Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition) — Chapter 46

MBh 1 46.1

सौतिरुवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा जरत्कारुर्भृशं शोकपरायणः। उवाच तान्पितॄन्दुःखाद्बाष्पसंदिग्धया गिरा॥

sautiruvāca etacchrutvā jaratkārurbhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇaḥ| uvāca tānpitṝnduḥkhādbāṣpasaṃdigdhayā girā||

Sauti said: Having heard all this, Jaratkaru became exceedingly sorry. He spoke to the pitres in sorrow and his words were choked by tears.

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

MBh 1 46.2

जरत्कारुरुवाच मम पूर्वे भवन्तो वै पितरः सपितामहाः। तद्भूत यन्मया कार्यं भवतां प्रियकाम्यया॥

jaratkāruruvāca mama pūrve bhavanto vai pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ| tadbhūta yanmayā kāryaṃ bhavatāṃ priyakāmyayā||

Jaratkaru said : You are my fathers and grandfathers who are gone before. Tell me, therefore, what I can do for your welfare.

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

MBh 1 46.3

अहमेव जरत्कारुः किल्बिषी भवतां सुतः। ते दण्डं धारयत मे दुष्कृतेरकृतात्मनः॥

ahameva jaratkāruḥ kilbiṣī bhavatāṃ sutaḥ| te daṇḍaṃ dhārayata me duṣkṛterakṛtātmanaḥ||

I am that Jaratkaru, your sinful son. I am a worthless man, a man of sinful deeds. Pray, punish me.

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

MBh 1 46.4

पितर ऊचुः पुत्र दिष्ट्याऽसि संप्राप्त इमं देशं यदृच्छया। किमर्थं च त्वया ब्रह्मन् नकृतो दारसंग्रहः॥

pitara ūcuḥ putra diṣṭyā'si saṃprāpta imaṃ deśaṃ yadṛcchayā| kimarthaṃ ca tvayā brahman nakṛto dārasaṃgrahaḥ||

O son, you have come by good luck at this spot in your travel. O Brahmana, why have you not taken a wife?

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

MBh 1 46.5

जरत्कारुरुवाच ममायं पितरो नित्यं यद्यर्थः परिवर्तते। ऊर्ध्वरेताः शरीरं वै प्रापयेयममुत्र वै॥

jaratkāruruvāca mamāyaṃ pitaro nityaṃ yadyarthaḥ parivartate| ūrdhvaretāḥ śarīraṃ vai prāpayeyamamutra vai||

Jaratkaru said: O Pitris, I have this desire always in my heart, that having kept my sexual passion under complete control, I shall take this body to the other world.

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

MBh 1 46.6

न दारान्वै करिष्येहमिति मे भावितं मनः। एवं दृष्ट्वा तु भवतः शकुन्तानिव लम्बतः॥

na dārānvai kariṣyehamiti me bhāvitaṃ manaḥ| evaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu bhavataḥ śakuntāniva lambataḥ||

My mind is possessed with the idea that I must not take a wife. But having seen you, my sires, hanging like birds.

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

MBh 1 46.7

मया निवर्तिता बुद्धिर्ब्रह्मचर्यात्पितामहाः। करिष्ये वः प्रियं कामं निवेक्ष्येऽहमसंशयम्॥

mayā nivartitā buddhirbrahmacaryātpitāmahāḥ| kariṣye vaḥ priyaṃ kāmaṃ nivekṣye'hamasaṃśayam||

O grandfathers, my mind has been diverted from Brahmacharya, I shall certainly do your favourite work.

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

MBh 1 46.8

सनाम्नी यद्यहं कन्यामुपलप्स्ये कदाचन। भविष्यति च या काचिद्भक्ष्यवत्स्वयमुद्यता॥ प्रतिग्रहीता तामस्मि न भरेयं च यामहम्। एवं विधमहं कुर्यां निवेशं प्राप्नुयां यदि॥

sanāmnī yadyahaṃ kanyāmupalapsye kadācana| bhaviṣyati ca yā kācidbhakṣyavatsvayamudyatā|| pratigrahītā tāmasmi na bhareyaṃ ca yāmaham| evaṃ vidhamahaṃ kuryāṃ niveśaṃ prāpnuyāṃ yadi||

(I shall certainly marry), if I get a bride of my own name, who will bestow herself on me of her own accord, who will come to me as a gift and whom I shall not have to maintain.

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

MBh 1 46.9

अन्यथा न करिष्येऽहं सत्यमेतत्पितामहाः। तत्र चोत्पत्स्यते जन्तुर्भवतां तारणाय वै। शाश्वताश्चाव्ययाश्चैव तिष्ठन्तु पितरो मम॥

anyathā na kariṣye'haṃ satyametatpitāmahāḥ| tatra cotpatsyate janturbhavatāṃ tāraṇāya vai| śāśvatāścāvyayāścaiva tiṣṭhantu pitaro mama||

Otherwise I shall not marry. O grandsires, I speak to you the truth. The offspring that will be begotten on her shall be the means of your salvation and O my fathers, you will then live for ever in blessed happiness and without the apprehension of a fall.

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

MBh 1 46.10

सौतिरुवाच एवमुक्त्वा तु स पितॄश्चचार पृथिवीं मुनिः। न च स्म लभते भार्यां वृद्धोऽयमिति शौनक॥

sautiruvāca evamuktvā tu sa pitṝścacāra pṛthivīṃ muniḥ| na ca sma labhate bhāryāṃ vṛddho'yamiti śaunaka||

Sauti said : The Rishi (Jaratkaru), having said all this to the ancestors, (left the place and) roamed over the world again. O Shaunaka, although he grew old, he did not get a wife.

