Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.59
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1.59.1
भृगुवंशात्प्रभृत्येव त्वया मे कीर्तितं महत् ।
आख्यानमखिलं तात सौते प्रीतोऽस्मितेन ते ॥ १.५९.१ ॥
O Sauti, beginning from the lineage of Bhṛgu, you have recited to me this great and complete narrative; I am pleased by you.
1.59.2
प्रक्ष्यामि चैव भूयस्त्वां यथावत्सूतनन्दन ।
याः कथा व्याससंपन्नास्ताश्च भूयो विचक्ष्व मे ॥ १.५९.२ ॥
O son of Sūta, I shall ask you again properly; explain to me again the stories composed by Vyāsa.
1.59.3
तस्मिन्परमदुष्पारे सर्पसत्रे महात्मनाम् ।
कर्मान्तरेषु यज्ञस्य सदस्यानां तथाऽध्वरे ॥ १.५९.३ ॥
In that extremely vast snake sacrifice, in the intervals of the rites of the great-souled ones, and likewise among the members at the sacrifice.
1.59.4
या बभूवुः कथाश्चित्रा येष्वर्थेषु यथातथम् ।
त्वत्त इच्छामहे श्रोतुं सौते त्वं वै प्रचक्ष्व नः ॥ १.५९.४ ॥
We wish to hear from you the varied stories, and in which matters they were exactly as they were; O Sauti, do recount them to us.
1.59.5
कर्मान्तरेष्वकथयन्द्विजा वेदाश्रयाः कथाः ।
व्यासस्त्वकथयच्चित्रमाख्यानं भारतं महत् ॥ १.५९.५ ॥
In the intervals of the rites the twice-born recounted tales based on the Vedas, but Vyāsa recounted the wondrous great narrative of the Bhāratas.
1.59.6
महाभारतमाख्यानं पाण्डवानां यशस्करम् ।
जनमेजयेन पृष्टः सन्कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तदा ॥ १.५९.६ ॥
The narrative called the Mahābhārata, which brings fame to the Pāṇḍavas, was told by Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) when Janamejaya asked him then.
1.59.7
श्रावयामास विधिवत्तदा कर्मान्तरे तु सः ।
तामहं विधिवत्पुण्यां श्रोतुमिच्छामि वै कथाम् ॥ १.५९.७ ॥
Then, in the course of the rite, he had it recited duly. I wish to hear that sacred story duly told.
1.59.8
मनःसागरसंभूतां महर्षेर्भावितात्मनः ।
कथयस्व सतां श्रेष्ठ सर्वरत्नमयीमिमाम् ॥ १.५९.८ ॥
Tell this story, born from the ocean of mind of the great seer whose self is purified, made of all jewels, O best of the good.
1.59.9
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि महदाख्यानमुत्तमम् ।
कृष्णद्वैपायनमतं महाभारतमादितः ॥ १.५९.९ ॥
Very well, I shall tell you that great and supreme narrative, the Mahābhārata as conceived by Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, from the beginning.
1.59.10
शृणु सर्वमशेषेण कथ्यमानं मया द्विज ।
शंसितुं तन्महान्हर्षो ममापीह प्रवर्तते ॥ १.५९.१० ॥
Listen, O twice-born, to the whole of this story as I tell it without omission. In telling it, great joy arises in me as well.