Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 2 — Chapter 5

DB 2 5.1

देवव्रतप्रतिज्ञावर्णनम् ऋषय ऊचुः वसूनां सम्भवः सूत कथितः शापकारणात् । गाङ्गेयस्य तथोत्पत्तिः कथिता लोमहर्षणे

devavratapratijñāvarṇanam ṛṣaya ūcuḥ vasūnāṃ sambhavaḥ sūta kathitaḥ śāpakāraṇāt | gāṅgeyasya tathotpattiḥ kathitā lomaharṣaṇe

The description of Devavrata's vow. The sages said: The birth of the Vasus, O Sūta, has been told, (arising) from the cause of a curse; and likewise the origin of the son of Gaṅgā has been related, O Lomaharṣaṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.2

माता व्यासस्य धर्मज्ञ नाम्ना सत्यवती सती । कथं शन्तनुना प्राप्ता भार्या गन्धवती शुभा

mātā vyāsasya dharmajña nāmnā satyavatī satī | kathaṃ śantanunā prāptā bhāryā gandhavatī śubhā

O knower of dharma, the mother of Vyāsa, chaste and named Satyavatī — how was she, the fragrant and lovely one, obtained by Śantanu as his wife?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.3

तन्ममाचक्ष्व विस्तारं दाशपुत्री कथं धृता । राज्ञा धर्मवरिष्ठेन संशयं छिन्धि सुव्रत

tanmamācakṣva vistāraṃ dāśaputrī kathaṃ dhṛtā | rājñā dharmavariṣṭhena saṃśayaṃ chindhi suvrata

Tell me that at length: how was the fisherman's daughter taken (as wife) by the king, the best in righteousness? Cut off my doubt, O you of good vows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.4

सूत उवाच शन्तनुर्नाम राजर्षिर्मृगयानिरतः सदा । वनं जगाम निघ्नन्वै मृगांश्च महिषान् रुरून्

sūta uvāca śantanurnāma rājarṣirmṛgayānirataḥ sadā | vanaṃ jagāma nighnanvai mṛgāṃśca mahiṣān rurūn

Sūta said: There was a royal sage named Śantanu, ever devoted to hunting; he went into the forest, killing deer and buffaloes and ruru-antelopes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.5

चत्वार्येव तु वर्षाणि पुत्रेण सह भूपतिः । रममाणः सुखं प्राप कुमारेण यथा हरः द्वितीयस्कन्धे देवव्रतप्रतिज्ञावर्णनं नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः

catvāryeva tu varṣāṇi putreṇa saha bhūpatiḥ | ramamāṇaḥ sukhaṃ prāpa kumāreṇa yathā haraḥ dvitīyaskandhe devavratapratijñāvarṇanaṃ nāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ

But for just four years the king, delighting together with his son, attained happiness, as Hara (does) with Kumāra. — Thus the fifth chapter in the second book, called the description of Devavrata's vow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.6

एकदा विक्षिपन्बाणान्विनिघ्नन्खड्गसूकरान् । स कदाचिद्वनं प्राप्तः कालिन्दीं सरितां वराम्

ekadā vikṣipanbāṇānvinighnankhaḍgasūkarān | sa kadācidvanaṃ prāptaḥ kālindīṃ saritāṃ varām

Once, loosing arrows and slaying rhinoceroses and boars, he came at some time to a forest (and to) the Kālindī, best of rivers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 2 5.7

महीपतिरनिर्देश्यमाजिघ्रद्गन्धमुत्तमम् । तस्य प्रभवमन्विच्छन्सजञ्चचार वनं तदा

mahīpatiranirdeśyamājighradgandhamuttamam | tasya prabhavamanvicchansajañcacāra vanaṃ tadā

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 2 5.8

न मन्दारस्य गन्धोऽयं मृगनाभिमदस्य न । चम्पकस्य न मालत्या न केतक्या मनोहरः

na mandārasya gandho'yaṃ mṛganābhimadasya na | campakasya na mālatyā na ketakyā manoharaḥ

