Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.299
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3.299.1
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु द्युमत्सेनो महाबलः ।
लब्धचक्षुः प्रसन्नायां दृष्ट्यां सर्वं ददर्श ह ॥ ३.२९९.१ ॥
At that very time, the mighty Dyumatsena regained his sight, and with clear vision he saw everything.
3.299.2
स सर्वानाश्रमान्गत्वा शैब्यया सह भार्यया ।
पुत्रहेतोः परामार्तिं जगाम भरतर्षभ ॥ ३.२९९.२ ॥
Going to all the hermitages with his wife Śaibyā, he fell into great anguish for the sake of his son, O bull of the Bharatas.
3.299.3
तावाश्रमान्नदीश्चैववनानि च सरांसि च ।
तस्यां निशि विचिन्वन्तौ दम्पती परिजग्मतुः ॥ ३.२९९.३ ॥
That night the couple wandered, searching through hermitages, rivers, forests and lakes.
3.299.4
श्रुत्वा शब्दं तु यं कंचिदुन्मुखौ सुतशङ्कया ।
सावित्रीसहितोऽभ्येति सत्यवानित्यभाषताम् ॥ ३.२९९.४ ॥
Hearing some sound, turning toward it in fear for their son, they said: "Satyavān comes, accompanied by Sāvitrī."
3.299.5
भिन्नैश्च परुषैः पादैः सव्रणैः शोणितोक्षितैः ।
कुशकणअटकविद्धाङ्गावुनमत्ताविव धावतः ॥ ३.२९९.५ ॥
With torn, rough, wounded feet smeared with blood, their bodies pierced by kuśa grass and thorns, they ran like madmen.
3.299.6
ततोऽभिसृत्य तैर्विप्रैः सर्वैराश्रमवासिभिः ।
परिवार्य समाश्वास्य तावानीतौ स्वमाश्रमम् ॥ ३.२९९.६ ॥
Then all the brahmins dwelling in the hermitage came up, surrounded them, comforted them, and brought the two back to their own hermitage.
3.299.7
तत्रभार्यासहायः स वृतो वृद्धैस्तपोधनैः ।
आश्वासितोपि चित्रार्थैः पूर्वराजकथाश्रयैः ॥ ३.२९९.७ ॥
There he was, accompanied by his wife and surrounded by aged ascetics whose wealth is austerity; though he was comforted with varied words drawn from tales of earlier kings,
3.299.8
ततस्तौ पुनराश्वस्तौ वृद्धौ पुत्रदिदृक्षया ।
बाल्यवृत्तानि पुत्रस्य सावित्र्या दर्शनानि च।
शोकं जग्मतुरन्योन्यं स्मरन्तौ भृशदुःखितौ ॥ ३.२९९.८ ॥
Then the two old ones, comforted once more, longing to see their son, recalling his childhood deeds and the sight of Sāvitrī, fell into grief for one another, deeply distressed.
3.299.9
हापुत्र हासाध्वि वधु क्वासिक्वासीत्यरोदताम् ।
ब्राह्मणः सत्यवाक्येषामुवाचेदं तयोर्वचः ॥ ३.२९९.९ ॥
"Alas, son! Alas, virtuous daughter-in-law! Where are you? Where are you?" Thus they wept. Then the truthful brahmin spoke these words to the two of them.
3.299.10
यथास्य भार्या सावित्री तपसा च दमेन च ।
आचारेण च संयुक्ता तथा जीवति सत्यवान् ॥ ३.२९९.१० ॥
As his wife Sāvitrī is endowed with austerity, self-restraint and good conduct, so Satyavān is alive.
3.299.11
वेदाः साङ्गा मयाऽधीतास्तपो मे संचितं महत् ।
कौमारब्रह्मचर्यं च गुरवोऽग्निश्च तोषिताः ॥ ३.२९९.११ ॥
I have studied the Vedas with their limbs; my great austerity has been accumulated; I have kept celibacy from boyhood; and I have pleased my teachers and the fire.
