Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.5
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1.5.1
पुराणमखिलं तात पिता तेऽधीतवान्पुरा ।
भारताध्ययनं सर्वं कृष्णद्वैपायनात्तदा।
कच्चित्त्वमपि तत्सर्वमधीषे रौमहर्षणे ॥ १.५.१ ॥
Dear son, your father once studied the whole Purāṇa and the entire Bhārata from Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana. O son of Romaharṣaṇa, have you too studied all of it?
1.5.2
पुराणे हि कथा दिव्या आदिवंशाश्च धीमताम् ।
कथ्यन्ते ये पुराऽस्माभिः श्रुतपूर्वाः पितुस्तव ॥ १.५.२ ॥
In the Purāṇas are told the divine tales of the wise and the primeval lineages, which we heard long ago from your father.
1.5.3
तत्र वंशमहं पूर्वं श्रोतुमिच्छामि भार्गवम् ।
कथयस्व कथामेतां कल्याः स्मः श्रवणे तव ॥ १.५.३ ॥
Therefore I first wish to hear the lineage of the Bhārgavas. Tell this tale; we shall be blessed by your telling.
1.5.4
यदधीतं पुरा सम्यग्द्विजश्रेष्ठैर्महात्मभिः ।
वैशंपायनविप्राग्र्यैस्तैश्चापि कथितं यथा ॥ १.५.४ ॥
As it was thoroughly studied long ago by the great-souled foremost brahmins, and as it was recited by Vaiśampāyana, the foremost of brahmins.
1.5.5
यदधीतं च पित्रा मे सम्यक्कैव ततो मया ।
तावच्छृणुष्व यो देवैः सेन्द्रैः सर्षिमरुद्गणैः ॥ १.५.५ ॥
What my father studied thoroughly, and what I then studied as well — listen now to that which the gods with Indra, the sages and the host of Maruts heard.
1.5.6
पूजितः प्रवरो वंशो भार्गवो भृगुनन्दन ।
इमं वंशमहं पूर्वं भार्गवं ते महामुने ॥ १.५.६ ॥
O son of Bhṛgu, the Bhārgava lineage is the foremost and most honored; this lineage I shall first recount to you, O great sage.
1.5.7
निगदामि यथायुक्तं पुराणाश्रयसंयुतम् ।
भृगुर्महर्षिर्भगवान्ब्रह्मणा वै स्वयंभुवा ॥ १.५.७ ॥
I shall recount this rightly, grounded in the Purāṇas: the great sage, the blessed Bhṛgu, was created by Brahmā, the self-existent.
1.5.8
वरुणस्य क्रतौ जातः पावकादिति नः श्रुतम् ।
भृगोः सुदयितः पुत्रश्च्यवनो नाम भार्गवः ॥ १.५.८ ॥
We have heard that he was born from Pāvaka (Agni) at the sacrifice of Varuṇa. Cyavana, the Bhārgava, was the most beloved son of Bhṛgu.
1.5.9
च्यवनस्य च दायादः प्रमतिर्नाम धार्मिकः ।
प्रमतेरप्यभूत्पुत्रो घृताच्यां रुरुरित्युत ॥ १.५.९ ॥
Pramati, a righteous man, was the heir of Cyavana. Pramati too had a son, Ruru, by Ghṛtācī.
1.5.10
रुरोरपि सुतो जज्ञे शुनको वेदपारगः ।
प्रमद्वरायां धर्मात्मा तव पूर्वपितामहः ॥ १.५.१० ॥
Ruru also had a son, Śunaka, a master of the Vedas. Śunaka, the righteous one born of Pramadvarā, was your earlier grandfather.
1.5.11
तपस्वी च यशस्वी च श्रुतवान्ब्रह्मवित्तमः ।
धार्मिकः सत्यवादी च नियतो नियताशनः ॥ १.५.११ ॥
He was ascetic, renowned, learned, the best of those who know Brahman, righteous, truthful, self-restrained, and moderate in eating.
1.5.12
सूतपुत्र यथा तस्य भार्गवस्य महात्मनः ।
च्यवनत्वं परिख्यातं तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः ॥ १.५.१२ ॥
Son of Sūta, tell me, who am asking, how that great-souled Bhārgava came to be famous by the name Cyavana.
1.5.13
भृगोः सुदयिता भार्या पुलोमेत्यभिविश्रुता ।
तस्यां समभवद्गर्भो भृगुवीर्यसमुद्भवः ॥ १.५.१३ ॥
Bhṛgu's most beloved wife, renowned as Pulomā, conceived a child born of Bhṛgu's seed.
1.5.14
तस्मिन्गर्भेऽथ संभूते पुलोमायां भृगूद्वह ।
समये समशीलिन्यां धर्मपत्न्यां यशस्विनः ॥ १.५.१४ ॥
O best of the Bhṛgus, when that embryo had come to be in Pulomā, in due season it was within her, the lawful wife of the renowned Bhṛgu, of like disposition.
1.5.15
अभिषेकाय निष्क्रान्ते भृगौ धर्मभृतां वरे ।
आश्रमं तस्य रक्षोऽथ पुलोमाऽभ्याजगाम ह ॥ १.५.१५ ॥
When Bhṛgu, best of those who uphold dharma, had gone out for the consecration rite, the rakṣasa came to his hermitage, and Pulomā came with him.
1.5.16
तं प्रविश्याश्रमं दृष्ट्वा भृगोर्भार्यामनिन्दिताम् ।
हृच्छयेन समाविष्टो विचेताः समपद्यत ॥ १.५.१६ ॥
Having entered the hermitage and seen Bhṛgu's blameless wife, he was seized by the arrow of desire in his heart and became bewildered.
1.5.17
अभ्यागतं तु तद्रक्षः पुलोमा चारुदर्शना ।
न्यमन्त्रयत वन्येन फलमूलादिना तदा ॥ १.५.१७ ॥
But the rakṣasa, having arrived as a guest, was then entertained by the fair-eyed Pulomā with forest fare: fruits, roots and the like.
1.5.18
तां तु रक्षस्तदा ब्रह्मन्हृच्छयेनाभिपीडितम् ।
दृष्ट्वा हृष्टमभूद्राजञ्जिहीर्षुस्तामनिन्दिताम् ॥ १.५.१८ ॥
O brahmin, O king, then the rakṣasa, seeing her afflicted by the arrow of desire in her heart, rejoiced, and became eager to carry off that blameless woman.
1.5.19
जातमित्यब्रवीत्कार्यं जिहीर्षुर्मुदितः शुभाम् ।
सा हि पूर्वं वृता तेन पुलोम्ना तु शुचिस्मिता ॥ १.५.१९ ॥
Saying, "She is born," and delighted, desiring to seize that auspicious woman, he resolved on the deed. She had been chosen beforehand by that very Puloman, bright-smiling one.
1.5.20
तस्य तत्किल्बिषं नित्यं हृदि वर्तति भार्गव ॥ १.५.२० ॥
O Bhārgava, that wrongdoing of his remains always in his heart.
1.5.21
इदमन्तरमित्येवं हर्तुं चक्रे मनस्तदा ।
अथाग्निशरणेऽपश्यज्ज्वलन्तं जातवेदसम् ॥ १.५.२१ ॥
Thinking, "This is the opportunity," he then resolved to seize her. Then he saw, in the refuge of fire, Jātavedas (Agni) blazing.
1.5.22
तमपृच्छत्ततो रक्षः पावकं ज्वलितं तदा ।
शंस मे कस्य भार्येयमग्ने पृच्छे ऋतेन वै ॥ १.५.२२ ॥
Then the rakshasa asked the blazing Pāvaka (Agni): "O Agni, tell me whose wife this is. I ask you truthfully."
1.5.23
मुखं त्वमसि देवानां वद पावक पृच्छते ।
मया हीयं वृता पूर्वं भार्यार्थे वरवर्णिनी ॥ १.५.२३ ॥
You are the mouth of the gods. O Pāvaka, answer the one who asks. This fair-complexioned excellent woman was chosen by me beforehand, as my wife.
