Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.123
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1.123.1
धृतराष्ट्राभ्यनुज्ञातः स्वबाहुविजितं धनम् ।
भीष्माय सत्यवत्यै च मात्रे चोपजहार सः ॥ १.१२३.१ ॥
With Dhṛtarāṣṭra's permission, he presented the wealth won by his own arms to Bhīṣma and to his mother Satyavatī.
1.123.2
विदुराय च वै पाण्डुः प्रेषयामास तद्धनम् ।
सुहृदश्चापि धर्मात्मा धनेन समतर्पयत् ॥ १.१२३.२ ॥
Pāṇḍu also sent that wealth to Vidura, and the righteous one fully satisfied his friends with riches.
1.123.3
ततः सत्यवतीं भीष्मं कौसल्यां च यशस्विनीम् ।
शुभैः पाण्डुर्जितैरर्थैस्तोषयामास भारत ॥ १.१२३.३ ॥
Then, O Bhārata, Pāṇḍu pleased Satyavatī, Bhīṣma and the glorious Kauśalyā with auspicious wealth he had won.
1.123.4
ननन्द माता कौसल्या तमप्रतिमतेजसम् ।
जयन्तमिव पौलोमी परिष्वज्य नर्षभम् ॥ १.१२३.४ ॥
Mother Kauśalyā rejoiced, embracing that bull among men of incomparable splendour, as Paulomī rejoiced embracing Jayanta.
1.123.5
तस्य वीरस्य विक्रान्तैः सहस्रशतदक्षिणैः ।
अश्वमेधशतैरीजे धृतराष्ट्रो महामखैः ॥ १.१२३.५ ॥
Through that hero's valiant deeds, Dhṛtarāṣṭra performed hundreds of horse-sacrifices and great rites, with hundreds of thousands of gifts.
1.123.6
संप्रयुक्तस्तु कुन्त्या च माद्र्या च भरतर्षभ ।
जिततन्द्रीस्तदा पाण्डुर्बभूव वनगोचरः ॥ १.१२३.६ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, joined with Kuntī and Mādrī, Pāṇḍu, free from weariness, then became a dweller of the forest.
1.123.7
हित्वा प्रासादनिलयं शुभानि शयनानि च ।
अरण्यनित्यः सततं बभूव मृगयापरः ॥ १.१२३.७ ॥
Abandoning his palace dwellings and fine beds, he constantly lived in the forest, devoted to hunting.
1.123.8
स चरन्दक्षिणं पार्श्वं रम्यं हिमवतो गिरः ।
उवास गिरिपृष्ठेषु महाशालवनेषु च ॥ १.१२३.८ ॥
Wandering along the lovely southern slope of the Himālaya, he dwelt on the mountain ridges and in the great sāla forests.
1.123.9
रराज कुन्त्या माद्र्या च पाण्डुः सह वने चरन् ।
करेण्वोरिव मध्यस्थः श्रीमान्पौरन्दरो गजः ॥ १.१२३.९ ॥
Pāṇḍu, wandering in the forest with Kuntī and Mādrī, shone like the splendid elephant of Indra standing between two she-elephants.
1.123.10
भारतं सह भार्याभ्यां खङ्गबाणधनुर्धरम् ।
विचित्रकवचं वीरं परमास्त्रविदं नृपम्।
देवोऽयमित्यमन्यन्त चरन्तं वनवासिनः ॥ १.१२३.१० ॥
Seeing that heroic Bhārata king, wandering with his two wives, bearing sword, arrows and bow, wearing marvelous armor, and knowing the supreme weapons, the forest dwellers thought: 'This is a god.'
1.123.11
तस्य कामांश्च भोगांश्च नरा नित्यमतन्द्रिताः ।
उपजह्रुर्वनान्तेषु धृतराष्ट्रेण चोदिताः ॥ १.१२३.११ ॥
At Dhṛtarāṣṭra's urging, men untiringly and always brought to him in the forest regions the things he desired and his pleasures.
1.123.12
तदासाद्य महारण्यं मृगव्यालनिषेवितम् ।
तत्र मैथुनकालस्थं ददर्श मृगयूथपम् ॥ १.१२३.१२ ॥
Then, reaching that great forest frequented by deer and wild beasts, he saw there a leader of a herd of deer at the time of mating.
1.123.13
ततस्तं च मृगीं चैव रुक्मपुङ्खैः सुपत्रिभिः ।
निर्बिभेद शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः पाण्डुः पञ्चभिराशुगैः ॥ १.१२३.१३ ॥
Then Pāṇḍu pierced both him and the doe with five sharp, swift arrows, gold-shafted and well-feathered.
