Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.259
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13.259.1
इमां भूमिं द्विजातिभ्यो दित्सुर्वै दक्षिणां पुरा ।
अङ्गो नाम नृपो राजंस्ततश्चिन्तां मही ययौ ॥ १३.२५९.१ ॥
Long ago, the king named Aṅga wished to give this earth to the twice-born as a sacrificial fee; then, O king, the earth fell into anxiety.
13.259.2
धारिणीं सर्वभूतानामयं प्राप्य वरो नृपः ।
कथमिच्छति मां दातुं द्विजेभ्यो ब्रह्मणः सुताम् ॥ १३.२५९.२ ॥
Having obtained me, the sustainer of all beings, how can this king wish to give me, Brahmā's daughter, to the brahmins?
13.259.3
साहं त्यक्त्वा गमिष्यामि भूमित्वं ब्रह्मणः पदम् ।
अयं सराष्ट्रो नृपतिर्मार्भूदिति ततोऽगमत् ॥ १३.२५९.३ ॥
"Abandoning the state of earth, I will go to Brahmā's abode, so that this king together with his realm may cease to be." Thinking thus, she departed.
13.259.4
ततस्तां कश्यपो दृष्ट्वा व्रजन्तीं पृथिवीं तदा ।
प्रविवेश महीं सद्यो युक्तात्मा सुसमाहितः ॥ १३.२५९.४ ॥
Then Kaśyapa, seeing her departing, at once entered the earth, self-controlled and perfectly composed.
13.259.5
ऋद्धा सा सर्वतो जज्ञे तृणौषधिसमन्विता ।
धर्मोत्तरा नष्टभया भूमिरासीत्तमतो नृप ॥ १३.२५९.५ ॥
She became prosperous on every side, endowed with grasses and herbs; and from then on, O king, the earth was chiefly governed by dharma and free from fear.
13.259.6
एवं वर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यानि विपुलव्रतः ।
त्रिंशतं कश्यपो राजन्भूमिरासीदतन्द्रितः ॥ १३.२५९.६ ॥
Thus, O king, Kaśyapa of great vows was the earth for thirty thousand divine years, untiring.
13.259.7
अथागम्य महाराजन्नमस्कृत्यि च कश्यपम् ।
पृथवी काश्यपी जज्ञे सुता तस्य महात्मनः ॥ १३.२५९.७ ॥
Then, O great king, having come to Kaśyapa and paid him homage, the earth, Kāśyapī, was born as the daughter of that great-souled one.
13.259.8
एष राजन्नीदृशो वै ब्राह्मणः कश्यपोऽभवत् ।
अन्यं प्रब्रूहि वा त्वं च कश्यपात्क्षत्रियं वरम् ॥ १३.२५९.८ ॥
O king, Kaśyapa became such a brahmin. Now speak of another kṣatriya, or of one better than Kaśyapa.
13.259.9
तूष्णीं बभूव नृपतिः पवनस्त्वब्रवीद्वचः ।
शृणु राजन्नुचथ्यस्य जातस्याङ्गिरसे कुले ॥ १३.२५९.९ ॥
The king fell silent, and Pavana spoke these words: Listen, O king, to the story of Ucathya, born in the lineage of the Āṅgirasas.
13.259.10
भद्रा सोमस्य दुहिता रूपेण परमा मता ।
तस्यास्तुल्यं पतिं सोम उचथ्यं समपश्यत ॥ १३.२५९.१० ॥
Bhadrā, the daughter of Soma, was regarded as supreme in beauty. Soma saw Ucathya as a husband equal to her.
13.259.11
सा च तीव्रं तपस्तेपे महाभागा यशस्विनी ।
उचथ्यं तु महाभागं तत्कृते वरयत्तदा ॥ १३.२५९.११ ॥
That greatly fortunate and glorious woman performed severe austerity; then, for her sake, she sought the greatly fortunate Ucathya as her husband.
13.259.12
तत आहूय चोचथ्यं ददामीति यशस्विनीम् ।
भार्यार्थे स च जग्राह विधिवद्भूरिदक्षिणः ॥ १३.२५९.१२ ॥
Then, summoning Ucathya, it was said: "I will give this glorious woman to you." And he took her as his wife, according to rule, giving abundant sacrificial fees.
13.259.13
तां त्वकामयत श्रीमान्वरुणः पूर्वमेव ह ।
स चागम्य वनप्रस्थं यमुनायां जहार ताम् ॥ १३.२५९.१३ ॥
The glorious Varuṇa had long desired her. Coming to the forest hermitage, he carried her off on the Yamunā.
13.259.14
जलेश्वरस्तु हृत्वा तामनयस्त्वं पुरं प्रति ।
परमाद्भुतसङ्काशं षट्सहस्रशतह्रदम् ॥ १३.२५९.१४ ॥
The lord of waters seized her and led her toward his city, which was wondrously marvelous and had six thousand hundred pools.
13.259.15
न हि रम्यतरं किञ्चित्तस्मादन्यत्पुरोत्तमम् ।
वासादैरप्सरोभिश्च दिव्यैः कामैश्च शोभितम् ॥ १३.२५९.१५ ॥
There is no more delightful city than that, a finest city adorned with dwellings, celestial nymphs, and divine pleasures.
13.259.16
तत्र देवस्तया सार्धं रेमे राजञ्जलेश्वरः ।
तदाख्यातमुचथ्याय ततः पत्न्यवमर्दनम् ॥ १३.२५९.१६ ॥
There the god, lord of the waters, delighted with her, O king. Then the account of the wife's outrage was told to Ucathya.
