Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.101
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1.101.1
दुष्यन्ताद्भरतो राज्यं यथान्यायमवाप सः ।
तस्य तत्प्रथितं कर्म प्रावर्तत महात्मनः ॥ १.१०१.१ ॥
From Duṣyanta, Bharata rightfully obtained the kingdom, and the renowned deed of that great-souled one spread far and wide.
1.101.2
भास्वरं दिव्यमजितं लोकसंनादनं महत् ।
स विजित्य महीपालांश्चकार वशवर्तिनः ॥ १.१०१.२ ॥
It was a radiant, divine, unconquered glory resounding through the worlds. Having conquered the rulers of the earth, he made them subject to his will.
1.101.3
चचार च सतां धर्मं प्राप्य चानुत्तमं यशः ।
स राजा चक्रवर्त्यासीत्सार्वभौमः प्रतापवान् ॥ १.१०१.३ ॥
He practiced the dharma of the good and won the highest fame. That king was a universal emperor, sovereign over all the earth, mighty in prowess.
1.101.4
ईजे च बहुभिर्यज्ञैर्यथा शक्रो मरुत्पतिः ।
याजयामास तं कण्वो दक्षवद्भूरिदक्षिणम् ॥ १.१०१.४ ॥
He performed many sacrifices, like Indra, lord of the Maruts; and Kaṇva had him perform them, like Dakṣa, with abundant fees.
1.101.5
श्रीमद्गोविततं नाम वाजिमेधमवाप सः ।
यस्मिन्सहस्रं पद्मानां कण्वाय भरतो ददौ ॥ १.१०१.५ ॥
He obtained the glorious horse sacrifice named Govitata, in which Bharata gave Kaṇva a thousand lotuses.
1.101.6
सोऽश्वमेधशतैरीजे यमुनामनु तीरगः ।
त्रिशतैश्च सरस्वत्यां गङ्गामनु चतुःशतैः ॥ १.१०१.६ ॥
Dwelling along the bank of the Yamunā, he performed a hundred horse sacrifices; three hundred on the Sarasvatī, and four hundred along the Gaṅgā.
1.101.7
दौष्यन्तिर्भरतो यज्ञैरीजे शाकुन्तलो नृपः ।
तस्माद्भरतवंशस्य विप्रतस्थे महद्यशः ॥ १.१०१.७ ॥
Bharata, son of Duṣyanta and Śakuntalā, worshipped with sacrifices; therefore the great fame of the line of Bharata spread among the Brahmins.
1.101.8
भरतस्य वरस्त्रीषु पुत्राः संजज्ञिरे पृथक् ।
नाभ्यनन्दत्तदा राजा नानुरूपा ममेति तान् ॥ १.१०१.८ ॥
Sons were born to Bharata separately from his chief wives, but the king did not acknowledge them then, saying they were not fit for him.
1.101.9
ततस्तान्मातरः क्रुद्धाः पुत्रान्निन्युर्यमक्षयम् ।
ततस्तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य वितथं पुत्रजन्म तत् ॥ १.१०१.९ ॥
Then the enraged mothers sent those sons to the abode of Yama; and thus the king's birth of sons became fruitless.
1.101.10
ततो महद्भिः क्रतुभिरीजानो भरतस्तदा ।
लेभे पुत्रं भरद्पाजाद्भुमन्युं नाम भारत ॥ १.१०१.१० ॥
Then Bharata, worshipping with great sacrifices, obtained a son named Bhumanyu from Bharadvāja, O Bhārata.
1.101.11
ततः पुत्रिणमात्मानं ज्ञात्वा पौरवनन्दनः ।
भुमन्युं भरतश्रेष्ठ यौवराज्येऽभ्यषेचयत् ॥ १.१०१.११ ॥
Then Bharata, knowing himself to now have a son, the delight of the Paurava line, O best of the Bharatas, anointed Bhumanyu as crown prince.
1.101.12
ततो दिविरथो नाम भुमन्योरभवत्सुतः ।
सुहोत्रश्च सुहोता च सुहविः सुयजुस्तथा ॥ १.१०१.१२ ॥
Then a son named Diviratha was born to Bhumanyu; and Suhotra, Suhotā, Suhavi and Suyaju were also (his sons).
1.101.13
पुष्करिण्यामृचीकश्च भुमन्योरभवन्सुताः ।
तेषां ज्येष्ठः सुहोत्रस्तु राज्यमाप महीक्षिताम् ॥ १.१०१.१३ ॥
From Puṣkariṇī, sons were born to Bhumanyu, Ṛcīka and the others. Among them the eldest, Suhotra, obtained the kingdom of the rulers of the earth.
