Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.117
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1.117.1
ततः स मुनिशार्दूलस्तानुवाच तपोधनान् ।
दोषतः कं गमिष्यामि न हि मेऽन्योपराध्यति ॥ १.११७.१ ॥
Then that tiger among sages spoke to those whose wealth is asceticism.
1.117.2
तं दृष्ट्वा रक्षिणस्तत्र तथा बहुतिथेऽहनि ।
न्यवेदयंस्तथा राज्ञे यथावृत्तं नराधिप ॥ १.११७.२ ॥
Seeing him there, the guards reported to the king, after many days, exactly as it had happened, O lord of men.
1.117.3
राजा च तमृषिं श्रुत्वा निष्क्रम्य सह मन्त्रिभिः ।
प्रसादयामास तदा शूलस्थमृषिसत्तमम् ॥ १.११७.३ ॥
The king, hearing of that sage, went out with his ministers and appeased the best of sages, who was standing on the stake.
1.117.4
यन्मयाऽपकृतं मोहादज्ञानादृषिसत्तम ।
प्रसादये त्वां तत्राहं न मे त्वं क्रोद्धुमर्हसि ॥ १.११७.४ ॥
O best of sages, for the wrong I committed out of delusion and ignorance, I appease you; you ought not to be angry with me.
1.117.5
एवमुक्तस्ततो राज्ञा प्रसादमकरोन्मुनिः ।
कृतप्रसादं राजा तं ततः समवतारयत् ॥ १.११७.५ ॥
Thus addressed by the king, the sage then showed favour; the king, favoured by him, then brought him down.
1.117.6
अवतार्य च शूलाग्रात्तच्छूलं निश्चकर्ष ह ।
अशक्नुवंश्च निष्क्रष्टुं शूलं मूले स चिच्छिदे ॥ १.११७.६ ॥
Having brought him down from the tip of the stake, he pulled at that stake; unable to pull it out, he cut it at its base.
1.117.7
स तथान्तर्गतेनैव शूलेन व्यचरन्मुनिः ।
कण्ठपार्श्वान्तरस्थेन शङ्कुना मुनिराचत्।
पुष्पभाजनधारी स्यादिति चिन्तापरोऽभवत् ॥ १.११७.७ ॥
Thus the sage wandered with the stake lodged inside him, and the spike between his throat and side gave him pain; he became anxious lest he be taken for one carrying a basket of flowers.
1.117.8
स चातितपसा लोकान्विजिग्ये दुर्लभान्परैः ॥ १.११७.८ ॥
And through extreme austerity he conquered worlds that are hard for others to attain.
1.117.9
अणीमाण्डव्य इति च ततो लोकेषु गीयते ।
स गत्वा सदनं विप्रो धर्मस्य परमार्थवित् ॥ १.११७.९ ॥
From then on he is sung of in the worlds as Aṇīmāṇḍavya. That brahmin, knower of Dharma's supreme meaning, went to the abode of Dharma.
1.117.10
आसनस्थं ततो धर्मं दृष्ट्वोपालभत प्रभुम् ।
किं नु तद्दुष्कृतं कर्म मया कृतमजानता ॥ १.११७.१० ॥
Then, seeing Dharma seated on his throne, he reproached the lord: 'What evil deed have I done, not knowing it?'
1.117.11
यस्येयं फलनिर्वृत्तिरीदृश्यासादिता मया ।
शीघ्रमाचक्ष्व मे तत्त्वं पश्य मे तपसो बलम् ॥ १.११७.११ ॥
'Tell me quickly the truth of whose doing this fruit has come to me. Behold the power of my austerity.'
1.117.12
पतङ्गिकानां पुच्छेषु त्वयेषीका प्रवेशिता ।
कर्मणस्तस्य ते प्राप्तं फलमेतत्तपोधन ॥ १.११७.१२ ॥
'O wealth of austerity, you thrust a reed into the tails of moths. This fruit has come to you from that deed.'
1.117.13
स्वल्पमेव यथा दत्तं दानं बहुगुणं भवेत् ।
अधर्म एवं विप्रर्षे बहुदुःखफलप्रदः ॥ १.११७.१३ ॥
Just as even a small gift becomes of great merit, so, O sage among brahmins, unrighteousness yields fruit of great suffering.
1.117.14
कस्मिन्काले मया तत्तु कृतं ब्रूहि यथातथम् ।
तेनोक्तं धर्मराजेन बालभावे त्वया कृतम् ॥ १.११७.१४ ॥
"When did I do that? Tell me exactly as it was." The king of dharma said: "You did it in childhood."
1.117.15
बालो हि द्वादशाद्वर्षाज्जन्मतो यत्करिष्यति ।
न भविष्यत्यधर्मोऽत्र न प्रज्ञास्यति वै दिशः ॥ १.११७.१५ ॥
A child, from birth until twelve years of age, who does something here commits no unrighteousness, for he does not even know the directions.
1.117.16
अल्पेऽपराधेऽपि महान्मम दण्डस्त्वया धृतः ।
गरीयान्ब्राह्मणवधः सर्वभूतवधादपि ॥ १.११७.१६ ॥
For a small offence you have inflicted a great punishment on me. The killing of a brahmin is graver even than the killing of all beings.
1.117.17
शूद्रयोनावतो धर्म मानुषः संभविष्यसि ।
मर्यादां स्थापयाम्यद्य लोके कर्मफलोदयाम् ॥ १.११७.१७ ॥
Therefore, O Dharma, you shall be born as a human in a śūdra womb. Today I establish in the world the boundary of the arising of the fruit of action.
1.117.18
आ चतुर्दशकाद्वर्षान्न भविष्यति पातकम् ।
परतः कुर्वतामेव दोष एव भविष्यति ॥ १.११७.१८ ॥
Up to fourteen years there shall be no sin. Beyond that, the fault will fall only on those who act.
1.117.19
एतेन त्वपराधेन शापात्तस्य महात्मनः ।
धर्मो विदुररूपेण शूद्रयोनावजायत ॥ १.११७.१९ ॥
Through this very offence, and by the curse of that great-souled one, Dharma was born in a śūdra womb in the form of Vidura.
1.117.20
धर्मे चार्थे च कुशलो लोभक्रोधविवर्जितः ।
दीर्घदर्शी शमपरः कुरूणां च हिते रतः ॥ १.११७.२० ॥
Skilled in dharma and in worldly profit, free from greed and anger, far-sighted, intent on calm, and delighting in the welfare of the Kurus.