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कोऽन्यस्तमुत्सहेज्जेतुमुद्यतेषुं महीपतिम् । साहं भीष्मविनाशाय तपस्तप्स्ये सुदारुणम्॥५-१८७-३१॥
“Who else could dare to conquer that king, his weapon already readied? Therefore, for Bhīṣma’s destruction, I shall undertake austerity of dreadful severity.”
english translation
चरामि पृथिवीं देवि यथा हन्यामहं नृपम् । एतद्व्रतफलं देहे परस्मिन्स्याद्यथा हि मे॥५-१८७-३२॥
“I wander the earth, O goddess, that I may bring about that king’s death. May the fruit of this vow come to me—whether in this body or in another.”
english translation
ततोऽब्रवीत्सागरगा जिह्मं चरसि भामिनि । नैष कामोऽनवद्याङ्गि शक्यः प्राप्तुं त्वयाबले॥५-१८७-३३॥
Then the river Sāgaragā said: “O woman aflame with passion, you move along a crooked course. O blameless-limbed one, this desire cannot be attained by you, for you are without strength.”
english translation
यदि भीष्मविनाशाय काश्ये चरसि वै व्रतम् । व्रतस्था च शरीरं त्वं यदि नाम विमोक्ष्यसि । नदी भविष्यसि शुभे कुटिला वार्षिकोदका॥५-१८७-३४॥
“If you, O princess of Kāśī, are truly observing a vow for the destruction of Bhīṣma, and if, established in that vow, you should relinquish your body, then, O auspicious one, you will become a river—winding in course and bearing water only in the rainy season.”
english translation
दुस्तीर्था चानभिज्ञेया वार्षिकी नाष्टमासिकी । भीमग्राहवती घोरा सर्वभूतभयंकरी॥५-१८७-३५॥
“She will be difficult to ford and hard to recognize; seasonal, not flowing for eight months; possessing formidable aquatic creatures, severe in aspect, and a source of fear to all beings.”
english translation