3.299.12
समाहितेन चीर्णानि सर्वाण्येव व्रतानि मे ।
वायुभक्षोपवासश्च कृतोमे विधिवत्सदा ॥ ३.२९९.१२ ॥
With a collected mind I have performed all my vows; and the air-eating and fasting I have always kept according to rule.
3.299.13
अनेन तपसा वेद्मि सर्वं परचीकीर्षितम् ।
सत्यमेतन्निबोधध्वं ध्रियते सत्यवानिति ॥ ३.२९९.१३ ॥
By this austerity I know all that others have wished. This is the truth, understand it: Satyavān is being sustained.
3.299.14
उपाध्यायस्य मे वक्राद्यथा वाक्यं विनिःसृतम् ।
नैव जातु भवेन्मिथ्या तथा जीवति सत्यवान् ॥ ३.२९९.१४ ॥
As the word that came from my teacher's mouth could never be false, so Satyavān is alive.
3.299.15
यथाऽस्य भार्या सावित्री सर्वैरेव सुलक्षणैः ।
अवैधव्यकरैर्युक्ता तथा जीवति सत्यवान् ॥ ३.२९९.१५ ॥
As his wife Sāvitrī is endowed with all the auspicious marks that keep a woman from widowhood, so Satyavān is alive.
3.299.16
यथाऽस्य भार्या सावित्री तपसा च दमेन च ।
आचारेण च संयुक्ता तथा जीवति सत्यवान् ॥ ३.२९९.१६ ॥
As his wife Sāvitrī is endowed with austerity, self-restraint and good conduct, so Satyavān is alive.
3.299.17
यथा दृष्टिः प्रवृत्ता ते सावित्र्याश्च यथा व्रतम् ।
गताऽऽहारमकृत्वैव तथा जीवति सत्यवान् ॥ ३.२९९.१७ ॥
As your gaze has been directed, and as Sāvitrī's vow proceeded without food, so Satyavān is alive.
3.299.18
यथा वदन्ति शान्तायां दिशि वै मृगपक्षिणः ।
पार्थिवीं चैववृद्धिं ते तथा जीवति सत्यवान् ॥ ३.२९९.१८ ॥
As beasts and birds call out in a calm quarter, and your earthly prosperity grows, so Satyavān is alive.
3.299.19
सर्वैर्गुणैरुपेतस्ते यथा पुत्रो जनप्रियः ।
दीर्घायुर्लक्षणोपेतस्तथा जीवति स्यवान् ॥ ३.२९९.१९ ॥
As your son is endowed with all virtues and beloved of the people, so Satyavān lives, long-lived and marked with auspicious signs.
3.299.20
एवमाश्वासितस्तैस्तु सत्यवाग्भिस्तपस्विभिः ।
तांस्तान्विगणयन्सर्वांस्ततः स्थिर इवाभवत् ॥ ३.२९९.२० ॥
Thus comforted by those truthful ascetics, he pondered each of their words, and then became as if steady.
3.299.21
ततो मुहूर्तात्सावित्री भर्त्रा सत्वता सह ।
आजगामाश्रमं रात्रौ प्रहृष्टा प्रविवेश ह ॥ ३.२९९.२१ ॥
Then, after a moment, Sāvitrī came to the hermitage at night with her husband Satvata, and entered joyfully.
3.299.22
दृष्ट्वा चोत्पतिताः सर्वेहर्षं जग्मुश्च ते द्विजाः ।
कण्ठं माता पिता चास्य समालिङ्ग्याभ्यरोदतां ॥ ३.२९९.२२ ॥
Seeing him, all those brahmins rose and rejoiced; and his mother and father embraced his neck and wept.
3.299.23
पुत्रेण संगतं त्वां तु चक्षुष्मन्तं निरीक्ष्य च ।
सर्वे वयं वै पृच्छामो वृद्धिं वै पृथिवीपते ॥ ३.२९९.२३ ॥
Seeing you reunited with your son and possessing sight, we all now ask after your welfare, O lord of the earth.