1.101.14
राजसूयाश्वमेधाद्यैः सोऽयजद्बहुभिः सवैः ।
सुहोत्रः पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां बुभुजे सागराम्बराम् ॥ १.१०१.१४ ॥
With the Rājasūya, the Aśvamedha and many other soma rites he performed sacrifice, and Suhotra enjoyed the whole earth, its garment the ocean.
1.101.15
पूर्णां हस्तिगवाश्वैश्च बहुरत्नसमाकुलाम् ।
ममज्जेव मही तस्य भूरिभारावपीडिता ॥ १.१०१.१५ ॥
The earth, filled with elephants, cattle and horses and crowded with many jewels, seemed to sink, oppressed by its great burden under him.
1.101.16
हस्त्यश्वरथसंपूर्णा मनुष्यकलिला भृशम् ।
सुहोत्रे राजनि तदा धर्मतः शासति प्रजाः ॥ १.१०१.१६ ॥
That earth, full of elephants, horses and chariots and thickly peopled, was so while King Suhotra ruled his subjects righteously.
1.101.17
चैत्ययूपाङ्किता चासीद्भूमिः शतसहस्रशः ।
प्रवृद्धजनसस्या च सर्वदैव व्यरोचत ॥ १.१०१.१७ ॥
The earth, marked by hundreds of thousands of shrines and sacrificial posts, with its people and crops ever increasing, always shone.
1.101.18
ऐक्ष्वाकी जनयामास सुहोत्रात्पृथिवीपतेः ।
अजमीढं सुमीढं च पुरुमीढं च भारत ॥ १.१०१.१८ ॥
The Ikṣvāku queen bore to Suhotra, lord of the earth, Ajamīḍha, Sumīḍha and, O Bhārata, Purumīḍha.
1.101.19
अजमीढो वरस्तेषां तस्मिन्वंशः प्रतिष्ठितः ।
षट् पुत्रान्सोप्यजनयत्तिसृषु स्त्रीषु भारत ॥ १.१०१.१९ ॥
Ajamīḍha was the best of them, and the lineage was established in him. O Bhārata, he begot six sons by three wives.
1.101.20
ऋक्षं धूमिन्यथो नीली दुष्यन्तपरमेष्ठइनौ ।
केशिन्यजनयज्जह्नुं सुतौ च जनरूषिणौ ॥ १.१०१.२० ॥
Ṛkṣa begot Duṣyanta and Parameṣṭhin from Dhūminī and Nīlī. Keśinī bore Jahnu, and the two sons Janarūṣin and
1.101.21
विदुः संवरणं वीरमृक्षाद्राथन्तरीसुतम् ।
तथेमे सर्वपञ्चाला दुष्यन्तपरमेष्ठिनोः।
अन्वयाः कुशिका राजञ्जन्होरमिततेजसः ॥ १.१०१.२१ ॥
The hero Saṃvaraṇa is known as the son of Ṛkṣa and Rāthantarī. Likewise all these Pañcālas are the descendants of Duṣyanta and Parameṣṭhin; O king, the Kuśikas are descendants of the immeasurably splendid Jahnu.
1.101.22
जनरूषणयोर्ज्येष्ठमृक्षमाहुर्जनाधिपम् ।
ऋक्षात्संवरणो जज्ञे राजन्वंशकरस्तव ॥ १.१०१.२२ ॥
They call Ṛkṣa, the eldest of Janarūṣaṇa's sons, the lord of men. O king, from Ṛkṣa was born Saṃvaraṇa, the continuer of your line.
1.101.23
आर्क्षे संवरणे राजन्प्रशासति वसुन्धराम् ।
संक्षयः सुमहानासीत्प्रजानामिति नः श्रुतम् ॥ १.१०१.२३ ॥
O king, we have heard that while Saṃvaraṇa, son of Ṛkṣa, was ruling the earth, there was a very great destruction of the people.
1.101.24
व्यशीर्यत ततो राष्ट्रं क्षयैर्नानाविधैस्तदा ।
क्षुन्मृत्युभ्यामनावृष्ट्या व्याधिभिश्च समाहतम् ॥ १.१०१.२४ ॥
Then the realm was broken up by destructions of many kinds, struck by hunger and death, by drought and by diseases.
1.101.25
अभ्यघ्नन्भारतांश्चैव सपत्नानां बलानि च ।
चालयन्वसुधां चेमां बलेन चतुरङ्गिणा ॥ १.१०१.२५ ॥
They struck down the Bharatas and the armies of their rivals, and with the force of the fourfold army they shook this earth.
