Narada Tells of Bharata

Verse 1 (7.68.1)

दौष्यन्तिं भरतं चापि मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम । कर्माण्यसुकराण्यन्यैः कृतवान्यः शिशुर्वने ॥

dauṣyantiṃ bharataṃ cāpi mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | karmāṇyasukarāṇyanyaiḥ kṛtavānyaḥ śiśurvane

We have heard, Srinjaya, that Bharata, son of Dushyanta, has died too — he who as a child in the forest did deeds that others could scarcely do.

Note on the text: Corrected दौष्यन्ति भरतं → दौष्यन्तिं भरतं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the accusative is required, and the critical edition reads dauṣyantiṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 730–731.

Verse 2 (7.68.2)

हिमावदातान्यः सिंहान्नखदंष्ट्रायुधान्बली । निर्वीर्यांस्तरसा कृत्वा विचकर्ष बबन्ध च ॥

himāvadātānyaḥ siṃhānnakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhānbalī | nirvīryāṃstarasā kṛtvā vicakarṣa babandha ca

That mighty boy, having stripped by force the strength from snow-white lions armed with claws and fangs, dragged them about and bound them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 732–733. Line 1 reads हिमावदातान् (“snow-white”) where the CE has hemāvadātān, a recension variant, kept.

Verse 3 (7.68.3)

क्रूरांश्चोग्रतरान्व्याघ्रान्दमित्वा चाकरोद्वशे । मनःशिला इव शिलाः संयुक्ता जतुराशिभिः ॥

krūrāṃścogratarānvyāghrāndamitvā cākarodvaśe | manaḥśilā iva śilāḥ saṃyuktā jaturāśibhiḥ

Fierce and exceedingly savage tigers he tamed and brought under his control — tigers like slabs of red arsenic joined with heaps of lac.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 734–735. Line 1 differs from the CE (734: krūrāṃś cograbalān vyāghrān damitvā cākarod vaśe).

Verse 4 (7.68.4)

व्यालादींश्चातिबलवान्सुप्रतीकान्गजानपि । दंष्ट्रासु गृह्य विमुखाञ्शुष्कास्यानकरोद्वशे ॥

vyālādīṃścātibalavānsupratīkāngajānapi | daṃṣṭrāsu gṛhya vimukhāñśuṣkāsyānakarodvaśe

Exceedingly strong, he seized by their tusks wild beasts such as the vyalas, and the well-formed elephants too, and made them turn their faces away with dry mouths, under his control.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रायलादींश्च → व्यालादींश्च (misprint in Wikisource; त्रायलादीन् is not a word; the critical edition reads vyālādīṃś). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 736–737. Line 1 differs from the CE (736: vyālādīṃś cātibalavāṃs tatpratīpān gajān api: सुप्रतीकान् is a recension variant, kept); line 2 differs (737: daṃṣṭrāsu gṛhyāvaruhya śuṣkāsyān akarod vaśe).

Verse 5 (7.68.5)

महिषानप्यतिबलो बलिनो विचकर्ष ह । सिंहानां च सुदृप्तानां शतान्याकर्षयद्बलात् ॥

mahiṣānapyatibalo balino vicakarṣa ha | siṃhānāṃ ca sudṛptānāṃ śatānyākarṣayadbalāt

He dragged strong buffaloes about too, and by force pulled along hundreds of lions, however proud.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), line 738. Line 1 differs slightly from the CE (738: mahiṣān apy atibalān balena vicakarṣa ha). Line 2 is not in the critical edition at all (neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I).

Verse 6 (7.68.6)

बलिनः सृमरान्खड्गान्नानासत्त्वानि चाप्युत । कृच्छ्रप्राणान्वने बद्ध्वा दमयित्वाप्यवासृजत् ॥

balinaḥ sṛmarānkhaḍgānnānāsattvāni cāpyuta | kṛcchraprāṇānvane baddhvā damayitvāpyavāsṛjat

Strong srimara deer, rhinoceroses and creatures of many kinds he bound in the forest, barely breathing; having tamed them, he set them free.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गान् → खड्गान् (misprint in Wikisource; the word is khaḍga, rhinoceros; the critical edition reads khaḍgān). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 739–740.

Verse 7 (7.68.7)

तं सर्वदमनेत्याहुर्द्विजास्तेनास्य कर्मणा । तं प्रत्यषेधज्जननी मा सत्त्वानि व्यनीनशः ॥

taṃ sarvadamanetyāhurdvijāstenāsya karmaṇā | taṃ pratyaṣedhajjananī mā sattvāni vyanīnaśaḥ

For that deed the Brahmins called him Sarvadamana, the Tamer of All. But his mother forbade him: ‘Do not destroy living creatures!’

Note on the text: Corrected सत्वानि → सत्त्वानि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त् in sattva, as in verse 6 and in the critical edition). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 741–742. Both lines differ from the CE (741: tadvidas tena karmaṇā; 742: mā sattvāni vijījahi).

Verse 8 (7.68.8)

सोऽश्वमेधशतेनेजे यमुनामनु वीर्यवान् । त्रिशतैश्च सरस्वत्यां गङ्गामनु चतुःशतैः ॥

so'śvamedhaśateneje yamunāmanu vīryavān | triśataiśca sarasvatyāṃ gaṅgāmanu catuḥśataiḥ

That mighty king performed a hundred horse sacrifices along the Yamuna, three hundred on the Sarasvati, and four hundred along the Ganga.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 743–744. Both lines differ slightly from the CE (743: so 'śvamedhaśateneṣṭvā…; 744: triśatāśvān sarasvatyāṃ gaṅgām anu catuḥśatān).

Verse 9 (7.68.9)

सोऽश्वमेधसहस्रेण राजसूयशतेन च । पुनरीजे महायज्ञैः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः ॥

so'śvamedhasahasreṇa rājasūyaśatena ca | punarīje mahāyajñaiḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ

He then sacrificed again with a thousand horse sacrifices and a hundred Rajasuyas, with great sacrifices completed with excellent fees,

Note on the text: Corrected सौऽश्वमेध → सोऽश्वमेध (misprint in Wikisource; an impossible sandhi; the critical edition reads so 'śvamedha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 745–746.

Verse 10 (7.68.10)

अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राणामुक्थ्यविश्वजितां च सः । वाजपेयसहस्राणां सहस्रैश्च सुसंवृतैः ॥

agniṣṭomātirātrāṇāmukthyaviśvajitāṃ ca saḥ | vājapeyasahasrāṇāṃ sahasraiśca susaṃvṛtaiḥ

with Agnishtomas, Atiratras, Ukthyas and Vishvajits, and with thousands of Vajapeyas, and with thousands more, fully equipped.

Note on the text: Corrected सहस्रामां → सहस्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; सहस्रामाम् is not a word; the genitive plural सहस्राणाम् is what the sense and metre need). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 747–748. Line 1 ends सः where the CE reads api, and line 2 differs from the CE (748: vājapeyeṣṭisatrāṇāṃ sahasraiś ca susaṃbhṛtaiḥ).

Verse 11 (7.68.11)

इष्ट्वा शाकुन्तलो राजा तर्पयित्वा द्विजान्धनैः । सहस्रं यत्र पद्मानां कण्वाय भरतो ददौ । जाम्बूनदस्य शुद्धस्य कनकस्य महायशाः ॥

iṣṭvā śākuntalo rājā tarpayitvā dvijāndhanaiḥ | sahasraṃ yatra padmānāṃ kaṇvāya bharato dadau | jāmbūnadasya śuddhasya kanakasya mahāyaśāḥ

Having sacrificed, the king, Shakuntala's son, satisfied the Brahmins with wealth; at that sacrifice the greatly renowned Bharata gave Kanva a thousand padmas of pure Jambunada gold.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 749–751.

Verse 12 (7.68.12)

यस्य यूपाः शतव्यामाः परिणाहेन काञ्चनाः । समागम्य द्विजैः सार्धं सेन्द्रैर्देवैः समुच्छ्रिताः ॥

yasya yūpāḥ śatavyāmāḥ pariṇāhena kāñcanāḥ | samāgamya dvijaiḥ sārdhaṃ sendrairdevaiḥ samucchritāḥ

His golden sacrificial posts, a hundred fathoms in extent, were raised when the gods with Indra had come together with the Brahmins.

Note on the text: Corrected सतव्यामाः → शतव्यामाः (misprint in Wikisource; सतव्याम is not a word; the critical edition reads śatavyāmāḥ, “a hundred fathoms”). Corrected सार्धे → सार्धं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads sārdhaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 752–753.

Verse 13 (7.68.13)

अलङ्कृतान्राजमानान्सर्वरत्नैर्मनोहरैः । हैरण्यान्द्विरदानश्वान्रथानुष्ट्रानजाविकान् ॥

alaṅkṛtānrājamānānsarvaratnairmanoharaiḥ | hairaṇyāndviradānaśvānrathānuṣṭrānajāvikān

Adorned and gleaming, set with every lovely jewel — golden elephants, horses, chariots, camels, goats and sheep —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 754–755. Both lines differ from the CE (754: svalaṃkṛtā bhrājamānāḥ…; 755: hiraṇyam aśvān dviradān rathān uṣṭrān ajāvikān).

Verse 14 (7.68.14)

दासी दासं धनं धान्यं गाः सवत्साः पयस्विनीः । ग्रामान्गृहांश्च क्षेत्राणि विविधांश्च परिच्छदान् ॥

dāsī dāsaṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ gāḥ savatsāḥ payasvinīḥ | grāmāngṛhāṃśca kṣetrāṇi vividhāṃśca paricchadān

slave-women and slaves, wealth and grain, milch cows with their calves, villages, houses, fields and many kinds of furnishings —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 756–757. Line 2 differs slightly from the CE (757: grāmān gṛhāṇi kṣetrāṇi vividhāṃś ca paricchadān).

Verse 15 (7.68.15)

कोटीशतायुतांश्चैव ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यमन्यत । चक्रवर्ती ह्यदीनात्मा जितारिर्ह्यजितः परैः ॥

koṭīśatāyutāṃścaiva brāhmaṇebhyo hyamanyata | cakravartī hyadīnātmā jitārirhyajitaḥ paraiḥ

hundreds of crores and myriads of such things he reckoned as belonging to the Brahmins — an emperor of unbroken spirit, who had conquered his foes and was unconquered by others.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 758–759. Line 2 differs slightly from the CE (759: cakravartī hy adīnātmā jetāris tv ajitaḥ paraiḥ).

Verse 16 (7.68.16)

स चेन्ममार सृञ्जय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात्पुण्यतरस्तुभ्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः । अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यमभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् ॥

sa cenmamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadratarastvayā | putrātpuṇyatarastubhyaṃ mā putramanutapyathāḥ | ayajvānamadakṣiṇyamabhi śvaityetyudāharat

If even he died, Srinjaya — he who was four times more fortunate than you and more righteous than your son — then do not grieve for your son, who never sacrificed and gave no sacrificial fees. So Narada addressed him, calling him Shvaitya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 760–762. This three-line refrain closes each king's story in the CE (the CE prints the speaker label nārada uvāca before the third line).