Ganga Comes to Pratipa; the Birth of Shantanu

Verse 1 (1.103.1)

ततः प्रतीपो राजाऽऽसीत्सर्वभूतहितः सदा । निषसाद समा बह्वीर्गङ्गाद्वारगतो जपन् ॥

tataḥ pratīpo rājā''sītsarvabhūtahitaḥ sadā | niṣasāda samā bahvīrgaṅgādvāragato japan

Then there was King Pratipa, ever devoted to the good of all beings. For many years he sat at Gangadvara, murmuring his prayers.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; the input has no speaker).

Verse 2 (1.103.2)

तस्य रूपगुणोपेता गङ्गा स्त्रीरूपधारिणी । उत्तीर्य सलिलात्तस्माल्लोभनीयतमाकृतिः ॥

tasya rūpaguṇopetā gaṅgā strīrūpadhāriṇī | uttīrya salilāttasmāllobhanīyatamākṛtiḥ

Ganga, taking the form of a woman endowed with beauty and every grace, rose out of those waters before him, her figure most enticing.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; the input has no speaker).

Verse 3 (1.103.3)

अधीयानस्य राजर्षेर्दिव्यरूपा मनस्विनी । दक्षिणं शालसङ्काशमूरुं भेजे शुभानना ॥

adhīyānasya rājarṣerdivyarūpā manasvinī | dakṣiṇaṃ śālasaṅkāśamūruṃ bheje śubhānanā

That high-spirited woman of divine beauty and lovely face came and sat on the royal sage's right thigh, sturdy as a shala tree, while he was absorbed in his recitation.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; the input has no speaker).

Verse 4 (1.103.4)

प्रतीपस्तु महीपालस्तामुवाच यशस्विनीम् । वाक्यं वाक्यविदां श्रेष्ठो धर्मनिश्चयतत्त्ववित् । करोमि किं ते कल्याणि प्रियं यत्तेऽभिकाङ्क्षितम् ॥

pratīpastu mahīpālastāmuvāca yaśasvinīm | vākyaṃ vākyavidāṃ śreṣṭho dharmaniścayatattvavit | karomi kiṃ te kalyāṇi priyaṃ yatte'bhikāṅkṣitam

King Pratipa, best of those skilled in speech and one who knew the truth of dharma's judgements, said to that renowned woman: "What pleasing thing that you desire shall I do for you, gentle lady?"

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; the input has no speaker). Removed stray wiki marks (` '). The first and third lines = 1.92.4 of the critical edition; the second line (वाक्यं वाक्यविदां श्रेष्ठो…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 5 (1.103.5)

त्वामहं कामये राजन्भजमानां भजस्व माम् । त्यागः कामवतीनां हि स्त्रीणां सद्भिर्विगर्हितः ॥

tvāmahaṃ kāmaye rājanbhajamānāṃ bhajasva mām | tyāgaḥ kāmavatīnāṃ hi strīṇāṃ sadbhirvigarhitaḥ

I desire you, O king. I am offering myself to you; accept me. For the good condemn the rejection of women who come in desire.

Verse 6 (1.103.6)

नाहं परस्त्रियं कामाद्गच्छेयं वरवर्णिनि । न चासवर्णां कल्याणि धर्म्यमेतद्धि मे व्रतम् ॥

nāhaṃ parastriyaṃ kāmādgaccheyaṃ varavarṇini | na cāsavarṇāṃ kalyāṇi dharmyametaddhi me vratam

Fair one, I would not go to another man's wife out of desire, nor to a woman not of my own varna, gentle lady. This is my vow, and it accords with dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected गच्छेदं → गच्छेयं (misprint in Wikisource; the first-person optative is needed with नाहं, as in the critical edition's gaccheyaṃ).

Verse 7 (1.103.7)

यः स्वदारान्परित्यज्य पारक्यां सेवते स्त्रियम् । निरयान्नैव मुच्यते यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ॥

yaḥ svadārānparityajya pārakyāṃ sevate striyam | nirayānnaiva mucyate yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

He who leaves his own wife and consorts with another's woman is never released from hell until the dissolution of all beings.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` ' ।।). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 8 (1.103.8)

नाश्रेयस्यस्मि नागम्या न वक्तव्या च कर्हिचित् । भजन्तीं भज मां राजन्दिव्यां कन्यां वरस्त्रियम् ॥

nāśreyasyasmi nāgamyā na vaktavyā ca karhicit | bhajantīṃ bhaja māṃ rājandivyāṃ kanyāṃ varastriyam

I am not inauspicious, nor one who may not be approached, nor ever one to be spoken ill of. I am offering myself; accept me, O king, a divine maiden, a woman of the finest kind.

