Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.20
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13.20.1
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो शृणु राजन्यथातथम् ।
गरुडं पक्षिणां श्रेष्ठं वैनतेयं महाबलम् ॥ १३.२०.१ ॥
O mighty-armed Yudhiṣṭhira, king, listen as it truly is: Garuḍa, best of birds, the mighty son of Vinatā.
13.20.2
तथा च गरुडो राजन्सुपर्णश्च यथाऽभवत् ।
यथा च भुजगान्हन्ति तथा मे ब्रुवतः शृणु ॥ १३.२०.२ ॥
King, as Garuḍa and Suparṇa came to be, and as he slays the serpents, so listen as I tell it.
13.20.3
पुराऽहं तात रामेणि जामदग्न्येन धीमता ।
कैलासशिखरे रम्ये मृगान्निघ्नन्सहस्रशः ॥ १३.२०.३ ॥
Long ago, dear one, together with the wise Jāmadagnya Rāma, I was on the lovely peak of Kailāsa, slaying deer by the thousands.
13.20.4
तमहं तात दृष्टैव शस्त्रण्युत्सृज्य सर्वशः ।
अभिवाद्य पूर्वं रामाय विनयेनोपतस्थिवान् ॥ १३.२०.४ ॥
Dear one, the moment I saw him I laid down all my weapons, first bowed respectfully to Rāma, and humbly stood before him.
13.20.5
तमहं कथान्ते वरदं सुपर्णस्य बलौजसी ।
अपृच्छं स च मां प्रीतः प्रत्युवाच युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.२०.५ ॥
At the end of our talk I questioned him, the giver of boons, possessed of Suparṇa's strength and vigour; pleased, he answered me, Yudhiṣṭhira.
13.20.6
कद्रूश्च विनता चास्तां प्रजापतिसुते उभे ।
ते तु धर्मेणोपयेमे मारीचः कश्यपः प्रभुः ॥ १३.२०.६ ॥
Kadrū and Vinatā were the two daughters of Prajāpati; lord Kaśyapa, son of Marīci, took both of them in lawful marriage.
13.20.7
प्रादात्ताभ्यां वरं प्रीतो भार्याभ्यां सुमहातपाः ॥ १३.२०.७ ॥
The great ascetic, pleased, granted a boon to the two wives.
13.20.8
तत्र कद्रूर्वरं वव्रे पुत्राणां दशतः शतम् ।
तुल्यतेजःप्रभावानां सर्वेषां तुल्यजन्मनाम् ॥ १३.२०.८ ॥
There Kadrū chose as her boon a thousand sons, all of equal splendour and power, all of equal birth.
13.20.9
विनता तु वव्रे द्वौ पुत्रौ वीरौ भरतसत्तम ।
कद्रूपुत्रसहस्रेण तुल्यवेगपराक्रमौ ॥ १३.२०.९ ॥
But Vinatā chose two heroic sons, best of the Bharatas, equal in speed and valour to a thousand sons of Kadrū.
13.20.10
स तु ताभ्यां वरं प्रादात्तथेत्युक्त्वा महातपाः ।
जनयामास तान्पुत्रां स्ताभ्यामासीद्यथा पुरा ॥ १३.२०.१० ॥
The great ascetic, saying "So be it," gave the boon to both of them, and they bore those sons as before.
13.20.11
कद्रूः प्रजज्ञे ह्यण्डानां तथैव दशतःशतम् ।
अण्डे द्वे विनता चैव दर्शनीयतरे शुभे ॥ १३.२०.११ ॥
Kadrū indeed brought forth eggs, a thousand likewise; and Vinatā brought forth two eggs, more beautiful and auspicious to behold.
13.20.12
तानि त्वण्डानि तु तयोः कद्रूविनतयोर्द्वयोः ।
सोपस्वेदेषु पात्रेषु निदधुः परिचारिणः ॥ १३.२०.१२ ॥
Then the attendants placed those eggs of the two, Kadrū and Vinatā, in vessels warmed with steam.
13.20.13
निस्सरन्ति तदाऽण्डेभ्यः कद्रूपुत्रा भुजङ्गमाः ।
पञ्चवर्षशते काले दृष्ट्वाऽमोघबलौजसः ॥ १३.२०.१३ ॥
Then from the eggs the serpents, sons of Kadrū, came forth, after five hundred years, seen to be of unfailing strength and vigor.
13.20.14
विनता तेषु जातेषु पन्नगेषु महात्मसु ।
विपुत्रा पुत्रसंतापाद्दण्डमेकं बिभेद ह ॥ १३.२०.१४ ॥
When those great-souled serpents had been born, Vinatā, childless, in grief for a son, broke open one egg.
13.20.15
किमनेन करिष्येऽहमिति वाक्यमभाषत ।
नहि पञ्चशते काले पुरा पुत्रौ ददर्श सा ॥ १३.२०.१५ ॥
"What shall I do with this?" she said; for she had not seen her sons before the five hundred years had passed.
13.20.16
सापश्यदण्डान्निष्क्रान्तं विनापत्रं मनस्विनम् ।
पूर्वकायोपसम्पन्नं वियुक्तमितरेण ह ॥ १३.२०.१६ ॥
She saw him emerge from the egg, wingless, high-minded, complete in his upper body but severed from the other part.
13.20.17
दृष्ट्वा तु तं तथारूपमसमग्रशरीरिणम् ।
पुत्रदुःखान्विताऽशोचत्स च पक्षी तथा गतः ॥ १३.२०.१७ ॥
Seeing him so, incomplete in body, Vinatā, afflicted by grief for her son, lamented; and the bird too went away thus.
13.20.18
अब्रवीच्च मुदा युक्तः पर्यश्रुनयनस्तदा ।
मातरं च पलाशी ह हतोऽहमिति चासकृत् ॥ १३.२०.१८ ॥
Then he spoke to his mother, filled with joy and with tear-filled eyes, again and again: "O Palāśī, I have been slain!"
13.20.19
न त्वया काङ्क्षितः कालो यावानेवात्यगात्पुरा ।
आवां भवाय पुत्रौ ते श्वसनाद्बलवत्तरौ ॥ १३.२०.१९ ॥
The time you desired has long since passed. We two are your sons, stronger than the wind.
13.20.20
ईर्ष्याक्रोधाभिभूतत्वाद्योहमेवं कृतस्त्वया ।
तस्मात्त्वमपि मे मातर्दासीभावं गमिष्यसि ॥ १३.२०.२० ॥
Overcome by envy and anger, you have done this to me; therefore, mother, you too shall go into the state of a servant.
13.20.21
पञ्चवर्षशतानि त्वं स्पर्धसे वै यया सह ।
दासी तस्या भवित्रीति साश्रुपातमुवाच ह ॥ १३.२०.२१ ॥
"For five hundred years you have competed with her; you shall become the servant of that very woman" — so he spoke, shedding tears.
13.20.22
एष चैव महाभागे बली बलवतांवरः ।
मोक्षयिष्यति ते मातर्दासीभावान्ममानुजः ॥ १३.२०.२२ ॥
And this strong one, best of the strong, my younger brother, O greatly fortunate mother, will free you from the state of servitude.