Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.41
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1.41.1
एवमुक्तः स तेजस्वी शृङ्गी कोपसमन्वितः ।
मृतधारं गुरुं श्रुत्वा पर्यतप्यत मन्युना ॥ १.४१.१ ॥
Thus addressed, the radiant Śṛṅgī, filled with anger, having heard of his father Mṛtadhāra, was tormented by wrath.
1.41.2
स त कृशमक्षिप्रेक्ष्य सूनृतां वाचमुत्सृजन् ।
अपृच्छत्तं कथं तातः सर्वभूतहिते रतः ॥ १.४१.२ ॥
Looking at the lean one, uttering gentle truthful words, he asked him how his father, delighted in the welfare of all beings, had died.
1.41.3
अनन्यचेताः सततं विष्णुं दवेमतोषयत् ।
वन्यान्नभोजी सततं मुनिर्मौनव्रते स्थितः।
एवंभूतः स तेजस्वी स मेऽद्य मृतधारकः ॥ १.४१.३ ॥
The sage who, with undivided mind, constantly pleased Viṣṇu, eating forest food and steadfast in the vow of silence — such a radiant one has today become my Mṛtadhāraka.
1.41.4
राज्ञा परिक्षिता तात मृगयां परिधावता ।
अवसक्तः पितुस्तेऽद्य मृतः स्कन्धे भुजङ्गमः ॥ १.४१.४ ॥
Dear son, by King Parīkṣit as he ran about hunting, a serpent hung upon your father's shoulder has today died.
1.41.5
किं मे पित्रा कृतं तस्य राज्ञोऽनिष्टं दुरात्मनः ।
ब्रूहि तत्कृश तत्त्वेन पश्य मे तपसो बलम् ॥ १.४१.५ ॥
What harm had my father done to that wicked-minded king? Tell me that truly, Kṛśa. See the power of my asceticism.
1.41.6
स राजा मृगयां यातः परिक्षिदभिमन्युजः ।
ससार मृगमेकाकी विद्ध्वा बाणेन शीघ्रगम् ॥ १.४१.६ ॥
That king, Parīkṣit son of Abhimanyu, had gone hunting; having pierced a swift-moving deer with an arrow, he alone pursued it.
1.41.7
न चापश्यन्मृगं राजा चरंस्तस्मिन्महावने ।
पितरं ते स दृष्ट्वैव पप्रच्छानभिभाषिणम् ॥ १.४१.७ ॥
The king, wandering in that great forest, did not see the deer. Seeing your father, he asked him, who did not speak.
1.41.8
तं स्थाणुभूतं तिष्ठन्तं क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमातुरः ।
पुनःपुनर्मृगं नष्टं प्रपच्छ पितरं तव ॥ १.४१.८ ॥
Afflicted by hunger, thirst and weariness, the king repeatedly asked your father, who stood like a stump, about the lost deer.
1.41.9
स च मौनव्रतोपेतो नैव तं प्रत्यभाषत ।
तस्य राजा धनुष्कोट्या सर्पं स्कन्धे समासजत् ॥ १.४१.९ ॥
But he, who had taken the vow of silence, did not answer him. Then the king hung a serpent on his shoulder with the tip of his bow.
1.41.10
शृङ्गिंस्तव पिता सोऽपि तथैवास्ते यतव्रतः ।
सोऽपि राजा स्वनगरं प्रस्थितो गजसाह्वयम् ॥ १.४१.१० ॥
O Śṛṅgin, your father too remains thus, firm in his vow. And that king too has departed to his own city, Gajasāhvaya.
1.41.11
श्रुत्वैवमृषिपुत्रस्तु शवं स्कन्धे प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
कोपसंरक्तनयनः प्रज्वलन्निव मन्युना ॥ १.४१.११ ॥
Hearing this, the sage's son, with the corpse placed upon his shoulder, his eyes reddened with anger, blazed as if with wrath.
1.41.12
आविष्टः स हि कोपेन शशाप नृपतिं तदा ।
वार्युपस्पृश्य तेजस्वी क्रोधवेगबलात्कृतः ॥ १.४१.१२ ॥
Seized by anger, the radiant one, having sipped water, driven by the force of his wrathful momentum, then cursed the king.
1.41.13
योऽसौ वृद्धस्य तातस्य तथा कृच्छ्रगतस्य ह ।
स्कन्धे मृतं समास्राक्षीत्पन्नगं राजकिल्विषी ॥ १.४१.१३ ॥
He who, when my aged father was in distress, placed a dead serpent upon his shoulder, that sinner guilty of wrong against the king.
1.41.14
तं पापमतिसंक्रुद्धस्तक्षकः पन्नगेश्वरः ।
आशीविषस्तिग्मतेजा मद्वाक्यबलचोदितः ॥ १.४१.१४ ॥
Takṣaka, lord of serpents, a venomous snake of sharp power, greatly enraged at that sinner, impelled by the strength of my words.
1.41.15
सप्तरात्रादितो नेता यमस्य सदनं प्रति ।
द्विजानामवमन्तारं कुरूणामयशस्करम् ॥ १.४१.१५ ॥
Within seven nights from now, he shall be led to the abode of Yama, he who has insulted the twice-born and brought disgrace upon the Kurus.
1.41.16
इति शप्त्वातिसंक्रुद्धः शृङ्गी पितरमभ्यगात् ।
आसीनं ग्रोव्रजे तस्मिन्वहन्तं शवपन्नगम् ॥ १.४१.१६ ॥
Having cursed thus, Śṛṅgī, greatly enraged, went to his father, who was seated in the cattle-pen, carrying the dead serpent.
1.41.17
स तमलक्ष्य पितरं शृङ्गी स्कन्धगतेन वै ।
शवेन भुजगेनासीद्भूयः क्रोधसमाकुलः ॥ १.४१.१७ ॥
Śṛṅgī, noticing his father with the dead serpent upon his shoulder, was once more agitated with anger.
1.41.18
दुःखाच्चाश्रूणि मुमुचे पितरं चेदमब्रवीत् ।
श्रुत्वेमां धर्षणां तात तव तेन दुरात्मना ॥ १.४१.१८ ॥
Grief brought tears to his eyes, and he spoke to his father: Father, having heard this insult that the evil-minded one offered you...
1.41.19
राज्ञा परिक्षिता कोपादशपं तमहं नृपम् ।
यथार्हति स एवोग्रं शापं कुरुकुलाधमः।
सप्तमेऽहनि तं पापं तक्षकः पन्नगोत्तमः ॥ १.४१.१९ ॥
King Parikṣit insulted me in anger, so I cursed that king. That lowest of the Kuru line deserves this terrible curse. On the seventh day, Takṣaka, best of serpents, will bite that sinner.
1.41.20
वैवस्वतस्य सदनं नेता परमदारुणम् ।
तमब्रवीत्पिता ब्रह्मंस्तथा कोपसमन्वितम् ॥ १.४१.२० ॥
He will lead him to the most dreadful abode of Vaivasvata (Yama). O brahmin, his father spoke thus to him, filled with anger.
1.41.21
न मे प्रियं कृतं तात नैष धर्मस्तपस्विनाम् ।
वयं तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य विषये निवसामहे ॥ १.४१.२१ ॥
Dear son, you have not done what is pleasing to me. This is not the duty of ascetics. We dwell in the realm of that king.
1.41.22
न्यायतो रक्षितास्तेन तस्य पापं न रोचये ।
सर्वथा वर्तमानस्य राज्ञो ह्यस्मद्विधैः सदा ॥ १.४१.२२ ॥
We have been justly protected by him. I do not approve of his evil. For a king who always conducts himself in every way for men like us, this sin is not acceptable.
1.41.23
क्षन्तव्यं पुत्र धर्मो हि हतो हन्ति न संशयः ।
यदि राजा न संरक्षेत्पीडा नः परमा भवेत् ॥ १.४१.२३ ॥
Son, one should forgive; dharma that is destroyed destroys in turn, there is no doubt. If the king does not protect us, great affliction will come upon us.
1.41.24
न शक्नुयाम चरितुं धर्मं पुत्र यथासुखम् ।
रक्षमाणा वयं तात राजभिर्धर्मदृष्टिभिः ॥ १.४१.२४ ॥
Son, we are not able to practice dharma comfortably. Dear son, only while protected by kings who regard dharma can we do so.
1.41.25
चरामो विपुलं धर्मं तेषां भागोऽस्ति धर्मतः ।
सर्वथा वर्तमानस्य राज्ञः क्षन्तव्यमेव हि ॥ १.४१.२५ ॥
We practise vast dharma, and they too have a rightful share in it. A king who conducts himself in every way must indeed be forgiven.
1.41.26
परिक्षित्तु विशेषेण यथाऽस्य प्रपितामहः ।
रक्षत्यस्मांस्तथा राज्ञा रक्षितव्याः प्रजा विभो ॥ १.४१.२६ ॥
Parikṣit especially, as his great-grandfather protects us, so the subjects must be protected by the king, O mighty one.
1.41.27
अराजके जनपदे दोषा जायन्ति वै सदा ।
उद्वृत्तं सततं लोकं राजा दण्डेन शास्ति वै ॥ १.४१.२७ ॥
In a realm without a king, faults always arise; the king constantly restrains the unruly people with punishment.
1.41.28
दण्डात्प्रतिभयं भूयः शान्तिरुत्पद्यते तदा ।
नोद्विग्नश्चरते धर्मं नोद्विग्नश्चरते क्रियाम् ॥ १.४१.२८ ॥
From punishment comes fear in return, and then peace arises. Without anxiety one practises dharma; without anxiety one performs one's duties.
1.41.29
राज्ञा प्रतिष्ठितो धर्मो धर्मात्स्वर्गः प्रतिष्ठितः ।
राज्ञो यज्ञक्रियाः सर्वा यज्ञाद्देवाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥ १.४१.२९ ॥
Dharma is established by the king, and from dharma heaven is established. All the sacrificial rites belong to the king, and from sacrifice the gods are established.
1.41.30
देवाद्वृष्टिः प्रवर्तेत वृष्टेरोषधयः स्मृताः ।
ओषधिभ्यो मनुष्याणां धारयन्सततं हितम् ॥ १.४१.३० ॥
From the god comes rain; from rain, herbs are held to arise; and from herbs comes the constant welfare of men, sustained as they are.
1.41.31
मनुष्याणां च यो धाता राजा राज्यकरः पुनः ।
दशश्रोत्रियसमो राजा इत्येवं मनुरब्रवीत् ॥ १.४१.३१ ॥
The king who sustains men and rules the realm is equal to ten learned brahmins — thus Manu has said.
1.41.32
तेनेह क्षुधितेनैत्य श्रान्तेन मृगलिप्सुना ।
अजानता कृतं मन्ये व्रतमेतदिदं मम ॥ १.४१.३२ ॥
Here, hungry and weary, come seeking a deer, he has unknowingly broken this vow of mine, I think.
1.41.33
कस्मादिदं त्वया बाल्यात्सहसा दुष्कृतं कृतम् ।
न ह्यर्हति नृपः शापमस्मत्तः पुत्र सर्वथा ॥ १.४१.३३ ॥
Why, son, out of youthfulness, have you rashly done this wicked deed? The king by no means deserves a curse from us.