Vasishtha Wins Tapati for Samvarana

Verse 1 (1.189.1)

एवमुक्त्वा ततस्तूर्णं जगामोर्ध्वमनिन्दिता । तपतीतपतीत्येव विललापातुरो नृपः ॥

evamuktvā tatastūrṇaṃ jagāmordhvamaninditā | tapatītapatītyeva vilalāpāturo nṛpaḥ

Having said this, the blameless maiden quickly rose upward, and the king, stricken, lamented, crying only "Tapati! Tapati!"

Note on the text: The second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1731* in its apparatus); the first line = 1.162.1ab.

Verse 2 (1.189.2)

प्रास्खलच्चासकृद्राजा पुनरुत्थाय धावति । धावमानस्तु तपतीमदृष्ट्वैव महीपतिः । स तु राजा पुनर्भूमौ तत्रैव निपपात ह ॥

prāskhalaccāsakṛdrājā punarutthāya dhāvati | dhāvamānastu tapatīmadṛṣṭvaiva mahīpatiḥ | sa tu rājā punarbhūmau tatraiva nipapāta ha

The king stumbled again and again, rose and ran on; but running, the lord of the earth could not see Tapati, and there the king fell to the ground once more.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रास्स्वलच्चासकृद्राजा → प्रास्खलच्चासकृद्राजा (misprint in Wikisource; स्स्व for स्ख, as in the critical edition's apparatus, prāskhalac). Removed a stray wiki mark (') after the second line. The first two lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1731*); the third line = 1.162.1cd.

Verse 3 (1.189.3)

अन्वेषमाणः सबलस्तं राजानं नृपोत्तमम् । अमात्यः सानुयात्रश्च तं ददर्श महावने ॥

anveṣamāṇaḥ sabalastaṃ rājānaṃ nṛpottamam | amātyaḥ sānuyātraśca taṃ dadarśa mahāvane

His minister, searching with the army and his attendants for that king, the best of rulers, found him in the great forest

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1732*); the second line = 1.162.2ab. From here to verse 8 Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse behind the critical edition's.

Verse 4 (1.189.4)

क्षितौ निपतितं काले शक्रध्वजमिवोच्छ्रितम् । तं हि दृष्ट्वा महेष्वासं निरस्तं पतितं भुवि ॥

kṣitau nipatitaṃ kāle śakradhvajamivocchritam | taṃ hi dṛṣṭvā maheṣvāsaṃ nirastaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi

lying on the ground like Indra's tall banner lowered when its time has come. Seeing that great archer thrown down and fallen on the earth,

Note on the text: Corrected त हि → तं हि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, as in the critical edition). Lines = 1.162.2cd and 1.162.3ab of the critical edition.

Verse 5 (1.189.5)

बभूव सोऽस्य सचिवः संप्रदीप्त इवाग्निना । त्वरया चोपसङ्गम्य स्नेहादागतसंभ्रमः ॥

babhūva so'sya sacivaḥ saṃpradīpta ivāgninā | tvarayā copasaṅgamya snehādāgatasaṃbhramaḥ

his counsellor felt as if he were being burnt by fire. Hurrying to him, alarmed out of affection,

Note on the text: Lines = 1.162.3cd and 1.162.4ab of the critical edition.

Verse 6 (1.189.6)

तं समुत्थापयामास नृपतिं काममोहितम् । भूतलाद्भूमिपालेशं पितेव पतितं सुतम् ॥

taṃ samutthāpayāmāsa nṛpatiṃ kāmamohitam | bhūtalādbhūmipāleśaṃ piteva patitaṃ sutam

he raised the king, lord of rulers, bewildered by love, from the ground, as a father lifts a fallen son.

Note on the text: Lines = 1.162.4cd and 1.162.5ab of the critical edition.

Verse 7 (1.189.7)

प्रज्ञया वयसा चैव वृद्धः कीर्त्या नयेन च । अमात्यस्तं समुत्थाप्य बभूव विगतज्वरः ॥

prajñayā vayasā caiva vṛddhaḥ kīrtyā nayena ca | amātyastaṃ samutthāpya babhūva vigatajvaraḥ

The minister, ripe in wisdom and in years, in fame and in statecraft, having raised him up, was freed of his anxiety.

Note on the text: Lines = 1.162.5cd and 1.162.6ab of the critical edition.

Verse 8 (1.189.8)

उवाच चैनं कल्याण्या वाचा मधुरयोत्थितम् । मा भैर्मनुजशार्दूल भद्रमस्तु तवानघ ॥

uvāca cainaṃ kalyāṇyā vācā madhurayotthitam | mā bhairmanujaśārdūla bhadramastu tavānagha

And he spoke to him, now on his feet, in kind and gentle words: "Do not fear, tiger among men; may all be well with you, sinless one."

Note on the text: Corrected मधुरयोत्थिम् → मधुरयोत्थितम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara त, as in the critical edition). Lines = 1.162.6cd and 1.162.6ef of the critical edition, whose verse 6 has three lines.

Verse 9 (1.189.9)

क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्तं तर्कयामास वै नृपम् । पतितं पातनं सङ्ख्ये शात्रवाणां महीतले ॥

kṣutpipāsāpariśrāntaṃ tarkayāmāsa vai nṛpam | patitaṃ pātanaṃ saṅkhye śātravāṇāṃ mahītale

He supposed that the king, who fells his enemies in battle, had fallen to the ground worn out by hunger and thirst.

Verse 10 (1.189.10)

वारिणा च सुशीतेन शिरस्तस्याभ्यषेचयत् । अस्पृशन्मुकुटं राज्ञः पुण्डरीकसुगन्धिना ॥

vāriṇā ca suśītena śirastasyābhyaṣecayat | aspṛśanmukuṭaṃ rājñaḥ puṇḍarīkasugandhinā

He sprinkled the king's head with very cool water fragrant with lotuses, without touching his crown.

Verse 11 (1.189.11)

ततः प्रत्यागतप्राणस्तद्बलं बलवान्नृपः । सर्वं विसर्जयामास तमेकं सचिवं विना ॥

tataḥ pratyāgataprāṇastadbalaṃ balavānnṛpaḥ | sarvaṃ visarjayāmāsa tamekaṃ sacivaṃ vinā

Then, his breath restored, the mighty king dismissed all that army, except for that one counsellor.

Verse 12 (1.189.12)

ततस्तस्याज्ञया राज्ञो विप्रतस्थे महद्बलम् । स तु राजा गिरिप्रस्थे तस्मिन्पुनरुपाविशत् ॥

tatastasyājñayā rājño vipratasthe mahadbalam | sa tu rājā giriprasthe tasminpunarupāviśat

At the king's command that great army departed, while the king sat down again on that mountain plateau.

Verse 13 (1.189.13)

ततस्तस्मिन् गिरिवरे शुचिर्भूत्वा कृताञ्जलिः । आरिराधयिषुः सूर्यं तस्थावूर्ध्वमुखः क्षितौ ॥

tatastasmin girivare śucirbhūtvā kṛtāñjaliḥ | ārirādhayiṣuḥ sūryaṃ tasthāvūrdhvamukhaḥ kṣitau

Then on that fine mountain, having purified himself, with joined palms, wishing to win the favour of the Sun, he stood on the ground with his face turned upward.

Verse 14 (1.189.14)

जगाम मनसा चैव वसिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम् । पुरोहितममित्रघ्नं तदा संवरणो नृपः ॥

jagāma manasā caiva vasiṣṭhamṛṣisattamam | purohitamamitraghnaṃ tadā saṃvaraṇo nṛpaḥ

And King Samvarana also turned in his mind to Vasishtha, best of seers, his priest, the destroyer of foes.

Verse 15 (1.189.15)

नक्तन्दिनमथैकत्र स्थिते तस्मिञ्जनाधिपे । अथाजगाम विप्रर्षिस्तदा द्वादशमेऽहनि ॥

naktandinamathaikatra sthite tasmiñjanādhipe | athājagāma viprarṣistadā dvādaśame'hani

As the ruler stood in one place night and day, the brahmin seer came on the twelfth day.

Verse 16 (1.189.16)

स विदित्वैव नृपतिं तपत्या हृतमानसम् । दिव्येन विधिना ज्ञात्वा भावितात्मा महानृषिः ॥

sa viditvaiva nṛpatiṃ tapatyā hṛtamānasam | divyena vidhinā jñātvā bhāvitātmā mahānṛṣiḥ

The great seer, perfected in spirit, knew at once by divine means that the king's heart had been stolen by Tapati.

Note on the text: Corrected महानृपिः → महानृषिः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष, as in the critical edition, mahān ṛṣiḥ).

Verse 17 (1.189.17)

तथा तु नियतात्मानं तं नृपं मुनिसत्तमः । आबभाषे स धर्मात्मा तस्यैवार्थचिकीर्षया ॥

tathā tu niyatātmānaṃ taṃ nṛpaṃ munisattamaḥ | ābabhāṣe sa dharmātmā tasyaivārthacikīrṣayā

Then the righteous best of sages, wishing to accomplish the king's own purpose, spoke to him as he stood thus with self-restraint.

Verse 18 (1.189.18)

स तस्य मनुजेन्द्रस्य पश्यतो भगवानृषिः । ऊर्ध्वमाचक्रमे द्रष्टुं भास्करं भास्करद्युतिः ॥

sa tasya manujendrasya paśyato bhagavānṛṣiḥ | ūrdhvamācakrame draṣṭuṃ bhāskaraṃ bhāskaradyutiḥ

Then, as that lord of men looked on, the blessed seer, radiant as the sun, rose upward to see the Sun.

Verse 19 (1.189.19)

योजनानां तु नियुतं क्षणाद्गत्वा तपोधनः । सहस्रांशुं ततो विप्रः कृताञ्जलिरुपस्थितः । वसिष्ठोऽहमिति प्रीत्या स चात्मानं न्यवेदयत् ॥

yojanānāṃ tu niyutaṃ kṣaṇādgatvā tapodhanaḥ | sahasrāṃśuṃ tato vipraḥ kṛtāñjalirupasthitaḥ | vasiṣṭho'hamiti prītyā sa cātmānaṃ nyavedayat

Having travelled a hundred thousand yojanas in an instant, the ascetic brahmin stood before the thousand-rayed Sun with joined palms and announced himself with affection: "I am Vasishtha."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') after the first line. Corrected वसिष्ठोहमिति → वसिष्ठोऽहमिति (missing avagraha). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1736*); the other two lines = 1.162.17.

Verse 20 (1.189.20)

तमुवाच महातेजा विवस्वान्मुनिसत्तमम् । महर्षे स्वागतं तेऽस्तु कथयस्व यथेप्सितम् ॥

tamuvāca mahātejā vivasvānmunisattamam | maharṣe svāgataṃ te'stu kathayasva yathepsitam

The mighty Vivasvat said to that best of sages: "Great seer, welcome to you! Tell me what you desire.

Verse 21 (1.189.21)

यदिच्छसि महाभाग मत्तः प्रवदतां वर । तत्ते दद्यामभिप्रेतं यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम् ॥

yadicchasi mahābhāga mattaḥ pravadatāṃ vara | tatte dadyāmabhipretaṃ yadyapi syātsudurlabham

"Whatever you want from me, fortunate one, best of speakers, that wish I will grant you, even if it is very hard to obtain."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Surya: this whole verse continues his words begun in the previous verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1739* in its apparatus).

Verse 22 (1.189.22)

एवमुक्तः स तेनर्षिर्वसिष्ठः संस्तुवन्गिरा । प्रणिपत्य विवस्वन्तं भानुमन्तमथाब्रवीत् ॥

evamuktaḥ sa tenarṣirvasiṣṭhaḥ saṃstuvangirā | praṇipatya vivasvantaṃ bhānumantamathābravīt

So addressed by him, the seer Vasishtha, praising him in words, bowed to the radiant Vivasvat and spoke.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1739*, with a different second half to each line).

Verse 23 (1.189.23)

योजनानां चतुष्षष्टिं निमेषात्त्रिशतं तथा । अश्वैर्गच्छति नित्यं यस्तत्पार्श्वस्थोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥

yojanānāṃ catuṣṣaṣṭiṃ nimeṣāttriśataṃ tathā | aśvairgacchati nityaṃ yastatpārśvastho'bravīdidam

Standing beside him who for ever travels with his horses three hundred and sixty-four yojanas in the twinkling of an eye, he said this:

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1737*).

Verse 24 (1.189.24)

अजाय लोकत्रयपावनाय । भूतात्मने गोपतये वृषाय । सूर्याय सर्गप्रलयालयाय । नमो महाकारुणिकोत्तमाय ॥

ajāya lokatrayapāvanāya | bhūtātmane gopataye vṛṣāya | sūryāya sargapralayālayāya | namo mahākāruṇikottamāya

"Homage to the Unborn, who purifies the three worlds; to the soul of all beings, lord of rays, the Bull; to Surya, the abode of creation and dissolution; to the highest of the greatly compassionate!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1737*, which reads -bhāvanāya, "who brings into being", for -पावनाय).

