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Book 01 – Chapter 107
BORI CE: 01-107-001 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-115-001 वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः पुत्रशतं जज्ञे गान्धार्यां जनमेजय |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said: O Janamejaya, one hundred sons of Dhritarashtra were born in the womb of Gandhari. Besides these one hundred sons, one more was born by a Vaishya wife. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-002 पाण्डोः कुन्त्यां च माद्र्यां च पञ्च पुत्रा महारथाः |
MN DUTT: 01-115-002 पाण्डोः कुन्त्यां च मात्र्यां च पुत्राः पञ्च महारथाः |
M. N. Dutt: Pandu had by his wives) Kunti and Madri five sons, all great car warriors, who were all begotten by celestial for the perpetuation of the (Kuru) dynasty. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-003 जनमेजय उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-115-003 जनमेजय उवाच कथं पुत्रशतं जज्ञे गान्धार्यां द्विजसत्तम |
M. N. Dutt: Janamejaya said : O best of the twice born, why did Gandhari give birth to one hundred sons? In how many years (they were born)? What was their period of life? |
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BORI CE: 01-107-004 कथं चैकः स वैश्यायां धृतराष्ट्रसुतोऽभवत् |
MN DUTT: 01-115-004 कथं चैकः स वैश्यायां धृतराष्ट्रसुतोऽभवत् |
M. N. Dutt: How did Dhritarashtra beget a son on a Vaishya wife? How did Dhritarashtra behave towards his loving, obedient and virtuous wife, Gandhari? |
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BORI CE: 01-107-005 कथं च शप्तस्य सतः पाण्डोस्तेन महात्मना |
MN DUTT: 01-115-005 कथं च शप्तस्य सतः पाण्डोस्तेन महात्मना |
M. N. Dutt: How were born the five sons of Pandu, those great car warriors, through cursed by the high-souled man (the Rishi in the form of deer)? |
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BORI CE: 01-107-006 एतद्विद्वन्यथावृत्तं विस्तरेण तपोधन |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 01-115-006 कथयस्व न मे तृप्तिः कथ्यमानेषु बन्धुषु |
M. N. Dutt: O ascetic, tell me all this in detail. I am not satiated with hearing the accounts of my friends and relatives. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-007 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-115-007 वैशम्पायन उवाच क्षुच्छ्रमाभिपरिग्लानं द्वैपायनमुपस्थितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said : One day Gandhari gratified Dvaipayana who came hungry and fatigued. Vyasa granted her a boon. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-008 सा वव्रे सदृशं भर्तुः पुत्राणां शतमात्मनः |
MN DUTT: 01-115-008 सा वब्रे सदृशं भर्तुः पुत्राणां शतमात्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: (Namely) that she should have one hundred sons like her husband. Sometime after she conceived by Dhritarashtra. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-009 संवत्सरद्वयं तं तु गान्धारी गर्भमाहितम् |
MN DUTT: 01-115-009 संवत्सरद्वयं तं तु गान्धारी गर्भमाहितम् |
M. N. Dutt: She bore the burden in her womb for two years without being delivered; she was, therefore, much afflicted with grief. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-010 श्रुत्वा कुन्तीसुतं जातं बालार्कसमतेजसम् BORI CE: 01-107-011 अज्ञातं धृतराष्ट्रस्य यत्नेन महता ततः BORI CE: 01-107-012 ततो जज्ञे मांसपेशी लोहाष्ठीलेव संहता |
MN DUTT: 01-115-010 श्रुत्वा कुन्तीसुतं जातं बालार्कसमतेजसम् MN DUTT: 01-115-011 द्विवर्षसम्भृता कुक्षौ तामुत्स्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमे |
M. N. Dutt: She heard that a son was born to Kunti, as effulgent as the morning sun. Being sorry that in her case the time of bearing the child in the womb was too long and being deprived of reason by grief, she stuck her womb with violence without the knowledge of Dhritarashtra. Thereupon was brought forth a hard mass of flesh like an iron ball. She bone in her womb for two years. To seeing hard mass of flesh, she decided to throw it. Dvaipayana, knowing it, soon came to her. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-013 अथ द्वैपायनो ज्ञात्वा त्वरितः समुपागमत् |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-014 ततोऽब्रवीत्सौबलेयीं किमिदं ते चिकीर्षितम् |
