Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 245
MBh 3 245.1
भीष्म उवाच ततस्ते तपासाः सर्वे कार्यवन्तोऽभवंस्तदा। तां कन्यां चिन्तयन्तस्ते किं कार्यमिति धर्मिणः॥
bhīṣma uvāca tataste tapāsāḥ sarve kāryavanto'bhavaṃstadā| tāṃ kanyāṃ cintayantaste kiṃ kāryamiti dharmiṇaḥ||
Bhishma said Then did all those anchorites engage themselves in their respective duties and those virtuous ones thought as to what they should do for that lady.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.2
केचिदाहुः पितुर्वेश्म नीयतामिति तापसाः। केचिदस्मदुपालम्भे मतिं चक्रुर्हि तापसाः॥
kecidāhuḥ piturveśma nīyatāmiti tāpasāḥ| kecidasmadupālambhe matiṃ cakrurhi tāpasāḥ||
Some among them then said “Let us take her to her father's place," and some of the anchorites thought of finding fault with ourselves.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.3
केचिच्छाल्वपतिं गत्वा नियोज्यमिति मेनिरे। नेति केचिद् व्यवस्यन्ति प्रत्याख्याता हि तेन सा॥
kecicchālvapatiṃ gatvā niyojyamiti menire| neti kecid vyavasyanti pratyākhyātā hi tena sā||
Some thought of going to the king of the Shalvas and ask him to accept the girl: some said 'nay' to this proposal for she was rejected by him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.4
एवं गते तु किं शक्यं भद्रे कर्तुं मनीषिभिः। पुनरूचुश्च तां सर्वे तापसाः संशितव्रताः॥
evaṃ gate tu kiṃ śakyaṃ bhadre kartuṃ manīṣibhiḥ| punarūcuśca tāṃ sarve tāpasāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ||
Then did all those anchorites say again to her:-It being so, gentle lady, what can these anchorites do for you, endued with intelligence and self-control though they are?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.5
अलं प्रव्रजितेनेह भद्रे शृणु हितं वचः। इतो गच्छस्व भनं ते पितुरेव निवेशनम्॥
alaṃ pravrajiteneha bhadre śṛṇu hitaṃ vacaḥ| ito gacchasva bhanaṃ te pitureva niveśanam||
There is no need for you to roam about in these woods: Listen to wards that are of benefit to you and go hence to your father's place; may you fare well.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.6
प्रतिपत्स्यति राजा स पिता ते यदनन्तरम्। तत्र वत्स्यसि कल्याणि सुखं सर्वगुणान्विता॥
pratipatsyati rājā sa pitā te yadanantaram| tatra vatsyasi kalyāṇi sukhaṃ sarvaguṇānvitā||
The king, your father, will do what is proper for you and, O blessed lady, you will live there in happiness, endued with all accomplishments as you are.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.7
न च तेऽन्या गतिाय्या भवेद् भद्रे यथा पिता। पतिर्वापि गतिर्नार्याः पिता वा वरवर्णिनि॥
na ca te'nyā gatiāyyā bhaved bhadre yathā pitā| patirvāpi gatirnāryāḥ pitā vā varavarṇini||
There is no other proper refuge for you, O gentle lady, save your father; for either the father or the husband is the refuge of a woman, O you or fair complexion.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.8
गतिः पतिः समस्थाया विषमे च पिता गतिः। प्रव्रज्या हि सुदुःखेयं सुकुमार्या विशेषतः॥
gatiḥ patiḥ samasthāyā viṣame ca pitā gatiḥ| pravrajyā hi suduḥkheyaṃ sukumāryā viśeṣataḥ||
A husband is a woman's refuge under smoother circumstances and in a difficult situation a father is the refuge; roaming about is a hard task, especially for those brought up in luxury.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.9
राजपुत्र्याः प्रकृत्या च कुमार्यास्तव भामिनि। भद्रे दोषा हि विद्यन्ते बहवो वरवर्णिनि॥
rājaputryāḥ prakṛtyā ca kumāryāstava bhāmini| bhadre doṣā hi vidyante bahavo varavarṇini||
Being a princess, you are naturally delicate, O romantic lady; there are many disadvantages, O you of beautiful complexion,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.10
आश्रमे वै वसन्त्यास्ते न भवेयुः पितुर्गुहे। ततस्त्वन्येऽब्रुवन् वाक्यं तापसास्तां तपस्विनीम्॥
āśrame vai vasantyāste na bhaveyuḥ piturguhe| tatastvanye'bruvan vākyaṃ tāpasāstāṃ tapasvinīm||
In a life in the hermitage while there will be none in your father's place. Then did other anchorites say to that female devotee these
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.11
त्वामिहैकाकिनी दृष्ट्वा निर्जने गहने वने। प्रार्थयिष्यन्ति राजानस्तस्मान्मैवं मनः कृथाः॥
tvāmihaikākinī dṛṣṭvā nirjane gahane vane| prārthayiṣyanti rājānastasmānmaivaṃ manaḥ kṛthāḥ||
Seeing yourself alone in these dreary and solitary woods kings will court you; therefore do not set your heart on such a life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.12
अम्बोवाच न शक्यं काशिनगरं पुनर्गन्तुं पितुर्ग्रहान्। अवज्ञाता भविष्यामि बान्धवानां न संशयः॥
ambovāca na śakyaṃ kāśinagaraṃ punargantuṃ piturgrahān| avajñātā bhaviṣyāmi bāndhavānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ||
Amba said I cannot go to the city of Kashi to my father's place for I shall doubtless to disgraced by my friends.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.13
उषिताऽस्मि तथा बाल्ये पितुर्वेश्मनि तापसाः। नाहं गमिष्ये भद्रं वस्तत्र यत्र पिता मम। तपस्तप्तुमभीप्सामि तापसैः परिरक्षिता॥
uṣitā'smi tathā bālye piturveśmani tāpasāḥ| nāhaṃ gamiṣye bhadraṃ vastatra yatra pitā mama| tapastaptumabhīpsāmi tāpasaiḥ parirakṣitā||
O ascetics, in my childhood did I live in my father's place but now I shall not go where my father is; may you fare well.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.14
यथा परेऽपि मे लोके न स्यादेवं महात्ययः। दौर्भाग्यं तापसश्रेष्ठास्तस्मात् तप्स्याम्यहं तपः॥
yathā pare'pi me loke na syādevaṃ mahātyayaḥ| daurbhāgyaṃ tāpasaśreṣṭhāstasmāt tapsyāmyahaṃ tapaḥ||
I desire to practice asceticism protected by anchorites so that in the next world too I may not meet with such dire calamities. O foremost among ascetics, therefore am I desirous of practicing asceticism.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.15
भीष्म उवाच इत्येवं तेषु विप्रेषु चिन्तयत्सु यथातथम्। राजर्षिस्तद् वनं प्राप्तस्तपस्वी होत्रवाहनः॥
bhīṣma uvāca ityevaṃ teṣu vipreṣu cintayatsu yathātatham| rājarṣistad vanaṃ prāptastapasvī hotravāhanaḥ||
Bhishma said While those regenerate persons were thus thinking of the merit of the case, the royal sage Hotravahana came into that forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.16
ततस्ते तापसाः सर्वे पूजयन्ति स्म तं नृपम्। पूजाभिः स्वागताधाभिरासनेनोदकेन च॥
tataste tāpasāḥ sarve pūjayanti sma taṃ nṛpam| pūjābhiḥ svāgatādhābhirāsanenodakena ca||
Then did all those ascetics worship that ruler of men and welcome him with their greetings, seat and water.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.17
तस्योपविष्टस्य सतो विश्रान्तस्योपशृण्वतः। पुनरेव कथां चक्रुः कन्यां प्रति वनौकसः॥
tasyopaviṣṭasya sato viśrāntasyopaśṛṇvataḥ| punareva kathāṃ cakruḥ kanyāṃ prati vanaukasaḥ||
Then did those dwellers of the forest again address that lady in the hearing of that sage after he had taken his seat and rested himself a little.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.18
अम्बायास्तां कथां श्रुत्वा काशिराज्ञश्च भारत। राजर्षिः स महातेजा बभूवोद्विग्नमानसः॥ पिता तदा।
ambāyāstāṃ kathāṃ śrutvā kāśirājñaśca bhārata| rājarṣiḥ sa mahātejā babhūvodvignamānasaḥ|| pitā tadā|
Hearing those words of Amba, the daughter of the king of the Kashis, O Bharata, that royal sage of great energy became filled with pity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.19
तां तथावादिनीं श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा च स महातपाः। राजर्षिः कृपयाऽऽविष्टो महात्मा होत्रवाहनः॥
tāṃ tathāvādinīṃ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā ca sa mahātapāḥ| rājarṣiḥ kṛpayā''viṣṭo mahātmā hotravāhanaḥ||
That king of great austerities, the greatsouled royal sage Hotravahana, seeing her and hearing her speak in that way, became filled with pity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.20
स वेपमान उत्थाय मातुस्तस्याः तां कन्यामङ्कमारोप्य पर्यश्वासयत् प्रभो॥
sa vepamāna utthāya mātustasyāḥ tāṃ kanyāmaṅkamāropya paryaśvāsayat prabho||
The father of her mother then rose trembling (with rage) and placing her on his lap began to comfort her.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.21
स तामपृच्छत् कात्स्येन व्यसनोत्पत्तिमादितः। सा च तस्मै यथावृत्तं विस्तरेण न्यवेदयत्॥
sa tāmapṛcchat kātsyena vyasanotpattimāditaḥ| sā ca tasmai yathāvṛttaṃ vistareṇa nyavedayat||
He asked her the story of her wrongs from its origin and in detail and she too submitted to him everything as it had happened in detail.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.22
ततः स राजर्षिरभूद् दुःखशोकसमन्वितः। कार्यः च प्रतिपेदे तन्मनसा सुमहातपाः॥
tataḥ sa rājarṣirabhūd duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ| kāryaḥ ca pratipede tanmanasā sumahātapāḥ||
Then was that royal sage filled with grief and distress and that one of great asceticism resolved, within himself, on his course of action.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.23
अब्रवीद् वेषमानश्च कन्यामाः सुदुःखितः। मा गाः पितुर्गृहं भद्रे मातुस्ते जनको ह्यहम्॥
abravīd veṣamānaśca kanyāmāḥ suduḥkhitaḥ| mā gāḥ piturgṛhaṃ bhadre mātuste janako hyaham||
Trembling, he said to that distressed and sorrowful girl: "Do not go to your father's place, gentle lady. I am the father of your mother.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.24
दुःखं छिन्द्यामहं ते वै मयि वर्तस्व पुत्रिके। पर्याप्तं ते मनो वत्से यदेवं परिशुष्यसि॥
duḥkhaṃ chindyāmahaṃ te vai mayi vartasva putrike| paryāptaṃ te mano vatse yadevaṃ pariśuṣyasi||
I shall remove your sorrow, depend on me, dear daughter. You have enough of grief, child, since you are so lean.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.25
गच्छ मद्वचनाद् रामं जामदग्न्यं तपस्विनम्। रामस्ते सुमहद् दुःखं शोकं चैवापनेष्यति॥
gaccha madvacanād rāmaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ tapasvinam| rāmaste sumahad duḥkhaṃ śokaṃ caivāpaneṣyati||
By my advice go to the ascetic Rama, the son of Jamadagni. Rama will remove this heavy and horrible grief of yours.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.26
हनिष्यति रणे भीष्मं न करिष्यति चेद् वचः। तं गच्छ भार्गवश्रेष्ठं कालाग्निसमतेजसम्॥
haniṣyati raṇe bhīṣmaṃ na kariṣyati ced vacaḥ| taṃ gaccha bhārgavaśreṣṭhaṃ kālāgnisamatejasam||
He will slay Bhishma in battle if he does not act up to his words; go to him, that foremost of the Bhrigu race, who, in energy, is equal to the fire that rages at the time of the universal destruction.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.27
प्रतिष्ठापयिता स त्वां समे पथि महातपाः। ततस्तु सुखरं बाष्पमुत्सृजन्ती पुनः पुनः॥
pratiṣṭhāpayitā sa tvāṃ same pathi mahātapāḥ| tatastu sukharaṃ bāṣpamutsṛjantī punaḥ punaḥ||
That great anchorite will place you on the even path.” Then shedding tears profusely,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.28
अब्रवीत् पितरं मातुः सा तदा होत्रवाहनम्। अभिवादयित्वा शिरसा गमिष्ये तव शासनात्॥
abravīt pitaraṃ mātuḥ sā tadā hotravāhanam| abhivādayitvā śirasā gamiṣye tava śāsanāt||
And saluting with her head the father of her mother, Hotravahana, she said "By your command I shall go there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 245.29
अपि नामाद्य पश्येयमार्यं तं लोकविश्रुतम्। कथं च तीव्र दुःखं मे नाशयिष्यति भार्गवः। एतदिच्छाम्यहं ज्ञातुं यथा यास्यामि तत्र वै॥
api nāmādya paśyeyamāryaṃ taṃ lokaviśrutam| kathaṃ ca tīvra duḥkhaṃ me nāśayiṣyati bhārgavaḥ| etadicchāmyahaṃ jñātuṃ yathā yāsyāmi tatra vai||
But shall I be able to see that respected man known throughout the world and how shall he of Bhrigu's race remove my grave sorrow? I desire to know this since I am going there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)