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कुन्त्युवाच॥
kunty uvāca॥
[कुन्ति (kunti) - Kunti; (a proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Kunti said;)
Kunti said.
ब्राह्मणं यन्त्रिता राजनुपस्थास्यामि पूजया। यथाप्रतिज्ञं राजेन्द्र न च मिथ्या ब्रवीम्यहम् ॥०३-२८८-१॥
brāhmaṇaṃ yantritā rājan upasthāsyāmi pūjayā। yathā-pratijñaṃ rājendra na ca mithyā bravīmy aham॥03-288-1॥
[ब्राह्मणं (brāhmaṇam) - the Brāhmaṇa; यन्त्रिता (yantritā) - being constrained; राजन् (rājan) - O king; उपस्थास्यामि (upasthāsyāmi) - I will attend; पूजया (pūjayā) - with honor; यथा (yathā) - as; प्रतिज्ञं (pratijñam) - vow; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O lord of kings; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; मिथ्या (mithyā) - false; ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(The Brāhmaṇa, being constrained, O king, I will attend with honor. As (is) the vow, O king of kings, not and false I speak I.)
O king, being constrained, I shall attend to the Brāhmaṇa with reverence; as per my vow, O lord of kings, I do not speak falsely. (03-288-1)
एष चैव स्वभावो मे पूजयेयं द्विजानिति। तव चैव प्रियं कार्यं श्रेयश्चैतत्परं मम ॥०३-२८८-२॥
eṣa caiva svabhāvo me pūjayeyam dvijān iti. tava caiva priyaṃ kāryaṃ śreyaś caitat paraṃ mama ॥03-288-2॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - nature; मे (me) - of me; पूजयेयम् (pūjayeyam) - I should worship; द्विजान् (dvijān) - the twice-born; इति (iti) - thus; तव (tava) - to you; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; प्रियं (priyaṃ) - dear; कार्यं (kāryaṃ) - to be done; श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - highest good; च (ca) - and; एतत् (etat) - this; परम् (param) - supreme; मम (mama) - of mine;]
(This indeed is my nature: I should worship the twice-born, thus. And for you, indeed, what is dear should be done, and this is the highest and supreme good of mine.)
This is my very nature—that I should worship the twice-born in this way. For you too, doing what is dear (to you) is your duty, and this is indeed the highest and supreme good for me. (03-288-2)
यद्येवैष्यति सायाह्ने यदि प्रातरथो निशि। यद्यर्धरात्रे भगवान्न मे कोपं करिष्यति ॥०३-२८८-३॥
yadyevaiṣyati sāyāhne yadi prātaratho niśi। yadyardharātre bhagavānna me kopaṃ kariṣyati॥03-288-3॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; एव (eva) - indeed; एष्यति (eṣyati) - (he) will come; सायाह्ने (sāyāhne) - in the evening; यदि (yadi) - if; प्रातरथः (prātarathaḥ) - in the morning; निशि (niśi) - at night; यदि (yadi) - if; अर्धरात्रे (ardharātre) - at midnight; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable (he); न (na) - not; मे (me) - my; कोपम् (kopaṃ) - anger; करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - (he) will make;]
(If indeed he will come in the evening, if (he comes) in the morning, at night, if at midnight, the venerable one will not make my anger.)
Whether he comes in the evening, in the morning, at night, or at midnight, the venerable one will not cause me any anger. (03-288-3)
लाभो ममैष राजेन्द्र यद्वै पूजयती द्विजान्। आदेशे तव तिष्ठन्ती हितं कुर्यां नरोत्तम ॥०३-२८८-४॥
lābho mamaiṣa rāje ndra yad vai pūjayatī dvijān। ādeśe tava tiṣṭhantī hitaṁ kuryāṁ narottama ॥03-288-4॥
[लाभः (lābhaḥ) - gain; मम (mama) - my; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; यत् (yat) - that; वै (vai) - indeed; पूजयति (pūjayati) - honors; द्विजान् (dvijān) - the twice-born (Brāhmaṇas); आदेशे (ādeśe) - at (your) command; तव (tava) - your; तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - remaining; हितम् (hitam) - welfare; कुर्यां (kuryām) - I may do; नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best of men;]
(Gain my this, O king, that indeed honors the twice-born; at your command, remaining, welfare I may do, O best of men.)
