Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 21

DB 3 21.1

कन्यया स्वपितरं प्रति सुदर्शनेन सह विवाहार्थकथनम् व्यास उवाच सुबाहुरपि तच्छ्रुत्वा युक्तमुक्तं तया तदा । चिन्ताविष्टो बभूवाशु किं कर्तव्यमतः परम्

kanyayā svapitaraṃ prati sudarśanena saha vivāhārthakathanam vyāsa uvāca subāhurapi tacchrutvā yuktamuktaṃ tayā tadā | cintāviṣṭo babhūvāśu kiṃ kartavyamataḥ param

The maiden's telling her own father of the matter of marriage with Sudarśana. Vyāsa said: Subāhu too, hearing that fitting thing then said by her, was at once filled with anxiety: "What is to be done after this?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.2

सङ्गताः पृथिवीपालाः ससैन्याः सपरिग्रहाः । उपविष्टाश्च मञ्चेषु योद्धुकामा महाबलाः

saṅgatāḥ pṛthivīpālāḥ sasainyāḥ saparigrahāḥ | upaviṣṭāśca mañceṣu yoddhukāmā mahābalāḥ

"The protectors of the earth have assembled with their armies and their retinues, and they are seated on the platforms, eager to fight, men of great strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.3

यदि ब्रवीमि तान्सर्वान्सुता नायाति साम्प्रतम् । तथापि कोपसंयुक्ता हन्युर्मा दुष्टबुद्धयः

yadi bravīmi tānsarvānsutā nāyāti sāmpratam | tathāpi kopasaṃyuktā hanyurmā duṣṭabuddhayaḥ

If I tell them all, 'My daughter is not coming now,' then too, filled with anger, those of evil mind may kill me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.4

न मे सैन्यबलं तादृङ्न दुर्गबलमद्भुतम् । येनाहं नृपतीन्सर्वान् प्रत्यादेष्टुमिहोत्सहे

na me sainyabalaṃ tādṛṅna durgabalamadbhutam | yenāhaṃ nṛpatīnsarvān pratyādeṣṭumihotsahe

I have no such strength of army, nor any marvellous strength of fortress, by which I could venture here to refuse all these kings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.5

सुदर्शनस्तथैकाकी ह्यसहायोऽधनः शिशुः । किं कर्तव्यं निमग्नोऽहं सर्वथा दुःखसागरे

sudarśanastathaikākī hyasahāyo'dhanaḥ śiśuḥ | kiṃ kartavyaṃ nimagno'haṃ sarvathā duḥkhasāgare

"And Sudarśana is alone, without support, without wealth, a mere boy. What is to be done? I am utterly sunk in an ocean of sorrow."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.6

इति चिन्तापरो राजा जगाम नृपसन्निधौ । प्रणम्य तानुवाचाथ प्रश्रयावनतो नृपः

iti cintāparo rājā jagāma nṛpasannidhau | praṇamya tānuvācātha praśrayāvanato nṛpaḥ

Absorbed in such thought, the king went into the presence of the kings; and having bowed to them, the king, bent low in deference, spoke.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.7

किं कर्तव्यं नृपाः कामं नैति मे मण्डपे सुता । बहुशः प्रेर्यमाणाऽपि सा मात्राऽपि मयाऽपि च

kiṃ kartavyaṃ nṛpāḥ kāmaṃ naiti me maṇḍape sutā | bahuśaḥ preryamāṇā'pi sā mātrā'pi mayā'pi ca

"What is to be done, O kings? My daughter simply will not come to my pavilion, though she has been urged many times, by her mother and by me as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.8

मूर्घ्ना पतामि पादेषु राज्ञां दासोऽस्मि साम्प्रतम् । पूजादिकं गृहीत्वाऽद्य व्रजन्तु सदनानि वः

mūrghnā patāmi pādeṣu rājñāṃ dāso'smi sāmpratam | pūjādikaṃ gṛhītvā'dya vrajantu sadanāni vaḥ

With my head I fall at the kings' feet; I am now (your) servant. Accepting worship and the rest, let (you all) go today to your dwellings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.9

ददामि बहुरत्नानि वस्त्राणि च गजान् रथान् । गृहीत्वाऽद्य कृपां कृत्वा व्रजन्तु भवनान्युत

dadāmi bahuratnāni vastrāṇi ca gajān rathān | gṛhītvā'dya kṛpāṃ kṛtvā vrajantu bhavanānyuta

I give many jewels, and garments, elephants, chariots. Taking them today, and showing mercy, let (you) go to your homes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.10

न वशे मे सुता बाला म्रियते यदि खेदिता । तदा मे स्यान्महद्दुःखं तेन चिन्तातुरोऽस्म्यहम्

na vaśe me sutā bālā mriyate yadi kheditā | tadā me syānmahadduḥkhaṃ tena cintāturo'smyaham

My young daughter is not under my control; if, being distressed, she dies, then great grief would be mine — that is why I am stricken with worry.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.11

भवन्तः करुणावन्तो महाभाग्या महौजसः । किं मे तया दुहित्रा तु मन्दया दुर्विनीतया

bhavantaḥ karuṇāvanto mahābhāgyā mahaujasaḥ | kiṃ me tayā duhitrā tu mandayā durvinītayā

You (kings) are compassionate, greatly fortunate, of great vigour. What is that daughter of mine to me — dull-witted and ill-bred (as she is)?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.12

अनुग्राह्योऽस्मि वः कामं दासोऽहमिति सर्वथा । सुता सुतेव मन्तव्या भवद्भिः सर्वथा मम

anugrāhyo'smi vaḥ kāmaṃ dāso'hamiti sarvathā | sutā suteva mantavyā bhavadbhiḥ sarvathā mama

I am indeed to be favoured by you; in every way I am (your) servant. My daughter should in every way be regarded by you as (your own) daughter."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.13

व्यास उवाच श्रुत्वा सुबाहुवचनं नोचुः केचन भूमिपाः । युधाजित्क्रोधताम्राक्षस्तमुवाच रुषान्वितः

vyāsa uvāca śrutvā subāhuvacanaṃ nocuḥ kecana bhūmipāḥ | yudhājitkrodhatāmrākṣastamuvāca ruṣānvitaḥ

Vyāsa said: On hearing Subāhu's speech, some of the kings said nothing; but Yudhājit, his eyes coppery with anger, filled with fury, said to him:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.14

राजन्मूर्खोऽसि किं ब्रूषे कृत्वा कार्य सुनिन्दितम् । स्वयंवरः कथं मोहाद्रचितः संशये सति

rājanmūrkho'si kiṃ brūṣe kṛtvā kārya suninditam | svayaṃvaraḥ kathaṃ mohādracitaḥ saṃśaye sati

"King, you are a fool! What are you saying, having done a most blameworthy deed? Why, out of delusion, was a self-choice arranged when the matter was doubtful?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.15

मिलिता भूभुजः सर्वे त्वयाहूताः स्वयंवरे । कथमद्य नृपा गन्तुं योग्यास्ते स्वगृहान्प्रति

militā bhūbhujaḥ sarve tvayāhūtāḥ svayaṃvare | kathamadya nṛpā gantuṃ yogyāste svagṛhānprati

All the kings, summoned by you, have assembled at the self-choice. How are these kings fit to go now to their own homes?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.16

अवमान्य नृपान्सर्वांस्त्वं किं सुदर्शनाय वै । दातुमिच्छसि पुत्रीञ्च किमनार्यमतः परम्

avamānya nṛpānsarvāṃstvaṃ kiṃ sudarśanāya vai | dātumicchasi putrīñca kimanāryamataḥ param

Slighting all the kings, do you wish to give your daughter to Sudarśana? What could be more ignoble than this?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.17

विचार्य पुरुषेणादौ कार्यं वै शुभमिच्छता । आरब्धव्यं त्वया तत्तु कृतं राजन्नजानता

vicārya puruṣeṇādau kāryaṃ vai śubhamicchatā | ārabdhavyaṃ tvayā tattu kṛtaṃ rājannajānatā

A man who desires what is auspicious should first deliberate and then undertake the task; but you, O king, did that thing in ignorance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.18

एतान्विहाय नृपतीन्बलवाहनसंयुतान् । वरं सुदर्शनं कर्तुं कथमिच्छसि साम्प्रतम्

etānvihāya nṛpatīnbalavāhanasaṃyutān | varaṃ sudarśanaṃ kartuṃ kathamicchasi sāmpratam

Passing over these kings, provided with armies and mounts, how do you now wish to make Sudarśana the bridegroom?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.19

अहं त्वां हन्मि पापिष्ठं तथा पश्चात्सुदर्शनम् । दौहित्रायाद्य ते कन्यां दास्यामीति विनिश्चयः

ahaṃ tvāṃ hanmi pāpiṣṭhaṃ tathā paścātsudarśanam | dauhitrāyādya te kanyāṃ dāsyāmīti viniścayaḥ

I shall kill you, most wicked one, and afterwards Sudarśana too. It is my resolve: 'Today I shall give your girl to my daughter's son.'

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.20

मयि तिष्ठति कोऽन्योस्ति यः कन्यां हर्तुमिच्छति । सुदर्शनः कियानद्य निर्धनो निर्बलः शिशुः

mayi tiṣṭhati ko'nyosti yaḥ kanyāṃ hartumicchati | sudarśanaḥ kiyānadya nirdhano nirbalaḥ śiśuḥ

While I stand (here), who else is there who would wish to carry off the girl? How much is Sudarśana now — penniless, powerless, a boy?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.21

भारद्वाजाश्रमे पूर्वं मुक्तो मुनिकृते मया । नाद्याहं मोचयिष्यामि सर्वथा जीवितं शिशोः कन्यया स्वपितरं प्रति सुदर्शनेन सह विवाहार्थकथनं नामैकविंशोऽध्यायः

bhāradvājāśrame pūrvaṃ mukto munikṛte mayā | nādyāhaṃ mocayiṣyāmi sarvathā jīvitaṃ śiśoḥ kanyayā svapitaraṃ prati sudarśanena saha vivāhārthakathanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Formerly, in Bharadvāja's hermitage, he was let go by me for the sage's sake; today I shall not by any means spare the boy's life. — (Thus) the twenty-first chapter, called 'The girl's telling her own father about marriage with Sudarśana.'

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.22

तस्माद्विचार्य सम्यक्त्वं पुत्र्या च भार्यया सह । दौहित्राय प्रियां कन्यां देहि मे सुभ्रुवं किल

tasmādvicārya samyaktvaṃ putryā ca bhāryayā saha | dauhitrāya priyāṃ kanyāṃ dehi me subhruvaṃ kila

Therefore, having properly deliberated together with your daughter and your wife, give me your dear girl of lovely brows for my daughter's son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.23

सम्बन्धी भव दत्त्वा त्वं पुत्रीमेतां मनोरमाम् । उच्चाश्रयः प्रकर्तव्यः सर्वदा शुभमिच्छता

sambandhī bhava dattvā tvaṃ putrīmetāṃ manoramām | uccāśrayaḥ prakartavyaḥ sarvadā śubhamicchatā

Become a kinsman (by marriage), giving this delightful daughter (of yours). One who desires good should always make a high connection.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.24

सुदर्शनाय दत्त्वा त्वं पुत्रीं प्राणप्रियां शुभाम् । एकाकिनेऽप्यराज्याय किं सुखं प्राप्तुमिच्छसि

sudarśanāya dattvā tvaṃ putrīṃ prāṇapriyāṃ śubhām | ekākine'pyarājyāya kiṃ sukhaṃ prāptumicchasi

By giving your auspicious daughter, dear as your life, to Sudarśana — who is alone and without a kingdom — what happiness do you hope to obtain?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.25

( कुलं वित्तं बलं रूपं राज्यं दुर्गं सुहृज्जनम् । दृष्ट्वा कन्या प्रदातव्या नान्यथा सुखमृच्छति) ॥ परिचिन्तय धर्मं त्वं राजनीतिञ्च शाश्वतीम् । कुरु कार्यं यथायोग्यं मा कृथा मतिमन्यथा

( kulaṃ vittaṃ balaṃ rūpaṃ rājyaṃ durgaṃ suhṛjjanam | dṛṣṭvā kanyā pradātavyā nānyathā sukhamṛcchati) || paricintaya dharmaṃ tvaṃ rājanītiñca śāśvatīm | kuru kāryaṃ yathāyogyaṃ mā kṛthā matimanyathā

(A girl should be given only after) looking at family, wealth, strength, beauty, kingdom, fortress and friends; otherwise she does not attain happiness. Reflect on dharma and on the eternal science of kingship; do what is fitting, do not set your mind otherwise.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.26

सुहृदसि ममात्यर्थं हितं ते प्रब्रवीम्यहम् । समानय सुतां राजन् मण्डपे तां सखीवृताम्

suhṛdasi mamātyarthaṃ hitaṃ te prabravīmyaham | samānaya sutāṃ rājan maṇḍape tāṃ sakhīvṛtām

You are exceedingly a friend of mine; I am telling you what is good for you: bring your daughter, O king, into the pavilion, surrounded by her companions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.27

सुदर्शनमृते चेयं वरिष्यति यदाऽप्यसौ । विग्रहो मे तदा न स्याद्विवाहोऽस्तु तवेप्सितः

sudarśanamṛte ceyaṃ variṣyati yadā'pyasau | vigraho me tadā na syādvivāho'stu tavepsitaḥ

And if she should choose anyone other than Sudarśana, then there will be no quarrel from me; let the marriage you wish for take place.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.28

अन्ये नृपतयः सर्वे कुलीनाः सबलाः समाः । विरोधः कीदृशस्त्वेनं वृणोद्यदि नृपोत्तम

anye nṛpatayaḥ sarve kulīnāḥ sabalāḥ samāḥ | virodhaḥ kīdṛśastvenaṃ vṛṇodyadi nṛpottama

All the other kings are of good family, possessed of armies, (and) equal (to him); what sort of opposition would there be, O best of kings, if she chooses one of them?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.29

अन्यथाऽहं हरिष्येऽद्य बलात्कन्यामिमां शुभाम् । मा विरोधं सुदुःसाध्यं गच्छ पार्थिवसत्तम

anyathā'haṃ hariṣye'dya balātkanyāmimāṃ śubhām | mā virodhaṃ suduḥsādhyaṃ gaccha pārthivasattama

Otherwise I shall carry off this fair maiden today by force; do not enter into a conflict very hard to settle, O best of princes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.30

व्यास उवाच युधाजिता समादिष्टः सुबाहुः शोकसंयुतः । निःश्वसन्भवनं गत्वा भार्यां प्राह शुचावृतः

vyāsa uvāca yudhājitā samādiṣṭaḥ subāhuḥ śokasaṃyutaḥ | niḥśvasanbhavanaṃ gatvā bhāryāṃ prāha śucāvṛtaḥ

Vyāsa said: Thus commanded by Yudhājit, Subāhu, filled with grief, sighing, went to his palace and, overcome with sorrow, spoke to his wife:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.31

पुत्रीं ब्रूहि सुधर्मज्ञे कलहे समुपस्थिते । किं कर्त्तव्यं मया शक्यं त्वद्वशोऽस्मि सुलोचने

putrīṃ brūhi sudharmajñe kalahe samupasthite | kiṃ karttavyaṃ mayā śakyaṃ tvadvaśo'smi sulocane

"Tell your daughter, O you who know dharma well, now that strife has arisen—what can be done by me? I am subject to you, O fair-eyed one."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.32

व्यास उवाच सा श्रुत्वा पतिवाक्यं तु गत्वा प्राह सुतान्तिकम् । वत्से राजातिदुःखार्तः पिता तेऽद्यापि वर्तते

vyāsa uvāca sā śrutvā pativākyaṃ tu gatvā prāha sutāntikam | vatse rājātiduḥkhārtaḥ pitā te'dyāpi vartate

Vyāsa said: She, having heard her husband's words, went and spoke to her daughter: "Child, your father the king is even now afflicted with great pain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.33

त्वदर्थे विग्रहः कामं समुत्पन्नोऽद्य भूभृताम् । अन्यं वरय सुश्रोणि सुदर्शनमृते नृपम्

tvadarthe vigrahaḥ kāmaṃ samutpanno'dya bhūbhṛtām | anyaṃ varaya suśroṇi sudarśanamṛte nṛpam

Indeed a conflict among the kings has arisen today on your account; choose another king, O fair-hipped one, other than Sudarśana.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.34

यदि सुदर्शनं वत्से हठात्त्वं वै वरिष्यसि । युधाजित्त्वां च मां चैव हनिष्यति बलान्वितः

yadi sudarśanaṃ vatse haṭhāttvaṃ vai variṣyasi | yudhājittvāṃ ca māṃ caiva haniṣyati balānvitaḥ

If, child, you insist obstinately on choosing Sudarśana, Yudhājit, possessed of an army, will kill you and me too.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.35

सुदर्शनं च राजाऽसौ बलमत्तः प्रतापवान् । द्वितीयस्ते पतिः पश्चाद्भविता कलहे सति

sudarśanaṃ ca rājā'sau balamattaḥ pratāpavān | dvitīyaste patiḥ paścādbhavitā kalahe sati

And that king (Yudhājit) is drunk with strength and full of might; if strife arises, Sudarśana will afterwards be your second husband.

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

DB 3 21.36

तस्मात्सुदर्शनं त्यक्त्वा वरयान्यं नृपोत्तमम् । सुखमिच्छसि चेन्मह्यं तुभ्यं वा मृगलोचने । इति मात्रा बोधितां तां पश्चाद्राजाप्यबोधयत्

tasmātsudarśanaṃ tyaktvā varayānyaṃ nṛpottamam | sukhamicchasi cenmahyaṃ tubhyaṃ vā mṛgalocane | iti mātrā bodhitāṃ tāṃ paścādrājāpyabodhayat

Therefore, giving up Sudarśana, choose another excellent king, if you wish happiness for me or for yourself, O doe-eyed one." Thus admonished by her mother, she was afterwards admonished by the king as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.37

उभयोर्वचनं श्रुत्वा निर्भयोवाच कन्यका कन्योवाच सत्यमुक्तं नृपश्रेष्ठ जानासि च व्रतं मम

ubhayorvacanaṃ śrutvā nirbhayovāca kanyakā kanyovāca satyamuktaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha jānāsi ca vrataṃ mama

Having heard the words of both, the maiden spoke without fear. The maiden said: What you say is true, O best of kings, and you know my vow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.38

नान्यं वृणोमि भूपाल सुदर्शनमृते क्वचित् । बिभेषि यदि राजेन्द्र नृपेभ्यः किल कातरः

nānyaṃ vṛṇomi bhūpāla sudarśanamṛte kvacit | bibheṣi yadi rājendra nṛpebhyaḥ kila kātaraḥ

I will choose no other anywhere, O protector of the earth, but Sudarśana. If you are afraid, O lord of kings, being timid before the kings,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.39

सुदर्शनाय दत्त्वा मां विसर्जय पुराद्बहिः । स मां रथे सामारोप्य निर्गमिष्यति ते पुरात्

sudarśanāya dattvā māṃ visarjaya purādbahiḥ | sa māṃ rathe sāmāropya nirgamiṣyati te purāt

then give me to Sudarśana and send me away outside the city; he will mount me on his chariot and go out from your city.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.40

भवितव्यं तु पश्चाद्वै भविष्यति न चान्यथा । नात्र चिन्ता त्वया कार्या भवितव्ये नृपोत्तम

bhavitavyaṃ tu paścādvai bhaviṣyati na cānyathā | nātra cintā tvayā kāryā bhavitavye nṛpottama

What is to be will indeed come to pass afterwards, and not otherwise; you should not worry about this, O best of kings, concerning what is to be.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.41

यद्भावि तद्भवत्येव सर्वथात्र न संशयः । राजोवाच न पुत्रि साहसं कार्यं मतिमद्भिः कदाचन

yadbhāvi tadbhavatyeva sarvathātra na saṃśayaḥ | rājovāca na putri sāhasaṃ kāryaṃ matimadbhiḥ kadācana

What is destined does happen in every way—there is no doubt here. The king said: No, daughter, a rash act should never be done by the wise.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.42

बहुभिर्न विरोद्धव्यमिति वेदविदो विदुः । विस्रक्ष्यामि कथं कन्यां दत्त्वा राजसुताय च

bahubhirna viroddhavyamiti vedavido viduḥ | visrakṣyāmi kathaṃ kanyāṃ dattvā rājasutāya ca

"One should not oppose many"—so those who know the Veda understand. How shall I give the girl to the prince and send her away?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.43

