Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 17
NarP 2 17.1
पुत्र उवाच तस्मादीर्ष्यां परित्यज्य मोहिनीमनुभोजय । न मातरीदृशो धर्मो लोकेषु त्रिषु लभ्यते
putra uvāca tasmādīrṣyāṃ parityajya mohinīmanubhojaya / na mātarīdṛśo dharmo lokeṣu triṣu labhyate
The son said: Therefore, giving up jealousy, feed Mohinī after (him); mother, such a duty as this is not to be found in the three worlds.
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NarP 2 17.2
स्वहस्तेन प्रियां भर्तुर्भार्यां या तु प्रभोजयेत् । सपत्नीं तु सपत्नी हि किञ्चिदन्नं ददाति च
svahastena priyāṃ bharturbhāryāṃ yā tu prabhojayet / sapatnīṃ tu sapatnī hi kiñcidannaṃ dadāti ca
She who with her own hand feeds her husband's beloved wife — indeed, when one co-wife gives even a little food to a co-wife,
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NarP 2 17.3
तदनन्तं भवेद्देवि मातरित्याह नाभिजः । कुरु वाक्यं मयोक्तं हि स्वामिनि त्वं प्रसीद मे
tadanantaṃ bhaveddevi mātarityāha nābhijaḥ / kuru vākyaṃ mayoktaṃ hi svāmini tvaṃ prasīda me
that becomes endless (in merit), O goddess, mother — so said the navel-born one. Do the word I have spoken; my lady, be gracious to me.
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NarP 2 17.4
तातस्य सौख्यं कर्तव्यमावाभ्यां वरवर्णिनी । भवेत्पापक्षयः सम्यक् स्वर्गप्राप्तिस्तथाक्षया
tātasya saukhyaṃ kartavyamāvābhyāṃ varavarṇinī / bhavetpāpakṣayaḥ samyak svargaprāptistathākṣayā
Father's comfort must be secured by us two, O lady of lovely hue; thereby there would be a full destruction of sin and an imperishable attainment of heaven.
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NarP 2 17.5
पुत्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा देवी संध्यावली तदा । अभिमन्त्र्य परिष्वज्य तनयं सा पुनः पुनः
putrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā devī saṃdhyāvalī tadā / abhimantrya pariṣvajya tanayaṃ sā punaḥ punaḥ
Hearing her son's words, the goddess Saṃdhyāvalī then, blessing him with a sacred formula and embracing her boy again and again,
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NarP 2 17.6
मूर्ध्नि चैनमुपाघ्राय वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् । करिष्ये वचनं पुत्र त्वदीयं धर्मसंयुतम्
mūrdhni cainamupāghrāya vacanaṃ cedamabravīt / kariṣye vacanaṃ putra tvadīyaṃ dharmasaṃyutam
and kissing him on the head, spoke these words: "I shall do your bidding, son, joined as it is with dharma.
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NarP 2 17.7
इर्ष्यां मानं परित्यज्य भोजयिष्यामि मोहिनीम् । शतपुत्रा ह्यहं पुत्र त्वयैकेन सुतेन हि
irṣyāṃ mānaṃ parityajya bhojayiṣyāmi mohinīm / śataputrā hyahaṃ putra tvayaikena sutena hi
Giving up jealousy and pride, I shall feed Mohinī; for with you as my single son, my son, I am (as good as) the mother of a hundred sons.
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NarP 2 17.8
नियमैर्बहुभिर्जातो देहक्लेशकरैर्भवान् । व्रतराजेन चीर्णेन प्राप्तस्त्वमचिरात्सुतः
niyamairbahubhirjāto dehakleśakarairbhavān / vratarājena cīrṇena prāptastvamacirātsutaḥ
You were born through many observances that bring affliction to the body; by the king of vows, once performed, you were obtained as a son before long.
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NarP 2 17.9
नहीदृशं व्रतं लोके फलदायि प्रदृश्यते । सद्यः प्रत्ययकारीदं महापातकनाशनम्
nahīdṛśaṃ vrataṃ loke phaladāyi pradṛśyate / sadyaḥ pratyayakārīdaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam
For no vow so fruit-bestowing as this is seen in the world; it brings conviction at once, and destroys the great sins.
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NarP 2 17.10
किं जातैर्बहुभिः पुत्रैः शोकसंतापकारकैः । वरमेकः कुलालंबी यत्र विश्रमते कुलम्
kiṃ jātairbahubhiḥ putraiḥ śokasaṃtāpakārakaiḥ / varamekaḥ kulālaṃbī yatra viśramate kulam
What is the use of many sons born (to one), who cause grief and torment? Better a single one who upholds the family, in whom the lineage finds rest.
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NarP 2 17.11
त्रैलोक्यादुपरिष्ठाहं त्वां प्राप्य जठरे स्थितम् । धन्यानि तानि शूलानि यैर्जातस्त्वं सुतो ऽनघ
trailokyādupariṣṭhāhaṃ tvāṃ prāpya jaṭhare sthitam / dhanyāni tāni śūlāni yairjātastvaṃ suto 'nagha
I stand higher than the three worlds, having obtained you, who lay in my belly; blessed were those piercing pains through which you were born as (my) son, O faultless one.
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NarP 2 17.12
सप्तद्वीपपतिः शूरः पितुर्वचनकारकः । आह्लादयति यस्तातं जननीं वापि पुत्रकः
saptadvīpapatiḥ śūraḥ piturvacanakārakaḥ / āhlādayati yastātaṃ jananīṃ vāpi putrakaḥ
A little son who is lord of the seven continents, a hero, a doer of his father's word, who gladdens his father, or his mother too—
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NarP 2 17.13
तं पुत्रं कवयः प्राहुर्वाख्यमपरं सुतम् । एवमुक्त्वा तु वचनं देवी संध्यावली तदा
taṃ putraṃ kavayaḥ prāhurvākhyamaparaṃ sutam / evamuktvā tu vacanaṃ devī saṃdhyāvalī tadā
—him the poets call a son; the other is a son (only) in name. Having spoken this speech, the lady Sandhyāvalī then
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NarP 2 17.14
वीक्षां चक्रे ऽथ भाण्डानि षड्रसस्य तु हेतवे । तस्या वीक्षणमात्रेण परिपूर्णानि भूपते
vīkṣāṃ cakre 'tha bhāṇḍāni ṣaḍrasasya tu hetave / tasyā vīkṣaṇamātreṇa paripūrṇāni bhūpate
cast a glance at the vessels for the sake of the six-flavoured (food); and by her mere glance they became completely full, O lord of the earth,
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NarP 2 17.15
षड्रसत्य सुखोष्णस्य मोहिनीभोजनेच्छया । अमृतस्वादुकल्पस्य जनस्य तु महीपते
ṣaḍrasatya sukhoṣṇasya mohinībhojanecchayā / amṛtasvādukalpasya janasya tu mahīpate
—full of six-flavoured food, pleasantly warm, resembling in taste ambrosia, out of the wish to feed Mohinī, O lord of the earth.
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NarP 2 17.16
ततो दर्वीं समादाय काञ्चनीं रत्नसंयुताम् । परिवेषयदव्यग्रा मोडिन्याश्चारुहासिनी
tato darvīṃ samādāya kāñcanīṃ ratnasaṃyutām / pariveṣayadavyagrā moḍinyāścāruhāsinī
Then, taking up a golden ladle set with jewels, she, unflustered and sweetly smiling, served (the food) to Mohinī.
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NarP 2 17.17
काञ्चने भाजने श्लेक्ष्णे मानभोजनवेष्टिते । शनैः शनैश्च बुभुजे इष्टमन्नं सुसंस्कृतम्
kāñcane bhājane ślekṣṇe mānabhojanaveṣṭite / śanaiḥ śanaiśca bubhuje iṣṭamannaṃ susaṃskṛtam
In a smooth golden vessel, arrayed with food (fit) for honour, she ate very slowly the desired, well-prepared food.
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NarP 2 17.18
उपविश्यासने देवी शातकौभमये शुभे । वीज्यमाना वरारोहा व्याजनेन सुगीतिना
upaviśyāsane devī śātakaubhamaye śubhe / vījyamānā varārohā vyājanena sugītinā
Having seated herself on a fine seat made of gold, the fair-hipped lady, being fanned with a sweet-sounding fan
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NarP 2 17.19
धर्माङ्गदगृही तेन शिखिपुच्छभवेन तु । सा भुक्ता ब्रह्मतनया तदन्नममृतोपमम्
dharmāṅgadagṛhī tena śikhipucchabhavena tu / sā bhuktā brahmatanayā tadannamamṛtopamam
held by Dharmāṅgada, made of a peacock's tail—she, the daughter of Brahmā, ate that food which was like ambrosia.
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NarP 2 17.20
चतुर्गुणेन शीतेन कृत्वा शौचमथात्मनः । जगृहे पुत्रदत्तं तु तांबूलं तत्सुगन्धिमत्
caturguṇena śītena kṛtvā śaucamathātmanaḥ / jagṛhe putradattaṃ tu tāṃbūlaṃ tatsugandhimat
Then, having performed her cleansing with fourfold cold water, she took the fragrant betel offered by the son,
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NarP 2 17.21
वरचन्दनयुक्तेन हस्तेन वरवर्णिनी । ततः प्रहस्य शनकैः प्राह संध्यावलीं नृप
varacandanayuktena hastena varavarṇinī / tataḥ prahasya śanakaiḥ prāha saṃdhyāvalīṃ nṛpa
—the lady of fair complexion, with a hand smeared with fine sandal-paste; then, laughing softly, she spoke to Sandhyāvalī, O king:
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NarP 2 17.22
जननी किं तु देवि त्वं वृषाङ्गदनृपस्य तु । न मया हि परिज्ञाता श्रमस्वेदितया शुभे
jananī kiṃ tu devi tvaṃ vṛṣāṅgadanṛpasya tu / na mayā hi parijñātā śramasveditayā śubhe
"But are you, O lady, the mother of King Vṛṣāṅgada? I did not recognize you, O fair one, as you were sweating with toil."
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NarP 2 17.23
वदत्येवं ब्रह्मसुता यावत्संध्यावलीं नप । तावत्प्रणम्य नृपतेः पुत्रो वचनमब्रवीत्
vadatyevaṃ brahmasutā yāvatsaṃdhyāvalīṃ napa / tāvatpraṇamya nṛpateḥ putro vacanamabravīt
While Brahmā's daughter was speaking thus to Sandhyāvalī, O king, meanwhile the king's son bowed and spoke these words:
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NarP 2 17.24
उदरे ह्यनया देव्या घृतः संवत्सरत्रयम् । तव भर्तुः प्रसादेन वृद्धिं संप्राप्तवानहम्
udare hyanayā devyā ghṛtaḥ saṃvatsaratrayam / tava bhartuḥ prasādena vṛddhiṃ saṃprāptavānaham
"I was indeed carried in the womb by this lady for three years; by the favour of your husband I attained my growth.
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NarP 2 17.25
संत्यनेकानि मातॄणां शतानि मम सुंदरि । अस्याः पीतं पयो भूरि कुचयोः स्नेहसंप्लुतम्
saṃtyanekāni mātṝṇāṃ śatāni mama suṃdari / asyāḥ pītaṃ payo bhūri kucayoḥ snehasaṃplutam
There are many hundreds of mothers of mine, O beautiful one, (but) it was of her that I drank abundant milk, flooded with the affection of her breasts.
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NarP 2 17.26
अनया सा रुजा तीव्रा विधृता प्रायशो जरा । इयं मां जनयित्वैव जाता शिथिलबन्धना
anayā sā rujā tīvrā vidhṛtā prāyaśo jarā / iyaṃ māṃ janayitvaiva jātā śithilabandhanā
By her that sharp pain was borne, and old age for the most part; she, merely by giving birth to me, became loose in her joints.
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NarP 2 17.27
तन्नास्ति त्रुषु लोकेषु यद्दत्वा चानृणो भवेत् । मातुः पुत्रस्य चार्वङ्गि सत्यमेतन्मयेरितम्
tannāsti truṣu lokeṣu yaddatvā cānṛṇo bhavet / mātuḥ putrasya cārvaṅgi satyametanmayeritam
There is nothing in the three worlds which, once given, would make a son free of debt to his mother, O fair-limbed one; this that I have said is the truth.
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NarP 2 17.28
सो ऽहं धन्यतरो लोके नास्ति मत्तो ऽधिकः पुमान् । उत्संगे वर्तयिष्यामि मातृसंघस्य नित्यशः
so 'haṃ dhanyataro loke nāsti matto 'dhikaḥ pumān / utsaṃge vartayiṣyāmi mātṛsaṃghasya nityaśaḥ
"So I am the most fortunate in the world; there is no man greater than I. I shall live forever in the lap of a host of mothers."
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NarP 2 17.29
नोत्संगे चेज्जनन्या हि तनयो विशति क्वचित् । मातृसौख्यं न जानाति कुमारी भर्तृजं यथा
notsaṃge cejjananyā hi tanayo viśati kvacit / mātṛsaukhyaṃ na jānāti kumārī bhartṛjaṃ yathā
"For if a son never enters his mother's lap, he does not know a mother's happiness, as a maiden does not know that which comes from a husband."
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NarP 2 17.30
मातुरुत्संगमारूढः पुत्रो दर्पान्वितो भवेत् । हारमुत्तमदेहस्थं हस्तेनाहर्तुमिच्छति
māturutsaṃgamārūḍhaḥ putro darpānvito bhavet / hāramuttamadehasthaṃ hastenāhartumicchati
"A son who has climbed into his mother's lap becomes filled with pride: he wants to snatch away with his hand the necklace resting on her lovely body."
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NarP 2 17.31
पाल्यमानो जनन्या हि पितृहीनो ऽपि दर्पितः । समीहते जगद्धर्तुं सवीर्यं मातृजं पयः
pālyamāno jananyā hi pitṛhīno 'pi darpitaḥ / samīhate jagaddhartuṃ savīryaṃ mātṛjaṃ payaḥ
"Cherished by his mother, even a fatherless (boy) grows proud; he aspires to uphold the world—potent is a mother's milk."
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NarP 2 17.32
एतज्जठरसंसर्गि भवत्युत्संगशङ्कितः । अस्याश्चैवापराणां च विशेषो यदि मे न चेत्
etajjaṭharasaṃsargi bhavatyutsaṃgaśaṅkitaḥ / asyāścaivāparāṇāṃ ca viśeṣo yadi me na cet
"If for me there is no difference between her, who has had contact with this womb and (in whom) I am confident of the lap, and other (women)—
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NarP 2 17.33
तेन सत्येन मे तातो जीवताच्छरदां शतम् । एवं ब्रुवाणे तनये मोहिनी विस्मयं गता
tena satyena me tāto jīvatāccharadāṃ śatam / evaṃ bruvāṇe tanaye mohinī vismayaṃ gatā
"—then by that truth may my father live a hundred autumns." When the son spoke thus, Mohinī was struck with astonishment.
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NarP 2 17.34
कथमस्य प्रहर्तव्यं मया निर्घृणशीलया । विनीतस्य ह्यपापस्य औचित्यं पापिनो गृहे
kathamasya prahartavyaṃ mayā nirghṛṇaśīlayā / vinītasya hyapāpasya aucityaṃ pāpino gṛhe
"How is he to be struck down by me, whose nature is pitiless? For (what) fittingness (is there) that one disciplined and free of sin (should be) in a sinner's house?"
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NarP 2 17.35
पितुः शुश्रूषणं यस्य न तस्य सदृशं क्षितौ । एवं गुणाधिकस्याहं कर्तुं कर्म जुगुप्सिताम्
pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ yasya na tasya sadṛśaṃ kṣitau / evaṃ guṇādhikasyāhaṃ kartuṃ karma jugupsitām
"There is none on earth equal to him in service to his father; (how shall) I do a loathsome deed to one so surpassing in virtue,"
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NarP 2 17.36
पुत्रस्य धर्मशीलस्य भूत्त्वा तु जननी क्षितौ । एवं विमृश्य बहुधा मोहिनी लोकसुंदरी
putrasya dharmaśīlasya bhūttvā tu jananī kṣitau / evaṃ vimṛśya bahudhā mohinī lokasuṃdarī
"having become on earth the mother of a son of righteous character?" Thus reflecting in many ways, Mohinī, the world's beauty,
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NarP 2 17.37
उवाच तनयं बाला शीघ्रमानय मे पतिम् । न शक्नोमि विना तेन मुहूर्तमपि वर्तितुम्
uvāca tanayaṃ bālā śīghramānaya me patim / na śaknomi vinā tena muhūrtamapi vartitum
the young woman said to the son: "Bring my husband quickly. Without him I cannot go on even for a moment."
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NarP 2 17.38
ततः स त्वरितं गत्वा प्रणम्य पितरं नृप । कनिष्ठा जननी तात शीघ्रं त्वां द्रष्टुमिच्छति
tataḥ sa tvaritaṃ gatvā praṇamya pitaraṃ nṛpa / kaniṣṭhā jananī tāta śīghraṃ tvāṃ draṣṭumicchati
Then he went swiftly and, bowing to his father, (said), O king: "Father, my younger mother wishes to see you at once."
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NarP 2 17.39
प्रसादः क्रियतां तस्याः पूज्यतां ब्रह्मणः सुता । पुत्रवाक्येन नृपतिरतत्क्षणाद्गन्तुमुद्यतः
prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ tasyāḥ pūjyatāṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutā / putravākyena nṛpatiratatkṣaṇādgantumudyataḥ
"Let favour be shown to her; let the brahmin's daughter be honoured." At his son's word the king made ready to go that very instant.
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NarP 2 17.40
प्रहृष्टवदनो भूत्वा संध्यावल्या निवेशनम् । संप्रविश्य गृहे राजा ददर्श शयनस्थिताम्
prahṛṣṭavadano bhūtvā saṃdhyāvalyā niveśanam / saṃpraviśya gṛhe rājā dadarśa śayanasthitām
With a delighted face the king entered Saṃdhyāvalī's dwelling, and inside the house he saw, lying on the bed,
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NarP 2 17.41
मोहिनीं मोहसंयुक्तां तप्तकाञ्चनसप्रभाम् । उपास्य मानां प्रियया संध्यावल्या शनैः शनैः
mohinīṃ mohasaṃyuktāṃ taptakāñcanasaprabhām / upāsya mānāṃ priyayā saṃdhyāvalyā śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
Mohinī, overcome with faintness, radiant like heated gold, attended little by little by her beloved (co-wife) Saṃdhyāvalī;
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NarP 2 17.42
पुत्रवाक्यात्परित्यज्य क्रोधं सापत्न्यजं तथा । दृष्ट्वा रुक्माङ्गदं प्राप्तं शयने मोह्य सुंदरी
putravākyātparityajya krodhaṃ sāpatnyajaṃ tathā / dṛṣṭvā rukmāṅgadaṃ prāptaṃ śayane mohya suṃdarī
and the beautiful woman, having on her son's word given up her anger born of co-wifely rivalry, seeing Rukmāṅgada arrived, feigning faintness on the bed,
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NarP 2 17.43
प्रहृष्टवदना प्राह राजानं भूरिदक्षिणम् । इहोपविश्यतां कान्त पर्यङ्के मृदुतूलके
prahṛṣṭavadanā prāha rājānaṃ bhūridakṣiṇam / ihopaviśyatāṃ kānta paryaṅke mṛdutūlake
with a delighted face spoke to the king of abundant gifts: "Sit down here, beloved, on the couch with its soft cushion."
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NarP 2 17.44
सर्वं निरीक्षितं भूप राज्यतन्त्रं त्वया चिरम् । अद्यापि नहि ते वाञ्छा राज्ये परिनिवर्तते
sarvaṃ nirīkṣitaṃ bhūpa rājyatantraṃ tvayā ciram / adyāpi nahi te vāñchā rājye parinivartate
"You have long overseen the whole machinery of the kingdom, O king; even today your longing does not turn away from the kingdom."
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NarP 2 17.45
मन्ये दुष्कृतिनं भूप त्वामत्र धरणीतले । यः समर्थं सुतं ज्ञात्वा स्वयं पश्येन्नृपश्रियम्
manye duṣkṛtinaṃ bhūpa tvāmatra dharaṇītale / yaḥ samarthaṃ sutaṃ jñātvā svayaṃ paśyennṛpaśriyam
"I hold you, O king, to be an evildoer here on the face of the earth—one who, knowing his son to be capable, himself keeps watching over royal splendour."
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NarP 2 17.46
तस्मात्त्वत्तो ऽधिको नास्ति दुःखी लोकेषु कश्चन । सुपुत्राणां पितॄणां हि सुखं याति क्षणं नृप
tasmāttvatto 'dhiko nāsti duḥkhī lokeṣu kaścana / suputrāṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ hi sukhaṃ yāti kṣaṇaṃ nṛpa
"Therefore there is no one in the worlds more miserable than you; for the happiness of fathers who have good sons passes in a moment, O king,"
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NarP 2 17.47
दुःखेन पापभोक्तॄणां विषयासक्तचेतसाम् । सर्वाश्च प्रकृती राजंस्तवेष्टाः पूर्णपुण्यजाः
duḥkhena pāpabhoktṝṇāṃ viṣayāsaktacetasām / sarvāśca prakṛtī rājaṃstaveṣṭāḥ pūrṇapuṇyajāḥ
"whereas with difficulty (it comes) to those who reap sin, whose minds are attached to sense-objects. And all your subjects, O king, are dear (to you) and born of full merit."
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NarP 2 17.48
धर्माङ्गदे पालयाने कथं त्वं वीक्षसे ऽधुना । परित्यज्य प्रियासौख्यं कीनाश इव दुर्बलः
dharmāṅgade pālayāne kathaṃ tvaṃ vīkṣase 'dhunā / parityajya priyāsaukhyaṃ kīnāśa iva durbalaḥ
While Dharmāṅgada is (there) to protect (the realm), how is it that you now look on (thus), having renounced the pleasure of your beloved, weak like a miser?
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NarP 2 17.49
यदि पालयसे राज्यं मया किं ते प्रयोजनम् । निष्प्रयोजनमानीता क्षीरसागरमस्तकात्
yadi pālayase rājyaṃ mayā kiṃ te prayojanam / niṣprayojanamānītā kṣīrasāgaramastakāt
If you are (only) going to rule the kingdom, what use am I to you? To no purpose was I brought from the surface of the ocean of milk.
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NarP 2 17.50
विड्भोज्या हि भविष्यामि पक्षिणामामिषं यथा । यो भार्यां यौवनोपेतां न सेवेदिह दुर्मतिः
viḍbhojyā hi bhaviṣyāmi pakṣiṇāmāmiṣaṃ yathā / yo bhāryāṃ yauvanopetāṃ na sevediha durmatiḥ
For I shall become food for filth, like flesh for birds — (such is the lot of her whose husband,) being ill-minded, does not enjoy here a wife endowed with youth.
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NarP 2 17.51
कृत्याचरणसक्तस्तु कुतस्तस्य भवेत्प्रिया । असेविता व्रजेद्भार्या अदत्तं हि धनं व्रजेत्
kṛtyācaraṇasaktastu kutastasya bhavetpriyā / asevitā vrajedbhāryā adattaṃ hi dhanaṃ vrajet
But one who is engrossed in the performance of duties — how should he have a beloved? An unattended wife will go away; wealth not given away goes away too.
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NarP 2 17.52
अरक्षितं व्रजेद्राज्यं अनभ्यस्तं श्रुतं व्रजेत् । नालसैः प्राप्यते विद्या न भार्या व्रतसंस्थितैः
arakṣitaṃ vrajedrājyaṃ anabhyastaṃ śrutaṃ vrajet / nālasaiḥ prāpyate vidyā na bhāryā vratasaṃsthitaiḥ
An unguarded kingdom is lost; learning unrehearsed is lost; knowledge is not gained by the lazy, nor a wife by those who keep to vows.
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NarP 2 17.53
नानुष्ठानं विना लक्ष्मीर्नाभक्तैः प्राप्यते यशः । नोद्यमी सुखमाप्नोति नाभार्यः संततिं लभेत्
nānuṣṭhānaṃ vinā lakṣmīrnābhaktaiḥ prāpyate yaśaḥ / nodyamī sukhamāpnoti nābhāryaḥ saṃtatiṃ labhet
There is no prosperity without exertion; fame is not won by the undevoted; the man without effort does not attain happiness; the wifeless man obtains no offspring.
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NarP 2 17.54
नाशुचिर्द्धर्ममाप्नोति न विप्रो ऽप्रियवाग्धनम् । अपृच्छन्नैव जानाति अगच्छन्न क्वचिद्व्रजेत्
nāśucirddharmamāpnoti na vipro 'priyavāgdhanam / apṛcchannaiva jānāti agacchanna kvacidvrajet
An impure man does not attain dharma; a brahmin of unkind speech gets no wealth; one who does not ask learns nothing; one who does not go arrives nowhere.
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NarP 2 17.57
अशिश्यो न क्रियां वेत्ति न भयं वेत्ति जागरी । कस्माद्भूपाल मां त्यक्त्वा धर्माङ्गदगृहे शुभे ॥ नर्प्_२,१७।५५ ॥ वीक्ष्यसे राज्यपदवीं समर्थे तनये विभो ॥ नर्प्_२,१७।५६ ॥ एवं ब्रुबाणां तनयां विधेस्तु रतिप्रियां चारुविशालनेत्राम् । व्रीडान्वितः पुत्रसमीपवर्ती प्रोवाच वाक्यं नृपतिः प्रियान्ताम्
aśiśyo na kriyāṃ vetti na bhayaṃ vetti jāgarī / kasmādbhūpāla māṃ tyaktvā dharmāṅgadagṛhe śubhe // narp_2,17.55 // vīkṣyase rājyapadavīṃ samarthe tanaye vibho // narp_2,17.56 // evaṃ brubāṇāṃ tanayāṃ vidhestu ratipriyāṃ cāruviśālanetrām / vrīḍānvitaḥ putrasamīpavartī provāca vākyaṃ nṛpatiḥ priyāntām
One who is untaught does not know how to act; one who stays awake knows no fear. Why, O king, having left me in the fair house of Dharmāṅgada, // 17.55 // do you look toward the office of kingship, O lord, when your son is capable of it? // 17.56 // To the daughter of Vidhi, who spoke thus, lovely as Rati, with beautiful wide eyes, the king, filled with shame, standing near his son, spoke words ending in 'beloved'.
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