Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 176

MBh 1 176.1

गन्धर्व उवाच कल्माषपाद इत्येवं लोके राजा बभूव ह। इक्ष्वाकुवंशजः पार्थ तेजसा सदृशो भुवि॥

gandharva uvāca kalmāṣapāda ityevaṃ loke rājā babhūva ha| ikṣvākuvaṃśajaḥ pārtha tejasā sadṛśo bhuvi||

The Gandharva said : O Partha there was a king named Kalmashapada in this world. He belonged to the race of Ikshaku and he was matchless in prowess.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.2

स कदाचिद् वनं राजा मृगयां निर्ययौ पुरात्। मृगान् विध्यन् वराहांश्च चचार रिपुमर्दनः॥

sa kadācid vanaṃ rājā mṛgayāṃ niryayau purāt| mṛgān vidhyan varāhāṃśca cacāra ripumardanaḥ||

One day the king came out of his capital for the purpose of hunting. That chastiser of foes pierced (with his arrows) many deer and boars.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.3

तस्मिन् वने महाघोरे खगांश्च बहुशोऽहनत्। हत्वा च सुचिरं श्रान्तो राजा निववृते ततः॥

tasmin vane mahāghore khagāṃśca bahuśo'hanat| hatvā ca suciraṃ śrānto rājā nivavṛte tataḥ||

He also killed in that greatly fearful forest many rhinoceroses. Thus killing (animals) for a long period, the king became tried and refrained from it.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.4

अकामयत् तं याज्यार्थे विश्वामित्रः प्रतापवान्। स तु राजा महात्मानं वासिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम्॥ तृषार्तश्च क्षुधार्तश्च एकायनगतः पथि। अपश्यदजित: संख्ये मुनि प्रतिमुखागतम्॥ शक्तिं नाम महाभागं वसिष्ठकुलवर्धनम्। ज्येष्ठं पुत्रं पुत्रशताद् वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः॥

akāmayat taṃ yājyārthe viśvāmitraḥ pratāpavān| sa tu rājā mahātmānaṃ vāsiṣṭhamṛṣisattamam|| tṛṣārtaśca kṣudhārtaśca ekāyanagataḥ pathi| apaśyadajita: saṃkhye muni pratimukhāgatam|| śaktiṃ nāma mahābhāgaṃ vasiṣṭhakulavardhanam| jyeṣṭhaṃ putraṃ putraśatād vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ||

(One day) when the king, whom the greatly powerful Vishvamitra desired to make his spiritual disciple, was proceeding through the forest afflicted with hunger and thirst he met with that best of Rishis, the high-souled son of Vasishtha, the illustrious perpetuator of Vasishtha's race, the eldest of the one hundred sons of the illustrious Rishi Vasishtha, known by the name of Shakti, coming along the same path from an opposite direction.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.5

अपगच्छ पथोऽस्माकमित्येवं पार्थिवोऽब्रवीत्। तथा ऋषिरुवाचैनं सान्त्वयश्लक्ष्णया गिरा॥

apagaccha patho'smākamityevaṃ pārthivo'bravīt| tathā ṛṣiruvācainaṃ sāntvayaślakṣṇayā girā||

The king said, Stand out of our way." Thereupon the Rishi spoke thus in a conciliatory manner and in sweet words,

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.6

मम पन्था महाराज धर्म एष सनातनः। राज्ञा सर्वेषु धर्मेषु देयः पन्था द्विजातये॥

mama panthā mahārāja dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ| rājñā sarveṣu dharmeṣu deyaḥ panthā dvijātaye||

“O great king, this is my way. This is eternal religion. The king should yield the way to the Brahmanas according to all the precepts of religion.”

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.7

एवं परस्परं तौ तु पथोऽर्थं वाक्यमूचतुः। अपसर्पापसर्पति वागुत्तरमकुर्वताम्॥

evaṃ parasparaṃ tau tu patho'rthaṃ vākyamūcatuḥ| apasarpāpasarpati vāguttaramakurvatām||

Thus they addressed each other respected their right of way. "Stand aside,” “Stand aside,” were the words they said to each other.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.8

ऋषिस्तु नापचक्राम तस्मिन् धर्मपथे स्थितः। नापि राजा मुनेर्मानात् क्रोधाच्चाथ जगाम ह॥

ṛṣistu nāpacakrāma tasmin dharmapathe sthitaḥ| nāpi rājā munermānāt krodhāccātha jagāma ha||

The Rishi, being in the right, did not yield; the king also did not yield out of anger and pride.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.9

