Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.128
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12.128.1
वीरद्युम्न इति ख्यातो राजाऽहं दिक्षु विश्रुतः ।
भूरिद्युम्नं सुतं नष्टमन्वेष्टुं वनमागतः ॥ १२.१२८.१ ॥
I am the king known as Vīradyumna, renowned in all the directions. I have come to the forest to search for my lost son Bhūridyumna.
12.128.2
एकः पुत्रः स विप्राग्र्य बाल एव च सोऽनघः ।
न दृश्यते वने चास्मिंस्तमन्वेष्टुं चराम्यहम् ॥ १२.१२८.२ ॥
He is my only son, O best of brāhmaṇas; he is still a boy and blameless. He is not seen in this forest, so I wander searching for him.
12.128.3
इत्युक्ते तेन वचने राज्ञा मुनिरधोमुखः ।
तूष्णीमेवाभवत्तत्र न च प्रत्युक्तवान्नृपम् ॥ १२.१२८.३ ॥
When the king had spoken these words, the sage stood there silently with his face downcast, and gave the king no reply.
12.128.4
स हि तेन पुरा विप्रो राज्ञा नात्यर्थमानितः ।
आशाकृतश्च राजेन्द्र तपो दीर्घं समाश्रितः ॥ १२.१२८.४ ॥
For, O lord of kings, that king formerly had not greatly honored this brāhmaṇa, and though he had raised his hopes, he had not fulfilled them; so the brāhmaṇa took up a long austerity.
12.128.5
प्रतिग्रहमहं राज्ञां न करिष्ये कथंचन ।
अन्येषां चैव वर्णानामिति कृत्वा धियं तदा ॥ १२.१२८.५ ॥
Resolving in his mind, 'I will in no way accept gifts from kings or from the other classes,' he then took this vow.
12.128.6
आशा हि पुरुषं बालमालापयति तस्थूषी ।
तामहं व्यपनेष्यामि इति कृत्वा व्यवस्थितः।
वीरद्युम्नस्तु तं भूयः पप्रच्छ मुनिसत्तमम् ॥ १२.१२८.६ ॥
Hope indeed makes a foolish man speak, for it stands before him. Resolving, 'I will remove it,' he remained steadfast. Then Vīradyumna asked that best of sages once more.
12.128.7
आशायाः किंच वृत्तं वै किंचेह भुवि दुर्लभम् ।
ब्रवीतु भगवानेतत्त्वं हि धर्मार्थदर्शिवान् ॥ १२.१२८.७ ॥
What is the nature of desire, and what on earth is hard to obtain? Let the blessed one tell this, for you are a seer of dharma and wealth.
12.128.8
ततः संस्मृत्य तत्सर्वं स्मारयिष्यन्निवाब्रवीत् ।
राजानं भगवान्विप्रस्ततः कृशतनुस्तदा ॥ १२.१२८.८ ॥
Then, recalling all of it, as if about to remind the king, the blessed brahmin of emaciated body then spoke to the king.
12.128.9
कृशत्वेन समं राजन्नाशाया विद्यते नृप ।
तस्या वै दुर्लभत्वाच्च प्रार्थितः पार्थिवो मया ॥ १२.१२८.९ ॥
O king, nothing is equal to thinness in comparison with desire. O lord of men, because it is so hard to obtain, I asked the king.
12.128.10
कृशाकृशे मया ब्रह्मन्गृहीते वचनात्तव ।
दुर्लभत्वं च तस्यैव वेदवाक्यमिवाद्विजे ॥ १२.१२८.१० ॥
O brahmin, at your word I have taken in the thin and the not-thin. The rarity of desire is like a Vedic saying, O twice-born.
12.128.11
संशयस्तु महाप्राज्ञ संजातो हृदये मम ।
तन्मुने मम तत्त्वेन वक्तुमर्हसि पृच्छतः ॥ १२.१२८.११ ॥
But, O very wise one, a doubt has arisen in my heart. Therefore, O sage, you should truly tell me, who am asking.
12.128.12
त्वत्तः कृशतरं किंनु ब्रवीतु भगवानिदम् ।
यदि गुह्यं न ते विप्र लोके किंचेह दुर्लभम् ॥ १२.१२८.१२ ॥
What is thinner than you? Let the blessed one tell this, O brahmin, if it is not a secret to you, and if there is anything in this world that is hard to obtain.
12.128.13
दुर्लभोऽप्यथवा नास्ति योऽर्थी धृतिमवाप्नुयात् ।
स दुर्लभतरस्तात योऽर्थिनं नावमन्यते ॥ १२.१२८.१३ ॥
Or, though rare, there is none who can give contentment to a petitioner; dear son, he who does not despise the petitioner is the rarest of all.
12.128.14
सत्कृत्य नोपक्रियते परं शक्त्या यथार्थतः ।
या सक्ता सर्वभूतेषु साऽऽशा कृशतरी मया ॥ १२.१२८.१४ ॥
The hope that clings to all beings, and by which another is not served with honor according to his true capacity — that hope is, to me, the thinnest of all.
