Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.98
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1.98.1
एवमुक्ता वरारोहा व्रीडितेव मनस्विनी ।
विसंज्ञेव च दुःखेन तस्थौ स्थूणेव निश्चला ॥ १.९८.१ ॥
Thus addressed, the lovely-hipped, high-minded woman stood as if ashamed and as if stunned with grief, motionless as a pillar.
1.98.2
संरम्भामर्षताम्राक्षी स्फुरमाणोष्ठसंपुटा ।
कटाक्षैर्निर्दहन्तीव तिर्यग्राजानमैक्षत ॥ १.९८.२ ॥
With fury and indignation reddening her eyes and her lips quivering, she looked askance at the king, as if she would burn him with her sidelong glances.
1.98.3
आकारं गूहमाना च मन्युना च समीरितम् ।
तपसा संभृतं तेजो धारयामास वै तदा ॥ १.९८.३ ॥
Concealing her outward appearance, stirred by anger, she held in check the fiery power gathered by her austerity.
1.98.4
सा मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा दुःखामर्षसमन्विता ।
भर्तारमभिसंप्रेक्ष्य यथान्यायं वचोऽब्रवीत् ॥ १.९८.४ ॥
Filled with grief and indignation, she considered for a moment as if, then looked at her husband and spoke words fitting to the occasion.
1.98.5
जानन्नपि महाराज कस्मादेवं प्रभाषसे ।
न जानामीति निःशङ्कं यथान्यः प्राकृतस्तथा ॥ १.९८.५ ॥
O great king, why do you speak thus, saying without hesitation "I do not know," like any ordinary man, though you know?
1.98.6
तस्य ते हृदयं वेद सत्यस्यैवानृतस्य च ।
साक्षिणं बत कल्याणमात्मानमवमन्यसे ॥ १.९८.६ ॥
Your own heart knows it, witness to both truth and falsehood. Alas, O auspicious one, you disregard your own self.
1.98.7
योऽन्यथा सन्तमात्मानन्यथा प्रतिपद्यते ।
किं तेन न कृतं पापं चोरेणात्मापहारिणा ॥ १.९८.७ ॥
He who presents himself otherwise than as he is — what sin has he not committed? He is a thief who steals the self.
1.98.8
एकोऽहमस्मीति च मन्यसे त्वं ।
न हृच्छयं वेत्सि मुनिं पुराणम्।
यो वेदिता कर्मणः पापकस्य ।
तस्यान्तिके त्वं वृजिनं करोषि ॥ १.९८.८ ॥
You think, "I am alone." You do not know the ancient sage who dwells in the heart. Before him who knows the wicked deed, you do evil.
1.98.9
धर्म एव हि साधूनां सर्वेषां हितकारणम् ।
नित्यं मिथ्याविहीनानां न च दुःखावहो भवेत् ॥ १.९८.९ ॥
Dharma alone is the cause of welfare for the good and for all. For those free from falsehood, it never brings sorrow.
1.98.10
मन्यते पापकं कृत्वा न कश्चिद्वेत्ति मामिति ।
विदन्ति चैनं देवाश्च यश्चैवान्तरपूरुषः ॥ १.९८.१० ॥
Having done wrong, a man thinks, "No one knows me." But the gods know him, and so does the inner Person who dwells within.
1.98.11
आदित्यचन्द्रावनिलोऽनलश्च ।
द्यौर्भूमिरापो हृदयं यमश्च।
अहश्च रात्रिश्च उभे च सन्ध्ये ।
धर्मश्च जानाति नरस्य वृत्तम् ॥ १.९८.११ ॥
The sun and moon, wind and fire, sky, earth, waters, the heart, Yama, day and night, both twilights, and Dharma — these know a man's conduct.
1.98.12
यमो वैवस्वतस्तस्य निर्यातयति दुष्कृतम् ।
हृदि स्थितः कर्मसाक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञो यस्य तुष्यति ॥ १.९८.१२ ॥
Yama, son of Vivasvat, causes him to suffer the requital of his evil deed. The witness of deeds who dwells in the heart, the knower of the field, is pleased with him to whom he is pleased.
1.98.13
न तुष्यति च यस्यैष पुरुषस्य दुरात्मनः ।
तं यमः पापकर्माणं निर्भर्त्सयति दुष्कृतम् ॥ १.९८.१३ ॥
The man with whom this one (the witness dwelling in the heart) is not pleased, Yama rebukes that wicked-minded evildoer, that wrongdoer.
1.98.14
योऽवमत्यात्मनात्मानमन्यथा प्रतिपद्यते ।
न तस्य देवाः श्रेयांसो यस्यात्मापि न कारणम् ॥ १.९८.१४ ॥
For him who disrespects himself and behaves otherwise, the gods are no better; for whom even his own self is no cause.
1.98.15
स्वयं प्राप्तेति मामेवं मावमंस्था पतिव्रताम् ।
अर्चार्हां नार्चयसि मां स्वयं भार्यामुपस्थिताम् ॥ १.९८.१५ ॥
Do not disregard me, a devoted wife, thinking, 'She has come of her own accord.' You do not honour me, who am worthy of honour, who have come before you myself as your wife.
1.98.16
किमर्थं मां प्राकृतवदुपप्रेक्षसि संसदि ।
नखल्वहमिदं शून्ये रौमि किं न शृणोषि मे ॥ १.९८.१६ ॥
Why do you look at me like an ordinary woman in the assembly? Indeed I am crying out this in an empty place — do you not hear my voice?
1.98.17
यदि मे याचमानाया वचनं न करिष्यसि ।
दुष्यन्त शतधा त्वद्य मूर्धा ते विफलिष्यति ॥ १.९८.१७ ॥
If you do not do my request, I, who am imploring you, then your head will break into a hundred pieces today, O Duṣyanta.
1.98.18
जायां पतिः संप्रविश्य यदस्यां जायते पुनः ।
जायायास्तद्धि जायात्वं पौराणाः कवयो विदुः ॥ १.९८.१८ ॥
A husband, entering his wife, is born again in her; that indeed is the wife's being a wife, as the ancient sages know.
1.98.19
यदागमवतः पुंसस्तदपत्यं प्रजायते ।
तत्तारयति संतत्या पूर्वप्रेतान्पितामहान् ॥ १.९८.१९ ॥
The offspring born to a man learned in the scriptures carries across, through the continuity of the lineage, the grandfathers who died before.
1.98.20
पुन्नाम्नो नरकाद्यस्मात्पितरं त्रायते सुतः ।
तस्मात्पुत्र इति प्रोक्तः पूर्वमेव स्वयंभुवा ॥ १.९८.२० ॥
Because a son saves his father from the hell called Put, therefore the Self-existent one named him 'putra' (son) from the very beginning.
1.98.21
पुत्रेण लोकाञ्जयन्ति पौत्रेणानन्त्यमश्नुते ।
अथ पौत्रस्य पुत्रेण मोदन्ते प्रपितामहाः ॥ १.९८.२१ ॥
By a son they conquer worlds; by a grandson they attain endlessness; and by the son of a grandson the great-grandfathers rejoice.
1.98.22
सा भार्या या गृहे दक्षा सा भार्या या प्रजावती ।
सा भार्या या पतिप्राणा सा भार्या या पतिव्रता ॥ १.९८.२२ ॥
She is a wife who is skilful in the home; she is a wife who has children; she is a wife whose life is her husband; she is a wife who is faithful to her husband.
1.98.23
अर्धं भार्या मनुष्यस्य भार्या श्रेष्ठतमः सखा ।
भार्या मूलं त्रिवर्गस्य यः सभार्यः स बन्धुमान् ॥ १.९८.२३ ॥
A wife is half of a man; a wife is the best of friends; a wife is the root of the threefold aim (dharma, wealth, pleasure); he who has a wife has kinsmen.
1.98.24
भार्यावन्तः क्रियावन्तः सभार्या गृहमेधिनः ।
भार्यावन्तः प्रमोदन्ते भार्यावन्तः श्रियावृताः ॥ १.९८.२४ ॥
Those who have wives, who perform their duties, householders with their wives, rejoice; those who have wives, surrounded by prosperity, rejoice.
