Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.111
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3.111.1
एषा देवनदी पुण्या कौशिकी भरतर्षभ ।
विश्वामित्राश्रमो रम्य एष चात्र प्रकाशते ॥ ३.१११.१ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, this is the sacred divine river Kauśikī, and here shines the pleasant hermitage of Viśvāmitra.
3.111.2
आश्रमश्चैव पुण्याख्यः काश्यपस्य महात्मनः ।
ऋश्यशृङ्गः सुतो यस् तपस्वी संयतेन्द्रियः ॥ ३.१११.२ ॥
And there is the sacred hermitage of the great-souled Kāśyapa, where Ṛśyaśṛṅga, his son, is an ascetic with restrained senses.
3.111.3
तपसो यः प्रभावेन वर्षयामास वासवम् ।
अनावृष्ठ्यां भयाद्यस्य ववर्ष बलवृत्रहा ॥ ३.१११.३ ॥
By the power of his asceticism he compelled Vāsava to send rain, and in fear of a drought the slayer of mighty Vṛtra rained for his sake.
3.111.4
मृग्यां जातः स तेजस्वी काश्यपस्य सुतः प्रभुः ।
विषये लोमपादस्य यश्चकाराद्भुतं महत् ॥ ३.१११.४ ॥
That radiant lord, the son of Kāśyapa, was born of a doe, and in the realm of Lomapāda he performed a great and wondrous deed.
3.111.5
निर्वर्तितेषु सस्येषु यस्मै शान्तां ददौ नृपः ।
लोमपादो दुहितरं सावित्रीं सविता यथा ॥ ३.१११.५ ॥
When the crops had ripened, King Lomapāda gave him his daughter Śāntā, as the sun-god Savitṛ had given Sāvitrī.
3.111.6
ऋश्यशृङ्गः कथं मृग्यामुत्पन्नः काश्यपात्मजः ।
विरुद्धयोनिसंसर्गः कथं च तपसा युतः ॥ ३.१११.६ ॥
How was Ṛśyaśṛṅga, son of Kāśyapa, born of a doe? And how was he endowed with asceticism despite the union of contrary wombs?
3.111.7
किमर्थं च भयाच्छक्रस्तस्य बालस्य धीमतः ।
अनावृष्ट्यां प्रवृत्तायां ववर्ष बलवृत्रहा ॥ ३.१११.७ ॥
Why, out of fear of that wise boy, did Indra, slayer of the mighty Vṛtra, send rain when the drought had set in?
3.111.8
कथंरूपा च सा शान्ता राजपुत्री पतिव्रता ।
लोभयामास या चेतो मृगभूस्य तस्य वै ॥ ३.१११.८ ॥
What form had that gentle, devoted princess, who lured the mind of him born of a deer?
3.111.9
लोमपादश्च राजर्षिर्यदाऽश्रूयत धार्मिकः ।
कथं वै विषये तस्य नावर्षत्पाकशासनः ॥ ३.१११.९ ॥
When it was heard that the righteous royal sage Lomapāda was ruling, why did Indra, the punisher of Paka, not send rain upon his realm?
3.111.10
एतन्मे भगवन्सर्वं विस्तरेण यथातथम् ।
वक्तुमर्हसि शुश्रूषोर्ऋश्यशृङ्गस् चेष्टितम् ॥ ३.१११.१० ॥
O venerable one, please tell me in full detail and exactly as it happened the whole story of Ṛśyaśṛṅga's deeds, for I wish to hear it.
3.111.11
विभाण्डकस्य ब्रह्मर्षेस्तपसा भावितात्मनः ।
अमोघवीर्यस्य सतः प्रजापतिसमद्युतेः ॥ ३.१११.११ ॥
Of the brahmin sage Vibhāṇḍaka, whose self was purified by austerity, whose potency never failed, a good man whose brilliance equaled that of Prajāpati.
3.111.12
शृणु पुत्रो यथा जात ऋश्यशृङ्गः प्रतापवान् ।
महाह्रदे महातेजा बालः स्थविरसंभतः ॥ ३.१११.१२ ॥
Listen, how the mighty Ṛśyaśṛṅga was born as a son. In the great lake that brilliant child, of great splendor, was raised by an aged sage.