1.101.26
अभ्ययात्तं च पाञ्चल्यो विजित्य तरसा महीम् ।
अक्षौहिणीभिर्दशभिः स एनं समरेऽजयत् ॥ १.१०१.२६ ॥
The Pāñcāla king swiftly conquered the earth and attacked him, and with ten akṣauhiṇī armies he defeated him in battle.
1.101.27
ततः सदारः सामात्यः सपुत्रः ससुहृज्जनः ।
राजा संवरणस्तस्मात्पलायत महाभयात् ॥ १.१०१.२७ ॥
Then King Saṃvaraṇa, with his wives, ministers, sons and friends, fled from that great danger.
1.101.28
ते प्रतीचीं पराभूताः प्रपन्ना भारता दिशम् ।
सिन्धोर्नदस्य महतो निकुञ्जे न्यवसंस्तदा।
नदीविपयपर्यन्ते पर्वतस्य समीपतः ॥ १.१०१.२८ ॥
Defeated, the Bharatas went to the western quarter and dwelt then in a thicket of the great river Sindhu, at the edge of the riverbank, near a mountain.
1.101.29
तत्रावसन्बहून्कालान्भारता दुर्गमाश्रिताः ।
तेषां निवसतां तत्र सहस्रं परिवत्सरान् ॥ १.१०१.२९ ॥
There the Bharatas, taking refuge in an inaccessible place, dwelt for many ages; while they lived there a thousand years passed.
1.101.30
अथाभ्यगच्छद्भरतान्वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः ।
तमागतं प्रयत्नेन प्रत्युद्गम्याभिवाद्य च ॥ १.१०१.३० ॥
Then the venerable sage Vasiṣṭha came to the Bharatas; when he had arrived, they went forth to meet him with care and greeted him with reverence.
1.101.31
अर्घ्यमभ्याहरंस्तस्मै ते सर्वे भारतास्तदा ।
निवेद्य सर्वमृषये सत्कारेण सुवर्चसे ॥ १.१०१.३१ ॥
Then all the Bharatas brought an offering of water for him, and, having reported everything to the radiant sage, welcomed him with honour.
1.101.32
तमासने चोपविष्टं राजा वव्रे स्वयं तदा ।
पुरोहितो भवान्नोऽस्तु राज्याय प्रयतेमहि ॥ १.१०१.३२ ॥
Then the king himself chose him, seated on his seat, saying: "Let your honour be our priest; for the kingdom we shall strive."
1.101.33
ओमित्येवं वसिष्ठोऽपि भारतान्प्रत्यपद्यत ।
अथाभ्यषिञ्चत्साम्राज्ये सर्वक्षत्रस्य पौरवम् ॥ १.१०१.३३ ॥
Vasiṣṭha too assented, saying "Om," to the Bharatas; then he anointed the Paurava as emperor over all the warrior kings.
1.101.34
विषाणभूतं सर्वस्यां पृथिव्यामिति नः श्रुतम् ।
भरताध्युषितं पूर्वं सोऽध्यतिष्ठत्पुरोतोतमम् ॥ १.१०१.३४ ॥
We have heard that it is the very tip of the horn of the whole earth; he ruled that foremost city once dwelt in by the Bharatas.
1.101.35
पुनर्बलिभृतश्चैव चक्रे सर्वमहीक्षितः ।
ततः स पृथिवीं प्राप्य पुनरीजे महाबलः ॥ १.१०१.३५ ॥
Again he made all the kings of the earth tribute-bearers; then the mighty one, having won back the earth, sacrificed once more.
1.101.36
आजमीढो महायज्ञैर्बहुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः ।
ततः संवरणात्सौरी तपती सुषुवे कुरुम् ॥ १.१०१.३६ ॥
Ajamīḍha performed many great sacrifices with abundant gifts; then from Saṃvaraṇa, Tapatī, daughter of the Sun, bore Kuru.
1.101.37
राजत्वे तं प्रजाः सर्वा धर्मज्ञ इति वव्रिरे ।
महिम्ना तस्य कुरवो लेभिरे प्रत्ययं भृशम्।
तस्य नाम्नाऽभिविख्यातं पृथिव्यां कुरुजाङ्गलं ॥ १.१०१.३७ ॥
All the subjects, knowing him to be a knower of dharma, chose him for kingship. Through his greatness the Kurus placed great trust in him. Named after him, that land on earth became famous as Kurujāṅgala.
