Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.15
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1.15.1
मात्रा हि भुजगाः शप्ताः पूर्वं ब्रह्मविदां वर ।
जनमेजयस्य वो यज्ञे धक्ष्यत्यनिलसारथिः ॥ १.१५.१ ॥
O best of knowers of Brahman, long ago the snakes were cursed by their mother: at Janamejaya's sacrifice the fire, whose charioteer is the wind, will burn you.
1.15.2
तस्य शापस्य शान्त्यर्थं प्रददौ पन्नगोत्तमः ।
स्वसारमृषये तस्मै सुव्रताय महात्मने ॥ १.१५.२ ॥
To pacify that curse, the best of serpents gave his sister to that sage of good vows, the great-souled one.
1.15.3
स च तां प्रतिजग्राह विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ।
आस्तीको नाम पुत्रश्च तस्यां जज्ञे महामनाः ॥ १.१५.३ ॥
He accepted her through the rite prescribed by rule, and from her was born a son named Āstīka, great-minded.
1.15.4
तपस्वी च महात्मा च वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ।
समः सर्वस्य लोकस्य पितृमातृभयापहः ॥ १.१५.४ ॥
He was an ascetic and great-souled, master of the Vedas and their limbs, equal toward the whole world, remover of the fear felt by father and mother.
1.15.5
अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य पाण्डवेयो नराधिपः ।
आजहार महायज्ञं सर्पसत्रमिति श्रुतिः ॥ १.१५.५ ॥
Then, after a long time, the king of men, a descendant of the Pāṇḍavas, undertook a great sacrifice, known as the snake-sacrifice.
1.15.6
तस्मिन्प्रवृत्ते सत्रे तु सर्पाणामन्तकाय वै ।
मोचयामास ताञ्शापादास्तीकः सुमहातपाः ॥ १.१५.६ ॥
When that snake-sacrifice had begun, for the destruction of the serpents, Āstīka, of very great austerity, freed them from the curse.
1.15.7
भ्रातॄंश्च मातुलांश्चैव तथैवान्यान्स पन्नगान् ।
पितॄंश्च तारयामास संतत्या तपसा तथा ॥ १.१५.७ ॥
He also rescued his brothers, his maternal uncles and the other serpents, and the forefathers too, by progeny and by austerity.
1.15.8
व्रतैश्च विविधैर्ब्रह्मन्स्वाध्यायैश्चानृणोऽभवत् ।
देवांश्च तर्पयामास यज्ञैर्विविधदक्षिणैः ॥ १.१५.८ ॥
O Brahmin, by various vows and by recitation of the Veda he became free from debt, and with sacrifices bearing various fees he satisfied the gods.
1.15.9
ऋषींश्च ब्रह्मचर्येम सन्तत्या च पितामहान् ।
अपहृत्य गुरं भारं पितॄणां संशितव्रतः ॥ १.१५.९ ॥
By celibacy he freed the sages, and by progeny his forefathers; the firm-vowed one removed the heavy burden owed to the ancestors.
1.15.10
जरत्कारुर्गतः स्वर्गं सहितः स्वैः पितामहैः ।
आस्तीकं च सुतं प्राप्य धर्मं चानुत्तमं मुनिः ॥ १.१५.१० ॥
Jaratkaru went to heaven together with his own forefathers, having obtained the son named Āstīka and the supreme dharma, the sage.
1.15.11
जरत्कारुः सुमहता कालेन स्वर्गमेयिवान् ।
एतदाख्यानमास्तीकं यथावत्कथितं मया।
प्रब्रूहि भृगुशार्दूल किमन्यत्कथयामि ते ॥ १.१५.११ ॥
Jaratkaru went to heaven after a very long time. This story of Āstīka I have told you as it was. Speak, O tiger of the Bhṛgus; what else shall I tell you?