Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.255
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1.255.1
किमर्थं शार्ङ्गकानग्निर्न ददाह तथा गते ।
तस्मिन्वने दह्यमाने ब्रह्मन्नेतत्प्रचक्ष्व मे ॥ १.२५५.१ ॥
Why did the fire not burn the Śārṅgakas when the forest was thus burning? O brahmin, explain this to me.
1.255.2
अदाहे ह्यश्वसेनस्य दानवस्य मयस्य च ।
कारणं कीर्तितं ब्रह्मञ्शार्ङ्गकाणां न कीर्तितम् ॥ १.२५५.२ ॥
O brahmin, the cause for the non-burning of Aśvasena and the Dānava Maya has been told, but the cause for the Śārṅgakas has not been told.
1.255.3
तदेतदद्भुतं ब्रह्मञ्शार्ङ्गकाणामनामयम् ।
कीर्तयस्वाग्निसंमर्दे कथं ते न विनाशिताः ॥ १.२५५.३ ॥
O brahmin, relate this wonder: how the Śārṅgakas were unharmed and not destroyed in the conflagration of fire.
1.255.4
यदर्थं शार्ङ्गकानग्निर्न ददाह तथा गते ।
तत्ते सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा भूतमरिन्दम ॥ १.२५५.४ ॥
O subduer of foes, all the reason for which the fire did not burn the Śārṅgakas while the forest was thus burning, I will tell you exactly as it happened.
1.255.5
धर्मज्ञानां मुख्यतमस्तपस्वी संशितव्रतः ।
आसीन्महर्षिः श्रुतवान्मन्दपाल इति श्रुतः ॥ १.२५५.५ ॥
There was a great sage, the foremost of those who know dharma, an ascetic firm in vows and learned, known as Mandapāla.
1.255.6
स मार्गमाश्रितो राजन्नृषीणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् ।
स्वाध्यायवान्धर्मरतस्तपस्वी विजितेन्द्रियः ॥ १.२५५.६ ॥
O king, he followed the path of the sages who are celibate, devoted to Vedic study, delighting in dharma, an ascetic who had conquered his senses.
1.255.7
स गत्वा तपसः पारं देहमुत्सृज्य भारत ।
जगाम पितृलोकाय न लेभे तत्र तत्फलम् ॥ १.२५५.७ ॥
Having reached the far end of austerity, O Bhārata, he gave up his body and went to the world of the fathers, but there he did not obtain its fruit.
1.255.8
स लोकानफलान्दृष्ट्वा तपसा निर्जितानपि ।
पप्रच्छ धर्मराजस्य समीपस्थान्दिवौकसः ॥ १.२५५.८ ॥
Seeing those worlds, won by austerity yet found fruitless, he asked the heavenly beings standing near the king of dharma.
1.255.9
किमर्थमावृता लोका ममैते तपसाऽर्जिताः ।
किं मया न कृतं तत्र यस्यैतत्कर्मणः फलम् ॥ १.२५५.९ ॥
For what reason are these worlds, won by my austerity, obstructed? What did I not do there, of which this is the fruit of the deed?
1.255.10
तत्राहं तत्करिष्यामि यदर्थमिदमावृतम् ।
फलमेतस्य तपसः कथयध्वं दिवौकसः ॥ १.२५५.१० ॥
There I shall do that for which this is obstructed. Tell me, O heavenly ones, the fruit of this austerity.
1.255.11
ऋणिनो मानवा ब्रह्मञ्जायन्ते येन तच्छृणु ।
क्रियाभिर्ब्रह्मचर्येण प्रजया च न संशयः ॥ १.२५५.११ ॥
O brahmin, men are born indebted. Hear by what they are freed: by rites, by celibate study, and by offspring — of this there is no doubt.
1.255.12
तदपाक्रियते सर्वं यज्ञेन तपसा सुतैः ।
तपस्वी यज्ञकृच्चासि न च ते विद्यते प्रजा ॥ १.२५५.१२ ॥
By sacrifice, by austerity, and by sons, all of that is discharged. You are austere and a sacrificer, but you have no offspring.