3.111.13
महाह्रदं समासाद्य काश्यपस्तपसि स्थितः ।
दीर्घकालं रिश्रान्त ऋषिर्देवर्षिसंमितः ॥ ३.१११.१३ ॥
Having reached the great lake, Kāśyapa remained in asceticism. The sage, weary for a long time, was equal to a divine sage.
3.111.14
तस्य रेतः प्रचस्कन्द दृष्ट्वाऽप्सरसमुर्वशीम् ।
अप्सूपस्पृशतो राजन्मृगी तच्चापिबत्तदा।
सह तोयेन तृषिता गर्भिणी चाभवत्ततः ॥ ३.१११.१४ ॥
Seeing the apsaras Urvaśī, his seed fell forth. O king, while he was touching the water, a doe drank it; thirsty, she became pregnant from that water.
3.111.15
सा पुरोक्ता भगवता ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा ।
देवकन्या मृगी भूत्वा मुनिं सूय विमोक्ष्यसे ॥ ३.१११.१५ ॥
Long before, the venerable Brahmā, creator of the worlds, had told her: You, a divine maiden, will become a doe, bear a sage, and then be released.
3.111.16
अमोघत्वाद्विधेश्चैव भावित्वाद्दैवनिर्मितात् ।
तस्यां मृग्यां समभवत्तस्व पुत्रो महानृषिः।
ऋश्यशृङ्गस्तपोनित्यो वन एवाभ्यवर्धत ॥ ३.१११.१६ ॥
Because the ordinance is infallible and was fashioned by fate, from that doe was born his great son, the sage Ṛśyaśṛṅga, constant in austerity, who grew up right in the forest.
3.111.17
तस्य शृङ्गं शिरसि वै राजन्नासीन्महात्मनः ।
तेनर्श्यशृङ्ग इत्येवं तदा स प्रथितोऽभवत् ॥ ३.१११.१७ ॥
O king, that great-souled one had a horn upon his head; for that reason he then became renowned as Ṛśyaśṛṅga.
3.111.18
न तेन दृष्टपूर्वोऽन्यः पितुरन्यत्रमानुषः ।
तस्मात्तस्य मनो नित्यं ब्रह्मचर्येऽभवन्नृप ॥ ३.१११.१८ ॥
He had never before seen any other human being than his father. Therefore, O king, his mind was always fixed upon celibate discipline.
3.111.19
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सखा दशरशस्य वै ।
कलोमपाद इतिख्यातो ह्यङ्गानामीश्वरोऽभवत् ॥ ३.१११.१९ ॥
At that very time Lomapāda, the friend of Daśaratha, renowned as ruler, became lord of the Aṅgas.
3.111.20
तेन कामः कृतो मिथ्या ब्राह्मणेभ्य इति श्रुतिः ।
दैवोपहतसत्त्वेन धर्मज्ञेनापि भारत।
स ब्राह्मणैः परित्यक्तस्तदा भरतसत्तम ॥ ३.१११.२० ॥
It is heard that he made a false wish against the brahmins. Though his nature was struck by fate and he knew dharma, O Bhārata, best of the Bharatas, he was then forsaken by the brahmins.
3.111.21
पुरोहितापचाराच्च तस्य राज्ञो यदच्छया ।
न ववर्ष सहस्राक्षस्ततोऽपीड्यन्त वै प्रजाः ॥ ३.१११.२१ ॥
Because of the priest's offence, the thousand-eyed Indra did not rain upon that king, and so the subjects too were afflicted.
3.111.22
स ब्राह्मणान्पर्यपृच्छत्तपोयुक्तान्मनीषिणः ।
प्रवर्षणे सुरेन्द्रस्य समर्थान्पृथिवीपते ॥ ३.१११.२२ ॥
He asked the brahmins, wise men endowed with austerity, who were capable of bringing Indra's rain, O lord of the earth.
3.111.23
कथं प्रवर्षेत्पर्जन्य उपायः परिमृश्यताम् ।
तमूचुश्चोदितास्ते तु स्वमतानि मनीषिणः ॥ ३.१११.२३ ॥
How might the cloud rain? Let a means be considered. Urged on, those wise men told him their own opinions.
3.111.24
तत्र त्वेको रमुनिवरस्तं राजानमुवाच ह ।
कुपितास्तव राजेन्द्र ब्राह्मणा निष्कृतिं चर ॥ ३.१११.२४ ॥
Then one excellent sage spoke to that king: O lord of kings, the brahmins are angry with you; perform expiation.
