Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 53
MBh 9 53.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते विप्रे राजा किमकरोत् तदा। भार्या चास्य महाभागा तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca tasminnantarhite vipre rājā kimakarot tadā| bhāryā cāsya mahābhāgā tanme brūhi pitāmaha||
Yudhishthira said After the Rishi had disappeared, what did the king do and what also his highly-blessed wife? Tell me this O grandfather.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.2
भीष्म उवाच अदृष्ट्वा स महीपालस्तमृषि सह भार्यया। परिश्रान्तो निववृते वीडितो नष्टचेतनः॥
bhīṣma uvāca adṛṣṭvā sa mahīpālastamṛṣi saha bhāryayā| pariśrānto nivavṛte vīḍito naṣṭacetanaḥ||
Bhishma said Not seeing the Rishi, the king, Stricken with shame, toilworn, and losing his senses, returned to his palace, accompanied by his queen.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.3
स प्रविश्य पुरी दीनो नाभ्यभाषत किंचन। तदेव चिन्तयामास च्यवनस्य विचेष्टितम्॥
sa praviśya purī dīno nābhyabhāṣata kiṃcana| tadeva cintayāmāsa cyavanasya viceṣṭitam||
Entering his mansion in a dejected spirit, The spoke not a word with any one. He thought only of that conduct of Chyavana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.4
अथ शून्येन मनसा प्रविश्य स्वगृहं नृपः। ददर्श शयने तस्मिन् शयानं भृगुनन्दनम्।॥
atha śūnyena manasā praviśya svagṛhaṃ nṛpaḥ| dadarśa śayane tasmin śayānaṃ bhṛgunandanam|||
With a despairing heart he then went to his room. There he beheld the son of Bhrigu stretched as before on his bed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.5
विस्मितौ तमृषि दृष्ट्वा तदाश्चर्ये विचिन्त्य च। दर्शनात् तस्य तु तदा विश्रान्तौ सम्बभूवतुः॥
vismitau tamṛṣi dṛṣṭvā tadāścarye vicintya ca| darśanāt tasya tu tadā viśrāntau sambabhūvatuḥ||
Seeing the Rishi there, they wondered much. Indeed, they began to think upon that very strange incident. The sight of the Rishi removed their fatigue.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.6
यथास्थानं च तौ स्थित्वा भूयस्तं संववाहतुः। अथापरेण पार्बेन सुष्वाप स महामुनिः॥
yathāsthānaṃ ca tau sthitvā bhūyastaṃ saṃvavāhatuḥ| athāpareṇa pārbena suṣvāpa sa mahāmuniḥ||
Seated once more by his side, they again began to gently press his feet as before. Meanwhile the great ascetic continued to sleep soundly as before. Only, he now lay on another side.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.7
तेनैव च स कालेन प्रत्यबुद्ध्यत वीर्यवान्। न च तौ चक्रतुः किंचिद् विकारं भयशङ्कितौ॥
tenaiva ca sa kālena pratyabuddhyata vīryavān| na ca tau cakratuḥ kiṃcid vikāraṃ bhayaśaṅkitau||
Gifted with great energy, he thus passed another twentyone days. Moved by fear, the royal pair showed no change in their attitude or sentiment towards the Rishi.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.8
प्रतिबुद्धस्तु स मुनिस्तौ प्रोवाच विशाम्पते। तैलाभ्यङ्गो दीयतां मे स्त्रास्येऽहमिति भारत॥
pratibuddhastu sa munistau provāca viśāmpate| tailābhyaṅgo dīyatāṃ me strāsye'hamiti bhārata||
Awaking then from his sleep the ascetic addressed the king and the queen, saying-do you rub my body with oil, I wish to have a bath.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.9
तौ तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य श्रुधितौ श्रमकर्शितौ। शतपाकेन तैलेन महार्हेणोपतस्थतुः॥
tau tatheti pratiśrutya śrudhitau śramakarśitau| śatapākena tailena mahārheṇopatasthatuḥ||
Famishing and toilworn though they were, forthwith they volunteered their services and soon approached the Rishi with a rich oil that had been prepared by boiling it a hundred times.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.10
ततः सुखासीनमृर्षि वाग्यतौ संववाहतुः। न च पर्याप्तमित्याह भार्गवः सुमहातपाः॥
