The Bride-Price of a Thousand Horses and the Birth of Jamadagni

Verse 1 (3.116.1)

स तत्र तामुषित्वैकां रजनीं पृथिवीपतिः । तापसानां परं चक्रे सत्कारं भ्रातृभिः सह ॥

sa tatra tāmuṣitvaikāṃ rajanīṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ | tāpasānāṃ paraṃ cakre satkāraṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha

The king, lord of the earth, stayed there for one night, and with his brothers paid the highest honour to the ascetics.

Verse 2 (3.116.2)

लोमशस्तस्य तान्सर्वानाचख्यौ तत्र तापसान् । भृगूनङ्गिरसश्चैव वसिष्ठानथ काश्यपान् ॥

lomaśastasya tānsarvānācakhyau tatra tāpasān | bhṛgūnaṅgirasaścaiva vasiṣṭhānatha kāśyapān

Lomasha named for him all the ascetics there — the Bhrigus, the Angirasas, the Vasishthas and the Kashyapas.

Verse 3 (3.116.3)

तान्समेत्य स राजर्षिरभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः । रामस्यानुचरं वीरमपृच्छदकृतव्रणम् ॥

tānsametya sa rājarṣirabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ | rāmasyānucaraṃ vīramapṛcchadakṛtavraṇam

Going up to them, the royal sage greeted them with joined palms, and then questioned Akritavrana, the heroic follower of Rama:

Note on the text: Corrected सा → स (misprint in Wikisource; the feminine pronoun cannot go with राजर्षिः, and the critical edition reads sa rājarṣir).

Verse 4 (3.116.4)

कदा नु रामो भगवांस्तापसो दर्शयिष्यति । तमहं तपसा युक्तं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि भार्गवम् ॥

kadā nu rāmo bhagavāṃstāpaso darśayiṣyati | tamahaṃ tapasā yuktaṃ draṣṭumicchāmi bhārgavam

"When will the blessed Rama, the ascetic, show himself? I wish to see that descendant of Bhrigu, rich in austerity."

Verse 5 (3.116.5)

आयानेवासि विदितो रामस्य विदितात्मनः । प्रीतिस्त्वयि च रामस्य क्षिप्रं त्वां दर्शयिष्यति ॥

āyānevāsi vidito rāmasya viditātmanaḥ | prītistvayi ca rāmasya kṣipraṃ tvāṃ darśayiṣyati

Even as you were coming, Rama, who knows the self, knew of you. He holds you in affection, and he will soon show himself to you.

Verse 6 (3.116.6)

चतुर्दशीमष्टमीं च रामं पश्यन्ति तापसाः । अस्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां भवित्री श्वश्चतुर्दशी ॥

caturdaśīmaṣṭamīṃ ca rāmaṃ paśyanti tāpasāḥ | asyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ bhavitrī śvaścaturdaśī

The ascetics see Rama on the fourteenth and the eighth days of the lunar fortnight. When this night has passed, tomorrow will be the fourteenth.

Verse 7 (3.116.7)

ततो द्रक्ष्यसि रामं त्वं कृष्णाजिनजटाधरम् ॥

tato drakṣyasi rāmaṃ tvaṃ kṛṣṇājinajaṭādharam

Then you will see Rama, wearing the black antelope skin and matted locks.

Note on the text: Split from Wikisource verse 7 at the speaker heading युधिष्ठिर उवाच, which the raw page prints after this line (7a); stray wiki marks (` and ') removed. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only as star passage 566* after 3.115.6 (reading tatra for tato).

Verse 8 (3.116.8)

भवाननुगतो रामं जामदग्न्यं महाबलम् । प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य पूर्ववृत्तस्य कर्मणः ॥

bhavānanugato rāmaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahābalam | pratyakṣadarśī sarvasya pūrvavṛttasya karmaṇaḥ

You have followed Rama, the mighty son of Jamadagni, and have seen with your own eyes all that he did in the past.

Note on the text: Second part of Wikisource verse 7 (7b–7c), split off at the speaker heading युधिष्ठिर उवाच.

Verse 9 (3.116.9)

स भवान्कथयत्वद्य यथा रामेण निर्जिताः । आहवे क्षत्रियाः सर्वे कथं केन च हेतुना ॥

sa bhavānkathayatvadya yathā rāmeṇa nirjitāḥ | āhave kṣatriyāḥ sarve kathaṃ kena ca hetunā

So tell me today how all the kshatriyas were conquered in battle by Rama — in what way, and for what reason.

Verse 10 (3.116.10)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि महदाख्यानमुत्तमम् । भृगूणां राजशार्दूल वंशे जातस्य भारत ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi mahadākhyānamuttamam | bhṛgūṇāṃ rājaśārdūla vaṃśe jātasya bhārata

Very well, I shall tell you this great and excellent tale, O tiger among kings, O Bharata — the story of the one born in the line of the Bhrigus,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (an opening square bracket; the bracket encloses verses 9–19a). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15 (inserted after 3.115.8), lines 1–2 (reading ahaṃ for hanta).

Verse 11 (3.116.11)

रामस्य जामदग्न्यस्य चरितं देवसंमितम् । हैहयाधिपतेश्चैव कार्तवीर्यस्य भारत ॥

rāmasya jāmadagnyasya caritaṃ devasaṃmitam | haihayādhipateścaiva kārtavīryasya bhārata

Rama, son of Jamadagni, and his godlike deeds; and of Kartavirya too, lord of the Haihayas, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected कार्तवीर्यस् → कार्तवीर्यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; the CE appendix reads kārtavīryasya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15 (inserted after 3.115.8), lines 3–4.

Verse 12 (3.116.12)

रामेण चार्जुनो नाम हैहयाधिपतिर्हतः । तस्य बाहुशतान्यासंस्त्रीणि सप्त च पाण्डव ॥

rāmeṇa cārjuno nāma haihayādhipatirhataḥ | tasya bāhuśatānyāsaṃstrīṇi sapta ca pāṇḍava

The lord of the Haihayas named Arjuna was slain by Rama. He had arms by the hundred — three hundreds and seven hundreds, a thousand in all — O son of Pandu.

Note on the text: Corrected हतिः → हतः (misprint in Wikisource; the participle "slain" is required; the CE appendix reads hataḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15 (inserted after 3.115.8), lines 5–6.

Verse 13 (3.116.13)

दत्तात्रेयप्रसादेन विमानं काञ्चनं तथा । ऐश्वर्यं सर्वभूतेषु पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते ॥

dattātreyaprasādena vimānaṃ kāñcanaṃ tathā | aiśvaryaṃ sarvabhūteṣu pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate

By the grace of Dattatreya he had a golden aerial chariot, and lordship over all beings on the earth, O lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15 (inserted after 3.115.8), lines 7–8.

Verse 14 (3.116.14)

अव्याहतगतिश्चैव रथस्तस्य महात्मनः । रथेन तेन तु सदावरदानेन वीर्यवान् ॥

avyāhatagatiścaiva rathastasya mahātmanaḥ | rathena tena tu sadāvaradānena vīryavān

The chariot of that great-souled king went everywhere unchecked; and with that chariot, and ever by the power of the boon, the mighty king

Note on the text: Corrected अव्घाहत → अव्याहत (misprint in Wikisource; घ for य; the CE appendix reads avyāhatagatiś). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15 (inserted after 3.115.8), lines 9–10.

Verse 15 (3.116.15)

ममर्द देवान्यक्षांश्च ऋषींश्चैव समन्ततः । भूतांश्चैव स सर्वांस्तु पीडयामास सर्वतः ॥

mamarda devānyakṣāṃśca ṛṣīṃścaiva samantataḥ | bhūtāṃścaiva sa sarvāṃstu pīḍayāmāsa sarvataḥ

trampled the gods, the yakshas and the sages on every side, and oppressed all creatures everywhere.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15 (inserted after 3.115.8), lines 11–12.

Verse 16 (3.116.16)

ततो देवाः समेत्याहुर्ऋषयश्च महाव्रताः । देवदेवं सुरारिघ्नं विष्णुं सत्यपराक्रमम् । भगवन्भूतरक्षार्थमर्जुनं जहि वै प्रभो ॥

tato devāḥ sametyāhurṛṣayaśca mahāvratāḥ | devadevaṃ surārighnaṃ viṣṇuṃ satyaparākramam | bhagavanbhūtarakṣārthamarjunaṃ jahi vai prabho

Then the gods and the sages of great vows came together and said to Vishnu, the god of gods, slayer of the enemies of the gods, whose valour is true: "Blessed lord, for the protection of all beings, kill Arjuna, O master."

Note on the text: Corrected भूतरार्थम् → भूतरक्षार्थम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; the CE appendix reads bhūtarakṣārtham). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15 (inserted after 3.115.8), lines 13–15.

Verse 17 (3.116.17)

विमानेन च दिव्येन हैहयाधिपतिः प्रभुः । शचीसहायं क्रीडन्तं धर्षयामास वासवम् ॥

vimānena ca divyena haihayādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ | śacīsahāyaṃ krīḍantaṃ dharṣayāmāsa vāsavam

And the mighty lord of the Haihayas, in his divine aerial chariot, assailed Vasava (Indra) as he sported with Shachi.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15 (inserted after 3.115.8), lines 16–17 (reading punaḥ for prabhuḥ).

Verse 18 (3.116.18)

ततस्तु भगवान्देवः शक्रेण सहितस्तदा । कार्तवीर्यविनाशार्थं मन्त्रयामास भारत ॥

tatastu bhagavāndevaḥ śakreṇa sahitastadā | kārtavīryavināśārthaṃ mantrayāmāsa bhārata

Then the blessed god, together with Shakra, took counsel for the destruction of Kartavirya, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15 (inserted after 3.115.8), lines 18–19.

Verse 19 (3.116.19)

यत्तद्भूतहितं कार्यं सुरेन्द्रेण निवेदितम् । संप्रतिश्रुत्य तत्सर्वं भगवाँल्लोकपूजितः । जगाम बदरीं रम्यां स्वमेवाश्रममण्डलम् ॥

yattadbhūtahitaṃ kāryaṃ surendreṇa niveditam | saṃpratiśrutya tatsarvaṃ bhagavām̐llokapūjitaḥ | jagāma badarīṃ ramyāṃ svamevāśramamaṇḍalam

Having promised to do all that the lord of the gods had laid before him — a task for the good of all beings — the blessed one, worshipped by the worlds, went to lovely Badari, his own hermitage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15 (inserted after 3.115.8), lines 20–22.

Verse 20 (3.116.20)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपतिः । कान्यकुब्जे महानासीत्पार्थिवः सुमहाबलः । गाधीति विश्रुतो लोके वनवासं जगाम ह ॥

etasminneva kāle tu pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ | kānyakubje mahānāsītpārthivaḥ sumahābalaḥ | gādhīti viśruto loke vanavāsaṃ jagāma ha

At that very time there was on earth a lord of the earth, a great and very mighty king in Kanyakubja, renowned in the world as Gadhi. He went to live in the forest.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (the closing square bracket) and a doubled danda after the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I.15, line 23); the second and third lines are CE 3.115.9a and 9c (reading saḥ for ha).

Verse 21 (3.116.21)

वने तु तस्य वसतः कन्या जज्ञेऽप्सरःसमा । ऋचीको भार्गवस्तां च वरयामास भारत ॥

vane tu tasya vasataḥ kanyā jajñe'psaraḥsamā | ṛcīko bhārgavastāṃ ca varayāmāsa bhārata

While he lived in the forest a daughter was born to him, lovely as an apsaras; and Richika, the descendant of Bhrigu, asked for her hand, O Bharata.

Verse 22 (3.116.22)

तमुवाच ततो गाधिर्ब्राह्मणं संशितव्रतम् । उचितं नः कुले किंचित्पूर्वैर्यत्संप्रवर्तितम् ॥

tamuvāca tato gādhirbrāhmaṇaṃ saṃśitavratam | ucitaṃ naḥ kule kiṃcitpūrvairyatsaṃpravartitam

Then Gadhi said to that brahmin of rigorous vows: "There is a custom in our family, established by our forefathers.

Verse 23 (3.116.23)

एकतः श्यामकर्णानां पाण्डुराणां तरस्विनाम् । सहस्रं वाजिनां शुल्कमिति विद्धि द्विजोत्तम ॥

ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānāṃ pāṇḍurāṇāṃ tarasvinām | sahasraṃ vājināṃ śulkamiti viddhi dvijottama

Know, best of the twice-born, that the bride-price is a thousand swift, pale horses, each with one black ear.

Note on the text: Corrected शुक्लम् → शुल्कम् (misprint in Wikisource; transposed consonants — the sense is "bride-price", cf. शुल्कार्थं in verse 26; the critical edition reads śulkam).

Verse 24 (3.116.24)

न चापि भगवान्वाच्योदीयतामिति भार्गव । देया मे दुहिता चैव त्वद्विधाय महात्मने ॥

na cāpi bhagavānvācyodīyatāmiti bhārgava | deyā me duhitā caiva tvadvidhāya mahātmane

Yet one so venerable as you cannot be told "Give it", O descendant of Bhrigu; and my daughter must be given to a great-souled man such as you."

Verse 25 (3.116.25)

एकतः श्यामकर्णानां पाण्डुराणां तरस्विनाम् । दास्याम्यश्वसहस्रं ते मम भार्या सुताऽस्तु ते ॥

ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānāṃ pāṇḍurāṇāṃ tarasvinām | dāsyāmyaśvasahasraṃ te mama bhāryā sutā'stu te

I will give you a thousand swift, pale horses, each with one black ear. Let your daughter be my wife.

Verse 26 (3.116.26)

ददास्यश्वसहस्रं मे तव भार्या सुताऽस्तु मे ॥

dadāsyaśvasahasraṃ me tava bhāryā sutā'stu me

You give me a thousand horses, and my daughter shall be your wife.

Note on the text: The speaker heading गाधिरुवाच had slipped into the text as a first line; made the speaker instead. Stray wiki marks (` and ') removed. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 27 (3.116.27)

स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय राजन्वरुणमब्रवीत् । एकतः श्यामकर्णानां पाण्डुराणां तरस्विनाम् । सहस्रं वाजिनामेकं शुल्कार्थं प्रतिदीयताम् ॥

sa tatheti pratijñāya rājanvaruṇamabravīt | ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānāṃ pāṇḍurāṇāṃ tarasvinām | sahasraṃ vājināmekaṃ śulkārthaṃ pratidīyatām

Promising "So be it", O king, he said to Varuna: "Let a thousand swift, pale horses, each with one black ear, be given for the bride-price."

Verse 28 (3.116.28)

तस्मै प्रादात्सहस्रं वै वाजिनां वरुणस्तदा । तदश्वतीर्थं विख्यातमुत्थिता यत्र ते हयाः ॥

tasmai prādātsahasraṃ vai vājināṃ varuṇastadā | tadaśvatīrthaṃ vikhyātamutthitā yatra te hayāḥ

Varuna then gave him a thousand horses. The place where those horses rose up is famed as Ashvatirtha.

Verse 29 (3.116.29)

गङ्गायां कान्यकुब्जे वै ददौ सत्यवतीं तदा । ततो गाधिः सुतां चास्मै जन्याश्चासन्सुरास्तदा ॥

gaṅgāyāṃ kānyakubje vai dadau satyavatīṃ tadā | tato gādhiḥ sutāṃ cāsmai janyāścāsansurāstadā

Then at Kanyakubja on the Ganga, Gadhi gave him his daughter Satyavati; the gods themselves made up the bridegroom's party.

Note on the text: CE 3.115.17a and 17c; the third line of CE 3.115.17 is the first line of the next verse.

Verse 30 (3.116.30)

लब्धं हयसहस्रं तु तां च दृष्ट्वा दिवौकसः । विस्मयं परमं जग्मुस्तमेव दिवि संस्तुवन् ॥

labdhaṃ hayasahasraṃ tu tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā divaukasaḥ | vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmustameva divi saṃstuvan

Seeing the thousand horses obtained, and seeing her, the dwellers of heaven were filled with the greatest wonder and praised Richika in heaven.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line. The first line is CE 3.115.17e (reading labdhvā … tāṃś ca); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 569*).

Verse 31 (3.116.31)

धर्मेण लब्ध्वा तां भार्यामृचीको द्विजसत्तमः । यथाकामं यथाजोषं तया रेमे सुमध्यया ॥

dharmeṇa labdhvā tāṃ bhāryāmṛcīko dvijasattamaḥ | yathākāmaṃ yathājoṣaṃ tayā reme sumadhyayā

Having won her lawfully as his wife, Richika, best of the twice-born, took his delight with the slender-waisted one as he wished and as pleased him.

Verse 32 (3.116.32)

तं विवाहे कृतेराजन्सभार्यमवलोककः । आजगाम भृगुश्रेष्ठः पुत्रं दृष्ट्वा ननन्द च ॥

taṃ vivāhe kṛterājansabhāryamavalokakaḥ | ājagāma bhṛguśreṣṭhaḥ putraṃ dṛṣṭvā nananda ca

When the marriage had taken place, O king, Bhrigu, best of his line, came to see his son and his son's wife; and seeing his son he rejoiced.

Verse 33 (3.116.33)

भार्यापती तमासीनं भृगुं सुरगणार्चितम् । अर्चित्वा पर्युपासीनौ प्राञ्जली तस्थतुस्तदा ॥

bhāryāpatī tamāsīnaṃ bhṛguṃ suragaṇārcitam | arcitvā paryupāsīnau prāñjalī tasthatustadā

Husband and wife worshipped Bhrigu, honoured by the hosts of the gods, as he sat there; and having attended on him they stood before him with joined palms.

Verse 34 (3.116.34)

ततः स्नुषां स भगवान्प्रहृष्टो भृगुरब्रवीत् । वरं वृणीष्व सुभगे दाता ह्यस्मि तवेप्सितम् ॥

tataḥ snuṣāṃ sa bhagavānprahṛṣṭo bhṛgurabravīt | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva subhage dātā hyasmi tavepsitam

Then the blessed Bhrigu, delighted, said to his daughter-in-law: "Choose a boon, fortunate one; I will give you whatever you desire."

Verse 35 (3.116.35)

सा वै प्रसादयामास तं गुरुं पुत्रकारणात् । आत्मनश्चैव मातुश्च प्रसादं च चकार सः ॥

sā vai prasādayāmāsa taṃ guruṃ putrakāraṇāt | ātmanaścaiva mātuśca prasādaṃ ca cakāra saḥ

She sought her father-in-law's favour for the sake of a son, for herself and for her mother, and he granted that favour.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रसादयाभास → प्रसादयामास (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; the critical edition reads prasādayām āsa).

Verse 36 (3.116.36)

ऋतौ त्वं चैव माता च स्नाते पुंसवनाय वै । आलिङ्गेतां पृथग्वृक्षौ साऽश्वत्थं त्वमुदुम्बरम् ॥

ṛtau tvaṃ caiva mātā ca snāte puṃsavanāya vai | āliṅgetāṃ pṛthagvṛkṣau sā'śvatthaṃ tvamudumbaram

When you and your mother have bathed after your season, for the rite that brings a son, you shall each embrace a separate tree — she the ashvattha, and you the udumbara.

Note on the text: Corrected साऽस्वत्थं → साऽश्वत्थं (misprint in Wikisource; स for श in अश्वत्थ; the critical edition reads sāśvatthaṃ).

Verse 37 (3.116.37)

चरुद्वयमिदं भद्रे जनन्याश्च तवैव च । विश्वमावर्तयित्वा तु मया यत्नेन साधितम् ॥

carudvayamidaṃ bhadre jananyāśca tavaiva ca | viśvamāvartayitvā tu mayā yatnena sādhitam

These two pots of sacrificial rice, good lady, one for your mother and one for you, I have prepared with care, meditating again and again on the universe.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 570*, lines 1–2, after 3.115.23).

Verse 38 (3.116.38)

प्राशितव्यं प्रयत्नेन तेत्युक्त्वाऽदर्शनं गतः । आलिङ्गने चरौ चैव चक्रतुस्ते विपर्ययम् ॥

prāśitavyaṃ prayatnena tetyuktvā'darśanaṃ gataḥ | āliṅgane carau caiva cakratuste viparyayam

"They must be eaten with care," he told the two of them, and vanished. But in the embracing and in the rice, the two women did the reverse.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Akritavrana: Bhrigu's words end with the first quarter ("te ity uktvā"), and the verse is narration. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 570*, line 3); the second line corresponds to CE 3.115.24a (āliṅgane tu te rājaṃś cakratuḥ sma viparyayam).

Verse 39 (3.116.39)

ततः पुनः स भगवान्काले बहुतिथे गते । दिव्यज्ञानाद्विदित्वा तु भगवानागतः पुनः ॥

tataḥ punaḥ sa bhagavānkāle bahutithe gate | divyajñānādviditvā tu bhagavānāgataḥ punaḥ

Then, when a long time had passed, the blessed one, knowing of it through his divine insight, came back again.

Note on the text: Corrected पुन → पुनः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga; the CE apparatus reads punaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 571*, after 3.115.24).

Verse 40 (3.116.40)

अथोवाच महातेजा भृगुः सत्यवतीं स्नुषाम् ॥

athovāca mahātejā bhṛguḥ satyavatīṃ snuṣām

Then Bhrigu of great splendour said to Satyavati, his daughter-in-law:

Note on the text: Corrected श्नुषाम् → स्नुषाम् (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; the critical edition reads snuṣām). Wikisource prints only this one line (39a); it is CE 3.115.25a. The line CE 3.115.25c is restored as the verse after next.

Verse 41 (3.116.41)

उपयुक्तश्चरुर्भद्रे वृक्षे चालिङ्गनं कृतम् । विपरीतेन ते सुभ्रूर्मात्रा चैवासि वञ्चिता ॥

upayuktaścarurbhadre vṛkṣe cāliṅganaṃ kṛtam | viparītena te subhrūrmātrā caivāsi vañcitā

The rice has been eaten and the tree embraced the wrong way round, good lady; fair-browed one, you have been deceived by your mother.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 572*, inserted within 3.115.25).

Verse 42 (3.116.42)

ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रवृत्तिर्वै तव पुत्रो भविष्यति ॥

brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatravṛttirvai tava putro bhaviṣyati

Your son will be a brahmin who lives by the ways of a kshatriya;

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.115.25c): Wikisource has lost this line — its verse 39 is a single line, and verse 41 ("your mother's son …") and verse 42 ("let my son not be such") presuppose this statement about Satyavati's own son. In the CE it follows the vulgate lines of verse 40 (star passage 572*).

Verse 43 (3.116.43)

क्षत्रियो ब्राह्मणाचारो मातुस्तव सुतो महान् । भविष्यति महावीर्यः साधूनां मार्गमास्थितः ॥

kṣatriyo brāhmaṇācāro mātustava suto mahān | bhaviṣyati mahāvīryaḥ sādhūnāṃ mārgamāsthitaḥ

and your mother's son will be a great kshatriya who lives by the conduct of a brahmin, of great valour, keeping to the path of the good.

Verse 44 (3.116.44)

ततः प्रसादयामास श्वशुरं सा पुनःपुनः । न मे पुत्रो भवेदीदृक्कामं पौत्रो भवेदिति ॥

tataḥ prasādayāmāsa śvaśuraṃ sā punaḥpunaḥ | na me putro bhavedīdṛkkāmaṃ pautro bhavediti

Then she pleaded with her father-in-law again and again: "Let my son not be such; let my grandson be so, if it must be."

Verse 45 (3.116.45)

एवमस्त्विति सा तेन पाण्डव प्रतिनन्दिता । कालं प्रतीक्षती गर्भं धारयामास यत्नतः ॥

evamastviti sā tena pāṇḍava pratinanditā | kālaṃ pratīkṣatī garbhaṃ dhārayāmāsa yatnataḥ

"So be it," he said, and she was gladdened by him, O Pandava. Awaiting her time, she carried the child in her womb with care.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रालं → कालं (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; the CE apparatus reads kālaṃ). The first line is CE 3.115.28a; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 573*, reading kālaṃ pratīkṣya taṃ garbhaṃ).

Verse 46 (3.116.46)

जमदग्निं ततः पुत्रं जज्ञे सा काल आगते । तेजसा वर्चसा चैव युक्तं भार्गवनन्दनम् ॥

jamadagniṃ tataḥ putraṃ jajñe sā kāla āgate | tejasā varcasā caiva yuktaṃ bhārgavanandanam

When the time came she bore a son, Jamadagni, the joy of the Bhargavas, endowed with energy and splendour.

Note on the text: CE 3.115.28c and 28e.

Verse 47 (3.116.47)

स वर्धमानस्तेजस्वी वेदस्याध्ययनेन च । बहूनृषीन्महातेजाः पाण्डवेयात्यवर्तत ॥

sa vardhamānastejasvī vedasyādhyayanena ca | bahūnṛṣīnmahātejāḥ pāṇḍaveyātyavartata

As he grew, full of energy, that man of great splendour surpassed many sages through his study of the Veda, O son of Pandu.

Verse 48 (3.116.48)

तं तु कृत्स्नो धनुर्वेदः प्रत्यभाद्भरतर्षभ । चतुर्विधानि चास्त्राणि भास्करोपमवर्चसम् ॥

taṃ tu kṛtsno dhanurvedaḥ pratyabhādbharatarṣabha | caturvidhāni cāstrāṇi bhāskaropamavarcasam

The whole science of archery came to him of itself, O bull of the Bharatas — to him who shone like the sun — and the four kinds of weapons as well.