Book 12 Chapter 2 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | sa evam uktas tu munir nārado vadatāṃ varaḥ
kathayām āsa tat sarvaṃ yathā śaptaḥ sa sūtajaḥ |
2 | evam etan mahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata
na karṇārjunayoḥ kiṃ cid aviṣahyaṃ bhaved raṇe |
3 | guhyam etat tu devānāṃ kathayiṣyāmi te nṛpa
tan nibodha mahārāja yathā vṛttam idaṃ purā |
4 | kṣatraṃ svargaṃ kathaṃ gacchec chastrapūtam iti prabho
saṃgharṣajananas tasmāt kanyāgarbho vinirmitaḥ |
5 | sa bālas tejasā yuktaḥ sūtaputratvam āgataḥ
cakārāṅgirasāṃ śreṣṭhe dhanurvedaṃ gurau tava |
6 | sa balaṃ bhīmasenasya phalgunasya ca lāghavam
buddhiṃ ca tava rājendra yamayor vinayaṃ tathā |
7 | sakhyaṃ ca vāsudevena bālye gāṇḍivadhanvanaḥ
prajānām anurāgaṃ ca cintayāno vyadahyata |
8 | sa sakhyam agamad bālye rājñā duryodhanena vai
yuṣmābhir nityasaṃdviṣṭo daivāc cāpi svabhāvataḥ |
9 | vidyādhikam athālakṣya dhanurvede dhanaṃjayam
droṇaṃ rahasy upāgamya karṇo vacanam abravīt |
10 | brahmāstraṃ vettum icchāmi sarahasyanivartanam
arjunena samo yuddhe bhaveyam iti me matiḥ |
11 | samaḥ putreṣu ca snehaḥ śiṣyeṣu ca tava dhruvam
tvatprasādān na māṃ brūyur akṛtāstraṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ |
12 | droṇas tathoktaḥ karṇena sāpekṣaḥ phalgunaṃ prati
daurātmyaṃ cāpi karṇasya viditvā tam uvāca ha |
13 | brahmāstraṃ brāhmaṇo vidyād yathāvac caritavrataḥ
kṣatriyo vā tapasvī yo nānyo vidyāt kathaṃ cana |
14 | ity ukto 'ṅgirasāṃ śreṣṭham āmantrya pratipūjya ca
jagāma sahasā rāmaṃ mahendraṃ parvataṃ prati |
15 | sa tu rāmam upāgamya śirasābhipraṇamya ca
brāhmaṇo bhārgavo 'smīti gauraveṇābhyagacchata |
16 | rāmas taṃ pratijagrāha pṛṣṭvā gotrādi sarvaśaḥ
uṣyatāṃ svāgataṃ ceti prītimāṃś cābhavad bhṛśam |
17 | tatra karṇasya vasato mahendre parvatottame
gandharvai rākṣasair yakṣair devaiś cāsīt samāgamaḥ |
18 | sa tatreṣv astram akarod bhṛguśreṣṭhād yathāvidhi
priyaś cābhavad atyarthaṃ devagandharvarakṣasām |
19 | sa kadā cit samudrānte vicarann āśramāntike
ekaḥ khaḍgadhanuṣpāṇiḥ paricakrāma sūtajaḥ |
20 | so 'gnihotraprasaktasya kasya cid brahmavādinaḥ
jaghānājñānataḥ pārtha homadhenuṃ yadṛcchayā |
21 | tad ajñānakṛtaṃ matvā brāhmaṇāya nyavedayat
karṇaḥ prasādayaṃś cainam idam ity abravīd vacaḥ |
22 | abuddhipūrvaṃ bhagavan dhenur eṣā hatā tava
mayā tatra prasādaṃ me kuruṣveti punaḥ punaḥ |
23 | taṃ sa vipro 'bravīt kruddho vācā nirbhartsayann iva
durācāra vadhārhas tvaṃ phalaṃ prāpnuhi durmate |
24 | yena vispardhase nityaṃ yadarthaṃ ghaṭase 'niśam
yudhyatas tena te pāpa bhūmiś cakraṃ grasiṣyati |
25 | tataś cakre mahīgraste mūrdhānaṃ te vicetasaḥ
pātayiṣyati vikramya śatrur gaccha narādhama |
26 | yatheyaṃ gaur hatā mūḍha pramattena tvayā mama
pramattasyaivam evānyaḥ śiras te pātayiṣyati |
27 | tataḥ prasādayām āsa punas taṃ dvijasattamam
gobhir dhanaiś ca ratnaiś ca sa cainaṃ punar abravīt |
28 | nedaṃ madvyāhṛtaṃ kuryāt sarvaloko 'pi vai mṛṣā
gaccha vā tiṣṭha vā yad vā kāryaṃ te tat samācara |
29 | ity ukto brāhmaṇenātha karṇo dainyād adhomukhaḥ
rāmam abhyāgamad bhītas tad eva manasā smaran |