Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 305
MBh 2 305.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच सा तु कन्या महाराज ब्राह्मणं संशितव्रतम्। तोषयामास शुद्धेन मनसा संशितव्रता॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca sā tu kanyā mahārāja brāhmaṇaṃ saṃśitavratam| toṣayāmāsa śuddhena manasā saṃśitavratā||
Vaishampayana said : O great monarch, that damsel observant of vows, began with a pure heart, to propitiate that vow observing Brahmana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.2
प्रातरेष्याम्यथेत्युक्त्वा कदाचिद् द्विजसत्तमः। तत आयाति राजेन्द्र सायं रात्रावथो पुनः॥
prātareṣyāmyathetyuktvā kadācid dvijasattamaḥ| tata āyāti rājendra sāyaṃ rātrāvatho punaḥ||
O king of kings, that foremost of Brahmanas sometimes saying “I will come in the morning" made his appearance in the evening or at night.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.3
तं च सर्वासु वेलासु भक्ष्यभोज्यप्रतिश्रयैः। पूजयामास सा कन्या वर्धमानैस्तु सर्वदा॥
taṃ ca sarvāsu velāsu bhakṣyabhojyapratiśrayaiḥ| pūjayāmāsa sā kanyā vardhamānaistu sarvadā||
(But) that damsel at all hours entertained him with excellent food, drink and bed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.4
अन्नादिसमुदाचाराः शय्यासनकृतस्तथा। दिवसे दिवसे तस्य वर्धते न तु हीयते॥
annādisamudācārāḥ śayyāsanakṛtastathā| divase divase tasya vardhate na tu hīyate||
And her hospitality towards him as regards his food, seat and bed increased rather than decreased day by day.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.5
निर्भर्त्सनापवादैश्च ततैवाप्रियया गिरा। ब्राह्मणस्य पृथा राजन् न चकाराप्रियं तदा॥
nirbhartsanāpavādaiśca tataivāpriyayā girā| brāhmaṇasya pṛthā rājan na cakārāpriyaṃ tadā||
Even if the Brahmana reproved, found fault with and spoke harsh words, to her, Pritha did not do anything disagreeable to him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.6
व्यस्ते काले पुनश्चैति न चैति बहुशो द्विजः। सुदुर्लभमपि ह्यन्नं दीयतामिति सोऽब्रवीत्॥
vyaste kāle punaścaiti na caiti bahuśo dvijaḥ| sudurlabhamapi hyannaṃ dīyatāmiti so'bravīt||
At several times the Brahmana came after the appointed time or did never come at all and (on many occasions) asked for food when it could only be procured with utmost difficulty.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.7
कृतमेव च तत् सर्वं यथा तस्मै न्यवेदयत्। शिष्यवत् पुत्रवच्चैव स्वसृवच्च सुसंयता॥
kṛtameva ca tat sarvaṃ yathā tasmai nyavedayat| śiṣyavat putravaccaiva svasṛvacca susaṃyatā||
(But at all these times) Pritha said "everything is ready," and placed the meal before him. And like a disciple, like a daughter or like a sister, with a pure heart.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.8
यथोपजोषं राजेन्द्र द्विजातिप्रवरस्य सा। प्रीतिमुत्पादयामास कन्यारत्नमनिन्दिता।॥
yathopajoṣaṃ rājendra dvijātipravarasya sā| prītimutpādayāmāsa kanyāratnamaninditā|||
That faultless jewel of a damsel, O king of kings, caused the satisfaction of that foremost of the Brahmanas as he liked.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.9
तस्यास्तु शीलवृत्तेन तुतोष द्विजसत्तमः। अवधानेन भूयोऽस्याः परं यत्नमथाकरोत्॥
tasyāstu śīlavṛttena tutoṣa dvijasattamaḥ| avadhānena bhūyo'syāḥ paraṃ yatnamathākarot||
That most exalted of the twice-born ones was highly pleased with her manners and character and on account of her ministrations tried his very best for her welfare.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.10
तां प्रभाते च सायं च पिता पप्रच्छ भारत। अपि तुष्यति ते पुत्रि ब्राह्मणः परिचर्यया॥
tāṃ prabhāte ca sāyaṃ ca pitā papraccha bhārata| api tuṣyati te putri brāhmaṇaḥ paricaryayā||
And O Bharata, her father asked her every morning "O daughter, is the Brahmana satisfied with your ministrations?”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.11
तं सा परममित्येव प्रत्युवाच यशस्विनी। तत: प्रीतिमवापायां कुन्तिभोजो महामनाः॥
taṃ sā paramamityeva pratyuvāca yaśasvinī| tata: prītimavāpāyāṃ kuntibhojo mahāmanāḥ||
And that renowned damsel replied “yes very much". Thereupon, the high-minded Kuntibhoja felt a great joy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.12
ततः संवत्सरे पूर्णे यदासौ जपतां वरः। नापश्यद् दुष्कृतं किंचित् पृथायाः सौहृदे रतः॥
tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe yadāsau japatāṃ varaḥ| nāpaśyad duṣkṛtaṃ kiṃcit pṛthāyāḥ sauhṛde rataḥ||
When on the expiration of a whole year, that best of devotees could not find any cause to be dissatisfied with Pritha, devoted to his service.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.13
तः प्रीतमना भूत्वा स एनां ब्राह्मणोऽब्रवीत्। प्रीतोऽस्मि परमं भद्रे परिचारेण ते शुभे॥
taḥ prītamanā bhūtvā sa enāṃ brāhmaṇo'bravīt| prīto'smi paramaṃ bhadre paricāreṇa te śubhe||
That Brahmana, then, with a joyful heart said to her “O gentle and graceful maid, I have been highly pleased with your ministrations.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.14
वरान् वृणीष्व कल्याणि दुरापान् मानुषैरिह। यैस्त्वं सीमन्तिनी: सर्वा यशसाभिभविष्यसि॥
varān vṛṇīṣva kalyāṇi durāpān mānuṣairiha| yaistvaṃ sīmantinī: sarvā yaśasābhibhaviṣyasi||
O auspicious girl, ask for (such) a boon as is very difficult for men to receive in this word, by virtue of which you will be able to ecclipse all the ladies in fame.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.15
कुन्त्युवाच कृतानि मम सर्वाणि यस्या मे वेदवित्तम। त्वं प्रसन्नः पिता चैव कृतं विप्र वरैर्मम॥
kuntyuvāca kṛtāni mama sarvāṇi yasyā me vedavittama| tvaṃ prasannaḥ pitā caiva kṛtaṃ vipra varairmama||
Kunti said: O best of those versed in the Vedas, all my desires have been gratified in as much as you as well as my father are pleased with me. So, O Brahmana, I think I have already received boons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.16
ब्राह्मण उवाच यदि नेच्छसि मत्तस्त्वं वरं भद्रे शुचिस्मिते। इमं मन्त्रं गृहाण त्वमाह्वानाय दिवौकसाम्॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca yadi necchasi mattastvaṃ varaṃ bhadre śucismite| imaṃ mantraṃ gṛhāṇa tvamāhvānāya divaukasām||
The Brahmana said: O gentle girl of sweet smiles, if you do not desire for boons from me, then take this Mantra for invoking the gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.17
यं यं देवं त्वमेतेन मन्त्रेणावाहयिष्यसि। तेन तेन वशे भद्रे स्थातव्यं ते भविष्यति॥
yaṃ yaṃ devaṃ tvametena mantreṇāvāhayiṣyasi| tena tena vaśe bhadre sthātavyaṃ te bhaviṣyati||
Whatever god you may invoke by (uttering) this Mantra, he will be, O gentle girl, quite under your control.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.18
अकामो वा सकामो वा स समेष्यति ते वशे। विबुधो मत्रसंशान्तो भवेद् भृत्य इवानतः॥
akāmo vā sakāmo vā sa sameṣyati te vaśe| vibudho matrasaṃśānto bhaved bhṛtya ivānataḥ||
Whether he desires or not, that god, (whom you may invoke) by virtue of the mantra (will come to you) in a gentle guise and like a slave will be subject to you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.19
वैशम्पायन उवाच न शशाक द्वितीयं सा प्रत्याख्यातुमनिन्दिता। तं वै द्विजातिप्रवरं तदा शापभयानृप॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca na śaśāka dvitīyaṃ sā pratyākhyātumaninditā| taṃ vai dvijātipravaraṃ tadā śāpabhayānṛpa||
Vaishampayana said : Then O king, afraid of being cursed by that foremost of the twice-born ones, that faultless girl could not refuse him a second time.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.20
ततस्तामनवद्याङ्गीं चाहयामास स द्विजः। मन्त्रग्राम तदा राजन्नथर्वशिरसि श्रुतम्॥
tatastāmanavadyāṅgīṃ cāhayāmāsa sa dvijaḥ| mantragrāma tadā rājannatharvaśirasi śrutam||
Then, O monarch, that Brahmana initiated that girl of faultless proportions into the Mantras, placed in the beginning of the Atharvaveda.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.21
तं प्रदाय तु राजेन्द्र कुन्तिभोजमुवाच ह। उषितोऽस्मि सुखं राजन् कन्यया परितोषितः॥ तव गेहेषु विहितः सदा सुप्रतिपूजितः। साधयिष्यामहे तावदित्युक्त्वान्तरधीयत।२२।।
taṃ pradāya tu rājendra kuntibhojamuvāca ha| uṣito'smi sukhaṃ rājan kanyayā paritoṣitaḥ|| tava geheṣu vihitaḥ sadā supratipūjitaḥ| sādhayiṣyāmahe tāvadityuktvāntaradhīyata|22||
O lord of kings, having thus initiated her (into the mantras), he said to Kuntibhoja, “O Monarch, being always duly worshipped and gratified by your daughter I have lived happily in your house. I will now depart". Saying this he vanished away.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 305.22
स तु राजा द्विजं दृष्ट्वा तत्रैवान्तर्हितं तदा। बभूव विस्मयाविष्टः पृथां च समपूजयत्॥
sa tu rājā dvijaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatraivāntarhitaṃ tadā| babhūva vismayāviṣṭaḥ pṛthāṃ ca samapūjayat||
The king was wonder-struck at beholding him vanish at that very spot. He then properly adored Pritha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)