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Book 05 – Chapter 187
BORI CE: 05-187-001 राम उवाच |
MN DUTT: 03-256-001 राम उवाच प्रत्यक्षमेतल्लोकानां सर्वेषामेव भाविनि |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said In the very sight of all these persons O maiden, I have done better, according to the best of my power, and displayed my highest prowess. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-002 न चैव युधि शक्नोमि भीष्मं शस्त्रभृतां वरम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-002 न चैवमपि शक्नोमि भीष्मं शस्त्रभृतां वरम् |
M. N. Dutt: And yet I have been unable to gain any superiority over Bhishma, that foremost of all wielders of weapons, though I have exerted to the very of my power. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-003 एषा मे परमा शक्तिरेतन्मे परमं बलम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-003 एषा मे परमा शक्तिरेतन्मे परमं बलम् |
M. N. Dutt: This (which you have seen) is my highest might, this is greatest strength. Go whiter you like, O blessed lady. What else can I do for you? |
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BORI CE: 05-187-004 भीष्ममेव प्रपद्यस्व न तेऽन्या विद्यते गतिः |
MN DUTT: 03-256-004 भीष्ममेव प्रपद्यस्व न तेऽन्या विद्यते गतिः |
M. N. Dutt: Take refuge even with Bhishma himself; there exists no other for you. I am vanquished by Bhishma on account of his using such mighty weapons. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-005 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 03-256-005 एवमुक्त्वा ततो रामो विनिःश्वस्य महामनाः |
M. N. Dutt: Then the high-souled Rama, having thus spoken, fetched a deep sign and remained silent. Then that maiden spoke to the descendant of Bhrigu. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-006 भगवन्नेवमेवैतद्यथाह भगवांस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 03-256-006 भगवन्नेवमेवैतद् यथाऽऽहं भगवांस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: "O holy one, it is even as your holy self has said. This Bhishma, of varied intelligence, is invincible in battle even by the very gods. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-007 यथाशक्ति यथोत्साहं मम कार्यं कृतं त्वया |
MN DUTT: 03-256-007 यथाशक्ति यथोत्साहं मम कार्यं कृतं त्वया |
M. N. Dutt: To the best of your power and to the best of your energy you have accomplished my work, and in this battle you have shown irresistible might and diverse kinds of weapons. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-008 न चैष शक्यते युद्धे विशेषयितुमन्ततः BORI CE: 05-187-009 गमिष्यामि तु तत्राहं यत्र भीष्मं तपोधन |
MN DUTT: 03-256-008 न चैव शक्यते युद्धे विशेषयितुमन्ततः |
M. N. Dutt: You have yet been unable to show any superiority (over Bhishma). As for me I shall not go again to this Bhishma. Thither, however, shall I repair, where, O you whose wealth is asceticism, I shall be able myself to (obtain the means to fell down in battle this Bhishma, O you the perpetuator of the race of Bhrigu." |
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BORI CE: 05-187-010 एवमुक्त्वा ययौ कन्या रोषव्याकुललोचना |
MN DUTT: 03-256-009 एवमुक्त्वा ययौ कन्या रोषव्याकुललोचना |
M. N. Dutt: Having spoken thus, that maid went away with eyes agitated with wrath, and intending to bring about my death she firmly resolved to practice asceticism, |
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BORI CE: 05-187-011 ततो महेन्द्रं सह तैर्मुनिभिर्भृगुसत्तमः |
MN DUTT: 03-256-010 ततो महेन्द्रं सह तैर्मुनिभिर्भृगुसत्तमः |
M. N. Dutt: Then that foremost one among Bhrigu's defendants, accompanied by those ascetics, departed, after bidding me farewell for the mountain of Mahendra, O Bharata, whence he had come. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-012 ततोऽहं रथमारुह्य स्तूयमानो द्विजातिभिः |
MN DUTT: 03-256-011 ततो रथं समारुह्य स्तूयमानो द्विजातिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: Thereupon, sending my chariot, and praised by the twice-born, I entered the city and immediately informed Satyavati, my mother, |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 03-256-012 यथावृत्तं महाराज सा च मां प्रत्यनन्दत |
M. N. Dutt: Every thing as it had happened, O great king, and she (in her turn) uttered words and congratulations to me. I then appointed intelligent and wise men to watch the proceedings of that maiden. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-013 पुरुषांश्चादिशं प्राज्ञान्कन्यावृत्तान्तकर्मणि |
MN DUTT: 03-256-013 दिवसे दिवसे ह्यस्या गतिजल्पितचेष्टितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Day after day, they went and learnt whatever she did, being devoted and always stationed at their duty, and brought them to me, always their well-wisher. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-014 यदैव हि वनं प्रायात्कन्या सा तपसे धृता |
MN DUTT: 03-256-014 यदैव हि वनं प्रायात् सा कन्या तपसे धृता |
M. N. Dutt: Even at the time when that maiden went to the woods best on practicing asceticism, I became melancholy and poorly with pain. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-015 न हि मां क्षत्रियः कश्चिद्वीर्येण विजयेद्युधि |
MN DUTT: 03-256-015 न हि मां क्षत्रियः कश्चिद् वीर्येण व्यजयद् युधि |
M. N. Dutt: No Kshatriya has ever by mere prowess vanquished me in battle, except one acquainted with Brahma, O my son and observant of vows and austerities. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-016 अपि चैतन्मया राजन्नारदेऽपि निवेदितम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-016 अपि चैतन्मया राजन् नारदेऽपि निवेदितम् |
M. N. Dutt: I then informed even Narada, O king, and also Vyasa of the doings (of that daughter of the king of Kashi), and both of them said to me. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-017 न विषादस्त्वया कार्यो भीष्म काशिसुतां प्रति |
MN DUTT: 03-256-017 न विषादस्त्वया कार्यो भीष्म काशिसुतां प्रति |
M. N. Dutt: "O Bhishma, you need not be depressed on account of the daughter of Kashi. Who can have the power to alter the course of destiny by individual resolution? |
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BORI CE: 05-187-018 सा तु कन्या महाराज प्रविश्याश्रममण्डलम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-018 सा कन्या तु महाराज प्रविश्याश्रममण्डलम् |
M. N. Dutt: That maiden, O great king, having entered the pale of a secluded pot, began practicing austerities of superhuman endurance, on the banks of the Yamuna, |
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BORI CE: 05-187-019 निराहारा कृशा रूक्षा जटिला मलपङ्किनी BORI CE: 05-187-020 यमुनातीरमासाद्य संवत्सरमथापरम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-019 निराहारा कृशा सक्षा जटिला मलपङ्किनी |
M. N. Dutt: And she remained in the water of the Yamuna for one year, and another year, that lady remained fasting without food. Without food and emaciated, rough skined, and bronzed, with matted locks, and begrimed with the mud (of the river), that lady, whose wealth consisted in asceticism, remained fixed and motionless for six months, her only food being the air. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-021 शीर्णपर्णेन चैकेन पारयामास चापरम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-020 शीर्णपणेन चैकेन पारयामास सा परम् |
M. N. Dutt: And after this she broke her fast by eating a single dry leaf, and then she the great river on one foot fire with indignation as she was. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-022 एवं द्वादश वर्षाणि तापयामास रोदसी |
MN DUTT: 03-256-021 एवं द्वादश वर्षाणि तापयामास रोदसी |
M. N. Dutt: And thus she continued for twelve years (her austerities) and made the heaven not. Nor could she be made to desist from the course by her relatives. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-023 ततोऽगमद्वत्सभूमिं सिद्धचारणसेविताम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-022 ततोऽगमद् वत्सभूमि सिद्धचारणसेविताम् |
M. N. Dutt: Then she went to Vatsabhumi, resorted to by Siddhas and Charanas, and the retreat of high-souled ascetics of pious deeds. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-024 तत्र पुण्येषु देशेषु साप्लुताङ्गी दिवानिशम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-023 तत्र पुण्येषु तीर्थेषु साऽऽप्लुताङ्गी दिवानिशम् |
M. N. Dutt: And there, in the sacred waters of pilgrimages, she bathed herself night and day, and that daughter of the lord of Kashi roamed about, fierce as she was, according to her desire. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-025 नन्दाश्रमे महाराज ततोलूकाश्रमे शुभे |
MN DUTT: 03-256-024 नन्दाश्रमे महाराज तथोलकाश्रमे शुभे |
M. N. Dutt: Proceeding next to the hermitage of Narada, and then to the auspicious hermitage of Uluka, and to that of Chyavana, and even to the sacred spot of Brahma, |
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BORI CE: 05-187-026 प्रयागे देवयजने देवारण्येषु चैव ह |
MN DUTT: 03-256-025 प्रयागे देवजयने देवारण्येषु चैव ह |
M. N. Dutt: And to Prayaga, the sacrificial spot of the gods, and to the forest sacred to the gods and to Bhogavati, O monarch, as also to the hermitage of Kaushika, |
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BORI CE: 05-187-027 माण्डव्यस्याश्रमे राजन्दिलीपस्याश्रमे तथा |
MN DUTT: 03-256-026 माण्डव्यस्याश्रमे राजन् दिलीपस्याश्रमे तथा |
M. N. Dutt: And to the hermitage of Mandvya O king, as also to the hermitage of Dilipa to the (sacred) water of Rama's lake, O Kauravya, and to the hermitage of Pailagarga, |
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BORI CE: 05-187-028 एतेषु तीर्थेषु तदा काशिकन्या विशां पते |
MN DUTT: 03-256-027 एतेषु तीर्थेषु तदा काशिकन्या विशाम्पते |
M. N. Dutt: In these sacred places of pilgrimages that maiden of Kashi, O lord of earth, bathed her body, and all this while practicing the austerities difficult of performance. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-029 तामब्रवीत्कौरवेय मम माता जलोत्थिता |
MN DUTT: 03-256-028 तामव्रवीच्च कौरव्य मम माता जले स्थिता |
M. N. Dutt: (One day) my mother, (Ganga) while in the waters, spoke these words, O Kaurava why do you take so much pains, O blessed one! Tell me the truth. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-030 सैनामथाब्रवीद्राजन्कृताञ्जलिरनिन्दिता |
MN DUTT: 03-256-029 सैनामथाब्रवीद् राजन् कृताञ्जलिरनिन्दिता |
M. N. Dutt: She then spoke, of whom no one can speak evil, with hands folded to my mother “O faireyed one, Rama has been vanquished in battle by Bhishma. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-031 कोऽन्यस्तमुत्सहेज्जेतुमुद्यतेषुं महीपतिम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-030 कोऽन्यस्तमुत्सहेज्जेतुमुद्यतेषु महीपतिः |
M. N. Dutt: Who else, though a lord of earth, can attempt to vanquish him when he stands forward with his arrows? And I am practicing these sever austerities for the destruction of Bhishma. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-032 चरामि पृथिवीं देवि यथा हन्यामहं नृपम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-031 विचरामि महीं देवि यथा हन्यामहं नृपम् |
M. N. Dutt: I wander about in the earth, O goddess, with the one purpose of obtaining the means of death of that king, and this is the vow I have taken, O goddess, in everything else that I do.” |
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BORI CE: 05-187-033 ततोऽब्रवीत्सागरगा जिह्मं चरसि भामिनि |
MN DUTT: 03-256-032 ततोऽब्रवीत् सागरगा जिह्यं चरसि भाविनि |
M. N. Dutt: Thereupon the ocean, going (Ganga my mother) spoke: “O lady, you are acting crookedly. O faultless one, this object of yours you shall not be able to attain, O weak one. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-034 यदि भीष्मविनाशाय काश्ये चरसि वै व्रतम् |
MN DUTT: 03-256-033 यदि भीष्मविनाशाय काश्ये चरसि वै व्रतम् |
M. N. Dutt: O daughter of Kashi, if you hold to this vow for the destruction of Bhishma, and even if you take leave of your body while performing these austerities. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 03-256-034 नदी भविष्यसि शुभे कुटिला वार्षिकोदका |
M. N. Dutt: You shall be turned to a tortuous river, O fair one, with water (only in the rains. Your water shall be inaccessible and unknown, and (as you shall be) with water only during the rainy season, you shall be dry for eight months (in the year); |
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BORI CE: 05-187-035 दुस्तीर्था चानभिज्ञेया वार्षिकी नाष्टमासिकी BORI CE: 05-187-036 एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्काशिकन्यां न्यवर्तत BORI CE: 05-187-037 कदाचिदष्टमे मासि कदाचिद्दशमे तथा |
MN DUTT: 03-256-034 नदी भविष्यसि शुभे कुटिला वार्षिकोदका MN DUTT: 03-256-035 भीमग्राहवती घोरा सर्वभूतभयङ्करी |
M. N. Dutt: You shall be turned to a tortuous river, O fair one, with water (only in the rains. Your water shall be inaccessible and unknown, and (as you shall be) with water only during the rainy season, you shall be dry for eight months (in the year); Filled with dreadful alligators and yourself dreadful, and inspiring terror in all creatures." Having thus spoken, O king, my mother, that lady of great fortune pretending to smile, dismissed the daughter of Kashi. Thereupon that highly fair one did not even drink water, sometimes for eight months and sometimes for ten months. |
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BORI CE: 05-187-038 सा वत्सभूमिं कौरव्य तीर्थलोभात्ततस्ततः |
MN DUTT: 03-256-036 सा वत्सभूमि कौरव्य तीर्थलोभात् ततस्ततः |
M. N. Dutt: And the daughter of the king of Kashi, o Kauravya, on account of her love of pilgrimage came to Vatsabhumi, and there she fell down and began to run down (as a river.) |
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BORI CE: 05-187-039 सा नदी वत्सभूम्यां तु प्रथिताम्बेति भारत |
MN DUTT: 03-256-037 सा नदी वत्सभूम्यां तु प्रथिताम्बेति भारत |
M. N. Dutt: And O Bharata, it is recorded that the river in Vatsabhumi, was filled with water only during the rains, and abounded in alligators, was difficult to ford and tortuous in her course). |
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BORI CE: 05-187-040 सा कन्या तपसा तेन भागार्धेन व्यजायत |
MN DUTT: 03-256-038 सा कन्या तपसा तेन देहार्धेन व्यजायत |
M. N. Dutt: O king, by merit of her austerities that maiden became a river by only half her body, while by the other half she remained a maiden in Vatsabhumi, as before. |
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