Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.117
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3.117.1
स वेदाध्ययने युक्तो जमदग्निर्महातपाः ।
तपस्तेपे ततो देवान्नियमाद्वशमानयत् ॥ ३.११७.१ ॥
Devoted to the study of the Vedas, the great ascetic Jamadagni performed austerities, and then by discipline brought the gods under his control.
3.117.2
स प्रसेनजितं राजन्नधिगम्य नराधिपम् ।
रेणुकां वरयामास स च तस्मै ददौ नृपः ॥ ३.११७.२ ॥
O king, he approached Prasenajit, lord of men, and asked for Reṇukā in marriage; the king gave her to him.
3.117.3
रेणुकां त्वथ संप्राप्य भार्यां भार्गवनन्दनः ।
आश्रमस्थस्तया सार्धं तपस्तेपेऽनुकूलया ॥ ३.११७.३ ॥
Having obtained Reṇukā as his wife, the son of Bhṛgu's line, dwelling in the hermitage, performed austerities together with her, she being agreeable to him.
3.117.4
तस्याः कुमाराश्चत्वारो जज्ञिरे रामपञ्चमाः ।
सर्वेषामजघन्यस्तु राम आसीञ्जघन्यजः ॥ ३.११७.४ ॥
Four sons were born to her, with Rāma as the fifth; of all of them, Rāma was the youngest-born, though not the last-born in the sense of a stranger's rank.
3.117.5
फलाहारेषु सर्वेषु गतेष्वथ सुतेषु वै ।
रेणुका स्नातुमगमत्कदाचिन्नियतव्रता ॥ ३.११७.५ ॥
When all the sons had gone out for fruit-food, Reṇukā, steadfast in her vows, went at one time to bathe.
3.117.6
सा तु चित्ररथं नाम मार्तिकावतकं नृपम् ।
ददर्श रेणुका राजन्नागच्छन्ती यदृच्छया ॥ ३.११७.६ ॥
O king, as Reṇukā was coming back, she chanced to see the king named Citraratha of Mārtikāvata.
3.117.7
क्रीडन्तं सलिले दृष्ट्वा सभार्यं पद्ममालिनम् ।
ऋद्धिमन्तं ततस्तस्य स्पृहयामास रेणुका ॥ ३.११७.७ ॥
Seeing him playing in the water with his wife, wearing a garland of lotuses, prosperous, Reṇukā longed for him.
3.117.8
व्यभिचाराच्च तस्मात्सा क्लिन्नाम्भसि विचेतना ।
अन्तरिक्षान्निपतिता नर्मदायां महाह्रदे ॥ ३.११७.८ ॥
Because of that adulterous thought, she became senseless in the wet water and fell from the sky into the great pool of the Narmadā.
3.117.9
उतीर्य चापि सा यत्नाज्जगाम भरतर्षभ ।
प्रविवेशाश्रमं त्रस्ता तां वै भर्तान्वबुध्यत ॥ ३.११७.९ ॥
Having climbed out with effort, O bull of the Bharatas, she went; terrified, she entered the hermitage, and her husband perceived her.
3.117.10
स तां दृष्ट्वाच्युतांधैर्याद्ब्राह्म्या लक्ष्म्या विवर्जिताम् ।
श्रिक्शब्देन महातेजा गर्हयामास वीर्यवान् ॥ ३.११७.१० ॥
Seeing her fallen from steadfastness and bereft of Brahminical splendour, the mighty one of great radiance reproached her with the word 'Śrik'.
3.117.11
ततो ज्येष्ठो जामदग्न्यो रुमण्वान्नाम नामतः ।
आजगाम सुषेणश्च वसुर्विश्वावसुस्तथा ॥ ३.११७.११ ॥
Then came the eldest son of Jamadagni named Rumaṇvān, and Suṣeṇa, Vasu and Viśvāvasu likewise.
3.117.12
तानानुपूर्व्याद्भगवान्वधे मातुरचोदयत् ।
न च ते जातसंमोहाः किंचिदूचुर्विचेतसः ॥ ३.११७.१२ ॥
The venerable one urged them in turn to kill their mother; but they, bewildered and confused, said nothing.
3.117.13
ततः शशाप तान्क्रोधात्ते शप्ताश्चैतनां जहुः ।
मृगपक्षिसधर्माणः क्षिप्रमासञ्जडोपमाः ॥ ३.११७.१३ ॥
Then, in anger, he cursed them; cursed, they lost their consciousness and quickly became like deer and birds in nature, like insensate clods.
3.117.14
ततो रामोऽभ्ययात्पश्चादाश्रमं परवीरहा ।
तमुवाच महामन्युर्जमदग्निर्महातपाः ॥ ३.११७.१४ ॥
Then Rāma, slayer of foes' heroes, came afterwards to the hermitage; there greatly wrathful Jamadagni of great austerity spoke to him.
3.117.15
जहीमां मातरं पापां मा च पुत्र व्यथां कृथाः ।
तत आदाय परशुं रामो मातु शिरोऽहरत् ॥ ३.११७.१५ ॥
"Son, kill this sinful mother, and do not grieve." Then Rāma took up the axe and cut off his mother's head.
3.117.16
ततस्तस्य महाराज जमदग्नेर्महात्मनः ।
कोपोऽभ्यगच्छत्सहसा प्रसन्नश्चाब्रवीदिदम् ॥ ३.११७.१६ ॥
Then, great king, anger suddenly came upon that great-souled Jamadagni; but being pleased, he spoke these words.
3.117.17
ममेदं वचनात्तात कृतं ते कर्म दुष्करम् ।
वृणीष्व कामान्धर्मज्ञ यावतो वाञ्छसे हृदा ॥ ३.११७.१७ ॥
"By my word, dear son, you have done this difficult deed. Knower of dharma, choose as many desires as your heart wishes."
3.117.18
स वव्रे मातुरुत्थानमस्मृतिं च वधस्य वै ।
पापेन तेन चास्पर्शं भ्रातॄणां प्रकृतिं तथा ॥ ३.११७.१८ ॥
He chose the restoration of his mother, the loss of memory of the killing, freedom from contact with that sin, and his brothers' former state.
3.117.19
अप्रतिद्वन्द्वतां युद्धे दीर्घमायुश्च भारत ।
ददौ च सर्वान्कामांस्ताञ्जमदग्निर्महातपाः ॥ ३.११७.१९ ॥
O Bhārata, in battle he gave him unrivalled invincibility and long life, and Jamadagni, the one of great austerity, granted him all his desires.
3.117.20
कदाचित्तु तथैवास्य विनिष्क्रान्ताः सुताः प्रभो ।
अथानूपपतिर्वीरः कार्तवीर्योऽभ्यवर्तत ॥ ३.११७.२० ॥
Once, O lord, his sons likewise had gone out, and then Kārtavīrya, the hero, lord of Anūpa, came upon the scene.
3.117.21
तमाश्रमपदं प्राप्तमृषिरर्ध्यात्समार्चयत् ।
स युद्धमदसंमत्तो नाभ्यनन्दत्तथाऽर्चनम् ॥ ३.११७.२१ ॥
The sage honoured him well, arriving at the hermitage, with an offering of honour; but he, intoxicated with the pride of battle, did not approve of that worship.
3.117.22
प्रमथ्य चाश्रमात्तस्माद्धोमधेनोस्ततोबलात् ।
जहार वत्सं क्रोशन्त्या बभञ्ज च महाद्रुमान् ॥ ३.११७.२२ ॥
From that hermitage he forcibly seized the sacrificial cow and then, while she cried out, took away her calf, and broke the great trees.
3.117.23
आगताय च रामाय तदाचष्ट पिता स्वयम् ।
गां च रोरुदतीं दृष्ट्वा कोपो रामं समाविशत्।
स मन्युवशमापन्नः कार्तवीर्यमुपाद्रवत् ॥ ३.११७.२३ ॥
His father himself told Rāma, when he had returned, all that had happened; and seeing the cow weeping, anger entered Rāma. Fallen under the power of wrath, he rushed at Kārtavīrya.
3.117.24
तस्याथ युधि विक्रम्य भार्गवः परवीरहा ।
चिच्छेद निशितैर्भल्लैर्बाहून्परिघसंनिभान् ॥ ३.११७.२४ ॥
Then the Bhārgava, slayer of enemy heroes, attacked him boldly in battle and cut off his arms, which were like iron clubs, with sharp bhalla arrows.
3.117.25
सहस्रसंमितान्राजन्प्रगृह्य रुचिरं धनुः ।
अभिभूतः स रामेण संयुक्तः कालधर्मणा ॥ ३.११७.२५ ॥
O king, having taken up his beautiful bow with its thousands of arrows, he was overcome by Rāma and joined to the law of time.
3.117.26
अर्जुनस्याथ दायादा रामेण कृतमन्यवः ।
आश्रमस्थं विना रामं जमदग्निमुपाद्रवन् ॥ ३.११७.२६ ॥
Then the heirs of Arjuna, filled with anger at Rāma, attacked Jamadagni dwelling in the hermitage, leaving Rāma aside.
3.117.27
ते तं जघ्नुर्महावीर्यमयुध्यन्तं तपस्विनम् ।
असकृद्रामरामेति विक्रोशन्तमनाथवत् ॥ ३.११७.२७ ॥
They struck down that mighty ascetic, who did not fight, as he cried again and again 'Rāma, Rāma,' like one without a protector.
3.117.28
कार्तवीर्यस्य पुत्रास्तु जमदग्निं युधिष्ठिर ।
घातयित्वा शरैर्जग्मुर्यथागतमरिंदमाः ॥ ३.११७.२८ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, the sons of Kārtavīrya, having slain Jamadagni with arrows, went away again just as they had come, those subduers of foes.
3.117.29
अपक्रान्तेषु वै तेषु जमदग्नौ तथा गते ।
समित्पाणिरुपागच्छदाश्रमं भृगुनन्दनः ॥ ३.११७.२९ ॥
When they had gone away and Jamadagni had thus met his death, the son of Bhṛgu came to the hermitage with firewood in his hand.
3.117.30
स दृष्ट्वा पितरं वीरस्तदा मृत्युवशं गतम् ।
अनर्हं तं तथाभूतं विललाप सुदुःखितः ॥ ३.११७.३० ॥
That hero, seeing his father now in the power of death, one so undeserving of such a state, lamented in great sorrow.