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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 49

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 49

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 49

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 49 of the classical Mahābhārata with 81 verses.

Total: 81 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.49.1–81 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
शृणु कौन्तेय रामस्य मया यावत्परिश्रुतम् । महर्षीणां कथयतां कारणं तस्य जन्म च ॥
English Translation
Vasudeva said Listen, O son of Kunti, to the story of Rama's energy and powers and birth as I heard from great Rishis discoursing upon the subject.
यथा च जामदग्न्येन कोटिशः क्षत्रिया हताः । उद्भूता राजवंशेषु ये भूयो भारते हताः ॥
English Translation
Listen to the story of how millions of Kshatriyas were killed by Jamadagni's son and how those that were born again in the various royal houses in Bharata were again killed.
जह्नोरजह्नुस्तनयो बल्लवस्तस्य चात्मजः । कुशिको नाम धर्मज्ञस्तस्य पुत्रो महीपतिः ॥
English Translation
Jahnu had a son named Rajas. Rajas had a son named Balakashva. King Balakashva had a pious son named Kushika.
उग्रं तपः समातिष्ठत्सहस्राक्षसमो भुवि । पुत्रं लभेयमजितं त्रिलोकेश्वरमित्युत ॥
English Translation
Resembling the thousand-eyed Indra on Earth, Kushika, practised the austerest of penances from desire of getting the lord of the three worlds for a son.
तमुग्रतपसं दृष्ट्वा सहस्राक्षः पुरंदरः । समर्थः पुत्रजनने स्वयमेवैत्य भारत ॥
English Translation
Seeing him engaged in the hardest of penances and capable of begetting a son, the thousand-eyed Purandara himself inspired the king with his energy.
पुत्रत्वमगमद्राजंस्तस्य लोकेश्वरेश्वरः । गाधिर्नामाभवत्पुत्रः कौशिकः पाकशासनः ॥
English Translation
The great lord of the three worlds, viz., the chastiser of Paka, o king, then became Kushika's son known by the name of Gadhi.
तस्य कन्याभवद्राजन्नाम्ना सत्यवती प्रभो । तां गाधिः कविपुत्राय सोर्चीकाय ददौ प्रभुः ॥
English Translation
Gadhi had a daughter, O king, by the name of Satyavati. The powerful Gadhi married her to Richika a descendant of Bhrigu.
ततः प्रीतस्तु कौन्तेय भार्गवः कुरुनन्दन । पुत्रार्थे श्रपयामास चरुं गाधेस्तथैव च ॥
English Translation
Her husband of Bhrigu's race, O delighter of the Kurus, became highly pleased with her for the purity of her conduct. He cooked charu the sacrificial food of milk and rice for giving to Gandhi a son.
आहूय चाह तां भार्यामृचीको भार्गवस्तदा । उपयोज्यश्चरुरयं त्वया मात्राप्ययं तव ॥
English Translation
Calling his wife, Richika of Bhrigu's race, said,This portion of the sanctified food should be taken by you, and this (the other) portion by your mother.
तस्या जनिष्यते पुत्रो दीप्तिमान्क्षत्रियर्षभः । अजय्यः क्षत्रियैर्लोके क्षत्रियर्षभसूदनः ॥
English Translation
An energetic son will be born of her who will be the foremost of the Kshatriyas, Invincible by Kshatriyas on Earth, he will be the destroyer of the foremost of Kshatriyas.
तवापि पुत्रं कल्याणि धृतिमन्तं तपोन्वितम् । शमात्मकं द्विजश्रेष्ठं चरुरेष विधास्यति ॥
English Translation
As regards you, O blessed lady, this portion of the food will give you a son of great wisdom, a personification of tranquillity, endued with ascetic penances, and the foremost of Brahmanas.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा तां भार्यामृचीको भृगुनन्दनः । तपस्यभिरतो धीमाञ्जगामारण्यमेव ह ॥
English Translation
Having said these words to his wife, the blessed Richika of Bhrigu's race, setting his heart on penances, entered into the woods.
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु तीर्थयात्रापरो नृपः । गाधिः सदारः संप्राप्त ऋचीकस्याश्रमं प्रति ॥
English Translation
About this time, king Gandhi, making a pilgrimage to the sacred waters, arrived with his queen at the hermitage of Richika.
चरुद्वयं गृहीत्वा तु राजन्सत्यवती तदा । भर्तुर्वाक्यादथाव्यग्रा मात्रे हृष्टा न्यवेदयत् ॥
English Translation
O king, thereupon taking the two portions of the sanctified food, Satyavati cheerfully and quickly, represented the words of her husband to her inother.
माता तु तस्याः कौन्तेय दुहित्रे स्वं चरुं ददौ । तस्याश्चरुमथाज्ञातमात्मसंस्थं चकार ह ॥
English Translation
The queen-mother, O son of Kunti, gave the portion reserved for herself to her daughter, and herself took unwittingly the portion intended for the latter.
अथ सत्यवती गर्भं क्षत्रियान्तकरं तदा । धारयामास दीप्तेन वपुषा घोरदर्शनम् ॥
English Translation
Thereupon Satyavati, her body blazing with lustre, conceived a child of dreadful form intended to become the exterminator of the Kshatriyas.
तामृचीकस्तदा दृष्ट्वा ध्यानयोगेन वै ततः । अब्रवीद्राजशार्दूल स्वां भार्यां वरवर्णिनीम् ॥
English Translation
Seeing the Brahmana child lying within her womb, that foremost of the Bhrigus said to his wife of heavenly beauty these wordsमात्रासि व्यंसिता भद्रे चरुव्यत्यासहेतुना।
मात्रासि व्यंसिता भद्रे चरुव्यत्यासहेतुना । जनिष्यते हि ते पुत्रः क्रूरकर्मा महाबलः ॥
जनिष्यते हि ते भ्राता ब्रह्मभूतस्तपोधनः । विश्वं हि ब्रह्म तपसा मया तत्र समर्पितम् ॥
सैवमुक्ता महाभागा भर्त्रा सत्यवती तदा । पपात शिरसा तस्मै वेपन्ती चाब्रवीदिदम् ॥
नार्होऽसि भगवन्नद्य वक्तुमेवंविधं वचः । ब्राह्मणापसदं पुत्रं प्राप्स्यसीति महामुने ॥
English Translation
Thus addressed by her husband the highly blessed Satyavati bent down her head to his feet and tremblingly said,-You should not, O holy one, speak such words to me, viz.,-You will obtain a wretch among Brahmanas for your son.
नैष संकल्पितः कामो मया भद्रे तथा त्वयि । उग्रकर्मा भवेत्पुत्रश्चरुर्माता च कारणम् ॥
English Translation
Richika said This was not intended by me, o blessed lady, for you. A son of terrific deeds has been conceived by you for the substitution of the sanctified food.
इच्छँल्लोकानपि मुने सृजेथाः किं पुनर्मम । शमात्मकमृजुं पुत्रं लभेयं जपतां वर ॥
English Translation
If you wish, O sage, you can create other worlds, what shall I say of a child? You should, O powerful one, give me a son who will be pious and peaceful.
नोक्तपूर्वं मया भद्रे स्वैरेष्वप्यनृतं वचः । किमुताग्निं समाधाय मन्त्रवच्चरुसाधने ॥
English Translation
Richika said 'I had never uttered even in jest, O blessed lady, an untruth. What need then be said of a time for preparing sanctified food with the help of Vedic formulae after lighting a fire?
काममेवं भवेत्पौत्रो ममेह तव चैव ह । शमात्मकमृजुं पुत्रं लभेयं जपतां वर ॥
English Translation
O powerful one, let our grandson be such, but, O foremost of ascetics, let me have a quiet son.
पुत्रे नास्ति विशेषो मे पौत्रे वा वरवर्णिनि । यथा त्वयोक्तं तु वचस्तथा भद्रे भविष्यति ॥
English Translation
Richika said O fair lady, I see no distinction, between a son and a grandson. It will be, O lovely lady, as you say.
ततः सत्यवती पुत्रं जनयामास भार्गवम् । तपस्यभिरतं शान्तं जमदग्निं शमात्मकम् ॥
English Translation
Vasudeva said, Then Satyavati gave birth to a son in Bhrigu's race who was devoted to penances and peaceful occupations, viz., Jamadagni of regulated vows.
विश्वामित्रं च दायादं गाधिः कुशिकनन्दनः । प्राप ब्रह्मर्षिसमितं विश्वेन ब्रह्मणा युतम् ॥
English Translation
Kaushika's son Gadhi begot a son named Vishvamitra. Possessed of every attribute of a Brahmana, that son though a Kshatriya by birth was equal to a Brahmana.
आर्चीको जनयामास जमदग्निः सुदारुणम् । सर्वविद्यान्तगं श्रेष्ठं धनुर्वेदे च पारगम् । रामं क्षत्रियहन्तारं प्रदीप्तमिव पावकम् ॥
English Translation
The foremost of men, that son mastered all the sciences, including that of arms. Like a burning fire, that son was Rama, the exterminator of the Kshatriyas.
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