Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.52
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13.52.1
न बिभेति कथं सा स्त्री शापाच्च परमद्युते ।
कथं निवृत्तो भगवांस्तद्भवान्प्रब्रवीतु मे ॥ १३.५२.१ ॥
O you of supreme splendor, how did that woman not fear the curse, and how was the revered one released? Tell me this.
13.52.2
अष्टावक्रोऽन्वपृच्छत्तां रूपं विकुरुषे कथम् ।
न चानृतं ते वक्तव्यं ब्रूहि ब्राह्मणकाम्यया ॥ १३.५२.२ ॥
Aṣṭāvakra asked her: 'How do you alter your form? You must not speak falsehood; tell it out of desire for the brahmin.'
13.52.3
द्यावापृथिव्योर्यत्रैषा काम्या ब्राह्मणसत्तम ।
शृणुष्वावहितः सर्वं यदिदं सत्यविक्रम ॥ १३.५२.३ ॥
O best of brahmins, listen attentively to all of it, where this desire lies between heaven and earth, O you of true valor!
13.52.4
जिज्ञासेयं प्रयुक्ता मे स्थैर्यं कर्तुं तवानघ ।
अव्युत्थानेन ते लोका जिताः सत्यपराक्रम ॥ १३.५२.४ ॥
O sinless one, this inquiry I have undertaken to test your steadfastness. O you of true valor, by not wavering you have won the worlds.
13.52.5
उत्तरां मां दिशं विद्धि दृष्टं स्त्रीचापलं च ते ।
स्थविराणामपि स्त्रीणां बाधते मैथुनज्वरः ॥ १३.५२.५ ॥
Know me as the northern direction; you have seen the fickleness of women. The fever of desire torments even aged women.
13.52.6
अविश्वासो न व्यसनी नातिसक्तोऽप्रवासकः ।
विद्वान्सुशीलः पुरुषः सदारः सुखमश्नुते ॥ १३.५२.६ ॥
The man who is not distrustful, not given to vice, not excessively attached, not a wanderer, learned and well-behaved, enjoys happiness with his wife.
13.52.7
तुष्टः पितामहस्तेऽद्य तथा देवाः सवासवाः ॥ १३.५२.७ ॥
Today the grandfather is pleased with you, and so are the gods together with Vāsava.
13.52.8
सत्वं येन च कार्येण सम्प्राप्तो भगवानिह ।
प्रेषितस्तेन विप्रेण कन्यापित्रा द्विजर्षभः ॥ १३.५२.८ ॥
For the very purpose for which you have come here, the bride's father sent you through that brahmin, O best of the twice-born.
13.52.9
प्रेषितश्चोपदेशाय तच्च सर्वं श्रुतं त्वया ॥ १३.५२.९ ॥
And you were sent for instruction, and you have heard all of it.
13.52.10
नितान्तं स्त्री भोगपरा प्रियवादाप्रवासनात् ।
रक्ष्यते चाकुचेलाद्यैरप्रसङ्गानुवर्तनैः ॥ १३.५२.१० ॥
A woman intent on pleasures is greatly guarded by pleasant speech, by not going abroad, by not being slovenly in dress, and by not following improper associations.
13.52.11
अपर्वस्वनिषिद्धासु रात्रिष्वप्यनृतौ व्रजेत् ।
रात्रौ च नातिनियमो न वै ह्यनियमो भवेत्॥ ॥ १३.५२.११ ॥
On nights that are neither festival days nor forbidden, one may approach even outside the fertile season; at night there should be no excessive restraint, nor indeed any lack of restraint.
13.52.12
क्षेमैर्गमिष्यसि गृहं श्रमश्च न भविष्यति ।
कन्यां प्राप्स्यसि तां विप्र पुत्रिणी च भविष्यति ॥ १३.५२.१२ ॥
You will go home safely, and you will not be weary. O brahmin, you will obtain that maiden, and she will also become the mother of sons.
13.52.13
काम्यया पृष्टवांस्त्वं मां ततो व्याहृतमुत्तरम् ।
अनतिक्रमणीया साकृत्स्नैर्लोकैस्त्रिभिः सदा ॥ १३.५२.१३ ॥
Out of desire you asked me, and then the answer was spoken; it is never to be transgressed, by the three worlds, complete or incomplete.
13.52.14
गच्छस्व कृतकृत्यस्त्वं किं वाऽन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि ।
यावद्ब्रवीमि विप्रर्षे अष्टावक्र यथातथम् ॥ १३.५२.१४ ॥
Go, your purpose is accomplished. Or do you wish to hear something else? As far as I speak, I speak truly, O sage Aṣṭāvakra among brahmins.
13.52.15
ऋषिणा प्रसादिता चास्मि तव हेतोर्द्विजर्षभ ।
तस्य सम्माननार्थं मे त्वयि वाक्यं प्रभाषितम् ॥ १३.५२.१५ ॥
Pleased by the sage, I am here on your account, O bull among brahmins; to honor him I have spoken these words to you.
13.52.16
श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तस्याः स विप्रः प्राञ्जलिः स्थितः ।
अनुज्ञातस्तया चापि स्वगृहं पुनराव्रजत् ॥ १३.५२.१६ ॥
Having heard her words, the brahmin stood with folded hands; permitted by her, he went back again to his own house.
13.52.17
गृहमागत्य विश्रान्तः स्वजनं परिपृच्छ्य च ।
अभ्यागच्छच्च तं विप्रं न्यायतः कुरुनन्दन ॥ १३.५२.१७ ॥
Having come home, rested, and asked after his kinsfolk, O joy of the Kurus, he went back to that brahmin as was right.
13.52.18
पृष्टश्च तेन विप्रेण दृष्टं त्वेतन्निदर्शनम् ।
प्राह विप्रं तदा विप्रः सुप्रीतेनान्तरात्मना ॥ १३.५२.१८ ॥
Asked by that brahmin, the brahmin who had seen this example then said to him, his heart greatly pleased.
13.52.19
भवताऽहमनुज्ञातः प्रास्थितो गन्धमादनम् ।
तस्य चोत्तरतो देशे दृष्टं मे दैवतं महत् ॥ १३.५२.१९ ॥
With your permission I set out for Gandhamādana. In the region to its north I saw a great divinity.
13.52.20
तया चाहमनुज्ञातो भवांश्चापि प्रकीर्तितः ।
श्रावितश्चापि तद्वाक्यं गृहं चाभ्यागतः प्रभो ॥ १३.५२.२० ॥
She gave me leave and also praised you. I caused her words to be heard, and, O lord, I returned home.
13.52.21
तमुवाच तदा विप्रः सुतां प्रतिगृहाण मे ।
नक्षत्रतिथिसंयोगे पात्रं हि परमं भवान् ॥ १३.५२.२१ ॥
Then the brahmin said to him, "Accept my daughter. At the conjunction of lunar mansion and lunar day, you are indeed the supreme fit recipient."
13.52.22
अष्टावक्रस्तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रतिगृह्य च तां प्रभो ।
कन्यां परमधर्मात्मा प्रीतिमांश्चाभवत्तदा ॥ १३.५२.२२ ॥
Saying "So be it," Aṣṭāvakra accepted that maiden; O lord, the one of supreme dharmic soul then became pleased.
13.52.23
कन्यां तां प्रतिगृह्यैव भार्यां परमशोभनाम् ।
उवास मुदितस्तत्र श्वाश्रमे विगतज्वरः ॥ १३.५२.२३ ॥
Having accepted that maiden as his wife, he dwelt there in his hermitage, joyful and free from care, with that most beautiful wife.