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दुःखं छेत्स्यामि तेऽहं वै मयि वर्तस्व पुत्रिके । पर्याप्तं ते मनः पुत्रि यदेवं परिशुष्यसि॥५-१७४-२१॥
“I shall indeed cut off your suffering; remain under my care, dear daughter. Your mind has been strained to its limit, since you are thus wasting away.”
english translation
गच्छ मद्वचनाद्रामं जामदग्न्यं तपस्विनम् । रामस्तव महद्दुःखं शोकं चापनयिष्यति । हनिष्यति रणे भीष्मं न करिष्यति चेद्वचः॥५-१७४-२२॥
“Go, at my instruction, to Rāma Jāmadagnya, the ascetic. Rāma will remove your great suffering and grief. If he does not comply with the request, he will bring Bhīṣma to defeat in battle.”
english translation
तं गच्छ भार्गवश्रेष्ठं कालाग्निसमतेजसम् । प्रतिष्ठापयिता स त्वां समे पथि महातपाः॥५-१७४-२३॥
“Go to him—the foremost of the Bhārgavas—whose energy is like the fire of Time. That great ascetic will set you again upon an even and righteous path.”
english translation
ततस्तु सस्वरं बाष्पमुत्सृजन्ती पुनः पुनः । अब्रवीत्पितरं मातुः सा तदा होत्रवाहनम्॥५-१७४-२४॥
Then, again and again shedding tears with audible sobs, she spoke at that time to Hotravāhana, her mother’s father.
english translation
अभिवादयित्वा शिरसा गमिष्ये तव शासनात् । अपि नामाद्य पश्येयमार्यं तं लोकविश्रुतम्॥५-१७४-२५॥
“Having bowed my head in reverence, I shall go according to your instruction. Perhaps today I may see that noble one who is renowned in the world.”
english translation