Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.213
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1.213.1
ब्रूहि तत्कारणं येन ब्रह्मन्नालायनी शुभा ।
जाता ममाध्वरे कृष्मा सर्ववेदविदां वर ॥ १.२१३.१ ॥
Tell me the cause by which the auspicious Nālāyanī was born as Kṛṣṇā in my sacrifice, O best of all who know the Vedas, O brahmin.
1.213.2
शृणु राजन्यथा ह्यस्या दत्तो रुद्रेण वै वरः ।
यदर्थं चैव संभूता तव गेहे यशस्विनी ॥ १.२१३.२ ॥
Listen, O king: the boon Rudra gave her, and the purpose for which this glorious one was born in your house.
1.213.3
हन्त त कथयिष्यामि कृष्मायाः पौर्वदेहिकम् ।
इन्द्रसेनेति विख्याता पुरा नालायनी शुभा ॥ १.२१३.३ ॥
Now I shall tell the former birth of Kṛṣṇā: the auspicious Nālāyanī, long ago renowned under the name Indrasenā.
1.213.4
मौद्गल्यस्य पतिमासाद्य चचार विगतज्वरा ।
मौद्गल्यस्य महर्षेश्च रममाणस्य वै तया ॥ १.२१३.४ ॥
Having obtained Maudgalya as her husband, she lived free from distress, and the great sage Maudgalya delighted in her company.
1.213.5
संवत्सरगणा राजन्व्यतीयुः क्षणवत्तदा ।
ततः कदाचिद्धर्मात्मा तृप्तः कामैर्व्यरज्यत ॥ १.२१३.५ ॥
O king, many years passed like moments. Then at some time the righteous sage, sated with desires, grew dispassionate.
1.213.6
अन्विच्छन्परमं धर्मं ब्रह्मयोगपरोऽभवत् ।
उत्ससर्ज स तां विप्रः सा तदा चापतद्भुवि।
मौद्गल्यो राजशार्दूल तपोभिर्भावितः सदा ॥ १.२१३.६ ॥
Seeking the supreme dharma, he became devoted to the yoga of Brahman. The brahmin then cast her off, and she fell to the ground. O tiger among kings, Maudgalya was always purified by austerities.
1.213.7
प्रसीद भगवन्मह्यं न मामुत्स्रष्टुमर्हसि ।
अवितृप्तास्मि ब्रह्मर्षे कामानां कामसेवनात् ॥ १.२१३.७ ॥
Be gracious to me, venerable one; it is not fitting for you to abandon me. O brahmarṣi, I am still unsatisfied from the enjoyment of desires.
1.213.8
यस्मात्त्वं मामनिःशङ्का ह्यवक्तव्यं भाषसे ।
आचरन्ती तपोविघ्नं तस्माच्छृणु वचो मम ॥ १.२१३.८ ॥
Because you speak unspeakable things to me without fear, and you obstruct my austerities, therefore listen to my words.
1.213.9
भविष्यसि नृलोके त्वं राजपुत्री यशस्वि ।
पाञ्चालराजस्य सुता द्रुपदस्य महात्मनः ॥ १.२१३.९ ॥
You will be a renowned princess in the world of men, the daughter of the great-souled Drupada, king of the Pañcālas.
1.213.10
भवितारस्तत्र तव पतयः पञ्च विप्लुताः ।
तैः सार्धं मधुराकारैश्चिरं रतिमवाप्स्यसि ॥ १.२१३.१० ॥
There you will have five husbands, who will be scattered; with those sweet-featured men you will obtain delight for a long time.
1.213.11
सैवं शप्ता तु विमना वनं प्रागाद्यशस्विनी ।
भोगैरतृप्ता देवेशं तपसाऽऽराधयत्तदा ॥ १.२१३.११ ॥
Thus cursed, the renowned woman went sorrowfully to the forest; unsatisfied with pleasures, she then worshipped the lord of the gods through austerity.
1.213.12
निराशीर्मारुताहारा निराहारा तथैव च ।
अनुवर्तमाना त्वादित्यं तथा पञ्चतपाभवत् ॥ १.२१३.१२ ॥
Free of desire, living on air and fasting, following the sun, she became one who practised the five fires of austerity.
1.213.13
तीव्रेण तपसा तस्यास्तुष्टः पशुपतिः स्वयम् ।
वचं प्रादात्तदा रुद्रः सर्वलोकेश्वरः प्रभुः ॥ १.२१३.१३ ॥
Pleased by her intense penance, Paśupati himself then granted a boon. Rudra, lord of all worlds, the mighty lord.
1.213.14
भविष्यति परं जन्म भविष्यति वराङ्गना ।
भविष्यन्ति परं भद्रे पतयः पञ्च विश्रुताः ॥ १.२१३.१४ ॥
There will be another birth; you will be an excellent woman. O auspicious one, there will be five renowned husbands.