1.101.38
कुरुक्षेत्रं स तपसा पुण्यं चक्रे महातपाः ।
अश्ववन्तमभिष्यन्तं तथा चैत्ररथं मुनिम् ॥ १.१०१.३८ ॥
That great ascetic, by his austerity, made Kurukṣetra sacred, and likewise Aśvavant, Abhiṣyanta and the sage Caitraratha.
1.101.39
जनमेजयं च विख्यातं पुत्रांश्चास्यानुशुश्रुम ।
पञ्चैतान्वाहिनी पुत्रान्व्यजायत मनस्विनी ॥ १.१०१.३९ ॥
We have heard of the renowned Janamejaya and his sons. Those five sons were born to the high-minded Vāhinī.
1.101.40
अविक्षितः परिक्षित्तु शबलाश्वस्तु वीर्यवान् ।
आदिराजो विराजश्च शाल्मलिश्च महाबलः ॥ १.१०१.४० ॥
Avikṣit and Parikṣit, the mighty Śabalāśva, Ādirāja, Virāja, and Śalmali, of great strength.
1.101.41
उच्चैःश्रवा भङ्गकारो जितारिश्चाष्टमः स्मृतः ।
एतेषामन्ववाये तु ख्यातास्ते कर्मजैर्गुणैः।
जनमेजयादयः सप्त तथैवान्ये महारथाः ॥ १.१०१.४१ ॥
Uccaiḥśravas, Bhaṅgakāra, and Jitāri, the eighth, are remembered. In this lineage they became renowned through the qualities born of their deeds: Janamejaya and the other six, and likewise other great chariot-warriors.
1.101.42
परीक्षितोऽभवन्पुत्राः सर्वे धर्मार्थकोविदाः ।
कक्षसेनोग्रसेनौ तु चित्रसेनश्च वीर्यवान् ॥ १.१०१.४२ ॥
All the sons of Parikṣit were skilled in dharma and in wealth: Kakṣasena, Ugrasena, and the mighty Citrasena.
1.101.43
इन्द्रसेनः सुषेणश्च भीमसेनश्च नामतः ।
जनमेजयस्य तनया भुवि ख्याता महाबलाः ॥ १.१०१.४३ ॥
Indrasena, Suṣena and Bhīmasena by name, the sons of Janamejaya, renowned on earth and very mighty.
1.101.44
धृतराष्ट्रः प्रथमजः पाण्डुर्बाह्लीक एव च ।
निषधश्च महातेजास्तथा जाम्बूनदो बली ॥ १.१०१.४४ ॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra the firstborn, Pāṇḍu, Bāhlīka, Niṣadha of great splendor, and likewise the mighty Jāmbūnada.
1.101.45
कुण्डोदरः पदातिश्च वसातिश्चाष्टमः स्मृतः ।
सर्वे धर्मार्थकुशलाः सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥ १.१०१.४५ ॥
Kuṇḍodara, Padāti, and the eighth, Vasāti, are remembered; all of them were skilled in dharma and wealth, devoted to the welfare of all beings.
1.101.46
धृतराष्ट्रोऽथ राजासीत्तस्य पुत्रोऽथ कुण्डिकः ।
हस्ती वितर्कः क्राथश्च कुण्डिनश्चापि पञ्चमः ॥ १.१०१.४६ ॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra became king; his sons were Kuṇḍika, Hastin, Vitarka, Krātha, and the fifth, Kuṇḍina.
1.101.47
हविश्रवास्तथेन्द्राभो भुमन्युश्चापराजितः ।
धृतराष्ट्रसुतानां तु त्रीनेतान्प्रथितान्भुवि ॥ १.१०१.४७ ॥
Haviśravas, Indrābha, Bhumanyu, and Aparājita as well; of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons these three are renowned on earth.
1.101.48
प्रतीपं धर्मनेत्रं च सुनेत्रं चापि भारत ।
प्रतीपः प्रथितस्तेषां बभूवाप्रतिमो भुवि ॥ १.१०१.४८ ॥
O Bhārata, Pratīpa, Dharmanetra, and Sunetra as well; among them Pratīpa became renowned, incomparable on earth.
1.101.49
प्रतीपस्य त्रयः पुत्रा जज्ञिरे भरतर्षभ ।
देवापिः शन्तनुश्चैव बाह्लीकश्च महारथः ॥ १.१०१.४९ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, three sons were born to Pratīpa: Devāpi, Śantanu, and the great charioteer Bāhlīka.
1.101.50
देवापिस्तु प्रवव्राज तेषां धर्महितेप्सया ।
शन्तनुश्च महीं लेभे बाह्लीकश्च महारथः ॥ १.१०१.५० ॥
Of them, Devāpi went forth into renunciation, desiring the welfare of dharma; Śantanu obtained the earth, and the great charioteer Bāhlīka likewise obtained a kingdom.
1.101.51
भरतस्यान्वयास्त्वेते देवकल्पा महारथाः ।
बभूवुर्ब्रह्मकल्पाश्च बहवो राजसत्तमाः ॥ १.१०१.५१ ॥
These great charioteers of the line of Bharata were like gods, and many of the best of kings were like brahmins.
1.101.52
एवंविधा महाभागा देवरूपाः प्रहारिणः ।
अन्ववाये महाराज ऐलवंशविवर्धनाः ॥ १.१०१.५२ ॥
Such greatly fortunate warriors, godlike in form, were born in that lineage, O great king, and increased the Aila dynasty.
1.101.53
गङ्गातीरं समागम्य दीक्षितो जनमेजय ।
अश्वमेधसहस्राणि वाजपेयशतानि च ॥ १.१०१.५३ ॥
O Janamejaya, having come to the bank of the Gaṅgā and consecrated himself, he performed thousands of horse sacrifices and hundreds of vājapeya rites.
1.101.54
पुनरीजे महायज्ञैः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः ।
अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राणामुक्थानां सोमवत्पुनः ॥ १.१०१.५४ ॥
Again he performed great sacrifices, completed with excellent gifts; he again performed the Agniṣṭoma, the Atirātra and the Ukthya rites, just like the Soma sacrifice.
1.101.55
वाजपेयेष्टिसत्राणां सहस्रैश्च सुसंभृतैः ।
दृष्ट्वा शाकुन्तलो राजा तर्पयित्वा द्विजान्धनैः ॥ १.१०१.५५ ॥
Seeing the thousands of well-provided vājapeya, iṣṭi and satra sacrifices, the king, son of Śakuntalā, satisfied the twice-born brahmins with wealth.
1.101.56
पुनः सहस्रं पद्मानां कण्वाय भरतो ददौ ।
जम्बूनदस्य शुद्धस्य कनकस्य महायशाः ॥ १.१०१.५६ ॥
Again, the greatly famed Bharata gave Kaṇva a thousand lotuses of pure Jambūnada gold.
1.101.57
यस्य यूपाः शतव्यामाः परिणाहेऽथ काञ्चनाः ।
सहस्रव्याममुद्वृद्धाः सेन्द्रैर्देवैः समुच्छ्रिताः ॥ १.१०१.५७ ॥
Whose sacrificial posts were a hundred vyāmas long, golden in girth, raised a thousand vyāmas high, set up by the gods together with Indra.
1.101.58
स्वलङ्कृता भ्राजमानाः सर्वरत्नैर्मनोरमैः ।
हिरण्यं द्विरदानश्वान्महिषोष्ट्रगजाविकम् ॥ १.१०१.५८ ॥
Well adorned and shining with all delightful jewels: gold, elephants, horses, buffaloes, camels, elephants, and sheep.
1.101.59
दासीदासं धनं धान्यं गाः सुशीलाः सवत्सकाः ।
भूमिं यूपसहस्राङ्कां कण्वाय बहुदक्षिणाम् ॥ १.१०१.५९ ॥
Male and female servants, wealth, grain, gentle cows with their calves, and land marked with a thousand sacrificial posts—to Kaṇva, with abundant fees.
1.101.60
बहूनां ब्रह्मकल्पानां धनं दत्त्वा क्रतून्बहून् ।
ग्रामान्गृहाणि शुभ्राणि कोटिशोथाददत्तदा ॥ १.१०१.६० ॥
Having given wealth to many brahmins equal to Brahmā, and performed many sacrifices, he then gave villages and bright houses by the crore.
1.101.61
भरताद्भारती कीर्तिर्येनेदं भारतं कुलम् ।
भरतस्यान्वये जाता देवकल्पा महारथाः ॥ १.१०१.६१ ॥
From Bharata came the Bhāratī renown, by which this family is called the Bhārata. In the line of Bharata were born great charioteers, equal to gods.
1.101.62
बहवो ब्रह्मकल्पाश्च बभूवुः क्षत्रसत्तमाः ।
तेषामपरिमेयानि नामधेयानि सन्त्युत ॥ १.१०१.६२ ॥
Many best of warriors, equal to brahmins, came to be. Their names are immeasurable.
1.101.63
तेषां कुले यथा मुख्यान्कीर्तयिष्यामि भारत ।
महाभागान्देवकल्पान्सत्यार्जवपरायणान् ॥ १.१०१.६३ ॥
O Bhārata, I will recount the chief ones of their family—the greatly fortunate, godlike, devoted to truth and uprightness.