Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.115
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1.115.1
ततः सत्यवती काले वधूं स्नातामृतौ तदा ।
संवेशयन्ती शयने शनैर्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १.११५.१ ॥
Then Satyavatī, as the proper time came, laid her bathed daughter-in-law, who had just finished her fertile-season bath, on the bed and spoke these words softly.
1.115.2
कौसल्ये देवरस्तेऽस्ति सोऽद्य त्वाऽनुप्रवेक्ष्यति ।
अप्रमत्ता प्रतीक्षैनं निशीथे ह्यागमिष्यति ॥ १.११५.२ ॥
O Kauśalyā, your brother-in-law is here; today he will come in to you. Stay alert and wait for him; at midnight he will surely come.
1.115.3
श्वश्र्वास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शयाना शयने शुभे ।
साऽचिन्तयत्तदा भीष्ममन्यांश्च कुरुपुङ्गवान् ॥ १.११५.३ ॥
Hearing her mother-in-law's words, she lay on the fair bed and then thought of Bhīṣma and the other foremost men of the Kurus.
1.115.4
ततः सुप्तजनप्रायेऽर्धरात्रे भगवानृषिः ।
दीप्यमानेषु दीपेषु शरणं प्रविवेश ह ॥ १.११५.४ ॥
Then, at midnight, when the people were mostly asleep and the lamps were still burning, the blessed sage entered the chamber.
1.115.5
ततोऽम्बिकायां प्रथमं नियुक्तः सत्यवागृषिः ।
जगाम तस्याः शयनं विपुले तपसि स्थितः ॥ १.११५.५ ॥
Then the truthful sage, established in vast austerity and first appointed for Ambikā, went to her bed.
1.115.6
तं समीक्ष्य तु कौसल्या दुष्प्रेक्षमतथोचिता ।
विरूप इति वित्रस्ता संकुच्यासीन्निमीलिता ॥ १.११५.६ ॥
Seeing him, Kauśalyā, unfit for him, terrified, thinking "he is hideous," shrank away and kept her eyes shut.
1.115.7
विरूपो हि जटी चापि दुर्वर्णः परुषः कृशः ।
सुगन्धेतरगन्धश्च सर्वथा दुष्प्रधर्षणः ॥ १.११५.७ ॥
He was deformed, matted-haired, ill-coloured, harsh and thin, of a smell other than fragrant, and in every way hard to approach.
1.115.8
तस्य कृष्णस्य कपिलां जटां दीप्ते च लोचने ।
बब्रूणि चैव श्मश्रूमि दृष्ट्वा देवी न्यमीलयत् ॥ १.११५.८ ॥
Seeing his tawny matted hair, his blazing eyes and his brown beard, the queen closed her eyes.
1.115.9
संभूव तया सार्धं मातुः प्रियचिकीर्षया ।
भयात्काशिसुता तं तु नाशक्नोदभिवीक्षितुम् ॥ १.११५.९ ॥
Out of desire to please his mother, he came together with her; but out of fear the daughter of Kāśi could not even look at him.
1.115.10
ततो निष्क्रान्तमागम्य माता पुत्रमुवाच ह ।
अप्यस्यां गुणवान्पुत्र राजपुत्रो भविष्यति ॥ १.११५.१० ॥
Then his mother came to her son, who had gone out, and said: 'O son, will a virtuous royal prince be born of her?'
1.115.11
निशम्य तद्वचो मातुर्व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः ।
प्रोवाचातीन्द्रियज्ञानो विधिना संप्रचोदितः ॥ १.११५.११ ॥
Hearing his mother's words, Vyāsa, son of Satyavatī, whose knowledge was beyond the senses and who was impelled by destiny, spoke.
1.115.12
नागायुतसमप्राणो विद्वान्राजर्षिसत्तमः ।
महाभागो महावीर्यो महाबुद्धिर्भविष्यति ॥ १.११५.१२ ॥
'He will have the vitality of ten thousand elephants, be learned, the best of royal sages, greatly fortunate, of great valour and great intellect.'
