The Story of Dirghatamas

Verse 1 (1.113.1)

जामदग्न्येन रामेण पितुर्वधममृष्यता । राजा परशुना पूर्वं हैहयाधिपतिर्हतः ॥

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa piturvadhamamṛṣyatā | rājā paraśunā pūrvaṃ haihayādhipatirhataḥ

Long ago Rama, son of Jamadagni, unable to bear the slaying of his father, struck down with his axe the king who ruled the Haihayas.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhishma: Wikisource prints "भीष्म उवाच" before this verse; the input had none. The second line differs from the critical edition (which reads kruddhena ca mahābhāge).

Verse 2 (1.113.2)

शतानि दशबाहूनां निकृत्तान्यर्जुनस्य वै । लोकस्याचरितो धर्मस्तेनाति किल दुश्चरः ॥

śatāni daśabāhūnāṃ nikṛttānyarjunasya vai | lokasyācarito dharmastenāti kila duścaraḥ

He cut off the thousand arms of Arjuna. By that deed, it is said, he carried out for the world a duty exceedingly hard to perform.

Note on the text: The first line is the third line of CE 1.98.1; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (1.113.3)

पुनश्च धनुरादाय महास्त्राणि प्रमुञ्चता । निर्दग्धं क्षत्रमसकृद्रथेन जयता महीम् ॥

punaśca dhanurādāya mahāstrāṇi pramuñcatā | nirdagdhaṃ kṣatramasakṛdrathena jayatā mahīm

And again, taking up his bow and loosing mighty weapons, conquering the earth from his chariot, he burned up the warrior class time after time.

Verse 4 (1.113.4)

एवमुच्चावचैरस्त्रैर्भार्गवेण महात्मना । त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी कृता निःक्षत्रिया पुरा ॥

evamuccāvacairastrairbhārgaveṇa mahātmanā | triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī kṛtā niḥkṣatriyā purā

Thus, with weapons of every kind, the great-souled descendant of Bhrigu long ago made the earth empty of Kshatriyas thrice seven times.

Verse 5 (1.113.5)

एवं निःक्षत्रिये लोके कृते तेन महर्षिणा । ततः संभूय सर्वाभिः क्षत्रियाभिः समन्ततः ॥

evaṃ niḥkṣatriye loke kṛte tena maharṣiṇā | tataḥ saṃbhūya sarvābhiḥ kṣatriyābhiḥ samantataḥ

When the world had been emptied of Kshatriyas in this way by that great seer, the Kshatriya women all came together from every side,

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 1.98.4.

Verse 6 (1.113.6)

उत्पादितान्यपत्यानि ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः । पाणिग्राहस्य तनय इति वेदेषु निश्चितम् ॥

utpāditānyapatyāni brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ | pāṇigrāhasya tanaya iti vedeṣu niścitam

and had offspring begotten on them by Brahmins who had mastered the Vedas. "The son belongs to the man who took the mother's hand in marriage": so it is laid down in the Vedas.

Note on the text: The first line is the second line of CE 1.98.4 (which reads niyatātmabhiḥ for वेदपारगैः); the second line is the first line of CE 1.98.5.

Verse 7 (1.113.7)

धर्मं मनसि संस्थाप्य ब्राह्मणांस्ताः समभ्ययुः । लोकेऽप्याचरितो दृष्टः क्षत्रियाणां पुनर्भवः ॥

dharmaṃ manasi saṃsthāpya brāhmaṇāṃstāḥ samabhyayuḥ | loke'pyācarito dṛṣṭaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ punarbhavaḥ

Setting dharma firmly in their minds, the women went to the Brahmins. In the world too, this renewal of the Kshatriyas is seen to have been practised.

Note on the text: The two lines are the second and third lines of CE 1.98.5.

Verse 8 (1.113.8)

ततः पुनः समुदितं क्षत्रं समभवत्तदा । इमं चैवात्र वक्ष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम् ॥

tataḥ punaḥ samuditaṃ kṣatraṃ samabhavattadā | imaṃ caivātra vakṣye'hamitihāsaṃ purātanam

Then the Kshatriya order rose again and came into being once more. And on this matter I will tell you an ancient tale.

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

Verse 9 (1.113.9)

अथोचथ्य इति ख्यात आसीद्धीमानृषिः पुरा । ममता नाम तस्यासीद्भार्या परमसंमता ॥

athocathya iti khyāta āsīddhīmānṛṣiḥ purā | mamatā nāma tasyāsīdbhāryā paramasaṃmatā

Long ago there was a wise seer known as Uchathya. He had a wife named Mamata, whom he held in the highest regard.

Verse 10 (1.113.10)

उचथ्यस्य यवीयांस्तु पुरोधास्त्रिदिवौकसाम् । बृहस्पतिर्बृहत्तेजा ममतामन्वपद्यत ॥

ucathyasya yavīyāṃstu purodhāstridivaukasām | bṛhaspatirbṛhattejā mamatāmanvapadyata

Uchathya's younger brother, Brihaspati of great splendour, priest of the dwellers in heaven, approached Mamata.

Verse 11 (1.113.11)

उवाच ममता तं तु देवरं वदतां वरम् । अन्तर्वत्नी त्वहं भ्रात्रा ज्येष्ठेनारम्यतामिति ॥

uvāca mamatā taṃ tu devaraṃ vadatāṃ varam | antarvatnī tvahaṃ bhrātrā jyeṣṭhenāramyatāmiti

Mamata said to her husband's brother, the best of speakers: "I am with child by your elder brother. Refrain."

Verse 12 (1.113.12)

अयं च मे महाभाग कुक्षावेव बृहस्पते । औचथ्यो वेदमत्रापि षडङ्गं प्रत्यधीयत ॥

ayaṃ ca me mahābhāga kukṣāveva bṛhaspate | aucathyo vedamatrāpi ṣaḍaṅgaṃ pratyadhīyata

And this son of Uchathya in my womb, O blessed Brihaspati, has already learned the Veda with its six limbs, even here.

Note on the text: Corrected देवमत्रापि → वेदमत्रापि (misprint in Wikisource; the child learns the Veda with its six limbs; the critical edition reads vedam). Speaker set to Mamata: her words continue from the previous verse (Wikisource has no speaker line for her; the narration resumes at verse 14 under a new speaker line).

Verse 13 (1.113.13)

अमोघरेतास्त्वं चापि द्वयोर्नास्त्यत्र संभवः । तस्मादेवं गते त्वद्य उपारमितुमर्हसि ॥

amogharetāstvaṃ cāpi dvayornāstyatra saṃbhavaḥ | tasmādevaṃ gate tvadya upāramitumarhasi

You too are one whose seed never fails, and there is no room here for two. So, things being as they are, you should desist now.

Note on the text: The first line differs from the critical edition (which reads nūnaṃ bhavitum arhasi); the second line is the second line of CE 1.98.10.

Verse 14 (1.113.14)

एवमुक्तस्तदा सम्यक् बृहस्पतिरुदारधीः । कामात्मानं तदात्मानं न शशाक नियच्छितुम् ॥

evamuktastadā samyak bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ | kāmātmānaṃ tadātmānaṃ na śaśāka niyacchitum

Though rightly addressed in this way, Brihaspati, noble-minded as he was, could not at that moment restrain his mind, which desire had taken over.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhishma: Wikisource prints "वैशंपायन उवाच" before this verse, but the story of Dirghatamas is Bhishma's narration to Satyavati (the text returns to "भीष्म उवाच" at verses 32, 45 and 51, and Bhishma addresses her as "mother" in verse 56).

Verse 15 (1.113.15)

स बभूव ततः कामी तया सार्धमकामया । उत्सृजन्तं तु तं रेतः स गर्भस्थोऽभ्यभाषत ॥

sa babhūva tataḥ kāmī tayā sārdhamakāmayā | utsṛjantaṃ tu taṃ retaḥ sa garbhastho'bhyabhāṣata

Then, overcome by desire, he lay with her, though she was unwilling. As he was releasing his seed, the child in the womb spoke to him:

Verse 16 (1.113.16)

भोस्तात मा गमः कामं द्वयोर्नास्तीह संभवः । अल्पावकाशो भगवन्पूर्वं चाहमिहागतः ॥

bhostāta mā gamaḥ kāmaṃ dvayornāstīha saṃbhavaḥ | alpāvakāśo bhagavanpūrvaṃ cāhamihāgataḥ

"Sir, do not give way to desire! There is no room here for two. The space is small, my lord, and I came here first.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 1.98.13 with a different wording of the first half of each line.

Verse 17 (1.113.17)

अमोघरेताश्च भवान्न पीडां कर्तुमर्हति । अश्रुत्वैव तु तद्वाक्यं गर्भस्थस्य बृहस्पतिः ॥

amogharetāśca bhavānna pīḍāṃ kartumarhati | aśrutvaiva tu tadvākyaṃ garbhasthasya bṛhaspatiḥ

And your seed never fails; you should not do me harm." But Brihaspati, not listening at all to the words of the child in the womb,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (The first line echoes the second line of CE 1.98.13.)

Verse 18 (1.113.18)

जगाम मैथुनायैव ममतां चारुलोचनाम् । शुक्रोत्सर्गं ततो बुद्ध्वा तस्या गर्भगतो मुनिः ॥

jagāma maithunāyaiva mamatāṃ cārulocanām | śukrotsargaṃ tato buddhvā tasyā garbhagato muniḥ

went to lovely-eyed Mamata for intercourse all the same. Then the sage in her womb, perceiving that the seed was being released,

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

Verse 19 (1.113.19)

पद्भ्यामारोधयन्मार्गं शुक्रस्य च बृहस्पतेः । स्थानमप्राप्तमथ तच्छुक्रं प्रतिहतं तदा ॥

padbhyāmārodhayanmārgaṃ śukrasya ca bṛhaspateḥ | sthānamaprāptamatha tacchukraṃ pratihataṃ tadā

blocked the passage of Brihaspati's seed with his feet. Then that seed, thrust back before it could reach its place,

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

Verse 20 (1.113.20)

पपात सहसा भूमौ ततः क्रुद्धो बृहस्पतिः । तं दृष्ट्वा पतितं शुक्रं शशाप स रुषान्वितः ॥

papāta sahasā bhūmau tataḥ kruddho bṛhaspatiḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ śukraṃ śaśāpa sa ruṣānvitaḥ

fell suddenly to the ground. At this Brihaspati grew angry; seeing the seed fallen, he cursed him in his wrath,

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

Verse 21 (1.113.21)

उचथ्यपुत्रं गर्भस्थं निर्भर्त्स्य भगवानृषिः । यन्मां त्वमीदृशे काले सर्वभूतेप्सिते सति ॥

ucathyaputraṃ garbhasthaṃ nirbhartsya bhagavānṛṣiḥ | yanmāṃ tvamīdṛśe kāle sarvabhūtepsite sati

the blessed seer reviling the son of Uchathya in the womb: "Since at a moment like this, which all beings desire,

Note on the text: The first line is the second line of CE 1.98.14; the second line is the first line of CE 1.98.15 (which reads yasmāt).

Verse 22 (1.113.22)

एवमात्थ वचस्तस्मात्तमो दीर्घं प्रवेक्ष्यसि । स वै दीर्घतमा नाम शापादृषिरजायत ॥

evamāttha vacastasmāttamo dīrghaṃ pravekṣyasi | sa vai dīrghatamā nāma śāpādṛṣirajāyata

you have spoken to me in this way, you shall enter a long darkness." And so, through that curse, the seer was born with the name Dirghatamas, "Long Darkness",

Note on the text: The first line is the second line of CE 1.98.15; the second line is the first line of CE 1.98.16.

Verse 23 (1.113.23)

बृहस्पतेर्बृहत्कीर्तेर्बृहस्पतिरिवौजसा । जात्यन्धो वेदवित्प्राज्ञः पत्नीं लेभे स विद्यया ॥

bṛhaspaterbṛhatkīrterbṛhaspatirivaujasā | jātyandho vedavitprājñaḥ patnīṃ lebhe sa vidyayā

the curse of far-famed Brihaspati, though in vigour he was a match for Brihaspati himself. Blind from birth, yet learned in the Veda and wise, he won a wife by his learning,

Note on the text: The first line is the second line of CE 1.98.16; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 24 (1.113.24)

तरुणीं रूपसंपन्नां प्रद्वेषीं नाम ब्राह्मणीम् । स पुत्राञ्जनयामास गौतमादीन्महायशाः ॥

taruṇīṃ rūpasaṃpannāṃ pradveṣīṃ nāma brāhmaṇīm | sa putrāñjanayāmāsa gautamādīnmahāyaśāḥ

a young and beautiful Brahmin woman named Pradveshi. On her the illustrious seer begot sons, Gautama and others,

Note on the text: Corrected रुपसंपन्नां → रूपसंपन्नां (misprint in Wikisource; short u for long ū in रूप). First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is the first line of CE 1.98.17.

Verse 25 (1.113.25)

ऋषेरुचथ्यस्य तदा सन्तानकुलवृद्धये । धर्मात्मा च महात्मा च वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ॥

ṛṣerucathyasya tadā santānakulavṛddhaye | dharmātmā ca mahātmā ca vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ

to increase the line and family of the seer Uchathya. Righteous and great-souled, a master of the Vedas and their limbs,

Note on the text: The first line is the second line of CE 1.98.17; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 26 (1.113.26)

गोधर्मं सौरभेयाच्च सोऽधीत्य निखिलं मुनिः । प्रावर्तत तदा कर्तुं श्रद्धावांस्तमशङ्कया ॥

godharmaṃ saurabheyācca so'dhītya nikhilaṃ muniḥ | prāvartata tadā kartuṃ śraddhāvāṃstamaśaṅkayā

the sage learned in full from the son of Surabhi the way of cattle, which is to couple openly, and then began to practise it with faith and without misgiving.

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

Verse 27 (1.113.27)

ततो वितथमर्यादं तं दृष्ट्वा मुनिसत्तमाः । क्रुद्धा मोहाभिभूतास्ते सर्वे तत्राश्रमौकसः ॥

tato vitathamaryādaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā munisattamāḥ | kruddhā mohābhibhūtāste sarve tatrāśramaukasaḥ

Seeing him overstep the bounds of propriety, the best of sages, all the dwellers of that hermitage, grew angry, overcome by delusion:

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

Verse 28 (1.113.28)

अहोऽयं भिन्नमर्यादो नाश्रमे वस्तुमर्हति । तस्मादेनं वयं सर्वे पापात्मानं त्यजामहे ॥

aho'yaṃ bhinnamaryādo nāśrame vastumarhati | tasmādenaṃ vayaṃ sarve pāpātmānaṃ tyajāmahe

"Ah, this man has broken all bounds; he is not fit to live in the hermitage. Therefore let all of us cast out this sinner."

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

Verse 29 (1.113.29)

इत्यन्योन्यं समाभाष्य ते दीर्घतमसं मुनिम् । पुत्रलाभाच्च सा पत्नी न तुतोष पतिं तदा ॥

ityanyonyaṃ samābhāṣya te dīrghatamasaṃ munim | putralābhācca sā patnī na tutoṣa patiṃ tadā

So they spoke to one another about the sage Dirghatamas. And his wife, now that she had gained sons, was no longer content with her husband.

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

Verse 30 (1.113.30)

प्रद्विषन्तीं पतिर्भार्यां किं मां द्वेक्षीति चाब्रवीत् । भार्याया भरणाद्भर्ता पालनाच्च पतिः स्मृतः ॥

pradviṣantīṃ patirbhāryāṃ kiṃ māṃ dvekṣīti cābravīt | bhāryāyā bharaṇādbhartā pālanācca patiḥ smṛtaḥ

When her husband saw his wife's hostility, he said, "Why do you hate me?" Pradveshi said: "A husband is called bhartri because he supports his wife, and pati because he protects her."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition records it only in its apparatus). Wikisource prints this verse with a speaker line, "प्रद्वेष्युवाच", between its two lines: the first line is narration, the second is Pradveshi's reply. Kept as one verse. The speaker for the first line was set to Bhishma (the input carried "वैशंपायन" over).

Verse 31 (1.113.31)

अहं त्वद्भरणाशक्ता जात्यन्धं ससुतं तदा । नित्यकालं श्रमेणार्ता न भरेयं महातपः ॥

ahaṃ tvadbharaṇāśaktā jātyandhaṃ sasutaṃ tadā | nityakālaṃ śrameṇārtā na bhareyaṃ mahātapaḥ

But I am unable to keep you, blind from birth as you are, together with our sons. Worn out by endless toil, I will not support you, great ascetic.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition records it only in its apparatus).

Verse 32 (1.113.32)

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ऋषिः कोपसमन्वितः । प्रत्युवाच ततः पत्नीं प्रद्वेषीं ससुतां तदा ॥

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā ṛṣiḥ kopasamanvitaḥ | pratyuvāca tataḥ patnīṃ pradveṣīṃ sasutāṃ tadā

Hearing her words, the seer was filled with anger, and he answered his wife Pradveshi and her sons:

Note on the text: Corrected तस्मास्तद्वचनं → तस्यास्तद्वचनं (misprint in Wikisource; "her words"; the critical edition's apparatus reads tasyās tad vacanaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition records it only in its apparatus).

Verse 33 (1.113.33)

नीयतां क्षत्रियकुले धनार्थश्च भविष्यति । त्वया दत्तं धनं विप्र नेच्छेयं दुःखकारणम् ॥

nīyatāṃ kṣatriyakule dhanārthaśca bhaviṣyati | tvayā dattaṃ dhanaṃ vipra neccheyaṃ duḥkhakāraṇam

"Take me to a house of Kshatriyas, and there will be wealth and gain." Pradveshi said: "Wealth given by you, Brahmin, I do not want; it only brings sorrow."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition records it only in its apparatus). Wikisource prints "प्रद्वेष्युवाच" between the two lines: the first line is Dirghatamas's retort within Bhishma's narration, the second is Pradveshi's answer. Kept as one verse.

Verse 34 (1.113.34)

यथेष्टं कुरु विप्रेन्द्र न भरेयं पुरा यथा । अद्यप्रभृति मर्यादा मया लोके प्रतिष्ठिता ॥

yatheṣṭaṃ kuru viprendra na bhareyaṃ purā yathā | adyaprabhṛti maryādā mayā loke pratiṣṭhitā

"Do as you please, best of Brahmins; I will not support you as before." Dirghatamas said: "From this day forth I establish this rule in the world."

Note on the text: Corrected भेरयं → भरेयं (misprint in Wikisource; "I will not support"; the Wikisource commentary and the critical edition's apparatus read na bhareyaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition records it only in its apparatus). Wikisource prints "दीर्घतमा उवाच" between the two lines: the first line ends Pradveshi's speech, the second begins Dirghatamas's. Kept as one verse.

Verse 35 (1.113.35)

एक एव पतिर्नार्या यावज्जीवं परायणम् । मृते जीवति वा तस्मिन्नापरं प्राप्नुयान्नरम् ॥

eka eva patirnāryā yāvajjīvaṃ parāyaṇam | mṛte jīvati vā tasminnāparaṃ prāpnuyānnaram

A woman shall have one husband alone as her refuge for as long as she lives. Whether he is dead or living, she shall not go to another man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition records it only in its apparatus).

Verse 36 (1.113.36)

अभिगम्य परं नारी पतिष्यति न संशयः । अपतीनां तु नारीणामद्यप्रभृति पातकम् ॥

abhigamya paraṃ nārī patiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | apatīnāṃ tu nārīṇāmadyaprabhṛti pātakam

A woman who goes to another man will fall, without doubt. From this day forth, for women without their husbands, it shall be a sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition records it only in its apparatus).

Verse 37 (1.113.37)

यद्यस्ति चेद्धनं सर्वं वृथाभोगा भवन्तु ताः । अकीर्तिः परिवादाश्च नित्यं तासां भवन्तु वै ॥

yadyasti ceddhanaṃ sarvaṃ vṛthābhogā bhavantu tāḥ | akīrtiḥ parivādāśca nityaṃ tāsāṃ bhavantu vai

Even if they possess every kind of wealth, their enjoyments shall be in vain, and disgrace and reproach shall always be theirs.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition records it only in its apparatus).

Verse 38 (1.113.38)

इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणी भृशकोपिता । गङ्गायां नीयतामेष पुत्रा इत्येवमब्रवीत् ॥

iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā brāhmaṇī bhṛśakopitā | gaṅgāyāṃ nīyatāmeṣa putrā ityevamabravīt

Hearing these words of his, the Brahmin woman was furious and said, "Sons, take him to the Ganga!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition records it only in its apparatus). Speaker set to Bhishma: the narration resumes here (the input carried "दीर्घतमा" over to verses 38–44; Wikisource prints the next speaker line, "भीष्म उवाच", before verse 45).

Verse 39 (1.113.39)

लोभमोहाभिभूतास्ते पुत्रास्तं गौतमादयः । बद्ध्वोडुपे परिक्षिप्य गङ्गायां समवासृजन् ॥

lobhamohābhibhūtāste putrāstaṃ gautamādayaḥ | baddhvoḍupe parikṣipya gaṅgāyāṃ samavāsṛjan

Overcome by greed and delusion, his sons, Gautama and the rest, bound him to a raft, pushed it off, and set him adrift on the Ganga.

Note on the text: Corrected वद्ध्वोडुपे → बद्ध्वोडुपे (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब in बद्ध्वा, "having bound"). The second line differs from the critical edition, which has him put in a wooden chest.

Verse 40 (1.113.40)

कस्मादन्धश्च वृद्धश्च भर्तव्योऽयमिति स्म ते । चिन्तयित्वा ततः क्रूराः प्रतिजग्मुरथो गृहान् ॥

kasmādandhaśca vṛddhaśca bhartavyo'yamiti sma te | cintayitvā tataḥ krūrāḥ pratijagmuratho gṛhān

"Why should this blind old man be kept?" they thought, and then the cruel sons went back home.

Verse 41 (1.113.41)

सोऽनुस्रोतस्तदा विप्रः प्लवमानो यदृच्छया । जगाम सुबहून्देशानन्धस्तेनोडुपेन ह ॥

so'nusrotastadā vipraḥ plavamāno yadṛcchayā | jagāma subahūndeśānandhastenoḍupena ha

Drifting downstream at random on that raft, the blind Brahmin passed through a great many lands.

Verse 42 (1.113.42)

तं तु राजा बलिर्नाम सर्वधर्मविदां वरः । अपश्यन्मज्जनगतः स्रोतसाऽभ्याशमागतम् ॥

taṃ tu rājā balirnāma sarvadharmavidāṃ varaḥ | apaśyanmajjanagataḥ srotasā'bhyāśamāgatam

A king named Bali, the best of all who know dharma, who had gone down to bathe, saw him carried near by the current.

Verse 43 (1.113.43)

जग्राह चैनं धर्मात्मा बलिः सत्यपराक्रमः । ज्ञात्वा चैवं स वव्रेऽथ पुत्रार्थे भरतर्षभ ॥

jagrāha cainaṃ dharmātmā baliḥ satyaparākramaḥ | jñātvā caivaṃ sa vavre'tha putrārthe bharatarṣabha

Righteous Bali, true in valour, took hold of him; and when he learned who he was, he chose him for the sake of sons, O bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 44 (1.113.44)

तं पूजयित्वा राजर्षिर्विश्रान्तं मुनिमब्रवीत् । सन्तानार्थं महाभाग भार्यासु मम मानद । पुत्रान्धर्मार्थकुशलानुत्पादयितुमर्हसि ॥

taṃ pūjayitvā rājarṣirviśrāntaṃ munimabravīt | santānārthaṃ mahābhāga bhāryāsu mama mānada | putrāndharmārthakuśalānutpādayitumarhasi

Having honoured him, the royal seer spoke to the sage once he had rested: "For the continuance of my line, O blessed one, giver of honour, you should beget on my wives sons skilled in dharma and in wealth."

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 1.98.23.

Verse 45 (1.113.45)

एवमुक्तः स तेजस्वी तं तथेत्युक्तवानृषिः । तस्मै स राजा स्वां भार्यां सुदेष्णां प्राहिणोत्तदा ॥

evamuktaḥ sa tejasvī taṃ tathetyuktavānṛṣiḥ | tasmai sa rājā svāṃ bhāryāṃ sudeṣṇāṃ prāhiṇottadā

Thus addressed, the splendid seer told him, "So be it." The king then sent him his own wife, Sudeshna.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्मैस → तस्मै स (misprint in Wikisource; a lost word break; the critical edition reads tasmai sa rājā). Wikisource numbering: this verse is 45 (speaker line 45x, second line 45b); its first line is mislabelled 46a, so the input had 46.

Verse 46 (1.113.46)

अन्धं वृद्धं च तं मत्वा न सा देवी जगाम ह । स्वां तु धात्रेयिकां तस्मै वृद्धाय प्राहिणोत्तदा ॥

andhaṃ vṛddhaṃ ca taṃ matvā na sā devī jagāma ha | svāṃ tu dhātreyikāṃ tasmai vṛddhāya prāhiṇottadā

But thinking him blind and old, the queen did not go; instead she sent her own maid, her nurse's daughter, to the old man.

Verse 47 (1.113.47)

तस्यां काक्षीवदादीन्स शूद्रयोनावृषिस्तदा । जनयामास धर्मात्मा पुत्रानेकादशैव तु ॥

tasyāṃ kākṣīvadādīnsa śūdrayonāvṛṣistadā | janayāmāsa dharmātmā putrānekādaśaiva tu

On her, a woman of Shudra birth, the righteous seer then begot eleven sons, Kakshivat and the others.

Verse 48 (1.113.48)

काक्षीवदादीन्पुत्रांस्तान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वानधीयतः । उवाच तमृषिं राजा ममेम इति भारत ॥

kākṣīvadādīnputrāṃstāndṛṣṭvā sarvānadhīyataḥ | uvāca tamṛṣiṃ rājā mamema iti bhārata

Seeing all those sons, Kakshivat and the rest, at their studies, the king said to the seer, "These are mine," O Bharata.

Verse 49 (1.113.49)

नेत्युवाच महर्षिस्तं ममेम इति चाब्रवीत् । शूद्रयोनौ मया हीमे जाताः काक्षीवदादयः ॥

netyuvāca maharṣistaṃ mamema iti cābravīt | śūdrayonau mayā hīme jātāḥ kākṣīvadādayaḥ

"No," the great seer told him, and he declared: "They are mine. Kakshivat and the others were born of me from a Shudra woman."

Verse 50 (1.113.50)

अन्धं वृद्धं च मां दृष्ट्वा सुदेष्णा महिषी तव । अवमन्य ददौ मूढा शूद्रां धात्रेयिकां मम ॥

andhaṃ vṛddhaṃ ca māṃ dṛṣṭvā sudeṣṇā mahiṣī tava | avamanya dadau mūḍhā śūdrāṃ dhātreyikāṃ mama

Seeing me blind and old, your queen Sudeshna in her folly scorned me and gave me her Shudra maid.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dirghatamas: his reply to Bali continues from the previous verse (Wikisource has no speaker line for him, but prints "भीष्म उवाच" before the next verse).

Verse 51 (1.113.51)

ततः प्रसादयामास पुनस्तमृषिसत्तमम् । बलिः सुदेष्णां स्वां भार्यां तस्मै स प्राहिणोत्पुनः ॥

tataḥ prasādayāmāsa punastamṛṣisattamam | baliḥ sudeṣṇāṃ svāṃ bhāryāṃ tasmai sa prāhiṇotpunaḥ

Then Bali appeased that best of seers once more, and sent his own wife Sudeshna to him again.

Verse 52 (1.113.52)

तां स दीर्घतमाङ्गेषु स्पृष्ट्वा देवीमथाब्रवीत् । भविष्यन्ति कुमारास्ते तेजसाऽऽदित्यवर्चसः ॥

tāṃ sa dīrghatamāṅgeṣu spṛṣṭvā devīmathābravīt | bhaviṣyanti kumārāste tejasā''dityavarcasaḥ

Dirghatamas touched the queen on her limbs and said to her: "You will have sons radiant as the sun in their splendour."

Verse 53 (1.113.53)

अङ्गो वङ्गः कलिङ्गश्च पुण्ड्रः सुह्मश्च ते सुताः । तेषां देशाः समाख्याताः स्वनामकथिता भुवि ॥

aṅgo vaṅgaḥ kaliṅgaśca puṇḍraḥ suhmaśca te sutāḥ | teṣāṃ deśāḥ samākhyātāḥ svanāmakathitā bhuvi

Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Pundra and Suhma — these were her sons. Their lands became known on earth, called after their own names.

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

Verse 54 (1.113.54)

अङ्गस्याङ्गोऽभवद्देशो वङ्गो वङ्गस्य च स्मृतः । कलिङ्गविषयश्चैव कलिङ्गस्य च स स्मृतः ॥

aṅgasyāṅgo'bhavaddeśo vaṅgo vaṅgasya ca smṛtaḥ | kaliṅgaviṣayaścaiva kaliṅgasya ca sa smṛtaḥ

From Anga came the land of Anga; Vanga is remembered as Vanga's; and the country of Kalinga likewise is remembered as Kalinga's.

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

Verse 55 (1.113.55)

पुण्ड्रस्य पुण्ड्राः प्रख्याताः सुह्माः सुह्मस्य च स्मृताः । एवं बलेः पुरा वंशः प्रख्यातो वै महर्षिजः ॥

puṇḍrasya puṇḍrāḥ prakhyātāḥ suhmāḥ suhmasya ca smṛtāḥ | evaṃ baleḥ purā vaṃśaḥ prakhyāto vai maharṣijaḥ

The Pundras are known as Pundra's, and the Suhmas are remembered as Suhma's. Thus of old the line of Bali, sprung from a great seer, became renowned.

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

Verse 56 (1.113.56)

एवमन्ये महेष्वासा ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रिया भुवि । जाताः परमधर्मज्ञा वीर्यवन्तो महाबलाः । एतच्छ्रुत्वा त्वमप्यत्र मातः कुरु यथेप्सितम् ॥

evamanye maheṣvāsā brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyā bhuvi | jātāḥ paramadharmajñā vīryavanto mahābalāḥ | etacchrutvā tvamapyatra mātaḥ kuru yathepsitam

In the same way other Kshatriyas on earth, great archers, were born of Brahmins: men who knew the highest dharma, valiant and of great strength. Having heard this, mother, do here as you wish.

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