Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.148
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12.148.1
वमानस्थौ तु तौ राजंल्लुब्धकः ग्वे ददर्श ह ।
दृष्ट्वा तौ दंपती राजन्व्यचिन्तयत तां गतिम् ॥ १२.१४८.१ ॥
O king, those two stood upon an aerial car, and a hunter saw them. Seeing that couple, O king, he reflected upon that path.
12.148.2
कीदृशेनेह तपसा गच्छेयं परमां गतिम् ।
इति बुद्ध्या विनिश्चित्य गमनायोपचक्रमे ॥ १२.१४८.२ ॥
"By what kind of penance here might I attain the highest path?" Having thus resolved with his intellect, he set about to depart.
12.148.3
महाप्रस्थानमाश्रित्य लुब्धकः पक्षिजीवकः ।
निश्चष्टो मरुदाहारो निर्ममः स्वर्गकाङ्क्षया ॥ १२.१४८.३ ॥
Having taken up the great departure, that hunter who lived by birds, motionless, feeding on wind, free of attachment, out of longing for heaven, [undertook austerities].
12.148.4
ततोऽपश्यत्सुविस्तीर्णं हृद्यं पद्माभिभूषितम् ।
नानापक्षिगणाकीर्णं सरः शीतजलं शिवम् ॥ १२.१४८.४ ॥
Then he saw a very wide, delightful lake adorned with lotuses, crowded with many flocks of birds, with cold water, auspicious.
12.148.5
पिपांसार्तोऽपि तदृष्ट्वा तृप्तः स्यान्नात्र संशयः ॥ १२.१४८.५ ॥
Even one tormented by thirst would be satisfied by seeing it; there is no doubt of this.
12.148.6
उपवासकृशोऽत्यर्थं स तु पार्थिव लुब्धकः ।
उपसृत्य तु तद्धृष्टः श्वापदाध्युपितं वनम् ॥ १२.१४८.६ ॥
O king, that hunter, exceedingly emaciated by fasting, joyfully approached the forest inhabited by wild beasts.
12.148.7
महान्तं निश्चयं कृत्वा लुब्धकः प्रविवेश ह ।
प्रविशन्नेव स वनं निगृहीतः स कण्टकैः ॥ १२.१४८.७ ॥
The hunter, having made a great resolve, entered the forest; as he entered, he was caught by thorns.
12.148.8
स कण्टकैर्विभिन्नाङ्गो लोहितार्द्रीकृतच्छविः ।
वभ्राम तस्मिन्विजने नानामृगसमाकुले ॥ १२.१४८.८ ॥
His limbs pierced by the thorns, his skin soaked with blood, he wandered in that desolate forest full of many kinds of deer.
12.148.9
ततो द्रुमाणां महतां पवनेन वने तदा ।
उदतिष्ठत संघर्षान्सुमहान्हव्यवाहनः ॥ १२.१४८.९ ॥
Then, from the friction of great trees stirred by the wind, a huge fire arose in the forest.
12.148.10
तद्वनं वृक्षसंकीर्णं लताविटपसंकुलम् ।
ददाह पावकः क्रुद्धो युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभः ॥ १२.१४८.१० ॥
That forest, crowded with trees and thick with creepers and branches, was burned by the enraged fire, blazing like the fire at the end of the age.
12.148.11
स ज्वलैः पवनोद्भूतैर्विस्फुलिङ्गैः समन्ततः ।
ददाह तद्वनं घोरं मृगपक्षिसमाकुलम् ॥ १२.१४८.११ ॥
With flames raised by the wind and showers of sparks, it burned on every side that dreadful forest full of deer and birds.
12.148.12
ततः स देहमोक्षार्थं संप्रहृष्टेन चेतसा ।
अभ्यधावत वर्धन्तं पावकं लुब्धकस्तदा ॥ १२.१४८.१२ ॥
Then the hunter, gladdened in heart for the sake of release from his body, rushed toward the growing fire.
12.148.13
ततस्तेनाग्निना दग्धो लुब्धको नष्टकल्मषः ।
जगाम परमां सिद्धिं ततो भरतसत्तम ॥ १२.१४८.१३ ॥
Then the hunter, burned by that fire and with his sins destroyed, attained the supreme perfection, O best of the Bharatas.
12.148.14
ततः स्वर्गस्थमात्मानमपश्यद्विगतज्वरः ।
यक्षगन्धर्वसिद्धानां मध्ये भ्राजन्तमिन्द्रवत् ॥ १२.१४८.१४ ॥
Then, freed from suffering, he saw himself in heaven, shining like Indra amid the yakṣas, gandharvas and siddhas.
12.148.15
एवं खलु कपोतश्च कपोती च पतिव्रता ।
लुब्धकेन सह स्वर्गं गताः पुण्येन कर्मणा ॥ १२.१४८.१५ ॥
Thus indeed the pigeon and the faithful wife, the female pigeon, went to heaven together with the hunter, by their meritorious deeds.
12.148.16
याऽन्या चैवंविधा नारी भर्तारमनुवर्तते ।
विराजते हि सा क्षिप्रं कपोतीव दिवि स्थिता ॥ १२.१४८.१६ ॥
And whatever other woman of such a kind follows her husband, she shines swiftly, like the female pigeon, when she stands in heaven.
12.148.17
एवमेतत्पुरावृत्तं लुब्धकस्य महात्मनः ।
कपोतस्य च धर्मिष्ठा गतिः पुण्येन कर्मणा ॥ १२.१४८.१७ ॥
Thus is this ancient account of the great-souled hunter and the pigeon; by their meritorious deeds came their righteous destiny.
12.148.18
यश्चेदं शृणुयान्नित्यं यश्चेदं परिकीर्तयेत् ।
नाशुभं विद्यते तस्य मनसाऽपि प्रमादतः ॥ १२.१४८.१८ ॥
For him who hears this constantly, and who recounts it, there is no inauspiciousness, not even in thought or through carelessness.
12.148.19
युधिष्ठिर महानेष धर्मो धर्मभृतां वर ।
गोघ्नेष्वपि भवेदस्मिन्निष्कृतिः पापकर्मणः ॥ १२.१४८.१९ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, this is a great dharma, best of those who bear dharma. Even for one who has committed the sin of killing cows, there can be expiation in it.
12.148.20
न निष्कृतिर्भवेत्तस्य यो हन्याच्छरणागतम् ।
इतिहासमिमं श्रुत्वा पुण्यं पापप्रणाशनम्।
न दुर्गतिप्रवाप्नोति स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति ॥ १२.१४८.२० ॥
For one who kills a suppliant who has come for refuge, there is no expiation. Having heard this meritorious history, which destroys sin, one does not attain a bad destiny and goes to the heaven-world.