Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.176
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5.176.1
ततस्ते तापसाः सर्वे कार्यवन्तोऽभवंस्तदा ।
तां कन्यां चिन्तयन्तस्ते किंकार्यमिति धर्मिणः ॥ ५.१७६.१ ॥
Then all those ascetics, having a matter in hand, pondered over that maiden, asking, "What is to be done?" — they who were righteous.
5.176.2
केचिदाहुः पितुर्वेश्म नीयतामिति तापसाः ।
केचिदस्यदुमालम्भे मतिं चक्रुर्हि तापसाः ॥ ५.१७६.२ ॥
Some of the ascetics said, "Let her be taken to her father's house." And others resolved, in this matter, to seek the shelter of a tree.
5.176.3
केचित्साल्वपतिं गत्वा नियोज्यमिति मेनिरे ।
नेति केचिद्व्यवस्यन्ति प्रत्याख्याता हि तेन सा ॥ ५.१७६.३ ॥
Some thought that, having gone to the lord of Sālva, she should be given to him in marriage. Others resolved, "No," because she had already been rejected by him.
5.176.4
एवं गते तु किं शक्यं भद्रे कर्तुं मनीषिभिः ।
पुनरूचुश्च तां सर्वे तापसाः संशितव्रताः ॥ ५.१७६.४ ॥
When matters had come to this, O gentle one, what could wise men do? And all the ascetics of rigid vows spoke to her again.
5.176.5
अलं प्रव्रजितेनेह भद्रे श्रृणु हितं वचः ।
इतो गच्छस्व भद्रं ते पितुरेव निवेशनम् ॥ ५.१७६.५ ॥
Enough of living here as one gone forth, O gentle lady; listen to my beneficial words. Go from here—may good be yours—to your father's own house.
5.176.6
प्रतिपस्त्यति राजा स पिता ते यदनन्तरम् ।
तत्र वत्स्यसि कल्याणि सुखं सर्वगुणान्विता ॥ ५.१७६.६ ॥
That king, your father, will take counsel afterward; there you will dwell in happiness, O auspicious lady, endowed with every virtue.
5.176.7
न च तेऽन्या गतिर्न्याय्या भवेद्भद्रे यथा पिता ।
पतिर्वापि गतिर्नार्याः पिता वा वरवर्णिनि ।
गतिः पतिः समस्थाया विषमे च पिता गतिः ॥ ५.१७६.७ ॥
Good lady, no other refuge would be proper for you as your father is. Fair-complexioned one, a woman's refuge is her husband or her father. For one who stands firm, the husband is refuge; in adversity, the father is refuge.
5.176.8
प्रव्रज्या हि सुदुःखेयं सुकुमार्या विशेषतः ।
राजपुत्र्याः प्रकृत्या चक कुमार्यास्तव भामिनि ॥ ५.१७६.८ ॥
O radiant one, this life of renunciation is extremely painful, especially for you, a king's daughter who is very delicate and tender by nature.
5.176.9
भद्रे दोषा हि विद्यन्ते बहवो वरवर्णिनि ।
आश्रमे वै वसन्त्यास्ते न भवेयुः पितुर्गृहे ॥ ५.१७६.९ ॥
Good lady, fair-complexioned one, many faults and hardships indeed exist for you dwelling in the hermitage, which would not befall you in your father's house.
5.176.10
ततस्त्वन्येऽब्रुवन्वाक्यं तापसास्तां तपस्विनीम् ॥ ५.१७६.१० ॥
Then the other ascetics spoke these words to that ascetic woman.
5.176.11
त्वामिहैकाकिनीं दृष्ट्वा निर्जने गहने वने ।
प्रार्थयिष्यन्तिराजानस्तस्मान्मैवं मनः कृथाः ॥ ५.१७६.११ ॥
Seeing you alone here in this deserted, dense forest, kings will seek you out; therefore do not make up your mind in this way.
5.176.12
न शक्यं काशिनगरं पुनर्गन्तुं पितुर्गृहान् ।
अवज्ञाता भविष्यामि बान्धवानां न संशयः ॥ ५.१७६.१२ ॥
It is not possible for me to go back to the city of Kāśi, to my father's house; I shall be scorned by my kinsmen, there is no doubt.
