Bhagavatapurana 4.27: atha saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

4.27.1

/0 nārada uvāca
itthaṃ purañjanaṃ sadhryag vaśamānīya vibhramaiḥ /
purañjanī mahārāja reme ramayatī patim //

1. Narada said:— Having thus by her graces completely brought Puranjana under her influence, his queen, O great king!, lived in delight, giving him delight.

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sa rājā mahiṣīṃ rājan susnātāṃ rucirānanām /
kṛta-svastyayanāṃ tṛptām abhyanandad upāgatām //

2. The king was rejoiced to meet his queen who came up to him and looked very charming after bath and auspicious decorations, and who appeared to be well satisfied.

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tayopagūḍhaḥ parirabdha-kandharo raho 'numantrair apakṛṣṭa-cetanaḥ /
na kāla-raṃho bubudhe duratyayaṃ divā niśeti pramadā-parigrahaḥ //

3. Embraced by her he threw his arms about her neck, lost his reason by her secret counsel, and was so taken up with the woman that he did not perceive the inevitable speed of time (the fleeting time) either as day or night.

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śayāna unnaddha-mado mahā-manā mahārha-talpe mahiṣī-bhujopadhiḥ /
tām eva vīro manute paraṃ yatas tamo-'bhibhūto na nijaṃ paraṃ ca yat //

4. In overflowing pride, sleeping on princely bed, resting on his queen’s arms the warrior of vast intelligence regards her as the supreme purpose achieved (and could not see anything higher); for being overpowered by darkness (deluded) he does not see what is his own and what is not.

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tayaivaṃ ramamāṇasya kāma-kaśmala-cetasaḥ /
kṣaṇārdham iva rājendra vyatikrāntaṃ navaṃ vayaḥ //

5. O Great king! while he thus enjoyed life with her and had

his reason confounded by desires, his youth passed away as if it were half a minute.

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tasyām ajanayat putrān purañjanyāṃ purañjanaḥ /
śatāny ekādaśa virāḍ āyuṣo 'rdham athātyagāt //

6. By his queen Puranjani, Puranjana, the emperor, had eleven hundred sons; and now (by this time) half of his life was spent.

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duhitṝr daśottara-śataṃ pitṛ-mātṛ-yaśaskarīḥ /
śīlaudārya-guṇopetāḥ paurañjanyaḥ prajā-pate //

7. O Lord of creatures! he had also a hundred and ten daughters, capable of bringing glory to their parents—all these daughters of Puranjana were of good character, and endowed with generosity and other qualities.

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sa pañcāla-patiḥ putrān pitṛ-vaṃśa-vivardhanān /
dāraiḥ saṃyojayām āsa duhitṝḥ sadṛśair varaiḥ //

8. The Lord of Panchalas had his sons, the thread of his dynasty, married to worthy wives; and also his daughters to suitable bridegrooms.

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putrāṇāṃ cābhavan putrā ekaikasya śataṃ śatam /
yair vai paurañjano vaṃśaḥ pañcāleṣu samedhitaḥ //

9. His sons had each a hundred sons by whom the dynasty of Puranjana grew and extended in the Panchalas.

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teṣu tad-riktha-hāreṣu gṛha-kośānujīviṣu /
nirūḍhena mamatvena viṣayeṣv anvabadhyata //

10. By the strong attachment formed for them, especially for those who enjoyed a share in his property and other dependants employed in his house and treasury, he became still more strongly attached to the objects of sense.

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īje ca kratubhir ghorair dīkṣitaḥ paśu-mārakaiḥ /
devān pitṝn bhūta-patīn nānā-kāmo yathā bhavān //

11. Like yourself, through various desires he consecrated himself as a sacrificer and performed sacrifices horrible by the slaughter of animals propitiating the gods, Pitris and the great demons.

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yukteṣv evaṃ pramattasya kuṭumbāsakta-cetasaḥ /
āsasāda sa vai kālo yo 'priyaḥ priya-yoṣitām //

12. When he was careless of (all) that was proper or beneficial to him and had given his mind and heart to the family life, that time overtook him which is unwelcome to those for whom women have charms.

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caṇḍavega iti khyāto gandharvādhipatir nṛpa /
gandharvās tasya balinaḥ ṣaṣṭy-uttara-śata-trayam //

13. There was a famous chief of Gandharvas called Chandavega and three hundred and sixty were the stong Gandharvas attached to him.

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gandharvyas tādṛśīr asya maithunyaś ca sitāsitāḥ /
parivṛttyā vilumpanti sarva-kāma-vinirmitām //

14. And as many were his Gandharva women who formed pairs, fair and dark, who during their constant visit and return plundered the city that was furnished with all that may be desired.

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te caṇḍavegānucarāḥ purañjana-puraṃ yadā /
hartum ārebhire tatra pratyaṣedhat prajāgaraḥ //

15. When those attendants of Chandavega began to plunder the city of Puranjana, (President) Prajagara offered resistance.

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sa saptabhiḥ śatair eko viṃśatyā ca śataṃ samāḥ /
purañjana-purādhyakṣo gandharvair yuyudhe balī //

16. The President of Puranjana's city, strong and single-handed, fought for a hundred years with those seven hundred and twenty.

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kṣīyamāṇe sva-sambandhe ekasmin bahubhir yudhā /
cintāṃ parāṃ jagāmārtaḥ sa-rāṣṭra-pura-bāndhavaḥ //

17. When his strength waned in fighting singly with many, he was distressed in infinite anxiety, as also his kingdom and city and kinsmen.

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sa eva puryāṃ madhu-bhuk pañcāleṣu sva-pārṣadaiḥ /
upanītaṃ baliṃ gṛhṇan strī-jito nāvidad bhayam //

18. In the city of Panchalas, himself (Puranjana) given to drinking, subdued by women and accepting what his servants and others brought for him, he knew nothing of fear.

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kālasya duhitā kācit tri-lokīṃ varam icchatī /
paryaṭantī na barhiṣman pratyanandata kaścana //

19. A daughter of Kala (time) wandered through the three worlds in search of a consort; O Barhishman, nobody welcomed her.

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daurbhāgyenātmano loke viśrutā durbhageti sā /
yā tuṣṭā rājarṣaye tu vṛtādāt pūrave varam //

20 By her ungracious features she was well known in the world as Durbhaga (the unlucky), and being pleased with him she conferred a boon on Puru.

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kadācid aṭamānā sā brahma-lokān mahīṃ gatam /
vavre bṛhad-vrataṃ māṃ tu jānatī kāma-mohitā //

21. Wandering about she once saw me going down to the earth from Brahma's region and knowing me to be in strict celibacy, yet bewildered by passion, she offered her hand to me.

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mayi saṃrabhya vipula- madāc chāpaṃ suduḥsaham /
sthātum arhasi naikatra mad-yācñā-vimukho mune //

22. Enraged (at my refusal) she pronounced an unbearable and lasting curse upon me thus "Sage! for not complying with my request thou shall not stay in any one place" and courted by the great pious Prince Puru (Yayati's son) and pleased with him, she had conferred on him the boon of succeeding to the throne of his father.

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tato vihata-saṅkalpā kanyakā yavaneśvaram /
mayopadiṣṭam āsādya vavre nāmnā bhayaṃ patim //

23. (Thus) disappointed, the maid then resorted to the lord of Yavanas as instructed by me and chose for her husband one who was called Bhaya (Fear).

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ṛṣabhaṃ yavanānāṃ tvāṃ vṛṇe vīrepsitaṃ patim /
saṅkalpas tvayi bhūtānāṃ kṛtaḥ kila na riṣyati //

24. She said to him, "I choose thee, O bull among the Yavanas! O warrior! as my desired (beloved) consort; the thought of thee once entering the mind of all creatures never vanishes."

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dvāv imāv anuśocanti bālāv asad-avagrahau /
yal loka-śāstropanataṃ na rāti na tad icchati //

25. "The wise pity these two like unto children full of wrong notions — one who would not give and the other who would not receive (accept) what offers itself, as fit to be given or received, according to the custom of the world and the rules of the Sastras.

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atho bhajasva māṃ bhadra bhajantīṃ me dayāṃ kuru /
etāvān pauruṣo dharmo yad ārtān anukampate //

26. "Therefore, O fortunate one! accept me who am offering myself and be gracious unto me; this is the scope of duty enjoined on man that he must be compassionate towards the distressed."

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kāla-kanyodita-vaco niśamya yavaneśvaraḥ /
cikīrṣur deva-guhyaṃ sa sasmitaṃ tām abhāṣata //

27. Hearing the words uttered by the daughter of Kala (Time)

and eager to try (pry into) the Divine mystery of life the Chief of Yavanas smilingly spoke to her:—

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mayā nirūpitas tubhyaṃ patir ātma-samādhinā /
nābhinandati loko 'yaṃ tvām abhadrām asammatām //

28. “By my power of concentration I sought for a husband for thee! but the world does not welcome thee as being inauspicious and undesirable.

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tvam avyakta-gatir bhuṅkṣva lokaṃ karma-vinirmitam /
yā hi me pṛtanā-yuktā prajā-nāśaṃ praṇeṣyasi //

29. Coursing through unmanifest ways dost thou enjoy the world created by Karma; for thou assisted by my army wilt bring about the destruction of all creatures.

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prajvāro 'yaṃ mama bhrātā tvaṃ ca me bhaginī bhava /
carāmy ubhābhyāṃ loke 'sminn avyakto bhīma-sainikaḥ //

30. Here is Prajvara, my brother; and be thou my sister; I (shall) roam about this world unperceived with you two and with my formidable troops.”