3.299.24
समागमेन पुत्रस्य सावित्र्या दर्शनेन च ।
चक्षुषश्चात्मनो लाभात्रिभिर्दिष्ठ्या विवर्धसे ॥ ३.२९९.२४ ॥
By the reunion with your son, the sight of Sāvitrī, and the regaining of your own sight, by these three you prosper through good fortune.
3.299.25
सर्वैरस्माभिरुक्तं यत्तथा तन्नात्रसंशयः ।
भूयोभूयः समृद्धिस्ते क्षिप्रमेव भविष्यति ॥ ३.२९९.२५ ॥
What we all have said is so, there is no doubt in it. Your prosperity will increase again and again, and swiftly it will come.
3.299.26
ततोऽग्निं तत्र संज्वाल्य द्विजास्ते सर्व एव हि ।
उपासांचक्रिरे पार्थ द्युमत्सेनं महीपतिम् ॥ ३.२९९.२६ ॥
Then, having kindled the fire there, all those twice-born ones, O Pārtha, worshipped King Dyumatsena.
3.299.27
शैव्या च सत्यवांश्चैव सावित्री चैकतः स्थिताः ।
सर्वैस्तैरभ्यनुज्ञाता विशोका समुपाविशन् ॥ ३.२९९.२७ ॥
Śaibyā, Satyavān and Sāvitrī stood together; with the permission of all of them, free from grief, they sat down.
3.299.28
ततो राज्ञा सहासीनाः सर्वे ते वनवासिनः ।
जातकौतूहलाः पार्थ पप्रच्छुर्नृपतेः सुतम् ॥ ३.२९९.२८ ॥
Then all those forest-dwellers, seated together with the king, filled with curiosity, O Pārtha, asked the king's son.
3.299.29
प्रागेव नागतं कस्मात्सभार्येण त्वया विभो ।
विरात्रे चागतं कस्मात्कोनु बन्धस्तवाभवत् ॥ ३.२९९.२९ ॥
Why did you not come earlier with your wife, O mighty one, and why did you come at the end of the night? What hindrance was yours?
3.299.30
संतापितः पिता माता वयं चैव नृपात्मज ।
कस्मादिति न जानीमस्तत्सर्वं वक्तुमर्हिसि ॥ ३.२९९.३० ॥
O prince, father, mother and we ourselves were distressed. We do not know why; you should tell us all of that.
3.299.31
पित्राऽहमभ्यनुज्ञातः सावित्रीसहितो गतः ।
अथ मेऽभूच्छिरोदुःखं वने काष्ठानि भिन्दतः ॥ ३.२९९.३१ ॥
With my father's permission I went, accompanied by Sāvitrī. Then, while cutting wood in the forest, a pain arose in my head.
3.299.32
सुप्तश्चाहं वेदनया चिरमित्युपलक्षये ।
तावत्कालं न च मया सुप्तपूर्वं कदाचन ॥ ३.२९९.३२ ॥
I perceive that I lay asleep for a long time from the pain; never before had I slept for so long.
3.299.33
सर्वेषामेव भवतां संतापो मा भवेदिति ।
अतो विरात्रागमनं नान्यदस्तीह कारणम् ॥ ३.२९९.३३ ॥
So that none of you should be distressed, there is no other reason here for my returning late at night.
3.299.34
अकस्माच्चक्षुः प्राप्तिर्द्युमत्सेनस्य ते पितुः ।
नास्य त्वं कारणं वेत्सि सावित्री वक्तुमर्हति ॥ ३.२९९.३४ ॥
Sāvitrī, your father Dyumatsena has suddenly regained his sight. Do you not know the cause of this? You should tell it.
