Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 25
DB 7 25.1
चाण्डालाज्ञया हरिश्चन्द्रस्य खड्गग्रहणवर्णनम् सूत उवाच - एकदा तु गतो रन्तुं बालकैः सहितो बहिः । वाराणस्या नातिदूरे रोहिताख्यः कुमारकः
cāṇḍālājñayā hariścandrasya khaḍgagrahaṇavarṇanam sūta uvāca - ekadā tu gato rantuṃ bālakaiḥ sahito bahiḥ | vārāṇasyā nātidūre rohitākhyaḥ kumārakaḥ
The description of Hariścandra's taking up the sword by the Caṇḍāla's command. Sūta said: Once the boy named Rohita went outside to play together with (other) boys, not far from Vārāṇasī.
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DB 7 25.2
क्रीडां कृत्वा ततो दर्भान् ग्रहीतुमुपचक्रमे । कोमलानल्पमूलांश्च साग्राञ्छक्त्यनुसारतः
krīḍāṃ kṛtvā tato darbhān grahītumupacakrame | komalānalpamūlāṃśca sāgrāñchaktyanusārataḥ
Then, having played, he set about gathering darbha grass — soft blades with little root and with tips intact — as far as his strength allowed.
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DB 7 25.3
आर्यप्रीत्यर्थमित्युक्त्वा हस्तयुग्मेन यत्नतः । सलक्षणाश्च समिधो बर्हिरिध्मं सलक्षणम्
āryaprītyarthamityuktvā hastayugmena yatnataḥ | salakṣaṇāśca samidho barhiridhmaṃ salakṣaṇam
Saying, "For the pleasure of the noble one," (he gathered) with both hands and with effort proper kindling-sticks, barhis grass, and proper firewood.
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DB 7 25.4
पलाशकाष्ठान्यादाय त्वग्निहोमार्थमादरात् । मस्तके भारकं कृत्वा खिद्यमानः पदे पदे
palāśakāṣṭhānyādāya tvagnihomārthamādarāt | mastake bhārakaṃ kṛtvā khidyamānaḥ pade pade
And taking palāśa logs for the fire-oblation, respectfully, having made a bundle (of them) on his head, growing weary at every step,
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DB 7 25.5
उदकस्थानमासाद्य तदा बालस्तृषान्वितः । भुवि भारं विनिक्षिप्य जलस्थाने तदा शिशुः
udakasthānamāsādya tadā bālastṛṣānvitaḥ | bhuvi bhāraṃ vinikṣipya jalasthāne tadā śiśuḥ
reaching a place of water, the boy then, being thirsty, set the load down on the ground — the child then, at the watering place,
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DB 7 25.6
कामतः सलिलं पीत्वा विश्रम्य च मुहूर्तकम् । वल्मीकोपरि विन्यस्तभारो हर्तुं प्रचक्रमे
kāmataḥ salilaṃ pītvā viśramya ca muhūrtakam | valmīkopari vinyastabhāro hartuṃ pracakrame
having drunk water as he pleased and rested for a little while, began to take up the load he had set on top of an anthill.
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DB 7 25.7
विश्वामित्राज्ञया तावत्कृष्णसर्पो भयावहः । महाविषो महाघोरो वल्मीकान्निर्गतस्तदा
viśvāmitrājñayā tāvatkṛṣṇasarpo bhayāvahaḥ | mahāviṣo mahāghoro valmīkānnirgatastadā
Just then, by Viśvāmitra's command, a terrifying black serpent, of great venom and most dreadful, came out of the anthill.
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DB 7 25.8
तेनासौ बालको दष्टस्तदैव च पपात ह । रोहिताख्यं मृतं दृष्ट्वा ययुर्बाला द्विजालयम्
tenāsau bālako daṣṭastadaiva ca papāta ha | rohitākhyaṃ mṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā yayurbālā dvijālayam
By it that boy was bitten, and at that very moment he fell down. Seeing the one named Rohita dead, the boys went to the brahmin's house.
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DB 7 25.9
त्वरिता भयसंविग्नाः प्रोचुस्तन्मातुरग्रतः । हे विप्रदासि ते पुत्रः क्रीडां कर्तुं बहिर्गतः
tvaritā bhayasaṃvignāḥ procustanmāturagrataḥ | he vipradāsi te putraḥ krīḍāṃ kartuṃ bahirgataḥ
In haste, shaken with fear, they said before his mother: "O brahmin's bondwoman, your son went outside to play,
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DB 7 25.10
अस्माभिः सहितस्तत्र सर्पदष्टो मृतस्ततः । इति सा तद्वचः श्रुत्वा वज्रपातोपमं तदा
asmābhiḥ sahitastatra sarpadaṣṭo mṛtastataḥ | iti sā tadvacaḥ śrutvā vajrapātopamaṃ tadā
together with us; there he was bitten by a snake and died." Then she, hearing that speech of theirs, which was like the fall of a thunderbolt,
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DB 7 25.11
पपात मूर्च्छिता भूमौ छिन्नेव कदली यथा । अथ तां ब्राह्मणो रुष्टः पानीयेनाभ्यषिञ्चत
papāta mūrcchitā bhūmau chinneva kadalī yathā | atha tāṃ brāhmaṇo ruṣṭaḥ pānīyenābhyaṣiñcata
fell to the ground unconscious, like a plantain tree cut down. Then the brahmin, annoyed, sprinkled her with water.