This is my gain, O king, that I may honor the Brāhmaṇas; remaining at your command, O best of men, I shall do what is beneficial. (03-288-4)
विस्रब्धो भव राजेन्द्र न व्यलीकं द्विजोत्तमः। वसन्प्राप्स्यति ते गेहे सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥०३-२८८-५॥
visrabdho bhava rājendra na vyalīkaṃ dvijottamaḥ। vasanprāpsyati te gehe satyam etad bravīmi te ॥03-288-5॥
[विस्रब्धः (visrabdhaḥ) - confident; भव (bhava) - be; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; न (na) - not; व्यलीकं (vyalīkam) - falsehood; द्विजोत्तमः (dvijottamaḥ) - best of the twice-born; वसन् (vasan) - dwelling; प्राप्स्यति (prāpsyati) - will obtain; ते (te) - your; गेहे (gehe) - in house; सत्यं (satyaṃ) - truth; एतत् (etat) - this; ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak; ते (te) - to you;]
(Confident be O king, not falsehood, the best of the twice-born; dwelling will obtain your in house; truth this I speak to you.)
Be confident, O king; there is no falsehood, O best of the twice-born. While residing in your house, he will obtain it; I tell you this truth. (03-288-5)
यत्प्रियं च द्विजस्यास्य हितं चैव तवानघ। यतिष्यामि तथा राजन्व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वरः ॥०३-२८८-६॥
yatpriyaṃ ca dvijasyāsya hitaṃ caiva tavānagha। yatiṣyāmi tathā rājanvyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ॥03-288-6॥
[यत् (yat) - which; प्रियं (priyaṃ) - dear; च (ca) - and; द्विजस्य (dvijasya) - of the twice-born; अस्य (asya) - this; हितं (hitaṃ) - beneficial; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तव (tava) - of you; अनघ (anagha) - sinless one; यतिष्यामि (yatiṣyāmi) - I shall endeavor; तथा (tathā) - thus; राजन् (rājan) - O King; व्येतु (vyetu) - may depart; ते (te) - your; मानसः (mānasaḥ) - mental; ज्वरः (jvaraḥ) - anguish;]
(Which is dear and beneficial to this twice-born and to you, O sinless one, thus I shall endeavor, O King, may your mental anguish depart.)
O sinless one, whatever is dear and beneficial to this twice-born and to you, I shall strive for that accordingly, O King; may your mental anguish depart. (03-288-6)
ब्राह्मणा हि महाभागाः पूजिताः पृथिवीपते। तारणाय समर्थाः स्युर्विपरीते वधाय च ॥०३-२८८-७॥
brāhmaṇā hi mahābhāgāḥ pūjitāḥ pṛthivīpate. tāraṇāya samarthāḥ syur viparīte vadhāya ca ॥03-288-7॥
[ब्राह्मणा (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brāhmaṇas; हि (hi) - indeed; महाभागाः (mahābhāgāḥ) - greatly fortunate ones; पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - respected; पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O lord of the earth; तारणाय (tāraṇāya) - for delivering; समर्थाः (samarthāḥ) - capable; स्युः (syuḥ) - may be; विपरीते (viparīte) - in reverse (circumstance); वधाय (vadhāya) - for destruction; च (ca) - and;]
(Brāhmaṇas indeed greatly fortunate, respected, O lord of the earth, for delivering capable may be, in the reverse for destruction and.)
Brāhmaṇas, O lord of the earth, are indeed greatly fortunate and respected; being capable, they can deliver (when honored), but in the opposite case, they may bring about destruction as well. (03-288-7)
साहमेतद्विजानन्ती तोषयिष्ये द्विजोत्तमम्। न मत्कृते व्यथां राजन्प्राप्स्यसि द्विजसत्तमात् ॥०३-२८८-८॥
sāham etad vijānantī toṣayiṣye dvijottamam। na matkṛte vyathāṁ rājan prāpsyasi dvijasattamāt॥03-288-8॥
[सा (sā) - she; (feminine singular pronoun); अहम् (aham) - I; (first person singular); एतत् (etat) - this; (neuter singular); विजानन्ती (vijānantī) - knowing; (feminine present participle of √jñā, to know); तोषयिष्ये (toṣayiṣye) - I will please; (first person singular future, denominative causative of √tuṣ, to please); द्विजोत्तमम् (dvijottamam) - the best of twice-born; (accusative singular masculine, highest brāhmaṇa); न (na) - not; (negative particle); मत्कृते (matkṛte) - for my sake; (locative singular, for me); व्यथाम् (vyathām) - distress; (accusative singular, pain, suffering); राजन् (rājan) - O King; (vocative singular, king); प्राप्स्यसि (prāpsyasi) - you will obtain; (second person singular future of √prāp, to obtain); द्विजसत्तमात् (dvijasattamāt) - from the foremost of twice-born; (ablative singular, best brāhmaṇa);]
(She, I, this knowing, I will please the best of twice-born. Not for my sake distress, O King, you will obtain from the foremost of twice-born.)
I, knowing this, will please the best of the twice-born. O King, you will not incur any distress from the foremost of the twice-born because of me. (03-288-8)
अपराधे हि राजेन्द्र राज्ञामश्रेयसे द्विजाः। भवन्ति च्यवनो यद्वत्सुकन्यायाः कृते पुरा ॥०३-२८८-९॥
aparādhe hi rājendra rājñām aśreyase dvijāḥ। bhavanti cyavano yadvat sukan-yāyāḥ kṛte purā॥03-288-9॥
[अपराधे (aparādhe) - in offense;, हि (hi) - indeed;, राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king;, राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings;, अश्रेयसे (aśreyase) - for harm;, द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - brāhmaṇas;, भवन्ति (bhavanti) - become;, च्यवनो (cyavanaḥ) - Cyavana;, यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as;, सुकन्यायाः (sukanyāyāḥ) - for Sukanya;, कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of;, पुरा (purā) - formerly;]
(In offense indeed O king, for the harm of kings, the brāhmaṇas become (wrathful), just as Cyavana (became angry) for the sake of Sukanya formerly.)
Indeed, O king, when wronged, brāhmaṇas become instruments of calamity for kings, just as Cyavana once did on behalf of Sukanya in former times. (03-288-9)
नियमेन परेणाहमुपस्थास्ये द्विजोत्तमम्। यथा त्वया नरेन्द्रेदं भाषितं ब्राह्मणं प्रति ॥०३-२८८-१०॥
niyamena pareṇāham-upasthāsye dvijottamam। yathā tvayā narendredaṃ bhāṣitaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ prati॥03-288-10॥
[नियमेन (niyamena) - through observance; by discipline; परेण (pareṇa) - in great measure; greatly; अहम् (aham) - I; उपस्थास्ये (upasthāsye) - will attend; will serve; द्विजोत्तमम् (dvijottamam) - the best among twice-born; यथा (yathā) - as; just as; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; नरेन्द्र (narendra) - O king; इदम् (idam) - this; भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - spoken; said; ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - to the Brāhmaṇa; प्रति (prati) - towards; concerning;]
(Through observance, in great measure, I will attend the best among twice-born, just as by you, O king, this was spoken towards the Brāhmaṇa.)
With great observance, I will serve the foremost of Brāhmaṇas, just as you, O king, have spoken this to the Brāhmaṇa. (03-288-10)
राजोवाच॥
rājovāca॥
[राजा (rājā) - king; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(King said.)
The king said.
एवमेतत्त्वया भद्रे कर्तव्यमविशङ्कया। मद्धितार्थं कुलार्थं च तथात्मार्थं च नन्दिनि ॥०३-२८८-११॥
evam etat tvayā bhadre kartavyam aviśaṅkayā। mad-hita-artham kulārtham ca tathā ātmārtham ca nandini ॥03-288-11॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; एतत् (etat) - this; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious lady; कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - should be done; अविशङ्कया (aviśaṅkayā) - without doubt; मद्धितार्थम् (mad-hita-artham) - for my welfare; कुलार्थम् (kulārtham) - for the family's sake; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - as well; आत्मार्थम् (ātmārtham) - for your own benefit; च (ca) - and; नन्दिनि (nandini) - O joyous one;]
(Thus, this by you, O auspicious lady, should be done without doubt; for my welfare, for the family's sake and as well for your own benefit, O joyous one.)
Therefore, O blessed one, you must carry this out without hesitation; it is for my sake, for the family's good, and also for your own benefit, O joyful lady. (03-288-11)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said.)
Vaiśampāyana said.
एवमुक्त्वा तु तां कन्यां कुन्तिभोजो महायशाः। पृथां परिददौ तस्मै द्विजाय सुतवत्सलः ॥०३-२८८-१२॥
evam-uktvā tu tāṃ kanyāṃ kuntibhojo mahāyaśāḥ। pṛthāṃ paridadau tasmai dvijāya sutavatsalaḥ॥03-288-12॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; तु (tu) - but; तां (tām) - her; कन्यां (kanyām) - daughter; कुन्तिभोजः (kuntibhojaḥ) - Kuntibhoja; महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - of great fame; पृथां (pṛthām) - Pṛthā; परिददौ (paridadau) - gave (in marriage); तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; द्विजाय (dvijāya) - to the Brahmin; सुतवत्सलः (sutavatsalaḥ) - fond of children;]
(Thus, having spoken, but Kuntibhoja, of great fame, her daughter Pṛthā gave to him, to the Brahmin, fond of children.)
Thus, having spoken, Kuntibhoja of great fame, being fond of children, gave his daughter Pṛthā to that Brahmin. (03-288-12)
इयं ब्रह्मन्मम सुता बाला सुखविवर्धिता। अपराध्येत यत्किञ्चिन्न तत्कार्यं हृदि त्वया ॥०३-२८८-१३॥
iyaṁ brahman mama sutā bālā sukhavivardhitā। aparādhyeta yatkiñcin na tat kāryaṁ hṛdi tvayā॥03-288-13॥
[इयं (iyaṁ) - this (feminine); ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brāhmaṇa; मम (mama) - my; सुता (sutā) - daughter; बाला (bālā) - young girl; सुखविवर्धिता (sukhavivardhitā) - carefully (in happiness) nurtured; अपराध्येत (aparādhyeta) - might offend; यत्किञ्चित् (yatkiñcit) - in any way; न (na) - not; तत् (tat) - that; कार्यं (kāryaṁ) - should be done; हृदि (hṛdi) - in heart; त्वया (tvayā) - by you;]
(This, O Brāhmaṇa, my daughter, a young girl nurtured in happiness, if she might offend in any way, that should not be borne in your heart by you.)
O Brāhmaṇa, this is my daughter, a young girl raised happily; if she happens to offend in any way, you should not keep that in your heart. (03-288-13)
द्विजातयो महाभागा वृद्धबालतपस्विषु। भवन्त्यक्रोधनाः प्रायो विरुद्धेष्वपि नित्यदा ॥०३-२८८-१४॥
dvijātayo mahābhāgā vṛddhabālatapasviṣu। bhavantyakrodhanāḥ prāyo viruddheṣvapi nityadā ॥03-288-14॥
[द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - twice-born (Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas); महाभागाः (mahābhāgāḥ) - most fortunate; great-souled; blessed; वृद्ध (vṛddha) - the aged; the old; बाल (bāla) - children; the young; तपस्विषु (tapasviṣu) - among the ascetics; those practicing austerities; भवन्ति (bhavanti) - are; become; अक्रोधनाः (akrodhanāḥ) - free from anger; not wrathful; प्रायः (prāyaḥ) - for the most part; generally; विरुद्धेषु (viruddheṣu) - towards those opposed; towards enemies; अपि (api) - even; also; नित्यदा (nityadā) - always; at all times;]
(Twice-born, most fortunate, among the aged, children, and ascetics, are free from anger for the most part—even towards those opposed—always.)
The twice-born who are most blessed, whether among the old, the young, or ascetics, are generally free from anger, even towards those who oppose them, at all times. (03-288-14)
सुमहत्यपराधेऽपि क्षान्तिः कार्या द्विजातिभिः। यथाशक्ति यथोत्साहं पूजा ग्राह्या द्विजोत्तम ॥०३-२८८-१५॥
sumahatyaparādhe'pi kṣāntiḥ kāryā dvijātibhiḥ। yathāśakti yathotsāhaṃ pūjā grāhyā dvijottama ॥03-288-15॥
[सुमहत्य (sumahati) - very great; अपरेध्-अपि (aparādhe'pi) - even in fault; क्षान्तिः (kṣāntiḥ) - forbearance; कार्या (kāryā) - to be practiced; द्विजातिभिः (dvijātibhiḥ) - by the twice-born; यथा-शक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to ability; यथा-उत्साहम् (yathotsāham) - according to enthusiasm; पूजा (pūjā) - worship; ग्राह्या (grāhyā) - should be accepted; द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born;]
(Even in very great fault, forbearance should be practiced by the twice-born; according to ability, according to enthusiasm, worship should be accepted, O best of the twice-born.)
O best of the twice-born, even in the case of very great faults, forbearance should be practiced by the twice-born; worship should be accepted as per one's ability and enthusiasm. (03-288-15)
तथेति ब्राह्मणेनोक्ते स राजा प्रीतमानसः। हंसचन्द्रांशुसङ्काशं गृहमस्य न्यवेदयत् ॥०३-२८८-१६॥
tatheti brāhmaṇenokte sa rājā prītamānasaḥ। haṃsacandrāṃśusaṅkāśaṃ gṛhamasya nyavedayat॥03-288-16॥
[तथा इति (tathā iti) - so; thus; ब्राह्मणेन उक्ते (brāhmaṇena ukte) - by the Brāhmaṇa when spoken; सः राजा (saḥ rājā) - that king; प्रीतमानसः (prītamānasaḥ) - glad-minded; हंस-चन्द्र-अंशु-सङ्काशं (haṃsa-candra-aṃśu-saṅkāśam) - resembling the radiance of the swan and the moon's rays; गृहम् (gṛham) - house; अस्य (asya) - to him; न्यवेदयत् (nyavedayat) - entrusted;]
(Thus, when spoken by the Brāhmaṇa, that king (his) mind pleased, to him a house resembling the radiance of swan and moon's rays entrusted.)
When the Brāhmaṇa spoke thus, the king—his mind gladdened—entrusted to him a house shining like the radiance of a swan and moonbeams. (03-288-16)
तत्राग्निशरणे कॢप्तमासनं तस्य भानुमत्। आहारादि च सर्वं तत्तथैव प्रत्यवेदयत् ॥०३-२८८-१७॥
tatrāgniśaraṇe kḷptamāsanaṃ tasya bhānumat। āhārādi ca sarvaṃ tattathaiva pratyavedayat ॥03-288-17॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; अग्निशरणे (agniśaraṇe) - in the fire sanctuary; कॢप्तम् (kḷptam) - prepared; आसनं (āsanaṃ) - seat; तस्य (tasya) - for him; भानुमत् (bhānumat) - Bhanumat; आहारादि (āhārādi) - food and the like; च (ca) - and; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; तत् (tat) - that; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; प्रत्-अवेदयत् (praty-avedayat) - he delivered;]
(There in the fire sanctuary a seat prepared for him Bhanumat, food and the like and all that in the same way he delivered.)
There, in the fire sanctuary, a seat was prepared for Bhanumat; food and all that was needed was also offered to him in the same manner. (03-288-17)
निक्षिप्य राजपुत्री तु तन्द्रीं मानं तथैव च। आतस्थे परमं यत्नं ब्राह्मणस्याभिराधने ॥०३-२८८-१८॥
nikṣipya rājaputrī tu tandrīṃ mānaṃ tathaiva ca। ātasthe paramaṃ yatnaṃ brāhmaṇasyābhirādhane ॥03-288-18॥
[निक्षिप्य (nikṣipya) - having set aside; राजपुत्री (rājaputrī) - princess; तु (tu) - but; तन्द्रीं (tandrīṃ) - drowsiness; मानं (mānaṃ) - pride; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; च (ca) - and; आतस्थे (ātasthe) - she undertook; परमं (paramaṃ) - supreme; यत्नं (yatnaṃ) - effort; ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the brāhmaṇa; अभिराधने (abhirādhane) - in pleasing;]
(Having set aside drowsiness and pride likewise, the princess but undertook supreme effort in pleasing the brāhmaṇa.)
But the princess, having set aside her drowsiness and pride, then undertook the greatest effort to please the brāhmaṇa. (03-288-18)
तत्र सा ब्राह्मणं गत्वा पृथा शौचपरा सती। विधिवत्परिचारार्हं देववत्पर्यतोषयत् ॥०३-२८८-१९॥
tatra sā brāhmaṇaṃ gatvā pṛthā śaucaparā satī। vidhivat-paricārārhaṃ devavat-paryatoṣayat ॥03-288-19॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; सा (sā) - she; ब्राह्मणं (brāhmaṇam) - the brāhmaṇa; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; पृथा (pṛthā) - Pṛthā; शौचपरा (śaucaparā) - devoted to purity; सती (satī) - chaste; विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to prescribed ritual; परिचारार्हं (paricārārham) - worthy of service; देववत् (devavat) - as to a god; पर्यतोषयत् (paryatoṣayat) - she satisfied;]
(There she, having gone to the brāhmaṇa, Pṛthā, devoted to purity, chaste, according to prescribed ritual, the one worthy of service, as to a god, she satisfied.)
There Pṛthā, devoted to purity and chastity, went to the brāhmaṇa and served him in accordance with the prescribed rituals, satisfying him as if he were a god. (03-288-19)