1.5.24
पश्चादिमां पिता प्रादाद्भृगवेऽनृतकारकः ।
सेयं यदि वरारोहा भृगोर्भार्या रहोगता ॥ १.५.२४ ॥
Afterwards her father, one who acted falsely, gave her to Bhṛgu. If this fair-hipped woman is Bhṛgu's wife, who went away in secret…
1.5.25
तथा सत्यं समाख्याहि जिहीर्षाम्याश्रमादिमाम् ।
स मन्युस्तत्र हृदयं प्रदहन्निव तिष्ठति ॥ १.५.२५ ॥
"Then tell the truth: I wish to carry this woman away from the hermitage." That anger stood there, as if burning his heart.
1.5.26
मत्पूर्वभार्यां यदिमां भृगुराप सुमध्यमाम् ।
असंमतमिदं मेऽद्य हरिष्याम्याश्रमादिमाम् ॥ १.५.२६ ॥
Since Bhṛgu took this slender-waisted woman as my former wife, this is unacceptable to me. Today I will carry her away from the hermitage.
1.5.27
एवं रक्षस्तमामन्त्र्य ज्वलितं जातवेदसम् ।
शङ्कमानं भृगोर्भार्यां पुनःपुनरपृच्छत ॥ १.५.२७ ॥
Thus the demon addressed the blazing fire, Jātavedas, and, doubting about Bhṛgu's wife, asked again and again.
1.5.28
त्वमग्ने सर्वभूतानामन्तश्चरसि नित्यदा ।
साक्षिवत्पुण्यपापेषु सत्यं ब्रूहि कवे वचः ॥ १.५.२८ ॥
O Agni, you always move within all beings, like a witness to merit and sin. O seer, speak the true word.
1.5.29
मत्पूर्वभार्याऽपहृता भृगुणाऽनृतकारिणा ।
सेयं यदि तथा मे त्वं सत्यमाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥ १.५.२९ ॥
Bhṛgu, the deceiver, carried off my former wife. If this woman is she, it is fitting that you tell me the truth.
1.5.30
श्रुत्वा त्वत्तो भृगोर्भार्यां हरिष्याम्याश्रमादिमाम् ।
जातवेदः पश्यतस्ते वद सत्यां गिरं मम ॥ १.५.३० ॥
Having heard from you that this is Bhṛgu's wife, I will carry her away from the hermitage. O Jātavedas, while you watch, speak to me a true word.
1.5.31
तस्यैतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सप्तार्चिर्दुःखितोऽभवत् ।
सत्यं वदामि यदि मे शापः स्याद्ब्रह्मवित्तमात् ॥ १.५.३१ ॥
Hearing these words of his, the seven-flamed one (Agni) became distressed. "I shall speak the truth, even if the curse of Bhṛgu, best of those who know Brahman, should fall upon me."
1.5.32
असत्यं चेदहं ब्रूयां पतिष्ये नरकान्ध्रुवम् ।
भीतोऽनृताच्च शापाच्च भृगोरित्यब्रवीच्छनैः ॥ १.५.३२ ॥
"If I should speak falsely, I shall surely fall into hell." Afraid of falsehood and of Bhṛgu's curse, he spoke these words softly.
1.5.33
त्वया वृता पुलोमेयं पूर्वं दानवनन्दन ।
किं त्वियं विधिना पूर्वं मन्त्रवन्न वृता त्वया ॥ १.५.३३ ॥
"Son of the Dānava, this Pulomā was chosen by you before. Why, then, did you not choose her earlier, in due rite and with the mantras?"
1.5.34
पित्रा तु भृगवे दत्ता पुलोमेयं यशस्विनी ।
ददाति न पिता तुभ्यं वरलोभान्महायशाः ॥ १.५.३४ ॥
"Her father gave the glorious Pulomā to Bhṛgu. That great-famed father does not give her to you now, out of greed for a suitor's gift."
1.5.35
अथेमां वेददृष्टेन कर्मणा विधिपूर्वकम् ।
भार्यामृषिर्भृगुः प्राप मां पुरस्कृत्य दानव ॥ १.५.३५ ॥
"Then, O Dānava, the sage Bhṛgu obtained her as his wife, in accordance with the rite seen in the Veda, placing me before him."
1.5.36
सेयमित्यवगच्छामि नानृतं वक्तुमुत्सहे ।
नानृतं हि सदा लोके पूज्यते दानवोत्तम ॥ १.५.३६ ॥
"I know that this is she. I dare not speak falsehood, for, O best of Dānavas, falsehood is never honoured in the world."