Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 2 — Chapter 4
DB 2 4.1
देवव्रतोत्पतिवर्णनम् सूत उवाच ।। प्रतीपेऽथ दिवं याते शंतनुः सत्यविक्रमः ।। बभूव मृगयाशीलो निघ्नन्व्याघ्रान्मृगान्नृपः
devavratotpativarṇanam sūta uvāca || pratīpe'tha divaṃ yāte śaṃtanuḥ satyavikramaḥ || babhūva mṛgayāśīlo nighnanvyāghrānmṛgānnṛpaḥ
The Description of the Birth of Devavrata. Sūta said: Now, when Pratīpa had gone to heaven, Śaṃtanu, of true valour, became devoted to hunting, the king slaying tigers and deer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.2
स कदाचिद्वने घोरे गंगातीरे चरन्नृपः ।। ददर्श मृगशावाक्षीं सुंदरीं चारुभूषणाम् पूर्वप्रेमसमायोगाच्छ्रुत्वा वाचं नृपस्य ताम् ।। उवाच नारी राजानं स्मितपूर्वमिदं वचः रेमाते मंदिरे दिव्ये रमाना रायणाविव ।। एवं गच्छति काले सा दधार नृपतेस्तदा हिंसिताः सप्त पुत्रा मे करभोरु त्वया शुभाः ।। अष्टमं रक्ष सुश्रोणि पतामि तव पादयोः तेभ्यो दत्त्वा वरं जाता पत्नी ते नृपसत्तम ।। देवकार्यार्थसिद्ध्यर्थ जानीहि संभवो मम तं वीक्ष्य विस्मितो राजा न स्म जानाति किंचन ।। नोपलेभे स्मृतिं भूपः पुत्रोऽयं मम वा न वा इत्युक्वांऽतर्दधे गंगा दत्त्वा पुत्रं नृपाय वै ।। नृपतिस्तु मुदा युक्तो बभूवातिसुखान्वितः
sa kadācidvane ghore gaṃgātīre carannṛpaḥ || dadarśa mṛgaśāvākṣīṃ suṃdarīṃ cārubhūṣaṇām pūrvapremasamāyogācchrutvā vācaṃ nṛpasya tām || uvāca nārī rājānaṃ smitapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ remāte maṃdire divye ramānā rāyaṇāviva || evaṃ gacchati kāle sā dadhāra nṛpatestadā hiṃsitāḥ sapta putrā me karabhoru tvayā śubhāḥ || aṣṭamaṃ rakṣa suśroṇi patāmi tava pādayoḥ tebhyo dattvā varaṃ jātā patnī te nṛpasattama || devakāryārthasiddhyartha jānīhi saṃbhavo mama taṃ vīkṣya vismito rājā na sma jānāti kiṃcana || nopalebhe smṛtiṃ bhūpaḥ putro'yaṃ mama vā na vā ityukvāṃ'tardadhe gaṃgā dattvā putraṃ nṛpāya vai || nṛpatistu mudā yukto babhūvātisukhānvitaḥ
Once, as the king was roaming in a fearsome forest on the bank of the Gaṅgā, he saw a beautiful woman with eyes like a fawn's, wearing lovely ornaments. Through the union of their former love, hearing that speech of the king's, the woman spoke this word to the king with a smile: They took pleasure in a divine palace, like Ramā and Nārāyaṇa. As time passed in this way, she then conceived by the king. "Seven fine sons of mine have been slain by you, O you with tapering thighs; spare the eighth, O fair-hipped one — I fall at your feet." "Having granted them a boon, I became your wife, O best of kings; know that my birth was for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose." Looking at him the king was amazed and knew nothing at all; the king did not recover the memory (of) whether this was his son or not. Having said this, Gaṅgā vanished, after giving the son to the king; but the king was filled with joy and became exceedingly happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 2 4.3
दृष्ट्वा तां नृपतिर्मग्नः पित्रोक्तेयं वरानना ।। रूपयौवनसंपन्ना साक्षाल्लक्ष्मीरिवापरा
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ nṛpatirmagnaḥ pitrokteyaṃ varānanā || rūpayauvanasaṃpannā sākṣāllakṣmīrivāparā
Seeing her, the king was overwhelmed: this fair-faced one is the one spoken of by my father — endowed with beauty and youth, like a second Lakṣmī in visible form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.4
पिबन्मुखांबुजं तस्या न तृप्तिमग्मन्नृपः ।। हृष्टरोमाऽभवत्तत्र व्याप्तचित्त इवानघ द्वितीयस्कन्धे देवव्रतोत्पत्तिवर्णनं नाम चतुर्थोऽध्यायः
pibanmukhāṃbujaṃ tasyā na tṛptimagmannṛpaḥ || hṛṣṭaromā'bhavattatra vyāptacitta ivānagha dvitīyaskandhe devavratotpattivarṇanaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ
Drinking in the lotus of her face, the king did not reach satiety; his hair bristled there, as if his mind were wholly pervaded (by her), O sinless one. — In the second book, the fourth chapter, called the Description of the Birth of Devavrata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.5
महाभिषं साऽपि मत्वा प्रेमयुक्ता बभूव ह ।। किंचिन्मंदस्मितं कृत्वा तस्थावग्रे नृपस्य च
mahābhiṣaṃ sā'pi matvā premayuktā babhūva ha || kiṃcinmaṃdasmitaṃ kṛtvā tasthāvagre nṛpasya ca
She too, recognising him as Mahābhiṣa, became filled with love; and making a slight gentle smile, she stood before the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.6
वीक्ष्य तामसितापांगीं राजा प्रीतमना भृशम् ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं सांत्वयञ्छ्लक्ष्णया गिरा
vīkṣya tāmasitāpāṃgīṃ rājā prītamanā bhṛśam || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ sāṃtvayañchlakṣṇayā girā
Seeing her with her dark eye-corners, the king, exceedingly pleased in mind, spoke sweet words, coaxing her with gentle speech.
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DB 2 4.7
देवी वा त्वं च वामोरु मानुषी वा वरानने ।। गंधर्वी वाऽथ यक्षी वा नागकन्याऽप्सराऽपि वा
devī vā tvaṃ ca vāmoru mānuṣī vā varānane || gaṃdharvī vā'tha yakṣī vā nāgakanyā'psarā'pi vā
"Are you a goddess, O you of fair thighs, or a human woman, O fair-faced one? Or a Gandharva woman, or a Yakṣī, or a Nāga maiden, or even an Apsaras?
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DB 2 4.8
याऽसि काऽसि वरारोहे भार्या मे भव सुंदरि ।। प्रेमयुक्तस्मितैव त्वं धर्मपत्नी भवाद्य मे
yā'si kā'si varārohe bhāryā me bhava suṃdari || premayuktasmitaiva tvaṃ dharmapatnī bhavādya me
Whoever you are, O fair-hipped one, become my wife, O beautiful one; smiling as you are with love, become my lawful wife today."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.9
सूत उवाच ।। राजा तां नाभिजानाति गंगेयमिति निश्चितम् ।। महाभिषं समुत्पन्नं नृपं जानाति जाह्नवी
sūta uvāca || rājā tāṃ nābhijānāti gaṃgeyamiti niścitam || mahābhiṣaṃ samutpannaṃ nṛpaṃ jānāti jāhnavī
Sūta said: The king did not recognise her for certain as being Gaṅgā, but Jāhnavī knew the king to be Mahābhiṣa reborn.
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DB 2 4.11
स्त्र्युवाच ।। जानामि त्वां नृपश्रेष्ठ प्रतीपतनयं शुभम् ।। का न वांछति चार्वंगी भावित्वात्सदृशं पतिम्
stryuvāca || jānāmi tvāṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha pratīpatanayaṃ śubham || kā na vāṃchati cārvaṃgī bhāvitvātsadṛśaṃ patim
The woman said: I know you, O best of kings, to be the auspicious son of Pratīpa. What fair-limbed woman would not desire, as her destiny, a husband who is her match?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.12
वाग्बंधेन नृपश्रेष्ठ चरिष्यामि पतिं किल ।। शृणु मे समयं राजन्वृणोमि त्वां नृपोत्तम
vāgbaṃdhena nṛpaśreṣṭha cariṣyāmi patiṃ kila || śṛṇu me samayaṃ rājanvṛṇomi tvāṃ nṛpottama
"By a spoken pact, O best of kings, I shall indeed live with (you as) my husband. Hear my condition, O king: I choose you, O foremost of kings.
