Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 192
MBh 2 192.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच भूय एव ब्राह्मणमहाभाग्यं वक्तुमर्हसीत्यब्रवीत् पाण्डवेयो मार्कण्डेयम्॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca bhūya eva brāhmaṇamahābhāgyaṃ vaktumarhasītyabravīt pāṇḍaveyo mārkaṇḍeyam||
Vaishampayana said : The of Pandu spoke thus Markandeya, “You should speak to me about the greatness of the Brahmanas.": son to
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MBh 2 192.2
अथाचष्ट मार्कण्डेयोऽपूर्वमिदं श्रूयतां ब्राह्मणानां चरितम्॥
athācaṣṭa mārkaṇḍeyo'pūrvamidaṃ śrūyatāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ caritam||
Markandeya replied, “Hear the account of the Brahmanas in the days of old."
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MBh 2 192.3
अयोध्यायामिक्ष्वाकुकुलोद्वहः पार्थिवः परिक्षिन्नाम मृगयामगमत्॥
ayodhyāyāmikṣvākukulodvahaḥ pārthivaḥ parikṣinnāma mṛgayāmagamat||
Markandeya said : A king of Ayodhya, born in Ikshvaku's dynasty, named Parikshit (once) went out hunting.
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MBh 2 192.4
तमेकाश्वेन मृगमनुसरन्तं मृगो दूरमपाहरत्॥
tamekāśvena mṛgamanusarantaṃ mṛgo dūramapāharat||
Pursuing a deer alone on a single horse he went away to a great distance (from his followers and retinue).
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MBh 2 192.5
अध्वनि जातश्रमः क्षुत्तृष्णाभिभूतश्चैकस्मिन् देशे नीलं गहनं वनखण्डमपश्यत्॥
adhvani jātaśramaḥ kṣuttṛṣṇābhibhūtaścaikasmin deśe nīlaṃ gahanaṃ vanakhaṇḍamapaśyat||
Fatigued and afflicted with hunger and thirst, he saw in that part of the country where he was (thus) led, a dark and dense forest.
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MBh 2 192.6
तच्च विवेश ततस्तस्य वनखण्डस्य मध्येऽतीव रमणीयं सरो दृष्ट्वा साश्च एव व्यगाहत॥
tacca viveśa tatastasya vanakhaṇḍasya madhye'tīva ramaṇīyaṃ saro dṛṣṭvā sāśca eva vyagāhata||
He entered it (the forest). Seeing in the deep forest a charming lake, he with his horse bathed there.
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MBh 2 192.7
अथाश्वस्तः स बिसमृणालमश्वायाग्रतो निक्षिप्य पुष्करिणीतीरे संविवेश। ततः शयानो मधुरं गीतमशृणोत्॥
athāśvastaḥ sa bisamṛṇālamaśvāyāgrato nikṣipya puṣkariṇītīre saṃviveśa| tataḥ śayāno madhuraṃ gītamaśṛṇot||
Thus being refreshed and placing some lotus-stalks before the horse (for him to eat), he sat on the side of the lake. Lying down there he heard a sweet strain of music.
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MBh 2 192.8
स श्रुत्वाचिन्तयन्नेह मनुष्यगतिं पश्यामि कस्य खल्वयं गीतशब्द इति॥
sa śrutvācintayanneha manuṣyagatiṃ paśyāmi kasya khalvayaṃ gītaśabda iti||
Hearing it he reflected, “I do not see any trace of any human being here: whose strain of music is then this?"
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MBh 2 192.9
अथापश्यत् कन्यां परमरूपदर्शनीयां पुष्पाण्यवचिन्वन्ती गायन्तीं च। अथ सा राज्ञः समीपे पर्यक्रामत्॥
athāpaśyat kanyāṃ paramarūpadarśanīyāṃ puṣpāṇyavacinvantī gāyantīṃ ca| atha sā rājñaḥ samīpe paryakrāmat||
He then saw a damsel of great beauty and grace gathering flowers and singing (as she was doing it). She soon came near the king.
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MBh 2 192.10
तामब्रवीद् राजा कस्यासि भद्रे का वा त्वमिति। सा तां प्रत्युवाच कन्या स्मीति राजोवाचार्थी त्वयाहमिति॥
tāmabravīd rājā kasyāsi bhadre kā vā tvamiti| sā tāṃ pratyuvāca kanyā smīti rājovācārthī tvayāhamiti||
To her said he, “O blessed lady, who are you and to whom do you belong?" "She replied, I am a maiden." The king said, “I ask you to be mine."
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MBh 2 192.11
अथोवाच कन्या समयेनाहं शक्या त्वया लब्धुं नान्यथेति राजा तां समयमपृच्छत्। कन्योवाच नोदकं मे दर्शयितव्यमिति॥
athovāca kanyā samayenāhaṃ śakyā tvayā labdhuṃ nānyatheti rājā tāṃ samayamapṛcchat| kanyovāca nodakaṃ me darśayitavyamiti||
To him replied the maiden, "Give me a pledge, only then I can be yours.” The king asked about the pledge and the maiden said, “I must never sce water."
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MBh 2 192.12
स राजा तां बाढमित्युक्त्वा तामुपयेमे कृतोद्वाहश्च राजा परिक्षित् क्रीडपानो मुदा परमया युक्तस्तूष्णीं सङ्गम्य तया सहास्ते॥
sa rājā tāṃ bāḍhamityuktvā tāmupayeme kṛtodvāhaśca rājā parikṣit krīḍapāno mudā paramayā yuktastūṣṇīṃ saṅgamya tayā sahāste||
The king asked, “Be it so" and he then married her. Having married her, the king Parikshit sported with her in great joy and sat with her in silence.
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MBh 2 192.13
ततस्तत्रैवासीने राजनि सेनान्वगच्छत्॥
tatastatraivāsīne rājani senānvagacchat||
When he was thus living, his soldiers arrived at that spot.
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MBh 2 192.14
सा सेनोपविष्टं राजानं परिवार्यातिष्ठत्। पर्याश्वस्तश्च राजा तयैव सह शिबिकया प्रायादवघोटितया स स्वं नगरमनुप्राप्य रहसि तया सहास्ते॥
sā senopaviṣṭaṃ rājānaṃ parivāryātiṣṭhat| paryāśvastaśca rājā tayaiva saha śibikayā prāyādavaghoṭitayā sa svaṃ nagaramanuprāpya rahasi tayā sahāste||
Seeing the kings, the soldiers stood surrounded him. Chcered by the arrival of his soldiers, the king entered a Palakin and went to his city. Arriving at his own city, he lived with her in privacy.
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MBh 2 192.15
तत्राभ्याशस्थोऽपि कश्चिन्नापश्यदथ प्रधानामात्योऽभ्याशचरास्तस्य स्त्रियोऽपृच्छत्॥ किमत्र प्रयोजनं वर्तते इत्यथाब्रुवंस्ताः स्त्रियः॥
tatrābhyāśastho'pi kaścinnāpaśyadatha pradhānāmātyo'bhyāśacarāstasya striyo'pṛcchat|| kimatra prayojanaṃ vartate ityathābruvaṃstāḥ striyaḥ||
Even those who were stationed near him could not see him. Thereupon his chief ininister asked those women that waited upon him, "What is your business?” The women said,
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MBh 2 192.16
अपूर्वमिव पश्याम उदकं नात्र नीयत इत्यथामात्योऽनुदकं वनं कारयित्वोदारवृक्षं। बहुपुष्पफलमूलं तस्य मध्ये मुक्ताजालमायीं पार्श्वे वापी गूढां सुधासलिललिप्तां स रहस्युपगम्य राजान-मब्रवीत्॥ वनमिदमुदारकं साध्वत्र रम्यतामिति॥
apūrvamiva paśyāma udakaṃ nātra nīyata ityathāmātyo'nudakaṃ vanaṃ kārayitvodāravṛkṣaṃ| bahupuṣpaphalamūlaṃ tasya madhye muktājālamāyīṃ pārśve vāpī gūḍhāṃ sudhāsalilaliptāṃ sa rahasyupagamya rājāna-mabravīt|| vanamidamudārakaṃ sādhvatra ramyatāmiti||
“We see here a matchlessly beautiful damsel and the king has married her giving her a pledge, namely that he would never show her any water." Having heard all this, he (the minister) made an artificial forest containing many trees with numerous fruits and flowers. He excavated a large and deep tank within that forest in one of its corners. He covered it with a net of pearls and its water looked like ambrosia. One day he spoke thus to the king in private. “This is a beautiful forest having no water any where. Sport here in joy."
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MBh 2 192.17
स तस्य वचनात् तयैव सह देव्या तद् वनं प्राविशत्। स कदाचित् तस्मिन् कानने रम्ये तयैव सह व्यवाहरदथ क्षुत्तृष्णार्दितः श्रान्तोऽतिमुक्तकागार-मपश्यत्॥
sa tasya vacanāt tayaiva saha devyā tad vanaṃ prāviśat| sa kadācit tasmin kānane ramye tayaiva saha vyavāharadatha kṣuttṛṣṇārditaḥ śrānto'timuktakāgāra-mapaśyat||
At these words of the minister, he (the king) entered that forest with his beautiful wife. One day when he was sporting in that charming forest, he became tired and fatigued and afflicted with hunger and thirst. He then saw a bower of Madhavi (creeper).
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MBh 2 192.18
तत् प्रविश्य राजा सह प्रियया सुधाकृतां विमला सलिलपूर्णां वापीमपश्यत्॥ दृष्ट्वैव च तां तस्याश्च तीरे सहैव तया देव्यावातिष्ठत्॥
tat praviśya rājā saha priyayā sudhākṛtāṃ vimalā salilapūrṇāṃ vāpīmapaśyat|| dṛṣṭvaiva ca tāṃ tasyāśca tīre sahaiva tayā devyāvātiṣṭhat||
Entering it with his beloved, the king saw a tank full of water which was transparent and which was as sweet as nectar. Seeing it with his beautiful wife, he sat down on its bank.
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MBh 2 192.19
अथ तां देवीं राजाब्रवीत् साध्ववतर वापीसलिलमिति। सा तद्वचः श्रुत्वावतीर्य वापी न्यमज्जन्न पुनरुदमज्जत्॥
atha tāṃ devīṃ rājābravīt sādhvavatara vāpīsalilamiti| sā tadvacaḥ śrutvāvatīrya vāpī nyamajjanna punarudamajjat||
Then the king thus spoke to that lady, “Cheerfully bathe in this water." Having heard his words, she got down under the water, but she did not reappear again.
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MBh 2 192.20
तां स मृगयमाणो राजा नापश्यद् वापीमथ निःस्राव्य मण्डूकं श्वभ्रमुखे दृष्ट्वा क्रुद्ध आज्ञापयामास स राजा॥
tāṃ sa mṛgayamāṇo rājā nāpaśyad vāpīmatha niḥsrāvya maṇḍūkaṃ śvabhramukhe dṛṣṭvā kruddha ājñāpayāmāsa sa rājā||
When the king searched for her, he did not find any trace of her. He then ordered the water of the tank to be pumped out. He thereupon saw a frog sitting at the mouth of a hole. On seeing this, the king passed the following order in anger.
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MBh 2 192.21
सर्वत्र मण्डूकवधः क्रियतामिति यो मयार्थी स मां मृतमण्डूकोपायनमदायोपतिष्ठेदिति॥
sarvatra maṇḍūkavadhaḥ kriyatāmiti yo mayārthī sa māṃ mṛtamaṇḍūkopāyanamadāyopatiṣṭhediti||
“Kill all frogs wherever they are to be found. Whoever wishes to see me, let him come to me with a dead frog as tribute."
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MBh 2 192.22
अथ मण्डूकवधे तीरे क्रियमाणे दिक्षु सर्वासु मण्डूकान् भयमाविवेश। ते भीता मण्डूकराज्ञे यथावृत्तं न्यवेदयन्॥
atha maṇḍūkavadhe tīre kriyamāṇe dikṣu sarvāsu maṇḍūkān bhayamāviveśa| te bhītā maṇḍūkarājñe yathāvṛttaṃ nyavedayan||
When this fearful destruction of frogs went on, the frightened frogs went to their king and told him all that had happened.
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MBh 2 192.23
ततो मण्डूकाराट् तापसवेषधारी राजानमभ्यगच्छदुपेत्य चैनमुवाच॥
tato maṇḍūkārāṭ tāpasaveṣadhārī rājānamabhyagacchadupetya cainamuvāca||
Thereupon the king of the frogs, assuming the garb of an ascetic Brahmana, came to that monarch and thus spoke to him,
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MBh 2 192.24
मा राजन् क्रोधवशं गमः प्रसादं कुरु नार्हसि मण्डूकानामनपराधिनां वधं कर्तुमिति। श्लोकौ चात्र भवतः॥
mā rājan krodhavaśaṃ gamaḥ prasādaṃ kuru nārhasi maṇḍūkānāmanaparādhināṃ vadhaṃ kartumiti| ślokau cātra bhavataḥ||
“O king, do not allow anger to take possession of you. Be king, you should not destroy the innocent frogs."
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MBh 2 192.25
मा मण्डूकान् जिघांस त्वं कोपं संधारयाच्युत। प्रक्षीयतेधनोद्रेको जनानामविजानताम्॥ प्रतिजानीहि नैतांस्त्वं प्राप्य क्रोधं विमोक्ष्यसि। अलं कृत्वा तवाधर्मं मण्डूकैः किं हतैर्हि ते॥
mā maṇḍūkān jighāṃsa tvaṃ kopaṃ saṃdhārayācyuta| prakṣīyatedhanodreko janānāmavijānatām|| pratijānīhi naitāṃstvaṃ prāpya krodhaṃ vimokṣyasi| alaṃ kṛtvā tavādharmaṃ maṇḍūkaiḥ kiṃ hatairhi te||
Two slokas here follow O undeteriorating one, do not destroy the frogs. Pacify your wrath. The prosperity and ascetic merit of those that have their souls steeped in ignorance always suffer diminution. Pledge yourself not to be angry with the frogs. What need have you to commit such a sin? what purpose will be served by killing the frogs?”
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MBh 2 192.26
तमेवंवादिनमिष्टजनशोकपरीतात्मा राजाथोवाच॥
tamevaṃvādinamiṣṭajanaśokaparītātmā rājāthovāca||
To him the king whose heart was full of the grief for the disappearance of his dear one thus spoke,
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MBh 2 192.27
न हि क्षम्यते तन्मया हनिष्याम्येतानेतैर्दुरात्मभिः प्रिया मे भक्षिता सर्वथैव मे वध्या मण्डूका नार्हसि विद्वन् मामुपरो मिति॥
na hi kṣamyate tanmayā haniṣyāmyetānetairdurātmabhiḥ priyā me bhakṣitā sarvathaiva me vadhyā maṇḍūkā nārhasi vidvan māmuparo miti||
"I will never forgive the frogs. I will certainly destroy them. My beloved wife has been devoured by one of these wicked wretches. The frogs therefore will always deserve to be killed by me. O lcarned man, you shall not intercede on their behalf."
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MBh 2 192.28
स तद् वाक्यमुपलभ्य व्यथितेन्द्रियमनाः प्रोवाच प्रसीद राजन्नहमायुर्नाम मण्डूकराजो मम सा दुहिता सुशोभना नाम। तस्या हि दौःशील्यमेतद् बवहस्त्या राजानो विप्रलब्धाः पूर्वा इति॥ तमब्रवीद् राजा तया समर्थी सा मे दीयतामिति।
sa tad vākyamupalabhya vyathitendriyamanāḥ provāca prasīda rājannahamāyurnāma maṇḍūkarājo mama sā duhitā suśobhanā nāma| tasyā hi dauḥśīlyametad bavahastyā rājāno vipralabdhāḥ pūrvā iti|| tamabravīd rājā tayā samarthī sā me dīyatāmiti|
Having heard his words, he (the frog king) thus spoke with his senses and mind much pained, "O king, be kind. I am the king of the frogs, named Ayu. She was my daughter, named Sushobhana. This is but an instance of her bad character. She had deceived many other kings before. Then the king said, “I desire to have her. Let her be given to me by you."
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MBh 2 192.29
अथैनां राज्ञे पितादादब्रवीच्चैनामेनं राजानं शुश्रूषस्वेति॥
athaināṃ rājñe pitādādabravīccaināmenaṃ rājānaṃ śuśrūṣasveti||
Thereupon her father bestowed her upon him and he spoke to her thus, “Wait upon this king."
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MBh 2 192.30
स एवमुक्त्वा दुहितरं क्रुद्धः शशाप यस्मात् त्वया राजानो विप्रलब्धा बहवस्तस्माद ब्रह्मण्यानि तवापत्यानि भविष्यन्त्यानृतिकत्वात् तवेति॥
sa evamuktvā duhitaraṃ kruddhaḥ śaśāpa yasmāt tvayā rājāno vipralabdhā bahavastasmāda brahmaṇyāni tavāpatyāni bhaviṣyantyānṛtikatvāt taveti||
Having said this, he thus cursed his daughter in anger, “As you have deceived many kings, for your this untruthful conduct, your sons will be haters of Brahmanas."
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MBh 2 192.31
स च राजा तामुपलभ्य तस्यां सुरतगुणानिवद्धहृदयो लोकत्रयैश्वर्यमिवोपलभ्य हर्षेण वाष्पकलया वाचा प्रणिपत्याभिपूज्य मण्डूकराजमब्रवादनुगृहीतोऽस्मीति।।
sa ca rājā tāmupalabhya tasyāṃ surataguṇānivaddhahṛdayo lokatrayaiśvaryamivopalabhya harṣeṇa vāṣpakalayā vācā praṇipatyābhipūjya maṇḍūkarājamabravādanugṛhīto'smīti||
Having obtained her, the king became greatly enamoured of her for her great accomplishments. Feeling that he had, as it were, obtained the sovereignty of the three worlds, he bowed down his head to the king of the frogs. Honouring him in due form he thus spoke with his voice choked with tears of joy, "I have been much favoured."
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MBh 2 192.32
स च मण्डूकराजो दुहितरमनुज्ञाप्य यथागतमगच्छत्॥
sa ca maṇḍūkarājo duhitaramanujñāpya yathāgatamagacchat||
The king of the frogs, then biding farewell to his daughter, went away whence he had come.
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MBh 2 192.33
अथ कस्यचित् कालस्य तस्यां कुमारास्त्रयस्तस्य राज्ञः सम्बभूवुः शलो दलो बलश्चेति। ततस्तेषां ज्येष्ठं शलं समये पिता राज्येऽभिषिच्य तपसि धृतात्मा वनं जगाम्॥
atha kasyacit kālasya tasyāṃ kumārāstrayastasya rājñaḥ sambabhūvuḥ śalo dalo balaśceti| tatasteṣāṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ śalaṃ samaye pitā rājye'bhiṣicya tapasi dhṛtātmā vanaṃ jagām||
After sometime, the king begot on her three sons. They were named, Shala, Dala and Bala. Sometime after, the king, their father, installing the eldest son on the throne, went to a forest with the desire of practising asceticism.
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MBh 2 192.34
अथ कदाचिच्छलो मृगयामनुचरन् मृगमासाद्य रथेनान्वधावत्॥
atha kadācicchalo mṛgayāmanucaran mṛgamāsādya rathenānvadhāvat||
One day Shala, when out in hunting, saw a deer and pursued it on his car.
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MBh 2 192.35
सूतं चोवाच शीघ्रं मां वहस्वेति स तथोक्तः सूतो राजानमब्रवीत्॥
sūtaṃ covāca śīghraṃ māṃ vahasveti sa tathoktaḥ sūto rājānamabravīt||
He spoke to the charioteer “Drive me faster.” Having been thus addressed the charioteer said to the king,
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MBh 2 192.36
न क्रियतामनुबन्धो नैष शक्यस्त्वया मृगोऽयं ग्रहीतुं यद्यपि ते रथे युक्तौ वाम्यौ स्यातामिति।।ततोऽब्रवीद् राजा सूतमाचक्ष्व मे वाम्यौ हन्मि च त्वामिति। स एवमुक्तो राजभयभीत: सूतो वामदेवशापभीतश्च सन् नाचख्यौ राज्ञे। ततः पुनः स राजा खङ्गमुद्यम्य शीघ्रं कथयस्वेति तमाह हनिय॑ त्वामिति। स तदाऽऽह राजभयभीतः सूतो वामदेवस्याश्चौ वाम्यौ मनोजवाविति॥
na kriyatāmanubandho naiṣa śakyastvayā mṛgo'yaṃ grahītuṃ yadyapi te rathe yuktau vāmyau syātāmiti||tato'bravīd rājā sūtamācakṣva me vāmyau hanmi ca tvāmiti| sa evamukto rājabhayabhīta: sūto vāmadevaśāpabhītaśca san nācakhyau rājñe| tataḥ punaḥ sa rājā khaṅgamudyamya śīghraṃ kathayasveti tamāha haniya̭ tvāmiti| sa tadā''ha rājabhayabhītaḥ sūto vāmadevasyāścau vāmyau manojavāviti||
"Do not entertain such a purpose. This deer is incapable of being caught by you. If however Vami horses were yoked to your chariot, then you could have caught it.” Thereupon the king said to the charioteer. Tell me all about the Vami horses or else I shall kill you,” Having been thus addressed by the king, the charioteer became greatly frightened. He was afraid of the king, he was also afraid of the Vamadeva; and therefore he did not tell the king anything. Thereupon the king uplifting his sword again said to him. “Tell me soon or I will certainly kill you.” Being afraid of the king, the charioteer said, “Vami horses are those that belong to Vamadeva, they are as fleet as the mind.
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MBh 2 192.37
अथैनमेवं ब्रुवाणमब्रवीद् राजा वामदेवाश्रमं प्रयाहीति स गत्वा वामदेवाश्रमं तमृषिमब्रवीत्॥
athainamevaṃ bruvāṇamabravīd rājā vāmadevāśramaṃ prayāhīti sa gatvā vāmadevāśramaṃ tamṛṣimabravīt||
When he said this, the king thus spoke to him, "go (at once) to the hermitage of Vamadeva." Having gone to the hermitage of Vamadeva, he thus spoke to that Rishi,
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MBh 2 192.38
भगवन् मृगो मे विद्धः पलायते सम्भावयितुमर्हसि वाम्यौ दातुमिति। तमब्रवीदृषिर्ददानि ते वाम्यौ कृतकार्येण भवता ममैव वाम्यौ निर्यात्यौ क्षिप्रमिति। स च तावश्वौ प्रतिगृह्यानुज्ञाप्य ऋषिं प्रायाद् वामीप्रयुक्तेन रथेन मृगं प्रतिगच्छंश्चाब्रवीत् सूतमश्वरत्नाविमावयोग्यौ ब्राह्मणानां नैतौ प्रतिदेयौ वामदेवायेत्युक्त्वा मृगमवाप्य स्वनगरमेत्याश्वावन्तः पुरेऽस्थापयत्॥
bhagavan mṛgo me viddhaḥ palāyate sambhāvayitumarhasi vāmyau dātumiti| tamabravīdṛṣirdadāni te vāmyau kṛtakāryeṇa bhavatā mamaiva vāmyau niryātyau kṣipramiti| sa ca tāvaśvau pratigṛhyānujñāpya ṛṣiṃ prāyād vāmīprayuktena rathena mṛgaṃ pratigacchaṃścābravīt sūtamaśvaratnāvimāvayogyau brāhmaṇānāṃ naitau pratideyau vāmadevāyetyuktvā mṛgamavāpya svanagarametyāśvāvantaḥ pure'sthāpayat||
"O exalted one, a deer shot by me is flying away. You should make me capable of catching it by giving me your pair of Vami horses. The Rishi replied, "I give you my pair of Vami horses; but after accomplishing your object, you must soon return them to me." Having taken those horses and having obtained the Rishi's permission, the king yoked the paid of Vami horses to his car and then pursued the deer. When he had left the hermitage, he thus spoke to his charioteer. “There (two) jewels of horses the Brahmanas (by no means) deserve to possess. They must not be returned to Vamadeva.” Having said this and caught the deer, he returned to his capital and kept the Vami horses in the inner apartments of his palace.
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MBh 2 192.39
अथर्षिश्चिन्तयामास तरुणो राजपुत्रः कल्याणं पत्रमासाद्य रमते न प्रतिनिर्यातयत्यहो कष्टमिति॥
atharṣiścintayāmāsa taruṇo rājaputraḥ kalyāṇaṃ patramāsādya ramate na pratiniryātayatyaho kaṣṭamiti||
Thereupon the Rishi reflected, “This prince is young. Having obtained an excellent pair of horses, he is sporting with them in great joy without returning them to me. Alas! What a pity!"
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.40
स मनसा विचिन्त्य मासि पूर्णे शिष्यमब्रवीत्॥ गच्छात्रेय राजानं ब्रूहि यदि पर्याप्तं निर्यातयोपाध्यायवाम्याविति। स गत्वैवं तं राजानमब्रवीत् तं राजा प्रत्युवाच राज्ञामेतद्वाहनमनर्हा ब्राह्मणा रत्नानामेवंविधानां किं ब्राह्मणानामश्वैः कार्यं साधु गम्यताम्॥
sa manasā vicintya māsi pūrṇe śiṣyamabravīt|| gacchātreya rājānaṃ brūhi yadi paryāptaṃ niryātayopādhyāyavāmyāviti| sa gatvaivaṃ taṃ rājānamabravīt taṃ rājā pratyuvāca rājñāmetadvāhanamanarhā brāhmaṇā ratnānāmevaṃvidhānāṃ kiṃ brāhmaṇānāmaśvaiḥ kāryaṃ sādhu gamyatām||
Having thus thought in his mind, he spoke to one of his disciples after full one month had passed away. “O Atreya, go and ask the king what he had done with the Vami horses. He should return them to your preceptor. He went to the king and spoke to him as instructed. Thereupon the king replied, “These two horses deserve (only) to be possessed by kings. The Brahmanas do not deserve to possess jewels of such value. What business have Brahmanas with horses? Go back with contentment."
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MBh 2 192.41
स गत्वैतदुपाध्यायाचष्ट तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनमप्रियं वामदेवः क्रोधपरीतात्मा स्वयमेव राजानमभिगम्याश्वार्थमचोदयन्न चाददद् राजा॥
sa gatvaitadupādhyāyācaṣṭa tacchrutvā vacanamapriyaṃ vāmadevaḥ krodhaparītātmā svayameva rājānamabhigamyāśvārthamacodayanna cādadad rājā||
Going back he told all to the preceptor. Having heard this sad news, Vamadeva was filled with wrath and he himself went to the king and asked for his horses. But he declined to give him what he asked.
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MBh 2 192.42
वामदेव उवाच प्रयच्छ वाम्यौ मम पार्थिव त्वं कृतं हि ते कार्यमाभ्यामशक्यम्। मा त्वा वधीद् वरुणो घोरपाशौब्रह्मक्षत्रस्यान्तरे वर्तमानम्॥
vāmadeva uvāca prayaccha vāmyau mama pārthiva tvaṃ kṛtaṃ hi te kāryamābhyāmaśakyam| mā tvā vadhīd varuṇo ghorapāśaubrahmakṣatrasyāntare vartamānam||
Vamadeva said: O king, give me my Vami horses. By them you have accomplished something which was impossible to be accomplished by you. By transgressing the practices of both the Brahmanas and the Kshatriyas, do not cause your own death by the terrible curse of Varuna.
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MBh 2 192.43
राजोवाच अनड्वाहौ सुव्रतौ साधु दान्तावेतद् विप्राणां वाहनं वामदेव। ताभ्यां याहि त्वं तत्र कामो महर्षे छन्दांसि वै त्वादृशं संवहन्ति॥
rājovāca anaḍvāhau suvratau sādhu dāntāvetad viprāṇāṃ vāhanaṃ vāmadeva| tābhyāṃ yāhi tvaṃ tatra kāmo maharṣe chandāṃsi vai tvādṛśaṃ saṃvahanti||
The king said : O Vamadeva, these two excellent, well trained and docile bulls are fit animals for Brahmanas. Go with them wherever you like. Even the Vedas carry person, like you, (what will you do with horses)?
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MBh 2 192.44
वामदेव उवाच छन्दांसि वै मादृशं संवहन्ति लोकेऽमुष्मिन् पार्थिव यानि सन्ति। अस्मिन्स्तु लोके मम यानमेतदस्मद्विधानामपरेषां च राजन्॥
vāmadeva uvāca chandāṃsi vai mādṛśaṃ saṃvahanti loke'muṣmin pārthiva yāni santi| asminstu loke mama yānametadasmadvidhānāmapareṣāṃ ca rājan||
Vamadeva said : O king, the Vedas indeed carry persons like us, but that is in the next world. But in this world animals like these (horses) carry me and also men like me and also all others,
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MBh 2 192.45
राजोवाच चत्वारस्त्वां वा गर्दभाः संवहन्तु श्रेष्ठाश्वतर्यो हरयो वातरंहाः। तैस्त्वं याहि क्षत्रियस्यैष वाहो ममैव वाम्यौ न तवैतौ हि विद्धि॥
rājovāca catvārastvāṃ vā gardabhāḥ saṃvahantu śreṣṭhāśvataryo harayo vātaraṃhāḥ| taistvaṃ yāhi kṣatriyasyaiṣa vāho mamaiva vāmyau na tavaitau hi viddhi||
The king said: Let four asses carry you or four mules of the best kind or four horses as fleet as the wind. Go away with these, the pair of Vami horses deserve to be possessed only by the Kshatriyas. Therefore, know that those (Vami horses) are not yours.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.46
वामदेव उवाच घोरं व्रतं ब्राह्मणस्यैतदाहुरेतद् राजन् यदिहाजीवमानः। अयस्मया घोररूपा महान्तश्चत्वारो वा यातुधानाः सुरौद्राः। मया प्रयुक्तास्त्वद्वधमीप्समाना वहन्तु त्वां शितशूलाश्चतु॥
vāmadeva uvāca ghoraṃ vrataṃ brāhmaṇasyaitadāhuretad rājan yadihājīvamānaḥ| ayasmayā ghorarūpā mahāntaścatvāro vā yātudhānāḥ suraudrāḥ| mayā prayuktāstvadvadhamīpsamānā vahantu tvāṃ śitaśūlāścatu||
Vamadeva said: O king, very severe vows have been ordained for the Brahmanas. If I have observed them, then let. four fearful and mightyRakshasas of terrible appearance and iron body pursue you at my command and kill you and then carry you on their sharp lances after cutting up your body into four parts.
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MBh 2 192.47
राजोवाच ये त्वां विदुर्ब्राह्मणं वामदेव वाचा हन्तुं मनसा कर्मणा वा। ते त्वां सशिष्यमिह पातयन्तु मद्वाक्यनुन्नाः शितशूलासिहस्ता:॥
rājovāca ye tvāṃ vidurbrāhmaṇaṃ vāmadeva vācā hantuṃ manasā karmaṇā vā| te tvāṃ saśiṣyamiha pātayantu madvākyanunnāḥ śitaśūlāsihastā:||
The king said: O Vamadeva, let those that are armed with bright lances and swords and that know you to be a Brahmana who desires to take life in thought, word and deed, at my command cut you down with all your disciples,
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MBh 2 192.48
वामदेव उवाच ममैतौ वाम्यौ प्रतिगृह्य राजन् पुनर्ददानीति प्रपद्य त्वम्। प्रयच्छ शीघ्रं मम वाम्यौ त्वमश्वौ यद्यात्मानं जीवितुं ते क्षमं स्यात्॥
vāmadeva uvāca mamaitau vāmyau pratigṛhya rājan punardadānīti prapadya tvam| prayaccha śīghraṃ mama vāmyau tvamaśvau yadyātmānaṃ jīvituṃ te kṣamaṃ syāt||
Vamadeva said: O king, when you receive from me these Vami horses, you had said, I will return them." Therefore give me back my Vami horses, so that you can save your life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.49
राजोवाच न ब्राह्मणेभ्यो मृगया प्रसूता न त्वानुशास्म्यद्यप्रभृति हसत्यम्। तवैवाज्ञां सम्प्रणिधाय सर्वां तथा ब्रह्मन् पुण्यलोकं लभेयम्॥
rājovāca na brāhmaṇebhyo mṛgayā prasūtā na tvānuśāsmyadyaprabhṛti hasatyam| tavaivājñāṃ sampraṇidhāya sarvāṃ tathā brahman puṇyalokaṃ labheyam||
The king said: Hunting is ordained for the Kshatriyas. I do not punish you for your untruthfulness. O Brahmana, obeying all your commands, I shall obtain the blessed region.
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MBh 2 192.50
वामदेव उवाच नानुयोगा ब्राह्मणानां भवन्ति मे वाचा राजन् मनसा कर्मणा वा। स्तेन श्रेष्ठो भवति हि जीवमानः॥
vāmadeva uvāca nānuyogā brāhmaṇānāṃ bhavanti me vācā rājan manasā karmaṇā vā| stena śreṣṭho bhavati hi jīvamānaḥ||
Vamadeva said : A Brahmana can never be punished in thoughts, words or deeds. That learned man who succeeds by ascetic austerities on knowing a Brahmana to be so does not attain to prominence in this world.
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MBh 2 192.51
मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवमुक्ते वामदेवेन राजन् समुत्तस्थू राक्षसा घोररूपाः। तैः शूलहस्तैर्वध्यमानः स राजा प्रोवाचेदं वाक्यमुच्चैस्तदानीम्॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evamukte vāmadevena rājan samuttasthū rākṣasā ghorarūpāḥ| taiḥ śūlahastairvadhyamānaḥ sa rājā provācedaṃ vākyamuccaistadānīm||
Markandeya said : O king, when the king had been thus addressed by Vamadeva, there rose four fearful-featured Rakshasas. As they with up lifted lances in their hands came to the king with the intention of killing him, he thus cried aloud,
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MBh 2 192.52
विधेया मे यदि चेमे विशोऽपि। नोत्स्रक्ष्येऽहं वामदेवस्य वाम्यौ नैवंविधाधर्मशीला भवन्ति॥
vidheyā me yadi ceme viśo'pi| notsrakṣye'haṃ vāmadevasya vāmyau naivaṃvidhādharmaśīlā bhavanti||
"O Brahmana, if all the Ikshvakus, if Dala (my brother), if all these Vaishyas tell me, even then I will not give up these Vami horses to Vamadeva, for these men can never (then) be virtuous."
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MBh 2 192.53
हतो जगामाशु महीं क्षितीशः। मिक्ष्वाकवो वै दलमभ्यषिञ्चन्॥
hato jagāmāśu mahīṃ kṣitīśaḥ| mikṣvākavo vai dalamabhyaṣiñcan||
When he was thus speaking, they (the Rakshasas) killed him and that lord of earth fell on the ground. Thereupon learning in the death of the king, the Ikshvakus installed Dala on the throne."
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MBh 2 192.54
राज्ये तदा तत्र गत्वा स विप्रः प्रोवाचेदं वचनं वामदेवः। मेवं राजन् सर्वधर्मेषु दृष्टम्॥
rājye tadā tatra gatvā sa vipraḥ provācedaṃ vacanaṃ vāmadevaḥ| mevaṃ rājan sarvadharmeṣu dṛṣṭam||
Then the Brahmana Vamadeva went to his kingdom and spoke thus to the king Dala, “O king, it has been ordained in all the Shastras that men should give away to the Brahmanas.
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MBh 2 192.55
विभेषि चेत् त्वमधर्मान्नरेन्द्र प्रयच्छ मे शीघ्रमेवाद्य वाम्यौ। एतच्छ्रुत्वा वामदेवस्य वाक्यं स पार्थिवः सूतमुवाच रोषात॥
vibheṣi cet tvamadharmānnarendra prayaccha me śīghramevādya vāmyau| etacchrutvā vāmadevasya vākyaṃ sa pārthivaḥ sūtamuvāca roṣāta||
O king, if you fear sin, then give me my Vami horses back without any delay." Having heard these words of Vamadeva, that king spoke thus to the charioteer in anger,"
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MBh 2 192.56
एकं हि मे सायकं चित्ररूपं दिग्धं विषेणाहर संगृहीतम्। येन विद्धो वामदेवः शयीत संदश्यमानः श्वभिरार्तरूपः॥
ekaṃ hi me sāyakaṃ citrarūpaṃ digdhaṃ viṣeṇāhara saṃgṛhītam| yena viddho vāmadevaḥ śayīta saṃdaśyamānaḥ śvabhirārtarūpaḥ||
Bring me one of those beautiful but poisonous arrows that are kept with you, so that pierced by it, Vamadeva may lie prostrate on the ground in pain and be torn by the dogs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.57
वामदेव उवाच जानामि पुत्रं दशवर्षं तवाह जातं महिष्यां श्येनजितं नरेन्द्र। स्तूर्णं प्रियं सायकै?ररूपैः॥
vāmadeva uvāca jānāmi putraṃ daśavarṣaṃ tavāha jātaṃ mahiṣyāṃ śyenajitaṃ narendra| stūrṇaṃ priyaṃ sāyakai?rarūpaiḥ||
Vamadeva said: O ruler of men, I know you have a son ten years old, born of Shyenajita, your queen, Urged by my word, soon kill your that beloved boy by these fearful arrows
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.58
मार्कण्डेय उवाच वन्तःपुरे राजपुत्रं जघाना स सायकस्तिग्मतेजा विसृष्टः श्रुत्वा दलस्तत्र वाक्यं बभाषे॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca vantaḥpure rājaputraṃ jaghānā sa sāyakastigmatejā visṛṣṭaḥ śrutvā dalastatra vākyaṃ babhāṣe||
Markandeya said : O king, when Vamadeva had said this, the (arrows) killed the prince in the inner apartment. Hearing that he had been killed by his arrows, Dala spoke these words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.59
