Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.228
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1.228.1
एवं संप्राप्य राज्यं तदिन्द्रप्रस्थे तपोधन ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं नरव्याघ्राः किमकुर्वत पाण्डवाः ॥ १.२२८.१ ॥
Having thus obtained the kingdom at Indraprastha, O ascetic-wealthy one, what did the tigers among men, the Pāṇḍavas, do thereafter?
1.228.2
सर्व एव महात्मानः सर्वे मम पितामहाः ।
द्रौपदी धर्मपत्नी च कथं तानन्ववर्तत ॥ १.२२८.२ ॥
All those great-souled forefathers of mine, and how did the lawful wife Draupadī behave toward them?
1.228.3
कथमासुश्च कृष्णायामेकस्यां ते नरर्षभाः ।
वर्तमाना महाभागा नाभिद्यन्त परस्परम् ॥ १.२२८.३ ॥
And how did those bulls among men, greatly fortunate, living with the one Kṛṣṇā, not quarrel with one another?
1.228.4
श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं तत्र विस्तरेण यथातथम् ।
तेषां चेष्टितमन्योन्यं युक्तानां कृष्णया सह ॥ १.२२८.४ ॥
I wish to hear in detail, exactly as it was, of their conduct toward one another while joined with Kṛṣṇā.
1.228.5
धृतराष्ट्राभ्यनुज्ञाता इन्द्रप्रस्थं प्रविश्य तत् ।
रेमिरे पुरुषव्याघ्राः कृष्णया सह पाण्डवाः ॥ १.२२८.५ ॥
Having been permitted by Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the tigers among men, the Pāṇḍavas, entered Indraprastha and rejoiced there with Kṛṣṇā.
1.228.6
प्राप्य राज्यं महातेजाः सत्यसन्धो युधिष्ठिरः ।
पालयामास धर्मेण पृथिवीं भ्रातृभिः सह ॥ १.२२८.६ ॥
Having obtained the kingdom, Yudhiṣṭhira, of great splendour and true to his vow, ruled the earth righteously together with his brothers.
1.228.7
जितारयो महात्मानः सत्यधर्मपरायणाः ।
एवं पुरमिदं प्राप्य तत्रोषुः पाण्डुनन्दनाः ॥ १.२२८.७ ॥
The great-souled sons of Pāṇḍu, who had conquered their enemies and were devoted to truth and dharma, having thus reached this city, dwelt there.
1.228.8
कुर्वाणाः पौरकार्याणि सर्वाणि भरतर्षभाः ।
आसांचक्रुर्महार्हेषु पार्थिवेष्वासनेषु च ॥ १.२२८.८ ॥
Attending to all the affairs of the city, the bulls among the Bharatas had seats of great value, fit for kings, set up.
1.228.9
तेषु तत्रोपविष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु ।
आययौ धर्मराजं तु द्रष्टुकामोऽथ नारदः ॥ १.२२८.९ ॥
While the great-souled Pāṇḍavas were seated there, Nārada came, desiring to see King Dharma.
1.228.10
पथा नक्षत्रजुष्टेन सुपर्णाचरितेन च ।
चन्द्रसूर्यप्रकाशेन सेवितेन महर्षिभिः ॥ १.२२८.१० ॥
By the path frequented by the constellations, traversed by Garuḍa, lit by the light of moon and sun, and attended by the great sages.
1.228.11
नभस्स्थलेन दिव्येन दुर्लभेनातपस्विनाम् ।
भूतार्चितो भूतधरां राष्ट्रमन्दिरभूषिताम् ॥ १.२२८.११ ॥
Through the celestial region of the sky, divine and hard to attain for the non-ascetic, gazing upon the earth worshipped by beings and adorned with the mansions of kingdoms.
1.228.12
अवेक्षमाणो द्युतिमानाजगाम महातपाः ।
सर्ववेदान्तगो विप्रः सर्ववेदाङ्गपारगः ॥ १.२२८.१२ ॥
Looking down, the radiant and greatly ascetic brahmin arrived, one who had reached the end of all the Vedas and mastered all the Vedic limbs.
1.228.13
परेण तपसा युक्तो ब्राह्मेण तपसा वृतः ।
नये नीतौ च निस्तो विश्रुतश्च महामुनिः ॥ १.२२८.१३ ॥
Endowed with supreme austerity, surrounded by Brahminical austerity, firm in policy and statecraft, the renowned great sage.
1.228.14
परात्परतरं प्राप्तो धर्मान्समभिजग्मिवान् ।
भावितात्मा गतरजाः शान्तो मृदुर्ऋजुर्दिवजः ॥ १.२२८.१४ ॥
Who had attained the highest of the highest, who had fully approached the dharmas, pure of soul, free from passion, calm, gentle, upright, born of the gods.
1.228.15
धर्मेणाधिगतः सर्वैर्देवदानवमानुषैः ।
क्षीणकर्मसु पापेषु भूतेषु विविधेषु च ॥ १.२२८.१५ ॥
Known through dharma by all gods, demons and men, among those whose karma is spent, among the sinful, and among the many kinds of beings.
1.228.16
सर्वथा कृतमर्यादो वेदेषु विविधेषु च ।
शतशः सोमपा यज्ञे पुण्ये पुण्यकृदग्निचित् ॥ १.२२८.१६ ॥
Who in every way had kept the boundaries of the rites, skilled in the various Vedas, who had drunk soma hundreds of times in sacrifice, a doer of meritorious deeds, a builder of the fire altar.
1.228.17
ऋक्सामयजुषां वेत्ता न्यायदृग्धर्मकोविदः ।
ऋजुरारोहबान्वृद्धो भूयिष्ठपथिकोऽनघः ॥ १.२२८.१७ ॥
Knower of the Ṛg, Sāma and Yajur, seeing with the eye of justice, expert in dharma, upright, sturdy of frame, aged, a traveller of many distant roads, blameless.
1.228.18
श्लक्ष्णया शिखयोपेतः संपन्नः परमत्विषा ।
अवदाते च सूक्ष्मे च दिव्ये च रचिते शुभे ॥ १.२२८.१८ ॥
Endowed with a smooth topknot, possessed of supreme radiance, clad in white, fine, divine and beautifully woven garments.
1.228.19
महेन्द्रदत्ते महती बिभ्रत्परमवाससी ।
जाम्बूनदमये दिव्ये गण्डूपदमुखे नवे ॥ १.२२८.१९ ॥
Wearing two great, supreme garments given by Indra, made of Jāmbūnada gold, divine and new, with designs like a frog's mouth.
1.228.20
अग्न्यर्कसदृशे दिव्ये धारयन्कुण्डले शुभे ।
राजतच्छत्रमुच्छ्रित्य चित्रं परमवर्चसम् ॥ १.२२८.२० ॥
Wearing divine, auspicious earrings like fire and the sun, raising a silver parasol, wondrous and of supreme radiance.
1.228.21
प्राप्य दुष्प्रापमन्येन ब्रह्मवर्चसमुत्तमम् ।
भवने भूमिपालस्य बृहस्पतिरिवाप्लुतः ॥ १.२२८.२१ ॥
Having obtained the supreme radiance of Brahman, hard for others to attain, in the king's palace, as if Bṛhaspati himself had bathed in it.
1.228.22
संहितायां च सर्वेषां स्थितस्योपस्थितस्य च ।
द्विपदस्य च धर्मस्य क्रमधर्मस्य पारगः ॥ १.२२८.२२ ॥
Master of the Saṃhitās, of the duties of all beings, of those settled and those present, of the duty of bipeds and of the duty of sequence.
1.228.23
गाधा सामानुसामज्ञः साम्नां परमवल्गुनाम् ।
आत्मनः सर्वमोक्षिभ्यः कृतिमान्कृत्यवित्सदा ॥ १.२२८.२३ ॥
Knower of the gāthās and of the Sāman and anusāman, skilled in the most pleasing of the Sāmans, capable for himself and for all seekers of liberation, ever knowing what is to be done.
1.228.24
यजुर्धर्मैर्बहुविधैर्मतो मतिमतां वरः ।
विदितार्थः समश्चैव च्छेत्ता निगमसंशयान् ॥ १.२२८.२४ ॥
Honored in many ways for his observance of Yajus duties, best of the wise, knower of meaning, even-minded, and a cutter of doubts about the Vedic texts.
1.228.25
अर्थनिर्वचने नित्यं संशयच्छिदसंशयः ।
प्रकृत्या धर्मकुशलो दाता धर्मविशारदः ॥ १.२२८.२५ ॥
In explaining meanings he always cut through doubt; free of doubt by nature, skilled in dharma, a giver, expert in dharma.
1.228.26
लोपेनागमधर्मेण संक्रमेण च वृत्तिषु ।
एकशब्दांश्च नानार्थानेकार्थांश्च पृथक्कृतान् ॥ १.२२८.२६ ॥
Through elision, the rule of augmentation and transposition in verbal forms, distinguishing single words, words of many meanings and words of one meaning.
1.228.27
पृथगर्थाभिधानांश्च प्रयोगानन्ववेक्षिता ।
प्रमाणभूतो लोकेषु सर्वाधिकरणेषु च ॥ १.२२८.२७ ॥
Carefully examining expressions of separate meanings and their usages, he was an authority among people and in all matters.
1.228.28
सर्ववर्णविकारेषु नित्यं कुशलपूजितः ।
स्वरेऽस्वरे च विविधे वृत्तेषु विविधेषु च ॥ १.२२८.२८ ॥
Always honored by the skilled in all alterations of sounds, in accented and unaccented forms, and in various verbal formations.
1.228.29
समस्थानेषु सर्वेषु समाम्नायेषु धातुषु ।
उद्देश्यानां समाख्याता सर्वमाख्यातमुद्दिशन् ॥ १.२२८.२९ ॥
In all equal positions, in the complete traditions, and in verbal roots, fully explaining the cited terms and pointing out every verb-form.
1.228.30
अभिसन्धिषु तत्त्वज्ञः पदान्यङ्गान्यनुस्मरन् ।
कालधर्मेण निर्दिष्टं यथार्थं च विचारयन् ॥ १.२२८.३० ॥
Knower of truth in intentions, remembering words and their parts, weighing what is prescribed by the rule of time and what is truly meant.
1.228.31
चिकीर्षितं च यो वेत्ता यथा लोकेन संवृतम् ।
विभाषितं च समयं भाषितं हृदयंगमम् ॥ १.२२८.३१ ॥
He who knows what is intended to be done, though hidden by the world, and who knows speech spoken in varied ways according to the occasion, pleasing to the heart.
1.228.32
आत्मने च परस्मै च स्वरसंस्कारयोगवित् ।
एषां स्वराणां ज्ञाता च बोद्धा प्रवचनः स्वराट् ॥ १.२२८.३२ ॥
He who knows the proper union of tone and refinement, for himself and for others, who knows and understands these tones, is the self-ruling expounder.
1.228.33
विज्ञाता चोक्तवाक्यानामेकतां बहुतां तथा ।
बोद्धा हि परमार्थांश्च विविधांश्च व्यतिक्रमान् ॥ १.२२८.३३ ॥
He who knows the unity and the multiplicity of spoken sentences, who understands the supreme meanings and the various deviations.
1.228.34
अभेदतश्च बहुशो बहुशश्चापि भेदतः ।
वक्ता विविधवाक्यानां नानादेशसमीक्षिता ॥ १.२२८.३४ ॥
Speaker of diverse sentences, both in unity and in many ways, and also in distinction, who has observed many lands.
1.228.35
पञ्चागमांश्च विविधानादेशांश्च समीक्षिता ।
नानार्थकुशलस्तत्र तद्धितेषु च कृत्स्नशः ॥ १.२२८.३५ ॥
He who has examined the five Āgamas and various precepts, skilled in many meanings and fully expert in the taddhita suffixes there.
1.228.36
परिभूषयिता वाचां वर्णतः स्वरतोऽर्थतः ।
प्रत्ययं च समाख्याता नियतं प्रतिधातुकम् ॥ १.२२८.३६ ॥
Refiner of speech in its sounds, tones and meanings, expounder of the fixed suffixes that pertain to verbal roots.
1.228.37
पञ्च चाक्षरजातानि स्वरसंज्ञानि यानि च ।
तमागतमृषिं दृष्ट्वा प्रत्युद्गम्याभिवाद्य च ॥ १.२२८.३७ ॥
The five classes of syllables, and those called by vowel-names; seeing the sage arrived, rising to meet him and saluting him.
1.228.38
आसनं रुचिरं तस्मै प्रददौ स युधिष्ठिरः ।
कृष्णाजिनोत्तरे तस्मिन्नुपविष्टो महानृषिः ॥ १.२२८.३८ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira gave him a splendid seat, and upon it, spread over an antelope-skin, the great sage sat down.
1.228.39
देवर्षेरुपविष्टस्य स्वयमर्ध्यं यथाविधि ।
प्रादाद्युधिष्ठिरो धीमान्राज्यं तस्मै न्यवेदयत्।
प्रतिगृह्य तु तां पूजामृषिः प्रीतमनास्तदा ॥ १.२२८.३९ ॥
When the divine sage had taken his seat, Yudhiṣṭhira himself offered him the arghya according to rule; the wise Yudhiṣṭhira also reported his kingdom to him. Accepting that honour, the sage was then pleased in mind.