1.98.25
सखायः प्रविविक्तेषु भवन्त्येताः प्रियंवदाः ।
पितरो धर्मकार्येषु भवन्त्यार्तस्य मातरः ॥ १.९८.२५ ॥
In solitude they become friends and speak pleasantly; in matters of dharma they are like fathers, and to the afflicted they are like mothers.
1.98.26
कान्तारेष्वपि विश्रामो जनस्याध्वनि कस्य वै ।
यः सदारः स विश्वास्यस्तस्माद्दाराः परा गतिः। ॥ १.९८.२६ ॥
Who finds rest, even in forests or on the road? He who is with his wife is trustworthy; therefore wives are the supreme refuge.
1.98.27
संसरन्तमभिप्रेतं विषमेष्वेकपातिनम् ।
भार्यैवान्वेति भर्तारं सततं या पतिव्रता ॥ १.९८.२७ ॥
Behind her beloved husband who wanders alone through difficult places, the wife who is constantly devoted to her husband follows.
1.98.28
प्रथमं संस्थिता भार्या पतिं प्रेत्य प्रतीक्षते ।
पूर्वप्रेतं तु भर्तारं पश्चात्साप्यनुगच्छति ॥ १.९८.२८ ॥
The wife, having first remained, waits for her husband when he has died; and when her husband has died before her, she too follows after him.
1.98.29
एतस्मात्कारणाद्राजन्पाणिग्रहणमिष्यते ।
यदाप्नोति पतिर्भार्यामिह लोके परत्र च ॥ १.९८.२९ ॥
For this reason, O king, the taking of the hand is enjoined, because a husband obtains his wife both in this world and in the next.
1.98.30
पोषणार्थं शरीरस्य पाथेयं स्वर्गतस्य वै ।
आत्माऽऽत्मनैव जनितः पुत्र इत्युच्यते बुधैः ॥ १.९८.३० ॥
For nourishing the body and as provision for one who has gone to heaven; the self born of the self by itself is called a son by the wise.
1.98.31
तस्माद्भार्यां पतिः पश्येन्मातृवत्पुत्रमातरम् ।
अन्तरात्मैव सर्वस्य पुत्रो नामोच्यते सदा ॥ १.९८.३१ ॥
Therefore a husband should regard his wife, the mother of his son, as a mother. The inner self of all is always called by the name 'son'.
1.98.32
गती रूपं च चेष्टा च आवर्ता लक्षणानि च ।
पितॄणां यानि दृश्यन्ते पुत्राणां सन्ति तानि च ॥ १.९८.३२ ॥
Gait, form and behaviour, the hair-whorls and other marks that are seen in fathers, those are present also in sons.
1.98.33
तेषां शीलगुणाचारास्तत्संपर्काच्छुभाशुभात् ।
भार्यायां जनितं पुत्रमादर्शे स्वमिवाननम् ॥ १.९८.३३ ॥
Their character, qualities and conduct, good or bad, arising from contact with them, are reflected in the son born of the wife, as one's own face in a mirror.
1.98.34
जनिता मोदते प्रेक्ष्य स्वर्गं प्राप्येव पुण्यकृत् ।
पतिव्रतारूपधराः परबीजस्य संग्रहात् ॥ १.९८.३४ ॥
The begetter rejoices on seeing the son, as one who has done merit rejoices on attaining heaven. Women who wear the form of devoted wives, through receiving another's seed, (do not share this joy).
1.98.35
कुलं विनाश्य भर्तॄणां नरकं यान्ति दारुणम् ।
परेण जनिताः पुत्राः स्वभार्यायां यथेष्टतः ॥ १.९८.३५ ॥
Having destroyed the family of their husbands, they go to terrible hell; sons born of another in one's own wife at will (likewise).
1.98.36
मम पुत्रा इति मतास्ते पुत्रा अपि शत्रवः ।
द्विषन्ति प्रतिकुर्वन्ति न ते वचनंकारिणः ॥ १.९८.३६ ॥
Though thought to be 'my sons', those sons are enemies. They hate and oppose; they are not doers of (the father's) word.
1.98.37
द्वेष्टि तांश्च पिता चापि स्वबीजे न तथा नृप ।
न द्वेष्टि पितरं पुत्रो जनितारमथापि वा ॥ १.९८.३७ ॥
The father too hates them, but not so in his own seed, O king. A son does not hate his father or the one who begot him.
