Mahabharata — Volume VII (Dutt edition) — Chapter 145
MBh 7 145.1
भीष्म उवाच एवं विलपतस्तस्य श्रुत्वा तु करुणं वचः। गृहीता शकुनिभेन कपोती वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥
bhīṣma uvāca evaṃ vilapatastasya śrutvā tu karuṇaṃ vacaḥ| gṛhītā śakunibhena kapotī vākyamabravīt||
Bhishma said Hearing these piteous cries of the pigeon on the tree, the she-pigeon caught by the fowler began to say aside thus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.2
अहोऽतीव सुभाग्याहं यस्या मे दयितः पतिः। असतो वा सतो वापि गुणानेवं प्रभाषते॥
aho'tīva subhāgyāhaṃ yasyā me dayitaḥ patiḥ| asato vā sato vāpi guṇānevaṃ prabhāṣate||
Whether I have any inerit or not, indeed, there is no limit to my good fortune when my dear husband thus speaks of me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.3
न सा स्त्री ह्यभिमन्तव्या यस्यां भर्ता न तुष्यति। तुष्टे भर्तरि नारीणां तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः॥ अग्निसाक्षिकमित्येव भर्ता वै दैवतं परम्।
na sā strī hyabhimantavyā yasyāṃ bhartā na tuṣyati| tuṣṭe bhartari nārīṇāṃ tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ|| agnisākṣikamityeva bhartā vai daivataṃ param|
She is no wife with whom her husband is not pleased. If their husbands are pleased with women all the gods also become pleased with them. Since the marriage union takes place in the presence of fire, the husband is the wife's greatest god.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.4
दावाग्निनेव निर्दग्धा सपुष्पस्तवका लता॥ भस्मीभवति सा नारी यस्या भर्ता न तुष्यति।
dāvāgnineva nirdagdhā sapuṣpastavakā latā|| bhasmībhavati sā nārī yasyā bhartā na tuṣyati|
That wife with whom her husband is not pleased is reduced to ashes, like a creeper adorned with flowers in a forest fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.5
इति संचिन्त्य दुःखार्ता भर्तारं दुःखितं तदा॥ कपोती लुब्धकेनापि गृहीता वाक्यमब्रवीत्।
iti saṃcintya duḥkhārtā bhartāraṃ duḥkhitaṃ tadā|| kapotī lubdhakenāpi gṛhītā vākyamabravīt|
Having thought thus, the she-pigeon, stricken with woe, and encaged by the fowler, thus spoke to her woe-stricken husband.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.6
हन्त वक्ष्यामि ते श्रेयः श्रुत्वा तु कुरु तत् तथा॥ शरणागतसंत्राता भव कान्त विशेषतः।
hanta vakṣyāmi te śreyaḥ śrutvā tu kuru tat tathā|| śaraṇāgatasaṃtrātā bhava kānta viśeṣataḥ|
I shall say what is now good for you. Hearing me follow my advice, O dear husband, be you the rescuer of a suppliant.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.7
एष शाकुनिकः शेते तव वासं समाश्रितः॥ शीतार्तश्च क्षुधार्तश्च पूजामस्मै समाचर।
eṣa śākunikaḥ śete tava vāsaṃ samāśritaḥ|| śītārtaśca kṣudhārtaśca pūjāmasmai samācara|
This fowler lies here by your house stricken with cold and hunger. Treat him hospitably.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.8
ये हि कश्चिद् द्विजं हन्याद् गां च लोकस्य मातरम्।।८ शरणागतं च यो हन्यात् तुल्यं तेषां च पातकम्।
ye hi kaścid dvijaṃ hanyād gāṃ ca lokasya mātaram||8 śaraṇāgataṃ ca yo hanyāt tulyaṃ teṣāṃ ca pātakam|
The sin that a person commits by killing a Brahmana or that mother of the world, viz., a cow, is equal to what one commits by allowing suppliant to die.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.9
अस्माकं विहिता वृत्तिः कापोती जातिधर्मतः॥ सान्याय्याऽत्मवता नित्यं त्वद्विधेनानुवर्तितुम्।
asmākaṃ vihitā vṛttiḥ kāpotī jātidharmataḥ|| sānyāyyā'tmavatā nityaṃ tvadvidhenānuvartitum|
You are endued with the knowledge of self. You should, therefore, follow that course which has been ordained for us as pigeons on account of our birth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.10
यस्तु धर्मं यथाशक्ति गृहस्थो ह्यनुवर्तते॥ स प्रेत्य लभते लोकानक्षयानिति शुश्रुम।
yastu dharmaṃ yathāśakti gṛhastho hyanuvartate|| sa pretya labhate lokānakṣayāniti śuśruma|
We have heard that the house-holder who practises virtue according to his abilities, acquires hereafter endless regions of bliss.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.11
स त्वं संतानवानद्य पुत्रवानसि च द्विज॥ तत् स्वदेहे दयां त्यक्त्वा धर्मार्थी परिगृह्य च। पूजामस्मै प्रयुक्ष्व त्वं प्रीयेतास्य मनो यथा।॥
sa tvaṃ saṃtānavānadya putravānasi ca dvija|| tat svadehe dayāṃ tyaktvā dharmārthī parigṛhya ca| pūjāmasmai prayukṣva tvaṃ prīyetāsya mano yathā|||
You have sons. You have progeny. O bird, casting off all love for your own body, therefore, and for acquiring virtue and profit, adore this fowler so that he may be pleased.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.12
मत्कृते मा च संतापं कुर्वीथास्त्वं विहङ्गम। शरीरयात्राकृत्यर्थमन्यान् दारानुपैष्यसि॥
matkṛte mā ca saṃtāpaṃ kurvīthāstvaṃ vihaṅgama| śarīrayātrākṛtyarthamanyān dārānupaiṣyasi||
Do not, O bird, grieve for me. You may live, marrying other wives.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 145.13
इति सा शकुनी वाक्यं पञ्जरस्था तपस्विनी। अतिदुःखान्विता प्रोक्त्वा भर्तारं समुदैक्षत॥
iti sā śakunī vākyaṃ pañjarasthā tapasvinī| atiduḥkhānvitā proktvā bhartāraṃ samudaikṣata||
The amiable she-pigeon, laden with sorrow, and casting her eyes upon her husband from the fowler's cage within which she had been put, said these words to him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)