01.166
Library: Vishwamitra displays forgiveness even when his sons are killed.
गन्धर्व उवाच॥
gandharva uvāca॥
[गन्धर्व (gandharva) - celestial musician; spirit; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(gandharva said;)
The gandharva said.
कल्माषपाद इत्यस्मिँल्लोके राजा बभूव ह। इक्ष्वाकुवंशजः पार्थ तेजसासदृशो भुवि ॥१-१६६-१॥
kalmāṣapāda ityasmiṃlloke rājā babhūva ha। ikṣvākúvaṃśajaḥ pārtha tejasāsadṛśo bhuvi ॥1-166-1॥
[कल्माषपाद (kalmāṣapāda) - Kalmāṣapāda; (a proper name; a king in the Ikṣvāku dynasty); इति (iti) - thus; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; लोके (loke) - world; राजा (rājā) - king; बभूव (babhūva) - became; ह (ha) - indeed; इक्ष्वाकुवंशजः (ikṣvākúvaṃśajaḥ) - descendant of Ikṣvāku; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha; (addressing Arjuna); तेजसा (tejasā) - by splendor; सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - equal; भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth;]
(Kalmāṣapāda thus in this world king became indeed. Descendant of Ikṣvāku, O Pārtha, by splendor equal on earth.)
O Pārtha, there was a king named Kalmāṣapāda in this world, a descendant of Ikṣvāku, who was equal in splendor on earth.
स कदाचिद्वनं राजा मृगयां निर्ययौ पुरात्। मृगान्विध्यन्वराहांश्च चचार रिपुमर्दनः ॥१-१६६-२॥
sa kadācid vanaṃ rājā mṛgayāṃ niryayau purāt। mṛgān vidhyan varāhāṃś ca cacāra ripumardanaḥ॥1-166-2॥
[स (sa) - he; कदाचित् (kadācit) - once; वनम् (vanam) - forest; राजा (rājā) - king; मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting; निर्ययौ (niryayau) - set out; पुरात् (purāt) - from the city; मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer; विध्यन् (vidhyan) - shooting; वराहान् (varāhān) - boars; च (ca) - and; चचार (cacāra) - roamed; रिपुमर्दनः (ripumardanaḥ) - the destroyer of enemies;]
(He once the king set out from the city to the forest for hunting; shooting deer and boars, and the destroyer of enemies roamed.)
Once, the king, the destroyer of enemies, set out from the city to the forest for hunting; he roamed about, shooting deer and boars.
स तु राजा महात्मानं वासिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम्। तृषार्तश्च क्षुधार्तश्च एकायनगतः पथि ॥१-१६६-३॥
sa tu rājā mahātmānaṃ vāsiṣṭham ṛṣisattamam। tṛṣārtaś ca kṣudhārtaś ca ekāyanagataḥ pathi ॥1-166-3॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; राजा (rājā) - king; महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - great-souled; वासिष्ठम् (vāsiṣṭham) - descendant of Vasiṣṭha; ऋषिसत्तमम् (ṛṣisattamam) - best among sages; तृषार्तः (tṛṣārtaḥ) - afflicted by thirst; च (ca) - and; क्षुधार्तः (kṣudhārtaḥ) - afflicted by hunger; च (ca) - and; एकायनगतः (ekāyanagataḥ) - having gone by a single path; पथि (pathi) - on the path;]
(He but king great-souled descendant of Vasiṣṭha best among sages afflicted by thirst and afflicted by hunger and having gone by a single path on the path.)
But the king, the great-souled descendant of Vasiṣṭha, best among sages, afflicted by thirst and hunger, proceeded along a single path.
अपश्यदजितः सङ्ख्ये मुनिं प्रतिमुखागतम्। शक्तिं नाम महाभागं वसिष्ठकुलनन्दनम् ॥ ज्येष्ठं पुत्रशतात्पुत्रं वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ॥१-१६६-४॥
apaśyad ajitaḥ saṅkhye muniṃ pratimukhāgatam। śaktiṃ nāma mahābhāgaṃ vasiṣṭhakulanandanam॥ jyeṣṭhaṃ putraśatāt putraṃ vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ॥1-166-4॥
[अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw; अजितः (ajitaḥ) - Ajita (unconquered); सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in the battle; मुनिम् (munim) - sage; प्रतिमुखागतम् (pratimukhāgatam) - who had come before (him); शक्तिम् (śaktim) - Śakti (name); नाम (nāma) - by name; महाभागम् (mahābhāgam) - most fortunate; वसिष्ठकुलनन्दनम् (vasiṣṭhakulanandanam) - delight of the lineage of Vasiṣṭha; ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - eldest; पुत्रशतात् (putraśatāt) - from a hundred sons; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled;]
(Ajita saw in the battle the sage who had come before (him), Śakti by name, most fortunate, the delight of the lineage of Vasiṣṭha, the eldest son from a hundred sons of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha.)
Ajita saw in the battle the sage Śakti, who had come before him, most fortunate and the delight of the Vasiṣṭha lineage, the eldest among the hundred sons of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha.
अपगच्छ पथोऽस्माकमित्येवं पार्थिवोऽब्रवीत्। तथा ऋषिरुवाचैनं सान्त्वयञ्श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ॥१-१६६-५॥
apagaccha patho'smākamityevaṃ pārthivo'bravīt। tathā ṛṣiruvācainaṃ sāntvayañślakṣṇayā girā ॥1-166-5॥
[अपगच्छ (apagaccha) - go away; पथः (pathaḥ) - from the path; अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our; इति (iti) - thus; एवम् (evam) - in this way; पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - the king; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; तथा (tathā) - then; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - the sage; उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; एनम् (enam) - to him; सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - soothing; श्लक्ष्णया (ślakṣṇayā) - with gentle; गिरा (girā) - speech;]
(Go away from our path—thus in this way the king said. Then the sage spoke to him, soothing with gentle speech.)
"Go away from our path," said the king. Then the sage addressed him, soothing him with gentle words.
ऋषिस्तु नापचक्राम तस्मिन्धर्मपथे स्थितः। नापि राजा मुनेर्मानात्क्रोधाच्चापि जगाम ह ॥१-१६६-६॥
ṛṣis tu nāpacakrāma tasmin dharmapathe sthitaḥ। nāpi rājā muner mānāt krodhāc cāpi jagāma ha ॥1-166-6॥
[ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; तु (tu) - but; न (na) - not; अपचक्राम (apacakrāma) - departed; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; धर्मपथे (dharmapathe) - path of dharma; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing; न (na) - not; अपि (api) - also; राजा (rājā) - king; मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage; मानात् (mānāt) - from pride; क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - from anger; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; जगाम (jagāma) - departed; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(But the sage did not depart from that path of dharma, standing firm. Nor did the king, from pride or from anger towards the sage, indeed depart.)
But the sage remained steadfast on the path of dharma. Nor did the king, out of pride or anger towards the sage, depart from it.
अमुञ्चन्तं तु पन्थानं तमृषिं नृपसत्तमः। जघान कशया मोहात्तदा राक्षसवन्मुनिम् ॥१-१६६-७॥
amuñcantaṃ tu panthānaṃ tam ṛṣiṃ nṛpasattamaḥ। jaghāna kaśayā mohāt tadā rākṣasavan munim ॥1-166-7॥
[अमुञ्चन्तं (amuñcantam) - not releasing; तु (tu) - but; पन्थानं (panthānam) - the path; तम् (tam) - him; ऋषिं (ṛṣim) - sage; नृपसत्तमः (nṛpasattamaḥ) - the best among kings; जघान (jaghāna) - struck; कशया (kaśayā) - with a whip; मोहात् (mohāt) - out of delusion; तदा (tadā) - then; राक्षसवत् (rākṣasavat) - like a demon; मुनिम् (munim) - the sage;]
(But not releasing the path, him, the sage, the best among kings struck with a whip, out of delusion, then, like a demon, the sage.)
But when the sage did not give way, the best of kings, deluded, struck him with a whip like a demon.
कशाप्रहाराभिहतस्ततः स मुनिसत्तमः। तं शशाप नृपश्रेष्ठं वासिष्ठः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ॥१-१६६-८॥
kaśā-prahāra-abhi-hataḥ tataḥ saḥ muni-sattamaḥ। taṃ śaśāpa nṛpa-śreṣṭham vāsiṣṭhaḥ krodha-mūrcchitaḥ ॥1-166-8॥
[कशा (kaśā) - whip; प्रहार (prahāra) - blow; अभिहतः (abhi-hataḥ) - struck; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; मुनिसत्तमः (muni-sattamaḥ) - the best among sages; तं (tam) - him; शशाप (śaśāpa) - cursed; नृपश्रेष्ठं (nṛpa-śreṣṭham) - the best among kings; वासिष्ठः (vāsiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha; क्रोधमूर्च्छितः (krodha-mūrcchitaḥ) - overcome with anger;]
(Struck by the blow of the whip, then that best among sages, Vasiṣṭha, overcome with anger, cursed that best among kings.)
Then, struck by the blow of the whip, the eminent sage Vasiṣṭha, overcome with anger, cursed the foremost of kings.
हंसि राक्षसवद्यस्माद्राजापसद तापसम्। तस्मात्त्वमद्य प्रभृति पुरुषादो भविष्यसि ॥१-१६६-९॥
haṁsi rākṣasavad yasmād rājāpasada tāpasam। tasmāt tvam adya prabhṛti puruṣādo bhaviṣyasi॥1-166-9॥
[हंसि (haṁsi) - you kill; (from √han, to kill; 2nd person singular, present indicative) राक्षसवत् (rākṣasavat) - like a demon; (rākṣasa - demon, vat - like;) यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because; (from yasmāt - since, because;) राजापसद (rājāpasada) - outcast of kings; (rājā - king, apasada - outcast;) तापसम् (tāpasam) - ascetic; (tāpasa - ascetic, m. accusative singular;) तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; (tasmāt - therefore;) त्वम् (tvam) - you; (tvam - you;) अद्य (adya) - today; (adya - today;) प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from now on; (prabhṛti - beginning, from now on;) पुरुषादः (puruṣādaḥ) - man-eater; (puruṣa - man, āda - eater; nominative singular;) भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will become; (from √bhū, to be; 2nd person singular, future indicative;]
(You kill like a demon because you, an outcast of kings, (kill) an ascetic. Therefore, from today onwards, you will become a man-eater.)
Because you, an outcast among kings, have killed an ascetic like a demon, therefore from this day forward, you shall become a man-eater.
मनुष्यपिशिते सक्तश्चरिष्यसि महीमिमाम्। गच्छ राजाधमेत्युक्तः शक्तिना वीर्यशक्तिना ॥१-१६६-१०॥
manuṣyapiśite saktaś cariṣyasi mahīm imām। gaccha rājādhameti uktaḥ śaktinā vīryaśaktinā ॥1-166-10॥
[मनुष्य (manuṣya) - man; पिशिते (piśite) - in flesh; सक्तः (saktaḥ) - attached; चरिष्यसि (cariṣyasi) - you will roam; महीम् (mahīm) - earth; इमाम् (imām) - this; गच्छ (gaccha) - go; राजाधम (rājādhama) - lowest of kings; इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been told; शक्तिना (śaktinā) - by Śakti; वीर्यशक्तिना (vīryaśaktinā) - by the power of heroism;]
(Attached to human flesh, you will roam this earth. "Go, lowest of kings," thus having been told by Śakti, by the power of heroism.)
You will wander this earth, attached to human flesh. Having been told, "Go, lowest of kings," by Śakti with the power of heroism.
ततो याज्यनिमित्तं तु विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः। वैरमासीत्तदा तं तु विश्वामित्रोऽन्वपद्यत ॥१-१६६-११॥
tato yājyanimittaṃ tu viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ। vairam āsīt tadā taṃ tu viśvāmitro'nvapadyata ॥1-166-11॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; याज्यनिमित्तं (yājyanimittaṃ) - for the sake of the sacrificial rite; तु (tu) - but; विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः (viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ) - between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha; वैरम् (vairam) - enmity; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; तदा (tadā) - then; तम् (tam) - him; तु (tu) - but; विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra; अन्वपद्यत् (anvapadyata) - pursued;]
(Then, for the sake of the sacrificial rite, but between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha, enmity was; then him but Viśvāmitra pursued.)
Then, for the sake of the sacrifice, enmity arose between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha; at that time, Viśvāmitra pursued him.
तयोर्विवदतोरेवं समीपमुपचक्रमे। ऋषिरुग्रतपाः पार्थ विश्वामित्रः प्रतापवान् ॥१-१६६-१२॥
tayor vivadator evaṃ samīpam upacakrame। ṛṣir ugratapāḥ pārtha viśvāmitraḥ pratāpavān ॥1-166-12॥
[तयोः (tayoh) - of those two; विवदतोः (vivadatoḥ) - while disputing; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; समीपम् (samīpam) - near; उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - approached; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; उग्रतपाः (ugratapāḥ) - of severe penance; पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pritha; विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful;]
(Of those two, while disputing thus, near approached the sage of severe penance, O son of Pritha, Viśvāmitra, powerful.)
O son of Pritha, as those two were disputing in this way, the powerful sage Viśvāmitra, who had performed severe penance, approached them.
ततः स बुबुधे पश्चात्तमृषिं नृपसत्तमः। ऋषेः पुत्रं वसिष्ठस्य वसिष्ठमिव तेजसा ॥१-१६६-१३॥
tataḥ sa bubudhe paścāttam ṛṣiṃ nṛpasattamaḥ। ṛṣeḥ putraṃ vasiṣṭhasya vasiṣṭham iva tejasā ॥1-166-13॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; बुबुधे (bubudhe) - became aware; पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; तम् (tam) - him; ऋषिं (ṛṣiṃ) - sage; नृपसत्तमः (nṛpasattamaḥ) - the best among kings; ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha; वसिष्ठम् (vasiṣṭham) - like Vasiṣṭha; इव (iva) - like; तेजसा (tejasā) - by brilliance;]
(Then he, the best among kings, afterwards became aware of that sage, the son of the sage Vasiṣṭha, who was like Vasiṣṭha in brilliance.)
Then the noble king realized that the sage before him was the son of Vasiṣṭha, possessing brilliance like Vasiṣṭha himself.
अन्तर्धाय तदात्मानं विश्वामित्रोऽपि भारत। तावुभावुपचक्राम चिकीर्षन्नात्मनः प्रियम् ॥१-१६६-१४॥
antardhāya tad-ātmānam viśvāmitro'pi bhārata। tau ubhau upacakrāma cikīrṣan ātmanaḥ priyam ॥1-166-14॥
[अन्तर्धाय (antardhāya) - having disappeared; (from antar-dhā, to disappear;) तत् (tat) - that; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self; विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra; अपि (api) - also; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; तौ (tau) - those two; उभौ (ubhau) - both; उपचक्राम (upacakrāma) - approached; चिकीर्षन् (cikīrṣan) - desiring to do; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of himself; प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing;]
(Having disappeared that self, Viśvāmitra also, O Bhārata, those two both approached, desiring to do what was pleasing to himself.)
O Bhārata, after Viśvāmitra had disappeared his form, both of them approached, wishing to do what was pleasing to themselves.
स तु शप्तस्तदा तेन शक्तिना वै नृपोत्तमः। जगाम शरणं शक्तिं प्रसादयितुमर्हयन् ॥१-१६६-१५॥
sa tu śaptas tadā tena śaktinā vai nṛpottamaḥ। jagāma śaraṇaṃ śaktiṃ prasādayitum arhayan ॥1-166-15॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed; तदा (tadā) - then; तेन (tena) - by him; शक्तिना (śaktinā) - by Śakti; वै (vai) - indeed; नृप-उत्तमः (nṛpa-uttamaḥ) - the best among kings; जगाम (jagāma) - went; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; शक्तिम् (śaktim) - to Śakti; प्रसादयितुम् (prasādayitum) - to propitiate; अर्हयन् (arhayan) - desiring;]
(He but cursed then by him by Śakti indeed the best among kings went refuge to Śakti to propitiate desiring.)
But he, the best among kings, having been cursed by Śakti at that time, went to Śakti seeking refuge, desiring to propitiate him.
तस्य भावं विदित्वा स नृपतेः कुरुनन्दन। विश्वामित्रस्ततो रक्ष आदिदेश नृपं प्रति ॥१-१६६-१६॥
tasya bhāvaṃ viditvā sa nṛpateḥ kurunandana। viśvāmitrastato rakṣa ādideśa nṛpaṃ prati ॥1-166-16॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; of that; his; भावं (bhāvam) - state; disposition; feeling; विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known; having understood; स (sa) - he; नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king; कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O descendant of Kuru; विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra; ततः (tataḥ) - then; from that; रक्ष (rakṣa) - protection; guard; आदिदेश (ādideśa) - commanded; instructed; नृपं (nṛpaṃ) - the king; प्रति (prati) - towards; to;]
(Having known his state, he, O descendant of Kuru, Viśvāmitra then commanded protection towards the king.)
O descendant of Kuru, having understood his state, Viśvāmitra then instructed protection for the king.
स शापात्तस्य विप्रर्षेर्विश्वामित्रस्य चाज्ञया। राक्षसः किङ्करो नाम विवेश नृपतिं तदा ॥१-१६६-१७॥
sa śāpāttasya viprarṣerviśvāmitrasya cājñayā। rākṣasaḥ kiṅkaro nāma viveśa nṛpatiṃ tadā ॥1-166-17॥
[स (sa) - he; शापात् (śāpāt) - from the curse; तस्य (tasya) - of him; विप्रर्षेः (viprarṣeḥ) - of the sage among Brāhmaṇas; विश्वामित्रस्य (viśvāmitrasya) - of Viśvāmitra; च (ca) - and; आज्ञया (ājñayā) - by the command; राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - the demon; किङ्करः (kiṅkaraḥ) - Kiṅkara (by name); नाम (nāma) - by name; विवेश (viveśa) - entered; नृपतिं (nṛpatiṃ) - the king; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(He, from the curse of that sage among Brāhmaṇas, by the command of Viśvāmitra, the demon named Kiṅkara then entered the king.)
By the curse of that Brāhmaṇa sage and by the command of Viśvāmitra, the demon named Kiṅkara then entered the king.
रक्षसा तु गृहीतं तं विदित्वा स मुनिस्तदा। विश्वामित्रोऽप्यपक्रामत्तस्माद्देशादरिंदम ॥१-१६६-१८॥
rakṣasā tu gṛhītaṃ taṃ viditvā sa munistadā। viśvāmitro'pyapakrāmattasmāddeśādariṃdama ॥1-166-18॥
[रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by the demon; तु (tu) - but; गृहीतं (gṛhītam) - seized; तं (taṃ) - him; विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known; सः (saḥ) - he; मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage; तदा (tadā) - then; विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra; अपि (api) - also; अपक्रामत् (apakrāmat) - departed; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that; देशात् (deśāt) - region; अरिंदम (ariṃdama) - O subduer of foes;]
(But having known that he was seized by the demon, then that sage Viśvāmitra also departed from that region, O subduer of foes.)
O subduer of foes, knowing that he had been seized by the demon, the sage Viśvāmitra also left that region.
ततः स नृपतिर्विद्वान्रक्षन्नात्मानमात्मना। बलवत्पीड्यमानोऽपि रक्षसान्तर्गतेन ह ॥१-१६६-१९॥
tataḥ sa nṛpatir vidvān rakṣan nātmānam ātmanā। balavat-pīḍyamānaḥ api rakṣasā antar-gatena ha ॥1-166-19॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king; विद्वान् (vidvān) - wise; रक्षन् (rakṣan) - protecting; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself; आत्मना (ātmanā) - by himself; बलवत् (balavat) - strongly; पीड्यमानः (pīḍyamānaḥ) - being tormented; अपि (api) - even; रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by the demon; अन्तर्गतेन (antargatena) - entered within; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(Then he, the wise king, protecting himself by himself, though being strongly tormented even by the demon who had entered within, indeed.)
Then that wise king, even while being strongly tormented by the demon who had entered within him, protected himself by his own effort.
ददर्श तं द्विजः कश्चिद्राजानं प्रस्थितं पुनः। ययाचे क्षुधितश्चैनं समांसं भोजनं तदा ॥१-१६६-२०॥
dadarśa taṃ dvijaḥ kaścid rājānaṃ prasthitaṃ punaḥ। yayāce kṣudhitaś cainaṃ samāṃsaṃ bhojanaṃ tadā॥1-166-20॥
[ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; तं (taṃ) - him; द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - twice-born (brāhmaṇa); कश्चित् (kaścit) - some; राजानम् (rājānam) - king; प्रस्थितम् (prasthitam) - departing; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; ययाचे (yayāce) - requested; क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - hungry; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - him; समांसम् (samāṃsam) - with meat; भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(A certain twice-born (brāhmaṇa) saw him, the king, departing again; then, being hungry, he requested him for food with meat.)
A certain brāhmaṇa saw the king departing again; being hungry, he then requested him for a meal with meat.
तमुवाचाथ राजर्षिर्द्विजं मित्रसहस्तदा। आस्स्व ब्रह्मंस्त्वमत्रैव मुहूर्तमिति सान्त्वयन् ॥१-१६६-२१॥
tam uvācātha rājarṣir dvijaṃ mitrasahas tadā। āssva brahmaṃs tvam atraiva muhūrtam iti sāntvayan ॥1-166-21॥
[तम् (tam) - him; उवाच (uvāca) - said; अथ (atha) - then; राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage; द्विजम् (dvijam) - twice-born; मित्रसहः (mitrasahaḥ) - Mitrasaha; तदा (tadā) - then; आस्स्व (āssva) - rest; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brāhmaṇa; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अत्रैव (atraiva) - right here; मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment; इति (iti) - thus; सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - soothing;]
(Him said then the royal sage to the twice-born Mitrasaha then: "Rest, O Brāhmaṇa, you right here for a moment"—thus soothing (him).)
Then the royal sage Mitrasaha said to the twice-born: "Rest here for a moment, O Brāhmaṇa," soothing him.
निवृत्तः प्रतिदास्यामि भोजनं ते यथेप्सितम्। इत्युक्त्वा प्रययौ राजा तस्थौ च द्विजसत्तमः ॥१-१६६-२२॥
nivṛttaḥ pratidāsyāmi bhojanaṃ te yathepsitam। ity uktvā prayayau rājā tasthau ca dvijasattamaḥ ॥1-166-22॥
[निवृत्तः (nivṛttaḥ) - ceased; प्रतिदास्यामि (pratidāsyāmi) - I will give in return; भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food; ते (te) - to you; यथेप्सितम् (yathepsitam) - as desired; इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; प्रययौ (prayayau) - departed; राजा (rājā) - the king; तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood; च (ca) - and; द्विजसत्तमः (dvijasattamaḥ) - the best of the twice-born;]
(Ceased, I will give in return food to you as desired. Thus having spoken, the king departed, and the best of the twice-born stood.)
Having ceased, the king said, "I will give you food as you desire." Thus speaking, the king departed, and the best of the twice-born remained standing.
अन्तर्गतं तु तद्राज्ञस्तदा ब्राह्मणभाषितम्। सोऽन्तःपुरं प्रविश्याथ संविवेश नराधिपः ॥१-१६६-२३॥
antargataṃ tu tadrājñastadā brāhmaṇabhāṣitam। so'ntaḥpuraṃ praviśyātha saṃviveśa narādhipaḥ ॥1-166-23॥
[अन्तर्गतं (antargatam) - entered within; तु (tu) - but; तत् (tat) - that; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; तदा (tadā) - then; ब्राह्मणभाषितम् (brāhmaṇabhāṣitam) - spoken by the brāhmaṇa; सः (saḥ) - he; अन्तःपुरम् (antaḥpuram) - inner apartments; प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered; अथ (atha) - then; संविवेश (saṃviveśa) - sat down; नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - the king;]
(But that which was spoken by the brāhmaṇa to the king at that time, having entered the inner apartments, the king then sat down.)
But the king, having entered the inner apartments, sat down, reflecting on what the brāhmaṇa had spoken.
ततोऽर्धरात्र उत्थाय सूदमानाय्य सत्वरम्। उवाच राजा संस्मृत्य ब्राह्मणस्य प्रतिश्रुतम् ॥१-१६६-२४॥
tato'rdharātra utthāya sūdamānāyya satvaram। uvāca rājā saṃsmṛtya brāhmaṇasya pratiśrutam ॥1-166-24॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्धरात्रे (ardharātre) - at midnight; उत्थाय (utthāya) - having arisen; सूदमानाय्य (sūdamānāyya) - to Sūdamānā; सत्वरम् (satvaram) - quickly; उवाच (uvāca) - said; राजा (rājā) - the king; संस्मृत्य (saṃsmṛtya) - having remembered; ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the Brāhmaṇa; प्रतिश्रुतम् (pratiśrutam) - the promise;]
(Then, at midnight, having arisen, to Sūdamānā, quickly, said the king, having remembered the Brāhmaṇa's promise.)
Then, at midnight, the king quickly arose, remembered the promise made to the Brāhmaṇa, and spoke to Sūdamānā.
गच्छामुष्मिन्नसौ देशे ब्राह्मणो मां प्रतीक्षते। अन्नार्थी त्वं तमन्नेन समांसेनोपपादय ॥१-१६६-२५॥
gacchāmuṣminnasau deśe brāhmaṇo māṃ pratīkṣate। annārthī tvaṃ tamannena samāṃsenopapādaya ॥1-166-25॥
[गच्छ (gaccha) - go; अमुष्मिन् (amuṣmin) - in that; असौ (asau) - that; देशे (deśe) - place; ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - brāhmaṇa; माम् (mām) - me; प्रतीक्षते (pratīkṣate) - waits for; अन्नार्थी (annārthī) - food-seeker; त्वम् (tvam) - you; तम् (tam) - him; अन्नेन (annena) - with food; समांसेन (samāṃsena) - with equal share; उपपादय (upapādaya) - provide;]
(Go to that place; that brāhmaṇa waits for me. Food-seeker, you provide him with food and with an equal share.)
Go to that place; there, a brāhmaṇa is waiting for me. He is in need of food; you should provide him with food and an equal share.
एवमुक्तस्तदा सूदः सोऽनासाद्यामिषं क्वचित्। निवेदयामास तदा तस्मै राज्ञे व्यथान्वितः ॥१-१६६-२६॥
evam-uktas-tadā sūdaḥ so'nāsādyāmiṣaṃ kvacit। nivedayāmāsa tadā tasmai rājñe vyathānvitaḥ ॥1-166-26॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed; तदा (tadā) - then; सूदः (sūdaḥ) - cook; सः (saḥ) - he; अनासाद्य (anāsādya) - not obtaining; आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - meat; क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere; निवेदयामास (nivedayāmāsa) - informed; तदा (tadā) - then; तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; राज्ञे (rājñe) - to the king; व्यथा (vyathā) - distress; अन्वितः (anvitaḥ) - afflicted;]
(Thus addressed, then the cook, he, not obtaining meat anywhere, informed then to him, to the king, afflicted with distress.)
Thus, when addressed, the cook, unable to find any meat anywhere, then informed the king, being afflicted with distress.
राजा तु रक्षसाविष्टः सूदमाह गतव्यथः। अप्येनं नरमांसेन भोजयेति पुनः पुनः ॥१-१६६-२७॥
rājā tu rakṣasāviṣṭaḥ sūdam āha gatavyathaḥ। apy enaṃ naramāṃsena bhojayeti punaḥ punaḥ॥1-166-27॥
[राजा (rājā) - king; तु (tu) - but; रक्षसाविष्टः (rakṣasāviṣṭaḥ) - possessed by a demon; सूदम् (sūdam) - to the cook; आह (āha) - said; गतव्यथः (gatavyathaḥ) - having lost all pain; अपि (api) - even; एनम् (enam) - him; नरमांसेन (naramāṃsena) - with human flesh; भोजय (bhojaya) - feed; इति (iti) - thus; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(The king, but possessed by a demon, to the cook said, having lost all pain: "Even him with human flesh feed," thus again and again.)
But the king, possessed by a demon and having lost all sense of pain, repeatedly told the cook, "Feed him with human flesh."
तथेत्युक्त्वा ततः सूदः संस्थानं वध्यघातिनाम्। गत्वा जहार त्वरितो नरमांसमपेतभीः ॥१-१६६-२८॥
tathety uktvā tataḥ sūdaḥ sansthānaṃ vadhyaghātinām। gatvā jahāra tvarito naramāṃsam apetabhīḥ ॥1-166-28॥
[तथेत्युक्त्वा (tathety uktvā) - having thus spoken; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सूदः (sūdaḥ) - the cook; संस्थानम् (saṃsthānam) - place; वध्यघातिनाम् (vadhyaghātinām) - of those to be executed; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; जहार (jahāra) - he took; त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly; नरमांसम् (naramāṃsam) - human flesh; अपेतभीः (apetabhīḥ) - without fear;]
(Having thus spoken, then the cook, having gone to the place of those to be executed, quickly took human flesh without fear.)
After saying this, the cook then went to the place of the condemned and, without fear, quickly took the human flesh.
स तत्संस्कृत्य विधिवदन्नोपहितमाशु वै। तस्मै प्रादाद्ब्राह्मणाय क्षुधिताय तपस्विने ॥१-१६६-२९॥
sa tatsaṃskṛtya vidhivad annopahitam āśu vai। tasmai prādād brāhmaṇāya kṣudhitàya tapasvine ॥1-166-29॥
[स (sa) - he; तत् (tat) - that; संस्कृत्य (saṃskṛtya) - having prepared; विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule; अन्नोपहितम् (annopahitam) - food placed; आशु (āśu) - quickly; वै (vai) - indeed; तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; प्रादात् (prādāt) - gave; ब्राह्मणाय (brāhmaṇāya) - to the brāhmaṇa; क्षुधिताय (kṣudhitàya) - to the hungry; तपस्विने (tapasvine) - to the ascetic;]
(He, having prepared that food according to rule, quickly indeed gave it to him, to the brāhmaṇa, to the hungry, to the ascetic.)
He prepared the food according to the proper rules and quickly gave it to the brāhmaṇa, who was hungry and an ascetic.
स सिद्धचक्षुषा दृष्ट्वा तदन्नं द्विजसत्तमः। अभोज्यमिदमित्याह क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षणः ॥१-१६६-३०॥
sa siddhacakṣuṣā dṛṣṭvā tadannaṃ dvijasattamaḥ। abhojyamidamityāha krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ ॥1-166-30॥
[स (sa) - he; सिद्धचक्षुषा (siddhacakṣuṣā) - with perfected vision; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तद्-अन्नम् (tad-annaṃ) - that food; द्विजसत्तमः (dvijasattamaḥ) - the best among twice-born (brāhmaṇas); अभोज्यम् (abhojyam) - unfit to be eaten; इदम् (idam) - this; इति (iti) - thus; आह (āha) - said; क्रोधपर्याकुल-ईक्षणः (krodha-paryākula-īkṣaṇaḥ) - with eyes agitated by anger;]
(He, with perfected vision, having seen that food, the best among twice-born said, "This is unfit to be eaten," with eyes agitated by anger.)
With his perfected vision, the foremost of the twice-born saw that food and, his eyes filled with anger, declared, "This is unfit to be eaten."
यस्मादभोज्यमन्नं मे ददाति स नराधिपः। तस्मात्तस्यैव मूढस्य भविष्यत्यत्र लोलुपा ॥१-१६६-३१॥
yasmād abhojyam annaṃ me dadāti sa narādhipaḥ। tasmāt tasyaiva mūḍhasya bhaviṣyaty atra lolupā ॥1-166-31॥
[यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because of which; अभोज्यम् (abhojyam) - not fit to be eaten; अन्नम् (annam) - food; मे (me) - to me; ददाति (dadāti) - gives; सः (saḥ) - he; नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - king; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; तस्यैव (tasyaiva) - of him only; मूढस्य (mūḍhasya) - of the deluded; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; अत्र (atra) - here; लोलुपा (lolupā) - greed;]
(Because of which not-fit-to-be-eaten food to me gives he king, therefore of him only of the deluded will be here greed.)
The king who gives me food that is not fit to be eaten, therefore, only that deluded one will have greed here.
सक्तो मानुषमांसेषु यथोक्तः शक्तिना पुरा। उद्वेजनीयो भूतानां चरिष्यति महीमिमाम् ॥१-१६६-३२॥
sakto mānuṣamāṃseṣu yathoktaḥ śaktinā purā। udvejanīyo bhūtānāṃ cariṣyati mahīmimām ॥1-166-32॥
[सक्तः (saktaḥ) - attached; मानुषमांसेषु (mānuṣamāṃseṣu) - in human flesh; यथोक्तः (yathoktaḥ) - as stated; शक्तिना (śaktinā) - by power; पुरा (purā) - formerly; उद्वेजनीयः (udvejanīyaḥ) - one who causes agitation; भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; चरिष्यति (cariṣyati) - will roam; महीमिमाम् (mahīmimām) - this earth;]
(Attached to human flesh, as stated, formerly by power, one who causes agitation of beings will roam this earth.)
He, who was formerly attached to human flesh as stated and empowered, will now roam this earth causing agitation among beings.
द्विरनुव्याहृते राज्ञः स शापो बलवानभूत्। रक्षोबलसमाविष्टो विसञ्ज्ञश्चाभवत्तदा ॥१-१६६-३३॥
dviranuvyāhṛte rājñaḥ sa śāpo balavānabhūt। rakṣobalasamāviṣṭo visañjñaścābhavattadā ॥1-166-33॥
[द्वि (dvi) - twice; अनु (anu) - after; व्याहृते (vyāhṛte) - having been uttered; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; सः (saḥ) - he; शापः (śāpaḥ) - curse; बलवान् (balavān) - powerful; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; रक्षो (rakṣaḥ) - demon; बल (bala) - strength; समाविष्टः (samāviṣṭaḥ) - possessed; विसञ्ज्ञः (visañjñaḥ) - unconscious; च (ca) - and; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(When it was uttered twice by the king, that curse became powerful. Possessed by the strength of the demon, he then became unconscious.)
When the king uttered it twice, the curse became powerful. He was possessed by the strength of the demon and then became unconscious.
ततः स नृपतिश्रेष्ठो राक्षसोपहतेन्द्रियः। उवाच शक्तिं तं दृष्ट्वा नचिरादिव भारत ॥१-१६६-३४॥
tataḥ sa nṛpatiśreṣṭho rākṣasopahatendriyaḥ। uvāca śaktiṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā nacirādiva bhārata ॥1-166-34॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; नृपतिश्रेष्ठः (nṛpatiśreṣṭhaḥ) - the best among kings; राक्षसोपहतेन्द्रियः (rākṣasopahatendriyaḥ) - whose senses were afflicted by the demon; उवाच (uvāca) - said; शक्तिं (śaktiṃ) - Śakti (the person); तं (taṃ) - him; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; नचिरादिव (nacirādiva) - as if after not much time; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Then he, the best among kings, whose senses were afflicted by the demon, having seen Śakti, said to him, as if after not much time, O Bhārata.)
Then, O Bhārata, the best of kings, whose senses had been afflicted by the demon, saw Śakti and spoke to him, as if not much time had passed.
यस्मादसदृशः शापः प्रयुक्तोऽयं त्वया मयि। तस्मात्त्वत्तः प्रवर्तिष्ये खादितुं मानुषानहम् ॥१-१६६-३५॥
yasmādasadṛśaḥ śāpaḥ prayukto'yaṃ tvayā mayi। tasmāttvattaḥ pravartiṣye khādituṃ mānuṣānaham ॥1-166-35॥
[यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because of which; असदृशः (asadṛśaḥ) - unsuitable; शापः (śāpaḥ) - curse; प्रयुक्तः (prayuktaḥ) - inflicted; अयम् (ayam) - this; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; मयि (mayi) - upon me; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you; प्रवर्तिष्ये (pravartiṣye) - I shall proceed; खादितुम् (khāditum) - to eat; मानुषान् (mānuṣān) - humans; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(Because of which unsuitable curse has been inflicted by you upon me, therefore from you I shall proceed to eat humans.)
Because you have inflicted this improper curse upon me, therefore, I shall henceforth proceed from you to eat humans.
एवमुक्त्वा ततः सद्यस्तं प्राणैर्विप्रयुज्य सः। शक्तिनं भक्षयामास व्याघ्रः पशुमिवेप्सितम् ॥१-१६६-३६॥
evam-uktvā tataḥ sadyaḥ taṃ prāṇaiḥ viprayujya saḥ। śaktinaṃ bhakṣayāmāsa vyāghraḥ paśum iva īpsitam॥1-166-36॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately; तम् (tam) - him; प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - with life-breaths; विप्रयुज्य (viprayujya) - having separated; सः (saḥ) - he; शक्तिनम् (śaktinam) - Śaktin (name); भक्षयामास (bhakṣayāmāsa) - devoured; व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - the tiger; पशुम् (paśum) - animal; इव (iva) - like; इप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired;]
(Thus having spoken, then immediately, having separated him from his life-breaths, he, the tiger, devoured Śaktin like a desired animal.)
Having said this, the tiger immediately killed Śaktin and devoured him as he would a desired animal.
शक्तिनं तु हतं दृष्ट्वा विश्वामित्रस्ततः पुनः। वसिष्ठस्यैव पुत्रेषु तद्रक्षः संदिदेश ह ॥१-१६६-३७॥
śaktinaṃ tu hataṃ dṛṣṭvā viśvāmitras tataḥ punaḥ। vasiṣṭhasyaiva putreṣu tadrakṣaḥ saṃdideśa ha ॥1-166-37॥
[शक्तिनम् (śaktinam) - Śakti (name of Vasiṣṭha's son, accusative singular); तु (tu) - but; हतम् (hatam) - killed; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra (subject); ततः (tataḥ) - then; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; वसिष्ठस्यैव (vasiṣṭhasyaiva) - of Vasiṣṭha indeed; पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - among the sons; तत् (tat) - that; रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - rākṣasa (demon); संदिदेश (saṃdideśa) - commanded; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(But having seen Śakti killed, Viśvāmitra then again indeed commanded that rākṣasa among the sons of Vasiṣṭha.)
But when Viśvāmitra saw Śakti slain, he again commanded that rākṣasa to attack the sons of Vasiṣṭha.
स ताञ्शतावरान्पुत्रान्वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः। भक्षयामास सङ्क्रुद्धः सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगानिव ॥१-१६६-३८॥
sa tāñśatāvarānputrān vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ। bhakṣayāmāsa saṅkruddhaḥ siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgāniva ॥1-166-38॥
[स (sa) - he; ताञ् (tān) - those; शतावरान् (śatāvarān) - hundred-strong; (those who have hundreds) पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled; भक्षयामास (bhakṣayāmāsa) - ate; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - enraged; सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) - lion; क्षुद्रमृगान् (kṣudramṛgān) - small animals; इव (iva) - like;]
(He, enraged, the lion, ate those hundred-strong sons of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha, like small animals.)
Enraged, the lion devoured those hundred sons of the great sage Vasiṣṭha as if they were mere small animals.
वसिष्ठो घातिताञ्श्रुत्वा विश्वामित्रेण तान्सुतान्। धारयामास तं शोकं महाद्रिरिव मेदिनीम् ॥१-१६६-३९॥
vasiṣṭho ghātitāñśrutvā viśvāmitreṇa tānsutān। dhārayāmāsa taṃ śokaṃ mahādririva medinīm ॥1-166-39॥
[वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha; (the sage's name); घातितान् (ghātitān) - killed; slain; destroyed; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; विश्वामित्रेण (viśvāmitreṇa) - by Viśvāmitra; तान् (tān) - those; सुतान् (sutān) - sons; धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - bore; endured; held; तं (taṃ) - that; शोकं (śokaṃ) - grief; महाद्रिरिव (mahādririva) - like a great mountain; मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - the earth;]
(Vasiṣṭha, having heard that his sons were killed by Viśvāmitra, bore that grief like the earth (bears) a great mountain.)
When Vasiṣṭha heard that his sons had been slain by Viśvāmitra, he endured that grief as the earth endures a great mountain.
चक्रे चात्मविनाशाय बुद्धिं स मुनिसत्तमः। न त्वेव कुशिकोच्छेदं मेने मतिमतां वरः ॥१-१६६-४०॥
cakre cātmavināśāya buddhiṃ sa munisattamaḥ। na tveva kuśikocchedam mene matimatāṃ varaḥ ॥1-166-40॥
[चक्रे (cakre) - made; (from √kṛ, to do/make) च (ca) - and; आत्मविनाशाय (ātmavināśāya) - for self-destruction; (ātma - self, vināśa - destruction, -ya - for) बुद्धिं (buddhiṃ) - resolve; (buddhi - intellect, decision) सः (saḥ) - he; मुनिसत्तमः (munisattamaḥ) - the best among sages; (muni - sage, sattama - best) न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; एव (eva) - indeed; कुशिक-उच्छेदम् (kuśika-ucchedam) - destruction of the Kuśika lineage; (kuśika - name of a lineage, uccheda - destruction) मेने (mene) - considered; (from √man, to think/consider) मतिमतां (matimatām) - of the wise; (matimat - wise, genitive plural) वरः (varaḥ) - the best;]
(He, the best among sages, made a resolve for self-destruction, but did not indeed consider the destruction of the Kuśika lineage, the best of the wise.)
He, the foremost among sages, resolved upon self-destruction, but did not at all contemplate the destruction of the Kuśika lineage, being the best among the wise.
स मेरुकूटादात्मानं मुमोच भगवानृषिः। शिरस्तस्य शिलायां च तूलराशाविवापतत् ॥१-१६६-४१॥
sa merukūṭād ātmānaṃ mumoca bhagavān ṛṣiḥ। śiras tasya śilāyāṃ ca tūlarāśāv ivāpatat ॥1-166-41॥
[स (sa) - he; मेरुकूटात् (merukūṭāt) - from the summit of Meru; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self; मुमोच (mumoca) - released; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; शिरः (śiras) - head; तस्य (tasya) - his; शिलायाम् (śilāyām) - on the rock; च (ca) - and; तूलराशौ (tūlarāśau) - in a heap of cotton; इव (iva) - like; अपतत् (apatat) - fell;]
(He, from the summit of Meru, released his self, the venerable sage; his head on the rock also fell like in a heap of cotton.)
The venerable sage released his life from the summit of Meru; his head fell on the rock as if into a heap of cotton.
न ममार च पातेन स यदा तेन पाण्डव। तदाग्निमिद्ध्वा भगवान्संविवेश महावने ॥१-१६६-४२॥
na mamāra ca pātena sa yadā tena pāṇḍava। tadāgnimiddhvā bhagavān saṃviveśa mahāvane ॥1-166-42॥
[न (na) - not; ममार (mamāra) - died; च (ca) - and; पातेन (pātena) - by the fall; स (sa) - he; यदा (yadā) - when; तेन (tena) - by that; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava; तदा (tadā) - then; अग्निम् (agnim) - fire; इद्ध्वा (iddhvā) - having kindled; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable one; संविवेश (saṃviveśa) - entered; महावने (mahāvane) - into the great forest;]
(Not died and by the fall he when by that, O Pāṇḍava, then having kindled fire, the venerable one entered into the great forest.)
He did not die from the fall, O Pāṇḍava; then, having kindled the fire, the venerable one entered the great forest.
तं तदा सुसमिद्धोऽपि न ददाह हुताशनः। दीप्यमानोऽप्यमित्रघ्न शीतोऽग्निरभवत्ततः ॥१-१६६-४३॥
taṃ tadā susamiddho'pi na dadāha hutāśanaḥ। dīpyamāno'pyamitraghna śīto'gnirabhavattataḥ ॥1-166-43॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; तदा (tadā) - then; सुसमिद्धः (susamiddhaḥ) - well-kindled; अपि (api) - even; न (na) - not; ददाह (dadāha) - burned; हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire; दीप्यमानः (dīpyamānaḥ) - blazing; अपि (api) - even; अमित्रघ्न (amitraghna) - destroyer of enemies; शीतः (śītaḥ) - cool; अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter;]
(Him then, even though well-kindled, the fire did not burn; even though blazing, O destroyer of enemies, the fire became cool thereafter.)
Then, O destroyer of enemies, although the fire was well-kindled and blazing, it did not burn him; instead, the fire became cool thereafter.
स समुद्रमभिप्रेत्य शोकाविष्टो महामुनिः। बद्ध्वा कण्ठे शिलां गुर्वीं निपपात तदम्भसि ॥१-१६६-४४॥
sa samudram abhipretya śokāviṣṭo mahāmuniḥ। baddhvā kaṇṭhe śilāṃ gurvīṃ nipapāta tad ambhasi ॥1-166-44॥
[स (sa) - he; समुद्रम् (samudram) - ocean; अभिप्रेत्य (abhipretya) - having approached; शोकाविष्टः (śokāviṣṭaḥ) - overcome by grief; महामुनिः (mahāmuniḥ) - great sage; बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having tied; कण्ठे (kaṇṭhe) - on the neck; शिलाम् (śilām) - stone; गुर्वीम् (gurvīm) - heavy; निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down; तत् (tat) - that; अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in the water;]
(He, having approached the ocean, the great sage overcome by grief, having tied a heavy stone on his neck, fell down into that water.)
The great sage, overwhelmed with grief, went to the ocean, tied a heavy stone around his neck, and plunged into the water.
स समुद्रोर्मिवेगेन स्थले न्यस्तो महामुनिः। जगाम स ततः खिन्नः पुनरेवाश्रमं प्रति ॥१-१६६-४५॥
sa samudrormivegena sthale nyasto mahāmuniḥ। jagāma sa tataḥ khinnaḥ punarevāśramaṃ prati॥1-166-45॥
[स (sa) - he; समुद्र-उर्मि-वेगेन (samudra-urmi-vegena) - by the force of ocean waves; स्थले (sthale) - on the ground; न्यस्तः (nyastaḥ) - placed; महामुनिः (mahāmuniḥ) - the great sage; जगाम (jagāma) - went; स (sa) - he; ततः (tataḥ) - then; खिन्नः (khinnaḥ) - distressed; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; आश्रमं (āśramaṃ) - to the hermitage; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(He, placed on the ground by the force of ocean waves, the great sage, went then, distressed, again indeed towards the hermitage.)
The great sage, having been cast onto the ground by the force of the ocean's waves, then, distressed, went again towards the hermitage.
