Book 12 Chapter 146 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | abuddhipūrvaṃ yaḥ pāpaṃ kuryād bharatasattama
mucyate sa kathaṃ tasmād enasas tad vadasva me |
2 | bhīṣma uvāca |
2 | atra te varṇayiṣye 'ham itihāsaṃ purātanam
indrotaḥ śaunako vipro yad āha janamejayam |
3 | āsīd rājā mahāvīryaḥ pārikṣij janamejayaḥ
abuddhipūrvaṃ brahmahatyā tam āgacchan mahīpatim |
4 | taṃ brāhmaṇāḥ sarva eva tatyajuḥ sapurohitāḥ
jagāma sa vanaṃ rājā dahyamāno divāniśam |
5 | sa prajābhiḥ parityaktaś cakāra kuśalaṃ mahat
ativelaṃ tapas tepe dahyamānaḥ sa manyunā |
6 | tatretihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi dharmasyāsyopabṛṃhaṇam
dahyamānaḥ pāpakṛtyā jagāma janamejayaḥ |
7 | variṣyamāṇa indrotaṃ śaunakaṃ saṃśitavratam
samāsādyopajagrāha pādayoḥ paripīḍayan |
8 | tato bhīto mahāprājño jagarhe subhṛśaṃ tadā
kartā pāpasya mahato bhrūṇahā kim ihāgataḥ |
9 | kiṃ tavāsmāsu kartavyaṃ mā mā sprākṣīḥ kathaṃ cana
gaccha gaccha na te sthānaṃ prīṇāty asmān iha dhruvam |
10 | rudhirasyeva te gandhaḥ śavasyeva ca darśanam
aśivaḥ śivasaṃkāśo mṛto jīvann ivāṭasi |
11 | antarmṛtyur aśuddhātmā pāpam evānucintayan
prabudhyase prasvapiṣi vartase carase sukhī |
12 | moghaṃ te jīvitaṃ rājan parikliṣṭaṃ ca jīvasi
pāpāyeva ca sṛṣṭo 'si karmaṇe ha yavīyase |
13 | bahu kalyāṇam icchanta īhante pitaraḥ sutān
tapasā devatejyābhir vandanena titikṣayā |
14 | pitṛvaṃśam imaṃ paśya tvatkṛte narakaṃ gatam
nirarthāḥ sarva evaiṣām āśābandhās tvadāśrayāḥ |
15 | yān pūjayanto vindanti svargam āyur yaśaḥ sukham
teṣu te satataṃ dveṣo brāhmaṇeṣu nirarthakaḥ |
16 | imaṃ lokaṃ vimucya tvam avāṅmūrdhā patiṣyasi
aśāśvatīḥ śāśvatīś ca samāḥ pāpena karmaṇā |
17 | adyamāno jantugṛdhraiḥ śitikaṇṭhair ayomukhaiḥ
tato 'pi punar āvṛttaḥ pāpayoniṃ gamiṣyasi |
18 | yad idaṃ manyase rājan nāyam asti paraḥ kutaḥ
pratismārayitāras tvāṃ yamadūtā yamakṣaye |