| YouTube Channel

सौभरि (saubhari)

 
Apte
English
सौभरिः [saubhariḥ],
N.
 of a Vedic seer.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
सौभरि
m.
 (fr. सोभरि)
N.
 of a Muni (married to the 50 daughters of Māndhātṛ and father of 150 sons),
Pur.
of an author,
Cat.
Monier Williams 1872
English
सौभरि सौभरि, इस्, m., N. of a Muni
(married to the fifty daughters of Māndhātṛ and
father of 150 sons).
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
सौभरि
Ekārthanāmamālā.
Dvyarthanāmamālā.
सौभरि
Vicitranāmamālā.
पुराणम्
English
सौभरि १ / SAUBHARI I. A hermit who had performed penance, sitting on the banks of the river kālindī. (For detailed story see under garuḍa, para 11).
सौभरि २ / SAUBHARI II. A hermit who had put up his hermitage on the vindhya. At the time of the horse-sacrifice of yudhiṣṭhira, arjuna called on this hermit saubhari. On that occasion the hermit told arjuna about the previous history of Caṇḍī, who had been cursed by the hermit uddālaka. It is mentioned in jaimini aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 96, that arjuna later redeemed Caṇḍī from the curse.
सौभरि ३ / SAUBHARI III. A hermit famous in the Purāṇas. A Purāṇic story about this hermit's marrying the fifty daughters of māndhātā is given below.
saubhari saw two fishes engaged in coition, while he was doing penance on the banks of the yamunā. This sight aroused matrimonial thoughts in the hermit's mind. He instantly approached māndhātā and informed him of his desire to marry a princess.
māndhātā did not like to give his daughter in marriage to the old hermit. Concealing his thought, he told the hermit as follows:--“Out of my fifty daughters, she who wishes to be your wife, shall be given to you.” saubhari, who had already read the thought of māndhātā entered the harem in the shape of a handsome fine youth, and all the fifty damsels liked him. Thus saubhari married all of them, and begot hundred sons of each of them.
This matrimonial life lasted for some time. At last the hermit grew weary of this life. Discarding everything, saubhari went to the forest. His wives, who also had become disinterested in worldly enjoyment, followed him. (bhāgavata, skandha 9
viṣṇu purāṇa, 4, 2, 3
padma purāṇa, uttara Khaṇḍa 262
garuḍa purāṇa, 1, 138).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
सौभरिः,
पुं,
 मुनिविशेषः । यथा, --“मीनान् सुदुःखितान् दृष्ट्वा दीनान् मीनपतौहृते ।कृपया सौभरिः प्राह तत्रत्यक्षेममाचरन् ॥
”इति श्रीभागवते । १० । १७ । १० ।(अस्य विशेषविवरणन्तु विष्णुपुराणे ४ अंशस्य२ अध्यायमारभ्य द्रष्टव्यम् ॥
)
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
सौभरि
पु०
 सुनिविशेपे भाग० १० । १७ अ० व्यो० त० ।