संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
वैशंपायनः उवाच शुचिस्मिता देवयानी कुमारं जातं श्रुत्वा दुःखार्ता शर्मिष्ठां प्रति चिन्तयाम् आसvaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca śucismitā devayānī kumāraṃ jātaṃ śrutvā duḥkhārtā śarmiṣṭhāṃ prati cintayām āsaVaishampayana said: the brightly-smiling Devayani, hearing that a son had been born [to Sharmishtha], grieved and fell to thinking about Sharmishtha
देवयानी शर्मिष्ठां अभिगम्य इदं अब्रवीत् सुभ्रु कामलुब्धया ते इदं किं वृजिनं कृतंdevayānī śarmiṣṭhāṃ abhigamya idaṃ abravīt subhru kāmalubdhayā te idaṃ kiṃ vṛjinaṃ kṛtaṃDevayani, approaching Sharmishtha, said this: "O fair-browed one, overcome by desire, what wrongdoing have you committed?"
शर्मिष्ठा उवाच कः चित् धर्मात्मा वेदपारगः ऋषिः अभ्यागतः सः मया वरदः धर्मसंहितं कामं याचितःśarmiṣṭhā uvāca kaḥ cit dharmātmā vedapāragaḥ ṛṣiḥ abhyāgataḥ saḥ mayā varadaḥ dharmasaṃhitaṃ kāmaṃ yācitaḥSharmishtha said: "A certain righteous sage, versed in the Vedas, came [to me]; he, a granter of boons, was asked by me for a wish in accordance with dharma [— for offspring]
शुचिस्मिते अहं अन्यायतः कामं न आचरामि तस्मात् ऋषेः मम अपत्यं इति ते सत्यं ब्रवीमिśucismite ahaṃ anyāyataḥ kāmaṃ na ācarāmi tasmāt ṛṣeḥ mama apatyaṃ iti te satyaṃ bravīmi"O brightly-smiling one, I do not act on desire unlawfully; therefore my child is from that sage; I speak the truth to you"
देवयानी उवाच भीरु शोभनं सत्यं चेद् अथ सः द्विजः ज्ञायते गोत्रनामाभिजनतः तं द्विजं वेत्तुम् इच्छामिdevayānī uvāca bhīru śobhanaṃ satyaṃ ced atha saḥ dvijaḥ jñāyate gotranāmābhijanataḥ taṃ dvijaṃ vettum icchāmiDevayani said: "O timid one, it is well, if that is true; but is that twice-born known? By lineage, name, and origin I wish to know that brahmin"
शर्मिष्ठा उवाच शुचिस्मिते ओजसा तेजसा च रविं यथा दीप्यमानं तं दृष्ट्वा मम संप्रष्टुं शक्तिः न आसीत्śarmiṣṭhā uvāca śucismite ojasā tejasā ca raviṃ yathā dīpyamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā mama saṃpraṣṭuṃ śaktiḥ na āsītSharmishtha said: "O brightly-smiling one, having seen him blazing with vigor and splendor like the sun, I had no strength to question him"
देवयानी उवाच शर्मिष्ठे यदि एतत् एवं ज्येष्ठात् श्रेष्ठात् द्विजात् ते अपत्यं लब्धं मम मन्युः न विद्यतेdevayānī uvāca śarmiṣṭhe yadi etat evaṃ jyeṣṭhāt śreṣṭhāt dvijāt te apatyaṃ labdhaṃ mama manyuḥ na vidyateDevayani said: "O Sharmishtha, if this is so, and the child was obtained from the eldest, best of the twice-born, then I bear no anger"
वैशंपायनः उवाच ते मिथः एवं अन्योन्यं उक्त्वा संप्रहस्य भार्गवी तथ्यं इति जज्ञुषी वेश्म जगामvaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca te mithaḥ evaṃ anyonyaṃ uktvā saṃprahasya bhārgavī tathyaṃ iti jajñuṣī veśma jagāmaVaishampayana said: the two of them, having spoken thus to one another and laughed together, and the daughter of Bhargava, taking it for the truth, went to her home
नृपः ययातिः देवयान्यां यदुं तुर्वसुं च शक्रविष्णू इव अपरौ द्वौ पुत्रौ अजनयत्nṛpaḥ yayātiḥ devayānyāṃ yaduṃ turvasuṃ ca śakraviṣṇū iva aparau dvau putrau ajanayatKing Yayati begot two sons by Devayani — Yadu and Turvasu, like a second Indra and Vishnu
तस्मात् एव राजर्षेः वार्षपर्वणी शर्मिष्ठा द्रुह्युं अनुं पूरुं च त्रीन् कुमारान् अजीजनत्tasmāt eva rājarṣeḥ vārṣaparvaṇī śarmiṣṭhā druhyuṃ anuṃ pūruṃ ca trīn kumārān ajījanatBy that same royal sage, Sharmishtha, daughter of Vrishaparvan, bore three sons — Druhyu, Anu, and Puru
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तुtuoriginal form "tu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भारतbhārataoriginal form "bhārata", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देवयान्य्devayānyoriginal form "devayāny", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अब्रवीद्abravīdoriginal form "abravīd", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इदम्idamoriginal form "idam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
किम्kimoriginal form "kim", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शर्मिष्ठोवाचśarmiṣṭhovācaoriginal form "śarmiṣṭhovāca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऋषिर्ṛṣiroriginal form "ṛṣir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कश्kaśoriginal form "kaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चिद्cidoriginal form "cid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
याचितोyācitooriginal form "yācito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धर्मसंहितम्dharmasaṃhitamoriginal form "dharmasaṃhitam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाहम्nāhamoriginal form "nāham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कामम्kāmamoriginal form "kāmam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्माद्tasmādoriginal form "tasmād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऋषेर्ṛṣeroriginal form "ṛṣer", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ममापत्यम्mamāpatyamoriginal form "mamāpatyam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देवयान्य्devayānyoriginal form "devayāny", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गोत्रनामाभिजनतोgotranāmābhijanatooriginal form "gotranāmābhijanato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्विजम्dvijamoriginal form "dvijam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शर्मिष्ठोवाचśarmiṣṭhovācaoriginal form "śarmiṣṭhovāca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शक्तिर्śaktiroriginal form "śaktir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नासीच्nāsīcoriginal form "nāsīc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छुचिस्मितेchucismiteoriginal form "chucismite", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देवयान्य्devayānyoriginal form "devayāny", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्य्yadyoriginal form "yady", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतद्etadoriginal form "etad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मन्युर्manyuroriginal form "manyur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ज्येष्ठाच्jyeṣṭhācoriginal form "jyeṣṭhāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छ्रेष्ठाच्chreṣṭhācoriginal form "chreṣṭhāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैvaioriginal form "vai", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अन्योन्यम्anyonyamoriginal form "anyonyam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवम्evamoriginal form "evam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चcaoriginal form "ca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथ्यम्tathyamoriginal form "tathyam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इत्य्ityoriginal form "ity", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ययातिर्yayātiroriginal form "yayātir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तुtuoriginal form "tu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्राव्putrāvoriginal form "putrāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अजनयन्ajanayanoriginal form "ajanayan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चcaoriginal form "ca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवापरौivāparauoriginal form "ivāparau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्माद्tasmādoriginal form "tasmād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवevaoriginal form "eva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तुtuoriginal form "tu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चानुंcānuṃoriginal form "cānuṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चcaoriginal form "ca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चcaoriginal form "ca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here Sharmishtha conceals the truth through a cunning half-deception — and the ambiguity of her position shows itself. It is telling that Sharmishtha does not directly lie (she avoids naming the king), but directs suspicion toward “a certain sage”; and her words — “he blazed like the sun, and I could not question him” — are evasive. Here we see that concealing the truth by half-speech is itself a kind of untruth; and though Sharmishtha acted within dharma (asking for offspring from her mistress's husband, with his consent), her secrecy is the seed of the discord to come. Equally telling is that Devayani is satisfied with a half-truth (“if from the best of brahmins, then no anger”) — her pride is soothed by the thought of the child's “high-born father.” Thus both women remain in ignorance and half-knowledge; and — as what follows will show — the truth will come out through the children. Note too the birth of Yayati's five sons: Yadu and Turvasu (from Devayani), Druhyu, Anu, and Puru (from Sharmishtha) — the forefathers of five great lineages (including the Yadavas and the Pauravas). Thus from this tangled union comes the beginning of many peoples; providence weaves genealogy even through human weakness.