Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.128
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3.128.1
कथंवीर्यः स राजाऽभूत्सोमको ददतांवरः ।
कर्माण्यस्य प्रभावं च श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥ ३.१२८.१ ॥
How did Somaka, best of givers, become a king of such valour? I wish to hear truly of his deeds and his power.
3.128.2
युधिष्ठिरासीन्नृपतिः सोमको नाम धार्मिकः ।
तस्य भार्याशतं राजन्सदृशीनामभूत्तदा ॥ ३.१२८.२ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, there was a righteous king named Somaka. O king, he then had a hundred wives of equal station.
3.128.3
स वै यत्नेन महता तासु पुत्रं महीपतिः ।
कंचिन्नासादयामास कालेन महता ह्यपि ॥ ३.१२८.३ ॥
Though he strove greatly, and though much time passed, that lord of the earth did not obtain a son from any of them.
3.128.4
कदाचित्तस् वृद्धस्य यतमानस्य धीमतः ।
जन्तुर्नाम सुतस्तस्य ज्येष्ठायां समजायत ॥ ३.१२८.४ ॥
At length, to that aged and striving wise king, a son named Jantu was born of his eldest wife.
3.128.5
तं जातं मातरः सर्वाः परिवार्य समासते ।
सततं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा कामभोगान्विशांपते ॥ ३.१२८.५ ॥
O lord of men, all the mothers would sit surrounding that newborn, constantly, with pleasures and desires put aside behind them.
3.128.6
ततः पिपीलिका जन्तुं कदाचिददशत्स्फिचि ।
स दष्टो ह्यरुदद्राजंस्तेन दुःखेन बालकः ॥ ३.१२८.६ ॥
Then once an ant bit the child Jantu on the buttock. O king, bitten, the child wept from that pain.
3.128.7
ततस्ता मातरः सर्वाः प्राक्रोशन्भृशदुःखिताः ।
प्रवार्य जनतुं सहसा स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥ ३.१२८.७ ॥
Then all the mothers, deeply distressed, cried out; in their haste to restrain the creature, the sound became a great uproar.
3.128.8
तमार्तनादं सहसा शुश्राव स महीपतिः ।
अमात्यपर्षदो मध्ये उपविष्टः सहर्त्विजा ॥ ३.१२८.८ ॥
The king, seated in the midst of the assembly of ministers together with the priests, suddenly heard that cry of anguish.
3.128.9
ततः प्रस्थापयामास किमेतदिति पार्थिवः ।
तस्मै क्षत्ता यथावृत्तमाचचक्षे सुतं प्रति ॥ ३.१२८.९ ॥
Then the king sent him, asking, "What is this?" And the chamberlain reported to him all that had happened concerning the son.
3.128.10
त्वरमाणः स चोत्थाय सोमकः सह मन्त्रिभिः ।
प्रविश्यान्तःपुरं पुत्रमाश्वासयदरिंदमः ॥ ३.१२८.१० ॥
Hastening, Somaka, subduer of foes, rose and, together with his ministers, entered the inner palace and comforted his son.
3.128.11
सान्त्वयित्वा तु तं पुत्रं निष्क्रम्यान्तःपुरान्नृपः ।
ऋत्विजा सहितो राजन्सहामात्य उपाविशत् ॥ ३.१२८.११ ॥
Having consoled that son, the king came out of the inner palace and, O king, sat down together with the priest and the ministers.
3.128.12
धिगस्त्विहैकपुत्रत्वमपुत्रत्वं वरं भवेत् ।
नित्यातुरत्वाद्भूतानां शोक एवैकपुत्रता ॥ ३.१२८.१२ ॥
Shame on having only one son here! Having no son would be better; because living beings are constantly afflicted, having a single son is only sorrow.
3.128.13
इदं भार्याशतं ब्रह्मन्परीक्ष्यसदृशं प्रभो ।
पुत्रार्थिना मया वोढं न तासां विद्यते प्रजा ॥ ३.१२८.१३ ॥
O brahmin, O lord, desiring a son, I took these hundred wives, tested as they were; yet none of them has offspring.
3.128.14
एकः कथंचिदुत्पन्नः पुत्रो जन्तुरयं मम ।
यतमानासु सर्वासु किंनु दुःखमतः परम् ॥ ३.१२८.१४ ॥
Somehow this one son of mine was born; though all of them strive, what greater sorrow could there be than this?
3.128.15
वयश्च समतीतं मे सभार्यस्यं द्विजोत्तम ।
आसां प्राणाः समायत्ता मम चात्रैकपुत्रके ॥ ३.१२८.१५ ॥
O best of the twice-born, my age and that of my wives has already passed; their lives and mine depend on this one son.
3.128.16
स्यात्तु कर्म तथा युक्तं येन पुत्रशतं भवेत् ।
महता लघुना वाऽपि कर्मणा दुष्करेण वा ॥ ३.१२८.१६ ॥
Let there be some fitting action by which a hundred sons might come to be, whether it be a great deed, a small one, or a difficult one.
3.128.17
अस्ति चैतादृशं कर्म येन पुत्रशतं भवेत् ।
यदि शक्नोषि तत्कर्तुमथ वक्ष्यामि सोमक ॥ ३.१२८.१७ ॥
There is such an action by which a hundred sons might come to be. If you are able to perform it, then I will tell you, O Somaka.
3.128.18
कार्यं वा यदि वाऽकार्यं येन पुत्रशतं भवेत् ।
कृतमेवेति तद्विद्धि भगवान्प्रब्रवीतु मे ॥ ३.१२८.१८ ॥
Whatever is to be done or not to be done, by which a hundred sons might come to be, know it as already done; let the venerable one tell me.
3.128.19
यजस्व जन्तुना राजंस्त्वं मया वितते क्रतौ ।
ततः पुत्रशतं श्रीमद्भविष्यत्यचिरेण ते ॥ ३.१२८.१९ ॥
O king, perform the sacrifice with that creature in the extensive rite I conduct; then soon a hundred glorious sons will be born to you.
3.128.20
वपार्या हूयमानायां धूममाघ्राय मातरः ।
ततस्ताः सुमहावीर्याञ्जनयिष्यन्ति ते सुतान् ॥ ३.१२८.२० ॥
When the vapā offering is being poured into the fire, your mothers, having inhaled its smoke, will then bear you very mighty sons.
3.128.21
तस्यामेव तु ते जन्तुर्भविता पुनरात्मजः ।
उत्तरे चास्य सौवर्णं लक्ष्म पार्श्वे भविष्यति ॥ ३.१२८.२१ ॥
From her will be born again your own son; and afterward, on his side there will be a golden mark.