12.128.15
कृतघ्नेषु च या सक्ता नृशंसेष्वलसेषु च ।
अपकारिषु चासक्ता साऽऽशा कृशतरी मया ॥ १२.१२८.१५ ॥
The hope that clings to the ungrateful, the cruel and the idle, and not to those who do harm — that hope is, to me, the thinnest of all.
12.128.16
एकपुत्रः पिता पुत्रे नष्टे वा प्रोषितेऽपि वा ।
प्रवृत्तिं यो न जानाति साऽऽशा कृशतरी मता ॥ १२.१२८.१६ ॥
A father with one son, when that son is lost or has gone away, and who knows nothing of his whereabouts — that father's hope is considered the thinnest of all.
12.128.17
प्रसवे चैव नारीणां वृद्धानां पुत्रकारिता ।
तथा नरेन्द्र धनिनां साऽशा कृशतरी मता ॥ १२.१२८.१७ ॥
At childbirth, the wish for a son in women, and in the elderly; likewise, O lord of men, in the wealthy — that hope is considered the thinnest of all.
12.128.18
प्रदानकाङ्क्षिणीनां च कन्यानां वयसि स्थिते ।
श्रुत्वा कथास्तथायुक्ताः साऽऽशा कृशतरी मता ॥ १२.१२८.१८ ॥
That of fathers desiring to give their daughters in marriage, and of maidens who have reached marriageable age, who hear talk of it and remain engaged in it — that hope too is considered the thinnest of all.
12.128.19
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो राजन्स राजा सावरोधनः ।
संस्पृश्य पादौ शिरसा निपपात द्विजर्षभे ॥ १२.१२८.१९ ॥
Hearing this, O king, that king together with his household touched the feet of the foremost of brahmins and, bowing his head, fell before him.
12.128.20
प्रसादये त्वां भगवन्पुत्रेणेच्छामि संगमम् ।
यदेतदुक्तं भवता संप्रति द्विजसत्तम।
वृणीष्व च वरान्विप्र यानिच्छसि यथाविधि ।
अब्रवीच्चैव तद्वाक्यं राजा राजीवलोचनः ॥ १२.१२८.२० ॥
O blessed one, I beseech you; I desire union with a son. O best of brahmins, as you have just now said, O brahmin, choose the boons you wish, as prescribed. The lotus-eyed king spoke these words.
12.128.21
सत्यमेतत्त्वया विप्र यथोक्तं नान्यथा मृषा ॥ १२.१२८.२१ ॥
This is true, O brahmin, as you have said; it is not otherwise, nor is it false.
12.128.22
ततः प्रहस्य भगवांस्तनुर्धर्मभृतां वरः ।
पुत्रमस्यानयत्क्षिप्रं तपसा च श्रुतेन च ॥ १२.१२८.२२ ॥
Then the blessed Tanu, best of those who uphold dharma, smiling, quickly brought his son by the power of austerity and learning.
12.128.23
स समानीय तत्पुत्रं तमुपालभ्य पार्थिवम् ।
आत्मानं दर्शयामास धर्मं धर्मभृतांवरः ॥ १२.१२८.२३ ॥
Having brought that son and rebuked the king, Dharma, best of those who uphold dharma, revealed himself.
12.128.24
स दर्शयित्वा चात्मानं दिव्यमद्भुतदर्शनम् ।
विपाप्मा विगतक्रोधश्चचार वनमन्तिकात् ॥ १२.१२८.२४ ॥
Having shown his divine and wondrous form, free from sin and free from anger, he departed from the nearby forest.
12.128.25
एतदॄष्टं मया राजंस्त्वत्तश्च वचनं श्रुतम् ।
आशामपनय त्वाशु ततः कृषतरीमिमाम् ॥ १२.१२८.२५ ॥
O king, I have seen this, and I have heard these words from you. Now quickly cast off this most emaciated hope.
12.128.26
स तथोक्तस्तदा राजन्नृषभेण महात्मना ।
सुमित्रोऽपानयत्क्षिप्रमाशां कृशतरीं ततः ॥ १२.१२८.२६ ॥
O king, when thus addressed by the great-souled bull, Sumitra then quickly cast off that most emaciated hope.
12.128.27
एवं त्वमपि कौन्तेय श्रुत्वा वाणीमिमां मम ।
स्थिरो भव महाराज हिमवानिव निश्चलः ॥ १२.१२८.२७ ॥
Thus, O son of Kuntī, you too, having heard this speech of mine, be steady, O great king, unmoving like the Himalaya.
12.128.28
त्वं हि श्रुत्वा च पृष्ट्वा च कृच्छ्रेष्वर्थेषु तेष्विह ।
श्रुत्वा मम महाराज न संतप्तुमिहार्हसि ॥ १२.१२८.२८ ॥
You have heard and asked about these difficult matters, O great king; after hearing my words, you ought not to be distressed here.