Verse 9 (1.103.9)

त्वया निवृत्तमेतत्तु यन्मां चोदयसि प्रियम् । अन्यथा प्रतिपन्नं मां नाशयेद्धर्मविप्लवः ॥

tvayā nivṛttametattu yanmāṃ codayasi priyam | anyathā pratipannaṃ māṃ nāśayeddharmaviplavaḥ

But the pleasure you urge on me you have yourself ruled out. Were I to consent otherwise, the breach of dharma would destroy me.

Verse 10 (1.103.10)

प्राप्य दक्षिणमूरुं मे त्वमाश्लिष्टा वराङ्गने । अपत्यानां स्नुषाणां च भीरु विद्ध्येतदासनम् ॥

prāpya dakṣiṇamūruṃ me tvamāśliṣṭā varāṅgane | apatyānāṃ snuṣāṇāṃ ca bhīru viddhyetadāsanam

You came and clasped my right thigh, lovely one. Know, timid one, that this is the seat of children and of daughters-in-law.

Verse 11 (1.103.11)

सव्योरुः कामिनीभोग्यस्त्वया स च विवर्जितः । तस्मादहं नाचरिष्ये त्वयि कामं वराङ्गने ॥

savyoruḥ kāminībhogyastvayā sa ca vivarjitaḥ | tasmādahaṃ nācariṣye tvayi kāmaṃ varāṅgane

The left thigh is for a beloved to enjoy, and that you have passed over. Therefore, lovely one, I will not act on desire towards you.

Verse 12 (1.103.12)

स्नुषा मे भव सुश्रोणि पुत्रार्थं त्वां वृणोम्यहम् । स्नुषापक्षं हि वामोरु त्वमागम्य समाश्रिता ॥

snuṣā me bhava suśroṇi putrārthaṃ tvāṃ vṛṇomyaham | snuṣāpakṣaṃ hi vāmoru tvamāgamya samāśritā

Be my daughter-in-law, shapely one; I choose you for my son. For you came, fair-thighed one, and took the place of a daughter-in-law.

Verse 13 (1.103.13)

एवमप्यस्तु धर्मज्ञ संयुज्येयं सुतेन ते । त्वद्भक्त्या तु भजिष्यामि प्रख्यातं भारतं कुलम् ॥

evamapyastu dharmajña saṃyujyeyaṃ sutena te | tvadbhaktyā tu bhajiṣyāmi prakhyātaṃ bhārataṃ kulam

Even so let it be, knower of dharma: let me be joined with your son. Out of devotion to you I will take to myself the renowned line of Bharata.

Verse 14 (1.103.14)

पृथिव्यां पार्थिवा ये च तेषां यूयं परायणम् । गुणा न हि मया शक्या वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि ॥

pṛthivyāṃ pārthivā ye ca teṣāṃ yūyaṃ parāyaṇam | guṇā na hi mayā śakyā vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi

You are the refuge of all the kings there are on earth. Your virtues I could not recount even in a hundred years.

Note on the text: Lines = 1.92.13ab–cd of the critical edition.

Verse 15 (1.103.15)

कुलस्य ये वः प्रथितास्तत्साधुत्वमथोत्तमम् । समयेनेह धर्मज्ञ आचरेयं च यद्विभो ॥

kulasya ye vaḥ prathitāstatsādhutvamathottamam | samayeneha dharmajña ācareyaṃ ca yadvibho

The goodness of those of your line who have become famous is unsurpassed. But by agreement here, knower of dharma, whatever I may do, my lord,

Note on the text: The first line = 1.92.13ef of the critical edition; the second corresponds to 1.92.14ab in a variant form (समयेनेह धर्मज्ञ for sa me nābhijanajñaḥ syād).

Verse 16 (1.103.16)

तत्सर्वमेव पुत्रस्ते न मीमांसेत कर्हिचित् । एवं वसन्ती पुत्रे ते वर्धयिष्याम्यहं रतिम् । पुत्रैः पुण्यैः प्रियैश्चैव स्वर्गं प्राप्स्यति ते सुतः ॥

tatsarvameva putraste na mīmāṃseta karhicit | evaṃ vasantī putre te vardhayiṣyāmyahaṃ ratim | putraiḥ puṇyaiḥ priyaiścaiva svargaṃ prāpsyati te sutaḥ

all of it your son must never question. Living thus with your son, I will increase his delight, and through sons pure and dear to him your son will reach heaven.

Note on the text: The third line (पुत्रैः पुण्यैः…) is the first line of Wikisource verse 17, moved here at the change of speaker (see the next verse). Lines = 1.92.14cd and 1.92.15ab–cd of the critical edition (रतिम् for priyam).

Verse 17 (1.103.17)

तथेत्युक्त्वा तु सा राजंस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । अदृश्या राजसिंहस्य पश्यतः साऽभवत्तदा ॥

tathetyuktvā tu sā rājaṃstatraivāntaradhīyata | adṛśyā rājasiṃhasya paśyataḥ sā'bhavattadā

Saying "So be it," O king, she vanished on that very spot; while the lion among kings looked on, she became invisible.

Note on the text: Wikisource verse 17 has three lines; its first line, the end of the woman's speech, is moved to the previous verse, and the remaining narration is given here with the speaker set to Vaishampayana (the input carried the woman over). Removed stray wiki marks (` ' ।।). The first line = 1.92.16ab of the critical edition; the second (अदृश्या राजसिंहस्य…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 18 (1.103.18)

पुत्रजन्म प्रतीक्षन्वै स राजा तदधारयत् । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु प्रतीपः क्षत्रियर्षभः ॥

putrajanma pratīkṣanvai sa rājā tadadhārayat | etasminneva kāle tu pratīpaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ

Awaiting the birth of a son, the king kept that promise in mind. At that very time Pratipa, bull among kshatriyas,

Note on the text: Lines = 1.92.16cd and 1.92.17ab of the critical edition.

Verse 19 (1.103.19)

तपस्तेपे सुतस्यार्थे सभार्यः कुरुनन्दन । प्रतीपस्य तु भार्यायां गर्भः श्रीमानवर्धत ॥

tapastepe sutasyārthe sabhāryaḥ kurunandana | pratīpasya tu bhāryāyāṃ garbhaḥ śrīmānavardhata

together with his wife performed austerities for the sake of a son, O joy of the Kurus. And in Pratipa's wife a glorious child grew in the womb,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (`). The first line = 1.92.17cd of the critical edition; the second (प्रतीपस्य तु भार्यायां…) begins a passage not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), which runs to the first line of verse 21.

Verse 20 (1.103.20)

श्रिया परमया युक्तः शरच्छुक्ले यथा शशी । ततस्तु दशमे मासि प्राजायत रविप्रभम् ॥

śriyā paramayā yuktaḥ śaracchukle yathā śaśī | tatastu daśame māsi prājāyata raviprabham

endowed with the highest splendour, like the moon in the bright fortnight of autumn. Then in the tenth month

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 21 (1.103.21)

कुमारं देवगर्भाभं प्रतीपमहिषी तदा । तयोः समभवत्पुत्रो वृद्धयोः स महाभिषक् ॥

kumāraṃ devagarbhābhaṃ pratīpamahiṣī tadā | tayoḥ samabhavatputro vṛddhayoḥ sa mahābhiṣak

Pratipa's queen bore a boy bright as the sun, like a child of the gods. So to that aged couple was born a son: he who had been Mahabhisha.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks ('). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.92.18ab. Wikisource reads महाभिषक् where the critical edition has mahābhiṣaḥ; kept as the base text's form of the name Mahabhisha.

Verse 22 (1.103.22)

शान्तस्य जज्ञे सन्तानस्तस्मादासीत्स शान्तनुः । तस्य जातस्य कृत्यानि प्रतीपोऽकारयत्प्रभुः ॥

śāntasya jajñe santānastasmādāsītsa śāntanuḥ | tasya jātasya kṛtyāni pratīpo'kārayatprabhuḥ

He was born as the offspring of one who had become calm (shanta), and so he was Shantanu. The lord Pratipa had the rites for his newborn son performed:

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (`). The first line = 1.92.18cd of the critical edition; the second (तस्य जातस्य कृत्यानि…) begins a passage not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), which runs to the first line of verse 26.

