Arjuna and Ulupi

Verse 1 (1.234.1)

तं प्रयान्तं महाबाहुं कौरवाणां यशस्करम् । अनुजग्मुर्महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ॥

taṃ prayāntaṃ mahābāhuṃ kauravāṇāṃ yaśaskaram | anujagmurmahātmāno brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ

As the mighty-armed one, the glory of the Kauravas, set out, great-souled brahmins versed in the Vedas followed him:

Verse 2 (1.234.2)

वेदवेदाङ्गविद्वांसस्तथैवाध्यात्मचिन्तकाः । भैक्षाश्च भगवद्भक्ताः सूताः पौराणिकाश्च ये ॥

vedavedāṅgavidvāṃsastathaivādhyātmacintakāḥ | bhaikṣāśca bhagavadbhaktāḥ sūtāḥ paurāṇikāśca ye

men learned in the Vedas and the Vedangas, and contemplatives of the inner self, mendicants, devotees of the Lord, sutas and reciters of the Puranas,

Note on the text: Corrected विद्वासस् → विद्वांसस् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, as in the critical edition's vidvāṃsas).

Verse 3 (1.234.3)

कथकाश्चापरे राजञ्श्रमणाश्च वनौकसः । दिव्याख्यानानि ये चापि पठन्ति मधुरं द्विजाः ॥

kathakāścāpare rājañśramaṇāśca vanaukasaḥ | divyākhyānāni ye cāpi paṭhanti madhuraṃ dvijāḥ

other storytellers, O king, ascetics who lived in the forest, and twice-born men who sweetly recite divine tales.

Verse 4 (1.234.4)

एतैश्चान्यैश्च बहुभिः सहायैः पाण्डुनन्दनः । वृतः श्लक्ष्णकथैः प्रायान्मरुद्भिरिव वासवः ॥

etaiścānyaiśca bahubhiḥ sahāyaiḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ | vṛtaḥ ślakṣṇakathaiḥ prāyānmarudbhiriva vāsavaḥ

Surrounded by these and many other companions of pleasant speech, the son of Pandu journeyed on like Vasava surrounded by the Maruts.

Verse 5 (1.234.5)

रमणीयानि चित्राणि वनानि च सरांसि च । सरितः सागरांश्चैव देशानपि च भारत ॥

ramaṇīyāni citrāṇi vanāni ca sarāṃsi ca | saritaḥ sāgarāṃścaiva deśānapi ca bhārata

He saw lovely and wondrous forests and lakes, rivers and seas, and many lands, O Bharata,

Verse 6 (1.234.6)

पुण्यान्यपि च तीर्थानि ददर्श भरतर्षभः । स गङ्गाद्वारमाश्रित्य निवेशमकरोत्प्रभुः ॥

puṇyānyapi ca tīrthāni dadarśa bharatarṣabhaḥ | sa gaṅgādvāramāśritya niveśamakarotprabhuḥ

and holy places of pilgrimage as well, that bull among the Bharatas; and the lord, reaching Gangadvara, made his camp there.

Verse 7 (1.234.7)

तत्र तस्याद्भुतं कर्म शृणु त्वं जनमेजय । कृतवान्यद्विशुद्धात्मा पाण्डूनां प्रवरो हि सः ॥

tatra tasyādbhutaṃ karma śṛṇu tvaṃ janamejaya | kṛtavānyadviśuddhātmā pāṇḍūnāṃ pravaro hi saḥ

Hear, Janamejaya, the wondrous deed he did there, pure in soul as he was and foremost of the sons of Pandu.

Verse 8 (1.234.8)

निविष्टे तत्र कौन्तेये ब्राह्मणेषु च भारत । अग्निहोत्राणि विप्रास्ते प्रादुश्चक्रुरनेकशः ॥

niviṣṭe tatra kaunteye brāhmaṇeṣu ca bhārata | agnihotrāṇi viprāste prāduścakruranekaśaḥ

When the son of Kunti and the brahmins had settled there, O Bharata, the priests kindled many sacred fires.

Verse 9 (1.234.9)

तेषु प्रबोध्यमानेषु ज्वलितेषु हुतेषु च । कृतपुष्पोपहारेषु तीरान्तरगतेषु च ॥

teṣu prabodhyamāneṣu jvaliteṣu huteṣu ca | kṛtapuṣpopahāreṣu tīrāntaragateṣu ca

When those fires had been kindled and were blazing and fed with offerings, with offerings of flowers laid before them, along the edges of the riverbank,

Verse 10 (1.234.10)

कृताभिषेकैर्विद्वद्भिर्नियतैः सत्पथे स्थितैः । शुशुभेऽतीव तद्राजन्गङ्गाद्वारं महात्मभिः ॥

kṛtābhiṣekairvidvadbhirniyataiḥ satpathe sthitaiḥ | śuśubhe'tīva tadrājangaṅgādvāraṃ mahātmabhiḥ

Gangadvara shone exceedingly, O king, with those great-souled, learned men, who had bathed, were self-restrained and kept to the good path.

Verse 11 (1.234.11)

तथा पर्याकुले तस्मिन्निवेशे पाण्डवर्षभः । अभिषेकाय कौन्तेयो गङ्गामवततार ह ॥

tathā paryākule tasminniveśe pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ | abhiṣekāya kaunteyo gaṅgāmavatatāra ha

While the camp was thus astir, the son of Kunti, bull among the Pandavas, went down into the Ganga to bathe.

Verse 12 (1.234.12)

तत्राभिषेकं कृत्वा स तर्पयित्वा पितामहान् । उत्तितीर्षुर्जलाद्राजन्नग्निकार्यचिकीर्षया ॥

tatrābhiṣekaṃ kṛtvā sa tarpayitvā pitāmahān | uttitīrṣurjalādrājannagnikāryacikīrṣayā

Having bathed there and offered water to his forefathers, he was about to climb out of the water, O king, wishing to perform the fire rite,

Verse 13 (1.234.13)

अपकृष्टो महाबाहुर्नागराजस्य कन्यया । अन्तर्जले महाराज उलूप्या कामयानया ॥

apakṛṣṭo mahābāhurnāgarājasya kanyayā | antarjale mahārāja ulūpyā kāmayānayā

when the mighty-armed one was drawn down under the water, great king, by Ulupi, daughter of the king of the Nagas, who desired him.

Verse 14 (1.234.14)

ददर्श पाण्डवस्तत्र पावकं सुसमाहितः । कौरव्यस्याथ नागस्य भवने परमार्चिते ॥

dadarśa pāṇḍavastatra pāvakaṃ susamāhitaḥ | kauravyasyātha nāgasya bhavane paramārcite

There, in the richly honoured palace of the Naga Kauravya, the Pandava saw a fire carefully laid.

Verse 15 (1.234.15)

तत्राग्निकार्यं कृतवान्कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः । अशङ्कमानेन हुतस्तेनातुष्यद्धुताशनः ॥

tatrāgnikāryaṃ kṛtavānkuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ | aśaṅkamānena hutastenātuṣyaddhutāśanaḥ

There Dhananjaya, son of Kunti, performed his fire rite; and the fire, offered to by him without misgiving, was well pleased.

Verse 16 (1.234.16)

अग्निकार्यं स कृत्वा तु नागराजसुतां तदा । प्रहसन्निव कौन्तेय इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

agnikāryaṃ sa kṛtvā tu nāgarājasutāṃ tadā | prahasanniva kaunteya idaṃ vacanamabravīt

When he had performed the fire rite, the son of Kunti, as if laughing, spoke these words to the Naga king's daughter:

Note on the text: Corrected प्रसहन्निव → प्रहसन्निव (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, as in the critical edition's prahasann iva).

Verse 17 (1.234.17)

किमिदं साहसं भीरु कृतवत्यसि भामिनि । कश्चायं सुभगे देशः का च त्वं कस्य वात्मजा ॥

kimidaṃ sāhasaṃ bhīru kṛtavatyasi bhāmini | kaścāyaṃ subhage deśaḥ kā ca tvaṃ kasya vātmajā

What is this rash thing you have done, timid lovely one? What is this place, fair lady, and who are you, and whose daughter?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Arjuna: the question announced in verse 16 fills the verse (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 18 (1.234.18)

ऐरावतकुले जातः कौरव्यो नाम पन्नगः । तस्यास्मि दुहिता राजन्नुलूपी नाम पन्नगी ॥

airāvatakule jātaḥ kauravyo nāma pannagaḥ | tasyāsmi duhitā rājannulūpī nāma pannagī

There is a serpent named Kauravya, born in the line of Airavata. I am his daughter, O king, a serpent maiden named Ulupi.

Verse 19 (1.234.19)

साऽहं त्वामभिषेकार्थमवतीर्णं समुद्रगाम् । दृष्ट्वैव पुरुषव्याघ्र कन्दर्पेणाभिमूर्च्छिता ॥

sā'haṃ tvāmabhiṣekārthamavatīrṇaṃ samudragām | dṛṣṭvaiva puruṣavyāghra kandarpeṇābhimūrcchitā

When I saw you go down to bathe in this river that runs to the sea, tiger among men, I was overwhelmed by love at the mere sight.

Note on the text: Corrected समुद्गाम् → समुद्रगाम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र, as in the critical edition's samudragām).

Verse 20 (1.234.20)

तां मामनङ्गग्लपितां त्वत्कृते कुरुनन्दन । अनन्यां नन्दयस्वाद्य प्रदानेनात्मनोऽनघ ॥

tāṃ māmanaṅgaglapitāṃ tvatkṛte kurunandana | ananyāṃ nandayasvādya pradānenātmano'nagha

I am wasted with love for you, joy of the Kurus, and I care for no one else: make me happy today, sinless one, by giving yourself to me.

Verse 21 (1.234.21)

ब्रह्मचर्यमिदं भद्रे मम द्वादशमासिकम् । धर्मराजेन चादिष्टं नाहमस्मि स्वयं वशः ॥

brahmacaryamidaṃ bhadre mama dvādaśamāsikam | dharmarājena cādiṣṭaṃ nāhamasmi svayaṃ vaśaḥ

Good lady, I am under this vow of celibacy for twelve months, laid on me by Dharmaraja; I am not my own master.

Verse 22 (1.234.22)

तव चापि प्रियं कर्तुमिच्छामि जलचारिणि । अनृतं नोक्तपूर्वं च मया किंचन कर्हिचित् ॥

tava cāpi priyaṃ kartumicchāmi jalacāriṇi | anṛtaṃ noktapūrvaṃ ca mayā kiṃcana karhicit

I too would like to please you, dweller in the waters, and yet I have never spoken any untruth at any time.

Verse 23 (1.234.23)

कथं च नानृतं मे स्यात्तव चापि प्रियं भवेत् । न च पीड्येत मे धर्मस्तथा कुर्या भुजङ्गमे ॥

kathaṃ ca nānṛtaṃ me syāttava cāpi priyaṃ bhavet | na ca pīḍyeta me dharmastathā kuryā bhujaṅgame

How may it be that no untruth is mine, that your wish too is met, and that my dharma is not harmed? Act so, serpent maiden.

Verse 24 (1.234.24)

जानाम्यहं पाण्डवेय यथा चरसि मेदिनीम् । यथा च ते ब्रह्मचर्यमिदमादिष्टवान्गुरुः ॥

jānāmyahaṃ pāṇḍaveya yathā carasi medinīm | yathā ca te brahmacaryamidamādiṣṭavānguruḥ

I know, son of Pandu, why you are wandering the earth, and how your elder laid this vow of celibacy on you:

Verse 25 (1.234.25)

परस्परं वर्तमानान्द्रुपदस्यात्मजां प्रति । यो नोऽनुप्रविशेन्मोहात्स वै द्वादशमासिकम् ॥

parasparaṃ vartamānāndrupadasyātmajāṃ prati | yo no'nupraviśenmohātsa vai dvādaśamāsikam

as you share the daughter of Drupada among yourselves, whoever of you in his folly intrudes on another shall for twelve months

Note on the text: = 1.206.25a–c of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 26 (1.234.26)

वने चरेद्ब्रह्मचर्यमिति वः समयः कृतः । तदिदं द्रौपदीहेतोरन्योन्यस्य प्रवासनम् ॥

vane caredbrahmacaryamiti vaḥ samayaḥ kṛtaḥ | tadidaṃ draupadīhetoranyonyasya pravāsanam

live as a celibate in the forest: such is the compact you made. So this banishing of one another is for Draupadi's sake;

Note on the text: Corrected दौपदीहेतोर् → द्रौपदीहेतोर् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र in the conjunct, as in the critical edition's draupadīhetor). Lines correspond to 1.206.25e and 1.206.26a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 27 (1.234.27)

कृतवांस्तत्र धर्मार्थमत्र धर्मो न दुष्यति । परित्राणं च कर्तव्यमार्तानां पृथुलोचन ॥

kṛtavāṃstatra dharmārthamatra dharmo na duṣyati | paritrāṇaṃ ca kartavyamārtānāṃ pṛthulocana

you made it there for the sake of dharma, and here dharma is not violated. And the distressed must be protected, you of the wide eyes.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.206.26c and 1.206.27a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 28 (1.234.28)

कृत्वा मम परित्राणं तव धर्मो न लुप्यते । यदि वाप्यस्य धर्मस्य सूक्ष्मोऽपि स्याद्व्यतिक्रमः ॥

kṛtvā mama paritrāṇaṃ tava dharmo na lupyate | yadi vāpyasya dharmasya sūkṣmo'pi syādvyatikramaḥ

If you protect me, your dharma will not be lost; and even if there were some slight breach of that rule,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.206.27c and 1.206.28a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 29 (1.234.29)

स च ते धर्म एव स्याद्दत्त्वा प्राणान्ममार्जुन । भक्तां च भज मां पार्थ सतामेतन्मतं प्रभो ॥

sa ca te dharma eva syāddattvā prāṇānmamārjuna | bhaktāṃ ca bhaja māṃ pārtha satāmetanmataṃ prabho

to give me my life would itself be dharma for you, Arjuna. I am devoted to you; love me, son of Pritha. This is the view of the good, my lord.

Note on the text: Corrected दत्वा → दत्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त in the conjunct, cf. the critical edition's dāttvā). Lines correspond to 1.206.28c and 1.206.29a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 30 (1.234.30)

न करिष्यसि चेदेवं मृतां मामुपधारय । प्राणदानान्महाबाहो चर धर्ममनुत्तमम् ॥

na kariṣyasi cedevaṃ mṛtāṃ māmupadhāraya | prāṇadānānmahābāho cara dharmamanuttamam

If you will not do this, know that I am dead. Practise the highest dharma, mighty-armed one, by giving me life.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.206.29c and 1.206.30a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 31 (1.234.31)

शरणं च प्रपन्नास्मि त्वामद्य पुरुषोत्तम । दीनाननाथान्कौन्तेय परिरक्षसि नित्यशः ॥

śaraṇaṃ ca prapannāsmi tvāmadya puruṣottama | dīnānanāthānkaunteya parirakṣasi nityaśaḥ

I have come to you for refuge today, best of men. You always protect the wretched and the helpless, son of Kunti.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.206.30c and 1.206.31a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 32 (1.234.32)

साऽहं शरणमभ्येमि रोरवीमि च दुःखिता । याचे त्वां चाभिकामाहं तस्मात्कुरु मम प्रियम् । स त्वमात्मप्रदानेन सकामां कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

sā'haṃ śaraṇamabhyemi roravīmi ca duḥkhitā | yāce tvāṃ cābhikāmāhaṃ tasmātkuru mama priyam | sa tvamātmapradānena sakāmāṃ kartumarhasi

I come to you for refuge and cry out in my sorrow; longing for you, I beg you, so do what I desire. You ought to fulfil my desire by giving yourself to me.

Note on the text: Corrected शऱणम् → शरणम् (misprint in Wikisource; ऱ for र, as in the critical edition's śaraṇam). = 1.206.31c–32c of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 33 (1.234.33)

एवमुक्तस्तु कौन्तेयः पन्नगेश्वरकन्यया । कृतवांस्तत्तथा सर्वं धर्ममुद्दिश्य कारणम् ॥

evamuktastu kaunteyaḥ pannageśvarakanyayā | kṛtavāṃstattathā sarvaṃ dharmamuddiśya kāraṇam

So addressed by the daughter of the serpent lord, the son of Kunti did all that she asked, making dharma his reason.

Verse 34 (1.234.34)

स नागभवने रात्रिं तामुषित्वा प्रतापवान् । पुत्रमुत्पादयामास स तस्यां सुमनोहरम् ॥

sa nāgabhavane rātriṃ tāmuṣitvā pratāpavān | putramutpādayāmāsa sa tasyāṃ sumanoharam

The mighty one spent that night in the Naga's palace and begot on her a very handsome son,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick) from the second line. The first line = 1.206.34a; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.206.34*2025).

Verse 35 (1.234.35)

इरावन्तं महाभागं महाबलपराक्रमम् । उदितेऽभ्युत्थितः सूर्ये कौरव्यस्य निवेशनात् ॥

irāvantaṃ mahābhāgaṃ mahābalaparākramam | udite'bhyutthitaḥ sūrye kauravyasya niveśanāt

Iravan, greatly blessed, of great strength and valour. When the sun rose, he got up and left the dwelling of Kauravya.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a quote mark and danda) from the end of the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.206.34*2025); the second line = 1.206.34c.

Verse 36 (1.234.36)

आगतस्तु पुनस्तत्र गङ्गाद्वारं तया सह । परित्यज्य गता साध्वी उलूपी निजमन्दिरम् ॥

āgatastu punastatra gaṅgādvāraṃ tayā saha | parityajya gatā sādhvī ulūpī nijamandiram

He came back there to Gangadvara with her, and the virtuous Ulupi left him and went to her own abode,

Note on the text: Corrected निजमन्दिरं → निजमन्दिरम् (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara for the final म् at the end of the verse, as in the CE apparatus's nijamandiram). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.206.34*2029).

Verse 37 (1.234.37)

दत्त्वा वरमजेयत्वं जले सर्वत्र भारत । साध्या जलचराः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति न संशयः ॥

dattvā varamajeyatvaṃ jale sarvatra bhārata | sādhyā jalacarāḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ

having granted him the boon of being invincible everywhere in the water, O Bharata: "All the creatures of the water will be subject to you, without doubt."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.206.34*2029).