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DB 2 4.13
यच्च कुर्यामहं कार्यं शुभं वा यदि वाऽशुभम् ।। न निषेध्या त्वया राजन्न वक्तव्यं तथाऽप्रियम्
yacca kuryāmahaṃ kāryaṃ śubhaṃ vā yadi vā'śubham || na niṣedhyā tvayā rājanna vaktavyaṃ tathā'priyam
Whatever deed I may do, whether good or bad, it must not be forbidden by you, O king, nor must anything unpleasant be said (to me).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.14
यदा च त्वं नृपश्रेष्ठ न करिष्यसि मे वचः ।। तदा मुक्त्वा गमिष्यामि यथेष्टं देश मारिष
yadā ca tvaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha na kariṣyasi me vacaḥ || tadā muktvā gamiṣyāmi yatheṣṭaṃ deśa māriṣa
And when you, O best of kings, will not keep my word, then I shall leave (you) and go wherever I wish, O honoured one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.15
स्मृत्वा जन्म वसूनां सा प्रार्थनापूर्वकं हृदि ।। महाभिषस्य प्रेमार्थं विचिंत्यैव च जाह्नवी
smṛtvā janma vasūnāṃ sā prārthanāpūrvakaṃ hṛdi || mahābhiṣasya premārthaṃ viciṃtyaiva ca jāhnavī
Remembering the birth of the Vasus, and their entreaty (made) in her heart, and reflecting on Mahābhiṣa's love, Jāhnavī—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 2 4.16
तथेत्युक्ताऽथ सा देवी चकार नृपतिं पतिम् ।। एवं वृता नृपेणाथ गंगा मानुषरूपिणी
tathetyuktā'tha sā devī cakāra nṛpatiṃ patim || evaṃ vṛtā nṛpeṇātha gaṃgā mānuṣarūpiṇī
—having said "So be it," that goddess then made the king her husband. Thus chosen by the king, Gaṅgā in human form
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DB 2 4.17
नृपस्य मंदिरं प्राप्ता सुभगा वरवर्णिनी ।। नृपतिस्तां समासाद्य चिक्रीडोपवने शुभे
nṛpasya maṃdiraṃ prāptā subhagā varavarṇinī || nṛpatistāṃ samāsādya cikrīḍopavane śubhe
reached the king's palace, the fortunate one of lovely colour; and the king, having come to her, played with her in a fair pleasure-grove.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.18
साऽपि तं रमयामास भावज्ञा वै वरांगना ।। न बुबोध नृपः क्रीडन्गतान्वर्षगणानथ
sā'pi taṃ ramayāmāsa bhāvajñā vai varāṃganā || na bubodha nṛpaḥ krīḍangatānvarṣagaṇānatha
And she too, that lovely-limbed woman who knew his moods, gave him delight; and the king, at play, did not notice the years that passed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.19
स तया मृगशावाक्ष्या शच्या शतक्रतुर्यथा ।। सा सर्वगुणसंपन्न सोऽपि कामविचक्षणः
sa tayā mṛgaśāvākṣyā śacyā śatakraturyathā || sā sarvaguṇasaṃpanna so'pi kāmavicakṣaṇaḥ
He (was) with her, the doe-eyed one, as Śatakratu with Śacī; she was endowed with every good quality, and he too was skilled in love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.21
गर्भं गंगा वसुं पुत्रं सुषुवे चारुलोचना ।। जातमात्रं सुतं वारि चिक्षेपैवं द्वितीयके
garbhaṃ gaṃgā vasuṃ putraṃ suṣuve cārulocanā || jātamātraṃ sutaṃ vāri cikṣepaivaṃ dvitīyake
Gaṅgā of lovely eyes bore from her womb a son, a Vasu; the son, as soon as born, she cast into the water—and so with the second.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.22
तृतीयेऽथ चतुर्थेऽथ पंचमे षष्ठ एव च ।। सप्तमे वा हते पुत्रे राजा चिंतापरोऽभवत्
tṛtīye'tha caturthe'tha paṃcame ṣaṣṭha eva ca || saptame vā hate putre rājā ciṃtāparo'bhavat
Then with the third, and the fourth, and the fifth, and the sixth as well, and the seventh son killed, the king became lost in anxiety.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.23
किं करोम्यद्य वंशो मे कथं स्यात्सुस्थिरो भुवि ।। सप्त पुत्रा हता नूनमनया पापरूपया
kiṃ karomyadya vaṃśo me kathaṃ syātsusthiro bhuvi || sapta putrā hatā nūnamanayā pāparūpayā
"What am I to do now? How shall my lineage stand firm on earth? Surely seven sons have been killed by this woman whose very form is sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.24
निवारयामि यदि मां त्यक्त्वा यास्यति सर्वथा ।। अष्टमोऽयं सुसंप्राप्तो गर्भो मे मनसीप्सितः
nivārayāmi yadi māṃ tyaktvā yāsyati sarvathā || aṣṭamo'yaṃ susaṃprāpto garbho me manasīpsitaḥ
If I restrain her, she will leave me and go away for good. This eighth conception has come about well, the one desired in my mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.25
न वारयामि चेदद्य सर्वथेयं जले क्षिपेत् ।। भविता वा न वा चाग्रे संशयोऽयं ममाद्भुतः
na vārayāmi cedadya sarvatheyaṃ jale kṣipet || bhavitā vā na vā cāgre saṃśayo'yaṃ mamādbhutaḥ
But if I do not restrain her now, she will surely throw this one too into the water. Whether it will be so or not—this is my strange doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.26
संभवेऽपि च दुष्टेयं रक्षयेद्वा न रक्षयेत् ।। एवं संशयिते कार्ये किं कर्तव्यं मयाऽधुना
saṃbhave'pi ca duṣṭeyaṃ rakṣayedvā na rakṣayet || evaṃ saṃśayite kārye kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayā'dhunā
And even when (the child) is born, this wicked woman may protect it or may not protect it. With the matter thus in doubt, what should be done by me now?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.27
वंशस्य रक्षणार्थं हि यत्नः कार्यः परो मया ।। ततः काले यदा जातः पुत्रोऽयमष्टमो वसुः
vaṃśasya rakṣaṇārthaṃ hi yatnaḥ kāryaḥ paro mayā || tataḥ kāle yadā jātaḥ putro'yamaṣṭamo vasuḥ
Indeed, the utmost effort must be made by me for the protection of my lineage." Then, when in time this eighth son was born, a Vasu—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.28
मुनेर्येन हृता धेनुर्नंदिनी स्त्रीजितेन हि ।। तं दृष्ट्वा नृपतिः पुत्रं तामुवाच पतन्पदे
muneryena hṛtā dhenurnaṃdinī strījitena hi || taṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpatiḥ putraṃ tāmuvāca patanpade
he by whom, being ruled by his wife, the sage's cow Nandinī had been carried off—the king, seeing that son, fell at her feet and said to her:
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DB 2 4.29
दासोऽस्मि तव तन्वंगि प्रार्थयामि शुचिस्मिते ।। पुत्रमेकं पुषाम्यद्य देहि जीवंतमद्य मे
dāso'smi tava tanvaṃgi prārthayāmi śucismite || putramekaṃ puṣāmyadya dehi jīvaṃtamadya me
"I am your slave, slender-limbed one; I entreat you, bright-smiling one: I shall raise one son—give him to me alive today.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.31
अन्यद्वै प्रार्थितं तेऽद्य ददाम्यथ च दुर्लभम् ।। वंशो मे रक्षणीयोऽद्य त्वया परमशोभने
anyadvai prārthitaṃ te'dya dadāmyatha ca durlabham || vaṃśo me rakṣaṇīyo'dya tvayā paramaśobhane
Anything else asked for by you I shall give today, even if hard to obtain; my lineage is to be protected by you today, O most lovely one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.32
अपुत्रस्य गतिर्नास्ति स्वर्गे वेदविदो विदुः ।। तस्मादद्य वरारोहे प्रार्थयाम्यष्टमं सुतम्
aputrasya gatirnāsti svarge vedavido viduḥ || tasmādadya varārohe prārthayāmyaṣṭamaṃ sutam
For a sonless man there is no course in heaven—so those who know the Vedas know. Therefore today, O fair-hipped one, I beg for the eighth son."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.33
इत्युक्ताऽपि गृहीत्वा तं यदा गंतुं समुत्सुका ।। तदाऽपि कुपितो राजा तामुवाचातिदुःखितः
ityuktā'pi gṛhītvā taṃ yadā gaṃtuṃ samutsukā || tadā'pi kupito rājā tāmuvācātiduḥkhitaḥ
Though addressed thus, when she took him and was eager to go, then the king, angered and greatly grieved, said to her:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.34
पापिष्ठे किं करोम्यद्य निरयान्न बिभेषि किम् ।। काऽसि पापकराणां त्वं पुत्री पापरता सदा
pāpiṣṭhe kiṃ karomyadya nirayānna bibheṣi kim || kā'si pāpakarāṇāṃ tvaṃ putrī pāparatā sadā
"Most wicked woman, what am I to do now? Do you not fear hell? Whose are you—you are the daughter of evildoers, always bent on evil."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.35
यथेच्छं गच्छ वा तिष्ठ पुत्रो मे स्थीयतामिह ।। किं करोमि त्वया पापे वंशांतकरयाऽनया
yathecchaṃ gaccha vā tiṣṭha putro me sthīyatāmiha || kiṃ karomi tvayā pāpe vaṃśāṃtakarayā'nayā
"Go as you please, or stay; but let my son remain here. What am I to do with you, sinful woman, this destroyer of the lineage?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.36
एवं वदति भूपाले सा गृहीत्वा सुतं शिशुम् ।। गच्छंती वचनं कोपसंयुक्ता तमुवाच ह
evaṃ vadati bhūpāle sā gṛhītvā sutaṃ śiśum || gacchaṃtī vacanaṃ kopasaṃyuktā tamuvāca ha
While the king was speaking thus, she took the infant son and, as she was departing, filled with anger, said this word to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.37
पुत्रकामा सुतं त्वेनं पालयामि वने गता ।। समयो मे गमिष्यामि वचनं ह्यन्यथा कृतम्
putrakāmā sutaṃ tvenaṃ pālayāmi vane gatā || samayo me gamiṣyāmi vacanaṃ hyanyathā kṛtam
"Desiring a son (as you do), I shall go to the forest and rear this son of yours. My term (of agreement) is (ended); I shall go, for the promise has been broken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 2 4.38
गगां मां वै विजानीहि देवकार्यार्थमागताम् ।। वसवस्तु पुरा शप्ता वसिष्ठेन महात्मना
gagāṃ māṃ vai vijānīhi devakāryārthamāgatām || vasavastu purā śaptā vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā
"Know me indeed to be Gaṅgā, come for the sake of the gods' business. The Vasus were formerly cursed by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.39
व्रजंतु मानुषी योनिं स्थितां चिंतातुरास्तु माम् ।। दृष्ट्वेदं प्रार्थयामासुर्जननी नो भवानघ
vrajaṃtu mānuṣī yoniṃ sthitāṃ ciṃtāturāstu mām || dṛṣṭvedaṃ prārthayāmāsurjananī no bhavānagha
'Let them go to a human womb.' Seeing me standing there stricken with worry, they entreated (me): 'Be our mother, sinless one.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 2 4.41
सप्त ते वसवः पुत्रा मुक्ताः शापादृषेस्तु ते ।। कियंतं कालमेकोऽयं तव पुत्रो भविष्यति
sapta te vasavaḥ putrā muktāḥ śāpādṛṣestu te || kiyaṃtaṃ kālameko'yaṃ tava putro bhaviṣyati
"Those seven Vasus, your sons, have been freed from the sage's curse; but for how long will this one be your son?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.42
गंगादत्तमिमं पुत्रं गृहाण शंतनो स्वयम् ।। वसु देवं विदित्वैनं सुखं भुंक्ष्व सुतोद्भवम्
gaṃgādattamimaṃ putraṃ gṛhāṇa śaṃtano svayam || vasu devaṃ viditvainaṃ sukhaṃ bhuṃkṣva sutodbhavam
"Receive yourself, Śantanu, this son given by Gaṅgā; knowing him to be the god Vasu, enjoy the happiness that comes from a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.43
गांगेयोऽयं महाभाग भविष्यति बलाधिकः ।। अद्य तत्र नयाम्येनं यत्र त्व वै मया वृतः
gāṃgeyo'yaṃ mahābhāga bhaviṣyati balādhikaḥ || adya tatra nayāmyenaṃ yatra tva vai mayā vṛtaḥ
"This one, greatly fortunate man, will be Gāṅgeya, of surpassing strength. Today I take him away there, where you were chosen by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.44
दास्यामि यौवनप्राप्तं पालयित्वा महीपते ।। न मातृरहितः पुत्रो जीवेन्न च सुखी भवेत्
dāsyāmi yauvanaprāptaṃ pālayitvā mahīpate || na mātṛrahitaḥ putro jīvenna ca sukhī bhavet
"I shall give (him to you) when he has reached youth, having reared him, O lord of the earth; a son bereft of his mother would not live, nor be happy."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.45
इत्युक्ताऽन्तर्दधे गंगा तं गृहीत्वा च बालकम् ।। राजा चातीव दुःखार्तः संस्थितो निजमंदिरे
ityuktā'ntardadhe gaṃgā taṃ gṛhītvā ca bālakam || rājā cātīva duḥkhārtaḥ saṃsthito nijamaṃdire
Having said this, Gaṅgā vanished, taking the boy with her; and the king, exceedingly stricken with grief, stayed on in his own palace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.46
भार्याविरहजं दुःखं तथा पुत्रस्य चाद्भुतम् ।। सर्वदा चिंतयन्नास्ते राज्यं कुर्वन्महीपतिः
bhāryāvirahajaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathā putrasya cādbhutam || sarvadā ciṃtayannāste rājyaṃ kurvanmahīpatiḥ
The lord of the earth remained ever brooding on the sorrow born of separation from his wife and on the wondrous (matter) of his son, while (still) ruling the kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.47
एवं गच्छति कालेऽथ नृपतिर्मृगयां गतः ।। निघ्नन्मृगगणान्बाणैर्महिषान्सूकरानपि
evaṃ gacchati kāle'tha nṛpatirmṛgayāṃ gataḥ || nighnanmṛgagaṇānbāṇairmahiṣānsūkarānapi
Thus, as time passed, the king went out hunting, slaying herds of deer with his arrows, and buffaloes and boars as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.48
गंगातीरमनुप्राप्तः स राजा शंतनुस्तदा ।। नदीं स्तोकजलां दृष्ट्वा विस्मितः स महीपतिः ।।
gaṃgātīramanuprāptaḥ sa rājā śaṃtanustadā || nadīṃ stokajalāṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ ||
Then that king Śantanu came to the bank of the Gaṅgā, and seeing the river with little water in it, that lord of the earth was astonished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.49
तत्रापश्यत्कुमारं तं मुंचंतं विशिखान्बहून् ।। आकृष्य च महाचापं क्रीडंतं सरितस्तटे
tatrāpaśyatkumāraṃ taṃ muṃcaṃtaṃ viśikhānbahūn || ākṛṣya ca mahācāpaṃ krīḍaṃtaṃ saritastaṭe
There he saw that boy, drawing a great bow and loosing many arrows, playing on the bank of the river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.51
दृष्ट्वाऽप्यमानुषं कर्म बाणेषु लघुहस्तताम् ।। विद्यां वाऽप्रतिमां रूपं तस्य वै स्मरसन्निभम्
dṛṣṭvā'pyamānuṣaṃ karma bāṇeṣu laghuhastatām || vidyāṃ vā'pratimāṃ rūpaṃ tasya vai smarasannibham
Seeing his superhuman feat, his deftness of hand with the arrows, his incomparable skill, and his form, which resembled the god of love,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.52
पप्रच्छ विस्मितो राजा कस्य पुत्रोऽसि चानघ ।। नोवाच किंचिद्वीरोऽसौ मुंचञ्छिलीमुखानथ
papraccha vismito rājā kasya putro'si cānagha || novāca kiṃcidvīro'sau muṃcañchilīmukhānatha
the astonished king asked: "Whose son are you, O sinless one?" That hero said nothing, but went on releasing his arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.53
अंतर्धानं गतः सोऽथ राजा चिंतातुरोऽभवत् ।। कोऽयं मम सुतो बालः किं करोमि व्रजामि कम्
aṃtardhānaṃ gataḥ so'tha rājā ciṃtāturo'bhavat || ko'yaṃ mama suto bālaḥ kiṃ karomi vrajāmi kam
Then he vanished, and the king became stricken with worry: "Who is this boy, my son? What am I to do? To whom shall I go?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.54
गंगां तुष्टाव भूपालः स्थितस्तत्र समाहितः ।। दर्शनं सा ददौ चाथ चारुरूपा यथा पुरा
gaṃgāṃ tuṣṭāva bhūpālaḥ sthitastatra samāhitaḥ || darśanaṃ sā dadau cātha cārurūpā yathā purā
The lord of the earth praised Gaṅgā, standing there with concentrated mind; and she granted a sight of herself, lovely in form as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.55
दृष्ट्वा तां चारुसर्वांगीं बभाषे नृपतिः स्वयम् ।। कोऽयं गंगे गतो बालो मम त्वं दर्शयाधुना
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ cārusarvāṃgīṃ babhāṣe nṛpatiḥ svayam || ko'yaṃ gaṃge gato bālo mama tvaṃ darśayādhunā
Seeing her, fair in every limb, the king himself said: "Gaṅgā, who was this boy who has gone away? Show him to me now."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.56
गंगोवाच ।। पुत्रोऽयं तव राजेन्द्र रक्षितश्चाष्टमो वसुः ।। ददामि तव हस्ते तु गांगेयोऽयं महातपाः
gaṃgovāca || putro'yaṃ tava rājendra rakṣitaścāṣṭamo vasuḥ || dadāmi tava haste tu gāṃgeyo'yaṃ mahātapāḥ
Gaṅgā said: This is your son, O lord of kings, whom I have guarded — the eighth Vasu. I place him in your hand: this is Gāṅgeya, of great austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.57
कीर्तिकर्ता कुलस्यास्य भविता तव सुव्रतः ।। पाठितस्त्वखिलान्वेदान्धनुर्वेदं च शाश्वतम्
kīrtikartā kulasyāsya bhavitā tava suvrataḥ || pāṭhitastvakhilānvedāndhanurvedaṃ ca śāśvatam
This one of firm vows will become the maker of fame for this family of yours; he has been taught all the Vedas and the everlasting science of archery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.58
वसिष्ठस्याश्रमे दिव्ये संस्थितोऽयं सुतस्तव।। सर्वविद्याविधानज्ञः सर्वार्थकुशलः शुचिः
vasiṣṭhasyāśrame divye saṃsthito'yaṃ sutastava|| sarvavidyāvidhānajñaḥ sarvārthakuśalaḥ śuciḥ
This son of yours has dwelt in the divine hermitage of Vasiṣṭha; (he is) knowing the rules of all branches of learning, skilled in all matters, and pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.59
यद्वेद जामदग्न्योऽसौ तद्वेदायं सुतस्तव ।। गृहाण गच्छ राजेंद्र सुखी भव नराधिप
yadveda jāmadagnyo'sau tadvedāyaṃ sutastava || gṛhāṇa gaccha rājeṃdra sukhī bhava narādhipa
Whatever that son of Jamadagni knows, that this son of yours knows. Take (him) and go, O lord of kings; be happy, O ruler of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.61
समालिंग्य सुतं राजा समाघ्राय च मस्तकम् ।। समारोप्य रथे पुत्रं स्वपुरं स प्रचक्रमे
samāliṃgya sutaṃ rājā samāghrāya ca mastakam || samāropya rathe putraṃ svapuraṃ sa pracakrame
Having embraced his son and kissed (him) on the head, and having set his son upon the chariot, the king set out for his own city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.62
गत्वा गजाह्वयं राजा चकारोत्सवमुत्तमम् ।। दैवज्ञं च समाहूय पप्रच्छ च शुभं दिनम्
gatvā gajāhvayaṃ rājā cakārotsavamuttamam || daivajñaṃ ca samāhūya papraccha ca śubhaṃ dinam
Having gone to Hastināpura, the king held a splendid festival; and calling an astrologer, he asked for an auspicious day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.63
समाहृत्य प्रजाः सर्वाः सचिवान्सर्वशः शुभान् ।। यौवराज्येऽथ गांगेयं स्थापयामास पार्थिवः
samāhṛtya prajāḥ sarvāḥ sacivānsarvaśaḥ śubhān || yauvarājye'tha gāṃgeyaṃ sthāpayāmāsa pārthivaḥ
Having assembled all the people and, from every side, the excellent ministers, the king then installed the son of Gaṅgā in the office of crown prince.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.64
कृत्वा तं युवराजानं पुत्रं सर्वगुणान्वितम् ।। सुखमास स धर्मात्मा न सस्मार च जाह्नवीम्
kṛtvā taṃ yuvarājānaṃ putraṃ sarvaguṇānvitam || sukhamāsa sa dharmātmā na sasmāra ca jāhnavīm
Having made that son, endowed with all virtues, the crown prince, that righteous-souled (king) lived happily, and did not remember Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.65
सूत उवाच ।। एतद्वः कथितं सर्वं कारणं वसुशापजम् ।। गांगेयस्य तथोत्पत्तिं जाह्नव्याः संभवं तथा
sūta uvāca || etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ vasuśāpajam || gāṃgeyasya tathotpattiṃ jāhnavyāḥ saṃbhavaṃ tathā
Sūta said: All this has been told to you — the cause arising from the curse of the Vasus, and likewise the birth of Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma) and the origin of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.66
गंगावतरणं पुण्यं वसूनां संभवं तथा ।। यः शृणोति नरः पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
gaṃgāvataraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ vasūnāṃ saṃbhavaṃ tathā || yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ pāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
The holy descent of Gaṅgā, and likewise the origin of the Vasus — the man who hears (it) is freed from sin; there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 4.67
पुण्यं पवित्रमाख्यानं कथितं मुनिसत्तमः ।। यथाश्रुतं व्यासात्पुराणं वेदसंमितम्
puṇyaṃ pavitramākhyānaṃ kathitaṃ munisattamaḥ || yathāśrutaṃ vyāsātpurāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam
The meritorious, purifying narrative has been told, O best of sages — the Purāṇa, equal in measure to the Veda, just as it was heard from Vyāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 2 4.68
श्रीमद्भागवतं पुण्यं नानाख्यानकथान्वितम् ।। द्वैपायनमुखोद्भूतं पंच लक्षणसंयुतम्
śrīmadbhāgavataṃ puṇyaṃ nānākhyānakathānvitam || dvaipāyanamukhodbhūtaṃ paṃca lakṣaṇasaṃyutam
— tr. refused: cyber
DB 2 4.69
शृण्वतां सर्वपापघ्नं शुभदं सुखदं तथा ।। इतिहासमिमं पुण्यं कीर्तितं मुनिसत्तमः
śṛṇvatāṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ śubhadaṃ sukhadaṃ tathā || itihāsamimaṃ puṇyaṃ kīrtitaṃ munisattamaḥ
(It is) destructive of all the sins of those who hear it, and bestows good fortune and happiness. This meritorious narrative has (thus) been recounted, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition