Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.187
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5.187.1
ततस्ते तापसाः सर्वे तपसे धृतनिश्चयाम् ।
दृष्ट्वा न्यवर्तयंस्तात किं कार्यमिति चाब्रुवन् ॥ ५.१८७.१ ॥
Then all those ascetics, seeing her resolved upon austerity, turned her back, saying, "Dear one, what is to be done now?"
5.187.2
तानुवाच ततः कन्या तपोवृद्धानृषींस्तदा ।
निराकृतास्मि भीष्मेण भ्रंशिता पतिधर्मतः ॥ ५.१८७.२ ॥
Then the maiden spoke to those sages, elders in austerity: "I have been rejected by Bhīṣma and cast down from the duty of a husband."
5.187.3
वधार्थं तस्य दीक्षा मे न लोकार्थं तपोधनाः ।
निहत्य भीष्मं गच्छेयं शान्तिमित्येव निश्चयः ॥ ५.१८७.३ ॥
"O wealthy in austerity, my vow is for his slaying, not for the world's sake. Having slain Bhīṣma I shall attain peace—this is my resolve."
5.187.4
यत्कृते दुःखवसतिमिमां प्राप्तऽस्मि शाश्वतीम् ।
पतिलोकाद्विहीना च नैव स्त्री न पुमानिह ॥ ५.१८७.४ ॥
"Because of him I have fallen into this everlasting abode of sorrow, deprived of the world of husbands—here I am neither woman nor man."
5.187.5
नाहत्वा युधि गाङ्गेयं निवर्तिष्ये तपोधनाः ।
एष मे हृदि संकल्पो यदिदं कथितं मया ॥ ५.१८७.५ ॥
"O wealthy in austerity, I shall not turn back until I have slain Gāṅgeya in battle. This is the resolve in my heart, as I have just declared."
5.187.6
स्त्रीभावे परिनिर्विण्णा पुंस्त्वार्थे कृतनिश्चया ।
भीष्मे प्रतिचिकीर्षामि नास्मि वार्येति वै पुनः ॥ ५.१८७.६ ॥
"Utterly weary of the state of womanhood, resolved upon manhood, I intend to take revenge on Bhīṣma; I cannot be restrained—so I declare again."
5.187.7
तां देवो दर्शयामास शूलपाणिरुमापतिः ।
मध्ये तेषां महार्षीणां स्वेन रूपेण तापसीम् ॥ ५.१८७.७ ॥
The god, trident-bearer and lord of Umā, showed the ascetic woman his own form in the midst of those great sages.
5.187.8
छन्द्यमाना वरेणाथ सा वव्रे मत्पराजयम् ।
हनिष्यसीति तां देवः प्रत्युवाच मनस्विनीम् ॥ ५.१८७.८ ॥
When asked to choose a boon, she chose my defeat. Then the god answered that resolute woman: 'You will kill him.'
5.187.9
ततः सा पुनरेवाथ कन्या रुद्रमुवाच ह ।
उपपद्येत्कथं देव स्त्रिया युधि जयो मम ॥ ५.१८७.९ ॥
Then the maiden spoke again to Rudra: 'O god, how could victory in battle come to me, a woman?'
5.187.10
स्त्रीभावेन च मे गाढं मनः शान्तमुमापते ।
प्रतिश्रुतश्च भूतेश त्वया भीष्मपराजयः ॥ ५.१८७.१० ॥
O lord of Umā, my mind has grown deeply calm in this female state. And O lord of beings, you have promised me the defeat of Bhīṣma.
5.187.11
यथा स सत्यो भवति तथा कुरु वृषध्वज ।
यथा हन्यां समागम्य भीष्मं शान्तनवं युधि ॥ ५.१८७.११ ॥
O bull-bannered one, make it come true, so that I may meet Bhīṣma, son of Śantanu, in battle and kill him.
5.187.12
तामुवाच महादेवः कन्यां किल वृषध्वजः ।
न मे वागमृतं प्राह सत्यं भद्रे भविष्यसि ॥ ५.१८७.१२ ॥
To her the great god, the bull-bannered one, said: 'My word is like nectar; it is not false. O gentle one, you shall come true.'
5.187.13
हनिष्यसि रणे भीष्मं पुरुषत्वं च लप्स्यति ।
स्मरिष्यसि च तत्सर्वं देहमन्यं गता सती ॥ ५.१८७.१३ ॥
In battle you will slay Bhīṣma and obtain manhood; having gone into another body, O virtuous one, you will remember all of it.
5.187.14
द्रुपदस्य कुले जाता भविष्यसि महारथः ।
शीघ्रास्त्रश्चित्रयोधी च भविष्यसि सुसंमतः ॥ ५.१८७.१४ ॥
Born in the lineage of Drupada you will become a great charioteer, swift with weapons, a wondrous warrior, and highly esteemed.
5.187.15
यथोक्तमेव कल्याणि सर्वमेतद्भविष्यति ।
भविष्यसि पुमान्पश्चात्कस्माच्चित्कालपर्ययात् ॥ ५.१८७.१५ ॥
Just as it has been said, O auspicious one, all this will come to pass; afterwards, through the passing of time, you will become a man.
5.187.16
एवमुक्त्वा महादेवः कपर्दी वृषभध्वजः ।
पश्यतामेव विप्राणां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ ५.१८७.१६ ॥
Having spoken thus, the great god, matted-haired and bull-bannered, vanished right there while the brahmins looked on.
5.187.17
ततः सा पश्यतां तेषां महर्षीणामनिन्दिता ।
समाहृत्य वनात्तस्मात्काष्ठानि वरवर्णिनी ॥ ५.१८७.१७ ॥
Then, as the great sages watched, that blameless, fair-complexioned woman gathered firewood from that forest.
5.187.18
चितां कृत्वा सुमहतीं प्रदाय च हुताशनम् ।
प्रदीप्तेऽग्नौ महाराज रोषदीप्तेन चेतसा ॥ ५.१८७.१८ ॥
Having built a very great pyre and set the fire, O great king, with a heart blazing with anger, she entered the blazing fire.
5.187.19
उक्त्वा भीष्मवधायेति प्रविवेश हुताशनम् ।
ज्येष्ठा काशिसुता राजन्यमुनामभितो नदीम् ॥ ५.१८७.१९ ॥
Having said, "For the slaying of Bhīṣma," the eldest, the daughter of the king of Kāśi, O king, entered the fire on both banks of the river Yamunā.