Verse 25 (1.189.25)

विवस्वते ज्ञानभृतेऽन्तरात्मने । जगत्प्रदीपाय जगद्धितैषिणे । स्वयंभुवे दीप्तसहस्रचक्षुषे । सुरोत्तमायामिततेजसे नमः ॥

vivasvate jñānabhṛte'ntarātmane | jagatpradīpāya jagaddhitaiṣiṇe | svayaṃbhuve dīptasahasracakṣuṣe | surottamāyāmitatejase namaḥ

"Homage to Vivasvat, bearer of knowledge, the inner self; to the lamp of the world, who seeks the world's good; to the self-born, with a thousand blazing eyes; to the best of the gods, of boundless splendour!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1737*).

Verse 26 (1.189.26)

नमः सवित्रे जगदेकचक्षुषे । जगत्प्रसूतिस्थितिनाशहेतवे । त्रयीमयाय त्रिगुणात्मधारिणे । विरिञ्चनारायणशङ्करात्मने ॥

namaḥ savitre jagadekacakṣuṣe | jagatprasūtisthitināśahetave | trayīmayāya triguṇātmadhāriṇe | viriñcanārāyaṇaśaṅkarātmane

"Homage to Savitr, the one eye of the world, the cause of the world's birth, continuance and end; to him who is made of the three Vedas, who bears the nature of the three gunas, who is Brahma, Narayana and Shankara in one!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1738*).

Verse 27 (1.189.27)

संस्तुतो वरदः सोऽहं वरं वरय सुव्रत । स्तुतिस्त्वयोक्ता भक्तानां जप्येयं वरदोऽस्म्यहम् ॥

saṃstuto varadaḥ so'haṃ varaṃ varaya suvrata | stutistvayoktā bhaktānāṃ japyeyaṃ varado'smyaham

"Praised thus, I am ready to grant a boon: choose a boon, you of good vows. This hymn you have spoken is to be recited by devotees. I am the giver of boons."

Note on the text: Corrected वग्दोस्म्यहम् → वरदोऽस्म्यहम् (misprint in Wikisource; garbled akshara and missing avagraha, as in the critical edition's apparatus, varado 'smy aham). Removed a stray wiki mark ('). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1737*).

Verse 28 (1.189.28)

यैषा ते तपती नाम सावित्र्यवरजा सुता । तां त्वां संवरणस्यार्थे वरयामि विभावसो ॥

yaiṣā te tapatī nāma sāvitryavarajā sutā | tāṃ tvāṃ saṃvaraṇasyārthe varayāmi vibhāvaso

"This daughter of yours named Tapati, the younger sister of Savitri, I ask of you, Vibhavasu, for Samvarana.

Verse 29 (1.189.29)

स हि राजा बृहत्कीर्तिर्धर्मार्थविदुदारधीः । युक्तः संवरणो भर्ता दुहितुस्ते विहङ्गम ॥

sa hi rājā bṛhatkīrtirdharmārthavidudāradhīḥ | yuktaḥ saṃvaraṇo bhartā duhituste vihaṅgama

"For that king, Samvarana, is of wide fame, knows dharma and artha, and is noble-minded: a fitting husband for your daughter, rover of the sky."

Verse 30 (1.189.30)

इत्युक्तः स तदा तेन ददानीत्येव निश्चितः । प्रत्यभाषत तं विप्रं प्रतिनन्द्य दिवाकरः ॥

ityuktaḥ sa tadā tena dadānītyeva niścitaḥ | pratyabhāṣata taṃ vipraṃ pratinandya divākaraḥ

So addressed by him, the Maker of Day, resolved at once to give her, welcomed the brahmin and replied:

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतीनन्द्य → प्रतिनन्द्य (misprint in Wikisource; long ी for short ि, as in the critical edition, pratinandya).

Verse 31 (1.189.31)

वरः संवरणो राज्ञां त्वमृषीणां वरो मुने । तपती योषितां श्रेष्ठा किमन्यत्रापवर्जनात् ॥

varaḥ saṃvaraṇo rājñāṃ tvamṛṣīṇāṃ varo mune | tapatī yoṣitāṃ śreṣṭhā kimanyatrāpavarjanāt

"Samvarana is the best of kings and you, sage, are the best of seers; Tapati is the finest of women. What is there to do but give her?"

Note on the text: Speaker set to Surya: the whole verse is his reply, introduced in the previous verse (no speaker line in Wikisource).

Verse 32 (1.189.32)

ततः सर्वानवद्याङ्गीं तपतीं तपनः स्वयम् । ददौ संवरणस्यार्थे वसिष्ठाय महात्मने ॥

tataḥ sarvānavadyāṅgīṃ tapatīṃ tapanaḥ svayam | dadau saṃvaraṇasyārthe vasiṣṭhāya mahātmane

Then the Sun himself gave Tapati, flawless in every limb, to the great-souled Vasishtha for Samvarana.

Verse 33 (1.189.33)

प्रतिजग्राह तां कन्यां महर्षिस्तपतीं तदा । वसिष्ठोऽथ विसृष्टस्तु पुनरेवाजगाम ह ॥

pratijagrāha tāṃ kanyāṃ maharṣistapatīṃ tadā | vasiṣṭho'tha visṛṣṭastu punarevājagāma ha

The great seer accepted the maiden Tapati, and Vasishtha, given leave, then came back

Note on the text: Lines = 1.163.5ef and 1.163.6ab of the critical edition. From here to verse 35 Wikisource's verse division runs a line behind the critical edition's three-line verses 5 and 7.

Verse 34 (1.189.34)

यत्र विख्यातकीर्तिः स कुरूणामृषभोऽभवत् । स राजा मन्मथाविष्टस्तद्गतेनान्तरात्मना ॥

yatra vikhyātakīrtiḥ sa kurūṇāmṛṣabho'bhavat | sa rājā manmathāviṣṭastadgatenāntarātmanā

to where that bull of the Kurus, of widespread fame, was. That king, possessed by love, with his heart fixed on her,

Note on the text: Lines = 1.163.6cd and 1.163.7ab of the critical edition.

Verse 35 (1.189.35)

दृष्ट्वा च देवकन्यां तां तपतीं चारुहासिनीम् । वसिष्ठेन सहायान्तीं संहृष्टोऽभ्यधिकं बभौ ॥

dṛṣṭvā ca devakanyāṃ tāṃ tapatīṃ cāruhāsinīm | vasiṣṭhena sahāyāntīṃ saṃhṛṣṭo'bhyadhikaṃ babhau

seeing that divine maiden Tapati of the lovely smile coming with Vasishtha, was overjoyed and shone all the more.

Note on the text: Lines = 1.163.7cd and 1.163.7ef of the critical edition.

Verse 36 (1.189.36)

रुरुचे साऽधिकं सुभ्रूरापतन्ती नभस्तलात् । सौदामनीव विभ्रष्टा द्योतयन्ती दिशस्त्विषा ॥

ruruce sā'dhikaṃ subhrūrāpatantī nabhastalāt | saudāmanīva vibhraṣṭā dyotayantī diśastviṣā

She of the fair brows shone all the more as she came down from the sky, like a flash of lightning fallen from heaven, lighting up the quarters with her radiance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1740*).

Verse 37 (1.189.37)

कृच्छ्राद्द्वादशरात्रे तु तस्य राज्ञः समाहिते । आजगाम विशुद्धात्मा वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः ॥

kṛcchrāddvādaśarātre tu tasya rājñaḥ samāhite | ājagāma viśuddhātmā vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ

It was when the king's twelve nights of concentrated devotion had been painfully completed that the blessed seer Vasishtha, pure of soul, had come.

Verse 38 (1.189.38)

तपसाऽऽराध्य वरदं देवं गोपतिमीश्वरम् । लेभे संवरणो भार्यां वसिष्ठस्यैव तेजसा ॥

tapasā''rādhya varadaṃ devaṃ gopatimīśvaram | lebhe saṃvaraṇo bhāryāṃ vasiṣṭhasyaiva tejasā

Having propitiated by austerity the boon-granting god, the lord of rays, the master, Samvarana won a wife through the power of Vasishtha alone.

Verse 39 (1.189.39)

ततस्तस्मिन्गिरिश्रेष्ठे देवगन्धर्वसेविते । जग्राह विधिवत्पाणिं तपत्याः स नरर्षभः ॥

tatastasmingiriśreṣṭhe devagandharvasevite | jagrāha vidhivatpāṇiṃ tapatyāḥ sa nararṣabhaḥ

Then on that finest of mountains, frequented by gods and Gandharvas, that bull among men took Tapati's hand in marriage according to the rites.

Verse 40 (1.189.40)

वसिष्ठेनाभ्यनुज्ञातस्तस्मिन्नेव धराधरे । सोऽकामयत राजर्षिर्विहर्तुं सह भार्यया ॥

vasiṣṭhenābhyanujñātastasminneva dharādhare | so'kāmayata rājarṣirvihartuṃ saha bhāryayā

With Vasishtha's leave, the royal seer chose to take his pleasure with his wife on that very mountain.

Verse 41 (1.189.41)

ततः पुरे च राष्ट्रे च वनेषूपवनेषु च । आदिदेश महीपालस्तमेव सचिवं तदा ॥

tataḥ pure ca rāṣṭre ca vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca | ādideśa mahīpālastameva sacivaṃ tadā

Then the protector of the earth put that same counsellor in charge of the city and the kingdom, the forests and the groves.

Verse 42 (1.189.42)

नृपतिं त्वभ्यनुज्ञाप्य वसिष्ठोऽथापचक्रमे । सोऽथ राजा गिरौ तस्मिन्विजहारामरो यथा ॥

nṛpatiṃ tvabhyanujñāpya vasiṣṭho'thāpacakrame | so'tha rājā girau tasminvijahārāmaro yathā

Taking leave of the king, Vasishtha then departed, and the king sported on that mountain like an immortal.

Verse 43 (1.189.43)

ततो द्वादशवर्षाणि काननेषु वनेषु च । रेमे तस्मिन्गिरौ राजा तयैव सह भार्यया ॥

tato dvādaśavarṣāṇi kānaneṣu vaneṣu ca | reme tasmingirau rājā tayaiva saha bhāryayā

Then for twelve years the king took his delight in the woods and forests on that mountain, with that wife alone.

Verse 44 (1.189.44)

तस्य राज्ञः पुरे तस्मिन्समा द्वादश सत्तम । न ववर्ष सहस्राक्षो राष्ट्रे चैवास्य भारत ॥

tasya rājñaḥ pure tasminsamā dvādaśa sattama | na vavarṣa sahasrākṣo rāṣṭre caivāsya bhārata

For twelve years, good friend, the thousand-eyed Indra sent no rain on that king's city, nor on his kingdom, Bharata.

Verse 45 (1.189.45)

ततस्तस्यामनावृष्ट्यां प्रवृत्तायामरिन्दम । प्रजाः क्षयमुपाजग्मुः सर्वाः सस्थाणुजङ्गमाः ॥

tatastasyāmanāvṛṣṭyāṃ pravṛttāyāmarindama | prajāḥ kṣayamupājagmuḥ sarvāḥ sasthāṇujaṅgamāḥ

When that drought had set in, tamer of foes, all creatures, moving and unmoving, began to perish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1742*).

Verse 46 (1.189.46)

तस्मिंस्तथाविधे काले वर्तमाने सुदारुणे । नावश्यायः पपातोर्व्यां ततः सस्यानि नाऽरुहन् ॥

tasmiṃstathāvidhe kāle vartamāne sudāruṇe | nāvaśyāyaḥ papātorvyāṃ tataḥ sasyāni nā'ruhan

In that most dreadful time not even dew fell on the earth, and so the crops did not grow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1742*).

Verse 47 (1.189.47)

ततो विभ्रान्तमनसो जनाः क्षुद्भयपीडिताः । गृहाणि संपरित्यज्य बभ्रमुः प्रदिशो दिशः ॥

tato vibhrāntamanaso janāḥ kṣudbhayapīḍitāḥ | gṛhāṇi saṃparityajya babhramuḥ pradiśo diśaḥ

Then the people, their minds distraught and tormented by fear of hunger, left their homes and wandered in every direction.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षुद्भपीडिताः → क्षुद्भयपीडिताः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara य, the line is a syllable short; the critical edition's apparatus reads kṣudbhayapīḍitāḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1742*).

Verse 48 (1.189.48)

ततस्तस्मिन्पुरे राष्ट्रे त्यक्तदारपरिग्रहाः । परस्परममर्यादाः क्षुधार्ता जघ्निरे जनाः ॥

tatastasminpure rāṣṭre tyaktadāraparigrahāḥ | parasparamamaryādāḥ kṣudhārtā jaghnire janāḥ

Then in that city and kingdom the people, abandoning wives and households, threw off all restraint and, crazed with hunger, killed one another.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1742*).

Verse 49 (1.189.49)

तत्क्षुधार्तैर्निरानन्दैः शवभूतैस्तथा नरैः । अभवत्प्रेतराजस्य पुरं प्रेतैरिवावृतम् ॥

tatkṣudhārtairnirānandaiḥ śavabhūtaistathā naraiḥ | abhavatpretarājasya puraṃ pretairivāvṛtam

With its men hungry, joyless and like corpses, the city became like the city of the king of the dead, thronged with ghosts.

Verse 50 (1.189.50)

ततस्तत्तादृशं दृष्ट्वा स एव भगवानृषिः । अभ्याद्रवत धर्मात्मा वसिष्ठो मुनिसत्तमः ॥

tatastattādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa eva bhagavānṛṣiḥ | abhyādravata dharmātmā vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ

Seeing it in such a state, that same blessed seer, the righteous Vasishtha, best of sages, hastened there.

Note on the text: Aligned with 1.163.17 of the critical edition; its second line reads differently there.

Verse 51 (1.189.51)

तं च पार्थिवशार्दूलमानयामास तत्पुरम् । तपत्या सहितं राजन्वर्षे द्वादशमे गते । ततः प्रवृष्टस्तत्रासीद्यथापूर्वं सुरारिहा ॥

taṃ ca pārthivaśārdūlamānayāmāsa tatpuram | tapatyā sahitaṃ rājanvarṣe dvādaśame gate | tataḥ pravṛṣṭastatrāsīdyathāpūrvaṃ surārihā

And he brought that tiger among kings, together with Tapati, back to the city, king, when the twelfth year had passed. Then Indra, slayer of the gods' foes, sent rain there as before.

Note on the text: Lines = 1.163.18ab, 1.163.18cd (in a variant form) and 1.163.19ab of the critical edition.

Verse 52 (1.189.52)

तस्मिन्नृपतिशार्दूले प्रविष्टे नगरं पुनः । प्रववर्ष सहस्राक्षः सस्यानि जनयन्प्रभुः ॥

tasminnṛpatiśārdūle praviṣṭe nagaraṃ punaḥ | pravavarṣa sahasrākṣaḥ sasyāni janayanprabhuḥ

When that tiger among kings had entered his city once more, the thousand-eyed lord sent down rain and brought forth the crops.

Note on the text: The first line = 1.163.19cd of the critical edition; the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1744*).

Verse 53 (1.189.53)

ततः सराष्ट्रं मुमुदे तत्पुरं परया मुदा । तेन पार्थिवमुख्येन भावितं भावितात्मना ॥

tataḥ sarāṣṭraṃ mumude tatpuraṃ parayā mudā | tena pārthivamukhyena bhāvitaṃ bhāvitātmanā

Then the city and the kingdom rejoiced with the greatest joy, revived by that foremost of kings, whose spirit was perfected.

Verse 54 (1.189.54)

ततो द्वादश वर्षाणि पुनरीजे नराधिपः । तपत्या सहितः पत्न्या यथा शच्या मरुत्पतिः ॥

tato dvādaśa varṣāṇi punarīje narādhipaḥ | tapatyā sahitaḥ patnyā yathā śacyā marutpatiḥ

Then for twelve years more the ruler of men offered sacrifices together with his wife Tapati, as Indra, lord of the Maruts, does with Shachi.

Verse 55 (1.189.55)

एवमासीन्महाभागा तपती नाम पौर्विकी । तव वैवस्वती पार्थ तापत्यस्त्वं यया मतः ॥

evamāsīnmahābhāgā tapatī nāma paurvikī | tava vaivasvatī pārtha tāpatyastvaṃ yayā mataḥ

Such was the illustrious Tapati of old, daughter of Vivasvat and your ancestress, Partha, through whom you are known as Tapatya.

Verse 56 (1.189.56)

तस्यां संजनयामास कुरुं संवरणो नृपः । तपत्यां तपतां श्रेष्ठ तापत्यस्त्वं ततोऽर्जुन ॥

tasyāṃ saṃjanayāmāsa kuruṃ saṃvaraṇo nṛpaḥ | tapatyāṃ tapatāṃ śreṣṭha tāpatyastvaṃ tato'rjuna

In Tapati King Samvarana begot Kuru; and so, Arjuna, foremost of those who blaze with energy, you are Tapatya.