Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.105
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3.105.1
तानुवाच समेतांस्तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
निर्ह्रादिन्या गिरा राजन्देवानाश्वासयंस्तदा ॥ ३.१०५.१ ॥
Lomaśa said: O king, then Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds, spoke to the assembled gods with a thundering voice and comforted them.
3.105.2
गच्छध्वं विबुधाः सर्वे यथाकामं यथेप्सितम् ।
महता कालयोगेन प्रकृतिं यास्यतेऽर्णवः ॥ ३.१०५.२ ॥
Go, all you gods, as you desire and wherever you wish; through the great course of time, the ocean will return to its natural state.
3.105.3
ज्ञातींश्च कारणं कृत्वा महाराजो भगीथः ।
पूरयिष्यति तोयौघैः समुद्रं निधिमम्भसाम् ॥ ३.१०५.३ ॥
Mahārāja Bhagīratha, having made his kinsmen the cause, will fill the ocean, the treasury of waters, with streams of water.
3.105.4
पितामहवचः श्रुत्वा सर्वे विबुधसत्तमाः ।
कालयोगं प्रतीक्षन्तो जग्मुश्चापि यथागतम् ॥ ३.१०५.४ ॥
Having heard the grandfather's words, all the best of the gods, awaiting the course of time, went back the way they had come.
3.105.5
कथं वै ज्ञातयोब्रह्मन्कारणं चात्र किं मुने ।
कथं समुद्रः पूर्णश्च भगीरथपरिश्रमात् ॥ ३.१०५.५ ॥
O brahmin, O sage, how were the kinsmen (delivered)? What was the cause here? And how was the ocean filled through the labor of Bhagīratha?
3.105.6
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण तपोधन ।
कथ्यमानं त्वया विप्र राज्ञां चरितमुत्तमम् ॥ ३.१०५.६ ॥
O treasure of austerity, O brahmin, I wish to hear this in detail, the excellent deeds of kings as you relate them.
3.105.7
एवमुक्तस्तु विप्रेन्द्रो धर्मराज्ञा महात्मना ।
कथयामास माहात्म्यं सगरस्य महात्मनः ॥ ३.१०५.७ ॥
Thus addressed by the great-souled king of dharma, the foremost of brahmins related the greatness of the great-souled Sagara.
3.105.8
इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातः सगरो नाम पार्थिवः ।
रूपसत्वबलोपेतः स चापुत्रः प्रतापवान् ॥ ३.१०५.८ ॥
In the lineage of the Ikṣvākus was born a king named Sagara, endowed with beauty, steadiness and strength, mighty but without a son.
3.105.9
स हैहयान्समुत्साद्य तालजङ्घांश्च भारत ।
वशे च कृत्वा राजन्यान्स्वराज्यमनुशिष्टवान् ॥ ३.१०५.९ ॥
Having utterly destroyed the Haihayas and the Tālajaṅghas, O Bhārata, and having brought the warrior kings under his sway, he ruled his own kingdom.
3.105.10
तस्य भार्ये त्वभवतां रूपयौवनदर्पिते ।
वैदर्भी भरतश्रेष्ठ शैव्या च भरतर्षभ ॥ ३.१०५.१० ॥
He had two wives, both proud of their beauty and youth: the Vaidarbhī and Śaivyā, O best of the Bharatas, O bull of the Bharatas.
3.105.11
सपुत्रकामो नृपतिस्तप्यते स्म महत्तपः ।
पत्नीभ्यां सह राजेन्द्र कैलासं गिरिमाश्रितः ॥ ३.१०५.११ ॥
The king, desiring a son, practised a great austerity with his two wives, having resorted to the Kailāsa mountain, O lord of kings.
3.105.12
स तप्यमानः सुमहत्तपोयोगसमन्वितः ।
आससाद महात्मानं त्र्यक्षं त्रिपुरमर्दनम् ॥ ३.१०५.१२ ॥
Practising a very great austerity joined with yoga, he approached the great-souled three-eyed one, the destroyer of Tripura.
3.105.13
शंकरं भवमीशानं पिनाकिं शूलपाणिनम् ।
त्र्यम्बकं शिवमुग्रेशं बहुरूपमुमापतिम् ॥ ३.१०५.१३ ॥
He beheld Śaṅkara, Bhava, Īśāna, Pinākin, the trident-bearer, Tryambaka, Śiva, Ugreśa, the many-formed one, the lord of Umā.