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DB 7 25.12
मुहूर्ताच्चेतनां प्राप्ता ब्राह्मणस्तामथाब्रवीत् । ब्राह्मण उवाच - अलक्ष्मीकारकं निन्द्यं जानती त्वं निशामुखे
muhūrtāccetanāṃ prāptā brāhmaṇastāmathābravīt | brāhmaṇa uvāca - alakṣmīkārakaṃ nindyaṃ jānatī tvaṃ niśāmukhe
After a moment she regained consciousness, and then the brahmin said to her. The brahmin said: "Though you know it brings misfortune and is blameworthy, at nightfall you
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DB 7 25.13
रोदनं कुरुषे दुष्टे लज्जा ते हृदये न किम् । ब्राह्मणेनैवमुक्ता सा न किञ्चिद्वाक्यमब्रवीत्
rodanaṃ kuruṣe duṣṭe lajjā te hṛdaye na kim | brāhmaṇenaivamuktā sā na kiñcidvākyamabravīt
set up a wailing, wicked woman! Is there no shame in your heart?" Thus addressed by the brahmin, she spoke not a word,
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DB 7 25.14
रुरोद करुणं दीना पुत्रशोकेन पीडिता । अश्रुपूर्णमुखी दीना धूसरा मुक्तमूर्धजा
ruroda karuṇaṃ dīnā putraśokena pīḍitā | aśrupūrṇamukhī dīnā dhūsarā muktamūrdhajā
but wept piteously, wretched, tormented by grief for her son — her face full of tears, miserable, covered with dust, her hair loose.
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DB 7 25.15
अथ तां कुपितो विप्रो राजपत्नीमभाषत । धिक्त्वां दुष्टे क्रयं गृह्य मम कार्यं विलुम्पसि
atha tāṃ kupito vipro rājapatnīmabhāṣata | dhiktvāṃ duṣṭe krayaṃ gṛhya mama kāryaṃ vilumpasi
Then the brahmin, angered, said to her, the king's wife: "Shame on you, wicked woman! Having taken the purchase price, you ruin my work.
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DB 7 25.16
अशक्ता चेत्कथं तर्हि गृहीतं मम तद्धनम् । एवं निर्भर्त्सिता तेन क्रूरवाक्यैः पुनः पुनः
aśaktā cetkathaṃ tarhi gṛhītaṃ mama taddhanam | evaṃ nirbhartsitā tena krūravākyaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ
And if you were unable, then why was that money of mine taken?" Thus berated by him again and again with cruel words,
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DB 7 25.17
रुदिता कारणं प्राह विप्रं गद्गदया गिरा । स्वामिन् मम सुतो बालः सर्पदष्टो मृतो बहिः
ruditā kāraṇaṃ prāha vipraṃ gadgadayā girā | svāmin mama suto bālaḥ sarpadaṣṭo mṛto bahiḥ
weeping, she told the brahmin the reason in a voice choked with sobs: "Master, my son, a child, was bitten by a snake and died outside.
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DB 7 25.18
अनुज्ञां मे प्रयच्छस्व द्रष्टुं यास्यामि बालकम् । दुर्लभं दर्शनं तेन सञ्जातं मम सुव्रत
anujñāṃ me prayacchasva draṣṭuṃ yāsyāmi bālakam | durlabhaṃ darśanaṃ tena sañjātaṃ mama suvrata
Grant me leave; I shall go to see the boy. The sight of him has become hard for me to obtain, O you of good vows."
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DB 7 25.19
इत्युक्त्वा करुणं बाला पुनरेव रुरोद ह । पुनस्तां कुपितो विप्रो राजपत्नीमभाषत
ityuktvā karuṇaṃ bālā punareva ruroda ha | punastāṃ kupito vipro rājapatnīmabhāṣata
Having said this, the young woman wept piteously once again. Again the brahmin, angered, said to her, the king's wife:
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DB 7 25.20
ब्राह्मण उवाच - शठे दुष्टसमाचारे किं न जानासि पातकम् । यः स्वामिवेतनं गृह्य तस्य कार्यं विलुम्पति
brāhmaṇa uvāca - śaṭhe duṣṭasamācāre kiṃ na jānāsi pātakam | yaḥ svāmivetanaṃ gṛhya tasya kāryaṃ vilumpati
The brahmin said: "O deceitful woman of wicked conduct, do you not know the sin? He who takes a master's wage and (then) ruins his work,
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DB 7 25.21
नरके पच्यते सोऽथ महारौरवपूर्वके । उषित्वा नरके कल्पं ततोऽसौ कुक्कुटो भवेत्
narake pacyate so'tha mahārauravapūrvake | uṣitvā narake kalpaṃ tato'sau kukkuṭo bhavet
he is cooked in hell, beginning with Mahāraurava; and having dwelt in hell for a kalpa, he then becomes a cock.
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DB 7 25.22
किमनेनाथवा कार्यं धर्मसंकीर्तनेन मे । यस्तु पापरतो मूर्खः क्रूरो नीचोऽनृतः शठः
kimanenāthavā kāryaṃ dharmasaṃkīrtanena me | yastu pāparato mūrkhaḥ krūro nīco'nṛtaḥ śaṭhaḥ
Or what use is this proclaiming of dharma to me? For a fool who is devoted to sin, cruel, base, untruthful, deceitful —
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DB 7 25.23
तद्वाक्यं निष्फलं तस्मिन्भवेद् बीजमिवोषरे । एहि ते विद्यते किञ्चित्परलोकभयं यदि
tadvākyaṃ niṣphalaṃ tasminbhaved bījamivoṣare | ehi te vidyate kiñcitparalokabhayaṃ yadi
In such a man that speech would bear no fruit, like seed (sown) in salty ground. Come, if you have any fear at all of the world beyond.
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DB 7 25.24
एवमुक्ताथ सा विप्रं वेपमानाब्रवीद्वचः । कारुण्यं कुरु मे नाथ प्रसीद सुमुखो भव
evamuktātha sā vipraṃ vepamānābravīdvacaḥ | kāruṇyaṃ kuru me nātha prasīda sumukho bhava
Addressed thus, she then, trembling, spoke these words to the brahmin: "Show me compassion, lord; be gracious, be kindly-faced.
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DB 7 25.25
प्रस्थापय मुहूर्तं मां यावद् द्रक्ष्यामि बालकम् । एवमुक्त्वाथ सा मूर्ध्ना निपत्य द्विजपादयोः चाण्डालाज्ञया हरिश्चन्द्रस्य खड्गग्रहणवर्णनं नाम पञ्चविंशोऽध्यायः
prasthāpaya muhūrtaṃ māṃ yāvad drakṣyāmi bālakam | evamuktvātha sā mūrdhnā nipatya dvijapādayoḥ cāṇḍālājñayā hariścandrasya khaḍgagrahaṇavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
"Let me go for a moment, until I have seen my boy." Having spoken thus, she then fell with her head at the twice-born's feet. — (Colophon:) the twenty-fifth chapter, called the description of Hariścandra's taking up the sword at the caṇḍāla's command.
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DB 7 25.26
रुरोद करुणं बाला पुत्रशोकेन पीडिता । अथाह कुपितो विप्रः क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः
ruroda karuṇaṃ bālā putraśokena pīḍitā | athāha kupito vipraḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
The young woman, afflicted by grief for her son, wept piteously. Then the brahmin, angered, his eyes reddened with rage, said:
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DB 7 25.27
विप्र उवाच - किं ते पुत्रेण मे कार्यं गृहकर्म कुरुष्व मे । किं न जानासि मे क्रोधं कशाघातफलप्रदम्
vipra uvāca - kiṃ te putreṇa me kāryaṃ gṛhakarma kuruṣva me | kiṃ na jānāsi me krodhaṃ kaśāghātaphalapradam
The brahmin said: "What business have I with your son? Do my housework! Do you not know my anger, which yields the fruit of a lash's blow?"
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DB 7 25.28
एवमुक्ता स्थिता धैर्याद् गृहकर्म चकार ह । अर्धरात्रो गतस्तस्याः पादाभ्यङ्गादिकर्मणा
evamuktā sthitā dhairyād gṛhakarma cakāra ha | ardharātro gatastasyāḥ pādābhyaṅgādikarmaṇā
Addressed thus, she stayed on out of fortitude and did the housework. Half the night passed for her in tasks such as rubbing his feet with oil.
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DB 7 25.29
ब्राह्मणेनाथ सा प्रोक्ता पुत्रपार्श्वं व्रजाधुना । तस्य दाहादिकं कृत्वा पुनरागच्छ सत्वरम्
brāhmaṇenātha sā proktā putrapārśvaṃ vrajādhunā | tasya dāhādikaṃ kṛtvā punarāgaccha satvaram
Then she was told by the brahmin: "Go now to your son's side; when you have performed his cremation and the rest, come back quickly,
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DB 7 25.30
न लुप्येत यथा प्रातर्गृहकर्म ममेति च । ततस्त्वेकाकिनी रात्रौ विलपन्ती जगाम ह
na lupyeta yathā prātargṛhakarma mameti ca | tatastvekākinī rātrau vilapantī jagāma ha
"so that my housework in the morning may not be neglected." Then, alone in the night, she went, lamenting.
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DB 7 25.31
दृष्ट्वा मृतं निजं पुत्रं भृशं शोकेन पीडिता । यूथभ्रष्टा कुरङ्गीव विवत्सा सौरभी यथा
dṛṣṭvā mṛtaṃ nijaṃ putraṃ bhṛśaṃ śokena pīḍitā | yūthabhraṣṭā kuraṅgīva vivatsā saurabhī yathā
Seeing her own son dead, sorely afflicted with grief, like a doe strayed from the herd, like a cow that has lost her calf—
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DB 7 25.32
वाराणस्या बहिर्गत्वा क्षणाद् दृष्ट्वा निजं सुतम् । शयानं रङ्कवद्भूमौ काष्ठदर्भतृणोपरि
vārāṇasyā bahirgatvā kṣaṇād dṛṣṭvā nijaṃ sutam | śayānaṃ raṅkavadbhūmau kāṣṭhadarbhatṛṇopari
having gone outside Vārāṇasī, in a moment she saw her own son lying like a beggar on the ground, upon wood, darbha grass and straw.
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DB 7 25.33
विललापातिदुःखार्ता शब्दं कृत्वा सुनिष्ठुरम् । एहि मे सम्मुखं कस्माद्रोषितोऽसि वदाधुना
vilalāpātiduḥkhārtā śabdaṃ kṛtvā suniṣṭhuram | ehi me sammukhaṃ kasmādroṣito'si vadādhunā
Stricken with the utmost pain, she lamented, making a most harsh cry: "Come before me! Why are you angry (with me)? Speak now!
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DB 7 25.34
आयास्यभिमुखो नित्यमम्बेत्युक्त्वा पुनः पुनः । गत्वा स्खलत्पदा तस्य पपातोपरि मूर्छिता
āyāsyabhimukho nityamambetyuktvā punaḥ punaḥ | gatvā skhalatpadā tasya papātopari mūrchitā
"You would always come to meet me saying 'Mother!'" Again and again, going with stumbling steps, she fell upon him in a faint.
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DB 7 25.35
पुनः सा चेतनां प्राप्य दोर्भ्यामालिङ्ग्य बालकम् । तन्मुखे वदनं न्यस्य रुरोदार्तस्वनैस्तदा
punaḥ sā cetanāṃ prāpya dorbhyāmāliṅgya bālakam | tanmukhe vadanaṃ nyasya rurodārtasvanaistadā
Regaining consciousness again, embracing the boy with both arms, laying her face on his face, she then wept with cries of anguish.
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DB 7 25.36
कराभ्यां ताडनं चक्रे मस्तकस्योदरस्य च । हा बाल हा शिशो वत्स हा कुमारक सुन्दर
karābhyāṃ tāḍanaṃ cakre mastakasyodarasya ca | hā bāla hā śiśo vatsa hā kumāraka sundara
With both hands she beat her head and her belly: "Alas, child! Alas, little one, my dear! Alas, beautiful boy!
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DB 7 25.37
हा राजन् क्व गतोऽसि त्वं पश्येमं बालकं निजम् । प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयांसं भूतले पतितं मृतम्
hā rājan kva gato'si tvaṃ paśyemaṃ bālakaṃ nijam | prāṇebhyo'pi garīyāṃsaṃ bhūtale patitaṃ mṛtam
"Alas, king, where have you gone? Look at this boy of yours, dearer even than life, fallen dead upon the ground!"
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DB 7 25.38
तथापश्यन्मुखं तस्य भूयो जीवितशङ्कया । निर्जीववदनं ज्ञात्वा मूर्छिता निपपात ह
tathāpaśyanmukhaṃ tasya bhūyo jīvitaśaṅkayā | nirjīvavadanaṃ jñātvā mūrchitā nipapāta ha
So too she looked at his face again, in the hope that he lived; and knowing the face to be lifeless, she fell down in a faint.
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DB 7 25.39
हस्तेन वदनं गृह्य पुनरेवमभाषत । शयनं त्यज हे बाल शीघ्रं जागृहि भीषणम्
hastena vadanaṃ gṛhya punarevamabhāṣata | śayanaṃ tyaja he bāla śīghraṃ jāgṛhi bhīṣaṇam
Taking his face in her hand, she spoke thus again: "Leave off lying down, O child; wake up quickly! It is fearful (here).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.40
निशार्धं वर्धते चेदं शिवाशतनिनादितम् । भूतप्रेतपिशाचादिडाकिनीयूथनादितम्
niśārdhaṃ vardhate cedaṃ śivāśatanināditam | bhūtapretapiśācādiḍākinīyūthanāditam
"And this midnight grows deep, resounding with a hundred jackals, resounding with the throngs of bhūtas, pretas, piśācas and the rest, and ḍākinīs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.41
मित्राणि ते गतान्यस्तात्त्वमेकस्तु कुतः स्थितः । सूत उवाच - एवमुक्त्वा पुनस्तन्वी करुणं प्ररुरोद ह
mitrāṇi te gatānyastāttvamekastu kutaḥ sthitaḥ | sūta uvāca - evamuktvā punastanvī karuṇaṃ praruroda ha
"Your friends have gone from here; but why do you stay on alone?" The Sūta said: Having spoken thus, the slender lady wept piteously once more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.42
हा शिशो बाल हा वत्स रोहिताख्य कुमारक । रे पुत्र प्रतिशब्दं मे कस्मात्त्वं न प्रयच्छसि
hā śiśo bāla hā vatsa rohitākhya kumāraka | re putra pratiśabdaṃ me kasmāttvaṃ na prayacchasi
"Alas, little one, child! Alas, dear one, boy named Rohita! O son, why do you not give me an answer?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.43
तवाहं जननी वत्स किं न जानासि पश्य माम् । देशत्यागाद्राज्यनाशात्पुत्र भर्त्रा स्वविक्रयात्
tavāhaṃ jananī vatsa kiṃ na jānāsi paśya mām | deśatyāgādrājyanāśātputra bhartrā svavikrayāt
I am your mother, child — do you not know? Look at me! Because of the loss of our country, the ruin of the kingdom, my son, because my husband sold himself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.44
यद्दासीत्वाच्च जीवामि त्वां दृष्ट्वा पुत्र केवलम् । ते जन्मसमये विप्रैरादिष्टं यत्त्वनागतम्
yaddāsītvācca jīvāmi tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā putra kevalam | te janmasamaye viprairādiṣṭaṃ yattvanāgatam
and because of slavery, I go on living, my son, only for the sight of you. What the brahmins foretold for you at the time of your birth has not come to pass:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.45
दीर्घायुः पृथिवीराजः पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः । शौर्यदानरतिः सत्त्वो गुरुदेवद्विजार्चकः
dīrghāyuḥ pṛthivīrājaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ | śauryadānaratiḥ sattvo gurudevadvijārcakaḥ
"Long-lived, king of the earth, blessed with sons and grandsons, devoted to valour and giving, strong, a worshipper of teachers, gods and brahmins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.46
मातापित्रोस्तु प्रियकृत्सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः । इत्यादि सकलं जातमसत्यमधुना सुत
mātāpitrostu priyakṛtsatyavādī jitendriyaḥ | ityādi sakalaṃ jātamasatyamadhunā suta
doing what pleases his mother and father, truthful, master of his senses" — all of that and the rest has now turned false, my son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.47
चक्रमत्स्यावातपत्रश्रीवत्सस्वस्तिकध्वजाः । तव पाणितले पुत्र कलशश्चामरं तथा
cakramatsyāvātapatraśrīvatsasvastikadhvajāḥ | tava pāṇitale putra kalaśaścāmaraṃ tathā
The wheel, the two fishes, the parasol, the śrīvatsa, the svastika, the banner — on the palm of your hand, my son, and the water-pot and the yak-tail whisk as well,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.48
लक्षणानि तथान्यानि त्वद्धस्ते यानि सन्ति च । तानि सर्वाणि मोघानि सञ्जातान्यधुना सुत
lakṣaṇāni tathānyāni tvaddhaste yāni santi ca | tāni sarvāṇi moghāni sañjātānyadhunā suta
and the other marks besides that are on your hand — all of them have now become fruitless, my son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.49
हा राजन्पृथिवीनाथ क्व ते राज्यं क्व मन्त्रिणः । क्व ते सिंहासनं छत्रं क्व ते खड्गः क्व तद्धनम्
hā rājanpṛthivīnātha kva te rājyaṃ kva mantriṇaḥ | kva te siṃhāsanaṃ chatraṃ kva te khaḍgaḥ kva taddhanam
Alas, O king, lord of the earth! Where is your kingdom, where your ministers? Where your lion-throne, your parasol, where your sword, where that wealth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.50
क्व सायोध्या क्व हर्म्याणि क्व गजाश्वरथप्रजाः । सर्वमेतत्तथा पुत्र मां त्यक्त्वा क्व गतोऽसि रे
kva sāyodhyā kva harmyāṇi kva gajāśvarathaprajāḥ | sarvametattathā putra māṃ tyaktvā kva gato'si re
Where is that Ayodhyā, where the mansions, where the elephants, horses, chariots and subjects? All this, and likewise, my son — abandoning me, where have you gone?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.51
हा कान्त हा नृपागच्छ पश्येमं स्वसुतं प्रियम् । येन ते रिङ्गता वक्षः कुंकुमेनावलेपितम्
hā kānta hā nṛpāgaccha paśyemaṃ svasutaṃ priyam | yena te riṅgatā vakṣaḥ kuṃkumenāvalepitam
Alas, beloved! Alas, king, come and see this dear son of yours — he by whom, as he crawled, your chest was smeared with saffron,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.52
स्वशरीररजःपङ्कैर्विशालं मलिनीकृतम् । येन ते बालभावेन मृगनाभिविलेपितः
svaśarīrarajaḥpaṅkairviśālaṃ malinīkṛtam | yena te bālabhāvena mṛganābhivilepitaḥ
(and) your broad (chest) made dirty with the mud of the dust from his own body; he by whom, in his childishness, your musk-anointed (chest was soiled),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.53
भ्रंशितो भालतिलकस्तवाङ्कस्थेन भूपते । यस्य वक्त्रं मृदा लिप्तं स्नेहाद्वै चुम्बितं मया
bhraṃśito bhālatilakastavāṅkasthena bhūpate | yasya vaktraṃ mṛdā liptaṃ snehādvai cumbitaṃ mayā
and the mark on your forehead was rubbed off, O lord of the earth, as he sat in your lap; he whose face, smeared with dirt, I kissed out of affection —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.54
तन्मुखं मक्षिकालिङ्ग्यं पश्ये कीटैर्विदूषितम् । हा राजन् पश्य तं पुत्रं भुविस्थं रङ्कवन्मृतम्
tanmukhaṃ makṣikāliṅgyaṃ paśye kīṭairvidūṣitam | hā rājan paśya taṃ putraṃ bhuvisthaṃ raṅkavanmṛtam
that face I now see fit to be embraced by flies, defiled by worms. Alas, O king, look at that son, lying on the ground, dead like a beggar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.55
हा देव किं मया कृत्यं कृतं पूर्वभवान्तरे । तस्य कर्मफलस्येह न पारमुपलक्षये
hā deva kiṃ mayā kṛtyaṃ kṛtaṃ pūrvabhavāntare | tasya karmaphalasyeha na pāramupalakṣaye
Alas, God! What deed did I do in some former existence? Of the fruit of that act I see no end here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.56
हा पुत्र हा शिशो वत्स का कुमारक सुन्दर । एवं तस्या विलापं ते श्रुत्वा नगरपालकाः
hā putra hā śiśo vatsa kā kumāraka sundara | evaṃ tasyā vilāpaṃ te śrutvā nagarapālakāḥ
"Alas, son! Alas, little one, dear child, oh boy, beautiful one!" — hearing her lamenting thus, the guards of the city,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.57
जागृतास्त्वरितास्तस्याः पार्श्वमीयुः सुविस्मिताः । जना ऊचुः - का त्वं बालस्य कस्यायं पतिस्ते कुत्र तिष्ठति
jāgṛtāstvaritāstasyāḥ pārśvamīyuḥ suvismitāḥ | janā ūcuḥ - kā tvaṃ bālasya kasyāyaṃ patiste kutra tiṣṭhati
awake and in haste, came to her side, much astonished. The people said: "Who are you? Whose is this child? Where is your husband?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.58
एकैव निर्भया रात्रौ कस्मात्त्वमिह रोदिषि । एवमुक्ताथ सा तन्वी न किञ्चिद्वाक्यमब्रवीत्
ekaiva nirbhayā rātrau kasmāttvamiha rodiṣi | evamuktātha sā tanvī na kiñcidvākyamabravīt
"Why do you weep here, all alone and unafraid, in the night?" Though addressed thus, the slender woman spoke not a word.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.59
भूयोऽपि पृष्टा सा तूष्णीं स्तब्धीभूता बभूव ह । विललापातिदुःखार्ता शोकाश्रुप्लुतलोचना
bhūyo'pi pṛṣṭā sā tūṣṇīṃ stabdhībhūtā babhūva ha | vilalāpātiduḥkhārtā śokāśruplutalocanā
Asked again, she remained silent and became as if paralysed; overcome with extreme grief, her eyes flooded with tears of sorrow, she wailed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.60
अथ ते शङ्कितास्तस्यां रोमाञ्चिततनूरुहाः । संत्रस्ताः प्राहुरन्योन्यमुद्धृतायुधपाणयः
atha te śaṅkitāstasyāṃ romāñcitatanūruhāḥ | saṃtrastāḥ prāhuranyonyamuddhṛtāyudhapāṇayaḥ
Then they, made suspicious of her, the hair on their bodies bristling, terrified, with weapons raised in their hands, said to one another:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.61
नूनं स्त्री न भवत्येषा यतः किञ्चिन्न भाषते । तस्माद्वध्या भवेदेषा यत्नतो बालघातिनी
nūnaṃ strī na bhavatyeṣā yataḥ kiñcinna bhāṣate | tasmādvadhyā bhavedeṣā yatnato bālaghātinī
"Surely this is no woman, since she says nothing. Therefore she should be put to death, being deliberately a killer of children.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.62
शुभा चेत्तर्हि किं ह्यत्र निशार्धे तिष्ठते बहिः । भक्षार्थमनया नूनमानीतः कस्यचिच्छिशुः
śubhā cettarhi kiṃ hyatra niśārdhe tiṣṭhate bahiḥ | bhakṣārthamanayā nūnamānītaḥ kasyacicchiśuḥ
"And if she is respectable, then why does she stay out here at midnight? Surely someone's child has been brought by her to be eaten."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.63
इत्युक्त्वा तैर्गृहिता सा गाढं केशेषु सत्वरम् । भुजयोरपरैश्चैव कैश्चापि गलके तथा
ityuktvā tairgṛhitā sā gāḍhaṃ keśeṣu satvaram | bhujayoraparaiścaiva kaiścāpi galake tathā
Having said this, she was seized by them at once, firmly by the hair, and by others by the two arms, and by some by the neck as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.64
खेचरी यास्यतीत्युक्तं बहुभिः शस्त्रपाणिभिः । आकृष्य पक्कणे नीता चाण्डालाय समर्पिता
khecarī yāsyatītyuktaṃ bahubhiḥ śastrapāṇibhiḥ | ākṛṣya pakkaṇe nītā cāṇḍālāya samarpitā
"She will fly off through the sky!" — so said many with weapons in their hands; dragging her, she was brought to the outcaste settlement and handed over to the Cāṇḍāla.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.65
हे चाण्डाल बहिर्दृष्टा ह्यस्माभिर्बालघातिनी । वध्यतां वध्यतामेष शीघ्रं नीत्वा बहिःस्थले
he cāṇḍāla bahirdṛṣṭā hyasmābhirbālaghātinī | vadhyatāṃ vadhyatāmeṣa śīghraṃ nītvā bahiḥsthale
"Ho Cāṇḍāla! She was seen outside by us — a killer of children. Let her be slain, let her be slain, taken quickly to a place outside!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.66
चाण्डालः प्राह तां दृष्ट्वा ज्ञातेयं लोकविश्रुता । न दृष्टपूर्वा केनापि लोकडिम्भान्यनेकधा
cāṇḍālaḥ prāha tāṃ dṛṣṭvā jñāteyaṃ lokaviśrutā | na dṛṣṭapūrvā kenāpi lokaḍimbhānyanekadhā
The Cāṇḍāla, looking at her, said: "She is recognized, notorious among the people; she has not been seen before by anyone. The children of the people, in many ways—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.67
भक्षितान्यनया भूरि भवद्भिः पुण्यमार्जितम् । ख्यातिर्वः शाश्वती लोके गच्छध्वं च यथासुखम्
bhakṣitānyanayā bhūri bhavadbhiḥ puṇyamārjitam | khyātirvaḥ śāśvatī loke gacchadhvaṃ ca yathāsukham
—have been eaten by her in great number. Merit has been earned by you (all); your fame in the world will be everlasting. Go now as you please.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.68
द्विजस्त्रीबालगोघाती स्वर्णस्तेयी च यो नरः । अग्निदो वर्त्मघाती च मद्यपो गुरुतल्पगः
dvijastrībālagoghātī svarṇasteyī ca yo naraḥ | agnido vartmaghātī ca madyapo gurutalpagaḥ
The man who is a killer of a twice-born, a woman, a child, or a cow, and a stealer of gold, an arsonist, a highway-killer, a drinker of liquor, one who violates his guru's bed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.69
महाजनविरोधी च तस्य पुण्यप्रदो वधः । द्विजस्यापि स्त्रियो वापि न दोषो विद्यते वधे
mahājanavirodhī ca tasya puṇyaprado vadhaḥ | dvijasyāpi striyo vāpi na doṣo vidyate vadhe
and one who opposes the great populace — the killing of such a one confers merit; even in the killing of a twice-born or of a woman no fault is found (in that case).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.70
अस्या वधश्च मे योग्य इत्युक्त्वा गाडबन्धनैः । बद्ध्वा केशेष्वथाकृष्य रज्जुभिस्तामताडयत्
asyā vadhaśca me yogya ityuktvā gāḍabandhanaiḥ | baddhvā keśeṣvathākṛṣya rajjubhistāmatāḍayat
"And the killing of her is proper for me" — saying this, having bound her with tight bonds by the hair and then dragging her, he beat her with ropes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.71
हरिश्चन्द्रमथोवाच वाचा परुषया तदा । रे दास वध्यतामेषा दुष्टात्मा मा विचारय
hariścandramathovāca vācā paruṣayā tadā | re dāsa vadhyatāmeṣā duṣṭātmā mā vicāraya
Then he said to Hariścandra in harsh words: "Hey, slave! Let this evil-souled woman be killed; do not deliberate."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.72
तद्वाक्यं भूपतिः श्रुत्वा वज्रपातोपमं तदा । वेपमानोऽथ चाण्डालं प्राह स्त्रीवधशङ्कितः
tadvākyaṃ bhūpatiḥ śrutvā vajrapātopamaṃ tadā | vepamāno'tha cāṇḍālaṃ prāha strīvadhaśaṅkitaḥ
Hearing that speech, which was like the fall of a thunderbolt, the king then, trembling and afraid of killing a woman, said to the Cāṇḍāla:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.73
न शक्तोऽहमिदं कर्तुं प्रेष्यं देहि ममापरम् । असाध्यमपि यत्कर्म तत्करिष्ये त्वयोदितम्
na śakto'hamidaṃ kartuṃ preṣyaṃ dehi mamāparam | asādhyamapi yatkarma tatkariṣye tvayoditam
"I am not able to do this; give me some other errand. Whatever task, even one impossible to accomplish, that you order — that I will do."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.74
श्रुत्वा तदुक्तं वचनं श्वपचो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । मा भैषीस्त्वं गृहाणासिं वधोऽस्याः पुण्यदो मतः
śrutvā taduktaṃ vacanaṃ śvapaco vākyamabravīt | mā bhaiṣīstvaṃ gṛhāṇāsiṃ vadho'syāḥ puṇyado mataḥ
Hearing the words he had spoken, the dog-cooker uttered this speech: "Do not be afraid; take the sword. The killing of her is held to be merit-giving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.75
बालानामेव भयदा नेयं रक्ष्या कदाचन । तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्
bālānāmeva bhayadā neyaṃ rakṣyā kadācana | tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya rājā vacanamabravīt
She brings fear to children indeed; she is by no means to be spared." Hearing that speech of his, the king said these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.76
स्त्रियो रक्ष्याः प्रयत्नेन न हन्तव्याः कदाचन । स्त्रीवधे कीर्तितः पापं मुनिभिर्धर्मतत्परैः
striyo rakṣyāḥ prayatnena na hantavyāḥ kadācana | strīvadhe kīrtitaḥ pāpaṃ munibhirdharmatatparaiḥ
"Women are to be protected with effort, never to be killed; in the killing of a woman sin has been proclaimed by the sages devoted to dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.77
पुरुषो यः स्त्रियं हन्याज्ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतोऽपि वा । नरके पच्यते सोऽथ महारौरवपूर्वके
puruṣo yaḥ striyaṃ hanyājjñānato'jñānato'pi vā | narake pacyate so'tha mahārauravapūrvake
The man who kills a woman, whether knowingly or unknowingly, is cooked in hell, beginning with the Mahāraurava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.78
चाण्डाल उवाच - मा वदासिं गृहाणैनं तीक्ष्णं विद्युत्समप्रभम् । यत्रैकस्मिन्वधं नीते बहूनां तु सुखं भवेत्
cāṇḍāla uvāca - mā vadāsiṃ gṛhāṇainaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ vidyutsamaprabham | yatraikasminvadhaṃ nīte bahūnāṃ tu sukhaṃ bhavet
The Cāṇḍāla said: "Do not speak; take this sword, sharp and shining like lightning. Where, when one is put to death, there would be happiness for many,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.79
तस्य हिंसा कृतं नूनं बहुपुण्यप्रदा भवेत् । भक्षितान्यनया भूरि लोके डिम्भानि दुष्टया
tasya hiṃsā kṛtaṃ nūnaṃ bahupuṇyapradā bhavet | bhakṣitānyanayā bhūri loke ḍimbhāni duṣṭayā
