Book 12 Chapter 127 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | nāmṛtasyeva paryāptir mamāsti bruvati tvayi
tasmāt kathaya bhūyas tvaṃ dharmam eva pitāmaha |
2 | bhīṣma uvāca |
2 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
gautamasya ca saṃvādaṃ yamasya ca mahātmanaḥ |
3 | pāriyātragiriṃ prāpya gautamasyāśramo mahān
uvāsa gautamo yatra kālaṃ tad api me śṛṇu |
4 | ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi so 'tapyad gautamas tapaḥ
tam ugratapasaṃ yuktaṃ tapasā bhāvitaṃ munim |
5 | upayāto naravyāghra lokapālo yamas tadā
tam apaśyat sutapasam ṛṣiṃ vai gautamaṃ munim |
6 | sa taṃ viditvā brahmarṣir yamam āgatam ojasā
prāñjaliḥ prayato bhūtvā upasṛptas tapodhanaḥ |
7 | taṃ dharmarājo dṛṣṭvaiva namaskṛtya nararṣabham
nyamantrayata dharmeṇa kriyatāṃ kim iti bruvan |
8 | gautama uvāca |
8 | mātāpitṛbhyām ānṛṇyaṃ kiṃ kṛtvā samavāpnuyāt
kathaṃ ca lokān aśnāti puruṣo durlabhāñ śubhān |
9 | yama uvāca |
9 | tapaḥśaucavatā nityaṃ satyadharmaratena ca
mātāpitror aharahaḥ pūjanaṃ kāryam añjasā |
10 | aśvamedhaiś ca yaṣṭavyaṃ bahubhiḥ svāptadakṣiṇaiḥ
tena lokān upāśnāti puruṣo 'dbhutadarśanān |