Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.173
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1.173.1
तयोर्दुःखितयोर्वाक्यमतिमात्रं निशम्य तु ।
ततो दुःखपरीताङ्गी कन्या तावभ्यभाषत ॥ १.१७३.१ ॥
Having heard the very grieved words of those two, the maiden, her limbs overcome with sorrow, then addressed them.
1.173.2
किमेवं भृशदुःखार्तौ रोरूयेतामनाथवत् ।
ममापि श्रूयतां वाक्यं श्रुत्वा च क्रियतां क्षमम् ॥ १.१७३.२ ॥
Why do you two weep thus, deeply stricken with grief, like those without a protector? Hear my words too, and having heard them, do what is fitting.
1.173.3
धर्मतोऽहं परित्याज्या युवयोर्नात्र संशयः ।
त्यक्तव्यां मां परित्यज्य त्राहि सर्वं मयैकया ॥ १.१७३.३ ॥
By dharma, I am to be abandoned by you two; there is no doubt of it. Abandoning me, save everything by me alone.
1.173.4
इत्यर्थमिष्यतेऽपत्यं तारयिष्यति मामिति ।
अस्मिन्नुपस्थिते काले तरध्वं प्लववन्मया ॥ १.१७३.४ ॥
'For this purpose offspring are desired, that he may ferry me across.' When this time has come, cross over by means of me as by a raft.
1.173.5
इह वा तारयेद्दुर्गादुत वा प्रेत्य भारत ।
सर्वथा तारयेत्पुत्रः पुत्र इत्युच्यते बुधैः ॥ १.१७३.५ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, whether here or in the hereafter, from distress the son saves; in every way it is the son who saves—so the wise say.
1.173.6
आकाङ्क्षन्ते च दौहित्रान्मयि नित्यं पितामहाः ।
तत्स्वयं वै परित्रास्ये रक्षन्ती जीवितं पितुः ॥ १.१७३.६ ॥
The forefathers always desire grandsons through me; therefore I myself, protecting my father's life, will surely save them.
1.173.7
भ्राता च मम बालोऽयं गते लोकममुं त्वयि ।
अचिरेणैव कालेन विनश्येत न संशयः ॥ १.१७३.७ ॥
And when you have gone to that world, my young brother here will soon perish through time; of this there is no doubt.
1.173.8
तातेपि हि गते स्वर्गं विनष्टे च ममानुजे ।
पिण्डः पितॄणां व्युच्छिद्येत्तत्तेषां विप्रियं भवेत् ॥ १.१७३.८ ॥
When my father has gone to heaven and my younger brother has perished, the funerary offering to the ancestors will be cut off, and that would be displeasing to them.
1.173.9
पित्रा त्यक्ता तथा मात्रा भ्रात्रा चाहमसंशयम् ।
दुःखाद्दुःखतरं प्राप्य म्रियेयमतथोचिताम् ॥ १.१७३.९ ॥
Abandoned by father, mother and brother, I shall without doubt pass from sorrow to greater sorrow and die in a manner unfitting to me.
1.173.10
त्वयि त्वरोगे निर्मुक्तो माता भ्राता च मे शिशुः ।
सन्तानश्चैव पिण्डश्च प्रतिष्ठास्यत्यसंशयम् ॥ १.१७३.१० ॥
If you remain free from illness, my mother, my younger brother and my child will be released too, and lineage and the funerary offering will surely be established.
1.173.11
आत्मा पुत्रः सखी भार्या कृच्छ्रं तु दुहिता किल ।
स कृच्छ्रान्मोचयात्मानं मां च धर्मे नियोजया ॥ १.१७३.११ ॥
The self, son, friend and wife are dear, but a daughter is indeed a source of distress; let her free herself from distress and engage me too in dharma.
1.173.12
अनाथा कृपणा बाला यत्र क्वचन गामिनी ।
भविष्यामि त्वया तात विहीना कृपणा सदा ॥ १.१७३.१२ ॥
O father, without you I shall wander about, an unprotected, pitiful girl, going wherever, forever forlorn and helpless.
1.173.13
अथवाहं करिष्यामि कुलस्यास्य विमोचनम् ।
फलसंस्था भविष्यामि कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥ १.१७३.१३ ॥
Or else I shall deliver this family; having done a most difficult deed, I shall attain its fruit.
1.173.14
अथवा यास्यसे तत्र त्यक्त्वा मां द्विजसत्तम ।
पीडिताऽहं भविष्यामि तदवेक्षस्व मामपि ॥ १.१७३.१४ ॥
Or else, if you go there, abandoning me, best of the twice-born, I shall be afflicted; therefore look upon me too.
1.173.15
तदस्मदर्थं धर्मार्थं प्रसवार्थं च सत्तम ।
आत्मानं परिरक्षस्व त्यक्तव्यां मां च संत्यज ॥ १.१७३.१५ ॥
Therefore, best one, for our sake, for the sake of dharma and for the sake of offspring, protect yourself; and abandon me, who am fit to be abandoned.
1.173.16
अवश्यकरणीये च मा त्वां कालोत्यगादयम् ।
किं त्वतः परमं दुःखं यद्वयं स्वर्गते त्वयि ॥ १.१७३.१६ ॥
Let not this time pass you by in what must needs be done. What greater sorrow is there than this: that you have gone to heaven while we remain.
1.173.17
याचमानाः परादन्नं परिधावेमहि श्ववत् ।
त्वयि त्वरोगे निर्मुक्ते क्लेशादस्मात्सबान्धवे।
अमृतेव सती लोके भविष्यामि सुखान्विता ॥ १.१७३.१७ ॥
Begging food from others, we would wander about like dogs. If you, with your kinsmen, are freed from this affliction and free from disease, then I shall live happily in the world like nectar.
1.173.18
इतः प्रदाने देवाश्च पितरश्चेति नः श्रुतम् ।
त्वया दत्तेन तोयेन भविष्यति हिताय वै ॥ १.१७३.१८ ॥
From here, we have heard, in giving, gods and ancestors are satisfied; with the water you give, it will be for our welfare.
1.173.19
इत्येतदुभयं तात निशाम्य तव यद्धितम् ।
तद्व्यवस्य तथाम्बाया हितं स्वस्य सुतस्य च ॥ १.१७३.१९ ॥
Dear son, having heard both of these, decide what is beneficial for you; that same course is beneficial for your mother and for your own son.
1.173.20
मातापित्रोश्च पुत्रास्तु भवितारो गुणान्विताः ।
न तु पुत्रस्य पितरो पुनर्जातु भविष्यतः ॥ १.१७३.२० ॥
Sons will indeed be born to mother and father, endowed with virtues; but a son will never again have those same parents.
1.173.21
एवं बहुविधं तस्या निशम्य परिदेवितम् ।
पिता माता च सा चैव कन्या प्ररुरुदुस्त्रयः ॥ १.१७३.२१ ॥
Having heard her lamenting in so many ways, the father, the mother, and the maiden — all three — wept aloud.
1.173.22
ततः प्ररुदितान्सर्वान्निशम्याथ सुतस्तदा ।
उत्फुल्लनयनो बालः कलमव्यक्तमब्रवीत् ॥ १.१७३.२२ ॥
Seeing them all weeping aloud, then the child, with wide-open eyes, spoke in a sweet but indistinct voice.
1.173.23
मा पिता रुद मा मातर्मा स्वसस्त्विति चाब्रवीत् ।
प्रहसन्निव सर्वांस्तानेकैकमनुसर्पति ॥ १.१७३.२३ ॥
Saying, "Father, do not weep; mother, do not weep; sister, do not weep," he crawled up to each of them one by one, as if laughing.
1.173.24
ततः स तृणमादाय प्रहृष्टः पुनरब्रवीत् ।
अनेनाहं हनिष्यामि राक्षसं पुरुषादकम् ॥ १.१७३.२४ ॥
Then, delighted, he took up a blade of grass and spoke again: "With this I will slay the man-eating rakshasa."
1.173.25
तथापि तेषां दुःखेन परीतानां निशम्य तत् ।
बालस्य वाक्यमव्यक्तं हर्षः समभवन्महान् ॥ १.१७३.२५ ॥
Yet those who were overcome with grief, hearing the child's indistinct words, were greatly delighted.
1.173.26
अयं काल इति ज्ञात्वा कुन्ती समुपसृत्य तान् ।
गतासूनमृतेनेव जीवयन्तीदमब्रवीत् ॥ १.१७३.२६ ॥
Knowing that this was the time, Kuntī drew near to them and, as though reviving the dead with nectar, spoke these words.