Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4 — Chapter 1
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जनमेजयप्रश्नाः जनमेजय उवाच वासवेय मुनिश्रेष्ठ सर्वज्ञाननिधेऽनघ । प्रष्टुमिच्छाम्यहं स्वामिन्नस्माकं कुलवर्धन चतुर्थस्कन्धे जनमेजयप्रश्नो नाम प्रथमोऽध्यायः
janamejayapraśnāḥ janamejaya uvāca vāsaveya muniśreṣṭha sarvajñānanidhe'nagha | praṣṭumicchāmyahaṃ svāminnasmākaṃ kulavardhana caturthaskandhe janamejayapraśno nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ
The questions of Janamejaya. Janamejaya said: O descendant of Vasu, best of sages, treasury of all knowledge, sinless one, I wish to ask, O master, O increaser of our lineage — [Chapter One of the Fourth Book, called "The Questions of Janamejaya"]
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शूरसेनसुतः श्रीमान्वसुदेवः प्रतापवान् । श्रुतं मया हरिर्यस्य पुत्रभावमवाप्तवान्
śūrasenasutaḥ śrīmānvasudevaḥ pratāpavān | śrutaṃ mayā hariryasya putrabhāvamavāptavān
Śūrasena's son, the glorious and mighty Vasudeva — I have heard that Hari became his son.
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देवानामपि पूज्योऽभून्नाम्ना चानकदुन्दुभिः । कारागारे कथं बद्धः कंसस्य धर्मतत्परः
devānāmapi pūjyo'bhūnnāmnā cānakadundubhiḥ | kārāgāre kathaṃ baddhaḥ kaṃsasya dharmatatparaḥ
He was worthy of worship even by the gods, and (was known) by the name Ānakadundubhi; how was he, devoted to dharma, bound in Kaṃsa's prison?
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देवक्या भार्यया सार्धं किमागः कृतवानसौ । देवक्या बालषट्कस्य विनाशश्च कृतः पुनः
devakyā bhāryayā sārdhaṃ kimāgaḥ kṛtavānasau | devakyā bālaṣaṭkasya vināśaśca kṛtaḥ punaḥ
What offence did he commit, together with his wife Devakī? And why, further, was the destruction of Devakī's six children carried out
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तेन कंसेन कस्माद्वै ययातिकुलजेन च । कारागारे कथं जन्म वासुदेवस्य वै हरेः
tena kaṃsena kasmādvai yayātikulajena ca | kārāgāre kathaṃ janma vāsudevasya vai hareḥ
by that Kaṃsa, born in the lineage of Yayāti? And how did the birth of Hari, Vāsudeva, take place in the prison?
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गोकुले च कथं नीतो भगवान्सात्वतां पतिः । गतो जन्मान्तरं कस्मात्पितरौ निगडे स्थितौ
gokule ca kathaṃ nīto bhagavānsātvatāṃ patiḥ | gato janmāntaraṃ kasmātpitarau nigaḍe sthitau
And how was the Lord, the master of the Sātvatas, taken to Gokula? Why did he go to another birth (i.e. another place of birth) while his parents remained in fetters?
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देवकीवसुदेवौ च कृष्णस्यामिततेजसः । कथं न मोचितौ वृद्धौ पितरौ हरिणामुना
devakīvasudevau ca kṛṣṇasyāmitatejasaḥ | kathaṃ na mocitau vṛddhau pitarau hariṇāmunā
And why were Devakī and Vasudeva, the aged parents of Kṛṣṇa of immeasurable splendour, not released by this Hari?
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जगत्कर्तुं समर्थेन स्थितेन जनकोदरे । प्राक्तनं किं तयोः कर्म दुर्विज्ञेयं महात्मभिः
jagatkartuṃ samarthena sthitena janakodare | prāktanaṃ kiṃ tayoḥ karma durvijñeyaṃ mahātmabhiḥ
By him who, though dwelling in his father's (mother's) womb, was capable of creating the world — what was their former deed, hard to be known even by great souls?
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जन्म वै वासुदेवस्य यत्रासीत्परमात्मनः । के ते पुत्राश्च का बाला या कंसेन विपोथिता
janma vai vāsudevasya yatrāsītparamātmanaḥ | ke te putrāśca kā bālā yā kaṃsena vipothitā
Where the birth of Vāsudeva, the Supreme Self, took place — who were those sons, and who was that girl-child whom Kaṃsa dashed (against the stone),
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शिलायां निर्गता व्योम्नि जाता त्वष्टभुजा पुनः । गार्हस्थ्यञ्च हरेर्ब्रूहि बहुभार्यस्य चानघ
śilāyāṃ nirgatā vyomni jātā tvaṣṭabhujā punaḥ | gārhasthyañca harerbrūhi bahubhāryasya cānagha
who slipped from the rock and, risen into the sky, became eight-armed? And tell (me), sinless one, of the household life of Hari, who had many wives,
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कार्याणि तत्र तान्येव देहत्यागं च तस्य वै । किंवदन्त्या श्रुतं यत्तन्मनो मोहयतीव मे
kāryāṇi tatra tānyeva dehatyāgaṃ ca tasya vai | kiṃvadantyā śrutaṃ yattanmano mohayatīva me
and those very deeds there, and his laying aside of the body; what I have heard by rumour bewilders my mind, as it were.
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चरितं वासुदेवस्य त्वमाख्याहि यथातथम् । नरनारायणौ देवौ पुराणावृषिसत्तमौ
caritaṃ vāsudevasya tvamākhyāhi yathātatham | naranārāyaṇau devau purāṇāvṛṣisattamau
Recount to me the career of Vāsudeva as it truly was. The two gods Nara and Nārāyaṇa, ancient, the best of sages,
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धर्मपुत्रौ महात्मानौ तपश्चेरतुरुत्तमम् । यौ मुनी बहुवर्षाणि पुण्ये बदरिकाश्रमे
dharmaputrau mahātmānau tapaśceraturuttamam | yau munī bahuvarṣāṇi puṇye badarikāśrame
the two great-souled sons of Dharma, performed the highest austerity — those two sages, for many years, in the holy hermitage of Badarikā,
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निराहारौ जितात्मानौ निःस्पृहौ जितषड्गुणौ । विष्णोरंशौ जगत्स्थेम्ने तपश्चेरतुरुत्तमम्
nirāhārau jitātmānau niḥspṛhau jitaṣaḍguṇau | viṣṇoraṃśau jagatsthemne tapaśceraturuttamam
foodless, self-conquered, free of longing, having mastered the six qualities, portions of Viṣṇu, performed the highest austerity for the stability of the world.
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तयोरंशावतारौ हि जिष्णुकृष्णौ महाबलौ । प्रसिद्धौ मुनिभिः प्रोक्तौ सर्वज्ञैर्नारदादिभिः
tayoraṃśāvatārau hi jiṣṇukṛṣṇau mahābalau | prasiddhau munibhiḥ proktau sarvajñairnāradādibhiḥ
Their partial incarnations, indeed, are Jiṣṇu (Arjuna) and Kṛṣṇa of great strength — so it is well known, declared by the all-knowing sages Nārada and the rest.
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विद्यमानशरीरौ तौ कथं देहान्तरं गतौ । नरनारायणौ देवौ पुनः कृष्णार्जुनौ कथम्
vidyamānaśarīrau tau kathaṃ dehāntaraṃ gatau | naranārāyaṇau devau punaḥ kṛṣṇārjunau katham
Their bodies still existing, how did those two pass into other bodies? How did the gods Nara and Nārāyaṇa become Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna again?
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यौ चक्रतुस्तपश्चोग्रं मुक्त्यर्थं मुनिसत्तमौ । तौ कथं प्रापतुर्देहौ प्राप्तयोगौ महातपौ
yau cakratustapaścograṃ muktyarthaṃ munisattamau | tau kathaṃ prāpaturdehau prāptayogau mahātapau
Those two best of sages who performed fierce austerity for the sake of liberation — how did they, who had attained yoga and great austerity, obtain (new) bodies?
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शूद्रः स्वधर्मनिष्ठस्तु देहान्ते क्षत्रियस्तु सः । शुभाचारो मृतो यो वै स शूद्रो ब्राह्मणो भवेत्
śūdraḥ svadharmaniṣṭhastu dehānte kṣatriyastu saḥ | śubhācāro mṛto yo vai sa śūdro brāhmaṇo bhavet
A śūdra steadfast in his own dharma becomes, at the end of his body, a kṣatriya; and that śūdra who dies of good conduct becomes a brāhmaṇa.
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ब्राह्मणो निःस्पृहः शान्तो भवरोगाद्विमुच्यते । विपरीतमिदं भाति नरनारायणौ च तौ
brāhmaṇo niḥspṛhaḥ śānto bhavarogādvimucyate | viparītamidaṃ bhāti naranārāyaṇau ca tau
A brāhmaṇa, free of longing and at peace, is released from the disease of existence. But this appears the reverse (in the case of) those two, Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
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तपसा शोषितात्मानौ क्षत्रियौ तौ बभूवतुः । केन तौ कर्मणा शान्तौ जातौ शापेन वा पुनः
tapasā śoṣitātmānau kṣatriyau tau babhūvatuḥ | kena tau karmaṇā śāntau jātau śāpena vā punaḥ
Those two, their selves dried up by austerity, became kṣatriyas. By what deed did those two peaceful ones come to be (thus), or again by (whose) curse?
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ब्राह्मणौ क्षत्रियौ जातौ कारणं तन्मुने वद । यादवानां विनाशश्च ब्रह्मशापादिति श्रुतः
brāhmaṇau kṣatriyau jātau kāraṇaṃ tanmune vada | yādavānāṃ vināśaśca brahmaśāpāditi śrutaḥ
Being brāhmaṇas, they were born as kṣatriyas — tell (me) the cause of that, O sage. And the destruction of the Yādavas is heard (to have come) from a brahmin's curse.
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कृष्णस्यापि हि गान्धार्याः शापेनैव कुलक्षयः । प्रद्युम्नहरणं चैव शम्बरेण कथं कृतम्
kṛṣṇasyāpi hi gāndhāryāḥ śāpenaiva kulakṣayaḥ | pradyumnaharaṇaṃ caiva śambareṇa kathaṃ kṛtam
And the ruin of Kṛṣṇa's own family (came about) precisely through Gāndhārī's curse; and how was the carrying off of Pradyumna accomplished by Śambara?
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वर्तमाने वासुदेवे देवदेवे जनार्दने । पुत्रस्य सूतिकागेहाद्धरणं चातिदुर्घटम्
vartamāne vāsudeve devadeve janārdane | putrasya sūtikāgehāddharaṇaṃ cātidurghaṭam
While Vāsudeva, the god of gods, Janārdana, was present, the carrying off of (his) son from the birth-chamber is exceedingly hard to bring about.
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द्वारकादुर्गमध्याद्वै हरिवेश्माद्दुरत्ययात् । न ज्ञातं वासुदेवेन तत्कथं दिव्यचक्षुषा
dvārakādurgamadhyādvai hariveśmādduratyayāt | na jñātaṃ vāsudevena tatkathaṃ divyacakṣuṣā
From within the fortress of Dvārakā, from Hari's dwelling, which is hard to get past — how was that not known to Vāsudeva, who has divine sight?
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सन्देहोऽयं महान्ब्रह्मन्निसन्देहं कुरु प्रभो । यत्पत्न्यो वासुदेवस्य दस्युभिर्लुण्ठिता हृताः
sandeho'yaṃ mahānbrahmannisandehaṃ kuru prabho | yatpatnyo vāsudevasya dasyubhirluṇṭhitā hṛtāḥ
This is a great doubt, O brahmin; remove the doubt, O lord — that Vāsudeva's wives were plundered and carried off by robbers.
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स्वर्गते देवदेवे तु तत्कथं मुनिसत्तम । संशयो जायते ब्रह्मंश्चित्तान्दोलनकारकः
svargate devadeve tu tatkathaṃ munisattama | saṃśayo jāyate brahmaṃścittāndolanakārakaḥ
But when the god of gods had gone to heaven — how was that, O best of sages? A doubt arises, O brahmin, that sets the mind swinging.
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विष्णोरंशः समुद्भूतः शौरिर्भूभारहारकृत् । स कथं मथुराराज्यं भयात्त्यक्त्वा जनार्दनः
viṣṇoraṃśaḥ samudbhūtaḥ śaurirbhūbhārahārakṛt | sa kathaṃ mathurārājyaṃ bhayāttyaktvā janārdanaḥ
Śauri arose as a portion of Viṣṇu, to remove the burden of the earth; how then did he, Janārdana, abandon the kingdom of Mathurā out of fear,
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द्वारवत्यां गतः साधो ससैन्यः ससुहृद्गणः । अवतारो हरेः प्रोक्तो भूभारहरणाय वै
dvāravatyāṃ gataḥ sādho sasainyaḥ sasuhṛdgaṇaḥ | avatāro hareḥ prokto bhūbhāraharaṇāya vai
and go to Dvāravatī, O good one, with his army and his company of friends? Hari's descent is declared to be for the removal of the earth's burden,
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पापात्मनां विनाशाय धर्मसंस्थापनाय च । तत्कथं वासुदेवेन चौरास्ते न निपातिताः
pāpātmanāṃ vināśāya dharmasaṃsthāpanāya ca | tatkathaṃ vāsudevena caurāste na nipātitāḥ
for the destruction of the evil-souled and for the establishing of dharma; how then were those thieves not struck down by Vāsudeva —
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यैर्हृता वासुदेवस्य पत्न्यः संलुण्ठिताश्च ताः । स्तेनास्ते किं न विज्ञाताः सर्वज्ञेन सता पुनः
yairhṛtā vāsudevasya patnyaḥ saṃluṇṭhitāśca tāḥ | stenāste kiṃ na vijñātāḥ sarvajñena satā punaḥ
those by whom Vāsudeva's wives were carried off and plundered? How, again, were those thieves not recognized by him who is all-knowing?
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भीष्मद्रोणवधः कामं भूभारहरणे मतः । अर्चिताश्च महात्मानः पाण्डवा धर्मतत्पराः
bhīṣmadroṇavadhaḥ kāmaṃ bhūbhāraharaṇe mataḥ | arcitāśca mahātmānaḥ pāṇḍavā dharmatatparāḥ
Granted, the slaying of Bhīṣma and Droṇa is held (to be) part of the removal of the earth's burden; and the great-souled Pāṇḍavas, devoted to dharma, were honoured,
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कृष्णभक्ताः सदाचारा युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः । ते कृत्वा राजसूयञ्च यज्ञराजं विधानतः
kṛṣṇabhaktāḥ sadācārā yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ | te kṛtvā rājasūyañca yajñarājaṃ vidhānataḥ
devotees of Kṛṣṇa, of good conduct, with Yudhiṣṭhira at their head; they, having performed the Rājasūya, the king of sacrifices, according to the rules,
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दक्षिणा विविधा दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽतिभावतः । पाण्डुपुत्रास्तु देवांशा वासुदेवाश्रिता मुने
dakṣiṇā vividhā dattvā brāhmaṇebhyo'tibhāvataḥ | pāṇḍuputrāstu devāṃśā vāsudevāśritā mune
and having given various sacrificial gifts to the brāhmaṇas with great feeling — the sons of Pāṇḍu, portions of gods, dependent on Vāsudeva, O sage,
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घोरं दुःखं कथं प्राप्ताः क्व गतं सुकृतञ्च तत् । किं तत्पापं महारौद्रं येन ते पीडिताः सदा
ghoraṃ duḥkhaṃ kathaṃ prāptāḥ kva gataṃ sukṛtañca tat | kiṃ tatpāpaṃ mahāraudraṃ yena te pīḍitāḥ sadā
how did they meet with terrible suffering? And where did that merit go? What was that greatly dreadful sin by which they were constantly afflicted?
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द्रौपदी च महाभागा वेदीमध्यात्समुत्थिता । रमांशजा च साध्वी च कृष्णभक्तियुता तथा
draupadī ca mahābhāgā vedīmadhyātsamutthitā | ramāṃśajā ca sādhvī ca kṛṣṇabhaktiyutā tathā
And Draupadī, greatly blessed, who rose up from the midst of the altar, born of a portion of Ramā, chaste, and endowed with devotion to Kṛṣṇa —
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सा कथं दुःखमतुलं प्राप घोरं पुनः पुनः । दुःशासनेन सा केशे गृहीता पीडिता भृशम्
sā kathaṃ duḥkhamatulaṃ prāpa ghoraṃ punaḥ punaḥ | duḥśāsanena sā keśe gṛhītā pīḍitā bhṛśam
how did she obtain incomparable, terrible suffering again and again? She was seized by the hair by Duḥśāsana and grievously tormented,
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रजस्वला सभायां तु नीता भीतैकवाससा । विराटनगरे दासी जाता मत्स्यस्य सा पुनः
rajasvalā sabhāyāṃ tu nītā bhītaikavāsasā | virāṭanagare dāsī jātā matsyasya sā punaḥ
and, menstruating, was led into the assembly hall, frightened, in a single garment; and again in Virāṭa's city she became a maidservant of the Matsya (king),
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धर्षिता कीचकेनाथ रुदती कुररी यथा । हृता जयद्रथेनाथ क्रन्दमानातिदुःखिता
dharṣitā kīcakenātha rudatī kurarī yathā | hṛtā jayadrathenātha krandamānātiduḥkhitā
and then she was assaulted by Kīcaka, weeping like an osprey; and then she was carried off by Jayadratha, wailing and utterly miserable,
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DB 4 1.39
मोचिता पाण्डवैः पश्चाद्बलवद्भिर्महात्मभिः । पूर्वजन्मकृतं पापं किं तद्येन च पीडिताः
mocitā pāṇḍavaiḥ paścādbalavadbhirmahātmabhiḥ | pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ kiṃ tadyena ca pīḍitāḥ
and afterwards released by the mighty, great-souled Pāṇḍavas. What was that sin, committed in a former birth, by which they were afflicted?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 1.40
दुःखान्यनेकान्याप्तास्ते कथयाद्य महामते । राजसूयं क्रतुवरं कृत्वा ते मम पूर्वजाः
duḥkhānyanekānyāptāste kathayādya mahāmate | rājasūyaṃ kratuvaraṃ kṛtvā te mama pūrvajāḥ
"They obtained many sorrows — tell (me of that) today, O greatly wise one! Those forebears of mine, after performing the Rājasūya, the best of sacrifices,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 1.41
दुःखं महत्तरं प्राप्ताः पूर्वजन्मकृतेन वै । देवांशानां कथं तेषां संशयोऽयं महान्हि मे
duḥkhaṃ mahattaraṃ prāptāḥ pūrvajanmakṛtena vai | devāṃśānāṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ saṃśayo'yaṃ mahānhi me
"attained yet greater sorrow, indeed through what was done in a former birth. How (could that be) for them, who were portions of the gods? For this doubt of mine is great."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 1.42
सदाचारैस्तु कौन्तेयैर्भीष्मद्रोणादयो हताः । छलेन धनलाभार्थं जानानैर्नश्वरं जगत्
sadācāraistu kaunteyairbhīṣmadroṇādayo hatāḥ | chalena dhanalābhārthaṃ jānānairnaśvaraṃ jagat
"By the sons of Kuntī, who were of good conduct, Bhīṣma, Droṇa and the rest were slain — by trickery, for the sake of gaining wealth, though they knew the world to be perishable."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 1.43
प्रेरिता वासुदेवेन पापे घोरे महात्मना । कुलं क्षयितवन्तस्ते हरिणा परमात्मना
preritā vāsudevena pāpe ghore mahātmanā | kulaṃ kṣayitavantaste hariṇā paramātmanā
"Urged on by Vāsudeva, the great-souled, into that dreadful sin, they destroyed their own family — (urged) by Hari, the supreme Self."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 1.44
वरं भिक्षाटनं साधोर्नीवारैर्जीवनं वरम् । योधान्न हत्वा लोभेन शिल्पेन जीवनं वरम्
varaṃ bhikṣāṭanaṃ sādhornīvārairjīvanaṃ varam | yodhānna hatvā lobhena śilpena jīvanaṃ varam
"Better is a good man's going about for alms, better a livelihood on wild rice; better a livelihood by a craft than killing warriors out of greed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 1.45
विच्छिन्नस्तु त्वया वंशो रक्षितो मुनिसत्तम । समुत्पाद्य सुतानाशु गोलकाच्छत्रुनाशनान्
vicchinnastu tvayā vaṃśo rakṣito munisattama | samutpādya sutānāśu golakācchatrunāśanān
"But the lineage, though cut off, was preserved by you, O best of sages, by quickly begetting sons from the widow's field — sons who destroyed the enemy."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 4 1.46
सोऽल्पेनैव तु कालेन विराटतनयासुतः । तापसस्य गले सर्पं न्यस्तवान्कथमद्भुतम्
so'lpenaiva tu kālena virāṭatanayāsutaḥ | tāpasasya gale sarpaṃ nyastavānkathamadbhutam
"And in but a short time, the son of Virāṭa's daughter (Parīkṣit) — how, wondrously, did he place a snake on the neck of an ascetic?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 1.47
नकोऽपि ब्राह्मणं द्वेष्टि क्षत्रियस्य कुलोद्भवः । तापसं मौनसंयुक्तं पित्रा किं तत्कृतं मुने
nako'pi brāhmaṇaṃ dveṣṭi kṣatriyasya kulodbhavaḥ | tāpasaṃ maunasaṃyuktaṃ pitrā kiṃ tatkṛtaṃ mune
"No one born in a kṣatriya's family hates a brahmin — (least of all) an ascetic engaged in a vow of silence. Why was that done by my father, O sage?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 1.48
एतैरन्यैश्च सन्देहैर्विकलं मे मनोऽधुना । स्थिरं कुरु पितः साधो सर्वज्ञोऽसि दयानिधे
etairanyaiśca sandehairvikalaṃ me mano'dhunā | sthiraṃ kuru pitaḥ sādho sarvajño'si dayānidhe
"By these and other doubts my mind is now unsettled. Make it steady, O father, O good one; you are all-knowing, O treasury of compassion."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition