Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.51
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13.51.1
अथ सा स्त्री तमुवाच विप्रमेवं भवत्विति ।
तैलं दिव्यमुपादाय स्नानशाटीमुपानयत् ॥ १३.५१.१ ॥
Then that woman said to the brahmin, 'So be it.' Taking divine oil, she brought a bathing cloth.
13.51.2
अनुज्ञाता च मुनिना सा स्त्री तेन महात्मना ।
अथास्य तैलेनाङ्गानि सर्वाण्येवाभ्यमृक्षत ॥ १३.५१.२ ॥
Permitted by that great-souled sage, the woman then anointed all his limbs with oil.
13.51.3
शनैश्चाच्छादितस्तत्र स्नानशालामुपागमत् ।
भद्रासनं ततश्चित्रमृषिरन्वगमन्नवम् ॥ १३.५१.३ ॥
Slowly, covered with a cloth, he went there to the bathing room; then the sage followed a new, wondrous auspicious seat.
13.51.4
अथोपविष्टश्च यदा तस्मिन्भद्रासने तदा ।
स्नापयामास शनकैस्तमृषिं सुखहस्तवत्।
दिव्यं च विधिवच्चक्रे सोपचारं मुनेस्तदा ॥ १३.५१.४ ॥
Then, when he was seated on that auspicious seat, she slowly bathed that sage with gentle hands and performed the divine service for the sage with due rites.
13.51.5
जलेन सुसुखोष्णेन तस्या हस्तसुखेन च ।
व्यतीतां रजनीं कृत्स्नां नाजानात्स महाव्रतः ॥ १३.५१.५ ॥
With the pleasantly warm water and her gentle hands, that great vow-keeper did not notice the whole night pass.
13.51.6
तत उत्थाय स मुनिस्तदा परमविस्मितः ।
पूर्वस्यां दिशि सूर्यं च सोऽपश्यदुदितं दिवि ॥ १३.५१.६ ॥
Then that sage rose, greatly astonished, and saw the sun risen in the sky in the eastern quarter.
13.51.7
सन्ध्योपासनमित्येव सर्वपापहरं न मे ।
तस्य बुद्धिरियं किन्तु मोहस्तत्त्वमिदं भवेत् ॥ १३.५१.७ ॥
Twilight worship destroys all sins—this is not so for me. Such is his thought, but this would be delusion rather than the truth.
13.51.8
अथोपास्य सहस्रांशुं किं कोरमीत्युवाच ताम् ।
सा चामृतरसप्रख्यं क्रषेरन्नमुपाहरत् ॥ १३.५१.८ ॥
Then, having worshipped the thousand-rayed one, he asked her, "What should be done?" And she brought food for the sage, resembling the essence of nectar.
13.51.9
तस्य स्वादुतयाऽन्नस्य न प्रभूतं चकार सः ।
व्यगमच्चाप्यहःशेष ततः सन्ध्याऽऽगमत्पुनः ॥ १३.५१.९ ॥
Because of the sweetness of that food, he did not consume much of it. The remainder of the day also passed, and then twilight came again.
13.51.10
अथ सा स्त्री भगवन्तं सुप्यतामित्यचोदयत् ।
तत्र वै शयने दिव्ये तस्य तस्याश्च कल्पिते ॥ १३.५१.१० ॥
Then the woman urged the venerable one, "Let us sleep." There, on the divine bed prepared for him and for her.
13.51.11
पृथक्र्वैव तथा सुप्तौ सा स्त्री स च मुनिस्तदा ।
तथाऽर्थरात्रे सा स्त्री तु शयनं तदुपागमत् ॥ १३.५१.११ ॥
The two of them slept separately—that woman and that sage at that time. Thus, at midnight, the woman approached that bed.
13.51.12
न भद्रे परदारेषु मनो मे सम्प्रसज्जति ।
उत्तिष्ठ भद्रे भद्रं ते स्वापं वै विरमस्व च ॥ १३.५१.१२ ॥
O good woman, my mind does not attach itself to the wives of others. Rise, good woman—may all be well with you—and give up sleep.
13.51.13
सा तदा तेन विप्रेण तथा धृत्या निवर्तिता ।
स्वतन्त्राऽस्मीत्युवाचर्षिं न धर्मच्छलमस्ति ते ॥ १३.५१.१३ ॥
Then, turned back by the brahmin with such firmness, she said to the sage: I am free; there is no pretext of dharma in you.