1.255.13
त इमे प्रसवस्यार्थे तव लोकाः समावृताः ।
प्रजायस्व ततो लोकानुपभोक्ष्यसि पुष्कलान् ॥ १.२५५.१३ ॥
These worlds are enclosed for the sake of your begetting. Beget offspring, and then you will enjoy abundant worlds.
1.255.14
पुन्नाम्नो नरकात्पुत्रस्त्रायते पितरं श्रुतिः ।
तस्मादपत्यसन्ताने यतस्व ब्रह्मसत्तम ॥ १.२५५.१४ ॥
Scripture says that a son saves his father from the hell called Put. Therefore, best of Brahmins, strive for the continuation of offspring.
1.255.15
तच्छ्रुत्वा मन्दपालस्तु वचस्तेषां दिवौकसाम् ।
क्व नु शीघ्रमपत्यं स्याद्बहुलं चेत्यचिन्तयत् ॥ १.२५५.१५ ॥
Having heard those words of the gods, Mandapala pondered: 'Where indeed might abundant offspring quickly come?'
1.255.16
स चिन्तयन्नभ्यगच्छत्सुबहुप्रसवान्खगान् ।
शार्ङ्गिकां शार्ङ्गको भूत्वा जरितां समुपेयिवान् ॥ १.२५५.१६ ॥
Pondering thus, he approached birds that bear many young. Becoming a male sārṅga bird, he went to the female sārṅgikā Jaritā.
1.255.17
तस्यां पुत्रानजनयच्चतुरो ब्रह्मवादिनः ।
तानपास्य स तत्रैव जगाम लपितां प्रति ॥ १.२५५.१७ ॥
By her he begot four sons, speakers of the Veda. Abandoning them right there, he went off toward Lapitā.
1.255.18
बालान्स तानण्डगतान्सह मात्रा मुनिर्वने ।
तस्मिन्गते महाभागे लपितां प्रति भारत ॥ १.२५५.१८ ॥
That sage, leaving those young ones lying in their eggs in the forest together with their mother, went off toward Lapitā, O Bhārata.
1.255.19
अपत्यस्नेहसंयुक्ता जरिता बह्वचिन्तयत् ।
तेन त्यक्तानसंत्याज्यानृषीनण्डगतान्वने ॥ १.२५५.१९ ॥
Filled with love for her offspring, Jaritā thought long about the sages still in their eggs, whom he had abandoned in the forest and who ought not to have been abandoned.
1.255.20
न जहौ पुत्रशोकार्ता जरिता खाण्डवे सुतान् ।
बभार चैतान्संजातान्स्ववृत्त्या स्नेहविक्लवा ॥ १.२५५.२० ॥
Racked with grief for her sons, Jaritā did not abandon them in Khāṇḍava; overcome with affection, she supported these newborn ones by her own livelihood.
1.255.21
ततोऽग्निं खाण्डवं दग्धुमायान्तं दृष्टवानृषिः ।
मन्दपालश्चरंस्तस्मिन्वने लपितया सह ॥ १.२५५.२१ ॥
Then the sage Mandapāla saw Agni coming to burn the Khāṇḍava forest; he was wandering in that forest together with his wife Lapitā.
1.255.22
तं संकल्पं विदित्वाग्नेर्ज्ञात्वा पुत्रांश्च बालकान् ।
सोऽभितुष्टाव विप्रर्षिब्रार्ह्मणो जातवेदसम् ॥ १.२५५.२२ ॥
Knowing Agni's resolve, and knowing his infant sons, that brahmin sage-priest praised Jātavedas, the fire, greatly.
1.255.23
पुत्रान्प्रतिवदन्भीतो लोकपालं महौजसम् ।
त्वमग्ने सर्वलोकानां मुखं त्वमसि हव्यवाट् ॥ १.२५५.२३ ॥
Frightened, answering his sons, he addressed the mighty guardian of the worlds: "O Agni, you are the mouth of all the worlds; you are the carrier of oblations."
1.255.24
त्वमन्तः सर्वभूतानां गूढश्चरसि पावक ।
त्वामेकमाहुः कवयस्त्वामाहुस्त्रिविधं पुनः ॥ १.२५५.२४ ॥
"O purifier, you move hidden within all beings. The wise poets call you one, and again they call you threefold."
1.255.25
त्वामष्टधा कल्पयित्वा यज्ञवाहमकल्पयन् ।
त्वया विश्वमिदं सृष्टं वदन्ति परमर्षयः ॥ १.२५५.२५ ॥
Having fashioned you in eightfold form, they made you the bearer of the sacrifice. The supreme seers say that this universe was created by you.
1.255.26
त्वदृते हि जगत्कृत्स्नं सद्यो नश्येद्धुताशन ।
तुभ्यं कृत्वा नमो विप्राः स्वकर्मविजितां गतिम् ॥ १.२५५.२६ ॥
O Hutāśana, without you this entire world would perish at once. Having paid homage to you, the brahmins attain the goal won by their own rites.
1.255.27
गच्छन्ति सह पत्नीभिः सुतैरपि च शाश्वतीम् ।
त्वामग्ने जलदानाहुः खेविषक्तान्सविद्युतः ॥ १.२५५.२७ ॥
They go to the eternal realm together with their wives and sons. O Agni, they call you the clouds clinging to the sky, together with the lightning.
1.255.28
दहन्ति सर्वभूतानि त्वत्तो निष्क्रम्य हेतयः ।
जातवेदस्त्वयैवेदं विश्वं सृष्टं महाद्युते ॥ १.२५५.२८ ॥
The flames issuing from you burn all beings. O Jātavedas, O greatly radiant one, this universe was created by you alone.
1.255.29
तवैव कर्मविहितं भूतं सर्वं चराचरम् ।
त्वयापो विहिताः पूर्वं त्वयि सर्वमिदं जगत् ॥ १.२५५.२९ ॥
All beings, moving and unmoving, were ordained by your action. Formerly the waters were established by you, and in you rests this entire world.
1.255.30
त्वयि हव्यं च कव्यं च यथावत्संप्रतिष्ठितम् ।
त्वमेव दहनो देव त्वं धाता त्वं बृहस्पतिः ॥ १.२५५.३० ॥
In you the oblation and the offering to the ancestors are duly established. O god, you are the burner, you are the creator, you are Bṛhaspati.
1.255.31
त्वमश्विनौ यमौ मित्रः सोमस्त्वमसि चानिलः ।
एवं स्तुतस्तदा तेन मन्दपालेन पावकः ॥ १.२५५.३१ ॥
You are the two Aśvins, the twins Yama, Mitra; you are Soma, and you are also the wind. Thus praised then by Mandapāla, the purifier (Agni)…
1.255.32
तुतोष तस्य नृपते मुनेरमिततेजसः ।
उवाच चैनं प्रीतात्मा किमिष्टं करवाणि ते ॥ १.२५५.३२ ॥
O king, the fire was pleased with that sage of immeasurable splendour. Gladdened in heart, he said to him: "What desired thing shall I do for you?"
1.255.33
तमब्रवीन्मन्दपालः प्राञ्जलिर्हव्यवाहनम् ।
प्रदहन्खाण्डवं दावं मम पुत्रान्विसर्जय ॥ १.२५५.३३ ॥
Mandapāla, with folded hands, said to that carrier of oblations (Agni): "While burning the Khāṇḍava forest, release my sons."
1.255.34
तथेति तत्प्रतिश्रुत्य भगवान्हव्यवाहनः ।
खाण्डवे तेन काले न प्रजज्वाल दिदक्षया ॥ १.२५५.३४ ॥
Having promised, "So be it," the blessed Havyavāhana did not blaze up in the Khāṇḍava at that time, from desire to see (more).