Book 1 Chapter 120 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | kṛpasyāpi mahābrahman saṃbhavaṃ vaktum arhasi
śarastambhāt kathaṃ jajñe kathaṃ cāstrāṇy avāptavān |
2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
2 | maharṣer gautamasyāsīc charadvān nāma nāmataḥ
putraḥ kila mahārāja jātaḥ saha śarair vibho |
3 | na tasya vedādhyayane tathā buddhir ajāyata
yathāsya buddhir abhavad dhanurvede paraṃtapa |
4 | adhijagmur yathā vedāṃs tapasā brahmavādinaḥ
tathā sa tapasopetaḥ sarvāṇy astrāṇy avāpa ha |
5 | dhanurvedaparatvāc ca tapasā vipulena ca
bhṛśaṃ saṃtāpayām āsa devarājaṃ sa gautamaḥ |
6 | tato jālapadīṃ nāma devakanyāṃ sureśvaraḥ
prāhiṇot tapaso vighnaṃ kuru tasyeti kaurava |
7 | sābhigamyāśramapadaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ śaradvataḥ
dhanurbāṇadharaṃ bālā lobhayām āsa gautamam |
8 | tām ekavasanāṃ dṛṣṭvā gautamo 'psarasaṃ vane
loke 'pratimasaṃsthānām utphullanayano 'bhavat |
9 | dhanuś ca hi śarāś cāsya karābhyāṃ prāpatan bhuvi
vepathuś cāsya tāṃ dṛṣṭvā śarīre samajāyata |
10 | sa tu jñānagarīyastvāt tapasaś ca samanvayāt
avatasthe mahāprājño dhairyeṇa parameṇa ha |
11 | yas tv asya sahasā rājan vikāraḥ samapadyata
tena susrāva reto 'sya sa ca tan nāvabudhyata |
12 | sa vihāyāśramaṃ taṃ ca tāṃ caivāpsarasaṃ muniḥ
jagāma retas tat tasya śarastambe papāta ha |
13 | śarastambe ca patitaṃ dvidhā tad abhavan nṛpa
tasyātha mithunaṃ jajñe gautamasya śaradvataḥ |
14 | mṛgayāṃ carato rājñaḥ śaṃtanos tu yadṛcchayā
kaś cit senācaro 'raṇye mithunaṃ tad apaśyata |
15 | dhanuś ca saśaraṃ dṛṣṭvā tathā kṛṣṇājināni ca
vyavasya brāhmaṇāpatyaṃ dhanurvedāntagasya tat sa rājñe darśayām āsa mithunaṃ saśaraṃ tadā |
16 | sa tad ādāya mithunaṃ rājātha kṛpayānvitaḥ
ājagāma gṛhān eva mama putrāv iti bruvan |
17 | tataḥ saṃvardhayām āsa saṃskāraiś cāpy ayojayat
gautamo 'pi tadāpetya dhanurvedaparo 'bhavat |
18 | kṛpayā yan mayā bālāv imau saṃvardhitāv iti
tasmāt tayor nāma cakre tad eva sa mahīpatiḥ |
19 | nihitau gautamas tatra tapasā tāv avindata
āgamya cāsmai gotrādi sarvam ākhyātavāṃs tadā |
20 | caturvidhaṃ dhanurvedam astrāṇi vividhāni ca
nikhilenāsya tat sarvaṃ guhyam ākhyātavāṃs tadā so 'cireṇaiva kālena paramācāryatāṃ gataḥ |
21 | tato 'dhijagmuḥ sarve te dhanurvedaṃ mahārathāḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajāś caiva pāṇḍavāś ca mahābalāḥ vṛṣṇayaś ca nṛpāś cānye nānādeśasamāgatāḥ |