tataḥ sukhāsīnamṛrṣi vāgyatau saṃvavāhatuḥ| na ca paryāptamityāha bhārgavaḥ sumahātapāḥ||
While the Rishi was seated at his ease, the king and the queen, silently, continued to rub him. Gifted with great ascetic merit, the son of Bhrigu did not once utter the word Sufficient.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.11
यदा तौ निर्विकारौ तु लक्ष्यामास भार्गवः। तत उत्थाय सहसा स्नानशालां विवेश ह॥
yadā tau nirvikārau tu lakṣyāmāsa bhārgavaḥ| tata utthāya sahasā snānaśālāṃ viveśa ha||
Bhrigu's son however saw that the royal pair were totally unmoved. Rising up all on a sudden, he entered the bath room.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.12
क्लृप्तमेव तु तत्रासीत् स्नानीयं पार्थिवोचितम्। असत्कृत्य च तत् सर्वं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत॥ स मुनिः पुनरेवाथ नृपतेः पश्यतस्तदा। नासूयां चक्रतुस्तौ च दम्पती भरतर्षभ॥
klṛptameva tu tatrāsīt snānīyaṃ pārthivocitam| asatkṛtya ca tat sarvaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata|| sa muniḥ punarevātha nṛpateḥ paśyatastadā| nāsūyāṃ cakratustau ca dampatī bharatarṣabha||
The various articles necessary for a bath and such as were fit for a king's use, were ready there. Without using, any of those articles, the Rishi once more disappeared there and then by his Yogapower, before king Kushika (and his wife). This, however, O chief of Bharatas, failed to disturb the equanimity of the royal pair.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.13
अथ स्नातः स भगवान् सिंहासनगतः प्रभुः। दर्शयामास कुशिकं सभार्यं कुरुनन्दन॥
atha snātaḥ sa bhagavān siṃhāsanagataḥ prabhuḥ| darśayāmāsa kuśikaṃ sabhāryaṃ kurunandana||
The next time the powerful Rishi was seen seated, after a bath, on the throne. It was from that place that he then showed himself to the king and the queen, O delighter of the Kurus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.14
संहृष्टवदनो राजा सभार्यः कुशिको मुनिम्। सिद्धमन्नमिति प्रबो निर्विकारो न्यवेदयत्॥
saṃhṛṣṭavadano rājā sabhāryaḥ kuśiko munim| siddhamannamiti prabo nirvikāro nyavedayat||
With a cheerful face, king Kushika, together with his wife, then offered the Rishi cooked food with great respect. Gifted with wisdom, and with heart totally unmoved, Kushika made this offer.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.15
तपस्वी उवाच आनीयतामिति मुनिस्तं चोवाच नराधिपम्। स राजा समुपाजह्वे तदन्नं सह भार्यया।॥
tapasvī uvāca ānīyatāmiti munistaṃ covāca narādhipam| sa rājā samupājahve tadannaṃ saha bhāryayā|||
The Ascetic said Let the food be brought. Assisted by his wife, the king soon brought there the food.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.16
मासंप्रकारान् विविधाशाकानि विविधानि च। वेसवारविकारांश्च पानकानि लघूनि च॥
māsaṃprakārān vividhāśākāni vividhāni ca| vesavāravikārāṃśca pānakāni laghūni ca||
There were various kinds of meat and different preparations also thereof. There was a great variety of vegetables also and potherbs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.17
रसालापूपकांश्चित्रान् मोदकानथ खाण्डवान्। रसान् नानाप्रकारांश्च वन्यं च मुनिभोजनम्॥
rasālāpūpakāṃścitrān modakānatha khāṇḍavān| rasān nānāprakārāṃśca vanyaṃ ca munibhojanam||
There were juicy cakes too among those dishes and several agreeable kinds of confectionery, and solid preparations of milk. Indeed, the viands were different in kinds and taste. Among them there were also some foodforest produces-such as ascetics liked and took.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.18
फलानि च विचित्राणि राजभोज्यानि भूरिशः। बदरेङ्गुदकाश्मर्यभल्लातकफलानि च॥
phalāni ca vicitrāṇi rājabhojyāni bhūriśaḥ| badareṅgudakāśmaryabhallātakaphalāni ca||
