03.292
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
ततो गर्भः समभवत्पृथायाः पृथिवीपते। शुक्ले दशोत्तरे पक्षे तारापतिरिवाम्बरे ॥०३-२९२-१॥
Then, O lord of the earth, an embryo arose in Pṛthā; in the bright fortnight, after the tenth day, like the lord of the stars in the sky. (03-292-1)
सा बान्धवभयाद्बाला तं गर्भं विनिगूहती। धारयामास सुश्रोणी न चैनां बुबुधे जनः ॥०३-२९२-२॥
She, the young woman with beautiful hips, out of fear of her relatives, concealed her pregnancy and carried it; and no one among the people noticed her. (03-292-2)
न हि तां वेद नार्यन्या काचिद्धात्रेयिकामृते। कन्यापुरगतां बालां निपुणां परिरक्षणे ॥०३-२९२-३॥
Indeed, no other woman except for the nurse knows her—the young girl who has gone to the maiden's house, skilled in protection. (03-292-3)
ततः कालेन सा गर्भं सुषुवे वरवर्णिनी। कन्यैव तस्य देवस्य प्रसादादमरप्रभम् ॥०३-२९२-४॥
Then, in due course, she of excellent complexion gave birth to a child. This was a maiden who, by the grace of that god, possessed the radiance of the immortals. (03-292-4)
तथैव बद्धकवचं कनकोज्ज्वलकुण्डलम्। हर्यक्षं वृषभस्कन्धं यथास्य पितरं तथा ॥०३-२९२-५॥
He was exactly like his father: wearing fastened armor, adorned with golden shining earrings, having a lion for his vehicle, and the bull as his support. (03-292-5)
जातमात्रं च तं गर्भं धात्र्या संमन्त्र्य भामिनी। मञ्जूषायामवदधे स्वास्तीर्णायां समन्ततः ॥०३-२९२-६॥
The nurse, after due consultation, placed the just-born child, as directed by the noble lady, into the chest lined with soft bedding on all sides. (03-292-6)
मधूच्छिष्टस्थितायां सा सुखायां रुदती तथा। श्लक्ष्णायां सुपिधानायामश्वनद्यामवासृजत् ॥०३-२९२-७॥
She, weeping thus, released (it) in the spot of honey-leavings, on the smooth, well-covered, comfortable place by the river Aśvanadī. (03-292-7)
जानती चाप्यकर्तव्यं कन्याया गर्भधारणम्। पुत्रस्नेहेन राजेन्द्र करुणं पर्यदेवयत् ॥०३-२९२-८॥
Though she knew that conception by a maiden is not proper, out of affection for her son, O king, she lamented piteously. (03-292-8)
समुत्सृजन्ती मञ्जूषामश्वनद्यास्तदा जले। उवाच रुदती कुन्ती यानि वाक्यानि तच्छृणु ॥०३-२९२-९॥
As she released the box into the water of the Ashvanadi River, Kunti, weeping, spoke these words — hear them now. (03-292-9)
स्वस्ति तेऽस्त्वान्तरिक्षेभ्यः पार्थिवेभ्यश्च पुत्रक। दिव्येभ्यश्चैव भूतेभ्यस्तथा तोयचराश्च ये ॥०३-२९२-१०॥
O son, may well-being be to you from the beings of the mid-space, the earthly beings, the heavenly beings, from all beings, and from those who move in water. (03-292-10)
शिवास्ते सन्तु पन्थानो मा च ते परिपन्थिनः। आगमाश्च तथा पुत्र भवन्त्वद्रोहचेतसः ॥०३-२९२-११॥
May auspicious paths be yours, and may you have no adversaries; likewise, son, may those who come to you have minds free from malice. (03-292-11)
पातु त्वां वरुणो राजा सलिले सलिलेश्वरः। अन्तरिक्षेऽन्तरिक्षस्थः पवनः सर्वगस्तथा ॥०३-२९२-१२॥
May Varuṇa the king, lord of the waters, protect you in water; and in the sky, may Pavana, the wind who abides in the atmosphere and is all-pervading, protect you likewise. (03-292-12)
पिता त्वां पातु सर्वत्र तपनस्तपतां वरः। येन दत्तोऽसि मे पुत्र दिव्येन विधिना किल ॥०३-२९२-१३॥
May your father, the Sun, the foremost of those who shine, protect you everywhere; by whom you were indeed given to me, O son, in accordance with a divine ordinance. (03-292-13)
आदित्या वसवो रुद्राः साध्या विश्वे च देवताः। मरुतश्च सहेन्द्रेण दिशश्च सदिगीश्वराः ॥०३-२९२-१४॥
The Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Sādhyas, all the gods, the Maruts along with Indra, the directions and their lords (the guardians of the quarters). (03-292-14)
रक्षन्तु त्वां सुराः सर्वे समेषु विषमेषु च। वेत्स्यामि त्वां विदेशेऽपि कवचेनोपसूचितम् ॥०३-२९२-१५॥
May all the gods protect you in both favorable and unfavorable situations, and I will recognize you even in a foreign land through the sign given by the armor. (03-292-15)
धन्यस्ते पुत्र जनको देवो भानुर्विभावसुः। यस्त्वां द्रक्ष्यति दिव्येन चक्षुषा वाहिनीगतम् ॥०३-२९२-१६॥
Blessed is your father, O son; the god Bhānu, Vibhāvasu. Whoever beholds you in the army with divine sight is indeed fortunate. (03-292-16)
धन्या सा प्रमदा या त्वां पुत्रत्वे कल्पयिष्यति। यस्यास्त्वं तृषितः पुत्र स्तनं पास्यसि देवज ॥०३-२९२-१७॥
Fortunate is that woman who will accept you as her son. O divine-born, whose breast you will drink as a thirsty child.
को नु स्वप्नस्तया दृष्टो या त्वामादित्यवर्चसम्। दिव्यवर्मसमायुक्तं दिव्यकुण्डलभूषितम् ॥०३-२९२-१८॥
Who indeed is the dream that she saw, in which you appeared brilliant like the sun, endowed with divine armor and adorned with divine earrings? (03-292-18)
पद्मायतविशालाक्षं पद्मताम्रतलोज्ज्वलम्। सुललाटं सुकेशान्तं पुत्रत्वे कल्पयिष्यति ॥०३-२९२-१९॥
He will constitute (someone) with large lotus-shaped eyes, soles brilliant like lotus-copper, a lovely forehead, and a beautiful hairline as a son. (03-292-19)
धन्या द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुत्र त्वां भूमौ संसर्पमाणकम्। अव्यक्तकलवाक्यानि वदन्तं रेणुगुण्ठितम् ॥०३-२९२-२०॥
Fortunate people, my son, will see you crawling about on the ground, covered with dust, uttering indistinct babblings. (03-292-20)
धन्या द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुत्र त्वां पुनर्यौवनगे मुखे। हिमवद्वनसम्भूतं सिंहं केसरिणं यथा ॥०३-२९२-२१॥
Fortunate people, my son, will see you again in your youthful appearance, just as a lion with a mane is seen, born in the Himalayan forest. (03-292-21)
एवं बहुविधं राजन्विलप्य करुणं पृथा। अवासृजत मञ्जूषामश्वनद्यास्तदा जले ॥०३-२९२-२२॥
O king, thus having lamented in many ways with deep sorrow, Pṛthā then released the box into the water of the Aśvanadī river. (03-292-22)
रुदती पुत्रशोकार्ता निशीथे कमलेक्षणा। धात्र्या सह पृथा राजन्पुत्रदर्शनलालसा ॥०३-२९२-२३॥
O king, at midnight, Pṛthā, lotus-eyed and afflicted by grief for her son, weeping together with her nurse, was longing to see her son. (03-292-23)
विसर्जयित्वा मञ्जूषां सम्बोधनभयात्पितुः। विवेश राजभवनं पुनः शोकातुरा ततः ॥०३-२९२-२४॥
Because of the fear of addressing her father, she put away the casket and then, afflicted with grief, she again entered the royal palace. (03-292-24)
मञ्जूषा त्वश्वनद्याः सा ययौ चर्मण्वतीं नदीम्। चर्मण्वत्याश्च यमुनां ततो गङ्गां जगाम ह ॥०३-२९२-२५॥
The box, having departed from the Aśvanadī river, went to the Carmaṇvatī river; from Carmaṇvatī to the Yamunā, then to the Gaṅgā indeed she went. (03-292-25)
गङ्गायाः सूतविषयं चम्पामभ्याययौ पुरीम्। स मञ्जूषागतो गर्भस्तरङ्गैरुह्यमानकः ॥०३-२९२-२६॥
He, who was an embryo placed in a box, being carried by the waves of the Gaṅgā, approached the city of Campā in the territory of the Sūtas. (03-292-26)
अमृतादुत्थितं दिव्यं तत्तु वर्म सकुण्डलम्। धारयामास तं गर्भं दैवं च विधिनिर्मितम् ॥०३-२९२-२७॥
That divine armor with earrings, arisen from nectar—he bore that embryo, which was divine and created by Vidhi (Brahmā). (3-292-27)
