Vichitravirya's Marriage and Death

Verse 1 (1.111.1)

अम्बायां निर्गतायां तु भीष्मः शान्तनवस्तदा । न्यायेन कारयामास राज्ञो वैवाहिकीं क्रियाम् ॥

ambāyāṃ nirgatāyāṃ tu bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavastadā | nyāyena kārayāmāsa rājño vaivāhikīṃ kriyām

When Amba had gone, Bhishma, son of Shantanu, had the king's wedding rites performed in due form.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Vaishampayana: Wikisource prints "वैशंपायन उवाच" before this verse; the input had none.

Verse 2 (1.111.2)

अम्बिकाम्बालिके चैव परिणीयाग्निसंनिधौ । तयोः पाणी गृहीत्वा तु कौरव्यो रूपदर्पितः । विचित्रवीर्यो धर्मात्मा कामात्मा समपद्यत ॥

ambikāmbālike caiva pariṇīyāgnisaṃnidhau | tayoḥ pāṇī gṛhītvā tu kauravyo rūpadarpitaḥ | vicitravīryo dharmātmā kāmātmā samapadyata

Having wedded Ambika and Ambalika before the sacred fire, and having taken the hands of the two, Vichitravirya of the Kuru line, proud of his beauty, became given over to desire, righteous though he was.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) around the second line. First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second and third lines are CE 1.96.53.

Verse 3 (1.111.3)

ते चापि बृहतीश्यामे नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजे । रक्ततुङ्गनखोपेते पीनश्रोणिपयोधरे ॥

te cāpi bṛhatīśyāme nīlakuñcitamūrdhaje | raktatuṅganakhopete pīnaśroṇipayodhare

And the two of them, dusky as the brihati blossom, with dark curling hair, with red and raised nails, with full hips and breasts,

Note on the text: Corrected पयोधऱे → पयोधरे (misprint in Wikisource; ऱ for र; the critical edition reads payodhare).

Verse 4 (1.111.4)

आत्मनः प्रतिरूपोऽसौ लब्धः पतिरिति स्थिते । विचित्रवीर्यं कल्याण्यौ पूजयामासतुः शुभे ॥

ātmanaḥ pratirūpo'sau labdhaḥ patiriti sthite | vicitravīryaṃ kalyāṇyau pūjayāmāsatuḥ śubhe

feeling that they had won a husband worthy of themselves, the two lovely and auspicious women honoured Vichitravirya.

Verse 5 (1.111.5)

अन्योन्यं प्रति सक्ते च एकभावे इव स्थिते । स चाश्विरूपसदृशो देवतुल्यपराक्रमः । सर्वासामेव नारीणां चित्तप्रमथनो रहः ॥

anyonyaṃ prati sakte ca ekabhāve iva sthite | sa cāśvirūpasadṛśo devatulyaparākramaḥ | sarvāsāmeva nārīṇāṃ cittapramathano rahaḥ

They were devoted to one another, as though of a single heart. And he, like the Ashvins in beauty and equal to the gods in valour, in private stirred the hearts of all women.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) around the first line. First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second and third lines are CE 1.96.56.

Verse 6 (1.111.6)

ताभ्यां सह समाः सप्त विहरन्पृथिवीपतिः । विचित्रवीर्यस्तरुणो यक्ष्मणा समगृह्यत ॥

tābhyāṃ saha samāḥ sapta viharanpṛthivīpatiḥ | vicitravīryastaruṇo yakṣmaṇā samagṛhyata

After sporting with the two of them for seven years, the young Vichitravirya, lord of the earth, was seized by consumption.

Verse 7 (1.111.7)

सुहृदां यतमानानामाप्तैः सह चिकित्सकैः । जगामास्तमिवादित्यः कौरव्यो यमसादनम् ॥

suhṛdāṃ yatamānānāmāptaiḥ saha cikitsakaiḥ | jagāmāstamivādityaḥ kauravyo yamasādanam

Though his friends strove for him, together with trusted physicians, the Kaurava went to the abode of Yama, as the sun goes down to its setting.

Verse 8 (1.111.8)

धर्मात्मा स तु गाङ्गेयः चिन्ताशोकपरायणः । प्रेतकार्याणि सर्वाणि तस्य सम्यगकारयत् ॥

dharmātmā sa tu gāṅgeyaḥ cintāśokaparāyaṇaḥ | pretakāryāṇi sarvāṇi tasya samyagakārayat

Then the righteous son of Ganga, sunk in anxiety and grief, had all his funeral rites duly performed,

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is the first line of CE 1.96.59.

Verse 9 (1.111.9)

राज्ञो विचित्रवीर्यस्य सत्यवत्या मते स्थितः । ऋत्विग्भिः सहितो भीष्मः सर्वैश्च कुरुपुङ्गवैः ॥

rājño vicitravīryasya satyavatyā mate sthitaḥ | ṛtvigbhiḥ sahito bhīṣmaḥ sarvaiśca kurupuṅgavaiḥ

the rites of King Vichitravirya, abiding by Satyavati's wishes: Bhishma did this together with the priests and all the foremost of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Dropped a stray third line, "प्रसीद यज्ञसेनेह गतिर्मे भव सोमक" (Amba's plea to Drupada, which Wikisource itself tags 1-110-11b; it does not belong here). Corrected ऋत्विग्बिः → ऋत्विग्भिः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads ṛtvigbhiḥ). The two remaining lines are the second and third lines of CE 1.96.59.