Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.14
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1.14.1
सौतिरुवाच ।
ततो निवेशाय तदा स विप्रः संशितव्रतः।
महीं चचार दारार्थी न च दारानविन्दत ॥ १.१४.१ ॥
Sauti said: Then the brahmin of firm vows, wishing to settle down, wandered the earth seeking a wife, but he found no wife.
1.14.2
स कदाचिद्वनं गत्वा विप्रः पितृवचः स्मरन् ।
चुक्रोश कन्याभिक्षार्थी तिस्रो वाचः शनैरिव ॥ १.१४.२ ॥
Once he went to the forest, and the brahmin, recalling his ancestors' words, called out softly three times, begging for a maiden as alms.
1.14.3
तं वासुकिः प्रत्यगृह्णादुद्यम्य भगिनीं तदा ।
न स तां प्रतिजग्राह न सनाम्नीति चिन्तयन् ॥ १.१४.३ ॥
Then Vāsuki lifted up his sister and offered her to him; but he did not accept her, reflecting that she bore the same name.
1.14.4
सनाम्नीं चोद्यतां भार्यां गृह्णीयामिति तस्य हि ।
मनो निविष्टमभवज्जरत्कारोर्महात्मनः ॥ १.१४.४ ॥
'I should take the offered wife, though she bears the same name' — so the mind of the great-souled Jaratkāru was fixed.
1.14.5
तमुवाच महाप्राज्ञो जरत्कारुर्महातपाः ।
किंनाम्नी भगिनीयं ते ब्रूहि सत्यं भुजंगम ॥ १.१४.५ ॥
The very wise and greatly austere Jaratkāru said to him: 'Serpent, what is the name of this sister of yours? Tell me the truth.'
1.14.6
वासुकिरुवाच ।
जरत्कारो जरत्कारुः स्वसेयमनुजा मम।
प्रतिगृह्णीष्व भार्यार्थे मया दत्तां सुमध्यमाम् ।
त्वदर्थं रक्षिता पूर्वं प्रतीच्छेमां द्विजोत्तम ॥ १.१४.६ ॥
Vāsuki said: 'O Jaratkāru, this is my younger sister, Jaratkāru by name. Accept as your wife this slender-waisted maiden I give you; she has been guarded for you from before. Best of twice-born, accept her.'
1.14.7
सौतिरुवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा ततः प्रादाद्भार्यार्थे वरवर्णिनीम्।
स च तां प्रतिजग्राह विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥ १.१४.७ ॥
Sauti said: Having spoken thus, he then gave that fair-complexioned woman to be his wife, and he took her in marriage by the rite prescribed by rule.