Book 6 Chapter 5 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | evam uktvā yayau vyāso dhṛtarāṣṭrāya dhīmate
dhṛtarāṣṭro 'pi tac chrutvā dhyānam evānvapadyata |
2 | sa muhūrtam iva dhyātvā viniḥśvasya muhur muhuḥ
saṃjayaṃ saṃśitātmānam apṛcchad bharatarṣabha |
3 | saṃjayeme mahīpālāḥ śūrā yuddhābhinandinaḥ
anyonyam abhinighnanti śastrair uccāvacair api |
4 | pārthivāḥ pṛthivīhetoḥ samabhityaktajīvitāḥ
na ca śāmyanti nighnanto vardhayanto yamakṣayam |
5 | bhaumam aiśvaryam icchanto na mṛṣyante parasparam
manye bahuguṇā bhūmis tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya |
6 | bahūni ca sahasrāṇi prayutāny arbudāni ca
koṭyaś ca lokavīrāṇāṃ sametāḥ kurujāṅgale |
7 | deśānāṃ ca parīmāṇaṃ nagarāṇāṃ ca saṃjaya
śrotum icchāmi tattvena yata ete samāgatāḥ |
8 | divyabuddhipradīpena yuktas tvaṃ jñānacakṣuṣā
prasādāt tasya viprarṣer vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ |
9 | saṃjaya uvāca |
9 | yathāprajñaṃ mahāprājña bhaumān vakṣyāmi te guṇān
śāstracakṣur avekṣasva namas te bharatarṣabha |
10 | dvividhānīha bhūtāni trasāni sthāvarāṇi ca
trasānāṃ trividhā yonir aṇḍasvedajarāyujāḥ |
11 | trasānāṃ khalu sarveṣāṃ śreṣṭhā rājañ jarāyujāḥ
jarāyujānāṃ pravarā mānavāḥ paśavaś ca ye |
12 | nānārūpāṇi bibhrāṇās teṣāṃ bhedāś caturdaśa
araṇyavāsinaḥ sapta saptaiṣāṃ grāmavāsinaḥ |
13 | siṃhavyāghravarāhāś ca mahiṣā vāraṇās tathā
ṛkṣāś ca vānarāś caiva saptāraṇyāḥ smṛtā nṛpa |
14 | gaur ajo manujo meṣo vājyaśvataragardabhāḥ
ete grāmyāḥ samākhyātāḥ paśavaḥ sapta sādhubhiḥ |
15 | ete vai paśavo rājan grāmyāraṇyāś caturdaśa
vedoktāḥ pṛthivīpāla yeṣu yajñāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
16 | grāmyāṇāṃ puruṣaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ siṃhaś cāraṇyavāsinām
sarveṣām eva bhūtānām anyonyenābhijīvanam |
17 | udbhijjāḥ sthāvarāḥ proktās teṣāṃ pañcaiva jātayaḥ
vṛkṣagulmalatāvallyas tvaksārās tṛṇajātayaḥ |
18 | eṣāṃ viṃśatir ekonā mahābhūteṣu pañcasu
caturviṃśatir uddiṣṭā gāyatrī lokasaṃmatā |
19 | ya etāṃ veda gāyatrīṃ puṇyāṃ sarvaguṇānvitām
tattvena bharataśreṣṭha sa lokān na praṇaśyati |
20 | bhūmau hi jāyate sarvaṃ bhūmau sarvaṃ praṇaśyati
bhūmiḥ pratiṣṭhā bhūtānāṃ bhūmir eva parāyaṇam |
21 | yasya bhūmis tasya sarvaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam
tatrābhigṛddhā rājāno vinighnantītaretaram |