Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 243
MBh 3 243.1
भीष्म उवाच ततोऽहं भरतश्रेष्ठ मातरं वीरमातरम्। अभिगम्योपसंगृह्य दाशेयीमिदमब्रुवम्॥
bhīṣma uvāca tato'haṃ bharataśreṣṭha mātaraṃ vīramātaram| abhigamyopasaṃgṛhya dāśeyīmidamabruvam||
Bhishma said Approaching then, chief among the Bharatas, my mother, the mother of heroes, who was the daughter of the Dasha race and saluting her I said these words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 243.2
इमाः काशिपतेः कन्या मया निर्जत्य पार्थिवान्। विचित्रवीर्यस्य कृते वीर्यशुल्का हृता इति।॥
imāḥ kāśipateḥ kanyā mayā nirjatya pārthivān| vicitravīryasya kṛte vīryaśulkā hṛtā iti|||
These daughters, of the king of the Kashis having prowess for their dower, have been taken away by me after vanquishing the ruler of the earth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 243.3
ततो मूर्धन्युपाघ्राय पर्यश्रुनयना नृप। आह सत्यवती हृष्टा दिष्ट्या पुत्र जितं त्वया।॥
tato mūrdhanyupāghrāya paryaśrunayanā nṛpa| āha satyavatī hṛṣṭā diṣṭyā putra jitaṃ tvayā|||
Then smelling my head, with eyes full of tears Satyavati cheerfully said to me. “By luck you have conquered them, my son."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 243.4
सत्यवत्यास्त्वनुमते विवाहे समुपस्थिते। उवाच वाक्यं सव्रीडा ज्येष्ठा काशिपतेः सुता॥
satyavatyāstvanumate vivāhe samupasthite| uvāca vākyaṃ savrīḍā jyeṣṭhā kāśipateḥ sutā||
The wedding day fixed by permission of Satyavati being near at hand the eldest of the girls of the king of Kashis said these words with modesty.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 243.5
भीष्म त्वमसि धर्मज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः। श्रुत्वा च वचनं धर्म्यं मह्यं कर्तुमिहार्हसि॥
bhīṣma tvamasi dharmajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ| śrutvā ca vacanaṃ dharmyaṃ mahyaṃ kartumihārhasi||
O Bhishma, you are conversant with virtue and all sciences and it is proper that you should do the right thing after hearing me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 243.6
मया शाल्वपतिः पूर्वं मनसाऽभिवृतो वरः। तेन चास्मि वृता पूर्वं रहस्यविदिते पितुः॥
mayā śālvapatiḥ pūrvaṃ manasā'bhivṛto varaḥ| tena cāsmi vṛtā pūrvaṃ rahasyavidite pituḥ||
By me was the king of the Shalvas chosen as my bridegroom in my mind and by him before was I selected (as his future wife) in private, unknown to my father.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 243.7
कथं माम न्यकामां त्वं राजधर्ममतीत्य वै। वासयेथा गृहे भीष्म कौरवः सन् विशेषतः॥
kathaṃ māma nyakāmāṃ tvaṃ rājadharmamatītya vai| vāsayethā gṛhe bhīṣma kauravaḥ san viśeṣataḥ||
How, O king, acting against the dictates of virtue will you make me, who am desirous of being united with another, reside in your household, O Bhishma, especially born as you are in the Kaurava race.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 243.8
एतद् बुद्ध्या विनिश्चित्य मनसा भरतर्षभ। यत् क्षमं ते महाबाहो तदिहारब्धुमर्हसि॥
etad buddhyā viniścitya manasā bharatarṣabha| yat kṣamaṃ te mahābāho tadihārabdhumarhasi||
Setting, in your mind, something suitable to this turn of affairs, 0 best among the Bharatas, it is proper that you should do what you can for me, O you of long arms.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 243.9
स मां प्रतिक्षते व्यक्तं शाल्वराजो विशाम्पते। तस्मान्मां त्वं कुरुश्रेष्ठ समनुज्ञातुमर्हसि॥
sa māṃ pratikṣate vyaktaṃ śālvarājo viśāmpate| tasmānmāṃ tvaṃ kuruśreṣṭha samanujñātumarhasi||
It is evident, O lord of the universe, that the king of the Shalvas is expecting me; it is proper for you therefore to permit me to go, O foremost among the Kurus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 243.10
कृपां कुरु महाबाहो मयि धर्मभृतां वर। त्वं हि सत्यव्रतो वीर पृथिव्यामित नः श्रुतम्॥
kṛpāṃ kuru mahābāho mayi dharmabhṛtāṃ vara| tvaṃ hi satyavrato vīra pṛthivyāmita naḥ śrutam||
Act towards me with kindness, O you of long arms, O foremost among the supporters of virtue. It has been heard by us that you are a hero of truthful vows in this world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)