1.213.15
महेन्द्रवपुषः सर्वे महेन्द्रसमविक्रमाः ।
तत्रस्था च महत्कर्म सुराणां त्वं करिष्यसि ॥ १.२१३.१५ ॥
They will all have the form of Indra and the valour equal to Indra; abiding there, you will perform a great deed for the gods.
1.213.16
एकः खलु मया भर्ता वृतः पञ्च त्विमे कथम् ।
एको भवति नैकस्या बहवस्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥ १.२१३.१६ ॥
I had chosen one husband alone; how can these be five? How can one woman have many rather than one? Tell me that.
1.213.17
पञ्चकृत्वस्त्वया चोक्तः पतिं देहीत्यहं पुनः ।
पञ्चते पतयो भद्रे भविष्यन्ति सुखावहाः ॥ १.२१३.१७ ॥
You asked five times, 'Give me a husband.' O auspicious one, there will be five husbands who bring you happiness.
1.213.18
धर्म एकः पतिः स्त्रीणां पूर्वमे प्रकल्पितः ।
बहुपत्नीकता पुंसो धर्मश्च बहुभिः कृतः ॥ १.२१३.१८ ॥
Formerly, one husband was established as dharma for women by me; for men, having many wives has been made dharma by many.
1.213.19
स्त्रीधर्मः पूर्वमेवायं निर्मितो मुनिभिः सदा ।
सहधर्मचरी भर्तुरेका एकस्य चोच्यते ॥ १.२१३.१९ ॥
This duty of women was established long ago, always, by the sages: the one who walks the path of dharma beside her husband is said to be the one wife of the one husband.
1.213.20
एको हि भर्ता नारीणां कौमार इति लौकिकः ।
आपत्सु च नियोगेन भर्तुर्नार्याः परः स्मृतः ॥ १.२१३.२० ॥
For women there is one husband from girlhood, so worldly custom holds; in calamity, by niyoga, another than the husband is remembered for the woman.
1.213.21
गच्छेत न तृतीयं तु तस्या निष्कृतिरुच्यते ।
चतुर्थे पतिता नारी पञ्चमे वर्धकी भवेत् ॥ १.२१३.२१ ॥
She should not go to a third; expiation for that is declared. With a fourth, a woman becomes fallen; with a fifth, she becomes a vardhakī, a debased one.
1.213.22
एवं गते धर्मपथे न वृणे बहुपुंस्कताम् ।
अलोकाचरितात्त्समात्कथं मुच्येय सङ्करात् ॥ १.२१३.२२ ॥
With the path of dharma so set, I do not choose the state of many husbands. By that path followed by those without worldly conduct, how could I be freed from confusion of the castes?
1.213.23
अनावृताः पुरा नार्यो ह्यासञ्शुध्यन्ति चार्तवे ।
सकृदुक्तं त्वया नैतन्नाधर्मस्ते भविष्यति ॥ १.२१३.२३ ॥
In former times women were unveiled, and at their time they were purified. You have spoken this once; it will not be unrighteousness for you.
1.213.24
यदि मे पतयः पञ्च रतिमिच्छामि तैर्मिथः ।
कौमारं च भवेत्सर्वैः संगमे संगमे च मे ॥ १.२१३.२४ ॥
If I have five husbands, I desire delight with them mutually; may there be virginity for me through all of them, and in every union may my virginity be.
1.213.25
पतिशुश्रूषया चैव सिद्धिः प्राप्ता मया पुरा ।
भोगेच्छा च मया प्राप्ता स च भोगश्च मे भवेत् ॥ १.२१३.२५ ॥
By serving my husband I obtained perfection long ago, and I have attained the desire for enjoyment; may that enjoyment be mine.
1.213.26
रतिश्च भद्रे सिद्धिश्च न भजेते परस्परम् ।
भोगानाप्स्यसि सिद्धिं च योगेन च महत्त्वताम् ॥ १.२१३.२६ ॥
O gracious lady, pleasure and perfection do not dwell together; you will obtain enjoyments, and through yoga you will also obtain perfection together with greatness.
1.213.27
अन्यदेहान्तरे चैव रूपभाग्यगुणान्विता ।
पञ्चभिः प्राप्य कौमारं महाभागा भविष्यसि ॥ १.२१३.२७ ॥
In another body too you will be endowed with beauty, fortune and virtues; having obtained maidenhood through five men, you will become greatly fortunate.
1.213.28
गच्छ गङ्गाजलस्था च नरं पश्यसि यं शुभे ।
तमानय ममाभ्याशं सुरराजं शुचिस्मिते ॥ १.२१३.२८ ॥
Go, O auspicious one; bring that man whom you see standing in the waters of the Gaṅgā, O pure-smiling one, the king of the gods, near to me.
1.213.29
इत्युक्ता विश्वरूपेण रुद्रं कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम् ।
जगाम गङ्गामुद्दिश्य पुण्यां त्रिपथगां नदीम् ॥ १.२१३.२९ ॥
Thus addressed by Viśvarūpa, she circled Rudra and went towards the sacred river Gaṅgā, the one flowing in three paths.