Book 2 Chapter 6 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | saṃpūjyāthābhyanujñāto maharṣer vacanāt param
pratyuvācānupūrvyeṇa dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
2 | bhagavan nyāyyam āhaitaṃ yathāvad dharmaniścayam
yathāśakti yathānyāyaṃ kriyate 'yaṃ vidhir mayā |
3 | rājabhir yad yathā kāryaṃ purā tat tan na saṃśayaḥ
yathānyāyopanītārthaṃ kṛtaṃ hetumad arthavat |
4 | vayaṃ tu satpathaṃ teṣāṃ yātum icchāmahe prabho
na tu śakyaṃ tathā gantuṃ yathā tair niyatātmabhiḥ |
5 | evam uktvā sa dharmātmā vākyaṃ tad abhipūjya ca
muhūrtāt prāptakālaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā lokacaraṃ munim |
6 | nāradaṃ svastham āsīnam upāsīno yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
apṛcchat pāṇḍavas tatra rājamadhye mahāmatiḥ |
7 | bhavān saṃcarate lokān sadā nānāvidhān bahūn
brahmaṇā nirmitān pūrvaṃ prekṣamāṇo manojavaḥ |
8 | īdṛśī bhavatā kā cid dṛṣṭapūrvā sabhā kva cit
ito vā śreyasī brahmaṃs tan mamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ |
9 | tac chrutvā nāradas tasya dharmarājasya bhāṣitam
pāṇḍavaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ smayan madhurayā girā |
10 | mānuṣeṣu na me tāta dṛṣṭapūrvā na ca śrutā
sabhā maṇimayī rājan yatheyaṃ tava bhārata |
11 | sabhāṃ tu pitṛrājasya varuṇasya ca dhīmataḥ
kathayiṣye tathendrasya kailāsanilayasya ca |
12 | brahmaṇaś ca sabhāṃ divyāṃ kathayiṣye gataklamām
yadi te śravaṇe buddhir vartate bharatarṣabha |
13 | nāradenaivam uktas tu dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
prāñjalir bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ taiś ca sarvair nṛpair vṛtaḥ |
14 | nāradaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ dharmarājo mahāmanāḥ
sabhāḥ kathaya tāḥ sarvāḥ śrotum icchāmahe vayam |
15 | kiṃdravyās tāḥ sabhā brahman kiṃvistārāḥ kimāyatāḥ
pitāmahaṃ ca ke tasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ paryupāsate |
16 | vāsavaṃ devarājaṃ ca yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ ca ke
varuṇaṃ ca kuberaṃ ca sabhāyāṃ paryupāsate |
17 | etat sarvaṃ yathātattvaṃ devarṣe vadatas tava
śrotum icchāma sahitāḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ |
18 | evam uktaḥ pāṇḍavena nāradaḥ pratyuvāca tam
krameṇa rājan divyās tāḥ śrūyantām iha naḥ sabhāḥ |