Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.150
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1.150.1
द्रुपदस्यापि विप्रर्षे श्रोतुमिच्छामि संभवम् ।
कथं चापि समुत्पन्नः कथमस्त्राण्यवाप्तवान् ॥ १.१५०.१ ॥
O sage among brahmins, I wish to hear also the birth of Drupada: how was he born, and how did he obtain the weapons?
1.150.2
एतदिच्छामि भगवंस्त्वत्तः श्रोतुं द्विजोत्तम ।
कौतूहलं जन्मसु मे कीर्त्यमानेष्वनेकशः ॥ १.१५०.२ ॥
O venerable one, best of the twice-born, this is what I wish to hear from you: my curiosity is kindled by the births that have been recounted many times.
1.150.3
राजा बभूव पाञ्चालः पुत्रार्थी पुत्रकारणात् ।
वनं गतो महाराजस्तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् ॥ १.१५०.३ ॥
The king of the Pāñcālas, desiring a son, went to the forest for the sake of a son, that great king, and performed very severe austerity.
1.150.4
आराधयन्प्रयत्नेन महर्षीन्संशितव्रतान् ।
तस्य संतप्यमानस्य वने मृगगणायुते ॥ १.१५०.४ ॥
With effort he propitiated the great sages, sharp in their vows; and as he was tormented in the forest full of herds of deer, he persisted.
1.150.5
कालस्तु सुमहान्राजन्नत्ययात्सुतकारणात् ।
स तु राजा महातेजास्तपस्तीव्रं समाददे ॥ १.१५०.५ ॥
O king, a very long time passed for the sake of a son; and that king of great radiance took up fierce austerity.
1.150.6
कंचित्कालं वायुभक्षो निराहारस्तथैव च ।
तथैव तु महाबाहोर्वर्तमानस्य भारत ॥ १.१५०.६ ॥
For some time he lived on air and went without food, and so too the mighty-armed one continued, O Bhārata.
1.150.7
कालस्तस्य महाराज यातो वै नृपसत्तम ।
ततो नातिचिरात्काले वसन्ते कामदीपने ॥ १.१५०.७ ॥
O great king, best of kings, a time passed for him. Then, not long after, came spring, which kindles desire.
1.150.8
फुल्लाशोकवने चैव प्राणिनां सुमनोहरे ।
नद्यास्तीरं ततो गत्वा गङ्गायाः पद्मलोचनः ॥ १.१५०.८ ॥
In the grove of blossoming aśoka trees, most delightful to living beings, then the lotus-eyed one went to the bank of the river Gaṅgā.
1.150.9
नियमस्थश्च राजासीत्तदा भरतसत्तम ।
ततो नातिचिरात्काले वनं तन्मनुजेश्वर ॥ १.१५०.९ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, the king was then abiding in his vows. Then, not long after, O lord of men, to that forest...
1.150.10
संप्राप्ता ह्यप्सरा राजन्मेनकेत्यभिविश्रुता ।
पुष्पद्रुमान्सज्जमाना राज्ञो दर्शनमागमत् ॥ १.१५०.१० ॥
O king, the apsaras renowned as Menakā arrived, lingering among the flowering trees, and came into the king's sight.
1.150.11
न ददर्श तु सा राजंस्तत्र स्थानगतं नृपम् ।
दृष्ट्वा चाप्सरसं तां तु शुक्रं राज्ञोऽपतद्भुवि ॥ १.१५०.११ ॥
She did not see the king standing there, O king. And seeing that apsaras, the king's semen fell to the ground.
1.150.12
ततः स राजा राजेन्द्र लज्जया नृपतिः स्वयम् ।
पद्भ्यामाक्रमतायुष्मंस्ततस्तु द्रुपदोऽभवत् ॥ १.१५०.१२ ॥
Then, O lord of kings, O long-lived one, that king, from shame, pressing it down with his own feet, became Drupada.
1.150.13
ततस्तु तपसा तस्य राजर्षेर्भावितात्मनः ।
पुत्रः समभवच्छीघ्रं पदोस्तस्य क्रमेण तु ॥ १.१५०.१३ ॥
Then, through the penance of that royal sage of purified self, a son was soon born from his feet in due course.
1.150.14
तेनास्य ऋषयः सर्वे समागम्य तपोधनाः ।
नाम चुक्रुर्हि विद्वांसो द्रुपदोऽस्त्विति भारत ॥ १.१५०.१४ ॥
O Bhārata, all the sages, rich in penance and learned, gathered and gave him a name: 'Let him be Drupada.'
1.150.15
स तस्यैवाश्रमे राजन्भरद्वाजस्य भारत ।
ववृधे सुमुखं तत्र कामैः सर्वैर्नृपोत्तम ॥ १.१५०.१५ ॥
There, O king, O Bhārata, that fair-faced boy grew up in the very hermitage of Bharadvāja, with all his desires fulfilled, O best of kings.
1.150.16
पाञ्चालोऽपि हि राजेन्द्र स्वराज्यं गतवान्प्रभुः ।
भरद्वाजस्य विद्यार्थं सुतं दत्वा महात्मनः ॥ १.१५०.१६ ॥
O lord of kings, the Pāñcāla king too returned to his own realm, having given his son to the great-souled Bharadvāja for instruction.
1.150.17
स कुमारस्ततो राजन्द्रोणेन सहितो वने ।
वेदांश्चाधिजगे साङ्गान्धनुर्वेदांश्च भारत ॥ १.१५०.१७ ॥
Then, O king, that boy, together with Droṇa in the forest, mastered the Vedas with their auxiliary limbs and the science of the bow, O Bhārata.
1.150.18
परया स मुदा युक्तो विचचार वने सुखम् ।
तस्यैवं वर्तमानस्य वने वनचरैः सह ॥ १.१५०.१८ ॥
Endowed with supreme joy, he wandered happily in the forest. While he thus lived in the forest among the forest-dwellers—
1.150.19
कालेनातिचिराद्राजन्पिता स्वर्गमुपेयिवान् ।
स समागम्य पाञ्चालैः पाञ्चालेष्वभिषेचितः ॥ १.१५०.१९ ॥
O king, after a very long time the father went to heaven. Having joined the Pāñcālas, he was anointed among the Pāñcālas.
1.150.20
प्राप्तश्च राज्यं राजेन्द्र सुहृदां प्रीतिवर्धनः ।
राज्यं ररक्ष धर्मेण यथा चेन्द्रस्त्रिविष्टपम् ॥ १.१५०.२० ॥
O lord of kings, having obtained the kingdom, he increased the joy of his friends. He protected the kingdom by dharma, as Indra protects the three heavens.
1.150.21
एतन्मया ते राजेन्द्र यथावत्परिकीर्तितम् ।
द्रुपदस्य च राजर्षेर्धृष्टद्युम्नस्य जन्म च ॥ १.१५०.२१ ॥
O lord of kings, this I have recounted to you as it is — the birth of the royal sage Drupada and also the birth of Dhṛṣṭadyumna.