Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.10
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1.10.1
मम प्राणसमा भार्या दष्टासीद्भुजगेन ह ।
तत्र मे समयो घोर आत्मनोरग वै कृतः ॥ १.१०.१ ॥
My wife, dear as my own life, was bitten by a snake. Then, O serpent, I made a terrible vow.
1.10.2
भुजंगं वै सदा हन्यां यं यं पश्येयमित्युत ।
ततोऽहं त्वां जिघांसामि जीवितेनाद्य मोक्ष्यसे ॥ १.१०.२ ॥
Whichever serpent I see, I shall always kill; therefore I wish to kill you, yet today you will be freed with your life.
1.10.3
अन्ये ते भुजगा ब्रह्मन्ये दश्तीह मानवान् ।
डुण्डुभानहिगन्धेन न त्वं हिंसितुमर्हसि ॥ १.१०.३ ॥
O brahmin, the others of your kind are those that bite men here; you ought not to harm the ḍuṇḍubha snakes, which carry only the smell of serpents.
1.10.4
एकानर्थान्पृथग्धर्मानेकदुःखान्पृथक्सुखान् ।
डुण्डुभान्धर्मविद्भूत्वा न त्वं हिंसितुमर्हसि ॥ १.१०.४ ॥
Though the harms and sufferings are of one kind, the natures and pleasures of beings are each different; knowing dharma, you ought not to harm the ḍuṇḍubhas.
1.10.5
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य डुण्डुभस्य रुरुस्तदा ।
नावधीद्भयसंविग्नमृषिं मत्त्वाऽथ डुण्डुभम् ॥ १.१०.५ ॥
Having heard these words of that ḍuṇḍubha, Ruru did not kill him then, for he took the terrified creature to be a sage.
1.10.6
उवाच चैनं भगवान्रुरुः संशमयन्निव ।
केन त्वं भुजग ब्रूहि कोऽसीमां विक्रियां गतः ॥ १.१०.६ ॥
The venerable Ruru, as if to calm him, said to him: 'Tell me, O serpent, by what cause have you come to this transformation? Who are you?'
1.10.7
अहं पुरा रुरो नाम्ना ऋषिरासं सहस्रपात् ।
सोऽहं शापेन विप्रस्य भुजगत्वमुपागतः ॥ १.१०.७ ॥
I was formerly a sage named Ruru, thousand-footed; that same self has come to the state of a snake by a brahmin's curse.
1.10.8
किमर्थं शप्तवान्कुद्धो द्विजस्त्वां भुजगोत्तम ।
कियन्तं चैव कालं ते वपुरेतद्भविष्यसि ॥ १.१०.८ ॥
For what reason did the angered brahmin curse you, best of snakes? And for how long will you have this body?