महाभारतम् — ३.१०४

लोमश उवाच ।

तानुवाच समेतांस्तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
गच्छध्वं विबुधाः सर्वे यथाकामं यथेप्सितम् ॥

M N Dutt Lomasha said: The Grandsire of creatures Brahma thus spoke to the assembly (of celestials) “O gods, go wherever you like and desire to go.

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महता कालयोगेन प्रकृतिं यास्यतेऽर्णवः ।
ज्ञातीन्वै कारणं कृत्वा महाराज्ञो भगीरथात् ॥

M N Dutt A very long time must pass before the ocean would be able to resume its natural state by making the relatives of the great king Bhagiratha as its cause."

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।

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कथं वै ज्ञातयो ब्रह्मन्कारणं चात्र किं मुने ।
कथं समुद्रः पूर्णश्च भगीरथपरिश्रमात् ॥

M N Dutt Yudhishthira said : O Brahmana, O Rishi, why and how did the relations (of Bhagiratha) become the cause (of refilling the ocean)? How was the ocean refilled by the interference of Bhagiratha?

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एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण तपोधन ।
कथ्यमानं त्वया विप्र राज्ञां चरितमुत्तमम् ॥

M N Dutt O ascetic, O Brahmana, I desire to hear all this in detail, the excellent history of that king (Bhagiratha) narrated by you.

वैशंपायन उवाच ।

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एवमुक्तस्तु विप्रेन्द्रो धर्मराज्ञा महात्मना ।
कथयामास माहात्म्यं सगरस्य महात्मनः ॥

M N Dutt Vaishampayana said : Having been thus addressed by the highsouled Dharmaraja, Yudhishthira, that foremost of Brahmanas narrated the glory of the illustrious Sagara.

लोमश उवाच ।

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इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातः सगरो नाम पार्थिवः ।
रूपसत्त्वबलोपेतः स चापुत्रः प्रतापवान् ॥

M N Dutt Lomasha said: In the race of the Ikshvaku there was born a king, named Sagara, possessing beauty of person and prowess. That mighty king was son-less.

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स हैहयान्समुत्साद्य तालजङ्घांश्च भारत ।
वशे च कृत्वा राज्ञोऽन्यान्स्वराज्यमन्वशासत ॥

M N Dutt O descendant of Bharata, exterminating the Haihayas and Talrangas and subjugating many kings, he ruled over his own kingdom.

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तस्य भार्ये त्वभवतां रूपयौवनदर्पिते ।
वैदर्भी भरतश्रेष्ठ शैब्या च भरतर्षभ ॥

M N Dutt O best of the Bharata race, he had two wives, proud of their beauty and of their youth, one a princess of Vaidarbhi and the other a princess of Shaibya.

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स पुत्रकामो नृपतिस्तताप सुमहत्तपः ।
पत्नीभ्यां सह राजेन्द्र कैलासं गिरिमाश्रितः ॥

M N Dutt O king of kings, desiring to get a son, that king practised great austerities with his two wives on the Kailasa mountain.

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स तप्यमानः सुमहत्तपो योगसमन्वितः ।
आससाद महात्मानं त्र्यक्षं त्रिपुरमर्दनम् ॥

M N Dutt Being engaged in great austerities and in Yoga and in contemplation, he saw the illustrious three-eyed deity, the chastiser of Tripura, Shankara, Bhava, Ishana, Pinaki, Shulapani, Traymbaka, Shiva, Ugresha of many forms, the husband of Uma.

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शंकरं भवमीशानं शूलपानिं पिनाकिनम् ।
त्र्यम्बकं शिवमुग्रेशं बहुरूपमुमापतिम् ॥

M N Dutt Being engaged in great austerities and in Yoga and in contemplation, he saw the illustrious three-eyed deity, the chastiser of Tripura, Shankara, Bhava, Ishana, Pinaki, Shulapani, Traymbaka, Shiva, Ugresha of many forms, the husband of Uma.

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स तं दृष्ट्वैव वरदं पत्नीभ्यां सहितो नृपः ।
प्रणिपत्य महाबाहुः पुत्रार्थं समयाचत ॥

M N Dutt As soon as he saw that giver of boons, that mighty-armed king bowed to him along with his two wives and prayed for a son. Hara (Shiva) being pleased said to that best of kings with his wives. “O king, considering the moment in which you have asked the boon.

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तं प्रीतिमान्हरः प्राह सभार्यं नृपसत्तमम् ।
यस्मिन्वृतो मुहूर्तेऽहं त्वयेह नृपते वरम् ॥

M N Dutt As soon as he saw that giver of boons, that mighty-armed king bowed to him along with his two wives and prayed for a son. Hara (Shiva) being pleased said to that best of kings with his wives. “O king, considering the moment in which you have asked the boon.

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षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणि शूराः समरदर्पिताः ।
एकस्यां संभविष्यन्ति पत्न्यां तव नरोत्तम ॥

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ते चैव सर्वे सहिताः क्षयं यास्यन्ति पार्थिव ।
एको वंशधरः शूर एकस्यां संभविष्यति ।
एवमुक्त्वा तु तं रुद्रस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

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स चापि सगरो राजा जगाम स्वं निवेशनम् ।
पत्नीभ्यां सहितस्तात सोऽतिहृष्टमनास्तदा ॥

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तस्याथ मनुजश्रेष्ठ ते भार्ये कमलेक्षणे ।
वैदर्भी चैव शैब्या च गर्भिण्यौ संबभूवतुः ॥

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ततः कालेन वैदर्भी गर्भालाबुं व्यजायत ।
शैब्या च सुषुवे पुत्रं कुमारं देवरूपिणम् ॥

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तदालाबुं समुत्स्रष्टुं मनश्चक्रे स पार्थिवः ।
अथान्तरिक्षाच्छुश्राव वाचं गम्भीरनिस्वनाम् ॥