Satyavati Reveals the Birth of Vyasa

Verse 1 (1.114.1)

पुनर्भरतवंशस्य हेतुं सन्तानवृद्धये । वक्ष्यामि नियतं मातस्तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥

punarbharatavaṃśasya hetuṃ santānavṛddhaye | vakṣyāmi niyataṃ mātastanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

Bhishma said: "Mother, I will tell you a sure means of continuing the Bharata line and increasing its offspring. Listen as I explain it."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhishma (Wikisource prints भीष्म उवाच before this verse; the input had none).

Verse 2 (1.114.2)

ब्राह्मणो गुणवान्कश्चिद्धनेनोपनिमन्त्र्यताम् । विचित्रवीर्यक्षेत्रेषु यः समुत्पादयेत्प्रजाः ॥

brāhmaṇo guṇavānkaściddhanenopanimantryatām | vicitravīryakṣetreṣu yaḥ samutpādayetprajāḥ

"Let some virtuous brahmin be invited with an offer of wealth, to beget offspring on the wives of Vichitravirya."

Verse 3 (1.114.3)

भीष्मस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा धर्महेत्वर्थसंहितम् । माता सत्यवती भीष्मं पुनरेवाभ्यभाषत ॥

bhīṣmasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā dharmahetvarthasaṃhitam | mātā satyavatī bhīṣmaṃ punarevābhyabhāṣata

Vaishampayana said: Having heard Bhishma's words, which were grounded in dharma, reason and purpose, his mother Satyavati spoke to Bhishma once more.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच (with a stray backtick), which the extraction had left inside the verse; the heading is kept as the speaker. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 4 (1.114.4)

औचथ्यमधिकृत्येदमङ्गं च यदुदाहृतम् । पौराणी श्रुतिरित्येषा प्राप्तकालमिदं कुरु ॥

aucathyamadhikṛtyedamaṅgaṃ ca yadudāhṛtam | paurāṇī śrutirityeṣā prāptakālamidaṃ kuru

"What you have told of Auchathya, and the case of Anga that you cited, is ancient sacred tradition. Its time has come: do this."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyavati (her speech begins here; the input had none). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 5 (1.114.5)

त्वं हि पुत्र कुलस्यास्य ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठश्च भारत । यथा च ते पितुर्वाक्यं मम कार्यं तथाऽनघ ॥

tvaṃ hi putra kulasyāsya jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaśca bhārata | yathā ca te piturvākyaṃ mama kāryaṃ tathā'nagha

"For you, my son, are the eldest and the best of this family, O Bharata. Just as your father's word must be obeyed, so must mine, sinless one."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 6 (1.114.6)

मम पुत्रस्तव भ्राता यवीयान्सुप्रियश्च ते । बाल एव गतः स्वर्गं भारतो भरतर्षभ ॥

mama putrastava bhrātā yavīyānsupriyaśca te | bāla eva gataḥ svargaṃ bhārato bharatarṣabha

"My son, your younger brother, so dear to you, went to heaven while still a boy, O bull among the Bharatas."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 7 (1.114.7)

इमे महिष्यौ तस्येह काशिराजसुते उभे । रूपयौवनसंपन्ने पुत्रकामे च भारत ॥

ime mahiṣyau tasyeha kāśirājasute ubhe | rūpayauvanasaṃpanne putrakāme ca bhārata

"Here are his two queens, both daughters of the king of Kashi, endowed with beauty and youth and longing for sons, O Bharata."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 8 (1.114.8)

धर्म्यमेतत्परं ज्ञात्वा सन्तानाय कुलस्य च । आभ्यां मम नियोगात्तु धर्मं चरितुमर्हसि ॥

dharmyametatparaṃ jñātvā santānāya kulasya ca | ābhyāṃ mama niyogāttu dharmaṃ caritumarhasi

"Knowing this to be the highest dharma, and for the continuance of the family, you should at my command fulfil that duty with these two."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 9 (1.114.9)

असंशयं परो धर्मस्त्वया मातः प्रकीर्तितः । त्वमप्येतां प्रतिज्ञां तु वेत्थ या मयि वर्तते ॥

asaṃśayaṃ paro dharmastvayā mātaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | tvamapyetāṃ pratijñāṃ tu vettha yā mayi vartate

Bhishma said: "Without doubt, mother, what you have declared is the highest dharma. But you also know the vow that binds me."

Note on the text: Corrected त्वयाः → त्वया (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga on the instrumental, the apparatus reads tvayā mātaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 10 (1.114.10)

अमरत्वस्य वा हेतोस्त्रैलोक्यसदनस्य वा । उत्सृजेयमहं प्राणान्न तु सत्यं कथंचन ॥

amaratvasya vā hetostrailokyasadanasya vā | utsṛjeyamahaṃ prāṇānna tu satyaṃ kathaṃcana

"For the sake of immortality, or for dominion over the three worlds, I would give up my life, but never, in any way, the truth."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 11 (1.114.11)

जानामि त्वयि धर्मज्ञ सत्यं सत्यपराक्रम । इच्छंस्त्वमिह लोकांस्त्रीन्सृजेरन्यानरिन्दम ॥

jānāmi tvayi dharmajña satyaṃ satyaparākrama | icchaṃstvamiha lokāṃstrīnsṛjeranyānarindama

Satyavati said: "I know how firmly you hold to truth, you who know dharma and are true in valour. If you wished, you could create three other worlds, tamer of foes."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 12 (1.114.12)

यथा तु नः कुलं चैव धर्मश्च न पराभवेत् । सुहृदश्च प्रहृष्टाः स्युस्तथा त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

yathā tu naḥ kulaṃ caiva dharmaśca na parābhavet | suhṛdaśca prahṛṣṭāḥ syustathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi

"But act so that our family and its dharma do not perish, and our friends may rejoice."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 13 (1.114.13)

त्वमेव कुलवृद्धासि गौरवं तु परं त्वयि । सोपायं कुलसन्ताने वक्तुमर्हसि नः परम् ॥

tvameva kulavṛddhāsi gauravaṃ tu paraṃ tvayi | sopāyaṃ kulasantāne vaktumarhasi naḥ param

Bhishma said: "You yourself are the elder of the family, and the highest respect is due to you. It is for you to tell us the best way to continue the line."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 14 (1.114.14)

स्त्रियो हि परमं गुह्यं धारयन्ति सदा कुले । पुरुषांश्चैव मायाभिर्बह्वीभिरुपगृह्णते ॥

striyo hi paramaṃ guhyaṃ dhārayanti sadā kule | puruṣāṃścaiva māyābhirbahvībhirupagṛhṇate

"For women always hold the deepest secrets of a family, and they win men over by many arts."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 15 (1.114.15)

सा सत्यवति संपश्य धर्मं सत्यपरायणे । यथा न जह्यां सत्यं च न सीदेच्च कुलं हि नः ॥

sā satyavati saṃpaśya dharmaṃ satyaparāyaṇe | yathā na jahyāṃ satyaṃ ca na sīdecca kulaṃ hi naḥ

"So, Satyavati, devoted to truth, consider what is right, so that I do not abandon truth and our family does not founder."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (quote mark, doubled danda). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition relegates verses 3–15 of this adhyaya to its apparatus after 1.99.2).

Verse 16 (1.114.16)

ततः सत्यवती भीष्मं वाचा संसज्जमानया । विहसन्तीव सव्रीडमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tataḥ satyavatī bhīṣmaṃ vācā saṃsajjamānayā | vihasantīva savrīḍamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Vaishampayana said: Then Satyavati, in a faltering voice, half smiling and abashed, said these words to Bhishma.

Verse 17 (1.114.17)

सत्यमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत । विश्वासात्ते प्रवक्ष्यामि सन्तानाय कुलस्य नः ॥

satyametanmahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata | viśvāsātte pravakṣyāmi santānāya kulasya naḥ

"What you say is true, mighty-armed Bharata. Because I trust you, I will tell you something, for the continuance of our family."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyavati (her speech runs to verse 40; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 18 (1.114.18)

न ते शक्यमनाख्यातुमापद्धर्मं तथाविधम् । त्वमेव नः कुले धर्मस्त्वं सत्यं त्वं परा गतिः ॥

na te śakyamanākhyātumāpaddharmaṃ tathāvidham | tvameva naḥ kule dharmastvaṃ satyaṃ tvaṃ parā gatiḥ

"In such a crisis I cannot keep from you what dharma allows. You alone are dharma in our family; you are its truth and its highest refuge."

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.4ef, the second = 1.99.5ab.

Verse 19 (1.114.19)

यत्त्वं वक्ष्यसि तत्कार्यमस्माभिरिति मे मतिः । तस्मान्निशम्य सत्यं मे कुरुष्व यदनन्तरम् । शृणु भीष्म वचो मह्यं धर्मार्थसहितं हितम् ॥

yattvaṃ vakṣyasi tatkāryamasmābhiriti me matiḥ | tasmānniśamya satyaṃ me kuruṣva yadanantaram | śṛṇu bhīṣma vaco mahyaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ hitam

"What you declare must be done is what we should do; that is my view. So hear the truth from me, and then do what follows. Listen, Bhishma, to my words, which are right, purposeful and for our good."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark, doubled danda). The middle line = 1.99.5cd; the first and third lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (1.114.20)

न च विस्रम्भकथितं भवान्सूचितुमर्हति । यस्तु राजा वसुर्नाम श्रुतस्ते भरतर्षभ ॥

na ca visrambhakathitaṃ bhavānsūcitumarhati | yastu rājā vasurnāma śrutaste bharatarṣabha

"You must not reveal what is told in confidence. You have heard, bull of the Bharatas, of the king named Vasu."

