Mahabharata · 1.19.1–2
॥
Devanāgarī
सूत उवाच
ततो रजन्यां व्युष्टायां प्रभात उदिते रवौ ॥
कद्रूश् च विनता चैव भगिन्यौ ते तपोधन ॥
अमर्षिते सुसंरब्धे दास्ये कृतपणे तदा ॥
जग्मतुस् तुरगं द्रष्टुम् उच्छैःश्रवसम् अन्तिकात् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sūta uvāca
tato rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ prabhāta udite ravau ||
kadrūś ca vinatā caiva bhaginyau te tapodhana ||
amarṣite susaṃrabdhe dāsye kṛtapaṇe tadā ||
jagmatus turagaṃ draṣṭum ucchaiḥśravasam antikāt ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
रजन्यां व्युष्टायां प्रभाते उदिते रवौrajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ prabhāte udite ravauwhen night had passed and at dawn the sun rose
कद्रूः विनता च भगिन्यौkadrūḥ vinatā ca bhaginyauthe sisters Kadru and Vinata
अमर्षिते सुसंरब्धे दास्ये कृत-पणेamarṣite susaṃrabdhe dāsye kṛta-paṇedispleased, agitated, having staked slavery as their wager
जग्मतुः तुरगं द्रष्टुम् उच्चैःश्रवसम् अन्तिकात्jagmatuḥ turagaṃ draṣṭum uccaiḥśravasam antikātflew close by to look at the horse Uchchaihshravas
सूतsūtaoriginal form "sūta", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रभातprabhātaoriginal form "prabhāta", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कद्रूश्kadrūśoriginal form "kadrūś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेteoriginal form "te", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तपोधनtapodhanaoriginal form "tapodhana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृतपणेkṛtapaṇeoriginal form "kṛtapaṇe", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तदाtadāoriginal form "tadā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जग्मतुस्jagmatusoriginal form "jagmatus", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उच्छैःश्रवसम्ucchaiḥśravasamoriginal form "ucchaiḥśravasam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
Suta said: "Then, when the night had passed and at dawn the sun rose, the two sisters — Kadru and Vinata, O you rich in austerity — displeased and agitated, having staked slavery as their wager, flew close by to look at the horse Uchchaihshravas."
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This brief opening leads toward the resolution of the wager. It is telling that the sisters are “displeased, agitated”: the passion of rivalry has robbed them of peace even before the dispute is settled. Scripture thus shows that ambition and competition poison the soul through mere anticipation, before any result. The dawn and the rising sun, against which they fly, are an image of the light of truth, before which the truth about the horse — and Kadru's deceit — is about to be revealed. Here is a reminder: agitation born of attachment to winning is a sign of forgetfulness of the eternal; peace belongs only to one who is free from the thirst to conquer and possess.