Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.212
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1.212.1
मा भूद्राजंस्तव तापो मनस्थः ।
पञ्चानां भार्या दुहिता ममेति।
मातुरेषा प्रार्थिता स्यात्तदानीं ।
पञ्चानां भार्या दुहिता ममेति ॥ १.२१२.१ ॥
O king, let there not be in your mind the grief that 'the wife of the five is my daughter.' Then this was requested by the mother: 'the wife of the five is my daughter.'
1.212.2
याजोपयाजौ धर्मरतौ तपोभ्यां ।
तौ चक्रतुः पञ्चपतित्वमस्याः।
तत्पञ्चभिः पाण्डुसुतैरवाप्ता ।
भार्या कृष्णा मोदतां वै कुलं ते ॥ १.२१२.२ ॥
Yāja and Upayāja, delighting in dharma, through their austerities brought about for her the state of having five husbands. The five sons of Pāṇḍu obtained her and took Kṛṣṇā as wife. May your family indeed rejoice.
1.212.3
लोके नान्यो विद्यते त्वद्विशिष्टः ।
सर्वारीणामप्रधृष्योऽसि राजन्।
भूयस्त्विदं शृणु मे त्वं विशोको ।
यथाऽऽगतं पञ्चपत्नीत्वमस्याः ॥ १.२१२.३ ॥
In the world there is no other superior to you; O king, you are unassailable by all enemies. Hear this again from me, so that you may be free from sorrow, how the state of five wives came about for her.
1.212.4
एषा नालायनी पूर्वं मौद्गल्यं स्थविरं पतिम् ।
आराधयामास तदा कुष्ठिनं तमनिन्दिता ॥ १.२१२.४ ॥
This Nālāyanī, long ago, pleased and served her aged husband Maudgalya, who was leprous; the blameless woman then attended upon him.
1.212.5
त्वगस्थिभूतं कटुकं लोलमीर्ष्युं सुकोपनम् ।
सुगन्धेतरगन्धाढ्यं वलीपलितमूर्धजम् ॥ १.२१२.५ ॥
Reduced to skin and bone, bitter-tongued, restless, envious, quick to anger; filled with foul odour instead of fragrance, with wrinkled skin and grey hair.
1.212.6
स्थविरं विकृताकारं शीर्यमाणनखत्वचम् ।
उच्छिष्टमुपभुञ्जाना पर्युपास्ते महामुनिम् ॥ १.२१२.६ ॥
She waited upon the great sage, aged and deformed in shape, his nails and skin crumbling away, eating his leftover food.
1.212.7
ततः कदाचिदङ्गुष्ठो भुञ्जानस्य व्यशीर्यत ।
अन्नादुद्धृत्य तच्चान्नमुपभुङ्क्तेऽविशङ्किता ॥ १.२१२.७ ॥
Then once, while he was eating, his thumb fell off. Lifting it out of the food, she ate that food without hesitation.
1.212.8
तेन तस्याः प्रसन्नेन कामव्याहारिणा तदा ।
वरं वृणीष्वेत्यसकृदुक्ता वव्रे वरं तदा ॥ १.२१२.८ ॥
Then he, pleased with her and able to speak as he willed, said again and again, "Choose a boon." Then she chose a boon.
1.212.9
नाहं वृद्धो न कटुको नेर्व्यावान्नैव कोपनः ।
न च दुर्गन्धवदनो न कृशो न च लोलुपः ॥ १.२१२.९ ॥
I am not old, nor harsh, nor envious, nor irascible. My mouth does not smell foul, nor am I thin, nor am I greedy.
1.212.10
कथं त्वां रमयामीह कथं त्वां वासयाम्यहम् ।
वद कल्याणि भद्रं ते यथा त्वं मनसेच्छसि ॥ १.२१२.१० ॥
How can I delight you here, how can I make you dwell here? Tell me, O auspicious one, may good befall you, just as your mind desires.
1.212.11
सा तमक्लिष्टकर्माणं वरदं सर्वकामदम् ।
भर्तारमनवद्याङ्गी प्रसन्नं प्रत्युवाच ह ॥ १.२१२.११ ॥
She, faultless of limb, answered her husband, who was pleased, of tireless deeds, giver of boons, fulfiller of all desires.
1.212.12
पञ्चधा प्रविभक्तात्मा भगवांल्लोकविश्रुतः ।
रमय त्वमचिन्त्यात्मन्पुनश्चैकत्वमागतः ॥ १.२१२.१२ ॥
O venerable one, whose self is divided fivefold and famed in the worlds, O one of inconceivable self, become one again and delight me.
1.212.13
तां तथेत्यब्रवीद्धीमान्महर्षिर्वै महातपाः ।
स पञ्चधा तु भूत्वा तां रमयामास सर्वतः ॥ १.२१२.१३ ॥
The wise great sage, of great austerity, said to her, "So be it." Taking five forms, he delighted her on every side.
1.212.14
नालायनीं सुकेशान्तां मौद्गल्यश्चारुहासिनीम् ।
आश्रमेष्वधिकं चापि पूज्यमानो महर्षिभिः ॥ १.२१२.१४ ॥
Maudgalya, with Nālāyanī of lovely hair and sweet smile, honored above all by the great sages in the hermitages.
1.212.15
स चचार यथाकामं कामरूपवपुः पुनः ।
यदा ययौ दिवं चापि तत्र देवर्षिभिः सह ॥ १.२१२.१५ ॥
He moved about as he wished, with a body of changeable form. And when he went to heaven, he went there together with the divine sages.
1.212.16
चचार सोऽमृताहारः सुरलोके चचार ह ।
पूज्यमानस्तथा शच्या शक्रस्य भवनेष्वपि ॥ १.२१२.१६ ॥
Feeding on nectar, he moved about in the world of the gods. He was honored by Śacī and also in the abodes of Indra.
1.212.17
महेन्द्रसेनया सार्धं पर्यधावद्रिरंसया ।
सूर्यस्य च रथं दिव्यमारुह्य भगवान्प्रभुः ॥ १.२१२.१७ ॥
With Mahendrasenā, desiring delight, he ran about; and the venerable lord mounted the divine chariot of the Sun.
1.212.18
पर्युपेत्य पुनर्मेरु मेरौ वासमरोचयत् ।
आकाशगङ्गामाप्लुत्य तया सह तपोधनः ॥ १.२१२.१८ ॥
Having come back to Meru, he chose to dwell on Meru. Plunging into the Ganges of the sky, the ascetic, whose wealth was austerity, stayed there with her.
1.212.19
रश्मिजालेषु चन्द्रस्य उवाच च यथाऽनिलः ।
गिरिरूपधरो योगी स महर्षिस्तदा पुनः ॥ १.२१२.१९ ॥
Among the nets of the moon's rays, like the wind, that yogin, the great sage who had taken the form of a mountain, then moved about again.
1.212.20
तत्प्रभावेन सा तस्य मध्ये जज्ञे महानदी ।
यदा पुष्पाकुलः सालः संजज्ञे भगवानृषिः ॥ १.२१२.२० ॥
By his power, a great river arose between them, when the sāla tree, full of flowers, became the blessed sage.
1.212.21
लतात्वमनुसंपेदे तमेवाभ्यनुवेष्टती ।
पुपोष च वपुर्यस्य तस्य तस्यानुगं पुनः ॥ १.२१२.२१ ॥
Taking the state of a creeper, coiling around him, she nourished his body, and once again followed after him.
1.212.22
सा पुपोष समं भर्त्रा स्कन्धेनापि चचार ह ।
ततस्तस्य च तस्याश्च तुल्या प्रीतिरवर्धत ॥ १.२१२.२२ ॥
She grew strong together with her husband, and moved about even upon his shoulder. Then the affection between him and her increased equally.
1.212.23
तथा सा भगवांस्तस्याः प्रसादादृषिसत्तमः ।
विरराम च सा चैव दैवयोगेन भामिनी ॥ १.२१२.२३ ॥
Thus that blessed one, best of sages, by her grace (remained steadfast in austerity); and that radiant lady, by divine coincidence, came to rest there.
1.212.24
स च तां तपसा देवीं रमयामास योगतः ।
एकपत्नी तथा भूत्वा सदैवाग्रे यशस्विनी ॥ १.२१२.२४ ॥
By austerity and yogic power he pleased that goddess; becoming a one-wife man, and always first, she became famous.
1.212.25
अरुन्धतीव सीतेव बभूवातिपतिव्रता ।
दमयन्त्याश्च मातुः स विशेषमधिकं ययौ ॥ १.२१२.२५ ॥
She became supremely devoted to her husband, like Arundhatī and Sītā; and he attained a distinction greater than even Damayantī's mother.
1.212.26
एतत्तथ्यं महाराज मा ते भूद्बुद्धिरन्यथा ।
सा वै नालायनी जज्ञे दैवयोगेन केनचित् ॥ १.२१२.२६ ॥
This is the truth, great king; let your understanding not be otherwise. She, Nālāyanī, was born by some power of fate.
1.212.27
राजंस्तवात्मजा कृष्णा वेद्यां तेजस्विनी शुभा ।
तस्मिंस्तस्या मनः सक्तं न चचाल कदाचन ॥ १.२१२.२७ ॥
O king, your daughter Kṛṣṇā, radiant and auspicious upon the altar, had her mind fixed upon him and never wavered.
1.212.28
तथा प्रणिहितो ह्यात्मा तस्यास्तस्मिन्द्विजोत्तमे ॥ १.२१२.२८ ॥
Thus her very self was wholly fixed upon that best of brahmins.