Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 2 — Chapter 3
DB 2 3.1
प्रतीपसकाशाच्छन्तनुजन्मादिवर्णनम् उत्पत्तिस्तु त्वया प्रोक्ता व्यासस्यामिततेजसः ।। सत्यवत्यास्तथा सूत विस्तरेण त्वयाऽनघ
pratīpasakāśācchantanujanmādivarṇanam utpattistu tvayā proktā vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ || satyavatyāstathā sūta vistareṇa tvayā'nagha
(Chapter:) The description of Pratīpa, the birth of Śantanu, and so forth. — But the origin of Vyāsa of boundless splendour has been told by you, and likewise, O Sūta, that of Satyavatī, at length by you, O sinless one.
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DB 2 3.2
तथाऽप्येकस्तु संदेहश्चित्तेऽस्माकं सुसंस्थितः ।। न निवर्तति धर्मज्ञ कथितेन त्वयाऽनघ कथं राज्यं न भीष्माय ददौ सा वरवर्णिनी ।। न कृतस्तु कथं तेन वीरेण दारसंग्रहः साऽपि तं प्रेमसंयुक्तं नृपं ज्ञातवती नदी ।। दृष्ट्वा तौ प्रेमसंयुक्तौ निर्लज्जौ काममोहितौ आनयस्वाऽऽश्रमश्रेष्ठं नंदिनीं कामदां शुभाम् ।। यावदस्याः पयः पीत्वा सखी मम सदैव हि तस्माद्द्यौर्मानुषे देहे दीर्घकालं वसिष्यति ।। ते शप्ताः पथि गच्छतीं गंगां दृष्ट्वा सरिद्वराम् तामवोचदथो राजा रूपयौवनशालिनीम् ।। नाहं परस्त्रियं कामाद्गच्छेयं वरवर्णिनीम् प्रजां वै पालयामास धर्मदंडो महीपतिः
tathā'pyekastu saṃdehaścitte'smākaṃ susaṃsthitaḥ || na nivartati dharmajña kathitena tvayā'nagha kathaṃ rājyaṃ na bhīṣmāya dadau sā varavarṇinī || na kṛtastu kathaṃ tena vīreṇa dārasaṃgrahaḥ sā'pi taṃ premasaṃyuktaṃ nṛpaṃ jñātavatī nadī || dṛṣṭvā tau premasaṃyuktau nirlajjau kāmamohitau ānayasvā''śramaśreṣṭhaṃ naṃdinīṃ kāmadāṃ śubhām || yāvadasyāḥ payaḥ pītvā sakhī mama sadaiva hi tasmāddyaurmānuṣe dehe dīrghakālaṃ vasiṣyati || te śaptāḥ pathi gacchatīṃ gaṃgāṃ dṛṣṭvā saridvarām tāmavocadatho rājā rūpayauvanaśālinīm || nāhaṃ parastriyaṃ kāmādgaccheyaṃ varavarṇinīm prajāṃ vai pālayāmāsa dharmadaṃḍo mahīpatiḥ
Yet one doubt stands firmly settled in our mind; it does not go away, O knower of dharma, by what you have told, O sinless one. How did that woman of fair complexion not give the kingdom to Bhīṣma? And why did that hero not take a wife? She too, the river, knew that king to be filled with love. Seeing those two joined in love, shameless, deluded by desire — "Bring to the best of hermitages Nandinī, the auspicious wish-granting (cow), so that, drinking her milk, my friend may ever... Therefore Dyaus shall dwell a long time in a human body." They were cursed, having seen Gaṅgā, best of rivers, going along the path. Then the king said to her, who was possessed of beauty and youth: "I would not out of desire approach another man's wife, fair-complexioned one." The lord of the earth, whose rod was dharma, protected his subjects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 2 3.3
माता व्यासस्य या प्रोक्ता नाम्ना सत्यवती शुभा ।। सा कथं नृपतिं प्राप्ता शंतुनुं धर्मवित्तमम्
mātā vyāsasya yā proktā nāmnā satyavatī śubhā || sā kathaṃ nṛpatiṃ prāptā śaṃtunuṃ dharmavittamam
She who is said to be Vyāsa's mother, the auspicious one named Satyavatī — how did she come to King Śaṃtanu, best of the knowers of dharma?
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DB 2 3.4
निषादपुत्रीं स कथं वृतवान्नृपतिः स्वयम् ।। धर्मिष्ठः पौरवो राजा कुलहीनामसंवृत्ताम्
niṣādaputrīṃ sa kathaṃ vṛtavānnṛpatiḥ svayam || dharmiṣṭhaḥ pauravo rājā kulahīnāmasaṃvṛttām
How did that king himself choose a fisherman's daughter (as wife) — he, the most righteous Paurava king, (choosing) a girl of low family and unfitting (station)?
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DB 2 3.5
शंतनोः प्रथमा पत्नी का ह्यभूत्कथयाधुना ।। भीष्मः पुत्रोऽथ मेधावी वसोरंशः कथं पुनः
śaṃtanoḥ prathamā patnī kā hyabhūtkathayādhunā || bhīṣmaḥ putro'tha medhāvī vasoraṃśaḥ kathaṃ punaḥ
Who indeed was Śaṃtanu's first wife? Tell (us) now. And how was Bhīṣma, the intelligent son, a portion of a Vasu?
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DB 2 3.6
त्वया प्रोक्तं पुरा सूत राजा चित्रांगदः कृतः ।। सत्यवत्याः सुतो वीरो भीष्मेणामित तेजसा
tvayā proktaṃ purā sūta rājā citrāṃgadaḥ kṛtaḥ || satyavatyāḥ suto vīro bhīṣmeṇāmita tejasā
Earlier, O Sūta, it was told by you that Citrāṅgada, the heroic son of Satyavatī, was made king by Bhīṣma of immeasurable splendour.
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DB 2 3.7
चित्रांगदे हते वीरे कृतस्तदनुजस्तथा ।। विचित्रवीर्यनामाऽसौ सत्यवत्याः सुतो नृपः
citrāṃgade hate vīre kṛtastadanujastathā || vicitravīryanāmā'sau satyavatyāḥ suto nṛpaḥ
When the hero Citrāṅgada was slain, his younger brother was likewise made (king) — that one named Vicitravīrya, Satyavatī's son, (became) king.
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DB 2 3.8
ज्येष्ठे भीष्मे स्थिते पूर्वे धमिष्ठं रूपवत्यपि ।। कृतवान्स कथं राज्यं स्थापितस्तेन जानता
jyeṣṭhe bhīṣme sthite pūrve dhamiṣṭhaṃ rūpavatyapi || kṛtavānsa kathaṃ rājyaṃ sthāpitastena jānatā
Though Bhīṣma, the eldest, stood first and was most righteous and handsome, how did he act (thus), and (why) was the kingdom established by him, who knew (the dharma)?
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DB 2 3.9
मृते विचित्रवीर्ये तु सत्यवत्यतिदुःखिता ।। वधूभ्यां गोलकौ पुत्रौ जनयामास सा कथम्
mṛte vicitravīrye tu satyavatyatiduḥkhitā || vadhūbhyāṃ golakau putrau janayāmāsa sā katham
But when Vicitravīrya died, Satyavatī, exceedingly grieved — how did she cause two sons, golakas (sons begotten on a widow), to be born from the two daughters-in-law?
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DB 2 3.11
अधर्मस्तु कृतः कस्माद्व्यासेनामिततेजसा ।। ज्येष्ठेन भ्रातृभार्यायां पुत्रानुत्पादिताविति
adharmastu kṛtaḥ kasmādvyāsenāmitatejasā || jyeṣṭhena bhrātṛbhāryāyāṃ putrānutpāditāviti
And why was this unrighteousness committed by Vyāsa of immeasurable splendour — that sons were begotten by an elder (brother) upon a brother's wife?
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DB 2 3.12
पुराणकर्ता धर्मात्मा स कथं कृतवान्मुनिः ।। सेवनं परदाराणां भ्रातुश्चैव विशेषतः
purāṇakartā dharmātmā sa kathaṃ kṛtavānmuniḥ || sevanaṃ paradārāṇāṃ bhrātuścaiva viśeṣataḥ
He, the composer of the Purāṇas, whose nature is dharma — how did that sage engage in the enjoyment of others' wives, and of a brother's in particular?
