Vasishtha Curses the Vasus

Verse 1 (1.106.1)

आपवो नाम कोन्वेष वसूनां किं च दुष्कृतम् । शशाप यस्मात्कल्याणि स वसूंश्चारुदर्शने । यस्याभिशापात्ते सर्वे मानुषीं योनिमागताः ॥

āpavo nāma konveṣa vasūnāṃ kiṃ ca duṣkṛtam | śaśāpa yasmātkalyāṇi sa vasūṃścārudarśane | yasyābhiśāpātte sarve mānuṣīṃ yonimāgatāḥ

Shantanu said: "Who is this one called Apava, and what wrong had the Vasus done, that he cursed them, O lovely one, fair to look upon? By whose curse did all of them come into a human womb?"

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick, a quote mark and a doubled danda). Middle line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.93.1*952).

Verse 2 (1.106.2)

अनेन च कुमारेण त्वया दत्तेन किं कृतम् । यस्य चैव कृतेनायं मानुषेषु निवत्स्यति ॥

anena ca kumāreṇa tvayā dattena kiṃ kṛtam | yasya caiva kṛtenāyaṃ mānuṣeṣu nivatsyati

"And what has this boy, whom you have given me, done, that because of his deed he is to dwell among men?"

Verse 3 (1.106.3)

ईशा वै सर्वलोकस्य वसवस्ते च वै कथम् । मानुषेषूदपद्यन्त तन्ममाचक्ष्व जाह्नवि ॥

īśā vai sarvalokasya vasavaste ca vai katham | mānuṣeṣūdapadyanta tanmamācakṣva jāhnavi

"The Vasus are lords of the whole world; how then were they born among men? Tell me this, daughter of Jahnu."

Verse 4 (1.106.4)

एवमुक्ता तदा गङ्गा राजानमिदमब्रवीत् । भर्तारं जाह्नवी देवी शान्तनुं पुरुषर्षभ ॥

evamuktā tadā gaṅgā rājānamidamabravīt | bhartāraṃ jāhnavī devī śāntanuṃ puruṣarṣabha

Vaishampayana said: Thus addressed, Ganga, the goddess Jahnavi, then spoke these words to the king, her husband Shantanu, the bull among men.

Verse 5 (1.106.5)

यं लेभे वरुणः पुत्रं पुरा भरतसत्तम । वसिष्ठनामा स मुनिः ख्यात आपव इत्युत ॥

yaṃ lebhe varuṇaḥ putraṃ purā bharatasattama | vasiṣṭhanāmā sa muniḥ khyāta āpava ityuta

Ganga said: "O best of the Bharatas, the son whom Varuna obtained long ago was the sage named Vasishtha, who is also known as Apava.

Verse 6 (1.106.6)

तस्याश्रमपदं पुण्यं मृगपक्षिसमन्वितम् । मेरोः पार्श्वे नगेन्द्रस्य सर्वर्तुकुसुमावृतम् ॥

tasyāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ mṛgapakṣisamanvitam | meroḥ pārśve nagendrasya sarvartukusumāvṛtam

His holy hermitage, full of deer and birds, lay on the flank of Meru, king of mountains, covered with the flowers of every season.

Verse 7 (1.106.7)

स वारुणिस्तपस्तेपे तस्मिन्भरतसत्तम । वने पुण्यकृतां श्रेष्ठः स्वादुमूलफलोदके ॥

sa vāruṇistapastepe tasminbharatasattama | vane puṇyakṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ svādumūlaphalodake

There, O best of the Bharatas, that son of Varuna, foremost among those of holy deeds, practised austerities in a forest rich in sweet roots, fruits and water.

Verse 8 (1.106.8)

दक्षस्य दुहिता या तु सुरभीत्यभिशब्दिता । गां प्रजाता तु सा देवी कश्यपाद्भरतर्षभ ॥

dakṣasya duhitā yā tu surabhītyabhiśabditā | gāṃ prajātā tu sā devī kaśyapādbharatarṣabha

Daksha's daughter, the goddess called Surabhi, bore a cow to Kashyapa, O bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 9 (1.106.9)

अनुग्रहार्थं जगतः सर्वकामदुहां वराम् । तां लेभे गां तु धर्मात्मा होमधेनुं स वारुणिः ॥

anugrahārthaṃ jagataḥ sarvakāmaduhāṃ varām | tāṃ lebhe gāṃ tu dharmātmā homadhenuṃ sa vāruṇiḥ

That cow, the best of all cows that yield every desire, born for the good of the world, the righteous son of Varuna obtained as the cow for his oblations.