3.299.35
श्रोतुमिच्छामि सावित्रि त्वं हि वेत्थ परावरम् ।
त्वां हि जानामि सावित्रि सावित्रीमिव तेजसा ॥ ३.२९९.३५ ॥
Sāvitrī, I wish to hear it, for you know both the high and the low. Sāvitrī, by your radiance I know you to be just like Sāvitrī herself.
3.299.36
त्वमत्र हेतुं जानीषे तस्मात्सत्यं निरुच्यताम् ।
रहस्यं यदि ते नास्ति किंचिदत्र वदस्व नः ॥ ३.२९९.३६ ॥
You know the cause here; therefore tell the truth. If there is no secret of yours in this, then speak to us.
3.299.37
एवमेतद्यथा वेत्थ संकल्पो नान्यथा हि वः ।
न हि किंचिद्रहस्यं मे श्रूयतां तथ्यमेव यत् ॥ ३.२९९.३७ ॥
It is just as you know; your resolve is not otherwise. I have no secret at all; hear what is true.
3.299.38
मृत्युर्मे पत्युराख्यातो नारदेन महात्मना ।
स चाद्य दिवसः प्राप्तस्ततो नैनं जहाम्यहम् ॥ ३.२९९.३८ ॥
My husband's death was declared by the great-souled Nārada. That day has now come; therefore I will not abandon him.
3.299.39
सुप्तं चैनं साक्षादुपागच्छत्सकिंकरः ।
स एनमनयद्बद्ध्वा दिशं पितृनिषेविताम् ॥ ३.२९९.३९ ॥
While he was sleeping, he came directly to him with his servants; he bound him and led him away toward the quarter frequented by the ancestors.
3.299.40
अस्तौषं तमहं देवं सत्येन वचसा विभुम् ।
पञ्च वै तेन मे दत्ता वराः शृणुत तान्मम ॥ ३.२९९.४० ॥
With truthful words I praised that mighty god, and he granted me five boons; hear them from me.
3.299.41
चक्षुषी च स्वराज्यंच द्वौ वरौ श्वशुरस्य मे ।
लब्धं पितुः पुत्रशतं पुत्राणां चात्मनः शतम् ॥ ३.२९९.४१ ॥
Sight and his own kingdom—these were two boons for my father-in-law; my father obtained a hundred sons, and I myself a hundred sons.
3.299.42
चतुर्वर्षशतायुर्मे भर्ता लब्धश्च सत्यवान् ।
भर्तुर्हि जीवितार्थं तु मया चीर्णं त्विदं व्रतम्। ॥ ३.२९९.४२ ॥
My husband Satyavān has obtained a life of four hundred years; and it was for the sake of my husband's life that I observed this vow.
3.299.43
एतत्सर्वं मयाऽऽख्यातं कारणं विस्तरण वः ।
यथावृत्तं सुखोदर्कमिदं दुःखं महन्मम ॥ ३.२९९.४३ ॥
I have told you all of this in detail, with its cause. What happened is as it was; its outcome is happy, yet this sorrow of mine is great.
3.299.44
निमज्ज्मानं व्यसनैरभिद्रुतं ।
कुलं नरन्द्रस्य तमोमये ह्रदे।
त्वया सुशीलव्रतपुण्यया कुलं ।
रसमुद्धृतं साध्वि पुनः कुलीनया ॥ ३.२९९.४४ ॥
O virtuous one, the family of the king was sinking into a dark pool, assailed by calamities; by you, pure through good conduct and vows, O woman of noble birth, its very essence has been lifted up again.
3.299.45
तथा प्रशस्य ह्यभिपूज्य चैव ।
वरस्त्रियं तामृषयः समागताः।
नरेन्द्रमामन्त्र्य सपुत्रभञ्जसा ।
शिवेन रजग्मुर्मुदिताः स्वमालयम् ॥ ३.२९९.४५ ॥
Thus, having praised and honored that excellent woman, the assembled sages took leave of the king and, with son and grandson, departed joyfully with blessings to their own abodes.