1.98.38
न द्वेष्टि जनिता पुत्रं तस्मादात्मा सुतो भवेत् ।
दह्यमाना मनोदुःखैर्व्याधिभिस्तुमुलैर्जनः ॥ १.९८.३८ ॥
The begetter does not hate his son; therefore the son should be his very self. People burning with mental sorrows and with tumultuous diseases.
1.98.39
ह्लादन्ते स्वेषु दारेषु घर्मार्ताः सलिलेष्विव ।
विप्रवासकृशा दीना नरा मलिनवाससः ॥ १.९८.३९ ॥
As men tormented by heat find delight in water, so they find delight in their own wives; men emaciated by long exile from home, wretched, wearing soiled garments.
1.98.40
तेऽपि स्वदारांस्तुष्यन्ति दरिद्रा धनलाभवत् ।
अप्रियोक्तोपि दाराणां न ब्रूयादप्रियं बुधः ॥ १.९८.४० ॥
They too take pleasure in their own wives, as the poor rejoice in gaining wealth. Even when spoken to unpleasantly by wives, the wise man should not speak unpleasant words to them.
1.98.41
रतिं प्रीतिं च धर्मं च तदायत्तमवेक्ष्य च ।
आत्मनोऽर्धमिति श्रौतं सा रक्षति धनं प्रजाः ॥ १.९८.४१ ॥
Seeing that pleasure, affection and duty also depend on her, and as scripture declares that she is half of oneself, she protects wealth and offspring.
1.98.42
शरीरं लोकयात्रां वै धर्मं स्वर्गमृषीन्पितॄन् ।
आत्मनो जन्मनः क्षेत्रं पुण्या रामाः सनातनाः ॥ १.९८.४२ ॥
The body, the course of the world, dharma, heaven, the sages and the ancestors, the field of one's own birth — these are the blessed and eternal women.
1.98.43
ऋषीणामपि का शक्तिः स्रष्टुं रामामृते प्रजा- ।
देवानामपि का शक्तिः कर्तुं संभवमात्मनः ॥ १.९८.४३ ॥
What power do even the sages have to beget offspring without women? What power do even the gods have to bring about their own birth?
1.98.44
पण्डितस्यापि लोकेषु स्त्रीषु सृष्टिः प्रतिष्ठिता ।
ऋषिभ्यो ह्यृषयः केचिच्चण्डालीष्वपि जज्ञिरे ॥ १.९८.४४ ॥
In the worlds, even the creation of a learned man is established in women. Indeed, from sages some sages were born even from outcaste women.
1.98.45
परिसृत्य यथा सूनुर्धरणीरेणुकुण्ठितः ।
पितुरालिङ्गतेऽङ्गानि किमस्त्यभ्यधिकं ततः ॥ १.९८.४५ ॥
What is greater than when a son, covered with the dust of the earth, crawls up and embraces his father's limbs?
1.98.46
स त्वं सूनुमनुप्राप्तं साभिलाषं मनस्विनम् ।
प्रेक्षमाणं कटाक्षेण किमर्थमवमन्यसे ॥ १.९८.४६ ॥
Why do you disregard your son, who has come near you, full of longing and high-minded, looking at you with sidelong glances?
1.98.47
अण्डानि बिभ्रति स्वानि न त्यजन्ति पिपीलिकाः ।
किं पुनस्त्वं न मन्येथाः सर्वथा पुत्रमीदृशम् ॥ १.९८.४७ ॥
Ants carry their own eggs and do not abandon them. How much more, then, should you not regard such a son in every way?
1.98.48
न भरेथाः कथं नु त्वं मयि जातं स्वमात्मजम् ।
ममाण्डानीति वर्ध्ते कोकिलाण्डानि वायसाः ॥ १.९८.४८ ॥
Why do you not support your own son born from me? Crows raise even cuckoo's eggs, thinking them 'my eggs'.
1.98.49
किं पुनस्त्वं न मन्येथाः सर्वज्ञः पुत्रमीदृशम् ।
मलयाच्चन्दनं जातमतिशीतं वदन्ति वै ॥ १.९८.४९ ॥
Then why would you not regard such a son, who is all-knowing? Sandalwood born on Mount Malaya, they say, is exceedingly cool.
1.98.50
शिशोरालिङ्गनं तस्माच्चन्दनादधिकं भवेत् ।
न वाससां न रामाणां नापां स्पर्शस्तथाविधः ॥ १.९८.५० ॥
An embrace from a child is greater even than that sandalwood; the touch of garments, of women, or of waters is not of such a kind.
1.98.51
शिशुनालिङ्ग्यमानस्य स्पर्शः सूनोर्यथा सुखः ।
पुत्रस्पर्शात्प्रियतरः स्पर्शो लोके न विद्यते ॥ १.९८.५१ ॥
The touch of a son is as pleasant as the touch of a child embracing one; in the world no touch is dearer than a son's touch.
1.98.52
स्पृशतु त्वां समालिङ्ग्य पुत्रोऽयं प्रियदर्शनः ।
ब्राह्मणो द्विपदां श्रेष्ठो गौर्वरिष्ठा चतुष्पदाम् ॥ १.९८.५२ ॥
Let this beloved-looking son embrace you and touch you. Among two-footed beings the brahmin is best, and among four-footed beings the cow is excellent.
1.98.53
मुरुर्गरीयसां श्रेष्ठः पुत्रः स्पर्शवतां वरः ।
त्रिषु वर्षेषु पूर्णेषु प्रजातोऽयमरिन्दमः ॥ १.९८.५३ ॥
This son, the best among the honored, like Muru, the chief among those who touch, was born when three years had been completed—this subduer of enemies.
1.98.54
अद्यायं मन्नियोगात्तु तवाह्वानं प्रतीक्षते ।
कुमारो राजशार्दूल तव शोकप्रणाशनः ॥ १.९८.५४ ॥
Now this prince, at my command, awaits your summons. O tiger among kings, he is the dispeller of your grief.
1.98.55
आहर्ता वाजिमेधस्य शतसङ्ख्यस्य पौरवः ।
राजसूयादिकानन्यान्क्रतूनमितदक्षिणान् ॥ १.९८.५५ ॥
The Paurava who performs a hundred horse-sacrifices, and other sacrifices beginning with the royal consecration, with boundless fees.
1.98.56
इति गौरन्तरिक्षे मां सूतके ह्यवदत्पुरा ।
हन्त स्वमङ्कमारोप्य स्नेहाद्ग्रामान्तरं गताः ॥ १.९८.५६ ॥
So a cow in the sky once said to me at the birth-rite: 'Alas! Having placed them on their laps, out of affection, people have gone to another village.'
1.98.57
मूर्ध्नि पुत्रानुपाघ्राय प्रतिनन्दन्ति मानवाः ।
वेदेष्वपि वदन्तीमं मन्त्रग्रामं द्विजातयः ॥ १.९८.५७ ॥
Men kiss the heads of their sons, smelling them, and rejoice in return; and in the Vedas too the twice-born recite this group of mantras.
1.98.58
जातकर्मणि पुत्राणां तवापि विदितं ध्रुवम् ।
अङ्गादङ्गात्संभवसि हृदयादधिजायसे ॥ १.९८.५८ ॥
In the birth-rite of sons this too is certainly known to you: you are born from limb after limb, and you are born again from the heart.
1.98.59
आत्मा वै पुत्रनामासि स जीव शरदः शतम् ।
उपजिघ्रन्ति पितरो मन्त्रेणानेन मूर्धनि ॥ १.९८.५९ ॥
You are yourself the self, bearing the name of son; so live a hundred autumns. With this mantra fathers smell the head of their son.
1.98.60
पोषणं त्वदधीनं मे सन्तानमपि चाक्षयम् ।
तस्मात्त्वं जीव मे पुत्र स सुखी शरदां शतम् ॥ १.९८.६० ॥
My support, and my imperishable progeny also, depend on you; therefore, son, live, and be happy for a hundred autumns.
1.98.61
एको भूत्वा द्विधा भूत इति वादः प्रवर्तते ।
त्वदङ्गेभ्यः प्रसूतोऽयं पुरुषात्पुरुषः परः ॥ १.९८.६१ ॥
Having been one, it is said, he became two. He has been born from your limbs; from a man, another man has come forth.
