Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.48
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1.48.1
गतमात्रं तु भर्तारं जरत्कारुरवेदयत् ।
भ्रातुः सकाशमागत्य यथातथ्यं तपोधन ॥ १.४८.१ ॥
Jaratkāru, once her husband had departed, came to her brother and told him the truth, O treasure of austerity.
1.48.2
ततः स भुजगश्रेष्ठः श्रुत्वा सुमहदप्रियम् ।
उवाच भगिनीं दीनां तदा दीनतरः स्वयम् ॥ १.४८.२ ॥
Then that best of serpents, hearing the very unwelcome news and himself grown even more sorrowful, spoke to his grieving sister.
1.48.3
जानासि भद्रे यत्कार्यं प्रदाने कारणं च यत् ।
पन्नगानां हितार्थाय पुत्रस्ते स्यात्ततो यदि ॥ १.४८.३ ॥
Good lady, you know the purpose of this gift and its reason: if a son of yours should be born for the welfare of the serpents...
1.48.4
स सर्पसत्रात्किल नो मोक्षयिष्यति वीर्यवान् ।
एवं पितामहः पूर्वमुक्तवांस्तु सुरैः सह ॥ १.४८.४ ॥
That mighty one will surely free us from the serpent sacrifice. Long ago our grandfather said just this, together with the gods.
1.48.5
अप्यस्ति गर्भः सुभगे तस्मात्ते मुनिसत्तमात् ।
न चेच्छाम्यफलं तस्य दारकर्म मनीषिणः ॥ १.४८.५ ॥
O fortunate one, has a child perhaps been conceived in you by that best of sages? I do not wish that the marriage of that wise man should be fruitless.
1.48.6
कामं च मम न न्याय्यं प्रष्टुं त्वां कार्यमीदृशम् ।
किंतु कार्यगरीयस्त्वात्ततस्त्वाऽहमचूचुदम् ॥ १.४८.६ ॥
Indeed it is not proper for me to question you in this way, but because of the weight of the matter I have urged you on.
1.48.7
दुर्वार्यतां विदित्वा च भर्तुस्तेऽतितपस्विनः ।
नैनमन्वागमिष्यामि कदाचिद्धि शपेत्स माम् ॥ १.४८.७ ॥
Knowing the irresistible nature of your husband and that of that supremely ascetic sage, I shall never follow him, for he might curse me.
1.48.8
आचक्ष्व भद्रे भर्तुः स्वं सर्वमेव विचेष्टितम् ।
उद्धरस्व च शल्यं मे घोरं हृदि चिरस्थितम् ॥ १.४८.८ ॥
O gentle lady, tell me the whole conduct of your husband, and draw out this terrible thorn that has long been lodged in my heart.
1.48.9
जरत्कारुस्ततो वाक्यमित्युक्ता प्रत्यभाषत ।
आश्वासयन्ती सन्तप्तं वासुकिं पन्नगेश्वरम् ॥ १.४८.९ ॥
Thus addressed, Jaratkāru then replied, comforting the distressed Vāsuki, lord of the serpents.
1.48.10
पृष्टो मयाऽपत्यहेतोः स महात्मा महातपाः ।
अस्तीत्युत्तरमुद्दिश्य ममेदं गतवांश्च सः ॥ १.४८.१० ॥
I asked him for the sake of offspring; that great-souled, supremely austere one answered "It is so," pointed to this for me, and went away.
1.48.11
स्वैरेष्वपि न तेनाहं स्मरामि वितथं वचः ।
उक्तपूर्वं कुतो राजन्सांपराये स वक्ष्यति ॥ १.४८.११ ॥
Even in jest I do not recall that he ever spoke a false word. How, O king, would he not speak in the next world what he has said before?
1.48.12
न संतापस्त्वया कार्यः कार्यं प्रति भुजंगमे ।
उत्पत्स्यति च ते पुत्रो ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभः ॥ १.४८.१२ ॥
Do not grieve, O serpent, over this matter. A son will be born to you, radiant as fire and the sun.
1.48.13
इत्युक्त्वा स हि मां भ्रातर्गतो भर्ता तपोधनः ।
तस्माद्व्येतु परं दुःखं तवेदं मनसि स्थितम् ॥ १.४८.१३ ॥
Having said this, my husband, rich in austerity, has departed from me. Therefore, brother, let this supreme sorrow lodged in your mind pass away.
1.48.14
एतच्छ्रुत्वा स नागेन्द्रो वासुकिः परया मुदा ।
एवमस्त्विति तद्वाक्यं भगिन्याः प्रत्यगृह्णत ॥ १.४८.१४ ॥
Having heard this, Vāsuki, lord of serpents, with supreme joy said, "So be it," and accepted his sister's word.
1.48.15
सान्त्वमानार्थदानैश्च पूजया चारुरूपया ।
सोदर्यां पूजयामास स्वसारं पन्नगोत्तमः ॥ १.४८.१५ ॥
The best of serpents honoured his own sister, of lovely form, with consolation, respect, gifts of wealth, and reverence.
1.48.16
ततः प्रववृधे गर्भो महातेजा महाप्रभः ।
यथा मोमो द्विजश्रेष्ठ शुक्लपक्षोदितो दिवि ॥ १.४८.१६ ॥
Then, O best of the twice-born, that embryo of great splendour and great radiance grew, as the moon rising in the bright fortnight grows in the sky.
1.48.17
अथ काले तु सा ब्रह्मन्प्रजज्ञे भुजगस्वसा ।
कुमारं देवगर्भाभं पितृमातृभयापहम् ॥ १.४८.१७ ॥
Then, in due time, O brahmin, the serpent's sister gave birth to a boy resembling a divine embryo, who would remove the fear of father and mother.
1.48.18
ववृधे स तु तत्रैव नागराजनिवेशने ।
वेदांश्चाधिजगे साङ्गान्भार्गवच्यवनात्मजात् ॥ १.४८.१८ ॥
He grew up right there in the abode of the serpent king, and learned the Vedas together with their limbs from the son of Cyavana of the Bhṛgu line.
1.48.19
चीर्णव्रतो बाल एव बुद्धिसत्त्वगुणान्वितः ।
नाम चास्याभवत्ख्यातं लोकेष्वास्तीक इत्युत ॥ १.४८.१९ ॥
Though still a child, he kept his vows and was endowed with intelligence and goodness; in the worlds he became famous under the name Āstīka.
1.48.20
अस्तीत्युक्त्वा गतो यस्मात्पिता गर्भस्थमेव तम् ।
वनं तस्मादिदं तस्य नामास्तीकेति विश्रुतम् ॥ १.४८.२० ॥
Because his father, saying "he is," departed leaving him still in the womb, this forest became famed by his name as Āstīka.
1.48.21
स बाल एव तत्रस्थश्चरन्नमितबुद्धिमान् ।
गृहे पन्नगराजस्य प्रयत्नात्परिरक्षितः ॥ १.४८.२१ ॥
Remaining there as a child, moving about, possessed of boundless intellect, he was carefully protected in the house of the king of serpents.
1.48.22
भगवानिव देवेशः शूलपाणिर्हिरण्मयः ।
विवर्धमानः सर्वांस्तान्पन्नगानभ्यहर्षयत् ॥ १.४८.२२ ॥
Like the divine lord of gods, wielder of the trident and golden of hue, growing up, he delighted all those serpents.