Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.92
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1.92.1
ततो गच्छन्महाबाहुरेकोऽमात्यान्विसृज्य तान् ।
नापश्यच्चाश्रमे तस्मिंस्तमृषिं संशितव्रतम् ॥ १.९२.१ ॥
Then the mighty-armed king went on alone, having dismissed his ministers, and in that hermitage he did not see that sage of rigid vows.
1.92.2
सोऽपश्यमानस्तमृषिं शून्यं दृष्ट्वा तथाऽऽश्रमम् ।
उवाच क इहेत्युच्चैर्वनं सन्नादयन्निव ॥ १.९२.२ ॥
Not seeing that sage, and seeing the hermitage so deserted, he called out loudly, 'Who is here?', as if making the forest resound.
1.92.3
श्रुत्वाऽथ तस्य तं शब्दं कन्या श्रीरिव रूपिणी ।
निश्चक्रामाश्रमात्तस्मात्तापसीवेषधारिणी ॥ १.९२.३ ॥
Hearing that sound, a maiden lovely as Śrī herself, wearing the garb of an ascetic woman, came out from that hermitage.
1.92.4
सा तं दृष्ट्वैव राजानं दुष्यन्तमसितेक्षणा ।
सुप्रीताऽभ्यागतं तं तु पूज्यं प्राप्तमथेश्वरम् ॥ १.९२.४ ॥
Seeing the king Duṣyanta, the dark-eyed maiden, greatly pleased, welcomed him, the honored guest who had arrived, a lord indeed.
1.92.5
रूपयौवनसंपन्ना शीलाचारवती शुभा ।
सा तमायतपद्माक्षं व्यूढोरस्कं महाभुजम् ॥ १.९२.५ ॥
That auspicious maiden, endowed with beauty and youth, of good character and conduct, gazed upon him, the long-lotus-eyed, broad-chested, mighty-armed king.
1.92.6
सिंहस्कन्धं दीर्घबाहुं सर्वलक्षणपूजितम् ।
स्पृष्टं मधुरया वाचा साऽब्रवीज्जनमेजया ॥ १.९२.६ ॥
Addressing that king, lion-shouldered, long-armed, honored for all auspicious marks, she spoke to him in sweet words, O Janamejaya.
1.92.7
स्वागतं त इति क्षिप्रमुवाच प्रतिपूज्य च ।
आसनेनार्चयित्वा च पाद्येनार्घ्येण चैव हि ॥ १.९२.७ ॥
Quickly she said, "Welcome to you," and, honoring him in return, she received him with a seat, water for the feet, and the offering of honor.
1.92.8
पप्रच्छानामयं राजन्कुशलं च नराधिपम् ।
यथावदर्चयित्वाऽथ पृष्ट्वा चानामयं तदा ॥ १.९२.८ ॥
O king, having duly honored him, she asked about the lord of men's welfare and well-being, and then, having honored him, she asked about his health.
1.92.9
उवाच स्मयमानेव किं कार्यं क्रियतामिति ।
आश्रमस्याभिगमने किं त्वं कार्यं चिकीर्षसि ॥ १.९२.९ ॥
Smiling, as it were, she said, "What is to be done? What do you wish to accomplish by coming to the hermitage?"
1.92.10
कस्त्वमद्येह संप्राप्तो महर्षेराश्रमं शुभम् ।
तामब्रवीत्ततो राजा कन्यां मधुरभाषिणीम् ॥ १.९२.१० ॥
"Who are you, who have come today to this auspicious hermitage of the great sage?" Then the king said to that maiden of sweet speech.
1.92.11
दृष्ट्वा सर्वानवद्याङ्गीं यथावत्प्रतिपूजितः ।
राजर्षेस्तस्य पुत्रोऽहमिलिनस्य महात्मनः ॥ १.९२.११ ॥
Having seen that maiden of faultless limbs, duly honored in return, he said: "I am the son of the royal sage, the great-souled Ilina."
