Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.116
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1.116.1
किं कृतं कर्म धर्मेण येन शापमुपेयिवान् ।
कस्य शापाच्च ब्रह्मर्षेः शूद्रयोनावजायत ॥ १.११६.१ ॥
What dharmic deed did he perform, through which he incurred a curse? By the curse of which brahmarṣi was he born in a śūdra womb?
1.116.2
बभूव ब्राह्मणः कश्चिन्माण्डव्य इति विश्रुतः ।
धृतिमान्सर्वधर्मज्ञः सत्ये तपसि च स्थितः ॥ १.११६.२ ॥
There was a certain brahmin renowned as Māṇḍavya, steadfast, knowing all dharma, established in truth and austerity.
1.116.3
स तीर्थयात्रां विचरन्नाजगाम यदृच्छया ।
संनिकृष्टानि तीर्थानि ग्रामाणां यानि कानि च।
तत्राश्रमपदं कृत्वा वसति स्म महामुनिः ॥ १.११६.३ ॥
Wandering on pilgrimage, he came by chance to where the sacred fords lay near the villages; there he made a hermitage and dwelt, that great sage.
1.116.4
स आश्रमपदद्वारि वृक्षमूले महातपाः ।
ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्महायोगी तस्थौ मौनव्रतान्वितः ॥ १.११६.४ ॥
At the gate of the hermitage, at the foot of a tree, that great ascetic, arms raised high, that great yogin stood, bound by a vow of silence.
1.116.5
तस्य कालेन महता तस्मिंस्तपसि वर्ततः ।
तमाश्रममनुप्राप्ता दस्यवो लोप्त्रहारिणः ॥ १.११६.५ ॥
As he persisted in that austerity for a long time, robbers who plunder came upon that hermitage.
1.116.6
अनुसार्यमाणा बहुभी रक्षिभिर्भरतर्षभ ।
तामेव वसतिं जग्मुस्ते ग्रामाल्लोप्त्रहारिणः ॥ १.११६.६ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, pursued by many guards, those robbers who plunder from the village went straight to that very dwelling.
1.116.7
यस्मिन्नावसथे शेते स मुनिः संशितव्रतः ।
ते तस्यावसथे लोप्त्रं दस्यवः कुरुसत्तम ॥ १.११६.७ ॥
In the hermitage where that sage of strict vows lay, the robbers placed the stolen goods, best of the Kurus.
1.116.8
निधाय च भयाल्लीनास्तत्रैवानागते बले ।
तेषु लीनेष्वथो शीघ्रं ततस्तद्रक्षिणां बलम् ॥ १.११६.८ ॥
Having placed the goods there and hidden in fear, before the army had arrived, once they had hidden, swiftly then the force of the guards came.
1.116.9
आजगाम ततोऽपश्यंस्तमृषिं तस्करानुगाः ।
तमपृच्छंस्ततो राजंस्तथावृत्तं तपोधनम् ॥ १.११६.९ ॥
Then they came, the followers of the thieves, and they saw that sage. Then, O king, they asked that wealthy-in-austerity one about what had happened.
1.116.10
कतरेण पथा याता दस्यवो द्विजसत्तम ।
तेन गच्छामहे ब्रह्मन्यथा शीघ्रतरं वयम् ॥ १.११६.१० ॥
By which path did the robbers go, best of the twice-born? By that path, O brahmin, let us go, so that we may go more swiftly.
1.116.11
तथा तु रक्षिमां तेषां ब्रुवतां स तपोधनः ।
न किंचिद्वचनं राजन्नब्रवीत्साध्वसाधु वा ॥ १.११६.११ ॥
Thus, as the guards were speaking, that wealthy-in-austerity one, O king, said nothing at all, neither well nor ill.
1.116.12
ततस्ते राजपुरुषा विचिन्वानास्तमाश्रमम् ।
ददृशुस्तत्र लीनांस्तांश्चोरांस्तद्द्रव्यमेव च ॥ १.११६.१२ ॥
Then those king's men, searching that hermitage, saw there the thieves hidden, and the very goods as well.
1.116.13
ततः शङ्का समभवद्रक्षिणां तं मुनिं प्रति ।
संयम्यैनं ततो राज्ञे दस्यूंश्चैव न्यवेदयन् ॥ १.११६.१३ ॥
Then suspicion arose among the guards regarding that sage. Binding him, they reported him and the robbers to the king.
1.116.14
तं राजा सह तैश्चोरैरन्वशाद्वध्यतामिति ।
स रक्षिभिस्तैरज्ञातः शूले प्रोतो महातपाः ॥ १.११६.१४ ॥
The king ordered him, along with those thieves, to be put to death. That great ascetic, unrecognized by the guards, was impaled on a stake.
1.116.15
ततस्ते शूलमारोप्य तं मुनिं रक्षिणस्तदा ।
प्रतिजग्मुर्महीपालं धनान्यादाय तान्यथ ॥ १.११६.१५ ॥
Then the guards raised that sage onto the stake and, taking the wealth, returned to the king.
1.116.16
शूलस्थः स तु धर्मात्मा कालेन महता ततः ।
निराहारोऽपि विप्रर्षिर्मरणं नाभ्यपद्यत ॥ १.११६.१६ ॥
That righteous-souled brahmin sage, impaled on the stake, did not meet death even after a long time without food.
1.116.17
धारयामास च प्राणानृषींश्च समुपानयत् ।
शूलाग्रे तप्यमानेन तपस्तेन महात्मना ॥ १.११६.१७ ॥
That great-souled one sustained his breath while scorched at the tip of the stake, and he also summoned the sages.
1.116.18
सन्तापं परमं जग्मुर्मुनयस्तपसाऽन्विताः ।
ते रात्रौ शकुना भूत्वा सन्निपत्त्य तु भारत।
दर्शन्तो यथाशक्ति तमपृच्छन्द्विजोत्तमम् ॥ १.११६.१८ ॥
The sages, endowed with asceticism, were greatly distressed. O Bhārata, at night they gathered in the form of birds, revealing themselves as far as they could, and questioned that best of the twice-born.
1.116.19
श्रोतुमिच्छामहे ब्रह्मन्किं पापं कृतवानसि ।
येनेह समनुप्राप्तं शूले दुःखभयं महत् ॥ १.११६.१९ ॥
We wish to hear, O brahmin, what sin you have committed, by which great suffering and fear have come upon you here on the stake.