अमुञ्चन्तं तु पन्थानं तमृषि नृपसत्तमः। जघान कशया मोहात् तदा राक्षसवन्मुनिम्॥

amuñcantaṃ tu panthānaṃ tamṛṣi nṛpasattamaḥ| jaghāna kaśayā mohāt tadā rākṣasavanmunim||

Being enraged on seeing the Rishi decline to yield the way to him, that best of kings, acted like a Rakshasa and he struck him violently with his whips.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.10

कशाप्रहाराभिहतस्ततः स मुनिसत्तमः। तं शशाप नृपश्रेष्ठं वासिष्ठं क्रोधमूर्च्छितः॥

kaśāprahārābhihatastataḥ sa munisattamaḥ| taṃ śaśāpa nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ vāsiṣṭhaṃ krodhamūrcchitaḥ||

That best of Rishis, the son of Vasishtha, being thus struck by the whip, was deprived of his (good) senses and out of anger, cursed that best of kings.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.11

हंसि राक्षसवद् यस्माद् राजापसद तापसम्। तस्मात् त्वमद्यप्रभृति पुरुषादो भविष्यसि॥ मनुष्यपिशिते सक्तश्चरिष्यसि महीमिमाम्। गच्छ राजाधमेत्युक्तः शक्तिना वीर्यशक्तिना॥

haṃsi rākṣasavad yasmād rājāpasada tāpasam| tasmāt tvamadyaprabhṛti puruṣādo bhaviṣyasi|| manuṣyapiśite saktaścariṣyasi mahīmimām| gaccha rājādhametyuktaḥ śaktinā vīryaśaktinā||

The Rishi said: O worst of kings, as you injure an ascetic a Rakshasas, you shall from this day be a cannibal. O worst of kings, go hence. You shall wander over the world eating human flesh.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.12

ततो याज्यनिमित्ते तु विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः। वैरमासीत् तदा तं तु विश्वामित्रोऽन्वपद्यत॥

tato yājyanimitte tu viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ| vairamāsīt tadā taṃ tu viśvāmitro'nvapadyata||

At this time Vishvamitra, with whom Vasishtha had a great quarrel on the matter of becoming the priest (of the king Kalmashapada), came to the place (where Vasishtha's son and the king were.)

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.13

तयोर्विवदतोरेवं समीपमुपचक्रमे। ऋषिरुग्रतपाः पार्थ विश्वामित्रः प्रतापवान्॥

tayorvivadatorevaṃ samīpamupacakrame| ṛṣirugratapāḥ pārtha viśvāmitraḥ pratāpavān||

O Partha, the Rishi of severe ascetic penances, the powerful Vishvamitra, came there where they were both quarrelling.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.14

ततः स बुबुधे पश्चात् तमृषि नृपसत्तमः। ऋषे पुत्रं वसिष्ठस्य वसिष्ठमिव तेजसा॥

tataḥ sa bubudhe paścāt tamṛṣi nṛpasattamaḥ| ṛṣe putraṃ vasiṣṭhasya vasiṣṭhamiva tejasā||

Thereupon after the curse on the excellent king (had been uttered) he came to know that the Rishi was the son of Vasishtha as powerful as Vasishtha himself.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.15

अन्तर्धाय तदाऽऽत्मानं विश्वामित्रोऽपि भारत। तावुभावतिचक्रांम चिर्कीपन्नात्मनः प्रियम्॥

antardhāya tadā''tmānaṃ viśvāmitro'pi bhārata| tāvubhāvaticakrāṃma cirkīpannātmanaḥ priyam||

O descendant of Bharata, being desirous of benefiting himself, Vishvamitra remained there concealed from the sight of both by making himself invisible.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.16

स तु शप्तस्तदा तेन शक्तिना वै नृपोत्तमः। जगाम शरणं शक्तिं प्रसादयितुमर्हयन्॥

sa tu śaptastadā tena śaktinā vai nṛpottamaḥ| jagāma śaraṇaṃ śaktiṃ prasādayitumarhayan||

Then that best of kings, (Kalmashapada), having been thus cursed by Shakti, asked the protection of Shakti by humbly beseeching him.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.17

तस्य भावं विदित्वा स नृपतेः कुरुसत्तम। विश्वामित्रस्ततो रक्ष आदिदेश नृपं प्रति॥

tasya bhāvaṃ viditvā sa nṛpateḥ kurusattama| viśvāmitrastato rakṣa ādideśa nṛpaṃ prati||

O best of the Kuru race, knowing the disposition of the king, Vishvamitra ordered a Rakshasas to enter the king's body.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.18

शापात् तस्य तु विप्रपेर्विश्वामित्रस्य चाज्ञया। राक्षस: किंकरो नाम विवेश नृपतिं तदा॥

śāpāt tasya tu vipraperviśvāmitrasya cājñayā| rākṣasa: kiṃkaro nāma viveśa nṛpatiṃ tadā||

Obedient to Shakti's curse and Vishvamitra's order, a Rakshasas, named Kinkara, then entered the king body.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.19

रक्षसा तं गृहीतं तु विदित्वा मुनिसत्तमः। विश्वामित्रोऽप्यपाक्रामत् तस्माद् देशादरिंदम॥

rakṣasā taṃ gṛhītaṃ tu viditvā munisattamaḥ| viśvāmitro'pyapākrāmat tasmād deśādariṃdama||

O chastiser of foes, knowing that the Rakshasas had entered the body of the king, that best of Rishis, Vishvamitra, left the place and went away.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.20

ततः स नृपतिस्तेन रक्षसान्तर्गतेन वै। बलवत् पीडितः पार्थ नान्वबुध्यत किंचन॥

tataḥ sa nṛpatistena rakṣasāntargatena vai| balavat pīḍitaḥ pārtha nānvabudhyata kiṃcana||

O Partha, then the king, being thus possessed by the Rakshasas and terribly afflicted by him, lost all his senses.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.21

ददर्शाथ द्विजः कश्चिद् राजानं प्रस्थितं वनम्। अयाचत क्षुधापन्नः समांसं भोजनं तदा॥

dadarśātha dvijaḥ kaścid rājānaṃ prasthitaṃ vanam| ayācata kṣudhāpannaḥ samāṃsaṃ bhojanaṃ tadā||

A certain Brahmana saw the king roaming in the forest. being hungry, he begged of the king some food with meat.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.22

तमुवाचाथ राजर्षिर्द्विजं मित्रसहस्तदा। आस्स्व ब्रह्मंस्त्वमत्रैव मुहूर्त प्रतिपालयन्॥

tamuvācātha rājarṣirdvijaṃ mitrasahastadā| āssva brahmaṃstvamatraiva muhūrta pratipālayan||

The royal sage (Kalmashapada) with his friends said to the Brahmana, “O Brahmana, Stay here for a moment,

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.23

निवृत्तः प्रतिदास्यामि भोजनं ते यथेप्सितम्। इत्युक्तवा प्रययौ राजा तस्थौ च द्विजसत्तमः॥

nivṛttaḥ pratidāsyāmi bhojanaṃ te yathepsitam| ityuktavā prayayau rājā tasthau ca dvijasattamaḥ||

On my return I shall give you whatever food you desire to have." Having said this, the king went away, but that excellent Brahmana remained there.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.24

ततो राजा परिक्रम्य यथाकामं यथासुखम्। निवृत्तौऽन्तःपुरं पार्थ प्रविवेश महात्मनाः॥

tato rājā parikramya yathākāmaṃ yathāsukham| nivṛttau'ntaḥpuraṃ pārtha praviveśa mahātmanāḥ||

O Partha, that high-minded king, after roaming at pleasure and at will (for sometime), returned (to his palace) and entered the innerapartment.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.25

ततोऽर्धरात्र उत्थाय सूदमानाय्य सत्वरम्। उवाच राजा संस्मृत्य ब्राह्मणस्य प्रतिश्रुतम्॥

tato'rdharātra utthāya sūdamānāyya satvaram| uvāca rājā saṃsmṛtya brāhmaṇasya pratiśrutam||

Waking at midnight and remembering his promise to the Brahmana, the king soon summoned his cook and spoke to him thus. The King said:

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.26

गच्छामुष्मिन् वनोद्देशे ब्राह्मणो मां प्रतीक्षते। अन्नार्थी तं त्वमन्नेन समांसेनोपपादय॥

gacchāmuṣmin vanoddeśe brāhmaṇo māṃ pratīkṣate| annārthī taṃ tvamannena samāṃsenopapādaya||

Go at once to the forest where a Brahmana is waiting for me in the hope of getting food. Go and entertain him with food and meat.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.27

गन्धर्व उवाच एवमुक्तस्तत: सूदः सोऽनासाद्यामिषं क्वचित्। निवेदयामास तदा तस्मै राज्ञे व्यथान्वितः॥

gandharva uvāca evamuktastata: sūdaḥ so'nāsādyāmiṣaṃ kvacit| nivedayāmāsa tadā tasmai rājñe vyathānvitaḥ||

The Gandharva said : Having been thus addressed, the cook (went away in search of meat), but having failed to procure any meat, he sorrowfully informed the king (of his failure).

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.28

राजा तु रक्षसाऽऽविष्टः सूदमाद गतव्यथः। अप्येनं नरमांसेन भोजयेति पुनः पुनः॥

rājā tu rakṣasā''viṣṭaḥ sūdamāda gatavyathaḥ| apyenaṃ naramāṃsena bhojayeti punaḥ punaḥ||

The king, possessed as he was by the Rakshasas, again said to the cook without any scruple, “Feed him with human flesh."

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.29

तथेत्युक्त्वा तत: सूदः संस्थानं वध्यघातिनाम्। गत्वाऽऽजहार त्वरितो नरमांसमपेतभीः॥

tathetyuktvā tata: sūdaḥ saṃsthānaṃ vadhyaghātinām| gatvā''jahāra tvarito naramāṃsamapetabhīḥ||

Saying "Be it so," the cook went to the place where the executioners were and he soon took from them human flesh.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.30

एतत् संस्कृत्य विधिवदन्नोपहितमाशु वै। तस्मै प्रादाद् ब्राह्मणाय क्षुधिताय तपस्विने॥

etat saṃskṛtya vidhivadannopahitamāśu vai| tasmai prādād brāhmaṇāya kṣudhitāya tapasvine||

He washed it and then properly cooked it and then covering it with boiled rice, he gave it to the hungry ascetic Brahmana.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.31

स सिद्धचक्षुषा दृष्ट्वा तदन्नं द्विजसत्तमः। अभोज्यमिदमित्याह क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षणः॥

sa siddhacakṣuṣā dṛṣṭvā tadannaṃ dvijasattamaḥ| abhojyamidamityāha krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ||

That excellent Brahmana, seeing by his ascetic eye that the food was unworthy of being eaten, thus spoke with his eyes red in anger.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.32

ब्राह्मण उवाच यस्मादभोज्यमन्ने मे ददाति स नृपाधमः। तस्मात् तस्यैव मूढस्य भविष्यत्यत्र लोलुपा॥

brāhmaṇa uvāca yasmādabhojyamanne me dadāti sa nṛpādhamaḥ| tasmāt tasyaiva mūḍhasya bhaviṣyatyatra lolupā||

The Brahmana said : Because that worst of kings offers me unworthy food, therefore that fool himself will be fond of such food.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.33

सक्तो मानुषभांसेषु यथोक्तः शक्तिना तथा। उद्वेजनीयो भूतानां चरिष्यति महीमिमाम्॥

sakto mānuṣabhāṃseṣu yathoktaḥ śaktinā tathā| udvejanīyo bhūtānāṃ cariṣyati mahīmimām||

Becoming fond of human flesh as cursed by Shakti before, he shall wander over the earth, persecuting all creatures.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.34

द्विरनुव्याहृते राज्ञः स शापो बलवानभूत्। रक्षोवलसमाविष्टो विसंज्ञश्चाभवन्नृपः॥

dviranuvyāhṛte rājñaḥ sa śāpo balavānabhūt| rakṣovalasamāviṣṭo visaṃjñaścābhavannṛpaḥ||

The Gandharva said : The curse on the king, thus repeated for the second time, became very strong. And the king being possessed of the Rakshasas disposition, soon lost all his senses.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.35

ततः स नृपतिश्रेष्ठो रक्षसापहतेन्द्रियः। उवाच शक्तिं तं दृष्ट्वा न चिरादिव भारत॥

tataḥ sa nṛpatiśreṣṭho rakṣasāpahatendriyaḥ| uvāca śaktiṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā na cirādiva bhārata||

Thereupon, O descendant of Bharata, that best of kings, having been deprived of all his senses by the Rakshasas within him and having seen before him Shakti who had cursed him, said,

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.36

यस्मादसदृशः शापः प्रयुक्तोऽयं मयि त्वया। तस्मात् त्वत्तः प्रवर्तिष्ये खादितुं पुरुषानहम्॥

yasmādasadṛśaḥ śāpaḥ prayukto'yaṃ mayi tvayā| tasmāt tvattaḥ pravartiṣye khādituṃ puruṣānaham||

"Because you have inflicted upon me this extraordinary curse, therefore, shall commence my life of cannibalism by eating you.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.37

