Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.46
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1.46.1
एतच्छ्रुत्वा जरत्कारुर्भृशं शोकपरायणः ।
उवाच तान्पितॄन्दुःखाद्बाष्पसंदिग्धया गिरा ॥ १.४६.१ ॥
Hearing this, Jaratkāru, utterly given over to grief, spoke to those ancestors, his voice choked with tears from sorrow.
1.46.2
मम पूर्वे भवन्तो वै पितरः सपितामहाः ।
तद्ब्रूत यन्मया कार्यं भवतां प्रियकाम्यया ॥ १.४६.२ ॥
O my former ancestors, you are indeed my fathers and grandfathers. Therefore tell me what I must do, out of desire to please you.
1.46.3
अहमेव जरत्कारुः किल्बिषी भवतां सुतः ।
ते दण्डं धारयत मे दुष्कृतेरकृतात्मनः ॥ १.४६.३ ॥
I am indeed Jaratkāru, your sinful son. Bear punishment for me, who, by my evil deeds, have an unrefined self.
1.46.4
पुत्र दिष्ट्याऽसि संप्राप्त इमं देशं यदृच्छया ।
किमर्थं च त्वया ब्रह्मन्न कृतो दारसङ्ग्रहः ॥ १.४६.४ ॥
Son, fortunately you have come to this place by chance. But, O brahmin, why have you not taken a wife?
1.46.5
ममायं पितरो नित्यं हृद्यर्थः परिवर्तते ।
ऊर्ध्वरेताः शरीरं वै प्रापयेयममुत्र वै ॥ १.४६.५ ॥
O ancestors, this aim of my heart constantly persists: with seed directed upward, I would attain the other world by this very body.
1.46.6
न दारान्वै करिष्येऽहमिति मे भावितं मनः ।
एवं दृष्ट्वा तु भवतः शकुन्तानिव लम्बतः ॥ १.४६.६ ॥
My mind is resolved that I shall indeed take no wives. Yet seeing you thus hanging like birds—
1.46.7
मया निवर्तिता बुद्धिर्ब्रह्मचर्यात्पितामहाः ।
करिष्ये वः प्रियं कामं निवेक्ष्येऽहमसंशयम् ॥ १.४६.७ ॥
Grandfathers, I have turned my mind away from celibacy. I will do what is dear to you and your desire; without doubt I will take a wife.
1.46.8
सनाम्नीं यद्यहं कन्यामुपलप्स्ये कदाचन ।
भविष्यति च या काचिद्भैक्ष्यवत्स्वयमुद्यता ॥ १.४६.८ ॥
If I should ever obtain a maiden of the same name, and whoever else offers herself of her own accord, like alms…
1.46.9
प्रतिग्रहीता तामस्मि न भरेयं च यामहम् ।
एवंविधमहं कुर्यां निवेशं प्राप्नुयां यदि।
अन्यथा न करिष्येऽहं सत्यमेतत्पितामहाः ॥ १.४६.९ ॥
I will accept her, but I will not maintain her. If I obtain such a marriage I will do so; otherwise I will not do it. This is the truth, grandfathers.
1.46.10
तत्र चोत्पत्स्यते जन्तुर्भवतां तारणाय वै ।
शाश्वताश्चाव्ययाश्चैव तिष्ठन्तु पितरो मम ॥ १.४६.१० ॥
There, for your deliverance, a being will surely be born. May my ancestors remain eternal and imperishable.
1.46.11
एवमुक्त्वा तु स पितॄंश्चचार पृथिवी मुनिः ।
न च स्म लभते भार्यां वृद्धोऽयमिति शानक ॥ १.४६.११ ॥
Having said this, the sage wandered the earth with the ancestors. O Śānaka, he obtained no wife, for they thought, 'This man is old.'