Verse 23 (1.103.23)

जातकर्मादि विप्रेण वेदोक्तैः कर्मभिस्तदा । नामकर्म च विप्रास्तु चक्रुः परमसत्कृतम् ॥

jātakarmādi vipreṇa vedoktaiḥ karmabhistadā | nāmakarma ca viprāstu cakruḥ paramasatkṛtam

the birth ceremony and the rest, by a brahmin, with the rites the Vedas prescribe; and the brahmins performed with great honour the naming ceremony

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 24 (1.103.24)

शान्तनोरवनीपाल वेदोक्तैः कर्मभिस्तदा । ततः संवर्धितो राजा शान्तनुर्लोकधार्मिकः ॥

śāntanoravanīpāla vedoktaiḥ karmabhistadā | tataḥ saṃvardhito rājā śāntanurlokadhārmikaḥ

of Shantanu, O protector of the earth, with the rites the Vedas prescribe. Then King Shantanu, righteous in the eyes of the world, was brought up,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 25 (1.103.25)

स तु लेभे परां निष्ठां प्राप्य धर्मभृतां वरः । धनुर्वेदे च वेदे च गतिं स परमां गतः ॥

sa tu lebhe parāṃ niṣṭhāṃ prāpya dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | dhanurvede ca vede ca gatiṃ sa paramāṃ gataḥ

and that best of the upholders of dharma attained the highest steadfastness; in the science of arms and in the Vedas he reached the highest mastery.

Note on the text: Corrected परमा गतः → परमां गतः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara; the adjective must agree with गतिं). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 26 (1.103.26)

यौवनं चापि संप्राप्तः कुमारो वदतां वरः । संस्मरंश्चाक्षयाँल्लोकान्विजितान्स्वेन कर्मणा ॥

yauvanaṃ cāpi saṃprāptaḥ kumāro vadatāṃ varaḥ | saṃsmaraṃścākṣayām̐llokānvijitānsvena karmaṇā

And the prince, best of speakers, reached his youth. Remembering the imperishable worlds he had won by his own deeds,

Note on the text: Corrected विजातान् → विजितान् (misprint in Wikisource; "won" is needed with लोकान्, as in the critical edition's vijitān). Removed stray wiki marks ('). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.92.19ab.

Verse 27 (1.103.27)

पुण्यकर्मकृदेवासीच्छान्तनुः कुरुसत्तमः । प्रतीपः शान्तनुं पुत्रं यौवनस्थं ततोऽन्वशात् ॥

puṇyakarmakṛdevāsīcchāntanuḥ kurusattamaḥ | pratīpaḥ śāntanuṃ putraṃ yauvanasthaṃ tato'nvaśāt

Shantanu, best of the Kurus, did only meritorious deeds. Then Pratipa instructed his son Shantanu, now in his youth:

Note on the text: Lines = 1.92.19cd and 1.92.20ab of the critical edition.

Verse 28 (1.103.28)

पुरा स्त्री मां समभ्यागाच्छान्तनो भूतये तव । त्वामाव्रजेद्यदि रहः सा पुत्र वरवर्णिनी ॥

purā strī māṃ samabhyāgācchāntano bhūtaye tava | tvāmāvrajedyadi rahaḥ sā putra varavarṇinī

"Long ago, Shantanu, a woman came to me for your good fortune. If that lovely woman should come to you in private, my son,

Note on the text: Lines = 1.92.20cd and 1.92.21ab of the critical edition.

Verse 29 (1.103.29)

कामयानाऽभिरूपाढ्या दिव्यस्त्री पुत्रकाम्यया । सा त्वया नानुयोक्तव्या कासि कस्यासि चाङ्गने ॥

kāmayānā'bhirūpāḍhyā divyastrī putrakāmyayā | sā tvayā nānuyoktavyā kāsi kasyāsi cāṅgane

a divine woman rich in beauty, desiring you and longing for a son, you must not question her: 'Who are you, lady, and whose are you?'

Note on the text: Lines = 1.92.21cd–ef of the critical edition.

Verse 30 (1.103.30)

यच्च कुर्यान्न तत्कर्म सा प्रष्टव्या त्वयाऽनघ । सन्नियोगाद्भजन्तीं तां भजेथा इत्युवाच तम् ॥

yacca kuryānna tatkarma sā praṣṭavyā tvayā'nagha | sanniyogādbhajantīṃ tāṃ bhajethā ityuvāca tam

And whatever deed she may do, sinless one, you must not ask her about it. By this injunction, accept her who offers herself to you." So he said to him.

Verse 31 (1.103.31)

एवं संदिश्य तनयं प्रतीपः शान्तनुं तदा । स्वे च राज्येऽभिषिच्यैनं वनं राजा विवेश ह ॥

evaṃ saṃdiśya tanayaṃ pratīpaḥ śāntanuṃ tadā | sve ca rājye'bhiṣicyainaṃ vanaṃ rājā viveśa ha

Having thus instructed his son Shantanu, King Pratipa consecrated him in his own kingdom and entered the forest.

Verse 32 (1.103.32)

स राजा शान्तनुर्धीमान्देवराजसमद्युतिः । बभूव सर्वलोकस्य सत्यवागिति संमतः ॥

sa rājā śāntanurdhīmāndevarājasamadyutiḥ | babhūva sarvalokasya satyavāgiti saṃmataḥ

That wise King Shantanu, equal in splendour to the king of the gods, was esteemed by the whole world as one whose word was true.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (`). The first line = 1.92.24ab of the critical edition in a variant form (देवराजसमद्युतिः for khyātaḥ pṛthvyāṃ dhanurdharaḥ). The second line (बभूव सर्वलोकस्य…) begins a passage, running to the end of verse 45, that is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives it only in an appendix).

Verse 33 (1.103.33)

पीनस्कन्धो महाबाहुर्मत्तवारणविक्रमः । अन्वितः परिपूर्णार्थैः सर्वैर्नृपतिलक्षणैः ॥

pīnaskandho mahābāhurmattavāraṇavikramaḥ | anvitaḥ paripūrṇārthaiḥ sarvairnṛpatilakṣaṇaiḥ

Broad-shouldered and mighty-armed, with the stride of a rutting elephant, he possessed every mark of a king, each in its fullness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 34 (1.103.34)

अमात्यलक्षणोपेतः क्षत्रधर्मविशेषवित् । वशे चक्रे महीमेको विजित्य वसुधाधिपान् ॥

amātyalakṣaṇopetaḥ kṣatradharmaviśeṣavit | vaśe cakre mahīmeko vijitya vasudhādhipān

Blessed with ministers of every good quality and versed in the finer points of kshatriya dharma, he alone brought the earth under his sway, conquering its kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 35 (1.103.35)

वेदानागमयत्कृत्स्नान्राजधर्मांश्च सर्वशः । ईजे च बहुभिः सत्रैः क्रतुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः ॥

vedānāgamayatkṛtsnānrājadharmāṃśca sarvaśaḥ | īje ca bahubhiḥ satraiḥ kratubhirbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ

He mastered the Vedas entire and the duties of kings in every respect, and he worshipped with many sattras and with sacrifices rich in gifts to the priests.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 36 (1.103.36)

तर्पयामास विप्रांश्च वेदाध्ययनकोविदान् । रत्नैरुच्चावचैर्गोभिर्ग्रामैरश्वैर्धनैरपि ॥

tarpayāmāsa viprāṃśca vedādhyayanakovidān | ratnairuccāvacairgobhirgrāmairaśvairdhanairapi

He satisfied the brahmins learned in Vedic study with jewels of every kind, with cattle, villages, horses and wealth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 37 (1.103.37)

वयोरूपेण संपन्नः पौरुषेण बलेन च । ऐश्वर्येण प्रतापेन विक्रमेण धनेन च ॥

vayorūpeṇa saṃpannaḥ pauruṣeṇa balena ca | aiśvaryeṇa pratāpena vikrameṇa dhanena ca

He was rich in youth and beauty, in manliness and strength, in sovereignty, majesty, valour and wealth;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 38 (1.103.38)

वर्तमानश्च सत्येन सर्वधर्मविशारदः । तं महीपं महीपाला राजराजमकुर्वत ॥

vartamānaśca satyena sarvadharmaviśāradaḥ | taṃ mahīpaṃ mahīpālā rājarājamakurvata

and since he lived by truth and was skilled in every dharma, the kings of the earth made that ruler their king of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 39 (1.103.39)

वीतशोकभयाबाधाः सुखस्वप्नप्रबोधनाः । श्रिया भरतशार्दूल समपद्यन्त भूमिपाः ॥

vītaśokabhayābādhāḥ sukhasvapnaprabodhanāḥ | śriyā bharataśārdūla samapadyanta bhūmipāḥ

Free from sorrow, fear and affliction, sleeping and waking in ease, the kings, O tiger among the Bharatas, prospered in fortune.

Note on the text: Corrected सुखस्वप्नप्रबोधाः → सुखस्वप्नप्रबोधनाः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the line a syllable short, as in the appendix reading sukhasvapnaprabodhanāḥ). Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix). The automatic alignment matched a similar verse, 1.94.7, which belongs to a later adhyaya.

Verse 40 (1.103.40)

नियमैः सर्ववर्णानां ब्रह्मोत्तरमवर्तत । ब्राह्मणाभिमुखं क्षत्रं क्षत्रियाभिमुखा विशः ॥

niyamaiḥ sarvavarṇānāṃ brahmottaramavartata | brāhmaṇābhimukhaṃ kṣatraṃ kṣatriyābhimukhā viśaḥ

Under the rules for every varna, all went on with the brahmins foremost: the kshatriyas looked to the brahmins, the vaishyas to the kshatriyas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 41 (1.103.41)

ब्रह्मक्षत्रानुकूलांश्च शूद्राः पर्यचरन्विशः । एवं पशुवराहाणां तथैव मृगपक्षिणाम् ॥

brahmakṣatrānukūlāṃśca śūdrāḥ paryacaranviśaḥ | evaṃ paśuvarāhāṇāṃ tathaiva mṛgapakṣiṇām

and the shudras served the vaishyas, who were well disposed to brahmins and kshatriyas. So too, of cattle and boars, of deer and birds,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 42 (1.103.42)

शान्तनावथ राज्यस्थे नावर्तत वृथा वधः । असुखानामनाथानां तिर्यग्योनिषु वर्तताम् ॥

śāntanāvatha rājyasthe nāvartata vṛthā vadhaḥ | asukhānāmanāthānāṃ tiryagyoniṣu vartatām

there was no needless killing while Shantanu sat on the throne. Of the wretched and the helpless, of those living in the wombs of beasts,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 43 (1.103.43)

स एव राजा सर्वेषां भूतानामभवत्पिता । स हस्तिनाम्नि धर्मात्मा विहरन्कुरुनन्दनः ॥

sa eva rājā sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāmabhavatpitā | sa hastināmni dharmātmā viharankurunandanaḥ

of all creatures, that king himself became the father. That righteous joy of the Kurus, living in Hastinapura,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 44 (1.103.44)

तेजसा सूर्यकल्पोऽभूद्वायुना च समो बले । अन्तकप्रतिमः कोपे क्षमया पृथिवीसमः ॥

tejasā sūryakalpo'bhūdvāyunā ca samo bale | antakapratimaḥ kope kṣamayā pṛthivīsamaḥ

was like the sun in brilliance and the equal of the wind in strength, like Death in anger and like the earth in forbearance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 45 (1.103.45)

बभूव राजा सुमतिः प्रजानां सत्यविक्रमः । स वनेषु च रम्येषु शैलप्रस्रवणेषु च ॥

babhūva rājā sumatiḥ prajānāṃ satyavikramaḥ | sa vaneṣu ca ramyeṣu śailaprasravaṇeṣu ca

Wise was the king, and true in valour for his people. In lovely forests and among mountain streams

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (' ।।). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in an appendix, after 1.92.24ab).

Verse 46 (1.103.46)

चचार मृगयाशीलः शान्तनुर्वनगोचरः । स मृगान्महिषांश्चैव विनिघ्नन्राजसत्तमः ॥

cacāra mṛgayāśīlaḥ śāntanurvanagocaraḥ | sa mṛgānmahiṣāṃścaiva vinighnanrājasattamaḥ

Shantanu, fond of the hunt, roamed the woods. Slaying deer and buffaloes, that best of kings

Note on the text: The first line = 1.92.24cd of the critical edition in a variant form (चचार … शान्तनुः for babhūva … satataṃ); the second = 1.92.25ab.

Verse 47 (1.103.47)

गङ्गामनु चचारैकः सिद्धचारणसेविताम् । स कदाचिन्महाराज ददर्श परमां स्त्रियम् ॥

gaṅgāmanu cacāraikaḥ siddhacāraṇasevitām | sa kadācinmahārāja dadarśa paramāṃ striyam

wandered alone along the Ganga, which Siddhas and Charanas frequent. Once, great king, he saw a woman of surpassing beauty,

Note on the text: Lines = 1.92.25cd and 1.92.26ab of the critical edition.

Verse 48 (1.103.48)

जाज्वल्यमानां वपुषा साक्षाच्छ्रियमिवापराम् । सर्वानवद्यां सुदतीं दिव्याभरणभूषिताम् ॥

jājvalyamānāṃ vapuṣā sākṣācchriyamivāparām | sarvānavadyāṃ sudatīṃ divyābharaṇabhūṣitām

radiant in her person like a second Shri herself, flawless in every limb, with lovely teeth, adorned with divine ornaments,

Note on the text: Lines = 1.92.26cd and 1.92.27ab of the critical edition (साक्षाच्छ्रियमिवापराम् for sākṣāt padmām iva śriyam).

Verse 49 (1.103.49)

सूक्ष्माम्बरधरामेकां पद्मोदरसमप्रभाम् । स्नातगात्रां धौतवस्त्रां गङ्गातीररुहे वने ॥

sūkṣmāmbaradharāmekāṃ padmodarasamaprabhām | snātagātrāṃ dhautavastrāṃ gaṅgātīraruhe vane

clad in fine garments, alone, glowing like the inside of a lotus. Her body freshly bathed, her clothes washed clean, in a grove on the bank of the Ganga,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (`). The first line = 1.92.27cd of the critical edition; the second (स्नातगात्रां…) begins a passage not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), which runs to the end of verse 53.

Verse 50 (1.103.50)

प्रकीर्णकेशीं पाणिभ्यां संस्पृशन्तीं शिरोरुहान् । रूपेण वयसा कान्त्या शरीरावयवैस्तथा ॥

prakīrṇakeśīṃ pāṇibhyāṃ saṃspṛśantīṃ śiroruhān | rūpeṇa vayasā kāntyā śarīrāvayavaistathā

her hair loose, touching her tresses with her hands; by her beauty, youth and loveliness, by the limbs of her body,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 51 (1.103.51)

हावभावविलासैश्च लोचनाञ्चलविक्रियैः । श्रोणीभारेण मध्येन स्तनाभ्यामुरसा दृशा ॥

hāvabhāvavilāsaiśca locanāñcalavikriyaiḥ | śroṇībhāreṇa madhyena stanābhyāmurasā dṛśā

by her gestures, moods and graces, by the play of the corners of her eyes, by the weight of her hips, her waist, her breasts, her bosom and her glance,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 52 (1.103.52)

कवरीभरेण पादाभ्यामिङ्गितेन स्मितेन च । कोकिलालापसंलापैर्न्यक्कुर्वन्तीं त्रिलोकगाम् ॥

kavarībhareṇa pādābhyāmiṅgitena smitena ca | kokilālāpasaṃlāpairnyakkurvantīṃ trilokagām

by the mass of her braided hair, her feet, her gestures and her smile, and by talk sweet as the cuckoo's call, she put to shame, as they move through the three worlds,

Note on the text: Corrected संल्लापै → संलापै (misprint in Wikisource; an anusvara written before a doubled ल, which yields no valid form of संलाप). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 53 (1.103.53)

वाणीं च गिरिजां लक्ष्मीं योषितोऽन्याः सुराङ्गनाः । सा च शान्तनुमभ्यागादलक्ष्मीमपकर्षती ॥

vāṇīṃ ca girijāṃ lakṣmīṃ yoṣito'nyāḥ surāṅganāḥ | sā ca śāntanumabhyāgādalakṣmīmapakarṣatī

Vani, Girija and Lakshmi, other women and the goddesses of heaven. And she came towards Shantanu, driving away all ill fortune.

Note on the text: Corrected योषितोन्याः → योषितोऽन्याः (misprint in Wikisource; a missing avagraha (योषितः अन्याः, "other women")). Corrected मब्यागाद → मभ्यागाद (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ in अभ्यागात्). Removed stray wiki marks (' ।।). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 54 (1.103.54)

तां दृष्ट्वा हृष्टरोमाऽभूद्विस्मितो रूपसंपदा । पिबन्निव च नेत्राभ्यां नातृप्यत नराधिपः ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭaromā'bhūdvismito rūpasaṃpadā | pibanniva ca netrābhyāṃ nātṛpyata narādhipaḥ

Seeing her, the king's hair stood on end. Amazed at her wealth of beauty, he drank her in with his eyes, as it were, and could not have enough.

Verse 55 (1.103.55)

सा च दृष्ट्वैव राजानं विचरन्तं महाद्युतिम् । स्नेहादागतसौहार्दा नातृप्यत विलासिनी ॥

sā ca dṛṣṭvaiva rājānaṃ vicarantaṃ mahādyutim | snehādāgatasauhārdā nātṛpyata vilāsinī

And she too, as soon as she saw the glorious king roaming there, felt affection rise in her out of love, and the playful lady could not have enough of him.

Verse 56 (1.103.56)

गङ्गा कामेन राजानं प्रेक्षमाणा विलासिनी । चञ्चूर्यताग्रतस्तस्य किन्नरीवाप्सरोपमा ॥

gaṅgā kāmena rājānaṃ prekṣamāṇā vilāsinī | cañcūryatāgratastasya kinnarīvāpsaropamā

Gazing at the king with desire, playful Ganga moved to and fro before him like a kinnari, the equal of an apsaras.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 57 (1.103.57)

दृष्ट्वा प्रहृष्टरूपोऽभूद्दर्शनादेव शान्तनुः । रूपेणातीत्य तिष्ठन्तीं सर्वा राजन्ययोषितः ॥

dṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭarūpo'bhūddarśanādeva śāntanuḥ | rūpeṇātītya tiṣṭhantīṃ sarvā rājanyayoṣitaḥ

At the very sight of her, standing there surpassing in beauty all the women of royal houses, Shantanu was filled with joy.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (' ।।). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 58 (1.103.58)

तामुवाच ततो राजा सान्त्वयञ्श्लक्ष्णया गिरा । देवी वा दानवी वा त्वं गन्धर्वी चाथवाऽप्सराः ॥

tāmuvāca tato rājā sāntvayañślakṣṇayā girā | devī vā dānavī vā tvaṃ gandharvī cāthavā'psarāḥ

Then the king spoke to her, soothing her with gentle words: "Are you a goddess or a Danava woman, a Gandharva woman or an apsaras,

Verse 59 (1.103.59)

यक्षी वा पन्नगी वाऽपि मानुषी वा सुमध्यमे । याऽसि काऽसि सुरप्रख्ये महिषी मे भवानघे ॥

yakṣī vā pannagī vā'pi mānuṣī vā sumadhyame | yā'si kā'si suraprakhye mahiṣī me bhavānaghe

a Yaksha woman, a Naga woman, or a human, slender-waisted one? Whoever you are, whatever you are, you who look like a goddess, be my queen, sinless one,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (`). The first line = 1.92.31ab of the critical edition; the second (याऽसि काऽसि सुरप्रख्ये…) begins a passage not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), which runs to the first line of verse 60.

Verse 60 (1.103.60)

त्वां गता हि मम प्राणा वसु यन्मेऽस्ति किंचन । याचे त्वां सुरगर्भाभे भार्या मे भव शोभने ॥

tvāṃ gatā hi mama prāṇā vasu yanme'sti kiṃcana | yāce tvāṃ suragarbhābhe bhāryā me bhava śobhane

for my very life has passed to you, and whatever wealth I have. I beg you, lovely one, radiant as a child of the gods: be my wife."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रामा → प्राणा (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण in प्राणाः, "life-breaths"). Removed stray wiki marks ('). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.92.31cd.