Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.126
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12.126.1
प्रविश्य च महारण्यं तापसानामथाश्रमम् ।
आससाद ततो राजा श्रान्तश्चोपाविशत्तदा ॥ १२.१२६.१ ॥
Having entered the great forest, he reached the hermitage of the ascetics, and the weary king then sat down.
12.126.2
तं कार्मुकधरं दृष्ट्वा श्रमार्तं क्षुधितं तदा ।
समेत्य ऋषयस्तस्मै पूजां चक्रुर्यथाविधि ॥ १२.१२६.२ ॥
Seeing him, the bowman, weary and hungry, the sages gathered and paid him honour according to rule.
12.126.3
स पूजामृषिभिर्दत्तां प्रतिगृह्य नराधिपः ।
अपृच्छत्तापसान्सर्वांस्तपोवृद्धिमनुत्तमाम् ॥ १२.१२६.३ ॥
Having accepted the honour offered by the sages, the lord of men asked all the ascetics about the supreme growth of their austerity.
12.126.4
ते तस्य राज्ञो वचनं प्रतिगृह्य तपोधनाः ।
ऋषयो राजशार्दूलमपृच्छंस्तत्प्रयोजनम् ॥ १२.१२६.४ ॥
Receiving the king's words, the sages, whose wealth is austerity, asked that tiger among kings the purpose of his coming.
12.126.5
केन भद्रमुखार्थेन तपोवनमुपागतः ।
पदातिर्बद्धनिस्त्रिंशो धन्वी बाणी नरेश्वर ॥ १२.१२६.५ ॥
For what fair purpose have you come to this ascetic forest, lord of men, on foot, with your sword bound on, bow and arrows in hand?
12.126.6
एतदिच्छामहे श्रोतुं कुतः प्राप्तोऽसि मानद ।
कस्मिन्कुले तु जातस्त्वं किंनामा चासि ब्रूहि नः ॥ १२.१२६.६ ॥
We wish to hear, giver of honour: from where have you come? In what family were you born, and what is your name? Tell us.
12.126.7
ततः स राजा सर्वेभ्यो द्विजेभ्यः पुरुषर्षभ ।
आचख्यौ तद्यथावृत्तं परिचर्यां च भारत ॥ १२.१२६.७ ॥
Then that king, O best of men, O Bhārata, told all the brahmins exactly what had happened and of his service.
12.126.8
हैहयानां कुले जातः सुमित्रोऽमित्रकर्शनः ।
चरामि मृगयूथानि निघ्रन्बाणैः सहस्रशः ॥ १२.१२६.८ ॥
I am Sumitra, born in the lineage of the Haihayas, tormentor of enemies. I roam, striking down herds of deer with arrows by the thousand.
12.126.9
बलेन महता ब्रह्मन्सामात्यः सावरोधकः ।
मृगस्तु विद्धो बाणेन मया सरति शल्यवान् ॥ १२.१२६.९ ॥
O brahmin, with a great army, together with my ministers and the women of the court, I came; the deer, struck by my arrow, is running.
12.126.10
तं द्रवन्तमनुप्राप्तो वनमेतद्यदृच्छया ।
भवत्सकाशं नष्टश्रीर्हताशः श्रमकर्शितः ॥ १२.१२६.१० ॥
Pursuing that fleeing deer, by chance I came to this forest, into your presence, deprived of splendor, hope-shattered, worn out with fatigue.
12.126.11
किंनु दुःखमतोऽन्यद्वै यदहं श्रमकर्शितः ।
भवतामाश्रमं प्राप्तो हताशो भ्रष्टलक्षणः ॥ १२.१२६.११ ॥
What greater sorrow could there be than this, that I, worn out with fatigue, hope-shattered, fallen from the marks of royalty, have come to your hermitage?
12.126.12
न राजलक्षणत्यागः पुनरस्य तपोधनाः ।
दुःखं करोति मे तीव्रं यथाऽऽशा विहता मम ॥ १२.१२६.१२ ॥
O treasures of austerity, the abandonment of the marks of kingship does not cause me such bitter sorrow as this: how my hope has been shattered.
12.126.13
हिमवान्वा महाशैलः समुद्रो वा महोदधिः ।
महत्त्वान्नान्वपद्येतां रोदस्योरन्तरं यथा ॥ १२.१२६.१३ ॥
Neither the great mountain Himavat nor the vast ocean, for all their greatness, equals the gap between heaven and earth.
12.126.14
आशायास्तपसि श्रेष्ठास्तथा नान्तमहं गतः ।
भवतां विदितं सर्वं सर्वज्ञा हि तपोधनाः ॥ १२.१२६.१४ ॥
O best of ascetics, I have not reached the end of the asceticism of hope; you are all-knowing, O wealth of austerity, and all is known to you.
12.126.15
भवन्तः सुमहाभागास्तस्मात्पृच्छामि संशयम् ।
आशावान्पुरुषो यः स्यादन्तरिक्षमथापि वा ॥ १२.१२६.१५ ॥
Most fortunate ones, therefore I ask you a doubt: is the man who has hope like the sky, or is he something else?
12.126.16
किंनु ज्यायस्तरं लोके महत्त्वे प्रतिभाति वः ।
एतदिच्छामि तत्त्वेन श्रोतुं किमिह दुर्लभम् ॥ १२.१२६.१६ ॥
What, in the world, seems to you the greatest in magnitude? I truly wish to hear this; what is rare here?
12.126.17
यदि गुह्यं न वो नित्यं तदा प्रब्रूत मा चिरम् ।
न हि गुह्यतमं श्रोतुमिच्छामि द्विजपुङ्गवाः ॥ १२.१२६.१७ ॥
If it is not always a secret for you, then speak without delay, O best of the twice-born. I do not wish to hear what is most secret.
12.126.18
भवत्तपोविघातो वा येन स्याद्विरमे ततः ।
यदि वाऽस्ति कथायोगो योऽयं प्रश्नो मयेरितः ॥ १२.१२६.१८ ॥
If there is some disturbance to your asceticism by which you must cease, so be it; or if there is a connection in the discourse to this question raised by me…
12.126.19
एतत्कारणसामर्थ्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ।
भवन्तोऽपि तपोनित्या ब्रूयुरेतत्समाहिताः ॥ १२.१२६.१९ ॥
I wish to hear, truly, the power of this cause. You also, constant in austerity, speak of it with a composed mind.