Book 13 Chapter 106 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | dānaṃ bahuvidhākāraṃ śāntiḥ satyam ahiṃsatā
svadāratuṣṭiś coktā te phalaṃ dānasya caiva yat |
2 | pitāmahasya viditaṃ kim anyatra tapobalāt
tapaso yat paraṃ te 'dya tan me vyākhyātum arhasi |
3 | bhīṣma uvāca |
3 | tapaḥ pracakṣate yāvat tāval lokā yudhiṣṭhira
mataṃ mama tu kaunteya tapo nānaśanāt param |
4 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
bhagīrathasya saṃvādaṃ brahmaṇaś ca mahātmanaḥ |
5 | atītya suralokaṃ ca gavāṃ lokaṃ ca bhārata
ṛṣilokaṃ ca so 'gacchad bhagīratha iti śrutiḥ |
6 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa vacaḥ prāha brahmā rājan bhagīratham
kathaṃ bhagīrathāgās tvam imaṃ deśaṃ durāsadam |
7 | na hi devā na gandharvā na manuṣyā bhagīratha
āyānty ataptatapasaḥ kathaṃ vai tvam ihāgataḥ |
8 | bhagīratha uvāca |
8 | niḥśaṅkam annam adadaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ; śataṃ sahasrāṇi sadaiva dānam
brāhmaṃ vrataṃ nityam āsthāya viddhi; na tv evāhaṃ tasya phalād ihāgām |
9 | daśaikarātrān daśa pañcarātrān; ekādaśaikādaśakān kratūṃś ca
jyotiṣṭomānāṃ ca śataṃ yad iṣṭaṃ; phalena tenāpi ca nāgato 'ham |
10 | yac cāvasaṃ jāhnavītīranityaḥ; śataṃ samās tapyamānas tapo 'ham
adāṃ ca tatrāśvatarīsahasraṃ; nārīpuraṃ na ca tenāham āgām |
11 | daśāyutāni cāśvānām ayutāni ca viṃśatim
puṣkareṣu dvijātibhyaḥ prādāṃ gāś ca sahasraśaḥ |
12 | suvarṇacandroḍupadhāriṇīnāṃ; kanyottamānām adadaṃ sragviṇīnām
ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrāṇi vibhūṣitānāṃ; jāmbūnadair ābharaṇair na tena |
13 | daśārbudāny adadaṃ gosavejyāsv; ekaikaśo daśa gā lokanātha
samānavatsāḥ payasā samanvitāḥ; suvarṇakāṃsyopaduhā na tena |
14 | aptoryāmeṣu niyatam ekaikasmin daśādadam
gṛṣṭīnāṃ kṣīradātrīṇāṃ rohiṇīnāṃ na tena ca |
15 | dogdhrīṇāṃ vai gavāṃ caiva prayutāni daśaiva ha
prādāṃ daśaguṇaṃ brahman na ca tenāham āgataḥ |
16 | vājināṃ bāhlijātānām ayutāny adadaṃ daśa
karkāṇāṃ hemamālānāṃ na ca tenāham āgataḥ |
17 | koṭīś ca kāñcanasyāṣṭau prādāṃ brahman daśa tv aham
ekaikasmin kratau tena phalenāhaṃ na cāgataḥ |
18 | vājināṃ śyāmakarṇānāṃ haritānāṃ pitāmaha
prādāṃ hemasrajāṃ brahman koṭīr daśa ca sapta ca |
19 | īṣādantān mahākāyān kāñcanasragvibhūṣitān
patnīmataḥ sahasrāṇi prāyacchaṃ daśa sapta ca |
20 | alaṃkṛtānāṃ deveśa divyaiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ
rathānāṃ kāñcanāṅgānāṃ sahasrāṇy adadaṃ daśa sapta cānyāni yuktāni vājibhiḥ samalaṃkṛtaiḥ |
21 | dakṣiṇāvayavāḥ ke cid vedair ye saṃprakīrtitāḥ
vājapeyeṣu daśasu prādāṃ tenāpi nāpy aham |
22 | śakratulyaprabhāvānām ijyayā vikrameṇa ca
sahasraṃ niṣkakaṇṭhānām adadaṃ dakṣiṇām aham |
23 | vijitya nṛpatīn sarvān makhair iṣṭvā pitāmaha
aṣṭabhyo rājasūyebhyo na ca tenāham āgataḥ |
24 | srotaś ca yāvad gaṅgāyāś channam āsīj jagatpate
dakṣiṇābhiḥ pravṛttābhir mama nāgāṃ ca tatkṛte |
25 | vājināṃ ca sahasre dve suvarṇaśatabhūṣite
varaṃ grāmaśataṃ cāham ekaikasya tridhādadam tapasvī niyatāhāraḥ śamam āsthāya vāgyataḥ |
26 | dīrghakālaṃ himavati gaṅgāyāś ca durutsahām
mūrdhnā dhārāṃ mahādevaḥ śirasā yām adhārayat na tenāpy aham āgacchaṃ phaleneha pitāmaha |
27 | śamyākṣepair ayajaṃ yac ca devān; sadyaskānām ayutaiś cāpi yat tat
trayodaśadvādaśāhāṃś ca deva; sapauṇḍarīkān na ca teṣāṃ phalena |
28 | aṣṭau sahasrāṇi kakudminām ahaṃ; śuklarṣabhāṇām adadaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ
ekaikaṃ vai kāñcanaṃ śṛṅgam ebhyaḥ; patnīś caiṣām adadaṃ niṣkakaṇṭhīḥ |
29 | hiraṇyaratnanicitān adadaṃ ratnaparvatān
dhanadhānyasamṛddhāṃś ca grāmāñ śatasahasraśaḥ |
30 | śataṃ śatānāṃ gṛṣṭīnām adadaṃ cāpy atandritaḥ
iṣṭvānekair mahāyajñair brāhmaṇebhyo na tena ca |
31 | ekādaśāhair ayajaṃ sadakṣiṇair; dvirdvādaśāhair aśvamedhaiś ca deva
ārkāyaṇaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiś ca brahmaṃs; teṣāṃ phaleneha na cāgato 'smi |
32 | niṣkaikakaṇṭham adadaṃ yojanāyataṃ; tad vistīrṇaṃ kāñcanapādapānām
vanaṃ cūtānāṃ ratnavibhūṣitānāṃ; na caiva teṣām āgato 'haṃ phalena |
33 | turāyaṇaṃ hi vratam apradhṛṣyam; akrodhano 'karavaṃ triṃśato 'bdān
śataṃ gavām aṣṭa śatāni caiva; dine dine hy adadaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ |
34 | payasvinīnām atha rohiṇīnāṃ; tathaiva cāpy anaḍuhāṃ lokanātha
prādāṃ nityaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sureśa; nehāgatas tena phalena cāham |
35 | triṃśad agnim ahaṃ brahmann ayajaṃ yac ca nityadā
aṣṭābhiḥ sarvamedhaiś ca naramedhaiś ca saptabhiḥ |
36 | daśabhir viśvajidbhiś ca śatair aṣṭādaśottaraiḥ
na caiva teṣāṃ deveśa phalenāham ihāgataḥ |
37 | sarayvāṃ bāhudāyāṃ ca gaṅgāyām atha naimiṣe
gavāṃ śatānām ayutam adadaṃ na ca tena vai |
38 | indreṇa guhyaṃ nihitaṃ vai guhāyāṃ; yad bhārgavas tapasehābhyavindat
jājvalyamānam uśanastejaseha; tat sādhayām āsa mahaṃ vareṇyam |
39 | tato me brāhmaṇās tuṣṭās tasmin karmaṇi sādhite
sahasram ṛṣayaś cāsan ye vai tatra samāgatāḥ uktas tair asmi gaccha tvaṃ brahmalokam iti prabho |
40 | prītenoktaḥ sahasreṇa brāhmaṇānām ahaṃ prabho
imaṃ lokam anuprāpto mā bhūt te 'tra vicāraṇā |
41 | kāmaṃ yathāvad vihitaṃ vidhātrā; pṛṣṭena vācyaṃ tu mayā yathāvat
tapo hi nānyac cānaśanān mataṃ me; namo 'stu te devavara prasīda |
42 | bhīṣma uvāca |
42 | ity uktavantaṃ taṃ brahmā rājānaṃ sma bhagīratham
pūjayām āsa pūjārhaṃ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā |