Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.304
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3.304.1
किं तद्गुह्यं न चाख्यातं कर्णायेहोष्णरश्मिना ।
कीदृशेकुण्डले ते च कवचं रचैव कीदृशम् ॥ ३.३०४.१ ॥
What was that secret which the hot-rayed one did not tell Karṇa here? What kind were his earrings, and what kind was his armour?
3.304.2
कुतश्च कवचं तस्यं कुण्डलेचैव सत्तम ।
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन ॥ ३.३०४.२ ॥
And from where came his armour and earrings? O best of the good, I wish to hear this; O treasure of austerity, tell it to me.
3.304.3
अहं राजन्ब्रवीम्येतत्तस्य गुह्यं विभावसोः ।
यादृशे कुण्डले ते च कवचं वैव यादृशम् ॥ ३.३०४.३ ॥
O king, I tell you this secret of Vibhāvasu—what sort of earrings they were, and what sort of armour it was.
3.304.4
कुन्तिभोजं पुरा राजन्ब्राह्मणः पर्युपस्थितः ।
तिग्मतेजा महान्प्रांशुः श्मश्रुदण्डजटाधरः ॥ ३.३०४.४ ॥
O king, long ago a brahmin approached Kuntibhoja—of sharp brilliance, great, tall, bearing a beard, a staff and matted locks.
3.304.5
दर्सनीयोऽनवद्याङ्गस्तेजसा प्रज्वलन्निव ।
मधुपिङ्गो मधुरवाक्तपःस्वाध्यायभूषणः ॥ ३.३०४.५ ॥
Pleasing to behold, faultless of limb, blazing as if with radiance, honey-tawny, sweet of speech, adorned with austerity and study of the Veda.
3.304.6
स राजानं कुन्तिभोजमब्रवीत्सुमहातपाः ।
भिक्षामिच्छामि वै भोक्तुं तव गेहे विमत्सर ॥ ३.३०४.६ ॥
That supremely austere one said to King Kuntibhoja: "O free of envy, I wish to partake of alms in your house."
3.304.7
न मे व्यलीकं कर्तव्यं त्वया वा तव चानुगैः ।
एवं वत्स्यामि ते गेहे यदि ते रोचतेऽनघ ॥ ३.३०४.७ ॥
Let neither you nor your followers do me any offense. Thus I will dwell in your house, O sinless one, if it pleases you.
3.304.8
यथाकामं च गच्छेयमागच्छेयं तथैव च ।
शय्यासने च मे राजन्नापराध्येत कश्चन ॥ ३.३०४.८ ॥
I may go and come as I please; and, O king, let no one offend me in regard to my bed and my seat.
3.304.9
तमब्रवीत्कुन्तिभोजः प्रीतियुक्तमिदं वचः ।
एवमस्तु परंचेति पुनश्चैवमथाब्रवीत् ॥ ३.३०४.९ ॥
Kuntibhoja, filled with affection, said these words to him: 'So be it, very well.' And then he spoke again in this way.
3.304.10
मम कन्या महाप्राज्ञ पृथा नाम यशस्विनी ।
शीलवृत्तान्विता साध्वी नियताऽनवमानिनी ॥ ३.३०४.१० ॥
O greatly wise one, my daughter named Pṛthā is famed; she is endowed with good conduct and character, virtuous, self-controlled, and never disdainful.
3.304.11
उपस्थास्यति सा त्वां वै पूजयाऽनवमत्य च ।
तस्याश्च शीलवृत्तेन तुष्टिं समुपयास्यसि ॥ ३.३०४.११ ॥
She will attend upon you with honor and without disdain, and through her good conduct and character you will be satisfied.
3.304.12
एवमुक्त्वा तु तं विप्रमभिपूज्य यथाविधि ।
उवाच कन्यामभ्येत्य पृथां पृथुललोचनाम् ॥ ३.३०४.१२ ॥
Having said this and honored that brahmin according to rule, he approached the maiden Pṛthā, broad-eyed, and spoke to her.
3.304.13
अयं वत्से महाभागो ब्राह्मणो वस्तुमिच्छति ।
मम गेहे मया चास्य तथेत्येवं प्रतिश्रुतम् ॥ ३.३०४.१३ ॥
Daughter, this greatly fortunate brahmin wishes to stay in my house, and I have promised him that it would be so.
3.304.14
त्वयि वत्से परायत्तं ब्राह्मणस्याभिराधनम् ।
तन्मे वाक्यममिथ्या त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि कर्हिचित् ॥ ३.३०४.१४ ॥
Daughter, the pleasing of the brahmin rests with you. Therefore you must never let my word be made false.
3.304.15
अयं तपस्वी भगवान्स्वाध्यायनियतो द्विजः ।
यद्यद्ब्रूयान्महातेजास्तत्तद्देयमात्सरात् ॥ ३.३०४.१५ ॥
This ascetic, venerable twice-born brahmin, devoted to Vedic study and of great splendour, should be given whatever he asks for, without grudging.
3.304.16
ब्राह्मणा हि परं तेजो ब्राह्मणा हि परं तपः ।
ब्राह्मणानां नमस्कारैः सूर्यो दिवि विराजते ॥ ३.३०४.१६ ॥
The brahmins are the supreme splendour, the brahmins are the supreme austerity; through salutations to the brahmins the sun shines in heaven.
3.304.17
अमानयन्हि दाण्डक्यो वातापिश्च महासुरः ।
निहतो ब्रह्मदण्डेन तालजङ्घस्तथैव च।
वैन्ध्याद्रिश्च समुद्रश्च नद्दुषश्च विहिंसितः ॥ ३.३०४.१७ ॥
For Dāṇḍākya and the great asura Vātāpi disrespected the brahmins, and so they were slain by the brahmin's rod; Tālajaṅgha likewise was slain; the Vindhya mountain, the ocean and Naddusha were harmed.
3.304.18
सोयं वत्से महाभार आहितस्त्वयि सांप्रतम् ।
त्वं सदा नियता कुर्या ब्राह्मणस्याभिराधनम् ॥ ३.३०४.१८ ॥
Daughter, this great burden is now placed upon you. You must always, with restraint, perform the service of the brahmin and please him.
3.304.19
जानामि प्रणिधानं ते बाल्यात्प्रभृति नन्दिनि ।
ब्राह्मणेष्विह सर्वेषु गुरुबन्धुषु चैव ह ॥ ३.३०४.१९ ॥
O Nandinī, I know your devotion to all the brahmins here, and to teachers and kinsmen, from childhood onward.
3.304.20
तथा प्रेष्येषु सर्वेषु मित्रसंबन्धिमातृषु ।
मयि चैव यथावत्त्वंसर्वमावृत्य वर्तसे ॥ ३.३०४.२० ॥
Likewise, toward all servants, friends, kinsmen and mothers, and toward me as well, you conduct yourself properly, setting everything else aside.
3.304.21
न ह्यतुष्टो जनोऽस्तीह पुरे चान्तःपुरे च ते ।
सम्यग्वृत्त्याऽनवद्याङ्गि तव भृत्यजनेष्वपि ॥ ३.३०४.२१ ॥
O faultless-limbed one, there is no one unsatisfied with you, in this city or in the inner palace, not even among your servants, because of your proper conduct.
3.304.22
संदेष्टव्यां तु मन्ये त्वां द्विजातिं कोपनं प्रति ।
पृथे बालेति कृत्वा वै सुता चासिममेति च ॥ ३.३०४.२२ ॥
But I think you should be instructed, O Pṛthā, concerning the quick-tempered brahmin; you are a child, and you are my daughter.
3.304.23
वृष्णीनां च कुले जाता शूरस् दयिता सुता ।
दत्ता प्रीतिमता मह्यं पित्रा बाला पुरास्वयम् ॥ ३.३०४.२३ ॥
Born in the family of the Vṛṣṇis, the beloved daughter of Śūra, who was formerly given to me as a child by her affectionate father himself.
3.304.24
वसुदेवस् भगिनी सुतानां प्रवरा मम ।
अग्र्यमग्रे प्रतिज्ञाय तेनासि दुहिता मम ॥ ३.३०४.२४ ॥
Sister of Vasudeva, the foremost of my daughters: having first pledged the best, he has made you my daughter.
3.304.25
तादृशे हि कुले जाता कुले मम विवर्धिता ।
सुखात्सुखमनुप्राप्ता ह्रदाद्ध्रदमिवापगा ॥ ३.३०४.२५ ॥
You were born in such a family and grew up in my family, as a river passes from one lake to another, obtaining happiness from happiness.
3.304.26
दौष्कुलेया विशेषेण कथंचित्प्रग्रहं गताः ।
बालभावाद्विकुर्वन्ति प्रायशः प्रमदाः शुभे ॥ ३.३०४.२६ ॥
Women of low family, especially, somehow come to restraint; O auspicious one, women generally go astray out of childishness.
3.304.27
पृथे राजकुले जन्म रूपं चापि तवाद्भुतम् ।
तेन तेनासि संपन्ना समुपेता च भामिनि ॥ ३.३०४.२७ ॥
O Pṛthā, your birth was in a royal family, and your beauty too is wonderful; O passionate woman, for that very reason you are endowed and possessed of it.
3.304.28
सा त्वं दर्पं परित्यज्य दम्भं मानं च भामिनि ।
आराध्यवरदं विप्रं श्रेयसा योक्ष्यसे पृथे ॥ ३.३०४.२८ ॥
Abandoning pride, pretense and self-regard, O passionate woman, propitiate the brahmin who grants boons; then you will be joined to welfare, O Pṛthā.
3.304.29
एवं प्राप्स्यसि कल्याणि कल्याणमनघे ध्रुवम् ।
कोपिते च द्विजश्रेष्ठे कुत्स्नं दह्येत मे कुलम् ॥ ३.३०४.२९ ॥
Thus, O auspicious one, O sinless one, you will surely obtain welfare; but if the foremost of the twice-born were angered, my entire family would be burned.