Book 13 Chapter 144 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | brūhi brāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ tvaṃ madhusūdana
vettā tvam asya cārthasya veda tvāṃ hi pitāmahaḥ |
2 | vāsudeva uvāca |
2 | śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājan dvijānāṃ bharatarṣabha
yathātattvena vadato guṇān me kurusattama |
3 | pradyumnaḥ paripapraccha brāhmaṇaiḥ parikopitaḥ
kiṃ phalaṃ brāhmaṇeṣv asti pūjāyāṃ madhusūdana īśvarasya satas tasya iha caiva paratra ca |
4 | sadā dvijātīn saṃpūjya kiṃ phalaṃ tatra mānada
etad brūhi pitaḥ sarvaṃ sumahān saṃśayo 'tra me |
5 | ity uktavacanas tena pradyumnena tadā tv aham
pratyabruvaṃ mahārāja yat tac chṛṇu samāhitaḥ |
6 | vyuṣṭiṃ brāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ raukmiṇeya nibodha me
ete hi somarājāna īśvarāḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ |
7 | asmiṃl loke raukmiṇeya tathāmuṣmiṃś ca putraka
brāhmaṇapramukhaṃ saukhyaṃ na me 'trāsti vicāraṇā |
8 | brāhmaṇapramukhaṃ vīryam āyuḥ kīrtir yaśo balam
lokā lokeśvarāś caiva sarve brāhmaṇapūrvakāḥ |
9 | tat kathaṃ nādriyeyaṃ vai īśvaro 'smīti putraka
mā te manyur mahābāho bhavatv atra dvijān prati |
10 | brāhmaṇo hi mahad bhūtam asmiṃl loke paratra ca
bhasma kuryur jagad idaṃ kruddhāḥ pratyakṣadarśinaḥ |
11 | anyān api sṛjeyuś ca lokāṃl lokeśvarāṃs tathā
kathaṃ teṣu na varteya samyag jñānāt sutejasaḥ |
12 | avasan madgṛhe tāta brāhmaṇo haripiṅgalaḥ
cīravāsā bilvadaṇḍī dīrghaśmaśrunakhādimān dīrghebhyaś ca manuṣyebhyaḥ pramāṇād adhiko bhuvi |
13 | sa sma saṃcarate lokān ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ
imā gāthā gāyamānaś catvareṣu sabhāsu ca |
14 | durvāsasaṃ vāsayet ko brāhmaṇaṃ satkṛtaṃ gṛhe
paribhāṣāṃ ca me śrutvā ko nu dadyāt pratiśrayam yo māṃ kaś cid vāsayeta na sa māṃ kopayed iha |
15 | taṃ sma nādriyate kaś cit tato 'haṃ tam avāsayam |
16 | sa sma bhuṅkte sahasrāṇāṃ bahūnām annam ekadā
ekadā smālpakaṃ bhuṅkte na vaiti ca punar gṛhān |
17 | akasmāc ca prahasati tathākasmāt praroditi
na cāsya vayasā tulyaḥ pṛthivyām abhavat tadā |
18 | so 'smadāvasathaṃ gatvā śayyāś cāstaraṇāni ca
kanyāś cālaṃkṛtā dagdhvā tato vyapagataḥ svayam |
19 | atha mām abravīd bhūyaḥ sa muniḥ saṃśitavrataḥ
kṛṣṇa pāyasam icchāmi bhoktum ity eva satvaraḥ |
20 | sadaiva tu mayā tasya cittajñena gṛhe janaḥ
sarvāṇy evānnapānāni bhakṣyāś coccāvacās tathā bhavantu satkṛtānīti pūrvam eva pracoditaḥ |
21 | tato 'haṃ jvalamānaṃ vai pāyasaṃ pratyavedayam
tad bhuktvaiva tu sa kṣipraṃ tato vacanam abravīt kṣipram aṅgāni limpasva pāyaseneti sa sma ha |
22 | avimṛśyaiva ca tataḥ kṛtavān asmi tat tathā
tenocchiṣṭena gātrāṇi śiraś caivābhyamṛkṣayam |
23 | sa dadarśa tadābhyāśe mātaraṃ te śubhānanām
tām api smayamānaḥ sa pāyasenābhyalepayat |
24 | muniḥ pāyasadigdhāṅgīṃ rathe tūrṇam ayojayat
tam āruhya rathaṃ caiva niryayau sa gṛhān mama |
25 | agnivarṇo jvalan dhīmān sa dvijo rathadhuryavat
pratodenātudad bālāṃ rukmiṇīṃ mama paśyataḥ |
26 | na ca me stokam apy āsīd duḥkham īrṣyākṛtaṃ tadā
tataḥ sa rājamārgeṇa mahatā niryayau bahiḥ |
27 | tad dṛṣṭvā mahad āścaryaṃ dāśārhā jātamanyavaḥ
tatrājalpan mithaḥ ke cit samābhāṣya parasparam |
28 | brāhmaṇā eva jāyeran nānyo varṇaḥ kathaṃ cana
ko hy enaṃ ratham āsthāya jīved anyaḥ pumān iha |
29 | āśīviṣaviṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ tatas tīkṣṇataraṃ viṣam
brahmāśīviṣadagdhasya nāsti kaś cic cikitsakaḥ |
30 | tasmin vrajati durdharṣe prāskhalad rukmiṇī pathi
tāṃ nāmarṣayata śrīmāṃs tatas tūrṇam acodayat |
31 | tataḥ paramasaṃkruddho rathāt praskandya sa dvijaḥ
padātir utpathenaiva prādhāvad dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ |
32 | tam utpathena dhāvantam anvadhāvaṃ dvijottamam
tathaiva pāyasādigdhaḥ prasīda bhagavann iti |
33 | tato vilokya tejasvī brāhmaṇo mām uvāca ha
jitaḥ krodhas tvayā kṛṣṇa prakṛtyaiva mahābhuja |
34 | na te 'parādham iha vai dṛṣṭavān asmi suvrata
prīto 'smi tava govinda vṛṇu kāmān yathepsitān prasannasya ca me tāta paśya vyuṣṭir yathāvidhā |
35 | yāvad eva manuṣyāṇām anne bhāvo bhaviṣyati
yathaivānne tathā teṣāṃ tvayi bhāvo bhaviṣyati |
36 | yāvac ca puṇyā lokeṣu tvayi kīrtir bhaviṣyati
triṣu lokeṣu tāvac ca vaiśiṣṭyaṃ pratipatsyase supriyaḥ sarvalokasya bhaviṣyasi janārdana |
37 | yat te bhinnaṃ ca dagdhaṃ ca yac ca kiṃ cid vināśitam
sarvaṃ tathaiva draṣṭāsi viśiṣṭaṃ vā janārdana |
38 | yāvad etat praliptaṃ te gātreṣu madhusūdana
ato mṛtyubhayaṃ nāsti yāvadicchā tavācyuta |
39 | na tu pādatale lipte kasmāt te putrakādya vai
naitan me priyam ity eva sa māṃ prīto 'bravīt tadā ity ukto 'haṃ śarīraṃ svam apaśyaṃ śrīsamāyutam |
40 | rukmiṇīṃ cābravīt prītaḥ sarvastrīṇāṃ varaṃ yaśaḥ
kīrtiṃ cānuttamāṃ loke samavāpsyasi śobhane |
41 | na tvāṃ jarā vā rogo vā vaivarṇyaṃ cāpi bhāmini
sprakṣyanti puṇyagandhā ca kṛṣṇam ārādhayiṣyasi |
42 | ṣoḍaśānāṃ sahasrāṇāṃ vadhūnāṃ keśavasya ha
variṣṭhā sahalokyā ca keśavasya bhaviṣyasi |
43 | tava mātaram ity uktvā tato māṃ punar abravīt
prasthitaḥ sumahātejā durvāsā vahnivaj jvalan |
44 | eṣaiva te buddhir astu brāhmaṇān prati keśava
ity uktvā sa tadā putra tatraivāntaradhīyata |
45 | tasminn antarhite cāham upāṃśuvratam ādiśam
yat kiṃ cid brāhmaṇo brūyāt sarvaṃ kuryām iti prabho |
46 | etad vratam ahaṃ kṛtvā mātrā te saha putraka
tataḥ paramahṛṣṭātmā prāviśaṃ gṛham eva ca |
47 | praviṣṭamātraś ca gṛhe sarvaṃ paśyāmi tan navam
yad bhinnaṃ yac ca vai dagdhaṃ tena vipreṇa putraka |
48 | tato 'haṃ vismayaṃ prāptaḥ sarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā navaṃ dṛḍham
apūjayaṃ ca manasā raukmiṇeya dvijaṃ tadā |
49 | ity ahaṃ raukmiṇeyasya pṛcchato bharatarṣabha
māhātmyaṃ dvijamukhyasya sarvam ākhyātavāṃs tadā |
50 | tathā tvam api kaunteya brāhmaṇān satataṃ prabho
pūjayasva mahābhāgān vāgbhir dānaiś ca nityadā |
51 | evaṃ vyuṣṭim ahaṃ prāpto brāhmaṇānāṃ prasādajām
yac ca mām āha bhīṣmo 'yaṃ tat satyaṃ bharatarṣabha |