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DB 2 3.13
जुगुप्सितमिदं कर्म स कथं कृतवान्मुनिः ।। शिष्टाचारः कथं सूत वेदानुमितिकारक
jugupsitamidaṃ karma sa kathaṃ kṛtavānmuniḥ || śiṣṭācāraḥ kathaṃ sūta vedānumitikāraka
How did that sage do this loathsome deed? How is (this) the conduct of the learned, O Sūta, you who draw inferences from the Vedas?
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DB 2 3.14
व्यास शिष्योऽसि मेधाविन्संदेहं छेत्तुमर्हसि ।। श्रोतुकामा वयं सर्वे धर्मक्षेत्रे कृतक्षणाः
vyāsa śiṣyo'si medhāvinsaṃdehaṃ chettumarhasi || śrotukāmā vayaṃ sarve dharmakṣetre kṛtakṣaṇāḥ
You are Vyāsa's pupil, O wise one; you ought to cut away (our) doubt. We all wish to hear, having made this the moment (for it) in the field of dharma.
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DB 2 3.15
सूत उवाच ।। इक्ष्वाकुवंशप्रभवो महाभिष इति स्मृतः ।। सत्यवान्धर्मशीलश्च चक्रवर्ती नृपोत्तमः
sūta uvāca || ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavo mahābhiṣa iti smṛtaḥ || satyavāndharmaśīlaśca cakravartī nṛpottamaḥ
Sūta said: One sprung from Ikṣvāku's line is remembered as Mahābhiṣa, truthful and of righteous character, an emperor, the best of kings.
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DB 2 3.16
अश्वमेधसहस्रेण वाजपेयशतेन च ।। तोषयामास देवेंद्रं स्वर्गं प्राप महामतिः ।
aśvamedhasahasreṇa vājapeyaśatena ca || toṣayāmāsa deveṃdraṃ svargaṃ prāpa mahāmatiḥ |
By a thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred Vājapeyas he gratified the lord of the gods, and that great-minded one attained heaven.
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DB 2 3.17
एकदा ब्रह्मसदनं गतो राजा महाभिषः ।। सुराः सर्वे समाजग्मुः सेवनार्थं प्रजापतिम्
ekadā brahmasadanaṃ gato rājā mahābhiṣaḥ || surāḥ sarve samājagmuḥ sevanārthaṃ prajāpatim
Once King Mahābhiṣa went to Brahmā's abode; all the gods assembled to attend upon Prajāpati.
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DB 2 3.18
गंगा महानदी तत्र संस्थिता सेवितुं विभुम् ।। तस्या वासः समुद्धूतं मारुतेन तरस्विना
gaṃgā mahānadī tatra saṃsthitā sevituṃ vibhum || tasyā vāsaḥ samuddhūtaṃ mārutena tarasvinā
Gaṅgā, the great river, stood there to attend upon the lord; her garment was blown up by the swift wind.
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DB 2 3.19
अधोमुखाः सुराः सर्वे न विलोक्यैव तां स्थिताः ।। राजा महाभिषस्तां तु निःशंकः समपश्यत
adhomukhāḥ surāḥ sarve na vilokyaiva tāṃ sthitāḥ || rājā mahābhiṣastāṃ tu niḥśaṃkaḥ samapaśyata
All the gods stood with faces downward, not looking at her; but King Mahābhiṣa gazed at her without hesitation.
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DB 2 3.21
ब्रह्मा चुकोप तौ तूर्णं शशाप च रुषाऽन्वितः ।। मर्त्यलोकेषु भूपाल जन्म प्राप्य पुनर्दिवम्
brahmā cukopa tau tūrṇaṃ śaśāpa ca ruṣā'nvitaḥ || martyalokeṣu bhūpāla janma prāpya punardivam
Brahmā at once grew angry and, filled with wrath, cursed those two: "O king, having obtained birth in the mortal worlds, heaven again—"
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DB 2 3.22
पुण्येन महताऽऽविष्टस्त्वमवाप्स्यसि सर्वथा ।। गंगां तथोक्तवान्ब्रह्मा वीक्ष्य प्रेमवतीं नृपे
puṇyena mahatā''viṣṭastvamavāpsyasi sarvathā || gaṃgāṃ tathoktavānbrahmā vīkṣya premavatīṃ nṛpe
"—possessed of great merit, you shall assuredly attain (it)." Brahmā spoke thus to Gaṅgā also, seeing that she was in love with the king.
