Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.16
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1.16.1
सौते त्वं कथयस्वेमां विस्तरेण कथां पुनः ।
आस्तीकस्य कवेःसाधोः शुश्रूषा परमा हिनः ॥ १.१६.१ ॥
O Sauti, tell this story again in detail. To hear of Āstīka, the wise poet and virtuous one, is our supreme wish.
1.16.2
मधुरं कथ्यते सौम्य श्लक्ष्णाक्षरपदं त्वया ।
प्रीयामहे भृशं तात पितेवेदं प्रभाषसे ॥ १.१६.२ ॥
O gentle one, you speak sweetly, with smooth syllables and words. Dear one, you speak just as a father would, and we are greatly delighted.
1.16.3
अस्मच्छुश्रूषणे नित्यं पिता हि निरतस्तव ।
आचष्टैतद्यथाऽऽक्यानं पिता तेत्वं तथा वद ॥ १.१६.३ ॥
Your father was always devoted to serving us. Just as your father related this tale, so too should you tell it.
1.16.4
आयुष्मन्निदमाख्यानमास्तीकं कथयामि ते ।
यथाश्रुतं कथयतः सकाशाद्वै पितुर्मया ॥ १.१६.४ ॥
O long-lived one, I tell you this tale of Āstīka, just as I heard it from my father, as he was speaking it.
1.16.5
पुरा देवयुगे ब्रह्मन्प्रजापतिसुते शुभे ।
आस्तां भगिन्यौ रूपेण समुपेतेऽद्भुतेऽनघ ॥ १.१६.५ ॥
O brahmin, long ago in the age of the gods, there were two auspicious daughters of Prajāpati, two sisters, wonderful in beauty and sinless.
1.16.6
ते भार्ये कश्यपस्यास्तां कद्रूश्च विनता च ह ।
प्रादात्ताभ्यां वरं प्रीतः प्रजापतिसमः पतिः ॥ १.१६.६ ॥
They were the two wives of Kaśyapa, Kadrū and Vinatā; their husband, equal to Prajāpati, pleased, gave a boon to them both.
1.16.7
कश्यपो धर्मपत्नीभ्यां मुदा परमया युतः ।
वरातिसर्गं श्रुत्वैवं कश्यपादुत्तमं च ते ॥ १.१६.७ ॥
Kaśyapa, filled with supreme joy together with his two lawful wives, heard that the boon had been granted; and from Kaśyapa both of them received that excellent boon.
1.16.8
हर्षादप्रतिमां प्रीतिं प्रापतुः स्म वरस्त्रियौ ।
वव्रे कद्रूः सुतान्नागान्सहस्रं तुल्यवर्चसः ॥ १.१६.८ ॥
Those two women who had received the boon obtained incomparable delight from their joy. Kadrū chose a thousand serpent sons of equal splendour.
1.16.9
द्वौ पुत्रौ विनता वव्रे कद्रूपुत्राधिकौ बले ।
तेजसा वपुषा चैव विक्रमेणाधिकौ च तौ ॥ १.१६.९ ॥
Vinatā chose two sons, superior in strength to Kadrū's sons, and superior also in brilliance, bodily form and valour.
1.16.10
तस्यै भर्ता वरं प्रादादीदृसौ ते भविष्यतः ।
एवमस्त्विति तं चाह कश्यपं विनता तदा ॥ १.१६.१० ॥
Her husband granted her such a boon: such sons shall be yours. Then Vinatā said to Kaśyapa, "So be it."
1.16.11
यथावत्प्रार्थितं लब्ध्वा वरं तुष्टाभवत्तदा ।
कृतकृत्या तु विनता लब्ध्वा वीर्याधिकौ सुतौ ॥ १.१६.११ ॥
Having obtained the boon as she had asked, she was then pleased; and Vinatā, having accomplished her aim, obtained two sons superior in valour.
1.16.12
कद्रूश्च लब्ध्वा पुत्राणां सहस्रं तुल्यवर्चसाम् ।
धार्यौ प्रयत्नतो गर्भावित्युक्त्वा स महातपाः ॥ १.१६.१२ ॥
Kadrū too, having obtained a thousand sons of equal splendour, was content. Saying, "Carry these embryos with care," that great ascetic—
1.16.13
ते भार्ये वरसंतुष्टे कश्यपो वनमाविशत् ।
कालेन महता कद्रूरण्डानां दशतीर्दश ॥ १.१६.१३ ॥
Having left those two wives, pleased with their boons, Kaśyapa entered the forest. After a long time Kadrū bore a thousand eggs.
1.16.14
जनयामास विप्रेन्द्र द्वे चाण्डे विनता तदा ।
तयोरण्डानि निदधुः प्रहृष्टाः परिचारिकाः ॥ १.१६.१४ ॥
O best of brahmins, then Vinatā bore two eggs. Delighted, her attendants placed the eggs away.
1.16.15
सोपस्वेदेषु भाण्डेषु पञ्चवर्षशतानि च ।
ततः पञ्चशते काले कद्रूपुत्रा विनिःसृताः ॥ १.१६.१५ ॥
In warm jars they lay for five hundred years. Then, when five hundred years had passed, the sons of Kadrū emerged.
1.16.16
अण्डाभ्यां विनतायास्तु मिथुनं न व्यदृश्यत ।
ततः पुत्रार्थिनी देवी व्रीडिता च तपस्विनी ॥ १.१६.१६ ॥
But from Vinatā's eggs no pair appeared. Then the goddess, desiring a son, ashamed and ascetic...
1.16.17
अण्डं बिभेद विनता तत्र पुत्रमपश्यत ।
पूर्वार्धकायसंपन्नमितरेणाप्रकाशता ॥ १.१६.१७ ॥
Vinatā broke open an egg and there saw a son whose upper body was complete, while the other part remained undeveloped.
1.16.18
स पुत्रः क्रोधसंरब्धः शशापैनामिति श्रुतिः ।
योऽहमेवं कृतो मातस्त्वया लोभपरीतया ॥ १.१६.१८ ॥
It is heard that the son, filled with rage, cursed her: 'O mother, seized by greed, you have made me thus.'
1.16.19
शरीरेणासमग्रेण तस्माद्दासी भविष्यसि ।
पञ्च वर्षशतान्यस्या यया विस्पर्धसे सह ॥ १.१६.१९ ॥
With an imperfect body, you shall become her slave for five hundred years, she with whom you compete.
1.16.20
एष च त्वां सुतो मातर्दासीत्वान्मोचयिष्यति ।
यद्येनमपि मातस्त्वं मामिवाण्डविभेदनात् ॥ १.१६.२० ॥
This son of yours, O mother, will free you from slavery; if you too, as with me at the breaking of the egg, ...
1.16.21
न करिष्यस्यनङ्गं वा व्यङ्गं वापि तपस्विनम् ।
प्रतिपालयितव्यस्ते जन्मकालोऽस्य धीरया ॥ १.१६.२१ ॥
You shall not make him limbless or maimed; with patience you must await the time of his birth.
1.16.22
विशिष्टं बलमीप्सन्त्या पञ्चवर्षशतात्परः ।
एवं शप्त्वा ततः पुत्रो विनतामन्तरिक्षगः ॥ १.१६.२२ ॥
To you who desire superior strength, freedom comes after five hundred years. Having cursed thus, that son who moves in the sky spoke to Vinatā.
1.16.23
अरुणोऽदृश्यत ब्रह्मन्प्रभातसमये तदा ।
उद्यन्नथ सहस्रांशुर्दृष्ट्वा तमरुणं प्रभुः ॥ १.१६.२३ ॥
O brahmin, then at the time of dawn Aruṇa appeared; then the rising thousand-rayed lord saw that Aruṇa.
1.16.24
स्वतेजसा प्रज्वलन्तमात्मनः समतेजसम् ।
सारथ्ये कल्पयामास प्रीयमाणस्तमोनुदः ॥ १.१६.२४ ॥
Blazing with his own radiance, equal to himself in brilliance, the pleased remover of darkness appointed him as his charioteer.
1.16.25
सोऽपि तं रथमारुह्य भानोरमिततेजसः ।
सर्वलोकप्रदीपस्य ह्यमरोऽप्यरुणोऽभवत् ॥ १.१६.२५ ॥
He too mounted that chariot and became the charioteer of Bhānu, the one of immeasurable splendour, the lamp of all worlds; though immortal, he became Aruṇa.
1.16.26
गरुडोऽपि यथाकालं जज्ञे पन्नगभोजनः ।
स जातमात्रो विनतां परित्यज्य खमाविशत् ॥ १.१६.२६ ॥
Garuḍa too was born in due time, the eater of serpents; no sooner born, he abandoned Vinatā and entered the sky.
1.16.27
आदास्यन्नात्मनो भोज्यमन्नं विहितमस्य यत् ।
विधात्रा भृगुशार्दूल क्षुधितः पतगेश्वरः ॥ १.१६.२७ ॥
O tiger among the Bhṛgus! The lord of birds, hungry, about to take for himself the food that the Creator had prescribed for him…