Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.23
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13.23.1
श्रुत्वा तु वचनं मातुः क्रुद्धायास्ते भुजङ्गमाः ।
कृच्छ्रेणैवान्वमोदन्त केचिद्धित्वा दिशो गताः ॥ १३.२३.१ ॥
Hearing the words of their angry mother, some of the serpents with great difficulty assented, and others, abandoning the directions, went away.
13.23.2
ये प्रतस्थुर्दिशस्तत्र क्रुद्धा तानशपद्भृशम् ।
भुजङ्गमानां माताऽसौ कद्रूर्वैरकरी तदा ॥ १३.२३.२ ॥
Those serpents who set out toward those directions, Kadrū, the mother of serpents, angered and maker of enmity, then cursed them greatly.
13.23.3
उत्पत्स्यति हि राजन्यः पाण्डवो जनमेजयः ।
चतुर्थो धन्विनां श्रेष्ठात्कुन्तीपुत्राद्धनञ्जयात् ॥ १३.२३.३ ॥
The king Janamejaya, a Pāṇḍava, will be born, the fourth from Dhanañjaya, the son of Kuntī, best of archers.
13.23.4
स सर्पसत्रमाहर्ता क्रुद्धः कुरुकुलोद्वहः ।
तस्मिन्सत्रेऽग्निना युष्मान्पञ्चत्वमुपनेष्यति ॥ १३.२३.४ ॥
He, the bearer of the Kuru lineage, angered, will undertake the serpent sacrifice, and in that sacrifice, through fire, he will bring you to death.
13.23.5
एवं क्रुद्धाऽशपन्माता पन्नगान्धर्मचारिणः ।
गुरोः परित्यागकृतं नैतदन्यद्भविष्यति ॥ १३.२३.५ ॥
Thus the angered mother cursed the serpents who follow dharma: "This comes from abandoning the guru, the mother; it will be nothing else."
13.23.6
एवं शप्ता दिशः प्राप्ताः पन्नगा धर्मचारिणः ।
विहाय मातरं क्रुद्धा गता वैरकरीं तदा ॥ १३.२३.६ ॥
Thus cursed, the serpents who follow dharma reached the directions; angered, they then departed, abandoning their mother, the maker of enmity.
13.23.7
तत्र ये वृजिनं तस्या अनापन्ना भुजङ्गमाः ।
ते तस्य वाजिनो वाला बभूवुरसितप्रभाः ॥ १३.२३.७ ॥
There, the serpents who had not fallen into her wickedness became the dark, gleaming hairs of the horse.
13.23.8
तान्दृष्ट्वा वालधिस्थांश्च पुत्रान्कद्रूरथाब्रवीत् ।
विनतामथ संहृष्टा हयोसौ दृश्यतामिति ॥ १३.२३.८ ॥
Seeing those sons standing on the tail, Kadrū, delighted, said to Vinatā, "Look at that horse."
13.23.9
एकवर्णो न वा भद्रे पणो नौ सुव्यवस्थितः ।
उतकादुत्तरन्तं तं हयं चैव च भामिनि ॥ १३.२३.९ ॥
O good lady, is that horse of one colour or not? Let our wager be properly settled. O radiant lady, look at that horse crossing over from the Utaka.
13.23.10
सा त्ववक्रमतिर्देवी विनता जिह्मगामिनीम् ।
अब्रवीद्भगिनीं किञ्चिद्विहसन्तीव भारत ॥ १३.२३.१० ॥
But the goddess Vinatā, of crooked mind, said to her sister, as if laughing a little, O Bhārata.
13.23.11
हन्त पश्याव गच्छावः सुकृतो नौ पणः शुभे ।
दासी वा ते भविष्यामि त्वं वा दासी भविष्यसि ॥ १३.२३.११ ॥
Come, let us look, let us go. Our wager is well made, O auspicious one: I shall become your slave, or you shall become my slave.
13.23.12
एवं स्थिरं पणं कृत्वा हयं ते तं ददर्शतुः ।
कृत्वा साक्षिणमात्मानं भगिन्यौ कुरुसत्तम ॥ १३.२३.१२ ॥
Having thus firmly made the wager, the two sisters looked at that horse, O best of the Kurus, making themselves the witnesses.
13.23.13
सा दृष्ट्वैव हयं मन्दं विनता शोककर्शिता ।
श्वेतं चन्द्रांशुवालं तं कालवालं मनोजवम् ॥ १३.२३.१३ ॥
Seeing that slow horse, Vinatā, worn down by grief, looked at it: it was white, with a tail like moonbeams, a black tail, swift as thought.
13.23.14
तत्र सा व्रीलिता वाक्यं विनता साश्रुबिन्दुका ।
उवाच कालवालोऽयं तुरगो विजितं त्वया ॥ १३.२३.१४ ॥
There, ashamed, Vinatā said with drops of tears: "This black-tailed horse has been won by you."
13.23.15
दासी मां प्रेषय स्वार्थे यथा कामवशां शुभे ।
दास्यश्च कामकारा हि भर्तृणां नात्र संशयः ॥ १३.२३.१५ ॥
"O fair one, send me as a servant for your own purpose, as one subject to desire; for servants indeed act at their masters' will, there is no doubt of it."