Vipula Hears the Curse of the Quarrelling Couple

Verse 1 (13.77.1)

विपुलस्त्वकरोत्तीव्रं तपः कृत्वा गुरोर्वचः । तपोयुक्तमथात्मानममन्यत स वीर्यवान् ॥

vipulastvakarottīvraṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā gurorvacaḥ | tapoyuktamathātmānamamanyata sa vīryavān

Vipula practised intense austerity, following his teacher's word, and the mighty one thought himself endowed with austerity.

Verse 2 (13.77.2)

स तेन कर्मणा स्वर्गं पृथिवीं पृथिवीपते । चचार गतभीः प्रीतो लब्धकीर्तिवरो नृप ॥

sa tena karmaṇā svargaṃ pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīpate | cacāra gatabhīḥ prīto labdhakīrtivaro nṛpa

By that deed, O lord of the earth, he roamed fearless and glad over heaven and earth, having won fame, eminent among men.

Verse 3 (13.77.3)

उभौ लोकौ जितौ चापि तथैवामन्यत प्रभुः । कर्मणा तेन कौरव्य तपसा विपुलेन च ॥

ubhau lokau jitau cāpi tathaivāmanyata prabhuḥ | karmaṇā tena kauravya tapasā vipulena ca

By that deed and by his great austerity, O Kaurava, the lord also thought he had conquered both worlds.

Verse 4 (13.77.4)

अथ काले व्यतिक्रान्ते कस्मिंश्चित्कुरुनन्दन । रुच्या भगिन्या आदानं प्रभूतधनधान्यवत् ॥

atha kāle vyatikrānte kasmiṃścitkurunandana | rucyā bhaginyā ādānaṃ prabhūtadhanadhānyavat

After some time had passed, O delight of the Kurus, Ruchi's sister held a gathering at which gifts from kinsfolk were received, rich in wealth and grain.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रभूतदनधान्यवत् → प्रभूतधनधान्यवत् (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters; CE 13.42.4c 'dhanadhānyavat'). Wikisource's 'आदानं' (the page's own gloss: an occasion of receiving gifts from relatives) is a recension variant of the CE's 'dānaṃ vai', kept.

Verse 5 (13.77.5)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु दिव्या काचिद्वराङ्गना । बिभ्रती परमं रूपं जगामाथ विहायसा ॥

etasminneva kāle tu divyā kācidvarāṅganā | bibhratī paramaṃ rūpaṃ jagāmātha vihāyasā

At that very time a certain lovely divine woman, bearing supreme beauty, passed by through the sky.

Verse 6 (13.77.6)

तस्याः शरीरात्पुष्पाणि पतितानि महीतले । तस्याश्रमस्याविदूरे दिव्यगन्धानि भारत ॥

tasyāḥ śarīrātpuṣpāṇi patitāni mahītale | tasyāśramasyāvidūre divyagandhāni bhārata

From her body flowers fell to the ground not far from his hermitage, O Bharata, with a divine fragrance.

Verse 7 (13.77.7)

तान्यगृह्णात्ततो राजन्रुचिर्ललितलोचना । तदा निमन्त्रकस्तस्या अङ्गेभ्यः क्षिप्रमागमत् ॥

tānyagṛhṇāttato rājanrucirlalitalocanā | tadā nimantrakastasyā aṅgebhyaḥ kṣipramāgamat

Then Ruchi, of graceful eyes, picked them up, O king; and at that moment a messenger of invitation came quickly from the Angas on her behalf.

Verse 8 (13.77.8)

तस्या हि भगिनी तात ज्येष्ठा नाम्ना प्रभावती । भार्या चित्ररथस्याथ बभूवाङ्गेश्वरस्य वै ॥

tasyā hi bhaginī tāta jyeṣṭhā nāmnā prabhāvatī | bhāryā citrarathasyātha babhūvāṅgeśvarasya vai

For her elder sister, my child, named Prabhavati, was the wife of Chitraratha, lord of the Angas.

Verse 9 (13.77.9)

पिनह्य तानि पुष्पाणि केशेषु वरवर्णिनी । आमन्त्रिता ततोऽगच्छद्रुचिरङ्गपतेर्गृहम् ॥

pinahya tāni puṣpāṇi keśeṣu varavarṇinī | āmantritā tato'gacchadruciraṅgapatergṛham

Having fastened those flowers in her hair, the fair Ruchi, invited, went to the house of the king of Anga.

Verse 10 (13.77.10)

पुष्पाणि तानि दृष्ट्वा तु तदाङ्गेन्द्रवराङ्गना । भगिनीं चोदयामास पुष्पार्थे चारुलोचना ॥

puṣpāṇi tāni dṛṣṭvā tu tadāṅgendravarāṅganā | bhaginīṃ codayāmāsa puṣpārthe cārulocanā

Seeing those flowers, the queen of the Angas, lovely-eyed, urged her sister to get her flowers like them.

Verse 11 (13.77.11)

सा भर्त्रे सर्वमाचष्ट रुचिः सुरुचिरानना । भगिन्या भाषितं सर्वमृषिस्तच्चाभ्यनन्दत ॥

sā bhartre sarvamācaṣṭa ruciḥ surucirānanā | bhaginyā bhāṣitaṃ sarvamṛṣistaccābhyanandata

Ruchi, of beautiful face, told her husband everything, and the sage approved all that her sister had said.

Verse 12 (13.77.12)

ततो विपुलमानाय्य देवशर्मा महातपाः । पुष्पार्थे चोदयामास गच्छगच्छेति भारत ॥

tato vipulamānāyya devaśarmā mahātapāḥ | puṣpārthe codayāmāsa gacchagaccheti bhārata

Then Devasharma, of great austerity, called Vipula and sent him for the flowers, saying, "Go, go," O Bharata.

Verse 13 (13.77.13)

विपुलस्तु गुरोर्वाक्यमविचार्य महातपाः । स तथेत्यब्रवीद्राजंस्तं च देशं जगाम ह ॥

vipulastu gurorvākyamavicārya mahātapāḥ | sa tathetyabravīdrājaṃstaṃ ca deśaṃ jagāma ha

Vipula, of great austerity, without weighing his teacher's words, said "So be it," O king, and went to that place.

Verse 14 (13.77.14)

यस्मिन्देशे तु तान्यासन्पतितानि नभस्तलात् । अम्लानान्यपि तत्रासन्कुसुमान्यपराण्यपि ॥

yasmindeśe tu tānyāsanpatitāni nabhastalāt | amlānānyapi tatrāsankusumānyaparāṇyapi

In the place where those flowers had fallen from the sky, other blossoms too were there, unwithered.

Verse 15 (13.77.15)

स ततस्तानि जग्राह दिव्यानि रुचिराणि च । प्राप्तानि स्वेन तपसा दिव्यगन्धानि भारत ॥

sa tatastāni jagrāha divyāni rucirāṇi ca | prāptāni svena tapasā divyagandhāni bhārata

He gathered them, divine and lovely, with a divine fragrance, obtained through his own austerity, O Bharata.

Verse 16 (13.77.16)

सम्प्राप्य तानि प्रीतात्मा गुरोर्वचनकारकः । तदा जगाम तूर्णं च चम्पां चम्पकमालिनीम् ॥

samprāpya tāni prītātmā gurorvacanakārakaḥ | tadā jagāma tūrṇaṃ ca campāṃ campakamālinīm

Having obtained them, glad at heart and obedient to his teacher's word, he then went quickly to Champa, garlanded with champaka trees.

Verse 17 (13.77.17)

स वने निर्जने तात ददर्श मिथुनं नृणाम् । चक्रवत्परिवर्तन्तं गृहीत्वा पाणिना करम् ॥

sa vane nirjane tāta dadarśa mithunaṃ nṛṇām | cakravatparivartantaṃ gṛhītvā pāṇinā karam

In a lonely forest, my child, he saw a pair of people turning round like a wheel, holding each other by the hand.

Verse 18 (13.77.18)

तत्रैकस्तूर्णमगमत्तत्पदे च विवर्तयन् । एकस्तु न तदा राजंश्चक्रतुः कलहं ततः ॥

tatraikastūrṇamagamattatpade ca vivartayan | ekastu na tadā rājaṃścakratuḥ kalahaṃ tataḥ

One of them hurried along, dragging the other round in his tracks; the other did not keep pace; and then, O king, the two began to quarrel.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment; it is CE 13.42.18 (tatraikas tūrṇam agamat tatpade parivartayan / ekas tu na tathā rājaṃś cakratuḥ kalahaṃ tataḥ); Wikisource's विवर्तयन् and तदा are recension variants (the page's gloss: 'dragging the other round in the footprints'), kept.

Verse 19 (13.77.19)

त्वं शीघ्रं गच्छसीत्येकोऽब्रवीन्नेति तथाऽपरः । पतितेति च तौ राजन्परस्परमथोचतुः ॥

tvaṃ śīghraṃ gacchasītyeko'bravīnneti tathā'paraḥ | patiteti ca tau rājanparasparamathocatuḥ

"You are going too fast," said one; "No," said the other. And "You are fallen!" they said to each other, O king.

Note on the text: Aligned to CE 13.42.19 at 0.924; its second line is a variant of the CE's 'neti neti ca tau tāta parasparam athocatuḥ' (Wikisource 'पतितेति च तौ राजन्' is a recension variant, kept).

Verse 20 (13.77.20)

तयोर्विस्पर्धतोरेवं शपथोऽयमभूत्तदा । सहसोद्दिश्य विपुलं ततो वाक्यमथोचतुः ॥

tayorvispardhatorevaṃ śapatho'yamabhūttadā | sahasoddiśya vipulaṃ tato vākyamathocatuḥ

As they contended thus, this oath was then made; suddenly pointing at Vipula, they spoke these words:

Verse 21 (13.77.21)

आवयोरनृतं प्राह यस्तस्याभूद्द्विजस्य वै । विपुलस्य परे लोके या गतिः सा भवेदिति ॥

āvayoranṛtaṃ prāha yastasyābhūddvijasya vai | vipulasya pare loke yā gatiḥ sā bhavediti

"Whichever of us has spoken falsely, may he meet the fate in the next world that belongs to that brahmin Vipula."

Note on the text: Speaker: the couple (a pair, so speaker_line is dual). The page prints no heading; the whole verse is their oath, introduced by the previous verse.

Verse 22 (13.77.22)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु विपुलो विषण्णवदनोऽभवत् । एवं तीव्रतपाश्चाहं कष्टश्चायं परिश्रमः ॥

etacchrutvā tu vipulo viṣaṇṇavadano'bhavat | evaṃ tīvratapāścāhaṃ kaṣṭaścāyaṃ pariśramaḥ

Hearing this, Vipula's face fell. "I am of such severe austerity, and this toil has been painful;

Note on the text: The second line is Vipula's unspoken thought (continued in the next verse); kept with the narrator.

Verse 23 (13.77.23)

मिथुनस्यास्य किं मे स्यात्कृतं पापं यथा गतिः । अनिष्टा सर्वभूतानां कीर्तिताऽनेन मेऽद्य वै ॥

mithunasyāsya kiṃ me syātkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yathā gatiḥ | aniṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ kīrtitā'nena me'dya vai

what sin have I committed that this pair has named for me today a destination hateful to all beings?"

Note on the text: Unspoken thought of Vipula; kept with the narrator.

Verse 24 (13.77.24)

एवं सञ्चिन्तयन्नेव विपुलो राजसत्तम । अवाङ्मुखो दीनमना दध्यौ दुष्कृतमात्मनः ॥

evaṃ sañcintayanneva vipulo rājasattama | avāṅmukho dīnamanā dadhyau duṣkṛtamātmanaḥ

Thinking thus, O best of kings, Vipula with downcast face and dejected mind brooded over his own misdeed.

Verse 25 (13.77.25)

ततः षडन्यान्पुरुषानक्षैः काञ्चनराजतैः । अपश्यद्दीव्यमानान्वै लोभामर्षान्वितांस्तथा ॥

tataḥ ṣaḍanyānpuruṣānakṣaiḥ kāñcanarājataiḥ | apaśyaddīvyamānānvai lobhāmarṣānvitāṃstathā

Then he saw six other men playing with dice of gold and silver, possessed by greed and resentment.

Verse 26 (13.77.26)

कुर्वतः शपथं तेन यः कृतो मिथुनेन तु । विपुलं वै समुद्दिश्य तेऽपि वाक्यमथाब्रुवन् ॥

kurvataḥ śapathaṃ tena yaḥ kṛto mithunena tu | vipulaṃ vai samuddiśya te'pi vākyamathābruvan

Swearing the oath that the pair had sworn, they too, pointing at Vipula, spoke these words:

Note on the text: Corrected तेपि → तेऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; CE 'te ’pi').

Verse 27 (13.77.27)

लोभमास्थाय योऽस्माकं विषमं कर्तुमुत्सहेत् । विपुलस्य परे लोके या गतिस्तामवाप्नुयात् ॥

lobhamāsthāya yo'smākaṃ viṣamaṃ kartumutsahet | vipulasya pare loke yā gatistāmavāpnuyāt

"Whoever among us gives way to greed and tries to cheat, may he meet the fate in the next world that belongs to Vipula."

Note on the text: Speaker: the six men (plural; speaker_line supplied). The page prints no heading; the whole verse is their oath.

Verse 28 (13.77.28)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु विपुलो नापश्यद्धर्मसङ्करम् । जन्मप्रभृति कौरव्य कृतपूर्वमथात्मनः ॥

etacchrutvā tu vipulo nāpaśyaddharmasaṅkaram | janmaprabhṛti kauravya kṛtapūrvamathātmanaḥ

Hearing this, Vipula could find no lapse of dharma in anything he had done since birth, O Kaurava.

Verse 29 (13.77.29)

स प्रदध्यौ तथा राजन्नग्नावग्निरिवाहितः । दह्यमानेन मनसा शापं श्रुत्वा तथाविधम् ॥

sa pradadhyau tathā rājannagnāvagnirivāhitaḥ | dahyamānena manasā śāpaṃ śrutvā tathāvidham

Then, O king, he fell deep into thought, his mind burning, like fire laid on fire, having heard such a curse.

Verse 30 (13.77.30)

तस्य चिन्तयतस्तात बह्वीर्वाचो निशम्य तु । इदमासीन्मनसि च रुच्या रक्षणकारितम् ॥

tasya cintayatastāta bahvīrvāco niśamya tu | idamāsīnmanasi ca rucyā rakṣaṇakāritam

As he pondered, my child, hearing many such words, this came to his mind about the guarding of Ruchi that he had carried out:

Note on the text: Not matched strongly by the alignment (0.877); it is CE 13.42.30 (second line 'idam āsīn manasi ca rucyā rakṣaṇakāritam'; the first line is a recension variant, kept).

Verse 31 (13.77.31)

लक्षणं लक्षणेनैव वदनं वदनेन च । विधाय न मया चोक्तं सत्यमेतद्गुरोस्तथा ॥

lakṣaṇaṃ lakṣaṇenaiva vadanaṃ vadanena ca | vidhāya na mayā coktaṃ satyametadgurostathā

"Having joined my marks to her marks and my face to her face, I did not tell my teacher the truth of it."

Note on the text: Unspoken thought of Vipula; kept with the narrator.

Verse 32 (13.77.32)

एतदात्मनि कौरव्य दुष्कृतं विपुलस्तदा । अमन्यत महाभाग तथा तच्च न संशयः ॥

etadātmani kauravya duṣkṛtaṃ vipulastadā | amanyata mahābhāga tathā tacca na saṃśayaḥ

That, O Kaurava, was the misdeed Vipula then found in himself, O greatly fortunate one, and so it was, without doubt.

Verse 33 (13.77.33)

स चम्पां नगरीमेत्य पुष्पाणि गुरवे ददौ । पूजयामास च गुरुं विधिवत्स गुरुप्रियः ॥

sa campāṃ nagarīmetya puṣpāṇi gurave dadau | pūjayāmāsa ca guruṃ vidhivatsa gurupriyaḥ

Reaching the city of Champa, he gave the flowers to his teacher and honoured him duly, devoted to his teacher as he was.