1.98.62
सरसीवामलेऽऽत्मानं द्वितीयं पश्य ते सुतम् ।
सरसीवामले सोमं प्रेक्षात्मानं त्वमात्मनि ॥ १.९८.६२ ॥
As one sees oneself in a stainless lake, see your son, your second self. As one sees the moon in a stainless lake, see yourself within yourself.
1.98.63
यथाचाहवनीयोऽग्निर्वर्हपत्यात्प्रणीयते ।
एवं त्वत्तः प्रणीतोऽयं त्वमेकः सन्द्विधा कृतः ॥ १.९८.६३ ॥
Just as the Āhavanīya fire is taken forth from the Gārhapatya, so this one has been brought forth from you; you, being one, have been made twofold.
1.98.64
मृगापकृष्टेन हि वै मृगयां परिधावता ।
अहमासादिता राजन्कुमारी पितुराश्रमे ॥ १.९८.६४ ॥
Drawn away by a deer, while chasing in the hunt, I, O king, was reached as a maiden in my father's hermitage.
1.98.65
उर्वशी पूर्वचित्तिश्च सहजन्या च मेनका ।
विश्वाची च घृताची च षडेवाप्सरसां वराः ॥ १.९८.६५ ॥
Urvaśī, Pūrvacitti, Sahajanyā, Menakā, Viśvācī and Ghṛtācī—these six are the best of the apsarases.
1.98.66
तासां वै मेनका नाम ब्रह्मयोनिर्वराप्सराः ।
दिवः संप्राप्य जगतीं विश्वामित्रादजीजनत् ॥ १.९८.६६ ॥
Among them, the best apsaras named Menakā, born of Brahmā's lineage, came down from heaven to the earth and bore me to Viśvāmitra.
1.98.67
श्रीमानृषिर्धर्मपरो वैश्वानर इवापरः ।
ब्रह्मयोनिः कुशो नाम विश्वामित्रपितामहः ॥ १.९८.६७ ॥
The glorious sage, intent on dharma, like another Vaiśvānara, the brahmin-born Kuśa by name, was the grandfather of Viśvāmitra.
1.98.68
कुशस्य पुत्रो बलवान्कुशनाभश्च धार्मिकः ।
गाधिस्तस्य सुतो राजन्विश्वामित्रस्तु गाधिजः ॥ १.९८.६८ ॥
The mighty son of Kuśa was the righteous Kuśanābha. O king, his son was Gādhi, and Viśvāmitra was the son of Gādhi.
1.98.69
एवंविधो मम पिता मेनका जननी वरा ।
सा मां हिमवतः पृष्ठे सुषुवे मेनकाऽप्सराः ॥ १.९८.६९ ॥
Such was my father, and my excellent mother was Menakā. That apsaras Menakā bore me on the slope of the Himālaya.
1.98.70
परित्यज्य च मां याता परात्मजमिवासती ।
पक्षिणः पुम्यवन्तस्ते सहिता धर्मतस्तदा ॥ १.९८.७० ॥
Having abandoned me, she went away, as an unchaste woman abandons another's child. Then those meritorious birds gathered together, according to dharma.
1.98.71
पक्षैस्तैरभिगुप्ता च तस्मादस्मि शकुन्तला ।
ततोऽहमृषिणा दृष्टा काश्यपेन महात्मना ॥ १.९८.७१ ॥
Protected by those wings, I was therefore called Śakuntalā. Then the great-souled sage Kāśyapa saw me.
1.98.72
जलार्थमग्निहोत्रस्य गतं दृष्ट्वा तु पक्षिणः ।
न्यासभूतामिव मुनेः प्रददुर्मां दयावतः ॥ १.९८.७२ ॥
Seeing the sage gone to fetch water for the fire-offering, the birds gave me to him, the compassionate one, like a deposit entrusted to a sage.
1.98.73
कण्वस्त्वालोक्य मां प्रीतो हसन्तीति हविर्भुजः ।
स माऽरणिमिवादाय स्वमाश्रममुपागमत् ॥ १.९८.७३ ॥
Kaṇva, pleased at seeing me, as if the oblation-eating fire were smiling, took me up like a fire-drill and returned to his hermitage.
1.98.74
सा वै संभाविता राजन्ननुक्रोशान्महर्षिणा ।
तेनैव स्वसुतेवाहं राजन्वै वरवर्णिनी ॥ १.९८.७४ ॥
O king, that great sage, out of compassion, honoured me and reared me as his own daughter; O king, I was fair of complexion.
1.98.75
विश्वामित्रसुता चाहं वर्धिता मुनिना नृप ।
यौवने वर्तमानां च दृष्टवानसि मां नृप ॥ १.९८.७५ ॥
And I am the daughter of Viśvāmitra, reared by the sage; O king, you saw me when I was in the bloom of youth, O king.
1.98.76
आश्रमे पर्णशालायां कुमारीं विजने तदा ।
धात्रा प्रचोदितां शून्ये पित्रा विरहितां मिथः ॥ १.९८.७६ ॥
In the hermitage, in the leaf-hut, then in solitude, I was a maiden, urged on by my nurse, in an empty place, parted from my father, together with you.
1.98.77
वाग्भिस्त्वं सूनृताभिर्मामपत्यार्थमचूचुदः ।
अकार्षीस्त्वाश्रमे वासं धर्मकामार्थनिश्चितम् ॥ १.९८.७७ ॥
With sweet and true words you urged me toward offspring; in the hermitage you made a dwelling settled upon dharma, desire and wealth.
1.98.78
गान्धर्वेण विवाहेन विधिना पाणिमग्रहीः ।
साऽहं कुलं च शीलं च सत्यवादित्वमात्मनः ॥ १.९८.७८ ॥
By the Gāndharva form of marriage, by rite, you took my hand; I, for my part, declare my lineage, my character and my truthfulness.
1.98.79
स्वधर्मं च पुरस्कृत्य त्वामद्य शरणं गता ।
तस्मान्नर्हसि संश्रुत्य तथेति वितथं वचः ॥ १.९८.७९ ॥
Having placed my own duty before me, today I have come to you for refuge. Therefore you ought not to make false the word you promised with 'So be it.'
1.98.80
स्वधर्मं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा परित्यक्तुमुपस्थिताम् ।
त्वन्नाथां लोकनाथस्त्वं नार्हसि त्वमनागसम् ॥ १.९८.८० ॥
Having put your own duty behind you, you, lord of the worlds, ought not to abandon me, who stand ready to be forsaken, who have you as my lord, who am blameless.
1.98.81
किं नु कर्माशुभं पूर्वं कृतवत्यस्मि पार्थिव ।
यदहं बान्धवैस्त्यक्ता बाल्ये संप्रति वै त्वया ॥ १.९८.८१ ॥
O king, what inauspicious deed did I do in a former life, that in childhood I was abandoned by my kinsmen, and now you too have abandoned me?
1.98.82
कामं त्वया परित्यक्ता गमिष्याम्यहमाश्रमम् ।
इमं बालं तु संत्युक्तं नार्हस्यात्मजमात्मना ॥ १.९८.८२ ॥
Very well, I, abandoned by you, shall go to the hermitage. But this child, though abandoned, is your own son; you ought not to abandon him.
1.98.83
न पुत्रमभिजानामि त्वयि जातं शकुन्तले ।
असत्वचना नार्यः कस्ते श्रद्धास्यते वचः ॥ १.९८.८३ ॥
O Śakuntalā, I do not recognize any son born of you. Who would believe the word of women who speak falsehood?
1.98.84
अश्रद्धेयमिदं वाक्यं कथयन्ती न लज्जसे ।
विशेषतो मत्सकाशे दुष्टतापसि गम्यताम् ॥ १.९८.८४ ॥
Do you not feel shame, speaking such an incredible word, especially in my presence? Wicked ascetic woman, go away.
1.98.85
क्व महर्षिस्तपस्युग्रः क्वाप्सराः सा च मेनका ।
क्व च त्वमेवं कृपणा तापसीवेषधारिणी ॥ १.९८.८५ ॥
Where is the great sage, fierce in austerity? Where is the apsaras Menakā? And where are you, wretched one, clad in the garb of an ascetic woman?
1.98.86
अतिकायश्च पुत्रस्ते बालोऽतिबलवानयम् ।
कथमल्पेन कालेन सालस्कन्ध इवोद्गतः ॥ १.९८.८६ ॥
And this son of yours, this boy, is very large of body and very strong. How has he grown up in so short a time, like the trunk of a sal tree?
1.98.87
सुनिकृष्टा च योनिस्ते पुंश्चली प्रतिभासि मे ।
यदृच्छया कामरागाज्जाता मेनकया ह्यसि ॥ १.९८.८७ ॥
Your birth is most base, and you appear to me to be an unchaste woman. Out of lustful passion, by chance, you were born of Menakā.
1.98.88
सर्वमेव परोक्षं मे यत्त्वं वदसि तापसि ।
सर्वा वामाः स्त्रियो लोके सर्वाः कामपरायणाः ॥ १.९८.८८ ॥
O ascetic woman, all that you say is unseen by me. All women in the world are perverse, all are devoted to desire.
1.98.89
सर्वाः स्त्रियः परवशाः सर्वाः क्रोधसमाकुलाः ।
असत्योक्ताः स्त्रियः सर्वा न कण्वं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ १.९८.८९ ॥
All women are dependent on others, all are agitated with anger. All women are speakers of untruth. You should not speak of Kaṇva.
1.98.90
मेनका निरनुक्रोशा वर्धकी जननी तव ।
यया हिमवतः पादे निर्माल्यवदुपेक्षिता ॥ १.९८.९० ॥
Menakā, without compassion, is your nurse and mother, by whom you were abandoned at the foot of the Himālaya like a cast-off garland.
1.98.91
स चापि निरनुक्रोशः क्षत्रयोनिः पिता तव ।
विश्वामित्रो ब्राह्मणत्वे लुब्धः कामपरायणः ॥ १.९८.९१ ॥
Your father too was merciless, of kṣatriya birth; Viśvāmitra, though a brahmin, was greedy and devoted to desire.
1.98.92
सुषाव सुरनारी मां विश्वामित्राद्यथेष्टतः ।
अहो जानामि ते जन्म कुत्सितं कुलटे जनैः ॥ १.९८.९२ ॥
The celestial woman bore me to Viśvāmitra as she pleased. Alas, wanton woman, I know your birth is reviled by people.
1.98.93
मेनकाऽप्सरसां श्रेष्ठा महर्षिश्चापि ते पिता ।
तयोरपत्यं कस्मात्त्वं पुंश्चलीवाभिभाषसे ॥ १.९८.९३ ॥
Menakā is the foremost of the apsarases, and the great sage is your father too. Being the offspring of those two, why do you speak like a harlot?
1.98.94
जातिश्चापि निकृष्टो ते कुलीनेति विजल्पसे ।
जनयित्वा त्वमुत्सृष्टा कोकिलेन परैर्भृता ॥ १.९८.९४ ॥
Your birth is base, yet you boast of being of noble family. Like a cuckoo's chick, you were abandoned after being born and raised by others.
1.98.95
अरिष्टैरिव दुर्बद्धिः कण्वो वर्धयिता पिता ।
अश्रद्धेयमिदं वाक्यं यत्त्वं जल्पसि तापसि ॥ १.९८.९५ ॥
Like the ariṣṭa birds, the foolish-minded Kaṇva is your foster-father. Ascetic woman, what you are babbling is incredible.
1.98.96
ब्रुवन्ती राजसान्निध्ये गम्यतां यत्र चेच्छसि ।
सुवर्णमणिमुक्तानि वस्त्राण्याभरणानि च ॥ १.९८.९६ ॥
Speaking thus in the king's presence, go wherever you wish; take gold, gems, pearls, garments and ornaments as well.
1.98.97
यदिहेच्छसि भोगार्थं तापसि प्रतिगृह्यताम् ।
नाहं त्वां द्रष्टुमिच्छामि यथेष्टं गम्यतामितः ॥ १.९८.९७ ॥
If you desire anything here for enjoyment, O ascetic woman, accept it. I do not wish to see you; go from here wherever you wish.