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अपि चैतन्मया राजन्नारदेऽपि निवेदितम् । व्यासे चैव भयात्कार्यं तौ चोभौ मामवोचताम्॥५-१८७-१६॥
Moreover, O king, out of apprehension I reported this matter to Nārada as well, and also to Vyāsa; and both of them spoke to me in reply.
english translation
न विषादस्त्वया कार्यो भीष्म काशिसुतां प्रति । दैवं पुरुषकारेण को निवर्तितुमुत्सहेत्॥५-१८७-१७॥
‘Do not sink into despondency, Bhīṣma, regarding the daughter of Kāśī. Who could presume, by mere human effort, to avert what is ordained by daiva (fate)?’
english translation
सा तु कन्या महाराज प्रविश्याश्रममण्डलम् । यमुनातीरमाश्रित्य तपस्तेपेऽतिमानुषम्॥५-१८७-१८॥
That maiden, O great king, entered the precincts of an āśrama and, taking refuge on the bank of the Yamunā, undertook austerities of extraordinary intensity.
english translation
निराहारा कृशा रूक्षा जटिला मलपङ्किनी । षण्मासान्वायुभक्षा च स्थाणुभूता तपोधना॥५-१८७-१९॥
Without food, emaciated and rough in appearance, with matted hair and covered with dust and grime, she subsisted on air for six months; becoming motionless like a post, that woman—rich in austerity—persisted.
english translation
यमुनातीरमासाद्य संवत्सरमथापरम् । उदवासं निराहारा पारयामास भामिनी॥५-१८७-२०॥
Having reached the bank of the Yamunā, the resolute woman completed yet another year of fasting, taking no food.
english translation