3.105.14
स तं दृष्ट्वैव वरदं पत्नीभ्यां सहितो नृपः ।
प्रणिपत्य महाबाहुः पुत्रार्थे समयाचत ॥ ३.१०५.१४ ॥
Seeing the boon-giver, the king, with both his wives, the mighty-armed one, bowed low and petitioned for a son.
3.105.15
तं प्रीतिमान्हरः प्राह सभार्यं नृपसत्तमम् ।
यस्मिन्वृतो मुहूर्तेऽहं त्वयेह नृपते वरम् ॥ ३.१०५.१५ ॥
Then Hara, pleased, spoke to that best of kings and his wife: "O king, at the moment you chose a boon from me here,
3.105.16
षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणि शूराः परमदर्पिताः ।
एकस्यां संभविष्यन्ति पत्न्यां नरवरोत्तम ॥ ३.१०५.१६ ॥
Sixty thousand sons, heroic and exceedingly proud, will be born of one wife, O best of the best of men.
3.105.17
ते चैवसर्वे सहिताः क्षयं यास्यन्ति पार्थिव ।
एको वंशधरः शूर एकस्यां संभविष्यति ॥ ३.१०५.१७ ॥
All of them together, O king, will perish; one hero, a bearer of the lineage, will be born of one wife.
3.105.18
एवमुक्त्वा तु तं रुद्रस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ।
स चापि सगरो राजा जगाम स्वं निवेशनम् ॥ ३.१०५.१८ ॥
Having said this, Rudra vanished right there, and King Sagara too went back to his own dwelling.
3.105.19
पत्नीभ्यां सहितस्तत्र होऽतिहृष्टमनास्तदा ।
कालं शंभुवरप्राप्तं प्रतीक्षन्सगरोऽनयत् ॥ ३.१०५.१९ ॥
There, together with his two wives, Sagara, greatly gladdened in mind, passed the time awaiting the moment granted by Śambhu's boon.
3.105.20
तस्य तेमनुजश्रेष्ठ भार्ये कललोचने ।
वैदर्भी चैव शैब्या च गर्भिण्यौ संबभूवतुः ॥ ३.१०५.२० ॥
O best of men, his two lotus-eyed wives, the Vaidarbhī and Śaibyā, became pregnant.
3.105.21
ततः कालेन वैदर्भी गर्भालाबुं व्यजायत ।
शैव्या च सुषुवे पुत्रं कुमारं देवरूपिणम् ॥ ३.१०५.२१ ॥
Then, in due time, the Vaidarbhī bore a gourd, and Śaibyā bore a son, a youth divine in form.
3.105.22
तदाऽलाबुं समुत्स्रष्टुं मनश्चक्रे स पार्थिवः ।
अथान्तरिक्षाच्छुश्राव वाचं गंभीरनिःस्वनाम् ॥ ३.१०५.२२ ॥
Then the king resolved to cast away the gourd; and then he heard from the sky a voice of deep resonance.
3.105.23
राजन्मा साहसंकार्षीः पुत्रान्न त्यक्तुमर्हसि ।
अलाबुमध्यान्निष्कृष्य वीजं यत्नेन गोप्यताम् ॥ ३.१०५.२३ ॥
O king, do not act rashly; you ought not to abandon your sons. Take the seed out from the middle of the gourd and guard it with care.
3.105.24
सोपस्वेदेषु पात्रेषु घृतपूर्णेषु भागशः ।
ततः पुत्रसहस्राणि षष्टिं प्राप्स्यसि पार्थिव ॥ ३.१०५.२४ ॥
Place it in portions in vessels filled with ghee, together with the steaming chambers; then, O king, you shall obtain sixty thousand sons.
3.105.25
महादेवेन दिष्टं ते पुत्रजन्म नराधिप ।
अनेन क्रमयोगेन मा ते बुद्धिरतोऽन्यथा ॥ ३.१०५.२५ ॥
O lord of men, Mahādeva has ordained the birth of sons for you. By this very sequence of means it shall come; let your mind not be otherwise.