Book 13 Chapter 30 | |
1 | bhīṣma uvāca |
1 | evam ukto mataṅgas tu bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇaḥ
atiṣṭhata gayāṃ gatvā so 'ṅguṣṭhena śataṃ samāḥ |
2 | suduṣkaraṃ vahan yogaṃ kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ
tvagasthibhūto dharmātmā sa papāteti naḥ śrutam |
3 | taṃ patantam abhidrutya parijagrāha vāsavaḥ
varāṇām īśvaro dātā sarvabhūtahite rataḥ |
4 | śakra uvāca |
4 | mataṅga brāhmaṇatvaṃ te saṃvṛtaṃ paripanthibhiḥ
pūjayan sukham āpnoti duḥkham āpnoty apūjayan |
5 | brāhmaṇe sarvabhūtānāṃ yogakṣemaḥ samāhitaḥ
brāhmaṇebhyo 'nutṛpyanti pitaro devatās tathā |
6 | brāhmaṇaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ mataṅga para ucyate
brāhmaṇaḥ kurute tad dhi yathā yad yac ca vāñchati |
7 | bahvīs tu saṃsaran yonīr jāyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
paryāye tāta kasmiṃś cid brāhmaṇyam iha vindati |
8 | mataṅga uvāca |
8 | kiṃ māṃ tudasi duḥkhārtaṃ mṛtaṃ mārayase ca mām
taṃ tu śocāmi yo labdhvā brāhmaṇyaṃ na bubhūṣate |
9 | brāhmaṇyaṃ yadi duṣprāpaṃ tribhir varṇaiḥ śatakrato
sudurlabhaṃ tadāvāpya nānutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ |
10 | yaḥ pāpebhyaḥ pāpatamas teṣām adhama eva saḥ
brāhmaṇyaṃ yo 'vajānīte dhanaṃ labdhveva durlabham |
11 | duṣprāpaṃ khalu vipratvaṃ prāptaṃ duranupālanam
duravāpam avāpyaitan nānutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ |
12 | ekārāmo hy ahaṃ śakra nirdvaṃdvo niṣparigrahaḥ
ahiṃsādamadānasthaḥ kathaṃ nārhāmi vipratām |
13 | yathākāmavihārī syāṃ kāmarūpī vihaṃgamaḥ
brahmakṣatrāvirodhena pūjāṃ ca prāpnuyām aham yathā mamākṣayā kīrtir bhavec cāpi puraṃdara |
14 | indra uvāca |
14 | chandodeva iti khyātaḥ strīṇāṃ pūjyo bhaviṣyasi |
15 | bhīṣma uvāca |
15 | evaṃ tasmai varaṃ dattvā vāsavo 'ntaradhīyata
prāṇāṃs tyaktvā mataṅgo 'pi prāpa tat sthānam uttamam |
16 | evam etat paraṃ sthānaṃ brāhmaṇyaṃ nāma bhārata
tac ca duṣprāpam iha vai mahendravacanaṃ yathā |