Book 13 Chapter 83 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | uktaṃ pitāmahenedaṃ gavāṃ dānam anuttamam
viśeṣeṇa narendrāṇām iti dharmam avekṣatām |
2 | rājyaṃ hi satataṃ duḥkham āśramāś ca sudurvidāḥ
parivāreṇa vai duḥkhaṃ durdharaṃ cākṛtātmabhiḥ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ ca narendrāṇāṃ vidyate na śubhā gatiḥ |
3 | pūyante te 'tra niyataṃ prayacchanto vasuṃdharām
pūrvaṃ ca kathitā dharmās tvayā me kurunandana |
4 | evam eva gavām uktaṃ pradānaṃ te nṛgeṇa ha
ṛṣiṇā nāciketena pūrvam eva nidarśitam |
5 | vedopaniṣade caiva sarvakarmasu dakṣiṇā
sarvakratuṣu coddiṣṭaṃ bhūmir gāvo 'tha kāñcanam |
6 | tatra śrutis tu paramā suvarṇaṃ dakṣiṇeti vai
etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ pitāmaha yathātatham |
7 | kiṃ suvarṇaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ kasmin kāle kim ātmakam
kiṃ dānaṃ kiṃ phalaṃ caiva kasmāc ca param ucyate |
8 | kasmād dānaṃ suvarṇasya pūjayanti manīṣiṇaḥ
kasmāc ca dakṣiṇārthaṃ tad yajñakarmasu śasyate |
9 | kasmāc ca pāvanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bhūmer gobhyaś ca kāñcanam
paramaṃ dakṣiṇārthe ca tad bravīhi pitāmaha |
10 | bhīṣma uvāca |
10 | śṛṇu rājann avahito bahukāraṇavistaram
jātarūpasamutpattim anubhūtaṃ ca yan mayā |
11 | pitā mama mahātejāḥ śaṃtanur nidhanaṃ gataḥ
tasya ditsur ahaṃ śrāddhaṃ gaṅgādvāram upāgamam |
12 | tatrāgamya pituḥ putra śrāddhakarma samārabham
mātā me jāhnavī caiva sāhāyyam akarot tadā |
13 | tato 'gratas tapaḥsiddhān upaveśya bahūn ṛṣīn
toyapradānāt prabhṛti kāryāṇy aham athārabham |
14 | tat samāpya yathoddiṣṭaṃ pūrvakarma samāhitaḥ
dātuṃ nirvapaṇaṃ samyag yathāvad aham ārabham |
15 | tatas taṃ darbhavinyāsaṃ bhittvā surucirāṅgadaḥ
pralambābharaṇo bāhur udatiṣṭhad viśāṃ pate |
16 | tam utthitam ahaṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayam āgamam
pratigrahītā sākṣān me piteti bharatarṣabha |
17 | tato me punar evāsīt saṃjñā saṃcintya śāstrataḥ
nāyaṃ vedeṣu vihito vidhir hasta iti prabho piṇḍo deyo nareṇeha tato matir abhūn mama |
18 | sākṣān neha manuṣyasya pitaro 'ntarhitāḥ kva cit
gṛhṇanti vihitaṃ tv evaṃ piṇḍo deyaḥ kuśeṣv iti |
19 | tato 'haṃ tad anādṛtya pitur hastanidarśanam
śāstrapramāṇāt sūkṣmaṃ tu vidhiṃ pārthiva saṃsmaran |
20 | tato darbheṣu tat sarvam adadaṃ bharatarṣabha
śāstramārgānusāreṇa tad viddhi manujarṣabha |
21 | tataḥ so 'ntarhito bāhuḥ pitur mama narādhipa
tato māṃ darśayām āsuḥ svapnānte pitaras tadā |
22 | prīyamāṇās tu mām ūcuḥ prītāḥ sma bharatarṣabha
vijñānena tavānena yan na muhyasi dharmataḥ |
23 | tvayā hi kurvatā śāstraṃ pramāṇam iha pārthiva
ātmā dharmaḥ śrutaṃ vedāḥ pitaraś ca maharṣibhiḥ |
24 | sākṣāt pitāmaho brahmā guravo 'tha prajāpatiḥ
pramāṇam upanītā vai sthitiś ca na vicālitā |
25 | tad idaṃ samyag ārabdhaṃ tvayādya bharatarṣabha
kiṃ tu bhūmer gavāṃ cārthe suvarṇaṃ dīyatām iti |
26 | evaṃ vayaṃ ca dharmaś ca sarve cāsmatpitāmahāḥ
pāvitā vai bhaviṣyanti pāvanaṃ paramaṃ hi tat |
27 | daśa pūrvān daśa parāṃs tathā saṃtārayanti te
suvarṇaṃ ye prayacchanti evaṃ me pitaro 'bruvan |
28 | tato 'haṃ vismito rājan pratibuddho viśāṃ pate
suvarṇadāne 'karavaṃ matiṃ bharatasattama |
29 | itihāsam imaṃ cāpi śṛṇu rājan purātanam