1.123.14
स च राजन्महातेजा ऋषिपुत्रस्तपोधनः ।
भार्यया सह तेजस्वी मृगरूपेण सङ्गतः ॥ १.१२३.१४ ॥
And he, O king, the sage's son of great radiance, rich in asceticism, was joined with his wife in the form of a deer.
1.123.15
स संयुक्तस्तया मृग्या मानुषीं वाचमीरयन् ।
क्षणेन पतितो भूमौ विललापातुरो मृगः ॥ १.१२३.१५ ॥
Joined with that doe, the deer spoke in human speech, and in an instant fell to the ground and lamented in anguish.
1.123.16
काममन्युवशं प्राप्ता बुद्ध्यन्तरगता अपि ।
वर्जयन्ति नृशंसानि पापेष्वपि रता नराः ॥ १.१२३.१६ ॥
Even men who have fallen under the sway of desire and anger, whose reason has departed, and who delight in sinful deeds, still shun cruel acts.
1.123.17
न विधिं ग्रसते प्रज्ञा प्रज्ञां तु ग्रसते विधिः ।
विधिपर्यागतानर्थान्प्रज्ञावान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १.१२३.१७ ॥
Wisdom does not swallow fate, but fate swallows wisdom; the wise man meets the things that come by fate.
1.123.18
शस्वद्धर्मात्मनां मुख्ये कुले जातस्य भारत ।
कामलोभाभिभूतस्य कथं ते चलिता मतिः ॥ १.१२३.१८ ॥
O Bhārata, born always in the foremost family of the righteous, how has your mind wavered, overcome by desire and greed?
1.123.19
शत्रूणां या वधे वृत्तिः सा मृगाणां वधे स्मृता ।
राज्ञां मृग न मां मोहात्त्वं गर्हयितुमर्हसि ॥ १.१२३.१९ ॥
The conduct prescribed for killing enemies is held to be the same for killing deer. O deer, out of delusion you should not reproach me.
1.123.20
अच्छद्मनाऽमायया च मृगाणां वध इष्यते ।
स एव धर्मो राज्ञां तु तद्धि त्वं किं नु गर्हसे ॥ १.१२३.२० ॥
Killing deer without deceit or trickery is approved. That indeed is the duty of kings; why then do you reproach it?
1.123.21
अगस्त्यः सत्रमासीनश्चकार मृगयामृषिः ।
आरण्यान्सर्वदैवत्यान्मृगान्प्रोक्ष्य महावने ॥ १.१२३.२१ ॥
The sage Agastya, seated at a sacrificial session, hunted in the great forest, having sprinkled the wild deer, all dedicated to the gods.
1.123.22
प्रमाणदृष्टधर्मेण कथमस्मान्विगर्हसे ।
अगस्त्यस्याभिचारेण युष्माकं विहितो वधः ॥ १.१२३.२२ ॥
By a dharma seen as authoritative, how can you reproach us? Your slaying was ordained by Agastya's sacrificial rite of destruction.
1.123.23
न रिपून्वै समुद्दिश्य विमुञ्चन्ति नराः शरान् ।
रन्ध्र एषां विशेषेण वधकालः प्रशस्यते ॥ १.१२३.२३ ॥
Men do not loose arrows merely aiming at enemies; the moment of weakness in them is especially praised as the time to kill.
1.123.24
प्रमत्तमप्रमत्तं वा विवृतं घ्नन्ति चौजसा ।
उपायैर्विविधैस्तीक्ष्णैः कस्मान्मृग विगर्हसे ॥ १.१२३.२४ ॥
People strike the heedless or the alert, the exposed, with force and with various sharp stratagems. O deer, why do you reproach?
1.123.25
नाहं घ्न्तं मृगन्राजन्विगर्हे चात्मकारणात् ।
मैथुनं तु प्रतीक्ष्यं मे त्वयेहाद्यानृशंस्यतः ॥ १.१२३.२५ ॥
O king, I do not blame one who kills deer for his own sake; but today, out of compassion, you should wait here for my mating.
1.123.26
सर्वभूतहिते काले सर्वभूतेप्सिते तथा ।
को हि विद्वान्मृगं हन्याच्चरन्तं मैथुनं वने ॥ १.१२३.२६ ॥
At a time beneficial to all beings and desired by all beings, what wise man would kill a deer moving about in the forest in the act of mating?
1.123.27
अस्यां मृग्यां च राजेन्द्र हर्षान्मैथुनमाचरम् ।
पुरुषार्थफलं कर्तुं तत्त्वया विफलीकृतम् ॥ १.१२३.२७ ॥
O best of kings, in this hunt I was engaged in mating out of delight, to bring about the fruit of human aims; you have rendered it fruitless.