1.228.40
आशीर्भिर्वर्धयित्वा च तमुवाचास्यतामिति ।
निषसादाभ्यनुज्ञातस्ततो राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १.२२८.४० ॥
Blessing him with benedictions and saying, "Be seated," he spoke to him; then, with permission granted, King Yudhiṣṭhira sat down.
1.228.41
प्रेषयामास कृष्णायै भगवन्तमुपस्थितम् ।
श्रुत्वैतद्द्रौपदी चापि शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहिता ॥ १.२२८.४१ ॥
He sent word to Kṛṣṇā that the venerable one had arrived; hearing this, Draupadī too, having become pure, was composed and ready.
1.228.42
जगाम तत्र यत्रास्ते नारदः पाण्डवैः सह ।
तस्याभिवाद्य चरणौ देवर्षेर्धर्मचारिणी ॥ १.२२८.४२ ॥
She went to the place where Nārada sat with the Pāṇḍavas; the dharma-observing Draupadī saluted the feet of the divine sage.
1.228.43
कृताञ्जलिः सुसंवीता स्थिताऽथ द्रुपदात्मजा ।
तस्याश्चापि स धर्मात्मा सत्यवागृषिसत्तमः ॥ १.२२८.४३ ॥
With palms joined and well clothed, the daughter of Drupada stood there. And to her also that righteous-souled, truthful best of sages (Nārada spoke).
1.228.44
आशिषो विविधाः प्रोच्य राजपुत्र्यास्तु नारदः ।
गम्यतामिति होवाच भगवांस्तामनिन्दिताम् ॥ १.२२८.४४ ॥
Having uttered various blessings to the princess, Nārada said, "You may go." The venerable one spoke thus to her, the blameless one.
1.228.45
गतायामथ कृष्णायां युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमान् ।
विविक्ते पाण्डवान्सर्वानुवाच भगवानृषिः ॥ १.२२८.४५ ॥
When Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) had gone, the venerable sage spoke in private to all the Pāṇḍavas, with Yudhiṣṭhira at their head.
1.228.46
पाञ्चाली भवतामेका धर्मपत्नी यशस्विनी ।
यथा वो नात्र भेदः स्यात्तथा नीतिर्विधीयतां ॥ १.२२८.४६ ॥
Pāñcālī is the one lawful wife of you all, glorious. Let a rule be made so that there may be no division among you in this matter.
1.228.47
सुन्दोपसुन्दौ हि पुरा भ्रातरौ सहितावुभौ ।
आस्तामवध्यावन्येषां त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतौ ॥ १.२२८.४७ ॥
In former times there were two brothers, Sunda and Upasunda, living together. Both were unslayable by others and renowned in the three worlds.
1.228.48
एकराज्यावेकगृहावेकशय्यासनाशनौ ।
तिलोत्तमायास्तौ हेतोरन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः ॥ १.२२८.४८ ॥
The two, who shared one kingdom, one house, one bed, one seat and one meal, struck each other down for the sake of Tilottamā.
1.228.49
रक्ष्यतां सौहृदं तस्मादन्योन्यप्रीतिभावकम् ।
यथा वो नात्र भेदः स्यात्तत्कुरुष्व युधिष्ठिर ॥ १.२२८.४९ ॥
Therefore preserve the friendship that produces mutual affection, so that no division arises among you; do this, Yudhiṣṭhira.
1.228.50
सुन्दोपसुन्दावसुरौ कस्य पुत्रौ महामुने ।
उत्पन्नश्च कथं भेदः कथं चान्योन्यमघ्नताम् ॥ १.२२८.५० ॥
O great sage, whose sons were the two asuras Sunda and Upasunda? How did enmity arise between them, and how did they come to strike each other?
1.228.51
अप्सरा देवकन्या वै कस्य चैषा तिलोत्तमा ।
यस्याः कामेन संमत्तौ जघ्नतुस्तौ परस्परम् ॥ १.२२८.५१ ॥
This Tilottamā, the apsaras, a daughter of the gods — whose daughter truly is she? Maddened with desire for her, those two struck each other.
1.228.52
एतत्सर्वं यथा वृत्तं विस्तरेण तपोधन ।
श्रोतुमिच्छामहे ब्रह्मन्परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥ १.२२८.५२ ॥
O treasure of austerity, we wish to hear all of this as it happened, in full detail. O brahmin, my curiosity is great indeed.