Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.126
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1.126.1
अथ पारसवीं कन्यां देवकस्य महीपतेः ।
रूपयौवनसंपन्नां स सुश्रावापगासुतः ॥ १.१२६.१ ॥
Then the son of the river-born (Vyāsa) heard of the maiden Pārasavī, daughter of the king Devaka, endowed with beauty and youth.
1.126.2
ततस्तु वरयित्वा तामानीय भरतर्षभः ।
विवाहं कारयामास विदुरस्य महामतेः ॥ १.१२६.२ ॥
Then the bull of the Bharatas, having chosen her and brought her there, had the marriage of the great-minded Vidura performed.
1.126.3
तस्यां चोत्पादयामास विदुरः कुरुनन्दन ।
पुत्रान्विनयसंपन्नानात्मनः सदृशान्गुणैः ॥ १.१२६.३ ॥
And Vidura, joy of the Kurus, begot in her sons endowed with modesty, resembling himself in their qualities.
1.126.4
ततः पुत्रशतं जज्ञे गान्धार्या जनमेजय ।
धृतराष्ट्रस्य वैश्यायामेकश्चापि शतात्परः ॥ १.१२६.४ ॥
Then, O Janamejaya, a hundred sons were born to Gāndhārī, and to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, through a vaiśya woman, one more than a hundred.
1.126.5
पाण्डोः कृन्त्यां च माद्र्यां च पुत्राः पञ्च महारथाः ।
देवेभ्यः समपद्यन्त सन्तानाय कुलस्य वै ॥ १.१२६.५ ॥
Pāṇḍu's five great charioteer sons were born through Kuntī and Mādrī, sprung from the gods for the continuation of the lineage.
1.126.6
कथं पुत्रशतं जज्ञे गान्धार्यां द्विजसत्तम ।
कियता चैव कालेन तेषामायुश्च किं परम् ॥ १.१२६.६ ॥
How were a hundred sons born to Gāndhārī, O best of the twice-born? In how much time, and what was their life-span?
1.126.7
कथं चैकः स वैश्यायां धृतराष्ट्रसुतोऽभवत् ।
कथं च सदृशीं भार्यां गान्धारीं धर्मचारिणीम् ॥ १.१२६.७ ॥
How did he alone become the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra by a vaiśya woman? And how did he obtain Gāndhārī, the fitting wife who followed dharma?
1.126.8
आनुकूल्ये वर्तमानां धृतराष्ट्रोऽत्यवर्तत ।
कथं च शप्तस्य सतः पाण्डोस्तेन महात्मना ॥ १.१२६.८ ॥
How did Dhṛtarāṣṭra transgress against her while she was obedient and devoted? And how did that great-souled one do this to Pāṇḍu, who was cursed?
1.126.9
समुत्पन्ना दैवतेभ्यः पुत्राः पञ्च महारथाः ।
एतद्विद्वन्यथान्यायं विस्तरेण तपोधन ॥ १.१२६.९ ॥
Five great-chariot-warrior sons were born from the gods. O learned one, O wealth of austerity, explain all this rightly and in full detail.
1.126.10
कथयस्व न मे तृप्तिः कथ्यमानेषु बन्धुषु ।
ऋषिं बुभुक्षितं श्रान्तं द्वैपायनमुपस्थितम् ॥ १.१२६.१० ॥
Tell it; I am not satisfied even as the story of my kinsmen is told. When the hungry, weary sage Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) came near, what happened?
1.126.11
तोषयामास गान्धारी व्यासस्तस्यै वरं ददौ ।
सा वव्रे सदृशं भर्तुः पुत्राणां शतमात्मनः ॥ १.१२६.११ ॥
Gāndhārī pleased Vyāsa, and Vyāsa gave her a boon. She chose for herself a hundred sons, fitting for her husband.
1.126.12
ततः कालेन सा गर्भमगृह्णाज्ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥ १.१२६.१२ ॥
Then in due time she conceived a child from him whose eye was knowledge (Vyāsa).
1.126.13
गान्धार्यामाहिते गर्भे पाण्डुरम्बालिकासुतः ।
अगच्छत्परमं दुःखमपत्यार्थमरिन्दम ॥ १.१२६.१३ ॥
When the embryo had been placed in Gāndhārī, Pāṇḍu, the son of Ambālikā, fell into the greatest grief for the sake of offspring, O subduer of foes.
1.126.14
गर्भिण्यामथ गान्धार्यां पाण्डुः परमदुःखितः ।
मृगाभिशापादात्मानं शोचन्नुपरतक्रियः ॥ १.१२६.१४ ॥
Then, while Gāndhārī was pregnant, Pāṇḍu was greatly grieved; lamenting himself because of the deer's curse, he ceased his activities.