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

Verse 21 (1.114.21)

तस्य शुक्लादहं मत्स्या धृता कुक्षौ पुरा किल । मातरं मे जलाद्धृत्वा दाशः परमधर्मवित् ॥

tasya śuklādahaṃ matsyā dhṛtā kukṣau purā kila | mātaraṃ me jalāddhṛtvā dāśaḥ paramadharmavit

"Long ago, it is said, I was carried in the belly of a fish, born of his seed. A fisherman of the highest virtue took my mother, the fish, from the water,"

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

Verse 22 (1.114.22)

मां तु स्वगृहमानीय दुहितृत्वेऽभ्यकल्पयत् । धर्मयुक्तः स धर्मेण पिता चासीत्ततो मम ॥

māṃ tu svagṛhamānīya duhitṛtve'bhyakalpayat | dharmayuktaḥ sa dharmeṇa pitā cāsīttato mama

"brought me to his own house and took me as his daughter. Righteous as he was, he became my father by dharma."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (quote mark, doubled danda). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 23 (1.114.23)

धर्मयुक्तस्य धर्मार्थं पितुरासीत्तरी मम । सा कदाचिदहं तत्र गता प्रथमयौवनम् ॥

dharmayuktasya dharmārthaṃ piturāsīttarī mama | sā kadācidahaṃ tatra gatā prathamayauvanam

"My righteous father kept a ferry-boat for the sake of dharma. One day, in the first bloom of my youth, I went there."

Verse 24 (1.114.24)

अथ धर्मविदां श्रेष्ठः परमर्षिः पराशरः । आजगाम तरीं धीमांस्तरिष्यन्यमुनां नदीम् ॥

atha dharmavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ paramarṣiḥ parāśaraḥ | ājagāma tarīṃ dhīmāṃstariṣyanyamunāṃ nadīm

"Then Parashara, the supreme seer, wise and foremost among those who know dharma, came to the boat, wishing to cross the river Yamuna."

Verse 25 (1.114.25)

स तार्यमाणो यमुनां मामुपेत्याब्रवीत्तदा । सान्त्वपूर्वं मुनिश्रेष्ठः कामार्तो मधुरं वचः । उक्त्वा जन्म कुलं मह्यं नासि दाशसुतेति च ॥

sa tāryamāṇo yamunāṃ māmupetyābravīttadā | sāntvapūrvaṃ muniśreṣṭhaḥ kāmārto madhuraṃ vacaḥ | uktvā janma kulaṃ mahyaṃ nāsi dāśasuteti ca

"As I was ferrying him across the Yamuna, that best of sages, overcome by desire, came close to me and spoke soothing, sweet words, telling me of my birth and lineage and saying, 'You are no fisherman's daughter.'"

Note on the text: The first two lines = 1.99.8; the third line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 26 (1.114.26)

तमहं शापभीता च पितुर्भीता च भारत । वरैरसुलभैरुक्ता न प्रत्याख्यातुमुत्सहे ॥

tamahaṃ śāpabhītā ca piturbhītā ca bhārata | varairasulabhairuktā na pratyākhyātumutsahe

"Afraid of his curse and afraid of my father, O Bharata, and tempted by boons hard to obtain, I could not bring myself to refuse him."

Verse 27 (1.114.27)

प्रेक्ष्य तांस्तु महाभागान्पारावारे ऋषीन्स्थितान् । यमुनातीरविन्यस्तान्प्रदीप्तानिव पावकान् ॥

prekṣya tāṃstu mahābhāgānpārāvāre ṛṣīnsthitān | yamunātīravinyastānpradīptāniva pāvakān

"Seeing those illustrious seers standing on the near and far banks, ranged along the shore of the Yamuna like blazing fires, I said:"

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

Verse 28 (1.114.28)

पुरस्तादरुणश्चैव तरुणः संप्रकाशते । येनैषा ताम्रवस्त्रेव द्यौः कृता प्रविजृम्भिता ॥

purastādaruṇaścaiva taruṇaḥ saṃprakāśate | yenaiṣā tāmravastreva dyauḥ kṛtā pravijṛmbhitā

"'The young dawn is shining in the east, and the sky, as if clothed in copper-red, is opening out.'"

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

Verse 29 (1.114.29)

उक्तमात्रो मया तत्र नीहारमसृजत्प्रभुः । पराशरः सत्यधृतिर्द्वीपे च यमुनाम्भसि ॥

uktamātro mayā tatra nīhāramasṛjatprabhuḥ | parāśaraḥ satyadhṛtirdvīpe ca yamunāmbhasi

"The moment I had said this, the lord Parashara, firm in truth, created a mist there, on the island in the waters of the Yamuna."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (quote mark, doubled danda). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 30 (1.114.30)

अभिभूय स मां बालां तेजसा वशमानयत् । तमसा लोकमावृत्य नौगतामेव भारत ॥

abhibhūya sa māṃ bālāṃ tejasā vaśamānayat | tamasā lokamāvṛtya naugatāmeva bhārata

"Covering the world in darkness, he overpowered me, a young girl still in the boat, with his spiritual might, and brought me under his will, O Bharata."

Verse 31 (1.114.31)

मत्स्यगन्धो महानासीत्पुरा मम जुगुप्सितः । तमपास्य शुभं गन्धमिमं प्रादात्स मे मुनिः ॥

matsyagandho mahānāsītpurā mama jugupsitaḥ | tamapāsya śubhaṃ gandhamimaṃ prādātsa me muniḥ

"Before that I had a strong smell of fish, which I loathed. The sage took it away and gave me this sweet fragrance."

Verse 32 (1.114.32)

ततो मामाह स मुनिर्गर्भमुत्सृज्य मामकम् । द्वीपेऽस्या एव सरितः कन्यैव त्वं भविष्यसि ॥

tato māmāha sa munirgarbhamutsṛjya māmakam | dvīpe'syā eva saritaḥ kanyaiva tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

"Then the sage said to me: 'When you have borne my child on an island in this very river, you will be a maiden once more.'"

Note on the text: Corrected द्वोपे → द्वीपे (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads dvīpe 'syā).

Verse 33 (1.114.33)

कन्यात्वं च ददौ प्रीतः पुनर्विद्वांस्तपोधनः । तस्य वीर्यमहं दृष्ट्वा तथा युक्तं महात्मनः ॥

kanyātvaṃ ca dadau prītaḥ punarvidvāṃstapodhanaḥ | tasya vīryamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathā yuktaṃ mahātmanaḥ

"Pleased, the learned ascetic restored my maidenhood again. And seeing the great-souled one's power displayed in this way,"

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

Verse 34 (1.114.34)

विस्मिता व्यथिता चैव प्रादामात्मानमेव च । ततस्तदा महात्मा स कन्यायां मयि भारत । प्रहृष्टोऽजनयत्पुत्रं द्वीप एव पराशरः ॥

vismitā vyathitā caiva prādāmātmānameva ca | tatastadā mahātmā sa kanyāyāṃ mayi bhārata | prahṛṣṭo'janayatputraṃ dvīpa eva parāśaraḥ

"amazed and shaken, I gave myself to him. Then, O Bharata, the great-souled Parashara, delighted, begot a son on me, a maiden, there on the island."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (quote mark, doubled danda). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 35 (1.114.35)

पाराशर्यो महायोगी स बभूव महानृषिः । कन्यापुत्रो मम पुरा द्वैपायन इति श्रुतः ॥

pārāśaryo mahāyogī sa babhūva mahānṛṣiḥ | kanyāputro mama purā dvaipāyana iti śrutaḥ

"That son of Parashara became a great seer and a great yogi. Born to me long ago while I was still a maiden, he is known as Dvaipayana."

Verse 36 (1.114.36)

यो व्यस्य वेदांश्चतुरस्तपसा भगवानृषिः । लोके व्यासत्वमापेदे कार्ष्ण्यात्कृष्णत्वमेव च ॥

yo vyasya vedāṃścaturastapasā bhagavānṛṣiḥ | loke vyāsatvamāpede kārṣṇyātkṛṣṇatvameva ca

"That blessed seer, who by his austerity divided the Veda into four, gained in the world the name Vyasa, and the name Krishna for his dark complexion."

Verse 37 (1.114.37)

सत्यवादी शमपरस्तपस्वी दग्धकिल्बिषः । सद्योत्पन्नः स तु महान्सह पित्रा ततो गतः ॥

satyavādī śamaparastapasvī dagdhakilbiṣaḥ | sadyotpannaḥ sa tu mahānsaha pitrā tato gataḥ

"Truthful, devoted to calm, an ascetic whose sins are burnt away, that great one left with his father as soon as he was born."

Note on the text: The first line = 1.99.15ab; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 38 (1.114.38)

स नियुक्तो मया व्यक्तं त्वया चाप्रतिमद्युतिः । भ्रातुः क्षेत्रेषु कल्याणमपत्यं जनयिष्यति ॥

sa niyukto mayā vyaktaṃ tvayā cāpratimadyutiḥ | bhrātuḥ kṣetreṣu kalyāṇamapatyaṃ janayiṣyati

"Appointed by me and by you, he of matchless splendour will surely beget good offspring on his brother's wives."

Note on the text: This verse = 1.99.15cdef.

Verse 39 (1.114.39)

स हि मामुक्तवांस्तत्र स्मरेः कृच्छ्रेषु मामिति । तं स्मरिष्ये महाबाहो यदि भीष्म त्वमिच्छसि ॥

sa hi māmuktavāṃstatra smareḥ kṛcchreṣu māmiti | taṃ smariṣye mahābāho yadi bhīṣma tvamicchasi

"For he told me then, 'Think of me in times of trouble.' I will call him to mind, mighty-armed Bhishma, if you wish it."

Verse 40 (1.114.40)

तव ह्यनुमते भीष्म नियतं स महातपाः । विचित्रवीर्यक्षेत्रेषु पुत्रानुत्पादयिष्यति ॥

tava hyanumate bhīṣma niyataṃ sa mahātapāḥ | vicitravīryakṣetreṣu putrānutpādayiṣyati

"With your consent, Bhishma, that great ascetic will surely beget sons on the wives of Vichitravirya."

Verse 41 (1.114.41)

महर्षेः कीर्तने तस्य भीष्मः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत् । देशकालौ च जानासि क्रियतामर्थसिद्धये ॥

maharṣeḥ kīrtane tasya bhīṣmaḥ prāñjalirabravīt | deśakālau ca jānāsi kriyatāmarthasiddhaye

Vaishampayana said: At the mention of the great seer, Bhishma joined his palms and said: "You know the right place and time; let it be done, so that our aim is achieved."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark, doubled danda). The first line = 1.99.18ab; the second (Bhishma's opening words) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 42 (1.114.42)

धर्ममर्थं च कामं च त्रीनेतान्योऽनुपश्यति । अर्थमर्थानुबन्धं च धर्मं धर्मानुबन्धनम् । कामं कामानुबन्धं च विपरीतान्पृथक्पृथक् ॥

dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca trīnetānyo'nupaśyati | arthamarthānubandhaṃ ca dharmaṃ dharmānubandhanam | kāmaṃ kāmānubandhaṃ ca viparītānpṛthakpṛthak

"He who weighs these three, dharma, artha and kama: artha and what follows from artha, dharma and what follows from dharma, kama and what follows from kama, and their opposites, each one separately,"

Note on the text: Corrected योनुपश्यति → योऽनुपश्यति (missing avagraha; the critical edition reads yo 'nupaśyati). Wikisource prints the first line in bold as if it were a speaker heading; it belongs to this verse. Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.18cd, the other two = 1.99.19abcd.

Verse 43 (1.114.43)

यो विचिन्त्य धिया धीरो व्यवस्यति स बुद्धिमान् । तदिदं धर्मयुक्तं च हितं चैव कुलस्य नः ॥

yo vicintya dhiyā dhīro vyavasyati sa buddhimān | tadidaṃ dharmayuktaṃ ca hitaṃ caiva kulasya naḥ

"and who, steady of mind, reflects on them with his intellect before he decides, is wise. This proposal accords with dharma and is good for our family."

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.19ef, the second = 1.99.20ab.

Verse 44 (1.114.44)

उक्तं भवत्या यच्छ्रेयस्तन्मह्यं रोचते भृशम् ॥

uktaṃ bhavatyā yacchreyastanmahyaṃ rocate bhṛśam

"What you have proposed is for the best, and it pleases me greatly."

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the heading वैशंपायन उवाच inside its verse 44, after this line; the line ends Bhishma's speech and the next begins the narration, so each is given as a verse of its own. This line = 1.99.20cd.

Verse 45 (1.114.45)

ततस्तस्मिन्प्रतिज्ञाते भीष्मेण कुरुनन्दन ॥

tatastasminpratijñāte bhīṣmeṇa kurunandana

Vaishampayana said: When Bhishma had given his consent, O delight of the Kurus,

Note on the text: Split from the preceding verse at the heading वैशंपायन उवाच, which Wikisource prints inside its verse 44. This line = 1.99.21ab.

Verse 46 (1.114.46)

कृष्णद्वैपायनं काली चिन्तयामास वै मुनिम् । स वेदान्विब्रुवन्धीमान्मातुर्विज्ञाय चिन्तितम् ॥

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ kālī cintayāmāsa vai munim | sa vedānvibruvandhīmānmāturvijñāya cintitam

Satyavati, also called Kali, thought of the sage Krishna Dvaipayana. The wise sage, who was then expounding the Vedas, knew what his mother had in mind,

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.21cd, the second = 1.99.22ab.

Verse 47 (1.114.47)

प्रादुर्बभूवाविदितः क्षणेन कुरुनन्दन । तस्मै पूजां ततः कृत्वा सुताय विधिपूर्वकम् ॥

prādurbabhūvāviditaḥ kṣaṇena kurunandana | tasmai pūjāṃ tataḥ kṛtvā sutāya vidhipūrvakam

and in an instant he appeared, unseen by anyone, O delight of the Kurus. She then honoured her son with due rites,

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.22cd, the second = 1.99.23ab.

Verse 48 (1.114.48)

परिष्वज्य च बाहुभ्यां प्रस्रवैरभ्यषिञ्चत । मुमोच बाष्पं दाशेयी पुत्रं दृष्ट्वा चिरस्य तु ॥

pariṣvajya ca bāhubhyāṃ prasravairabhyaṣiñcata | mumoca bāṣpaṃ dāśeyī putraṃ dṛṣṭvā cirasya tu

took him in her arms and bathed him with the milk that flowed from her breasts; and the fisherman's daughter wept at seeing her son after so long.

Note on the text: This verse = 1.99.23cdef.

Verse 49 (1.114.49)

तामद्भिः परिषिच्यार्तां महर्षिरभिवाद्य च । मातरं पूर्वजः पुत्रो व्यासो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tāmadbhiḥ pariṣicyārtāṃ maharṣirabhivādya ca | mātaraṃ pūrvajaḥ putro vyāso vacanamabravīt

Her firstborn son, the great seer Vyasa, sprinkled his grieving mother with water, saluted her, and spoke these words:

Verse 50 (1.114.50)

भवत्या यदभिप्रेतं तदहं कर्तुमागतः । शाधि मां धर्मतत्त्वज्ञे करवाणि प्रियं तव ॥

bhavatyā yadabhipretaṃ tadahaṃ kartumāgataḥ | śādhi māṃ dharmatattvajñe karavāṇi priyaṃ tava

"I have come to do what you wish. Command me, you who know the essence of dharma; I will do what pleases you."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vyasa (his reply; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 51 (1.114.51)

तस्मै पूजां ततोऽकार्षीत्पुरोधाः परमर्षये । स च तां प्रतिजग्राह विधिवन्मन्त्रपूर्वकम् ॥

tasmai pūjāṃ tato'kārṣītpurodhāḥ paramarṣaye | sa ca tāṃ pratijagrāha vidhivanmantrapūrvakam

Then the family priest offered worship to the supreme seer, and he accepted it with the proper rites and mantras.

Note on the text: Corrected विधिमन् → विधिवन् (misprint in Wikisource; म for व, the critical edition reads vidhivan mantrapūrvakam).

Verse 52 (1.114.52)

पूजितो मन्त्रपूर्वं तु विधिवत्प्रीतिमाप सः । तमासनगतं माता पृष्ट्वा कुशलमव्ययम् ॥

pūjito mantrapūrvaṃ tu vidhivatprītimāpa saḥ | tamāsanagataṃ mātā pṛṣṭvā kuśalamavyayam

Worshipped with mantras according to rule, he was pleased. When he had taken his seat, his mother asked after his unfailing well-being,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.99.27ab.

Verse 53 (1.114.53)

सत्यवत्यथ वीक्ष्यैनमुवाचेदमनन्तरम् । मातापित्रोः प्रजायन्ते पुत्राः साधारणाः कवे ॥

satyavatyatha vīkṣyainamuvācedamanantaram | mātāpitroḥ prajāyante putrāḥ sādhāraṇāḥ kave

and then Satyavati, looking at him, said: "Sons are born to mother and father alike, O sage."

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.27cd, the second = 1.99.28ab.

Verse 54 (1.114.54)

तेषां पिता यथा स्वामी तथा माता न संशयः । विधानविहितः स त्वं यथा मे प्रथमः सुतः ॥

teṣāṃ pitā yathā svāmī tathā mātā na saṃśayaḥ | vidhānavihitaḥ sa tvaṃ yathā me prathamaḥ sutaḥ

"Just as the father has a claim on them, so does the mother, without doubt. As you, by fate's ordering, are my first son,"

Note on the text: Corrected स्वीमी → स्वामी (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads svāmī). Speaker set to Satyavati (her speech runs to the first line of verse 60; the input carried Vaishampayana over). Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.28cd, the second = 1.99.29ab.

Verse 55 (1.114.55)

विचित्रवीर्यो ब्रह्मर्षे तथा मेऽवरजः सुतः । यथैव पितृतो भीष्मस्तथा त्वमपि मातृतः ॥

vicitravīryo brahmarṣe tathā me'varajaḥ sutaḥ | yathaiva pitṛto bhīṣmastathā tvamapi mātṛtaḥ

"so Vichitravirya, O brahmin seer, was my younger son. Just as Bhishma is his brother through the father, so you are through the mother,"

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.29cd, the second = 1.99.30ab.

Verse 56 (1.114.56)

भ्राता विचित्रवीर्यस्य यथा वा पुत्र मन्यसे । अयं शान्तनवः सत्यं पालयन्सत्यविक्रमः ॥

bhrātā vicitravīryasya yathā vā putra manyase | ayaṃ śāntanavaḥ satyaṃ pālayansatyavikramaḥ

"Vichitravirya's brother, or so I trust you see it, my son. This son of Shantanu, true in valour, keeping to his word,"

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.30cd, the second = 1.99.31ab.

Verse 57 (1.114.57)

बुद्धिं न कुरुतेऽपत्ये तथा राज्याऽनुशासने । स त्वं व्यपेक्षया भ्रातुः सन्तानाय कुलस्य च ॥

buddhiṃ na kurute'patye tathā rājyā'nuśāsane | sa tvaṃ vyapekṣayā bhrātuḥ santānāya kulasya ca

"does not set his mind on offspring, nor on ruling the kingdom. So you, out of regard for your brother and for the continuance of the family,"

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.31cd, the second = 1.99.32ab.

Verse 58 (1.114.58)

भीष्मस्य चास्य वचनान्नियोगाच्च ममानघ । अनुक्रोशाच्च भूतानां सर्वेषां रक्षणाय च ॥

bhīṣmasya cāsya vacanānniyogācca mamānagha | anukrośācca bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca

"at the word of Bhishma here and at my command, sinless one, out of compassion for all beings and for their protection,"

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.32cd, the second = 1.99.33ab.

Verse 59 (1.114.59)

आनृशंस्याच्च यद्ब्रूयां तच्छ्रुत्वा कर्तुमर्हसि । यवीयसस्तव भ्रातुर्भार्ये सुरसुतोपमे ॥

ānṛśaṃsyācca yadbrūyāṃ tacchrutvā kartumarhasi | yavīyasastava bhrāturbhārye surasutopame

"and out of kindness, you should hear what I say and do it. Your younger brother's two wives, like daughters of the gods,"

Note on the text: Corrected यवीयसस्व → यवीयसस्तव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the critical edition reads yavīyasas tava). Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.33cd, the second = 1.99.34ab.

Verse 60 (1.114.60)

रूपयौवनसंपन्ने पुत्रकामे च धर्मतः । तयोरुत्पादयापत्यं समर्थो ह्यसि पुत्रक ॥

rūpayauvanasaṃpanne putrakāme ca dharmataḥ | tayorutpādayāpatyaṃ samartho hyasi putraka

"endowed with beauty and youth, rightfully long for sons. Beget offspring on them, my son, for you are able,"

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.34cd, the second = 1.99.35ab.

Verse 61 (1.114.61)

अनुरूपं कुलस्यास्य संतत्याः प्रसवस्य च ॥

anurūpaṃ kulasyāsya saṃtatyāḥ prasavasya ca

"offspring worthy of this family, of its line and its descent."

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the heading व्यास उवाच inside its verse 60, after this line; the line ends Satyavati's speech and the next begins Vyasa's reply, so each is given as a verse of its own. This line = 1.99.35cd.

Verse 62 (1.114.62)

वेत्थ धर्मं सत्यवति परं चापरमेव च ॥

vettha dharmaṃ satyavati paraṃ cāparameva ca

Vyasa said: "You know dharma, Satyavati, both the higher and the lower,"

Note on the text: Split from the preceding verse at the heading व्यास उवाच, which Wikisource prints inside its verse 60. This line = 1.99.36ab.

Verse 63 (1.114.63)

तथा तव महाप्राज्ञे धर्मे प्रणिहिता मतिः । तस्मादहं त्वन्नियोगाद्धर्ममुद्दिश्य कारणम् ॥

tathā tava mahāprājñe dharme praṇihitā matiḥ | tasmādahaṃ tvanniyogāddharmamuddiśya kāraṇam

"and your mind, wise lady, is set on dharma. Therefore, at your command, with dharma as my reason,"

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.36cd, the second = 1.99.37ab.

Verse 64 (1.114.64)

ईप्सितं ते करिष्यामि दृष्टं ह्येतत्सनातनम् । भ्रातुः पुत्रान्प्रदास्यामि मित्रावरुणयोः समान् ॥

īpsitaṃ te kariṣyāmi dṛṣṭaṃ hyetatsanātanam | bhrātuḥ putrānpradāsyāmi mitrāvaruṇayoḥ samān

"I will do what you desire, for this is a practice seen from of old. I will give my brother sons like Mitra and Varuna."

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.37cd, the second = 1.99.38ab.

Verse 65 (1.114.65)

व्रतं चरेतां ते देव्यौ निर्दिष्टमिह यन्मया । संवत्सरं यथान्यायं ततः शुद्धे भविष्यतः ॥

vrataṃ caretāṃ te devyau nirdiṣṭamiha yanmayā | saṃvatsaraṃ yathānyāyaṃ tataḥ śuddhe bhaviṣyataḥ

"Let the two queens keep, as is proper, the vow I lay down here for a year; then they will be purified."

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.38cd, the second = 1.99.39ab.

Verse 66 (1.114.66)

नहि मामव्रतोपेता उपेयात्काचिदङ्गना ॥

nahi māmavratopetā upeyātkācidaṅganā

"For no woman may come to me who has not kept the vow."

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the heading सत्यवत्युवाच inside its verse 64, after this line; the line ends Vyasa's speech and the next begins Satyavati's reply, so each is given as a verse of its own. This line = 1.99.39cd.

Verse 67 (1.114.67)

सद्यो यथा प्रपद्येते देव्यौ गर्भं तथा कुरु ॥

sadyo yathā prapadyete devyau garbhaṃ tathā kuru

Satyavati said: "Act so that the queens conceive at once."

Note on the text: Split from the preceding verse at the heading सत्यवत्युवाच, which Wikisource prints inside its verse 64. This line = 1.99.40ab, where the critical edition has the singular (devī … prapadyeta).

Verse 68 (1.114.68)

अराजकेषु राष्ट्रेषु प्रजाऽनाथा विनश्यति । नश्यन्ति च क्रियाः सर्वा नास्ति वृष्टिर्न देवता ॥

arājakeṣu rāṣṭreṣu prajā'nāthā vinaśyati | naśyanti ca kriyāḥ sarvā nāsti vṛṣṭirna devatā

"In kingdoms without a king the people perish, with no one to protect them; all sacred rites fail; there is no rain, and no god."

Note on the text: Only the opening of the first line and the close of the second (arājakeṣu rāṣṭreṣu … nāsti vṛṣṭir na devatāḥ) = 1.99.40cd; the rest is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 69 (1.114.69)

कथं चाराजकं राष्ट्रं शक्यं धारयितुं प्रभो । तस्माद्गर्भं समाधत्स्व भीष्मः संवर्धयिष्यति ॥

kathaṃ cārājakaṃ rāṣṭraṃ śakyaṃ dhārayituṃ prabho | tasmādgarbhaṃ samādhatsva bhīṣmaḥ saṃvardhayiṣyati

"How can a kingdom without a king be held together, my lord? So implant the child; Bhishma will raise it."

Verse 70 (1.114.70)

यदि पुत्रः प्रदातव्यो मया भ्रातुरकालिकः । विरूपतां मे सहतां तयोरेतत्परं व्रतम् ॥

yadi putraḥ pradātavyo mayā bhrāturakālikaḥ | virūpatāṃ me sahatāṃ tayoretatparaṃ vratam

Vyasa said: "If I must give my brother a son out of season, let them bear my ugliness; that is the highest vow for them."

Verse 71 (1.114.71)

यदि मे सहते गन्धं रूपं वेषं तथा वपुः । अद्यैव गर्भं कौसल्या विशिष्टं प्रतिपद्यताम् ॥

yadi me sahate gandhaṃ rūpaṃ veṣaṃ tathā vapuḥ | adyaiva garbhaṃ kausalyā viśiṣṭaṃ pratipadyatām

"If Kausalya can bear my smell, my looks, my dress and my body, let her conceive an excellent child this very day."

Verse 72 (1.114.72)

तस्यापि च शतं पुत्रा भवितारो न संशयः । गोप्तारः कुरुवंशस्य भवत्याः शोकनाशनाः ॥

tasyāpi ca śataṃ putrā bhavitāro na saṃśayaḥ | goptāraḥ kuruvaṃśasya bhavatyāḥ śokanāśanāḥ

"He too will have a hundred sons, without doubt, protectors of the Kuru line who will end your grief."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark, doubled danda). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 73 (1.114.73)

एवमुक्त्वा महातेजा व्यासः सत्यवतीं तदा । शयने सा च कौसल्या शुचिवस्त्रा ह्यलङ्कृता ॥

evamuktvā mahātejā vyāsaḥ satyavatīṃ tadā | śayane sā ca kausalyā śucivastrā hyalaṅkṛtā

Vaishampayana said: Having spoken thus to Satyavati, the radiant Vyasa said, "Let Kausalya, in clean clothes and adorned, wait on her bed

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

Verse 74 (1.114.74)

समागमनमाकाङ्क्षेदिति सोऽन्तर्हितो मुनिः । ततोऽभिगम्य सा देवी स्नुषां रहसि संगताम् ॥

samāgamanamākāṅkṣediti so'ntarhito muniḥ | tato'bhigamya sā devī snuṣāṃ rahasi saṃgatām

for my coming," and with that the sage vanished. Then the queen went to her daughter-in-law and, meeting her in private,

Note on the text: This verse = 1.99.44abcd.

Verse 75 (1.114.75)

धर्म्यमर्थसमायुक्तमुवाच वचनं हितम् । कौसल्ये धर्मतन्त्रं त्वां यद्ब्रवीमि निबोध तत् ॥

dharmyamarthasamāyuktamuvāca vacanaṃ hitam | kausalye dharmatantraṃ tvāṃ yadbravīmi nibodha tat

spoke to her words that were right, purposeful and for her good: "Kausalya, understand what I tell you, which accords with dharma."

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.44ef, the second = 1.99.45ab.

Verse 76 (1.114.76)

भरतानां समुच्छेदो व्यक्तं मद्भाग्यसंक्षयात् । व्यथितां मां च संप्रेक्ष्य पितृवंशं च पीडितम् ॥

bharatānāṃ samucchedo vyaktaṃ madbhāgyasaṃkṣayāt | vyathitāṃ māṃ ca saṃprekṣya pitṛvaṃśaṃ ca pīḍitam

"Plainly the line of the Bharatas is being cut off because my good fortune has run out. Seeing me in distress, and the line of our forefathers afflicted,"

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyavati (her words to Kausalya; the input carried Vaishampayana over). Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.45cd, the second = 1.99.46ab.

Verse 77 (1.114.77)

भीष्मो बुद्धिमदान्मह्यं कुलस्यास्य विवृद्धये । सा च बुद्धिस्त्वय्यधीना पुत्रि प्रापय मां तथा ॥

bhīṣmo buddhimadānmahyaṃ kulasyāsya vivṛddhaye | sā ca buddhistvayyadhīnā putri prāpaya māṃ tathā

"Bhishma has given me counsel for the growth of this family. But that counsel depends on you, my daughter; help me to carry it out."

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.46cd, the second = 1.99.47ab.

Verse 78 (1.114.78)

नष्टं च भारतं वंशं पुनरेव समुद्धर । पुत्रं जनय सुश्रोणि देवराजसमप्रभम् ॥

naṣṭaṃ ca bhārataṃ vaṃśaṃ punareva samuddhara | putraṃ janaya suśroṇi devarājasamaprabham

"Raise up again the fallen line of Bharata. Bear a son, fair one, as radiant as the king of the gods."

Note on the text: Corrected समुद्धऱ → समुद्धर (misprint in Wikisource; the wrong letter ऱ for र, the critical edition reads samuddhara). Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse out of step with the critical edition's here: the first line = 1.99.47cd, the second = 1.99.48ab.

Verse 79 (1.114.79)

स हि राज्यधुरं गुर्वीमुद्वक्ष्यति कुलस्य नः । एवमुक्त्वा तु सा देवी स्नुषां सत्यवती तदा ॥

sa hi rājyadhuraṃ gurvīmudvakṣyati kulasya naḥ | evamuktvā tu sā devī snuṣāṃ satyavatī tadā

"He will bear the heavy yoke of our family's kingdom." Having spoken thus to her daughter-in-law, the queen Satyavati then

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark, doubled danda). The first line = 1.99.48cd and ends Satyavati's speech; the second line, which returns to the narration, is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource prints no heading here, so the verse is kept whole.

Verse 80 (1.114.80)

सा धर्मतोऽनुनीयैनां कथंचिद्धर्मचारिणीम् । भोजयामास विप्रांश्च देवर्षीनतिथींस्तथा ॥

sā dharmato'nunīyaināṃ kathaṃciddharmacāriṇīm | bhojayāmāsa viprāṃśca devarṣīnatithīṃstathā

by appeals to dharma she somehow won over the righteous princess, and she fed brahmins, divine seers and guests.