1.92.12
दुष्यन्त इति मे नाम सत्यं पुष्करलोचने ।
आगतोऽहं महाभागमृषिं कण्वमुपासितुम् ॥ १.९२.१२ ॥
"O lotus-eyed one, my name is indeed Duṣyanta. I have come to attend upon the greatly fortunate sage Kaṇva."
1.92.13
क्व गतो भगवान्भद्रे गन्ममाचक्ष्व शोभने ।
गतः पिता मे भगवान्फलान्याहर्तुमाश्रमात्।
मुहूर्तं संप्रतीक्षस्व द्रष्टास्येनमुपागतम् ॥ १.९२.१३ ॥
O auspicious one, O radiant one, where has the revered one gone? Tell me. My father, the revered one, has gone from the hermitage to fetch fruits. Wait a moment; you will see him coming.
1.92.14
अपश्यमानस्तमृषिं तथा चोक्तस्तया च सः ।
तां दृष्ट्वा च वरारोहां श्रीमतीं चारुहासिनीम् ॥ १.९२.१४ ॥
Not seeing that sage, and thus addressed by her, he looked upon her, the lovely-hipped, radiant, sweetly smiling one.
1.92.15
विभ्राजमानां वपुषा तपसा च दमेन च ।
रूपयौवनसंपन्नामित्युवाच महीपतिः ॥ १.९२.१५ ॥
Shining in form, by austerity and self-restraint, endowed with beauty and youth, to her the king spoke thus.
1.92.16
का त्वं कस्यासि सुश्रोणि किमर्थं चागता वनम् ।
एवंरूपगुणोपेता कुतस्त्वमसि शोभने ॥ १.९२.१६ ॥
Who are you, O fair-hipped one? Whose are you, and for what purpose have you come to the forest? Endowed with such beauty and such qualities, where have you come from, O radiant one?
1.92.17
दर्शनादेव हि शुभे त्वया मेऽपहृतं मनः ।
इच्छामि त्वामहं ज्ञातुं तन्ममाचक्ष्व शोभने ॥ १.९२.१७ ॥
O auspicious one, merely by seeing you, you have stolen my mind. I wish to know you; tell me that, O radiant one.
1.92.18
स्थितोस्म्यमितसौभाग्ये विवक्षुश्चास्मि किंचन ।
शृणु मे नागनासोरु वचनं मत्तकाशिनि ॥ १.९२.१८ ॥
O one of boundless fortune, I stand here and wish to say something. Listen to my words, O elephant-nosed one, O lovely-thighed one, O intoxicating one.
1.92.19
राजर्षेरन्वये जातः पूरोरस्मि विशेषतः ।
वृण्वे त्वामद्य सुश्रोणि दुष्यन्तो वरवर्णिनि ॥ १.९२.१९ ॥
I was born in the line of royal sages, especially of Pūru. O fair-hipped one, O fair-complexioned woman, I, Duṣyanta, choose you today.
1.92.20
न मेऽन्यत्र क्षत्रियाया मनो जातु प्रवर्तते ।
ऋषिपुत्रीषु चान्यासु नावरासु परासु च ॥ १.९२.२० ॥
My mind never turns to any woman other than a kṣatriya woman, not to sages' daughters, nor to other women, neither to lower nor to higher ones.
1.92.21
तस्मात्प्रणिहितात्मानं विद्दि मां कलभाषिणि ।
यस्यां मे त्वयि भावोऽस्ति क्षत्रिया ह्यसि का वदा ॥ १.९२.२१ ॥
Therefore know me to be steadfast in heart, O sweet-speaking one. In you my feeling rests. Are you a kṣatriya woman? Tell me, who are you?
1.92.22
न हि मे भीरु विप्रायां मनः प्रसहते गतिम् ।
भजे त्वामायतापाङ्गे भक्तं भजितुमर्हसि।
भुङ्क्ष राज्यं विशालाक्षि बुद्धिं मात्वन्यथा कृथाः ॥ १.९२.२२ ॥
Timid one, my mind does not endure its course toward a brahmin woman. Long-eyed one, I desire you; it is fitting that you accept a devoted man. Wide-eyed one, enjoy the kingdom, and do not turn your understanding otherwise.
1.92.23
एवमुक्ता तु सा कन्या तेन राज्ञा तमाश्रमे ।
उवाच हसती वाक्यमिदं सुमधुराक्षरम् ॥ १.९२.२३ ॥
Thus addressed by the king in the hermitage, the maiden, smiling, spoke these words in very sweet syllables.
1.92.24
कण्वस्याहं भगवतो दुष्यन्त दुहिता मता ।
तपस्विनो धृतिमतो धर्मज्ञस्य महात्मनः ॥ १.९२.२४ ॥
O Duṣyanta, I am regarded as the daughter of the venerable Kaṇva, that ascetic, steadfast, knower of dharma and great-souled one.
1.92.25
अस्वतन्त्रास्मि राजेन्द्र काश्यपो मे गुरुः पिता ।
तमेव प्रार्थय स्वार्थं नायुक्तं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥ १.९२.२५ ॥
O lord of kings, I am not independent; Kāśyapa is my teacher and father. Ask for your purpose from him alone; you should not do what is improper.
1.92.26
ऊर्ध्वरेता महाभागे भगवाँल्लोकपूजितः ।
चलेद्धि वृत्ताद्धर्मोपि न चलेत्संशितव्रतः ॥ १.९२.२६ ॥
O greatly fortunate one, that venerable one, whose seed rises upward, honored by the worlds, is of firm vows. Dharma itself might waver from its conduct, but he would not waver.
1.92.27
कथं त्वं तस्य दुहिता संभूता वरवर्णिनी ।
संशयो मे महानत्र तन्मे छेत्तुमिहार्हसि ॥ १.९२.२७ ॥
O excellent-complexioned one, how were you born as his daughter? I have a great doubt here; it is fitting that you resolve it for me.
1.92.28
यथाऽयमागमो मह्यं यथा चेदमभूत्पुरा ।
अन्यथा सन्तमात्मानमन्यथा सत्सु भाषते ॥ १.९२.२८ ॥
As this coming of mine came about, and as this happened formerly, so: one who is otherwise in himself speaks otherwise before the good.
1.92.29
स पापेनावृतो मूर्खस्तेन आत्मापहारकः ।
शृणु राजन्यथातत्त्वं यथाऽस्मि दुहिता मुनेः ॥ १.९२.२९ ॥
That foolish one, covered by sin, a thief, a robber of his own self. Listen, O king, to the truth of how I am the daughter of the sage.
1.92.30
ऋषिः कश्चिदिहागम्य मम जन्माभ्यचोदयत् ।
ऊर्ध्वरेता यथासि त्वं कुतस्त्वेयं शकुन्तला ॥ १.९२.३० ॥
Here some sage came and stirred up the matter of my birth: 'As you are one whose seed rises upward, where does this Śakuntalā come from?'
1.92.31
पुत्री त्वत्तः कथं जाता तत्त्वं मे ब्रूहि काश्यप ।
तस्मै प्रोवाच भगवान्यथा तच्छृणु पार्थिवा ॥ १.९२.३१ ॥
How was a daughter born from you? Tell me that, O Kāśyapa. Then the venerable one said to her: Listen, O king, to how it happened.
1.92.32
तप्यमानः किल पुरा विश्वामित्रो महत्तपः ।
सुभृशं तापयामास शक्रं सुरगणेश्वरम् ॥ १.९२.३२ ॥
Long ago, Viśvāmitra, performing great austerities, sorely troubled Indra, lord of the hosts of gods.
1.92.33
तपसा दीप्तवीर्योऽयं स्थानान्मां च्यावयेदिति ।
भीतः पुरन्दरस्तस्मान्मेनकामिदमब्रवीत् ॥ १.९२.३३ ॥
Thinking, 'This one, with his blazing power born of austerity, may displace me from my place,' frightened Purandara spoke these words to Menakā.
1.92.34
गुणैरप्सरसां दिव्यैर्मेनके त्वं विशिष्यसे ।
श्रेयो मे कुरु कल्याणि यत्त्वां वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु ॥ १.९२.३४ ॥
Menakā, in divine qualities you surpass the apsarās. O auspicious one, do what is good for me; listen to what I will tell you.