"This is not the scent of the coral tree, nor of the musk from a deer's navel; it is not the delightful (fragrance) of the campaka, nor of the mālatī, nor of the ketakī."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.9

न चानुभूतपूर्वोऽयं वाति गन्धवहः शुभः । कुतोऽयमेति वायुर्वै मम घ्राणविमोहनः

na cānubhūtapūrvo'yaṃ vāti gandhavahaḥ śubhaḥ | kuto'yameti vāyurvai mama ghrāṇavimohanaḥ

"Nor has this auspicious fragrance-bearing (breeze) that blows been experienced before. Whence indeed does this wind come, that bewilders my sense of smell?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.10

इति सञ्चिन्त्यमानोऽसौ बभ्राम वनमण्डलम् । मोहितो गन्धलोभेन शन्तनुः पवनानुगः

iti sañcintyamāno'sau babhrāma vanamaṇḍalam | mohito gandhalobhena śantanuḥ pavanānugaḥ

Thinking thus, he wandered about the circuit of the forest — Śantanu, deluded by greed for the scent, following the wind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.11

स ददर्श नदीतीरे संस्थितां चारुदर्शनाम् । शृङ्गाररहितां कान्तां सुस्थितां मलिनाम्बराम्

sa dadarśa nadītīre saṃsthitāṃ cārudarśanām | śṛṅgārarahitāṃ kāntāṃ susthitāṃ malināmbarām

He saw, standing on the river's bank, a lovely-looking, beautiful woman, without ornaments, standing firmly, in soiled garments.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.12

दृष्ट्वा तामसितापाङ्गीं विस्मितः स महीपतिः । अस्या देहस्य गन्धोऽयमिति सञ्जातनिश्चयः

dṛṣṭvā tāmasitāpāṅgīṃ vismitaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ | asyā dehasya gandho'yamiti sañjātaniścayaḥ

Seeing her, whose eye-corners were dark, that king was amazed, and the certainty arose in him: "This scent is of her body."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.13

तदद्भुतं रूपमतीव सुन्दरं तथैव गन्धोऽखिललोकसम्मतः । वयश्च तादृङ् नवयौवनं शुभं दृष्ट्वैव राजा किल विस्मितोऽभवत्

tadadbhutaṃ rūpamatīva sundaraṃ tathaiva gandho'khilalokasammataḥ | vayaśca tādṛṅ navayauvanaṃ śubhaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva rājā kila vismito'bhavat

That form of hers was wondrous, exceedingly beautiful, and likewise the fragrance, agreeable to all the world; and her age was such — fair, fresh youth. Merely on seeing (her), the king indeed became astonished.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.14

केयं कुतो वा समुपागताधुना देवाङ्गना वा किमु मानुषी वा । गन्धर्वपुत्री किल नागकन्या जाने कथं गन्धवतीं नु कामिनीम्

keyaṃ kuto vā samupāgatādhunā devāṅganā vā kimu mānuṣī vā | gandharvaputrī kila nāgakanyā jāne kathaṃ gandhavatīṃ nu kāminīm

"Who is she, and from where has she now come? Is she a woman of the gods, or a human? A gandharva's daughter, or perhaps a nāga maiden? How am I to know this fragrant, lovely woman?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.15

सञ्चिन्त्य चैवं मनसा नृपोऽसौ न निश्चयं प्राप यदा ततः स्वयम् । गङ्गां स्मरन्कामवशं गतोऽथ पप्रच्छ कान्तां तटसंस्थितां च

sañcintya caivaṃ manasā nṛpo'sau na niścayaṃ prāpa yadā tataḥ svayam | gaṅgāṃ smarankāmavaśaṃ gato'tha papraccha kāntāṃ taṭasaṃsthitāṃ ca

When that king, having pondered thus in his mind, did not himself arrive at certainty, then, remembering Gaṅgā and fallen under the power of desire, he questioned the beautiful woman standing on the bank.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.16

कासि प्रिये कस्य सुतासि कस्मा- दिह स्थिता त्वं विजने वरोरु । एकाकिनी किं वद चारुनेत्रे विवाहिता वा न विवाहितासि

kāsi priye kasya sutāsi kasmā- diha sthitā tvaṃ vijane varoru | ekākinī kiṃ vada cārunetre vivāhitā vā na vivāhitāsi

"Who are you, dear one? Whose daughter are you? Why do you stand here in this deserted place, O fair-thighed one? Alone — tell me, O lovely-eyed one, are you married or unmarried?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.17

सञ्जातकामोऽहमरालनेत्रे त्वां वीक्ष्य कान्तां च मनोरमां च । ब्रूहि प्रिये यासि चिकीर्षसि त्वं किं चेति सर्वं मम विस्तरेण

sañjātakāmo'hamarālanetre tvāṃ vīkṣya kāntāṃ ca manoramāṃ ca | brūhi priye yāsi cikīrṣasi tvaṃ kiṃ ceti sarvaṃ mama vistareṇa

"Desire has arisen in me, O curving-eyed one, on seeing you, beautiful and delightful to the mind. Tell me, dear one, where you are going and what you intend to do — all this to me, in full."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.18

इत्येवमुक्ता सुदती नृपेण प्रोवाच तं सस्मितमम्बुजेक्षणा । दाशस्य पुत्रीं त्वमवेहि राजन् कन्यां पितुः शासनसंस्थितां च

ityevamuktā sudatī nṛpeṇa provāca taṃ sasmitamambujekṣaṇā | dāśasya putrīṃ tvamavehi rājan kanyāṃ pituḥ śāsanasaṃsthitāṃ ca

Thus addressed by the king, the fair-toothed, lotus-eyed woman spoke to him, smiling: "Know me, O king, as the daughter of a fisherman, a maiden abiding by her father's command.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.19

तरीमिमां धर्मनिमित्तमेव संवाहयामीह जले नृपेन्द्र । पिता गृहे मेऽद्य गतोऽस्ति कामं सत्यं ब्रवीम्यर्थपते तवाग्रे

tarīmimāṃ dharmanimittameva saṃvāhayāmīha jale nṛpendra | pitā gṛhe me'dya gato'sti kāmaṃ satyaṃ bravīmyarthapate tavāgre

"I ply this boat here upon the water simply for the sake of duty, O lord of kings. My father has gone home today. Willingly I speak the truth before you, O lord of wealth."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.20

इत्येवमुक्त्वा विरराम बाला कामातुरस्तां नृपतिर्बभाषे । कुरुप्रवीरं कुरु मां पतिं त्वं वृथा न गच्छेन्ननु यौवनं ते

ityevamuktvā virarāma bālā kāmāturastāṃ nṛpatirbabhāṣe | kurupravīraṃ kuru māṃ patiṃ tvaṃ vṛthā na gacchennanu yauvanaṃ te

Having spoken thus the girl fell silent; the king, tormented by desire, said to her: "Make me, the foremost hero of the Kurus, your husband; surely your youth should not pass in vain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.21

न चास्ति पत्नी मम वै द्वितीया त्वं धर्मपत्नी भव मे मृगाक्षि । दासोऽस्मि तेऽहं वशगः सदैव मनोभवस्तापयति प्रिये माम्

na cāsti patnī mama vai dvitīyā tvaṃ dharmapatnī bhava me mṛgākṣi | dāso'smi te'haṃ vaśagaḥ sadaiva manobhavastāpayati priye mām

"And I have no second wife; become my lawful wife, O doe-eyed one. I am your slave, always subject to you; Love born of the mind burns me, dear one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.22

गता प्रिया मां परिहृत्य कान्ता नान्या वृताहं विधुरोऽस्मि कान्ते । त्वां वीक्ष्य सर्वावयवातिरम्यां मनो हि जातं विवशं मदीयम्

gatā priyā māṃ parihṛtya kāntā nānyā vṛtāhaṃ vidhuro'smi kānte | tvāṃ vīkṣya sarvāvayavātiramyāṃ mano hi jātaṃ vivaśaṃ madīyam

"My beloved wife has gone, abandoning me; I have taken no other, I am bereft, O beloved. Seeing you, exceedingly lovely in every limb, my mind has indeed become helpless."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.23

श्रुत्वामृतास्वादरसं नृपस्य वचोऽतिरम्यं खलु दाशकन्या । उवाच तं सात्त्विकभावयुक्ता कृत्वातिधैर्यं नृपतिं सुगन्धा

śrutvāmṛtāsvādarasaṃ nṛpasya vaco'tiramyaṃ khalu dāśakanyā | uvāca taṃ sāttvikabhāvayuktā kṛtvātidhairyaṃ nṛpatiṃ sugandhā

Hearing the king's exceedingly delightful words, whose savour was the taste of nectar, the fisherman's daughter, the fragrant one, filled with a virtuous disposition, having summoned great firmness, spoke to that king.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.24

यदात्थ राजन् मयि तत्तथैव मन्येऽहमेतत्तु यथा वचस्ते । नास्मि स्वतन्त्रा त्वमवेहि कामं दाता पिता मेऽर्थय तं त्वमाशु

yadāttha rājan mayi tattathaiva manye'hametattu yathā vacaste | nāsmi svatantrā tvamavehi kāmaṃ dātā pitā me'rthaya taṃ tvamāśu

"What you say to me, O king, is just so; I too think this, as your words are. But know clearly, I am not independent: my father is the giver — ask him at once.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.25

न स्वैरिणीहास्म्यपि दाशपुत्री पितुर्वशेऽहं सततं चरामि । स चेद्ददाति प्रथितः पिता मे गृहाण पाणिं वशगास्मि तेऽहम्

na svairiṇīhāsmyapi dāśaputrī piturvaśe'haṃ satataṃ carāmi | sa ceddadāti prathitaḥ pitā me gṛhāṇa pāṇiṃ vaśagāsmi te'ham

"Nor am I here a woman who acts as she pleases, though a fisherman's daughter; I move always under my father's authority. If my renowned father gives (me), take my hand — I am subject to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.26

मनोभवस्त्वां नृप किं दुनोति यथा पुनर्मां नवयौवनां च । दुनोति तत्रापि हि रक्षणीया धृतिः कुलाचारपरम्परासु

manobhavastvāṃ nṛpa kiṃ dunoti yathā punarmāṃ navayauvanāṃ ca | dunoti tatrāpi hi rakṣaṇīyā dhṛtiḥ kulācāraparamparāsu

"Does mind-born Love torment you, O king, in the way it torments me too, who am in fresh youth? Even so, firmness must be preserved in the traditions of family conduct."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.27

सूत उवाच इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्या नृपति काममोहितः । गतो दाशपतेर्गेहं तस्या याचनहेतवे

sūta uvāca ityākarṇya vacastasyā nṛpati kāmamohitaḥ | gato dāśapatergehaṃ tasyā yācanahetave

Sūta said: Having heard her words thus, the king, bewildered by desire, went to the house of the fisherman-chief in order to ask for her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.28

दृष्ट्वा नृपतिमायान्तं दाशोऽतिविस्मयं गतः । प्रणामं नृपतेः कृत्वा कृताञ्जलिरभाषत

dṛṣṭvā nṛpatimāyāntaṃ dāśo'tivismayaṃ gataḥ | praṇāmaṃ nṛpateḥ kṛtvā kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata

Seeing the king coming, the fisherman was filled with great amazement; having made obeisance to the king, with folded hands he spoke.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.29

दाश उवाच दासोऽस्मि तव भूपाल कृतार्थोऽहं तवागमे । आज्ञां देहि महाराज यदर्थमिह चागमः

dāśa uvāca dāso'smi tava bhūpāla kṛtārtho'haṃ tavāgame | ājñāṃ dehi mahārāja yadarthamiha cāgamaḥ

The fisherman said: I am your servant, O protector of the earth; I am fulfilled by your coming. Give your command, great king — for what purpose have you come here?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.30

राजोवाच धर्मपत्नीं करिष्यामि सुतामेतां तवानघ । त्वया चेद्दीयते मह्यं सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते

rājovāca dharmapatnīṃ kariṣyāmi sutāmetāṃ tavānagha | tvayā ceddīyate mahyaṃ satyametadbravīmi te

The king said: I shall make this daughter of yours my lawful wife, O sinless one, if she is given to me by you; I tell you this truly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.31

दाश उवाच कन्यारत्नं मदीयं चेद्यत्त्वं प्रार्थयसे नृप । दातव्यं तु प्रदास्यामि न त्वदेयं कदाचन

dāśa uvāca kanyāratnaṃ madīyaṃ cedyattvaṃ prārthayase nṛpa | dātavyaṃ tu pradāsyāmi na tvadeyaṃ kadācana

The fisherman said: If it is my jewel of a daughter that you ask for, O king — it should indeed be given, and I shall give her; she is not one never to be given.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.32

तस्याः पुत्रो महाराज त्वदन्ते पृथिवीपतिः । सर्वथा चाभिषेक्तव्यो नान्यः पुत्रस्तवेति वै

tasyāḥ putro mahārāja tvadante pṛthivīpatiḥ | sarvathā cābhiṣektavyo nānyaḥ putrastaveti vai

(But) her son, O great king, (must be) lord of the earth after you; he must in every way be consecrated (as king), and no other son of yours.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.33

सूत उवाच श्रुत्वावाक्यं तु दाशस्य राजा चिन्तातुरोऽभवत् । गाङ्गेयं मनसा कृत्वा नोवाच नृपतिस्तदा

sūta uvāca śrutvāvākyaṃ tu dāśasya rājā cintāturo'bhavat | gāṅgeyaṃ manasā kṛtvā novāca nṛpatistadā

Sūta said: But hearing the fisherman's words, the king became troubled with anxiety; calling Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma) to mind, the king then said nothing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.34

कामातुरो गृहं प्राप्तश्चिन्ताविष्टो महीपतिः । न सस्नौ बुभुजे नाथ न सुष्वाप गृहं गतः

kāmāturo gṛhaṃ prāptaścintāviṣṭo mahīpatiḥ | na sasnau bubhuje nātha na suṣvāpa gṛhaṃ gataḥ

Afflicted by desire, the lord of the earth reached his house possessed by anxiety; having gone home, he neither bathed nor ate, O lord, nor did he sleep.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.35

चिन्तातुरं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रो देवव्रतस्तदा । गत्वापृच्छन्महीपालं तदसन्तोषकारणम्

cintāturaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā putro devavratastadā | gatvāpṛcchanmahīpālaṃ tadasantoṣakāraṇam

Seeing him troubled with anxiety, his son Devavrata then went and asked the king the cause of that discontent.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.36

दुर्जयः कोऽस्ति शत्रुस्ते करोमि वशगं तव । का चिन्ता नृपशार्दूल सत्यं वद नृपोत्तम

durjayaḥ ko'sti śatruste karomi vaśagaṃ tava | kā cintā nṛpaśārdūla satyaṃ vada nṛpottama

"What enemy of yours is hard to conquer? I will bring him under your power. What is your anxiety, O tiger among kings? Tell (me) the truth, best of kings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.37

किं तेन जातेन सुतेन राजन् दुःखं न जानाति न नाशयेद्यः । ऋणं ग्रहीतुं समुपागतोऽसौ प्राग्जन्मजं नात्र विचारणास्ति

kiṃ tena jātena sutena rājan duḥkhaṃ na jānāti na nāśayedyaḥ | ṛṇaṃ grahītuṃ samupāgato'sau prāgjanmajaṃ nātra vicāraṇāsti

What use is that son born, O king, who does not know (his father's) sorrow and would not destroy it? He has come only to collect a debt arising from a former birth — there is no question about it here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.38

विमुच्य राज्यं रघुनन्दनोऽपि ताताज्ञया दाशरथिस्तु रामः । वनं गतो लक्ष्मणजानकीभ्यां सहैव शैलं किल चित्रकूटम्

vimucya rājyaṃ raghunandano'pi tātājñayā dāśarathistu rāmaḥ | vanaṃ gato lakṣmaṇajānakībhyāṃ sahaiva śailaṃ kila citrakūṭam

Even Rāma, the delight of the Raghus, son of Daśaratha, giving up the kingdom at his father's command, went to the forest together with Lakṣmaṇa and Jānakī, indeed to the mountain Citrakūṭa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.39

सुतो हरिश्चन्द्रनृपस्य राजन् यो रोहितश्चेति प्रसिद्धनामा । क्रीतोऽथ पित्रा विपणोद्यतश्च दासार्पितो विप्रगृहे तु नूनम्

suto hariścandranṛpasya rājan yo rohitaśceti prasiddhanāmā | krīto'tha pitrā vipaṇodyataśca dāsārpito vipragṛhe tu nūnam

The son of king Hariścandra, O king, who was famed by the name Rohita — he was sold by his father, who set about trading (him), and was surely handed over as a slave in a brahmin's house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.40

तथाजिगर्तस्य सुतो वरिष्ठो नाम्ना शुनःशेप इति प्रसिद्धः । क्रीतस्तु पित्राप्यथ यूपबद्धः सम्मोचितो गाधिसुतेन पश्चात्

tathājigartasya suto variṣṭho nāmnā śunaḥśepa iti prasiddhaḥ | krītastu pitrāpyatha yūpabaddhaḥ sammocito gādhisutena paścāt

So too the excellent son of Ajīgarta, famed by the name Śunaḥśepa: he was sold by his father and then bound to the sacrificial post, and was afterwards released by the son of Gādhi (Viśvāmitra).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.41

पित्राज्ञया जामदग्न्येन पूर्वं छिन्नं शिरो मातुरिति प्रसिद्धम् । अकार्यमप्याचरितं च तेन गुरोरनुज्ञा च गरीयसी कृता

pitrājñayā jāmadagnyena pūrvaṃ chinnaṃ śiro māturiti prasiddham | akāryamapyācaritaṃ ca tena guroranujñā ca garīyasī kṛtā

It is well known that formerly, at his father's command, the son of Jamadagni cut off his mother's head; even a thing not to be done was done by him, and his elder's command was held weightier.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.42

इदं शरीरं तव भूपते न क्षमोऽस्मि नूनं वद किं करोम्यहम् । न शोचनीयं मयि वर्तमाने- ऽप्यसाध्यमर्थं प्रतिपादयाम्यदः

idaṃ śarīraṃ tava bhūpate na kṣamo'smi nūnaṃ vada kiṃ karomyaham | na śocanīyaṃ mayi vartamāne- 'pyasādhyamarthaṃ pratipādayāmyadaḥ

This body is yours, O lord of the earth; surely I am not unable — tell (me), what shall I do? Nothing is to be grieved over while I live; I will accomplish even an unattainable object.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.43

प्रब्रूहि राजंस्तव कास्ति चिन्ता निवारयाम्यद्य धनुर्गृहीत्वा । देहेन मे चेच्चरितार्थता वा भवत्वमोघा भवतश्चिकीर्षा

prabrūhi rājaṃstava kāsti cintā nivārayāmyadya dhanurgṛhītvā | dehena me ceccaritārthatā vā bhavatvamoghā bhavataścikīrṣā

Tell (me), O king: what anxiety is yours? I will drive it away this very day, taking up my bow. If (there is) fulfilment of purpose for me through my body, let your wish be not in vain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.44

धिक् तं सुतं यः पितुरीप्सितार्थं क्षमोऽपि सन्न प्रतिपादयेद्यः । जातेन किं तेन सुतेन कामं पितुर्न चिन्तां हि समुद्धरेद्यः

dhik taṃ sutaṃ yaḥ piturīpsitārthaṃ kṣamo'pi sanna pratipādayedyaḥ | jātena kiṃ tena sutena kāmaṃ piturna cintāṃ hi samuddharedyaḥ

Shame on that son who, though capable, would not accomplish his father's desired aim. What use is that son born who, though he may wish it, does not remove his father's anxiety?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.45

सूत उवाच निशम्येति वचस्तस्य पुत्रस्य शन्तनुर्नृपः । लज्जमानस्तु मनसा तमाह त्वरितं सुतम्

sūta uvāca niśamyeti vacastasya putrasya śantanurnṛpaḥ | lajjamānastu manasā tamāha tvaritaṃ sutam

Sūta said: Having heard this speech of his son, king Śantanu, ashamed in his mind, spoke quickly to that son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.46

राजोवाच चिन्ता मे महती पुत्र यस्त्वमेकोऽसि मे सुतः । शूरोऽतिबलवान्मानी संग्रामेष्वपराङ्मुखः

rājovāca cintā me mahatī putra yastvameko'si me sutaḥ | śūro'tibalavānmānī saṃgrāmeṣvaparāṅmukhaḥ

The king said: Great is my anxiety, son, since you are my only son — brave, exceedingly strong, proud, never turning your back in battles.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.47

एकापत्यस्य मे तात वृथेदं जीवितं किल । मृते त्वयि मृधे क्वापि किं करोमि निराश्रयः

ekāpatyasya me tāta vṛthedaṃ jīvitaṃ kila | mṛte tvayi mṛdhe kvāpi kiṃ karomi nirāśrayaḥ

For me, having a single child, this life is surely in vain, my dear; if you were to die somewhere in battle, what shall I do, without support?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.48

एषा मे महती चिन्ता तेनाद्य दुःखितोऽत्म्यहम् । नान्या चिन्तास्ति मे पुत्र यां तवाग्रे वदाम्यहम्

eṣā me mahatī cintā tenādya duḥkhito'tmyaham | nānyā cintāsti me putra yāṃ tavāgre vadāmyaham

This is my great worry; because of it I am today aggrieved. There is no other worry of mine, my son, that I might speak of before you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.49

सूत उवाच तदाकर्ण्याथ गाङ्गेयो मन्त्रिवृद्धानपृच्छत । न मां वदति भूपालो लज्जयाद्य परिप्लुतः

sūta uvāca tadākarṇyātha gāṅgeyo mantrivṛddhānapṛcchata | na māṃ vadati bhūpālo lajjayādya pariplutaḥ

Sūta said: Hearing that, the son of Gaṅgā then questioned the elder ministers: "The king does not tell me (anything), being now overcome with shame.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.50

वित्त वार्तां नृपस्याद्य पृष्ट्वा यूयं विनिश्चयात् । सत्यं ब्रुवन्तु मां सर्वं तत्करोमि निराकुलः

vitta vārtāṃ nṛpasyādya pṛṣṭvā yūyaṃ viniścayāt | satyaṃ bruvantu māṃ sarvaṃ tatkaromi nirākulaḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 2 5.51

तच्छ्रुत्वा ते नृपं गत्वा संविज्ञाय च कारणम् । शशंसुर्विदितार्थस्तु गाङ्गेयस्तदचिन्तयत्

tacchrutvā te nṛpaṃ gatvā saṃvijñāya ca kāraṇam | śaśaṃsurviditārthastu gāṅgeyastadacintayat

Having heard that, they went to the king and, having found out the reason, they reported it; and Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma), now knowing the matter, thought about it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.52

सहितस्तैर्जगामाशु दाशस्य सदनं तदा । प्रेमपूर्वमुवाचेदं विनम्रो जाह्नवीसुतः

sahitastairjagāmāśu dāśasya sadanaṃ tadā | premapūrvamuvācedaṃ vinamro jāhnavīsutaḥ

Together with them (Ganga's son) went at once to the fisherman's house then; and bowing humbly, the son of Jahnavi spoke this affectionately:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.53

गाङ्गेय उवाच पित्रे देहि सुतां तेऽद्य प्रार्थयामि सुमध्यमाम् । माता मेऽस्तु सुतेयं ते दासोऽत्म्यस्याः परन्तप

gāṅgeya uvāca pitre dehi sutāṃ te'dya prārthayāmi sumadhyamām | mātā me'stu suteyaṃ te dāso'tmyasyāḥ parantapa

Gāṅgeya said: Give your daughter today to (my) father — I ask for the fair-waisted girl. Let this daughter of yours be my mother; I am her servant, O scorcher of foes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.54

दाश उवाच त्वं गृहाण महाभाग पत्नीं कुरु नृपात्मज । पुत्रोऽस्या न भवेद्राजा वर्तमाने त्वयीति वै

dāśa uvāca tvaṃ gṛhāṇa mahābhāga patnīṃ kuru nṛpātmaja | putro'syā na bhavedrājā vartamāne tvayīti vai

The fisherman said: You yourself take her, O greatly fortunate one, make her (your) wife, O son of the king; (for) her son would not become king while you are alive — so (it stands).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.55

गाङ्गेय उवाच मातेयं मम दाशेयी राज्यं नैव करोम्यहम् । पुत्रोऽस्याः सर्वथा राज्यं करिष्यति न संशयः

gāṅgeya uvāca māteyaṃ mama dāśeyī rājyaṃ naiva karomyaham | putro'syāḥ sarvathā rājyaṃ kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

The son of Gaṅgā said: This fisherman's daughter is my mother; I shall not take the kingship at all. Her son will in every way rule the kingdom — there is no doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.56

दाश उवाच सत्यं वाक्यं मया ज्ञातं पुत्रस्ते बलवान्भवेत् । सोऽपि राज्यं बलान्नूनं गृह्णीयादिति निश्चयः

dāśa uvāca satyaṃ vākyaṃ mayā jñātaṃ putraste balavānbhavet | so'pi rājyaṃ balānnūnaṃ gṛhṇīyāditi niścayaḥ

The fisherman said: I acknowledge (your) word as true; (but) a son of yours may be strong, and he too would surely seize the kingdom by force — that is (my) conviction.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.57

गाङ्गेय उवाच न दारसंग्रहं नूनं करिष्यामि हि सर्वथा । सत्यं मे वचनं तात मया भीष्मं व्रतं कृतम्

gāṅgeya uvāca na dārasaṃgrahaṃ nūnaṃ kariṣyāmi hi sarvathā | satyaṃ me vacanaṃ tāta mayā bhīṣmaṃ vrataṃ kṛtam

Gāṅgeya said: Surely I shall not take a wife at all, in any way. My word is true, father — a dreadful (bhīṣma) vow has been made by me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.58

सूत उवाच एवं कृतां प्रतिज्ञां तु निशम्य झषजीवकः । ददौ सत्यवतीं तस्मै राज्ञे सर्वाङ्गशोभनाम्

sūta uvāca evaṃ kṛtāṃ pratijñāṃ tu niśamya jhaṣajīvakaḥ | dadau satyavatīṃ tasmai rājñe sarvāṅgaśobhanām

Sūta said: Having heard the vow made in this way, the fisherman gave Satyavatī, beautiful in every limb, to that king.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 2 5.59

अनेन विधिना तेन वृता सत्यवती प्रिया । न जानाति परं जन्म व्यासस्य नृपसत्तमः

anena vidhinā tena vṛtā satyavatī priyā | na jānāti paraṃ janma vyāsasya nṛpasattamaḥ

By this procedure the beloved Satyavatī was taken (in marriage) by him; the best of kings did not know of Vyāsa's earlier birth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain