Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.152
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12.152.1
कच्चित्पितामहेनासीच्छ्रुवं वा दृष्टमेव च ।
कच्चिन्मर्त्यो मृतो राजन्पुनरुज्जीवितोऽभवत् ॥ १२.१५२.१ ॥
O king, has the grandsire ever heard or seen that a mortal who had died was restored to life again?
12.152.2
शृणु पार्थ यथावृत्तमितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
गृध्रजम्बुकसंवादं यो वृत्तो वैदिशे पुरे ॥ १२.१५२.२ ॥
Listen, Pārtha, to the ancient story as it happened: the dialogue of the vulture and the jackal, which took place in the city of Vaidiśa.
12.152.3
कस्यचिद्ब्राह्मणस्यासीद्दुःखलब्धः सुतो मृतः ।
बाल एव विशालाक्षो बालग्रहनिपीडितः ॥ १२.१५२.३ ॥
A certain brahmin's son, obtained with great difficulty, died; he was indeed only a child, broad-eyed, afflicted by a child-seizing planet.
12.152.4
दुःखिताः केचिदादाय बालमप्राप्तयोवनम् ।
कुलसर्वस्वभूतं वै रुदन्तः शोककर्शिताः ॥ १२.१५२.४ ॥
Some grieving people, taking up the child who had not reached youth, the all-in-all of the family, weeping and worn down by sorrow.
12.152.5
बालं मृतं गृहीत्वाऽथ श्मशानाभिमुखाः स्थिताः ।
अङ्गेनाङ्गं समाक्रस्य रुरुदुर्भृशदुःखिताः ॥ १२.१५२.५ ॥
Then, taking the dead child, they stood facing the cremation ground; pressing limb against limb, they wept, deeply grieved.
12.152.6
शोचन्तस्तस्य पूर्वोक्तान्भाषितांश्चासकृत्पुनः ।
तं बालं भूतले क्षिप्य प्रतिगन्तुं न शक्नुयुः ॥ १२.१५२.६ ॥
Lamenting, repeatedly recalling the words that had been spoken about the child, they could not bring themselves to set him down on the ground and go back.
12.152.7
तेषां रुदितशब्देन गृध्रोऽभ्येत्य वचोऽब्रवीत् ।
प्रेतात्मकमिमंकाले त्यक्त्वा गच्छत माचिरम् ॥ १२.१५२.७ ॥
Hearing their weeping, a vulture came near and said: 'Abandon this child of the spirit-form here and go quickly; do not tarry long.'
12.152.8
इह पुंसां सहस्राणि स्त्रीसहस्राणि चैव ह ।
समानीतानि कालेन हित्वा वै यान्ति बान्धवाः ॥ १२.१५२.८ ॥
Here lie thousands of men and thousands of women, gathered together by time; yet their kinsmen leave them and go away.
12.152.9
संपश्यत जगत्सर्वं सुखदुःखैरधिष्ठितम् ।
संयोगो विप्रयोगश्च पर्यायेणोपलभ्यते ॥ १२.१५२.९ ॥
Behold, the whole world is pervaded by pleasure and pain; union and separation are experienced in turn.
12.152.10
गृहीत्वा ये च गच्छन्ति येऽनुयान्ति च तान्मृतान् ।
तेऽप्यायुषः प्रमाणेन स्वेन गच्छन्ति जन्तवः ॥ १२.१५२.१० ॥
Those who carry away the dead and those who follow them likewise depart, each by the measure of their own life-span.
12.152.11
अलं स्थित्वा श्मशानेऽस्मिन्गृध्रगोमायुसंकुले ।
कङ्कालबहुले घोरे सर्वप्राणिभयंकरे ॥ १२.१५२.११ ॥
Enough of staying in this cremation ground, thronged with vultures and jackals, strewn with bones, terrible and fearful to all creatures.
12.152.12
न पुनर्जीवितः कश्चित्कालधर्ममुपागतः ।
प्रियो वा यदि वा द्वेष्यः प्राणिनां गतिरीदृशी ॥ १२.१५२.१२ ॥
No one who has come to the law of time is ever brought back to life, whether dear or hated; such is the course of living beings.
12.152.13
सर्वेण खलु मर्तव्यं मर्त्यलोके प्रसूयता ।
कृतान्तविहिते मार्गे मृतं को जीवयिष्यति ॥ १२.१५२.१३ ॥
Everyone born into this mortal world must surely die. Who can bring back to life one who has gone the path ordained by Kṛtānta?
12.152.14
दिशान्तोपचितो यावदस्तं गच्छति भास्करः ।
गम्यतां स्वमधिष्ठानं सुतस्नेहं विसृज्य वै ॥ १२.१५२.१४ ॥
While the sun, gathered at the edge of the quarters, goes down to set, give up your love for your son and go to your own dwelling.
12.152.15
ततो गृध्रवचः श्रुत्वा विक्रोशन्तस्तदा नृप ।
बान्धवास्तेऽभ्यगच्छन्त पुत्रमुत्सृज्य भूतले ॥ १२.१५२.१५ ॥
Then, O king, hearing the words of the vulture, his kinsmen, lamenting loudly, went away, leaving the son on the ground.
12.152.16
विनिश्चित्याथ च तदा विक्रोशन्तस्ततस्ततः ।
मृत इत्येव गच्छन्तो निराशास्तस्य दर्शने ॥ १२.१५२.१६ ॥
Then, having made up their minds, lamenting here and there, saying 'He is dead,' they went away, hopeless of seeing him again.
12.152.17
निश्चितार्थाश्च ते सर्वे संत्यजन्तः स्वमात्मजम् ।
निराशा जीविते तस्य मार्गमावृत्य धिष्ठिताः ॥ १२.१५२.१७ ॥
All of them, now certain, abandoning their own son and hopeless about his life, stood blocking the path.
12.152.18
ध्वाङ्क्षपक्षसवर्णस्तु बिलान्निःसृत्य जम्बुकः ।
गच्छमानान्स्म तानाह निर्घृणाः खलु मानुषाः ॥ १२.१५२.१८ ॥
That jackal, the color of a crow's wing, came out of its hole and said to those going away: "Surely humans are pitiless."
12.152.19
आदित्योऽयं स्थितो मूढाः स्नेहं कुरुत मा भयम् ।
बहुरूपो मुहूर्ताच्च जीवेदपि च बालकः ॥ १२.१५२.१९ ॥
The sun stands risen here, you fools! Show affection, do not fear. This child, taking many forms in a moment, may even come back to life.
12.152.20
दर्भान्भूमौ विनिक्षिप्य पुत्रस्नेहविनाकृताः ।
श्मशाने सुतमुत्सृज्य कस्माद्गच्छत निर्घृणाः ॥ १२.१५२.२० ॥
Laying down kuśa grass on the ground, bereft of love for your sons, leaving your son in the cremation ground, why do you go away, you merciless ones?
12.152.21
न वोऽस्त्यस्मिन्सुते स्नेहो बाले मधुरभाषिणि ।
यस्य भाषितमात्रेण प्रसादमधिगच्छत ॥ १२.१५२.२१ ॥
You have no affection for this child, so sweet-spoken, by whose mere words you might have attained grace.
12.152.22
न पश्यध्वं सुतस्नेहो यादृशः पशुपक्षिणाम् ।
न तेषां धारयित्वा तान्कश्चिदस्ति फलागमः ॥ १२.१५२.२२ ॥
Do you not see the love for children that beasts and birds have? Is there no fruit that comes from supporting them?
12.152.23
चतुष्पात्पक्षिकीटानां प्राणिनां स्नेहसङ्गिनाम् ।
परलोकगतिस्थानां मुनियज्ञक्रियामिव ॥ १२.१५२.२३ ॥
The four-footed beasts, birds, and insects, living beings bound by affection, who stand on the path to the other world, are like the sacrificial rites of sages.
12.152.24
तेषां पुत्राभिरामाणामिह लोके परत्र च ।
न गुणो दृश्यते कश्चित्प्रजाः संधारयन्ति च ॥ १२.१५२.२४ ॥
In these creatures delighting in their offspring, no virtue at all is seen, either in this world or in the next; yet they nurture their young.
12.152.25
अपश्यतां प्रियान्पुत्रान्येषां शोको न तिष्ठति ।
न ते पोषणसंप्रीता मातापितर एव हि ॥ १२.१५२.२५ ॥
For those who no longer see their dear sons, grief does not remain; and mothers and fathers, delighted in rearing, are indeed not so.
