Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.188
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1.188.1
अथ तस्यामदृश्यायां नृपतिः काममोहितः ।
पातनः शत्रुसङ्घानां पपात धरणीतले ॥ १.१८८.१ ॥
Then, when she had vanished, the king, bewildered by desire, the feller of hosts of enemies, fell to the ground.
1.188.2
तस्मिन्निपतिते भूमावथ सा चारुहासिनी ।
पुनः पीनायतश्रोणी दर्शयामास तं नृपम् ॥ १.१८८.२ ॥
When he had fallen to the ground, she, the sweetly smiling one with full and broad hips, showed herself to that king again.
1.188.3
अथाबभाषे कल्याणी वाचा मधुरया नृपम् ।
तं कुरूणां कुलकरं कामाभिहतचेतसम् ॥ १.१८८.३ ॥
Then the auspicious one spoke to the king in sweet words, the founder of the Kuru line, whose mind was struck by desire.
1.188.4
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं तपती हसतीव सा ।
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते न त्वमर्हस्यरिन्दम ॥ १.१८८.४ ॥
Tapatī spoke sweet words, as if smiling: "Rise, rise! May good befall you. O subduer of enemies, this is not fitting for you."
1.188.5
मोहं नृपतिशार्दूल गन्तुमाविष्कृतः क्षितौ ।
एवमुक्तोऽथ नृपतिर्वाचा मधुरया तदा ॥ १.१८८.५ ॥
O tiger among kings, your delusion has been revealed upon the earth. Thus addressed in sweet words, the king then —
1.188.6
ददर्श विपुलश्रोणीं तामेवाभिमुखे स्थिताम् ।
अथ तामसितापाङ्गीमाबभाषे स पार्थिवः ॥ १.१८८.६ ॥
The king saw her, broad-hipped, standing right before him. Then the ruler of the earth spoke to her, dark-eyed at the corners.
1.188.7
मन्मथाग्निपरीतात्मा सन्दिग्धाक्षरया गिरा ।
साधु त्वमसितापाङ्गि कामार्तं मत्तकाशिनि ॥ १.१८८.७ ॥
With his very self encircled by the fire of desire, he spoke in faltering words: "Well then, you with dark-lashed eyes, O intoxicated-seeming one, be kind to me, who am tormented by desire."
1.188.8
भजस्व भजमानं मां प्राणा हि प्रजहन्ति माम् ।
त्वदर्थं हि विशालाक्षि मामयं निशितैः शरैः ॥ १.१८८.८ ॥
Accept me, who seek you; my life-breaths are leaving me. O wide-eyed one, for your sake this one pierces me with sharp arrows.
1.188.9
कामः कमलगर्भाभे प्रतिविध्यन्न शाम्यति ।
दष्टमेवमनाक्रन्दे भद्रे काममहाहिना ॥ १.१८८.९ ॥
O you who shine like the heart of a lotus, desire keeps piercing and does not subside. O gentle one who does not cry out, thus am I bitten by the great serpent of desire.
1.188.10
सा त्वं पीनायतश्रोणी मामाप्नुहि वरानने ।
त्वदधीना हि मे प्राणाः किन्नरोद्गीतभाषिणि ॥ १.१८८.१० ॥
O full and broad-hipped one, O fair-faced woman, come to me. O you whose speech is like the song of the kinnaras, my life-breaths depend on you.
1.188.11
चारुसर्वानवद्याङ्गि पद्मेन्दुप्रतिमानने ।
न ह्यहं त्वदृते भीरु शक्ष्यामि खलु जीवितुम् ॥ १.१८८.११ ॥
O lovely one, flawless in every limb, O you whose face is like the lotus and the moon, O timid one, truly I shall not be able to live without you.
1.188.12
कामः कमलपत्राक्षि प्रतिविध्यति मामयम् ।
तस्मात्कुरु विशालाक्षि मय्यनुक्रोशमङ्गने ॥ १.१८८.१२ ॥
O lotus-petal-eyed one, this desire keeps piercing me again and again. Therefore, O wide-eyed one, O lovely woman, show compassion upon me.
1.188.13
भक्तं मामसितापाङ्गि न परित्यक्तुमर्हसि ।
त्वं हि मां प्रीतियोगेन त्रातुमर्हसि भामिनि ॥ १.१८८.१३ ॥
O dark-eyed woman, you ought not abandon me, your devoted one. O passionate lady, you alone ought to save me through the union of affection.
1.188.14
त्वद्दर्शनकृतस्नेहं मनश्चलति मे भृशम् ।
न त्वां दृष्ट्वा पुनश्चान्यां द्रष्टुं कल्याणि रोचते ॥ १.१८८.१४ ॥
My mind, stirred by the affection born from seeing you, wavers greatly. O auspicious woman, having seen you, I do not wish to look upon another again.
1.188.15
प्रसीद वशगोऽहं ते भक्तं मां भज भामिनि ।
दृष्ट्वैव त्वां वरारोहे मन्मथो भृशमङ्गने ॥ १.१८८.१५ ॥
Be gracious; I am subject to you. O passionate woman, favour me, your devoted one. O lovely-hipped woman, the god of love torments me greatly the moment I have seen you.
1.188.16
अन्तर्गतं विशालाक्षि विध्यति स्म पतत्त्रिभिः ।
मन्मथाग्निसमुद्भूतं दाहं कमललोचने ॥ १.१८८.१६ ॥
O wide-eyed woman, he pierces me within with feathered arrows. O lotus-eyed woman, the burning born of the fire of love consumes me.
1.188.17
प्रीतिसंयोगयुक्ताभिरद्भिः प्रह्लादयस्व मे ।
पुष्पायुधं दुराधर्षं प्रचण्डशरकार्मुकम् ॥ १.१८८.१७ ॥
Cool me and gladden me with waters endowed with the union of affection. The flower-armed god of love is invincible, with fierce arrows and a bow.
1.188.18
त्वद्दर्शनसमुद्भूतं विध्यन्तं दुःसहैः शरैः ।
उपशामय कल्याणि आत्मदानेन भामिनि ॥ १.१८८.१८ ॥
Quench this burning, born of seeing you, which pierces me with unbearable arrows, by giving yourself, O auspicious woman, O passionate woman.
1.188.19
गान्धर्वेण विवाहेन मामुपैहि वराङ्गने ।
विवाहानां हि रम्भोरु गान्धर्वः श्रेष्ठ उच्यते ॥ १.१८८.१९ ॥
Come to me by the Gandharva marriage, O most beautiful woman. O you with thighs like plantain trunks, among marriages the Gāndharva is said to be the best.
1.188.20
नाहमीशाऽऽत्मनो राजन्कन्या पितृमती ह्यहम् ।
मयि चेदस्ति ते प्रीतिर्याचस्व पितरं मम ॥ १.१८८.२० ॥
O king, I am not mistress of myself, for I am an unmarried maiden under my father's authority. If you have affection for me, ask my father.
1.188.21
यथा हि ते मया प्राणाः संभृताश्च नरेश्वर ।
दर्शनादेव भूयस्त्वं तथा प्राणान्ममाहरः ॥ १.१८८.२१ ॥
O lord of men, just as your life-breaths have been brought forth through me, so by merely seeing me again, take back my life-breaths.
1.188.22
न चाहमीशा देहस्य तस्मान्नृपतिसत्तम ।
समीपं नोपगच्छामि न स्वतन्त्रा हि योषितः ॥ १.१८८.२२ ॥
And I am not even mistress of my body, O best of kings; therefore I do not approach you, for women are not independent.
1.188.23
का हि सर्वेषु लोकेषु विश्रुताभिजनं नृपम् ।
कन्या नाभिलषेन्नाथं भार्तारं भक्तवत्सलम् ॥ १.१८८.२३ ॥
What maiden, among all the worlds, would not desire a king of renowned lineage, a lord and husband who is loving toward his devotees?
1.188.24
तस्मादेवं गते काले याचस्व पितरं मम ।
आदित्यं प्रणिपातेन तपसा नियमेन च ॥ १.१८८.२४ ॥
Therefore, since time has passed in this way, ask my father, bowing down to the Sun with austerity and discipline as well.
1.188.25
स चेत्कामयते दातुं तव मामरिसूदन ।
भविष्याम्यद्य ते राजन्सततं वशवर्तिनी ॥ १.१८८.२५ ॥
O destroyer of foes, if he wishes to give me to you, O king, I shall from now on always be obedient to you.
1.188.26
अहं हि तपती नाम सावित्र्यवरजा सुता ।
अस्य लोकप्रदीपस्य सवितुः क्षत्रियर्षभ ॥ १.१८८.२६ ॥
I am Tapatī by name, the younger daughter of Sāvitrī, O best of kshatriyas, daughter of this Savitṛ, the lamp of the worlds.