Book 1 Chapter 57 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | rājoparicaro nāma dharmanityo mahīpatiḥ
babhūva mṛgayāṃ gantuṃ sa kadā cid dhṛtavrataḥ |
2 | sa cediviṣayaṃ ramyaṃ vasuḥ pauravanandanaḥ
indropadeśāj jagrāha grahaṇīyaṃ mahīpatiḥ |
3 | tam āśrame nyastaśastraṃ nivasantaṃ taporatim
devaḥ sākṣāt svayaṃ vajrī samupāyān mahīpatim |
4 | indratvam arho rājāyaṃ tapasety anucintya vai
taṃ sāntvena nṛpaṃ sākṣāt tapasaḥ saṃnyavartayat |
5 | indra uvāca |
5 | na saṃkīryeta dharmo 'yaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate
taṃ pāhi dharmo hi dhṛtaḥ kṛtsnaṃ dhārayate jagat |
6 | lokyaṃ dharmaṃ pālaya tvaṃ nityayuktaḥ samāhitaḥ
dharmayuktas tato lokān puṇyān āpsyasi śāśvatān |
7 | diviṣṭhasya bhuviṣṭhas tvaṃ sakhā bhūtvā mama priyaḥ
ūdhaḥ pṛthivyā yo deśas tam āvasa narādhipa |
8 | paśavyaś caiva puṇyaś ca susthiro dhanadhānyavān
svārakṣyaś caiva saumyaś ca bhogyair bhūmiguṇair yutaḥ |
9 | aty anyān eṣa deśo hi dhanaratnādibhir yutaḥ
vasupūrṇā ca vasudhā vasa cediṣu cedipa |
10 | dharmaśīlā janapadāḥ susaṃtoṣāś ca sādhavaḥ
na ca mithyāpralāpo 'tra svaireṣv api kuto 'nyathā |
11 | na ca pitrā vibhajyante narā guruhite ratāḥ
yuñjate dhuri no gāś ca kṛśāḥ saṃdhukṣayanti ca |
12 | sarve varṇāḥ svadharmasthāḥ sadā cediṣu mānada
na te 'sty aviditaṃ kiṃ cit triṣu lokeṣu yad bhavet |
13 | devopabhogyaṃ divyaṃ ca ākāśe sphāṭikaṃ mahat
ākāśagaṃ tvāṃ maddattaṃ vimānam upapatsyate |
14 | tvam ekaḥ sarvamartyeṣu vimānavaram āsthitaḥ
cariṣyasy uparistho vai devo vigrahavān iva |
15 | dadāmi te vaijayantīṃ mālām amlānapaṅkajām
dhārayiṣyati saṃgrāme yā tvāṃ śastrair avikṣatam |
16 | lakṣaṇaṃ caitad eveha bhavitā te narādhipa
indramāleti vikhyātaṃ dhanyam apratimaṃ mahat |
17 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
17 | yaṣṭiṃ ca vaiṇavīṃ tasmai dadau vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ
iṣṭapradānam uddiśya śiṣṭānāṃ paripālinīm |
18 | tasyāḥ śakrasya pūjārthaṃ bhūmau bhūmipatis tadā
praveśaṃ kārayām āsa gate saṃvatsare tadā |
19 | tataḥ prabhṛti cādyāpi yaṣṭyāḥ kṣitipasattamaiḥ
praveśaḥ kriyate rājan yathā tena pravartitaḥ |
20 | aparedyus tathā cāsyāḥ kriyate ucchrayo nṛpaiḥ
alaṃkṛtāyāḥ piṭakair gandhair mālyaiś ca bhūṣaṇaiḥ mālyadāmaparikṣiptā vidhivat kriyate 'pi ca |
21 | bhagavān pūjyate cātra hāsyarūpeṇa śaṃkaraḥ
svayam eva gṛhītena vasoḥ prītyā mahātmanaḥ |
22 | etāṃ pūjāṃ mahendras tu dṛṣṭvā deva kṛtāṃ śubhām
vasunā rājamukhyena prītimān abravīd vibhuḥ |
23 | ye pūjayiṣyanti narā rājānaś ca mahaṃ mama
kārayiṣyanti ca mudā yathā cedipatir nṛpaḥ |
24 | teṣāṃ śrīr vijayaś caiva sarāṣṭrāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati
tathā sphīto janapado muditaś ca bhaviṣyati |
25 | evaṃ mahātmanā tena mahendreṇa narādhipa
vasuḥ prītyā maghavatā mahārājo 'bhisatkṛtaḥ |
26 | utsavaṃ kārayiṣyanti sadā śakrasya ye narāḥ
bhūmidānādibhir dānair yathā pūtā bhavanti vai varadānamahāyajñais tathā śakrotsavena te |
27 | saṃpūjito maghavatā vasuś cedipatis tadā
pālayām āsa dharmeṇa cedisthaḥ pṛthivīm imām indraprītyā bhūmipatiś cakārendramahaṃ vasuḥ |
28 | putrāś cāsya mahāvīryāḥ pañcāsann amitaujasaḥ
nānārājyeṣu ca sutān sa samrāḍ abhyaṣecayat |
29 | mahāratho magadharāḍ viśruto yo bṛhadrathaḥ
pratyagrahaḥ kuśāmbaś ca yam āhur maṇivāhanam macchillaś ca yaduś caiva rājanyaś cāparājitaḥ |
30 | ete tasya sutā rājan rājarṣer bhūritejasaḥ
nyaveśayan nāmabhiḥ svais te deśāṃś ca purāṇi ca vāsavāḥ pañca rājānaḥ pṛthagvaṃśāś ca śāśvatāḥ |
31 | vasantam indraprāsāde ākāśe sphāṭike ca tam
upatasthur mahātmānaṃ gandharvāpsaraso nṛpam rājoparicarety evaṃ nāma tasyātha viśrutam |
32 | puropavāhinīṃ tasya nadīṃ śuktimatīṃ giriḥ
arautsīc cetanāyuktaḥ kāmāt kolāhalaḥ kila |
33 | giriṃ kolāhalaṃ taṃ tu padā vasur atāḍayat
niścakrāma nadī tena prahāravivareṇa sā |
34 | tasyāṃ nadyām ajanayan mithunaṃ parvataḥ svayam
tasmād vimokṣaṇāt prītā nadī rājñe nyavedayat |
35 | yaḥ pumān abhavat tatra taṃ sa rājarṣisattamaḥ
vasur vasupradaś cakre senāpatim ariṃdamam cakāra patnīṃ kanyāṃ tu dayitāṃ girikāṃ nṛpaḥ |
36 | vasoḥ patnī tu girikā kāmāt kāle nyavedayat
ṛtukālam anuprāptaṃ snātā puṃsavane śuciḥ |
37 | tadahaḥ pitaraś cainam ūcur jahi mṛgān iti
taṃ rājasattamaṃ prītās tadā matimatāṃ varam |
38 | sa pitṝṇāṃ niyogaṃ tam avyatikramya pārthivaḥ
cacāra mṛgayāṃ kāmī girikām eva saṃsmaran atīva rūpasaṃpannāṃ sākṣāc chriyam ivāparām |
39 | tasya retaḥ pracaskanda carato rucire vane
skannamātraṃ ca tad reto vṛkṣapatreṇa bhūmipaḥ |
40 | pratijagrāha mithyā me na skanded reta ity uta
ṛtuś ca tasyāḥ patnyā me na moghaḥ syād iti prabhuḥ |
41 | saṃcintyaivaṃ tadā rājā vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ
amoghatvaṃ ca vijñāya retaso rājasattamaḥ |
42 | śukraprasthāpane kālaṃ mahiṣyāḥ prasamīkṣya saḥ
abhimantryātha tac chukram ārāt tiṣṭhantam āśugam sūkṣmadharmārthatattvajño jñātvā śyenaṃ tato 'bravīt |
43 | matpriyārtham idaṃ saumya śukraṃ mama gṛhaṃ naya
girikāyāḥ prayacchāśu tasyā hy ārtavam adya vai |
44 | gṛhītvā tat tadā śyenas tūrṇam utpatya vegavān
javaṃ paramam āsthāya pradudrāva vihaṃgamaḥ |
45 | tam apaśyad athāyāntaṃ śyenaṃ śyenas tathāparaḥ
abhyadravac ca taṃ sadyo dṛṣṭvaivāmiṣaśaṅkayā |
46 | tuṇḍayuddham athākāśe tāv ubhau saṃpracakratuḥ
yudhyator apatad retas tac cāpi yamunāmbhasi |
47 | tatrādriketi vikhyātā brahmaśāpād varāpsarāḥ
mīnabhāvam anuprāptā babhūva yamunācarī |
48 | śyenapādaparibhraṣṭaṃ tad vīryam atha vāsavam
jagrāha tarasopetya sādrikā matsyarūpiṇī |
49 | kadā cid atha matsīṃ tāṃ babandhur matsyajīvinaḥ
māse ca daśame prāpte tadā bharatasattama ujjahrur udarāt tasyāḥ strīpumāṃsaṃ ca mānuṣam |
50 | āścaryabhūtaṃ matvā tad rājñas te pratyavedayan
kāye matsyā imau rājan saṃbhūtau mānuṣāv iti |
51 | tayoḥ pumāṃsaṃ jagrāha rājoparicaras tadā
sa matsyo nāma rājāsīd dhārmikaḥ satyasaṃgaraḥ |
52 | sāpsarā muktaśāpā ca kṣaṇena samapadyata
puroktā yā bhagavatā tiryagyonigatā śubhe mānuṣau janayitvā tvaṃ śāpamokṣam avāpsyasi |
53 | tataḥ sā janayitvā tau viśastā matsyaghātinā
saṃtyajya matsyarūpaṃ sā divyaṃ rūpam avāpya ca siddharṣicāraṇapathaṃ jagāmātha varāpsarāḥ |
54 | yā kanyā duhitā tasyā matsyā matsyasagandhinī
rājñā dattātha dāśāya iyaṃ tava bhavatv iti rūpasattvasamāyuktā sarvaiḥ samuditā guṇaiḥ |
55 | sā tu satyavatī nāma matsyaghātyabhisaṃśrayāt
āsīn matsyasagandhaiva kaṃ cit kālaṃ śucismitā |
56 | śuśrūṣārthaṃ pitur nāvaṃ tāṃ tu vāhayatīṃ jale
tīrthayātrāṃ parikrāmann apaśyad vai parāśaraḥ |
57 | atīva rūpasaṃpannāṃ siddhānām api kāṅkṣitām
dṛṣṭvaiva ca sa tāṃ dhīmāṃś cakame cārudarśanām vidvāṃs tāṃ vāsavīṃ kanyāṃ kāryavān munipuṃgavaḥ |
58 | sābravīt paśya bhagavan pārāvāre ṛṣīn sthitān
āvayor dṛśyator ebhiḥ kathaṃ nu syāt samāgamaḥ |
59 | evaṃ tayokto bhagavān nīhāram asṛjat prabhuḥ
yena deśaḥ sa sarvas tu tamobhūta ivābhavat |
60 | dṛṣṭvā sṛṣṭaṃ tu nīhāraṃ tatas taṃ paramarṣiṇā
vismitā cābravīt kanyā vrīḍitā ca manasvinī |
61 | viddhi māṃ bhagavan kanyāṃ sadā pitṛvaśānugām
tvatsaṃyogāc ca duṣyeta kanyābhāvo mamānagha |
62 | kanyātve dūṣite cāpi kathaṃ śakṣye dvijottama
gantuṃ gṛhaṃ gṛhe cāhaṃ dhīman na sthātum utsahe etat saṃcintya bhagavan vidhatsva yad anantaram |
63 | evam uktavatīṃ tāṃ tu prītimān ṛṣisattamaḥ
uvāca matpriyaṃ kṛtvā kanyaiva tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi |
64 | vṛṇīṣva ca varaṃ bhīru yaṃ tvam icchasi bhāmini
vṛthā hi na prasādo me bhūtapūrvaḥ śucismite |
65 | evam uktā varaṃ vavre gātrasaugandhyam uttamam
sa cāsyai bhagavān prādān manasaḥ kāṅkṣitaṃ prabhuḥ |
66 | tato labdhavarā prītā strībhāvaguṇabhūṣitā
jagāma saha saṃsargam ṛṣiṇādbhutakarmaṇā |
67 | tena gandhavatīty eva nāmāsyāḥ prathitaṃ bhuvi
tasyās tu yojanād gandham ājighranti narā bhuvi |
68 | tato yojanagandheti tasyā nāma pariśrutam
parāśaro 'pi bhagavāñ jagāma svaṃ niveśanam |
69 | iti satyavatī hṛṣṭā labdhvā varam anuttamam
parāśareṇa saṃyuktā sadyo garbhaṃ suṣāva sā jajñe ca yamunādvīpe pārāśaryaḥ sa vīryavān |
70 | sa mātaram upasthāya tapasy eva mano dadhe
smṛto 'haṃ darśayiṣyāmi kṛtyeṣv iti ca so 'bravīt |
71 | evaṃ dvaipāyano jajñe satyavatyāṃ parāśarāt
dvīpe nyastaḥ sa yad bālas tasmād dvaipāyano 'bhavat |
72 | pādāpasāriṇaṃ dharmaṃ vidvān sa tu yuge yuge
āyuḥ śaktiṃ ca martyānāṃ yugānugam avekṣya ca |
73 | brahmaṇo brāhmaṇānāṃ ca tathānugrahakāmyayā
vivyāsa vedān yasmāc ca tasmād vyāsa iti smṛtaḥ |
74 | vedān adhyāpayām āsa mahābhāratapañcamān
sumantuṃ jaiminiṃ pailaṃ śukaṃ caiva svam ātmajam |
75 | prabhur variṣṭho varado vaiśaṃpāyanam eva ca
saṃhitās taiḥ pṛthaktvena bhāratasya prakāśitāḥ |
76 | tathā bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo gaṅgāyām amitadyutiḥ
vasuvīryāt samabhavan mahāvīryo mahāyaśāḥ |
77 | śūle protaḥ purāṇarṣir acoraś coraśaṅkayā
aṇīmāṇḍavya iti vai vikhyātaḥ sumahāyaśāḥ |
78 | sa dharmam āhūya purā maharṣir idam uktavān
iṣīkayā mayā bālyād ekā viddhā śakuntikā |
79 | tat kilbiṣaṃ smare dharma nānyat pāpam ahaṃ smare
tan me sahasrasamitaṃ kasmān nehājayat tapaḥ |
80 | garīyān brāhmaṇavadhaḥ sarvabhūtavadhād yataḥ
tasmāt tvaṃ kilbiṣād asmāc chūdrayonau janiṣyasi |
81 | tena śāpena dharmo 'pi śūdrayonāv ajāyata
vidvān vidurarūpeṇa dhārmī tanur akilbiṣī |
82 | saṃjayo munikalpas tu jajñe sūto gavalgaṇāt
sūryāc ca kuntikanyāyāṃ jajñe karṇo mahārathaḥ sahajaṃ kavacaṃ bibhrat kuṇḍaloddyotitānanaḥ |
83 | anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ viṣṇur lokanamaskṛtaḥ
vasudevāt tu devakyāṃ prādurbhūto mahāyaśāḥ |
84 | anādinidhano devaḥ sa kartā jagataḥ prabhuḥ
avyaktam akṣaraṃ brahma pradhānaṃ nirguṇātmakam |
85 | ātmānam avyayaṃ caiva prakṛtiṃ prabhavaṃ param
puruṣaṃ viśvakarmāṇaṃ sattvayogaṃ dhruvākṣaram |
86 | anantam acalaṃ devaṃ haṃsaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
dhātāram ajaraṃ nityaṃ tam āhuḥ param avyayam |
87 | puruṣaḥ sa vibhuḥ kartā sarvabhūtapitāmahaḥ
dharmasaṃvardhanārthāya prajajñe 'ndhakavṛṣṇiṣu |
88 | astrajñau tu mahāvīryau sarvaśastraviśāradau
sātyakiḥ kṛtavarmā ca nārāyaṇam anuvratau satyakād dhṛdikāc caiva jajñāte 'straviśāradau |
89 | bharadvājasya ca skannaṃ droṇyāṃ śukram avardhata
maharṣer ugratapasas tasmād droṇo vyajāyata |
90 | gautamān mithunaṃ jajñe śarastambāc charadvataḥ
aśvatthāmnaś ca jananī kṛpaś caiva mahābalaḥ aśvatthāmā tato jajñe droṇād astrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ |
91 | tathaiva dhṛṣṭadyumno 'pi sākṣād agnisamadyutiḥ
vaitāne karmaṇi tate pāvakāt samajāyata vīro droṇavināśāya dhanuṣā saha vīryavān |
92 | tathaiva vedyāṃ kṛṣṇāpi jajñe tejasvinī śubhā
vibhrājamānā vapuṣā bibhratī rūpam uttamam |
93 | prahrādaśiṣyo nagnajit subalaś cābhavat tataḥ
tasya prajā dharmahantrī jajñe devaprakopanāt |
94 | gāndhārarājaputro 'bhūc chakuniḥ saubalas tathā
duryodhanasya mātā ca jajñāte 'rthavidāv ubhau |
95 | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanāj jajñe dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ
kṣetre vicitravīryasya pāṇḍuś caiva mahābalaḥ |
96 | pāṇḍos tu jajñire pañca putrā devasamāḥ pṛthak
dvayoḥ striyor guṇajyeṣṭhas teṣām āsīd yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
97 | dharmād yudhiṣṭhiro jajñe mārutāt tu vṛkodaraḥ
indrād dhanaṃjayaḥ śrīmān sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ |
98 | jajñāte rūpasaṃpannāv aśvibhyāṃ tu yamāv ubhau
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratau |
99 | tathā putraśataṃ jajñe dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ
duryodhanaprabhṛtayo yuyutsuḥ karaṇas tathā |
100 | abhimanyuḥ subhadrāyām arjunād abhyajāyata
svasrīyo vāsudevasya pautraḥ pāṇḍor mahātmanaḥ |
101 | pāṇḍavebhyo 'pi pañcabhyaḥ kṛṣṇāyāṃ pañca jajñire
kumārā rūpasaṃpannāḥ sarvaśastraviśāradāḥ |
102 | prativindhyo yudhiṣṭhirāt sutasomo vṛkodarāt
arjunāc chrutakīrtis tu śatānīkas tu nākuliḥ |
103 | tathaiva sahadevāc ca śrutasenaḥ pratāpavān
hiḍimbāyāṃ ca bhīmena vane jajñe ghaṭotkacaḥ |
104 | śikhaṇḍī drupadāj jajñe kanyā putratvam āgatā
yāṃ yakṣaḥ puruṣaṃ cakre sthūṇaḥ priyacikīrṣayā |
105 | kurūṇāṃ vigrahe tasmin samāgacchan bahūny atha
rājñāṃ śatasahasrāṇi yotsyamānāni saṃyuge |
106 | teṣām aparimeyāni nāmadheyāni sarvaśaḥ
na śakyaṃ parisaṃkhyātuṃ varṣāṇām ayutair api ete tu kīrtitā mukhyā yair ākhyānam idaṃ tatam |