Various sweet fruits fit to be eaten by kings, were also there. There were Vadaras and Ingudas and Kahsmaryyas and Bhallatakas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.19
गृहस्थानां च यद् भोज्यं यच्चापि वनवासिनाम्। सर्वमाहारयामास राजा शापभयात् ततः॥
gṛhasthānāṃ ca yad bhojyaṃ yaccāpi vanavāsinām| sarvamāhārayāmāsa rājā śāpabhayāt tataḥ||
The food that was offered contained such things as are taken by householders, as also such things as arc taken by the forest dwellers. Through fear of the Rishi's curse, the king had caused all kinds of food to be gathered and got ready for his guest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.20
अथ सर्वमुपन्यस्तमग्रतश्च्यवनस्य तत्। ततः सर्वं समानीय तच्च शय्यासनं मुनिः॥ वस्त्रैः शुभैरवच्छाद्य भोजनोपस्करैः सह। सर्वमादीपयामास च्यवनो भृगुनन्दनः॥
atha sarvamupanyastamagrataścyavanasya tat| tataḥ sarvaṃ samānīya tacca śayyāsanaṃ muniḥ|| vastraiḥ śubhairavacchādya bhojanopaskaraiḥ saha| sarvamādīpayāmāsa cyavano bhṛgunandanaḥ||
All this food, brought from the kitchen, was placed before Chyavana. A seat was also placed for him and a bed too was spread. The dishes were then caused to be covered with white cloths. Soon, however, Chyavana of Bhrigu's race put fire to all the things and reduced them to ashes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.21
न च तौ चक्रतुः क्रोधं दम्पती सुमहामती। तयोः सम्प्रेक्षतोरेव पुनरन्तर्हितोऽभवत्॥
na ca tau cakratuḥ krodhaṃ dampatī sumahāmatī| tayoḥ samprekṣatoreva punarantarhito'bhavat||
Gifted with great intelligence, the royal pair showed no anger at this conduct of the Rishi, who once more, after this, disappeared before the very eyes of the king and the queen.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.22
तथैव च स राजर्षिस्तथौ तां रजनीं तदा। सभार्यो वाग्यत: श्रीमान् न च कोपं समाविशत्।।२४
tathaiva ca sa rājarṣistathau tāṃ rajanīṃ tadā| sabhāryo vāgyata: śrīmān na ca kopaṃ samāviśat||24
The royal sage Kushika thereupon stood there in the same posture for the whole night, with his wife by his side, and without speaking a word. Gifted with great prosperity, he did not yield to wrath.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.23
नित्यसंस्कृतमन्नं तु विविधं राजवेश्मनि। शयनानि च मुख्यानि परिषेकाश्च पुष्कला:॥ वस्त्रं च विविधाकारमभवत् समुपार्जितम्। न शशाक ततो द्रष्टुमन्तरं च्यवनस्तदा॥
nityasaṃskṛtamannaṃ tu vividhaṃ rājaveśmani| śayanāni ca mukhyāni pariṣekāśca puṣkalā:|| vastraṃ ca vividhākāramabhavat samupārjitam| na śaśāka tato draṣṭumantaraṃ cyavanastadā||
Every day, good and pure food of various sorts, excellent beds, profuse articles needed for bath, and cloths of various sorts, were collected and kept ready in the palace for the Rishi. Indeed, Chyavana could not find any fault in the conduct of the king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.24
पुनरेव च विप्रर्षिः प्रोवाच कुशिकं नृपम्। सभार्यो मां रथेनाशु वह यत्र ब्रवीम्यहम्॥
punareva ca viprarṣiḥ provāca kuśikaṃ nṛpam| sabhāryo māṃ rathenāśu vaha yatra bravīmyaham||
Then addressing king Kushika, the twice born Rishi said to him, “Do you with your spouse, yoke yourself to a car and take me on it wherever I shall direct."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.25
तथेति च प्राह नृपो निर्विशङ्कस्तपोधनम्। क्रीडारथोऽस्तु भगवन्नुत सांग्रामिको रथः॥
tatheti ca prāha nṛpo nirviśaṅkastapodhanam| krīḍāratho'stu bhagavannuta sāṃgrāmiko rathaḥ||
Unhesitatingly, the king answered Chyavana having asceticism for wealth, saying-So be it! And he further enquired of the Rishi, asking-Which car shall I bring? Shall it be my pleasure car for making pleasure journeys or, shall it be my war-chariot?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.26
इत्युक्तः स मुनी राज्ञा तेन हृष्टेन तद्वचः। च्यवनः प्रत्युवाचेदं हृष्टः परपुरंजयम्॥ सज्जीकुरु रथं क्षिप्रं यस्ते सांग्रामिको मतः। सायुधः सपताकश्च शक्तीकनकयष्टिमान्॥ किङ्किणीस्वननिर्घोषो युक्तस्तोरणकल्पनैः। जाम्बूनदनिबद्धश्च परमेषुशतान्वितः॥
ityuktaḥ sa munī rājñā tena hṛṣṭena tadvacaḥ| cyavanaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ parapuraṃjayam|| sajjīkuru rathaṃ kṣipraṃ yaste sāṃgrāmiko mataḥ| sāyudhaḥ sapatākaśca śaktīkanakayaṣṭimān|| kiṅkiṇīsvananirghoṣo yuktastoraṇakalpanaiḥ| jāmbūnadanibaddhaśca parameṣuśatānvitaḥ||
Thus addressed by the delighted and contented King, the ascetic said to him-Do you promptly get ready that chariot with which you attack hostile cities! cities! Indeed, that warchariot of yours, with every weapon, with its standard and flags, its darts and javelins and golden columns and poles, should be made ready. Its rattle resembles the tinkling of bells. It is adorned with numberless arches made of pure gold. It is always furnished with hundreds of high and excellent weapons!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.27
ततः स तं तथेत्युक्त्वा कल्पयित्वा महारथम्। भार्यां वामे धुरि तदा चात्मानं दक्षिणे तथा॥ त्रिदण्डं वज्रसूच्यग्रं प्रतोदं तत्र चादधत्।
tataḥ sa taṃ tathetyuktvā kalpayitvā mahāratham| bhāryāṃ vāme dhuri tadā cātmānaṃ dakṣiṇe tathā|| tridaṇḍaṃ vajrasūcyagraṃ pratodaṃ tatra cādadhat|
The king said So be it, and soon made his great warchariot ready. And he yoked his wife thereto on the left and his own self on the right, And the king placed on the chariot, among its other articles, the goad which had three handles and which had a point hard as adamant and sharp as the needle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.28
सर्वमेतत् तथा दत्त्वा नृपो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्॥ भगवन् क्व रथो यातु ब्रवीतु भृगुनन्दन।
sarvametat tathā dattvā nṛpo vākyamathābravīt|| bhagavan kva ratho yātu bravītu bhṛgunandana|
Having placed every article upon the car, the king said to the Rishi-O holy one, where shall the chariot proceed? O let the son of Bhrigu issue his order.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.29
यत्र वक्ष्यसि विप्रर्षे तत्र यास्यति ते रथः।३४॥ एवमुक्तस्तु भगवान् प्रत्युवाचाथ तं नृपम्। इत: प्रभृति यातव्यं पदकं पदकं शनैः॥ श्रमो मम यथा न स्यात् तथा मच्छन्दचारिणौ।
yatra vakṣyasi viprarṣe tatra yāsyati te rathaḥ|34|| evamuktastu bhagavān pratyuvācātha taṃ nṛpam| ita: prabhṛti yātavyaṃ padakaṃ padakaṃ śanaiḥ|| śramo mama yathā na syāt tathā macchandacāriṇau|
This your chariot shall proceed to the place which you may be pleased to direct! Thus addressed, the holy' man replied to the king, saying-Let the car go hence, dragged slowly, step by step. Obeying my will, do you two proceed in such a way that I may not feel any exhaustion.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.30
सुसुखं चैव वोढव्यो जनः सर्वश्च पश्यतु॥ नोत्सार्याः पथिकाः केचित् तेभ्यो दास्ये वसु ह्यहम्।
susukhaṃ caiva voḍhavyo janaḥ sarvaśca paśyatu|| notsāryāḥ pathikāḥ kecit tebhyo dāsye vasu hyaham|
I should be borne away pleasantly, and let all your people see this march that I make through their midst. No person that comes to me, as I proceed along the road, should be driven away. I shall distribute riches among all.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.31
ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च ये कामानर्थयिष्यन्ति मां पथि॥ सर्वान् दास्याम्यशेषेण धनं रत्नानि चैव हि।
brāhmaṇebhyaśca ye kāmānarthayiṣyanti māṃ pathi|| sarvān dāsyāmyaśeṣeṇa dhanaṃ ratnāni caiva hi|
To the Brahmanas who may approach me on the way, I shall grant their wishes and bestow upon all of the them gems and riches without stint.
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MBh 9 53.32
क्रियतां निखिलेनैतन्मा विचारय पार्थिव॥ तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा भृत्यांस्तथाब्रवीत्। यद् यद् ब्रूयान्मुनिस्तत्तत् सर्वं देयमशङ्कितैः॥ ततो रत्नान्यनेकानि स्त्रियो युग्यमजाविकम्। कृताकृतं च कनकं गजेन्द्राचाचलोपमाः॥ अन्वगच्छत तमृषि राजामात्याश्च सर्वशः।
kriyatāṃ nikhilenaitanmā vicāraya pārthiva|| tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā bhṛtyāṃstathābravīt| yad yad brūyānmunistattat sarvaṃ deyamaśaṅkitaiḥ|| tato ratnānyanekāni striyo yugyamajāvikam| kṛtākṛtaṃ ca kanakaṃ gajendrācācalopamāḥ|| anvagacchata tamṛṣi rājāmātyāśca sarvaśaḥ|
Let all this be done, O king, and do not entertain any scruples!-Hearing these words of the Rishi, the king called his servants and told them-Ye should without any fear, give away whatever the ascetic will command. Then profuse jewels and gems and beautiful women, and pairs of sheep, and coined and uncoined gold, and huge elephants resembling, hills or mountain summits, and all the ministers of the king, began to follow the Rishi as he was carried on that chariot.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.33
हाहाभूतं च तत् सर्वमासीन्नगरमार्तवत्॥ तौ तीक्ष्णाग्रेण सहसा प्रतोदेन प्रतोदितौ। पृष्ठे विद्धौ कटे चैव निर्विकारो तमूहतुः॥
hāhābhūtaṃ ca tat sarvamāsīnnagaramārtavat|| tau tīkṣṇāgreṇa sahasā pratodena pratoditau| pṛṣṭhe viddhau kaṭe caiva nirvikāro tamūhatuḥ||
Cries of Oh and Alas arose from every part of the city which was plunged in grief at that extraordinary spectacle. The Rishi struck the king and the queen suddenly with that goad having a sharp point. Though thus struck on the back and the cheeks, the royal pair still showed no sign of agitation. On the other hand they continued to carry the Rishi on as before.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.34
वेपमानौ निराहारौ पञ्चशदात्रकर्षितौ। कथंचिदूहतुर्वीरौ दम्पती तं रथोत्तमम्॥
vepamānau nirāhārau pañcaśadātrakarṣitau| kathaṃcidūhaturvīrau dampatī taṃ rathottamam||
Trembling from head to foot, for no food had passed their lips for fifty nights, and exceedingly weak, the heroic pair somehow succeeded in dragging that excellent chariot.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.35
बहुशो भृशविद्धौ तौ स्रवन्तो च क्षतोद्भवम्। ददृशाते महाराज पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ॥
bahuśo bhṛśaviddhau tau sravanto ca kṣatodbhavam| dadṛśāte mahārāja puṣpitāviva kiṃśukau||
Repeatedly and deeply cut by the goad, the royal pair became covered with blood. Indeed, O king, they then looked like a couple of Kinshuka trees in the flowering season.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.36
तौ दृष्ट्वा पौरवर्गस्तु भृशं शोकसमाकुलः। अभिशापभयत्रस्तो न च किंचिदुवाच ह॥
tau dṛṣṭvā pauravargastu bhṛśaṃ śokasamākulaḥ| abhiśāpabhayatrasto na ca kiṃciduvāca ha||
Seeing the plight to which their king and queen had been reduced, the citizens became afflicted with great grief. Filled with fear of the curse of the Rishi, they kept silent under their misery.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.37
द्वन्द्वशश्चाब्रुवन् सर्वे पश्यध्वं तपसो बलम्। क्रुद्धा अपि मुनिश्रेष्ठं वीक्षितुं नेह शक्नुमः॥
dvandvaśaścābruvan sarve paśyadhvaṃ tapaso balam| kruddhā api muniśreṣṭhaṃ vīkṣituṃ neha śaknumaḥ||
Collected in masses they said to each other-See the might of penances! Although all of us are angry, we are still unable to look at the Rishi.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.38
अहो भगवतो वीर्यं महर्षेर्भावितात्मनः। राज्ञश्चापि सभार्यस्य धैर्यं पश्यत यादृशम्॥
aho bhagavato vīryaṃ maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ| rājñaścāpi sabhāryasya dhairyaṃ paśyata yādṛśam||
Great is the energy of the holy Rishi of purified soul! See also the endurance of the king and his royal spouse.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.39
श्रान्तावपि हि कृच्छ्रेण रथमेनं समूहतुः। न चैतयोर्विकारं वै ददर्श भृगुनन्दनः॥
śrāntāvapi hi kṛcchreṇa rathamenaṃ samūhatuḥ| na caitayorvikāraṃ vai dadarśa bhṛgunandanaḥ||
Though exhausted with fatigue and hunger, they are still carrying the car! The son of Bhrigu, despite the misery he caused to Kushika and his queen, could see no sign of dissatisfaction or agitation in them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.40
ततः स निर्विकारौ तु दृष्ट्वा भृगुकुलोद्वहः। वसु विश्राणयामास यथा वैश्रवणस्तथा॥
tataḥ sa nirvikārau tu dṛṣṭvā bhṛgukulodvahaḥ| vasu viśrāṇayāmāsa yathā vaiśravaṇastathā||
Bhishma said The perpetuator of Bhrigu's race, seeing the king and the queen totally unmoved, began to distribute wealth very largely as if he were a second Lord of Treasures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.41
तत्रापि राजा प्रीतात्मा यथादिष्टमथाकरोत्। ततोऽस्य भगवान् प्रीतो बभूव मुनिसत्तमः॥
tatrāpi rājā prītātmā yathādiṣṭamathākarot| tato'sya bhagavān prīto babhūva munisattamaḥ||
At this deed also, king Kushika showed no mark of dissatisfaction. He did as the Rishi ordered. Seeing all this, that illustrious and best of ascetics became pleased.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.42
अवतीर्य रथश्रेष्ठाद् दम्पती तौ मुमोच ह। विमोच्य चैतौ विधिवत् ततो वाक्यमुवाच ह॥
avatīrya rathaśreṣṭhād dampatī tau mumoca ha| vimocya caitau vidhivat tato vākyamuvāca ha||
Descending from that excellent car, he unharnessed the royal pair. Having freed them, he addressed them duty.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.43
स्निग्धगम्भीरया वाचा भार्गवः सुप्रसन्नया। ददानि वां वरं श्रेष्ठं तं ब्रूतामिति भारत॥
snigdhagambhīrayā vācā bhārgavaḥ suprasannayā| dadāni vāṃ varaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ taṃ brūtāmiti bhārata||
Indeed the son of Bhrigu, in a soft, deep, and delighted voice, saidI am ready to give an excellent boon to you both.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.44
सुकुमारौ च तौ विद्धौ कराभ्यां मुनिसत्तमः। पस्पर्शामृतकल्पाभ्यां स्नेहाद् भरतसत्तम॥
sukumārau ca tau viddhau karābhyāṃ munisattamaḥ| pasparśāmṛtakalpābhyāṃ snehād bharatasattama||
Delicate as they were, their bodies had been pierced with the goad. Moved by affection, that best of ascetics softly touched them with his hands, whose healing virtues resembled those of ambrosia itself, O chief of the Bharatas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.45
अथाब्रवीन्नृपो वाक्यं श्रमो नास्त्यावयोरिह। विश्रान्तौ च प्रभावात् ते उचतुस्तौ तु भार्गवम्॥
athābravīnnṛpo vākyaṃ śramo nāstyāvayoriha| viśrāntau ca prabhāvāt te ucatustau tu bhārgavam||
Then the king answered Myself and my wife have felt no exhaustion Indeed, all their fatigue had been removed through the power of the Rishi, and hence it was that the king could say so to the Rishi.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.46
अथ तौ भगवान् प्राह प्रहृष्टश्च्यवनस्तदा। न वृथा व्याहृतं पूर्वं यन्मया तद् भविष्यति॥
atha tau bhagavān prāha prahṛṣṭaścyavanastadā| na vṛthā vyāhṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ yanmayā tad bhaviṣyati||
Pleased with their conduct, the illustrious Chyavana said to them I have never before spoken falsehood; It must, therefore be as I have said.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.47
रमणीयः समुद्देशो गङ्गातीरमिदं शुभम्। किंचित्कालं व्रतपरो निवत्स्यामीह पार्थिव॥
ramaṇīyaḥ samuddeśo gaṅgātīramidaṃ śubham| kiṃcitkālaṃ vrataparo nivatsyāmīha pārthiva||
This spot on the banks of Ganga is very charming and auspicious. I shall, observing a vow, live for a little while here, O king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.48
गम्यतां स्वपुरं पुत्र विश्रान्तः पुनरेष्यसि। इहस्थं मां सभार्यस्त्वं द्रष्टासि श्वो नराधिप॥
gamyatāṃ svapuraṃ putra viśrāntaḥ punareṣyasi| ihasthaṃ māṃ sabhāryastvaṃ draṣṭāsi śvo narādhipa||
Do you return to your city. You are exhausted! You shall come again. Tomorrow, O king, you shall returning with your wife, see me here.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.49
न च मन्युस्त्वया कार्यः श्रेयस्ते समुपस्थितम्। यत् काक्षितं हृदिस्थं ते तत्सर्वं हि भविष्यति॥
na ca manyustvayā kāryaḥ śreyaste samupasthitam| yat kākṣitaṃ hṛdisthaṃ te tatsarvaṃ hi bhaviṣyati||
You should not give to anger or grief. The time is come when you shall reap a great reward! That which is coveted by you and which is in your heart will indeed be done.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.50
इत्येवमुक्तः कुशिकः प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना। प्रोवाच मुनिशार्दूलमिदं वचनमर्थवत्॥
ityevamuktaḥ kuśikaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā| provāca muniśārdūlamidaṃ vacanamarthavat||
Thus addressed by the Rishi, king Kushika, with a pleased heart, replied to the Rishi in these pregnant words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.51
न मे मन्युर्महाभाग पूतो स्वो भगवंस्त्वया। संवृतौ यौवनस्थौ स्वो वपुष्मन्तौ बलान्वितौ॥
na me manyurmahābhāga pūto svo bhagavaṃstvayā| saṃvṛtau yauvanasthau svo vapuṣmantau balānvitau||
I have entertained no anger or grief, O highly blessed one! We have been cleansed and sanctified by you, O holy one! We have once more become youthful. See our bodies have become greatly beautiful and possessed of great strength.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.52
प्रतोदेन व्रणा ये मे सभार्यस्य त्वया कृताः। तान् न पश्यामि गात्रेषु स्वस्थोऽस्मि सह भार्यया।।६१
pratodena vraṇā ye me sabhāryasya tvayā kṛtāḥ| tān na paśyāmi gātreṣu svastho'smi saha bhāryayā||61
I do not any longer see those wounds that were caused by you on our bodies with your good! Verily, with my wife, I am in good health.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.53
इमां च देवीं पश्यामि वपुषाप्सरसोपमाम्। श्रिया परमया युक्तां यथा दृष्टा पुरा मया।॥
imāṃ ca devīṃ paśyāmi vapuṣāpsarasopamām| śriyā paramayā yuktāṃ yathā dṛṣṭā purā mayā|||
I see my goddess become as beautiful in body as an Apsara. Indeed, she is endued with as much beauty and splendour as she had ever been before.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.54
तव प्रसादसंवृत्तमिदं सर्वं महामुने। नैतच्चित्रं तु भगवंस्त्वयि सत्यपराक्रम॥
tava prasādasaṃvṛttamidaṃ sarvaṃ mahāmune| naitaccitraṃ tu bhagavaṃstvayi satyaparākrama||
All this, O great ascetic, is due to your favour, Indeed, there is nothing wonderful in all this, O holy Rishi of power ever unbaffled.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.55
इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचैनं कुशिकं च्यवनस्तदा। आगच्छेथाः सभार्यश्च त्वमिहेति नराधिप॥
ityuktaḥ pratyuvācainaṃ kuśikaṃ cyavanastadā| āgacchethāḥ sabhāryaśca tvamiheti narādhipa||
Thus addressed by the king, Chyavana said to him – You shall, with your wife, return here tomorrow, O king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.56
इत्युक्तः समनुज्ञातो राजर्षिरभिवाद्य तम्। प्रययौ वपुषा युक्तो नगरं देवराजवत्॥
ityuktaḥ samanujñāto rājarṣirabhivādya tam| prayayau vapuṣā yukto nagaraṃ devarājavat||
With these words, the royal sage Kushika was sent away. Saluting the Rishi, the king, endued with a handsome body, returned to his capital like a second king of the celestials.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.57
तत एनमुपाजग्मुरमात्याः सपुरोहिताः। बलस्था गणिकायुक्ताः सर्वाः प्रकृतयस्तथा॥
tata enamupājagmuramātyāḥ sapurohitāḥ| balasthā gaṇikāyuktāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayastathā||
The counsellors then, with the priest, came out to welcome him. His troops also and the dancing women and all his subjects, did the same.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.58
तैर्वृतः कुशिको राजा श्रिया परमया ज्वलन्। प्रविवेश पुरं हृष्टः पूज्यमानोऽथ बन्दिभिः॥
tairvṛtaḥ kuśiko rājā śriyā paramayā jvalan| praviveśa puraṃ hṛṣṭaḥ pūjyamāno'tha bandibhiḥ||
Surrounded by them all, King Kushika, shining in beauty and splendour, entered his city, with a delighted heart, and his praises were sung by bards and encomiasts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.59
ततः प्रविश्य नगरं कृत्वा पौर्वाह्निकी: क्रियाः। भुक्त्वा सभार्यो रजनीमुवास स महाद्युतिः॥
tataḥ praviśya nagaraṃ kṛtvā paurvāhnikī: kriyāḥ| bhuktvā sabhāryo rajanīmuvāsa sa mahādyutiḥ||
Having entered his city and performed all his morning rites, he ate with his wife. Gifted with great splendour, the king then passed the night happy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.60
ततस्तु तौ नवमभिवीक्ष्य यौवनं परस्परं विगतरुजाविवामरौ। ननन्दतुः शयनगतौ वपुर्धरौ श्रिया युतौ द्विजवरदत्तया तदा॥
tatastu tau navamabhivīkṣya yauvanaṃ parasparaṃ vigatarujāvivāmarau| nanandatuḥ śayanagatau vapurdharau śriyā yutau dvijavaradattayā tadā||
Each saw the other to be possessed of fresh youthfulness. All their sufferings and pains having ceased, they saw each other to resemble a celestial, Gifted with the splendour they had got as a boon from that foremost of Brahmanas, and possessed of exceedingly lovely features and beautiful forms, both of them passed a happy night in their bed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 53.61
स्तपोधनो वनमभिराममृद्धिमत्। मनीषया बहुविधरत्नभूषितं ससर्ज यन्न पुरि शतक्रतोरपि॥
stapodhano vanamabhirāmamṛddhimat| manīṣayā bahuvidharatnabhūṣitaṃ sasarja yanna puri śatakratorapi||
In the interval spreader of the feats of Bhrigu's race, viz., the Rishi having penances for his wealth, converted by his Yogapower, that charming wood on the bank of Ganga into a retreat full of wealth of every kind and adorned with every variety of jewels and gems on account of which it excelled in beauty and splendour the very abode of the king of the celestials.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)