 | Book 3 Chapter 246
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | vrīhidroṇaḥ parityaktaḥ kathaṃ tena mahātmanā
kasmai dattaś ca bhagavan vidhinā kena cāttha me
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| 2 | pratyakṣadharmā bhagavān yasya tuṣṭo hi karmabhiḥ
saphalaṃ tasya janmāhaṃ manye saddharmacāriṇaḥ
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| 3 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 3 | śiloñchavṛttir dharmātmā mudgalaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ
āsīd rājan kurukṣetre satyavāg anasūyakaḥ
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| 4 | atithivratī kriyāvāṃś ca kāpotīṃ vṛttim āsthitaḥ
satram iṣṭīkṛtaṃ nāma samupāste mahātapāḥ
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| 5 | saputradāro hi muniḥ pakṣāhāro babhūva saḥ
kapotavṛttyā pakṣeṇa vrīhidroṇam upārjayat
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| 6 | darśaṃ ca paurṇamāsaṃ ca kurvan vigatamatsaraḥ
devatātithiśeṣeṇa kurute dehayāpanam
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| 7 | tasyendraḥ sahito devaiḥ sākṣāt tribhuvaneśvaraḥ
pratyagṛhṇān mahārāja bhāgaṃ parvaṇi parvaṇi
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| 8 | sa parvakālaṃ kṛtvā tu munivṛttyā samanvitaḥ
atithibhyo dadāv annaṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā
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| 9 | vrīhidroṇasya tadaho dadato 'nnaṃ mahātmanaḥ
śiṣṭaṃ mātsaryahīnasya vardhaty atithidarśanāt
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| 10 | tac chatāny api bhuñjanti brāhmaṇānāṃ manīṣiṇām
munes tyāgaviśuddhyā tu tadannaṃ vṛddhim ṛcchati
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| 11 | taṃ tu śuśrāva dharmiṣṭhaṃ mudgalaṃ saṃśitavratam
durvāsā nṛpa digvāsās tam athābhyājagāma ha
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| 12 | bibhrac cāniyataṃ veṣam unmatta iva pāṇḍava
vikacaḥ paruṣā vāco vyāharan vividhā muniḥ
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| 13 | abhigamyātha taṃ vipram uvāca munisattamaḥ
annārthinam anuprāptaṃ viddhi māṃ munisattama
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| 14 | svāgataṃ te 'stv iti muniṃ mudgalaḥ pratyabhāṣata
pādyam ācamanīyaṃ ca prativedyānnam uttamam
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| 15 | prādāt sa tapasopāttaṃ kṣudhitāyātithivratī
unmattāya parāṃ śraddhām āsthāya sa dhṛtavrataḥ
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| 16 | tatas tadannaṃ rasavat sa eva kṣudhayānvitaḥ
bubhuje kṛtsnam unmattaḥ prādāt tasmai ca mudgalaḥ
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| 17 | bhuktvā cānnaṃ tataḥ sarvam ucchiṣṭenātmanas tataḥ
athānulilipe 'ṅgāni jagāma ca yathāgatam
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| 18 | evaṃ dvitīye saṃprāpte parvakāle manīṣiṇaḥ
āgamya bubhuje sarvam annam uñchopajīvinaḥ
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| 19 | nirāhāras tu sa munir uñcham ārjayate punaḥ
na cainaṃ vikriyāṃ netum aśakan mudgalaṃ kṣudhā
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| 20 | na krodho na ca mātsaryaṃ nāvamāno na saṃbhramaḥ
saputradāram uñchantam āviveśa dvijottamam
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| 21 | tathā tam uñchadharmāṇaṃ durvāsā munisattamam
upatasthe yathākālaṃ ṣaṭkṛtvaḥ kṛtaniścayaḥ
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| 22 | na cāsya mānasaṃ kiṃ cid vikāraṃ dadṛśe muniḥ
śuddhasattvasya śuddhaṃ sa dadṛśe nirmalaṃ manaḥ
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| 23 | tam uvāca tataḥ prītaḥ sa munir mudgalaṃ tadā
tvatsamo nāsti loke 'smin dātā mātsaryavarjitaḥ
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| 24 | kṣud dharmasaṃjñāṃ praṇudaty ādatte dhairyam eva ca
viṣayānusāriṇī jihvā karṣaty eva rasān prati
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| 25 | āhāraprabhavāḥ prāṇā mano durnigrahaṃ calam
manasaś cendriyāṇāṃ cāpy aikāgryaṃ niścitaṃ tapaḥ
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| 26 | śrameṇopārjitaṃ tyaktuṃ duḥkhaṃ śuddhena cetasā
tat sarvaṃ bhavatā sādho yathāvad upapāditam
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| 27 | prītāḥ smo 'nugṛhītāś ca sametya bhavatā saha
indriyābhijayo dhairyaṃ saṃvibhāgo damaḥ śamaḥ
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| 28 | dayā satyaṃ ca dharmaś ca tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
jitās te karmabhir lokāḥ prāpto 'si paramāṃ gatim
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| 29 | aho dānaṃ vighuṣṭaṃ te sumahat svargavāsibhiḥ
saśarīro bhavān gantā svargaṃ sucaritavrata
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| 30 | ity evaṃ vadatas tasya tadā durvāsaso muneḥ
devadūto vimānena mudgalaṃ pratyupasthitaḥ
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| 31 | haṃsasārasayuktena kiṅkiṇījālamālinā
kāmagena vicitreṇa divyagandhavatā tathā
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| 32 | uvāca cainaṃ viprarṣiṃ vimānaṃ karmabhir jitam
samupāroha saṃsiddhiṃ prāpto 'si paramāṃ mune
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| 33 | tam evaṃvādinam ṛṣir devadūtam uvāca ha
icchāmi bhavatā proktān guṇān svarganivāsinām
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| 34 | ke guṇās tatra vasatāṃ kiṃ tapaḥ kaś ca niścayaḥ
svarge svargasukhaṃ kiṃ ca doṣo vā devadūtaka
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| 35 | satāṃ saptapadaṃ mitram āhuḥ santaḥ kulocitāḥ
mitratāṃ ca puraskṛtya pṛcchāmi tvām ahaṃ vibho
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| 36 | yad atra tathyaṃ pathyaṃ ca tad bravīhy avicārayan
śrutvā tathā kariṣyāmi vyavasāyaṃ girā tava
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