I grant you complete knowledge and good fortune.Ayoda Dhoumyaagainst Veda→ adi ch. 3
An unseen evil will befall you when you least expect it.Saramaagainst Janamejaya→ adi ch. 3
I will give away anything a Brahmana asks for.Somashrava→ adi ch. 3
You shall become an eater of all things, consuming all things pure and impure.Bhriguagainst Agni→ adi ch. 6· 2 reiterations
Only your sacred sacrificial flames will devour offerings, thus fulfilling the curse without taint.Brahmaagainst Agni→ adi ch. 7
Pramadvara shall be revived with half of Ruru's life.Dharmarajaagainst Ruru→ adi ch. 9
I will give half of my own life to revive Pramadvara.Ruruagainst Pramadvara→ adi ch. 9
I will kill every snake I see.Ruru→ adi ch. 9· 2 reiterations
You shall be freed from your snake form when you meet the Brahmin Ruru.Unknown→ adi ch. 11
You shall become a snake.Unknown→ adi ch. 11· 2 reiterations
I offer you my sister, also named Jaratkaru, as your wife to fulfill the condition for saving my race from a curse.Vasukiagainst Jaratkaru→ adi ch. 13· 2 reiterations
I will marry and beget a son to save you from this peril.Jaratkaru→ adi ch. 13
I will marry only a maiden who shares my name, Jaratkaru, and who is given to me as unsupported alms.Jaratkaru→ adi ch. 13· 4 reiterations
I grant you the boon of one thousand naga sons, all equal in splendour.Kashyapaagainst Kadru→ adi ch. 14
You will be a slave for five hundred years because of your impatience.Arunaagainst Vinata→ adi ch. 14
If you wait patiently, your other son will free you from slavery.Arunaagainst Vinata→ adi ch. 14
You will bear two sons of great energy, strength, valour, and splendour.Kashyapaagainst Vinata→ adi ch. 14· 2 reiterations
We will churn the ocean of milk together to obtain the ambrosia (amrita) and share it equally.Unknown→ adi ch. 16
I grant you the knowledge to counteract poison and save those bitten by snakes.Brahmaagainst Kashyapa→ adi ch. 18
I wager my freedom that the tail of Ucchaihshrava is not black.Vinataagainst Kadru→ adi ch. 23
I pronounce this blessing upon you: you will not be harmed by the gods, the danavas, the rakshasas, the nagas, or any other beings.Vinataagainst Garuda→ adi ch. 24
You shall become an elephant and live on land for a hundred years.Supratikaagainst Vibhavasu→ adi ch. 25
You shall become a tortoise and live in the water for a hundred years.Vibhavasuagainst Supratika→ adi ch. 25
We will create a new, more powerful Indra to replace you.Valakhilyasagainst Indra→ adi ch. 27
I grant you a boon in return; choose what you wish.Garudaagainst Vishnu→ adi ch. 29
I grant you a boon; ask for whatever you desire.Vishnuagainst Garuda→ adi ch. 29
I will place the amrita down on the kusha grass, and you shall then take it back.Garudaagainst Indra→ adi ch. 30
We will free your mother if you bring us the amrita.Snakesagainst Garuda→ adi ch. 30
I grant you the boon that your mind shall always delight in dharma, austerities, and tranquillity.Brahmaagainst Shesha→ adi ch. 32
I instruct you to give your sister Jaratkaru in marriage to the ascetic Jaratkaru when the time is right.Brahmaagainst Vasuki→ adi ch. 35
I possess the knowledge and power to neutralize Takshaka's poison and revive a man bitten by him.Kashyapa→ adi ch. 38
You must never displease me in word or deed, or I will leave you immediately.Jaratkaruagainst Jaratkaru Sister→ adi ch. 43
I will leave you if you ever do or say anything I dislike.Jaratkaru→ adi ch. 43
A son will be born to me, and he will be radiant and endowed with great energy.Jaratkaruagainst Vasuki→ adi ch. 44
If you give up your attempt to save King Parikshit, I will give you abundant wealth.Takshakaagainst Kashyapa→ adi ch. 46· 2 reiterations
I have already pacified Brahma for your sake, so you may dwell here without fear.Indraagainst Takshaka→ adi ch. 48
You must save the snakes from the curse and from Janamejaya's sacrifice.Jaratkaruagainst Astika→ adi ch. 49
I will save you from this terrible danger and go to King Janamejaya to stop the sacrifice.Astikaagainst Vasuki→ adi ch. 49
I will save the snakes from the curse and from Janamejaya's sacrifice.Astika→ adi ch. 49
I will give you whatever you ask for, except the stopping of this snake sacrifice.Janamejayaagainst Astika→ adi ch. 51
If you ask for the sacrifice to be stopped, I will stop it.Janamejayaagainst Astika→ adi ch. 53
I grant you this crystal chariot that can fly through the sky, this unfading Vaijayanti garland, and this bamboo staff.Indraagainst Vasu→ adi ch. 57
Your body will forever emit a sweet divine fragrance, replacing the fish odor.Parasharaagainst Satyavati→ adi ch. 57· 2 reiterations
I grant you the boon that kings of the Puru lineage will remain virtuous and secure.Kanvaagainst Shakuntala→ adi ch. 67
You will perish due to your avarice and arrogance.Unknownagainst Pururava→ adi ch. 70
I will take your old age and give you my youth.Puruagainst Yayati→ adi ch. 70
I will give you my kingdom and make you my successor; the lineage will be named after you.Yayatiagainst Puru→ adi ch. 70
Your knowledge of the Sanjivani mantra will be fruitless and will not work when you try to use it.Devayaniagainst Kacha→ adi ch. 72
No Brahmin will ever accept your hand in marriage; your desire will remain unfulfilled.Kachaagainst Devayani→ adi ch. 72
I grant you freedom from the sin of having mixed-caste offspring from this union with Devayani.Shukraagainst Yayati→ adi ch. 76
You are now instantly afflicted with decrepitude and old age.Shukraagainst Yayati→ adi ch. 78
You may exchange your old age for the youth of a willing son, and he will receive your kingdom in return.Shukraagainst Yayati→ adi ch. 78· 2 reiterations
You shall die before your time, and your descendants shall not prosper.Yayatiagainst Anu→ adi ch. 79
You shall have no kingdom, and your progeny shall perish.Yayatiagainst Druhyu→ adi ch. 79
Your progeny shall mingle with the barbarians and live beyond the pale of virtue.Yayatiagainst Turvasu→ adi ch. 79
Your descendants shall never possess sovereignty.Yayatiagainst Yadu→ adi ch. 79
I will take your youth for a thousand years to enjoy pleasures, and then I will return it to you and take back my old age.Yayatiagainst Puru→ adi ch. 79
I now take the vow of vanaprastha and depart for the forest.Yayati→ adi ch. 80
I now return your youth to you and grant you the kingdom.Yayatiagainst Puru→ adi ch. 80
You will fall from heaven, your merits diminished.Indraagainst Yayati→ adi ch. 83
I agree to be united with your son, on the condition that my origins remain secret and my actions are never questioned.Gangaagainst Pratipa→ adi ch. 92
I accept you as my future daughter-in-law, to be united with my son.Pratipaagainst Ganga→ adi ch. 92
If a divine lady comes to you in secret, you must accept her without questioning her identity or actions.Pratipaagainst Shantanu→ adi ch. 92
I agree to your condition and will never question or interfere with your actions.Shantanuagainst Ganga→ adi ch. 92
I will never question your actions or speak a harsh word to you, no matter what you do.Shantanu→ adi ch. 92
I will marry you only if you never question or interfere with my actions, no matter what I do.Gangaagainst Shantanu→ adi ch. 92· 2 reiterations
All eight of you vasus shall be born as humans.Vashishtha→ adi ch. 93
I have already pledged myself to King Shalva with my father's consent.Ambaagainst Shalva→ adi ch. 96
I will take these maidens by force, according to Kshatriya dharma, and carry them away.Bhishma→ adi ch. 96
You shall enter a long period of darkness.Brihaspati→ adi ch. 98
You will be born blind.Unknown→ adi ch. 98
Your virginity will be restored after our union.Parasharaagainst Satyavati→ adi ch. 99
The queens must observe a strict vow of austerity for one year before I unite with them.Vyasaagainst Satyavati→ adi ch. 99
If conception is needed immediately, the queens must tolerate my formidable ugliness and odor without flinching.Vyasaagainst Satyavati→ adi ch. 99
I will grant you another son through your daughter-in-law.Vyasaagainst Satyavati→ adi ch. 100
You will cease to be a servant and your son will be supremely intelligent and devoted to dharma.Vyasa→ adi ch. 100
I establish this law: a child under fourteen years of age shall not be liable for sin.Mandavya→ adi ch. 101
I will blindfold myself for life, sharing my husband's condition of blindness.Gandhari→ adi ch. 103
I grant you the infallible, irresistible weapon called Shakti.Indraagainst Karna→ adi ch. 104
I grant you that your virginity will be restored after this birth, and no one will know of it.Suryaagainst Kunti→ adi ch. 104
This Shakti weapon will kill only one powerful foe and then return to my hand.Indraagainst Karna→ adi ch. 104
I will renounce my kingdom and all pleasures to live as a wandering ascetic, free as the wind.Pandu→ adi ch. 110
I will not approach you with desire, for I am bound by the curse of the sage Kindama.Pandu→ adi ch. 111
I will not go to any other man, not even in my thoughts; my mind is fixed on you alone.Kunti→ adi ch. 112
I command you, for the sake of my ancestors and my own salvation, to bear sons through ascetic Brahmanas.Panduagainst Kunti→ adi ch. 113
This son will be the foremost of kings, righteous, truthful, and devoted to the protection of his subjects.Dharmaagainst Yudhishthira→ adi ch. 114
This son will be the strongest of all strong men, of boundless energy, and the crusher of enemies.Vayuagainst Bhima→ adi ch. 114
I will grant you the use of the mantra to summon a god and bear a son.Kuntiagainst Madri→ adi ch. 115
You must raise my two sons, Nakula and Sahadeva, as your own, along with your three sons.Madriagainst Kunti→ adi ch. 116
I will ascend the funeral pyre of my husband Pandu and follow him in death.Madri→ adi ch. 116
I will kill Bhimasena.Duryodhanaagainst Bhima→ adi ch. 119
I give you all my celestial weapons and the knowledge of how to wield them.Parashuramaagainst Drona→ adi ch. 121
I promise to fulfill the special task in your heart once I become skilled in arms.Arjunaagainst Drona→ adi ch. 122
When I become king, I will share everything with you; my kingdom and wealth will be yours as well.Drupadaagainst Drona→ adi ch. 122
I shall make you the best archer in the world.Dronaagainst Arjuna→ adi ch. 123
I will make you the greatest archer in the world; no pupil of mine shall surpass you.Dronaagainst Arjuna→ adi ch. 123
I accept you as my guru and will give you whatever dakshina you ask.Ekalavyaagainst Drona→ adi ch. 123
I will keep the northern half of your kingdom for myself and grant you the southern half.Dronaagainst Drupada→ adi ch. 128
I will go to Varanavata and build a house of flammable materials, get the Pandavas to live in it, and then set it on fire to burn them alive.Purochanaagainst Duryodhana→ adi ch. 132
I will kill this rakshasa before your eyes.Bhimaagainst Hidimba→ adi ch. 140
I will come whenever you remember me in your thoughts.Ghatotkachaagainst Bhima→ adi ch. 143
I will carry Bhima through the sky and return him to you every night.Hidimbaagainst Bhima→ adi ch. 143
I will tell you the means by which you will obtain a wife.Vyasa→ adi ch. 157
I give my daughter Tapati to you as your wife.Suryaagainst Samvarana→ adi ch. 162
I give my daughter Tapati to King Samvarana as his wife.Savitriagainst Samvarana→ adi ch. 163
I grant you permission to take Nandini by force if you can.Vashishthaagainst Vishvamitra→ adi ch. 165
You shall become a man-eating rakshasa.Unknown→ adi ch. 166· 2 reiterations
You shall meet with instant death the moment you touch a woman.Unknown→ adi ch. 166
You shall die the moment you issue a command.Unknown→ adi ch. 166
I will grant you a son to secure your lineage.Vashishthaagainst Kalmashapada→ adi ch. 168
I will blind the Kshatriya kings who slaughtered my Bhrigu ancestors.Unknown→ adi ch. 170
I will perform austerities to burn all the worlds to ashes.Unknown→ adi ch. 170
I will destroy all the worlds with the fire of my anger.Ourva→ adi ch. 171· 2 reiterations
You will die the moment you unite with your own wife.Brahmaniagainst Kalmashapada→ adi ch. 173
I will restore you to your kingdom.Drupada→ adi ch. 187
I grant your wish that specific gods will be your fathers in your human births.Shivaagainst Indra→ adi ch. 189
I grant you divine sight so you may see the true celestial forms of the Pandavas and Draupadi.Vyasaagainst Drupada→ adi ch. 189
I bless you to be a devoted wife, mother of heroic sons, and a prosperous queen.Kuntiagainst Draupadi→ adi ch. 191
I grant you the boon of invincibility, immense strength, knowledge of all weapons, the power of illusion, and the ability to assume any form at will, with the condition that you can only be slain by each other.Brahmaagainst Sunda→ adi ch. 201
I grant you the boon of invincibility against all beings except each other.Brahmaagainst Sunda Upasunda→ adi ch. 201
I grant you the boon of invincibility, immense strength, knowledge of all weapons, the power of illusion, and the ability to assume any form at will, with the condition that you can only be slain by each other.Brahmaagainst Upasunda→ adi ch. 201
I grant you a boon for your service in ending the asuras' tyranny.Brahmaagainst Tilottama→ adi ch. 204
Anyone who intrudes upon another brother while he is with Draupadi must live as a celibate ascetic in the forest for twelve years.Unknown→ adi ch. 204
I will observe a vow of celibacy for twelve years.Arjuna→ adi ch. 206
Only one child shall be born in your lineage in each generation, and that child shall be a son.Unknownagainst Chitravahana→ adi ch. 207
I accept your condition and pledge that the son born of Chitrangada will remain here to carry on your lineage.Arjunaagainst Chitravahana→ adi ch. 207
I will give you my daughter Chitrangada on the condition that the son born of her will remain here to perpetuate my lineage.Chitravahanaagainst Arjuna→ adi ch. 207
You and your friends will become crocodiles and live in the water for a hundred years.Unknownagainst Varga→ adi ch. 208
A supreme man will pull you from the water and you will regain your divine forms.Unknown→ adi ch. 209· 2 reiterations
You shall become crocodiles and live in the water for a hundred years.Unknown→ adi ch. 209· 3 reiterations
I grant you the divine bow Gandiva, two inexhaustible quivers, and the supreme chariot with divine horses for Arjuna, and the chakra and club for Krishna.Unknown→ adi ch. 216
You will never be able to escape me and will be killed by me in the future.Arjunaagainst Ashvasena→ adi ch. 218
I will spare your sons when I burn the Khandava Forest.Agniagainst Mandapala→ adi ch. 220
I will protect your children when the time comes.Agni→ adi ch. 223
I will give you the great bow Gandiva, an inexhaustible quiver, and a chariot bearing Hanuman on its banner.Agniagainst Arjuna→ adi ch. 225
You will obtain the celestial weapons and become invincible in battle.Indraagainst Arjuna→ adi ch. 225
I grant you a boon: you will have a powerful son.Chandakoushikaagainst Brihadratha→ sabha ch. 241
We will support Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice and offer our riches and armies.Unknownagainst Yudhishthira→ sabha ch. 247
I grant that your forces will be fearless and I will protect Mahishmati from conquest as long as your lineage endures.Agniagainst Nila→ sabha ch. 253
I grant you permission to perform the Rajasuya sacrifice and will myself attend to serve in any role you assign.Krishna Vasudevaagainst Yudhishthira→ sabha ch. 255
I renounce my role as the general of your army.Sunitha→ sabha ch. 261
I grant you a boon: I will pardon one hundred offences of your son Shishupala.Krishna Vasudevaagainst Queen Of Chedi→ sabha ch. 265
We shall wager our lives on the outcome of this dispute; the one judged inferior shall die.Sudhanvaagainst Virochana→ sabha ch. 286
We shall wager our lives on the outcome of this dispute; the one judged inferior shall die.Virochanaagainst Sudhanva→ sabha ch. 286
I grant you a boon; ask for whatever you desire.Dhritarashtraagainst Draupadi→ sabha ch. 288· 3 reiterations
I will kill all the assembled enemies here and now.Bhimasena→ sabha ch. 289
I grant you permission to depart and return to your own kingdom of Indraprastha.Dhritarashtraagainst Yudhishthira→ sabha ch. 290
Duryodhana will be the cause of the destruction of the Kuru lineage.Viduraagainst Duryodhana→ sabha ch. 291
Arjuna will kill Karna in battle.Bhimaagainst Karna→ sabha ch. 293
Sahadeva will kill Shakuni in battle.Bhimaagainst Shakuni→ sabha ch. 293
I will kill the sons of Dhritarashtra to avenge the insults to Draupadi.Nakula→ sabha ch. 293
I will kill Shakuni, the root of this enmity, in battle.Sahadevaagainst Shakuni→ sabha ch. 293· 2 reiterations
I will protect Kunti as if she were my own mother and ensure she suffers no distress.Vidura→ sabha ch. 294
I will slay the Kauravas in battle.Bhima→ sabha ch. 296
I will not bind my hair until I can wash it with Dushasana's blood.Draupadi→ sabha ch. 296
I will kill Karna in battle.Arjuna→ sabha ch. 296
I will return and rule the earth after thirteen years.Yudhishthira→ sabha ch. 296