Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.87
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1.87.1
पृच्छामि त्वां वसुमानौषदश्वि-
र्यद्यस्ति लोको दिवि मे नरेन्द्र।
यद्यन्तरिक्षे प्रथितो महात्मन् ।
क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य मन्ये ॥ १.८७.१ ॥
O lord of men, O great-souled one, I ask you: is there a world for me in heaven, or one renowned in the atmosphere? I consider you a knower of that dharma.
1.87.2
यदन्तरिक्षं पृथिवी दिशश्च ।
यत्तेजसा तपते भानुमांश्च।
लोकास्तावन्तो दिवि संस्थिता वै ।
तेनान्तवन्तः प्रतिपालयन्ति ॥ १.८७.२ ॥
As many worlds as there are in the atmosphere, the earth, the directions, and the sun that blazes with its brilliance, so many worlds are established in heaven; by them, though finite, they are sustained.
1.87.3
तांस्ते ददानि मा प्रपत प्रपातं ।
ये मे लोकास्तव ते वै भवन्तु।
क्रीणीष्वैतांस्तृणकेनापि राज-
न्प्रतिग्रहस्ते यदि धीमन्प्रदुष्टः ॥ १.८७.३ ॥
I give them to you; do not fall into the pit of ruin. Let my worlds become yours. O king, buy them even with a blade of grass, if your acceptance of the gift, O wise one, is not tainted.
1.87.4
न मिथ्याऽहं विक्रयं वै स्मरामि ।
वृथा गृहीतं शिशुकाच्छङ्कमानः।
कुर्यां न चैवाकृतपूर्वमन्यै-
र्विधित्समानः किमु तत्र साधुः ॥ १.८७.४ ॥
I do not recall ever having falsely made a sale. Fearing, like a child, a gift accepted in vain, I will not do what no one has done before. Intending to do what is not to be done even by others, what would be right there?
1.87.5
तांस्त्वं लोकान्प्रतिपद्यस्व राज-
न्मया दत्तान्यदि नेष्टः क्रयस्ते।
अहं न तान्वै प्रतिगन्ता नरेन्द्र ।
सर्वे लोकास्तव ते वै भवन्तु ॥ १.८७.५ ॥
O king, if the worlds I have given are not desired by you as the price, then obtain those worlds. O lord of men, I shall not obtain them; let all those worlds be yours.
1.87.6
पृच्छामि त्वां शिबिरौशीनरोऽहं ।
ममापि लोका यदि सन्तीह तात।
यद्यन्तरिक्षे यदि वा दिवि श्रिताः ।
क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य मन्ये ॥ १.८७.६ ॥
I, Śibi son of Uśīnara, ask you: if worlds of mine also exist here, dear one, if they are resting in the sky or in heaven, then I consider you a knower of that dharma.
1.87.7
यत्त्वं वाचा हृदयेनापि साधू-
न्परीप्समानान्नावमंस्था नरेन्द्र।
तेनानन्ता दिवि लोकाः श्रितास्ते ।
विद्युद्रूपाः स्वनवन्तो महान्तः ॥ १.८७.७ ॥
O lord of men, you did not disdain, even in word or in heart, the good who desired to protect you; therefore your endless, lightning-formed, resounding great worlds rest in heaven.
1.87.8
तांस्त्वं लोकान्प्रतिपद्यस्व राज-
न्मया दत्तान्यदि नेष्टः क्रयस्ते।
न चाहं तान्प्रतिपत्स्ये ह दत्त्वा ।
यत्र गत्वा नानुशोचन्ति धीराः ॥ १.८७.८ ॥
O king, if the worlds I have given are not desired by you as the price, then obtain them. Having given here, I shall not obtain those worlds to which steady men go and do not grieve.
