Shloka 9

Satyavatī’s Disclosure and the Summoning of Vyāsa

Niyoga for Kuru Succession

Devanagari script

भाग्योपनतकामस्य भार्या चोपनताभवत्‌ | शान्तनोर्न॒प्सिंहस्य देवराजसमझूुते:,त्रिपथगामिनी दिव्यरूपिणी देवी गंगा ही अत्यन्त सुन्दर मनुष्य-देह धारण करके देवराज इन्द्रके समान तेजस्वी नृूपशिरोमणि महाराज शान्तनुको, जिन्हें भाग्यसे इच्छानुसार सुख अपने-आप मिल रहा था, सुन्दरी पत्नीके रूपमें प्राप्त हुई थीं

Transliteration

bhāgyopanata-kāmasya bhāryā copanatābhavat | śāntanor nṛpasiṃhasya devarāja-sama-dyuteḥ tripathagāminī divya-rūpiṇī devī gaṅgā hy atyanta-sundarā manuṣya-dehaṃ dhārayitvā devarāja indra-sama-tejasvī nṛpa-śiromaṇiṃ mahārājaṃ śāntanuṃ bhāgyataḥ svayam upasthita-sukhaṃ yathākāmaṃ prāpya sundarī-bhāryā-rūpeṇa prāptābhavat ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：对圣多奴王——诸王之狮，光辉如因陀罗——欲望的圆满仿佛由命运亲自送来。女神恒河，那行于三途的天河圣流，化作绝世美丽的人身，来到他身边为妻，宛如福运不劳而至，将安乐置于他掌中。

Word by Word

• {'bhāgya': 'fortune, destiny', 'upanata': 'arrived, presented, come into one’s reach', 'kāma': 'desire

• wished-for enjoyment', 'bhāryā': 'wife', 'abhavat': 'became

• came to be', 'śāntanu': 'King Śāntanu (Kuru ruler)', 'nṛpa-siṃha': 'lion among kings

• best of rulers', 'devarāja': 'king of the gods (Indra)', 'sama-dyuti / sama-tejas': 'equal in radiance/splendour', 'tripatha-gāminī': 'she who moves in three courses (heaven, earth, and the nether/underworld)', 'divya': 'divine, celestial', 'rūpiṇī': 'having a form

• embodied', 'devī': 'goddess', 'gaṅgā': 'the river-goddess Gaṅgā', 'manuṣya-deha': 'human body', 'dhārayitvā': 'having assumed/bearing', 'nṛpa-śiromaṇi': 'crest-jewel among kings

• foremost ruler', 'yathākāma': 'according to desire

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śāntanu
• Gaṅgā
• Indra (Devarāja)