12.152.26
मानुषाणां कुतः स्नेहो येषां शोको न विद्यते ।
इमं कुलकरं पुत्रं त्यक्त्वा क्व नु गमिष्यथ ॥ १२.१५२.२६ ॥
How can there be affection among humans in whom there is no grief? Having abandoned this son, the continuer of the family, where will you go?
12.152.27
चिरं मुञ्चत बाष्पं च चिरं स्नेहेनन पश्यत ।
एवंविधानि हीष्टानि दुस्त्यजानि विशेषतः ॥ १२.१५२.२७ ॥
Shed tears for a long time, and gaze upon them long with affection; such dear ones are especially hard to abandon.
12.152.28
क्षीणस्याथामिशस्तस्य श्मशानाभिमुखस्य च ।
बान्धवा यत्र तिष्ठति तत्रान्यो नाधितिष्ठति ॥ १२.१५२.२८ ॥
Where his kinsmen stand beside the one who is wasted, distressed, and turned toward the cremation ground, no other stands in that place.
12.152.29
सर्वस्य दयिताः प्राणाः सर्वः स्नेहं च विन्दति ।
तिर्यग्योनिष्वपि संतां स्नेहं पश्यत यादृशम् ॥ १२.१५२.२९ ॥
Life is dear to everyone, and everyone finds affection; even among the animal wombs, see what affection there is for offspring.
12.152.30
त्यक्त्वा कथं गच्छथेमं पद्मलोलायतेक्षणम् ।
यथा नवोद्वाहकृतं स्नानमाल्यविभूषितम्। ॥ १२.१५२.३० ॥
How can you go, abandoning this one with lotus-like, trembling, wide eyes? He is like one bathed and adorned with garlands for a new marriage.
12.152.31
जम्बुकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कृपणं परिदेवतः ।
न्यवर्तन्त तदा सर्वे बालार्थं ते स्म मानुषाः ॥ १२.१५२.३१ ॥
Hearing the jackal's pitiful, lamenting words, all those men then turned back for the child.
12.152.32
अहो बत नृशंसेन जम्बुकेनाल्पमेधसा ।
क्षुद्रेणोक्ता हीनसत्वा मानुषाः किं निवर्तथ ॥ १२.१५२.३२ ॥
Alas! At the words of this cruel, feeble-minded, base jackal, why do you turn back, you men of little courage?
12.152.33
पञ्चभूतपरित्यक्तं शुष्कं काष्ठत्वमागतम् ।
कस्माच्छोचथ निश्चेष्टमात्मानं किं न शोचथ ॥ १२.१५२.३३ ॥
Why grieve over this motionless body, abandoned by the five elements, dried up and become like wood? Why do you not grieve for your own self?
12.152.34
तपः कुरुत वै तीव्रं मुच्यध्वं येन किल्बिषात् ।
तपसा लभ्यते सर्वं विलापः किं करिष्यति ॥ १२.१५२.३४ ॥
Perform intense austerity, so that you may be freed from sin. Through austerity everything is obtained; what will lamentation accomplish?
12.152.35
अनिष्टानि न भाग्यानि जानीत स्वंस्वमात्मना ।
येन गच्छति बालोऽयं दत्त्वा शोकमनन्तकम् ॥ १२.१५२.३५ ॥
Know that misfortunes and fortunes come each by one's own self; by these this child departs, leaving endless grief.
12.152.36
धनं गावः सुवर्णं च मणिरत्नमथापि च ।
अपत्यं च तपोमूलं तपो योगाच्च लभ्यते ॥ १२.१५२.३६ ॥
Wealth, cattle, gold, gems and jewels, and offspring too are rooted in austerity; through austerity and discipline they are obtained.
12.152.37
यथा कृता च भूतेषु प्राप्यते सुखदुःखिता ।
गृहीत्वा जायते जन्तुर्दुःखानि च सुखानि च ॥ १२.१५२.३७ ॥
As, among beings, happiness and suffering are obtained according to the deeds done, so a creature, having taken birth, experiences sorrows and joys.
