Vasuki Keeps Watch for Jaratkaru

Verse 1 (1.39.1)

एलापत्रवचः श्रुत्वा ते नागा द्विजसत्तम । सर्वे प्रहृष्टमनसः साधुसाध्वित्यपूजयन् ॥

elāpatravacaḥ śrutvā te nāgā dvijasattama | sarve prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ sādhusādhvityapūjayan

Hearing Elapatra's words, best of brahmins, all the serpents were delighted at heart and applauded him, crying "Well said, well said!"

Verse 2 (1.39.2)

ततःप्रभृति तां कन्यां वासुकिः पर्यरक्षत । जरत्कारुं स्वसारं वै परं हर्षमवाप च ॥

tataḥprabhṛti tāṃ kanyāṃ vāsukiḥ paryarakṣata | jaratkāruṃ svasāraṃ vai paraṃ harṣamavāpa ca

From then on Vasuki kept careful guard over that maiden, his sister Jaratkaru, and felt the greatest joy.

Verse 3 (1.39.3)

ततो नातिमहान्कालः समतीत इवाभवत् । अथ देवासुराः सर्वे ममन्थुर्वरुणालयम् ॥

tato nātimahānkālaḥ samatīta ivābhavat | atha devāsurāḥ sarve mamanthurvaruṇālayam

Then, after no very long time had passed, the gods and asuras all churned the ocean, the home of Varuna.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) inside the second line.

Verse 4 (1.39.4)

तत्र नेत्रमभून्नागो वासुकिर्बलिनां वरः । समाप्यैव च तत्कर्म पितामहमुपागमन् ॥

tatra netramabhūnnāgo vāsukirbalināṃ varaḥ | samāpyaiva ca tatkarma pitāmahamupāgaman

There the serpent Vasuki, strongest of the strong, became the churning rope; and as soon as that work was finished, they went to the Grandfather.

Verse 5 (1.39.5)

देवा वासुकिना सार्धं पितामहमथाब्रुवन् । भगवञ्शापभीतोऽयं वासुकिस्तप्यते भृशम् ॥

devā vāsukinā sārdhaṃ pitāmahamathābruvan | bhagavañśāpabhīto'yaṃ vāsukistapyate bhṛśam

The gods, with Vasuki, then said to the Grandfather: "Lord, this Vasuki is in great torment, afraid of the curse.

Note on the text: Corrected अथाव्रुवन् → अथाब्रुवन् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब, as in the critical edition).

Verse 6 (1.39.6)

अस्यैतन्मानसं शल्यं समुद्धर्तुं त्वमर्हसि । जनन्याः शापजं देव ज्ञातीनां हितमिच्छतः ॥

asyaitanmānasaṃ śalyaṃ samuddhartuṃ tvamarhasi | jananyāḥ śāpajaṃ deva jñātīnāṃ hitamicchataḥ

You should draw out this thorn from his mind, O god, born of his mother's curse, for he desires the good of his kin.

Verse 7 (1.39.7)

हितो ह्ययं सदास्माकं प्रियकारी च नागराट् । प्रसादं कुरु देवेश शमयास्य मनोज्वरम् ॥

hito hyayaṃ sadāsmākaṃ priyakārī ca nāgarāṭ | prasādaṃ kuru deveśa śamayāsya manojvaram

This king of serpents has always been our friend and done what pleases us. Be gracious, lord of the gods, and calm the fever of his mind."

Note on the text: Corrected सदास्मकं → सदास्माकं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, as in the critical edition).

Verse 8 (1.39.8)

मयैव तद्वितीर्णं वै वचनं मनसाऽमराः । एलापत्रेण नागेन यदस्याभिहितं पुरा ॥

mayaiva tadvitīrṇaṃ vai vacanaṃ manasā'marāḥ | elāpatreṇa nāgena yadasyābhihitaṃ purā

Immortals, it was I myself who, in my mind, bestowed those words that the serpent Elapatra spoke to him long ago.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.35.8 of the critical edition.

Verse 9 (1.39.9)

तत्करोत्वेष नागेन्द्रः प्राप्तकालं वचः स्वयम् । विनशिष्यन्ति ये पापा न तु ये धर्मचारिणः ॥

tatkarotveṣa nāgendraḥ prāptakālaṃ vacaḥ svayam | vinaśiṣyanti ye pāpā na tu ye dharmacāriṇaḥ

Let this lord of serpents himself act on those words when the time comes. The wicked will perish, but not those who live by dharma.

Verse 10 (1.39.10)

उत्पन्नः स जरत्कारुस्तपस्युग्रे रतो द्विजः । तस्यैष भगिनीं काले जरत्कारुं प्रयच्छतु ॥

utpannaḥ sa jaratkārustapasyugre rato dvijaḥ | tasyaiṣa bhaginīṃ kāle jaratkāruṃ prayacchatu

That brahmin Jaratkaru has now been born and is devoted to fierce austerity. At the right time let Vasuki give him his sister Jaratkaru.

Verse 11 (1.39.11)

एलापत्रेण यत्प्रोक्तं वचनं भुजगेन ह । पन्नगानां हितं देवास्तत्तथा न तदन्यथा ॥

elāpatreṇa yatproktaṃ vacanaṃ bhujagena ha | pannagānāṃ hitaṃ devāstattathā na tadanyathā

What the serpent Elapatra said, gods, is for the good of the serpents. It is so, and not otherwise.

Verse 12 (1.39.12)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु नागेन्द्रः पितामहवचस्तदा । संदिश्य पन्नगान्सर्वान्वासुकिः शापमोहितः ॥

etacchrutvā tu nāgendraḥ pitāmahavacastadā | saṃdiśya pannagānsarvānvāsukiḥ śāpamohitaḥ

Hearing these words of the Grandfather, Vasuki, lord of serpents, still troubled by the curse, gave instructions to all the serpents.

Note on the text: The first line = 1.35.12ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand); the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 13 (1.39.13)

स्वसारमुद्यम्य तदा जरत्कारुमृषिं प्रति । सर्पान्बहूञ्जरत्कारौ नित्ययुक्तान्समादधत् ॥

svasāramudyamya tadā jaratkārumṛṣiṃ prati | sarpānbahūñjaratkārau nityayuktānsamādadhat

Holding his sister ready for the seer Jaratkaru, he set many serpents to keep constant watch on Jaratkaru.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line = 1.35.12cd (aligned by hand).

Verse 14 (1.39.14)

जरत्कारुर्यदा भार्यामिच्छेद्वरयितुं प्रभुः । शीघ्रमेत्य तदाऽऽख्येयं तन्नः श्रेयो भविष्यति ॥

jaratkāruryadā bhāryāmicchedvarayituṃ prabhuḥ | śīghrametya tadā''khyeyaṃ tannaḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati

When the lord Jaratkaru wishes to choose a wife, come quickly and report it at once; that will be for our good.