राजोवाच इक्ष्वाकवो हन्त चरामि वः प्रियं निहन्मीमं विप्रमद्य प्रमथ्य। आनीयतामपरस्तिग्मतेजाः पश्यध्वं मे वीर्यमद्य क्षितीशाः॥
rājovāca ikṣvākavo hanta carāmi vaḥ priyaṃ nihanmīmaṃ vipramadya pramathya| ānīyatāmaparastigmatejāḥ paśyadhvaṃ me vīryamadya kṣitīśāḥ||
The king said: O Ikshvakus, I shall today of your good. I will with great force kill this Brahmana. Bring me another of my greatly effulgent arrows. O rulers of earth, behold my prowess today.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.60
वामदेव उवाच यत् त्वमेनं सायकं घोररूपं विषेण दिग्धं मम संदधासि। न त्वेतं त्वं शरवर्षं विमोक्तुं संधातुं वा शक्यसे मानवेन्द्र॥
vāmadeva uvāca yat tvamenaṃ sāyakaṃ ghorarūpaṃ viṣeṇa digdhaṃ mama saṃdadhāsi| na tvetaṃ tvaṃ śaravarṣaṃ vimoktuṃ saṃdhātuṃ vā śakyase mānavendra||
Vamadeva said : This fearful and poisonous arrow that you aim at me, O ruler of men, you shall not be able to aim or to shoot,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.61
राजोवाच इक्ष्वाकवः पश्यत मां गृहीतं न वै शक्नोम्येष शरं विमोक्तुम्। न चास्य कर्तुं नाशमभ्युत्सहामि आयुष्मान् वै जीवतु वामदेवः॥
rājovāca ikṣvākavaḥ paśyata māṃ gṛhītaṃ na vai śaknomyeṣa śaraṃ vimoktum| na cāsya kartuṃ nāśamabhyutsahāmi āyuṣmān vai jīvatu vāmadevaḥ||
The king said: O Ikshvakus, behold, I am incapable of shooting the arrow that has been taken by me; I fail to kill this Brahmana. Let Vamadeva be blessed with a long life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.62
वामदेव उवाच संस्पृश्यैनां महिषी सायकेन ततस्तस्मादेनसो मोक्ष्यसे त्वम्। ततस्तथा कृतवान् पार्थिवस्तु ततो मुनि राजपुत्री बभाषे॥
vāmadeva uvāca saṃspṛśyaināṃ mahiṣī sāyakena tatastasmādenaso mokṣyase tvam| tatastathā kṛtavān pārthivastu tato muni rājaputrī babhāṣe||
Vamadeva said: Touching your queen with this arrow, you may cleanse yourself off this sin. After that the king did as he was directed and then the princess spoke thus to the Rishi.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.63
राजपुत्र्युवाच यथा युक्ता वामदेवाहमेनं दिने दिने संदिशन्ती नृशंसम्। ब्राह्मणेभ्यो मृगयती सूनृतानि तथा ब्रह्मन् पुण्यलोकं लभेयम्॥
rājaputryuvāca yathā yuktā vāmadevāhamenaṃ dine dine saṃdiśantī nṛśaṃsam| brāhmaṇebhyo mṛgayatī sūnṛtāni tathā brahman puṇyalokaṃ labheyam||
The Queen said : O Vamadeva, let me be able to instruct duly this foolish, husband of mine from day to day imparting to him words of grave import. Let me always wait upon and serve the Brahmanas; and by this, O twice born one, let me acquire the sacred regions after death.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.64
वामदेव उवाच त्वया त्रातं राजकुलं शुभेक्षणे वरं वृणीष्वाप्रतिमं ददानि ते। प्रशाधीमं स्वजनं राजपुत्रि इक्ष्वाकुराज्यं सुमहच्चाप्यनिन्द्ये॥
vāmadeva uvāca tvayā trātaṃ rājakulaṃ śubhekṣaṇe varaṃ vṛṇīṣvāpratimaṃ dadāni te| praśādhīmaṃ svajanaṃ rājaputri ikṣvākurājyaṃ sumahaccāpyanindye||
Vamadeva said : O princess, O beautiful-eyed lady, you have saved this royal dynasty. Ask of me a matchless boon. I will grant you whatever you ask. O faultless lady; rule over your these kinsmen and over the kingdom of the Ikshvakus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.65
राजपुत्र्युवाच वरं वृणे भगवंस्त्वेवमेष विमुच्यतां किल्बिषादद्य भर्ता। शिवेन चाध्याहि सपुत्रबान्धवं वरो वृतो ह्येष मया द्विजावय॥
rājaputryuvāca varaṃ vṛṇe bhagavaṃstvevameṣa vimucyatāṃ kilbiṣādadya bhartā| śivena cādhyāhi saputrabāndhavaṃ varo vṛto hyeṣa mayā dvijāvaya||
The Queen said: O exalted one, this is the boon I ask, that my husband may now be freed from his sin and that you may think well of his son and kinsmen. O foremost of Brahmanas, this is the boon I ask.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 192.66
मार्कण्डेय उवाच स्तथास्त्विति प्राह कुरुप्रवीर। ततः स राजा मुदितो बभूव वाम्यौ चास्मै प्रददौ सम्प्रणम्य॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca stathāstviti prāha kurupravīra| tataḥ sa rājā mudito babhūva vāmyau cāsmai pradadau sampraṇamya||
Markandeya said : Having heard her these words, O foremost of the Kurus, the Rishi said, “Be it so." Thereupon that king, becoming exceedingly happy and bowing to the great Rishi, gave him his Vami horses.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)