Book 5 Chapter 17 | |
1 | śalya uvāca |
1 | atha saṃcintayānasya devarājasya dhīmataḥ
nahuṣasya vadhopāyaṃ lokapālaiḥ sahaiva taiḥ tapasvī tatra bhagavān agastyaḥ pratyadṛśyata |
2 | so 'bravīd arcya devendraṃ diṣṭyā vai vardhate bhavān
viśvarūpavināśena vṛtrāsuravadhena ca |
3 | diṣṭyā ca nahuṣo bhraṣṭo devarājyāt puraṃdara
diṣṭyā hatāriṃ paśyāmi bhavantaṃ balasūdana |
4 | indra uvāca |
4 | svāgataṃ te maharṣe 'stu prīto 'haṃ darśanāt tava
pādyam ācamanīyaṃ ca gām arghyaṃ ca pratīccha me |
5 | śalya uvāca |
5 | pūjitaṃ copaviṣṭaṃ tam āsane munisattamam
paryapṛcchata deveśaḥ prahṛṣṭo brāhmaṇarṣabham |
6 | etad icchāmi bhagavan kathyamānaṃ dvijottama
paribhraṣṭaḥ kathaṃ svargān nahuṣaḥ pāpaniścayaḥ |
7 | agastya uvāca |
7 | śṛṇu śakra priyaṃ vākyaṃ yathā rājā durātmavān
svargād bhraṣṭo durācāro nahuṣo baladarpitaḥ |
8 | śramārtās tu vahantas taṃ nahuṣaṃ pāpakāriṇam
devarṣayo mahābhāgās tathā brahmarṣayo 'malāḥ papracchuḥ saṃśayaṃ deva nahuṣaṃ jayatāṃ vara |
9 | ya ime brahmaṇā proktā mantrā vai prokṣaṇe gavām
ete pramāṇaṃ bhavata utāho neti vāsava nahuṣo neti tān āha tamasā mūḍhacetanaḥ |
10 | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
10 | adharme saṃpravṛttas tvaṃ dharmaṃ na pratipadyase
pramāṇam etad asmākaṃ pūrvaṃ proktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ |
11 | agastya uvāca |
11 | tato vivadamānaḥ sa munibhiḥ saha vāsava
atha mām aspṛśan mūrdhni pādenādharmapīḍitaḥ |
12 | tenābhūd dhatatejāḥ sa niḥśrīkaś ca śacīpate
tatas tam aham āvignam avocaṃ bhayapīḍitam |
13 | yasmāt pūrvaiḥ kṛtaṃ brahma brahmarṣibhir anuṣṭhitam
aduṣṭaṃ dūṣayasi vai yac ca mūrdhny aspṛśaḥ padā |
14 | yac cāpi tvam ṛṣīn mūḍha brahmakalpān durāsadān
vāhān kṛtvā vāhayasi tena svargād dhataprabhaḥ |
15 | dhvaṃsa pāpa paribhraṣṭaḥ kṣīṇapuṇyo mahītalam
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi sarparūpadharo mahān vicariṣyasi pūrṇeṣu punaḥ svargam avāpsyasi |
16 | evaṃ bhraṣṭo durātmā sa devarājyād ariṃdama
diṣṭyā vardhāmahe śakra hato brāhmaṇakaṇṭakaḥ |
17 | triviṣṭapaṃ prapadyasva pāhi lokāñ śacīpate
jitendriyo jitāmitraḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ |
18 | śalya uvāca |
18 | tato devā bhṛśaṃ tuṣṭā maharṣigaṇasaṃvṛtāḥ
pitaraś caiva yakṣāś ca bhujagā rākṣasās tathā |
19 | gandharvā devakanyāś ca sarve cāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
sarāṃsi saritaḥ śailāḥ sāgarāś ca viśāṃ pate |
20 | upagamyābruvan sarve diṣṭyā vardhasi śatruhan
hataś ca nahuṣaḥ pāpo diṣṭyāgastyena dhīmatā diṣṭyā pāpasamācāraḥ kṛtaḥ sarpo mahītale |