The Selling of Harishchandra's Wife and Son

Verse 1 (devibhagavatam.7.22.1)

व्यास उवाच । स तया नोद्यमानस्तु राजा पत्न्या पुनः पुनः । प्राह भद्रे करोम्येष विक्रयं ते सुनिर्घृणः

vyāsa uvāca sa tayā nodyamānastu rājā patnyā punaḥ punaḥ prāha bhadre karomyeṣa vikrayaṁ te sunirghṛṇaḥ

Vyasa said: Urged again and again in this way by his wife, the king said: O gentle one, I shall now, with utter mercilessness, sell you.

Verse 2 (devibhagavatam.7.22.2)

नृशंसैरपि यत्कर्तुं न शक्यं तत्करोम्यहम् । यदि ते भ्राजते वाणी वक्तुमीदृक्सुनिष्ठुरम्

nṛśaṁsairapi yatkartuṁ na śakyaṁ tatkaromyaham yadi te bhrājate vāṇī vaktumīdṛksuniṣṭhuram

What even the most cruel of men could not bring themselves to do, that I am now doing — if it truly pleases your voice to speak such a harsh thing.

Verse 3 (devibhagavatam.7.22.3)

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजा गत्वा नगरमातुरः । अवतार्य तदा रङ्गे तां भार्यां नृपसत्तमः ।

evamuktvā tato rājā gatvā nagaramāturaḥ avatārya tadā raṅge tāṁ bhāryāṁ nṛpasattamaḥ

So saying, that best of kings, in great anguish, went toward the city, and there, in the marketplace, he set down his wife.

Verse 4 (devibhagavatam.7.22.4)

बाष्पगद्गदकण्ठस्तु ततो वचनमब्रवीत् । भो भो नागरिकाः सर्वे शृणुध्वं वचनं मम

bāṣpagadgadakaṇṭhastu tato vacanamabravīt bho bho nāgarikāḥ sarve śṛṇudhvaṁ vacanaṁ mama

With his throat choked by tears, he spoke these words: O all you people of this city, listen, all of you, to what I say.

Verse 5 (devibhagavatam.7.22.5)

कस्यचिद्यदि कार्यं स्याद्दास्या प्राणेष्टया मम । स ब्रवीतु त्वरायुक्तो यावत्स्वं धारयाम्यहम्

kasyacidyadi kāryaṁ syāddāsyā prāṇeṣṭayā mama sa bravītu tvarāyukto yāvatsvaṁ dhārayāmyaham

If anyone has need of a slave-woman as dear as his very life, let him come quickly and speak, while she is still in my possession.

Verse 6 (devibhagavatam.7.22.6)

तेऽब्रुवन्पण्डिताः कस्त्वं पत्नीं विक्रेतुमागतः । राजोवाच । किं मां पृच्छथ कस्त्वं भो नृशंसोऽहममानुषः

te'bruvanpaṇḍitāḥ kastvaṁ patnīṁ vikretumāgataḥ rājovāca kiṁ māṁ pṛcchatha kastvaṁ bho nṛśaṁso'hamamānuṣaḥ

The learned onlookers said: Who are you, who have come to sell your own wife? The king said: Why do you ask me this — I am a cruel man, no true human at all,

Verse 7 (devibhagavatam.7.22.7)

राक्षसो वास्मि कठिनस्ततः पापं करोम्यहम् । व्यास उवाच । तं शब्दं सहसा श्रुत्वा कौशिको विप्ररूपधृक्

rākṣaso vāsmi kaṭhinastataḥ pāpaṁ karomyaham vyāsa uvāca taṁ śabdaṁ sahasā śrutvā kauśiko viprarūpadhṛk

I am a demon, hard-hearted, and it is for that reason I commit this sin. Vyasa said: Hearing that speech suddenly, Kaushika, who had assumed a brahmin's form,

Verse 8 (devibhagavatam.7.22.8)

वृद्धरूपं समास्थाय हरिश्चन्द्रमभाषत । समर्पयस्व मे दासीमहं क्रेता धनप्रदः

vṛddharūpaṁ samāsthāya hariścandramabhāṣata samarpayasva me dāsīmahaṁ kretā dhanapradaḥ

took upon himself the shape of an old man, and said to Harishchandra: Hand this slave-woman over to me — I am the buyer, and I shall pay her price.