1.123.28
पौरवाणां महाराज तेषामक्लिष्टकर्मणाम् ।
वंशे जातस्य कौरव्य नानुरूपमिदं तव ॥ १.१२३.२८ ॥
O great king, born in the lineage of the Pauravas, whose deeds are unblemished, O Kaurava, this is not fitting for you.
1.123.29
नृशंसं कर्म सुमहत्सर्वलोकविगर्हितम् ।
अस्वर्ग्यमयशस्यं चाप्यधर्मिष्ठं च भारत ॥ १.१२३.२९ ॥
This cruel deed is very great, condemned by all worlds, not leading to heaven, bringing no fame, and most unrighteous too, O Bhārata.
1.123.30
स्त्रीभोगानां विशेषज्ञः शास्त्रधर्मार्थतत्त्ववित् ।
नार्हस्त्वं सुरसङ्काश कर्तुमस्वर्ग्यमीदृशम् ॥ १.१२३.३० ॥
You, who know the distinctions of the enjoyment of women and understand the essence of scripture, dharma and artha, O god-like one, are not fit to do such a deed that does not lead to heaven.
1.123.31
त्वया नृशंसकर्तारः पापाचाराश्च मानवाः ।
निग्राह्याः पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ त्रिवर्गपरिवर्जिताः ॥ १.१२३.३१ ॥
By you, best of kings, those men who commit cruel deeds and live in sin, and who are deprived of the three aims of life, are to be punished.
1.123.32
किं कृतं ते नरश्रेष्ठ मामिहानागसं घ्नतः ।
मुनिं मूलफलाहारं मृगवेषधरं नृप ॥ १.१२३.३२ ॥
Best of men, what have you done by striking me here, an innocent sage who lives on roots and fruits and wears the form of a deer?
1.123.33
वसमानमरण्येषु नित्यं शमपरायणम् ।
त्वयाऽहं हिंसितो यस्मात्तस्मात्त्वामप्यनागसः ॥ १.१२३.३३ ॥
Though I dwell always in the forests, devoted to tranquility, you have harmed me; therefore I consider you, too, to be innocent of any offence.
1.123.34
द्वयोर्नृशंसकर्तारमवशं काममोहितम् ।
जीवितान्तकरो भावो मैथुने समुपैष्यति ॥ १.१२३.३४ ॥
The cruel doer of the two, helpless and deluded by desire, will be overtaken during union by a state of mind that brings death.
1.123.35
अहं हि किंदमो नाम तपसा भावितो मुनिः ।
व्यपत्रपन्मनुष्याणां मृग्यां मैथुनमाचरम् ॥ १.१२३.३५ ॥
I am a sage named Kiṃdama, purified by austerity. Ashamed before men, I engaged in sexual union while hunting in the form of a deer.
1.123.36
मृगो भत्वा मृगैः सार्धं चरामि गहने वने ।
न तु ते ब्रह्महत्येयं भविष्यत्यविजानतः ॥ १.१२३.३६ ॥
Having become a deer, I roam with the deer in the dense forest. But this will not be a brahmin-slaying for you, since you did it without knowing.
1.123.37
मृगरूपधरं हत्वा मामेवं काममोहितम् ।
अस्य तु त्वं फलं मूढ प्राप्स्यसीदृशमेव हि ॥ १.१२३.३७ ॥
You have slain me, who bore the form of a deer, deluded by desire. Fool, for this you too will obtain just such a fate.
1.123.38
प्रियया सह संवासं प्राप्य कामविमोहितः ।
त्वमप्यस्यामवस्थायां प्रेतलोकं गमिष्यसि ॥ १.१२३.३८ ॥
Having obtained union with your beloved, deluded by desire, you too in this very condition will go to the world of the dead.
1.123.39
अन्तकाले हि संवासं यया गन्तासि कान्तया ।
प्रेतराजपुरं प्राप्तं सर्वभूतदुरत्ययम्।
भक्त्या मतिमतां श्रेष्ठ सैव त्वाऽनुगमिष्यति ॥ १.१२३.३९ ॥
O best of the wise, the very beloved with whom at the hour of death you will go to the city of the king of the dead, which no being can escape, she will follow you out of devotion.
1.123.40
वर्तमानः सुखे दुःखं यथाऽहं प्रापितस्त्वया ।
तथा त्वां च सुखं प्राप्तं दुःखमभ्यागमिष्यति ॥ १.१२३.४० ॥
Just as you brought suffering upon me while I was in happiness, so suffering will come upon you, who have obtained happiness.
1.123.41
एवमुक्त्वा सुदुःखार्तो जीवितात्स व्यमुच्यत ।
मृगः पाण्डुश्च दुःखार्तः क्षणेन समपद्यत ॥ १.१२३.४१ ॥
Having spoken thus, the deer, tormented by great grief, was released from life; and Pāṇḍu, too, tormented by grief, perished in an instant.