एवमुक्त्वा ततः सद्यस्तं प्राणैर्विप्रयुज्य च। शक्तिनं भक्षयामास व्याघ्रः पशुमिवेप्सितम्॥

evamuktvā tataḥ sadyastaṃ prāṇairviprayujya ca| śaktinaṃ bhakṣayāmāsa vyāghraḥ paśumivepsitam||

Having said this, the king immediately killed Shakti and ate him up as a tiger eats up the animal it is fond of.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.38

शक्तिनं तु मृतं दृष्ट्वा विश्वामित्रः पुनः पुनः। वसिष्ठस्यैव पुत्रेषु तद् रक्षः संदिदेश ह॥

śaktinaṃ tu mṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśvāmitraḥ punaḥ punaḥ| vasiṣṭhasyaiva putreṣu tad rakṣaḥ saṃdideśa ha||

Having seen Shakti thus killed. Vishvamitra again urged that Rakshasas (within the king) to kill the other sons of Vasishtha.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.39

स ताञ्छक्त्यवरान् पुत्रान् वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः। भक्षयामास संक्रुद्धः सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगानिव॥

sa tāñchaktyavarān putrān vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ| bhakṣayāmāsa saṃkruddhaḥ siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgāniva||

He (the Rakshasas) devoured in anger all the sons of the illustrious Vasishtha, the younger brothers of Shakti as a lion devours smali animals.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.40

वसिष्ठो घातिताञ्छ्रुत्वा विश्वामित्रेण तान् सुतान्। धारयामास तं शोकं महाद्रिरिव मेदिनीम्॥

vasiṣṭho ghātitāñchrutvā viśvāmitreṇa tān sutān| dhārayāmāsa taṃ śokaṃ mahādririva medinīm||

Having learnt that his sons had been caused to be killed by Vishvamitra, Vasishtha patiently bore his grief, as the great mountain bears the earth.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.41

चक्रे चात्मविनाशाय बुद्धि स मुनिसत्तमः। न त्वेव कौशिकोच्छेदं मेने मतिमतां वरः॥

cakre cātmavināśāya buddhi sa munisattamaḥ| na tveva kauśikocchedaṃ mene matimatāṃ varaḥ||

That best of Rishis, that foremost of all intelligent men (Vasishtha), resolved rather to sacrifice his own life than to exterminate the race of the Kushikas.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.42

स मेरुकूटादात्मानं मुमोच भगवानृपिः। गिरेस्तस्य शिलायां तु तूलराशविवापतत्॥

sa merukūṭādātmānaṃ mumoca bhagavānṛpiḥ| girestasya śilāyāṃ tu tūlarāśavivāpatat||

The illustrious Rishi threw himself down from the summit of the Meru mountain, but he descended on the stony ground as if it was a heap of cotton.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.43

न ममार च पातेन स यदा तेन पाण्डव। तदाग्निमिद्धं भगवान् संविवेश महावने॥

na mamāra ca pātena sa yadā tena pāṇḍava| tadāgnimiddhaṃ bhagavān saṃviveśa mahāvane||

O son of Pandu, when the illustrious (Rishi) found that he was not killed by that fall, he made a huge fire in that great forest and entered it.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.44

तं तदा सुसमिद्धोऽपि न ददाह हुताशनः । दीप्यमानोऽप्यमित्रघ्न शीतोऽग्निरभवत् ततः॥

taṃ tadā susamiddho'pi na dadāha hutāśanaḥ | dīpyamāno'pyamitraghna śīto'gnirabhavat tataḥ||

The fire, through blazing fearfully, did not consume him. O chastiser of foes, that blazing fire seemed to him cool.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.45

स समुद्रमभिप्रेक्ष्य शोकविष्टो महामुनिः। बद्धवा कण्द्दे शिलां गुरु निपपात तदाम्भसि॥

sa samudramabhiprekṣya śokaviṣṭo mahāmuniḥ| baddhavā kaṇdde śilāṃ guru nipapāta tadāmbhasi||

Then seeing the sea (before him), the great Rishi, affected with grief, tied a heavy stone to his neck and threw himself into its waters.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 1 176.46

स समुद्रोर्मिवेगेन स्थले न्यस्तो महामुनिः। न ममार यदा विप्रः कथंचित् संशितव्रतः। जगाम स ततः खिन्नः पुनरेवाश्रमं प्रति॥

sa samudrormivegena sthale nyasto mahāmuniḥ| na mamāra yadā vipraḥ kathaṃcit saṃśitavrataḥ| jagāma sa tataḥ khinnaḥ punarevāśramaṃ prati||

The great Rishi was with great force brought by the waves to the shore. He then returned to his hermitage with a sorrowful heart.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)