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Mahābhārata • Parva 1 (Ādiparva) • Adhyāya 42

Ādiparva Adhyāya 42

आदिपर्व • अध्यायः 42

Ādiparva Adhyāya 42 of the classical Mahābhārata with 21 verses.

Total: 21 Verses • Citations: MBh 1.42.1–21 • 250 Lexicon Terms
एतच्छ्रुत्वा जरत्कारुर्दुःखशोकपरायणः । उवाच स्वान्पितॄन्दुःखाद्बाष्पसंदिग्धया गिरा ॥
English Translation
Sauti said: Having heard all this, Jaratkaru became exceedingly sorry. He spoke to the pitres in sorrow and his words were choked by tears.
अहमेव जरत्कारुः किल्बिषी भवतां सुतः । तद्दण्डं धारयत मे दुष्कृतेरकृतात्मनः ॥
English Translation
I am that Jaratkaru, your sinful son. I am a worthless man, a man of sinful deeds. Pray, punish me.
पुत्र दिष्ट्यासि संप्राप्त इमं देशं यदृच्छया । किमर्थं च त्वया ब्रह्मन्न कृतो दारसंग्रहः ॥
English Translation
O son, you have come by good luck at this spot in your travel. O Brahmana, why have you not taken a wife?
ममायं पितरो नित्यं हृद्यर्थः परिवर्तते । ऊर्ध्वरेताः शरीरं वै प्रापयेयममुत्र वै ॥
English Translation
Jaratkaru said: O Pitris, I have this desire always in my heart, that having kept my sexual passion under complete control, I shall take this body to the other world.
एवं दृष्ट्वा तु भवतः शकुन्तानिव लम्बतः । मया निवर्तिता बुद्धिर्ब्रह्मचर्यात्पितामहाः ॥
English Translation
O grandfathers, my mind has been diverted from Brahmacharya, I shall certainly do your favourite work.
करिष्ये वः प्रियं कामं निवेक्ष्ये नात्र संशयः । सनाम्नीं यद्यहं कन्यामुपलप्स्ये कदाचन ॥
भविष्यति च या काचिद्भैक्षवत्स्वयमुद्यता । प्रतिग्रहीता तामस्मि न भरेयं च यामहम् ॥
English Translation
(I shall certainly marry), if I get a bride of my own name, who will bestow herself on me of her own accord, who will come to me as a gift and whom I shall not have to maintain.
एवंविधमहं कुर्यां निवेशं प्राप्नुयां यदि । अन्यथा न करिष्ये तु सत्यमेतत्पितामहाः ॥
एवमुक्त्वा तु स पितॄंश्चचार पृथिवीं मुनिः । न च स्म लभते भार्यां वृद्धोऽयमिति शौनक ॥
English Translation
Sauti said : The Rishi (Jaratkaru), having said all this to the ancestors, (left the place and) roamed over the world again. O Shaunaka, although he grew old, he did not get a wife.
यदा निर्वेदमापन्नः पितृभिश्चोदितस्तथा । तदारण्यं स गत्वोच्चैश्चुक्रोश भृशदुःखितः ॥
English Translation
He was very sorry that he was not successful, but directed by his ancestors he continued the search. He went into the forest and shouted aloud in grief.
यानि भूतानि सन्तीह स्थावराणि चराणि च । अन्तर्हितानि वा यानि तानि शृण्वन्तु मे वचः ॥
English Translation
Whatever creatures are, mobile immobile, visible of invisible, O you all, hear or my words.
उग्रे तपसि वर्तन्तं पितरश्चोदयन्ति माम् । निविशस्वेति दुःखार्तास्तेषां प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥
English Translation
I am a man, engaged in severe penances, but my ancestors, afflicted with grief, have told me, "Get yourself married to beget a son."
निवेशार्थ्यखिलां भूमिं कन्याभैक्षं चरामि भोः । दरिद्रो दुःखशीलश्च पितृभिः संनियोजितः ॥
English Translation
Directed by my ancestors, I'm roaming in poverty and sorrow all over the world for wedding a maiden whom I shall get as a gift.
यस्य कन्यास्ति भूतस्य ये मयेह प्रकीर्तिताः । ते मे कन्यां प्रयच्छन्तु चरतः सर्वतोदिशम् ॥
English Translation
Let any of those creatures, whom I (now) address, if he has a daughter, bestow her on me who am roving all over the world for a bride.
मम कन्या सनाम्नी या भैक्षवच्चोद्यता भवेत् । भरेयं चैव यां नाहं तां मे कन्यां प्रयच्छत ॥
English Translation
A bride, who bears the same name with me, who will be given to me as a gift and whom I shall not have to maintain,(If there is such a bride), O bestow her on me.
ततस्ते पन्नगा ये वै जरत्कारौ समाहिताः । तामादाय प्रवृत्तिं ते वासुकेः प्रत्यवेदयन् ॥
English Translation
Thereupon those snakes, who had been appointed to watch Jaratkaru, knowing his intention, gave information to Vasuki.
तेषां श्रुत्वा स नागेन्द्रः कन्यां तां समलंकृताम् । प्रगृह्यारण्यमगमत्समीपं तस्य पन्नगः ॥
English Translation
The king of the snakes immediately went to the place where the Rishi was, taking with him his sister, decked with various ornaments.
तत्र तां भैक्षवत्कन्यां प्रादात्तस्मै महात्मने । नागेन्द्रो वासुकिर्ब्रह्मन्न स तां प्रत्यगृह्णत ॥
English Translation
O Brahmana, the king of the snakes Vasuki, having gone there, offered the maiden as a gift to that high-souled Rishi. But he did not at once accept her.
असनामेति वै मत्वा भरणे चाविचारिते । मोक्षभावे स्थितश्चापि द्वन्द्वीभूतः परिग्रहे ॥
English Translation
The Rishi, thinking her not to be of the same name with himself and seeing also that the question of her maintenance was not settled, reflected for a while and hesitated to accept her.
ततो नाम स कन्यायाः पप्रच्छ भृगुनन्दन । वासुके भरणं चास्या न कुर्यामित्युवाच ह ॥
English Translation
O descendant of Bhrigu, he then asked Vasuki the name of the maiden and he told him also, “I shall not maintain her."
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