Verse 10 (1.106.10)

सा तस्मिंस्तापसारण्ये वसन्ती मुनिसेविते । चचार पुण्ये रम्ये च गौरपेतभया तदा ॥

sā tasmiṃstāpasāraṇye vasantī munisevite | cacāra puṇye ramye ca gaurapetabhayā tadā

Living in that ascetics' forest, frequented by sages, the cow roamed the holy and lovely woods without fear.

Verse 11 (1.106.11)

अथ तद्वनमाजग्मुः कदाचिद्भरतर्षभ । पृथ्वाद्या वसवः सर्वे देवा देवर्षिसेवितम् ॥

atha tadvanamājagmuḥ kadācidbharatarṣabha | pṛthvādyā vasavaḥ sarve devā devarṣisevitam

Then one day, O bull of the Bharatas, all the Vasus, the gods led by Prithu, came to that forest, which the divine seers frequented.

Verse 12 (1.106.12)

ते सदारा वनं तच्च व्यचरन्त समन्ततः । रेमिरे रमणीयेषु पर्वतेषु वनेषु च ॥

te sadārā vanaṃ tacca vyacaranta samantataḥ | remire ramaṇīyeṣu parvateṣu vaneṣu ca

With their wives they wandered all over that forest and took their pleasure among its lovely hills and groves.

Verse 13 (1.106.13)

तत्रैकस्याथ भार्या तु वसोर्वासवविक्रम । संचरन्ती वने तस्मिन्गां ददर्श सुमध्यमा ॥

tatraikasyātha bhāryā tu vasorvāsavavikrama | saṃcarantī vane tasmingāṃ dadarśa sumadhyamā

There, O you whose valour is like Vasava's, the slender-waisted wife of one of the Vasus, wandering in that forest, saw the cow,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.13ac of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 14 (1.106.14)

नन्दिनीं नाम राजेन्द्र सर्वकामधुगुत्तमाम् । सा विस्मयसमाविष्टा शीलद्रविणसंपदा ॥

nandinīṃ nāma rājendra sarvakāmadhuguttamām | sā vismayasamāviṣṭā śīladraviṇasaṃpadā

named Nandini, O king of kings, the finest of all cows that yield every desire. Struck with wonder at the cow's wealth of good nature,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.13e and 1.93.14a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 15 (1.106.15)

द्यवे वै दर्शयामास तां गां गोवृषभेक्षण । आपीनां च सुदोग्ध्रीं च सुवालधिखुरां शुभां ॥

dyave vai darśayāmāsa tāṃ gāṃ govṛṣabhekṣaṇa | āpīnāṃ ca sudogdhrīṃ ca suvāladhikhurāṃ śubhāṃ

she showed that cow to Dyu, O you with eyes like a bull's: a lovely cow with full udders, giving milk in plenty, with fine tail and hooves,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.14c and 1.93.15a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 16 (1.106.16)

उपपन्नां गुणैः सर्वैः शीलेनानुत्तमेन च । एवंगुणसमायुक्तां वसवे वसुनन्दिनी ॥

upapannāṃ guṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ śīlenānuttamena ca | evaṃguṇasamāyuktāṃ vasave vasunandinī

endowed with every good quality and with an unsurpassed gentle nature. A cow so richly endowed the Vasu's delighting wife

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.15c and 1.93.16a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 17 (1.106.17)

दर्शयामास राजेन्द्र पुरा पौरवनन्दन । द्यौस्तदा तां तु दृष्ट्वैव गां गजेन्द्रेन्द्रविक्रम ॥

darśayāmāsa rājendra purā pauravanandana | dyaustadā tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvaiva gāṃ gajendrendravikrama

showed to her Vasu husband long ago, O king of kings, O delight of the Pauravas. Then Dyu, as soon as he saw the cow, O you whose valour is that of the lord of the lords of elephants,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.16c and 1.93.17a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 18 (1.106.18)

उवाच राजंस्तां देवीं तस्या रूपगुणान्वदन् । एषा गौरुत्तमा देवी वारुणेरसितेक्षणा ॥

uvāca rājaṃstāṃ devīṃ tasyā rūpaguṇānvadan | eṣā gauruttamā devī vāruṇerasitekṣaṇā

spoke to the goddess, O king, telling of the cow's beauty and qualities: "This is the finest of cows, divine and dark-eyed, and she belongs to Varuna's son,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.17c and 1.93.18a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 19 (1.106.19)

ऋषेस्तस्य वरारोहे यस्येदं वनमुत्तमम् । अस्याः क्षीरं पिबेन्मर्त्यः स्वादु यो वै सुमध्यमे ॥

ṛṣestasya varārohe yasyedaṃ vanamuttamam | asyāḥ kṣīraṃ pibenmartyaḥ svādu yo vai sumadhyame

that seer whose forest this fine forest is, O fair-hipped one. Any mortal who drinks her sweet milk, O slender-waisted one,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.18c and 1.93.19a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 20 (1.106.20)

दशवर्षसहस्राणि स जीवेत्स्थिरयौवनः । एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु सा देवी नृपोत्तम सुमध्यमा ॥

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi sa jīvetsthirayauvanaḥ | etacchrutvā tu sā devī nṛpottama sumadhyamā

will live for ten thousand years, his youth unfading." Hearing this, O best of kings, the slender-waisted goddess

Note on the text: Merged two one-line entries that the input gives separately under Wikisource verse 20 (the second under a heading assigning it to Vaishampayana); Ganga's account runs on without a break, as in the critical edition. Lines correspond to 1.93.19c and 1.93.20a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 21 (1.106.21)

तमुवाचानवद्याङ्गी भर्तारं दीप्ततेजसम् । अस्ति मे मानुषे लोके नरदेवात्मजा सखी ॥

tamuvācānavadyāṅgī bhartāraṃ dīptatejasam | asti me mānuṣe loke naradevātmajā sakhī

of flawless limbs said to her husband of blazing splendour: "I have a friend in the world of men, a king's daughter,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.20c and 1.93.21a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 22 (1.106.22)

नाम्नाजितवती नाम रूपयौवनशालिनी । उशीनरस्य राजर्षेः सत्यसन्धस्य धीमतः ॥

nāmnājitavatī nāma rūpayauvanaśālinī | uśīnarasya rājarṣeḥ satyasandhasya dhīmataḥ

named Jitavati, rich in beauty and youth. She is the daughter of Ushinara, the wise royal sage who is true to his word,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.21c and 1.93.22a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 23 (1.106.23)

दुहिता प्रथिता लोके मानुषे रूपसंपदा । तस्या हेतोर्महाभाग सवत्सां गां ममेप्सिताम् ॥

duhitā prathitā loke mānuṣe rūpasaṃpadā | tasyā hetormahābhāga savatsāṃ gāṃ mamepsitām

a daughter famed in the human world for her wealth of beauty. For her sake, O fortunate one, the cow with its calf that I long for,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.22c and 1.93.23a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 24 (1.106.24)

आनयस्वामरश्रेष्ठ त्वरितं पुण्यवर्धन । यावदस्याः पयः पीत्वा सा सखी मम मानद ॥

ānayasvāmaraśreṣṭha tvaritaṃ puṇyavardhana | yāvadasyāḥ payaḥ pītvā sā sakhī mama mānada

bring it quickly, O best of the immortals, increaser of merit, so that, drinking its milk, that friend of mine, O giver of honour,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.23c and 1.93.24a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 25 (1.106.25)

मानुषेषु भवत्वेका जरारोगविवर्जिता । एतन्मम महाभाग कर्तुमर्हस्यनिन्दित ॥

mānuṣeṣu bhavatvekā jarārogavivarjitā | etanmama mahābhāga kartumarhasyanindita

may be the one person among humans free from old age and sickness. You should do this for me, O fortunate and blameless one;

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.24c and 1.93.25a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 26 (1.106.26)

प्रियात्प्रियतरं ह्यस्मान्नास्ति मेऽन्यत्कथंचन । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्या देव्याः प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥

priyātpriyataraṃ hyasmānnāsti me'nyatkathaṃcana | etacchrutvā vacastasyā devyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā

nothing else whatever is dearer to me than this." Hearing these words of the goddess, and wishing to please her,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.25c and 1.93.26a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 27 (1.106.27)

पृथ्वाद्यैर्भ्रातृभिः सार्धं द्यौस्तदा तां जहार गाम् । तया कमलपत्राक्ष्या नियुक्तो द्यौस्तदा नृप ॥

pṛthvādyairbhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ dyaustadā tāṃ jahāra gām | tayā kamalapatrākṣyā niyukto dyaustadā nṛpa

Dyu then carried off the cow, together with his brothers Prithu and the rest. Urged on by that lotus-eyed one, O king, Dyu

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.26c and 1.93.27a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 28 (1.106.28)

ऋषेस्तस्य तपस्तीव्रं न शशाक निरीक्षितुम् । हृता गौः सा तदा तेन प्रपातस्तु न तर्कितः ॥

ṛṣestasya tapastīvraṃ na śaśāka nirīkṣitum | hṛtā gauḥ sā tadā tena prapātastu na tarkitaḥ

could not see the fierce austerity of that seer. So the cow was stolen by him then, and he gave no thought to his fall.

Note on the text: Corrected तपस्वीव्रं → तपस्तीव्रं (misprint in Wikisource; व for त, as in the critical edition's tapas tīvraṃ). Lines correspond to 1.93.27ce of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 29 (1.106.29)

अथाश्रमपदं प्राप्तः फलान्यादाय वारुणिः । न चापश्यत्स गां तत्र सवत्सां काननोत्तमे ॥

athāśramapadaṃ prāptaḥ phalānyādāya vāruṇiḥ | na cāpaśyatsa gāṃ tatra savatsāṃ kānanottame

Then Varuna's son came back to his hermitage bringing fruits, and in that fine forest he did not see the cow with her calf.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 30 (1.106.30)

ततः स मृगयामास वने तस्मिंस्तपोधनः । नाध्यागमच्च मृगयंस्तां गां मुनिरुदारधीः ॥

tataḥ sa mṛgayāmāsa vane tasmiṃstapodhanaḥ | nādhyāgamacca mṛgayaṃstāṃ gāṃ munirudāradhīḥ

Then the ascetic searched for her in that forest, but for all his searching the noble-minded sage did not find the cow.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 31 (1.106.31)

ज्ञात्वा तथाऽपनीतां तां वसुभिर्दिव्यदर्शनः । ययौ क्रोधवशं सद्यः शशाप च वसूंस्तदा ॥

jñātvā tathā'panītāṃ tāṃ vasubhirdivyadarśanaḥ | yayau krodhavaśaṃ sadyaḥ śaśāpa ca vasūṃstadā

Seeing with his divine sight that the Vasus had taken her away, he fell at once under the sway of anger and cursed the Vasus then:

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 32 (1.106.32)

यस्मान्मे वसवो जह्रुर्गां वै दोग्ध्रीं सुवालधिम् । तस्मात्सर्वे जनिष्यन्ति मानुषेषु न संशयः ॥

yasmānme vasavo jahrurgāṃ vai dogdhrīṃ suvāladhim | tasmātsarve janiṣyanti mānuṣeṣu na saṃśayaḥ

"Since the Vasus have carried off my cow, my fine-tailed milch cow, all of them shall be born among men; of this there is no doubt."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 33 (1.106.33)

एवं शशाप भगवान्वसूंस्तान्भरतर्षभ । वशं क्रोधस्य संप्राप्त आपवो मुनिसत्तमः ॥

evaṃ śaśāpa bhagavānvasūṃstānbharatarṣabha | vaśaṃ krodhasya saṃprāpta āpavo munisattamaḥ

Thus, O bull of the Bharatas, did the blessed Apava, best of sages, curse those Vasus, having fallen under the power of anger.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 1.93.32 of the critical edition (the epithets and the vocative fall in different places). Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 34 (1.106.34)

शप्त्वा च तान्महाभागस्तपस्येव मनो दधे । एवं स शप्तवान्राजन्वसूनष्टौ तपोधनः ॥

śaptvā ca tānmahābhāgastapasyeva mano dadhe | evaṃ sa śaptavānrājanvasūnaṣṭau tapodhanaḥ

Having cursed them, the illustrious sage set his mind once more on austerity alone. Thus, O king, did the ascetic curse the eight Vasus;

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.33ac of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 35 (1.106.35)

महाप्रभावो ब्रह्मर्षिर्देवान्क्रोधसमन्वितः । एवं शप्तास्ततस्तेन मुनिना यामुनेन वै ॥

mahāprabhāvo brahmarṣirdevānkrodhasamanvitaḥ | evaṃ śaptāstatastena muninā yāmunena vai

the mighty brahmin seer, filled with anger, cursed the gods. Cursed thus by that sage of the Yamuna,

Note on the text: First line corresponds to 1.93.33e of the critical edition; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.93.33*955, which also reads यामुनेन, rendered literally as "of the Yamuna"). Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 36 (1.106.36)

अष्टौ समस्ता वसवो दिवो दोषेण सत्तम । अथाश्रमपदं प्राप्तास्ते वै भूयो महात्मनः ॥

aṣṭau samastā vasavo divo doṣeṇa sattama | athāśramapadaṃ prāptāste vai bhūyo mahātmanaḥ

all eight Vasus together were cursed, O best of men, through Dyu's fault. Then they came once more to the hermitage of that great-souled one

Note on the text: Corrected वंसवो → वसवो (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara, vasavo as in the CE apparatus). Removed stray wiki marks (a quote mark and a doubled danda). First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.93.33*955); the second corresponds to 1.93.34a. Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 37 (1.106.37)

शप्ताः स्म इति जानन्त ऋषिं तमुपचक्रमुः । प्रसादयन्तस्तमृषिं वसवः पार्थिवर्षभ ॥

śaptāḥ sma iti jānanta ṛṣiṃ tamupacakramuḥ | prasādayantastamṛṣiṃ vasavaḥ pārthivarṣabha

and, knowing that they had been cursed, they approached the seer. The Vasus tried to win that seer's favour, O bull among kings,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.34c and 1.93.35a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 38 (1.106.38)

लेभिरे न च तस्मात्ते प्रसादमृषिसत्तमात् । आपवात्पुरुषव्याघ्र सर्वधर्मविशारदात् ॥

lebhire na ca tasmātte prasādamṛṣisattamāt | āpavātpuruṣavyāghra sarvadharmaviśāradāt

but they did not win favour from that best of seers, O tiger among men, from Apava, who was learned in every law.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.35ce of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 39 (1.106.39)

उवाच च स धर्मात्मा शप्ता यूयं धरादयः । अनुसंवत्सरात्सर्वे शापमोक्षमवाप्स्यथ ॥

uvāca ca sa dharmātmā śaptā yūyaṃ dharādayaḥ | anusaṃvatsarātsarve śāpamokṣamavāpsyatha

Yet the righteous sage said: "You who are cursed, Dhara and the rest, will all win release from the curse within a year.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 40 (1.106.40)

अयं तु यत्कृते यूयं मया शप्ताः स वत्स्यति । द्यौस्तदा मानुषे लोके दीर्घकालं स्वकर्मणः ॥

ayaṃ tu yatkṛte yūyaṃ mayā śaptāḥ sa vatsyati | dyaustadā mānuṣe loke dīrghakālaṃ svakarmaṇaḥ

But he for whose sake you were cursed by me, Dyu, shall live a long time in the world of men because of his own deed.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 41 (1.106.41)

नानृतं तच्चिकीर्षामि क्रुद्धो युष्मान्यदब्रुवम् । न प्रजास्यति चाप्येष मानुषेषु महामनाः ॥

nānṛtaṃ taccikīrṣāmi kruddho yuṣmānyadabruvam | na prajāsyati cāpyeṣa mānuṣeṣu mahāmanāḥ

I will not make false what I said to you in anger. This great-minded one shall have no offspring among men.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 42 (1.106.42)

भविष्यति च धर्मात्मा सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः । पितुः प्रियहिते युक्तः स्त्रीभोगान्वर्जयिष्यति ॥

bhaviṣyati ca dharmātmā sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ | pituḥ priyahite yuktaḥ strībhogānvarjayiṣyati

He will be righteous and learned in all the scriptures; devoted to his father's pleasure and welfare, he will give up the enjoyment of women."

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.39ac of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 43 (1.106.43)

एवमुक्त्वा वसून्सर्वान्स जगाम महानृषिः । ततो मामुपजग्मुस्ते समेता वसवस्तदा ॥

evamuktvā vasūnsarvānsa jagāma mahānṛṣiḥ | tato māmupajagmuste sametā vasavastadā

Having said this to all the Vasus, the great seer went away. Then the Vasus came to me together

Note on the text: Separated सजगाम → स जगाम (misprint in Wikisource; a missing space ran two words together). Lines correspond to 1.93.39e and 1.93.40a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 44 (1.106.44)

अयाचन्त च मां राजन्वरं तच्च मया कृतम् । जाताञ्जातान्प्रक्षिपास्मान्स्वयं गङ्गे त्वमम्भसि ॥

ayācanta ca māṃ rājanvaraṃ tacca mayā kṛtam | jātāñjātānprakṣipāsmānsvayaṃ gaṅge tvamambhasi

and begged a boon of me, O king, and I granted it: "As each of us is born, Ganga, throw us into the water yourself."

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.93.40ce of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.) Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 45 (1.106.45)

एवं तेषामहं सम्यक् शप्तानां राजसत्तम । मोक्षार्थं मानुषाल्लोकाद्यथावत्कृतवत्यहम् ॥

evaṃ teṣāmahaṃ samyak śaptānāṃ rājasattama | mokṣārthaṃ mānuṣāllokādyathāvatkṛtavatyaham

So, O best of kings, I did fittingly what was needed to free those cursed ones from the human world.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 46 (1.106.46)

अयं शापादृषेस्तस्य एक एव नृपोत्तम । द्यौ राजन्मानुषे लोके चिरं वत्स्यति भारत ॥

ayaṃ śāpādṛṣestasya eka eva nṛpottama | dyau rājanmānuṣe loke ciraṃ vatsyati bhārata

Only this one, Dyu, because of that seer's curse, O best of kings, will live long in the world of men, O king, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 47 (1.106.47)

अयं कुमारः पुत्रस्ते विवृद्धः पुनरेष्यति । अहं च ते भविष्यामि आह्वानोपगता नृप ॥

ayaṃ kumāraḥ putraste vivṛddhaḥ punareṣyati | ahaṃ ca te bhaviṣyāmi āhvānopagatā nṛpa

This boy, your son, will come back to you when he is grown; and I shall come to you whenever you call me, O king."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.93.42*958). Speaker set to Ganga: her account to Shantanu continues (the input carries Vaishampayana over from a heading inserted at Wikisource verse 20; Ganga speaks of herself in the first person in verses 43–47).

Verse 48 (1.106.48)

एतदाख्याय सा देवी तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । आदाय च कुमारं तं जगामाथ यथेप्सितम् ॥

etadākhyāya sā devī tatraivāntaradhīyata | ādāya ca kumāraṃ taṃ jagāmātha yathepsitam

Vaishampayana said: Having told this, the goddess vanished on the spot, and taking the boy with her she went where she wished.

Verse 49 (1.106.49)

स तु देवव्रतो नाम गाङ्गेय इति चाभवत् । द्युनामा शान्तनोः पुत्रः शान्तनोरधिको गुणैः ॥

sa tu devavrato nāma gāṅgeya iti cābhavat | dyunāmā śāntanoḥ putraḥ śāntanoradhiko guṇaiḥ

That son of Shantanu, Dyu by name, came to be called Devavrata and also Gangeya, and he surpassed Shantanu in virtues.

Verse 50 (1.106.50)

शान्तनुश्चापि शोकार्तो जगाम स्वपुरं ततः । तस्याहं कीर्तयिष्यामि शान्तनोरधिकान्गुणान् ॥

śāntanuścāpi śokārto jagāma svapuraṃ tataḥ | tasyāhaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śāntanoradhikānguṇān

Shantanu, stricken with grief, went back to his city. I shall now tell of the surpassing virtues of that Shantanu

Verse 51 (1.106.51)

महाभाग्यं च नृपतेर्भारतस्य महात्मनः । यस्येतिहासो द्युतिमान्महाभारतमुच्यते ॥

mahābhāgyaṃ ca nṛpaterbhāratasya mahātmanaḥ | yasyetihāso dyutimānmahābhāratamucyate

and of the great fortune of that great-souled king of the Bharata line, whose glorious history is called the Mahabharata.