the violence done to that one surely becomes the giver of much merit. Many children in the world have been eaten by this wicked woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.80
तत्क्षिप्रं वध्यतामेषा लोकः स्वस्थो भविष्यति । राजोवाच - चाण्डालाधिपते तीव्रं व्रतं स्त्रीवधवर्जनम्
tatkṣipraṃ vadhyatāmeṣā lokaḥ svastho bhaviṣyati | rājovāca - cāṇḍālādhipate tīvraṃ vrataṃ strīvadhavarjanam
Therefore let her be killed at once; the people will become well." The king said: "Lord of Cāṇḍālas, the abstention from killing women is a severe vow (of mine)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.81
आजन्मतस्ततो यत्नं न कुर्यां स्त्रीवधे तव । चाण्डाल उवाच - स्वामिकार्यं विना दुष्ट किं कार्यं विद्यतेऽपरम्
ājanmatastato yatnaṃ na kuryāṃ strīvadhe tava | cāṇḍāla uvāca - svāmikāryaṃ vinā duṣṭa kiṃ kāryaṃ vidyate'param
from birth onward; therefore I would make no effort at killing a woman for you." The Cāṇḍāla said: "Wretch, apart from the master's business, what other business is there?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.82
गृहीत्वा वेतनं मेऽद्य कस्मात्कार्यं विलुम्पसि । यः स्वामिवेतनं गृह्य स्वामिकार्यं विलुम्पति
gṛhītvā vetanaṃ me'dya kasmātkāryaṃ vilumpasi | yaḥ svāmivetanaṃ gṛhya svāmikāryaṃ vilumpati
Having taken my wages today, why do you spoil the work? He who, taking the master's wages, spoils the master's work—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.83
नरकान्निष्कृतिस्तस्य नास्ति कल्पायुतैरपि । राजोवाच - चाण्डालनाथ मे देहि प्राप्यमन्यत्सुदारुणम्
narakānniṣkṛtistasya nāsti kalpāyutairapi | rājovāca - cāṇḍālanātha me dehi prāpyamanyatsudāruṇam
For him there is no release from hell, even after ten thousand kalpas. The king said: Chief of the caṇḍālas, give me some other task to be done, however terribly harsh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.84
स्वशत्रुं ब्रूहि तं क्षिप्रं घातयिष्याम्यसंशयम् । घातयित्वा तु तं शत्रुं तव दास्यामि मेदिनीम्
svaśatruṃ brūhi taṃ kṣipraṃ ghātayiṣyāmyasaṃśayam | ghātayitvā tu taṃ śatruṃ tava dāsyāmi medinīm
Name your enemy — quickly! — and I shall slay him, no doubt of it. And having slain that enemy, I shall give you the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.85
देव देवोरगैः सिद्धैर्गन्धर्वैरपि संयुतम् । देवेन्द्रमपि जेष्यामि निहत्य निशितैः शरैः
deva devoragaiḥ siddhairgandharvairapi saṃyutam | devendramapi jeṣyāmi nihatya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
O lord, I shall conquer even the king of the gods, together with the gods, the serpents, the siddhas and the gandharvas, striking (them) down with sharpened arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.86
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो वाक्यं हरिश्चन्द्रस्य भूपतेः । चाण्डालः कुपितः प्राह वेपमानं महीपतिम्
etacchrutvā tato vākyaṃ hariścandrasya bhūpateḥ | cāṇḍālaḥ kupitaḥ prāha vepamānaṃ mahīpatim
Then, hearing this speech of Hariścandra, lord of the earth, the caṇḍāla, enraged, spoke to the trembling king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.87
चाण्डाल उवाच - (नैतद्वाक्यं सुघटितं यद्वाक्यं दासकीर्तितम्) चाण्डालदासतां कृत्वा सुराणां भाषसे वचः । दास किं बहुना नूनं शृणु मे गदतो वचः
cāṇḍāla uvāca - (naitadvākyaṃ sughaṭitaṃ yadvākyaṃ dāsakīrtitam) cāṇḍāladāsatāṃ kṛtvā surāṇāṃ bhāṣase vacaḥ | dāsa kiṃ bahunā nūnaṃ śṛṇu me gadato vacaḥ
The caṇḍāla said: This speech is not fitting, this speech uttered by a slave. Having taken on slavery to a caṇḍāla, you speak the words of the gods! Slave, what need of many words? Listen now to the words I speak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.88
निर्लज्ज तव चेदस्ति किञ्चित्पापभयं हृदि । किमर्थं दासतां यातश्चाण्डालस्य तु वेश्मनि
nirlajja tava cedasti kiñcitpāpabhayaṃ hṛdi | kimarthaṃ dāsatāṃ yātaścāṇḍālasya tu veśmani
Shameless one, if there is any fear of sin at all in your heart, why then have you come into slavery in the house of a caṇḍāla?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 25.89
गृहाणैनं ततः खड्गमस्याश्छिन्धि शिरोऽम्बुजम् । एवमुक्त्वाथ चाण्डालो राज्ञे खड्गं न्यवेदयत्
gṛhāṇainaṃ tataḥ khaḍgamasyāśchindhi śiro'mbujam | evamuktvātha cāṇḍālo rājñe khaḍgaṃ nyavedayat
Take, then, this sword and swiftly cut off the lotus of her head. Having spoken thus, the caṇḍāla handed the sword to the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition