Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.64
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3.64.1
तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते नागे प्रययौ नैषधो नलः ।
ऋतुपर्णस्य नगरं प्राविशद्दशमेऽहनि ॥ ३.६४.१ ॥
When that serpent had vanished, the Niṣadha king Nala set out and on the tenth day entered the city of Ṛtuparṇa.
3.64.2
स राजानमुपातिष्ठद्बाहुकोऽहमिति ब्रुवन् ।
अश्वानां वाहने युक्तः पृथिव्यां नास्ति मत्समः ॥ ३.६४.२ ॥
He approached the king, saying, "I am Bāhuka. Among skilled drivers of horses, there is none on earth equal to me."
3.64.3
अर्थकृच्छ्रेषु चैवाहं प्रष्टव्यो नैपुणेषु च ।
अन्नसंस्कारमपि च जानाम्यन्यैर्विशेषतः ॥ ३.६४.३ ॥
In difficult undertakings and in matters requiring skill I may be consulted, and above others I also know how to prepare food.
3.64.4
यानि शिल्पानि लोकेऽस्मिन्यच्चैवान्यत्सुदुष्करम् ।
सर्वं यतिष्ये तत्कर्तुमृतुपर्ण भरस्व माम् ॥ ३.६४.४ ॥
Whatever crafts there are in this world, and whatever other task is exceedingly hard, I will strive to do it all. Ṛtuparṇa, take me into your service.
3.64.5
इत्युक्तः स नलेनाथ ऋतुपर्णो नराधिपः ।
उवाच सुप्रीतमनास्तं प्रेक्ष्य च महीपते ॥ ३.६४.५ ॥
When Nala had spoken thus, King Ṛtuparṇa, greatly pleased at heart, looked at him and said, O lord of the earth:
3.64.6
वसबाहुक भद्रं ते सर्वमेतत्करिष्यसि ।
शीघ्रयाने सदा बुद्धिर्ध्रियते मे विशेषतः ॥ ३.६४.६ ॥
"Stay, Bāhuka, and may good fortune be yours. You will do all this. Above all, my mind is always fixed on swift travel by chariot."
3.64.7
स त्वमातिष्ठ योगं तं येन शीध्रां हया मम ।
भवेयुरश्वाध्यक्षोसि वेतनं ते शतंशतम् ॥ ३.६४.७ ॥
Take up that task by which my horses will become swift. You shall be the superintendent of horses, and your wage will be a hundred and a hundred.
3.64.8
त्वामुपस्थास्यतश्चैव नित्यं वार्ष्णेयजीवलौ ।
एताभ्यां रंस्यसे सार्धं वस वै मयि बाहुक ॥ ३.६४.८ ॥
Vārṣṇeya and Jīvala will always attend upon you. With these two you will take delight. Live with me, O Bāhuka.
3.64.9
एवमुक्तो नलस्तेन न्यवसत्तत्रपूजितः ।
ऋतुपर्णस्य नगरे सहवार्ष्णेयजीवलः ॥ ३.६४.९ ॥
When he had spoken thus, Nala, honored there, dwelt in the city of Ṛtuparṇa together with Vārṣṇeya and Jīvala.
3.64.10
स वै तत्रावसद्राजा वैदर्भीमनुचिन्तयन् ।
सायंसायं सदा चेमं श्लोकमेकं जगाद ह ॥ ३.६४.१० ॥
That king, dwelling there and constantly thinking of the Vaidarbhī, every evening recited this one verse.
3.64.11
क्व नु सा क्षुत्पिपासार्ता श्रान्ता शेते तपस्विनी ।
स्मरन्ती तस्य मन्दस्य कं वाऽऽसाद्योपतिष्ठति ॥ ३.६४.११ ॥
Where, then, does she lie, that austere woman, tormented by hunger and thirst, weary? Remembering that foolish man, to whom having gone does she attend?
3.64.12
एवं ब्रुवन्तं राजानं निशायां जीवलोऽब्रवीत् ।
कामेनां शोचसे नित्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि बाहुक।
आयुष्मन्कस्य वा नारी यामेवमनुशोचसि ॥ ३.६४.१२ ॥
As the king was speaking thus at night, Jīvala said: O Bāhuka, out of love you constantly grieve for her; I wish to hear. O long-lived one, whose woman is she, for whom you mourn thus?
3.64.13
तमुवाच नलो राजा मन्दप्रज्ञस्य कस्यचित् ।
आसीद्बहुमता नारी तस्या दृढतरश्च सः ॥ ३.६४.१३ ॥
King Nala said to him: There was a certain dull-witted man who had a wife greatly prized by him, and he was more steadfast in his love for her.
3.64.14
स वै केनचिदर्थेन तया मन्दो व्ययुज्यत ।
विप्रयुक्तः स मन्दात्मा भ्रमत्यसुखपीडितः ॥ ३.६४.१४ ॥
For some reason that dull-witted man was parted from her; separated, the dull-minded one wanders, afflicted with unhappiness.
3.64.15
दह्यमानः स शोकेन दिवारात्रमतन्द्रितः ।
निशाकाले स्मरंस्तस्याः श्लोकमेकं स्म गायति ॥ ३.६४.१५ ॥
Burning with grief, without rest day and night, he sings a single verse, remembering her at nighttime.
3.64.16
स विभ्रमन्महीं सर्वां क्वचिदासाद्य किंचन ।
वसत्यनर्हस्तद्दुःखं भूय एवानुसंस्मरन् ॥ ३.६४.१६ ॥
Wandering over the whole earth, he reaches some place and dwells there, though unworthy of it, constantly recalling that very sorrow again and again.
3.64.17
सा तु तं पुरुषं नारी कृच्छेऽप्यनुगता वने ।
त्यक्ता तेनाल्पभाग्येन दुष्करं यदि जीवति ॥ ३.६४.१७ ॥
That woman, though in hardship, followed that man into the forest; abandoned by him of little fortune, if she still lives, it is difficult.
3.64.18
एका बालाऽनभिज्ञा च मार्गमाणाऽतथोचिता ।
क्षुत्पिपासापरीताङ्गी दुष्करं यदि जीवति ॥ ३.६४.१८ ॥
Alone, a young woman, inexperienced, searching for a path, unfit for such a state, her body beset by hunger and thirst — if she still lives, it is difficult.
3.64.19
श्वापदाचरिते नित्यं वने महति दारुणे ।
त्यक्ता तेनाल्पभाग्येन मन्दप्रज्ञेन मारिष ॥ ३.६४.१९ ॥
In this vast and terrible forest, always frequented by wild beasts, he of little fortune and dull wit abandoned her, O sir.
3.64.20
इत्येवं नैषधो राजा दमयन्तीमनुस्मरन् ।
अज्ञातवासं न्यवसद्राज्ञस्तस्य नवेशने ॥ ३.६४.२० ॥
Thus the Naiṣadha king, constantly remembering Damayantī, lived in hiding in the service of that new king.