Book 3 Chapter 27 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | vasatsv atha dvaitavane pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu
anukīrṇaṃ mahāraṇyaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ samapadyata |
2 | īryamāṇena satataṃ brahmaghoṣeṇa sarvataḥ
brahmalokasamaṃ puṇyam āsīd dvaitavanaṃ saraḥ |
3 | yajuṣām ṛcāṃ ca sāmnāṃ ca gadyānāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
āsīd uccāryamāṇānāṃ nisvano hṛdayaṃgamaḥ |
4 | jyāghoṣaḥ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ brahmaghoṣaś ca dhīmatām
saṃsṛṣṭaṃ brahmaṇā kṣatraṃ bhūya eva vyarocata |
5 | athābravīd bako dālbhyo dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
saṃdhyāṃ kaunteyam āsīnam ṛṣibhiḥ parivāritam |
6 | paśya dvaitavane pārtha brāhmaṇānāṃ tapasvinām
homavelāṃ kuruśreṣṭha saṃprajvalitapāvakām |
7 | caranti dharmaṃ puṇye 'smiṃs tvayā guptā dhṛtavratāḥ
bhṛgavo 'ṅgirasaś caiva vāsiṣṭhāḥ kāśyapaiḥ saha |
8 | āgastyāś ca mahābhāgā ātreyāś cottamavratāḥ
sarvasya jagataḥ śreṣṭhā brāhmaṇāḥ saṃgatās tvayā |
9 | idaṃ tu vacanaṃ pārtha śṛṇv ekāgramanā mama
bhrātṛbhiḥ saha kaunteya yat tvāṃ vakṣyāmi kaurava |
10 | brahma kṣatreṇa saṃsṛṣṭaṃ kṣatraṃ ca brahmaṇā saha
udīrṇau dahataḥ śatrūn vanānīvāgnimārutau |
11 | nābrāhmaṇas tāta ciraṃ bubhūṣed; icchann imaṃ lokam amuṃ ca jetum
vinītadharmārtham apetamohaṃ; labdhvā dvijaṃ nudati nṛpaḥ sapatnān |
12 | caran naiḥśreyasaṃ dharmaṃ prajāpālanakāritam
nādhyagacchad balir loke tīrtham anyatra vai dvijāt |
13 | anūnam āsīd asurasya kāmair; vairocaneḥ śrīr api cākṣayāsīt
labdhvā mahīṃ brāhmaṇasaṃprayogāt; teṣv ācaran duṣṭam ato vyanaśyat |
14 | nābrāhmaṇaṃ bhūmir iyaṃ sabhūtir; varṇaṃ dvitīyaṃ bhajate cirāya
samudranemir namate tu tasmai; yaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śāsti nayair vinītaḥ |
15 | kuñjarasyeva saṃgrāme 'parigṛhyāṅkuśagraham
brāhmaṇair viprahīṇasya kṣatrasya kṣīyate balam |
16 | brahmaṇy anupamā dṛṣṭiḥ kṣātram apratimaṃ balam
tau yadā carataḥ sārdham atha lokaḥ prasīdati |
17 | yathā hi sumahān agniḥ kakṣaṃ dahati sānilaḥ
tathā dahati rājanyo brāhmaṇena samaṃ ripūn |
18 | brāhmaṇebhyo 'tha medhāvī buddhiparyeṣaṇaṃ caret
alabdhasya ca lābhāya labdhasya ca vivṛddhaye |
19 | alabdhalābhāya ca labdhavṛddhaye; yathārhatīrthapratipādanāya
yaśasvinaṃ vedavidaṃ vipaścitaṃ; bahuśrutaṃ brāhmaṇam eva vāsaya |
20 | brāhmaṇeṣūttamā vṛttis tava nityaṃ yudhiṣṭhira
tena te sarvalokeṣu dīpyate prathitaṃ yaśaḥ |
21 | tatas te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bakaṃ dālbhyam apūjayan
yudhiṣṭhire stūyamāne bhūyaḥ sumanaso 'bhavan |
22 | dvaipāyano nāradaś ca jāmadagnyaḥ pṛthuśravāḥ
indradyumno bhālukiś ca kṛtacetāḥ sahasrapāt |
23 | karṇaśravāś ca muñjaś ca lavaṇāśvaś ca kāśyapaḥ
hārītaḥ sthūṇakarṇaś ca agniveśyo 'tha śaunakaḥ |
24 | ṛtavāk ca suvāk caiva bṛhadaśva ṛtāvasuḥ
ūrdhvaretā vṛṣāmitraḥ suhotro hotravāhanaḥ |
25 | ete cānye ca bahavo brāhmaṇāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
ajātaśatrum ānarcuḥ puraṃdaram ivarṣayaḥ |