Book 18 Chapter 5 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | bhīṣmadroṇau mahātmānau dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca pārthivaḥ
virāṭadrupadau cobhau śaṅkhaś caivottaras tathā |
2 | dhṛṣṭaketur jayatseno rājā caiva sa satyajit
duryodhanasutāś caiva śakuniś caiva saubalaḥ |
3 | karṇaputrāś ca vikrāntā rājā caiva jayadrathaḥ
ghaṭotkacādayaś caiva ye cānye nānukīrtitāḥ |
4 | ye cānye kīrtitās tatra rājāno dīptamūrtayaḥ
svarge kālaṃ kiyantaṃ te tasthus tad api śaṃsa me |
5 | āho svic chāśvataṃ sthānaṃ teṣāṃ tatra dvijottama
ante vā karmaṇaḥ kāṃ te gatiṃ prāptā nararṣabhāḥ etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ procyamānaṃ tvayā dvija |
6 | sūta uvāca |
6 | ity uktaḥ sa tu viprarṣir anujñāto mahātmanā
vyāsena tasya nṛpater ākhyātum upacakrame |
7 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
7 | gantavyaṃ karmaṇām ante sarveṇa manujādhipa
śṛṇu guhyam idaṃ rājan devānāṃ bharatarṣabha yad uvāca mahātejā divyacakṣuḥ pratāpavān |
8 | muniḥ purāṇaḥ kauravya pārāśaryo mahāvrataḥ
agādhabuddhiḥ sarvajño gatijñaḥ sarvakarmaṇām |
9 | vasūn eva mahātejā bhīṣmaḥ prāpa mahādyutiḥ
aṣṭāv eva hi dṛśyante vasavo bharatarṣabha |
10 | bṛhaspatiṃ viveśātha droṇo hy aṅgirasāṃ varam
kṛtavarmā tu hārdikyaḥ praviveśa marudgaṇam |
11 | sanatkumāraṃ pradyumnaḥ praviveśa yathāgatam
dhṛtarāṣṭro dhaneśasya lokān prāpa durāsadān |
12 | dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa sahitā gāndhārī ca yaśasvinī
patnībhyāṃ sahitaḥ pāṇḍur mahendrasadanaṃ yayau |
13 | virāṭadrupadau cobhau dhṛṣṭaketuś ca pārthivaḥ
niśaṭhākrūrasāmbāś ca bhānuḥ kampo viḍūrathaḥ |
14 | bhūriśravāḥ śalaś caiva bhūriś ca pṛthivīpatiḥ
ugrasenas tathā kaṃso vasudevaś ca vīryavān |
15 | uttaraś ca saha bhrātrā śaṅkhena narapuṃgavaḥ
viśveṣāṃ devatānāṃ te viviśur narasattamāḥ |
16 | varcā nāma mahātejāḥ somaputraḥ pratāpavān
so 'bhimanyur nṛsiṃhasya phalgunasya suto 'bhavat |
17 | sa yuddhvā kṣatradharmeṇa yathā nānyaḥ pumān kva cit
viveśa somaṃ dharmātmā karmaṇo 'nte mahārathaḥ |
18 | āviveśa raviṃ karṇaḥ pitaraṃ puruṣarṣabha
dvāparaṃ śakuniḥ prāpa dhṛṣṭadyumnas tu pāvakam |
19 | dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajāḥ sarve yātudhānā balotkaṭāḥ
ṛddhimanto mahātmānaḥ śastrapūtā divaṃ gatāḥ dharmam evāviśat kṣattā rājā caiva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
20 | ananto bhagavān devaḥ praviveśa rasātalam
pitāmahaniyogād dhi yo yogād gām adhārayat |
21 | ṣoḍaśastrīsahasrāṇi vāsudevaparigrahaḥ
nyamajjanta sarasvatyāṃ kālena janamejaya tāś cāpy apsaraso bhūtvā vāsudevam upāgaman |
22 | hatās tasmin mahāyuddhe ye vīrās tu mahārathāḥ
ghaṭotkacādayaḥ sarve devān yakṣāṃś ca bhejire |
23 | duryodhanasahāyāś ca rākṣasāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
prāptās te kramaśo rājan sarvalokān anuttamān |
24 | bhavanaṃ ca mahendrasya kuberasya ca dhīmataḥ
varuṇasya tathā lokān viviśuḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ |
25 | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ vistareṇa mahādyute
kurūṇāṃ caritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca bhārata |
26 | sūta uvāca |
26 | etac chrutvā dvijaśreṣṭhāt sa rājā janamejayaḥ
