Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 188

MBh 3 188.1

नारद उवाच तथैव तां श्रियं त्यक्त्वा कन्या भूत्वा यशस्विनी। माधवी गालवं विप्रमभ्ययात् सत्यसंगरा॥

nārada uvāca tathaiva tāṃ śriyaṃ tyaktvā kanyā bhūtvā yaśasvinī| mādhavī gālavaṃ vipramabhyayāt satyasaṃgarā||

Narada said In that way having abandoned that prosperity, the renowned lady Madhvi once more becoming a maiden and according to her promise followed the regenerate Rishi Galava.

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

MBh 3 188.2

गालवो विमृशन्नेव स्वकार्यगतमानसः। जगाम भोजनगरं द्रष्टुमौशीनरं नृपम्॥

gālavo vimṛśanneva svakāryagatamānasaḥ| jagāma bhojanagaraṃ draṣṭumauśīnaraṃ nṛpam||

Galava, whose mind was centered in the accomplishment of his own purpose, after due deliberation, went to the city of the Bhojas to see the ruler of men, the son of Ushinara.

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

MBh 3 188.3

तमुवाचाथ गत्वा स नृपतिं सत्यविक्रमम्। इयं कन्या सुतौ द्वौ ते जनयिष्यति पार्थिवौ॥

tamuvācātha gatvā sa nṛpatiṃ satyavikramam| iyaṃ kanyā sutau dvau te janayiṣyati pārthivau||

And going to that ruler of men endued with true prowess he said "This damsel will bear you two sons who will be kings of the earth.

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

MBh 3 188.4

अस्यां भवानवाप्तार्थो भविता प्रेत्य चेह च। सोमार्कप्रतिसंकाशौ जनयित्वा सुतौ नृप॥

asyāṃ bhavānavāptārtho bhavitā pretya ceha ca| somārkapratisaṃkāśau janayitvā sutau nṛpa||

By this means, you will gain your object after death, as also in this world, having begotten two sons, O ruler of men, equal in effulgence to the moon and the sun.

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

MBh 3 188.5

शुल्कं तु सर्वधर्मज्ञ हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम्। एकतः श्यामकर्णानां देयं मह्यं चतुःशतम्॥

śulkaṃ tu sarvadharmajña hayānāṃ candravarcasām| ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānāṃ deyaṃ mahyaṃ catuḥśatam||

The dowry is, O you conversant with all virtue, that you should give me four hundred horses like the rays of the moon and having one ear black.

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

MBh 3 188.6

गुर्वर्थोऽयं समारम्भो न हयैः कृत्यमस्ति मे। यदि शक्यं महाराज क्रियतामविचारितम्॥

gurvartho'yaṃ samārambho na hayaiḥ kṛtyamasti me| yadi śakyaṃ mahārāja kriyatāmavicāritam||

For the sake of my spiritual guide that do I make these efforts for the horses and it is not for myself; if you are prepared to act thus, O great king, do what I have said without any reflection or hesitation.

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

MBh 3 188.7

अनपत्योऽसि राजर्षे पुत्रौ जनय पार्थिव। पितृन् पुत्रप्लवेन त्वमात्मानं चैव तारय॥

anapatyo'si rājarṣe putrau janaya pārthiva| pitṛn putraplavena tvamātmānaṃ caiva tāraya||

You are without children, O royal Rishi; beget then two sons, O ruler of the earth, and by means of these rafts in the shape of sons do you obtain salvation for yourself and for your ancestors.

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

MBh 3 188.8

न पुत्रफलभोक्ता हि राजर्षे पात्यते दिवः। न याति नरकं घोरं यथा गच्छन्त्यनात्मजाः॥

na putraphalabhoktā hi rājarṣe pātyate divaḥ| na yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yathā gacchantyanātmajāḥ||

A man, enjoying the fruit of begetting a son, O royal Rishi, never falls down from heaven and never goes to the terrific hell where goes he who has no child."

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

MBh 3 188.9

एतच्चान्यच्च विविधं श्रुत्वा गालवभाषितम्। उशीनरः प्रतिवचो ददौ तस्य नराधिपः॥

etaccānyacca vividhaṃ śrutvā gālavabhāṣitam| uśīnaraḥ prativaco dadau tasya narādhipaḥ||

Having heard all this and many other things said by Galava the ruler of men Ushinara gave him this answer.

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

MBh 3 188.10

श्रुतवानस्मि ते वाक्यं यथा वदसि गालव। विधिस्तु बलवान् ब्रह्मन् प्रवणं हि मनो मम॥

śrutavānasmi te vākyaṃ yathā vadasi gālava| vidhistu balavān brahman pravaṇaṃ hi mano mama||

“I have heard what you say and know what you intend to say, O Galava; but O Brahman, the lord has all the power in such matters for my heart inclines to do what you say.

