Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 167
MBh 3 167.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच जामदग्न्य वचः श्रुत्वा कण्वोऽपि भगवानृषिः। दुर्योधनमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत् कुरुसंसदि॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca jāmadagnya vacaḥ śrutvā kaṇvo'pi bhagavānṛṣiḥ| duryodhanamidaṃ vākyamabravīt kurusaṃsadi||
Vaishampayana said Hearing the words of the son of Jamadagni, the illustrious Rishi Kanva addressed these words to Duryodhana in the assembly of the Kurus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.2
कण्व उवाच अक्षयश्चाव्ययश्चैव ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः। तथैव भगवन्तौ तौ नरनारायणावृषी॥
kaṇva uvāca akṣayaścāvyayaścaiva brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ| tathaiva bhagavantau tau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī||
Kanva said Brahma, the grand-father of this world, is eternal and undecaying; of the same nature are the two divine Rishis, Nara and Narayana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.3
आदित्यानां हि सर्वेषां विष्णुरेकः सनातनः। अक्षय्यश्चाव्ययश्चैव शाश्वतः प्रभुरीश्वरः॥
ādityānāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ viṣṇurekaḥ sanātanaḥ| akṣayyaścāvyayaścaiva śāśvataḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ||
Among all sons of Aditi, Vishnu alone is eternal, invincible, undecaying and the divine Lord existing forever.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.4
निमित्तमरणाश्चान्ये चन्द्रसूर्यौ मही जलम्। वायुरग्निस्तथाऽऽकाशं ग्रहास्तारागणास्तथा॥
nimittamaraṇāścānye candrasūryau mahī jalam| vāyuragnistathā''kāśaṃ grahāstārāgaṇāstathā||
The others namely the moon, the sun, the earth, the water, the air, the fire and also the sky, the planets and the stars have their end in a cause.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.5
ते च क्षयान्ते जगतो हित्वा लोकत्रयं सदा। क्षयं गच्छन्ति वै सरेवे सृज्यन्ते च पुनः पुनः॥
te ca kṣayānte jagato hitvā lokatrayaṃ sadā| kṣayaṃ gacchanti vai sareve sṛjyante ca punaḥ punaḥ||
They, at the final dissolution of the universe, will themselves cease to exist, leaving behind the three worlds and all will be created again and again.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.6
मुहूर्तमरणास्त्वन्ये मानुषा मृगपक्षिणः। तैर्यग्योन्याश्च ये चान्ये जीवलोकचरास्तथा॥
muhūrtamaraṇāstvanye mānuṣā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ| tairyagyonyāśca ye cānye jīvalokacarāstathā||
Others there are that die in a short time, namely beings, animals, birds and creatures having their birth among other living beings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.7
भूयिष्ठेन तु राजानः श्रियं भुक्त्वाऽऽयुषः क्षये। तरुणाः प्रतिपद्यन्ते भोक्तुं सुकृतदुष्कृते॥
bhūyiṣṭhena tu rājānaḥ śriyaṃ bhuktvā''yuṣaḥ kṣaye| taruṇāḥ pratipadyante bhoktuṃ sukṛtaduṣkṛte||
The kings, enjoying great prosperity up to the end of their lives, are born anew to enjoy the effects of their good and bad deeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.8
स भवान् धर्मपुत्रेण शमं कर्तुमिहार्हति। पाण्डवाः कुरवश्चैव पालयन्तु वसुंधराम्॥
sa bhavān dharmaputreṇa śamaṃ kartumihārhati| pāṇḍavāḥ kuravaścaiva pālayantu vasuṃdharām||
Therefore it is proper for your exalted self to effect peace with Yudhishthira. Let the Pandavas and the Kurus rule the universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.9
बलवानहमित्येव न मन्तव्यं सुयोधन। बलवन्तो बलिभ्यो हि दृश्यन्ते पुरुषर्षभ॥
balavānahamityeva na mantavyaṃ suyodhana| balavanto balibhyo hi dṛśyante puruṣarṣabha||
"I am strong", it should not be thought thus, O Suyodhana, for some parties are seen who are stronger than those among men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.10
न बलं बलिनां मध्ये बलं भवति कौरव। बलवन्तो हि ते सर्वे पाण्डवा देवविक्रमाः॥
na balaṃ balināṃ madhye balaṃ bhavati kaurava| balavanto hi te sarve pāṇḍavā devavikramāḥ||
Among the really strong, physical strength does not count, O son of Kuru and all the sons of Pandu, who are endued with the strength of the gods, are strong.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.11
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। मातलेर्दातुकामस्य कन्या मृगयतो वरम्॥
