Uparichara Vasu and the Births of Satyavati and Vyasa

Verse 1 (1.64.1)

राजोपरिचरो नाम धर्मनित्यो महीपतिः । बभूव मृगयाशीलः शश्वत्स्वाध्यायवाञ्छुचिः ॥

rājoparicaro nāma dharmanityo mahīpatiḥ | babhūva mṛgayāśīlaḥ śaśvatsvādhyāyavāñchuciḥ

There was a king named Uparichara, a lord of the earth ever devoted to dharma. He was fond of hunting, pure in conduct, and constant in the study of the Veda.

Note on the text: First line matches the critical edition 1.57.1ab; the second line is a recension variant (the critical edition reads "babhūva mṛgayāṃ gantuṃ sa kadā cid dhṛtavrataḥ").

Verse 2 (1.64.2)

स चेदिविषयं रम्यं वसुः पौरवनन्दनः । इन्द्रोपदेशाज्जग्राह रमणीयं महीपतिः ॥

sa cediviṣayaṃ ramyaṃ vasuḥ pauravanandanaḥ | indropadeśājjagrāha ramaṇīyaṃ mahīpatiḥ

On Indra's advice that king, Vasu, the joy of the Pauravas, took possession of the lovely and pleasant country of Chedi.

Verse 3 (1.64.3)

तमाश्रमे न्यस्तशस्त्रं निवसन्तं तपोनिधिम् । देवाः शक्रपुरोगा वै राजानमुपतस्थिरे ॥

tamāśrame nyastaśastraṃ nivasantaṃ taponidhim | devāḥ śakrapurogā vai rājānamupatasthire

Once, when he had laid aside his weapons and was living in a hermitage, a treasure-house of austerity, the gods with Shakra at their head came to the king.

Note on the text: First line matches the critical edition 1.57.3ab; the second line is a recension variant (the critical edition has Indra alone approach the king).

Verse 4 (1.64.4)

इन्द्रत्वमर्हो राजायं तपसेत्यनुचिन्त्य वै । तं सान्त्वेन नृपं साक्षात्तपसः संन्यवर्तयन् ॥

indratvamarho rājāyaṃ tapasetyanucintya vai | taṃ sāntvena nṛpaṃ sākṣāttapasaḥ saṃnyavartayan

Thinking, "Through his austerity this king will become worthy of Indra's own place," they came before him in person and, with gentle words, turned him back from his austerities.

Verse 5 (1.64.5)

न संकीर्येत धर्मोऽयं पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते । त्वया हि धर्मो विधृतः कृत्स्नं धारयते जगत् ॥

na saṃkīryeta dharmo'yaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate | tvayā hi dharmo vidhṛtaḥ kṛtsnaṃ dhārayate jagat

O lord of the earth, let dharma not fall into confusion upon the earth. Upheld by you, dharma sustains the whole world.

Verse 6 (1.64.6)

देवानहं पालयिता पालय त्वं हि मानुषान् । लोके धर्मं पालय त्वं नित्ययुक्तः समाहितः । धर्मयुक्तस्ततो लोकान्पुण्यान्प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतान् ॥

devānahaṃ pālayitā pālaya tvaṃ hi mānuṣān | loke dharmaṃ pālaya tvaṃ nityayuktaḥ samāhitaḥ | dharmayuktastato lokānpuṇyānprāpsyasi śāśvatān

I am the protector of the gods; you protect human beings. Guard dharma in the world, ever diligent and composed. Steadfast in dharma, you will then attain the eternal worlds of merit.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (it appears in its apparatus, 1.57.5*499).

Verse 7 (1.64.7)

दिविष्ठस्य भुविष्ठस्त्वं सखाभूतो मम प्रियः । ऊधः पृथिव्या यो देशस्तमावस नराधिप ॥

diviṣṭhasya bhuviṣṭhastvaṃ sakhābhūto mama priyaḥ | ūdhaḥ pṛthivyā yo deśastamāvasa narādhipa

I dwell in heaven and you on earth; be my dear friend. Lord of men, settle in that country which is the very udder of the earth.

Verse 8 (1.64.8)

पशव्यश्चैव पुण्यश्च प्रभूतधनधान्यवान् । स्वारक्ष्यश्चैव सौम्यश्च भोग्यैर्भूमिगुणैर्युतः ॥

paśavyaścaiva puṇyaśca prabhūtadhanadhānyavān | svārakṣyaścaiva saumyaśca bhogyairbhūmiguṇairyutaḥ

It is good for cattle and holy, rich in wealth and grain, easy to defend and gentle, and blessed with every quality of land that one could enjoy.

Verse 9 (1.64.9)

अर्थवानेष देशो हि धनरत्नादिभिर्युतः । वसुपूर्णा च वसुधा वस चेदिषु चेदिप ॥

arthavāneṣa deśo hi dhanaratnādibhiryutaḥ | vasupūrṇā ca vasudhā vasa cediṣu cedipa

This land is prosperous, endowed with riches, jewels and the like, and its earth is full of wealth. Live among the Chedis, O lord of Chedi.

Verse 10 (1.64.10)

धर्मशीला जनपदाः सुसंतोषाश्च साधवः । न च मिथ्या प्रलापोऽत्र स्वैरेष्वपि कुतोऽन्यथा ॥

dharmaśīlā janapadāḥ susaṃtoṣāśca sādhavaḥ | na ca mithyā pralāpo'tra svaireṣvapi kuto'nyathā

Its people are righteous in conduct, well content and good. No one there speaks falsely even in jest; how much less in earnest?

Verse 11 (1.64.11)

न च पित्रा विभज्यन्ते पुत्रा गुरुहिते रताः । युञ्जते धुरि नो गाश्च कृशान्संधुक्षयन्ति च ॥

na ca pitrā vibhajyante putrā guruhite ratāḥ | yuñjate dhuri no gāśca kṛśānsaṃdhukṣayanti ca

Sons there do not split off from their fathers, and they are devoted to the welfare of their elders. People do not yoke lean cattle to the cart; they feed them up instead.

Verse 12 (1.64.12)

सर्वे वर्णाः स्वधर्मस्थाः सदा चेदिषु मानद । न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किंचित्त्रिषु लोकेषु यद्भवेत् ॥

sarve varṇāḥ svadharmasthāḥ sadā cediṣu mānada | na te'styaviditaṃ kiṃcittriṣu lokeṣu yadbhavet

Among the Chedis, O giver of honour, all the classes always keep to their own duties. Nothing that happens in the three worlds is unknown to you.

Verse 13 (1.64.13)

दैवोपभोग्यं दिव्यं त्वामाकाशे स्फाटिकं महत् । आकाशगं त्वां मद्दत्तं विमानमुपपत्स्यते ॥

daivopabhogyaṃ divyaṃ tvāmākāśe sphāṭikaṃ mahat | ākāśagaṃ tvāṃ maddattaṃ vimānamupapatsyate

A great crystal sky-chariot, divine and fit for the enjoyment of the gods, given by me, will come to you and carry you through the air.

Verse 14 (1.64.14)

त्वमेकः सर्वमर्त्येषु विमानवरमास्थितः । चरिष्यस्युपरिस्थो हि देवो विग्रहवानिव ॥

tvamekaḥ sarvamartyeṣu vimānavaramāsthitaḥ | cariṣyasyuparistho hi devo vigrahavāniva

You alone among all mortals, seated in that finest of chariots, will move about high above, like a god in bodily form.

Verse 15 (1.64.15)

ददामि ते वैजयन्तीं मालामम्लानपङ्कजाम् । धारयिष्यति सङ्ग्रामे या त्वां शस्त्रैरविक्षतम् ॥

dadāmi te vaijayantīṃ mālāmamlānapaṅkajām | dhārayiṣyati saṅgrāme yā tvāṃ śastrairavikṣatam

I give you the Vaijayanti garland of unfading lotuses. In battle it will keep you unwounded by weapons.

Verse 16 (1.64.16)

लक्षणं चैतदेवेह भविता ते नराधिप । इन्द्रमालेति विख्यातं धन्यमप्रतिमं महत् ॥

lakṣaṇaṃ caitadeveha bhavitā te narādhipa | indramāleti vikhyātaṃ dhanyamapratimaṃ mahat

This will be your emblem here, lord of men: renowned as "Indra's garland", blessed, peerless and great.

Verse 17 (1.64.17)

यष्टिं च वैणवीं तस्मै ददौ वृत्रनिषूदनः । इष्टप्रदानमुद्दिश्य शिष्टानां प्रतिपालिनीम् ॥

yaṣṭiṃ ca vaiṇavīṃ tasmai dadau vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ | iṣṭapradānamuddiśya śiṣṭānāṃ pratipālinīm

And the slayer of Vritra gave him a staff of bamboo, meant for granting what is desired and for protecting the good.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Indra to Vaishampayana: Indra's speech ends at the previous verse, and the critical edition prints "vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca" here.

Verse 18 (1.64.18)

एवं संसान्त्व्य नृपतिं तपसः संन्यवर्तयत् । प्रययौ दैवतैः सार्धं कृत्वा कार्यं दिवौकसाम् ॥

evaṃ saṃsāntvya nṛpatiṃ tapasaḥ saṃnyavartayat | prayayau daivataiḥ sārdhaṃ kṛtvā kāryaṃ divaukasām

Having thus soothed the king and turned him back from his austerities, Indra departed with the gods, the task of the heaven-dwellers accomplished.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.16*500 and 1.57.17*501.

Verse 19 (1.64.19)

ततस्तु राजा चेदीनामिन्द्राभरणभूषितः । इन्द्रदत्तं विमानं तदास्थाय प्रययौ पुरीम् ॥

tatastu rājā cedīnāmindrābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ | indradattaṃ vimānaṃ tadāsthāya prayayau purīm

Then the king of the Chedis, adorned with Indra's ornaments, mounted the chariot Indra had given him and went to his city.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.17*501.

Verse 20 (1.64.20)

तस्याः शक्रस्य पूजार्थं भूमौ भूमिपतिस्तदा । प्रवेशं कारयामास सर्वोत्सववरं तदा ॥

tasyāḥ śakrasya pūjārthaṃ bhūmau bhūmipatistadā | praveśaṃ kārayāmāsa sarvotsavavaraṃ tadā

Then, to honour Shakra, the lord of the earth had that staff set into the ground, and it became the finest of all festivals.

Verse 21 (1.64.21)

मार्गशीर्षे महाराज पूर्वपक्षे महामखम् । ततःप्रभृति चाद्यापि यष्टेः क्षितिपसत्तमैः ॥

mārgaśīrṣe mahārāja pūrvapakṣe mahāmakham | tataḥprabhṛti cādyāpi yaṣṭeḥ kṣitipasattamaiḥ

O great king, he held that great festival in the bright fortnight of Margashirsha, and from then until this day the best of kings have kept the festival of the staff.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (cf. its apparatus, 1.57.18*503); the second line is 1.57.19a.

