 | Book 14 Chapter 95
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | dharmāgatena tyāgena bhagavan sarvam asti cet
etan me sarvam ācakṣva kuśalo hy asi bhāṣitum
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| 2 | tatoñchavṛtter yad vṛttaṃ saktudāne phalaṃ mahat
kathitaṃ me mahad brahmaṃs tathyam etad asaṃśayam
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| 3 | kathaṃ hi sarvayajñeṣu niścayaḥ paramo bhavet
etad arhasi me vaktuṃ nikhilena dvijarṣabha
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| 4 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 4 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
agastyasya mahāyajñe purāvṛttam ariṃdama
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| 5 | purāgastyo mahātejā dīkṣāṃ dvādaśavārṣikīm
praviveśa mahārāja sarvabhūtahite rataḥ
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| 6 | tatrāgnikalpā hotāra āsan satre mahātmanaḥ
mūlāhārā nirāhārāḥ sāśmakuṭṭā marīcipāḥ
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| 7 | parighṛṣṭikā vaighasikāḥ saṃprakṣālās tathaiva ca
yatayo bhikṣavaś cātra babhūvuḥ paryavasthitāḥ
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| 8 | sarve pratyakṣadharmāṇo jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ
dame sthitāś ca te sarve dambhamohavivarjitāḥ
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| 9 | vṛtte śuddhe sthitā nityam indriyaiś cāpy avāhitāḥ
upāsate sma taṃ yajñaṃ bhuñjānās te maharṣayaḥ
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| 10 | yathāśaktyā bhagavatā tad annaṃ samupārjitam
tasmin satre tu yat kiṃ cid ayogyaṃ tatra nābhavat
tathā hy anekair munibhir mahāntaḥ kratavaḥ kṛtāḥ
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| 11 | evaṃvidhes tv agastyasya vartamāne mahādhvare
na vavarṣa sahasrākṣas tadā bharatasattama
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| 12 | tataḥ karmāntare rājann agastyasya mahātmanaḥ
katheyam abhinirvṛttā munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām
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| 13 | agastyo yajamāno 'sau dadāty annaṃ vimatsaraḥ
na ca varṣati parjanyaḥ katham annaṃ bhaviṣyati
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| 14 | satraṃ cedaṃ mahad viprā muner dvādaśavārṣikam
na varṣiṣyati devaś ca varṣāṇy etāni dvādaśa
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| 15 | etad bhavantaḥ saṃcintya maharṣer asya dhīmataḥ
agastyasyātitapasaḥ kartum arhanty anugraham
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| 16 | ity evam ukte vacane tato 'gastyaḥ pratāpavān
provācedaṃ vaco vāgmī prasādya śirasā munīn
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| 17 | yadi dvādaśavarṣāṇi na varṣiṣyati vāsavaḥ
cintāyajñaṃ kariṣyāmi vidhir eṣa sanātanaḥ
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| 18 | yadi dvādaśavarṣāṇi na varṣiṣyati vāsavaḥ
vyāyāmenāhariṣyāmi yajñān anyān ativratān
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| 19 | bījayajño mayāyaṃ vai bahuvarṣasamācitaḥ
bījaiḥ kṛtaiḥ kariṣye ca nātra vighno bhaviṣyati
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| 20 | nedaṃ śakyaṃ vṛthā kartuṃ mama satraṃ kathaṃ cana
varṣiṣyatīha vā devo na vā devo bhaviṣyati
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| 21 | atha vābhyarthanām indraḥ kuryān na tv iha kāmataḥ
svayam indro bhaviṣyāmi jīvayiṣyāmi ca prajāḥ
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| 22 | yo yad āhārajātaś ca sa tathaiva bhaviṣyati
viśeṣaṃ caiva kartāsmi punaḥ punar atīva hi
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| 23 | adyeha svarṇam abhyetu yac cānyad vasu durlabham
triṣu lokeṣu yac cāsti tad ihāgacchatāṃ svayam
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| 24 | divyāś cāpsarasāṃ saṃghāḥ sagandharvāḥ sakiṃnarāḥ
viśvāvasuś ca ye cānye te 'py upāsantu vaḥ sadā
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| 25 | uttarebhyaḥ kurubhyaś ca yat kiṃ cid vasu vidyate
sarvaṃ tad iha yajñe me svayam evopatiṣṭhatu
svargaṃ svargasadaś caiva dharmaś ca svayam eva tu
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| 26 | ity ukte sarvam evaitad abhavat tasya dhīmataḥ
tatas te munayo dṛṣṭvā munes tasya tapobalam
vismitā vacanaṃ prāhur idaṃ sarve mahārthavat
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| 27 | prītāḥ sma tava vākyena na tv icchāmas tapovyayam
svair eva yajñais tuṣṭāḥ smo nyāyenecchāmahe vayam
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| 28 | yajñān dīkṣās tathā homān yac cānyan mṛgayāmahe
tan no 'stu svakṛtair yajñair nānyato mṛgayāmahe
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| 29 | nyāyenopārjitāhārāḥ svakarmaniratā vayam
vedāṃś ca brahmacaryeṇa nyāyataḥ prārthayāmahe
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| 30 | nyāyenottarakālaṃ ca gṛhebhyo niḥsṛtā vayam
dharmadṛṣṭair vidhidvārais tapas tapsyāmahe vayam
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| 31 | bhavataḥ samyag eṣā hi buddhir hiṃsāvivarjitā
etām ahiṃsāṃ yajñeṣu brūyās tvaṃ satataṃ prabho
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| 32 | prītās tato bhaviṣyāmo vayaṃ dvijavarottama
visarjitāḥ samāptau ca satrād asmād vrajāmahe
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| 33 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 33 | tathā kathayatām eva devarājaḥ puraṃdaraḥ
vavarṣa sumahātejā dṛṣṭvā tasya tapobalam
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| 34 | asamāptau ca yajñasya tasyāmitaparākramaḥ
nikāmavarṣī devendro babhūva janamejaya
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| 35 | prasādayām āsa ca tam agastyaṃ tridaśeśvaraḥ
svayam abhyetya rājarṣe puraskṛtya bṛhaspatim
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| 36 | tato yajñasamāptau tān visasarja mahāmunīn
agastyaḥ paramaprītaḥ pūjayitvā yathāvidhi
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