Verse 9 (devibhagavatam.7.22.9)

अस्ति मे वित्तमतुलं सुकुमारी च मे प्रिया । गृहकर्म न शक्नोति कर्तुमस्मात्प्रयच्छ मे

asti me vittamatulaṁ sukumārī ca me priyā gṛhakarma na śaknoti kartumasmātprayaccha me

I possess measureless wealth, and my own dear wife is of such delicate frame that she cannot perform the household tasks — give this woman to me for that purpose.

Verse 10 (devibhagavatam.7.22.10)

अहं गृह्णामि दासीं तु कति दास्यामि ते धनम् । एवमुक्ते तु विप्रेण हरिश्चन्द्रस्य भूपतेः

ahaṁ gṛhṇāmi dāsīṁ tu kati dāsyāmi te dhanam evamukte tu vipreṇa hariścandrasya bhūpateḥ

I shall take this slave-woman — tell me how much wealth I should give you for her. When the brahmin had spoken thus, the mind of King Harishchandra

Verse 11 (devibhagavatam.7.22.11)

विदीर्णं तु मनो दुःखान्न चैनं किञ्चिदब्रवीत् । विप्र उवाच । कर्मणश्च वयोरूपशीलानां तव योषितः

vidīrṇaṁ tu mano duḥkhānna cainaṁ kiñcidabravīt vipra uvāca karmaṇaśca vayorūpaśīlānāṁ tava yoṣitaḥ

was torn apart by sorrow, yet he said nothing to him in reply. The brahmin said: In keeping with this woman's age, beauty, and character,

Verse 12 (devibhagavatam.7.22.12)

अनुरूपमिदं वित्तं गृहाणार्पय मेऽबलाम् । धर्मशास्त्रेषु यद् दृष्टं स्त्रियो मौल्यं नरस्य च

anurūpamidaṁ vittaṁ gṛhāṇārpaya me'balām dharmaśāstreṣu yad dṛṣṭaṁ striyo maulyaṁ narasya ca

here is her price — accept it, and hand this helpless woman over to me; the scriptures of dharma have laid down the proper value of a woman and of a man —

Verse 13 (devibhagavatam.7.22.13)

द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षणोपेता दक्षा शीलगुणान्विता । कोटिमौल्यं सुवर्णस्य स्त्रियः पुंसस्तथार्बुदम्

dvātriṁśallakṣaṇopetā dakṣā śīlaguṇānvitā koṭimaulyaṁ suvarṇasya striyaḥ puṁsastathārbudam

a woman endowed with the thirty-two auspicious marks, skilled, and rich in virtue, is worth a crore of gold pieces, and a man, likewise, ten crores.

Verse 14 (devibhagavatam.7.22.14)

इत्याकर्ण वचस्तस्य हरिश्चन्द्रो महीपतिः । दुःखेन महताऽऽविष्टो न चैनं किञ्चिदब्रवीत्

ityākarṇa vacastasya hariścandro mahīpatiḥ duḥkhena mahatā''viṣṭo na cainaṁ kiñcidabravīt

Hearing his words, King Harishchandra, overwhelmed with the greatest sorrow, said nothing at all in reply.

Verse 15 (devibhagavatam.7.22.15)

ततः स विप्रो नृपतेः पुरतो वल्कलोपरि । धनं निधाय केशेषु धृत्वा राज्ञीमकर्षयत्

tataḥ sa vipro nṛpateḥ purato valkalopari dhanaṁ nidhāya keśeṣu dhṛtvā rājñīmakarṣayat

Then that brahmin, right there before the king, placed the payment upon her bark garment, and, seizing the queen by her hair, began to drag her away.

Verse 16 (devibhagavatam.7.22.16)

राज्ञ्युवाच । मुञ्च मुञ्चार्य मां सद्यो यावत्पश्याम्यहं सुतम् । दुर्लभं दर्शनं विप्र पुनरस्य भविष्यति

rājñyuvāca muñca muñcārya māṁ sadyo yāvatpaśyāmyahaṁ sutam durlabhaṁ darśanaṁ vipra punarasya bhaviṣyati

The queen said: Release me, O noble one, release me at once, until I have seen my son one more time; O brahmin, after this his sight will become impossible to obtain again.