12.152.38
न कर्मणा पितुः पुत्रः पिता व्रा पुत्रकर्मणा ।
मार्गेणान्येन गच्छन्ति बद्धाः सुकृतदुष्कृतैः ॥ १२.१५२.३८ ॥
Not by the deed of the father does the son, nor by the deed of the son does the father; bound creatures go by different paths, through their good and evil deeds.
12.152.39
धर्मं चरत यत्नेन तथाऽधर्मान्निवर्तत ।
वर्तध्वं च यथाकालं दैवतेषु द्विजेषु च ॥ १२.१५२.३९ ॥
Practise dharma with diligence and turn away from adharma; conduct yourselves in due time toward the gods and toward the twice-born.
12.152.40
शोकं त्यजत दैन्यं च सुतस्नेहान्निवर्तत ।
त्यज्यतामयमाक्रोशस्ततः शीघ्रं निवर्तत ॥ १२.१५२.४० ॥
Abandon grief and despondency, turn back from love for sons. Let this lamentation be given up, and then turn back quickly.
12.152.41
यत्करोति शुभं कर्म तथा कर्म सुदारुणम् ।
तत्कर्तैव समश्नाति बान्धवानां किमत्र ह ॥ १२.१५२.४१ ॥
Whoever does a good deed, or a most cruel one, that doer alone enjoys its fruit; what has kinsmen to do with it here?
12.152.42
इह त्यक्त्वा न तिष्ठन्ति बान्धवा बान्धवं प्रियम् ।
स्नेहमुत्सृज्य गच्छन्ति बाष्पपूर्णाविलेक्षणाः ॥ १२.१५२.४२ ॥
Here kinsmen do not remain, having abandoned a beloved kinsman; having let go of affection, they go away with eyes full of tears and clouded.
12.152.43
प्राज्ञो वा यदि वा मूर्खः सधनो निर्धनोऽपि वा ।
सर्वः कालवशं याति शुभाशुभसमन्वितः ॥ १२.१५२.४३ ॥
Whether wise or foolish, rich or poor, all beings endowed with good and evil fall under the power of time.
12.152.44
किं करिष्यथ शोचित्वा मृतं किमनुशोचथ ।
सर्वस्य हि प्रभुः कालो धर्मतः समदर्शनः ॥ १२.१५२.४४ ॥
What will you accomplish by grieving? Why do you lament the dead? Time is the lord of all; by righteousness it regards all alike.
12.152.45
यौवनस्थांश्च बालांश्च बृद्धान्गर्भगतानपि ।
सर्वानाविशते मृत्युरेवंभूतमिदं जगत् ॥ १२.१५२.४५ ॥
Death seizes all: those in youth, children, the aged, even those in the womb. Such is this world.
12.152.46
अहो मन्दीकृतः स्नेहो गृध्रेणेहाल्पबुद्धिना ।
पुत्रस्नेहाभिभूतानां युष्माकं शोचतां भृशम् ॥ १२.१५२.४६ ॥
Alas! Here the vulture of little understanding has dulled affection, while you, overcome by love for your sons, grieve exceedingly.
12.152.47
समैः सम्यक्प्रयुक्तैश्च वचनैर्हेतुदर्शनैः ।
सर्वमेतत्प्रपद्याशु कुरुध्वं वा विचारणां।
यद्गच्छथ जलस्थानं स्नेहमुत्सृज्य दुस्त्यजम् ॥ १२.१५२.४७ ॥
Having grasped all this quickly through well-spoken words and reasons that show the causes, reflect on it, and leave the hard-to-abandon affection, and go to the place of water.
12.152.48
अहो पुत्रवियोगेन मृतशून्योपसेवनात् ।
क्रोशतां वा भृशं दुःखं विवत्सानां गवामिव ॥ १२.१५२.४८ ॥
Alas! From separation from sons and from attending upon the dead and the void, the sorrow of you who wail is exceeding, like that of cows bereft of their calves.
12.152.49
अद्य शोकं विजानामि मानुषाणां महीतले ।
स्नेहं हि कारणं कृत्वा ममाप्यश्रूण्यथापतन् ॥ १२.१५२.४९ ॥
Today I know the grief of men upon the earth, for my own tears too fell, with affection as the cause.
12.152.50
यत्नो हि सततं कार्यस्ततो दैवेन सिद्ध्यति ।
दैवं पुरुषकारश्च कृतान्तेनोपपद्यते ॥ १२.१५२.५० ॥
Effort must always be made; then success comes through fate. Both fate and human effort arise from Time, the ender.
12.152.51
अनिर्वेदः सदा कार्यो निर्वेदाद्धि कुतः सुखम् ।
प्रयत्नात्प्राप्यते ह्यर्थः कस्माद्गच्छथ निर्दयम् ॥ १२.१५२.५१ ॥
One must never despair; for how can happiness come from despair? Aims are attained through effort; why do you go away so pitilessly?
12.152.52
आत्ममांसोपवृत्तं च शरीरार्धमर्यी तनुम् ।
पितॄणां वंशकर्तारं वने त्यक्त्वा क्व यास्यथ ॥ १२.१५२.५२ ॥
Having abandoned in the forest this noble body, half of yourself, born of your own flesh, the continuer of the ancestors' line, where will you go?
12.152.53
अथवाऽस्तं गते सूर्ये संध्याकाल उपस्थिते ।
ततो नेष्यश्च वा पुत्रमिहस्था वा भविष्यथ ॥ १२.१५२.५३ ॥
Or, when the sun has set and twilight has come, then you will carry away your son, or else you will remain here.
12.152.54
अद्य वर्षसहस्रं मे साग्रं जातस्य मानुषाः ।
न च पश्यामि जीवन्तं मृतं स्त्रीपुंनपुंसकम् ॥ १२.१५२.५४ ॥
Today more than a thousand years have passed since my birth, O men; I see neither the living nor the dead, neither woman, man, nor neuter.
12.152.55
मृता गर्भेषु जायन्ते जातमात्रा म्रियन्ति च ।
चंक्रमन्तो म्रियन्ते च यौवनस्थास्तथा परे ॥ १२.१५२.५५ ॥
Those who die in the womb are born; those just born die; those who die while walking, and those in youth and others, likewise die.
12.152.56
अनित्यानीह भाग्यानि चतुष्पात्पक्षिणामपि ।
जङ्गमाजङ्गमानां च ह्यायुरग्रेऽवतिष्ठते ॥ १२.१५२.५६ ॥
Here, the fortunes of four-footed beings and of birds are impermanent too; the lifespan of moving and unmoving beings stands fixed beforehand.
12.152.57
इष्टदारवियुक्ताश्च पुत्रशोकान्वितास्तथा ।
दह्यमानाः स्म शोकेन गृहं गच्छन्ति नित्यशः ॥ १२.१५२.५७ ॥
Separated from their beloved wives and filled with grief for their sons, burning with sorrow, people return home every day.
12.152.58
अनिष्टानां सहस्राणि तथेष्टानां शतानि च ।
उत्सृज्येह प्रयाता वै बान्धवा भृशदुःखिताः ॥ १२.१५२.५८ ॥
Leaving behind here thousands of unwanted things and hundreds of beloved ones, the deeply sorrowing kinsmen indeed depart.
12.152.59
त्यज्यतामेष निस्तेजाः शून्यः काष्ठत्वमागतः ।
अन्यदेहविषक्तं हि शिशुं काष्ठमुपासथ ॥ १२.१५२.५९ ॥
Abandon this one, lustreless and empty, become like wood. Why do you attend to this child, attached to another body, as if it were mere wood?
12.152.60
त्यक्तजीवस्य वै बाष्पं कस्माद्धित्वा न गच्छत ।
निरर्थको ह्ययं स्नेहो निष्फलश्च परिश्रमः ॥ १२.१५२.६० ॥
Why do you not leave him, shedding tears for one whose life has departed? This affection is purposeless, and this exertion is fruitless.
12.152.61
न च क्षुर्भ्यां न कर्णाभ्यां च शृणोति स पश्यति ।
कस्मादेनं सप्नुत्सृज्य न गृहान्गच्छताशु वै ॥ १२.१५२.६१ ॥
He neither sees with his eyes nor hears with his ears. Why then do you not abandon him and quickly go to your own homes?
12.152.62
मोक्षधर्माश्रितैर्वाक्यैर्हेतुमद्भिः सुनिष्ठुरैः ।
भयोक्ता गच्छत क्षिप्रं स्वं स्वमेव निवेशनम् ॥ १२.१५२.६२ ॥
Spoken in fear, with harsh but reasoned words based on the teaching of liberation: now go quickly, each to his own dwelling.