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

MBh 1 46.11

यदा निर्वेदमापन्नः पितृभिश्चोदितस्तथा। तदाऽरण्यं स गत्वोच्चैश्चक्रोश भृशदुःखितः॥

yadā nirvedamāpannaḥ pitṛbhiścoditastathā| tadā'raṇyaṃ sa gatvoccaiścakrośa bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ||

He was very sorry that he was not successful, but directed by his ancestors he continued the search. He went into the forest and shouted aloud in grief.

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

MBh 1 46.12

स त्वरण्यगतः प्राज्ञः पितॄणां हितकाम्यया। उवाच कन्यां याचामि तिस्रो वाचः शनैरिमाः॥

sa tvaraṇyagataḥ prājñaḥ pitṝṇāṃ hitakāmyayā| uvāca kanyāṃ yācāmi tisro vācaḥ śanairimāḥ||

Having gone into the forest, the wise Rishi, moved by the desire of doing good to his ancestors, said, “I shall ask for a bride, distinctly uttering the words thrice.

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

MBh 1 46.13

यानि भूतानि सन्तीह स्थावराणि चराणि च। अन्तर्हितानि वा यानि तानि शृण्वन्तु मे वचः॥

yāni bhūtāni santīha sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca| antarhitāni vā yāni tāni śṛṇvantu me vacaḥ||

Whatever creatures are, mobile immobile, visible of invisible, O you all, hear or my words.

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

MBh 1 46.14

उग्रे तपसि वर्तन्ते पितरचोदयन्ति माम्। निविशस्वेति दुःखार्ताः संतानस्य चिकीर्षया॥

ugre tapasi vartante pitaracodayanti mām| niviśasveti duḥkhārtāḥ saṃtānasya cikīrṣayā||

I am a man, engaged in severe penances, but my ancestors, afflicted with grief, have told me, "Get yourself married to beget a son."

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

MBh 1 46.15

निवेशायाखिला भूमि कन्याभक्ष्यं चरामि भोः। दरिद्रो दुःखशीलश्च पितृभिः संनियोजितः॥

niveśāyākhilā bhūmi kanyābhakṣyaṃ carāmi bhoḥ| daridro duḥkhaśīlaśca pitṛbhiḥ saṃniyojitaḥ||

Directed by my ancestors, I'm roaming in poverty and sorrow all over the world for wedding a maiden whom I shall get as a gift.

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

MBh 1 46.16

यस्य कन्यास्ति भूतस्य ये मयेह प्रकीर्तिताः। ते मे कन्यां प्रयच्छन्तु चरतः सर्वतो दिशम्॥

yasya kanyāsti bhūtasya ye mayeha prakīrtitāḥ| te me kanyāṃ prayacchantu carataḥ sarvato diśam||

Let any of those creatures, whom I (now) address, if he has a daughter, bestow her on me who am roving all over the world for a bride.

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

MBh 1 46.17

मम कन्या सनाम्नी या भैक्ष्यवच्चोदिता भवेत्। भरेयं चैव यां नाहं तां मे कन्यां प्रयच्छत॥

mama kanyā sanāmnī yā bhaikṣyavaccoditā bhavet| bhareyaṃ caiva yāṃ nāhaṃ tāṃ me kanyāṃ prayacchata||

A bride, who bears the same name with me, who will be given to me as a gift and whom I shall not have to maintain,(If there is such a bride), O bestow her on me.

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

MBh 1 46.18

ततस्ते पन्नगा ये वै जरत्कारौ समाहिताः। तामादाय प्रवृति ते वासुकेः प्रत्यवेदयन्॥

tataste pannagā ye vai jaratkārau samāhitāḥ| tāmādāya pravṛti te vāsukeḥ pratyavedayan||

Thereupon those snakes, who had been appointed to watch Jaratkaru, knowing his intention, gave information to Vasuki.

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

MBh 1 46.19

तेषां श्रुत्वा स नागेन्द्रस्तां कन्यां समलंकृताम्। प्रगृह्यारण्यमगमत्समीपं तस्य पन्नगः॥

teṣāṃ śrutvā sa nāgendrastāṃ kanyāṃ samalaṃkṛtām| pragṛhyāraṇyamagamatsamīpaṃ tasya pannagaḥ||

The king of the snakes immediately went to the place where the Rishi was, taking with him his sister, decked with various ornaments.

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

MBh 1 46.20

तत्र तां भैक्ष्यवत्कन्यां प्रादात्तस्मै महात्मने। नागेन्द्रो वासुकिर्ब्रह्मन्न स तां प्रत्यगृह्णत॥

tatra tāṃ bhaikṣyavatkanyāṃ prādāttasmai mahātmane| nāgendro vāsukirbrahmanna sa tāṃ pratyagṛhṇata||

O Brahmana, the king of the snakes Vasuki, having gone there, offered the maiden as a gift to that high-souled Rishi. But he did not at once accept her.

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

MBh 1 46.21

असनामेति वै मत्वा भरणे चाविचारिते। मोक्षभावे स्थितश्चापि द्वन्द्वभूतः परिग्रहे॥

asanāmeti vai matvā bharaṇe cāvicārite| mokṣabhāve sthitaścāpi dvandvabhūtaḥ parigrahe||

The Rishi, thinking her not to be of the same name with himself and seeing also that the question of her maintenance was not settled, reflected for a while and hesitated to accept her.

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

MBh 1 46.22

ततो नाम स कन्याया: पप्रच्छ भृगुनन्दन। वासुकि भरणं चास्या न कुर्यामित्युवाच ह॥

tato nāma sa kanyāyā: papraccha bhṛgunandana| vāsuki bharaṇaṃ cāsyā na kuryāmityuvāca ha||

O descendant of Bhrigu, he then asked Vasuki the name of the maiden and he told him also, “I shall not maintain her."

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