Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.51
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1.51.1
एवमुक्त्वा ततः श्रीमान्मन्त्रिभिश्चानुमीदितः ।
आरुरोह प्रतिज्ञां स सर्पसत्राय पार्थिवः ॥ १.५१.१ ॥
Having spoken thus, the glorious king, approved by his ministers, undertook the vow for the snake sacrifice.
1.51.2
ब्रह्मन्भरतशार्दूलो राजा पारिक्षितस्तदा ।
पुरोहितमथाहूय ऋत्विजो वसुधाधिपः ॥ १.५१.२ ॥
O Brahmin, the king Pārikṣita, tiger among the Bharatas, then summoned the chief priest and the officiating priests, the lord of the earth...
1.51.3
अब्रवीद्वाक्यसंपन्नः कार्यसंपत्करं वचः ।
यो मे हिंसितवांस्तातं तक्षकः स दुरात्मवान् ॥ १.५१.३ ॥
The king, skilled in speech and effective in his aim, spoke: "Takṣaka, who killed my father, is a wicked-minded one."
1.51.4
प्रतिकुर्यां यथा तस्य तद्भवन्तो ब्रुवन्तु मे ।
अपि तत्कर्म विदितं भवतां येन पन्नगम् ॥ १.५१.४ ॥
Tell me how I may retaliate against him. Do you know that rite by which the serpent...
1.51.5
तक्षकं संप्रदीप्तेऽग्नौ प्रक्षिपेयं सबान्धवम् ।
यथा तेन पिता मह्यं पूर्वं दग्धो विषाग्निना
तथाऽहमपि तं पापं दग्धुमिच्छामि पन्नगम् ॥ १.५१.५ ॥
I would cast Takṣaka, with his kinsmen, into the blazing fire, just as he formerly burnt my father with the fire of poison; so I too wish to burn that sinful serpent.
1.51.6
अस्ति राजन्महात्सत्रं त्वदर्थं देवनिर्मितम् ।
सर्वसत्रमिति ख्यातं पुराणे परिपठ्यते ॥ १.५१.६ ॥
O king, there is a great sacrifice made by the gods for your sake; it is known as the all-sacrifice, and it is recited in the Purāṇas.
1.51.7
आहर्ता तस्य सत्रस्य त्वन्नान्योऽस्ति नराधिप ।
इति पौराणिकाः प्राहुरस्माकं चास्ति स क्रतुः ॥ १.५१.७ ॥
O lord of men, the performer of that sattra is none other than you, so the reciters of the Purāṇas have said; and that sacrifice is also ours.
1.51.8
एवमुक्तः स राजर्षिर्मेने दग्धं हि तक्षकम् ।
हुताशनमुखे दीप्ते प्रविष्टमिति सत्तम ॥ १.५१.८ ॥
Thus addressed, that royal sage believed that Takṣaka had indeed been burnt, having entered the mouth of the blazing fire, O best of the good.
1.51.9
ततोऽब्रवीन्मन्त्रविदस्तान्राजा ब्राह्मणांस्तदा ।
आहरिष्यामि तत्सत्रं संभाराः संभ्रियन्तु मे ॥ १.५१.९ ॥
Then the king spoke to those brahmins who knew the mantras: I will perform that sattra; let the materials be gathered for me.
1.51.10
ततस्त ऋत्विजस्तस्य शास्त्रतो द्विजसत्तम ।
तं देशं मापयामासुर्यज्ञायतनकारणात् ॥ १.५१.१० ॥
Then his priests, according to the scriptures, O best of the twice-born, measured out that site for the construction of the sacrificial hall.
1.51.11
यथावद्वेदविद्वांसः सर्वे बुद्धेः परंगताः ।
ऋद्ध्या परमया युक्तमिष्टं द्विजगणैर्युतम् ॥ १.५१.११ ॥
All those learned in the Vedas and accomplished in judgement duly began to build the desired sacrificial hall, endowed with supreme prosperity and surrounded by throngs of brahmins.
1.51.12
प्रभूतधनधान्याढ्यमृत्विग्भिः सुनिषेवितम् ।
निर्माय चापि विधिवद्यज्ञायतनमीप्सितम् ॥ १.५१.१२ ॥
Having duly built the desired sacrificial hall, abounding in wealth and grain and well attended by the priests...
1.51.13
राजानं दीक्षयामासुः सर्पसत्राप्तये तदा ।
इदं चासीत्तत्र पूर्वं सर्पसत्रे भविष्यति ॥ १.५१.१३ ॥
Then they initiated the king for the attainment of the snake-sacrifice. And here, at the snake-sacrifice of old, this was destined to happen.
1.51.14
निमित्तं महदुत्पन्नं यज्ञविघ्नकरं तदा ।
यज्ञस्यायतने तस्मिन्क्रियमाणे वचोऽब्रवीत् ॥ १.५१.१४ ॥
Then a great omen arose, causing obstruction to the sacrifice. While the rite was being performed in that sacrificial precinct, someone spoke these words.
1.51.15
स्थपतिर्बुद्धिसंपन्नो वास्तुविद्याविशारदः ।
इत्यब्रवीत्सूत्रधारः सूतः पौराणिकस्तदा ॥ १.५१.१५ ॥
The master builder, endowed with intelligence and expert in the science of building sites, the measurer of the plan, the bard and reciter of the Purāṇas, then spoke thus.
1.51.16
यस्मिन्देशे च काले च मापनेयं प्रवर्तिता ।
ब्राह्मणं कारणं कृत्वा नायं संस्थास्यते क्रतुः ॥ १.५१.१६ ॥
In whatever place and at whatever time this measuring was undertaken, if a brahmin is made the cause, this sacrifice will not be brought to completion.
1.51.17
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु राजासौ प्राग्दीक्षाकालमब्रवीत् ।
क्षत्तारं न हि मे कश्चिदज्ञातः प्रविशेदिति ॥ १.५१.१७ ॥
Having heard this, the king then said to the gatekeeper, before the time of initiation: 'No one unknown to me should enter.'