Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.44
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1.44.1
तं तथा मन्त्रिणो दृष्ट्वा भोगेन परिवेष्टितम् ।
विषण्णवदनाः सर्वे रुरुदुर्भृशदुःखिताः ॥ १.४४.१ ॥
Seeing him thus encircled by the serpent's coils, all the ministers, their faces downcast, wept, greatly afflicted with sorrow.
1.44.2
तं तु नागं ततो दृष्ट्वा मन्त्रिणस्ते प्रदुद्रुवुः ।
अपश्यन्त तथा यान्तमाकाशे नागमद्भुतम् ॥ १.४४.२ ॥
Then, seeing that serpent, the ministers fled, and they saw the wondrous serpent going thus through the sky.
1.44.3
सीमन्तमिव कुर्वाणं नभसः पद्मवर्चसम् ।
तक्षकं पन्नगश्रेष्ठं भृशं शोकपरायणाः ॥ १.४४.३ ॥
Takṣaka, best of serpents, lotus-hued, seeming to part the sky as with a hair-parting; they were given over wholly to sorrow.
1.44.4
ततस्तु ते तद्गृहमग्निना वृतं ।
प्रदीप्यमानं विषजेन भोगिनः।
भयात्परित्यज्य दिशः प्रपेदिरे ।
पपात तच्चाशनिताडितं यथा ॥ १.४४.४ ॥
Then the serpents, in fear, abandoned that house, surrounded by fire and blazing with poison, and fled in all directions; and it fell as if struck by a thunderbolt.
1.44.5
ततो नृपे तक्षकतेजसाहते ।
प्रयुज्य सर्वाः परलोकसत्क्रियाः।
शुचिर्दिजो राजपुरोहितस्तदा ।
तथैव ते तस्य नृपस्य मन्त्रिणः ॥ १.४४.५ ॥
Then, when the king was struck down by the power of Takṣaka, the pure brahmin, the royal chaplain, performed all the proper rites for the next world; and likewise the ministers of that king did so.
1.44.6
नृपं शिशुं तस्य सुतं प्रचक्रिरे ।
समेत्य सर्वे पुरवासिनो जनाः।
नृपं यमाहुस्तममित्रघातिनं ।
कुरुप्रवीरं जनमेजयं जनाः ॥ १.४४.६ ॥
All the city-dwellers assembled and made king the infant son of that king, whom the people call Janamejaya, slayer of enemies, hero of the Kurus.
1.44.7
स बाल एवार्यमतिर्नृपोत्तमः ।
सहैव तैर्मन्त्रिपुरोहितैस्तदा।
शशास राज्यं कुरुपुंगवाग्रजो ।
यथाऽस्य वीरः प्रपितामहस्तथा ॥ १.४४.७ ॥
Though still a child, that most excellent king, of noble mind, then ruled the kingdom together with his ministers and priests, the eldest of the bulls of the Kurus, just as his heroic great-grandfather had done.
1.44.8
ततस्तु राजानममित्रतापनं ।
समीक्ष्य ते तस्य नृपस्य मन्त्रिणः।
सुवर्णवर्माणमुपेत्य काशिप ।
वपुष्टमार्थं वरयांप्रचक्रमुः ॥ १.४४.८ ॥
Then, having observed that king, tormentor of enemies, his ministers approached the golden-armored king, O lord of Kāśi, and began to ask for Vapuṣṭamā in marriage.
1.44.9
ततः स राजा प्रददौ वपुष्टमां ।
कुरुप्रवीराय परीक्ष्य धर्मतः।
स चापि तां प्राप्य मुदा युतोऽभव-
न्न चान्यनारीषु मनो दधे क्वचित् ॥ १.४४.९ ॥
Then that king, having examined him according to dharma, gave Vapuṣṭamā to the foremost hero of the Kurus. He too, having obtained her, was filled with joy and never set his mind on other women.
1.44.10
सरःसु फुल्लेषु वनेषु चैव ।
प्रसन्नचेता विजहार वीर्यवान्।
तथा स राजन्यवरो विजह्रिवान् ।
यथोर्वशीं प्राप्य पुरा पुरूरवाः ॥ १.४४.१० ॥
In blossoming lakes and in forests the mighty one sported with a joyful mind. Thus that best of kings sported, just as Purūravas formerly did after obtaining Urvaśī.
1.44.11
वपुष्टमा चापि वरं पतिव्रता ।
प्रतीतरूपा समवाप्य भूपतिम्।
भावेन रामा रमयांबभूव तं ।
विहारकालेष्ववरोधसुन्दरी ॥ १.४४.११ ॥
Vapuṣṭamā too, devoted to her excellent husband, of renowned beauty, having obtained that lord of the earth, delighted him with affection; at times of pleasure she was the beauty of the inner chambers.