5.176.13
उषितास्मि तथा बाल्ये पितुर्वेश्मनि तापसाः ।
नाहं गमिष्ये भद्रं वस्तत्र यत्र पिता मम।
तपस्तप्तुमभीप्सामि तापसैः परिरक्षिता ॥ ५.१७६.१३ ॥
Ascetics, I lived thus in my father's house in childhood. May you prosper; I will not go to the place where my father is. Under the protection of the ascetics, I wish to perform austerities.
5.176.14
यथा परेऽपि मे लोके न स्यादेवं महात्ययः ।
दौर्भाग्यं तापसश्रेष्ठास्तस्मात्तप्स्याम्यहं तपः ॥ ५.१७६.१४ ॥
So that even in the next world such great misfortune and ill fate may not befall me, best of ascetics, therefore I shall perform austerities.
5.176.15
इत्येवं तेषु विप्रेषु चिन्तयन्सु यथातथम् ।
राजर्षिस्तद्वनं प्राप्तस्तपस्वी होत्रवाहनः ।
तां तथा भाविनीं दृष्ट्वा श्रुत्वा चोद्विग्रमानसः ॥ ५.१७६.१५ ॥
Thus, while those brahmins were pondering the truth of the matter, the royal sage Hotravahana, the ascetic, arrived in that forest.
5.176.16
ततस्ते तापसाः सर्वे पूजयन्ति स्म तं नृपम् ।
पूजाभिः स्वागताद्याभिरासनेनोदकेन च ॥ ५.१७६.१६ ॥
Then all those ascetics honored that king with rites of welcome and other courtesies, with a seat and with water.
5.176.17
तस्योपविष्टस्य सतो विश्रान्तस्योपश्रृण्वतः ।
पुनरेव कथां चक्रुः कन्यां प्रति वनौकसः ॥ ५.१७६.१७ ॥
As he sat resting and listening, the forest dwellers once more told the story concerning the maiden.
5.176.18
अम्बायास्तां कथां श्रुत्वा काशिराज्ञश्च भारत ।
राजर्षिः स महातेजा बभूवोद्विग्रमानसः ॥ ५.१७६.१८ ॥
O Bhārata, having heard that story of Ambā and of the king of Kāśi, that royal sage of great splendor became troubled in mind.
5.176.19
तां तथावादिनीं श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा च स महातपाः ।
राजर्षिः कृपयाविष्टो महात्मा होत्रवाहनः ॥ ५.१७६.१९ ॥
Hearing her speak thus and seeing her, the great ascetic, great-souled royal sage Hotravāhana was filled with compassion.
5.176.20
स वेपमान उत्थाय मातुस्तस्याः पिता तदा ।
तां कन्यामङ्कमारोप्य पर्यश्वासयत प्रभो ॥ ५.१७६.२० ॥
Then he, trembling, rose up—her mother's father—and placing that maiden on his lap, O lord, he consoled her.
5.176.21
स तामपृच्छत्कार्त्स्न्येन व्यसनोत्पत्तिमादितः ।
सा च तस्मै यथावृत्तं विस्तरेण न्यवेदयत् ॥ ५.१७६.२१ ॥
He asked her fully about the origin of the calamity from the very beginning, and she related to him in detail what had happened.
5.176.22
ततः स राजर्षिरभूद्दुःखशोकसमन्वितः ।
कार्यं च प्रतिपेदे तन्मनसां सुमहातपाः ॥ ५.१७६.२२ ॥
Then that royal sage became filled with sorrow and grief, and that great ascetic resolved in his mind upon the task.
5.176.23
अब्रवीद्वेपमानश्च कन्यामार्तां सुदुःखितः ।
मा गाः पितुर्गृहं भद्रे मातुस्ते जनको ह्यहम् ॥ ५.१७६.२३ ॥
Trembling and deeply distressed, he said to the afflicted maiden: 'Do not go to your father's house, gentle one; I am your mother's father.'
5.176.24
दुःखं छिन्द्यामहं ते वै मयि वर्तस्व पुत्रिके ।
पर्याप्तं ते मनो वत्से यदेवं परिशुष्यसि ॥ ५.१७६.२४ ॥
I will cut away your sorrow; abide in me, daughter. O child, since you wither away like this, your mind has surely suffered enough.