Verse 22 (1.64.22)

प्रवेशः क्रियते राजन्यथा तेन प्रवर्तितः । अपरेद्युस्ततस्तस्याः क्रियतेऽत्युच्छ्रयो नृपैः ॥

praveśaḥ kriyate rājanyathā tena pravartitaḥ | aparedyustatastasyāḥ kriyate'tyucchrayo nṛpaiḥ

The staff is brought in and set up, O king, just as he established it, and on the following day the kings raise it high,

Note on the text: Covers the critical edition 1.57.19cd and 1.57.20ab.

Verse 23 (1.64.23)

अलङ्कृतायाः पिटकैर्गन्धमाल्यैश्च भूषणैः । माल्यदामपरिक्षिप्तां द्वात्रिंशत्किष्कुसंमिताम् ॥

alaṅkṛtāyāḥ piṭakairgandhamālyaiśca bhūṣaṇaiḥ | mālyadāmaparikṣiptāṃ dvātriṃśatkiṣkusaṃmitām

adorned with baskets, with perfumes, garlands and ornaments, wreathed with strings of flowers, and thirty-two kishkus in height.

Note on the text: Corrected अलङ्कृताया → अलङ्कृतायाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga of the genitive agreeing with the staff, as in the critical edition "alaṃkṛtāyāḥ"). Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. The second line blends 1.57.20ef with the apparatus line 1.57.20*504.

Verse 24 (1.64.24)

उद्धृत्य पिटके चापि द्वादशारत्निकोच्छ्रये । महारजनवासांसि परिक्षिप्य ध्वजोत्तमम् ॥

uddhṛtya piṭake cāpi dvādaśāratnikocchraye | mahārajanavāsāṃsi parikṣipya dhvajottamam

Setting it on a stand twelve cubits high and draping that noble banner with saffron-dyed cloths,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.20*504.

Verse 25 (1.64.25)

वासोभिरन्नपानैश्च पूजितैर्ब्राह्मणर्षभैः । पुण्याहं वाचयित्वाथ ध्वज उच्छ्रीयते तदा ॥

vāsobhirannapānaiśca pūjitairbrāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ | puṇyāhaṃ vācayitvātha dhvaja ucchrīyate tadā

and honouring the foremost brahmins with clothes, food and drink, they have the blessing of the auspicious day recited, and then the banner is raised.

Note on the text: Corrected उच्छ्रियते → उच्छ्रीयते (misprint in Wikisource; the passive of उत्+श्रि has long ī, as in the critical edition's apparatus "ucchrīyate"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.20*504.

Verse 26 (1.64.26)

शङ्खभेरीमृदङ्गैश्च संनादः क्रियते तदा । भगवान्पूज्यते चात्र यष्टिरूपेण वासवः ॥

śaṅkhabherīmṛdaṅgaiśca saṃnādaḥ kriyate tadā | bhagavānpūjyate cātra yaṣṭirūpeṇa vāsavaḥ

Then a great din is raised with conches, kettledrums and mridangas. Here the blessed Vasava is worshipped in the form of the staff,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 1.57.20*504); the second line is a variant of 1.57.21ab.

Verse 27 (1.64.27)

स्वयमेव गृहीतेन वसोः प्रीत्या महात्मनः । माणिभद्रादयो यक्षाः पूज्यन्ते दैवतैः सह ॥

svayameva gṛhītena vasoḥ prītyā mahātmanaḥ | māṇibhadrādayo yakṣāḥ pūjyante daivataiḥ saha

a form he took upon himself out of love for the great-souled Vasu. Manibhadra and the other yakshas are worshipped along with the gods.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. The first line is 1.57.21cd; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 1.57.21*507).

Verse 28 (1.64.28)

नानाविधानि दानानि दत्त्वार्थिभ्यः सुहृज्जनैः । अलङ्कृत्वा माल्यदामैर्वस्त्रैर्नानाविधैस्तथा ॥

nānāvidhāni dānāni dattvārthibhyaḥ suhṛjjanaiḥ | alaṅkṛtvā mālyadāmairvastrairnānāvidhaistathā

Friends and kinsmen give gifts of many kinds to those who ask, and adorn themselves with strings of flowers and with clothes of every sort.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.21*507.

Verse 29 (1.64.29)

दृतिभिः सजलैः सर्वैः क्रीडित्वा नृपशासनात् । सभाजयित्वा राजानं कृत्वा नर्माश्रयाः कथाः ॥

dṛtibhiḥ sajalaiḥ sarvaiḥ krīḍitvā nṛpaśāsanāt | sabhājayitvā rājānaṃ kṛtvā narmāśrayāḥ kathāḥ

At the king's command they all play with water-filled skins, pay honour to the king, and tell merry tales.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.21*507.

Verse 30 (1.64.30)

रमन्ते नागराः सर्वे तथा जानपदैः सह । सूताश्च मागधाश्चैव रमन्ते नटनर्तकाः ॥

ramante nāgarāḥ sarve tathā jānapadaiḥ saha | sūtāśca māgadhāścaiva ramante naṭanartakāḥ

All the townsfolk make merry together with the country people, and bards, heralds, actors and dancers rejoice as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.21*507.

Verse 31 (1.64.31)

प्रीत्या तु नृपशार्दूल सर्वे चक्रुर्महोत्सवम् । सान्तःपुरः सहामात्यः सर्वाभरणभूषितः ॥

prītyā tu nṛpaśārdūla sarve cakrurmahotsavam | sāntaḥpuraḥ sahāmātyaḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

O tiger among kings, all of them joyfully held a great festival. With the women of his household and his ministers, decked in every ornament,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.21*507.

Verse 32 (1.64.32)

महारजनवासांसि वसित्वा चेदिराट् तदा । जातिहिङ्गुलकेनाक्तः सदारो मुमुदे तदा ॥

mahārajanavāsāṃsi vasitvā cedirāṭ tadā | jātihiṅgulakenāktaḥ sadāro mumude tadā

wearing saffron-dyed clothes and anointed with fine vermilion, the king of Chedi rejoiced then with his wives.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.21*507.

Verse 33 (1.64.33)

एवं जानपदाः सर्वे चक्रुरिन्द्रमहं तदा । यथा चेदिपतिः प्रीतश्चकारेन्द्रमहं वसुः ॥

evaṃ jānapadāḥ sarve cakrurindramahaṃ tadā | yathā cedipatiḥ prītaścakārendramahaṃ vasuḥ

In this way all the country people held the festival of Indra then, just as Vasu, the lord of Chedi, had joyfully held it.

Note on the text: Corrected चक्रुरिन्द्रमहं वसुः → चक्रुरिन्द्रमहं तदा in the first line (misprint in Wikisource; the line-end of the next line was copied in, leaving a singular subject with a plural verb; the critical edition's apparatus reads "cakrur indramahaṃ tadā"). Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.21*507.

Verse 34 (1.64.34)

एतां पूजां महेन्द्रस्तु दृष्ट्वा वसुकृतां शुभाम् । हरिभिर्वाजिभिर्युक्तमन्तरिक्षगतं रथम् ॥

etāṃ pūjāṃ mahendrastu dṛṣṭvā vasukṛtāṃ śubhām | haribhirvājibhiryuktamantarikṣagataṃ ratham

Seeing this splendid worship performed by Vasu, great Indra, in a chariot yoked with bay horses that travelled through the sky,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. The second line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 1.57.22*509).

Verse 35 (1.64.35)

आस्थाय सह शच्या च वृतो ह्यप्सरसां गणैः । वसुना राजमुख्येन समागम्याब्रवीद्वचः ॥

āsthāya saha śacyā ca vṛto hyapsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ | vasunā rājamukhyena samāgamyābravīdvacaḥ

seated with Shachi and surrounded by troops of apsarases, met Vasu, foremost of kings, and spoke these words.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 1.57.22*509).

Verse 36 (1.64.36)

ये पूजयिष्यन्ति नरा राजानश्च महं मम । कारयिष्यन्ति च मुदा यथा चेदिपतिर्नृपः ॥

ye pūjayiṣyanti narā rājānaśca mahaṃ mama | kārayiṣyanti ca mudā yathā cedipatirnṛpaḥ

Those men and kings who will worship me and joyfully hold my festival as the king of Chedi has done,

Note on the text: Corrected the first line ये पूजयिष्यन्ति च मुदा यथा चेदिपतिर्नृपः → ये पूजयिष्यन्ति नरा राजानश्च महं मम (misprint in Wikisource; the line repeated the wording of the second line and was unmetrical; first line restored from the critical edition 1.57.23ab).

Verse 37 (1.64.37)

तेषां श्रीर्विजयश्चैव सराष्ट्राणां भविष्यति । तथा स्फीतो जनपदो मुदितश्च भविष्यति ॥

teṣāṃ śrīrvijayaścaiva sarāṣṭrāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati | tathā sphīto janapado muditaśca bhaviṣyati

they and their kingdoms will have fortune and victory, and their country will be thriving and happy.

Verse 38 (1.64.38)

निरीतिकानि सस्यानि भवन्ति बहुधा नृप । राक्षसाश्च पिशाचाश्च न लुम्पन्ते कथंचन ॥

nirītikāni sasyāni bhavanti bahudhā nṛpa | rākṣasāśca piśācāśca na lumpante kathaṃcana

Their crops will be free from blight and grow in abundance, O king, and rakshasas and pishachas will never plunder them.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.24*510.

Verse 39 (1.64.39)

एवं महात्मना तेन महेन्द्रेण नराधिप । वसुः प्रीत्या मघवता महाराजोऽभिसत्कृतः । एवं कृत्वा महेन्द्रस्तु जगाम स्वं निवेशनम् ॥

evaṃ mahātmanā tena mahendreṇa narādhipa | vasuḥ prītyā maghavatā mahārājo'bhisatkṛtaḥ | evaṃ kṛtvā mahendrastu jagāma svaṃ niveśanam

Lord of men, in this way the great-souled Maghavan, great Indra, lovingly honoured the great king Vasu; and having done so, great Indra returned to his own abode.

Note on the text: Dropped the speaker line "वैशंपायन उवाच" that had slipped into the verse text, and set the speaker to Vaishampayana from here on (the input carried Indra over to verse 70). Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. The third line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 1.57.25*511).

Verse 40 (1.64.40)

उत्सवं कारयिष्यन्ति सदा शक्रस्य ये नराः । भूमिरत्नादिभिर्दानैस्तथा पूज्या भवन्ति ते । वरदानमहायज्ञैस्तथा शक्रोत्सवेन च ॥

utsavaṃ kārayiṣyanti sadā śakrasya ye narāḥ | bhūmiratnādibhirdānaistathā pūjyā bhavanti te | varadānamahāyajñaistathā śakrotsavena ca

Men who always hold Shakra's festival become worthy of honour, just as people do through gifts of land, jewels and the like, through granting boons and through great sacrifices.

Verse 41 (1.64.41)

संपूजितो मघवता वसुश्चेदीश्वरो नृपः । पालयामास धर्मेण चेदिस्थः पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥

saṃpūjito maghavatā vasuścedīśvaro nṛpaḥ | pālayāmāsa dharmeṇa cedisthaḥ pṛthivīmimām

Honoured by Maghavan, Vasu, the king and lord of Chedi, ruled this earth righteously from his seat in Chedi.

Verse 42 (1.64.42)

इन्द्रप्रीत्या चेदिपतिश्चकारेन्द्रमहं वसुः । पुत्राश्चास्य महावीर्याः पञ्चासन्नमितौजसः ॥

indraprītyā cedipatiścakārendramahaṃ vasuḥ | putrāścāsya mahāvīryāḥ pañcāsannamitaujasaḥ

Out of love for Indra, Vasu, lord of Chedi, held the festival of Indra. He had five sons, mighty and of boundless vigour.

Note on the text: Corrected इन्द्रपीत्या → इन्द्रप्रीत्या (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र in the conjunct, as in the critical edition "indraprītyā"). Covers 1.57.27ef and 1.57.28ab.

Verse 43 (1.64.43)

नानाराज्येषु च सुतान्स सम्राडभ्यषेचयत् । महारथो मागधानां विश्रुतो यो बृहद्रथः ॥

nānārājyeṣu ca sutānsa samrāḍabhyaṣecayat | mahāratho māgadhānāṃ viśruto yo bṛhadrathaḥ

The emperor installed his sons in different kingdoms: Brihadratha, the great chariot-warrior renowned among the Magadhas;

Verse 44 (1.64.44)

प्रत्यग्रहः कुशाम्बश्च यमाहुर्मणिवाहनम् । मत्सिल्लश्च यदुश्चैव राजन्यश्चापराजितः ॥

pratyagrahaḥ kuśāmbaśca yamāhurmaṇivāhanam | matsillaśca yaduścaiva rājanyaścāparājitaḥ

Pratyagraha; Kushamba, whom they call Manivahana; Matsilla; and Yadu, the unconquered warrior.

Verse 45 (1.64.45)

एते तस्य सुता राजन्राजर्षेर्भूरितेजसः । न्यवेशयन्नामभिः स्वैस्ते देशांश्च पुराणि च ॥

ete tasya sutā rājanrājarṣerbhūritejasaḥ | nyaveśayannāmabhiḥ svaiste deśāṃśca purāṇi ca

These, O king, were the sons of that royal sage of abundant splendour. They founded countries and cities called by their own names.

Verse 46 (1.64.46)

वासवाः पञ्च राजानः पृथग्वंशाश्च शाश्वताः । वसन्तमिन्द्रप्रासादे आकाशे स्फाटिके च तम् ॥

vāsavāḥ pañca rājānaḥ pṛthagvaṃśāśca śāśvatāḥ | vasantamindraprāsāde ākāśe sphāṭike ca tam

These five sons of Vasu became kings, each founding a separate and lasting line. As he dwelt in Indra's crystal palace in the sky,

Note on the text: Corrected शास्वताः → शाश्वताः (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, as in the critical edition "śāśvatāḥ"). Covers 1.57.30ef and 1.57.31ab.

Verse 47 (1.64.47)

उपतस्थुर्महात्मानं गन्धर्वाप्सरसो नृपम् । राजोपरिचरेत्येवं नाम तस्याथ विश्रुतम् ॥

upatasthurmahātmānaṃ gandharvāpsaraso nṛpam | rājoparicaretyevaṃ nāma tasyātha viśrutam

gandharvas and apsarases waited upon that great-souled king; and so he became known by the name Uparichara, "he who moves above".

Verse 48 (1.64.48)

पुरोपवाहिनीं तस्य नदीं शुक्तिमतीं गिरिः । अरौत्सीच्चेतनायुक्तः कामात्कोलाहलः किल ॥

puropavāhinīṃ tasya nadīṃ śuktimatīṃ giriḥ | arautsīccetanāyuktaḥ kāmātkolāhalaḥ kila

The mountain Kolahala, being endowed with consciousness and driven by desire, blocked the river Shuktimati that flowed past his capital, so it is said.

Note on the text: Corrected शुक्तमतीं → शुक्तिमतीं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign of the river's name, which the text spells शुक्तिमती below and the critical edition reads "śuktimatīṃ").

Verse 49 (1.64.49)

गिरिं कोलाहलं तं तु पदा वसुरताडयत् । निश्चक्राम ततस्तेन प्रहारविवरेण सा ॥

giriṃ kolāhalaṃ taṃ tu padā vasuratāḍayat | niścakrāma tatastena prahāravivareṇa sā

Vasu struck the mountain Kolahala with his foot, and through the breach made by that blow the river flowed out.

Verse 50 (1.64.50)

तस्यां नद्यामजनयन्मिथुनं पर्वतः स्वयम् । तस्माद्विमोक्षणात्प्रीता नदी राज्ञे न्यवेदयत् ॥

tasyāṃ nadyāmajanayanmithunaṃ parvataḥ svayam | tasmādvimokṣaṇātprītā nadī rājñe nyavedayat

In that river the mountain himself had begotten twins. Pleased at being set free, the river offered them to the king.

Note on the text: Corrected नद्यां स जनयन् → नद्यामजनयन् (misprint in Wikisource; the mis-divided reading left the line without a finite verb; the critical edition reads "nadyām ajanayan").

Verse 51 (1.64.51)

महिषी भविता कन्या पुमान्सेनापतिर्भवेत् । शुक्तिमत्या वचःश्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा तौ राजसत्तमः ॥

mahiṣī bhavitā kanyā pumānsenāpatirbhavet | śuktimatyā vacaḥśrutvā dṛṣṭvā tau rājasattamaḥ

"The girl will be your queen, and the boy will be your commander." Hearing Shuktimati's words and seeing the two,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.34*512.

Verse 52 (1.64.52)

यः पुमानभवत्तत्र तं स राजर्षिसत्तमः । वसुर्वसुप्रदश्चक्रे सेनापतिमरिन्दमः ॥

yaḥ pumānabhavattatra taṃ sa rājarṣisattamaḥ | vasurvasupradaścakre senāpatimarindamaḥ

Vasu, best of royal sages, bountiful giver and tamer of foes, made the boy among them his commander.

Verse 53 (1.64.53)

चकार पत्नीं कन्यां तु तथा तां गिरिकां नृपः । वसोः पत्नी तु गिरिका कामकालं न्यवेदयत् ॥

cakāra patnīṃ kanyāṃ tu tathā tāṃ girikāṃ nṛpaḥ | vasoḥ patnī tu girikā kāmakālaṃ nyavedayat

And the king took the girl Girika as his wife. Girika, Vasu's wife, told him when her season for love had come;

Note on the text: Covers 1.57.35ef and 1.57.36ab.

Verse 54 (1.64.54)

ऋतुकालमनुप्राप्ता स्नाता पुंसवने शुचिः । तदहः पितरश्चैनमूचुर्जहि मृगानिति ॥

ṛtukālamanuprāptā snātā puṃsavane śuciḥ | tadahaḥ pitaraścainamūcurjahi mṛgāniti

her fertile time had come, and she had bathed and was pure for conceiving a son. That very day the ancestors said to him, "Kill deer,"

Note on the text: Corrected चैनपूचुर् → चैनमूचुर् (misprint in Wikisource; प for म, as in the critical edition "cainam ūcur"). Covers 1.57.36cd and 1.57.37ab.

Verse 55 (1.64.55)

तं राजसत्तमं प्रीतास्तदा मतिमतां वरः । स पितॄणां नियोगेन तामतिक्रम्य पार्थिवः ॥

taṃ rājasattamaṃ prītāstadā matimatāṃ varaḥ | sa pitṝṇāṃ niyogena tāmatikramya pārthivaḥ

for the ancestors were pleased with that best of kings, foremost among the wise. At the ancestors' bidding the king passed her by

Note on the text: Covers 1.57.37cd and 1.57.38ab.

Verse 56 (1.64.56)

चकार मृगयां कामी गिरिकामेव संस्मरन् । अतीव रूपसंपन्नां साक्षाच्छ्रियमिवापराम् ॥

cakāra mṛgayāṃ kāmī girikāmeva saṃsmaran | atīva rūpasaṃpannāṃ sākṣācchriyamivāparām

and went hunting, full of desire and thinking only of Girika, who was exceedingly beautiful, like a second Shri herself.

Verse 57 (1.64.57)

अशोकैश्चम्पकैश्चूतैरनेकैरतिमुक्तकैः । पुन्नागैः कर्णिकारैश्च बकुलैर्दिव्यपाटलैः ॥

aśokaiścampakaiścūtairanekairatimuktakaiḥ | punnāgaiḥ karṇikāraiśca bakulairdivyapāṭalaiḥ

With ashoka, champaka and mango trees, with many atimuktaka creepers, with punnaga, karnikara and bakula trees and the heavenly patala,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.38*513.

Verse 58 (1.64.58)

पनसैर्नारिकेलैश्च चन्दनैश्चार्जुनैस्तथा । एतै रम्यैर्महावृक्षैः पुण्यैः स्वादुफलैर्युतम् ॥

panasairnārikelaiśca candanaiścārjunaistathā | etai ramyairmahāvṛkṣaiḥ puṇyaiḥ svāduphalairyutam

with jackfruit, coconut, sandalwood and arjuna trees, the forest was filled with these lovely, great and holy trees laden with sweet fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.38*513.

Verse 59 (1.64.59)

कोकिलाकुलसन्नादं मत्तभ्रमरनादितम् । वसन्तकाले तत्पश्यन्वनं चैत्ररथोपमम् ॥

kokilākulasannādaṃ mattabhramaranāditam | vasantakāle tatpaśyanvanaṃ caitrarathopamam

Seeing that forest in springtime, ringing with the calls of cuckoos and humming with maddened bees, like Chaitraratha, the garden of the gods,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.38*513.

Verse 60 (1.64.60)

मन्मथाभिपरीतात्मा नापश्यद्गिरिकां तदा । अपश्यन्कामसंतप्तश्चरमाणो यदृच्छया ॥

manmathābhiparītātmā nāpaśyadgirikāṃ tadā | apaśyankāmasaṃtaptaścaramāṇo yadṛcchayā

his heart overcome by love, he could not see Girika then. Not seeing her and burning with desire, he wandered about at random,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.38*513.

Verse 61 (1.64.61)

पुष्पसंछन्नशाखाग्रं पल्लवैरुपशोभितम् । अशोकस्तबकैश्छन्नं रमणीयमपश्यत ॥

puṣpasaṃchannaśākhāgraṃ pallavairupaśobhitam | aśokastabakaiśchannaṃ ramaṇīyamapaśyata

and saw a lovely ashoka tree, the tips of its branches covered in flowers, graced with young leaves and hidden in clusters of blossom.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.38*513.

Verse 62 (1.64.62)

अधस्तात्तस्य छायायां सुखासीनो नराधिपः । मधुगन्धैश्च संयुक्तं पुष्पगन्धमनोहरम् ॥

adhastāttasya chāyāyāṃ sukhāsīno narādhipaḥ | madhugandhaiśca saṃyuktaṃ puṣpagandhamanoharam

As the king sat at ease beneath it in its shade, the delightful fragrance of the flowers, mingled with the scent of honey

Note on the text: Corrected अधस्यात् → अधस्तात् (misprint in Wikisource; य for त, as in the critical edition's apparatus "adhastāt"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.38*513.

Verse 63 (1.64.63)

वायुना प्रेर्यमाणं तमाघ्राय मुदमन्वगात् । भार्यां चिन्तयमानस्य मन्मथाग्निरवर्धत । तस्य रेतः प्रचस्कन्द चरतो गहने वने ॥

vāyunā preryamāṇaṃ tamāghrāya mudamanvagāt | bhāryāṃ cintayamānasya manmathāgniravardhata | tasya retaḥ pracaskanda carato gahane vane

wafted to him on the breeze; he breathed it in and was filled with delight. As he thought of his wife, the fire of love grew in him, and his seed spilled as he wandered in that deep forest.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रेर्यमाणस्तु धूम्राय → प्रेर्यमाणं तमाघ्राय (misprint in Wikisource; "धूम्राय" is not a word here; the critical edition's apparatus, 1.57.38*513, reads "preryamāṇaṃ tam āghrāya"). Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. The first two lines are not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 1.57.38*513 and *514); the third line is a variant of 1.57.39ab.

Verse 64 (1.64.64)

स्कन्नमात्रं च तद्रेतो वृक्षपत्रेण भूमिपः । प्रतिजग्राह मिथ्या मे न पतेद्रेत इत्युत ॥

skannamātraṃ ca tadreto vṛkṣapatreṇa bhūmipaḥ | pratijagrāha mithyā me na patedreta ityuta

The moment the seed fell, the king caught it on a leaf of the tree, thinking, "My seed must not fall in vain."

Note on the text: Covers 1.57.39cd and 1.57.40ab.

Verse 65 (1.64.65)

अङ्गुलीयेन शुक्लस्य रक्षां च विदधे नृपः । अशोकस्तबकै रक्तैः पल्लवैश्चाप्यबन्धयत् ॥

aṅgulīyena śuklasya rakṣāṃ ca vidadhe nṛpaḥ | aśokastabakai raktaiḥ pallavaiścāpyabandhayat

The king guarded the seed with his ring and bound it up with red ashoka clusters and young leaves.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') that bracket Southern-recension lines in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 1.57.40*517.

Verse 66 (1.64.66)

इदं मिथ्या परिस्कन्नं रेतो मे न भवेदिति । ऋतुश्च तस्याः पत्न्या मे न मोघः स्यादिति प्रभुः ॥

idaṃ mithyā pariskannaṃ reto me na bhavediti | ṛtuśca tasyāḥ patnyā me na moghaḥ syāditi prabhuḥ

"This seed of mine that has been spilled must not go to waste," the lord thought, "and my wife's fertile season must not be fruitless."

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 1.57.40*516); the second line is 1.57.40cd.

Verse 67 (1.64.67)

संचिन्त्यैवं तदा राजा विचार्य च पुनःपुनः । अमोघत्वं च विज्ञाय रेतसो राजसत्तमः ॥

saṃcintyaivaṃ tadā rājā vicārya ca punaḥpunaḥ | amoghatvaṃ ca vijñāya retaso rājasattamaḥ

Reflecting thus and weighing it again and again, the best of kings, knowing that his seed was unfailing,

Verse 68 (1.64.68)

शुक्रप्रस्थापने कालं महिष्याः प्रसमीक्ष्य वै । अभिमन्त्र्याथ तच्छुक्रमारात्तिष्ठन्तमाशुगम् ॥

śukraprasthāpane kālaṃ mahiṣyāḥ prasamīkṣya vai | abhimantryātha tacchukramārāttiṣṭhantamāśugam

and judging that the time was right for sending the seed to his queen, consecrated it with mantras. Then, to a swift hawk perched nearby,

Note on the text: Corrected महिष्या प्रसमीक्ष्य → महिष्याः प्रसमीक्ष्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga of the genitive, as in the critical edition "mahiṣyāḥ").

Verse 69 (1.64.69)

सूक्ष्मधर्मार्थतत्त्वज्ञो गत्वा श्येनं ततोऽब्रवीत् । मत्प्रियार्थमिदं सौम्य शुक्रं मम गृहं नय ॥

sūkṣmadharmārthatattvajño gatvā śyenaṃ tato'bravīt | matpriyārthamidaṃ saumya śukraṃ mama gṛhaṃ naya

he went, knowing the subtle truth of dharma and artha, and said to the hawk, "Gentle one, for my sake carry this seed to my house,

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Verse 70 (1.64.70)

गिरिकायाः प्रयच्छाशु तस्या ह्यार्तवमद्य वै । गृहीत्वा तत्तदा श्येनस्तूर्णमुत्पत्य वेगवान् ॥

girikāyāḥ prayacchāśu tasyā hyārtavamadya vai | gṛhītvā tattadā śyenastūrṇamutpatya vegavān

and give it quickly to Girika, for today is her season." Taking it, the swift hawk at once flew up,

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Verse 71 (1.64.71)

जवं परममास्थाय प्रदुद्राव विहंगमः । तमपश्यदथायान्तं श्येनं श्येनस्तथाऽपरः ॥

javaṃ paramamāsthāya pradudrāva vihaṃgamaḥ | tamapaśyadathāyāntaṃ śyenaṃ śyenastathā'paraḥ

and, putting forth its utmost speed, the bird sped away. Then another hawk saw that hawk coming,

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Verse 72 (1.64.72)

अभ्यद्रवच्च तं सद्यो दृष्ट्वैवामिषशङ्कया । तुण्डयुद्धमथाकाशे तावुभौ संप्रचक्रतुः ॥

abhyadravacca taṃ sadyo dṛṣṭvaivāmiṣaśaṅkayā | tuṇḍayuddhamathākāśe tāvubhau saṃpracakratuḥ

and the moment it saw it, it flew at it, thinking it carried meat. The two of them fought in the sky with their beaks.

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Verse 73 (1.64.73)

युद्ध्यतोरपतद्रेतस्तच्चापि यमुनाम्भसि । तत्राद्रिकेति विख्याता ब्रह्मशापाद्वराप्सरा ॥

yuddhyatorapatadretastaccāpi yamunāmbhasi | tatrādriketi vikhyātā brahmaśāpādvarāpsarā

As they fought, the seed fell into the waters of the Yamuna. There an excellent apsaras famed as Adrika, who through a brahmin's curse

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Verse 74 (1.64.74)

मीनभावमनुप्राप्ता बभूव यमुनाचरी । श्येनपादपरिभ्रष्टं तद्वीर्यमथ वासवम् ॥

mīnabhāvamanuprāptā babhūva yamunācarī | śyenapādaparibhraṣṭaṃ tadvīryamatha vāsavam

had become a fish, lived in the Yamuna. That seed of Vasu, fallen from the hawk's claws,

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Verse 75 (1.64.75)

जग्राह तरसोपेत्य साऽद्रिका मत्स्यरूपिणी । कदाचिदपि मत्सीं तां बबन्धुर्मत्स्यजीविनः ॥

jagrāha tarasopetya sā'drikā matsyarūpiṇī | kadācidapi matsīṃ tāṃ babandhurmatsyajīvinaḥ

Adrika, in the form of a fish, swiftly came up and swallowed. Then one day fishermen caught that fish.

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Verse 76 (1.64.76)

मासे च दशमे प्राप्ते तदा भरतसत्तम । उज्जह्रुरुदरात्तस्याः स्त्रीं पुमांसं च मानुषौ ॥

māse ca daśame prāpte tadā bharatasattama | ujjahrurudarāttasyāḥ strīṃ pumāṃsaṃ ca mānuṣau

When the tenth month had come, O best of the Bharatas, they drew out of her belly two human beings, a girl and a boy.

Verse 77 (1.64.77)

आश्चर्यभूतं तद्गत्वा राज्ञेऽथ प्रत्यवेदयन् । काये मत्स्या इमौ राजन्संभूतौ मानुषाविति ॥

āścaryabhūtaṃ tadgatvā rājñe'tha pratyavedayan | kāye matsyā imau rājansaṃbhūtau mānuṣāviti

They went and told the king of this marvel: "O king, these two human beings were born in the body of a fish."

Verse 78 (1.64.78)

तयोः पुमांसं जग्राह राजोपरिचरस्तदा । स मत्स्यो नाम राजासीद्धार्मिकः सत्यसङ्गरः ॥

tayoḥ pumāṃsaṃ jagrāha rājoparicarastadā | sa matsyo nāma rājāsīddhārmikaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ

Of the two, King Uparichara took the boy. He became a king named Matsya, righteous and true to his word.

Verse 79 (1.64.79)

साऽप्सरा मुक्तशापा च क्षणेन समपद्यत । या पुरोक्ता भगवता तिर्यग्योनिगता शुभा ॥

sā'psarā muktaśāpā ca kṣaṇena samapadyata | yā puroktā bhagavatā tiryagyonigatā śubhā

The apsaras was freed from her curse in an instant. She was the fair one to whom the blessed sage had said long before, when she entered an animal's womb,

Verse 80 (1.64.80)

मानुषौ जनयित्वा त्वं शापमोक्षमवाप्स्यसि । ततः साजनयित्वा तौ विशस्ता मत्स्यघातिभिः ॥

mānuṣau janayitvā tvaṃ śāpamokṣamavāpsyasi | tataḥ sājanayitvā tau viśastā matsyaghātibhiḥ

"When you have borne two human children, you will be released from the curse." So, having given birth to the two and been cut open by the fishermen,

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Verse 81 (1.64.81)

संत्यज्य मत्स्यरूपं सा दिव्यं रूपमवाप्य च । सिद्धर्षिचारणपथं जगामाथ वराप्सराः ॥

saṃtyajya matsyarūpaṃ sā divyaṃ rūpamavāpya ca | siddharṣicāraṇapathaṃ jagāmātha varāpsarāḥ

she cast off her fish form and took on her heavenly one, and that excellent apsaras went away by the path of the siddhas, rishis and charanas.

Verse 82 (1.64.82)

सा कन्या दुहिता तस्या मत्स्या मत्स्यसगन्धिनी । राज्ञा दत्ता च दाशाय कन्येयं ते भवत्विति ॥

sā kanyā duhitā tasyā matsyā matsyasagandhinī | rājñā dattā ca dāśāya kanyeyaṃ te bhavatviti

The girl, her daughter, born of the fish and smelling of fish, the king gave to a fisherman, saying, "Let this girl be yours."

Verse 83 (1.64.83)

रूपसत्त्वसमायुक्ता सर्वैः समुदिता गुणैः । सा तु सत्यवती नाम मत्स्यघात्यभिसंश्रयात् ॥

rūpasattvasamāyuktā sarvaiḥ samuditā guṇaiḥ | sā tu satyavatī nāma matsyaghātyabhisaṃśrayāt

Endowed with beauty and goodness and rich in every virtue, she was named Satyavati; but because she lived among fishermen,

Note on the text: Corrected रूपसत्वसमायुक्ता → रूपसत्त्वसमायुक्ता (misprint in Wikisource; single त for the conjunct त्त्व, as in the critical edition "rūpasattvasamāyuktā"). Covers 1.57.54ef and 1.57.55ab.

Verse 84 (1.64.84)

आसीत्सा मत्स्यगन्धैव कंचित्कालं शुचिस्मिता । शुश्रूषार्थं पितुर्नावं वाहयन्तीं जले च ताम् ॥

āsītsā matsyagandhaiva kaṃcitkālaṃ śucismitā | śuśrūṣārthaṃ piturnāvaṃ vāhayantīṃ jale ca tām

that sweetly smiling girl smelled of fish for some time. As she was ferrying her father's boat on the water in his service,

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Verse 85 (1.64.85)

तीर्थयात्रां परिक्रामन्नपश्यद्वै पराशरः । अतीव रूपसंपन्नां सिद्धानामपि काङ्क्षिताम् ॥

tīrthayātrāṃ parikrāmannapaśyadvai parāśaraḥ | atīva rūpasaṃpannāṃ siddhānāmapi kāṅkṣitām

Parashara, travelling on a pilgrimage to the sacred fords, saw her, exceedingly beautiful and desired even by the siddhas.

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Verse 86 (1.64.86)

दृष्ट्वैव स च तां धीमांश्चकमे चारुहासिनीम् । दिव्यां तां वासवीं कन्यां रम्भोरूं मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥

dṛṣṭvaiva sa ca tāṃ dhīmāṃścakame cāruhāsinīm | divyāṃ tāṃ vāsavīṃ kanyāṃ rambhorūṃ munipuṅgavaḥ

The moment he saw her, the wise sage, foremost of munis, desired that sweetly smiling maiden, the divine daughter of Vasu, whose thighs were shapely as plantain stems.

Verse 87 (1.64.87)

संभवं चिन्तयित्वा तां ज्ञात्वा प्रोवाच शक्तिजः । क्व कर्णधारो नौर्येन नीयते ब्रूहि भामिनि ॥

saṃbhavaṃ cintayitvā tāṃ jñātvā provāca śaktijaḥ | kva karṇadhāro nauryena nīyate brūhi bhāmini

Reflecting on her origin and coming to know it, the son of Shakti said, "Where is the helmsman who steers this boat? Tell me, lovely lady."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 88 (1.64.88)

अनपत्यस्य दाशस्य सुता तत्प्रियकाम्यया । सहस्रजनसंपन्ना नौर्मया वाह्यते द्विज ॥

anapatyasya dāśasya sutā tatpriyakāmyayā | sahasrajanasaṃpannā naurmayā vāhyate dvija

"I am the daughter of a fisherman who has no son, O brahmin. To please him I row this boat myself, a boat that carries a thousand people."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 89 (1.64.89)

शोभनं वासवि शुभे किं चिरायसि वाह्यताम् । कलशं भविता भद्रे सहस्रार्धेन संमितम् ॥

śobhanaṃ vāsavi śubhe kiṃ cirāyasi vāhyatām | kalaśaṃ bhavitā bhadre sahasrārdhena saṃmitam

"Well done, fair daughter of Vasu! Why do you delay? Let the boat go. Its full load, good lady, will be reckoned at five hundred,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 90 (1.64.90)

अहं शेषो भविष्यामि नीयतामचिरेण वै । मत्स्यगन्धा तथेत्युक्त्वा नावं वाहयती जले ॥

ahaṃ śeṣo bhaviṣyāmi nīyatāmacireṇa vai | matsyagandhā tathetyuktvā nāvaṃ vāhayatī jale

and I myself will make up the rest. Take the boat across without delay." Matsyagandha said, "So be it," and rowed the boat out over the water.

Note on the text: Corrected भिविष्यामि → भविष्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign) and वाहयतां → वाहयती (misprint in Wikisource; the participle "rowing" is required, as in the critical apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 91 (1.64.91)

वीक्षमाणं मुनिं दृष्ट्वा प्रोवाचेदं वचस्तदा । मत्स्यगन्धेति मामाहुर्दाशराजसुतां जनाः ॥

vīkṣamāṇaṃ muniṃ dṛṣṭvā provācedaṃ vacastadā | matsyagandheti māmāhurdāśarājasutāṃ janāḥ

Seeing the sage gazing at her, she then spoke these words: "People call me Matsyagandha, the daughter of the fisher-king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 92 (1.64.92)

जन्म शोकाभितप्तायाः कथं ज्ञास्यसि कथ्यताम् । दिव्यज्ञानेन दृष्टं हि दृष्टमात्रेण ते वपुः ॥

janma śokābhitaptāyāḥ kathaṃ jñāsyasi kathyatām | divyajñānena dṛṣṭaṃ hi dṛṣṭamātreṇa te vapuḥ

My birth is a grief that torments me; how could you know of it? Tell me." Parashara answered, "By divine insight I saw it, the very moment I saw your body."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 93 (1.64.93)

प्रणयग्रहणार्थाय वक्ष्ये वासवि तच्छृणु । बर्हिषद इति ख्याताः पितरः सोमपास्तुते ॥

praṇayagrahaṇārthāya vakṣye vāsavi tacchṛṇu | barhiṣada iti khyātāḥ pitaraḥ somapāstute

"To win your affection I will tell you, daughter of Vasu; listen. There are ancestors, the Pitris known as the Barhishads, and they are drinkers of soma.

Note on the text: Corrected वक्ष्येव वासवि → वक्ष्ये वासवि (misprint in Wikisource; doubled akshara gives a nine-syllable pada; the critical apparatus reads vakṣye vāsavi). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 94 (1.64.94)

तेषां त्वं मानसी कन्या अच्छोदा नाम विश्रुता । अच्छोदं नाम तद्दिव्यं सरो यस्मात्समुत्थितम् ॥

teṣāṃ tvaṃ mānasī kanyā acchodā nāma viśrutā | acchodaṃ nāma taddivyaṃ saro yasmātsamutthitam

You were their mind-born daughter, renowned by the name Achchhoda, after that divine lake called Achchhoda from which you arose.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 95 (1.64.95)

त्वया न दृष्टपूर्वास्तु पितरस्ते कदाचन । संभूता मनसा तेषां पितॄन्स्वान्नाभिजानती ॥

tvayā na dṛṣṭapūrvāstu pitaraste kadācana | saṃbhūtā manasā teṣāṃ pitṝnsvānnābhijānatī

You had never seen your fathers before. Born from their minds, you did not know your own Pitris.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 96 (1.64.96)

सा त्वन्यं पितरं वव्रे स्वानतिक्रम्य तान्पितॄन् । नाम्ना वसुरिति ख्यातं मनुपुत्रं दिवि स्थितम् ॥

sā tvanyaṃ pitaraṃ vavre svānatikramya tānpitṝn | nāmnā vasuriti khyātaṃ manuputraṃ divi sthitam

Passing over those fathers of her own, she chose another as her father: the one famed by the name Vasu, a son of Manu, who dwelt in heaven,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 97 (1.64.97)

अद्रिकाऽप्सरसा युक्तं विमाने दिवि विष्ठितम् । सा तेन व्यभिचारेण मनसा कामचारिणी ॥

adrikā'psarasā yuktaṃ vimāne divi viṣṭhitam | sā tena vyabhicāreṇa manasā kāmacāriṇī

who was seated in a celestial chariot in the sky with the apsara Adrika. Through that transgression, letting her mind follow its own desire,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 98 (1.64.98)

पितरं प्रार्थयित्वाऽन्यं योगाद्भ्रष्टा पपात सा । अपश्यत्पतमाना सा विमानत्रयमन्तिकात् ॥

pitaraṃ prārthayitvā'nyaṃ yogādbhraṣṭā papāta sā | apaśyatpatamānā sā vimānatrayamantikāt

having longed for another as her father, she fell from her yogic power. As she fell, she saw three celestial chariots close by,

Note on the text: Corrected योगाद्भष्टा → योगाद्भ्रष्टा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र in the conjunct). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 99 (1.64.99)

त्रसरेणुप्रमाणांस्तांस्तत्रापश्यत्स्वकान्पितॄन् । सुसूक्ष्मानपरिव्यक्तानङ्गैरङ्गेष्विवाहितान् ॥

trasareṇupramāṇāṃstāṃstatrāpaśyatsvakānpitṝn | susūkṣmānaparivyaktānaṅgairaṅgeṣvivāhitān

and there she saw her own fathers, no bigger than motes of dust in a sunbeam, exceedingly subtle and indistinct, like limbs set within limbs.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 100 (1.64.100)

तातेति तानुवाचार्ता पतन्ती सा ह्यधोमुखी । तैरुक्ता सा तु माभैषीस्तेन सा संस्थिता दिवि ॥

tāteti tānuvācārtā patantī sā hyadhomukhī | tairuktā sā tu mābhaiṣīstena sā saṃsthitā divi

Falling headlong in distress, she cried out to them, 'Father!' They told her, 'Do not be afraid,' and at that she stayed fixed in the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 101 (1.64.101)

ततः प्रसादयामास स्वान्पितॄन्दीनया गिरा । तामूचुः पितरः कन्यां भ्रष्टैश्वर्यां व्यतिक्रमात् ॥

tataḥ prasādayāmāsa svānpitṝndīnayā girā | tāmūcuḥ pitaraḥ kanyāṃ bhraṣṭaiśvaryāṃ vyatikramāt

Then with piteous words she sought to win her fathers' favour. The Pitris spoke to the maiden, who had lost her divine power through her transgression:

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रैष्टश्वर्यां → भ्रष्टैश्वर्यां (misprint in Wikisource; vowel sign misplaced; cf. भ्रष्टैश्वर्या in the next verse). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 102 (1.64.102)

भ्रष्टैश्वर्या स्वदोषेण पतसि त्वं शुचिस्मिते । यैरारभन्ते कर्माणि शरीरैरिह देवताः ॥

bhraṣṭaiśvaryā svadoṣeṇa patasi tvaṃ śucismite | yairārabhante karmāṇi śarīrairiha devatāḥ

'Bright-smiling one, you have lost your power through your own fault, and so you are falling. The bodies with which the gods undertake their deeds here,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 103 (1.64.103)

तैरेव तत्कर्मफलं प्राप्नुवन्ति स्म देवताः । मनुष्यास्त्वन्यदेहेन शुभाशुभमिति स्थितिः ॥

taireva tatkarmaphalaṃ prāpnuvanti sma devatāḥ | manuṣyāstvanyadehena śubhāśubhamiti sthitiḥ

with those same bodies the gods reap the fruit of those deeds. Humans, however, reap good and evil in another body; such is the settled order.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 104 (1.64.104)

सद्यः फलन्ति कर्माणि देवत्वे प्रेत्य मानुषे । तस्मात्त्वं पतसे पुत्रि प्रेत्यत्वं प्राप्स्यसे फलम् ॥

sadyaḥ phalanti karmāṇi devatve pretya mānuṣe | tasmāttvaṃ patase putri pretyatvaṃ prāpsyase phalam

For gods, deeds bear fruit at once; for humans, after death. That is why you are falling, daughter: you will reap the fruit after death.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 105 (1.64.105)

पितृहीना तु कन्या त्वं वसोर्हि त्वं सुता मता । मत्स्ययोनौ समुत्पन्ना सुताराज्ञो भविष्यसि ॥

pitṛhīnā tu kanyā tvaṃ vasorhi tvaṃ sutā matā | matsyayonau samutpannā sutārājño bhaviṣyasi

Though you are a maiden cut off from your fathers, you are held to be Vasu's daughter. Born from the womb of a fish, you will become a king's daughter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 106 (1.64.106)

अद्रिका मत्स्यरूपाऽभूद्गङ्गायमुनसङ्गमे । पराशरस्य दायादं त्वं पुत्रं जनयिष्यसि ॥

adrikā matsyarūpā'bhūdgaṅgāyamunasaṅgame | parāśarasya dāyādaṃ tvaṃ putraṃ janayiṣyasi

Adrika took the form of a fish at the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna. You will bear a son to be Parashara's heir,

Note on the text: Corrected गङ्गायमनुसङ्गमे → गङ्गायमुनसङ्गमे (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowels in "Yamuna"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 107 (1.64.107)

यो वेदमेकं ब्रह्मर्षिश्चतुर्धा विभजिष्यति । महाभिषक्सुतस्यैव शन्तनोः कीर्तिवर्धनम् ॥

yo vedamekaṃ brahmarṣiścaturdhā vibhajiṣyati | mahābhiṣaksutasyaiva śantanoḥ kīrtivardhanam

a brahmin seer who will divide the one Veda into four. And to Shantanu, who was once Mahabhishak, you will bear sons who will add to his fame:

Note on the text: Corrected विबजिष्यति → विभजिष्यति (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 108 (1.64.108)

ज्येष्ठं चित्राङ्गदं वीरं चित्रवीरं च विश्रुतम् । एतान्सूत्वा सुपुत्रांस्त्वं पुनरेव गमिष्यसि ॥

jyeṣṭhaṃ citrāṅgadaṃ vīraṃ citravīraṃ ca viśrutam | etānsūtvā suputrāṃstvaṃ punareva gamiṣyasi

the eldest, the hero Chitrangada, and the renowned Chitravira (Vichitravirya). Having borne these fine sons, you will return once more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 109 (1.64.109)

व्यतिक्रमात्पितॄणां च प्राप्स्यसे जन्म कुत्सितम् । अस्यैव राज्ञस्त्वं कन्या ह्यद्रिकायां भविष्यसि ॥

vyatikramātpitṝṇāṃ ca prāpsyase janma kutsitam | asyaiva rājñastvaṃ kanyā hyadrikāyāṃ bhaviṣyasi

Because you transgressed against your fathers, you will receive a lowly birth. You will be the daughter of this very king, born of Adrika.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 110 (1.64.110)

अष्टाविंशे भवित्री त्वं द्वापरे मत्स्ययोनिजा । एवमुक्ता पुरा तैस्त्वं जाता सत्यवती शुभा ॥

aṣṭāviṃśe bhavitrī tvaṃ dvāpare matsyayonijā | evamuktā purā taistvaṃ jātā satyavatī śubhā

In the twenty-eighth Dvapara age you will be born from a fish.' So were you told by them long ago, and you were born as the auspicious Satyavati.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 111 (1.64.111)

अद्रिकेत्यभिविख्याता ब्रह्मशापाद्वराप्सरा । मीनभावमनुप्राप्ता त्वां जनित्वा गता दिवम् ॥

adriketyabhivikhyātā brahmaśāpādvarāpsarā | mīnabhāvamanuprāptā tvāṃ janitvā gatā divam

The excellent apsara known as Adrika had become a fish through a brahmin's curse; having given birth to you, she went to heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वं जनित्वा → त्वां जनित्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the object "having borne you" is required, as in the critical apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 112 (1.64.112)

तस्यां जातासि सा कन्या राज्ञो वीर्येण चैवहि । तस्माद्वासवि भद्रं ते याचे वंशकरं सुतम् ॥

tasyāṃ jātāsi sā kanyā rājño vīryeṇa caivahi | tasmādvāsavi bhadraṃ te yāce vaṃśakaraṃ sutam

You are that maiden, born in her from the king's seed. Therefore, daughter of Vasu, blessings on you, I ask of you a son who will carry on my line.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 35).

Verse 113 (1.64.113)

संगमं मम कल्याणि कुरुष्वेत्यभ्यभाषत ॥

saṃgamaṃ mama kalyāṇi kuruṣvetyabhyabhāṣata

Grant me union, fair one," he said to her.

Note on the text: A single half-verse in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition records the line only in its apparatus, *518, after 1.57.57ab).

Verse 114 (1.64.114)

विस्मयाविष्टसर्वाङ्गी जातिस्मरणतां गता । साब्रवीत्पश्य भगवन्परपारे स्थितानृषीन् ॥

vismayāviṣṭasarvāṅgī jātismaraṇatāṃ gatā | sābravītpaśya bhagavanparapāre sthitānṛṣīn

Her whole body overcome with wonder, she came to remember her former birth. She said, "Look, holy one, at the sages standing on the far bank.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; Appendix I No. 35); second line = 1.57.58ab.

Verse 115 (1.64.115)

आवयोर्दृष्टयोरेभिः कथं नु स्यात्समागमः । एवं तयोक्तो भगवान्नीहारमसृजत्प्रभुः ॥

āvayordṛṣṭayorebhiḥ kathaṃ nu syātsamāgamaḥ | evaṃ tayokto bhagavānnīhāramasṛjatprabhuḥ

How could we come together while they are watching us?" Addressed thus by her, the holy lord created a mist,

Verse 116 (1.64.116)

येन देशः स सर्वस्तु तमोभूत इवाभवत् । दृष्ट्वा सृष्टं तु नीहारं ततस्तं परमर्षिणा ॥

yena deśaḥ sa sarvastu tamobhūta ivābhavat | dṛṣṭvā sṛṣṭaṃ tu nīhāraṃ tatastaṃ paramarṣiṇā

by which the whole region became as though sunk in darkness. Seeing the mist that the supreme seer had created,

Verse 117 (1.64.117)

विस्मिता साभवत्कन्या व्रीडिता च तपस्विनी । विद्धि मां भगवन्कन्यां सदा पितृवशानुगाम् ॥

vismitā sābhavatkanyā vrīḍitā ca tapasvinī | viddhi māṃ bhagavankanyāṃ sadā pitṛvaśānugām

the poor maiden was amazed and abashed. "Know, holy one, that I am a maiden, always under my father's authority.

Verse 118 (1.64.118)

त्वत्संयोगाच्च दुष्येत कन्याभावो ममाऽनघ । कन्यात्वे दूषिते वापि कथं शक्ष्ये द्विजोत्तम ॥

tvatsaṃyogācca duṣyeta kanyābhāvo mamā'nagha | kanyātve dūṣite vāpi kathaṃ śakṣye dvijottama

Union with you would spoil my maidenhood, sinless one. And if my maidenhood is spoiled, how shall I be able, best of brahmins,

Verse 119 (1.64.119)

गृहं गन्तुमृषे चाहं धीमन्न स्थातुमुत्सहे । एतत्संचिन्त्य भगवन्विधत्स्व यदनन्तरम् ॥

gṛhaṃ gantumṛṣe cāhaṃ dhīmanna sthātumutsahe | etatsaṃcintya bhagavanvidhatsva yadanantaram

to go home, O seer? Wise one, I could not bear to stay there. Think on this, holy one, and then do what should follow."

Note on the text: Corrected गृह गन्तुमुषे → गृहं गन्तुमृषे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara on the object and उ for ऋ in the vocative ऋषे).

Verse 120 (1.64.120)

एवमुक्तवतीं तां तु प्रीतिमानृषिसत्तमः । उवाच मत्प्रियं कृत्वा कन्यैव त्वं भविष्यसि ॥

evamuktavatīṃ tāṃ tu prītimānṛṣisattamaḥ | uvāca matpriyaṃ kṛtvā kanyaiva tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

When she had spoken thus, the best of seers, pleased, said, "Even after doing what pleases me, you will remain a maiden.

Note on the text: Corrected तीं → तां, प्रीतिमानुषिसत्तमः → प्रीतिमानृषिसत्तमः and भविष्यति → भविष्यसि (misprints in Wikisource; following the critical edition: तीं is not a word, उ for ऋ, and त्वं requires the second person).

Verse 121 (1.64.121)

वृणीष्व च वरं भीरु यं त्वमिच्छसि भामिनि । वृथा हि न प्रसादो मे भूतपूर्वः शुचिस्मिते ॥

vṛṇīṣva ca varaṃ bhīru yaṃ tvamicchasi bhāmini | vṛthā hi na prasādo me bhūtapūrvaḥ śucismite

Choose a boon, timid one, whatever you wish, lovely lady. Never yet has my favour been given in vain, bright-smiling one."

Note on the text: Corrected भीरुं → भीरु (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative is required, as in the critical edition).

Verse 122 (1.64.122)

एवमुक्ता वरं वव्रे गात्रसौगन्ध्यमुत्तमम् । सचास्यै भगवान्प्रादान्मनः काङ्क्षितं प्रभुः ॥

evamuktā varaṃ vavre gātrasaugandhyamuttamam | sacāsyai bhagavānprādānmanaḥ kāṅkṣitaṃ prabhuḥ

So addressed, she chose as her boon a surpassing fragrance of the body, and the holy lord granted her what her heart desired.

Verse 123 (1.64.123)

ततो लब्धवरा प्रीता स्त्रीभावगुणभूषिता । जगाम सह संसर्गमृषिणाऽद्भुतकर्मणा ॥

tato labdhavarā prītā strībhāvaguṇabhūṣitā | jagāma saha saṃsargamṛṣiṇā'dbhutakarmaṇā

Having won her boon, delighted and adorned with every womanly grace, she came together with the seer of wondrous deeds.

Verse 124 (1.64.124)

तस्यास्तु योजनाद्गन्धमाजिघ्रन्त नरा भुवि ॥

tasyāstu yojanādgandhamājighranta narā bhuvi

Men on earth could smell her fragrance from a yojana away.

Note on the text: A single half-verse in Wikisource, = 1.57.67cd; the critical edition's first line (on the name Gandhavati) is not in Wikisource.

Verse 125 (1.64.125)

तस्या योजनगन्धेति ततो नामापरं स्मृतम् । इति सत्यवती हृष्टा लब्ध्वा वरमनुत्तमम् ॥

tasyā yojanagandheti tato nāmāparaṃ smṛtam | iti satyavatī hṛṣṭā labdhvā varamanuttamam

So she came to be known by another name, Yojanagandha, 'she whose scent carries a yojana.' Thus Satyavati, rejoicing at having won that matchless boon,

Verse 126 (1.64.126)

पराशरेण संयुक्ता सद्यो गर्भं सुषाव सा । जज्ञे च यमुनाद्वीपे पाराशर्यः स वीर्यवान् ॥

parāśareṇa saṃyuktā sadyo garbhaṃ suṣāva sā | jajñe ca yamunādvīpe pārāśaryaḥ sa vīryavān

united with Parashara, gave birth at once to a child; and on an island in the Yamuna was born Parashara's mighty son.

Verse 127 (1.64.127)

स मातरमनुज्ञाप्य तपस्येव मनो दधे । स्मृतोऽहं दर्शयिष्यामि कृत्येष्विति च सोऽब्रवीत् ॥

sa mātaramanujñāpya tapasyeva mano dadhe | smṛto'haṃ darśayiṣyāmi kṛtyeṣviti ca so'bravīt

Taking leave of his mother, he set his mind on austerity alone, and said, "Think of me, and I will appear whenever there is work to be done."

Verse 128 (1.64.128)

एवं द्वैपायनो जज्ञे सत्यवत्यां पराशरात् । न्यस्तोद्वीपे यद्बालस्तस्माद्द्वैपायनःस्मृतः ॥

evaṃ dvaipāyano jajñe satyavatyāṃ parāśarāt | nyastodvīpe yadbālastasmāddvaipāyanaḥsmṛtaḥ

Thus was Dvaipayana born of Satyavati by Parashara. Because he was left as a child on an island (dvipa), he is remembered as Dvaipayana.

Verse 129 (1.64.129)

पादापसारिणं धर्मं स तु विद्वान्युगे युगे । आयुः शक्तिं च मर्त्यानां युगावस्थामवेक्ष्यच ॥

pādāpasāriṇaṃ dharmaṃ sa tu vidvānyuge yuge | āyuḥ śaktiṃ ca martyānāṃ yugāvasthāmavekṣyaca

Knowing that in each age dharma loses one of its feet, and observing the lifespan and strength of mortals and the condition of the age,

Verse 130 (1.64.130)

ब्रह्मणो ब्राह्मणानां च तथानुग्रहकाङ्क्षया । विव्यास वेदान्यस्माच्च तस्माद्व्यास इति स्मृतः ॥

brahmaṇo brāhmaṇānāṃ ca tathānugrahakāṅkṣayā | vivyāsa vedānyasmācca tasmādvyāsa iti smṛtaḥ

and wishing to show favour to Brahman and to the brahmins, he divided (vivyasa) the Vedas; and so he is remembered as Vyasa.

Note on the text: Corrected यस्मत्स → यस्माच्च (misprint in Wikisource; यस्मत्स is not a valid form; following the critical edition).

Verse 131 (1.64.131)

वेदानध्यापयामास महाभारतपञ्चमान् । सुमन्तुं जैमिनिं पैलं शुकं चैव स्वमात्मजम् ॥

vedānadhyāpayāmāsa mahābhāratapañcamān | sumantuṃ jaiminiṃ pailaṃ śukaṃ caiva svamātmajam

He taught the Vedas, with the Mahabharata as the fifth, to Sumantu, Jaimini, Paila, and Shuka, his own son;

Verse 132 (1.64.132)

प्रभुर्वरिष्ठो वरदो वैशंपायनमेव च । संहितास्तैः पृथक्त्वेन भारतस्य प्रकाशिताः ॥

prabhurvariṣṭho varado vaiśaṃpāyanameva ca | saṃhitāstaiḥ pṛthaktvena bhāratasya prakāśitāḥ

and the mighty lord, most eminent, the giver of boons, taught Vaishampayana as well. By these disciples the samhitas of the Bharata were made known, each separately.

Verse 133 (1.64.133)

तथा भीष्मः शान्तनवो गङ्गायाममितद्युतिः । वसुवीर्यात्समभवन्महावीर्यो महायशाः ॥

tathā bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo gaṅgāyāmamitadyutiḥ | vasuvīryātsamabhavanmahāvīryo mahāyaśāḥ

Likewise Bhishma, son of Shantanu, of boundless splendour, great in valour and great in fame, was born in Ganga from the seed of the Vasus.

Verse 134 (1.64.134)

वेदार्थविच्च भगवानृषिर्विप्रो महायशाः । शूले प्रोतः पुराणर्षिरचोरश्चोरशङ्कया ॥

vedārthavicca bhagavānṛṣirvipro mahāyaśāḥ | śūle protaḥ purāṇarṣiracoraścoraśaṅkayā

There was a holy seer, a brahmin of great fame who knew the meaning of the Vedas, an ancient sage who, though no thief, was impaled on a stake on suspicion of theft.

Note on the text: Corrected वैदार्थविच्च → वेदार्थविच्च (misprint in Wikisource; following the critical apparatus). First line not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus *521 after 1.57.76); second line = 1.57.77ab.

Verse 135 (1.64.135)

अणीमाण्डव्य इत्येवं विख्यातः स महायशाः । स धर्ममाहूय पुरा महर्षिरिदमुक्तवान् ॥

aṇīmāṇḍavya ityevaṃ vikhyātaḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ | sa dharmamāhūya purā maharṣiridamuktavān

He was renowned, a man of great fame, as Ani-Mandavya. Long ago that great seer summoned Dharma and said this:

Verse 136 (1.64.136)

इषीकया मया बाल्याद्विद्धा ह्येका शकुन्तिका । तत्किल्बिषं स्मरे धर्म नान्यत्पापमहं स्मरे ॥

iṣīkayā mayā bālyādviddhā hyekā śakuntikā | tatkilbiṣaṃ smare dharma nānyatpāpamahaṃ smare

"As a child I pierced a single little bird with a blade of grass. That sin I remember, Dharma; no other sin do I remember.

Verse 137 (1.64.137)

तन्मे सहस्रममितं कस्मान्नेहाजयत्तपः । गरीयान्ब्राह्मणवधः सर्वभूतवधाद्यतः ॥

tanme sahasramamitaṃ kasmānnehājayattapaḥ | garīyānbrāhmaṇavadhaḥ sarvabhūtavadhādyataḥ

Why has my austerity, a thousandfold and beyond measure, not overcome it here? Since the killing of a brahmin is graver than the killing of all other beings,

Verse 138 (1.64.138)

तस्मात्त्वं किल्बिषादस्माच्छूद्रयोनौ जनिष्यसि । तेन शापेन धर्मोऽपि शूद्रयोनावजायत ॥

tasmāttvaṃ kilbiṣādasmācchūdrayonau janiṣyasi | tena śāpena dharmo'pi śūdrayonāvajāyata

therefore, for this sin, you shall be born in a shudra womb." Through that curse Dharma too was born in a shudra womb,

Verse 139 (1.64.139)

विद्वान्विदुररूपेण धार्मिकः किल्बिषात्ततः । संजयो मुनिकल्पस्तु जज्ञे सूतो गवल्गणात् ॥

vidvānvidurarūpeṇa dhārmikaḥ kilbiṣāttataḥ | saṃjayo munikalpastu jajñe sūto gavalgaṇāt

in the form of the learned and righteous Vidura, because of that sin. And Sanjaya, like a sage, was born a suta from Gavalgana.

Verse 140 (1.64.140)

सूर्याच्च कुन्तिकन्यायां जज्ञे कर्णो महाबलः । सहजं कवचं बिभ्रत्कुण्डलोद्योतिताननः ॥

sūryācca kuntikanyāyāṃ jajñe karṇo mahābalaḥ | sahajaṃ kavacaṃ bibhratkuṇḍalodyotitānanaḥ

From the Sun, in Kunti while she was still a maiden, was born the mighty Karna, wearing the armour he was born with, his face shining with earrings.

Verse 141 (1.64.141)

अनुग्रहार्थं लोकानां विष्णुर्लोकनमस्कृतः । वसुदेवात्तु देवक्यां प्रादुर्भूतो महायशाः ॥

anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ viṣṇurlokanamaskṛtaḥ | vasudevāttu devakyāṃ prādurbhūto mahāyaśāḥ

For the welfare of the worlds, Vishnu, revered by the worlds and of great fame, became manifest from Vasudeva in Devaki.

Verse 142 (1.64.142)

अनादिनिधनो देवः स कर्ता जगतः प्रभुः । अव्यक्तमक्षरं ब्रह्म प्रधानं त्रिगुणात्मकम् ॥

anādinidhano devaḥ sa kartā jagataḥ prabhuḥ | avyaktamakṣaraṃ brahma pradhānaṃ triguṇātmakam

He is the god without beginning or end, the maker and lord of the universe: the unmanifest, imperishable Brahman, Pradhana made of the three gunas,

Verse 143 (1.64.143)

आत्मानमव्ययं चैव प्रकृतिं प्रभवं प्रभुम् । पुरुषं विश्वकर्माणं सत्वयोगं ध्रुवाक्षरम् ॥

ātmānamavyayaṃ caiva prakṛtiṃ prabhavaṃ prabhum | puruṣaṃ viśvakarmāṇaṃ satvayogaṃ dhruvākṣaram

the imperishable Self, Prakriti, the source and the lord, the Purusha, maker of all, the union with sattva, the fixed and undecaying,

Verse 144 (1.64.144)

अनन्तमचलं देवं हंसं नारायणं प्रभुम् । धातारमजमव्यक्तं यमाहुः परमव्ययम् ॥

anantamacalaṃ devaṃ haṃsaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum | dhātāramajamavyaktaṃ yamāhuḥ paramavyayam

the endless, the unmoving god, the Hamsa, Narayana the lord, the Sustainer, the unborn, the unmanifest, whom they call the supreme and imperishable,

Verse 145 (1.64.145)

कैवल्यं निर्गुणं विश्वमनादिमजमव्ययम् । पुरुषः स विभुः कर्ता सर्वभूतपितामहः ॥

kaivalyaṃ nirguṇaṃ viśvamanādimajamavyayam | puruṣaḥ sa vibhuḥ kartā sarvabhūtapitāmahaḥ

Kaivalya, beyond the gunas, the All, without beginning, unborn, undecaying. That Purusha, all-pervading, the maker, grandsire of all beings,

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus *523 after 1.57.86); second line = 1.57.87ab.

Verse 146 (1.64.146)

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय प्रजज्ञेऽन्धकवृष्णिषु । अस्त्रज्ञौ तु महावीर्यौ सर्वशास्त्रविशारदौ ॥

dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya prajajñe'ndhakavṛṣṇiṣu | astrajñau tu mahāvīryau sarvaśāstraviśāradau

was born among the Andhakas and Vrishnis to establish dharma. Two warriors of great valour, knowers of weapons, versed in every science,

Verse 147 (1.64.147)

सात्यकिः कृतवर्मा च नारायणमनुव्रतौ । सत्यकाद्धृदिकाच्चैव जज्ञातेऽस्त्रविशारदौ ॥

sātyakiḥ kṛtavarmā ca nārāyaṇamanuvratau | satyakāddhṛdikāccaiva jajñāte'straviśāradau

Satyaki and Kritavarma, devoted followers of Narayana, masters of weapons, were born of Satyaka and of Hridika.

Verse 148 (1.64.148)

भरद्वाजस्य च स्कन्नं द्रोण्यां शुक्रमवर्धत । महर्षेरुग्रतपसस्तस्माद्द्रोणो व्यजायत ॥

bharadvājasya ca skannaṃ droṇyāṃ śukramavardhata | maharṣerugratapasastasmāddroṇo vyajāyata

The seed of Bharadvaja, which had fallen, grew in a wooden vessel (droni); from that great seer of fierce austerity Drona was born.

Note on the text: Corrected सहर्षेरुग्रतपसस् → महर्षेरुग्रतपसस् (misprint in Wikisource; स for म; following the critical edition).

Verse 149 (1.64.149)

गौतमान्मिथुनं जज्ञे शरस्तम्बाच्छरद्वतः । अश्वत्थाम्नश्च जननी कृपश्चैव महाबलः ॥

gautamānmithunaṃ jajñe śarastambāccharadvataḥ | aśvatthāmnaśca jananī kṛpaścaiva mahābalaḥ

From Sharadvat of the Gautama line, out of a clump of reeds, twins were born: the mother of Ashvatthaman, and the mighty Kripa.

Verse 150 (1.64.150)

अश्वत्थामा ततो जज्ञे द्रोणादेव महाबलः । तथैव धृष्टद्युम्नोऽपि साक्षादग्निसमद्युतिः ॥

aśvatthāmā tato jajñe droṇādeva mahābalaḥ | tathaiva dhṛṣṭadyumno'pi sākṣādagnisamadyutiḥ

Then from Drona was born the mighty Ashvatthaman. And Dhrishtadyumna, radiant as fire itself,

Verse 151 (1.64.151)

वैताने कर्मणि तते पावकात्समजायत । वीरो द्रोणविनाशाय धनुरादाय वीर्यवान् ॥

vaitāne karmaṇi tate pāvakātsamajāyata | vīro droṇavināśāya dhanurādāya vīryavān

arose from the fire while a sacrifice was being performed, a valiant hero with bow in hand, born for the destruction of Drona.

Verse 152 (1.64.152)

तथैव वेद्यां कृष्णापि जज्ञे तेजस्विनी शुभा । विभ्राजमाना वपुषा बिभ्रती रूपमुत्तमम् ॥

tathaiva vedyāṃ kṛṣṇāpi jajñe tejasvinī śubhā | vibhrājamānā vapuṣā bibhratī rūpamuttamam

Likewise from the altar was born Krishna (Draupadi), radiant and auspicious, her body shining, bearing supreme beauty.

Verse 153 (1.64.153)

प्रह्रादशिष्यो नग्नजित्सुबलश्चाभवत्ततः । तस्य प्रजा धर्महन्त्री जज्ञे देवप्रकोपनात् ॥

prahrādaśiṣyo nagnajitsubalaścābhavattataḥ | tasya prajā dharmahantrī jajñe devaprakopanāt

Then came Nagnajit, disciple of Prahrada, and Subala. His offspring, destroyers of dharma, were born through the wrath of the gods.

Verse 154 (1.64.154)

गान्धारराजपुत्रोऽभूच्छकुनिः सौबलस्तथा । दुर्योधनस्य जननी जज्ञातेऽर्थविशारदौ ॥

gāndhārarājaputro'bhūcchakuniḥ saubalastathā | duryodhanasya jananī jajñāte'rthaviśāradau

Shakuni, son of the king of Gandhara, was Subala's son; he and Duryodhana's mother were born, both shrewd in worldly affairs.

Verse 155 (1.64.155)

कृष्णद्वैपायनाज्जज्ञे धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः । क्षेत्रे विचित्रवीर्यस्य पाण्डुश्चैव महाबलः ॥

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanājjajñe dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ | kṣetre vicitravīryasya pāṇḍuścaiva mahābalaḥ

From Krishna Dvaipayana was born Dhritarashtra, lord of men, in the field of Vichitravirya, and the mighty Pandu as well.

Verse 156 (1.64.156)

धर्मार्थकुशलो धीमान्मेधावी धूतकल्मषः । विदुरः शूद्रयोनौ तु जज्ञे द्वैपायनादपि ॥

dharmārthakuśalo dhīmānmedhāvī dhūtakalmaṣaḥ | viduraḥ śūdrayonau tu jajñe dvaipāyanādapi

And from Dvaipayana too, in a shudra womb, was born Vidura, skilled in dharma and artha, wise, intelligent, and free of every stain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus *527 after 1.57.95).

Verse 157 (1.64.157)

पाण्डोस्तु जज्ञिरे पञ्च पुत्रा देवसमाः पृथक् । द्वयोः स्त्रियोर्गुणज्येष्ठस्तेषामासीद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥

pāṇḍostu jajñire pañca putrā devasamāḥ pṛthak | dvayoḥ striyorguṇajyeṣṭhasteṣāmāsīdyudhiṣṭhiraḥ

To Pandu were born five sons, each like a god, from two wives; the eldest of them in virtue was Yudhishthira.

Verse 158 (1.64.158)

धर्माद्युधिष्ठिरो जज्ञे मारुताच्च वृकोदरः । इन्द्राद्धनंजयः श्रीमान्सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥

dharmādyudhiṣṭhiro jajñe mārutācca vṛkodaraḥ | indrāddhanaṃjayaḥ śrīmānsarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

Yudhishthira was born from Dharma, Vrikodara from the Wind, and from Indra the glorious Dhananjaya, best of all who bear weapons.

Verse 159 (1.64.159)

जज्ञाते रूपसंपन्नावश्विभ्यां च यमावपि । नकुलः सहदेवश्च गुरुशुश्रूषणे रतौ ॥

jajñāte rūpasaṃpannāvaśvibhyāṃ ca yamāvapi | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratau

From the two Ashvins were born the twins too, rich in beauty: Nakula and Sahadeva, devoted to serving their elders.

Verse 160 (1.64.160)

तथा पुत्रशतं जज्ञे धृतराष्ट्रस्य धीमतः । दुर्योधनप्रभृतयो युयुत्सुः करणस्तथा ॥

tathā putraśataṃ jajñe dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ | duryodhanaprabhṛtayo yuyutsuḥ karaṇastathā

Likewise a hundred sons were born to the wise Dhritarashtra, Duryodhana and the rest, and Yuyutsu too, son of a vaishya mother.

Verse 161 (1.64.161)

ततो दुःशासनश्चैव दुःसहश्चापि भारत । दुर्मर्षणो विकर्णश्च चित्रसेनो विविंशतिः ॥

tato duḥśāsanaścaiva duḥsahaścāpi bhārata | durmarṣaṇo vikarṇaśca citraseno viviṃśatiḥ

Then Duhshasana and Duhsaha, O Bharata; Durmarshana, Vikarna, Chitrasena, Vivimshati,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus *528 after 1.57.99).

Verse 162 (1.64.162)

जयः सत्यव्रतश्चैव पुरुमित्रश्च भारत । वैश्यापुत्रो युयुत्सुश्च एकादश महारथाः ॥

jayaḥ satyavrataścaiva purumitraśca bhārata | vaiśyāputro yuyutsuśca ekādaśa mahārathāḥ

Jaya, Satyavrata, and Purumitra, O Bharata, and Yuyutsu, son of the vaishya woman: these were the eleven great chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus *528 after 1.57.99).

Verse 163 (1.64.163)

अभिमन्युः सुभद्रायामर्जुनादभ्यजायत । स्वस्रीयो वासुदेवस्य पौत्रः पाण्डोर्महात्मनः ॥

abhimanyuḥ subhadrāyāmarjunādabhyajāyata | svasrīyo vāsudevasya pautraḥ pāṇḍormahātmanaḥ

Abhimanyu was born of Arjuna in Subhadra, nephew of Vasudeva and grandson of the great-souled Pandu.

Verse 164 (1.64.164)

पाण्डवेभ्यो हि पाञ्चाल्यां द्रौपद्यां पञ्च जज्ञिरे । कुमारा रूपसंपन्नाः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाः ॥

pāṇḍavebhyo hi pāñcālyāṃ draupadyāṃ pañca jajñire | kumārā rūpasaṃpannāḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ

From the Pandavas, five princes were born in Draupadi of Panchala, rich in beauty and versed in every science:

Verse 165 (1.64.165)

प्रतिविन्ध्यो युधिष्ठिरात्सुतसोमो वृकोदरात् । अर्जुनाच्छ्रुतकीर्तिस्तु शतानीकस्तु नाकुलिः ॥

prativindhyo yudhiṣṭhirātsutasomo vṛkodarāt | arjunācchrutakīrtistu śatānīkastu nākuliḥ

Prativindhya from Yudhishthira, Sutasoma from Vrikodara, Shrutakirti from Arjuna, and Shatanika, son of Nakula;

Verse 166 (1.64.166)

तथैव सहदेवाच्च श्रुतसेनः प्रतापवान् । हिडिम्बायां च भीमेन वने जज्ञे घटोत्कचः ॥

tathaiva sahadevācca śrutasenaḥ pratāpavān | hiḍimbāyāṃ ca bhīmena vane jajñe ghaṭotkacaḥ

and likewise from Sahadeva the valiant Shrutasena. And to Bhima, in Hidimba, Ghatotkacha was born in the forest.

Verse 167 (1.64.167)

शिखण्डी द्रुपदाज्जज्ञे कन्या पुत्रत्वमागता । यां यक्षः पुरुषं चक्रे स्थूणः प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥

śikhaṇḍī drupadājjajñe kanyā putratvamāgatā | yāṃ yakṣaḥ puruṣaṃ cakre sthūṇaḥ priyacikīrṣayā

Shikhandi was born of Drupada, a daughter who became a son; the yaksha Sthuna made her a man out of a wish to do her a kindness.

Note on the text: Corrected पुत्रत्वभागता → पुत्रत्वमागता and स्थूमः → स्थूणः (misprints in Wikisource; भ for म, and म for ण in the yaksha's name Sthuna; following the critical edition).

Verse 168 (1.64.168)

कुरूणां विग्रहे तस्मिन्समागच्छन्बहून्यथ । राज्ञां शतसहस्राणि योत्स्यमानानि संयुगे ॥

kurūṇāṃ vigrahe tasminsamāgacchanbahūnyatha | rājñāṃ śatasahasrāṇi yotsyamānāni saṃyuge

To that war of the Kurus came many, hundreds of thousands of kings, ready to fight in battle.

Verse 169 (1.64.169)

तेषामपरिमेयानां नामधेयानि सर्वशः । न शक्यानि समाख्यातुं वर्षाणामयुतैरपि । एते तु कीर्तिता मुख्या यैराख्यानमिदं ततम् ॥

teṣāmaparimeyānāṃ nāmadheyāni sarvaśaḥ | na śakyāni samākhyātuṃ varṣāṇāmayutairapi | ete tu kīrtitā mukhyā yairākhyānamidaṃ tatam

The names of those countless kings could not all be told even in ten thousand years. Those named here are the chief ones, through whom this tale is spun out.