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

MBh 3 188.11

शते द्वे तु ममाश्वानामीदृशानां द्विजोत्तम। इतरेषां सहस्राणि सुबहूनि चरन्ति मे॥

śate dve tu mamāśvānāmīdṛśānāṃ dvijottama| itareṣāṃ sahasrāṇi subahūni caranti me||

But two hundred only of horses of this breed I have; of other sorts thousands are roving about in my territories.

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

MBh 3 188.12

अहमष्येकमेवास्यां जनयिष्यामि गालव। पुत्रं द्विज गतं मागं गमिष्यामि परैरहम्॥

ahamaṣyekamevāsyāṃ janayiṣyāmi gālava| putraṃ dvija gataṃ māgaṃ gamiṣyāmi parairaham||

I too shall beget only one son on her, O Galava, and, O twice born one I shall go along the course followed by others in this matter.

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

MBh 3 188.13

मूल्येनापि समं कुर्यां तवाहं द्विजसत्तम। पौरजानपदार्थं तु ममार्थो नात्मभोगतः॥

mūlyenāpi samaṃ kuryāṃ tavāhaṃ dvijasattama| paurajānapadārthaṃ tu mamārtho nātmabhogataḥ||

In the matter of dowry too, I shall act like them, O best among the twice born; my wealth is the property of my subjects and not for my own enjoyment.

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

MBh 3 188.14

कामतो हि धनं राजा पारक्यं यः प्रयच्छति। न स धर्मेण धर्मात्मन् युज्यते यशसा न च॥

kāmato hi dhanaṃ rājā pārakyaṃ yaḥ prayacchati| na sa dharmeṇa dharmātman yujyate yaśasā na ca||

The king, who out of desire, spends the wealth of others, is never connected with virtue, o virtuous-souled one, nor with renown.

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

MBh 3 188.15

सोऽहं प्रतिग्रहीष्यामि ददात्वेतां भवान् मम। कुमारी देवग भामेकपुत्रभवाय मे॥

so'haṃ pratigrahīṣyāmi dadātvetāṃ bhavān mama| kumārī devaga bhāmekaputrabhavāya me||

Therefore shall I accept (the maiden); you please give her to me so that a son may be born to me in the womb of her who bears god-like children."

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

MBh 3 188.16

तथा तु बहुधा कन्यामुक्तवन्तं नराधिपम्। उशीनरं द्विजश्रेष्ठो गालवः प्रत्यपूजयत्॥

tathā tu bahudhā kanyāmuktavantaṃ narādhipam| uśīnaraṃ dvijaśreṣṭho gālavaḥ pratyapūjayat||

The best among the twice-born, Galava then worshipped the king of men, who spoke in that strain many other things by bestowing upon him that maiden.

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

MBh 3 188.17

उशीनरं प्रतिग्राह्य गालवः प्रययौ वनम्। रेमे स तां समासाद्य कृतपुण्य इव श्रियम्॥

uśīnaraṃ pratigrāhya gālavaḥ prayayau vanam| reme sa tāṃ samāsādya kṛtapuṇya iva śriyam||

And having given her to Ushinara, Galava went to the forest and he (Ushinara) spotted in her company like a virtuous man enjoying his prosperity,

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

MBh 3 188.18

कन्दरेषु च शैलानां नदीनां निझरेषु च। उद्योनेषु विचित्रेषु वनेषूपवनेषु च॥

kandareṣu ca śailānāṃ nadīnāṃ nijhareṣu ca| udyoneṣu vicitreṣu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca||

In caverns of mountains, and near the sources of rivers, in buildings with windows, and in secluded chambers;

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

MBh 3 188.19

हर्येषु रमणीयेषु प्रासादशिखरेषु च। वातायनविमानेषु तथा गर्भगृहेषु च॥

haryeṣu ramaṇīyeṣu prāsādaśikhareṣu ca| vātāyanavimāneṣu tathā garbhagṛheṣu ca||

In variegated gardens, and in forests and pleasure gardens, in beautiful palaces and on tops of houses.

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

MBh 3 188.20

ततोऽस्य समये जज्ञे पुत्रो बालरविप्रभः। शिबिर्नाम्नाभिविख्यातो यः स पार्थिवसत्तमः॥

tato'sya samaye jajñe putro bālaraviprabhaḥ| śibirnāmnābhivikhyāto yaḥ sa pārthivasattamaḥ||

Then was born to him in due time a son who was a boy similar in effulgence to the sun; he lived to be an excellent ruler of the earth known by the name Shivi.

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

MBh 3 188.21

उपस्थाय स तं विप्रो गालवः प्रतिगृह्य च। कन्यां प्रयातस्तां राजन् दृष्टवान् विनतात्मजम्॥

upasthāya sa taṃ vipro gālavaḥ pratigṛhya ca| kanyāṃ prayātastāṃ rājan dṛṣṭavān vinatātmajam||

The twice born Galava having then presented himself to him and having taken back the maiden went away and saw the son of Vinata.

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