13.259.17
तच्छ्रुत्वा नारदात्सर्वमुचथ्यो नारदं तदा ।
प्रोवाच गच्छ ब्रूहि त्वं वरुणं परुषं वचः ॥ १३.२५९.१७ ॥
Having heard all of it from Nārada, Ucathya then said to Nārada: Go, speak harsh words to Varuṇa.
13.259.18
मद्वाक्यान्मुञ्च मे भार्यां कस्मात्तां हृतवानसि ।
लोकपालोसि लोकानां न लोकस्य विलोपकः ॥ १३.२५९.१८ ॥
At my word, release my wife. Why have you seized her? You are a guardian of the worlds, not a destroyer of the worlds.
13.259.19
सोमेन दत्ता भार्या मे त्वया चापहृताऽद्य वै ।
इत्युक्तो वचनात्तस्य नारदेन जलेश्वरः ॥ १३.२५९.१९ ॥
"Soma gave me my wife, and today you have carried her off." Addressed thus by Nārada's words, the lord of the waters (Varuṇa)…
13.259.20
मुञ्च भार्यामुचथ्यस्य कस्मात्त्वं हृतवानसि ।
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य सोऽथ तं वरुणोऽब्रवीत् ॥ १३.२५९.२० ॥
"Release Ucathya's wife; why have you taken her?" Hearing his words, Varuṇa then said to him…
13.259.21
ममैषा सुप्रिया भार्या नैनामुत्स्रष्टुमुत्सहे ।
इत्युक्तो वरुणेनाथ नारदः प्राप्य तं मुनिम्।
उचथ्यमब्रवीद्वाक्यं नातिहृष्टमना इव ॥ १३.२५९.२१ ॥
"This is my very dear wife; I am not willing to release her." Addressed thus by Varuṇa, Nārada then went to that sage Ucathya and, not with a delighted mind, spoke these words…
13.259.22
गले गृहीत्वा क्षिप्तोस्मि वरुणेन महामुने ।
न प्रयच्छति ते भार्यां यत्ते कार्यं कुरुष्व तत् ॥ १३.२५९.२२ ॥
"O great sage, Varuṇa seized me by the neck and threw me down. He does not give you back your wife; do what your duty requires."
13.259.23
नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा क्रुद्धः प्राज्वलदङ्गिराः ।
अपिबत्तेजसा वारि विष्टभ्य सुमहातपाः ॥ १३.२५९.२३ ॥
Hearing Nārada's words, Aṅgiras (Ucathya), enraged, blazed up. The one of great austerity, restraining the water by his power, drank it.
13.259.24
पीयमाने तु सर्वस्मिंस्तोयेऽपि सलिलेश्वरः ।
सुहृद्भिर्भिक्षमाणोऽपि नैवामुञ्चत तां तदा ॥ १३.२५९.२४ ॥
While all the water was being drunk, even though his friends begged, the lord of the waters (Varuṇa) then did not release her at all.
13.259.25
ततः क्रुद्धोऽब्रवीद्भूमिमुचथ्यो ब्राह्मणोत्तमः ।
दर्शय स्वस्थलं भद्रे षट्सहस्रशतह्रदम् ॥ १३.२५९.२५ ॥
Then the angry Ucathya, best of Brahmins, spoke to the earth: O gentle one, show me your own place with its six hundred pools.
13.259.26
ततस्तदीरणं जातं समुद्रस्यावसर्पतः ।
तस्माद्देशान्नदीं चैव प्रोवाचासौ द्विजोत्तमः ॥ १३.२५९.२६ ॥
Then, as the sea withdrew, a stirring arose; and therefore that best of twice-born spoke to the river as well, from that region.
13.259.27
अदृश्या गच्छ भीरु त्वं सरस्वति मरून्प्रति ।
अणुण्यभूषो भवतु देशस्त्यक्तस्तया शुभे ॥ १३.२५९.२७ ॥
Go, timid Sarasvatī, unseen, toward the deserts; and let this land, abandoned by you, O auspicious one, become adorned only with sand.
13.259.28
ततश्चूर्णीकृते देशेक भद्रामादाय वारिपः ।
अददाच्छरणं गत्वा भार्यामाङ्गिरसाय वै ॥ १३.२५९.२८ ॥
Then, when that land was reduced to dust, the lord of waters, taking Bhadrā alone and going to seek refuge, gave that wife to Āṅgirasa.
13.259.29
प्रतिगृह्य तु तां भार्यामुचथ्यः सुमनाऽभवत् ।
मुमोच च जगद्दुःखान्मरुतश्चैव निर्मलाः ॥ १३.२५९.२९ ॥
Having received that wife, Ucathya became glad; and the stainless Maruts too released the world from sorrow.
13.259.30
ततः स लब्ध्वा तां भार्यां वरुणं प्राह धर्मवित् ।
उचथ्यः सुमहातेजा यत्तुच्छृणु नराधिप ॥ १३.२५९.३० ॥
Then Ucathya, knower of dharma, of great splendor, having obtained that wife, spoke to Varuṇa. Listen, O lord of men, to what he said.
13.259.31
मयैषा तपसा प्राप्ता क्रोशतस्ते जलाधिप ।
इत्युक्त्वा तामुपादाय स्वमेव भवनं ययौ ॥ १३.२५९.३१ ॥
"I obtained her by asceticism while you were crying out, lord of the waters." Having said this, he took her and went to his own abode.
13.259.32
एष राजन्नीदृशो वै उचथ्यो ब्राह्मणर्षभः ।
ब्रवीमि हान्यं ब्रूहि त्वमुचथ्यात्क्षत्रियं वरम् ॥ १३.२५९.३२ ॥
Such indeed is this Uchathya, O king, the bull among brahmins. I speak; now you name some other kshatriya better than Uchathya.