1.87.9
यथा त्वमिन्द्रप्रतिमप्रभाव-
स्ते चाप्यनन्ता नरदेव लोकाः।
तथाऽद्य लोके न रमेऽन्यदत्ते ।
तस्माच्छिबे नाभिनन्दामि दायम् ॥ १.८७.९ ॥
O lord of men, just as you have power equal to Indra, and your worlds are endless, so today I find no delight in this world given by another. Therefore, O descendant of Śibi, I do not rejoice in the gift given.
1.87.10
न चेदेकैकशो राजँल्लोकान्नः प्रतिनन्दसि ।
सर्वे प्रदाय भवते गन्तारो नरकं वयम् ॥ १.८७.१० ॥
O king, if you do not accept our worlds one by one, then all of us, having given them to you, will go to hell.
1.87.11
यदर्होऽहं तद्यतध्वं सन्तः सत्याभिनन्दिनः ।
अहं तन्नाभिजानामि यत्कृतं न मया पुरा ॥ १.८७.११ ॥
O good ones who delight in truth, strive for what is fitting for me. I do not recall any deed done by me before that I did not perform.
1.87.12
कस्यैते प्रतिदृश्यन्ते रथाः पञ्च हिरण्मयाः ।
यानारुह्य नरो लोकानभिवाञ्छति शाश्वतान् ॥ १.८७.१२ ॥
Whose are these five golden chariots that are seen, by mounting which a man desires the eternal worlds?
1.87.13
युष्मानेते वहिष्यन्ति रथाः पञ्च हिरण्मयाः ।
उच्चैः सन्तः प्रकाशन्ते ज्वलन्तोऽग्निशिखा इव ॥ १.८७.१३ ॥
These five golden chariots will carry you. O good ones, they shine high, blazing like tongues of fire.
1.87.14
अश्वमेधे महायज्ञे स्वयंभुविहिते पुरा ।
हयस्य यानि चाङ्गानि संनिकृत्य यथाक्रमम् ॥ १.८७.१४ ॥
In the great horse sacrifice ordained of old by Svayambhū, having cut up the limbs of the horse in due order.
1.87.15
होताऽध्वर्युरथोद्गाता ब्रह्मणा सह भारत ।
अग्नौ प्रास्यन्ति विधिवत्समस्ताः षोडशर्त्विजः ॥ १.८७.१५ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, the hotṛ, the adhvaryu, the udgātṛ, together with the brahman, all sixteen officiating priests cast the offerings into the fire according to rule.
1.87.16
धूमगन्धं च पापिष्ठा ये जिघ्रन्ति नरा भुवि ।
विमुक्तपापाः पूतास्ते तत्क्षणेनाभवन्नराः ॥ १.८७.१६ ॥
Whatever most sinful men on earth smell the scent of the smoke, freed from sin and purified, in that very instant they become men.
1.87.17
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे चैव माधवी सा तपोधना ।
मृगचर्मपरीताङ्गी परिधाय मृगत्वचम् ॥ १.८७.१७ ॥
Meanwhile, Mādhavī, whose wealth was austerity, her body wrapped in deerskin, having put on a deer hide, came there.
1.87.18
मृगैः परिचरन्ती सा मृगाहारविचेष्टिता ।
यज्ञवाटं मृगगणैः प्रविश्य भृशविस्मिता ॥ १.८७.१८ ॥
Serving among the deer, moving about on the diet of deer, she entered the sacrificial enclosure with herds of deer, greatly astonished.
1.87.19
आघ्रायन्ती धूमगन्धं मृगैरेव चचार सा ।
यज्ञवाटमटन्ती सा पुत्रांस्तानपराजितान् ॥ १.८७.१९ ॥
Smelling the scent of smoke, she wandered about just with the deer; roaming the sacrificial enclosure, she saw those unconquered sons of hers.
1.87.20
पश्यन्ती यज्ञमाहात्म्यं मुदं लेभे च माधवी ।
असंस्पृशन्तं वसुधां ययातिं नाहुषं यदा ॥ १.८७.२० ॥
Seeing the greatness of the sacrifice, Mādhavī obtained joy, at the time when Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, had not yet touched the earth.
1.87.21
दिविष्ठं प्राप्तमाज्ञाय ववन्दे पितरं तदा ।
तदा वसुमनापृच्छन्मातरं वै तपस्विनीम् ॥ १.८७.२१ ॥
Recognizing that his father, who dwells in heaven, had arrived, he bowed to him. Then Vasumanā asked his austere mother.
1.87.22
भवत्या यत्कृतमिदं वन्दनं पादयोरिह ।
कोयं देवोपमो राजा याऽभिवन्दसि मे वद ॥ १.८७.२२ ॥
Why did you bow here at my feet? Who is this godlike king to whom you bow? Tell me.
1.87.23
शृणुध्वं सहिताः पुत्रा नाहुषोयं पिता मम ।
ययातिर्मम पुत्राणां मातामह इति स्मृतः ॥ १.८७.२३ ॥
Listen together, my sons: this is Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, my father. He is remembered as the maternal grandfather of my sons.
1.87.24
पूरुं मे भ्रातरं राज्ये समावेश्य दिवं गतः ।
केन वा कारणेनैवमिह प्राप्तो महायशाः ॥ १.८७.२४ ॥
Having installed my brother Pūru on the throne, he went to heaven. For what reason has this man of great fame come here in this way?
1.87.25
तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स्वर्गाद्भ्रष्टेति चाब्रवीत् ।
सा पुत्रस्य वचः श्रुत्वा संभ्रमाविष्टचेतना ॥ १.८७.२५ ॥
Having heard her words, he said that he had fallen from heaven. Hearing his son's words, her mind was overcome with agitation.
1.87.26
माधवी पितरं प्राह दौहित्रपरिवारितम् ।
तपसा निर्जिताँल्लोकान्प्रतिगृह्णीष्व मामकान् ॥ १.८७.२६ ॥
Mādhavī said to her father, surrounded by his grandsons: 'Accept the worlds I have won by austerity, which are mine.'
1.87.27
पुत्राणामिव पौत्राणां धर्मादधिगतं धनम् ।
स्वार्थणेव वदन्तीह ऋषयो धर्मपाठकाः।
तस्माद्दानेन तपसा चास्माकं दिवमाव्रज ॥ १.८७.२७ ॥
As wealth gained through dharma is held as one's own like sons and grandsons, so the sages who teach dharma say here. Therefore, by giving and by austerity, go up to our heaven.
1.87.28
यदि धर्मफलं ह्येतच्छोभनं भविता तव ।
दुहित्रा चैव दौहित्रैस्तारितोऽहं महात्मभिः ॥ १.८७.२८ ॥
If this fruit of dharma is auspicious for you, then I have been delivered by my daughter and by her great-souled sons.
1.87.29
तस्मात्पवित्रं दौहित्रमद्यप्रभृति पैतृके ।
त्रीणि श्राद्धे पवित्राणि दौहित्रः कुतपस्तिलाः ॥ १.८७.२९ ॥
Therefore, from today onward the daughter's son is purifying in the ancestral rites. In the shraddha there are three purifiers: the daughter's son, the kutapa, and sesame seeds.
1.87.30
त्रीणि चात्र प्रशंसन्ति शौचमक्रोधमत्वराम् ।
भोक्तारः परिवेष्टारः श्रावितारः पवित्रकाः ॥ १.८७.३० ॥
Here three things are praised: purity, freedom from anger, and freedom from haste. Those who eat, those who serve, and those who recite are purifiers.
1.87.31
दिवसस्याष्टमे भागे मन्दीभवति भास्करे ।
स कालः कुतपो नाम पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम् ॥ १.८७.३१ ॥
In the eighth part of the day, when the sun grows dim, that time is called kutapa; what is given to the ancestors then is imperishable.
1.87.32
तिलाः पिशाचाद्रक्षन्ति दर्भा रक्षन्ति राक्षसात् ।
रक्षन्ति श्रोत्रियाः पङ्क्तिं यतिभिर्भुक्तमक्षयम् ॥ १.८७.३२ ॥
Sesame protects from demons, kusha grass protects from rakshasas; learned Vedic men protect the row of diners, and what the ascetics eat is imperishable.
1.87.33
लब्ध्वा पात्रं तु विद्वांसं श्रोत्रियं सुव्रतं शुचिम् ।
स कालः कालतो दत्तं नान्यथा काल इष्यते ॥ १.८७.३३ ॥
Having obtained a worthy recipient — a learned man, versed in the Veda, of good vows and pure — a gift given at the proper time is the one that is desired; not otherwise.
1.87.34
एवमुक्त्वा ययातिस्तु पुनः प्रोवाच बुद्धिमान् ।
सर्वे ह्यवभृथस्नातास्त्वरध्वं कार्यगौरवात् ॥ १.८७.३४ ॥
Having spoken thus, the wise Yayāti spoke again: 'You have all bathed in the final ablution; hasten, because of the weight of the task.'
1.87.35
आतिष्ठ स्वरथं राजन्विक्रमस्व विहायसम् ।
वयमप्यनुयास्यामो यदा कालो भविष्यति ॥ १.८७.३५ ॥
Mount your chariot, O king, and boldly press on into the sky; we too will follow when the time comes.
1.87.36
सर्वैरिदानीं गन्तव्यं सह स्वर्गजितो वयम् ।
एष नो विरजाः पन्था दृश्यते देवसद्मनः ॥ १.८७.३६ ॥
Now we must all go together, we who have conquered heaven; this stainless path to the abode of the gods is seen by us.
1.87.37
अष्टकश्च शिबिश्चैव काशेयश्च प्रतर्दनः ।
ऐक्ष्वाकवो वसुमनाश्चत्वारो भूमिपास्तदा।
सर्वे ह्यवभृथस्नाताः स्वर्गताः साधवः सह ॥ १.८७.३७ ॥
Aṣṭaka, Śibi, Kāśeya Pratardana, and Vasumanas of the Ikṣvāku line — these four kings, having bathed in the final ablution, went to heaven together with the righteous.
1.87.38
तेऽधिरुह्य रथान्सर्वे प्रयाता नृपस्तमाः ।
आक्रमन्तो दिवं भाभिर्धर्मेणावृत्य रोदसी ॥ १.८७.३८ ॥
All those best of kings mounted their chariots and departed, ascending into heaven with their radiance, enveloping both heaven and earth with dharma.
1.87.39
अहं मन्ये पूर्वमेकोऽस्मि गन्ता ।
सखा चेन्द्रः सर्वथा मे महात्मा।
कस्मादेवं शिबिरौशीनरोऽय-
मेकोऽत्यगात्सर्ववेगेन वाहान् ॥ १.८७.३९ ॥
I thought I alone would go first; the great-souled Indra is my friend in every way. How is it that Śibi, son of Uśīnara, alone has passed the horses with full speed?
1.87.40
अददद्याचमानाय यावद्वित्तमविन्दत ।
उशीनरस्य पुत्रोऽयं तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठोहि वः शिबिः ॥ १.८७.४० ॥
Śibi, son of Uśīnara, gave to whoever begged as much wealth as he possessed. Therefore Śibi is the best of you.
1.87.41
दानं तपः संत्यमथाऽपि धर्मो ।
ह्रीः श्रीः क्षमा सौम्यमथो विधित्सा।
राजन्नेतान्यप्रमेयाणि राज्ञः ।
शिबेः स्थितान्यप्रतिमस्य बुद्ध्या ॥ १.८७.४१ ॥
Giving, austerity, truth, dharma, modesty, splendour, forbearance, gentleness, and the desire to give rightly — O king, these immeasurable qualities abide in King Śibi, of incomparable intellect.
1.87.42
एवं वृत्तो ह्रीनिषेवश्च यस्मा-
त्तस्माच्छिबिरत्यगाद्वै रथेन।
अथाष्टकः पुनरेवान्वपृच्छ-
न्मातामहं कौतुकेनेन्द्रकल्पम् ॥ १.८७.४२ ॥
Because Śibi conducted himself thus and practised modesty, he indeed outstripped them in his chariot. Then Aṣṭaka, out of curiosity, asked his maternal grandfather, who was like Indra, once more.
1.87.43
पृच्छामि त्वां नृपते ब्रूहि सत्यं ।
कुतश्च कश्चासि सुतश्च कस्य।
कृतं त्वया यद्धि न तस्य कर्ता ।
लोके त्वदन्यः क्षत्रियो ब्राह्मणो वा ॥ १.८७.४३ ॥
I ask you, O king: tell the truth. From where have you come, who are you, and whose son are you? What you have done, no other kṣatriya or brāhmaṇa in the world could have done but you.
1.87.44
ययातिरस्मि नहुषस्य पुत्रः ।
पूरोः पिता सार्वबौमस्त्विहासम्।
गुह्यं चार्थं मामकेभ्यो ब्रवीमि ।
मातामहोऽहं भवतां प्रकाशम् ॥ १.८७.४४ ॥
I am Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, father of Pūru, sovereign of the whole earth. Here I tell what is secret and what is to be told to my own people; openly, I am your maternal grandfather.
1.87.45
सर्वामिमां पृथिवीं निर्जिगाय ।
दत्त्वा प्रतस्थे विपिनं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः।
मेध्यानश्वानेकशतान्सुरूपां-
स्तदा देवाः पुण्यभाजो भवन्ति ॥ १.८७.४५ ॥
I conquered this entire earth. Having given it to the brahmins, I went forth into the forest; I also gave hundreds of pure, beautiful horses. Then the gods become sharers of merit.
1.87.46
अदामहं पृथिवीं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः ।
पूर्णामिमामखिलां वाहनेन।
गोभिः सुवर्णेन धनैश्च मुख्यै-
स्तदाऽददं गाः शथमर्बुदानि ॥ १.८७.४६ ॥
I gave this entire, full earth to the brahmins, with its vehicles, with cows, gold, and chief riches; then I also gave a hundred arbudas of cows.
1.87.47
सत्येन मे द्यौश्च वसुन्धरा च ।
तथैवाग्निज्वर्लते मानुषेषु।
न मे वृथा व्याहृतमेव वाक्यं ।
सत्यं हि सन्तः प्रतिपूजयन्ति ॥ १.८७.४७ ॥
By truth, for me the sky and the earth stand, and so fire blazes among men. My spoken word is not in vain, for the good honour truth in return.
1.87.48
यदष्टक प्रब्रवीमीह सत्यं ।
प्रतर्दनं चौषदश्विं तथैव।
सर्वे च लोका मुनयश्च देवाः ।
सत्येन पूज्या इति मे मनोगतम् ॥ १.८७.४८ ॥
Aṣṭaka, the truth I declare here, and likewise concerning Pratardana and Auṣadaśvi: all worlds, sages, and gods are to be honoured by truth; so my mind is resolved.
1.87.49
यो नः स्वर्गजितः सर्वान्यथावृत्तं निवेदयेत् ।
अनसूयुर्द्विजाग्र्येभ्यः स लभेन्नः सलोकताम् ॥ १.८७.४९ ॥
Whoever, without envy, reports to the foremost of the twice-born all that happened to us who won heaven, may he obtain a place in our world.
1.87.50
एवं राजा स महात्मा ह्यतीव ।
स्वैर्दौहित्रैस्तारितोऽमित्रसाह।
त्यक्त्वा महीं परमोदारकर्मा ।
स्वर्गं गतः कर्मभिर्व्याप्य पृथ्वीम् ॥ १.८७.५० ॥
Thus that great-souled king, conqueror of enemies, having been greatly rescued by his own grandsons, of supremely noble deeds, having filled the earth with his deeds, left the earth and went to heaven.