1.46.12
यदा निर्वेदमापन्नः पितृभिश्चोदिस्तथा ।
तदाऽरण्यं स गत्वोच्चैश्चुक्रोश भृशदुःखितः ॥ १.४६.१२ ॥
When he had fallen into despair, and the ancestors urged him on likewise, then, greatly distressed, he went into the forest and cried out loudly.
1.46.13
सत्वरण्यगतः प्राज्ञः पितॄणा हितकाम्यया ।
उवाच कन्यां याचामि तिस्रो वाचः शनैरिमाः ॥ १.४६.१३ ॥
Desiring the welfare of the ancestors, the wise sage went into the forest and softly spoke these three words: "I beg for a maiden."
1.46.14
यानि भूतानि सन्तीह स्थावराणि चराणि च ।
अन्तर्हितानि वा यानि तानि शृण्वन्तु मे वचः ॥ १.४६.१४ ॥
Let all the beings that are here, the immobile and the mobile, and those that are hidden, hear my words.
1.46.15
उग्रे तपसि वर्तन्तं पितरश्चोदयन्ति माम् ।
निविशस्वेति दुःखार्ताः सन्तानस्य चिकीर्षया ॥ १.४६.१५ ॥
While I am engaged in fierce austerity, the ancestors, afflicted with grief, urge me, saying, "Settle down," wishing to continue the lineage.
1.46.16
निवेशायाखिलां भूमिं कन्याभैक्ष्यं चरामि भोः ।
दरिद्रो दुःखशीलश्च पितृभिः सन्नियोजितः ॥ १.४६.१६ ॥
To settle down, I wander the whole earth begging for a maiden, O listeners. I am poor and of a sorrowful nature, and the ancestors have assigned me to this task.
1.46.17
यस्य कन्याऽस्ति भूतस्य ये मयेह प्रकीर्तिताः ।
ते मे कन्यां प्रयच्छन्तु चरतः सर्वतोदिशम् ॥ १.४६.१७ ॥
Whoever has a daughter, and whoever I have named here, let them give a maiden to me, wandering in every direction.
1.46.18
मम कन्या सनाम्नी या भैक्ष्यवच्चोदिता भवेत् ।
भरेयं चैव यां नाहं तां मे कन्यां प्रयच्छत ॥ १.४६.१८ ॥
Give me as a maiden the daughter who shares my name, who may be given as alms, and whom I shall not have to maintain.
1.46.19
ततस्ते पन्नगा ये वै जरत्कारौ समाहिताः ।
तामादाय प्रवृत्तिं ते वासुकेः प्रत्यवेदयन् ॥ १.४६.१९ ॥
Then the serpents who had fixed their minds on Jaratkāru took her and reported this news to Vāsuki.
1.46.20
तेषां श्रुत्वा स नागेन्द्रस्तां कन्यां समलङ्कृताम् ।
प्रगृह्यारण्यमगमत्समीपं तस्य पन्नगः ॥ १.४६.२० ॥
Hearing their words, that lord of serpents took hold of the adorned maiden and went to the forest near him.
1.46.21
तत्र तां भैक्ष्यवत्कन्यां प्रादात्तस्मै महात्मने ।
नागेन्द्रो वासुकिर्ब्रह्मन्न स तां प्रत्यगृह्णत ॥ १.४६.२१ ॥
There Vāsuki, lord of serpents, gave that maiden as alms to that great-souled one; but, O brahmin, he did not accept her.
1.46.22
असनामेति वै मत्वा भरणे चाविचारिते ।
मोक्षभावे स्थितश्चापि मन्दीभूतः परिग्रहे ॥ १.४६.२२ ॥
Thinking, 'She is not of the same name,' and without considering her maintenance, he remained in a state of release and grew slack in accepting her.
1.46.23
ततो नाम स कन्यायाः पप्रच्छ भृगुनन्दन ।
वासुकिं भरणं चास्या न कुर्यामित्युवाच ह ॥ १.४६.२३ ॥
Then he asked the maiden's name, O son of Bhṛgu, and said to Vāsuki, 'I shall not maintain her.'