12.152.63
प्रज्ञाविज्ञानयुक्तेन बुद्धिसंज्ञाप्रदायिना ।
वच्चं श्राविता नूनं मानुषाः संनिवर्तथ ॥ १२.१५२.६३ ॥
By the words of one endowed with wisdom and understanding, who gives discernment: surely you have been made to hear it, O men — now turn back.
12.152.64
शोको द्विगुणतां याति दृष्ट्वा स्मृत्वा च चेष्टितम् ।
इत्येतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सन्निवृत्तास्तु मानुषाः।
अपश्यत्तं तदा सुप्तं द्रुतमागत्य जम्बुकः ॥ १२.१५२.६४ ॥
Grief doubles on seeing and remembering his actions. Hearing these words, the men turned back; then a jackal came quickly and saw him lying asleep.
12.152.65
इमं कनकवर्णाभं भूषणैः समलंकृतम् ।
गृध्रवाक्यात्कथं पुत्रं त्यक्ष्यध्वं पितृपिण्डदम् ॥ १२.१५२.६५ ॥
Golden-hued and well adorned with ornaments, this son, the giver of funeral offerings to the ancestors — how can you abandon him at the vulture's word?
12.152.66
न स्नेहस्य च विच्छेदो विलापरुदितस्य च ।
मृतस्यास्य परित्यागात्तापो वै भविता ध्रुवम् ॥ १२.१५२.६६ ॥
Affection is not cut off, nor are lamentation and weeping ended; yet by abandoning this dead one, distress will surely arise.
12.152.67
श्रूयते शम्बुके शूद्रे हते ब्राह्मणदारकः ।
जीवितो धर्ममासाद्य रामात्सत्यपराक्रमात् ॥ १२.१५२.६७ ॥
It is heard that when the śūdra Śambuka was slain, a brahmin's boy came back to life, having obtained dharma from Rāma of true prowess.
12.152.68
तथा श्वैत्यस्य राजर्षेर्बालो दिष्टान्तमागतः ।
मुनिना धर्मनिष्ठेन मृतः संजीवितः पुनः ॥ १२.१५२.६८ ॥
Likewise, the child of the royal sage Śvaitya, who had reached the end appointed by fate, was revived again by a sage devoted to dharma after he had died.
12.152.69
तथा कश्चिद्भवेत्सिद्धो मुनिर्वा देवतापि वा ।
कृपणानामनुक्रोशं कुर्याद्वो रुदतामिह ॥ १२.१५२.६९ ॥
Likewise, may some perfected one, sage, or even a god show compassion to you who weep here in your wretchedness.
12.152.70
इत्युक्तास्ते न्यवर्तन्त शोकार्ताः पुत्रवत्सलाः ।
अङ्के शिरः समाधाय रुरुदुर्बहुविस्तरम्।
तेषां रुदितशब्देन गृध्रोऽभ्येत्य वचोऽब्रवीत् ॥ १२.१५२.७० ॥
Thus addressed, those afflicted with grief and loving their sons turned back; placing their heads in their laps, they wept at length. Hearing the sound of their weeping, a vulture came near and spoke these words.
12.152.71
अश्रुपातपरिक्लिन्नः पाणिस्पर्शप्रपीडितः ।
धर्मराजप्रयोगाच्च दीर्घनिद्रां प्रवेशितः ॥ १२.१५२.७१ ॥
Drenched with the flow of tears, pressed by the touch of the hand, and led into the long sleep by the command of the king of dharma.
12.152.72
तपसाऽपि हि संयुक्तो जनः कालेन हन्यते ।
सर्वस्नेहावसक्तानामिदं हि स्नेहवर्तनम् ॥ १२.१५२.७२ ॥
Even a person joined to austerity is struck down by time; this is the way of affection for those clinging to every love.
12.152.73
बालवृद्धसहस्राणि सदा संत्यज्य बान्धवाः ।
दिनानि चैव रात्रीश्च दुःखं तिष्ठन्ति भूतले ॥ १२.१५२.७३ ॥
Having always abandoned thousands of children and old people, kinsmen remain on the earth in sorrow, day and night.
