[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [Harivamsha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) › App.I.6 # Harivamsha App.I.6 Harivaṃśa App.I.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [App.I.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.1) janamejaya uvāca gandharvī urvaśī devī rājāṇaṃ manuṣaṃ katham / > Janamejaya said: > How did the goddess Urvaśī, a Gandharva woman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.2) devān utsṛjya saṃprāptā tan me brūhi bahuśruta // > abandoning the gods, approach a human king? Tell me that, O highly learned one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.2x1-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.2x1-1) śrutvorvaśīndrabhavane gīyamānaṃ surarṣiṇā / > \[Vaiśaṃpāyana said:\] > Having heard singing by the divine seer in Indra's palace, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.2x1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.2x1-2) tadantikam upeyā devī smaraśarārditā // > the goddess, afflicted by the arrows of love, approached him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.2x1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.2x1-3) sa tāṃ vilokya nṛpatir harṣeṇotphullalocanaḥ / > Beholding her, the king, his eyes wide open with joy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.2x1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.2x1-4) uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā devīṃ hṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ // > his hair standing on end, spoke to the goddess in gentle words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.2x1-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.2x1-5) svāgataṃ te varārohe āsyatāṃ karavāma kim / > 'Welcome to you, O fair-hipped lady! Be seated. What may I do \[for you\]? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.2x1-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.2x1-6) saṃramasva mayā sārdhaṃ ratir nau śāśvatīḥ samāḥ / > Take delight with me; let there be love between us for eternal years!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.3) vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca brahmaśāpābhibhūtā sā mānuṣaṃ samupasthitā / > Vaiśaṃpāyana said: > Overcome by a brahmin's curse, she came to a mortal; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.4) elaṃ tu sā varārohā samayāt samupasthitā // > that fair-hipped woman, however, came to Ela on a condition. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.4x2-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.4x2-1) evaṃ sā hy uṣitā tatra śāpasyāntam abhīpsatī / > Thus, dwelling there and desiring the end of her curse, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.5) ātmanaḥ śāpamokṣārthaṃ samayaṃ sā cakāra ha / > she indeed made an agreement for the release of her curse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.6) anagnadarśanaṃ caiva sakāmāyāś ca maithunam // > '\[You must\] never see \[me\] naked, and sexual union \[must occur only\] when I desire it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.6x3-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.6x3-1) etāv uraṇakau rājan nyāsau rakṣasva mānada / > Protect these two rams as a trust, O king, giver of honor! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.6x3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.6x3-2) saṃraṃsye bhavatā sākaṃ ślāghya strīṇāṃ varaḥ smṛtaḥ / > I will take delight with you; an excellent husband is held praiseworthy by women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.7) dvau meṣau śayanābhyāse sadā baddhau ca tiṣṭhataḥ / > The two rams must always remain tied near my bed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.8) ghṛtamātraṃ tathāhāraḥ kalām ekaṃ tu pārthiva // > and my food \[shall consist\] solely of clarified butter, only a small drop, O ruler of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.9) yady eṣa samayo rājan yāvatkālaṃ ca te dṛḍham / > If this agreement remains unbroken for you, O king, for so long a time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.9x4-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.9x4-1) tadā tavaiva saṃyogo mayā saha bhaviṣyati / > then my union will be with you alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.9x4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.9x4-2) tāvatkālaṃ kariṣyāmi yāvad evaṃ kariṣyāsi / > For as long as you do so, so long will I do \[mine\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.9x4-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.9x4-3) eṣa te samayo rājan vastuṃ tava gṛhe kṛtaḥ / > This agreement is made for you to dwell in your house, O king; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.10) tāvatkālaṃ tu vatsyāmi kṛtaḥ samaya eṣa naḥ // > for so long a time shall I dwell \[with you\]; this is the agreement made between us.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.11) tasyās taṃ samayaṃ sarvaṃ sa rājā samapālayat / > The king observed that entire agreement of hers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.11x5-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.11x5-1) rājovāca aho rūpam aho bhāvo naralokavimohanam / > The king said: > 'Ah, what beauty! Ah, what grace, enchanting the world of mortals! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.11x5-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.11x5-2) ko na seveta manujo devīṃ tvāṃ svayam āgatām / > What mortal would not attend upon you, a goddess come of your own accord?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.12) evaṃ sā vasate tatra purūravasi bhāvinī / > Thus that lovely lady dwelt there with Purūravas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.13) varṣāṇy athaikaṣaṣṭiṃ tu tadbhaktyā śāpamohitā // > for sixty-one years, out of devotion to him, bewildered by the curse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.14) urvaśyāṃ mānuṣasthāyāṃ gandharvāś cintayānvitāḥ / > While Urvaśī stayed among mortals, the Gandharvas grew full of concern. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.14x6-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.14x6-1) apaśyann urvaśīm indro gandharvān abravīt tadā / > Not seeing Urvaśī, Indra then said to the Gandharvas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.14x6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.14x6-2) urvaśīrahitaṃ mahyam āsthānaṃ nātiśobhate / > 'Deprived of Urvaśī, my assembly hall does not shine brightly.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.15) gandharvā ūcuḥ cintayadhvaṃ mahābhāgā yathā sā tu varāṅganā / > The Gandharvas said: > 'Consider, O fortunate ones, how that excellent woman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.16) samāgacchet punar devān urvaśī svargabhūṣaṇā // > Urvaśī, the ornament of heaven, may come again to the gods!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.17) tato viśvāvasur nāma tatrāha vadatāṃ varaḥ / > Then \[a Gandharva\] named Viśvāvasu, the best of speakers, said there: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.18) mayā tu samayas tābhyāṃ kriyamāṇaḥ śrutaḥ purā // > 'I previously heard the agreement being made between the two of them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.19) vyutkrāntasamayan sā vai rājānaṃ tyakṣyate yathā / > She will certainly abandon the king once he violates the agreement. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.20) tad ahaṃ vedmy aśeṣeṇa yathā bhetsyaty asau nṛpaḥ // > I know completely how that king will break it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.21) sasahāyo gamiṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ kāryasiddhaye / > I will go with companions for the accomplishment of your task.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.22) evam uktvā gatas tatra pratiṣṭhānaṃ mahāyaśāḥ // > Having spoken thus, the highly renowned one went to Pratiṣṭhāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.23) niśāyām atha cāgamya meṣam ekaṃ jahāra saḥ / > Then, arriving in the night, he carried off one ram. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.24) mātṛvad vartate sā tu meṣayoś cāruhāsinī // > Now she of sweet smile acted like a mother to the two rams. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.25) gandharvāgamanaṃ jñātvā śāpāntaṃ ca yaśasvinī / > Knowing the arrival of the Gandharvas and the end of her curse, the renowned lady > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.26) rājānam abravīt tatra putro me 'hriyateti sā // > spoke to the king there: 'My son is being carried off!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.27) evam ukto viniścitya nagno naivodatiṣṭhata / > Addressed thus, having reflected, being naked he did not get up: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.28) nagnaṃ māṃ drakṣyate devī samayo vitatho bhavet // > 'The goddess will see me naked, and the agreement would become void.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.29) tato bhūyas tu gandharvā dvitīyaṃ meṣam ādaduḥ / > Then the Gandharvas took the second ram as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.30) dvitīye tu hṛte meṣe elaṃ devy abravīd idam // > When the second ram was carried off, the queen said this to Aila: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.31) putrau me hriyate rājann anāthāyā iva prabho / > “My two sons are being carried off, O king, as if I were helpless, my lord!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.31x7-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.31x7-1) niśamyākranditaṃ devī putrayor nīyamānayoḥ / > Hearing the cry of her two sons as they were being led away, the queen \[said\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.31x7-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.31x7-2) hatāsmy ahaṃ kunāthena napuṃsā vīramāninā // > “I am ruined by a wretched protector, an impotent man who imagines himself a hero, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.31x7-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.31x7-3) yadviśrambhād ahaṃ naṣṭā hatāpatyā ca dasyubhiḥ / > by trusting whom I am ruined and have had my offspring stolen by robbers— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.31x7-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.31x7-4) yaḥ śete niśi saṃtrasto yathā nārī divā pumān / > he who lies terrified at night like a woman, though a man by day!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.32) evam uktas tadotthāya nagno rājā pradhāvitaḥ // > Thus addressed, the king leapt up naked and ran forth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.33) meṣayoḥ padam anvicchan gandharvair vidyud apy atha / > seeking the tracks of the two rams. Then a lightning bolt > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.34) utpāditā sumahatī yayā tad bhavanaṃ mahat / > of tremendous size was produced by the Gandharvas, by which that vast mansion > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.35) prakāśitaṃ vai sahasā tato nagnam avaikṣata // > was suddenly illuminated; and then she saw him naked. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.36) nagnaṃ dṛṣṭvā tirobhūtā gandharvī hy agamad divam // > Having seen him naked, the Gandharva woman vanished and went to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.36x8-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.36x8-1) tirobhūtāṃ tu tāṃdṛṣṭvā gandharvā hy agaman divam / > Seeing that she had vanished, the Gandharvas went to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.36x9-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.36x9-1) tirobhūtāṃ tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā gandharvās tatratāv ubhau / > Seeing that she had vanished, the Gandharvas there > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.36x9-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.36x9-2) utsṛjya meṣau śīghram tu yathākāmaṃ yayus tataḥ / > released both rams and quickly went away as they pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.37) utsṛṣṭau coraṇau dṛṣṭvā rājā gṛhyāgato gṛham / > Seeing the two rams abandoned, the king took them and returned home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.38) apaśyann urvaśīṃ tatra vilālapa suduḥkhitaḥ / > Not seeing Urvaśī there, he wailed in deep grief, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.39) cacāra pṛthivīṃ caiva mārgamāṇa itas tataḥ // > and roamed the earth, searching here and there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.40) athāpaśyat sa tāṃ rājā kurukṣetre mahābalaḥ / > Then that king of great might saw her at Kurukṣetra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.40x10-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.40x10-1) sa tāṃ vīkṣya kurukṣetre sarasvatyāś ca tatsakhīḥ / > Beholding her at Kurukṣetra on the Sarasvatī, along with her companions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.40x10-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.40x10-2) pañca prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ prāha sūktaṃ purūravāḥ // > with a joyful face, Purūravas spoke the Vedic hymn to the five \[women\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.40x10-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.40x10-3) aho jāye jāye tiṣṭha ghore na tyaktum arhasi / > “Ah, wife, wife, stay, cruel one! You ought not to abandon me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.40x10-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.40x10-4) māṃ tvam aprāpya nirvṛttiṃ vacāṃsi kṛṇavāmahe // > Without you, I find no happiness. Let us converse together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.40x10-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.40x10-5) sudeho 'yaṃ patatv adya devi dūraṃ gatas tvayā / > May this fine body fall today, O queen, now that you have gone far away! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.40x10-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.40x10-6) svādanty enaṃ vṛkā gṛdhrās tvatprasādasya nāspadam / > Wolves and vultures will devour it, as it has no place in your favor!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.41) plakṣatīrthe puṣkariṇyāṃ himavatyāṃ samāplutām // > \[He saw her\] bathed in a lotus pool at Plakṣatīrtha on the snowy mountain, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.42) krīḍantīṃ apsarobhiś ca pañcabhiḥ saha śobhanām / > the beautiful woman sporting with five apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.43) tāṃ krīḍantīṃ tato dṛṣṭvā vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ // > Seeing her sporting there, he wept in deep sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.44) sā cāpi tatra taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājānam avidūrataḥ / > And seeing the king there, not far away, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.45) urvaśī tāḥ sakhīḥ prāha sa eṣa puruṣottamaḥ / > Urvaśī said to those companions: “This is that best of men, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.46) yasminn aham avātsaṃ vai darśayām āsa taṃ nṛpam // > with whom I lived.” And she pointed out the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.47) samāvignās tu tāḥ sarvāḥ punar eva narādhipaḥ / > They were all agitated. And again the ruler of men \[said\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.48) jāye ha tiṣṭha manasi ghore vacasi tiṣṭha he / > “Stay, O wife, in your heart! Cruel one, stay in your word!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.49) evamādīni sūktāni parasparam abhāṣatām // > They spoke hymns such as these to one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.50) urvaśī cābravīd ailaṃ sagarbhāhaṃ tvayā vibho / > And Urvaśī said to Aila: “I am pregnant by you, O lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.51) saṃvatsarāt kumāras te bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / > After a year, you will have a son, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.52) niśām ekāṃ ca nṛpate nivatsyasi mayā saha // > And for one night, O king, you will dwell with me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.53) hṛṣṭo jagāma rājāt sa svapuraṃ sumahāyaśāḥ / > The renowned king went delighted to his own city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.54) gate saṃvatsare bhūya urvaśī punar āgamat // > When the year had passed, Urvaśī came once again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.55) uṣitaś ca tayā sārdham ekarātraṃ mahāyaśāḥ // > and the greatly renowned \[king\] stayed with her for one night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.56) urvaśy athābravīd ailaṃ gandharvā varadās tava / > Then Urvaśī said to Aila: “The Gandharvas will grant you a boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.57) tān vṛṇīṣva mahārāja brūhi caitāṃs tvam eva ha // > Choose from them, great king, and tell them yourself: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.58) vṛṇīṣva samatāṃ rājan gandharvāṇāṃ mahātmanām / > ‘Choose equality with the great Gandharvas, O king!’” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.59) tathety uktvā varaṃ vavre gandharvāś ca tahāstv iti // > Saying “So be it,” he chose the boon, and the Gandharvas said, “So be it.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.59x11-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.59x11-1) sthālīṃ nyasya vane gatvā gṛham abhyāyayau niśi / > Placing the pot in the forest, he went and returned home at night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.59x11-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.59x11-2) tretāyāṃ saṃpravṛttāyāṃ manasi trayy avartata / > As the Tretā \[Yuga\] commenced, the triple Veda arose in his mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.60) pūrayitvāgninā sthālīṃ gandharvāś ca tam abruvan / > Having filled the pot with fire, the Gandharvas said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.61) aneneṣṭvā salokān naḥ prāpsyasi tvaṃ narādhipa // > “Having sacrificed with this, O king, you will attain our world.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.62) tān ādāya kumārāṃs tu gamanāyopacakrame / > Taking those sons, he set out to depart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.63) nikṣipyāgnim araṇye tu saputras tu gṛhaṃ yayau // > Depositing the fire in the forest, he went home with his son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.64) abhyetyāgniṃ tu nāpaśyad aśvatthaṃ tatra dṛṣṭavān / > Returning, he did not see the fire, but saw an aśvattha tree there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.65) śamījātaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā aśvatthaṃ vismitas tataḥ // > Seeing that aśvattha tree growing from a śamī tree, he was astonished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.66) gandharvebhyas tadāśaṃsad agnināśaṃ tatas tu saḥ / > Then he reported the loss of the fire to the Gandharvas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.67) śrutvā tam artham akhilam araṇīṃ tu samādiśan // > Hearing the whole matter, they instructed him regarding the kindling sticks: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.68) aśvatthād araṇīṃ kṛtvā mathitvāgniṃ yathāvidhi / > “Make kindling sticks from the aśvattha and churn the fire according to rule.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.69) mathitāgniṃ tridhā kṛtvā ayajat sa narādhipaḥ / > Dividing the churned fire into three parts, that king performed the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.70) iṣṭvā yajñair bahuvidhair gatas teṣāṃ salokatām // > Having sacrificed with various sacrifices, he attained the same world as them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.70x12-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.70x12-1) teneṣṭvā tu sa tāṃl lokān prāptavān sa narādhipaḥ / > Having sacrificed with that, that king attained those worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.71) gandharvebhyo varaṃ labdhvā tretāgniṃ samakalpayat / > Having received the boon from the Gandharvas, he established the three sacrificial fires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.72) eko 'gniḥ pūrvam evāsīd ailas tretām akārayat / > Formerly there was only one fire; Aila made it threefold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6.73) evaṃprabhāvo rājāsīd ailas tu puruṣottamaḥ // > Such was the power of King Aila, that best of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.App.I.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.14.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.6) · Pramāṇa