Mahabharata · 1.163.10–11
॥
Devanāgarī
ततस् तस्मिन् गिरिश्रेष्ठे देवगन्धर्वसेविते ॥
जग्राह विधिवत् पाणिं तपत्याः स नरर्षभः ॥
वसिष्ठेनाभ्यनुज्ञातस् तस्मिन्न् एव धराधरे ॥
सो ऽकामयत राजर्षिर् विहर्तुं सह भार्यया ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tatas tasmin giriśreṣṭhe devagandharvasevite ||
jagrāha vidhivat pāṇiṃ tapatyāḥ sa nararṣabhaḥ ||
vasiṣṭhenābhyanujñātas tasminn eva dharādhare ||
so 'kāmayata rājarṣir vihartuṃ saha bhāryayā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ततः तस्मिन् गिरिश्रेष्ठे देवगन्धर्वसेवितेtataḥ tasmin giriśreṣṭhe devagandharvasevitethen on that best of mountains, honored by gods and gandharvas,
जग्राह विधिवत् पाणिं तपत्याः सः नरर्षभःjagrāha vidhivat pāṇiṃ tapatyāḥ saḥ nararṣabhaḥthat bull among men took Tapati's hand according to the rite;
वसिष्ठेन अभ्यनुज्ञातः तस्मिन् एव धराधरेvasiṣṭhena abhyanujñātaḥ tasmin eva dharādharepermitted by Vasishtha, on that very mountain
सः अकामयत राजर्षिः विहर्तुं सह भार्ययाsaḥ akāmayata rājarṣiḥ vihartuṃ saha bhāryayāthe royal sage wished to dwell [in delight] with his wife;
ततस्tatasoriginal form "tatas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वसिष्ठेनाभ्यनुज्ञातस्vasiṣṭhenābhyanujñātasoriginal form "vasiṣṭhenābhyanujñātas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्मिन्न्tasminnoriginal form "tasminn", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सोsooriginal form "so", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽकामयत'kāmayataoriginal form "'kāmayata", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजर्षिर्rājarṣiroriginal form "rājarṣir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"Then on that best of mountains, honored by gods and gandharvas, that bull among men took Tapati's hand according to the rite; and, permitted by Vasishtha, the royal sage wished to dwell on that very mountain in delight with his wife."
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Here love is crowned by lawful marriage. It is significant that the union is performed "according to the rite" and with the teacher's permission: what began as attraction is sealed by dharma — a hand joined according to proper form and blessed by the guru. Here is the lesson that consecrated love is pure and blessed, while unsanctioned love is not. Thus the scripture shows that passion, passed through law and the consent of elders, attains the sanctity of marriage; and Samvarana receives Tapati in the proper way, not by abduction.