Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.74
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1.74.1
ततः काव्यो भृगुश्रेष्ठः समन्युरुपगम्य ह ।
वृषपर्वाणमासीनमित्युवाचाविचारयन् ॥ १.७४.१ ॥
Then Kāvya (Śukra), the best of the Bhṛgus, angry, approached and spoke thus, without deliberation, to Vṛṣaparvan, who was seated.
1.74.2
नाधर्मश्चरितो राजन्सद्यः फलति गौरिव ।
शनैरावर्त्यमानो हि कर्तुर्मूलानि कृन्तति ॥ १.७४.२ ॥
O king, unrighteousness committed does not bear fruit at once, like a cow; turning slowly, it cuts the very roots of the doer.
1.74.3
पुत्रेषु वा नप्तृषु वा न चेदात्मनि पश्यति ।
फलत्येव ध्रुवं पायं गुरुभुक्तमिवोदरे ॥ १.७४.३ ॥
If it is not seen in sons or grandsons, nor even in oneself, it surely bears fruit all the same, as heavy food digests in the belly.
1.74.4
अधीयानं हितं राजन्क्षमावन्तं जितेन्द्रियम् ।
यदघातयथा विप्रं कचमाङ्गिरसं तदा।
अपापशीलं धर्मज्ञं शुश्रूषुं मद्गृहे रतम् ॥ १.७४.४ ॥
O king, when you slew that brahmin Kaca, son of Aṅgiras, who was studious, beneficial, patient, self-controlled, of sinless nature, knowing dharma, and devoted to service in my house.
1.74.5
शर्मिष्ठया देवयानी क्रूरमुक्ता बहु प्रभो ।
विप्रकृत्य च संरम्भात्कूपे क्षिप्ता मनस्विनी ॥ १.७४.५ ॥
O lord, Śarmiṣṭhā spoke many harsh words to Devayānī; and in anger, having insulted that high-spirited woman, she was thrown into a well.
1.74.6
सा न कल्पेत वासाय तयाहं रहितः कथम् ।
वसेयमिह तस्मात्ते त्यजामि विषयं नृप ॥ १.७४.६ ॥
She would not be fit for my dwelling; but without her, how could I dwell here? Therefore, O king, I leave your realm.
1.74.7
वधादनर्हतस्तस्य वधाच्च दुहितुर्मम ।
वषपर्वन्निबोधेयं त्यक्ष्यामि त्वां सबान्धवम्।
स्थातुं त्वद्विषये राजन्न शक्ष्यामि त्वया सह ॥ १.७४.७ ॥
It is not right to kill him, nor my daughter. Vṛṣaparvan, understand this: I shall leave you and your kinsmen. O king, I shall not be able to stay in your realm with you.
1.74.8
मा शोच वृषपर्वंस्त्वं मा क्रुध्यस्व विशांपते ।
स्थातुं ते विषये राजन्न शक्ष्यामि तया विना।
अस्या गतिर्गतिर्मह्यं प्रियमस्याः प्रियं मम ॥ १.७४.८ ॥
Do not grieve, Vṛṣaparvan, and do not be angry, lord of the people. O king, without her I shall not be able to stay in your realm. Her path is my path; what is dear to her is dear to me.
1.74.9
यदि ब्रह्मन्घातयामि यदि वा क्रोशयाम्यहम् ।
शर्मिष्ठया देवयानीं तेन गच्छाम्यसद्गतिम् ॥ १.७४.९ ॥
O brahmin, if I should have her killed or if I should revile her, then by that means, through Śarmiṣṭhā, may I go to a wretched destiny in regard to Devayānī.
1.74.10
अहो मामभिजानासि दैत्य मिथ्याप्रलापिनम् ।
यथेममात्मनो दोषं न नियच्छस्पुपेक्षसे ॥ १.७४.१० ॥
Ah, you take me for a speaker of falsehood, O Daitya. You do not restrain this fault of your own; you neglect it.
1.74.11
नाधर्मं न मृषावादं त्वयि जानामि भार्गव ।
त्वयि धर्मश्च सत्यं च तत्प्रसीदतु नो भवान् ॥ १.७४.११ ॥
I know no unrighteousness in you, Bhārgava, nor any false speech. In you there is dharma and truth; therefore may you, sir, be gracious to us.
1.74.12
यद्यस्मानपहाय त्वमितो गच्छसि भार्गव ।
समुद्रं संप्रवेक्ष्यामि पूर्वं मद्बान्धवैः सह ॥ १.७४.१२ ॥
If you, Bhārgava, abandon us and go from here, I shall first enter the ocean together with my kinsmen.
1.74.13
पातालमथवा चाग्निं नान्यदस्ति परायणम् ।
यद्येव देवान्गच्छेस्त्वं मां च त्यक्त्वा ग्रहाधिप।
सर्वत्यागं ततः कृत्वा प्रविशामि हुताशनम् ॥ १.७४.१३ ॥
There is no refuge other than the netherworld or the fire. Lord of the planets, if you abandon me and go only to the gods, then, renouncing everything, I will enter the sacrificial fire.
1.74.14
समुद्रं प्रविशध्वं वा दिशो वा द्रवतासुराः ।
दुहितुर्नाप्रियं सोहुं शक्तोऽहं दयिता हि मे ॥ १.७४.१४ ॥
Asuras, enter the ocean or flee in all directions. I cannot bear anything displeasing to my daughter, for she is dear to me.
1.74.15
प्रसाद्यतां देवयानी जीवितं यत्र मे स्थितम् ।
योगक्षेमकरस्तेऽहमिन्द्रस्येव बृहस्पतिः ॥ १.७४.१५ ॥
Appease Devayānī, in whom my life abides. Like Bṛhaspati for Indra, I am the one who secures your welfare and safety.
1.74.16
यत्किंचिदसुरेन्द्राणां विद्यते वसु भार्गव ।
भुवि हस्तिगवाश्वं च तस्य त्वं मम चेश्चरः ॥ १.७४.१६ ॥
Bhārgava, whatever wealth the lords of the asuras possess on earth—elephants, cattle and horses—you are its master, and mine.
1.74.17
यत्किंचिदस्ति द्रविणं दैत्येन्द्राणां महासुर ।
तस्येश्वरोस्मि यद्येषा देवयानी प्रसाद्यताम् ॥ १.७४.१७ ॥
Mahāsura, whatever wealth the lords of the daityas possess, I am its master. Only let this Devayānī be appeased.
1.74.18
एवमुक्तस्तथेत्याह वृषपर्वा महाकविम् ।
देवयान्यन्तिकं गत्वा तमर्थं प्राह भार्गवः ॥ १.७४.१८ ॥
Thus addressed, Vṛṣaparvan said to the great sage, "So be it." Going to Devayānī, the Bhārgava told her that matter.
1.74.19
यदि त्वमीश्वरस्तात राज्ञो वित्तस्य भार्गव ।
नाभिजानामि तत्तेऽहं राजा तु वदतु स्वयम् ॥ १.७४.१९ ॥
If you, dear Bhārgava, are the lord of the king's wealth, I do not know it; let the king himself speak.
1.74.20
शुक्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा वृषपर्वा सबान्धवः ।
देवयानि प्रसीदेति पपात भुवि पादयोः ॥ १.७४.२० ॥
Hearing Śukra's words, Vṛṣaparvan with his kinsmen fell to the ground at her feet, saying, 'Be gracious, Devayānī.'
1.74.21
स्तुत्यो वन्द्यश्च सततं मया तातश्च ते शुभे ।
यं काममभिकामाऽसि देवयानि शुचिस्मिते।
तत्तेऽहं संप्रदास्यामि यदि वापि हि दुर्लभम् ॥ १.७४.२१ ॥
O auspicious one, my father, always to be praised and revered by me, is yours as well. O Devayānī of pure smile, whatever desire you wish, even if it is hard to obtain, I will surely give it to you.
1.74.22
दासीं कन्यासहस्रेण शर्मिष्ठामभिकामये ।
अनु मां तत्र गच्छेत्सा यत्र दद्याच्च मे पिता ॥ १.७४.२२ ॥
I desire Śarmiṣṭhā as a maidservant, with a thousand maidens; let her follow me wherever my father gives me.
1.74.23
उत्तिष्ठ त्वं गच्छ धात्रि शर्मिष्ठां शीघ्रमानय ।
यं च कामयते कामं देवयानी करोतु तम् ॥ १.७४.२३ ॥
Rise, nurse, go and quickly bring Śarmiṣṭhā; whatever desire Devayānī wishes, let her fulfil it.
1.74.24
त्यजेदेकं कुलस्यार्थे ग्रामार्थे च कुलं त्यजेत् ।
ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत् ॥ १.७४.२४ ॥
For the sake of the family one should give up one person; for the sake of the village one should give up the family; for the sake of the country one should give up the village; for one's own sake one should give up the earth.
1.74.25
ततो धात्री तत्र गत्वा शर्मिष्ठां वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
उत्तिष्ठ भद्रे शर्मिष्ठे ज्ञातीनां सुखमावह ॥ १.७४.२५ ॥
Then the nurse went there and said to Śarmiṣṭhā: Rise, good Śarmiṣṭhā, and bring happiness to your kinsmen.
1.74.26
त्यजति ब्राह्मणः शिष्यान्देवयान्या प्रचोदितः ।
सायं कामयते कां स कार्योऽद्य त्वयाऽनघे ॥ १.७४.२६ ॥
Urged by Devayānī, the brahmin abandons his disciples. O faultless one, the woman whom he desires this evening — that task must be done by you today.
1.74.27
यं सा कामयते कां करवाण्यहमद्य तम् ।
यद्येवमाह्वयेच्छुक्रो देवयानीकृते हि माम्।
मद्दोषान्मागमच्छुक्रो देवयानी च मत्कृते ॥ १.७४.२७ ॥
Śarmiṣṭhā said: Whichever man she desires, that very man I shall bring for her today. If Śukra summons me for Devayānī's sake, it was through my own fault that Śukra and Devayānī came here.
1.74.28
ततः कन्यासहस्रेण वृता शिबिकया तदा ।
पितुर्नियोगात्त्वरिता निश्चक्राम पुरोत्तमात् ॥ १.७४.२८ ॥
Then, surrounded by a thousand maidens and borne in a palanquin, hastening at her father's command, she set out from that excellent city.
1.74.29
अहं दासीसहस्रेण दासी ते परिचारिका ।
अनु त्वां तत्र यास्यामि यत्र दास्यति ते पिता ॥ १.७४.२९ ॥
Śarmiṣṭhā said: With a thousand maidservants, I shall go after you as your maidservant and attendant, to wherever your father gives you.
1.74.30
स्तुवतो दुहिताऽहं ते याचतः प्रतिगृह्णतः ।
स्तूयमानस्य दुहिता कथं दासी भविष्यसि ॥ १.७४.३० ॥
Devayānī said: I am the daughter of you — of one who praises, begs, and receives gifts. How, being the daughter of one who is praised, will you become a maidservant?
1.74.31
येनकेनचिदार्तानां ज्ञातीनां सुखमावहेत् ।
अतस्त्वामनुयास्यामि तत्र दास्यति ते पिता ॥ १.७४.३१ ॥
By whatever means may happiness come to afflicted kinsmen; therefore I will follow you, and there your father will give her to you.
1.74.32
प्रतिश्रुते दासभावे दुहित्रा वृषपर्वणः ।
देवयानी नृपश्रेष्ठ पितरं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ १.७४.३२ ॥
When Vṛṣaparvan's daughter had agreed to the state of servitude, O best of kings, Devayānī spoke these words to her father.
1.74.33
प्रविशामि पुरं तात तुष्टाऽस्मि द्विजसत्तम ।
अमोघं तव विज्ञानमस्ति विद्याबलं च ते ॥ १.७४.३३ ॥
Father, I am entering the city; O best of brahmins, I am pleased. Your knowledge is unfailing, and so is the power of your learning.
1.74.34
एवमुक्तो दुहित्रा स द्विजश्रेष्ठो महायशाः ।
प्रविवेश पुरं हृष्टः पूजितः सर्वदानैवः ॥ १.७४.३४ ॥
Thus addressed by his daughter, that great-famed best of brahmins, rejoicing, entered the city, honored with every kind of gift.