Harbarðsljoð

 

Hárbarðsljóð

This is the Hárbarðsljóð, a text from the Poetic Edda about Thor having a conversation with Harbarðr, who is supposed to ferry him across the sound. Harbarðr refuses and a serie sof sarcastic exchanges occur between him and Thor. In the end, Thor is made tofind an alterative path. 


Translation

toro yayau prācyamārgād āgataś ca mīrasandhau. parasmin pakṣay āsīn nāvā tarakī. tora ājuhāva:


tora uvāca:

  1. ko’sti sa yūnām yuvā yas tiṣṭhati iha jaladhisandhim tiraḥ 

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. ko’sti vaiśyānām vaiśyo yaḥ prāhvayati ūrmim abhi. 

tora uvāca:

  1. vahasva mām vāridhisandhim tiraḥ, tvām eva bhojayeyam udayay eva. pṛṣṭe mama kaṇḍolaḥ, na vāy āmir arham uttaram. abhuṇag aham, gṛhād agaccham iti purā  illiśachāgāmś ca tathā trpto’ham tasmāt/tataḥ 

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. purvebhyaḥ karmabhyas tvam bhuktiṁ ślāghayasi. na vetsi yat puraḥ, duḥkhiṇyo gṛhajñāptayas tava? manye yat tava mātā (syāt) mṛtā

tora uvāca:

  1. atha vakṣi yat pratyekasmai jñātum mahattamam bhāti, yat mama mātā (syāt) mṛtā

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. na tathāpi te trīṇi sthalāṇi sādhūni. anāvṛtāsthis tvam tiṣṭhati te ca sāmāgrir vaṅkānām. na yāvat tay ūrukam tvadīyam eva

tora uvāca:

  1. atra hoḍam cālaya. sūcayiṣye sthānam tay uta tam yasya nāvam yām gṛhṇāsi dharaṇyā   

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. hildolvaḥ āhūyate yo mām etām gṛhītum ādiśad upadeśaprajñavīraḥ, yo rādseyya-mīrasandhau vasati. steyapuruṣān turaṅgataskarān naivam plāvayitum ādiśat, santas tv eva yān jānāmi samyak. tvannāmaparyantam vagdhi yadi jaladhisandhim abhigantum icchasi

tora uvāca:

  1. mannāmaparyantam vakṣye, yathāpy aparāddhas syām, sarvanaijakaparyantamś ca. aham odinasya sūnur, mailer bhrātā, māgneḥ pitā, baladharo devānām. torena metum iha arhasi! etasya (viṣaye) pṛcchāmi, kim āhūyase?

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. hārbarda āhūye, nāma viralam āvṛṇomi.  

tora uvāca:

  1. kimartham nāma āvṛṇuyāḥ? na yāvad aparādhās tava

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. yathāpi mama aparādhāḥ, tvādṛśebhyas tadā jīvam mama rakṣeyam na yāvat syām naṣṭaḥ 

tora uvāca:

  1. tvadantagamanam madbhārakledanam ca tathā hiṁsā krūrā bhāti me. tava abhihāsavacobhyaḥ pratidadyām peṣīyuvaka yady āgacche jaladhisandhim tiraḥ 

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. atra sthāsyāmi tvā ca pratīkṣiṣyay iha, hruṅgner maraṇam prabhṛti naram kaṭhiṇataram na avindaḥ

tora uvāca:

  1. atha etasya (viṣayam) saṅgrahīṣyasi; yadā hruṅgnir aham vyavaharāvahe (parasparam), sa sthiramano bhākṣāsuro yasya śiraś śailyaḥ. tathāpi tam apātayam puraś ca praṇāmayam. kim akaros tadā tāvat hārbārda.

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. pañcahemantam āsam fyolvārinā tasmin dvīpe ya "ālgrūna" (sarvaharita) ity abhidhīyate. tatra yoddhum hatāmś ca pātayitum aśaknuma, yatitum jetum ca bahvīr mahilāḥ  

tora uvāca:

  1. katham yuṣmān aramayan mahilāh yuṣmadīyāḥ.

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. manasviṇyo no mahilāḥ yadi no manasvibhyo’bhuvat. caturāḥ no mahilāḥ yadi nas sādhvyo’bhuvat. amī rajjukām aveṣṭayan sikhatāyāḥ gabhīradroṇībhyaś caiva ūrvyāḥ udakhanann api. samitsu teṣām sarveṣām aham eva paramo"bhavam, saptabhis svasṛbhis saha vyarame me ca tāsām rasāḥ sarve kelir api (eva). kim akaros tadā tāvat tora?

tora uvāca:

  1. tyatsim avadham; sa balamano bhākṣkaḥ. akṣṇāv ālvāldasunor udakṣipam sucim svargam upari.  mahanto matkarmaṇām aṅkāḥ yān prabhṛti paśyeran mānavās samagrāḥ. kim akaros tadā tāvat hārbārda?

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. sreṣṭāṇi strīvañcanāni mama āsan malinārohikābhir yadā tāḥ vyanayam vīrebhyaḥ. kaṣṭo bhākṣakas syād iti amanye. mahāyasṭim may adadāt, tam tu avañcam buddher bahiḥ 

tora uvāca:

  1. duṣṭena manasā tadā uttamam/samyag upahāram pratyakaroḥ

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. tasya sindūradruor bhavati yad āghaṭṭate parebhyaḥ, tathā pratyekas syāt svam (abhi). kim akaros tadā tāvat tora?

tora uvāca:

  1. prācyay āsam bhākṣakān ca prāharam, śākunaviduṣyo vadhvo yāḥ girim agacchan. mahā abhaviṣyad anvayo bhākṣakānām yadi sarvay ajīvan. mānavānām na kiñcid abhaviṣyan madhyaloke (madhyavāṭake). kim akaros tadā tāvat hārbārda?

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. vallanday āsam samarāmśca anvasaram. (nara)varāhān praiṣam na tu kadācid asandhayam odinasya rājanyāḥ yadā hateṣu pateyuḥ torasya tu śūdrajātiḥ

tora uvāca:

  1. viṣamam vyabhakṣyad āsavair gaṇam yady alam ojo mahat tava

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. torasya paryāptam balam na tu hṛdayaḥ. hastape bhayān manomṛdutvāt tvayā nikrāntam (tvam nyakrāmaḥ), tadā ca na abhās tvam toraḥ. tvadbhayāt tvam na akṣavitum  na vā parditum udasahase yataḥ fyālaraś śuśṛṇuyāt.     

tora uvāca:

  1. klība hārbarda, tvām narakāntam prāhariṣyam yadi praplaveya jaladhisandhim tiraḥ

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. kimartham jaladhisandhim tiraḥ plavethāh yadā aparādhās sarve śūnyāḥ. kim akaros tadā tāvat tora?

tora uvāca:

  1. prācyay āsam nadīm ca arakṣam yadā mām amārgan svāraṅgasya sūnavaḥ. śarkarena mām prāharan tathāpi hlādino’lpam lābhe, tathāpi śantaye mām yayācyuḥ (yācanīyam tair āsīt). kim akaros tadā tāvat hārbārda?

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. prācyay āsam ekayā ca kayācid arame. kṣomaśvetayā akrīḍam me ca rahaḥsaṅgān upāharām. svarṇojjvalām ahlādaya, sā kaṇyā vinodam abhuṇak  

tora uvāca:

  1. tadā tatra teṣām samyak kaṇyāparicayāḥ 

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. tava sahayyasya hīno’ham tadā abhūyām, tora, tām kaṇyām kṣaumaśvetām  anujagṛhṇīyām.

tora uvāca:

  1. tadā tat te samprādāsyam aham yadi śaśakṇuyām (ātmānam uvaheyam)

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. tadā tvayi vyaśvasiṣyām na yāvat ṃām viśvāsay apāvartsyaḥ (alaṅghayiṣyaḥ)  

tora uvāca:

  1. na aham pārṣṇidaṁśako yathā jarā carmapādikā vasante

  2. kim akaros tadā tāvat tora?

tora uvāca:

  1. bhalluvrātyānām (bhallucarmiṇām) vadhūr prāharam hleseyāyām. tāh duṣṭatamam ācaritavatyaḥ; janam alanghayan sarvam

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. avamānanam ācaras tvam tora tadā yaḍa strīḥ prāharaḥ

tora uvāca:

  1. vṛkyās tāh (āsan), naiva striyaḥ. mama nāvam vyavartayan yām aham saṁsthāpitavān. lohavajrena (lohagadayā) mām abādhanta tyālvim ca amārgan. kim akaros tadā tāvat hārbārda?

hārbarda uvāca:

  1.  senāyām āsam yadā sā ātmānam atra asādhat samaraketum samuddhartum shalyam ca rajayitum eva.

tora uvāca:

  1. tasya (viṣaye) vagdhi yad aprītim sandeṣṭum avrajo naḥ. 

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. tadā tubhyam tat saṁvardhayeyam hastāṅgulīyena yam madhyasthāḥ ajayan ye nau sandhayitum icchanti

tora uvāca:

  1. kutra upahāsavaca etāny aśikṣaḥ yāny upahāse adhikam na aśṛṇom

hārbarda uvāca:

tebhyo mānavebho vṛddhebhyo"śikṣam ye gārhyavaneṣu vasanti 

tora uvāca:

tathāpi śilācaityebhyas sādhu nāma dadāsi yadā tāni gārhyavanāny āhvayasi

hārbarda uvāca:

īdrśyām vipattau minomy ataḥ   


tora uvāca:

  1. tava vacaḥpallavagrāhitā duṣṭam tay āgamiṣyati yadi ūrmyām nitaritum niranesyam. aham manye yad vṛkād uccaiḥ raviṣyasi yadi mudgarāt tāḍam bhajase 

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. sifo jāro bhavati gṛhe, tena mimeliṣāsi. tasmin tava balam prayuñjyāh. tad eva te kāryataram

tora uvāca:

  1. tava mukhasya sandeśāya vakṣi yato me duṣṭataram dṛśyeta. manomṛdula vīra, manye yad asatyam bravīṣi. 

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. satyam vaktum (vadantam) mām manye. tava yātrāyai vilambito"si. dūram āgato"bhaviṣyas tora yadi varṇam/raṅgam paryavartayiṣyaḥ

tora uvāca:

  1. klība hārbarda, mām ati vilambayitvānn atha!

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. na amanye yad āsavatorasya prayāṇam abhramayiṣyad avipālaḥ

tora uvāca:

  1. atha aham tava sandeśam sandekṣyāmi. atra naukām (kṣepaṇyābhyām) ātāraya. upāhāsam nivṛṇvahai. māgneḥ pitāram labhasva. 

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. jaladhisandher dūram vigaccha! sañcaram tubhyam apahnuvīta!

tora uvāca:

  1. darśaya me mārgam atha yato na mām ūrmim upari vakṣyase

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. apahnotum alpam, gantum dīrgham. druskhandaparyantam ghaṇṭā, silāparyantam anyā/adhikā. verlāndam vindasi iti paryantam vāmamārgam tathā saṅgṛhaṇa. tatra vetsyati fyorginā svaputram toram, jñāpayiṣyati ca tam kulamārgān odinasya kṣitiparyantam

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. tatra adya lapsye?

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. śramena kaṣṭena ca lapsyase sūryodaye yata uṣṇībhavati iti ūhāmi

tora uvāca:

  1. hrasvam nau vaco bhaviṣyaty atha, yat upahāsena eva me pratyavadaḥ. vahanāpohāya te pratikariṣyāmi yadi anyakālam milāvahai.

hārbarda uvāca:

  1. gaccha tvam atha yatra tvām sarvam ugrānām (rākṣasānām) prapadyeya.

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