1.126.15
स गत्वा तपसा सिद्धिं विश्वामित्रो यथा भुवि ।
देहान्यासे कृतमना इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १.१२६.१५ ॥
Having attained perfection through austerity, like Viśvāmitra on earth, he, resolved in mind to lay down his body, spoke these words.
1.126.16
चतुर्भिर्ऋणवानित्थं जायते मनुजो भुवि ।
पितृदेवमनुष्याणामृषीणामथ भामिनि ॥ १.१२६.१६ ॥
Thus on earth a man is born indebted in four ways: to the ancestors, the gods, men, and the sages, O lady.
1.126.17
एतेभ्यस्तु यथाकालं यो न मुच्येत धर्मवित् ।
न तस्य लोकाः सन्तीति तता लोकविदो विदुः ॥ १.१२६.१७ ॥
For one who, knowing dharma, is not freed from these debts in due time, there are no worlds, so the knowers of the worlds hold.
1.126.18
यज्ञेन देवान्प्रीणाति स्वाध्यायात्तपसा ऋषीन् ।
पुत्रैः श्राद्धैरपि पितॄनानृशंस्येन मानवान् ॥ १.१२६.१८ ॥
By sacrifice he pleases the gods, by study and austerity the sages; by sons and funeral rites the ancestors, and by kindness men.
1.126.19
ऋषिदेवमनुष्याणामृणान्मुक्तोऽस्मि धर्मतः ।
पितॄणां तु न मुक्तोऽस्मि तच्च तेभ्यो विशिष्यते ॥ १.१२६.१९ ॥
I am freed, according to dharma, from the debt to sages, gods and men; but I am not freed from the debt to the ancestors, and that debt is the greater of them.
1.126.20
देहनाशे भवेन्नाशः पितॄणामेष निश्चयः ।
इतरेषां त्रयाणां तु नाशे ह्यात्मा विनश्यति ॥ १.१२६.२० ॥
When the body is destroyed, the ancestors are destroyed; this is certain. But when the other three are destroyed, the self itself is indeed destroyed.
1.126.21
इह तस्मात्प्रजालाभे प्रयतन्ते द्विजोत्तमाः ।
यथैवाहं पितुः क्षेत्रे सृष्टस्तेन महात्मना ॥ १.१२६.२१ ॥
Therefore the best of the twice-born strive here to obtain offspring, just as I was born in my father's field, begotten by that great-souled one.
1.126.22
तथैवास्मिन्मम क्षेत्रे कथं सृज्येत वै प्रजा ।
स समानीय कुन्तीं च माद्रीं च भरतर्षभः ॥ १.१२६.२२ ॥
Likewise, how could offspring be produced in this field of mine? That bull of the Bharatas summoned Kuntī and Mādrī, and...
1.126.23
आचष्ट पुत्रलाभस्य व्युष्टिं सर्वक्रियाधिकाम् ।
उत्तमादवराः पुंसः काङ्क्षन्तो पुत्रमापदि ॥ १.१२६.२३ ॥
He declared the fruit of obtaining a son, which surpasses all rites; men of lower standing, desiring a son in distress, seek it from the higher.
1.126.24
अपत्यं धर्मफलदं श्रेष्ठादिच्छन्ति साधवः ।
अनुनीय तु ते सम्यङ्महाब्राह्मणसंसदि।
ब्राह्मणं गुणवन्तं हि चिन्तयामास धर्मवित् ॥ १.१२६.२४ ॥
The virtuous desire offspring that bears the fruit of dharma, from the best of men. Then, having duly entreated the assembly of great brahmins, the knower of dharma considered a brahmin endowed with good qualities.
1.126.25
सोऽब्रवीद्विजने कुन्तीं धर्मपत्नीं यशस्विनीम् ।
अपत्योत्पादने यत्नमापदि त्वं समर्थय ॥ १.१२६.२५ ॥
He said to Kuntī, his lawful and renowned wife, in private: "In distress, make your effort to produce offspring succeed."
1.126.26
अपत्यं नाम लोकेषु प्रतिष्ठा धर्मसंहिता ।
इति कुन्ति विदुर्धीराः शाश्वतं धर्मवादिनः ॥ १.१२६.२६ ॥
"Offspring is indeed the foundation in the worlds, ordained by dharma. Thus, O Kuntī, the wise speakers of dharma know this eternal truth."
1.126.27
इष्टं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं नियमश्च स्वनुष्ठितः ।
सर्वमेवानपत्यस्य न पावनमिहोच्यते ॥ १.१२६.२७ ॥
"Sacrifice, gift, austerity performed, and well-kept observance, all of these are said here not to purify the childless man."
1.126.28
सोऽहमेवं विदित्वैतत्प्रपश्यामि शुचिस्मिते ।
अनपत्यः शुभाँल्लोकान्नप्राप्स्यामीति चिन्तयन् ॥ १.१२६.२८ ॥
"Knowing this, I see, O you of pure smile, thinking that being childless I shall not attain the auspicious worlds."
1.126.29
अनपत्यो हि मरणं कामये नैव जीवितम् ।
मृगाभिशापं जानासि विजने मम केवलम्।
नृशंसकर्मणा कृत्स्नं यथा ह्युपहतं तथा ॥ १.१२६.२९ ॥
"Childless, I desire death, not life. In solitude you alone know my curse from the deer; by a cruel deed my whole life has been ruined in just this way."
1.126.30
इमे वै बन्धुदायादाः षट् पुत्रा धर्मदर्शने ।
षडेवाबन्धुदायादाः पुत्रास्ताञ्छृणु मे पृथे ॥ १.१२६.३० ॥
"In the view of dharma, these are the six sons who are heirs of kin. And there are six sons who are not heirs of kin; listen to me, O Pṛthā, about them."
1.126.31
स्वयंजातः प्रणीतश्च परिक्रीतश्च यः सुतः ।
पौनर्भवश्च कानीनः स्वैरिण्यां यश्च जायते ॥ १.१२६.३१ ॥
The son who is self-born, the adopted son, the purchased son, the son of a remarried woman, the son born before wedlock, and the son born of a self-willed woman.
1.126.32
दत्तः क्रीतः कृत्रिमश्च उपगच्छेत्स्वयं च यः ।
सहोढो ज्ञातिरेताश्च हीनयोनिधृतश्च यः ॥ १.१२६.३२ ॥
The given son, the purchased son, the artificial son, the son who comes of his own accord, the saha-ūḍha, the kinsman, and the son taken from a lowly womb.
1.126.33
पूर्वपूर्वतमाभावं मत्त्वा लिप्सेत वै सुतम् ।
उत्तमाद्देवरात्पुंसः काङ्क्षन्ते पुत्रमापदि ॥ १.१२६.३३ ॥
Having judged that each earlier and more preferred kind is lacking, one should desire a son; in distress people seek a son from the best of men, from a brother-in-law.
1.126.34
अपत्यं धर्मफलदं श्रेष्ठं विन्दन्ति मानवाः ।
आत्मशुक्रादपि पृथे मनुः स्वायंभुवोऽब्रवीत् ॥ १.१२६.३४ ॥
Men obtain an excellent offspring that gives the fruit of dharma. O Pṛthā, Manu, son of Svayambhū, declared it even from one's own seed.
1.126.35
तस्मात्प्रहेष्याम्यद्य त्वां हीनः प्रजननात्स्वयम् ॥ १.१२६.३५ ॥
Therefore today I, being unable to beget children myself, shall send you forth.
1.126.36
सदृशाच्छ्रेयसो वा त्वं विद्ध्यपत्यं यशस्विनि ।
शृणु कुन्ति कथामेतां शारदण्डायिनीं प्रति ॥ १.१२६.३६ ॥
O glorious one, know that you shall have offspring from an equal or from a better man. Listen, O Kuntī, to this story concerning Śāradaṇḍāyinī.
1.126.37
या हि ते भगिनी साध्वी श्रुतसेना यशस्विनी ।
अवाह तां तु कैकेयः शारदाण्डायनिर्महान् ॥ १.१२६.३७ ॥
Your virtuous and famous sister Śrutasenā was taken as wife by the Kaikeya king, the great Śārdaṇḍāyani.
1.126.38
सा वीरपत्नी गुरुणा नियुक्ता पुत्रजन्मनि ।
पुष्पेण प्रयता स्नाता निशि कुन्ति चतुष्पथे ॥ १.१२६.३८ ॥
That heroic wife, appointed by the teacher for the birth of a son, purified with flowers and bathed, went at night to a crossroads, O Kuntī.
1.126.39
वरयित्वा द्विजं सिद्धं हुत्वा पुंसवनेऽनलम् ।
कर्मण्यवसिते तस्मिन्सा तेनैव सहावसत् ॥ १.१२६.३९ ॥
Having chosen a accomplished brahmin and made offerings into the fire in the puṃsavana rite, when that rite was completed, she lived with him alone.
1.126.40
तत्र त्रीञ्जनयामास दुर्जयादीन्महारथान् ।
तथा त्वमपि कल्याणि ब्राह्मणात्तपसाधिकात्।
मन्नियोगाद्यत क्षिप्रमपत्योत्पादनं प्रति ॥ १.१२६.४० ॥
There she bore three great charioteers, Durjaya and the others. Likewise, O auspicious one, you too, by my command, should quickly strive to beget offspring from a brahmin superior in asceticism.