Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 58

MBh 2 58.1

बृहदश्व उवाच वृते तु नैषधे भैम्या लोकपाला महौजसः। यान्तो ददृशुरायान्तं द्वापरं कलिना सह॥

bṛhadaśva uvāca vṛte tu naiṣadhe bhaimyā lokapālā mahaujasaḥ| yānto dadṛśurāyāntaṃ dvāparaṃ kalinā saha||

Brihadashva said: After the daughter of Bhima had accepted the king of the Nishadhas as her husband, the protectors of the worlds, of great energy, met, when they were returning, Dvapara accompanied by Kali, approaching towards them.

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

MBh 2 58.2

अथाब्रवीत् कलिं शक्रः सम्प्रेक्ष्य बलवृत्रहा। द्वापरेण सहायेन कले ब्रूहि क्व यास्यसि॥

athābravīt kaliṃ śakraḥ samprekṣya balavṛtrahā| dvāpareṇa sahāyena kale brūhi kva yāsyasi||

Shakra, the slayer of Vala and Vritra, beholding Kali, said to him, 'O Kali, tell me, whither are you going with Dvapara as your companion?'

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

MBh 2 58.3

ततोऽब्रवीत् कलिः शक्रं दमयन्त्याः स्वयंवरम्। गत्वा हि वरयिष्ये तां मनो हि मम तां गतम्॥

tato'bravīt kaliḥ śakraṃ damayantyāḥ svayaṃvaram| gatvā hi varayiṣye tāṃ mano hi mama tāṃ gatam||

Thereupon Kali replying to Shakra's words said, 'Hearing the Svayamvara of Damayanti, I am going there. I shall take her to be my wife; for my heart has been captivated by her?'

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

MBh 2 58.4

तमब्रवीत् प्रहस्येन्द्रो निर्वृत्तः स स्वयंवरः। वृतस्तया नलो राजा पतिरस्मत्समीपतः॥

tamabravīt prahasyendro nirvṛttaḥ sa svayaṃvaraḥ| vṛtastayā nalo rājā patirasmatsamīpataḥ||

Indra smilingly said to him, “That Svayamvara is now over; king Nala has been accepted by her as her husband even in our presence.

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

MBh 2 58.5

एवमुक्तस्तु शक्रेण कलिः कोपसमन्वितः। देवानामन्त्र्य तान् सर्वानुवाचेदं वचस्तदा॥

evamuktastu śakreṇa kaliḥ kopasamanvitaḥ| devānāmantrya tān sarvānuvācedaṃ vacastadā||

Thus spoken to by Shakra, Kali, the viler among the celestials, waxing worth, said to them (celestials) all, the following words:

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

MBh 2 58.6

देवानां मानुषं मध्ये यत् सा पतिमविन्दत। ततस्तस्या भवेन्न्याय्यं विपुलं दण्डधारणम्॥

devānāṃ mānuṣaṃ madhye yat sā patimavindata| tatastasyā bhavennyāyyaṃ vipulaṃ daṇḍadhāraṇam||

"In as much as neglecting the divinities she has accepted a man for her husband, it is but severe cquitable that she shall suffer punishment?”

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

MBh 2 58.7

एवमुक्ते तु कलिना प्रत्यूचुस्ते दिवौकसः। अस्माभिः समनुज्ञाते दमयन्त्या नलो वृतः॥

evamukte tu kalinā pratyūcuste divaukasaḥ| asmābhiḥ samanujñāte damayantyā nalo vṛtaḥ||

When Kali had spoken in the above manner, the celestials replied, “With our permission, Nala has been chosen by Damayanti.

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

MBh 2 58.8

का च सर्वगुणोपेतं नाश्रयेत नलं नृपम्। यो वेदधर्मानखिलान् यथावच्चरितव्रतः॥ योऽधीते चतुरो वेदान् सर्वानाख्यानपञ्चमान्। नित्यं तृप्ता गृहे यस्य देवा यज्ञेषुधर्मतः। अहिंसानिरतो यश्च सत्यवादी दृढव्रतः॥ यस्मिन् दाक्ष्यंधृतिर्ज्ञानं तपः शौचं दमः शमः। ध्रुवाणि पुरुषव्याने लोकपालसमे नृपे॥ एवंरूपं नलं यो वै कामयेच्छपितुं कले। आत्मानं स शपेन्मूढो हन्यादात्मानमात्मना॥

kā ca sarvaguṇopetaṃ nāśrayeta nalaṃ nṛpam| yo vedadharmānakhilān yathāvaccaritavrataḥ|| yo'dhīte caturo vedān sarvānākhyānapañcamān| nityaṃ tṛptā gṛhe yasya devā yajñeṣudharmataḥ| ahiṃsānirato yaśca satyavādī dṛḍhavrataḥ|| yasmin dākṣyaṃdhṛtirjñānaṃ tapaḥ śaucaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ| dhruvāṇi puruṣavyāne lokapālasame nṛpe|| evaṃrūpaṃ nalaṃ yo vai kāmayecchapituṃ kale| ātmānaṃ sa śapenmūḍho hanyādātmānamātmanā||

Also what maiden would not accept Nala as her lord, who is endued with all (excellent) qualities, who is acquainted with all systems of religion, who is a strict observer of vows, who has studied the four Vedas as also the Puranas that are styled the fifth; in whose house the deities are always satisfied by Sacrifices performed in accordance with the rules prescribed for their observance; who never docs any harm to any one, who is truthful and of unshaken vows; in whom truthfulness, forgiveness, knowledge, rigid austerities, purity, self-control and quiescence are ever present; who is the foremost of kings, like the guardians of the worlds. O Kali, that foolish creature, that desires to imprecate Nala of this description, does surely curse his own self and does kill himself by his own agency.

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

MBh 2 58.9

एवंगुणं नलं यो वै कामयेच्छपितुं कले। कृच्छ्रे स नरके मज्जेदगाधे विपुले ह्रदे। एवमुक्त्वा कलिं देवा द्वापरं च दिवं ययुः॥

evaṃguṇaṃ nalaṃ yo vai kāmayecchapituṃ kale| kṛcchre sa narake majjedagādhe vipule hrade| evamuktvā kaliṃ devā dvāparaṃ ca divaṃ yayuḥ||

O Kali, he that wishes to pronounce malediction on Nala of such qualities, sinks into the vast, unfathomable, lake of hell replete with various torments. "Thus speaking to Kali and Dvapara the celestials repaired to heaven.

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

MBh 2 58.10

ततो गतेषु देवेषु कलिपरमब्रवीत्। संहर्तुं नोत्सहे कोपं नले वत्स्यामि द्वापर॥ भ्रंशयिष्यामि तं राज्यान्न भैम्या सह रंस्यते। त्वमप्यक्षान् समाविश्य साहाय्यं कर्तुमर्हसि॥

tato gateṣu deveṣu kaliparamabravīt| saṃhartuṃ notsahe kopaṃ nale vatsyāmi dvāpara|| bhraṃśayiṣyāmi taṃ rājyānna bhaimyā saha raṃsyate| tvamapyakṣān samāviśya sāhāyyaṃ kartumarhasi||

After the celestials had disappeared, Kali said to Dvapara, 'O Dvapara, I cannot restrain my wrath, I will enter into the Nala and disposes him of his kingdom. He shall not any longer hold any dalliance with the daughter of Bhima. Placing yourself at the dice, you ought to help me.

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