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DB 2 3.23
विमनस्कौ तु तौ तूर्णं निःसृतौ ब्रह्मणोंऽतिकात् ।। स नृपश्चिंतयित्वाऽथ भूलोके धर्मतत्परान्
vimanaskau tu tau tūrṇaṃ niḥsṛtau brahmaṇoṃ'tikāt || sa nṛpaściṃtayitvā'tha bhūloke dharmatatparān
Dejected, the two quickly departed from Brahmā's presence; and that king then reflected upon those devoted to dharma on earth,
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DB 2 3.24
प्रतीपं चिंतयामास पितरं पुरुवंशजम् ।। एतस्मिन्समये चाष्टौ वसवः स्त्रीसमन्विताः
pratīpaṃ ciṃtayāmāsa pitaraṃ puruvaṃśajam || etasminsamaye cāṣṭau vasavaḥ strīsamanvitāḥ
and he thought of Pratīpa, born in Puru's line, as (his) father. At this time the eight Vasus, together with their wives,
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DB 2 3.25
वसिष्ठस्याऽऽश्रमं प्राप्ता रममाणा यदृच्छया ।। पृथ्वादीनां वसूनां च मध्ये कोऽपि वसूत्तमः
vasiṣṭhasyā''śramaṃ prāptā ramamāṇā yadṛcchayā || pṛthvādīnāṃ vasūnāṃ ca madhye ko'pi vasūttamaḥ
came, roaming at will, to Vasiṣṭha's hermitage; and among the Vasus, Pṛthu and the rest, a certain one, the foremost of the Vasus,
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DB 2 3.26
द्यौर्नामा तस्य भार्याऽथ नंदिनीं गां ददर्श ह ।। दृष्ट्वा पतिं सा पप्रच्छ कस्येयं धेनुरुत्तमा
dyaurnāmā tasya bhāryā'tha naṃdinīṃ gāṃ dadarśa ha || dṛṣṭvā patiṃ sā papraccha kasyeyaṃ dhenuruttamā
named Dyu — his wife then saw the cow Nandinī. Seeing (her), she asked her husband, "Whose is this excellent cow?"
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DB 2 3.27
द्यौस्तामाह वसिष्ठस्य गौरियं शृणु सुंदरि ।। दुग्धमस्याः पिबेद्यस्तु नारी वा पुरषोऽथ वा
dyaustāmāha vasiṣṭhasya gauriyaṃ śṛṇu suṃdari || dugdhamasyāḥ pibedyastu nārī vā puraṣo'tha vā
Dyaus said to her: "This is Vasiṣṭha's cow — listen, lovely one. Whoever drinks her milk, whether a woman or a man,
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DB 2 3.28
अयुतायुर्भवेन्यूनं सदैवाऽगतयौवनः ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा सुंदरी प्राह मृत्युलोकेऽस्ति मे सखी
ayutāyurbhavenyūnaṃ sadaivā'gatayauvanaḥ || tacchrutvā suṃdarī prāha mṛtyuloke'sti me sakhī
would come to have a lifespan of ten thousand years, no less, and would always be one whose youth does not depart." Hearing that, the beautiful woman said: "I have a friend in the world of mortals,
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DB 2 3.29
उशीनरस्य राजर्षेः पुत्री परमशोभना ।। तस्या हेतोर्महाभाग सवत्सां गां पयस्विनीम्
uśīnarasya rājarṣeḥ putrī paramaśobhanā || tasyā hetormahābhāga savatsāṃ gāṃ payasvinīm
the daughter of the royal sage Uśīnara, of surpassing beauty. For her sake, O greatly fortunate one, (fetch) that milk-rich cow together with her calf,
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DB 2 3.31
मानुषेषु भवेदेका जरारोगविवर्जिता ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्या द्यौर्जहार च नंदिनीम्
mānuṣeṣu bhavedekā jarārogavivarjitā || tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasyā dyaurjahāra ca naṃdinīm
so that among human beings she alone might be free of old age and disease." Hearing those words of hers, Dyaus carried off Nandinī,
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DB 2 3.32
अवमन्य मुनिं दांतं पृथ्वाद्यैः सहितोऽनघः ।। हृतायामथ नंदिन्यां वसिष्ठस्तु महातपाः
avamanya muniṃ dāṃtaṃ pṛthvādyaiḥ sahito'naghaḥ || hṛtāyāmatha naṃdinyāṃ vasiṣṭhastu mahātapāḥ
slighting the self-controlled sage — he, the faultless one, together with Pṛthu and the rest. Now, when Nandinī had been carried off, Vasiṣṭha of great austerity
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DB 2 3.33
आजगामाऽऽश्रमपदं फलान्यादाय सत्वरः ।। नापश्यत यदा धेनुं सवत्सां स्वाश्रमे मुनिः
ājagāmā''śramapadaṃ phalānyādāya satvaraḥ || nāpaśyata yadā dhenuṃ savatsāṃ svāśrame muniḥ
came quickly to his hermitage, bringing fruits; and when the sage did not see the cow with her calf in his own hermitage,
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DB 2 3.34
मृगयामास तेजस्वी गह्वरेषु वनेष्वपि ।। नासादिता यदा धेनुश्चुकोपातिशयं मुनिः
mṛgayāmāsa tejasvī gahvareṣu vaneṣvapi || nāsāditā yadā dhenuścukopātiśayaṃ muniḥ
the radiant one searched in the thickets and in the forests too; when the cow was not found, the sage grew exceedingly angry.
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DB 2 3.35
वारुणिश्चापि विज्ञाय ध्यानेन वसुभिर्हृताम् ।। वसुभिर्मे हृता धेनुर्यस्मान्मामवमन्य वै
vāruṇiścāpi vijñāya dhyānena vasubhirhṛtām || vasubhirme hṛtā dhenuryasmānmāmavamanya vai
And Vāruṇi, having learned by meditation that she had been carried off by the Vasus, (said): "Since my cow has been stolen by the Vasus, slighting me indeed,
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DB 2 3.36
तस्मात्सर्वे जनिष्यंति मानुषेषु न संशयः ।। एवं शशाप धर्मात्मा वसूंस्तान्वारुणिः स्वयम्
tasmātsarve janiṣyaṃti mānuṣeṣu na saṃśayaḥ || evaṃ śaśāpa dharmātmā vasūṃstānvāruṇiḥ svayam
therefore they shall all be born among human beings — of this there is no doubt." Thus did the righteous Vāruṇi himself curse those Vasus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 3.37
श्रुत्वा विमनसः सर्वे प्रययुर्दुःखिताश्च ते ।। शप्ताः स्म इति जानंत ऋषिं तमुपचक्रमुः
śrutvā vimanasaḥ sarve prayayurduḥkhitāśca te || śaptāḥ sma iti jānaṃta ṛṣiṃ tamupacakramuḥ
Hearing this they all went away, downcast and grieving; and knowing "we are cursed," they approached that sage.
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DB 2 3.38
प्रसादयंतस्तमृषिं वसव शरणं गताः ।। मुनिस्तानाह धर्मात्मा वसून्दीनान्पुरः स्थितान्
prasādayaṃtastamṛṣiṃ vasava śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ || munistānāha dharmātmā vasūndīnānpuraḥ sthitān
Seeking to appease that sage, the Vasus took refuge (with him); and the righteous sage spoke to those Vasus standing wretched before him:
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DB 2 3.39
अनुसंवत्सरं सर्वे शापमोक्षमवाप्स्यथ ।। येनेयं विहृता धेनुर्नंदिनी मम वत्सला
anusaṃvatsaraṃ sarve śāpamokṣamavāpsyatha || yeneyaṃ vihṛtā dhenurnaṃdinī mama vatsalā
"After a year you will all obtain release from the curse; but he by whom this cow Nandinī, dear to me, was carried off —"
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DB 2 3.41
ऊचुस्तां प्रणताः सर्वे शप्तां चिंतातुरां नदीम् ।। भविष्यामो वयं देवि कथं देवाः सुधाशनाः
ūcustāṃ praṇatāḥ sarve śaptāṃ ciṃtāturāṃ nadīm || bhaviṣyāmo vayaṃ devi kathaṃ devāḥ sudhāśanāḥ
They all bowed and said to her, the cursed river, distressed with worry: "Goddess, how shall we, gods who feed on nectar, become (this)?
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DB 2 3.42
मानुषाणां च जठरं चिंतेयं महती हि नः ।। तस्मात्त्वं मानुषी भूत्वा जनयास्मान्सरिद्वरे
mānuṣāṇāṃ ca jaṭharaṃ ciṃteyaṃ mahatī hi naḥ || tasmāttvaṃ mānuṣī bhūtvā janayāsmānsaridvare
And the womb of humans — this is a great worry for us. Therefore do you become human and give birth to us, O best of rivers.
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DB 2 3.43
शंतनुर्नाम राजर्षिस्तस्य भार्या भवानघे ।। जाताञ्जाताञ्जले चास्मान्निक्षिपस्व सुरापगे
śaṃtanurnāma rājarṣistasya bhāryā bhavānaghe || jātāñjātāñjale cāsmānnikṣipasva surāpage
There is a royal sage named Śaṃtanu; become his wife, O sinless one, and as each of us is born, cast us into the water, O river of the gods.
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DB 2 3.44
एवं शापविनिर्मोक्षो भविता नात्र संशयः ।। तथेत्युक्ताश्च ते सर्वे जग्मुर्लोकं स्वकं पुनः
evaṃ śāpavinirmokṣo bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ || tathetyuktāśca te sarve jagmurlokaṃ svakaṃ punaḥ
In this way our release from the curse will come about; there is no doubt here." And when she had said "so be it," they all went back again to their own world.
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DB 2 3.45
गंगाऽपि निर्गता देवी चिंत्यमाना पुनः पुनः ।। महाभिषो नृपो जातः प्रतीपस्य सुतस्तदा
gaṃgā'pi nirgatā devī ciṃtyamānā punaḥ punaḥ || mahābhiṣo nṛpo jātaḥ pratīpasya sutastadā
And the goddess Gaṅgā departed, pondering it over again and again. Then king Mahābhiṣa was born as the son of Pratīpa,
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DB 2 3.46
शंतनुर्नाम राजर्षिर्धर्मात्मा सत्यसंगरः ।। प्रतीपस्तु स्तुतिं चक्रे सूर्यस्यामिततेजसः
śaṃtanurnāma rājarṣirdharmātmā satyasaṃgaraḥ || pratīpastu stutiṃ cakre sūryasyāmitatejasaḥ
a royal sage named Śaṃtanu, righteous, true to his engagements. But Pratīpa had made praise of the Sun of measureless splendour.
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DB 2 3.47
तदा च सलिलात्तस्मान्निःसृता वरवर्णिनी ।। दक्षिणं शालसंकाशमूरुं भेजे शुभानना
tadā ca salilāttasmānniḥsṛtā varavarṇinī || dakṣiṇaṃ śālasaṃkāśamūruṃ bheje śubhānanā
And then, emerging from that water, the woman of excellent complexion, of fair face, took to (his) right thigh, which resembled a śāla tree.
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DB 2 3.48
अंके स्थितां स्त्रियं चाह मापृष्ट्वा किं वरानने ।। ममोरावास्थिताऽसि त्वं किमर्थं दक्षिणे शुभे
aṃke sthitāṃ striyaṃ cāha māpṛṣṭvā kiṃ varānane || mamorāvāsthitā'si tvaṃ kimarthaṃ dakṣiṇe śubhe
And he said to the woman seated on his lap: "Without asking me — why, O fair-faced one? For what purpose are you seated upon my right thigh, auspicious one?"
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DB 2 3.49
सा तमाह वरारोहा यदर्थं राजसत्तम ।। स्थिताऽस्म्यंके कुरुश्रेष्ठ कामयानां भजस्व माम्
sā tamāha varārohā yadarthaṃ rājasattama || sthitā'smyaṃke kuruśreṣṭha kāmayānāṃ bhajasva mām
She, the fair-hipped one, said to him: "O best of kings, the purpose for which I have taken my place on your lap — O best of the Kurus, I desire you; take me."
