Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.300
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3.300.1
तस्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायामुदिते सूर्यमण्डले ।
कृतपौर्वाह्णिकाः सर्वे समेयुस्ते तपोधनाः ॥ ३.३००.१ ॥
When that night had passed and the disk of the sun had risen, all those ascetics, having performed their morning rites, assembled.
3.300.2
तदेव सर्वं सावित्र्या महाभाग्यं महर्षयः ।
द्युम्सेनाय नातृप्यन्कथयन्तः पुनः पुनः ॥ ३.३००.२ ॥
Though the great sages repeatedly recounted all of Sāvitrī's great good fortune, Dyumatsena was not satisfied.
3.300.3
ततः प्रकृतयः सर्वाः साल्वेभ्योऽभ्यागा नृपम् ।
आचख्युर्निहतं चैव स्वेनामात्येन तं द्विषम् ॥ ३.३००.३ ॥
Then all the subjects came to the king from the land of the Sālvas and reported that his enemy had been slain by his own minister.
3.300.4
तं मन्त्रिणा हतं प्रोच्य ससहायं सबान्धवम् ।
न्यवेदयन्यथावृत्तं विद्रुतं च द्विषद्बलम् ॥ ३.३००.४ ॥
Saying that he had been slain by his minister together with his helpers and kinsmen, they reported the events just as they had happened, and that the enemy's army had fled.
3.300.5
ऐकमत्यं च सर्वस्य जनस्य स्वं नृपं प्रति ।
सचक्षुर्वाऽप्यचक्षुर्वा स नो राजा भवत्विति ॥ ३.३००.५ ॥
All the people are of one mind regarding their own king: whether he has sight or is without sight, let him be our king.
3.300.6
अनेन निश्चयेनेह वयं प्रस्थापिता नृप ।
प्राप्तानीमानि यानानि चतुरङ्गं च ते बलम् ॥ ३.३००.६ ॥
O king, by this resolve we have been sent here; these chariots have arrived, and your fourfold army as well.
3.300.7
प्रयाहि राजन्भद्रं ते घुष्टस्ते नगरे जयः ।
अध्यास्स्व चिररात्राय पितृपैतामहं पदम् ॥ ३.३००.७ ॥
O king, may good fortune be yours, go forth. In your city your victory has been proclaimed. Take up for a long time the seat of your fathers and grandfathers.
3.300.8
चक्षुष्मन्तं च तं दृष्ट्वा राजानं वपुषाऽन्वितम् ।
मूर्ध्ना निपतिताः सर्वेविस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनाः ॥ ३.३००.८ ॥
Seeing that king, endowed with sight and a body, all fell prostrate with their heads, their eyes wide open in wonder.
3.300.9
तोऽभिवाद्य तान्वृद्धान्द्विजानाश्रमवासिनः ।
तैश्चाभिपूजितः सर्वैः प्रययौ नगरं प्रति ॥ ३.३००.९ ॥
Having respectfully greeted those elder brahmins who dwelt in the hermitage, and honoured by all of them, he set out toward the city.
3.300.10
शैव्या च सह सावित्र्या स्वास्तीर्णेन सुवर्चसा ।
नरयुक्तेन यानेन प्रययौ सेनया वृता ॥ ३.३००.१० ॥
Together with Śaivyā and Sāvitrī, in a well-spread, splendid vehicle drawn by men, surrounded by the army, she set forth.
3.300.11
ततोऽभिषिषिचुः प्रीत्या द्युमत्सेनं पुरोहिताः ।
पुत्रं चास्य महात्मानं यौवराज्येऽभ्यषेचयन् ॥ ३.३००.११ ॥
Then the priests, in gladness, anointed Dyumatsena, and had his great-souled son consecrated as crown prince.
3.300.12
ततः कालेन महता सावित्र्याः कीर्तिवर्धनम् ।
तद्वै पुत्रशतं जज्ञे शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् ॥ ३.३००.१२ ॥
Then, in the course of a great time, there were born a hundred sons, heroes who never turn back, increasing the fame of Sāvitrī.
3.300.13
भ्रातृणां सोदराणां च तथैवास्याभवच्छतम् ।
मद्राधिपस्याश्वपतेर्मालव्यां सुमहाबलम् ॥ ३.३००.१३ ॥
Likewise there was a hundred among the brothers and full brothers of Aśvapati, lord of the Madras; and by Mālavyā he had a hundred sons, exceedingly mighty.
3.300.14
एवमात्मा पिता माता श्वश्रूः श्वशुर एव च ।
भर्तुः कुलं च सावित्र्या सर्वं कृच्छ्रात्समुद्धृतं ॥ ३.३००.१४ ॥
Thus Sāvitrī rescued from distress her own self, her father, mother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, and the whole family of her husband.
3.300.15
तथैवैषा हि कल्याणी द्रौपदी शीलसंमता ।
तारयिष्यति वः सर्वान्सावित्रीव कुलाङ्गना ॥ ३.३००.१५ ॥
In the same way this auspicious Draupadī, honoured for her virtue, a woman of family like Sāvitrī, will rescue you all.
3.300.16
एवं स पाण्डवस्तेन अनुनीतो महात्मना ।
विशोको विज्वरो राजन्काम्यके न्यवसत्तदा ॥ ३.३००.१६ ॥
Thus consoled by that great-souled one, the Pāṇḍava, O king, free from sorrow and anxiety, then dwelt in the Kāmyaka forest.
3.300.17
यश्चेदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या सावित्र्याख्यानमुत्तमम् ।
स सुखी सर्वसिद्धार्थो न दुःखं प्राप्नुयान्नरः ॥ ३.३००.१७ ॥
Whoever hears this supreme tale of Sāvitrī with devotion becomes happy, has all his aims accomplished, and does not meet with sorrow.