Text 12]
The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely
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TEXT 12
यचेजसाथ मगवान् युधि शूलपाणि- 
  विंस्सापितः सगिरिजोऽत्तमदान्निजं मे । 
  अन्येऽपि चाहममुनैव कलेवरेण 
  प्राप्तो महेन्द्रभवने महदासनार्धम् ॥१२॥
yat-tejasātha bhagavān yudhi śūla-pāṇir- 
  vismāpitaḥ sa-girijo 'stram adān nijam me 
  anye 'pi cāham amunaiva kalevareṇa 
  prāpto mahendra-bhavane mahad āsanārdham
yat —by whose;  tejasā —by influence;  atha —at one time;  bhagavān —the Personality of God (Lord Śiva);  yudhi —in the battle;  śūla-pāṇiḥ —one who has a trident in hand;  vismāpitaḥ —astonished;  sa-girijaḥ —along with the daughter of the Himalayan Mountains;  astram —weapon;  adāt —awarded;  nijam —of his own;  me —unto me;  anye api —so also others;  ca —and;  aham —myself;  amunā —by this;  eva —definitely;  kalevareṇa —by the body;  prāptaḥ —obtained;  mahā-indra-bhavane —in the house of Indradeva;  mahat —great;  āsana-ardham —half-elevated seat.
TRANSLATION
It was by His influence only that in a fight I was able to astonish the Personality of God Lord Śiva and his wife, the daughter of Mount Himalaya. Thus he [Lord Śiva] became pleased with me and awarded me his own weapon. Other demigods also delivered their respective weapons to me, and in addition I was able to reach the heavenly planets in this present body and was allowed a half-elevated seat.
PURPORT
By the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, all other demigods, including Lord Śiva, were pleased with Arjuna. The idea is that one who is favored by Lord Śiva or any other demigod may not necessarily be favored by the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Godhead). Rāvaṇa was certainly a great devotee of Lord Śiva, but he could not be saved from the wrath of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Rāmacandra. And there are many instances like that in the histories of the  Purāṇas . But here is an instance where we can see that Lord Śiva became pleased even in the