Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.117
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12.117.1
व्याघ्रश्वोटजमूलस्थस्तृप्तः सुप्तो हतैर्मृगैः ।
नागभागात्तमुद्देशं मत्तो मेघ इवोत्थितः ॥ १२.११७.१ ॥
A tiger, standing at the root of the hermit's hut, slept satiated by the slain deer; then, maddened from that place by the elephant's share, he rose up like a cloud.
12.117.2
प्र…करटः प्रांशुः पद्मी विततकुम्भकः ।
सु…णो महाकायो मेघगम्भीरनिः स्वनः ॥ १२.११७.२ ॥
[Gap] trunk-bearing one, tall, lotus-bearing, with broad temples; [gap], great-bodied, with a roar deep as a cloud.
12.117.3
तं दृष्ट्वा कुञ्जरं मत्तमायान्तं बलगर्वितम् ।
व्या हस्तिभयान्त्रस्तस्तमृषिं शरणं ययौ ॥ १२.११७.३ ॥
Seeing that maddened elephant coming, proud of its strength, the tiger, terrified with fear of the elephant, went for refuge to that sage.
12.117.4
ततोऽनयत्कुञ्जरत्वं व्याघ्रं तमृषिसत्तमः ।
महमेघोपमं दृष्ट्वा स भीतो ह्यभवद्गजः ॥ १२.११७.४ ॥
Then that foremost of sages transformed the tiger into the state of an elephant; seeing it like a great cloud, that elephant became frightened.
12.117.5
ततः कमलषण्डानि सल्लकीगहनानि च ।
व्य…रत्स मुदायुक्तः पझरेणुविभूषितः ॥ १२.११७.५ ॥
Then, among clusters of lotuses and dense thickets of sallakī trees, [gap] delighted, adorned with lotus pollen…
12.117.6
कदचिद्दममाणस्य हस्तिनः संमुखं तदा ।
ऋषेस्तस्योटस्थस्य कालोऽगच्छद्दिवानिशम् ॥ १२.११७.६ ॥
At some time, while the elephant was being tamed before him, the time of that sage standing at the hut passed day and night.
12.117.7
अथाजगाम तं देशं केसरी केसरारुणः ।
गिन्विन्दरजो भीमः सिंहो नागकुलान्तकः ॥ १२.११७.७ ॥
Then the maned lion came to that region, reddish with its mane, fearsome, the destroyer of the elephant kind.
12.117.8
तं… सिंहमायान्तं नागः सिंहभयार्दितः ।
ऋषिं शरणमापेदे वेपमानो भयातुरः ॥ १२.११७.८ ॥
Seeing the … lion approaching, the elephant, tormented by fear of the lion, trembling and terror-stricken, sought refuge with the sage.
12.117.9
स त-ः सिंहतां नीतो गजेन्द्रो मुनिना तदा ।
तं च नागणयत्सिंहं तुल्यजातिसमन्वयात् ॥ १२.११७.९ ॥
That … lord of elephants was then transformed into a lion by the sage; and the elephant, by the bond of a common kind, regarded that lion as one of its own.
12.117.10
दृष्ट्वा च सोऽभवत्सिंहो वन्यो हिंसन्नवाग्बलः ।
स चाश्रपेऽवसत्सिंहस्तस्मिन्नेव सुखी वने ॥ १२.११७.१० ॥
Having seen this, he became a wild lion, harming creatures with his newfound strength; and that lion dwelt happily in that very forest, near the hermitage.
12.117.11
न चान्ये क्षुद्रपशवस्तपोवनसमीपतः ।
व्यदृश्यन्त तदा त्रस्ता जीविताकाङ्क्षिणस्तथा ॥ १२.११७.११ ॥
Near the forest of asceticism, no other small creatures were then seen; they were terrified, desiring only to save their lives, and had hidden themselves.
12.117.12
कदाचित्कालयोगेन सर्वप्राणिविहिंसकः ।
बलवान्क्षतजाहारो नानासत्वभयंकरः ॥ १२.११७.१२ ॥
At some point, through the course of time, he became powerful, a harmer of all living beings, feeding on blood, a terror to beings of many kinds.
12.117.13
अष्टपादर्ध्वनयनः शरभो वनगोचरः ।
तं सिंहं हन्तुमागच्छन्मुनेस्तस्य निवेशने ॥ १२.११७.१३ ॥
The eight-footed sharabha, with upturned eyes, roaming the forest, came to the sage's dwelling to kill that lion.
12.117.14
तं दृष्ट्वा शरभं यान्तं सिंहः परभयान्वितः ।
ऋषिं शरणमापेदे वेपमानः कृताञ्जलिः ॥ १२.११७.१४ ॥
Seeing the sharabha approaching, the lion, filled with fear of another, trembling and with folded hands, sought refuge with the sage.
12.117.15
सं मुनिः शरभं चक्रे बलोत्कटमरिंदम ।
ततः स शरभो वन्यो मुनेः शरभमग्रतः।
दृष्ट्वा बलिनमत्युग्रं द्रुतं संप्राद्रवद्वनम् ॥ १२.११७.१५ ॥
The sage made that sharabha exceedingly strong, O subduer of foes. Then the wild sharabha, seeing before the sage's sharabha one so mighty and fierce, quickly fled into the forest.
12.117.16
स एवं शरभस्थाने न्यस्तो वै मुनिना तदा ।
मुनेः पार्श्वगतो नित्यं शरभः सुखमाप्तवान् ॥ १२.११७.१६ ॥
Thus placed in the sharabha's place by the sage, he always dwelt beside the sage and found happiness.
12.117.17
ततः शरभसंत्रस्ताः सर्वे मृगगणा वनात् ।
दिशः संप्राद्रवत्राजन्भयाज्जीवितकाङ्क्षिणः ॥ १२.११७.१७ ॥
Then all the herds of deer, terrified of the sharabha and desiring to live, fled from the forest in every direction out of fear, O king.
12.117.18
शरभोऽप्यतिसंहृष्टो नित्यं प्राणिवधे रतः ।
फलमूलाशनं कर्तुं नैच्छत्स पिशिताशनः ॥ १२.११७.१८ ॥
The sharabha, too, greatly exulting, was constantly delighted in killing living beings; being a flesh-eater, he did not wish to eat fruits and roots.
12.117.19
ततः क्षुद्रसमाचारो बलेन च समन्वितः ।
इयेष तं मुनिं हन्तुमकृतज्ञः कृतान्वयः ॥ १२.११७.१९ ॥
Then he, of base conduct and endowed with strength, ungrateful though of noble lineage, desired to kill that sage.
12.117.20
चिन्तयामास च तदा शरभः श्वानपूर्वकः ॥ १२.११७.२० ॥
Then the śarabha, who had been a dog before, began to reflect.
12.117.21
अस्य प्रभावात्संप्राप्तो वाङ्भात्रेणैव केवलम् ।
शरभत्वं सुदुष्प्रापं सर्वभूतभयंकरम् ॥ १२.११७.२१ ॥
By his power, through mere words alone, I attained the state of a śarabha, which is very hard to obtain and terrifying to all creatures.
12.117.22
अन्येऽप्यत्र भयत्रस्ताः सन्ति सत्वा भयार्दिताः ।
मुनिमाश्रित्य जीवन्तो मृगाः पक्षिगणास्तथा ॥ १२.११७.२२ ॥
Here there are other beings, terrified and afflicted with fear, who live by taking refuge in that sage: deer and flocks of birds as well.
12.117.23
तेषामपि कदाचिच्च शरभत्वं प्रयच्छति ।
सर्वसत्वोत्तमं लोके बलं यत्र प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १२.११७.२३ ॥
Sometimes he also grants them the state of a śarabha, the highest of all beings in the world, in which strength is established.
