Mahabharata — Volume VII (Dutt edition) — Chapter 148

MBh 7 148.1

भीष्म उवाच ततो गते शाकुनिके कपोती प्राह दुःखिता। संस्मृत्य सा च भर्तारं रुदतो शोककर्शिता।।।।

bhīṣma uvāca tato gate śākunike kapotī prāha duḥkhitā| saṃsmṛtya sā ca bhartāraṃ rudato śokakarśitā||||

Bhishma said After the fowler had left there, the shepigeon, remembering her husband and stricken with grief for him, wept profusely and bewailed thus:नाहं ते विप्रियं कान्त कदाचिदपि संस्मरे।

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

MBh 7 148.2

सर्वापि विधवा नारी बहुपुत्रापि शोचते॥ शोच्या भवति बन्धूनां पतिहीना तपस्विनी।

sarvāpi vidhavā nārī bahuputrāpi śocate|| śocyā bhavati bandhūnāṃ patihīnā tapasvinī|

I cannot, O dear husband, remember a single instance of your having done me an injury! Widows, even when they are mothers of many children, are still miserable! Bereft of husband, a woman becomes helpless and an object of pity to her friends.

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

MBh 7 148.3

लालिताहं त्वया नित्यं बहुमानाच्च पूजिता॥ वचनैर्मधुरैः स्निग्धैरसंक्लिष्टमनोहरैः।

lālitāhaṃ tvayā nityaṃ bahumānācca pūjitā|| vacanairmadhuraiḥ snigdhairasaṃkliṣṭamanoharaiḥ|

I was always supported by you and for the great respect you had for me I was always honoured by you with sweet, agreeable, charming, and delightful words.

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

MBh 7 148.4

कन्दरेषु च शैलानां नदीनां निझरेषु च॥ दुमागेषु च रम्येषु रमिताहं त्वया सह।

kandareṣu ca śailānāṃ nadīnāṃ nijhareṣu ca|| dumāgeṣu ca ramyeṣu ramitāhaṃ tvayā saha|

I have sported with you in valleys of mountans, in springs of rivers and on charming trees.

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

MBh 7 148.5

आकाशगमने चैव विहृताहं त्वया सुखम्॥ रमामि स्म पुरा कान्त तन्मे नास्त्यद्य किञ्चन।

ākāśagamane caiva vihṛtāhaṃ tvayā sukham|| ramāmi sma purā kānta tanme nāstyadya kiñcana|

I was also made happy by you while passing with you through the skies! I used to sport with you before, O dear husband, but where are those joys now.

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

MBh 7 148.6

मितं ददाति हि पिता मितं भ्राता मितं सुतः॥ अमितस्य हि दातारं भर्तारं का न पूजयेत्।

mitaṃ dadāti hi pitā mitaṃ bhrātā mitaṃ sutaḥ|| amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet|

The gifts of the father, of the brother, and of the son to a woman are but limited. But unlimited are the gifts that her husband alone makes to her! What woman is there that would not, therefore, worship her husband.

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

MBh 7 148.7

नास्ति भर्तृसमो नाथो नास्ति भर्तृसमं सुखम्॥ विसृज्य धनसर्वस्वं भर्ता वै शरणं स्त्रियाः।

nāsti bhartṛsamo nātho nāsti bhartṛsamaṃ sukham|| visṛjya dhanasarvasvaṃ bhartā vai śaraṇaṃ striyāḥ|

A word has no protector like her husband, and no happiness like her husband. Casting off all her riches and possessions, a woman should follow her husband as her only refuge.

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

MBh 7 148.8

न कार्यमिह मे नाथ जीवितेन त्वया विना॥ पतिहीना तु का नारी सती जीवितुमुत्सहेत्।

na kāryamiha me nātha jīvitena tvayā vinā|| patihīnā tu kā nārī satī jīvitumutsahet|

Useless is life to me, O lord, now that I am separated from you! What chaste woman is there who would, when bereft of her husband, venture to bear the burden of life.

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

MBh 7 148.9

एवं विलप्य बहुधा करुणं सा सुदुःखिता॥ पतिव्रता सम्प्रदीप्तं प्रविवेश हुताशनम्।

evaṃ vilapya bahudhā karuṇaṃ sā suduḥkhitā|| pativratā sampradīptaṃ praviveśa hutāśanam|

Filled with sorrow and bewailing thus, the she-pigeon, devoted to her husband cast herself on the burning fire.

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

MBh 7 148.10

ततश्चित्राङ्गदधरं भर्तारं सान्वपश्यत॥ विमानस्थं सुकृतिभिः पूज्यमानं महात्मभिः।

tataścitrāṅgadadharaṃ bhartāraṃ sānvapaśyata|| vimānasthaṃ sukṛtibhiḥ pūjyamānaṃ mahātmabhiḥ|

She then saw her husband bedecked with bracelets, seated on a (celestial) car, and worshipped of many great and meritorious beings standing around him.

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

MBh 7 148.11

चित्रमाल्याम्बरधरं सर्वाभरणभूषितम्॥ विमानशतकोटीभिरावृतं पुण्यकर्मभिः।

citramālyāmbaradharaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam|| vimānaśatakoṭībhirāvṛtaṃ puṇyakarmabhiḥ|

Indeed, there he was in the sky, decked with excellent garlands and clad in excellent robes, and adorned with every ornament. There were numberless celestial cars around him ridden by beings who had acted meritoriously while in this world.

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

MBh 7 148.12

ततः स्वर्गं गतः पक्षी विमानवरमास्थितः। कर्मणा पूजितस्तत्र रेमे स सह भार्यया॥

tataḥ svargaṃ gataḥ pakṣī vimānavaramāsthitaḥ| karmaṇā pūjitastatra reme sa saha bhāryayā||

Seated on his own celestial car, the bird went to heaven, and getting proper honours for his deeds in this world, continued to sport in joy, accompanied by his spouse. Seated on his own celestial car, the bird went to heaven, and getting proper honours for his deeds in this world, continued to sport in joy, accompanied by his spouse.

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