Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.12
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1.12.1
कथं हिंसितवान्सर्पान्स राजा जनमेजयः ।
सर्पा वा हिंसितास्तत्र किमर्थं द्विजसत्तम ॥ १.१२.१ ॥
How did King Janamejaya slay the snakes? Or, O best of the twice-born, for what reason were the snakes slain there?
1.12.2
किमर्थं मोक्षिताश्चैव पन्नगास्तेन धीमता ।
आस्तीकेन द्विजश्रेष्ठ श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यशेषतः ॥ १.१२.२ ॥
And for what reason did the wise Āstīka free the snakes? O best of the twice-born, I wish to hear it in full.
1.12.3
श्रोष्यसि त्वं रुरो सर्वमास्तीकचरितं महत् ।
ब्राह्मणानां कथयतां त्वरावान्गमने ह्यहम् ॥ १.१२.३ ॥
O Ruru, you will hear the whole great deed of Āstīka, as the brahmins recount it. Indeed, I am in haste to depart.
1.12.4
इत्युक्त्वान्तर्हिते योगात्तस्मिन्नृषिवरे प्रभौ ।
संभ्रमाविष्टहृदयो रुरुर्मेने तदद्भुतम् ॥ १.१२.४ ॥
Having said this, that powerful best of sages vanished by the power of yoga. Then Ruru, his heart seized with agitation, regarded that marvel as wondrous.
1.12.5
बलं परममास्थाय पर्यधावत्समन्ततः ।
तमृषिं नष्टमन्विच्छन्संश्रान्तो न्यपतद्भुवि ॥ १.१२.५ ॥
Summoning his utmost strength, he ran about on every side. Seeking that vanished sage, exhausted, he fell to the ground.
1.12.6
स मोहे परमं गत्वा नष्टसंज्ञ इवाभवत् ।
तदृषेर्वचनं तथ्यं चिन्तयानः पुनःपुनः ॥ १.१२.६ ॥
He fell into great bewilderment, as if he had lost consciousness. Again and again he pondered the true words of that sage.
1.12.7
लब्धसंज्ञो रुरुश्चायात्तदाचख्यौ पितुस्तदा ।
पित्रे तु सर्वमाख्याय डुण्डुभस्य वचोऽर्थवत् ॥ १.१२.७ ॥
Ruru, regaining consciousness, came back then and told his father everything; having told his father all, he related the meaningful words of the ḍuṇḍubha.
1.12.8
अपृच्छत्पितरं भूयः सोस्तीकस्य वचस्तदा ।
आख्यापयत्तदाऽऽख्यानं डुण्डुभेनाथ कीर्तितम् ॥ १.१२.८ ॥
Then he asked his father again about the words of Āstīka, and had the narrative that had been recounted by the ḍuṇḍubha told.
1.12.9
तत्कीर्त्यमानं भगवञ्श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ।
पिता चास्य तदाख्यानं पृष्टः सर्वं न्यवेदयत् ॥ १.१२.९ ॥
O venerable one, I wish to hear truly what is now being recounted. When his father was asked, he reported the whole of that narrative.