12.117.24
पक्षिणामप्ययं दद्यात्कदाचिद्गारुडं बलम् ॥ १२.११७.२४ ॥
Sometimes he may also grant the strength of Garuḍa to birds.
12.117.25
यावदन्यस्य संप्रीतः कारुण्यं तु समाश्रितः ।
न ददाति बलं तुष्टः सत्वस्यान्यस्य कस्यचित् ॥ १२.११७.२५ ॥
As long as one, pleased with another, takes refuge in compassion, the one who is content gives strength to no other creature.
12.117.26
तावदेनमहं विप्रं वधिष्यामि च शीघ्रतः ।
स्थातुं मया शक्यमिह मुनिघातान्न संशयः ॥ १२.११७.२६ ॥
Then I shall quickly slay this brahmin; by killing a sage I shall be able to remain here, there is no doubt.
12.117.27
ततस्तेन तपःशक्त्या विदितो ज्ञानचक्षुषा ।
विज्ञाय च मुनिः प्राज्ञस्ततः शापं प्रयुक्तवान् ॥ १२.११७.२७ ॥
Then the wise sage, perceiving him by the power of his asceticism with the eye of knowledge and understanding him, pronounced a curse.
12.117.28
अहमग्निप्रभो नाम मुनिर्भृगुकुलान्वयः ।
मनसा निर्दहेयं च जगत्संधारयामि च ॥ १२.११७.२८ ॥
I am the sage named Agniprabha, born in the lineage of the Bhṛgus. By mind alone I could burn, and I uphold the world.
12.117.29
मम वश्यं जगत्सर्वं देवा यच्च चराचरम् ।
सन्ति देवाश्च ये भीताः स्वधर्मं न त्यजन्ति ये।
स्वधर्माच्चलितान्सर्वान्वाङ्भात्रेणापि निर्दहे ॥ १२.११७.२९ ॥
The whole world is under my control, the gods and whatever moves and does not move. Even the frightened gods do not abandon their own duty; all those who stray from their own duty I can burn up by a mere word.
12.117.30
किमङ्ग त्वं मया नीतः शरभत्वमनामयम् ।
क्रूरः स सर्वभूतेषु हीनश्चाशुचिरेव च ॥ १२.११७.३० ॥
Friend, why did I lead you into the faultless state of a śarabha? He is cruel toward all beings, base, and indeed impure.
12.117.31
श्वा त्वं द्वीपित्वमापन्नो द्वीपी व्याघ्रत्वमागतः ।
व्याघ्रान्नागो मदपटुर्नागः सिंहत्वमागतः ॥ १२.११७.३१ ॥
You, from a dog, reached the state of a leopard; the leopard came to the state of a tiger; from the tiger, an elephant skilled in its rut, and that elephant reached the state of a lion.
12.117.32
सिंहस्त्वं बलमापन्नो भूयः शरभतां गतः ।
मया स्नेहपरीतेन विसृष्टो न कुलान्वयः ॥ १२.११७.३२ ॥
You became a lion and attained strength, then again went to the state of a śarabha; overcome by affection, I released you without regard for lineage and descent.
12.117.33
यस्मादेवमपापं मां पाप हिंसितुमिच्छसि ।
तस्मात्स्वयोनिमापन्नः पुनः श्वानो भविष्यसि ॥ १२.११७.३३ ॥
Since you wish to harm me, who am sinless, in this way, O sinful one, therefore, having returned to your own womb of birth, you will become dogs again.
12.117.34
ततो मुनिजनद्वेष्टा दुष्टात्मा प्राकृतोऽबुधः ।
ऋषिणा शरभः शप्तस्तद्रूपं पुनराप्तवान् ॥ १२.११७.३४ ॥
Then that hater of the sages, wicked-minded, base and foolish, cursed by the sage to become a śarabha, again attained that very form.