1.115.13
तस्य चापि शतं पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महात्मनः ।
किंतु मातुः स वैगुण्यादन्ध एव भविष्यति ॥ १.११५.१३ ॥
And that great-souled one will also have a hundred sons, but because of his mother's defect he will be blind.
1.115.14
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा माता पुत्रमथाऽब्रवीत् ।
नान्धः कुरूणां नृपतिरनुरूपस्तपोधन ॥ १.११५.१४ ॥
Hearing his words, the mother then said to her son: "O wealth of asceticism, a blind man is not fit to be king of the Kurus."
1.115.15
ज्ञातिवंशस्य गोप्तारं पितॄणां वंशवर्धनम् ।
अपरस्यामपि पुनर्मम शोकविनाशनम् ॥ १.११५.१५ ॥
a protector of the kin-lineage, an increaser of the ancestors' line, and a destroyer of my sorrow even through another wife.
1.115.16
तस्मादवरजं पुत्रं जनयान्यं नराधिपम् ।
भ्रातुर्भार्याऽवरा चेयं रूपयौवनशालिनी ॥ १.११५.१६ ॥
Therefore beget another, younger son, who shall be a lord of men; and this younger sister-in-law, endowed with beauty and youth.
1.115.17
अस्यामुत्पादयाऽपत्यं मन्नियोगाद्गुणाधिकम् ।
द्वितीयं कुरुवंशस्य राजानं दातुमर्हसि ॥ १.११५.१७ ॥
By my command, beget offspring of her, superior in virtues; it befits you to give a second king to the Kuru lineage.
1.115.18
स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय निश्चक्राम महायशाः ।
साऽपि कालेन कौसल्या सुषुवेऽन्धं तमात्मजम् ॥ १.११५.१८ ॥
Having promised, "So be it," that greatly famous one went out; and she, too, in due time bore that blind son.
1.115.19
पुनरेव तु सा देवी परिभाष्य स्नुषां ततः ।
ऋषिमावाहयत्सत्या यथापूर्वमरिन्दम ॥ १.११५.१९ ॥
Then the goddess Satyavatī, having spoken to her daughter-in-law, summoned the sage, as before, O subduer of foes.
1.115.20
अम्बालिकां समाहूय तस्यां सत्यवती सुतम् ।
भूयो नियोजयामास सन्तानाय कुलस्य वै ॥ १.११५.२० ॥
Having summoned Ambālikā, Satyavatī again had a son engendered through her for the continuation of the lineage.
1.115.21
विषण्णाम्बालिका साध्वी निषण्णा शयनोत्तमे ।
कोन्वेष्यतीति ध्यायन्ती नियतां संप्रतीक्षते ॥ १.११५.२१ ॥
The dejected, virtuous Ambālikā sat on the finest couch, wondering, "Who will come?" and waited in self-restraint.
1.115.22
ततस्तेनैव विधिना महर्षिस्तामपद्यत ।
अम्बालिकामथाऽभ्यागादृषिं दृष्ट्वा च साऽपि तम् ॥ १.११५.२२ ॥
Then, by that same rite, the great sage approached her. Ambālikā, too, seeing the sage, came near.
1.115.23
विवर्णा पाण्डुसंकाशा समपद्यत भारत ।
तां भीतां पाण्डुसंकाशां विषण्णां प्रेक्ष्य भारत ॥ १.११५.२३ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, she became pale and wan. O Bharata, seeing her frightened, pale-looking and dejected —
1.115.24
व्यासः सत्यवतीपुत्र इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ।
यस्मात्पाण्डुत्वमापन्ना विरूपं प्रेक्ष्य मामिह ॥ १.११५.२४ ॥
Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī, spoke these words: "Because you have turned pale on seeing me here in my disfigured form..."
1.115.25
तस्मादेष सुतस्ते वै पाण्डुरेव भविष्यति ।
नाम चास्यैतदेवेह भविष्यति शुभानने ॥ १.११५.२५ ॥
Therefore this son of yours shall indeed be Pāṇḍu. And his name here shall be just this, O auspicious-faced woman.
1.115.26
इत्युक्त्वा स निराक्रामद्भगवानृषिसत्तमः ।
ततो निष्क्रान्तमालोक्य सत्या पुत्रमथाऽब्रवीत् ॥ १.११५.२६ ॥
Having said this, the venerable one, best of sages, went away. Then, seeing him gone, Satyavatī spoke to her son.
1.115.27
कुमारो ब्रूहि मे पुत्र अप्यत्र भविता शुभः ।
शशंस स पुनर्मात्रे तस्य बालस्य पाण्डुताम् ॥ १.११५.२७ ॥
Boy, tell me, son: will there be something auspicious here too? And he again declared to the mother the pale hue of that child.
1.115.28
भविष्यति सुविक्रान्तः कुमारो दिक्षु विश्रुतः ।
पाण्डुत्वं वर्णतस्तस्य मातृदोषाद्भविष्यति ॥ १.११५.२८ ॥
This boy will be exceedingly valiant and renowned in all directions. His paleness of complexion will come about because of his mother's fault.
1.115.29
तस्य पुत्रा महेष्वासा भविष्यन्तीह पञ्च वै ।
इत्युक्त्वा मातरं तत्र सोऽभिवाद्य जगाम ह ॥ १.११५.२९ ॥
He will have five sons, great archers. Having said so, he bowed to the mother there and went away.
1.115.30
तं माता पुनरेवान्यमेकं पुत्रमयाचत ।
तथेति च महर्षिस्तां मातरं प्रत्यभाषत ॥ १.११५.३० ॥
The mother again asked him for another son. And the great sage answered that mother: 'So it shall be.'
1.115.31
ततः कुमारं सा देवी प्राप्तकालमजीजनत् ।
पाण्डुलक्षणसंपन्नं दीप्यमानमिव श्रिया ॥ १.११५.३१ ॥
Then that goddess bore a son at the proper time, endowed with the marks of Pāṇḍu and shining as if with splendor.
1.115.32
यस्य पुत्रा महेष्वासा जज्ञिरे पञ्च पाण्डवाः ।
तयोर्जन्मक्रियाः सर्वा यथावदनुपूर्वशः ॥ १.११५.३२ ॥
For her, the five great archer sons, the Pāṇḍavas, were born; and for both of them all the birth rites were performed duly and in order.
1.115.33
कारयामास वै भीष्मो ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः ।
अन्धं दृष्ट्वाऽम्बिकापुत्रं जातं सत्यवती सुतम् ॥ १.११५.३३ ॥
Bhīṣma had the rites performed by brahmins versed in the Vedas. Seeing the son of Ambikā born blind, the son of Satyavatī…
1.115.34
कौसल्यार्थे समाहूय पुत्रमन्यमयाचत ।
अन्धोयमन्यमिच्छामि कौसल्यातनयं शुभम् ॥ १.११५.३४ ॥
Summoning him for Kausalyā's sake, she asked for another son: "This one is blind; I desire an auspicious son of Kausalyā."
1.115.35
एवमुक्तो महर्षिस्तां मातरं प्रत्यभाषत ।
नियता यदि कौसल्या भविष्यति पुनःशुभा ॥ १.११५.३५ ॥
Thus addressed, the great sage replied to that mother: "If Kausalyā remains self-restrained, she will again become auspicious."
1.115.36
भविष्यति कुमारोऽस्या धर्मशास्त्रार्थतत्ववित् ।
तां समाधाय वै भूयः स्नुषां सत्यवती पुनः ॥ १.११५.३६ ॥
A son will be born to her, who knows the true meaning of the Dharma scriptures. Then Satyavatī, having again prepared her daughter-in-law…
1.115.37
ऋतुकाले ततो ज्येष्ठां वधूं तस्मै न्ययोजयत् ।
सा तु रूपं च गन्धं च महर्षेः प्रविचिन्त्य तं ॥ १.११५.३७ ॥
Then, at her proper season, she did not send the eldest daughter-in-law to him; but reflecting on the form and scent of that great sage—
1.115.38
नाकरोद्वचनं देव्या भयात्सुरसुतोपमा ।
ततःस्वैर्भूषणैर्दासीं भूषयित्वाऽप्सरोपमाम् ॥ १.११५.३८ ॥
Out of fear of the queen, that daughter-in-law, like a daughter of the gods, did not obey her word; then, adorning a maidservant like a celestial nymph with her own ornaments—
1.115.39
प्रेषयामास कृष्णाय ततः काशिपतेः सुता ।
सा तं त्वृषिमनुप्राप्तं प्रत्युद्गम्याभिवाद्य च ॥ १.११५.३९ ॥
Then the daughter of the king of Kāśi sent that maidservant to Kṛṣṇa (Vyāsa). When the sage arrived, she went forward, greeted him, and bowed.
1.115.40
संविवेशाभ्यनुज्ञाता सत्कृत्योपचचार ह ।
वाग्भावोपप्रदानेन गात्रसंस्पर्शनेन च ॥ १.११५.४० ॥
Permitted, she entered his presence, honored him, and served him; by sweet speech, gesture and the touch of her body, she pleased him.
1.115.41
कामोपभोगेन रहस्तस्यां तुष्टिमगादृषिः ।
तया सहोषितो राजन्महर्षिः संशितव्रतः ॥ १.११५.४१ ॥
Through sensual enjoyment, in privacy, the sage found satisfaction in her. O king, the great sage of firm vows dwelt with her.
1.115.42
उत्तिष्ठन्नब्रवीदेनामभुजिष्या भविष्यसि ।
अयं च ते शुभे गर्भः श्रेयानुदरमागतः।
धर्मात्मा भविता लोके सर्वबुद्धिमतां वरः ॥ १.११५.४२ ॥
Rising, he said to her: "You shall not be a servant; you shall be a free woman. O auspicious one, this excellent embryo has entered your womb. He will be righteous in soul, and the best of all wise men in the world."
1.115.43
स जज्ञे विदुरो नाम कृष्णद्वैपायनात्मजः ।
धृतराष्ट्रस्य वै भ्राता पाण्डोश्चैव महात्मनः ॥ १.११५.४३ ॥
He was born named Vidura, son of Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, indeed the brother of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and also of the great-souled Pāṇḍu.
1.115.44
धर्मो विदुररूपेण शापात्तस्य महात्मनः ।
माण्डव्यस्यार्थतत्त्वज्ञः कामक्रोधविवर्जितः ॥ १.११५.४४ ॥
Dharma himself, in the form of Vidura, because of the curse of the great-souled Māṇḍavya; he knew the truth of what is right and was free from desire and anger.
1.115.45
कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽप्येतत्सत्यवत्यै न्यवेदयत् ।
प्रलम्भमात्मनश्चैव शूद्रायाः पुत्रजन्म च ॥ १.११५.४५ ॥
Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana also reported this to Satyavatī — his own deception, and the birth of a son from a Śūdra woman.
1.115.46
स धर्मस्यानृणो भूत्वा पुनर्मात्रा समेत्य च ।
तस्यै गर्भं समावेद्य तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ १.११५.४६ ॥
Having become free of his debt to Dharma, he met his mother again, made known to her the matter of the child in her womb, and vanished right there.
1.115.47
एते विचित्रवीर्यस्य क्षेत्रे द्वैपायनादपि ।
जज्ञिरे देवगर्भाभाः कुरुवंशविवर्धनाः ॥ १.११५.४७ ॥
And these, from Dvaipāyana in the field of Vicitravīrya's wives, were born, brilliant as divine embryos, increasers of the Kuru lineage.