Mahabharat

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ताम ऊचुर वसवॊ देवाः शप्ताः समॊ वै महानदि अल्पे ऽपराधे संरम्भाद वसिष्ठेन महात्मना ।। १-९१-११

sanskrit

'Those celestials, the Vasus, answered her, saying, 'O queen of rivers, we have been cursed, for a venial fault, by the illustrious Vasishtha in anger.' ।। 1-91-11 ।।

english translation

tAma Ucura vasavò devAH zaptAH samò vai mahAnadi alpe 'parAdhe saMrambhAda vasiSThena mahAtmanA || 1-91-11

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/91/12

विमूढा हि वयं सर्वे परच्छन्नम ऋषिसत्तमम संध्यां वसिष्ठम आसीनं तम अत्यभिसृताः पुरा ।। १-९१-१२

sanskrit

'The greatest among sages, Vasishtha, was absorbed in his twilight meditations, seated as he was. We, in our ignorance, passed by him without noticing.' ।। 1-91-12 ।।

english translation

vimUDhA hi vayaM sarve paracchannama RSisattamama saMdhyAM vasiSThama AsInaM tama atyabhisRtAH purA || 1-91-12

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/91/13

तेन कॊपाद वयं शप्ता यॊनौ संभवतेति ह न शक्यम अन्यथा कर्तुं यद उक्तं बरह्मवादिना ।। १-९१-१३

sanskrit

'Out of anger, we were cursed by him to be born in lower realms. What the speaker of Brahman has declared cannot be altered otherwise.' ।। 1-91-13 ।।

english translation

tena kòpAda vayaM zaptA yònau saMbhavateti ha na zakyama anyathA kartuM yada uktaM barahmavAdinA || 1-91-13

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/91/14

तवं तस्मान मानुषी भूत्वा सूष्व पुत्रान वसून भुवि न मानुषीणां जठरं परविशेमाशुभं वयम ।। १-९१-१४

sanskrit

'We are unable to thwart the decree of Brahma's word. Thus, O river, assuming a human form yourself, make us the Vasus, your offspring. O gracious one, we are unwilling to enter the womb of any human female.' ।। 1-91-14 ।।

english translation

tavaM tasmAna mAnuSI bhUtvA sUSva putrAna vasUna bhuvi na mAnuSINAM jaTharaM paravizemAzubhaM vayama || 1-91-14

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/91/15

इत्य उक्ता तान वसून गङ्गा तथेत्य उक्त्वाब्रवीद इदम मर्त्येषु पुरुषश्रेष्ठः कॊ वः कर्ता भविष्यति ।। १-९१-१५

sanskrit

'Upon being addressed, the queen of rivers responded, "So be it," and inquired of them, "Who is that paragon among men on earth whom you wish to have as your father?"' ।। 1-91-15 ।।

english translation

itya uktA tAna vasUna gaGgA tathetya uktvAbravIda idama martyeSu puruSazreSThaH kò vaH kartA bhaviSyati || 1-91-15

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/91/11

ताम ऊचुर वसवॊ देवाः शप्ताः समॊ वै महानदि अल्पे ऽपराधे संरम्भाद वसिष्ठेन महात्मना ।। १-९१-११

sanskrit

'Those celestials, the Vasus, answered her, saying, 'O queen of rivers, we have been cursed, for a venial fault, by the illustrious Vasishtha in anger.' ।। 1-91-11 ।।

english translation

tAma Ucura vasavò devAH zaptAH samò vai mahAnadi alpe 'parAdhe saMrambhAda vasiSThena mahAtmanA || 1-91-11

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/91/12

विमूढा हि वयं सर्वे परच्छन्नम ऋषिसत्तमम संध्यां वसिष्ठम आसीनं तम अत्यभिसृताः पुरा ।। १-९१-१२

sanskrit

'The greatest among sages, Vasishtha, was absorbed in his twilight meditations, seated as he was. We, in our ignorance, passed by him without noticing.' ।। 1-91-12 ।।

english translation

vimUDhA hi vayaM sarve paracchannama RSisattamama saMdhyAM vasiSThama AsInaM tama atyabhisRtAH purA || 1-91-12

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/91/13

तेन कॊपाद वयं शप्ता यॊनौ संभवतेति ह न शक्यम अन्यथा कर्तुं यद उक्तं बरह्मवादिना ।। १-९१-१३

sanskrit

'Out of anger, we were cursed by him to be born in lower realms. What the speaker of Brahman has declared cannot be altered otherwise.' ।। 1-91-13 ।।

english translation

tena kòpAda vayaM zaptA yònau saMbhavateti ha na zakyama anyathA kartuM yada uktaM barahmavAdinA || 1-91-13

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/91/14

तवं तस्मान मानुषी भूत्वा सूष्व पुत्रान वसून भुवि न मानुषीणां जठरं परविशेमाशुभं वयम ।। १-९१-१४

sanskrit

'We are unable to thwart the decree of Brahma's word. Thus, O river, assuming a human form yourself, make us the Vasus, your offspring. O gracious one, we are unwilling to enter the womb of any human female.' ।। 1-91-14 ।।

english translation

tavaM tasmAna mAnuSI bhUtvA sUSva putrAna vasUna bhuvi na mAnuSINAM jaTharaM paravizemAzubhaM vayama || 1-91-14

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/91/15

इत्य उक्ता तान वसून गङ्गा तथेत्य उक्त्वाब्रवीद इदम मर्त्येषु पुरुषश्रेष्ठः कॊ वः कर्ता भविष्यति ।। १-९१-१५

sanskrit

'Upon being addressed, the queen of rivers responded, "So be it," and inquired of them, "Who is that paragon among men on earth whom you wish to have as your father?"' ।। 1-91-15 ।।

english translation

itya uktA tAna vasUna gaGgA tathetya uktvAbravIda idama martyeSu puruSazreSThaH kò vaH kartA bhaviSyati || 1-91-15

hk transliteration