12.152.74
अलं निर्बन्धमागत्य शोकस्य परिवारणम् ।
अप्रत्ययं कुतो ह्यस्य पुनरद्येह जीवितम् ॥ १२.१५२.७४ ॥
Enough: do not come with obstinacy to ward off grief. What assurance is there that this one will live again here today?
12.152.75
नैष जम्बुकवाक्येन पुनः प्राप्स्यति जीवितम् ।
मृतस्योत्सृष्टदेहस्य पुनर्देहो न विद्यते ॥ १२.१५२.७५ ॥
This one will not regain life by the word of a jackal; for the dead man who has cast off his body, no body is found again.
12.152.76
नैव मूर्तिप्रदानेन जम्बुकस्य शतैरपि ।
न स जीवयितुं शक्यो बालो वर्षशतैरपि ॥ १२.१५२.७६ ॥
Not even by giving a hundred forms of the jackal, nor even by hundreds of years, can that child be brought back to life.
12.152.77
अथ रुद्रः कुमारो वा ब्रह्मा वा विष्णुरेव च ।
वरमस्मै प्रयच्छन्ति ततो जीवेदयं शिशुः ॥ १२.१५२.७७ ॥
Now, if Rudra, Kumāra, Brahmā or Viṣṇu grant a boon to him, then this infant might live.
12.152.78
नैव बाष्पविमोक्षेण न वा श्वासकृतेन च ।
न दीर्घरुदितेनायं पुनर्जीवं गमिष्यति ॥ १२.१५२.७८ ॥
Not by shedding tears, nor by sighs, nor by long weeping will this one go back to life again.
12.152.79
अहं च क्रोष्टुकश्चैव यूयं ये चास्य बान्धवाः ।
धर्माधर्मौ गृहीत्वेह सर्वे वर्तामहेऽध्वनि ॥ १२.१५२.७९ ॥
I and this jackal, and you who are his kinsmen, all of us here walk the road holding dharma and adharma.
12.152.80
अप्रियं परुषं चापि परद्रोहं परस्त्रियम् ।
अधर्ममनृतं चैव दूरात्प्राज्ञो विवर्जयेत् ॥ १२.१५२.८० ॥
Unpleasant and harsh speech, injury to others, another's wife, unrighteousness and falsehood: the wise man should shun these from afar.
12.152.81
धर्मं सत्यं श्रुतं न्याय्यं महतीं प्राणिनां दयाम् ।
अजिह्नत्वमशाठ्यं च यत्नतः परिमार्गत ॥ १२.१५२.८१ ॥
Seek with effort dharma, truth, learning, what is just, great compassion for living beings, uprightness and freedom from deceit.
12.152.82
मातरं पितरं वाऽपि बान्धवान्सुहृदस्तथा ।
जीवतो ये न पश्यति तेषां धर्मविपर्ययः ॥ १२.१५२.८२ ॥
Whoever does not see his mother, father, kinsmen and friends while they are alive, his dharma is reversed.
12.152.83
यो न पश्यति चक्षुर्भ्यां नेङ्गते च कथंचन ।
तस्य निष्ठावसानान्ते रुदन्ताः किं करिष्यथ ॥ १२.१५२.८३ ॥
Him who sees not with his eyes and does not stir in any way: at the close of his final rites, what will you do, weeping?
12.152.84
इत्युक्तास्ते सुतं त्यक्त्वा भूमौ शोकपरिप्लुताः ।
दह्यमानाः सुतस्नेहात्प्रययुर्बान्धवा गृहम् ॥ १२.१५२.८४ ॥
Thus addressed, the kinsmen, drowned in grief and burning with love for the son, left the son on the ground and went home.
12.152.85
दारुणो मर्त्यलोकोऽयं सर्वप्राणिविनाशनः ।
इष्टबन्धुवियोगश्च तथेहाल्पं च जीवितम् ॥ १२.१५२.८५ ॥
This mortal world is terrible, the destroyer of all creatures. Here there is separation from beloved kin, and life is brief.
12.152.86
बह्वलीकमसत्यं चाप्यतिवादाप्रियंवदम् ।
इमं प्रेक्ष्य पुनर्भावं दुःखशोकविवर्धनम्।
न मे मानुषलोकोऽयं मुहूर्तमपि रोचते ॥ १२.१५२.८६ ॥
This human world is full of much falsehood and untruth, of excessive speech and unpleasant words. Seeing this rebirth that increases sorrow and grief, this human world does not please me even for a moment.
12.152.87
अहो धिग्गृध्रवाक्येन यथैवाबुद्धयस्तथा ।
कथं गच्छथ निःस्नेहाः सुतस्नेहं विसृज्य च ॥ १२.१५२.८७ ॥
Alas, shame on the words of the vulture! You have become foolish like it. Without affection, abandoning love for your son, how can you go?
12.152.88
प्रदीप्ताः पुत्रशोकेन सन्निवर्तथ मानुषाः ।
श्रुत्वा गृध्रस्य वचनं पापस्येहाकृतात्मनः ॥ १२.१५२.८८ ॥
O humans, burning with grief for your son, turn back! Having heard the words of this wicked, unrestrained vulture here, (will you go)?
12.152.89
सुखस्यानन्तरं दुःखं दुःखस्यानन्तरं सुखम् ।
सुखदुःखावृते लोके नास्ति सौख्यमनन्तकम् ॥ १२.१५२.८९ ॥
After happiness comes sorrow, and after sorrow comes happiness. In this world enveloped by happiness and sorrow there is no endless bliss.
12.152.90
इमं क्षितितले त्यक्त्वा बालं रूपसमन्वितम् ।
कुलशोभाकरं मूढाः पुत्रं त्यक्त्वा क्व यास्यथ ॥ १२.१५२.९० ॥
Having abandoned on this earth this child, endowed with beauty, the adorner of the family's glory, where will you go, O deluded ones, abandoning your son?
12.152.91
रूपयौवनसंपन्नं द्योतमानमिव श्रिया ।
जीवन्तमेव पश्यामि मनसा नात्र संशयः ॥ १२.१५२.९१ ॥
Endowed with beauty and youth, shining as if with splendour, I see him in my mind still living; there is no doubt of it.
12.152.92
विनाशेनास्य न हि वै सुखं प्राप्स्यथ मानुषाः ।
पुत्रशोकाभितप्तानां मृतमप्यद्य वः क्षमम् ॥ १२.१५२.९२ ॥
O men, by his destruction you will not indeed obtain happiness; for you who are tormented by grief for a son, even his death now would be fitting.
12.152.93
दुःखसंभावनं कृत्वा धारयित्वा सुखं स्वयम् ।
त्यक्त्वा गमिष्यथ क्वाद्य समुत्सृज्याल्पबुद्धिवत् ॥ १२.१५२.९३ ॥
Having imagined sorrow, and having held happiness for yourselves, where now will you go, abandoning him and casting him off like men of little understanding?
12.152.94
तथा धर्मविरोधेन प्रियमिथ्याभिधायिनाम् ।
श्मशानवासिना नित्यं रात्रिं मृगयता नृप ॥ १२.१५२.९४ ॥
Thus, in opposition to dharma, among those who speak pleasing falsehoods, the dweller of the cremation ground, always hunting by night, O king.
12.152.95
ततो मध्यस्थतां नीता वचनैरमृतोपमैः ।
जम्बुकेन स्वकार्यार्थं बान्धवास्तत्र वारिताः ॥ १२.१५२.९५ ॥
Then, by words like nectar, for its own purpose, the kinsmen were brought into the state of mediators by the jackal and were restrained there.
12.152.96
अयं प्रेतसमाकीर्णो यक्षराक्षससेवितः ।
दारुणः काननोद्देशः कौशिकैरभिनादितः ॥ १२.१५२.९६ ॥
This terrible tract of forest is crowded with ghosts, frequented by yakṣas and rākṣasas, and resounding with the cries of owls.
12.152.97
भीमः सुघोरश्च तथा नीलमेघसमप्रभः ।
अस्मिञ्शवं परित्यज्य प्रेतकार्याण्युपासत ॥ १२.१५२.९७ ॥
Terrible and very dreadful, shining like a dark blue cloud, this place — leave the corpse here and perform the rites for the dead.
12.152.98
भानुर्यावन्न यात्यस्तं यावच्च विमला दिशः ।
तावदेनं परित्यज्य प्रेतकार्याण्युपासत ॥ १२.१५२.९८ ