Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 185
MBh 3 185.1
नारद उवाच एवमुक्तः सुपर्णेन तथ्यं वचनमुत्तमम्। विमृश्यावहितो राजा निश्चित्य च पुनः पुनः॥
nārada uvāca evamuktaḥ suparṇena tathyaṃ vacanamuttamam| vimṛśyāvahito rājā niścitya ca punaḥ punaḥ||
Narada said Being thus addressed by Suparna in excellent words conducive to his benefit and think calmly on these words and considering them again and again,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.2
यष्टा क्रतुसहस्राणां दाता दानपतिः प्रभुः। ययातिः सर्वकाशीश इदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
yaṣṭā kratusahasrāṇāṃ dātā dānapatiḥ prabhuḥ| yayātiḥ sarvakāśīśa idaṃ vacanamabravīt||
The performer of a thousand sacrifices and the lord who, in gifts, was the prince of givers, Yayati, the ruler of all the Kashis said these words,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.3
दृष्ट्वा प्रियसखं टायं गालवं च द्विजर्षभम्। निदर्शनं च तपसा भिक्षा श्लाघ्यां च कीर्तिताम्॥
dṛṣṭvā priyasakhaṃ ṭāyaṃ gālavaṃ ca dvijarṣabham| nidarśanaṃ ca tapasā bhikṣā ślāghyāṃ ca kīrtitām||
With his eye on his dear friend Tarkshya, as also on the best among the twice-born, Galava, and considering the alms asked for by a devotee as described to him as a highly praiseworthy example,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.4
अतीत्य च नृपानन्यानादित्यकुलसम्भवान्। मत्सकाशमनुप्राप्तावेतां बुद्धिमवेक्ष्य च॥
atītya ca nṛpānanyānādityakulasambhavān| matsakāśamanuprāptāvetāṃ buddhimavekṣya ca||
And especial considering that they had come to him passing over the kings born in the solar race.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.5
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म तारितं चाद्य मे कुलम्। अद्यायं तारितो देशो मम तार्क्ष्य त्वयानघ।॥
adya me saphalaṃ janma tāritaṃ cādya me kulam| adyāyaṃ tārito deśo mama tārkṣya tvayānagha|||
To-day is my birth blessed and my race absolved from sins; to-day is this country, over which I rule, freed from sins by you, O Tarkshya, who are sinless.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.6
वक्तुमिच्छामि तु सखे यथा जानासि मां पुरा। न तथा वित्तवानस्मि क्षीणं वित्तं च मे सखे।॥
vaktumicchāmi tu sakhe yathā jānāsi māṃ purā| na tathā vittavānasmi kṣīṇaṃ vittaṃ ca me sakhe|||
O friend, I want to tell you however that I am not the same wealthy man that you knew me to be in days of old. O friend, my wealth has been diminished
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.7
न च शक्तोऽस्मि ते कर्तुं मोघमागमनं खग। न चाशामस्य विप्रर्षेवितथीकर्तुमुत्सहे॥ तत् तु दास्यामि यत् कार्यमिदं सम्पादयिष्यति। अभिगम्य हताशो हि निवृत्तो दहते कुलम्॥
na ca śakto'smi te kartuṃ moghamāgamanaṃ khaga| na cāśāmasya viprarṣevitathīkartumutsahe|| tat tu dāsyāmi yat kāryamidaṃ sampādayiṣyati| abhigamya hatāśo hi nivṛtto dahate kulam||
But at the same time I am unable to make your coming here useless, 0 wanderer of the heavens; nor do I dare frustrate the hopes entertained by the regenerate Rishi; I shall therefore give that which will accomplish this purposes of his.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.8
नातः परं वैनतेय किंचित् पापिष्ठमुच्यते। यथाशानाशनाल्लोके देहि नास्तीति वा वचः॥
nātaḥ paraṃ vainateya kiṃcit pāpiṣṭhamucyate| yathāśānāśanālloke dehi nāstīti vā vacaḥ||
A man, who having come to another with a hope and returns with that hope frustrated, consumes the entire race; and O son of Vinata, it is said that nothing is more
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.9
हताशो ह्यकृतार्थः सन् हतः सम्भावितो नरः। हिनस्ति तस्य पुत्रांश्च पौत्रांश्चाकुर्वतो हितम्॥
hatāśo hyakṛtārthaḥ san hataḥ sambhāvito naraḥ| hinasti tasya putrāṃśca pautrāṃścākurvato hitam||
Capable than the saying of a man, in this world "I have not got it" to a man who comes to him entertaining a hope in him. The man, who is unsuccessful in his suit and whose hopes are frustrated,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.10
तस्माच्चतुर्णां वंशानां स्थापयित्री सुता मम। इयं सुरसुतप्रख्या सर्वधर्मोपचायिनी॥
tasmāccaturṇāṃ vaṃśānāṃ sthāpayitrī sutā mama| iyaṃ surasutaprakhyā sarvadharmopacāyinī||
Slays the sons and grandsons of the man who dose not do him good. Therefore this daughter of mine, who will be perpetuator of four races,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.11
प्रदास्यन्ति नृपा सदा देवमनुष्याणामसुराणां च गालव। कादिक्षता रूपतो बाला सुता मे प्रतिगृह्यताम्॥
pradāsyanti nṛpā sadā devamanuṣyāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca gālava| kādikṣatā rūpato bālā sutā me pratigṛhyatām||
This one resembling the daughter of a god and the promoter of every virtue and who is ever solicited by the gods, human beings and Asuras, O Galava,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.12
अस्याः शुल्कं राज्यमपि ध्रुवम्। किं पुनः श्यामकर्णानां हयानां द्वे चतुः शते॥
asyāḥ śulkaṃ rājyamapi dhruvam| kiṃ punaḥ śyāmakarṇānāṃ hayānāṃ dve catuḥ śate||
For her beauty do you accept. Rulers of men will surely you even their kingdom as her dowry,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.13
स भवान् प्रतिगृह्णातु ममैतां माधवीं सुताम्। अहं दौहित्रवान् स्यां वै वर एष मम प्रभो॥
sa bhavān pratigṛhṇātu mamaitāṃ mādhavīṃ sutām| ahaṃ dauhitravān syāṃ vai vara eṣa mama prabho||
Not to speak of twice four hundred horses each with a black ear; therefore do you accept this daughter of mine, Madhvi.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.14
प्रतिगृह्य च तां कन्यां गालवः सह पक्षिणा। पुनर्द्रक्ष्याव इत्युक्त्वा प्रतस्थे सह कन्यया॥
pratigṛhya ca tāṃ kanyāṃ gālavaḥ saha pakṣiṇā| punardrakṣyāva ityuktvā pratasthe saha kanyayā||
The only boon that I ask for, O lord, is that I may have a grandson by her.” Having taken that girl with them Galava with the bird,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.15
उपलब्धमिदं द्वारमश्वानामिति चाण्डजः। उक्त्वा गालवमापृच्छ्य जगाम भवनं स्वकम्॥
upalabdhamidaṃ dvāramaśvānāmiti cāṇḍajaḥ| uktvā gālavamāpṛcchya jagāma bhavanaṃ svakam||
And saying "we see you again” went away. Saying: “The means for obtaining the horses has now been gained," the one born of an egg too
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.16
गते पतगराजे तु गालवः सह कन्यया। चिन्तयानः क्षमं दाने राज्ञां वै शुल्कतोऽगमत्॥
gate patagarāje tu gālavaḥ saha kanyayā| cintayānaḥ kṣamaṃ dāne rājñāṃ vai śulkato'gamat||
Went away, after for the permission of Galava, to his own place. And the king of birds having gone away Galava along with that maiden,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.17
सोऽगच्छन्मनसेक्ष्वाकुं हर्यश्वं राजसत्तमम्। अयोध्यायां महावीर्यं चतुरङ्गबलान्वितम्॥
so'gacchanmanasekṣvākuṃ haryaśvaṃ rājasattamam| ayodhyāyāṃ mahāvīryaṃ caturaṅgabalānvitam||
Began to think about the king who could offer suitable dowry for her and in his mind decided to go to that best among the kingsHaryashva, of the race of Ikshvaku.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.18
कोशधान्यबलोपेतं प्रियपौरं द्विजप्रियम्। प्रजाभिकामं शाम्यन्तं कुर्वाणं तप उत्तमम्॥
kośadhānyabalopetaṃ priyapauraṃ dvijapriyam| prajābhikāmaṃ śāmyantaṃ kurvāṇaṃ tapa uttamam||
He ruled over Ayodhya, was endued with great over Ayodhya, was endued with great prowess and had an army with four divisions and had also in his possession enough of treasures and coins, who was dear to his subject and to whom the twice born were also dear,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.19
तमुवागम्य विप्रः स हर्यश्वं गालवोऽब्रवीत्। कन्येयं मम राजेन्द्र प्रसवैः कुलवर्धिनी॥
tamuvāgamya vipraḥ sa haryaśvaṃ gālavo'bravīt| kanyeyaṃ mama rājendra prasavaiḥ kulavardhinī||
Who desirous of the peace of his subjects was practicing excellent austerities. The regenerate Rishi Galava, Having approached him, Haryashva, said to him:
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 185.20
इयं शुल्केन भार्यार्थं हर्यश्व प्रतिगृह्यताम्। शुल्कं ते कीर्तयिष्यामि तच्छ्रुत्वा सम्प्रधार्यताम्॥
iyaṃ śulkena bhāryārthaṃ haryaśva pratigṛhyatām| śulkaṃ te kīrtayiṣyāmi tacchrutvā sampradhāryatām||
"This girl in my possession, O chief among kings, increases a race by bringing forth children, O Haryashva; accept her by offering a dowry. I shall describe to you what dowry, to offer and hearing that you decide it."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)