Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.60
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3.60.1
अपक्रान्ते नले राजन्दमयन्ती गतक्लमा ।
अबुध्यत वरारोहा संत्रस्ता विजने वने ॥ ३.६०.१ ॥
O king, when Nala had gone away, Damayantī, the fair-hipped one, her weariness gone, awoke, terrified in the lonely forest.
3.60.2
अपश्यमाना भर्तारं शोकदुःखसमन्विता ।
प्राक्रोशदुच्चैः संत्रस्ता महाराजेति नैषधम् ॥ ३.६०.२ ॥
Not seeing her husband, filled with sorrow and anguish, terrified, Damayantī cried out loudly to Nala of Niṣadha: "O great king!"
3.60.3
हा नाथ हा महाराज हा स्वामिन्किं जहासि माम् ।
हा हताऽस्मि विनष्टाऽस्मि भीताऽस्मि विजने वने ॥ ३.६०.३ ॥
Alas, my lord! Alas, great king! Alas, master! Why do you abandon me? Alas, I am slain, I am ruined, I am afraid in this lonely forest.
3.60.4
ननु नाम महारज धर्मज्ञः सत्यवागसि ।
कथंविधस्त्वंहि तथा सुप्तामुत्सृज्य मां गतः ॥ ३.६०.४ ॥
Surely, O great king, you are one who knows dharma and speaks the truth. Being such a one, how did you go away, abandoning me while I slept?
3.60.5
कथमुत्सृज्यगन्ताऽसि वश्यां भार्यामनुव्रताम् ।
विशेषतो नापकृतः परेणापकृतो ह्यसि ॥ ३.६०.५ ॥
How could you abandon a wife who is obedient and devoted to you? Especially, no one had wronged you, yet you have been wronged by another.
3.60.6
शक्यसे न गिरः सत्याः कर्तुं मयि नरेश्वर ।
यास्त्वया लोकपालानां सन्निधौ कथिताः पुरा ॥ ३.६०.६ ॥
O lord of men, are you not able to fulfill for me the true words you once spoke in the presence of the guardians of the worlds?
3.60.7
नाकाले विहितो मृत्युर्मर्त्यानां पुरुषर्षभ ।
यत्र कान्ता त्वयोत्सृष्टा मुहूर्तमपि जीवति ॥ ३.६०.७ ॥
O bull among men, death is not ordained for mortals at an untimely hour; your beloved wife, whom you abandoned, still lives even for a moment.
3.60.8
पर्याप्तः परिहासोऽयमेतावान्पुरुषर्षभ ।
भृशं भीतास्मि दुर्धर्ष दर्शयात्मानमीश्वर ॥ ३.६०.८ ॥
O bull among men, this jest has gone far enough; O invincible lord, show yourself, for I am greatly frightened.
3.60.9
दृश्यसे दृश्यसे राजन्नेष तिष्ठसि नैषध ।
आवार्य गुल्मैरात्मानं किं मां न प्रतिभाषसे ॥ ३.६०.९ ॥
You are seen, O king, you are seen; O Naiṣadha, you stand right here. Why do you conceal yourself behind the thickets and not answer me?
3.60.10
नृशंसां वत राजेन्द्र यन्मामेवंगतामिह ।
विलपन्तीं समालिङ्ग्य नाश्वासयसि पार्थिव ॥ ३.६०.१० ॥
Indeed, O lord of kings, it is cruel that you do not embrace and comfort me here, lamenting in such a state, O king.
3.60.11
न शोचाम्यहमात्मानं न चान्यदपि किंचन ।
कथं नु भवितास्येक इति त्वां नृप शोचये ॥ ३.६०.११ ॥
I do not grieve for myself, nor for anything else; I grieve for you, O king, wondering how you will ever be alone.
3.60.12
कथं नु राजंस्तृषितः क्षुक्षितः श्रमकर्शितः ।
सायाह्ने वृक्षमूलेषु मामपश्यन्भविष्यसि ॥ ३.६०.१२ ॥
O king, parched with thirst, weakened with hunger and worn out by fatigue, how will you fare in the evening at the foot of the trees, seeing me no more?
3.60.13
ततः सा तीव्रशोकार्ता प्रदीप्तेव च मन्युना ।
इतश्चेतश्च रुदती पर्यधावत दुःखिता ॥ ३.६०.१३ ॥
Then she, tormented by intense grief, as if burning with anguish, weeping in distress, ran here and there.
3.60.14
मुहुरुत्पतते बाला मुहुः पतति विह्वला ।
मुहुरालीयते भीता मुहुः क्रोशति रोदिति ॥ ३.६०.१४ ॥
Again and again the young woman rose, again and again she fell, overcome; again and again, frightened, she clung, again and again she cried out and wept.
3.60.15
अतीव शोकसंतप्ता मुहुर्निःश्वस् विह्वला ।
उवाच भैमी निःश्वस् रोदमाना पतिव्रता ॥ ३.६०.१५ ॥
Tormented by exceeding grief, sighing again and again, overcome, the daughter of Bhīma, weeping, the devoted wife spoke.
3.60.16
यस्याभिशापाद्दुःखार्तो नैष नन्दति नैषधः ।
तस्य भूतस्य तद्दुःखाद्दुःखमभ्यधिकं भवेत् ॥ ३.६०.१६ ॥
That being by whose curse this Naiṣadha, afflicted with sorrow, does not rejoice — that creature shall suffer even greater sorrow than that sorrow.
3.60.17
अपापचेतसं पापो य एवं कृतवान्नलम् ।
तस्माद्दुःखतरं प्राप्य जीवत्वमसुखजीविकाम् ॥ ३.६०.१७ ॥
The sinner who did thus to Nala, of guiltless mind — let him, having obtained a state more painful still, live a life without happiness.
3.60.18
एवं तु विलपन्ती सा राज्ञो भार्या महात्मनः ।
अन्वेषति स्म भर्तारं वने श्वापदसेविते ॥ ३.६०.१८ ॥
Lamenting thus, the wife of that great-souled king began to search for her husband in the forest frequented by wild beasts.
3.60.19
उन्मत्तवद्भीमसुता विलपन्ती ततस्ततः ।
हाहा राजन्निति मुहुरितश्चेतश्च धावति ॥ ३.६०.१९ ॥
Bhīma's daughter, lamenting like one maddened, ran here and there again and again, crying out, "Alas, O king!"
3.60.20
तां शुष्यमाणामत्यर्थं कुररीमिव वाशतीम् ।
करुणं बहुशोचन्तीं विलपन्तीं सुमध्यमाम्। ॥ ३.६०.२० ॥
That slender-waisted woman, wasting away, crying out like a kurarī bird, grieving piteously and lamenting greatly.
3.60.21
सहसाऽभ्यागतां भैमीमभ्याशपरिवर्तिनीम् ।
जग्राहाजगरो ग्राहो महाकायः क्षुधान्वितः ॥ ३.६०.२१ ॥
Suddenly the daughter of Bhīma, who had come near and was moving about close by, was seized by a python, a huge-bodied, hungry crocodile-like creature.
3.60.22
सा ग्रस्यमाना ग्रहेण शोकेन च पराजिता ।
नात्मानं शोचति तथा यथा शोचति नैषधम् ॥ ३.६०.२२ ॥
Seized by the crocodile and overcome by grief, she did not lament for herself as much as she lamented for Nala, the Niṣadha king.
3.60.23
द्वा नाथ मामिह वने ग्रस्यमानामनागसम् ।
ग्राहेणानेन विजने किमर्थं नानुधावसि ॥ ३.६०.२३ ॥
O lord, why do you not run to me here in this wild forest, blameless as I am, seized by this crocodile?
3.60.24
कथं भविष्यसि पुनर्मामनुस्मृत्य नैषध ।
कथं भवाञ्जगामाद्य मामुत्सृज्य वने प्रभो।
पापान्मुक्तः पुनर्लब्ध्वा बुद्धिं चोतो धनानि च ॥ ३.६०.२४ ॥
O Naiṣadha, remembering me, how will you be again? O lord, how could you have gone away today, abandoning me in the forest? Freed from sin, having regained your wits and wealth again, how will you fare?
3.60.25
श्रान्तस्य ते क्षुधार्तस् परिग्लानस्य नैषध ।
कः श्रमं राजशार्दूल नाशयिष्यति तेऽनघ ॥ ३.६०.२५ ॥
O son of Niṣadha, who will dispel the weariness of you, weary, afflicted by hunger and utterly exhausted? Who will do so, O tiger among kings, O sinless one?
3.60.26
तां तु दृष्ट्वा तथा ग्रस्तामुरगेणायतेक्षणाम् ।
आक्रन्दमानां संश्रुत्य जवेनाभिससार ह ॥ ३.६०.२६ ॥
Seeing her, large-eyed, thus seized by the serpent, and hearing her cries, he rushed swiftly toward her.
3.60.27
तां तु दृष्ट्वा तथा ग्रस्तामुरगेणायतेक्षणाम् ।
त्वरमाणो मृगव्याधः संचरन्गहने वने।
समभिक्रम्य वेगेन सत्वरः स वनेचरः ॥ ३.६०.२७ ॥
Seeing her, large-eyed, thus seized by the serpent, the hunter who roamed the dense forest hastened, advanced upon her swiftly and with speed.
3.60.28
मुखे तं पाटयामास शस्त्रेण निशितेन च ।
निर्विचेष्टं भुजङ्गं तं विशस् मृगजीवनः ॥ ३.६०.२८ ॥
With a sharp weapon he split open the serpent's mouth, and the deer-hunter slew that motionless serpent.
3.60.29
मोक्षयित्वा स तांव्याधः प्रक्षाल्य सलिलेन ह ।
समाश्वास्य कृताहारामथ पप्रच्छ भारत ॥ ३.६०.२९ ॥
Having freed her, washed her with water, and comforted her, when she had eaten, then the hunter asked her, O descendant of Bharata.
3.60.30
कस्य त्वं मृगशावाक्षि कथं चास्यागता वनम् ।
कथं चेदं महत्कृच्छ्रं प्राप्तवत्यसि भामिनि ॥ ३.६०.३० ॥
O fawn-eyed one, whose are you, and how have you come to this forest? And how, O radiant woman, have you come to suffer this great distress?
3.60.31
दमयन्ती तथा तेन पृच्छ्यमाना विशांपते ।
सर्वमेतद्यथावृत्तमाचचक्षेऽस्य भारत ॥ ३.६०.३१ ॥
Thus questioned by him, O lord of the people, Damayantī told him all that had happened, exactly as it had occurred, O Bhārata.
3.60.32
तामर्धवस्त्रसंवीतां पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम् ।
सुकुमारानवद्याङ्गीं पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम् ॥ ३.६०.३२ ॥
Her, half-clad in a single garment, full of hip and breast, tender and faultless of limb, with a face like the full moon.
3.60.33
अरालपक्ष्मनयनां तथा मधुरभाषिणीम् ।
लक्षयित्वा मृगव्याधः कामस्य वशमीयिवान् ॥ ३.६०.३३ ॥
Having observed her, with eyes whose lashes were not widely spread and who spoke sweetly, the hunter came under the power of desire.
3.60.34
तामथ श्लक्ष्णया वाचा लुब्धको मृदुपूर्वया ।
सान्त्वयामास कामार्तस्तदबुध्यत भामिनी ॥ ३.६०.३४ ॥
Then the hunter, afflicted by desire, tried to soothe her at first with smooth and gentle words; the lovely woman perceived this.
3.60.35
दमयन्त्यपि तं दुष्टमुपलभ्य पतिव्रता ।
तीव्ररोषसमाविष्टा प्रजज्वालेव मन्युना ॥ ३.६०.३५ ॥
Damayantī too, devoted to her husband, perceiving that wicked man and filled with fierce anger, flared up as if burning with wrath.
3.60.36
स तु पापमतिः क्षुद्रः प्रधर्षयितुमातुरः ।
दुर्धर्षां तर्कयामास दीप्तामग्निशिखामिव ॥ ३.६०.३६ ॥
But that base man, evil-minded and impatient to assault her, reckoned her unassailable, like a blazing tongue of fire.
3.60.37
दमयन्ती तु दुःखार्था पतिराज्यविनाकृता ।
अतीतवाक्यथे काले शशापैनं रुषा किल ॥ ३.६०.३७ ॥
But Damayantī, sorrowful and deprived of her husband and kingdom, cursed him in anger when the time for words had passed.
3.60.38
यथाऽहं नैषधादन्यं मनसाऽपि न चिन्तये ।
तथाऽयं पततां क्षुद्रः परासुर्मृगजीवनः ॥ ३.६०.३८ ॥
As surely as I do not think of any other than Naiṣadha even in my mind, so may this wretch who kills birds and lives by hunting deer be lifeless.
3.60.39
उक्तमात्रे तु वचने तया स मृगजीवनः ।
व्यसुः पपात मेदिन्यामग्निदग्ध इव द्रुमः ॥ ३.६०.३९ ॥
No sooner had she spoken these words than that deer-hunter fell lifeless to the earth, like a tree burnt by fire.