Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 110
MBh 2 110.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः प्रयातः कौन्तेयः क्रमेण भरतर्षभ। नन्दामपरनन्दां च नद्यौ पापभयापहे॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tataḥ prayātaḥ kaunteyaḥ krameṇa bharatarṣabha| nandāmaparanandāṃ ca nadyau pāpabhayāpahe||
Vaishampayana said : O best of the Bharata race, then slowly did the son of Kunti to the two rivers Nanda and Aparananda which destroys the dread of fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.2
पर्वतं स समासाद्य हेमकूटमनामयम्। अचिन्त्यानद्भुतान् भावान् ददर्श सुबहून् नृपः॥
parvataṃ sa samāsādya hemakūṭamanāmayam| acintyānadbhutān bhāvān dadarśa subahūn nṛpaḥ||
Then going to the healthy mountain called Hemakuta, that king saw there many wonderful and inconceivable sights.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.3
वाताबद्धा भवन्मेघा उपलाश्च सहस्रशः। नाशक्नुवंस्तमारोढुं विषण्णमनसो जनाः॥
vātābaddhā bhavanmeghā upalāśca sahasraśaḥ| nāśaknuvaṃstamāroḍhuṃ viṣaṇṇamanaso janāḥ||
From the wind there were created clouds and showers of thousands of stones for which the people becoming sad could not ascend it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.4
वायुर्नित्यं ववौ तत्र नित्यं देवश्च वर्षति। स्वाध्यायघोषश्च तथा श्रूयते न च दृश्यते॥
vāyurnityaṃ vavau tatra nityaṃ devaśca varṣati| svādhyāyaghoṣaśca tathā śrūyate na ca dṛśyate||
The wind always blew there and the celestials always poured showers. The sounds of the recitation of sacred scripture were heard, but none was seen.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.5
सायं प्रातश्च भगवान् दृश्यते हव्यवाहनः। मक्षिकाश्चादशंस्तत्र तपसः प्रतिघातिकाः॥
sāyaṃ prātaśca bhagavān dṛśyate havyavāhanaḥ| makṣikāścādaśaṃstatra tapasaḥ pratighātikāḥ||
In the evening and in the morning the exalted carrier of libation (fire) was seen and flies bit men, thus obstructing the practice of austerities.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.6
निर्वेदो जायते तत्र गृहाणि स्मरते जनः। एवं बहुविधान् भावानद्भुतान् वीक्ष्य पाण्डवः। लोमशं पुनरेवाथ पर्यपृच्छत् तदद्भुतम्॥
nirvedo jāyate tatra gṛhāṇi smarate janaḥ| evaṃ bahuvidhān bhāvānadbhutān vīkṣya pāṇḍavaḥ| lomaśaṃ punarevātha paryapṛcchat tadadbhutam||
Men would become sick there and a sadness would overtake their minds. The son of Pandu (Yudhishthira), seeing these various wonderful things, asked Lomasha about those astonishing sights.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.7
लोमश उवाच यथाश्रुतमिदं पूर्वमस्माभिररिकर्शन। तदेकाग्रमना राजन् निबोध गदतो मम॥
lomaśa uvāca yathāśrutamidaṃ pūrvamasmābhirarikarśana| tadekāgramanā rājan nibodha gadato mama||
Lomasha said : O chastiser of foes, O king, I shall tell detail all that we heard about them before. Hear them with all attention.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.8
अस्मिन्नृषभकूटेऽभूदृषभो नाम तापसः। अनेकशतवर्षायुस्तपस्वी कोपनो भृशम्॥
asminnṛṣabhakūṭe'bhūdṛṣabho nāma tāpasaḥ| anekaśatavarṣāyustapasvī kopano bhṛśam||
Here on this Rishava Kuta (hill) there lived for many hundred years, an ascetic of great wrath, named Rishava engaged in asceticism. you in
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.9
स वै सम्भाष्यमाणोऽन्यैः कोपाद् गिरिमुवाच ह। य इह व्याहरेत् कश्चिदुपलानुत्सृजेस्तथा॥
sa vai sambhāṣyamāṇo'nyaiḥ kopād girimuvāca ha| ya iha vyāharet kaścidupalānutsṛjestathā||
He, being addressed by others, spoke thus to the hill in anger, who ever will utter words hero (O hill) throw stones at him."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.10
वातं चाहूय मा शब्दमित्युवाच स तापसः। व्याहरंश्चेह पुरुषो मेघशब्देन वार्यते॥
