Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.110
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1.110.1
अन्यपूर्वेति मां साल्वो नाभिनन्दति बालिशः ।
साहं धर्माच्च कामाच्च विहीना शोकधारिणी ॥ १.११०.१ ॥
"Because I once belonged to another, the foolish Sālva does not welcome me. Deprived of both dharma and desire, I bear sorrow."
1.110.2
अपतिः क्षत्रियान्सर्वानाक्रन्दामि समन्ततः ।
इयं वः क्षत्रिया माला या भीष्मं निहनिष्यति ॥ १.११०.२ ॥
"Husbandless, I cry out to all the kshatriyas on every side. O kshatriyas, this garland is yours, for it will slay Bhīṣma."
1.110.3
अहं च भार्या तस्य स्यां यो भीष्मं घातयिष्यति ।
तस्याश्चङ्क्रम्यमाणायाः समाः पञ्च गताः पराः ॥ १.११०.३ ॥
"And I shall become the wife of him who causes Bhīṣma to be slain. Thus, as I wander, five long years have passed."
1.110.4
नाभवच्छरणं कश्चित्क्षत्रियो भीष्मजाद्भयात् ।
अगच्छत्सोमकं साऽम्बा पाञ्चालेषु यशस्विनम् ॥ १.११०.४ ॥
"Out of fear of Bhīṣma's son, no kshatriya became a refuge. Then Ambā went to the renowned Somaka among the Pāñcālas."
1.110.5
सत्यसन्धं महेष्वासं सत्यधर्मपरायणम् ।
सा सभाद्वारमागम्य पाञ्चालैरभिरक्षितम् ॥ १.११०.५ ॥
"To him, true to his word, great bowman, devoted to truth and dharma, she came to the gate of the assembly, which the Pāñcālas were guarding."
1.110.6
पाञ्चालराजमाक्रन्दत्प्रगृह्य सुभुजा भुजौ ।
भीष्मेण हन्यमानां मां मज्जन्तीमिव च ह्रदे ॥ १.११०.६ ॥
"Lifting up her two fair arms, the lovely-armed woman cried out to the king of the Pāñcālas: 'I am being struck down by Bhīṣma, as if I were sinking in a lake.'"
1.110.7
यज्ञसेनाभिधावेह पाणिमालम्ब्य चोद्धर ।
तेन मे सर्वधर्माश्च रतिभोगाश्च केवलाः ॥ १.११०.७ ॥
Yajñasena, run here and take my hand and lift me up; by that my duties and my pleasures alone will be preserved.
1.110.8
उभौ च लोकौ कीर्तिश्च समूलौ सफलौ हृतौ ।
न्त्येवं न विन्दामि राजन्यं शरणं क्वचित् ॥ १.११०.८ ॥
Both my worlds and my fame, root and fruit, have been seized; thus I find no warrior anywhere to be my refuge.
1.110.9
किं नु निःक्षत्रियो लोको यत्रानाथोऽवसीदति ।
समागम्य तु राजानो मयोक्ता राजसत्तमाः ॥ १.११०.९ ॥
Has the world become without warriors, that a helpless one sinks? O best of kings, having gathered you kings, I have spoken.
1.110.10
शृण्वन्तु सर्वे राजानो मयोक्तं राजसत्तमाः ।
इक्ष्वाकूणां तु ये वृद्धाः पाञ्चालानां च ये वराः ॥ १.११०.१० ॥
Let all the kings hear what I have said, O best of kings: the elders of the Ikṣvākus and the excellent ones of the Pāñcālas.
1.110.11
त्वत्प्रसादाद्विवाहेऽस्मिन्मा धर्मो मा पराजयेत् ।
प्रसीद यज्ञसेनेह गतिर्मे भव सोमक ॥ १.११०.११ ॥
By your favour, may duty not be lost and not be defeated in this marriage. Be gracious, Yajñasena; O Somaka, become my refuge here.
1.110.12
जानामि त्वां बोधयामि राजपुत्रि विशेषतः ।
यथाशक्ति यथाधर्मं बलं संधारयाम्यहम् ॥ १.११०.१२ ॥
I know you, princess, and I instruct you especially; according to my strength and according to duty, I sustain my power.
1.110.13
अन्यस्मात्पार्थिवाद्यत्ते भयं स्यात्पार्थिवात्मजे ।
तस्यापनयने हेतुं संविधातुमहं प्रभुः ॥ १.११०.१३ ॥
O princess, if any fear from another king should come to you, I am able to arrange the means of removing it.
1.110.14
नहि शान्तनवस्याहं महास्त्रस्य प्रहारिणः ।
ईश्वरः क्षत्रियाणां हि बलं धर्मोऽनुवर्तते ॥ १.११०.१४ ॥
But I am no match for Bhīṣma, son of Śāntanu, mighty in great weapons and a striker; among kṣatriyas, force itself follows dharma.
1.110.15
सा साधु व्रज कल्याणि न मां भीष्मो दहेद्बलात् ।
न प्रत्यगृह्णंस्ते सर्वे किमित्येव न वेद्म्यहम् ॥ १.११०.१५ ॥
Go well, auspicious one; let not Bhīṣma burn me by force. Why did they all not accept you? I do not know.
1.110.16
न हि भीष्मादहं धर्मं शक्तो दातुं कथंचन ।
इत्युक्ता स्रजमासज्य द्वारि राज्ञो व्यपाद्रवत् ॥ १.११०.१६ ॥
Indeed, out of fear of Bhīṣma I am in no way able to give (her) to dharma; saying so, she placed the garland and ran away from the king's door.
1.110.17
व्युदस्तां सर्वलोकेषु तपसा संशितव्रताम् ।
तामन्वगच्छद्द्रुपदः सान्त्वं जल्पन्पुनः पुनः ॥ १.११०.१७ ॥
Drupada followed after her, who had been rejected in all the worlds and who held her vows sharpened by austerity, speaking soothing words again and again.
1.110.18
स्रजं गृहाण कल्याणि न नो वैरं प्रसञ्जय ॥ १.११०.१८ ॥
Take the garland, auspicious one; do not provoke enmity with us.
1.110.19
एवमेव त्वया कार्यमिति स्म प्रतिकाङ्क्षते ।
न तु तस्यान्यथा भावो दैवमेतदमानुषम् ॥ १.११०.१९ ॥
"Thus indeed you must act," so he expects; yet his mind is not otherwise. This is divine, not human.
1.110.20
यश्चैनां स्रजमादाय स्वयं वै प्रतिमोक्षते ।
स भीष्मं समरे हन्ता मम धर्मप्रणाशनम् ॥ १.११०.२० ॥
Whoever takes this garland and in turn releases it himself, he shall slay Bhīṣma in battle — the ruiner of my dharma.
1.110.21
तां स्रजं द्रुपदो राजा कंचित्कालं ररक्ष सः ।
ततो विस्रम्भमास्थाय तूष्णीमेतामुपैक्षत ॥ १.११०.२१ ॥
King Drupada kept that garland for some time; then, placing his trust in it, he silently disregarded it.
1.110.22
तां शिखण्डिन्यबध्नात्तु बाला पितुरवज्ञया ।
तां पिता त्वत्यजच्छीघ्रं त्रस्तो भीष्मस्य किल्बिषात् ॥ १.११०.२२ ॥
The girl Śikhaṇḍinī, in disregard of her father, fastened that garland on herself; and her father, frightened of Bhīṣma's offence, quickly cast her off.
1.110.23
इषीकं ब्राह्मणं भीता साभ्यगच्छत्तपस्विनम् ।
गङ्गाद्वारि तपस्यन्तं तुष्टिहेतोस्तपस्विनी ॥ १.११०.२३ ॥
Frightened, that ascetic woman went to a brahmin named Iṣīka, who was performing austerities at Gaṅgādvāra, to win his favour.
1.110.24
उपचाराभितुष्टस्तामब्रवीदृषिसत्तमः ।
गङ्गाद्वारे विभजनं भविता नचिरादिव ॥ १.११०.२४ ॥
Pleased by her service, that best of sages said to her: "At Gaṅgādvāra a division will come about before long."
1.110.25
तत्र गन्धर्वराजानं तुम्बुरुं प्रियदर्शनम् ।
आराधयितुमीहस्व सम्यक्परिचरस्व तम् ॥ १.११०.२५ ॥
There, strive to propitiate Tumburu, the king of the gandharvas, the pleasant to behold, and serve him well.
1.110.26
अहमप्यत्र साचिव्यं कर्तास्मि तव शोभने ।
तं तदाचर भद्रं ते स ते श्रेयो विधास्यति ॥ १.११०.२६ ॥
I too will assist you here, O radiant one. Do that; may good fortune be yours. He will bring about your welfare.
1.110.27
ततो विभजनं तत्र गन्धर्वाणामवर्तत ।
तत्र द्वाववशिष्येतां गन्धर्वावमितौ जसौ ॥ १.११०.२७ ॥
Then the division of the gandharvas took place there. Two gandharvas remained there, unmeasured and born.
1.110.28
तयोरेकः समीक्ष्यैनां स्त्रीबुभूषुरुवाच ह ।
इदं गृह्णीष्व पुंलिङ्गं वृणे स्त्रीलिङ्गमेव ते ॥ १.११०.२८ ॥
One of those two, looking at her and desiring to become a woman, said: 'Take this male form; I choose the female form for you.'
1.110.29
नियमं चक्रतुस्तत्र स्त्री पुमांश्चैव तावुभौ ।
ततः पुमान्समभवच्छिखण्डी परवीरहा ॥ १.११०.२९ ॥
There the two made an agreement: one would be a woman and the other a man. Then the one who became male was Śikhaṇḍin, the slayer of enemy heroes.
1.110.30
स्त्री भूत्वा ह्यपचक्राम स गन्धर्वो मुदान्वितः ।
लब्ध्वा तु महतीं प्रीतिं याज्ञसेनिर्महायशाः ॥ १.११०.३० ॥
Having become a woman, that gandharva departed filled with joy; and Yājñasenī, of great fame, obtained great delight.
1.110.31
ततो बुद्बुदकं गत्वा पुनरस्त्राणि सोऽकरोत् ।
तत्र चास्त्राणि दिव्यानि कृत्वा स सुमहाद्युतिः ॥ १.११०.३१ ॥
Then, having gone to Budbudaka, he again practised the weapons; there, having mastered the divine weapons, he shone with very great splendour.
1.110.32
स्वदेशमभिसंपदे पाञ्चालं कुरुनन्दन ।
सोऽभिवाद्य पितुः पादौ महेष्वासः कृताञ्जलिः ॥ १.११०.३२ ॥
O joy of the Kurus, he went to his own country, Pāñcāla. That great archer saluted his father's feet and stood with folded palms.
1.110.33
उवाच भवता भीष्मान्न भेतव्यं कथंचन ॥ १.११०.३३ ॥
He said: "By no means should you fear Bhīṣma."