राजानो वरसंयुक्ताः किं न कुर्युरसाम्प्रतम् । यदि ते रोचते वत्से पणं संविदधाम्यहम्

rājāno varasaṃyuktāḥ kiṃ na kuryurasāmpratam | yadi te rocate vatse paṇaṃ saṃvidadhāmyaham

What improper thing would kings not do when they are (rival) suitors? If it pleases you, child, I shall arrange a contest,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.44

जनकेन यथा पूर्वं कृतः सीतास्वयंवरे । शैवं धनुर्यथा तेन धृतं कृत्वा पणं तथा

janakena yathā pūrvaṃ kṛtaḥ sītāsvayaṃvare | śaivaṃ dhanuryathā tena dhṛtaṃ kṛtvā paṇaṃ tathā

as was formerly made by Janaka at Sītā's self-choice, when he made the bow of Śiva, which he held, the condition—so likewise (I shall do).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.45

तथाहमपि तन्वङ्गि करोम्यद्य दुरासदम् । विवादो येन राज्ञां वै कृते सति शमं व्रजेत्

tathāhamapi tanvaṅgi karomyadya durāsadam | vivādo yena rājñāṃ vai kṛte sati śamaṃ vrajet

"So I too, slender-limbed one, will today set a hard-to-accomplish (condition), by the making of which the dispute of the kings would come to rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.46

पालयिष्यति यः कामं स ते भर्ता भविष्यति । सुदर्शनस्तथाऽन्यो वा यः कश्चिद्बलवत्तरः

pālayiṣyati yaḥ kāmaṃ sa te bhartā bhaviṣyati | sudarśanastathā'nyo vā yaḥ kaścidbalavattaraḥ

Whoever fulfils (my) wish, he shall be your husband — whether Sudarśana or some other who is stronger,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.47

पालयित्वा पणं त्वां वै वरयिष्यति सर्वथा । एवं कृते नृपाणां तु विवादः शमितो भवेत्

pālayitvā paṇaṃ tvāṃ vai varayiṣyati sarvathā | evaṃ kṛte nṛpāṇāṃ tu vivādaḥ śamito bhavet

having fulfilled the wager he will certainly choose you in every way; and when this is done the dispute of the kings would be quelled.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.48

सुखेनाहं विवाहं ते करिष्यामि ततः परम् । कन्योवाच सन्देहे नैव मज्जामि मूर्खकृत्यमिदं यतः

sukhenāhaṃ vivāhaṃ te kariṣyāmi tataḥ param | kanyovāca sandehe naiva majjāmi mūrkhakṛtyamidaṃ yataḥ

Thereafter I shall perform your marriage with ease." The girl said: "I will not sink into doubt at all, since this is a fool's deed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.49

मया सुदर्शनः पूर्वं धृतश्चेतसि नान्यथा । कारणं पुण्यपापानां मन एव महीपते

mayā sudarśanaḥ pūrvaṃ dhṛtaścetasi nānyathā | kāraṇaṃ puṇyapāpānāṃ mana eva mahīpate

Sudarśana was already held fast in my heart, and not otherwise; the mind alone is the cause of merits and sins, O lord of the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.50

मनसा विधृतं त्यक्त्वा कथमन्यं वृणे पितः । कृते पणे महाराज सर्वेषां वशगा ह्यहम्

manasā vidhṛtaṃ tyaktvā kathamanyaṃ vṛṇe pitaḥ | kṛte paṇe mahārāja sarveṣāṃ vaśagā hyaham

Abandoning him who is held in my mind, how shall I choose another, father? If the wager is made, great king, I become subject to all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.51

एकः पालयिता द्वौ वा बहवो वा भवन्ति चेत् । किं कर्तव्यं तदा तात विवादे समुपस्थिते

ekaḥ pālayitā dvau vā bahavo vā bhavanti cet | kiṃ kartavyaṃ tadā tāta vivāde samupasthite

If there is one fulfiller, or two, or many, what then is to be done, father, when a dispute arises?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.52

संशयाधिष्ठिते कार्ये मतिं नाहं करोम्यतः । मा चिन्तां कुरु राजेन्द्र देहि सुदर्शनाय माम्

saṃśayādhiṣṭhite kārye matiṃ nāhaṃ karomyataḥ | mā cintāṃ kuru rājendra dehi sudarśanāya mām

Therefore I do not set my mind on an undertaking beset by doubt. Do not worry, best of kings; give me to Sudarśana.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.53

विवाहं विधिना कृत्वा शं विधास्यति चण्डिका । यन्नामकीर्तनादेव दुःखौघो विलयं व्रजेत्

vivāhaṃ vidhinā kṛtvā śaṃ vidhāsyati caṇḍikā | yannāmakīrtanādeva duḥkhaugho vilayaṃ vrajet

When the marriage has been performed according to rule, Caṇḍikā will bring about welfare — she by the mere chanting of whose name the flood of sorrow dissolves.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.54

तां स्मृत्वा परमां शक्तिं कुरु कार्यमतन्द्रितः । गत्वा वद नृपेभ्यस्त्वं कृताञ्जलिपुटोऽद्य वै

tāṃ smṛtvā paramāṃ śaktiṃ kuru kāryamatandritaḥ | gatvā vada nṛpebhyastvaṃ kṛtāñjalipuṭo'dya vai

Remembering her, the supreme Power, do the deed untiringly. Go today and speak to the kings with your palms joined:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.55

आगन्तव्यञ्च श्वः सर्वैरिह भूपैः स्वयंवरे । इत्युक्त्वा त्वं विसृज्याशु सर्वं नृपतिमण्डलम्

āgantavyañca śvaḥ sarvairiha bhūpaiḥ svayaṃvare | ityuktvā tvaṃ visṛjyāśu sarvaṃ nṛpatimaṇḍalam

'All you kings must come here tomorrow to the self-choice.' Having said this, quickly dismiss the whole circle of kings,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.56

विवाहं कुरु रात्रौ मे वेदोक्तविधिना नृप । पारिबर्हं यथायोग्यं दत्त्वा तस्मै विसर्जय

vivāhaṃ kuru rātrau me vedoktavidhinā nṛpa | pāribarhaṃ yathāyogyaṃ dattvā tasmai visarjaya

and at night perform my marriage by the rite declared in the Veda, O king; and having given him a suitable wedding-gift, send him off.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.57

गमिष्यति गृहीत्वा मां ध्रुवसन्धिसुतः किल । कदाचित्ते नृपाः क्रुद्धाः सङ्ग्रामं कर्त्तुमुद्यताः

gamiṣyati gṛhītvā māṃ dhruvasandhisutaḥ kila | kadācitte nṛpāḥ kruddhāḥ saṅgrāmaṃ karttumudyatāḥ

Dhruvasandhi's son will surely take me and go. If sometime those kings, enraged, are set on making war,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.58

भविष्यति तदा देवी साहाय्यं नः करिष्यति । सोऽपि राजसुतस्तैस्तु सङ्ग्रामं संविधास्यति

bhaviṣyati tadā devī sāhāyyaṃ naḥ kariṣyati | so'pi rājasutastaistu saṅgrāmaṃ saṃvidhāsyati

then the Goddess will render us help; and that prince too will wage the battle with them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.59

दैवान्मृधे मृते तस्मिन्मरिष्याम्यहमप्युत । स्वस्ति तेस्तु गृहे तिष्ठ दत्त्वा मां सहसैन्यकः

daivānmṛdhe mṛte tasminmariṣyāmyahamapyuta | svasti testu gṛhe tiṣṭha dattvā māṃ sahasainyakaḥ

If by fate he dies in the fight, I too shall die. May it be well with you — stay at home, having given me away, together with your army.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 21.60

एकैवाहं गमिष्यामि तेन सार्धं रिरंसया । व्यास उवाच इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा राजाऽसौ कृतनिश्चयः । मतिं चक्रे तथा कर्तुं विश्वासं प्रतिपद्य च

ekaivāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi tena sārdhaṃ riraṃsayā | vyāsa uvāca iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā rājā'sau kṛtaniścayaḥ | matiṃ cakre tathā kartuṃ viśvāsaṃ pratipadya ca

I alone will go along with him out of desire for pleasure." Vyāsa said: Having heard her words, that king became resolved, and putting his trust (in her) he made up his mind to act accordingly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition