Book 1 Chapter 155 | |
1 | brāhmaṇa uvāca |
1 | amarṣī drupado rājā karmasiddhān dvijarṣabhān
anvicchan paricakrāma brāhmaṇāvasathān bahūn |
2 | putrajanma parīpsan vai śokopahatacetanaḥ
nāsti śreṣṭhaṃ mamāpatyam iti nityam acintayat |
3 | jātān putrān sa nirvedād dhig bandhūn iti cābravīt
niḥśvāsaparamaś cāsīd droṇaṃ praticikīrṣayā |
4 | prabhāvaṃ vinayaṃ śikṣāṃ droṇasya caritāni ca
kṣātreṇa ca balenāsya cintayan nānvapadyata pratikartuṃ nṛpaśreṣṭho yatamāno 'pi bhārata |
5 | abhitaḥ so 'tha kalmāṣīṃ gaṅgākūle paribhraman
brāhmaṇāvasathaṃ puṇyam āsasāda mahīpatiḥ |
6 | tatra nāsnātakaḥ kaś cin na cāsīd avratī dvijaḥ
tathaiva nāmahābhāgaḥ so 'paśyat saṃśitavratau |
7 | yājopayājau brahmarṣī śāmyantau pṛṣatātmajaḥ
saṃhitādhyayane yuktau gotrataś cāpi kāśyapau |
8 | tāraṇe yuktarūpau tau brāhmaṇāv ṛṣisattamau
sa tāv āmantrayām āsa sarvakāmair atandritaḥ |
9 | buddhvā tayor balaṃ buddhiṃ kanīyāṃsam upahvare
prapede chandayan kāmair upayājaṃ dhṛtavratam |
10 | pādaśuśrūṣaṇe yuktaḥ priyavāk sarvakāmadaḥ
arhayitvā yathānyāyam upayājam uvāca saḥ |
11 | yena me karmaṇā brahman putraḥ syād droṇamṛtyave
upayāja kṛte tasmin gavāṃ dātāsmi te 'rbudam |
12 | yad vā te 'nyad dvijaśreṣṭha manasaḥ supriyaṃ bhavet
sarvaṃ tat te pradātāhaṃ na hi me 'sty atra saṃśayaḥ |
13 | ity ukto nāham ity evaṃ tam ṛṣiḥ pratyuvāca ha
ārādhayiṣyan drupadaḥ sa taṃ paryacarat punaḥ |
14 | tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte drupadaṃ sa dvijottamaḥ
upayājo 'bravīd rājan kāle madhurayā girā |
15 | jyeṣṭho bhrātā mamāgṛhṇād vicaran vananirjhare
aparijñātaśaucāyāṃ bhūmau nipatitaṃ phalam |
16 | tad apaśyam ahaṃ bhrātur asāṃpratam anuvrajan
vimarśaṃ saṃkarādāne nāyaṃ kuryāt kathaṃ cana |
17 | dṛṣṭvā phalasya nāpaśyad doṣā ye 'syānubandhikāḥ
vivinakti na śaucaṃ yaḥ so 'nyatrāpi kathaṃ bhavet |
18 | saṃhitādhyayanaṃ kurvan vasan gurukule ca yaḥ
bhaikṣam ucchiṣṭam anyeṣāṃ bhuṅkte cāpi sadā sadā kīrtayan guṇam annānām aghṛṇī ca punaḥ punaḥ |
19 | tam ahaṃ phalārthinaṃ manye bhrātaraṃ tarkacakṣuṣā
taṃ vai gacchasva nṛpate sa tvāṃ saṃyājayiṣyati |
20 | jugupsamāno nṛpatir manasedaṃ vicintayan
upayājavacaḥ śrutvā nṛpatiḥ sarvadharmavit abhisaṃpūjya pūjārham ṛṣiṃ yājam uvāca ha |
21 | ayutāni dadāny aṣṭau gavāṃ yājaya māṃ vibho
droṇavairābhisaṃtaptaṃ tvaṃ hlādayitum arhasi |
22 | sa hi brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho brahmāstre cāpy anuttamaḥ
tasmād droṇaḥ parājaiṣīn māṃ vai sa sakhivigrahe |
23 | kṣatriyo nāsti tulyo 'sya pṛthivyāṃ kaś cid agraṇīḥ
kauravācāryamukhyasya bhāradvājasya dhīmataḥ |
24 | droṇasya śarajālāni prāṇidehaharāṇi ca
ṣaḍaratni dhanuś cāsya dṛśyate 'pratimaṃ mahat |
25 | sa hi brāhmaṇavegena kṣātraṃ vegam asaṃśayam
pratihanti maheṣvāso bhāradvājo mahāmanāḥ |
26 | kṣatrocchedāya vihito jāmadagnya ivāsthitaḥ
tasya hy astrabalaṃ ghoram aprasahyaṃ narair bhuvi |
27 | brāhmam uccārayaṃs tejo hutāhutir ivānalaḥ
sametya sa dahaty ājau kṣatraṃ brahmapuraḥsaraḥ brahmakṣatre ca vihite brahmatejo viśiṣyate |
28 | so 'haṃ kṣatrabalād dhīno brahmatejaḥ prapedivān
droṇād viśiṣṭam āsādya bhavantaṃ brahmavittamam |
29 | droṇāntakam ahaṃ putraṃ labheyaṃ yudhi durjayam
tat karma kuru me yāja nirvapāmy arbudaṃ gavām |
30 | tathety uktvā tu taṃ yājo yājyārtham upakalpayat
gurvartha iti cākāmam upayājam acodayat yājo droṇavināśāya pratijajñe tathā ca saḥ |
31 | tatas tasya narendrasya upayājo mahātapāḥ
ācakhyau karma vaitānaṃ tadā putraphalāya vai |
32 | sa ca putro mahāvīryo mahātejā mahābalaḥ
iṣyate yadvidho rājan bhavitā te tathāvidhaḥ |
33 | bhāradvājasya hantāraṃ so 'bhisaṃdhāya bhūmipaḥ
ājahre tat tathā sarvaṃ drupadaḥ karmasiddhaye |
34 | yājas tu havanasyānte devīm āhvāpayat tadā
praihi māṃ rājñi pṛṣati mithunaṃ tvām upasthitam |
35 | devy uvāca |
35 | avaliptaṃ me mukhaṃ brahman puṇyān gandhān bibharmi ca
sutārthenoparuddhāsmi tiṣṭha yāja mama priye |
36 | yāja uvāca |
36 | yājena śrapitaṃ havyam upayājena mantritam
kathaṃ kāmaṃ na saṃdadhyāt sā tvaṃ vipraihi tiṣṭha vā |
37 | brāhmaṇa uvāca |
37 | evam ukte tu yājena hute haviṣi saṃskṛte
uttasthau pāvakāt tasmāt kumāro devasaṃnibhaḥ |
38 | jvālāvarṇo ghorarūpaḥ kirīṭī varma cottamam
bibhrat sakhaḍgaḥ saśaro dhanuṣmān vinadan muhuḥ |
39 | so 'dhyārohad rathavaraṃ tena ca prayayau tadā
tataḥ praṇeduḥ pāñcālāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ sādhu sādhv iti |
40 | bhayāpaho rājaputraḥ pāñcālānāṃ yaśaskaraḥ
rājñaḥ śokāpaho jāta eṣa droṇavadhāya vai ity uvāca mahad bhūtam adṛśyaṃ khecaraṃ tadā |
41 | kumārī cāpi pāñcālī vedimadhyāt samutthitā
subhagā darśanīyāṅgī vedimadhyā manoramā |
42 | śyāmā padmapalāśākṣī nīlakuñcitamūrdhajā
mānuṣaṃ vigrahaṃ kṛtvā sākṣād amaravarṇinī |
43 | nīlotpalasamo gandho yasyāḥ krośāt pravāyati
yā bibharti paraṃ rūpaṃ yasyā nāsty upamā bhuvi |
44 | tāṃ cāpi jātāṃ suśroṇīṃ vāg uvācāśarīriṇī
sarvayoṣidvarā kṛṣṇā kṣayaṃ kṣatraṃ ninīṣati |
45 | surakāryam iyaṃ kāle kariṣyati sumadhyamā
asyā hetoḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahad utpatsyate bhayam |
46 | tac chrutvā sarvapāñcālāḥ praṇeduḥ siṃhasaṃghavat
na caitān harṣasaṃpūṇān iyaṃ sehe vasuṃdharā |
47 | tau dṛṣṭvā pṛṣatī yājaṃ prapede vai sutārthinī
na vai mad anyāṃ jananīṃ jānīyātām imāv iti |
48 | tathety uvāca tāṃ yājo rājñaḥ priyacikīrṣayā
tayoś ca nāmanī cakrur dvijāḥ saṃpūrṇamānasāḥ |
49 | dhṛṣṭatvād atidhṛṣṇutvād dharmād dyutsaṃbhavād api
dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ kumāro 'yaṃ drupadasya bhavatv iti |
50 | kṛṣṇety evābruvan kṛṣṇāṃ kṛṣṇābhūt sā hi varṇataḥ
tathā tan mithunaṃ jajñe drupadasya mahāmakhe |
51 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tu pāñcālyam ānīya svaṃ viveśanam
upākarod astrahetor bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān |
52 | amokṣaṇīyaṃ daivaṃ hi bhāvi matvā mahāmatiḥ
tathā tat kṛtavān droṇa ātmakīrty anurakṣaṇāt |