vismito 'bhavad atyarthaṃ yajñakarmāntareṣv atha |
27 | tataḥ samāpayām āsuḥ karma tat tasya yājakāḥ
āstīkaś cābhavat prītaḥ parimokṣya bhujaṃgamān |
28 | tato dvijātīn sarvāṃs tān dakṣiṇābhir atoṣayat
pūjitāś cāpi te rājñā tato jagmur yathāgatam |
29 | visarjayitvā viprāṃs tān rājāpi janamejayaḥ
tatas takṣaśilāyāḥ sa punar āyād gajāhvayam |
30 | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ vaiśaṃpāyanakīrtitam
vyāsājñayā samākhyātaṃ sarpasatre nṛpasya ha |
31 | puṇyo 'yam itihāsākhyaḥ pavitraṃ cedam uttamam
kṛṣṇena muninā vipra niyataṃ satyavādinā |
32 | sarvajñena vidhijñena dharmajñānavatā satā
atīndriyeṇa śucinā tapasā bhāvitātmanā |
33 | aiśvarye vartatā caiva sāṃkhyayogavidā tathā
naikatantravibuddhena dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā |
34 | kīrtiṃ prathayatā loke pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām
anyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca bhūridraviṇatejasām |
35 | ya idaṃ śrāvayed vidvān sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi
dhūtapāpmā jitasvargo brahmabhūyāya gacchati |
36 | yaś cedaṃ śrāvayec chrāddhe brāhmaṇān pādam antataḥ
akṣayyam annapānaṃ vai pitṝṃs tasyopatiṣṭhate |
37 | ahnā yad enaḥ kurute indriyair manasāpi vā
mahābhāratam ākhyāya paścāt saṃdhyāṃ pramucyate |
38 | dharme cārthe ca kāme ca mokṣe ca bharatarṣabha
yad ihāsti tad anyatra yan nehāsti na tat kva cit |
39 | jayo nāmetihāso 'yaṃ śrotavyo bhūtim icchatā
rājñā rājasutaiś cāpi garbhiṇyā caiva yoṣitā |
40 | svargakāmo labhet svargaṃ jayakāmo labhej jayam
garbhiṇī labhate putraṃ kanyāṃ vā bahubhāginīm |
41 | anāgataṃ tribhir varṣaiḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ
saṃdarbhaṃ bhāratasyāsya kṛtavān dharmakāmyayā |
42 | nārado 'śrāvayad devān asito devalaḥ pitṝn
rakṣo yakṣāñ śuko martyān vaiśaṃpāyana eva tu |
43 | itihāsam imaṃ puṇyaṃ mahārthaṃ vedasaṃmitam
śrāvayed yas tu varṇāṃs trīn kṛtvā brāhmaṇam agrataḥ |
44 | sa naraḥ pāpanirmuktaḥ kīrtiṃ prāpyeha śaunaka
gacchet paramikāṃ siddhim atra me nāsti saṃśayaḥ |
45 | bhāratādhyayanāt puṇyād api pādam adhīyataḥ
śraddadhānasya pūyante sarvapāpāny aśeṣataḥ |
46 | maharṣir bhagavān vyāsaḥ kṛtvemāṃ saṃhitāṃ purā
ślokaiś caturbhir bhagavān putram adhyāpayac chukam |
47 | mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca
saṃsāreṣv anubhūtāni yānti yāsyanti cāpare |
48 | harṣasthānasahasrāṇi bhayasthānaśatāni ca
divase divase mūḍham āviśanti na paṇḍitam |
49 | ūrdhvabāhur viraumy eṣa na ca kaś cic chṛṇoti me
dharmād arthaś ca kāmaś ca sa kimarthaṃ na sevyate |
50 | na jātu kāmān na bhayān na lobhād; dharmaṃ tyajej jīvitasyāpi hetoḥ
nityo dharmaḥ sukhaduḥkhe tv anitye; jīvo nityo hetur asya tv anityaḥ |
51 | imāṃ bhāratasāvitrīṃ prātar utthāya yaḥ paṭhet
sa bhārataphalaṃ prāpya paraṃ brahmādhigacchati |
52 | yathā samudro bhagavān yathā ca himavān giriḥ
khyātāv ubhau ratnanidhī tathā bhāratam ucyate |
53 | mahābhāratam ākhyānaṃ yaḥ paṭhet susamāhitaḥ
sa gacchet paramāṃ siddhim iti me nāsti saṃśayaḥ |
54 | dvaipāyanoṣṭhapuṭaniḥsṛtam aprameyaṃ; puṇyaṃ pavitram atha pāpaharaṃ śivaṃ ca
yo bhārataṃ samadhigacchati vācyamānaṃ; kiṃ tasya puṣkarajalair abhiṣecanena |