MN DUTT: 01-115-012 तां स मांसमयीं पेशीं ददर्श जपतां वरः |
M. N. Dutt: The best of ascetics (Vyasa) saw that mass of flesh and asked the daughter of Subala, “What have you done?” And she (Gandhari) told her real feeling to the great Rishi. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-015 ज्येष्ठं कुन्तीसुतं जातं श्रुत्वा रविसमप्रभम् BORI CE: 01-107-016 शतं च किल पुत्राणां वितीर्णं मे त्वया पुरा |
MN DUTT: 01-115-013 गान्धार्युवाच ज्येष्ठं कुन्तीसुतं जातं श्रुत्वा रविसमप्रभम् |
M. N. Dutt: Gandhari said : Having heard that Kunti had first given birth to a son, as effulgent as the sun. I struck at my womb in grief. You granted me the boon that I should get one hundred sons. But a ball of flesh has come out in the place of one hundred sons. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 01-115-014 व्यास उवाच एवमेतत् सौबलेयि नैतज्जात्वन्यथा भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Vyasa said : O daughter of Subala, it is even so. My words can never be futile. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-017 व्यास उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-115-014 व्यास उवाच एवमेतत् सौबलेयि नैतज्जात्वन्यथा भवेत् MN DUTT: 01-115-015 वितथं नोक्तपूर्वं मे स्वैरेष्वपि कुतोऽन्यथा |
M. N. Dutt: Vyasa said : O daughter of Subala, it is even so. My words can never be futile. I have not spoken an untruth even in jest, why then will my words be futile! Let one hundred jars, filled with ghee, be brought in the proper way; let them be placed at a concealed place and let cool water be sprinkled on this ball of flesh. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-018 घृतपूर्णं कुण्डशतं क्षिप्रमेव विधीयताम् |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-019 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-115-016 वैशम्पायन उवाच सा सिच्यमाना त्वष्ठीला बभूव शतधा तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said : The ball of fresh, being thus sprinkled with water, became divided into hundred parts. They separately became hundred parts, each about the size of the thumb. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-020 एकाधिकशतं पूर्णं यथायोगं विशां पते |
MN DUTT: 01-115-017 एकाधिकशतं पूर्णं यथायोगं विशाम्पते |
M. N. Dutt: O king, that ball of fresh in time became gradually one hundred and one separate parts. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-021 ततस्तांस्तेषु कुण्डेषु गर्भानवदधे तदा |
MN DUTT: 01-115-018 ततस्तांस्तेषु कुण्डेषु गर्भानवदधे तदा |
M. N. Dutt: These were then placed into the jars, filled with ghee and they were placed at a concealed spot and were carefully watched. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-022 शशास चैव भगवान्कालेनैतावता पुनः |
MN DUTT: 01-115-019 शशंस चैव भगवान् कालेनैतावता पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: The illustrious (Vyasa) then said to the daughter of Subala that she should open the covers of the jars after full two years. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-023 इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्व्यासस्तथा प्रतिविधाय च |
MN DUTT: 01-115-020 इत्युक्त्वा भगवान् व्यासस्तथा प्रतिनिधाय च |
M. N. Dutt: Having said this and having made these arrangements, the illustrious and wise Vyasa went to the Himalayas mountains to perform his penances. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-024 जज्ञे क्रमेण चैतेन तेषां दुर्योधनो नृपः |
MN DUTT: 01-115-021 जज्ञे क्रमेण चैतेन तेषां दुर्योधनो नृपः |
M. N. Dutt: King Duryodhana was then in time born from them (the parts of the fleshy ball). According to the order of birth, Yudhisthira was the eldest. |
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MN DUTT: 01-115-022 तदाख्यातं तु भीष्माय विदुराय च धीमते |
M. N. Dutt: The news of Duryodhana's birth was carried to Bhishma and the wise Vidura. On the day when haughty Duryodhana was born, on that very day was born mighty armed and greatly powerful Bhima. O king, as soon as that son of Dhritarashtra (Duryodhana) was born, he roared and brayed like an ass, Hearing that sound, the arsons vultures, jackals and crows spontaneously cried. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-025 जातमात्रे सुते तस्मिन्धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् |
MN DUTT: 01-115-023 वाताश्च प्रववुश्चापि दिग्दाहश्चाभवत् तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Strong wind began to blow and fires regard in every direction. Thereupon, the frightened king Dhritarashtra summoning many Brahmanas, Bhishma, Vidura and other friends, relatives and Kurus, said- |
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BORI CE: 01-107-026 युधिष्ठिरो राजपुत्रो ज्येष्ठो नः कुलवर्धनः |
MN DUTT: 01-115-024 युधिष्ठिरो राजपुत्रो ज्येष्ठो नः कुलवर्धनः |
M. N. Dutt: “The eldest of the princes, Yudhisthira is the perpetuator of your race. He has acquired the kingdom by virtue of his birth. We have nothing to say to this. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-027 अयं त्वनन्तरस्तस्मादपि राजा भविष्यति |
MN DUTT: 01-115-025 अयं त्वनन्तरस्तस्मादपि राजा भविष्यति |
M. N. Dutt: "But will my son be able to become king after hi“? Tell me what is right and lawful. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-028 वाक्यस्यैतस्य निधने दिक्षु सर्वासु भारत |
MN DUTT: 01-115-026 वाक्यस्यैतस्य निधने दिक्षु सर्वासु भारत |
M. N. Dutt: O descendant of the Bharata race, jackals and other carnivorous animals began to how! ominously from all sides. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-029 लक्षयित्वा निमित्तानि तानि घोराणि सर्वशः BORI CE: 01-107-030 व्यक्तं कुलान्तकरणो भवितैष सुतस्तव |
MN DUTT: 01-115-027 लक्षयित्वा निमित्तानि तानि घोराणि सर्वशः |
M. N. Dutt: O king, seeing these frightful ominous signs, the assembled Brahmanas and the high minded Vidura said, “O king, O best of men, when these fearful ominous signs are seen at the birth of your eldest son. It is evident he will be exterminator of your race. The prosperity of the race depends upon his abandonment. There must be great calamity in keeping him. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-031 शतमेकोनमप्यस्तु पुत्राणां ते महीपते |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 01-115-028 शतमेकोनमप्यस्तु पुत्राणां ते महीपते |
M. N. Dutt: O king, if you abandon him, there still remain ninety nine sons of yours. O descendant of the Bharata race, if you desire the good of your dynasty, abandon him. |
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BORI CE: 01-107-032 त्यजेदेकं कुलस्यार्थे ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं त्यजेत् BORI CE: 01-107-033 स तथा विदुरेणोक्तस्तैश्च सर्वैर्द्विजोत्तमैः BORI CE: 01-107-034 ततः पुत्रशतं सर्वं धृतराष्ट्रस्य पार्थिव BORI CE: 01-107-035 गान्धार्यां क्लिश्यमानायामुदरेण विवर्धता BORI CE: 01-107-036 तस्मिन्संवत्सरे राजन्धृतराष्ट्रान्महायशाः BORI CE: 01-107-037 एवं पुत्रशतं जज्ञे धृतराष्ट्रस्य धीमतः |
MN DUTT: 01-115-029 एकेन कुरु वै क्षेमं कुलस्य जगतस्तथा MN DUTT: 01-115-030 मासमात्रेण संजज्ञे कन्या चैका शताधिका |
M. N. Dutt: Do good to the world and to your own race by abandoning him. It is said that an individuals should be abandoned for the sake of the family; a family should be abandoned for the sake of a village; a village should be abandoned for the sake of a country and the world should be abandoned for the sake of the soul.” Having been thus addressed by Vidura and the Brahmanas, the king, out of affection (for the son) did not act accordingly. O king, there were born within a month one hundred sons of Dhritarashtra and also a daughter above and over that one hundred. When Gandhari was effected with her advanced pregnancy, a Vaishya maid servant was engaged to attended upon Dhritarashtra. O king, during that year, was begotten on her by Dhritarashtra illustrious and greatly intelligent son, who was afterwards named Yuyutsu, also called Karana. Thus were begotten by the wise Dhritarashtra one hundred sons, who were all heroes and (thus also was born) greatly powerful Yuyutsu born at a Vaishya woman. an |
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MN DUTT: 01-116-001 जनमेजय उवाच धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणामादितः कथितं त्वया |
M. N. Dutt: Janamejaya said : You have told me from the beginning all about the birth of Dhritarashtra's one hundred sons, the result of the boon granted by the Rishi, but you have not told me (the particular of the birth) of the daughter. |
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MN DUTT: 01-116-002 वैश्यापुत्रो युयुत्सुश्च कन्या चैका शताधिका |
M. N. Dutt: O sinless one, you have said that over and above one hundred sons, there was another son, named Yuyutsu, born of a Vaishya woman and also a daughter by Gandhari. The daughter of the king of Gandhara would get one hundred sons. O illustrious man, so said the great Rishi Vyasa of immeasurable effulgence. How do you then tell me that a daughter was born (over and above the hundred)? |
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MN DUTT: 01-116-003 यदि भागशतं पेशी कृता तेन महर्षिणा |
M. N. Dutt: The ball of flesh was divided by the great Rishi into only one hundred parts and the daughter of Subala (Gandhari) did not conceive at any other time. How then was born Duhshala? O Brahmana Rishi, tell me this; my curiosity is very great. |
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MN DUTT: 01-116-004 वैशम्पायन उवाच साध्वयं प्रश्न उद्दिष्टः पाण्डवेय ब्रवीमि ते |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said : O descendant of Pandu, your question is just. I shall tell you how it happened. The great ascetic, the illustrious Rishi himself, sprinkled that ball of fresh with cool water and begin to divide it into hundred parts, O king, as it was being divided into parts, the nurse began to take them up and put them one by one into the jars filled with ghee. In the meanwhile the beautiful and chaste Gandhari of rigid vows, feeling the affection for a daughter. Reflected in her mind, there is no doubt that I shall have one hundred sons. The Rishi had said this and it cannot be otherwise. If a daughter is born to me over and above my one hundred sons, I shall be exceedingly happy. |
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MN DUTT: 01-116-005 एका शताधिका बाला भविष्यति कनीयसी |
M. N. Dutt: My husband may then go to those worlds that the possession of a daughter's sons confers on a man. |
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MN DUTT: 01-116-006 अधिका किल नारीणां प्रीतिर्जामातृजा भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Every woman feels a very great affection for her son-in-law. If, therefore, I get a daughter over and above my one hundred sons, then surrounded by sons and daughter's sons, I shall feel myself supremely happy. If I have truly performed penances, if I have ever given in charity, if I have ever performed Homa, if ever I have respected my superiors, lets a daughter be born to me." All this time that best of Rishis, the illustrious Krishna Dvaipayana himself was dividing that ball of flesh. Counting full one hundred parts, he said to the daughter of Subala (Gandhari). |
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MN DUTT: 01-116-007 व्यास उवाच पूर्णं पुत्रशतं त्वेतन्न मिथ्या वागुदाहृता |
M. N. Dutt: "Here are your one hundred sons, I did not speak to you anything that was not true. Here is a part over and above one hundred which will give you a daughter's son. From this will be born an amiable and fortunate daughter, as you have desired." |
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MN DUTT: 01-116-008 ततोऽन्यं घृतकुम्भं च समानाय्य महातपाः |
M. N. Dutt: Then that great ascetic, bringing another jar filled with ghee, placed the part into it for the purpose of daughter, O descendant of the Bharata race, thus have I narrated to you all about the birth of Dushala. O sinless one, tell me what more am I to narrate. |
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