3.111.25
ऋश्यशृङ्गं मुनिसुतमानयस्व च पार्थिव ।
ऐणेयमनभिज्ञं च नारीणामार्जवे रतम् ॥ ३.१११.२५ ॥
O king, bring the sage's son Ṛśyaśṛṅga, born of a deer, unaware of the straightforward ways of women, delighting in them.
3.111.26
स चेदवतरेद्राजन्विषयं ते महातपाः ।
सद्यः प्रवर्षेत्पर्जन्य इति मे नास्ति संशयः ॥ ३.१११.२६ ॥
O king, if that great ascetic should enter your realm, the rain-cloud will rain at once; of this I have no doubt.
3.111.27
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो राजन्कृत्वा निष्कृतिमात्मनः ।
स गत्वा पुनरागच्छत्प्रसन्नेषु द्विजातिषु ॥ ३.१११.२७ ॥
O king, having heard these words and made expiation for himself, he went and came back again, when the twice-born were pleased.
3.111.28
राजानमागतं ज्ञात्वा प्रतिसंजगृहुः प्रजाः ।
स च ता प्रतिजग्राह पितेव हितकृत्सदा ॥ ३.१११.२८ ॥
Knowing the king had arrived, the subjects welcomed him in return, and he, like a father always doing good, embraced them.
3.111.29
ततोऽङ्गपतिराहूय सचिवान्मन्त्रकोविदान् ।
ऋश्यशृङ्गागमे यत्नमकरोन्मन्त्रनिश्चये ॥ ३.१११.२९ ॥
Then the lord of Aṅga summoned his ministers, skilled in counsel, and, having resolved the matter, made an effort for the arrival of Ṛśyaśṛṅga.
3.111.30
सोऽध्यगच्छदुपायं तु तैरमात्यैः सहाच्युतः ।
शास्त्रज्ञैरलमर्थज्ञौर्नीत्यां च परिनिष्ठितैः ॥ ३.१११.३० ॥
That steadfast king, together with those ministers, knowers of the treatises, knowers of what is useful, and thoroughly established in statecraft, found a means.
3.111.31
ततश्चानाययामास वारमुख्या महीपतिः ।
वेश्याः सर्वत्रनिष्णातास्ता उवाच स पार्थिवः ॥ ३.१११.३१ ॥
Then the king had the chief courtesans, skilled in every way, brought before him, and spoke to them.
3.111.32
ऋश्यशृङ्गमृषेः पुत्रमानयध्वमुपायतः ।
लोभयित्वाऽभिविश्चास्य विषयं मम शोभनाः ॥ ३.१११.३२ ॥
Ladies, bring the son of the sage, Ṛśyaśṛṅga, by some stratagem; having enticed him and won his trust, bring him into my realm.
3.111.33
ता राजभयभीताश्च शापभीताश्च योषितः ।
अशक्यमूचुस्तत्कार्यं विषण्णा गतचेतसः ॥ ३.१११.३३ ॥
Frightened of the king's wrath and of a curse, the women, dejected and dismayed in heart, said that the task was impossible.
3.111.34
तत्र त्वेका जरद्योषा राजानमिदमब्रवीत् ।
प्रयतिष्ये महाराज तमानेतुं तपोधनम् ॥ ३.१११.३४ ॥
Then one aged courtesan said to the king: "Great king, I will endeavour to bring that wealth-of-asceticism man here."
3.111.35
अभिप्रेतांस्तु मे कामांस्त्वमनुज्ञातुमर्हसि ।
ततः शक्ष्याम्यानयितुमृश्यशृङ्गमृषेः सुतम् ॥ ३.१११.३५ ॥
"But you must grant permission for my desired wishes; then I shall be able to bring the son of the sage, Ṛśyaśṛṅga."
3.111.36
तस्याः सर्वमभिप्रेतमन्वजानात्स पार्थिवः ।
धनं च प्रददौ भूरि रत्नानि विविधानि च ॥ ३.१११.३६ ॥
The king granted all her desired wishes, and gave her abundant wealth and many kinds of jewels.
3.111.37
ततो रूपेण सपन्ना वयसा च महीपते ।
स्त्रिय आदाय काश्चित्सा जगाम वनमञ्जसा ॥ ३.१११.३७ ॥
Then she, equal to her rivals in beauty and in youth, O lord of the earth, took some women with her and went straightway into the forest.