Sharmishtha Throws Devayani into a Well

Verse 1 (1.72.1)

कृतविद्ये कचे प्राप्ते हृष्टरूपा दिवौकसः । कचादधीत्य तां विद्यां कृतार्था भरतर्षभ ॥

kṛtavidye kace prāpte hṛṣṭarūpā divaukasaḥ | kacādadhītya tāṃ vidyāṃ kṛtārthā bharatarṣabha

When Kacha had returned with his learning complete, the dwellers of heaven rejoiced; having learned that knowledge from Kacha, O bull of the Bharatas, they had gained their purpose.

Verse 2 (1.72.2)

सर्व एव समागम्य शतक्रतुमथाब्रुवन् । कालस्ते विक्रमस्याद्य जहि शत्रून्पुरन्दर ॥

sarva eva samāgamya śatakratumathābruvan | kālaste vikramasyādya jahi śatrūnpurandara

They all gathered together and said to Indra of the hundred sacrifices: "Now is the time for your valour. Slay your enemies, destroyer of cities."

Verse 3 (1.72.3)

एवमुक्तस्तु सहितैस्त्रिदशैर्मघवांस्तदा । तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रचक्राम सोऽपश्यत वने स्त्रियः ॥

evamuktastu sahitaistridaśairmaghavāṃstadā | tathetyuktvā pracakrāma so'paśyata vane striyaḥ

Thus addressed by the assembled gods, Maghavan said, "So be it," and set out; and in a forest he saw some women.

Verse 4 (1.72.4)

क्रीडन्तीनां तु कन्यानां वने चैत्ररथोपमे । वायुभूतः स वस्त्राणि सर्वाण्येव व्यमिश्रयत् ॥

krīḍantīnāṃ tu kanyānāṃ vane caitrarathopame | vāyubhūtaḥ sa vastrāṇi sarvāṇyeva vyamiśrayat

The maidens were at play in a forest like Chaitraratha, the garden of the gods; becoming the wind, he mixed up all their clothes.

Verse 5 (1.72.5)

ततो जलात्समुत्तीर्य कन्यास्ताः सहितास्तदा । वस्त्राणि जगृहुस्तानि यथाऽऽसन्नान्यनेकशः ॥

tato jalātsamuttīrya kanyāstāḥ sahitāstadā | vastrāṇi jagṛhustāni yathā''sannānyanekaśaḥ

Then the maidens all came up out of the water together and took the clothes, each picking up whatever lay nearest.

Verse 6 (1.72.6)

तत्र वासो देवयान्याः शर्मिष्ठा जगृहे तदा । व्यतिमिश्रमजानन्ती दुहिता वृषपर्वणः ॥

tatra vāso devayānyāḥ śarmiṣṭhā jagṛhe tadā | vyatimiśramajānantī duhitā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ

There Sharmishtha, the daughter of Vrishaparva, took Devayani's garment, not knowing the clothes had been mixed up.

Note on the text: Corrected देवयानयाः → देवयान्याः (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive devayānyāḥ is required, as in the critical edition).

Verse 7 (1.72.7)

ततस्तयोर्मिथस्तत्र विरोधः समजायत । देवयान्याश्च राजेन्द्र शर्मिष्ठायाश्च तत्कृते ॥

tatastayormithastatra virodhaḥ samajāyata | devayānyāśca rājendra śarmiṣṭhāyāśca tatkṛte

Then, O king of kings, a quarrel broke out between the two of them over it — between Devayani and Sharmishtha.

Verse 8 (1.72.8)

कस्माद्गृह्णासि मे वस्त्रं शिष्या भूत्वा ममासुरि । समुदाचारहीनाया न ते साधु भविष्यति ॥

kasmādgṛhṇāsi me vastraṃ śiṣyā bhūtvā mamāsuri | samudācārahīnāyā na te sādhu bhaviṣyati

"Why do you take my garment, Asura girl, when you are my pupil? You who lack all good manners — no good will come to you."

Verse 9 (1.72.9)

आसीनं च शयानं च पिता ते पितरं मम । स्तौतिबन्दीव चाभीक्ष्णं नीचैः स्थित्वा विनीतवत् ॥

āsīnaṃ ca śayānaṃ ca pitā te pitaraṃ mama | stautibandīva cābhīkṣṇaṃ nīcaiḥ sthitvā vinītavat

"Whether my father is seated or lying down, your father stands below him humbly and praises him constantly, like a bard.

Verse 10 (1.72.10)

याचतस्त्वं हि दुहिता स्तुवतः प्रतिगृह्णतः । सुताहं स्तूयमानस्य ददतोऽप्रतिगृह्णतः ॥

yācatastvaṃ hi duhitā stuvataḥ pratigṛhṇataḥ | sutāhaṃ stūyamānasya dadato'pratigṛhṇataḥ

"You are the daughter of one who begs, who praises and who accepts gifts; I am the daughter of one who is praised, who gives and does not accept.

Verse 11 (1.72.11)

आदुन्वस्व विदुन्वस्व द्रुह्य कुप्यस्व याचकि । अनायुधा सायुधाया रिक्ता क्षुभ्यसि भिक्षुकि ॥

ādunvasva vidunvasva druhya kupyasva yācaki | anāyudhā sāyudhāyā riktā kṣubhyasi bhikṣuki

"Fret and fume, rage and storm, beggar-girl! Unarmed, you rage against one who is armed — empty-handed, you seethe, beggar-woman.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line = 1.73.11a.

Verse 12 (1.72.12)

लप्स्यसे प्रतियोद्धारं न हि त्वां गणयाम्यहम् । प्रतिकूलं वदसि चेदितःप्रभृति याचकि ॥

lapsyase pratiyoddhāraṃ na hi tvāṃ gaṇayāmyaham | pratikūlaṃ vadasi ceditaḥprabhṛti yācaki

"You will find your match in a fight; I do not count you for anything — if from now on you speak against me, beggar-girl."

Note on the text: Removed wiki marks (a backtick, a quote mark and a doubled danda) around the second line. The first line = 1.73.11c; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker corrected from the misspelt सर्मिष्ठा (also in verses 9–11).

Verse 13 (1.72.13)

समुच्छ्रयं देवयानीं गतां सक्तां च वाससि । शर्मिष्ठा प्राक्षिपत्कूपे ततः स्वपुरमागमत् । हतेयमिति विज्ञाय शर्मिष्ठा पापनिश्चया ॥

samucchrayaṃ devayānīṃ gatāṃ saktāṃ ca vāsasi | śarmiṣṭhā prākṣipatkūpe tataḥ svapuramāgamat | hateyamiti vijñāya śarmiṣṭhā pāpaniścayā

Devayani had flared up and was clinging to the garment; Sharmishtha threw her into a well and then went back to her city. Thinking, "She is dead," Sharmishtha, set on evil,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.12 and 1.73.13a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 14 (1.72.14)

अनवेक्ष्य ययौ वेश्म क्रोधवेगपरायणा । प्रविश्य स्वगृहं स्वस्था धर्ममासुरमास्थिता । अथ तं देशमभ्यागाद्ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः ॥

anavekṣya yayau veśma krodhavegaparāyaṇā | praviśya svagṛhaṃ svasthā dharmamāsuramāsthitā | atha taṃ deśamabhyāgādyayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ

went home without looking back, carried away by the force of her anger. Entering her house, she sat at ease, holding to the ways of the Asuras. Then to that place came Yayati, son of Nahusha,

Note on the text: Removed wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) around the middle line. Lines = 1.73.13c, then a line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), then 1.73.14a (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 15 (1.72.15)

श्रान्तयुग्यः श्रान्तहयो मृगलिप्सुः पिपासितः । स नाहुषः प्रेक्षमाण उदपानं गतोदकम् ॥

śrāntayugyaḥ śrāntahayo mṛgalipsuḥ pipāsitaḥ | sa nāhuṣaḥ prekṣamāṇa udapānaṃ gatodakam

his chariot-beasts and horses weary, in pursuit of deer and thirsty. That son of Nahusha, looking into the well, which was empty of water,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.14c and 1.73.15a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 16 (1.72.16)

ददर्श राजा तां तत्र कन्यामग्निशिखामिव । तामपृच्छत्स दृष्ट्वैव कन्याममरवर्णिनीम् ॥

dadarśa rājā tāṃ tatra kanyāmagniśikhāmiva | tāmapṛcchatsa dṛṣṭvaiva kanyāmamaravarṇinīm

the king saw that maiden there, like a flame of fire. The moment he saw her, he questioned the maiden, who had the beauty of a goddess,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.15c and 1.73.16a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 17 (1.72.17)

सान्त्वयित्वा नृपश्रेष्ठः साम्ना परमवल्गुना । का त्वं ताम्रनखी श्यामा सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डला ॥

sāntvayitvā nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ sāmnā paramavalgunā | kā tvaṃ tāmranakhī śyāmā sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalā

the best of kings, comforting her with the gentlest, most soothing words: "Who are you, lovely young woman, with copper-red nails and earrings of polished jewels?

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.16c and 1.73.17a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 18 (1.72.18)

दीर्घं ध्यायसि चात्यर्थं कस्माच्छ्वसिषि चातुरा । कथं च पतिताऽस्यस्मिन्कूपे वीरुत्तृणावृते ॥

dīrghaṃ dhyāyasi cātyarthaṃ kasmācchvasiṣi cāturā | kathaṃ ca patitā'syasminkūpe vīruttṛṇāvṛte

"You are lost in long brooding and sigh so deeply in your distress — why? And how did you fall into this well, overgrown with creepers and grass?

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from वैशंपायन to ययाति: the whole verse is Yayati's question. Lines correspond to 1.73.17c and 1.73.18a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 19 (1.72.19)

दुहिता चैव कस्य त्वं वद सत्यं सुमध्यमे । योऽसौ देवैर्हतान्दैत्यानुत्थापयति विद्यया ॥

duhitā caiva kasya tvaṃ vada satyaṃ sumadhyame | yo'sau devairhatāndaityānutthāpayati vidyayā

"And whose daughter are you? Tell me truly, slender-waisted one." Devayani answered: "He who by his knowledge raises up again the Daityas slain by the gods —

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from वैशंपायन to ययाति for the first line; the second line begins Devayani's answer (the critical edition prints देवयानी उवाच before it). Lines correspond to 1.73.18c and 1.73.19a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 20 (1.72.20)

तस्य शुक्रस्य कन्याहं स मां नूनं न बुध्यते । एष मे दक्षिणो राजन्पाणिस्ताम्रनखाङ्गुलिः ॥

tasya śukrasya kanyāhaṃ sa māṃ nūnaṃ na budhyate | eṣa me dakṣiṇo rājanpāṇistāmranakhāṅguliḥ

"I am the daughter of that Shukra; surely he does not know what has become of me. Here is my right hand, O king, with its copper-red nails and fingers.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.19c and 1.73.20a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 21 (1.72.21)

समुद्धर गृहीत्वा मां कुलीनस्त्वं हि मे मतः । जानामि हि त्वां संशान्तं वीर्यवन्तं यशस्विनम् ॥

samuddhara gṛhītvā māṃ kulīnastvaṃ hi me mataḥ | jānāmi hi tvāṃ saṃśāntaṃ vīryavantaṃ yaśasvinam

"Take it and lift me out, for I believe you to be of noble birth. I know you to be calm, valiant and renowned;

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.20c and 1.73.21a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 22 (1.72.22)

तस्मान्मां पतितामस्मात्कूपादुद्धर्तुमर्हसि । तामथो ब्राह्मणीं कन्यां विज्ञायनहुषात्मजः ॥

tasmānmāṃ patitāmasmātkūpāduddhartumarhasi | tāmatho brāhmaṇīṃ kanyāṃ vijñāyanahuṣātmajaḥ

"therefore you should lift me out of this well into which I have fallen." Then the son of Nahusha, knowing her to be a Brahmin maiden,

Note on the text: The second line returns to narration. Lines correspond to 1.73.21c and 1.73.22a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 23 (1.72.23)

गृहीत्वा दक्षिणे पाणावुज्जहार ततोऽवटात् । उद्धृत्य चैनां तरसा तस्मात्कूपान्नराधिपः ॥

gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe pāṇāvujjahāra tato'vaṭāt | uddhṛtya caināṃ tarasā tasmātkūpānnarādhipaḥ

took her by the right hand and drew her up out of the pit. When the king had swiftly lifted her out of that well,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.22c and 1.73.23a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 24 (1.72.24)

गच्छ भद्रे यथाकामं न भयं विद्यते तव । इत्युच्यमाना नृपतिं देवयानीदमुत्तरम् ॥

gaccha bhadre yathākāmaṃ na bhayaṃ vidyate tava | ityucyamānā nṛpatiṃ devayānīdamuttaram

he said, "Go wherever you wish, good lady; you have nothing to fear." Addressed thus, Devayani gave the king this answer;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed a backtick and the speaker line "ययातिरुवाच", printed inside the verse before its first line.

Verse 25 (1.72.25)

उवाच मामुपादाय गच्छ शीघ्रं प्रियो हि मे । गृहीताहं त्वया पाणौ तस्माद्भर्ता भविष्यसि ॥

uvāca māmupādāya gaccha śīghraṃ priyo hi me | gṛhītāhaṃ tvayā pāṇau tasmādbhartā bhaviṣyasi

she said: "Take me with you and go quickly, for you are dear to me. You have taken me by the hand; therefore you shall be my husband."

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

Verse 26 (1.72.26)

इत्येवमुक्तो नृपतिराह क्षत्रकुलोद्भवः । त्वं भद्रे ब्राह्मणी तस्मान्मया नार्हसि सङ्गमम् ॥

ityevamukto nṛpatirāha kṣatrakulodbhavaḥ | tvaṃ bhadre brāhmaṇī tasmānmayā nārhasi saṅgamam

Spoken to thus, the king, born of a Kshatriya line, replied: "You are a Brahmin woman, good lady; so you may not be joined with me.

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

Verse 27 (1.72.27)

सर्वलोकगुरुः काव्यस्त्वं तस्य दुहिता शुभे । तस्मादपि भयं मेऽद्य ततः कल्याणि नार्हसि ॥

sarvalokaguruḥ kāvyastvaṃ tasya duhitā śubhe | tasmādapi bhayaṃ me'dya tataḥ kalyāṇi nārhasi

"Kavya is the teacher of the whole world, and you are his daughter, fair one. I fear him too; therefore, gracious lady, you should not ask this."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker corrected from वैशंपायन to ययाति: the verse is Yayati's reply.

Verse 28 (1.72.28)

यदि मद्वचनान्नाद्य मां नेच्छसि नराधिप । त्वामेव वरये पित्रा तस्माल्लप्स्यसि गच्छ हि ॥

yadi madvacanānnādya māṃ necchasi narādhipa | tvāmeva varaye pitrā tasmāllapsyasi gaccha hi

"If today, at my own word, you will not have me, O king, then I choose you through my father; so you shall have me yet. Go now."

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

Verse 29 (1.72.29)

आमन्त्रयित्वा सुश्रोणीं ययातिः स्वपुरं ययौ । गते तु नाहुषे तस्मिन्देवयान्यप्यनिन्दिता ॥

āmantrayitvā suśroṇīṃ yayātiḥ svapuraṃ yayau | gate tu nāhuṣe tasmindevayānyapyaninditā

Taking leave of the fair-hipped maiden, Yayati went back to his own city. When the son of Nahusha had gone, the blameless Devayani

Note on the text: The first line = 1.73.23c; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 30 (1.72.30)

क्वचिद्गत्वा च रुदती वृक्षमाश्रित्य तिष्ठती । ततश्चिरायमाणायां दुहितर्यथ भार्गवः ॥

kvacidgatvā ca rudatī vṛkṣamāśritya tiṣṭhatī | tataścirāyamāṇāyāṃ duhitaryatha bhārgavaḥ

went off somewhere and stood weeping, leaning against a tree. Then, as his daughter was long in coming back, Bhargava,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected धिष्ठिता → तिष्ठती (misprint in Wikisource; धिष्ठिता is not a word here; the critical edition's apparatus reads tiṣṭhatī in this line).

Verse 31 (1.72.31)

संस्मृत्योवाच धात्रीं तां दुहितुः स्नेहविक्लवः । धात्रि त्वमानय क्षिप्रं देवयानीं सुमध्यमाम् ॥

saṃsmṛtyovāca dhātrīṃ tāṃ duhituḥ snehaviklavaḥ | dhātri tvamānaya kṣipraṃ devayānīṃ sumadhyamām

thinking of her, his heart shaken by love for his daughter, said to the nurse: "Nurse, bring the slender-waisted Devayani here quickly."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected समुध्यमाम् → सुमध्यमाम् (misprint in Wikisource; the aksharas are garbled; the critical edition's apparatus reads śucismitām here).

Verse 32 (1.72.32)

इत्युक्तमात्रे सा धात्री त्वरिताऽऽनयितुं गता । यत्रयत्र सखीभिः सा गता पदममार्गत ॥

ityuktamātre sā dhātrī tvaritā''nayituṃ gatā | yatrayatra sakhībhiḥ sā gatā padamamārgata

As soon as she was told, the nurse hurried off to fetch her, and searched for her footprints wherever she had gone with her friends.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected सशीभिः → सखीभिः (misprint in Wikisource; श for ख, as in the critical edition's apparatus, sakhībhiḥ).

Verse 33 (1.72.33)

सा ददर्श तथा दीनां श्रमार्तां रुदतीं स्थिताम् । वृत्तान्तं किमिदं भद्रे शीघ्रं वद पिताह्वयत् ॥

sā dadarśa tathā dīnāṃ śramārtāṃ rudatīṃ sthitām | vṛttāntaṃ kimidaṃ bhadre śīghraṃ vada pitāhvayat

She found her there, forlorn, worn out with weariness, standing and weeping. "What has happened, good lady? Tell me quickly — your father has sent for you."

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

Verse 34 (1.72.34)

एवमुक्ताह धात्रीं तां शर्मिष्ठावृजिनं कृतम् । उवाच शोकसंतप्ता घूर्णिकामागतां पुरः ॥

evamuktāha dhātrīṃ tāṃ śarmiṣṭhāvṛjinaṃ kṛtam | uvāca śokasaṃtaptā ghūrṇikāmāgatāṃ puraḥ

Asked this, she told the nurse of the wrong Sharmishtha had done; and, burning with grief, she said to Ghurnika, who stood before her:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed a stray quote mark at the end of the verse.

Verse 35 (1.72.35)

त्वरितं घूर्णिके गच्छ शीघ्रमाचक्ष्व मे पितुः ॥

tvaritaṃ ghūrṇike gaccha śīghramācakṣva me pituḥ

"Ghurnika, go quickly and tell my father at once:

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this verse as a single line (= 1.73.24a); its division of the verses that follow is shifted by half a verse. Nothing is missing.

Verse 36 (1.72.36)

नेदानीं संप्रवेक्ष्यामि नगरं वृषपर्वणः । सा तत्र त्वरितं गत्वा घूर्णिकाऽसुरमन्दिरम् ॥

nedānīṃ saṃpravekṣyāmi nagaraṃ vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ | sā tatra tvaritaṃ gatvā ghūrṇikā'suramandiram

"I will not now enter the city of Vrishaparva." So Ghurnika went quickly to the Asura's palace,

Note on the text: The second line returns to narration. Lines correspond to 1.73.24c and 1.73.25a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 37 (1.72.37)

दृष्ट्वा काव्यमुवाचेदं संभ्रमाविष्टचेतना । आचचक्षे महाप्राज्ञं देवयानीं वने हताम् ॥

dṛṣṭvā kāvyamuvācedaṃ saṃbhramāviṣṭacetanā | ācacakṣe mahāprājñaṃ devayānīṃ vane hatām

and seeing Kavya, her mind seized with alarm, she spoke; she told the wise one that Devayani had been struck down in the forest

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.25c and 1.73.26a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 38 (1.72.38)

शर्मिष्ठया महाभाग दुहित्रा वृषपर्वणः । श्रुत्वा दुहितरं काव्यस्तत्र शर्मिष्ठया हताम् ॥

śarmiṣṭhayā mahābhāga duhitrā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ | śrutvā duhitaraṃ kāvyastatra śarmiṣṭhayā hatām

by Sharmishtha, daughter of Vrishaparva, O greatly fortunate one. Hearing that his daughter had been struck down there by Sharmishtha, Kavya

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.26c and 1.73.27a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 39 (1.72.39)

त्वरया निर्ययौ दुःखान्मार्गमाणः सुतां वने । दृष्ट्वा दुहितरं काव्यो देवयानीं ततो वने ॥

tvarayā niryayau duḥkhānmārgamāṇaḥ sutāṃ vane | dṛṣṭvā duhitaraṃ kāvyo devayānīṃ tato vane

hurried out in distress, searching for his daughter in the forest. Then, finding his daughter Devayani in the forest, Kavya

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.27c and 1.73.28a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 40 (1.72.40)

बाहुभ्यां संपरिष्वज्य दुःखितो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । आत्मदोषैर्नियच्छन्ति सर्वे दुःखसुखे जनाः ॥

bāhubhyāṃ saṃpariṣvajya duḥkhito vākyamabravīt | ātmadoṣairniyacchanti sarve duḥkhasukhe janāḥ

took her in his arms and, grieving, spoke these words: "All people bring sorrow and joy upon themselves by their own faults.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.28c and 1.73.29a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 41 (1.72.41)

मन्ये दुश्चरितं तेऽस्ति यस्येयं निष्कृतिः कृता । निष्कृतिर्मेऽस्तु वा मास्तु शृणुष्वावहितो मम ॥

manye duścaritaṃ te'sti yasyeyaṃ niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā | niṣkṛtirme'stu vā māstu śṛṇuṣvāvahito mama

"I think you must have done some wrong, for which this has come as its expiation." Devayani said: "Expiation or not, listen to me attentively.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from वैशंपायन to शुक्र for the first line; the second line is Devayani's reply (the critical edition prints देवयानी उवाच before it). Lines correspond to 1.73.29c and 1.73.30a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 42 (1.72.42)

शर्मिष्ठया यदुक्ताऽस्मि दुहित्रा वृषपर्वणः । सत्यं किलैतत्सा प्राह दैत्यानामसि गायनः ॥

śarmiṣṭhayā yaduktā'smi duhitrā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ | satyaṃ kilaitatsā prāha daityānāmasi gāyanaḥ

"Hear what Sharmishtha, Vrishaparva's daughter, said to me. She declared, as though it were the truth, that you are a singer of praises to the Daityas.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.73.30c and 1.73.30e of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 43 (1.72.43)

एवं हि मे कथयति शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी । वचनं तीक्ष्णपरुषं क्रोधरक्तेक्षणा भृशम् ॥

evaṃ hi me kathayati śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī | vacanaṃ tīkṣṇaparuṣaṃ krodharaktekṣaṇā bhṛśam

"This is how Sharmishtha, Vrishaparva's daughter, spoke to me — sharp and cruel words, her eyes red with fury:

Verse 44 (1.72.44)

स्तुवतो दुहिता नित्यं याचतः प्रतिगृह्णतः । अहं तु स्तूयमानस्य ददतोऽप्रतिगृह्णतः ॥

stuvato duhitā nityaṃ yācataḥ pratigṛhṇataḥ | ahaṃ tu stūyamānasya dadato'pratigṛhṇataḥ

"'You are the daughter of one who constantly praises, begs and accepts gifts; but I am the daughter of one who is praised, who gives and does not accept.'

Verse 45 (1.72.45)

इदं मामाह शर्मिष्ठा दुहिता वृषपर्वणः । क्रोधसंरक्तनयना दर्पपूर्णा पुनः पुनः ॥

idaṃ māmāha śarmiṣṭhā duhitā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ | krodhasaṃraktanayanā darpapūrṇā punaḥ punaḥ

"This Sharmishtha, Vrishaparva's daughter, said to me again and again, her eyes red with rage, swollen with pride.

Verse 46 (1.72.46)

यद्यहं स्तुवतस्तात दुहिता प्रतिगृह्णतः । प्रसादयिष्ये शर्मिष्ठामित्युक्ता तु सखी मया ॥

yadyahaṃ stuvatastāta duhitā pratigṛhṇataḥ | prasādayiṣye śarmiṣṭhāmityuktā tu sakhī mayā

"'If I really am the daughter of one who praises and accepts gifts, father, then I shall seek Sharmishtha's favour' — so I said to my friend.

Note on the text: Corrected यद्यह → यद्यहं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, as in the critical edition's yady ahaṃ).

Verse 47 (1.72.47)

उक्ताप्येवं भृशं मां सा निगृह्य विजने वने । कूपे प्रक्षेपयामास प्रक्षिप्य गृहमागमत् ॥

uktāpyevaṃ bhṛśaṃ māṃ sā nigṛhya vijane vane | kūpe prakṣepayāmāsa prakṣipya gṛhamāgamat

"Even though I said this, she seized me roughly in the lonely forest and threw me into a well; and having thrown me in, she went home."

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

Verse 48 (1.72.48)

स्तुवतो दुहिता न त्वं याचतः प्रतिगृह्णतः । अस्तोतुः स्तूयमानस्य दुहिता देवयान्यसि ॥

stuvato duhitā na tvaṃ yācataḥ pratigṛhṇataḥ | astotuḥ stūyamānasya duhitā devayānyasi

"You are not the daughter of one who praises, begs and accepts gifts. You, Devayani, are the daughter of one who is praised and who praises no one.

Verse 49 (1.72.49)

वृषपर्वैव तद्वेद शक्रो राजा च नाहुषः । अचिन्त्यं ब्रह्म निर्द्वन्द्वमैश्वरं हि बलं मम ॥

vṛṣaparvaiva tadveda śakro rājā ca nāhuṣaḥ | acintyaṃ brahma nirdvandvamaiśvaraṃ hi balaṃ mama

"Vrishaparva himself knows this, and so do Shakra and King Yayati, son of Nahusha. My sovereign power is the inconceivable Brahman, beyond all pairs of opposites.

Verse 50 (1.72.50)

जानामि जीविनीं विद्यां लोकेस्मिञ्शाश्वतीं ध्रुवम् । मृतः संजीवते जन्तुर्यया कमललोचने ॥

jānāmi jīvinīṃ vidyāṃ lokesmiñśāśvatīṃ dhruvam | mṛtaḥ saṃjīvate janturyayā kamalalocane

"I know the knowledge that gives life, everlasting and sure in this world, by which a dead creature lives again, lotus-eyed one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed a backtick at the start of the verse.

Verse 51 (1.72.51)

कत्थनं स्वगुणानां च कृत्वा तप्यति सज्जनः । ततो वक्तुमशक्तोऽस्मित्वं मे जानासि यद्बलम् ॥

katthanaṃ svaguṇānāṃ ca kṛtvā tapyati sajjanaḥ | tato vaktumaśakto'smitvaṃ me jānāsi yadbalam

"A good man feels shame after praising his own virtues; that is why I cannot speak of them. You know what my power is.

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

Verse 52 (1.72.52)

तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ गच्छामः स्वगृहं कुलनन्दिनि । क्षमां कृत्वा विशालाक्षि क्षमासारा हि साधवः ॥

tasmāduttiṣṭha gacchāmaḥ svagṛhaṃ kulanandini | kṣamāṃ kṛtvā viśālākṣi kṣamāsārā hi sādhavaḥ

"So rise, joy of our family; let us go home. Forgive, large-eyed one, for forbearance is the very essence of the good."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected तसमाद् → तस्माद् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Removed a stray quote mark at the end.

Verse 53 (1.72.53)

यच्च किंचित्सर्वगतं भूमौ वा यदि वा दिवि । तस्याहमीश्वरो नित्यं तुष्टेनोक्तः स्वयंभुवा ॥

yacca kiṃcitsarvagataṃ bhūmau vā yadi vā divi | tasyāhamīśvaro nityaṃ tuṣṭenoktaḥ svayaṃbhuvā

"Whatever exists anywhere, on earth or in heaven — of all that I am forever the lord; so the Self-born declared, being pleased with me.

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

Verse 54 (1.72.54)

अहं जलं विमुञ्चामि प्रजानां हितकाम्यया । पुष्णाम्यौषधयः सर्वा इति सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते ॥

ahaṃ jalaṃ vimuñcāmi prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā | puṣṇāmyauṣadhayaḥ sarvā iti satyaṃ bravīmi te

"It is I who release the waters for the good of all creatures, and I who nourish all the plants. This is the truth I tell you."

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

Verse 55 (1.72.55)

एवं विषादमापन्नां मन्युना संप्रपीडिताम् । वचनैर्मधुरैः श्लक्ष्णैः सान्त्वयामास तां पिता ॥

evaṃ viṣādamāpannāṃ manyunā saṃprapīḍitām | vacanairmadhuraiḥ ślakṣṇaiḥ sāntvayāmāsa tāṃ pitā

So her father consoled her with sweet and gentle words as she lay sunk in dejection, tormented by resentment.

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