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam| mātalerdātukāmasya kanyā mṛgayato varam||
In this connection is cited the old story of Matali who was desirous of giving away his daughter in marriage and was searching for a bridegroom.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.12
मतस्त्रैलोक्यराजस्य मातलि म सारथिः। तस्यैकैव कुले कन्या रूपतो लोकविश्रुता॥
matastrailokyarājasya mātali ma sārathiḥ| tasyaikaiva kule kanyā rūpato lokaviśrutā||
Such is the story-The king of the three worlds had a driver by the name of Matali. In his family there was born only one daughter who had a great reputation for beauty in this world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.13
गुणकेशीति विख्याता नाम्ना सा देवरूपिणी। श्रिया च वपुषा चैव स्त्रियोऽन्याः साऽतिरिच्यते॥
guṇakeśīti vikhyātā nāmnā sā devarūpiṇī| śriyā ca vapuṣā caiva striyo'nyāḥ sā'tiricyate||
She, having celestial beauty, was well known by the name of Gunakeshi and she greatly excelled all women in beauty, physical development and symmetry.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.14
तस्याः प्रदानसमयं मातलिः सह भार्यया। ज्ञात्वा विममृशे राजंस्तत्परः परिचिन्तयन्॥
tasyāḥ pradānasamayaṃ mātaliḥ saha bhāryayā| jñātvā vimamṛśe rājaṃstatparaḥ paricintayan||
Matali, along with his wife knowing that the time for giving her away in marriage has arrived, became sorrowful, o king, thinking what to do in the future.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.15
धिकं खल्वलघुशीलानामुच्छ्रितानां यशस्विनाम्। नराणां मृदुसत्त्वानां कुले कन्याप्ररोहणम्॥
dhikaṃ khalvalaghuśīlānāmucchritānāṃ yaśasvinām| narāṇāṃ mṛdusattvānāṃ kule kanyāprarohaṇam||
Alas! the advent of daughters in the family of men who are of good traditions and know for their greatness and are famous and endued with humility, is attended with bad consequences.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.16
मातुः कुलं पितृकुलं यत्र चैव प्रदीयते। कुलत्रयं संशयितं कुरुते कन्यका सताम्॥
mātuḥ kulaṃ pitṛkulaṃ yatra caiva pradīyate| kulatrayaṃ saṃśayitaṃ kurute kanyakā satām||
The family of the mother, the family of the father and the family to which she is given away in marriage-these three families among good people are affected by a daughter.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.17
देवमानुषलोकौ द्वौ मानुषेणैव चक्षुषा। अवगाह्मैव विचितौ न च मे रोचते वरः॥
devamānuṣalokau dvau mānuṣeṇaiva cakṣuṣā| avagāhmaiva vicitau na ca me rocate varaḥ||
By my human eyes have I searched the two worlds, those of the celestial and human beings and there is no suitable husband for my daughter that pleases me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.18
कण्व उवाच न देवान् नैव दितिजान् न गन्धर्वान् न मानुषान्। अरोचयद् वरकृते तथैव बहुलानृषीन्॥
kaṇva uvāca na devān naiva ditijān na gandharvān na mānuṣān| arocayad varakṛte tathaiva bahulānṛṣīn||
Kanva said Among the gods, among those born in the Daitya race, among the Gandharvas and among human beings there was none who pleased him enough t be made the husband of his daughter. The same was the case with the numerous Rishis.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.19
भार्ययाऽनु स सम्मन्त्र्य सह रात्रौ सुधर्मया। मातलि गलोकाय चकार गमने मतिम्॥
bhāryayā'nu sa sammantrya saha rātrau sudharmayā| mātali galokāya cakāra gamane matim||
Having consulted with his wife, Sudharma, at night (one day), Matali made up his mind to enter the world of the Nagas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.20
न मे देवमनुष्येषु गुणकेश्याः समो वरः। रूपतो दृश्यते कश्चिन्नागेषु भविता ध्रुवम्॥
na me devamanuṣyeṣu guṇakeśyāḥ samo varaḥ| rūpato dṛśyate kaścinnāgeṣu bhavitā dhruvam||
Matali said Among gods and men I d not find a suitable husband for Gunakeshi in point of beauty. There must be some one so suitable among the Nagas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 167.21
इत्यामन्त्र्य सुधर्मा स कृत्वा चाभिप्रदक्षिणम्। कन्यां शिरस्युपाध्राय प्रविवेश महीतलम्॥
ityāmantrya sudharmā sa kṛtvā cābhipradakṣiṇam| kanyāṃ śirasyupādhrāya praviveśa mahītalam||
Thus thinking he bade adieu to Sudharma; and, going round his superiors and having smelt the head of his daughter entered the nether regions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)