Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.4
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1.4.1
पौराणिकः पुराणे कृतश्रमः स कृताञ्जलिस्तानुवाच। ॥ १.४.१ ॥
The reciter of the Purāṇas, who had labored over the Purāṇas, with folded hands spoke to them.
1.4.2
मयोत्तङ्कस्य चरितमशेषमुक्तं जनमेजयस्य सार्पसत्रे निमित्तान्तरमिदमपि ।
किं भवन्तः श्रोतुमिच्छन्ति किमहं ब्रवाणीति ॥ १.४.२ ॥
I have fully told the deeds of Uttaṅka at Janamejaya's snake sacrifice; this too is a separate occasion. What do you wish to hear? What shall I speak?
1.4.3
परं रौमहर्षणे प्रवक्ष्यामस्त्वां नः प्रतिवक्ष्यसि वचः शुश्रूषतां कथायोगं नः कथायोगे ॥ १.४.३ ॥
But, son of Romaharṣaṇa, we shall speak, and you will answer us; for us who wish to hear, let there be a joining of narratives. The sages said this to him.
1.4.4
तत्र भगवान् कुलपतिस्तु शौनकोऽग्निशरणमध्यास्ते ।
दीर्घसत्रत्वात्सर्वाः कथाः श्रोतुं कालोस्ति ॥ १.४.४ ॥
There the venerable Śaunaka, lord of the community, sits in the fire-chamber; since the sacrifice is long, there is time to hear all the stories. The sages said this to him.
1.4.5
यौऽसौ दिव्याः कथा वेद देवतासुरसंश्रिताः ।
मनुष्योरगगन्धर्वकथा वेद च सर्वशः ॥ १.४.५ ॥
He knows the divine stories concerning gods and asuras, and the stories of humans, serpents and gandharvas, in every way. The sages said this to him.
1.4.6
स चाप्यस्मिन्मशे सौते विद्वान्कुलपतिर्दिवजः ।
दक्षो धृतव्रतो धीमाञ्शास्त्रे चारण्यके गुरुः ॥ १.४.६ ॥
O Sauti, he, that great and learned lord of the community, the twice-born, skilled, steadfast in vows, wise, and a teacher in the scriptures and the forest texts, is also among us. The sages said this to him.
1.4.7
सत्यवादी शमपरस्तपस्वी नियतव्रतः ।
सर्वेषामेव नो मान्यः स तावत्प्रतिपाल्यताम् ॥ १.४.७ ॥
He is truthful, devoted to calm, an ascetic, firm in his vows. He is to be honored by all of us; let him be attended for now.
1.4.8
तस्मिन्नध्यासति गुरावासनं परमार्चितम् ।
ततो वक्ष्यसि यत्त्वां स प्रक्ष्यति द्विजसत्तमः ॥ १.४.८ ॥
When that teacher has taken his seat on the highly honored seat, then say to him what you wish to say; then that best of the twice-born will ask you.
1.4.9
एवमस्तु गुरौ तस्मिन्नुपविष्टे महात्मनि ।
तेन पृष्टः कथाः पुण्या वक्ष्यामि विविधाश्रयाः ॥ १.४.९ ॥
So be it. When that great-souled teacher has seated himself, and at his request, I will recount sacred tales of various kinds.
1.4.10
सोऽथ विप्रर्षभः सर्वं कृत्वा कार्यं यथाविधि ।
देवान्वाग्भिः पितॄनद्भिस्तर्पयित्वाऽऽजगाम ह ॥ १.४.१० ॥
Then that bull among brahmins, having performed all the duties according to rule, having satisfied the gods with words and the ancestors with water, came there.
1.4.11
यत्र ब्रह्मर्षयः सिद्धाः सुखासीना धृतव्रताः ।
यज्ञायतनमाश्रित्य सूतपुत्रपुरस्पराः ॥ १.४.११ ॥
Where the brahma-sages, the perfected ones, and those firm in vows sat at ease, having resorted to the sacrificial hall, with the son of a charioteer leading them.
1.4.12
ऋत्विक्ष्वथ सदस्येषु स वै गृहपतिस्तदा ।
उपविष्टेषूपविष्टः शौनकोऽथाब्रवीदिदम् ॥ १.४.१२ ॥
Then, while the priests and the assembly members were seated, Śaunaka, the householder, seated among those seated, spoke this.