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DB 2 3.51
स्थिता दक्षिणमूरुं मे त्वमाश्लिष्य च भामिनि ।। अपत्यानां स्नुषाणां च स्थानं विद्धि शुचिस्मिते
sthitā dakṣiṇamūruṃ me tvamāśliṣya ca bhāmini || apatyānāṃ snuṣāṇāṃ ca sthānaṃ viddhi śucismite
"Since you sat upon my right thigh and embraced (me), O passionate lady, know, O you of bright smile, that this is the place of children and of daughters-in-law."
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DB 2 3.52
स्नुषा मे भव कल्याणि जाते पुत्रेऽतिवाञ्छिते ।। भविष्यति च मे पुत्रस्तव पुण्यान्न संशयः
snuṣā me bhava kalyāṇi jāte putre'tivāñchite || bhaviṣyati ca me putrastava puṇyānna saṃśayaḥ
"Become my daughter-in-law, O blessed one, when a son, greatly longed for, is born (to me); and by your merit a son will indeed be mine — there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 3.53
तथेत्युक्ता गता सा वै कामिनी दिव्य दर्शना ।। राजा चापि गृहं प्राप्तश्चिंतयंस्तां स्त्रियं पुनः
tathetyuktā gatā sā vai kāminī divya darśanā || rājā cāpi gṛhaṃ prāptaściṃtayaṃstāṃ striyaṃ punaḥ
Being addressed thus, she said "So be it" and departed, that passionate woman of divine appearance; and the king too reached his house, thinking again of that woman.
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DB 2 3.54
ततः कालेन कियता जाते पुत्रे वयस्विनि ।। वनं जिगमिषू राजा पुत्रं वृत्तांतमूचिवान्
tataḥ kālena kiyatā jāte putre vayasvini || vanaṃ jigamiṣū rājā putraṃ vṛttāṃtamūcivān
Then, after some time, when a son had been born and had come of age, the king, wishing to go to the forest, told his son what had happened.
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DB 2 3.55
वृत्तांतं कथयित्वा तु पुनरूचे निजं सुतम् ।। यदि प्रयाति सा बाला त्वां वने चारुहासिनी
vṛttāṃtaṃ kathayitvā tu punarūce nijaṃ sutam || yadi prayāti sā bālā tvāṃ vane cāruhāsinī
And having told the story, he further said to his own son: "If that girl of lovely smile comes to you in the forest,
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DB 2 3.56
कामयाना वरारोहा ता भजेथा मनोरमाम् ।। न प्रष्टव्या त्वया काऽसि मन्नियोगान्नराधिप
kāmayānā varārohā tā bhajethā manoramām || na praṣṭavyā tvayā kā'si manniyogānnarādhipa
desiring you, that fair-hipped, delightful one — take her; and you must not ask her, 'Who are you?', by my injunction, O lord of men."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 3.57
धर्मपत्नीं च तां कृत्वा भविता त्वं सुखी किल ।। सूत उवाच ।। एवं संदिश्य तं पुत्रं भूपतिः प्रीतमानसः
dharmapatnīṃ ca tāṃ kṛtvā bhavitā tvaṃ sukhī kila || sūta uvāca || evaṃ saṃdiśya taṃ putraṃ bhūpatiḥ prītamānasaḥ
"And making her your lawful wife you will surely be happy." Sūta said: Having thus instructed his son, the king, with a pleased mind,
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DB 2 3.58
दत्त्वा राज्यश्रियं सर्वां वनं राजा विवेश ह ।। तत्रापि च तपस्तप्त्वा समाराध्य परांबिकाम्
dattvā rājyaśriyaṃ sarvāṃ vanaṃ rājā viveśa ha || tatrāpi ca tapastaptvā samārādhya parāṃbikām
gave over all the royal fortune and entered the forest; and there too, having performed austerities and propitiated the supreme Mother,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 3.59
जगाम स्वर्गं राजाऽसौ देहं त्यक्त्वा स्वतेजसा ।। राज्यं प्राप महातेजाः शंतनुः सार्वभौमिकम्
jagāma svargaṃ rājā'sau dehaṃ tyaktvā svatejasā || rājyaṃ prāpa mahātejāḥ śaṃtanuḥ sārvabhaumikam
that king went to heaven, abandoning his body by his own power; and Śaṃtanu of great splendour obtained the kingdom over the whole earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition