वैशंपायन उवाच
ततः सत्यवती काले वधूं स्नाताम् ऋतौ तदा ॥
संवेशयन्ती शयने शनकैर् वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
कौसल्ये देवरस् ते ऽस्ति सो ऽद्य त्वानुप्रवेक्ष्यति ॥
अप्रमत्ता प्रतीक्षैनं निशीथे आगमिष्यति ॥
श्वश्र्वास् तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा शयाना शयने शुभे ॥
साचिन्तयत् तदा भीष्मम् अन्यांश् च कुरुपुंगवान् ॥
ततो ऽम्बिकायां प्रथमं नियुक्तः सत्यवाग् ऋषिः ॥
दीप्यमानेषु दीपेषु शयनं प्रविवेश ह ॥
तस्य कृष्णस्य कपिला जटा दीप्ते च लोचने ॥
बभ्रूणि चैव श्मश्रूणि दृष्ट्वा देवी न्यमीलयत् ॥
संबभूव तया रात्रौ मातुः प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥
भयात् काशिसुता तं तु नाशक्नोद् अभिवीक्षितुम् ॥
ततो निष्क्रान्तम् आसाद्य माता पुत्रम् अथाब्रवीत् ॥
अप्य् अस्यां गुणवान् पुत्र राजपुत्रो भविष्यति ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tataḥ satyavatī kāle vadhūṃ snātām ṛtau tadā ||
saṃveśayantī śayane śanakair vākyam abravīt ||
kausalye devaras te 'sti so 'dya tvānupravekṣyati ||
apramattā pratīkṣainaṃ niśīthe āgamiṣyati ||
śvaśrvās tad vacanaṃ śrutvā śayānā śayane śubhe ||
sācintayat tadā bhīṣmam anyāṃś ca kurupuṃgavān ||
tato 'mbikāyāṃ prathamaṃ niyuktaḥ satyavāg ṛṣiḥ ||
dīpyamāneṣu dīpeṣu śayanaṃ praviveśa ha ||
tasya kṛṣṇasya kapilā jaṭā dīpte ca locane ||
babhrūṇi caiva śmaśrūṇi dṛṣṭvā devī nyamīlayat ||
saṃbabhūva tayā rātrau mātuḥ priyacikīrṣayā ||
bhayāt kāśisutā taṃ tu nāśaknod abhivīkṣitum ||
tato niṣkrāntam āsādya mātā putram athābravīt ||
apy asyāṃ guṇavān putra rājaputro bhaviṣyati ||
Vaishampayana said: Then Satyavati, when the time had come and her daughter-in-law had bathed after her courses, laying her down upon the bed, quietly spoke these words: 'O Kausalya, you have a brother-in-law; he will come to you this night. Stay watchful and await him — he will arrive at midnight.' Hearing this word of her mother-in-law, lying upon the fair bed, she thought then of Bhishma and the other bulls among the Kurus. Then the truthful sage, summoned first to Ambika, entered the bedchamber while the lamps were burning. Seeing his dark form, his tawny matted locks, his blazing eyes, and his brown beard and mustache, the queen closed her eyes. He united with her that night, wishing to please her mother-in-law; but the daughter of Kashi, from fear, could not bear to look upon him. Then, meeting him as he came out, the mother said to her son: 'Will she have a worthy prince, my son?'
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Ambika, terrified by the stern appearance of Vyasa, closes her eyes. It is telling that she 'thought of Bhishma and the others' — she expected a handsome prince and met an ascetic with blazing eyes and matted locks. Here is the deceptiveness of expectations fastened to appearance: Ambika judged by looks and took fright, failing to perceive in the stern ascetic the greatest of sages and an incarnation of the Lord. It is significant that Vyasa's appearance is harsh not from impurity but from austerity: matted hair, emaciation, blazing eyes are marks of tapas, not of ugliness; whoever judges by the flesh does not see holiness. Here is a lesson: the outward unattractiveness of a sadhu often conceals what is higher, and revulsion at the sight of a saint costs one the fruit of his presence. Significant, too, is the cause of what is to come: that the mother, in the moment of conception, closed her eyes in fear will tell upon the child — such is the subtle law by which the state of the parents' mind and senses at conception is imprinted upon their offspring. Thus the scripture shows how vital purity and composure are in this sacred moment, and how dearly fear and aversion toward a saint are paid for.