Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.40
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1.40.1
जरत्कारुरिति ख्यातो यस्त्वया सूतनन्दन ।
इच्छामि तदहं श्रोतुं ऋषेस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥ १.४०.१ ॥
O son of the charioteer, I wish to hear about that great-souled sage who is famed as Jaratkāru, as you have told us.
1.40.2
किं कारणं जरत्कारोर्नामैतत्प्रथितं भुवि ।
जरत्कारुनिरुक्तिं त्वं यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ १.४०.२ ॥
What is the reason that this name Jaratkāru became famous on earth? You should explain the etymology of Jaratkāru exactly as it is.
1.40.3
जरेति क्षयमाहुर्वै दारुणं कारुसंज्ञितम् ।
शरीरं कारु तस्यासीत्तत्स धीमाञ्शनैःशनैः ॥ १.४०.३ ॥
Old age is called wasting, which is dreadful; his body, named kāru, was the kāru. That wise one gradually (wore it down).
1.40.4
क्षपयामास तीव्रेण तपसेत्यत उच्यते ।
जरत्कारुरिति ब्रह्मन्वासुकेर्भगिनी तथा ॥ १.४०.४ ॥
He wasted (his body) by severe austerity, and therefore he is called Jaratkāru. O brahmin, and so too is Vāsuki's sister called Jaratkāru.
1.40.5
एवमुक्तस्तु धर्मात्मा शौनकः प्राहसत्तदा ।
उग्रश्रवसमामन्त्र्य उपपन्नमिति ब्रुवन् ॥ १.४०.५ ॥
Thus addressed, the righteous-souled Śaunaka then laughed, and addressing Ugraśravas, said, "Well said."
1.40.6
उक्तं नाम यथा पूर्वं सर्वं तच्छ्रुतवानहम् ।
यथा तु जातो ह्यास्तीक एतदिच्छामि वेदितुम्।
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य सौतिः प्रोवाच शास्त्रतः ॥ १.४०.६ ॥
I have heard all of it, as the name was explained before. But I wish to know how Āstīka was born. Having heard his words, Sauti spoke according to the scriptures.
1.40.7
संदिश्य पन्नगान्सर्वान्वासुकिः सुसमाहितः ।
स्वसारमुद्यम्य तदा जरत्कारुमृषिं प्रति ॥ १.४०.७ ॥
Having duly instructed all the serpents, Vāsuki then presented his sister to the sage Jaratkāru.
1.40.8
अथ कालस्य महतः स मुनिः संशितव्रतः ।
तपस्यभिरतो धीमान्स दारान्नाभ्यकाङ्क्षत ॥ १.४०.८ ॥
Then, for a long time, that wise sage, firm in his vows and delighting in asceticism, did not desire wives.
1.40.9
स तूर्ध्वरेतास्तपसि प्रसक्तः ।
स्वाध्यायवान्वीतभयः कृतात्मा।
चचार सर्वां पृथिवीं महात्मा ।
न चापि दारान्मनसाध्यकाङ्क्षत् ॥ १.४०.९ ॥
He, of upward-directed seed, devoted to austerity and to Vedic study, free from fear, self-controlled, that great-souled one wandered over the whole earth, and did not even in his mind desire wives.
1.40.10
ततोऽपरस्मिन्संप्राप्ते काले कस्मिंश्चिदेव तु ।
परिक्षिन्नाम राजासीद्ब्रह्मन्कौरववंशजः ॥ १.४०.१० ॥
Then, when another time had come, there was a king named Parīkṣit, born in the Kuru lineage, O brahmin.
1.40.11
यथा पाण्डुर्महाबाहुर्धनुर्धरवरो युधि ।
बभूव मृगयाशीलः पुरास्य प्रपितामहः ॥ १.४०.११ ॥
As Pāṇḍu, the mighty-armed, the best of archers in battle, was fond of the chase in the past, so was his great-grandfather.
1.40.12
तथा विख्यातवाँल्लोके परीक्षिदभिमन्युजः ।
मृगान्विध्यन्वराहांश्च तरक्षून्महिषांस्तथा।
अन्यांश्च विविधान्वन्यांश्चचार पृथिवीपतिः ॥ १.४०.१२ ॥
Likewise Parīkṣit, son of Abhimanyu, renowned in the world, lord of the earth, roamed hunting deer, boars, hyenas, buffaloes and various other wild beasts.
1.40.13
स कदाचिन्मृगं विद्ध्वा बाणेनानतपर्वणा ।
पृष्ठतो धनुरादाय ससार गहने वने ॥ १.४०.१३ ॥
Once, having pierced a deer with an arrow of bent joint, he took up his bow and pursued it from behind into the dense forest.
1.40.14
यथैव भगवान्रुद्रो विद्ध्वा यज्ञमृगं दिवि ।
अन्वगच्छद्धनुष्पाणिः पर्यन्वेष्टुमितस्ततः ॥ १.४०.१४ ॥
Just as the blessed Rudra, having pierced the sacrificial deer in the sky, followed it with bow in hand, searching here and there.
1.40.15
न हि तेन मृगो विद्धो जीवन्गच्छति वै वने ।
पूर्वरूपं तु तत्तूर्णं तस्यासीत्स्वर्गतिं प्रति ॥ १.४०.१५ ॥
The deer, struck by him, did not go alive into the forest; that former form of it was quickly bound for the path to heaven.
1.40.16
परिक्षितो नरेन्द्रस्य विद्धो यन्नष्टवान्मृगः ।
दूरं चापहृतस्तेन मृगेण स महीपतिः ॥ १.४०.१६ ॥
The deer wounded by the lord of men Parikṣit had vanished, and by that deer the king was carried far away.
1.40.17
परिश्रान्तः पिपासार्त आससाद मुनिं वने ।
गवां प्रचारेष्वासीनं वत्सानां मुखनिःसृतम् ॥ १.४०.१७ ॥
Exhausted and tormented by thirst, he came to a sage in the forest, seated among the cows' grazing grounds, watching the milk flowing from the calves' mouths.
1.40.18
भूयिष्ठमुपयुञ्जानं फेनमापिबतां पयः ।
तमभिद्रुत्य वेगेन स राजा संशितव्रतम् ॥ १.४०.१८ ॥
The king rushed swiftly toward that sage of firm vows, who was abundantly partaking of the foam of the calves drinking the milk.
1.40.19
अपृच्छद्धनुरुद्यम्य तं मुनिं क्षुच्छ्रमान्वितः ।
भोभो ब्रह्मन्नहं राजा परीक्षिदभिमन्युजः ॥ १.४०.१९ ॥
Weary and hungry, the king raised his bow and asked that sage: O brahmin, I am King Parīkṣit, son of Abhimanyu.
1.40.20
मया विद्धो मृगो नष्टः कच्चित्तं दृष्टवानसि ।
स मुनिस्तं तु नोवाच किंचिन्मौनव्रते स्थितः ॥ १.४०.२० ॥
The deer I wounded has fled; have you seen it? But that sage, abiding in his vow of silence, answered him nothing at all.
1.40.21
तस्य स्कन्धे मृतं सर्पं क्रुद्धो राजा समासजत् ।
समुत्क्षिप्य धनुष्कोट्या स चैनं समुपैक्षत ॥ १.४०.२१ ॥
The angry king hung a dead snake over his shoulder, lifting it with the tip of his bow, and then looked upon him.
1.40.22
न स किंचिदुवाचैनं शुभं वा यदि वाऽशुभम् ।
स राजा क्रोधमुत्सृज्य व्यथितस्तं तथागतम्।
दृष्ट्वा जगाम नगरमृषिस्त्वासीत्तथैव सः ॥ १.४०.२२ ॥
He said nothing to him, neither good nor ill. The king, casting off his anger and distressed at seeing him in that state, went back to the city, while the sage remained just as he was.
1.40.23
न हि तं राजशार्दूलं क्षमाशीलो महामुनिः ।
स्वधर्मनिरतं भूपं समाक्षिप्तोऽप्यधर्षयत् ॥ १.४०.२३ ॥
That great sage, of forbearing nature, did not assail that tiger among kings, devoted to his own dharma, even though he had been insulted.
1.40.24
न हि तं राजशार्दूलस्तथा धर्मपरायणम् ।
जानाति भरतश्रेष्ठस्तत एनमधर्षयत् ॥ १.४०.२४ ॥
The tiger among kings, best of the Bharatas, did not know that he was so intent on dharma; therefore he assailed him.
1.40.25
तरुणस्तस्य पुत्रोऽभूत्तिग्मतेजा महातपाः ।
शृङ्गी नाम महाक्रोधो दुष्पसादोमहाव्रतः ॥ १.४०.२५ ॥
He had a young son of sharp brilliance and great asceticism, named Śṛṅgī, of great wrath, hard to appease, and of great vows.
1.40.26
स देवं परमासीनं सर्वभूतहिते रतम् ।
ब्रह्माणमुपतस्थे वै काले काले सुंसयतः ॥ १.४०.२६ ॥
He attended upon the god Brahmā, seated in the highest seat, devoted to the welfare of all beings, at the proper times, restrained in discipline.
1.40.27
सतेन समनुज्ञातो ब्रह्मणा गृहमेयिवान् ।
सख्योक्तः क्रीडमानेन स तत्र हसता किल ॥ १.४०.२७ ॥
Permitted by Brahmā, he returned home. There, a friend who was playing with him spoke to him, laughing.
1.40.28
संरम्भात्कोपनोऽतीव विषकल्पो मुनेः सुतः ।
उद्दिश्य पितरं तस्य यच्छ्रुत्वा रोषमाहरत्।
ऋषिपुत्रेण नर्मार्थे कृशेन द्विजसत्तम ॥ १.४०.२८ ॥
Burning with agitation and exceedingly wrathful, like poison, the sage's son, hearing what was said aimed at his father, grew incensed. O best of the twice-born, a sage's son had said in jest to the emaciated one —
1.40.29
तेजस्विनस्तव पिता तथैव च तपस्विनः ।
शवं स्कन्धेन वहति मा शृङ्गिन्गर्वितो भव ॥ १.४०.२९ ॥
Your father, too, is radiant and an ascetic; he carries a corpse on his shoulder. Do not be proud, O Śṛṅgī.
1.40.30
व्याहरत्स्वृषिपुत्रेषु मा स्म किंचिद्वचो वद ।
अस्मद्विधेषु सिद्धेषु ब्रह्मवित्सु तपस्विषु ॥ १.४०.३० ॥
Do not speak any word among the sages' sons. Say nothing against those like us — perfected ones, knowers of Brahman, ascetics.
1.40.31
क्व ते पुरुषमानित्वं क्व ते वाचस्तथाविधाः ।
दर्पजाः पितरं द्रष्टा यस्त्वं शवधरं तथा ॥ १.४०.३१ ॥
Where is your manly pride, and where are such words of yours? Born of arrogance, seeing your father, you carry a corpse in this way!
1.40.32
पित्रा च तव तत्कर्म नानुरूपमिवात्मनः ।
कृतं मुनिजनश्रेष्ठ येनाहं भृशदुःखितः ॥ १.४०.३२ ॥
And your father, too, did that deed which was not fitting for himself, best of sages, by which I am deeply grieved.