Chandakaushika's Prophecy and the Feud with Jarasandha

Verse 1 (2.19.1)

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य पुनरेव महातपाः । मगधेषूपचक्राम भगवांश्चण्डकौशिकः ॥

kasyacittvatha kālasya punareva mahātapāḥ | magadheṣūpacakrāma bhagavāṃścaṇḍakauśikaḥ

Some time later the holy Chandakaushika, rich in austerities, came again to the land of Magadha.

Note on the text: Corrected मगधेषुपजक्राम → मगधेषूपचक्राम (misprint in Wikisource; short vowel at the sandhi and ज for च in the verb; critical edition upacakrāma).

Verse 2 (2.19.2)

तस्याऽऽगमनसंहृष्टः सामात्यः सपुरःसरः । सभार्यः सह पुत्रेण निर्जगाम बृहद्रथः ॥

tasyā''gamanasaṃhṛṣṭaḥ sāmātyaḥ sapuraḥsaraḥ | sabhāryaḥ saha putreṇa nirjagāma bṛhadrathaḥ

Delighted at his coming, Brihadratha went out to meet him with his ministers and his retinue, with his wives and his son.

Note on the text: Joined सपुरः सरः → सपुरःसरः (spacing error in Wikisource splitting the compound).

Verse 3 (2.19.3)

पाद्यार्घ्याचमनीयैस्तमर्चयामास भारत । स नृपो राज्यसहितं पुत्रं तस्मै न्यवेदयत् ॥

pādyārghyācamanīyaistamarcayāmāsa bhārata | sa nṛpo rājyasahitaṃ putraṃ tasmai nyavedayat

He honoured him, O Bharata, with water for the feet, the guest-offering and water for sipping, and the king presented his son to him together with the kingdom.

Verse 4 (2.19.4)

प्रतिगृह्य च तां पूजां पार्थिवाद्भगवानृषिः । उवाच मागधं राजन्प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना ॥

pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pūjāṃ pārthivādbhagavānṛṣiḥ | uvāca māgadhaṃ rājanprahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā

Accepting that worship from the king, the holy seer spoke to the Magadhan king, O king, with a delighted heart:

Verse 5 (2.19.5)

सर्वमेतन्मया ज्ञातं राजन्दिव्येन चक्षुषा । पुत्रस्तु शृणु राजेन्द्र यादृशोऽयं भविष्यति ॥

sarvametanmayā jñātaṃ rājandivyena cakṣuṣā | putrastu śṛṇu rājendra yādṛśo'yaṃ bhaviṣyati

"I have learned all of this, O king, with my divine sight. Now hear, king of kings, what kind of son this will be.

Verse 6 (2.19.6)

अस्य रूपं च सत्वं च बलमूर्जितमेव च । एष श्रिया समुदितः पुत्रस्तव न संशयः ॥

asya rūpaṃ ca satvaṃ ca balamūrjitameva ca | eṣa śriyā samuditaḥ putrastava na saṃśayaḥ

His beauty, his courage and his mighty strength — this son of yours is endowed with glory; there is no doubt of it.

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

Verse 7 (2.19.7)

प्रापयिष्यति तत्सर्वं विक्रमेण समन्वितः । अस्य वीर्यवतो वीर्यं नानुयास्यन्ति पार्थिवाः ॥

prāpayiṣyati tatsarvaṃ vikrameṇa samanvitaḥ | asya vīryavato vīryaṃ nānuyāsyanti pārthivāḥ

Endowed with valour, he will win all of that. Kings will not match the might of this mighty one,

Note on the text: Only the second line matches the critical edition (the first line of 2.17.13); the first line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 8 (2.19.8)

पततो वैनतेयस्य गतिमन्ये यथा खगाः । विनाशमुपयास्यन्ति ये चास्य परिपन्थिनः ॥

patato vainateyasya gatimanye yathā khagāḥ | vināśamupayāsyanti ye cāsya paripanthinaḥ

as other birds cannot match the flight of Vainateya (Garuda) as he swoops. And those who oppose him will meet their destruction.

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

Verse 9 (2.19.9)

देवैरपि विसृष्टानि शस्त्राण्यस्य महीपते । न रुजं जनयिष्यन्ति गिरेरिव नदीरयाः ॥

devairapi visṛṣṭāni śastrāṇyasya mahīpate | na rujaṃ janayiṣyanti gireriva nadīrayāḥ

Weapons hurled at him even by the gods, O lord of the earth, will do him no hurt, as river currents do none to a mountain.

Note on the text: Matches the second and third lines of 2.17.13.

Verse 10 (2.19.10)

सर्वमूर्धाभिषिक्तानामेष मूर्ध्नि ज्वलिष्यति । प्रभाहरोऽयं सर्वेषां ज्योतिषामिव भास्करः ॥

sarvamūrdhābhiṣiktānāmeṣa mūrdhni jvaliṣyati | prabhāharo'yaṃ sarveṣāṃ jyotiṣāmiva bhāskaraḥ

He will blaze at the head of all anointed kings; he will rob them all of their lustre, as the sun does the other lights of heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected नामेव → नामेष (misprint in Wikisource; व for ष leaves the clause without a subject; critical edition eṣa). The second line is a recension variant.

Verse 11 (2.19.11)

एनमासाद्य राजानः समृद्धबलवाहनाः । विनाशमुपयास्यन्ति शलभा इव पावकम् ॥

enamāsādya rājānaḥ samṛddhabalavāhanāḥ | vināśamupayāsyanti śalabhā iva pāvakam

Kings, however rich in troops and mounts, who come against him will meet destruction, as moths that fly into a fire.

Verse 12 (2.19.12)

एष श्रियः समुदिताः सर्वराज्ञां ग्रहीष्यति । वर्षास्विवोदीर्णजला नदीर्नदनदीपतिः ॥

eṣa śriyaḥ samuditāḥ sarvarājñāṃ grahīṣyati | varṣāsvivodīrṇajalā nadīrnadanadīpatiḥ

He will seize the risen fortunes of all kings, as the ocean, lord of rivers great and small, takes in the rivers swollen with water in the rains.

Verse 13 (2.19.13)

एष धारयिता सम्यक्चातुर्वर्ण्यं महाबलः । शुभां शुभवतीं स्फीतां सर्वसस्यधरां धराम् ॥

eṣa dhārayitā samyakcāturvarṇyaṃ mahābalaḥ | śubhāṃ śubhavatīṃ sphītāṃ sarvasasyadharāṃ dharām

This mighty one will rightly uphold the four varnas, and the earth — fair, auspicious, prosperous, bearing every crop.

Note on the text: Corrected धारयित → धारयिता (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; critical edition dhārayitā). The second line is a recension variant.

Verse 14 (2.19.14)

अस्याज्ञावशगाः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति नराधिपाः । सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य वायोरिव शरीरिणः ॥

asyājñāvaśagāḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti narādhipāḥ | sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya vāyoriva śarīriṇaḥ

All rulers of men will be subject to his command, as embodied creatures are to the wind, which is the very self of all beings.

Verse 15 (2.19.15)

एष रुद्रं महादेवं त्रिपुरान्तकरं हरम् । सर्वलोकेष्वतिबलः साक्षाद्द्रक्ष्यति मागधः ॥

eṣa rudraṃ mahādevaṃ tripurāntakaraṃ haram | sarvalokeṣvatibalaḥ sākṣāddrakṣyati māgadhaḥ

This Magadhan, surpassing all the worlds in strength, will see with his own eyes Rudra, the great god Hara, destroyer of the Three Cities."

Verse 16 (2.19.16)

एवं ब्रुवन्नेव मुनिः स्वकार्यमिव चिन्तयन् । विसर्जयामास नृपं बृहद्रथमथारिहन् ॥

evaṃ bruvanneva muniḥ svakāryamiva cintayan | visarjayāmāsa nṛpaṃ bṛhadrathamathārihan

Even as he was speaking thus, the sage, as though mindful of his own business, dismissed King Brihadratha, O destroyer of foes.

Verse 17 (2.19.17)

प्रविश्य नगरीं चापि ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिभिर्वृतः । अभिषिच्य जरासन्धं मगधाधिपतिस्तदा ॥

praviśya nagarīṃ cāpi jñātisambandhibhirvṛtaḥ | abhiṣicya jarāsandhaṃ magadhādhipatistadā

Entering his city, surrounded by his kinsmen and relations, the lord of Magadha then anointed Jarasandha king,

Note on the text: Divided differently from the critical edition: these two lines are the first two lines of 2.17.21.

Verse 18 (2.19.18)

बृहद्रथो नरपतिः परां निर्वृतिमाययौ । अभिषिक्ते जरासन्धे तदा राजा बृहद्रथः । पत्नीद्वयेनानुगतस्तपोवनचरोऽभवत् ॥

bṛhadratho narapatiḥ parāṃ nirvṛtimāyayau | abhiṣikte jarāsandhe tadā rājā bṛhadrathaḥ | patnīdvayenānugatastapovanacaro'bhavat

and King Brihadratha attained supreme contentment. When Jarasandha had been anointed, King Brihadratha, followed by his two wives, went to live in the forest of austerities.

Note on the text: Divided differently from the critical edition: the first line closes 2.17.21, the other two are 2.17.22.

Verse 19 (2.19.19)

ततो वनस्थे पितरि मातृभ्यां सह भारत । जरासन्धः स्ववीर्येण पार्थिवानकरोद्वशे ॥

tato vanasthe pitari mātṛbhyāṃ saha bhārata | jarāsandhaḥ svavīryeṇa pārthivānakarodvaśe

Then, while his father was in the forest with his two mothers, O Bharata, Jarasandha brought the kings under his sway by his own prowess.

Verse 20 (2.19.20)

अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य तपोवनचरो नृपः । सभार्यः स्वर्गमगमत्तपस्तप्त्वा बृहद्रथः ॥

atha dīrghasya kālasya tapovanacaro nṛpaḥ | sabhāryaḥ svargamagamattapastaptvā bṛhadrathaḥ

After a long time King Brihadratha, living in the forest of austerities, went to heaven with his wives, having practised austerities.

Verse 21 (2.19.21)

जरासन्धोऽपि नृपतिर्यथोक्तं कौशिकेन तत् । वरप्रदानमखिलं प्राप्य राज्यमपालयत् ॥

jarāsandho'pi nṛpatiryathoktaṃ kauśikena tat | varapradānamakhilaṃ prāpya rājyamapālayat

King Jarasandha too, having received in full the boons that Kaushika had promised, ruled his kingdom.

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

Verse 22 (2.19.22)

हते चैव मया कंसे सहंसडिभिके तदा । जरासन्धस्य दुहिता रोदते पार्श्वतः पितुः । जातो वै वैरनिर्बन्धो मयासीत्तत्र भारत ॥

hate caiva mayā kaṃse sahaṃsaḍibhike tadā | jarāsandhasya duhitā rodate pārśvataḥ pituḥ | jāto vai vairanirbandho mayāsīttatra bhārata

When I had slain Kamsa, ally of Hamsa and Dibhaka, Jarasandha's daughter wept at her father's side, and from that, O Bharata, a bitter enmity arose between him and me.

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

Verse 23 (2.19.23)

भ्रामयित्वा शतगुणमेकोनं येन भारत । गदा क्षिप्ता बलवता मागधेन गिरिव्रजात् ॥

bhrāmayitvā śataguṇamekonaṃ yena bhārata | gadā kṣiptā balavatā māgadhena girivrajāt

Whirling it round ninety-nine times, O Bharata, the mighty Magadhan hurled his mace from Girivraja

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

Verse 24 (2.19.24)

तिष्ठतो मथुरायां वै कृष्णस्याद्भुतकर्मणः । एकोनयोजनशते सा पपात गदा शुभा ॥

tiṣṭhato mathurāyāṃ vai kṛṣṇasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ | ekonayojanaśate sā papāta gadā śubhā

at Krishna of wondrous deeds, who was staying in Mathura; and that splendid mace fell ninety-nine yojanas away.

Note on the text: Corrected कुत्स्नस्य → कृष्णस्य (misprint in Wikisource; कुत्स्न is no word, and the genitive must name the one staying at Mathura at whom the mace was thrown, Krishna speaking of himself in the third person). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 25 (2.19.25)

दृष्ट्वा पौरैस्तदा सम्यग्गदा चैव निवेदिता । गदावसानं तत्ख्यातं मथुरायाः समीपतः ॥

dṛṣṭvā pauraistadā samyaggadā caiva niveditā | gadāvasānaṃ tatkhyātaṃ mathurāyāḥ samīpataḥ

The citizens saw it and duly reported the mace, and the place near Mathura where it came to rest is known as Gadavasana.

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

Verse 26 (2.19.26)

तस्यास्तां हंसडिभिकावशस्त्रनिधनावुभौ । मन्त्रे मतिमतां श्रेष्ठौ नीतिशास्त्रे विशारदौ ॥

tasyāstāṃ haṃsaḍibhikāvaśastranidhanāvubhau | mantre matimatāṃ śreṣṭhau nītiśāstre viśāradau

He had two counsellors, Hamsa and Dibhaka, whom no weapon could kill — foremost among the wise in counsel and learned in the science of policy.

Verse 27 (2.19.27)

यौ तौ मया ते कथितौ पूर्वमेव महाबलौ । त्रयस्त्रयाणां लोकानां पर्याप्ता इति मे मतिः ॥

yau tau mayā te kathitau pūrvameva mahābalau | trayastrayāṇāṃ lokānāṃ paryāptā iti me matiḥ

These are the two mighty ones I told you of before. The three of them, in my judgement, were a match for the three worlds.

Verse 28 (2.19.28)

एवमेष तदा वीर बलिभिः कुकुरान्धकैः । वृष्णिभिश्च महाराज नीतिहेतोरुपेक्षितः ॥

evameṣa tadā vīra balibhiḥ kukurāndhakaiḥ | vṛṣṇibhiśca mahārāja nītihetorupekṣitaḥ

So it was, O hero, great king, that the mighty Kukuras, Andhakas and Vrishnis let him be at that time, for reasons of policy.