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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 31

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 31

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 31

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 31 of the classical Mahābhārata with 48 verses.

Total: 48 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.31.1–48 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 18 shown)
सृञ्जयोऽपि सुतं प्राप्य देवराजसमद्युतिम् । हृष्टः सान्तःपुरो राजा वननित्योऽभवत्तदा ॥
English Translation
Srinjaya, meanwhile, having obtained that child who was effulgent like Indra himself, became filled with joy. The king, accompanied by his wives, and the other ladies of his household, took up his quarter in the midst of a forest.
ततो भागीरथीतीरे कदाचिद्वननिर्झरे । धात्रीद्वितीयो बालः स क्रीडार्थं पर्यधावत ॥
English Translation
One day, on the bank of the Bhagirathi, the boy accompanied by his nurse, ran here and there in play.
पञ्चवर्षकदेशीयो बालो नागेन्द्रविक्रमः । सहसोत्पतितं व्याघ्रमाससाद महाबलः ॥
English Translation
Though only five years' old, his prowess, even then, resembled that of a powerful elephant. While thus playing the child met a powerful tiger that attacked him suddenly.
तेन चैव विनिष्पिष्टो वेपमानो नृपात्मजः । व्यसुः पपात मेदिन्यां ततो धात्री विचुक्रुशे ॥
English Translation
The infant prince trembled greatly as he was being mangled by the tiger and soon fell down dead on the Earth. Seeing in the nurse cried aloud in grief.
हत्वा तु राजपुत्रं स तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । शार्दूलो देवराजस्य माययान्तर्हितस्तदा ॥
English Translation
Having killed the prince, the tiger through Indra's powers of delusion, vanished there and then.
धात्र्यास्तु निनदं श्रुत्वा रुदत्याः परमार्तवत् । अभ्यधावत तं देशं स्वयमेव महीपतिः ॥
English Translation
Hearing the cries of the nurse, the king in great anxiety ran there.
स ददर्श गतासुं तं शयानं पीतशोणितम् । कुमारं विगतानन्दं निशाकरमिव च्युतम् ॥
English Translation
He saw his son there, his blood quaffed off and lying dead on the ground like the moon dropped from the sky.
स तमुत्सङ्गमारोप्य परिपीडितवक्षसम् । पुत्रं रुधिरसंसिक्तं पर्यदेवयदातुरः ॥
English Translation
Taking up on his lap the boy bathed in blood, and the king, with heart stricken with grief, began to lament piteously.
ततस्ता मातरस्तस्य रुदन्त्यः शोककर्शिताः । अभ्यधावन्त तं देशं यत्र राजा स सृञ्जयः ॥
English Translation
The queen also smitten with sorrow, and crying, quickly ran where king Srinjaya was.
ततः स राजा सस्मार मामन्तर्गतमानसः । तच्चाहं चिन्तितं ज्ञात्वा गतवांस्तस्य दर्शनम् ॥
English Translation
In that plight the king thought of me with rapt attention. Knowing that the king was thinking of me I appeared before him.
स मयैतानि वाक्यानि श्रावितः शोकलालसः । यानि ते यदुवीरेण कथितानि महीपते ॥
English Translation
Assailed with grief as the king was, I recounted to him all those stories, O king, that this hero of Yadu's race has already recited to you.
संजीवितश्चापि मया वासवानुमते तदा । भवितव्यं तथा तच्च न तच्छक्यमतोऽन्यथा ॥
English Translation
I restored Srinjaya's child to life with Indra's permission. That which is ordained must take place. It is impossible to make it otherwise.
अत ऊर्ध्वं कुमारः स स्वर्णष्ठीवी महायशाः । चित्तं प्रसादयामास पितुर्मातुश्च वीर्यवान् ॥
English Translation
After this prince Suvarnashthivin of great renown and power began to gladden the hearts of his parents.
कारयामास राज्यं स पितरि स्वर्गते विभुः । वर्षाणामेकशतवत्सहस्रं भीमविक्रमः ॥
English Translation
Of great prowess, he ascended the throne of his father after the latter had died, and reigned for one thousand and one hundred years.
तत इष्ट्वा महायज्ञैर्बहुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः । तर्पयामास देवांश्च पितॄंश्चैव महाद्युतिः ॥
English Translation
He worshipped the gods in many great sacrifices accompanied with profuse presents. Highly effulgent he gratified the gods and the Pitris.
उत्पाद्य च बहून्पुत्रान्कुलसंतानकारिणः । कालेन महता राजन्कालधर्ममुपेयिवान् ॥
English Translation
Having begotten many sons all of whom by their children multiplied the race, he breathed his last, o king, after many years.
स त्वं राजेन्द्र संजातं शोकमेतन्निवर्तय । यथा त्वां केशवः प्राह व्यासश्च सुमहातपाः ॥
English Translation
Do you, O foremost of kings, remove this grief of your heart, as Keshava has advised you, as also Vyasa of austere penances.
पितृपैतामहं राज्यमास्थाय दुरमुद्वह । इष्ट्वा पुण्यैर्महायज्ञैरिष्टाँल्लोकानवाप्स्यसि ॥
English Translation
Rise up, O king, and carry the burden of this your ancestral kingdom, and celebrate high and great sacrifices so, that you may obtain (hereafter) whatever regions you may wish to acquire. Rise up, O king, and carry the burden of this your ancestral kingdom, and celebrate high and great sacrifices so, that you may obtain (hereafter) whatever regions you may wish to acquire.
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