1.92.35
असावादित्यशङ्काशो विश्वामित्रो महातपाः ।
तप्यमानस्तपो घोरं मम कम्पयते मनः ॥ १.९२.३५ ॥
That Viśvāmitra, resembling the sun and of great austerity, is performing terrible penance, and my mind trembles.
1.92.36
मेनके तव भारोऽयं विश्वामित्रः सुमध्यमे ।
शंसितात्मा सुदुर्धर्ष उग्रे तपसि वर्तते ॥ १.९२.३६ ॥
Menakā, this burden is yours, O slender-waisted one. Viśvāmitra, of praised and self-controlled nature and very hard to assail, is engaged in fierce austerity.
1.92.37
स मां न च्यावयेत्स्थानात्तं वै गत्वा प्रलोभय ।
चर तस्य तपोविघ्नं कुरु मे प्रियमुत्तमम् ॥ १.९२.३७ ॥
Let him not move me from my place; go and entice him, cause an obstacle to his asceticism, and do what is most dear to me.
1.92.38
रूपयौवनमाधुर्यचेष्टितस्मितभाषणैः ।
लोभयित्वा वरारोहे तपसस्तं निवर्तय ॥ १.९२.३८ ॥
O lovely-hipped one, enticing him with beauty, youth, charm, gestures, smiles and speech, turn him back from his asceticism.
1.92.39
महातेजाः स भगवांस्तथैव च महातपाः ।
कोपनश्च तथा ह्येनं जानाति भगवानपि ॥ १.९२.३९ ॥
He is of great splendor and great asceticism, and likewise irascible; the revered one knows this as well.
1.92.40
तेजस्तपसश्चैव कोपस्य च महात्मनः ।
त्वमप्युद्विजसे यस्य नोद्विजेयमहं कथम् ॥ १.९२.४० ॥
Even you are agitated by the splendor, asceticism and anger of that great-souled one; how then should I not be agitated by him?
1.92.41
महाभागं वसिष्ठं यः पुत्रैरिष्टैर्व्ययोजयत् ।
क्षत्रजातश्च यः पूर्वमभवद्ब्राह्मणो बलात् ॥ १.९२.४१ ॥
He who separated the greatly fortunate Vasiṣṭha from his beloved sons, and who, born earlier a kṣatriya, became a brahmin by force—
1.92.42
शौचार्थं यो नदीं चक्रे दुर्गमां बहुभिर्जलैः ।
यां तां पुण्यतमां लोके कौशिकीति विदुर्जनाः ॥ १.९२.४२ ॥
He who, for the sake of purification, made a river hard to cross with many waters—the river that people in the world know as the most sacred, called Kauśikī.
1.92.43
बभार यत्रास्य पुरा काले दुर्गे महात्मनः ।
दारान्मतङ्गो धर्मात्मा राजर्षिर्व्याधतां गतः ॥ १.९२.४३ ॥
In ancient times that great-souled one maintained his wives here; the righteous Mataṅga, a royal sage, fell into the state of a hunter.
1.92.44
अतीतकाले दुर्भिक्षे अभ्येत्य पुनराक्षमम् ।
मुनिः पारेति नद्या वै नाम चक्रे तदा प्रभुः ॥ १.९२.४४ ॥
In a past time of famine, the sage returned again to the hermitage, and then that lord gave the river the name "Pāra".
1.92.45
मतङ्गं याजयाञ्चक्रे यत्र प्रीतमनाः स्वयम् ।
त्वं च सोमं भयाद्यस्य गतः पातुं सुरेश्वर ॥ १.९२.४५ ॥
Where, with a pleased mind, he himself had Mataṅga perform a sacrifice; and, O lord of the gods, out of fear of whom you went away to drink the soma.
1.92.46
चकारान्यं च लोकं वै क्रुद्धो नक्षत्रसंपदा ।
प्रतिश्रवणपूर्वाणि नक्षत्राणि चकार यः।
गुरुशापहतस्यापि त्रिशङ्कोः शरणं ददौ ॥ १.९२.४६ ॥
In anger he also made another world with a wealth of constellations; he who made the constellations promised beforehand, and gave refuge to Triśaṅku, struck down by his guru's curse.
1.92.47
ब्रह्मर्षिशापं राजर्षिः कथं मोक्ष्यति कौशिकः ।
अवमत्य तदा देवैर्यज्ञाङ्गं तद्विनाशितम् ॥ १.९२.४७ ॥
How will the royal sage Kauśika be freed from the brahmarishi's curse? Then the gods, having disregarded him, destroyed the limb of the sacrifice.
1.92.48
अन्यानि च महातेजा यज्ञाङ्गान्यसृजत्प्रभुः ।
निनाय च तदा स्वर्गं त्रिशङ्कुं स महातपाः ॥ १.९२.४८ ॥
That lord of great brilliance created other limbs of the sacrifice too; and then that one of great austerity led Triśaṅku up to heaven.
1.92.49
एतानि यस्य कर्माणि तस्याहं भृशमुद्विजे ।
यथाऽसौ न दहेत्क्रुद्धस्तथाऽऽज्ञापय मां विभो ॥ १.९२.४९ ॥
Whose deeds these are, I am deeply alarmed of him. O lord, command me so that, even enraged, he would not burn me.
1.92.50
तेजसा निर्दहेल्लोकान्कम्पयेद्धरणीं पदा ।
संक्षिपेच्च महामेरुं तूर्णमावर्तयेद्दिशः ॥ १.९२.५० ॥
He could burn the worlds with his splendour, make the earth tremble with his foot, contract great Meru, and swiftly turn the directions.
1.92.51
तादृशं तपसा युक्तं प्रदीप्तमिव पावकम् ।
कथमस्मद्विधा नारी जितेन्द्रियमभिस्पृशेत् ॥ १.९२.५१ ॥
How could a woman like me touch such a one, endowed with asceticism, blazing like fire, self-controlled?
1.92.52
हुताशनमुखं दीप्तं सूर्यचन्द्राक्षितारकम् ।
कालजिह्वं सुरश्रेष्ठ कथमस्मद्विधा स्पृशेत् ॥ १.९२.५२ ॥
With a face like the sacrificial fire, blazing, with sun and moon for eyes and stars, with death for a tongue, how could a woman like me touch him, O best of gods?
1.92.53
यमश्च सोमश्च महर्षयश्च ।
साध्या विश्वे वालस्विल्याश्च सर्वे।
एतेऽपि यस्योद्विजन्ते प्रभावा-
त्तस्मात्कस्मान्मादृशी नोद्विजेत ॥ १.९२.५३ ॥
Yama and Soma, the great sages, the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas and the Vālakhilyas — all of them are alarmed by the power of him. Why then should a woman like me not be alarmed?
1.92.54
त्वयैवमुक्ता च कथं समीप-
मृषेर्न गच्छेयमहं सुरेन्द्र।
रक्षां च मे चिन्तय देवराज ।
यथा त्वदर्थं रक्षिताऽहं चरेयम् ॥ १.९२.५४ ॥
Having been told thus by you, how should I not go near the sage, O lord of gods? O king of gods, think about my protection, so that I may move about, protected for your sake.
1.92.55
कामं तु मे मारुतस्तत्र वासः ।
प्रक्रीडिताया विवृणोतु देव।
भवेच्च मे मन्मथस्तत्र कार्ये ।
सहायभूतस्तु तव प्रसादात् ॥ १.९२.५५ ॥
So be it. Let the wind be my dwelling there, and when I am playing let him uncover me, O god. And in that undertaking let Manmatha, by your favour, be my helper.
1.92.56
वनाच्च वायुः सुरभिः प्रवाया-
त्तस्मिन्काले तमृषिं लोभयन्त्याः।
तथेत्युक्त्वा विहिते चैव तस्मिं-
स्ततो ययौ साऽऽश्रमं कौशिकस्य ॥ १.९२.५६ ॥
At that time, while I am enticing that sage, let a fragrant wind blow from the forest. Saying 'So be it,' and when that was arranged, she went to the hermitage of Kauśika.