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त्वं हि निर्जित्य भीष्मेण नीता प्रीतिमती तदा । परामृश्य महायुद्धे निर्जित्य पृथिवीपतीन् । नाहं त्वय्यन्यपूर्वायां भार्यार्थी वरवर्णिनि॥५-१७२-६॥
“For you were taken by Bhīṣma after he had defeated the others then—appearing compliant—having engaged in a great contest and overcome kings, lords of the earth. I do not seek you as a wife, O fair-complexioned one, since you have had a prior association.”
english translation
कथमस्मद्विधो राजा परपूर्वां प्रवेशयेत् । नारीं विदितविज्ञानः परेषां धर्ममादिशन् । यथेष्टं गम्यतां भद्रे मा ते कालोऽत्यगादयम्॥५-१७२-७॥
“How could a king such as I accept a woman who has previously belonged to another—one who understands established norms and instructs others in dharma? Go as you wish, O good lady; may this time not pass you by.”
english translation
अम्बा तमब्रवीद्राजन्ननङ्गशरपीडिता । मैवं वद महीपाल नैतदेवं कथंचन॥५-१७२-८॥
Ambā said to him, “O king”—distressed by the arrows of desire—“Do not speak thus, O protector of the earth; this is not so in any way.”
english translation
नास्मि प्रीतिमती नीता भीष्मेणामित्रकर्शन । बलान्नीतास्मि रुदती विद्राव्य पृथिवीपतीन्॥५-१७२-९॥
“I was not taken by Bhīṣma while consenting, O subduer of enemies. I was taken by force, weeping, after the kings were driven away.”
english translation
भजस्व मां शाल्वपते भक्तां बालामनागसम् । भक्तानां हि परित्यागो न धर्मेषु प्रशस्यते॥५-१७२-१०॥
Accept me, O lord of Śālva—devoted, young, and without fault. For to abandon the devoted is not praised in the traditions of dharma.
english translation