5.176.25
गच्छ मद्वचनाद्रामं जामदग्न्यं तपस्विनम् ।
रामस्ते सुमहद्दुःखं शोकं चैवापनेष्यति ॥ ५.१७६.२५ ॥
Go at my word to the ascetic Rāma, son of Jamadagni. Rāma will surely remove your great sorrow and grief.
5.176.26
हनिष्यति रणे भीष्मं न करिष्यति चेद्वचः ।
तं गच्छ भार्गवश्रेष्ठं कालाग्निसमतेजसम् ॥ ५.१७६.२६ ॥
If he does not do my bidding, he will kill Bhīṣma in battle. Go to that best of the Bhṛgus, whose splendor is like the fire of death.
5.176.27
प्रतिष्ठापयिता स त्वां समे पथि महातपाः ।
ततस्तु सुस्वरं बाष्पसुत्सृजन्ती पुनः पुनः ॥ ५.१७६.२७ ॥
That great ascetic will set you on the level path. Then she, with a sweet voice, shedding tears again and again...
5.176.28
अब्रवीत्पितरं मातुः मा तदा होत्रवाहनम् ।
अभिवादयित्वा शिरसा गमिष्ये तव शासनात् ॥ ५.१७६.२८ ॥
Then she said to her mother's father, Hotravāhana: 'No... Bowing my head and saluting, I shall go by your command.'
5.176.29
अपि नामाद्य पश्येयमार्यं तं लोकविश्रुतम् ।
कथं च तीव्रं दुःकं मे नाशकयिष्यति भार्गवः।
एतदिच्छाम्यहं ज्ञातुं यथा यास्यमि तत्र वैः ॥ ५.१७६.२९ ॥
Shall I see that noble one, renowned in the world, today? How will the Bhārgava destroy my sharp sorrow? I wish to know how I shall go there.
5.176.30
रामं द्रक्ष्यसि भद्रे त्वं जामदग्न्यं महावने ।
उग्रे तपसि वर्तन्तं सत्यसन्धं महाबलम् ॥ ५.१७६.३० ॥
Good woman, you will see Rāma, son of Jamadagni, abiding in fierce austerity in the great forest, true to his vow and of great strength.
5.176.31
महेन्द्रं वै गिरिश्रेष्ठं रामो नित्यमुपास्ति ह ।
ऋषयो वेदविद्वांसो गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा ॥ ५.१७६.३१ ॥
Rāma constantly worships Mahendra, the best of mountains; sages learned in the Vedas, as well as Gandharvas and Apsarases, are there too.
5.176.32
तत्र गच्छस्व भद्रं ते ब्रूयाश्चैनं वचो मम ।
अभिवाद्य च तं मूंर्ध्ना तपोवृद्धं दृढव्रतम् ॥ ५.१७६.३२ ॥
Go there, and may good befall you. Speak these words of mine to him, and after bowing with your head to him, the one aged in asceticism and firm in vows,
5.176.33
ब्रूयाश्चैनं पुनर्भद्रे यत्ते कार्यं मनीषितम् ।
मयि संकीर्तिते रामः सर्वं तत्ते करिष्यति ॥ ५.१७६.३३ ॥
And again, O gentle one, tell him whatever matter you desire; when my name is spoken, Rāma will do all that for you.
5.176.34
मम रामः सखा वत्से प्रीतियुक्तः सुहृच्च मे ।
जमदग्निसुतो वीरः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥ ५.१७६.३४ ॥
My friend Rāma, dear child, is full of affection and is my well-wisher; he is the son of Jamadagni, a hero, the best of all who bear weapons.
5.176.35
एवं ब्रुवति कन्यां तु पार्थिवे होत्रवाहने ।
अकृतव्रणः प्रादुरासीद्रामस्यानुचरः प्रियः ॥ ५.१७६.३५ ॥
As King Hotravahana spoke thus to the maiden, Akṛtavraṇa, the beloved attendant of Rāma, appeared.
5.176.36
ततस्ते मनुयः सर्वे समुत्तस्थुः महस्रशः ।
स च राजा वयोवृद्धः सृञ्ययो होत्रवाहनः ॥ ५.१७६.३६ ॥
Then all those men rose up by thousands, and the king Hotravāhana, aged in years, of the Sṛñjayas, rose too.
5.176.37
ततो दृष्ट्वा कृतातिथ्यमन्योन्यं ते वनौकसः ।
सहिता भरतश्रेष्ठ निषेदुः परिवार्य तम् ॥ ५.१७६.३७ ॥
Then, having seen the hospitality shown to one another, those forest-dwellers sat down together, surrounding him, best of the Bharatas.
5.176.38
ततस्ते कथयामासुः कथास्तास्ता मनोरमाः ।
धन्या दिव्याश्च राजेन्द्र प्रीतिहर्षमुदा युताः ॥ ५.१७६.३८ ॥
Then they told many delightful stories, auspicious and divine, O lord of kings, filled with affection, joy and gladness.
5.176.39
ततः कथान्ते राजर्षिर्महात्मा होत्रवाहनः ।
रामं श्रेष्ठं महर्षीणामपृच्छदकृतव्रणम् ॥ ५.१७६.३९ ॥
Then, at the end of the stories, the great-souled royal sage Hotravāhana asked Akṛtavraṇa about Rāma, the best of the great sages.
5.176.40
क्व संप्रति महाबाहो जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् ।
अकृतव्रण शक्यो वै द्रुष्टुं वेदविदां वर ॥ ५.१७६.४० ॥
Where now, O mighty-armed one, is Rāma son of Jamadagni, the mighty one? Is it indeed possible to see him, O best of knowers of the Vedas, Akṛtavraṇa?
5.176.41
भवन्तमेव सततं रामः कीर्तयति प्रभो ।
सृञ्जयो मे प्रियसखो राजर्षिरिति पार्थिव ॥ ५.१७६.४१ ॥
Rāma always speaks of you, O lord: 'Sṛñjaya is my dear friend, the royal sage,' O king.
5.176.42
इह रामः प्रभाते श्वो भवितेति मतिर्मम ।
द्रष्टस्येनमिहायान्तं तव दर्शनकाङ्क्षया ॥ ५.१७६.४२ ॥
It is my view that Rāma will be here tomorrow at dawn; coming here out of desire to see you, you will see him.
5.176.43
इयं च कन्या राजर्षे किमर्थं वनमागता ।
कस्य चेयं तव च का भवतीच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥ ५.१७६.४३ ॥
O royal sage, for what purpose has this maiden come to the forest? Whose is she, and what is she to you? I wish to know.
5.176.44
दौहित्रीयं मम विभो काशिराजसुता प्रिया ।
ज्येष्ठा स्वयंवरे तस्थौ भगिनीभ्यां सहानध ॥ ५.१७६.४४ ॥
O mighty one, she is my granddaughter, the beloved daughter of the king of Kāśi. O sinless one, at the swayamvara she stood together with her two sisters; she was the eldest.
5.176.45
इयमम्बेति विख्याता ज्येष्ठा काशिपतेः सुता ।
अम्बिकाम्बालिके कन्ये कनीयस्यौ तपोधन ॥ ५.१७६.४५ ॥
This one, renowned as Ambā, is the eldest daughter of the king of Kāśi. Ambikā and Ambālikā, the two maidens, are the younger ones, O ascetic-wealthy one.
5.176.46
समेतं पार्थिवं क्षत्रं काशिपुर्यां ततोऽभवत् ।
कन्यानिमित्तं विप्रर्षे तत्रासीदुत्सवो महान् ॥ ५.१७६.४६ ॥
Then the assembled royal warriors gathered in the city of Kāśi, and for the sake of the maidens there was a great festival there, O brahmin sage.
5.176.47
तता किल महावीर्यो भीष्मः शान्तनवो नृपान् ।
अधिक्षिप्य महातेजास्तिस्त्रः कन्या जहार ताः ॥ ५.१७६.४७ ॥
Then Bhīṣma, son of Śantanu, of great might and great splendor, challenged the kings and carried off those three maidens.
5.176.48
निर्जित्य पृथिवीपालानथ भीष्मो जगाह्वयम् ।
आजगाम विशुद्धात्मा कन्याभिः सह भारतः ॥ ५.१७६.४८ ॥
Having conquered the protectors of the earth, Bhīṣma then entered the city. The pure-souled Bhārata came back together with the maidens.
5.176.49
सत्यवत्यै निवेद्याथ विवाहं समनन्तरम् ।
भ्रातुर्विचित्रवीर्यस्य समाज्ञापयत प्रभुः ॥ ५.१७६.४९ ॥
Then, having informed Satyavatī, the lord (Bhīṣma) at once ordered the marriage of Vicitravīrya's brother.
5.176.50
तं तु वैवाहिकं दृष्ट्वा कन्येयं समुपार्जितम् ।
अब्रवीत्तत्र गाङ्गेयं मन्त्रिमध्ये द्विजर्षभ ॥ ५.१७६.५० ॥
Seeing the marriage preparations gathered for her, the maiden spoke there to Gāṅgeya amid the ministers, O best of the twice-born.
5.176.51
मया साल्वपतिर्वीरो मनसाऽभिवृतः पतिः ।
न ममार्हसि धर्मज्ञ दातुं भ्रात्रेऽन्यमानसाम् ॥ ५.१७६.५१ ॥
I have chosen the heroic lord of Sālva as my husband in my heart. O knower of dharma, it is not fitting for you to give me, whose mind is elsewhere, to a brother.
5.176.52
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं भीष्मः संमन्त्र्य सह मन्त्रिभिः ।
निश्चित्य विससर्जेमां सत्यवत्या मते स्थितः ॥ ५.१७६.५२ ॥
Hearing these words, Bhīṣma deliberated with the ministers, decided, and, abiding by Satyavatī's opinion, released this maiden.
5.176.53
अनुज्ञाता तु भीष्मेण साल्वं सौभपतिं ततः ।
कन्येयं मुदिता तत्र काले वाचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ५.१७६.५३ ॥
Permitted by Bhīṣma, this maiden, joyful, at the proper time spoke these words there to Sālva, lord of Sauba.
5.176.54
विसर्जितास्मि भीष्मेण धर्मं मां प्रतिपादय ।
मनसाभिवृत्तः पूर्वं मया त्वं पार्थिवर्षम ॥ ५.१७६.५४ ॥
I have been released by Bhīṣma. Now, according to dharma, take me. Earlier, in my mind, I chose you, O bull among kings.
5.176.55
प्रत्याचख्यौ च साल्वोऽस्याश्चारित्रस्याभिशङ्कितः ।
सेयं तपोवनं प्राप्ता तापस्येऽभिरता भृशम् ॥ ५.१७६.५५ ॥
Sālva too, suspecting her conduct, rejected her. She came to the hermitage forest and became deeply devoted to asceticism.
5.176.56
मया च प्रत्यभिज्ञाता वंशस्य परिकीर्तनात् ।
अस्य दुःखस्य चोत्पत्तिं भीष्ममेवेह मन्यते । ॥ ५.१७६.५६ ॥
I recognized her from the recounting of the lineage. She here holds Bhīṣma himself to be the source of this suffering.
5.176.57
भगवन्नेवमेवेह यथाह पृथिवीपतिः ।
शरीरकर्ता मातुर्मे सृञ्जयो होत्रवाहनः ॥ ५.१७६.५७ ॥
Revered sir, it is just as the lord of the earth has said here: the begetter of my mother's body was Sṛñjaya Hotravāhana.
5.176.58
न ह्युत्सहे स्वनगरं प्रतियातुं तपोधन ।
अपमानभयाच्चैव व्रीडया च महामुने ॥ ५.१७६.५८ ॥
O ascetic-treasure, I dare not return to my own city, out of fear of dishonor and from shame, O great sage.
5.176.59
यत्तु मां भगवान्रामो वक्ष्यति द्विजसत्तम ।
तन्मे कार्यतमं कार्यमिति मे भगवन्मतिः ॥ ५.१७६.५९ ॥
Best of the twice-born, whatever the revered Rāma will tell me, that is what I most must do; this is my resolve, revered sir.