Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.296
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3.296.1
अथ कन्याप्रदाने स तमेवार्थं विचिन्तयन् ।
समानित्ये च तत्सर्वंभाण्डं वैवाहिकं नृपः ॥ ३.२९६.१ ॥
Then, pondering this very matter of giving away his daughter, the king gathered all the goods required for the wedding.
3.296.2
ततो वृद्धान्द्विजान्सर्वानृत्विक्सभ्यपुरोहितान् ।
समाहूय दिने पुण्ये प्रययौ सह कन्यया ॥ ३.२९६.२ ॥
Then, having summoned all the aged brahmins, the officiating priests, the assembly members and the household priests, he set out on an auspicious day together with his daughter.
3.296.3
मेध्यारण्यं स गत्वा च द्युमत्सेनाश्रमं नृपः ।
पद्भ्यामेव द्विजैः सार्धं राजर्षिं तमुपागमत् ॥ ३.२९६.३ ॥
That king went to the sacred forest and, on foot together with the brahmins, reached the hermitage of Dyumatsena and came to that royal sage.
3.296.4
तत्रापश्यन्महाभागं सालवृक्षमुपाश्रितम् ।
कौश्यां बृस्यां समासीनं चक्षुर्हीनं नृपं तदा ॥ ३.२९६.४ ॥
There he saw the greatly fortunate king, blind, sitting on a mat of kuśa grass and leaning against a sāla tree.
3.296.5
स राजा तस्य राजर्षेः कृत्वापूजां यथाऽर्हतः ।
वाचा सुनियतो भूत्वा चकारात्मनिवेदनम् ॥ ३.२९६.५ ॥
That king, having honoured that royal sage as was fitting and keeping his speech controlled, made himself known.
3.296.6
तस्यार्ध्यमासं चैव गां चावेद्यस धर्मवित् ।
किमागमनमित्येवं राजा राजानमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.२९६.६ ॥
The sage-king, knower of dharma, offered him the arghya water, a seat and a cow, and then asked the king, "What is the reason for your coming?"
3.296.7
तस्य सर्वमभिप्रायमितिकर्तव्यतां च ताम् ।
सत्यवन्तं समुद्दिश्य सर्वमेव न्यवेदयत् ॥ ३.२९६.७ ॥
He reported to him all his intention and course of action, concerning Satyavat.
3.296.8
सावित्री नाम राजर्षे कन्येयं मम शोभना ।
तां स्वधर्मेण धर्मज्ञ स्नुषार्थे त्वं गृहाण मे ॥ ३.२९६.८ ॥
O royal sage, this is my lovely daughter, named Sāvitrī. O knower of dharma, take her as your daughter-in-law, in accordance with your own dharma.
3.296.9
च्युताः स्म राज्याद्वनवासमाश्रिता-
श्चराम धर्मं नियतास्तपस्विनः।
कथं त्वनर्हा वनवासमाश्रमे ।
सहिष्यति क्लेशमिमं सुता तव ॥ ३.२९६.९ ॥
We have fallen from the kingdom and taken refuge in the forest, living as disciplined ascetics in dharma. How then will your daughter, unfit for forest life, endure this hardship in the hermitage?
3.296.10
सुखं च दुःखं च भवाभवात्मकं ।
यदा विजानाति सुताऽहमेव च।
न मद्विधे युज्यतेवाक्यमीदृशं ।
विनिश्चयेनाभिगतोस्मि ते नृप ॥ ३.२९६.१० ॥
When my daughter and I myself know that happiness and sorrow, made of being and non-being, are as they are, such words are not fitting for one like me. O king, I have come to you with firm resolve.
3.296.11
आशां नार्हसि मे हन्तुं सौहृदात्प्रणतस्य च ।
अभितश्चागतं प्रेम्णा प्रत्याख्यातुं न माऽर्हसि ॥ ३.२९६.११ ॥
You should not destroy my hope, I who bow to you out of friendship. And you should not reject me, who have come to you from every side with affection.
3.296.12
अनुरूपो हि युक्तश्च त्वं ममाहं तवापि च ।
स्नुषां प्रतीच्छ मे कन्यां भार्यां सत्यवतस्ततः ॥ ३.२९६.१२ ॥
You are fitting and worthy for me, and I am fitting for you as well. Therefore accept my daughter as the wife of Satyavat, as your daughter-in-law.
3.296.13
पूर्वमेवाभिलवितः संबन्धो मे त्वया सह ।
भ्रष्टराज्यस्त्वहमिति तत एतद्विचारितम् ॥ ३.२९६.१३ ॥
Long ago I wished to join in alliance with you; but since I have lost my kingdom, this has been considered.
3.296.14
अभिप्रायस्त्वयं यो मे पूर्वमेवाभिकाङ्क्षितः ।
स निर्वर्ततु मेऽद्यैव काङ्क्षितो ह्यसि मेऽतिथिः ॥ ३.२९६.१४ ॥
Let the wish I long held be fulfilled this very day; for you are the one I desired, and you are my guest.
3.296.15
ततः सर्वान्समानाय्य द्विजानाश्रमवासिनः ।
यथाविधि समुद्वाहं कारयामासतुर्नृपौ ॥ ३.२९६.१५ ॥
Then, having gathered all the twice-born dwelling in the hermitage, the two kings had the marriage rite performed according to rule.
3.296.16
दत्त्वा सोऽश्वपतिः कन्यां यथार्हं सपरिच्छदम् ।
ययौ स्वमेव भवनं युक्तः परमया मुदा ॥ ३.२९६.१६ ॥
Having given his daughter with fitting goods and retinue, the lord of horses went back to his own house, filled with supreme joy.
3.296.17
सत्यवानपि तां भार्यां लब्ध्वा सर्वगुणान्विताम् ।
मुमुदे सा रच रतं लब्ध्वा भर्तारं मनसेप्सितम् ॥ ३.२९६.१७ ॥
Satyavān too rejoiced, having obtained that wife endowed with every virtue; and she rejoiced, having obtained the husband her heart desired.
3.296.18
गते पितरि सर्वाणि संन्यस्याभरणानि सा ।
जगृहेवल्कलान्येव वस्त्रं काषायमेव च ॥ ३.२९६.१८ ॥
When her father had gone, she laid aside all her ornaments and took up only bark garments and an ochre-coloured cloth.
3.296.19
परिचारैर्गुणैश्चैव प्रश्रयेण दमेन च ।
सर्वकामक्रियाभिश्च सर्वेषां तुष्टिमादधे ॥ ३.२९६.१९ ॥
By her service, her virtues, her humility and self-restraint, and by fulfilling every wish, she pleased them all.
3.296.20
श्वश्रूं शरीरसत्कारैः सर्वैराच्छादनादिभिः ।
श्वशुरं देवसत्कारैर्वाचः संयमनेन च ॥ ३.२९६.२० ॥
She pleased her mother-in-law with bodily service and clothing and all such things, her father-in-law with honour fit for gods, and with restraint of speech.
3.296.21
तथैव प्रियवादेन नैषुणेन शमेन च ।
रहश्चैवोपचारेण भर्तारं पर्यतोषयत् ॥ ३.२९६.२१ ॥
In the same way, with sweet words, skill, calm, and attentive service in private, she fully pleased her husband.
3.296.22
एवं तत्राश्रमे तेषां तदा निवसतां सताम् ।
कालस्तपस्यतां कश्चिदपाक्रामत भारत ॥ ३.२९६.२२ ॥
Thus, as those virtuous ones lived and practised austerity in that hermitage, some time passed, O Bhārata.
3.296.23
सावित्र्याग्लायमानायास्तिष्ठन्त्यास्तु दिवानिशम ।
नारदेन यदुक्तं तद्वाक्यं मनसि वर्तते ॥ ३.२९६.२३ ॥
In Sāvitrī's mind, who did not grow weary though standing day and night, the words spoken by Nārada remained.