vātaṃ cāhūya mā śabdamityuvāca sa tāpasaḥ| vyāharaṃśceha puruṣo meghaśabdena vāryate||
That ascetic said, “Call the wind, so that no sound is made. Thus if a man utters a word here, he is prevented by the roarings of the clouds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.11
एवमेतानि कर्माणि राजंस्तेन महर्षिणा। कृतानि कानिचित् क्रोधात् प्रतिषिद्धानि कानिचित्।।
evametāni karmāṇi rājaṃstena maharṣiṇā| kṛtāni kānicit krodhāt pratiṣiddhāni kānicit||
O king, these were the acts of that great Rishi; some acts he performed from anger and some again he prevented from being done (from anger).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.12
नन्दां त्वभिगता देवाः : पुरा राजनिति श्रुतिः। अन्वपद्यन्त सहसा पुरुषा देवदर्शिनः॥
nandāṃ tvabhigatā devāḥ : purā rājaniti śrutiḥ| anvapadyanta sahasā puruṣā devadarśinaḥ||
O king, tradition says that when in the days of yore the celestials came to the Nanda men suddenly appeared there with the desire of seeing the immortals.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.13
ते दर्शनं त्वनिच्छन्तो देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः। दुर्ग चक्रुरिमं देशं गिरि प्रत्यूहरूपकम्॥
te darśanaṃ tvanicchanto devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ| durga cakrurimaṃ deśaṃ giri pratyūharūpakam||
The celestials with Sakra (Indra) at their head did not like to be seen and therefore they made this place inaccessible by raising up hills.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.14
तदाप्रभृति कौन्तेय नरा गिरिमिमं सदा। नाशक्नुवन्नभिद्रष्टुं कुत एवाधिरोहितुम्॥
tadāprabhṛti kaunteya narā girimimaṃ sadā| nāśaknuvannabhidraṣṭuṃ kuta evādhirohitum||
O sons of Kunti, from that day men could not even look at these hill, what to speak of ascending them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.15
नातप्ततपसा शक्यो द्रष्टुमेष महागिरिः। आरोढुं वापि कौन्तेय तस्मानियतवाग भव॥
nātaptatapasā śakyo draṣṭumeṣa mahāgiriḥ| āroḍhuṃ vāpi kaunteya tasmāniyatavāga bhava||
O son of Kunti, none can look at or ascend this great hill except he who has performed asceticism. Therefore be silent.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.16
इह देवास्तदा सर्वे यज्ञानाजहरुत्तमान्। तेषामेतानि लिङ्गानि दृश्यन्तेऽद्यापि भारत॥
iha devāstadā sarve yajñānājaharuttamān| teṣāmetāni liṅgāni dṛśyante'dyāpi bhārata||
O descendant of Bharata, here did the celestials perform those best of sacrifices, their marks are seen even to this day.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.17
कुशाकारेव दुर्वेयं संस्तीर्णेव च भूरियम्। यूपप्रकारा बहवो वृक्षाश्चेमे विशाम्पते॥
kuśākāreva durveyaṃ saṃstīrṇeva ca bhūriyam| yūpaprakārā bahavo vṛkṣāśceme viśāmpate||
O king, this grass is like the Kusha (grass), the whole ground is over-spread with the sacred grass. Many trees here look like the sacrificial stakes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.18
देवाश्च ऋषयश्चैव वसन्त्यद्यापि भारत। तेषां सायं तथा प्रातर्दृश्यते हव्यवाहनः॥
devāśca ṛṣayaścaiva vasantyadyāpi bhārata| teṣāṃ sāyaṃ tathā prātardṛśyate havyavāhanaḥ||
O descendant of Bharata, the celestials and the Rishis still live here and both in the morning and the evening their carrying of libations (Agni) is to be seen here.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.19
इहाप्लुतानां कौन्तेय सद्यः पाप्माभिहन्यते। कुरुश्रेष्ठाभिषेकं वै तस्मात् कुरु सहानुजः॥
ihāplutānāṃ kaunteya sadyaḥ pāpmābhihanyate| kuruśreṣṭhābhiṣekaṃ vai tasmāt kuru sahānujaḥ||
O son of Kunti, if one bathes here his sins are immediately destroyed. O foremost of the Kurus, therefore perform your oblations here with your younger brothers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.20
ततो नन्दाप्लुताङ्गस्त्वं कौशिकीमभियास्यसि। विश्वामित्रेण यत्रोग्रं तपस्तप्तमनुत्तमम्॥
tato nandāplutāṅgastvaṃ kauśikīmabhiyāsyasi| viśvāmitreṇa yatrograṃ tapastaptamanuttamam||
Then washing your body in the Nanda, you will go to the Kaushiki where the excellent and severe asceticism was performed by Vishvamitra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.21
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततस्तत्र समाप्लुत्य गात्राणि सगणो नृपः। जगाम कौशिकी पुण्यां रम्यां शीतजलां शुभाम्॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tatastatra samāplutya gātrāṇi sagaṇo nṛpaḥ| jagāma kauśikī puṇyāṃ ramyāṃ śītajalāṃ śubhām||
O king, washing his there with all his men, he went to the sacred, charming and blessed Kaushiki of cool water,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.22
लोमश उवाच एषा देवनदी पुण्या कौशिकी भरतर्षभ। विश्वामित्राश्रमो रम्य एष चात्र प्रकाशते॥
lomaśa uvāca eṣā devanadī puṇyā kauśikī bharatarṣabha| viśvāmitrāśramo ramya eṣa cātra prakāśate||
O best of the Bharata race, this is the sacred and celestials river Kaushiki. Here stands the charming hermitage of Vishvamitra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.23
आश्रमश्चैव पुण्याख्य: काश्यपस्य महात्मनः। ऋष्यशृङ्गः सुतो यस्य तपस्वी संयतेन्द्रियः॥
āśramaścaiva puṇyākhya: kāśyapasya mahātmanaḥ| ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ suto yasya tapasvī saṃyatendriyaḥ||
This is the hermitage belonging to the illustrious son of Kashyapa, whose son was the ascetic Rishyashringa of subdued passions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.24
तपसो यः प्रभावेण वर्षयामास वासवम्। अनावृष्ट्यां भयाद् यस्य ववर्ष बलवृत्रहा॥
tapaso yaḥ prabhāveṇa varṣayāmāsa vāsavam| anāvṛṣṭyāṃ bhayād yasya vavarṣa balavṛtrahā||
By his ascetic prowess he made Asava (Indra) to pour rains and from whose fear the destroyer of Bala and Vitra poured down rains during a draught.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.25
मृग्यां जातः स तेजस्वी काश्यपस्य सुतः प्रभुः। विषये लोमपादस्य यश्चकाराद्भुतं महत्॥
mṛgyāṃ jātaḥ sa tejasvī kāśyapasya sutaḥ prabhuḥ| viṣaye lomapādasya yaścakārādbhutaṃ mahat||
That powerful lord, the son of Kashyapa, was born of a hind; he performed a great wonder in the kingdom of Lomapada.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.26
निर्वर्तितेषु सस्येषु यस्मै शान्तं ददौ नृपः। लोमपादो दुहितरं सावित्री सविता यथा।॥
nirvartiteṣu sasyeṣu yasmai śāntaṃ dadau nṛpaḥ| lomapādo duhitaraṃ sāvitrī savitā yathā|||
When the crops were restored (by the Rishi who made Indra rain) the king Lomapada bestowed his daughter Shanta on him, as Savita (once) bestowed (his daughter) Savitri.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.27
युधिष्ठिर उवाच ऋष्यशृङ्गः कथं मृग्यामुत्पन्नः काश्यपात्मजः। विरुद्धे योनिसंसर्गे कथं च तपसा युतः॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ kathaṃ mṛgyāmutpannaḥ kāśyapātmajaḥ| viruddhe yonisaṃsarge kathaṃ ca tapasā yutaḥ||
Yudhishthira said: How was the son of Kashyapa, i Rishyashringa born of a hind? Being born of an irregular intercourse, how was he endued with ascetic merits?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.28
किमर्थं च भयाच्छक्रस्तस्य बालस्यधीमतः। अनावृष्ट्यां प्रवृत्तायां ववर्ष बलवृत्रहा।॥
kimarthaṃ ca bhayācchakrastasya bālasyadhīmataḥ| anāvṛṣṭyāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ vavarṣa balavṛtrahā|||
Why from the fear of that intelligent boy the destroyer of Bala and Vritra Sakra (Indra) poured down rain when a draught was raging? ।
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.29
कथंरूपा च सा शान्ता राजपुत्री यतव्रता। लोभयामास या चेतो मृगभूतस्य तस्य वै॥ लोमपादश्च राजर्षिर्यदाश्रूयतधार्मिकः। कथं वै विषये तस्य नावर्षत् पाकशासनः॥
kathaṃrūpā ca sā śāntā rājaputrī yatavratā| lobhayāmāsa yā ceto mṛgabhūtasya tasya vai|| lomapādaśca rājarṣiryadāśrūyatadhārmikaḥ| kathaṃ vai viṣaye tasya nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ||
What sort of a princess that vow-observing Shanta was, who tempted his heart by becoming at nd? Why did not the chastiser of . foes (Indra) pour rain in the kingdom of the royal sage Lomapada when it is heard that he was very virtuous.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.30
एतन्मे भगवन् सर्वं विस्तरेण यथातथम्। वक्तुमर्हसि शुश्रूषोर्ऋष्यशृङ्गस्य चेष्टितम्॥
etanme bhagavan sarvaṃ vistareṇa yathātatham| vaktumarhasi śuśrūṣorṛṣyaśṛṅgasya ceṣṭitam||
O exalted one, you should narrate to me all this in detail, the incidents of Rishyashringa's life as they happened.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.31
लोमश उवाच विभाण्डकस्य विप्रस्तपसा भावितात्मनः। अमोघवीर्यस्य सतः प्रजापतिसमद्युतेः॥ शृणु पुत्रो यथा जात ऋष्यशृङ्गः प्रतापवान्। महार्हस्य महातेजा बालः स्थविरसम्मतः॥
lomaśa uvāca vibhāṇḍakasya viprastapasā bhāvitātmanaḥ| amoghavīryasya sataḥ prajāpatisamadyuteḥ|| śṛṇu putro yathā jāta ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ pratāpavān| mahārhasya mahātejā bālaḥ sthavirasammataḥ||
Lomasha said: Hear how the powerful Rishyashringa was born as a son of the Brahmana Rishi Vibhandaka whose soul had been subdued by asceticism, whose seed never failed, who was learned and who was as effulgent as the Creator. He (Rishyashringa) was highly honoured, greatly effulgent and was regarded by old men, though he was but a boy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.32
महाह्रदं समासाद्य काश्यपस्तपसि स्थितः। दीर्घकालं परिश्रान्त ऋषिः स देवसम्मितः॥
mahāhradaṃ samāsādya kāśyapastapasi sthitaḥ| dīrghakālaṃ pariśrānta ṛṣiḥ sa devasammitaḥ||
Going to the great lake, the son of Kashyapa engaged himself in great austerities. And that celestials-like Rishi became fatigued after a long period of time.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.33
तस्य रेतः प्रचस्कन्द दृष्ट्वाप्सरसमुर्वशीम्। अप्सूपस्पृशतो राजन् मृगी तच्चापिबत् तदा॥ सह तोयेन तृषिता गर्भिणी चाभवत् ततः। सा पुरोक्ता भगवता ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा॥ देवकन्या मृगी भूत्वा मुनि सूय विमोक्ष्यसे। अमोघत्वाद् विधेश्चैव भावित्वाद् दैवनिर्मितात्॥ तस्यां मृग्यां समभवत् तस्य पुत्रो महानृषिः। ऋष्यशृङ्गस्तपोनित्यो वन एवाभ्यवर्तत॥
tasya retaḥ pracaskanda dṛṣṭvāpsarasamurvaśīm| apsūpaspṛśato rājan mṛgī taccāpibat tadā|| saha toyena tṛṣitā garbhiṇī cābhavat tataḥ| sā puroktā bhagavatā brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā|| devakanyā mṛgī bhūtvā muni sūya vimokṣyase| amoghatvād vidheścaiva bhāvitvād daivanirmitāt|| tasyāṃ mṛgyāṃ samabhavat tasya putro mahānṛṣiḥ| ṛṣyaśṛṅgastaponityo vana evābhyavartata||
O king, when he was washing his face, he saw the Apsara Urvashi and his seed fell. A hind drank it up, thirsty as she was, with the water (she had been drinking). She thus conceived. As she was formerly told by the exalted creator of the world, (Brahma), that celestials damsel became a hind and was freed by begetting a Rishi. As the words of the creator could not be false. in that hind was born his (Vibhandaka's) son, a great Rishi, named Rishyashringa, who was always devoted to asceticism and who passed his time in the forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.34
तस्यर्षेः शृङ्गं शिरसि राजन्नासीन्महात्मनः। तेनर्ण्यशृङ्ग इत्येवं तदा स प्रथितोऽभवत्॥
