Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.59
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7.59.1
श्रुत्वा तूशनसं क्रुद्धं तदा ऽ ऽर्तो नहुषात्मजः ।
जरां परमिकां प्राप्य यदुं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.५९.१ ॥
Having heard that Uśanas (Śukra) was angered, then the distressed son of Nahuṣa (Yayāti), having obtained excessive old age, spoke these words to Yadu.
7.59.2
यदो त्वमसि धर्मज्ञो मदर्थं प्रतिगृह्यताम् ।
जरां परमिकां पुत्र भोगै रंस्ये महायशः ॥ ७.५९.२ ॥
O Yadu, you are a knower of dharma; accept this excessive old age for my sake. O son, O greatly famous one, I shall delight in pleasures.
7.59.3
न तावत्कृतकृत्यो ऽस्मि विषयेषु नरर्षभ ।
अनुभूय तदा कामं ततः प्राप्स्याम्यहं जराम् ॥ ७.५९.३ ॥
O best of men, I have not yet fulfilled my aims in sense-objects. Having first experienced desire, then I shall obtain old age.
7.59.4
यदुस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाच नरर्षभम् ।
पुत्रस्ते दयितः पूरुः प्रतिगृह्णातु वै जराम् ॥ ७.५९.४ ॥
Having heard those words, Yadu replied to that best of men: let your beloved son Pūru indeed accept old age.
7.59.5
बहिष्कृतो ऽहमर्थेषु सन्निकर्षाच्च पार्थिव ।
प्रतिगृह्णातु वै राजन्
क सहाश्नाति भोजनम् ॥ ७.५९.५ ॥
O king, I am excluded from your wealth and from closeness to you. O king, let him alone accept it — who would eat food with him?
7.59.6
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा पूरुमथाब्रवीत् ।
इयं जरा महाबाहो मदर्थं प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥ ७.५९.६ ॥
Having heard his words, the king then spoke to Pūru: O mighty-armed one, accept this old age for my sake.
7.59.7
नाहुषेणैवमुक्तस्तु पूरुः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत् ।
धन्यो ऽस्म्यनुगृहीतो ऽस्मि शासने ऽस्मि तव स्थितः ॥ ७.५९.७ ॥
Thus addressed by Nahuṣa's son, Pūru said with joined palms: "I am blessed, I am favoured; I abide in your command."
7.59.8
पूरोर्वचनमाज्ञाय नाहुषः परया मुदा ।
प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे जरां सङ्क्रामयच्च ताम् ॥ ७.५९.८ ॥
Understanding Pūru's words, Nahuṣa's son gained incomparable delight with supreme joy, and transferred that old age to him.
7.59.9
ततः स राजा तरुणः प्राप्य यज्ञान्सहस्रशः ।
बहुवर्षसहस्राणि पालयामास मेदिनीम् ॥ ७.५९.९ ॥
Then that young king, having performed thousands of sacrifices, ruled and protected the earth for many thousands of years.
7.59.10
अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य राजा पूरुमथाब्रवीत् ।
आनयस्व जरां पुत्र न्यासं निर्यातयस्व मे ॥ ७.५९.१० ॥
After a long time the king said to Pūru: "Son, bring back old age; return to me my deposit."
7.59.11
न्यासभूता मया पुत्र त्वयि सङ्क्रामिता जरा ।
तस्मात्प्रतिग्रहीष्यामि तां जरां मा व्यथां कृथाः ॥ ७.५९.११ ॥
Son, my old age was transferred to you as a deposit; therefore I shall take that old age back. Do not grieve.
7.59.12
प्रीतश्चास्मि महाबाहो शासनस्य प्रतिग्रहात् ।
त्वां चाहमभिषेक्ष्यामि प्रीतियुक्तो नराधिपम् ॥ ७.५९.१२ ॥
O mighty-armed one, I am pleased by your acceptance of my command. Full of affection, I shall consecrate you as lord of men.
7.59.13
एवमुक्त्वा सुतं पूरुं ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः ।
देवयानीसुतं क्रुद्धो राजा वाक्यमुवाच ह ॥ ७.५९.१३ ॥
Having spoken thus, King Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, angered, addressed these words to Devayānī's son.
7.59.14
राक्षसस्त्वं मया जातः पुत्ररूपो दुरासदः ।
प्रतिहंसि ममाज्ञां यत् प्रजार्थे विफलो भव ॥ ७.५९.१४ ॥
You are a demon born of me in the form of a son, hard to approach. Since you disregard my command, become fruitless for offspring.
7.59.15
पितरं गुरुभूतं मां यस्मात्त्वमवमन्यसे ।
राक्षसान्यातुधानांस्त्वं जनयिष्यसि दारुणान् ॥ ७.५९.१५ ॥
Because you disrespect me, who am your father and teacher, you will beget cruel demons and sorcerer-demons.
7.59.16
न तु सोमकुलोत्पन्ने वंशे स्थास्यति दुर्मतेः ।
वंशो ऽपि भवतस्तुल्यो दुर्विनीतो भविष्यति ॥ ७.५९.१६ ॥
But the lineage of that ill-minded one shall not endure in this lineage born of the Soma clan; his line too will become as ill-behaved as yours.
7.59.17
तमेवमुक्त्वा राजर्षिः पूरुं राज्यविवर्धनम् ।
अभिषेकेण सम्पूज्य आश्रमं प्रविवेश ह ॥ ७.५९.१७ ॥
Having spoken thus, that royal sage, honoring Pūru, the increaser of the kingdom, with anointment, entered the hermitage.
7.59.18
ततः कालेन महता दिष्टान्तमुपजग्मिवान् ।
त्रिदिवं सङ्गतो राजा ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः ॥ ७.५९.१८ ॥
Then, after a long time, having reached the end appointed by fate, King Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, joined the heavens.
7.59.19
पूरुश्चकार तद्राज्यं धर्मेण महता वृतः ।
प्रतिष्ठाने पुरवरे काशिराज्ये महायशाः ॥ ७.५९.१९ ॥
Pūru, endowed with great dharma and of great fame, ruled that kingdom, in the excellent city of Pratiṣṭhāna, in the kingdom of Kāśi.
7.59.20
यदुस्तु जनयामास यातुधानान्सहस्रशः ।
पुरे क्रौञ्चवने दुर्गे राजवंशबहिष्कृतः ॥ ७.५९.२० ॥
But Yadu begot thousands of rākṣasas, cast out from the royal line, in the fortress city in the Krauñca forest.
7.59.21
एष तूशनसा मुक्तः शापोत्सर्गो ययातिना ।
धारितः क्षत्रधर्मेण यन्निमिश्च न चक्षमे ॥ ७.५९.२१ ॥
This curse, released by Uśanas, was borne by Yayāti through the duty of a kṣatriya, but Nimi could not endure it.
7.59.22
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं दर्शनं सर्वकारिणाम् ।
अनुवर्तामहे सौम्य दोषो न स्याद्यथा नृगे ॥ ७.५९.२२ ॥
Gentle one, I have told you all of this concerning the vision of all doers; let us follow it so that no fault arises, as it did for Nṛga.
7.59.23
अरुणकिरणरक्ता दिग्बभौ चैव पूर्वा कुसुमरसविमुक्तं वस्त्रमाकुण्ठितेव ॥ ७.५९.२३ ॥
The eastern quarter, reddened by the rays of Aruṇa, shone as if it were a garment released from flower-juice.