Chapter 22
देवापि: शान्तनुस्तस्य बाह्लीक इति चात्मजा: । पितृराज्यं परित्यज्य देवापिस्तु वनं गत: ॥ १२ ॥ अभवच्छान्तनू राजा प्राङ्महाभिषसंज्ञित: । यं यं कराभ्यां स्पृशति जीर्णं यौवनमेति स: ॥ १३ ॥
Transliteration
devāpiḥ śāntanus tasya bāhlīka iti cātmajāḥ pitṛ-rājyaṁ parityajya devāpis tu vanaṁ gataḥabhavac chāntanū rājā prāṅ mahābhiṣa-saṁjñitaḥ yaṁ yaṁ karābhyāṁ spṛśati jīrṇaṁ yauvanam eti saḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
devāpiḥ — Devāpi; śāntanuḥ — Śāntanu; tasya — of him (Pratīpa); bāhlīkaḥ — Bāhlīka; iti — thus; ca — also; ātma-jāḥ — the sons; pitṛ-rājyam — the father’s property, the kingdom; parityajya — rejecting; devāpiḥ — Devāpi, the eldest; tu — indeed; vanam — to the forest; gataḥ — left; abhavat — was; śāntanuḥ — Śāntanu; rājā — the king; prāk — before; mahābhiṣa — Mahābhiṣa; saṁjñitaḥ — most celebrated; yam yam — whomever; karābhyām — with his hands; spṛśati — touched; jīrṇam — although very old; yauvanam — youth; eti — attained; saḥ — he.
Translation
“The sons of Pratīpa were Devāpi, Śāntanu and Bāhlīka. Devāpi left the kingdom of his father and went to the forest, and therefore Śāntanu became the king. Śāntanu, who in his previous birth was known as Mahābhiṣa, had the ability to transform anyone from old age to youth simply by touching that person with his hands.”