Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.49
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1.49.1
यदपृच्छत्तदा राजा मन्त्रिणो जनमेजयः ।
पितुः स्वर्गगतिं तन्मे विस्तरेण पुनर्वद ॥ १.४९.१ ॥
When King Janamejaya asked his ministers then, tell me again in detail that account of his father's journey to heaven.
1.49.2
शृणु ब्रह्मन्यथाऽपृच्छन्मन्त्रिणो नृपतिस्तदा ।
यथा चाख्यातवन्तस्ते निधनं तत्परिक्षितः ॥ १.४९.२ ॥
Listen, O brahmin, to how the king then asked his ministers, and how they told of the death of Parīkṣit.
1.49.3
जानन्ति स्म भवन्तस्तद्यथावृत्तं पितुर्मम ।
आसीद्यथा स निधनं गतः काले महायशाः ॥ १.४९.३ ॥
You know exactly how my father, the man of great fame, met his death when his time came.
1.49.4
श्रुत्वा भवत्सकाशाद्धि पितुर्वृत्तमशेषतः ।
कल्याणं प्रतिपत्स्यामि विपरीतं न जातुचित् ॥ १.४९.४ ॥
Having heard the full account of my father from you, I shall attain only what is good, never what is adverse.
1.49.5
मन्त्रिणोऽथाब्रुवन्वाक्यं पृष्टास्तेन महात्मना ।
सर्वे धर्मविदः प्राज्ञा राजानं जनमेजयम् ॥ १.४९.५ ॥
Then the ministers, asked by that great-souled king, all knowers of dharma and wise, spoke these words to King Janamejaya.
1.49.6
शृणु पार्थिव यद्ब्रूषे पितुस्तव महात्मनः ।
चरितं पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य यथा निष्ठां गतश्च सः ॥ १.४९.६ ॥
Listen, O king, to what you say about the conduct of your great-souled father, lord of kings, and how he came to his end.
1.49.7
धर्मात्मा च महात्मा च प्रजापालः पिता तव ।
आसीदिहायथा वृत्तः स महात्मा शृणुष्व तत् ॥ १.४९.७ ॥
Your father was righteous-souled, great-souled, and a protector of his people. Listen to how that great-souled one conducted himself here.
1.49.8
चातुर्वर्ण्यं स्वधर्मस्थं स कृत्वा पर्यरक्षत ।
धर्मतो धर्मविद्राजा धर्मो विग्रहवानिव ॥ १.४९.८ ॥
That king, knowing dharma, kept the fourfold order firm in its own duties and protected it well. Ruling according to dharma, he was as if dharma itself had taken a body.
1.49.9
ररक्ष पृथिवीं देवीं श्रीमानतुलविक्रमः ।
द्वेष्टारस्तस्य नैवासन्स च द्वेष्टि न कंचन ॥ १.४९.९ ॥
That glorious king of incomparable valor protected the goddess Earth. He had no enemies, and he hated no one.
1.49.10
समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु प्रजापतिरिवाभवत् ।
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश्चैव स्वकर्मसु ॥ १.४९.१० ॥
He was impartial toward all beings, like the lord of creatures. Brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and even shudras kept to their own duties.
1.49.11
स्थितः सुमनसो राजंस्तेन राज्ञा स्वधिष्ठिताः ।
विधवानाथविकलान्कृपणांश्च बभार सः ॥ १.४९.११ ॥
O king, under that king people were content and each stood in his own place. He supported widows, orphans, the disabled and the helpless.
1.49.12
सुदर्शः सर्वभूतानामासीत्सोम इवापरः ।
तुष्टपुष्टजनः श्रीमान्सत्यवाग्दृढविक्रमः ॥ १.४९.१२ ॥
He was easy to see for all beings, like a second moon. His people were content and prosperous; he was glorious, truthful in speech, and of firm valor.
1.49.13
धनुर्वेदे तु शिष्योऽभून्नृपः शारद्वतस्य सः ।
गोविन्दस्य प्रियश्चासीत्पिता ते जनमेजय ॥ १.४९.१३ ॥
In the science of the bow he became a pupil of Śāradvata (Kṛpa), and he was dear to Govinda (Kṛṣṇa). O Janamejaya, he was your father.
1.49.14
लोकस्य चैव सर्वस्य प्रिय आसीन्महायशाः ।
परिक्षीणेषु कुरुषु सोत्तरायामजीजनत् ॥ १.४९.१४ ॥
He was dear to all the world and of great fame. When the Kurus were nearly extinct, he begot a son on Uttarā.
1.49.15
परिक्षिदभवत्तेन सौभद्रस्यात्मजो बली ।
राजधर्मार्थकुशलो युक्तः सर्वगुणैर्वृतः ॥ १.४९.१५ ॥
From him was born Parikṣit, the mighty son of Saubhadra (Abhimanyu), skilled in the duties and affairs of kingship, endowed with all virtues.
1.49.16
जितेन्द्रियश्चात्मवांश्च मेधावी धर्मसेविता ।
षड्वर्गजिन्महाबुद्धिर्नीतिशास्त्रविदुत्तमः ॥ १.४९.१६ ॥
He had conquered his senses, was self-controlled, wise, and devoted to dharma; a conqueror of the six passions, of great intellect, the best knower of the science of statecraft.
1.49.17
प्रजा इमास्तव पिता षष्टिवर्षाण्यपालयत् ।
ततो दिष्टान्तमापन्नः सर्वेषां दुःखमावहन् ॥ १.४९.१७ ॥
Your father protected these subjects for sixty years; then, having reached the end ordained by fate, he brought sorrow upon all.
1.49.18
ततस्त्वं पुरुषश्रेष्ठ धर्मेण प्रतिपेदिवान् ।
इदं वर्षसहस्राणि राज्यं कुरुकुलागतम्।
बाल एवाभिषिक्तस्त्वं सर्वभूतानुपालकः ॥ १.४९.१८ ॥
Then, O best of men, you rightfully obtained this kingdom that came down from the Kuru line, for thousands of years. Even as a child you were anointed; you are the protector of all beings.
1.49.19
नास्मिन्कुले जातु बभूव राजा ।
यो न प्रजानां प्रियकृत्प्रियश्च।
विशेषतः प्रेक्ष्य पितामहानां ।
वृत्तं महद्वृत्तपरायणानाम् ॥ १.४९.१९ ॥
In this lineage there was never a king who did not do what was dear to his subjects and was not dear to them, especially when one considers the conduct of our forefathers, who were devoted to great conduct.
1.49.20
कथं निधनमापन्नः पिता मम तथाविधः ।
आचक्षध्वं यथावन्मे श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥ १.४९.२० ॥
How did my father, being such a one, come to die? Tell me properly; I wish to hear it truly.
1.49.21
एवं संचोदिता राज्ञा मन्त्रिणस्ते नराधिपम् ।
ऊचुः सर्वे यथावृत्तं राज्ञः प्रियहितैषिणः ॥ १.४९.२१ ॥
Thus urged by the king, all those ministers, who sought the king's welfare and what was dear to him, told the lord of men exactly what had happened.
1.49.22
स राजा पृथिवीपालः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ।
बभूव मृगयाशीलस्तव राजन्पिता सदा ॥ १.४९.२२ ॥
That king, protector of the earth, the best of all who bear weapons, was always fond of hunting, O king, your father.
1.49.23
यथा पाण्डुर्महाबाहुर्धनुर्धरवरो युधि ।
अस्मास्वासज्य सर्वाणि राजकार्याण्यशेषतः ॥ १.४९.२३ ॥
As Pāṇḍu, the mighty-armed, the best of archers in battle, having entrusted all royal affairs to us entirely.
1.49.24
स कदाचिद्वनगतो मृगं विव्याध पत्रिणा ।
विद्ध्वा चान्वसरत्तूर्णं तं मृगं गहने वने ॥ १.४९.२४ ॥
Once he went into the forest, pierced a deer with an arrow, and, having pierced it, swiftly pursued that deer into the dense forest.
1.49.25
पदातिर्बद्धनिस्त्रिंशस्ततायुधकलापवान् ।
न चाससाद गहने मृगं नष्टं पिता तव ॥ १.४९.२५ ॥
On foot, sword strapped on, bearing his quiver and a load of weapons, your father could not reach the deer that had fled into the dense thicket.
1.49.26
परिश्रान्तो वयस्थश्च षष्टिवर्षो जरान्वितः ।
क्षुधितः स महारण्ये ददर्श मुनिसत्तमम् ॥ १.४९.२६ ॥
Exhausted, advanced in years, sixty years old and weighed down by age, hungry, he saw in that great forest the best of sages.
1.49.27
स तं पप्रच्छ राजेन्द्रो मुनिं मौनव्रते स्थितम् ।
न च किंचिदुवाचेदं पृष्टोऽपि समुनिस्तदा ॥ १.४९.२७ ॥
That lord of kings asked the sage, who stood in his vow of silence, but although asked, the sage said nothing at that time.
1.49.28
ततो राजा क्षुच्छ्रमार्तस्तं मुनिं स्थाणुवत्स्थितम् ।
मौनव्रतधरं शान्तं सद्यो मन्युवशं गतः ॥ १.४९.२८ ॥
Then the king, tormented by hunger and fatigue, at once fell under the sway of anger toward that sage, who stood like a post, holding his vow of silence, calm.
1.49.29
न बुबोध च तं राजा मौनव्रतधरं मुनिम् ।
स तं क्रोधसमाविष्टो धर्षयामास ते पिता ॥ १.४९.२९ ॥
The king did not recognize that sage who held the vow of silence; filled with wrath, he, your father, insulted him.
1.49.30
मृतं सर्पं धनुष्कोट्या समुत्क्षिप्य धरातलात् ।
तस्य शुद्धात्मनः प्रादात्स्कन्धे भरतसत्तम ॥ १.४९.३० ॥
O best of the Bharatas, lifting a dead snake from the ground with the tip of his bow, he placed it upon the shoulder of that pure-souled sage.
1.49.31
न चोवाच स मेधावी तमथो साध्वसाधु वा ।
तस्थौ तथैव चाक्रुद्धः सर्पं स्कन्धेन धारयन् ॥ १.४९.३१ ॥
That wise sage said nothing to him, neither good nor ill; he stood just the same, not angry, holding the serpent on his shoulder.