jāmadagnyaṃ prati vibho dhanyam āyuṣyam eva ca |
30 | jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa tīvraroṣānvitena vai
triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī kṛtā niḥkṣatriyā purā |
31 | tato jitvā mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ
ājahāra kratuṃ vīro brahmakṣatreṇa pūjitam |
32 | vājimedhaṃ mahārāja sarvakāmasamanvitam
pāvanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tejodyutivivardhanam |
33 | vipāpmāpi sa tejasvī tena kratuphalena vai
naivātmano 'tha laghutāṃ jāmadagnyo 'bhyagacchata |
34 | sa tu kratuvareṇeṣṭvā mahātmā dakṣiṇāvatā
papracchāgamasaṃpannān ṛṣīn devāṃś ca bhārgavaḥ |
35 | pāvanaṃ yat paraṃ nṝṇām ugre karmaṇi vartatām
tad ucyatāṃ mahābhāgā iti jātaghṛṇo 'bravīt |
36 | vasiṣṭha uvāca |
36 | devatās te prayacchanti suvarṇaṃ ye dadaty uta
agnir hi devatāḥ sarvāḥ suvarṇaṃ ca tad ātmakam |
37 | tasmāt suvarṇaṃ dadatā dattāḥ sarvāś ca devatāḥ
bhavanti puruṣavyāghra na hy ataḥ paramaṃ viduḥ |
38 | bhūya eva ca māhātmyaṃ suvarṇasya nibodha me
gadato mama viprarṣe sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ vara |
39 | mayā śrutam idaṃ pūrvaṃ purāṇe bhṛgunandana
prajāpateḥ kathayato manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya vai |
40 | śūlapāṇer bhagavato rudrasya ca mahātmanaḥ
girau himavati śreṣṭhe tadā bhṛgukulodvaha |
41 | devyā vivāhe nirvṛtte rudrāṇyā bhṛgunandana
samāgame bhagavato devyā saha mahātmanaḥ tataḥ sarve samudvignā bhagavantam upāgaman |
42 | te mahādevam āsīnaṃ devīṃ ca varadām umām
prasādya śirasā sarve rudram ūcur bhṛgūdvaha |
43 | ayaṃ samāgamo deva devyā saha tavānagha
tapasvinas tapasvinyā tejasvinyātitejasaḥ amoghatejās tvaṃ deva devī ceyam umā tathā |
44 | apatyaṃ yuvayor deva balavad bhavitā prabho
tan nūnaṃ triṣu lokeṣu na kiṃ cic cheṣayiṣyati |
45 | tad ebhyaḥ praṇatebhyas tvaṃ devebhyaḥ pṛthulocana
varaṃ prayaccha lokeśa trailokyahitakāmyayā apatyārthaṃ nigṛhṇīṣva tejo jvalitam uttamam |
46 | iti teṣāṃ kathayatāṃ bhagavān govṛṣadhvajaḥ
evam astv iti devāṃs tān viprarṣe pratyabhāṣata |
47 | ity uktvā cordhvam anayat tad reto vṛṣavāhanaḥ
ūrdhvaretāḥ samabhavat tataḥprabhṛti cāpi saḥ |
48 | rudrāṇī tu tataḥ kruddhā prajocchede tathā kṛte
devān athābravīt tatra strībhāvāt paruṣaṃ vacaḥ |
49 | yasmād apatyakāmo vai bhartā me vinivartitaḥ
tasmāt sarve surā yūyam anapatyā bhaviṣyatha |
50 | prajocchedo mama kṛto yasmād yuṣmābhir adya vai
tasmāt prajā vaḥ khagamāḥ sarveṣāṃ na bhaviṣyati |
51 | pāvakas tu na tatrāsīc chāpakāle bhṛgūdvaha
devā devyās tathā śāpād anapatyās tadābhavan |
52 | rudras tu tejo 'pratimaṃ dhārayām āsa tat tadā
praskannaṃ tu tatas tasmāt kiṃ cit tatrāpatad bhuvi |
53 | tat papāta tadā cāgnau vavṛdhe cādbhutopamam
tejas tejasi saṃpṛktam ekayonitvam āgatam |
54 | etasminn eva kāle tu devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ
asuras tārako nāma tena saṃtāpitā bhṛśam |
55 | ādityā vasavo rudrā maruto 'thāśvināv api
sādhyāś ca sarve saṃtrastā daiteyasya parākramāt |
56 | sthānāni devatānāṃ hi vimānāni purāṇi ca
ṛṣīṇām āśramāś caiva babhūvur asurair hṛtāḥ |
57 | te dīnamanasaḥ sarve devāś ca ṛṣayaś ca ha
prajagmuḥ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇam ajaraṃ prabhum |