13.51.14
नास्ति स्वतन्त्रता स्त्रीणामस्वतन्त्रा हि योषितः ।
प्रजापतिमतं ह्येतन्न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ॥ १३.५१.१४ ॥
Women have no independence; women are indeed dependent. This is the view of Prajāpati; a woman does not deserve independence.
13.51.15
बाधने मैथुनं विप्र मम भक्तिं च पश्य वै ।
अधर्मं प्राप्स्यसे विप्र यन्मां त्वं नाभिनन्दसि ॥ १३.५१.१५ ॥
O brahmin, union amid obstruction; look also at my devotion. O brahmin, by not welcoming me you will incur unrighteousness.
13.51.16
हरन्ति दोषजातानि नरमिन्द्रियकिङ्करम् ।
प्रभवामि सदा धृत्या भद्रे स्वशयनं व्रज ॥ १३.५१.१६ ॥
Every kind of fault carries off the man who is a servant of the senses. I am always able through firmness; O good woman, go to your own bed.
13.51.17
शिरसा प्रणमे विप्र प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि ।
भूमौ निपतमानायाः शरणं भव मेऽनघ ॥ १३.५१.१७ ॥
O brahmin, I bow with my head; you deserve to grant favour. O blameless one, be my refuge as I fall to the ground.
13.51.18
यदि वा दोषजातं त्वं परदारेषु पश्यसि ।
आत्मानं स्पर्शयाम्यद्य पाणिं गृह्णीष्व मे द्विज ॥ १३.५१.१८ ॥
Or if you see such a fault in another's wives, today I offer myself to your touch; O twice-born, take my hand.
13.51.19
न दोषो भविता चैव सत्येनैतद्ब्रवीम्यहम् ।
स्वतन्त्रां मां विजानीहि यो धर्मः सोस्तु वै मयि।
त्वय्यावेशितचित्ता च स्वतन्त्राऽस्मि भजस्व माम् ॥ १३.५१.१९ ॥
There will be no fault in this; I say it in truth. Know me as independent; whatever dharma there is, let it be in me too. With my mind fixed on you, I am independent; enjoy me.
13.51.20
स्वतन्त्रा त्वं कथं भद्रे ब्रूहि कारणमत्र वै ।
नास्ति त्रिलोके स्त्री काचिद्या वै स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ॥ १३.५१.२० ॥
O gentle lady, how are you independent? Tell me the reason. In the three worlds there is no woman who deserves independence.
13.51.21
पिता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने ।
पुत्रस्तु स्थाविरे भावे न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति।
न वृद्धामक्षतां मन्ये च चेच्छा त्वयि मेऽनघे ॥ १३.५१.२१ ॥
In childhood a father protects; in youth a husband protects; in old age a son protects. A woman does not deserve independence. O faultless one, I do not consider an old woman unharmed; and if I have desire for you...
13.51.22
कौमारं ब्रह्मचर्यं मे कन्यैवास्मि न संशयः ।
पत्नीं कुरुष्व मां विप्र श्रद्धां विजहि मा मम ॥ १३.५१.२२ ॥
I have kept the celibate vow since childhood; without doubt I am a maiden. O brahmin, make me your wife; do not abandon your trust in me.
13.51.23
यथा मम तथा तुभ्यं यथा तुभ्यं तथा मम ।
जिज्ञासेयमृषेस्तस्य विघ्नः सत्यं नु किं भवेत् ॥ १३.५१.२३ ॥
As mine is, so is yours; as yours is, so is mine. Will this inquiry of the sage truly become an obstacle?
13.51.24
आश्चर्यं परमं हीदं किन्नु श्रेयो हि मे भवेत् ।
दिव्याभरणवस्त्रा हि कन्येयं मामुपस्थिता ॥ १३.५१.२४ ॥
This is a supreme wonder. What good can come to me now? This maiden, adorned with divine ornaments and garments, has come before me.
13.51.25
किं त्वस्याः परमं रूपं जीर्णमासीत्कथं पुनः ।
कन्यारूपमिहाद्यैवं किमिवात्रोत्तरं भवेत् ॥ १३.५१.२५ ॥
But her former supreme form was decrepit; how did it become so again? How has this maiden's form appeared here now? What could be the answer to this?
13.51.26
यथा मे परमा शक्तिर्न व्युत्थाने कथंचन ।
न रोचते हि व्युत्थानं सत्येनासादयाम्यहम् ॥ १३.५१.२६ ॥
As my supreme power does not lie in any kind of rising up (wavering), and rising up does not please me, so I attain it through truth.