Mahabharat

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एतद दृष्टं भविष्ये हि रुरॊर उत्तमतेजसः आयुषॊ ऽतिप्रवृद्धस्य भार्यार्थे ऽरधं हरसत्व इति ।। १-९-१६ ।।

sanskrit

'This bestowal by Ruru of a moiety of his span of life to resuscitate his bride afterward led, as it would be seen, to a curtailment of Ruru's life.'।। 1-9-16 ।।

english translation

etada dRSTaM bhaviSye hi ruròra uttamatejasaH AyuSò 'tipravRddhasya bhAryArthe 'radhaM harasatva iti || 1-9-16 ||

hk transliteration

तत इष्टे ऽहनि तयॊः पितरौ चक्रतुर मुदा विवाहं तौ च रेमाते परस्परहितैषिणौ ।। १-९-१७ ।।

sanskrit

'And on an auspicious day, their fathers gladly married them with due rites. And the couple passed their days, devoted to each other.'।। 1-9-17 ।।

english translation

tata iSTe 'hani tayòH pitarau cakratura mudA vivAhaM tau ca remAte parasparahitaiSiNau || 1-9-17 ||

hk transliteration

स लब्ध्वा दुर्लभां भार्यां पद्मकिञ्जल्क सप्रभाम वरतं चक्रे विनाशाय जिह्मगानां धृतव्रतः ।। १-९-१८ ।।

sanskrit

'And Ruru having obtained such a wife, as is hard to be found, beautiful and bright as the filaments of the lotus, made a vow for the destruction of the serpent race.'।। 1-9-18 ।।

english translation

sa labdhvA durlabhAM bhAryAM padmakiJjalka saprabhAma varataM cakre vinAzAya jihmagAnAM dhRtavrataH || 1-9-18 ||

hk transliteration

स दृष्ट्वा जिह्मगान सर्वांस तीव्रकॊपसमन्वितः अभिहन्ति यथासन्नं गृह्य परहरणं सदा ।। १-९-१९ ।।

sanskrit

'And whenever he saw a serpent he became filled with great wrath and always killed it with a weapon.'।। 1-9-19 ।।

english translation

sa dRSTvA jihmagAna sarvAMsa tIvrakòpasamanvitaH abhihanti yathAsannaM gRhya paraharaNaM sadA || 1-9-19 ||

hk transliteration

स कदा चिद वनं विप्रॊ रुरुर अभ्यागमन महत शयानं तत्र चापश्यड डुण्डुभं वयसान्वितम ।। १-९-२० ।।

sanskrit

'One day, O Brahmana, Ruru ventured into a vast forest, where he came across an ancient serpent of the Dundubha species, lying sprawled on the ground.'।। 1-9-20 ।।

english translation

sa kadA cida vanaM viprò rurura abhyAgamana mahata zayAnaM tatra cApazyaDa DuNDubhaM vayasAnvitama || 1-9-20 ||

hk transliteration