriginal form "mahābhāgaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पार्थोpārthooriginal form "pārtho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महातेजाmahātejāoriginal form "mahātejā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्थितोsthitooriginal form "sthito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वयंvayaṃoriginal form "vayaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Arjuna's austerity becomes cosmically felt. But its danger lies not in the feat itself, but in the uncertainty of its purpose: such great power must be disclosed before the Lord and directed by Him.