Verse 17 (devibhagavatam.7.22.17)

पश्येह पुत्र मामेवं मातरं दास्यतां गताम् । मां मास्प्राक्षी राजपुत्र न स्पृश्याहं त्वयाधुना

paśyeha putra māmevaṁ mātaraṁ dāsyatāṁ gatām māṁ māsprākṣī rājaputra na spṛśyāhaṁ tvayādhunā

O my son, see me thus, your own mother, now reduced to slavery; O prince, do not touch me now — you have no right to touch me any longer.

Verse 18 (devibhagavatam.7.22.18)

ततः स बालः सहसा दृष्ट्वाऽऽकृष्टां तु मातरम् । समभ्यधावदम्बेति वदन्साश्रुविलोचनः

tataḥ sa bālaḥ sahasā dṛṣṭvā''kṛṣṭāṁ tu mātaram samabhyadhāvadambeti vadansāśruvilocanaḥ

Then the boy, suddenly seeing his mother dragged away in this fashion, his eyes filled with tears, ran to her, crying, 'Mother, mother!'

Verse 19 (devibhagavatam.7.22.19)

हस्ते वस्त्रं समाकर्षन् काकपक्षधरः स्खलन् । तमागतं द्विजः क्रोधाद् बालमप्याहनत्तदा

haste vastraṁ samākarṣan kākapakṣadharaḥ skhalan tamāgataṁ dvijaḥ krodhād bālamapyāhanattadā

Tugging at her garment with his hand, his boyish topknot swaying, stumbling as he came, that brahmin, in his fury, struck even that child.

Verse 20 (devibhagavatam.7.22.20)

वदंस्तथापि सोऽम्बेति नैव मुञ्चति मातरम् । राज्ञ्युवाच । प्रसादं कुरु मे नाथ क्रीणीष्वेमं हि बालकम्

vadaṁstathāpi so'mbeti naiva muñcati mātaram rājñyuvāca prasādaṁ kuru me nātha krīṇīṣvemaṁ hi bālakam

Yet still he kept crying, 'Mother, mother,' and would not let go of her at all. The queen said: O lord, show me mercy — buy this child too.

Verse 21 (devibhagavatam.7.22.21)

क्रीतापि नाहं भविता विनैनं कार्यसाधिका । इत्थं ममाल्पभाग्यायाः प्रसादं कुरु मे प्रभो

krītāpi nāhaṁ bhavitā vinainaṁ kāryasādhikā itthaṁ mamālpabhāgyāyāḥ prasādaṁ kuru me prabho

Without him, even once sold, I shall not be able to fulfill my duty; thus, O lord, show mercy upon me, so unfortunate as I am.

Verse 22 (devibhagavatam.7.22.22)

ब्राह्मण उवाच । गृह्यतां वित्तमेतत्ते दीयतां मम बालकः । स्त्रीपुंसोर्धर्मशास्त्रज्ञैः कृतमेव हि वेतनम्

brāhmaṇa uvāca gṛhyatāṁ vittametatte dīyatāṁ mama bālakaḥ strīpuṁsordharmaśāstrajñaiḥ kṛtameva hi vetanam

The brahmin said: Take this wealth, and give me this child as well; the price of both woman and man has already been fixed by those learned in the scriptures of dharma —

Verse 23 (devibhagavatam.7.22.23)

शतं सहस्रं लक्षं च कोटिमौल्यं तथापरैः । द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षणोपेता दक्षा शीलगुणान्विता

śataṁ sahasraṁ lakṣaṁ ca koṭimaulyaṁ tathāparaiḥ dvātriṁśallakṣaṇopetā dakṣā śīlaguṇānvitā

some say a hundred, some a thousand, some a hundred thousand, some a crore; a woman endowed with the thirty-two auspicious marks, skilled and rich in virtue,

Verse 24 (devibhagavatam.7.22.24)

कोटिमौल्यं स्त्रियः प्रोक्तं पुरुषस्य तथार्बुदम् । सूत उवाच । तथैव तस्य तद्वित्तं पुरः क्षिप्तं पटे पुनः

koṭimaulyaṁ striyaḥ proktaṁ puruṣasya tathārbudam sūta uvāca tathaiva tasya tadvittaṁ puraḥ kṣiptaṁ paṭe punaḥ

is valued at a crore, and a man, likewise, at ten crores. Suta said: In the same way, the price of the boy too was laid out before them upon the cloth,

Verse 25 (devibhagavatam.7.22.25)

प्रगृह्य बालकं मात्रा सहैकस्थमबन्धयत् । प्रतस्थे स गृहं क्षिप्रं तया सह मुदान्वितः

pragṛhya bālakaṁ mātrā sahaikasthamabandhayat pratasthe sa gṛhaṁ kṣipraṁ tayā saha mudānvitaḥ

and, binding the boy together with his mother in a single bond, the brahmin, filled with satisfaction, set out swiftly for his own home with them.

Verse 26 (devibhagavatam.7.22.26)

प्रदक्षिणां तु सा कृत्वा जानुभ्यां प्रणता स्थिता । बाष्पपर्याकुला दीना त्विदं वचनमब्रवीत्

pradakṣiṇāṁ tu sā kṛtvā jānubhyāṁ praṇatā sthitā bāṣpaparyākulā dīnā tvidaṁ vacanamabravīt

That queen, having circled him in reverence, bowed low upon both knees, and, overcome with tears, wretched, spoke these words —

Verse 27 (devibhagavatam.7.22.27)

यदि दत्तं यदि हुतं ब्राह्मणास्तर्पिता यदि । तेन पुण्येन मे भर्ता हरिश्चन्द्रोऽस्तु वै पुनः

yadi dattaṁ yadi hutaṁ brāhmaṇāstarpitā yadi tena puṇyena me bhartā hariścandro'stu vai punaḥ

If ever I have given a gift, offered an oblation, or satisfied brahmins with food, then by the power of that very merit, may my husband Harishchandra be mine once more.

Verse 28 (devibhagavatam.7.22.28)

पादयोः पतितां दृष्ट्वा प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसीम् । हाहेति च वदन् राजा विललापाकुलेन्द्रियः

pādayoḥ patitāṁ dṛṣṭvā prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasīm hāheti ca vadan rājā vilalāpākulendriyaḥ

Seeing that queen, dearer to him even than his own life, fallen at his feet, the king, crying, 'Alas, alas!', his senses overwhelmed, began to lament.

Verse 29 (devibhagavatam.7.22.29)

वियुक्तेयं कथं जाता सत्यशीलगुणान्विता । वृक्षच्छायापि वृक्षं तं न जहाति कदाचन

viyukteyaṁ kathaṁ jātā satyaśīlaguṇānvitā vṛkṣacchāyāpi vṛkṣaṁ taṁ na jahāti kadācana

How has she, so true and so richly endowed with virtue, come to be parted from me? Even a tree's own shadow never forsakes that tree —

Verse 30 (devibhagavatam.7.22.30)

एवं भार्यां वदित्वाथ सुसम्बद्धं परस्परम् । पुत्रं च तमुवाचेदं मां त्वं हित्वा क्व यास्यसि

evaṁ bhāryāṁ vaditvātha susambaddhaṁ parasparam putraṁ ca tamuvācedaṁ māṁ tvaṁ hitvā kva yāsyasi

So saying to his wife, so tightly bound to him in mutual devotion, he then said to that son as well: Where will you go, leaving me behind?

Verse 31 (devibhagavatam.7.22.31)

कां दिशं प्रति यास्यामि को मे दुःखं निवारयेत् । राज्यत्यागे न मे दुःखं वनवासे न मे द्विज

kāṁ diśaṁ prati yāsyāmi ko me duḥkhaṁ nivārayet rājyatyāge na me duḥkhaṁ vanavāse na me dvija

In which direction shall I now go — who will relieve this sorrow of mine? O brahmin, the loss of my kingdom is no sorrow to me, nor is my exile to the forest,

Verse 32 (devibhagavatam.7.22.32)

यत्पुत्रेण वियोगो मे एवमाह स भूपतिः । सद्भर्तृभोग्या हि सदा लोके भार्या भवन्ति हि

yatputreṇa viyogo me evamāha sa bhūpatiḥ sadbhartṛbhogyā hi sadā loke bhāryā bhavanti hi

but the sorrow of this separation from my own son is beyond all others — so said that king. In this world, the wife of a good husband is ever meant to belong to him alone,

Verse 33 (devibhagavatam.7.22.33)

मया त्यक्तासि कल्याणि दुःखेन विनियोजिता । इक्ष्वाकुवंशसम्भूतं सर्वराज्यसुखोचितम्

mayā tyaktāsi kalyāṇi duḥkhena viniyojitā ikṣvākuvaṁśasambhūtaṁ sarvarājyasukhocitam

O auspicious one, it is I myself who have forsaken you, and yoked you to sorrow; you, who were born in the Ikshvaku line, and were fit for every royal happiness,

Verse 34 (devibhagavatam.7.22.34)

मामीदृशां पतिं प्राप्य दासीभावं गता ह्यसि । ईदृशे मज्जमानं मां सुमहच्छोकसागरे

māmīdṛśāṁ patiṁ prāpya dāsībhāvaṁ gatā hyasi īdṛśe majjamānaṁ māṁ sumahacchokasāgare

have, by obtaining a husband such as me, been reduced to slavery! Sunk as I am in this vast ocean of grief —

Verse 35 (devibhagavatam.7.22.35)

को मामुद्धरते देवि पौराणाख्यानविस्तरैः । सूत उवाच । पश्यतस्तस्य राजर्षेः कशाघातैः सुदारुणैः

ko māmuddharate devi paurāṇākhyānavistaraiḥ sūta uvāca paśyatastasya rājarṣeḥ kaśāghātaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ

O queen, who can rescue me now, even with all the many tales of the Puranas? Suta said: Before the very eyes of that royal sage, with the most brutal blows of a whip,

Verse 36 (devibhagavatam.7.22.36)

घातयित्वा तु विप्रेशो नेतुं समुपचक्रमे । नीयमानौ तु तौ दृष्ट्वा भार्यापुत्रौ स पार्थिवः

ghātayitvā tu vipreśo netuṁ samupacakrame nīyamānau tu tau dṛṣṭvā bhāryāputrau sa pārthivaḥ

that foremost of brahmins began driving the two of them away, striking them; and seeing his wife and son thus being led away, that king

Verse 37 (devibhagavatam.7.22.37)

विललापातिदुःखार्तो निःश्वस्योष्णं पुनः पुनः । यां न वायुर्न वाऽऽदित्यो न चन्द्रो न पृथ्ग्जनाः

vilalāpātiduḥkhārto niḥśvasyoṣṇaṁ punaḥ punaḥ yāṁ na vāyurna vā''dityo na candro na pṛthgjanāḥ

was overwhelmed with the deepest sorrow, and, sighing hot breaths again and again, he began to lament — that wife whom neither the wind, nor the sun, nor the moon, nor any common man had ever

Verse 38 (devibhagavatam.7.22.38)

दृष्टवन्तः पुरा पत्नीं सेयं दासीत्वमागता । सूर्यवंशप्रसूतोऽयं सुकुमारकराङ्गुलिः

dṛṣṭavantaḥ purā patnīṁ seyaṁ dāsītvamāgatā sūryavaṁśaprasūto'yaṁ sukumārakarāṅguliḥ

so much as beheld before, has today been reduced to servitude. And this boy, born of the Solar dynasty, with fingers so tender,

Verse 39 (devibhagavatam.7.22.39)

सम्प्राप्तो विक्रयं बालो धिङ्मामस्तु सुदुर्मतिम् । हा प्रिये हा शिशो वत्स ममानार्यस्य दुर्नयः

samprāpto vikrayaṁ bālo dhiṅmāmastu sudurmatim hā priye hā śiśo vatsa mamānāryasya durnayaḥ

has now been sold — shame upon me, so utterly base of mind! Alas, my beloved, alas, my child, alas, my son — this is all the result of my own ignoble misconduct.

Verse 40 (devibhagavatam.7.22.40)

दैवाधीनदशां प्राप्तो न मृतोऽस्मि तथापि धिक् । व्यास उवाच । एवं विलपितो राज्ञोऽग्रे विप्रोऽन्तरधीयत

daivādhīnadaśāṁ prāpto na mṛto'smi tathāpi dhik vyāsa uvāca evaṁ vilapito rājño'gre vipro'ntaradhīyata

Having fallen into this plight, subject wholly to fate, I have still not died — shame upon me! Vyasa said: While the king was still lamenting in this way, that brahmin vanished from before his very eyes.

Verse 41 (devibhagavatam.7.22.41)

वृक्षगेहादिभिस्तुङ्गैस्तावादाय त्वरान्वितः । अत्रान्तरे मुनिश्रेष्ठस्त्वाजगाम महातपाः

vṛkṣagehādibhistuṅgaistāvādāya tvarānvitaḥ atrāntare muniśreṣṭhastvājagāma mahātapāḥ

Taking the two of them away swiftly, past tall trees and dwellings; and meanwhile that great sage, foremost among ascetics,

Verse 42 (devibhagavatam.7.22.42)

सशिष्यः कौशिकेन्द्रोऽसौ निष्ठुरः क्रूरदर्शनः । विश्वामित्र उवाच । या त्वयोक्ता पुरा राजन् राजसूयस्य दक्षिणा

saśiṣyaḥ kauśikendro'sau niṣṭhuraḥ krūradarśanaḥ viśvāmitra uvāca yā tvayoktā purā rājan rājasūyasya dakṣiṇā

arrived there with his disciples — that harsh, cruel-eyed lord of the Kaushikas. Vishvamitra said: O king, the sacrificial fee for the Rajasuya that you spoke of earlier,

Verse 43 (devibhagavatam.7.22.43)

तां ददस्व महाबाहो यदि सत्यं पुरस्कृतम् । हरिश्चन्द्र उवाच । नमस्करोमि राजर्षे गृहाणेमां स्वदक्षिणाम्

tāṁ dadasva mahābāho yadi satyaṁ puraskṛtam hariścandra uvāca namaskaromi rājarṣe gṛhāṇemāṁ svadakṣiṇām

O mighty-armed one, give it to me now, if truth is truly what you hold foremost. Harishchandra said: O royal sage, I bow to you — take here your sacrificial fee,

Verse 44 (devibhagavatam.7.22.44)

राजसूयस्य यागस्य या मयोक्ता पुरानघ । विश्वामित्र उवाच । कुतो लब्धमिदं द्रव्यं दक्षिणार्थे प्रदीयते

rājasūyasya yāgasya yā mayoktā purānagha viśvāmitra uvāca kuto labdhamidaṁ dravyaṁ dakṣiṇārthe pradīyate

O sinless one, which I had promised long ago for the Rajasuya sacrifice. Vishvamitra said: From where did you obtain this wealth, which you now offer as the fee?

Verse 45 (devibhagavatam.7.22.45)

एतदाचक्ष्व राजेन्द्र यथा द्रव्यं त्वयार्जितम् । राजोवाच । किमनेन महाभाग कथितेन तवानघ

etadācakṣva rājendra yathā dravyaṁ tvayārjitam rājovāca kimanena mahābhāga kathitena tavānagha

Tell me this, O foremost of kings — how you came by this wealth. The king said: O fortunate one, O sinless one, what use is it to you, my telling you this?

Verse 46 (devibhagavatam.7.22.46)

शोकस्तु वर्धते विप्र श्रुतेनानेन सुव्रत । ऋषिरुवाच । अशस्तं नैव गृह्णामि शस्तमेव प्रयच्छ मे

śokastu vardhate vipra śrutenānena suvrata ṛṣiruvāca aśastaṁ naiva gṛhṇāmi śastameva prayaccha me

On hearing it, O sage, O keeper of good vows, my grief will only grow the greater. The sage said: I never accept what is improper — give me only what is proper and rightfully earned.

Verse 47 (devibhagavatam.7.22.47)

द्रव्यस्यागमनं राजन् कथयस्व यथातथम् ।

dravyasyāgamanaṁ rājan kathayasva yathātatham

O king, tell me plainly, exactly as it happened, how you came to obtain this wealth.

Verse 48 (devibhagavatam.7.22.48)

राजोवाच । मया देवी तु सा भार्या विक्रीता कोटिसम्मितैः । निष्कैः पुत्रो रोहिताख्यो विक्रीतोऽर्बुदसङ्ख्यया । विप्रैकादशकोट्यस्त्वं सुवर्णस्य गृहाण मे

rājovāca mayā devī tu sā bhāryā vikrītā koṭisammitaiḥ niṣkaiḥ putro rohitākhyo vikrīto'rbudasaṅkhyayā vipraikādaśakoṭyastvaṁ suvarṇasya gṛhāṇa me

The king said: O Devi (Vishvamitra), I have sold my wife for a price counted in crores of gold coins; my son named Rohita I have sold for a sum counted in arbudas —

Verse 49 (devibhagavatam.7.22.49)

सूत उवाच । तद्वित्तं स्वप्लमालक्ष्य दारविक्रयसम्भवम् । शोकाभिभूतं राजानं कुपितः कौशिकोऽब्रवीत्

sūta uvāca tadvittaṁ svaplamālakṣya dāravikrayasambhavam śokābhibhūtaṁ rājānaṁ kupitaḥ kauśiko'bravīt

O brahmin, take here these eleven crores of gold coins. Suta said: Seeing that wealth, gained from the selling of his wife and son, to be so pitifully small,

Verse 50 (devibhagavatam.7.22.50)

ऋषिरुवाच । राजसूयस्य यज्ञस्य नैषा भवति दक्षिणा । अन्यदुत्पादय क्षिप्रं सम्पूर्णा येन सा भवेत्

ṛṣiruvāca rājasūyasya yajñasya naiṣā bhavati dakṣiṇā anyadutpādaya kṣipraṁ sampūrṇā yena sā bhavet

the enraged Kaushika said to the sorrow-overwhelmed king. The sage said: This is not the sacrificial fee proper to the Rajasuya sacrifice;

Verse 51 (devibhagavatam.7.22.51)

क्षत्रबन्धो ममेमां त्वं सदृशीं यदि दक्षिणाम् । मन्यसे तर्हि तत्क्षिप्रं पश्य त्वं मे परं बलम्

kṣatrabandho mamemāṁ tvaṁ sadṛśīṁ yadi dakṣiṇām manyase tarhi tatkṣipraṁ paśya tvaṁ me paraṁ balam

produce something else at once, so that it may be made complete. O basest of the kshatriya lineage, if you truly think this a fee worthy of me,

Verse 52 (devibhagavatam.7.22.52)

तपसोऽस्य सुतप्तस्य ब्राह्मणस्यामलस्य च । मत्प्रभावस्य चोग्रस्य शुद्धस्याध्ययनस्य च

tapaso'sya sutaptasya brāhmaṇasyāmalasya ca matprabhāvasya cograsya śuddhasyādhyayanasya ca

then behold at once my supreme power — the power of my most fiercely kindled austerity, of this stainless brahmin, of my terrible might, and of my pure and disciplined study!

Verse 53 (devibhagavatam.7.22.53)

राजोवाच । अन्यद्दास्यामि भगवन् कालः कश्चित्प्रतीक्ष्यताम् । अधुनैवास्ति विक्रीता पत्नी पुत्रश्च बालकः

rājovāca anyaddāsyāmi bhagavan kālaḥ kaścitpratīkṣyatām adhunaivāsti vikrītā patnī putraśca bālakaḥ

The king said: O lord, I shall give you more — only wait a little while; only just now have I sold my very wife, and my son, this mere child.

Verse 54 (devibhagavatam.7.22.54)

विश्वामित्र उवाच । चतुर्भागः स्थितो योऽयं दिवसस्य नराधिप । एष एव प्रतीक्ष्यो मे वक्तव्यं नोत्तरं त्वया

viśvāmitra uvāca caturbhāgaḥ sthito yo'yaṁ divasasya narādhipa eṣa eva pratīkṣyo me vaktavyaṁ nottaraṁ tvayā

Vishvamitra said: O king, only this remaining quarter of the day shall I wait for you; beyond that, you shall have no further answer to give me.