Sharmishtha Becomes Devayani's Servant

Verse 1 (1.74.1)

ततः काव्यो भृगुश्रेष्ठः समन्युरुपगम्य ह । वृषपर्वाणमासीनमित्युवाचाविचारयन् ॥

tataḥ kāvyo bhṛguśreṣṭhaḥ samanyurupagamya ha | vṛṣaparvāṇamāsīnamityuvācāvicārayan

Then Kavya, best of the Bhrigus, full of wrath, went to Vrishaparva where he sat and, without pausing to reflect, spoke thus:

Verse 2 (1.74.2)

नाधर्मश्चरितो राजन्सद्यः फलति गौरिव । शनैरावर्त्यमानो हि कर्तुर्मूलानि कृन्तति ॥

nādharmaścarito rājansadyaḥ phalati gauriva | śanairāvartyamāno hi karturmūlāni kṛntati

"Unrighteousness, once done, O king, does not bear fruit at once, as the earth does not; but turning slowly, it cuts away the very roots of the doer.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from वैशंपायन to शुक्र (verses 2–8 are Shukra's words). The first line = 1.75.2a; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (1.74.3)

पुत्रेषु वा नप्तृषु वा न चेदात्मनि पश्यति । फलत्येव ध्रुवं पापं गुरुभुक्तमिवोदरे ॥

putreṣu vā naptṛṣu vā na cedātmani paśyati | phalatyeva dhruvaṃ pāpaṃ gurubhuktamivodare

"If a man does not see it in himself, he will see it in his sons or grandsons; sin surely bears fruit, like heavy food in the stomach.

Note on the text: Corrected पायं → पापं (misprint in Wikisource; य for प, as in the critical edition's pāpaṃ). Lines correspond to 1.75.2c and 1.75.2e of the critical edition (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 4 (1.74.4)

अधीयानं हितं राजन्क्षमावन्तं जितेन्द्रियम् । यदघातयथा विप्रं कचमाङ्गिरसं तदा । अपापशीलं धर्मज्ञं शुश्रूषुं मद्गृहे रतम् ॥

adhīyānaṃ hitaṃ rājankṣamāvantaṃ jitendriyam | yadaghātayathā vipraṃ kacamāṅgirasaṃ tadā | apāpaśīlaṃ dharmajñaṃ śuśrūṣuṃ madgṛhe ratam

"For you had the Brahmin Kacha, descendant of Angiras, killed, O king — that student, patient and master of his senses, sinless in nature, knowing dharma, eager to serve and content in my house.

Note on the text: Removed wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) around the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the other lines = 1.75.3.

Verse 5 (1.74.5)

शर्मिष्ठया देवयानी क्रूरमुक्ता बहु प्रभो । विप्रकृत्य च संरम्भात्कूपे क्षिप्ता मनस्विनी ॥

śarmiṣṭhayā devayānī krūramuktā bahu prabho | viprakṛtya ca saṃrambhātkūpe kṣiptā manasvinī

"Sharmishtha spoke many cruel words to Devayani, my lord, and in her fury insulted the proud girl and threw her into a well.

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

Verse 6 (1.74.6)

सा न कल्पेत वासाय तयाहं रहितः कथम् । वसेयमिह तस्मात्ते त्यजामि विषयं नृप ॥

sā na kalpeta vāsāya tayāhaṃ rahitaḥ katham | vaseyamiha tasmātte tyajāmi viṣayaṃ nṛpa

"She cannot bring herself to live here; and without her, how could I live here? Therefore, O king, I am leaving your realm.

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

Verse 7 (1.74.7)

वधादनर्हतस्तस्य वधाच्च दुहितुर्मम । वृषपर्वन्निबोधेदं त्यक्ष्यामि त्वां सबान्धवम् । स्थातुं त्वद्विषये राजन्न शक्ष्यामि त्वया सह ॥

vadhādanarhatastasya vadhācca duhiturmama | vṛṣaparvannibodhedaṃ tyakṣyāmi tvāṃ sabāndhavam | sthātuṃ tvadviṣaye rājanna śakṣyāmi tvayā saha

"For the killing of one who did not deserve it, and for the attempt on my daughter's life — mark this, Vrishaparva — I shall abandon you and your kin. I cannot remain in your realm with you, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected वषपर्वन्निबोधेयं → वृषपर्वन्निबोधेदं (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign in वृष- and य for द in निबोध + इदं, as in the critical edition's vṛṣaparvan nibodhedaṃ).

Verse 8 (1.74.8)

मा शोच वृषपर्वंस्त्वं मा क्रुध्यस्व विशांपते । स्थातुं ते विषये राजन्न शक्ष्यामि तया विना । अस्या गतिर्गतिर्मह्यं प्रियमस्याः प्रियं मम ॥

mā śoca vṛṣaparvaṃstvaṃ mā krudhyasva viśāṃpate | sthātuṃ te viṣaye rājanna śakṣyāmi tayā vinā | asyā gatirgatirmahyaṃ priyamasyāḥ priyaṃ mama

"Do not grieve, Vrishaparva, and do not be angry, lord of the people; I cannot stay in your realm without her, O king. Her path is my path; what is dear to her is dear to me."

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

Verse 9 (1.74.9)

यदि ब्रह्मन्घातयामि यदि वा क्रोशयाम्यहम् । शर्मिष्ठया देवयानीं तेन गच्छाम्यसद्गतिम् ॥

yadi brahmanghātayāmi yadi vā krośayāmyaham | śarmiṣṭhayā devayānīṃ tena gacchāmyasadgatim

"If I had Devayani killed through Sharmishtha, Brahmin, or had her reviled, then may I go to an evil end.

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

Verse 10 (1.74.10)

अहो मामभिजानासि दैत्य मिथ्याप्रलापिनम् । यथेममात्मनो दोषं न नियच्छस्युपेक्षसे ॥

aho māmabhijānāsi daitya mithyāpralāpinam | yathemamātmano doṣaṃ na niyacchasyupekṣase

"Ah, Daitya, you take me for one who talks falsely, since you do not restrain this fault of your own but overlook it."

Note on the text: Removed the speaker line "शुक्र उवाच" and wiki marks (a quote mark) printed as the first line of the verse; speaker corrected from वृषपर्वा to शुक्र accordingly. Corrected नियच्छस्पुपेक्षसे → नियच्छस्युपेक्षसे (misprint in Wikisource; प for य, as in the critical edition's niyacchasy upekṣase).

Verse 11 (1.74.11)

नाधर्मं न मृषावादं त्वयि जानामि भार्गव । त्वयि धर्मश्च सत्यं च तत्प्रसीदतु नो भवान् ॥

nādharmaṃ na mṛṣāvādaṃ tvayi jānāmi bhārgava | tvayi dharmaśca satyaṃ ca tatprasīdatu no bhavān

"I know of no unrighteousness and no falsehood in you, Bhargava; in you are dharma and truth. So be gracious to us.

Verse 12 (1.74.12)

यद्यस्मानपहाय त्वमितो गच्छसि भार्गव । समुद्रं संप्रवेक्ष्यामि पूर्वं मद्बान्धवैः सह ॥

yadyasmānapahāya tvamito gacchasi bhārgava | samudraṃ saṃpravekṣyāmi pūrvaṃ madbāndhavaiḥ saha

"If you abandon us and go from here, Bhargava, I shall enter the ocean, but first with my kinsmen —

Note on the text: The first line = 1.75.7a; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), which reads nānyad asti parāyaṇam in its place.

Verse 13 (1.74.13)

पातालमथवा चाग्निं नान्यदस्ति परायणम् । यद्येव देवान्गच्छेस्त्वं मां च त्यक्त्वा ग्रहाधिप । सर्वत्यागं ततः कृत्वा प्रविशामि हुताशनम् ॥

pātālamathavā cāgniṃ nānyadasti parāyaṇam | yadyeva devāngacchestvaṃ māṃ ca tyaktvā grahādhipa | sarvatyāgaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā praviśāmi hutāśanam

"or the underworld, or fire; there is no other refuge. If you go over to the gods and abandon me, lord of the planets, I will give up everything and enter the fire."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Only the words नान्यदस्ति परायणम् in the first line match the critical edition (1.75.7c). Removed a stray quote mark at the end.

Verse 14 (1.74.14)

समुद्रं प्रविशध्वं वा दिशो वा द्रवतासुराः । दुहितुर्नाप्रियं सोढुं शक्तोऽहं दयिता हि मे ॥

samudraṃ praviśadhvaṃ vā diśo vā dravatāsurāḥ | duhiturnāpriyaṃ soḍhuṃ śakto'haṃ dayitā hi me

"Enter the ocean, Asuras, or flee to the ends of the earth; I cannot bear anything that displeases my daughter, for she is dear to me.

Note on the text: Corrected सोहुं → सोढुं (misprint in Wikisource; ह for ढ, as in the critical edition's soḍhuṃ).

Verse 15 (1.74.15)

प्रसाद्यतां देवयानी जीवितं यत्र मे स्थितम् । योगक्षेमकरस्तेऽहमिन्द्रस्येव बृहस्पतिः ॥

prasādyatāṃ devayānī jīvitaṃ yatra me sthitam | yogakṣemakaraste'hamindrasyeva bṛhaspatiḥ

"Let Devayani be appeased, for in her my life is set. Then I shall secure your welfare as Brihaspati does Indra's."

Verse 16 (1.74.16)

यत्किंचिदसुरेन्द्राणां विद्यते वसु भार्गव । भुवि हस्तिगवाश्वं च तस्य त्वं मम चेश्वरः ॥

yatkiṃcidasurendrāṇāṃ vidyate vasu bhārgava | bhuvi hastigavāśvaṃ ca tasya tvaṃ mama ceśvaraḥ

"Whatever wealth the lords of the Asuras possess on earth, Bhargava — elephants, cattle and horses — you are the lord of it, and of me."

Note on the text: Corrected चेश्चरः → चेश्वरः (misprint in Wikisource; च for व, as in the critical edition's ceśvaraḥ).

Verse 17 (1.74.17)

यत्किंचिदस्ति द्रविणं दैत्येन्द्राणां महासुर । तस्येश्वरोस्मि यद्येषा देवयानी प्रसाद्यताम् ॥

yatkiṃcidasti draviṇaṃ daityendrāṇāṃ mahāsura | tasyeśvarosmi yadyeṣā devayānī prasādyatām

"If I am the lord of whatever wealth the Daitya kings possess, great Asura, then let Devayani here be appeased."

Verse 18 (1.74.18)

एवमुक्तस्तथेत्याह वृषपर्वा महाकविम् । देवयान्यन्तिकं गत्वा तमर्थं प्राह भार्गवः ॥

evamuktastathetyāha vṛṣaparvā mahākavim | devayānyantikaṃ gatvā tamarthaṃ prāha bhārgavaḥ

Thus addressed, Vrishaparva said "So be it" to the great sage. Bhargava went to Devayani and told her the matter.

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

Verse 19 (1.74.19)

यदि त्वमीश्वरस्तात राज्ञो वित्तस्य भार्गव । नाभिजानामि तत्तेऽहं राजा तु वदतु स्वयम् ॥

yadi tvamīśvarastāta rājño vittasya bhārgava | nābhijānāmi tatte'haṃ rājā tu vadatu svayam

"If you are the lord of the king's wealth, father, I will not accept it from you; let the king say so himself."

Verse 20 (1.74.20)

शुक्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा वृषपर्वा सबान्धवः । देवयानि प्रसीदेति पपात भुवि पादयोः ॥

śukrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vṛṣaparvā sabāndhavaḥ | devayāni prasīdeti papāta bhuvi pādayoḥ

Hearing Shukra's words, Vrishaparva with his kinsmen fell to the ground at her feet, saying, "Devayani, be gracious!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed a backtick and the speaker line "वैशंपायन उवाच", printed inside the verse; speaker corrected from देवयानी to वैशंपायन accordingly.

Verse 21 (1.74.21)

स्तुत्यो वन्द्यश्च सततं मया तातश्च ते शुभे । यं काममभिकामाऽसि देवयानि शुचिस्मिते । तत्तेऽहं संप्रदास्यामि यदि वापि हि दुर्लभम् ॥

stutyo vandyaśca satataṃ mayā tātaśca te śubhe | yaṃ kāmamabhikāmā'si devayāni śucismite | tatte'haṃ saṃpradāsyāmi yadi vāpi hi durlabham

"Your father, fair lady, is always to be praised and revered by me. Whatever wish you desire, Devayani of the bright smile, I will grant it to you, even if it is hard to obtain."

Note on the text: Removed wiki marks (a quote mark and a doubled danda) after the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the other lines = 1.75.13.

Verse 22 (1.74.22)

दासीं कन्यासहस्रेण शर्मिष्ठामभिकामये । अनु मां तत्र गच्छेत्सा यत्र दद्याच्च मे पिता ॥

dāsīṃ kanyāsahasreṇa śarmiṣṭhāmabhikāmaye | anu māṃ tatra gacchetsā yatra dadyācca me pitā

"I want Sharmishtha as my servant, together with a thousand maidens; let her follow me wherever my father gives me in marriage."

Verse 23 (1.74.23)

उत्तिष्ठ त्वं गच्छ धात्रि शर्मिष्ठां शीघ्रमानय । यं च कामयते कामं देवयानी करोतु तम् ॥

uttiṣṭha tvaṃ gaccha dhātri śarmiṣṭhāṃ śīghramānaya | yaṃ ca kāmayate kāmaṃ devayānī karotu tam

"Rise, nurse, go and bring Sharmishtha quickly; and let her do whatever Devayani wishes.

Verse 24 (1.74.24)

त्यजेदेकं कुलस्यार्थे ग्रामार्थे च कुलं त्यजेत् । ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत् ॥

tyajedekaṃ kulasyārthe grāmārthe ca kulaṃ tyajet | grāmaṃ janapadasyārthe ātmārthe pṛthivīṃ tyajet

"For the sake of the family one should give up one person; for the sake of the village, a family; for the sake of the country, a village; and for the sake of one's self, the whole earth."

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

Verse 25 (1.74.25)

ततो धात्री तत्र गत्वा शर्मिष्ठां वाक्यमब्रवीत् । उत्तिष्ठ भद्रे शर्मिष्ठे ज्ञातीनां सुखमावह ॥

tato dhātrī tatra gatvā śarmiṣṭhāṃ vākyamabravīt | uttiṣṭha bhadre śarmiṣṭhe jñātīnāṃ sukhamāvaha

Then the nurse went there and said to Sharmishtha: "Rise, good Sharmishtha, and bring happiness to your kin.

Verse 26 (1.74.26)

त्यजति ब्राह्मणः शिष्यान्देवयान्या प्रचोदितः । सायं कामयते कामं स कार्योऽद्य त्वयाऽनघे ॥

tyajati brāhmaṇaḥ śiṣyāndevayānyā pracoditaḥ | sāyaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ sa kāryo'dya tvayā'naghe

"Urged on by Devayani, the Brahmin is abandoning his disciples. Whatever she wishes must be done by you today, sinless one."

Note on the text: Corrected कां → कामं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara that leaves the line a syllable short, as in the critical edition's kāmaṃ; सायं stands for सा यं). Speaker changed from वैशंपायन to धात्री: the verse continues the nurse's words.

Verse 27 (1.74.27)

यं सा कामयते कामं करवाण्यहमद्य तम् । यद्येवमाह्वयेच्छुक्रो देवयानीकृते हि माम् । मद्दोषान्मागमच्छुक्रो देवयानी च मत्कृते ॥

yaṃ sā kāmayate kāmaṃ karavāṇyahamadya tam | yadyevamāhvayecchukro devayānīkṛte hi mām | maddoṣānmāgamacchukro devayānī ca matkṛte

"Whatever she wishes, I will do it today. If Shukra is summoning me in this way for Devayani's sake — let not Shukra go away through my fault, nor Devayani because of me."

Note on the text: Corrected कां → कामं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara that leaves the line a syllable short, as in the critical edition's kāmaṃ). Lines = 1.75.18a, then a line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), then 1.75.18c in a variant form.

Verse 28 (1.74.28)

ततः कन्यासहस्रेण वृता शिबिकया तदा । पितुर्नियोगात्त्वरिता निश्चक्राम पुरोत्तमात् ॥

tataḥ kanyāsahasreṇa vṛtā śibikayā tadā | piturniyogāttvaritā niścakrāma purottamāt

Then, surrounded by a thousand maidens and carried in a palanquin, she came quickly out of the fine city at her father's command.

Verse 29 (1.74.29)

अहं दासीसहस्रेण दासी ते परिचारिका । अनु त्वां तत्र यास्यामि यत्र दास्यति ते पिता ॥

ahaṃ dāsīsahasreṇa dāsī te paricārikā | anu tvāṃ tatra yāsyāmi yatra dāsyati te pitā

"With a thousand serving-women I am your servant and attendant; I will follow you wherever your father gives you."

Verse 30 (1.74.30)

स्तुवतो दुहिताऽहं ते याचतः प्रतिगृह्णतः । स्तूयमानस्य दुहिता कथं दासी भविष्यसि ॥

stuvato duhitā'haṃ te yācataḥ pratigṛhṇataḥ | stūyamānasya duhitā kathaṃ dāsī bhaviṣyasi

"I am the daughter of one who praises, begs and accepts gifts; how will you, the daughter of one who is praised, become a servant?"

Verse 31 (1.74.31)

येनकेनचिदार्तानां ज्ञातीनां सुखमावहेत् । अतस्त्वामनुयास्यामि तत्र दास्यति ते पिता ॥

yenakenacidārtānāṃ jñātīnāṃ sukhamāvahet | atastvāmanuyāsyāmi tatra dāsyati te pitā

"One should bring happiness to one's distressed kin by whatever means one can; so I will follow you there, where your father gives you."

Verse 32 (1.74.32)

प्रतिश्रुते दासभावे दुहित्रा वृषपर्वणः । देवयानी नृपश्रेष्ठ पितरं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

pratiśrute dāsabhāve duhitrā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ | devayānī nṛpaśreṣṭha pitaraṃ vākyamabravīt

When Vrishaparva's daughter had promised to be a servant, Devayani, O best of kings, spoke to her father:

Verse 33 (1.74.33)

प्रविशामि पुरं तात तुष्टाऽस्मि द्विजसत्तम । अमोघं तव विज्ञानमस्ति विद्याबलं च ते ॥

praviśāmi puraṃ tāta tuṣṭā'smi dvijasattama | amoghaṃ tava vijñānamasti vidyābalaṃ ca te

"I will enter the city, father; I am satisfied, best of the twice-born. Your knowledge never fails, and neither does the power of your learning."

Verse 34 (1.74.34)

एवमुक्तो दुहित्रा स द्विजश्रेष्ठो महायशाः । प्रविवेश पुरं हृष्टः पूजितः सर्वदानवैः ॥

evamukto duhitrā sa dvijaśreṣṭho mahāyaśāḥ | praviveśa puraṃ hṛṣṭaḥ pūjitaḥ sarvadānavaiḥ

Thus addressed by his daughter, the illustrious best of Brahmins entered the city joyfully, honoured by all the Danavas.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वदानैवः → सर्वदानवैः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel signs, as in the critical edition's sarvadānavaiḥ).