Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 299
MBh 2 299.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच तस्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायामुदिते सूर्यमण्डले। कृतपौर्वाणिकाः सर्वं समेयुस्ते तपोधनाः॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāmudite sūryamaṇḍale| kṛtapaurvāṇikāḥ sarvaṃ sameyuste tapodhanāḥ||
Markandeya said : The night having come to a close, when the sun's disc had appeared (on the horizon), all th 'se ascetius, whose only wealth devotion, having performed their mations, congregated (at the asylum of Dyumatsena).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.2
तदेव सर्वं सावित्र्या महाभाग्यं महर्षयः। धुमत्सेनाय नातृप्यन् कथयन्तः पुनः पुनः॥
tadeva sarvaṃ sāvitryā mahābhāgyaṃ maharṣayaḥ| dhumatsenāya nātṛpyan kathayantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ||
was Those great sages were never satisfied in relating again and again of the high fortune of Savitri, to Dyumatsena.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.3
ततः प्रकृतयः सर्वाः शाल्वेभ्योऽभ्यागता नृप। आचख्युनिहतं चैव स्वेनामात्येन तं द्विषम्॥
tataḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvāḥ śālvebhyo'bhyāgatā nṛpa| ācakhyunihataṃ caiva svenāmātyena taṃ dviṣam||
Then, O king, it so chanced that all the subjects came from Shalva and informed Dyumatsena of the death of his enemy at the hands of his own minister.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.4
तं मन्त्रिणा हतं श्रुत्वा ससहायं सबान्धवम्। न्यवेदयन् यथावृत्तं विद्रुतं च द्विषद्बलम्॥ ऐकमत्यं च सर्वस्य जनस्याथ नृपं प्रति। सचक्षुर्वाप्यचक्षुर्वा स नो राजा भवत्विति॥
taṃ mantriṇā hataṃ śrutvā sasahāyaṃ sabāndhavam| nyavedayan yathāvṛttaṃ vidrutaṃ ca dviṣadbalam|| aikamatyaṃ ca sarvasya janasyātha nṛpaṃ prati| sacakṣurvāpyacakṣurvā sa no rājā bhavatviti||
And they related to him all that had taken place saying "hearing the death of the usurper together with his friends and allies at the hands of his own minister and of the dispersion of his troops, all the subjects have in one voice declared for you, their legitimate king and they have also said whether you are blind or not you shall be (their) king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.5
अनेन निश्चयेनेह वयं प्रस्थापिता नृप। प्राप्तानीमानि यानानि चतुरङ्गं च ते बलम्॥
anena niścayeneha vayaṃ prasthāpitā nṛpa| prāptānīmāni yānāni caturaṅgaṃ ca te balam||
O king, we have been dispatched to you on the strength of this determination (on the part of your subjects to install you king). These cars and these four kinds of troops have arrived for you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.6
प्रयाहि राजन् भद्रं ते घुष्टस्ते नगरे जयः। अध्यास्स्व चिररात्राय पितृपैतामहं पदम्॥
prayāhi rājan bhadraṃ te ghuṣṭaste nagare jayaḥ| adhyāssva cirarātrāya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ padam||
(Therefore), O monarch, do set out. May you prosper. Your restoration has been proclaimed in the city. May you for ever occupy the portion filled by your sire and grandsire."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.7
चक्षुष्मन्तं च तं दृष्ट्वा राजानं वपुषान्वितम्। मूर्धा निपतिताः सर्वे विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनाः॥
cakṣuṣmantaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājānaṃ vapuṣānvitam| mūrdhā nipatitāḥ sarve vismayotphullalocanāḥ||
And seeing the king restored to sight and healthy, they with their eyes expanded in wonder, bowed down their heads to him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.8
ततोऽभिवाद्य तान् वृद्धान् द्विजानाश्रमवासिनः। तैश्चाभिपूजितः सर्वैः प्रययौ नगरं प्रति॥
tato'bhivādya tān vṛddhān dvijānāśramavāsinaḥ| taiścābhipūjitaḥ sarvaiḥ prayayau nagaraṃ prati||
Then the king having greeted all the aged Brahmanas inhabiting the hermitage and in his turn being greeted by them, set out for his capital.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.9
शैब्या च सह सावित्र्या स्वास्तीर्णेन सुवर्चसा। नरयुक्तेन यानेन प्रययौ सेनया वृता॥
śaibyā ca saha sāvitryā svāstīrṇena suvarcasā| narayuktena yānena prayayau senayā vṛtā||
And Shaivya together with Savitri surrounded by troops, went in a palanquin, adorned with splendid sheets and carried by men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.10
ततोऽभिषिषिचुः प्रीत्या धुमत्सेनं पुरोहिताः। पुत्रं चास्य महात्मानं यौवराज्येऽभ्यषेचयन्॥
tato'bhiṣiṣicuḥ prītyā dhumatsenaṃ purohitāḥ| putraṃ cāsya mahātmānaṃ yauvarājye'bhyaṣecayan||
Then the priests joyfully installed Dyumatsena as king and his high-souled son as prince regent.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.11
ततः कालेन महता सावित्र्याः कीर्तिवर्धनम्। तद् वै पुत्रशतं जज्ञे शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम्॥
tataḥ kālena mahatā sāvitryāḥ kīrtivardhanam| tad vai putraśataṃ jajñe śūrāṇāmanivartinām||
After a long time Savitri was deliver of a hundred heroic and illustrious sons who never retreated from battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.12
भ्रातृणां सौदराणां च तथैवास्याभवच्छतम्। मद्राधिपस्याश्वपतेर्मालब्यां सुमहद् बलम्॥
bhrātṛṇāṃ saudarāṇāṃ ca tathaivāsyābhavacchatam| madrādhipasyāśvapatermālabyāṃ sumahad balam||
She had also one hundred highly powerful uterine brothers begotten by Ashvapati, the king of Madra, on Malavi.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.13
एवमात्मा पिता माता श्वश्रूः श्वशुर एव च। भर्तुः कुलं च सावित्र्या सर्वं कृच्छ्रात् समुद्भुतम्॥
evamātmā pitā mātā śvaśrūḥ śvaśura eva ca| bhartuḥ kulaṃ ca sāvitryā sarvaṃ kṛcchrāt samudbhutam||
Thus Savitri rescued from misfortune, her own self, her father, mother-in law, father-inlaw and her husband's line.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.14
तथैवैषा हि कल्याणी द्रौपदी शीलसम्मता। तारयिष्यति वः सर्वान् सावित्रीव कुलाङ्गना॥
tathaivaiṣā hi kalyāṇī draupadī śīlasammatā| tārayiṣyati vaḥ sarvān sāvitrīva kulāṅganā||
Similarly, the auspicious Draupadi of excellent character, will deliver you all from your misfortune as the virtuous Savitri did.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.15
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं स पाण्डवस्तेन अनुनीतो महात्मना। विशोको विज्वरो राजन् काम्यके न्यवसत् तदा॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca evaṃ sa pāṇḍavastena anunīto mahātmanā| viśoko vijvaro rājan kāmyake nyavasat tadā||
Vaishampayana said : Thus, O monarch, instructed by that highsouled one ((Markandeya), the Pandava (Yudhishthira) devoid of grief and affliction continued to dwell in Kamyaka.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 299.16
यश्चेदं शृणुयाद् भक्त्या सावित्र्याख्यानमुत्तमम्। स सुखी सर्वसिद्धार्थो न दुःखं प्राप्नुयानरः॥
yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyād bhaktyā sāvitryākhyānamuttamam| sa sukhī sarvasiddhārtho na duḥkhaṃ prāpnuyānaraḥ||
The man who listens with a devout spirit, to the excellent history of Savitri ever meets with happiness and success and never experiences sorrow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)