tasyarṣeḥ śṛṅgaṃ śirasi rājannāsīnmahātmanaḥ| tenarṇyaśṛṅga ityevaṃ tadā sa prathito'bhavat||
O king, on the head of that illustrious Rishi there was a born; he therefore became known as Rishyashringa.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.35
न तेन दृष्टपूर्वोऽन्यः पितुरन्यत्र मानुषः। तस्मात् तस्य मनो नित्यं ब्रह्मचर्येऽभवन्नृप॥
na tena dṛṣṭapūrvo'nyaḥ pituranyatra mānuṣaḥ| tasmāt tasya mano nityaṃ brahmacarye'bhavannṛpa||
O king, excepting his father, he did not ever see anybody else, therefore his mind was fully devoted to the duties of a continent life (Brahmacharya).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.36
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सखा दशरथस्य लोमपाद इति ख्यातो ह्यङ्गानामीश्वरोऽभवत्॥
etasminneva kāle tu sakhā daśarathasya lomapāda iti khyāto hyaṅgānāmīśvaro'bhavat||
At this time there was a king of Anga, known by the name of Lomapada, who was the friend of Dasharatha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.37
तेन कामात् कृतं मिथ्या बाह्मणस्येति नः श्रुतिः। स ब्राह्मणैः परित्यक्तस्ततो वै जगतः पतिः॥ पुरोहितापचाराच्च तस्य राज्ञो यदृच्छया। न ववर्ष सहस्राक्षास्ततोऽपीड्यन्त वै प्रजाः॥
tena kāmāt kṛtaṃ mithyā bāhmaṇasyeti naḥ śrutiḥ| sa brāhmaṇaiḥ parityaktastato vai jagataḥ patiḥ|| purohitāpacārācca tasya rājño yadṛcchayā| na vavarṣa sahasrākṣāstato'pīḍyanta vai prajāḥ||
We have heard that he wantonly told a falsehood to a Brahmana. That ruler of earth was therefore abandoned by all the Brahmanas. Thus without having had a priest, the king became sinful and therefore the deity of one thousand eyes (Indra) stopped to shower rain; and thus his subjects began to suffer.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.38
स ब्राह्मणान् पर्यपृच्छत् तपोयुक्तान् मनीषिणः। प्रवर्षणे सुरेन्द्रस्य समर्थान् पृथिवीपते॥
sa brāhmaṇān paryapṛcchat tapoyuktān manīṣiṇaḥ| pravarṣaṇe surendrasya samarthān pṛthivīpate||
O ruler of earth, he asked the Brahmanas who were intelligent, able and fit how rain might be poured by the lord of the celestials.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.39
कथं प्रवर्षेत् पर्जन्य उपायः परिदृश्यताम्। तमूचुश्चोदितास्ते तु स्वमतानि मनीषिणः॥
kathaṃ pravarṣet parjanya upāyaḥ paridṛśyatām| tamūcuścoditāste tu svamatāni manīṣiṇaḥ||
(He said), “How can the clouds pour rain, find out a means." Those intelligent men assembling together, gave out each their own opinions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.40
तत्र त्वेको मुनिवरस्तं राजानमुवाच ह। कुपितास्तव राजेन्द्र ब्राह्मणा निष्कृतिं चर॥
tatra tveko munivarastaṃ rājānamuvāca ha| kupitāstava rājendra brāhmaṇā niṣkṛtiṃ cara||
son Thereupon one great Rishi thus spoke to the king, “O king of kings, the Brahmanas are angry with you. Do something to appease them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.41
ऋष्यशृङ्गं मुनिसुतमानयस्व च पार्थिव। वानेयमनभिज्ञं च नारीणामार्जवे रतम्॥ स चेदवतरेद् राजन् विषयं ते महातपाः। सद्यः प्रवर्षेत् पर्जन्य इति मे नात्र संशयः॥
ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ munisutamānayasva ca pārthiva| vāneyamanabhijñaṃ ca nārīṇāmārjave ratam|| sa cedavatared rājan viṣayaṃ te mahātapāḥ| sadyaḥ pravarṣet parjanya iti me nātra saṃśayaḥ||
O king, send for the Rishi's Rishyashringa who knows nothing of the female sex, who dwells in the forest and who takes delight in simplicity. If that great ascetic, O king, come to your kingdom, there is not the least doubt that the clouds will instantly pour rains."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.42
एतच्छु त्वा वचो राजन् कृत्वा निष्कृतिमात्मनः। स गत्वा पुनरागच्छत् प्रसन्नेषु द्विजातिषु॥
etacchu tvā vaco rājan kṛtvā niṣkṛtimātmanaḥ| sa gatvā punarāgacchat prasanneṣu dvijātiṣu||
O king, having heard these words and resolving to make atonement (for his past misdeeds) he went and came back when the Brahmanas had become appeased.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.43
राजानमागतं श्रुत्वा प्रतिसंजहषुः प्रजाः। ततोऽङ्गपतिराहूय सचिवान् मन्त्रकोविदान्॥
rājānamāgataṃ śrutvā pratisaṃjahaṣuḥ prajāḥ| tato'ṅgapatirāhūya sacivān mantrakovidān||
Having heard of the arrival of the being, the subjects became exceedingly glad. Then the ruler of Anga summoned his ministers, proficient in giving counsel.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.44
ऋष्यशृङ्गागमे यत्नमकरोन्मन्त्रनिश्चये। सोऽध्यगच्छदुपायं तु तैरमात्यैः सहाच्युतः॥
ṛṣyaśṛṅgāgame yatnamakaronmantraniścaye| so'dhyagacchadupāyaṃ tu tairamātyaiḥ sahācyutaḥ||
He made great efforts to bring Rishyashringa to his kingdom. O undeteriorating one, he at last found out a means in consultation with his ministers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.45
शास्त्रज्ञैरलमर्थज्ञैर्नीत्यां च परिनिष्ठितः। ततश्चानाययामास वारमुख्या महीपतिः॥ वेश्याः सर्वत्र निष्णातास्ता उवाच स पार्थिवः। ऋष्यशृङ्गमषेः पुत्रमानयध्वमुपायतः॥
śāstrajñairalamarthajñairnītyāṃ ca pariniṣṭhitaḥ| tataścānāyayāmāsa vāramukhyā mahīpatiḥ|| veśyāḥ sarvatra niṣṇātāstā uvāca sa pārthivaḥ| ṛṣyaśṛṅgamaṣeḥ putramānayadhvamupāyataḥ||
Who were all versed in the Shastras, who were all exceedingly proficient in worldly matters and ever able in practical matters. That ruler of earth then brought some courtesans, women of the two, clever in everything. To them the king said, “Find out some means to bring the Rishi's son Rishyashringa.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.46
लोभयित्वाभिविश्वास्य विषयं मम शोभनाः। ता राजभयभीताश्च शापभीताश्च योषितः॥ अशक्यमूचुस्तत् कार्यं विवर्णा गतचेतसः। तत्र त्वेका जरद्योषा राजानमिदमब्रवीत्॥
lobhayitvābhiviśvāsya viṣayaṃ mama śobhanāḥ| tā rājabhayabhītāśca śāpabhītāśca yoṣitaḥ|| aśakyamūcustat kāryaṃ vivarṇā gatacetasaḥ| tatra tvekā jaradyoṣā rājānamidamabravīt||
To my kingdom, O beautiful ones, by tempting him and by securing his confidence. Those women were afraid of the king and afraid as well of (the Rishi's) curse. They becamc pale and confounded; and they said that the business was beyond their power (to accomplish). Thereupon one among them, an old woman thus spoke to the king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.47
प्रयतिष्ये महाराज तमानेतुं तपोधनम्। अभिप्रेतांस्तु मे कामांस्त्वमनुज्ञातुमर्हसि॥ ततः शक्ष्याम्यानयितुमृष्यशृङ्गमृषेः सुतम्। तस्याः सर्वमभिप्रेतमन्वजानात् स पार्थिवः॥
prayatiṣye mahārāja tamānetuṃ tapodhanam| abhipretāṃstu me kāmāṃstvamanujñātumarhasi|| tataḥ śakṣyāmyānayitumṛṣyaśṛṅgamṛṣeḥ sutam| tasyāḥ sarvamabhipretamanvajānāt sa pārthivaḥ||
"O great king, I shall try to bring here that great ascetic. You should however order to procure for me certain things in connection with it. I shall then be able to bring the Rishi's son Rishyashringa here." The king ordered that everything she wanted should be procured.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 110.48
धनं च प्रददौ भूरि रत्नानि विविधानि च। ततो रूपेण सम्पन्ना वयसा च महीपते। स्त्रिय आदाय काश्चित् सा जगाम वनमञ्जसा॥
dhanaṃ ca pradadau bhūri ratnāni vividhāni ca| tato rūpeṇa sampannā vayasā ca mahīpate| striya ādāya kāścit sā jagāma vanamañjasā||
He gave her much wealth and various gems and jewels. O ruler of earth, taking with her some young and beautiful women, she then went soon to the forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)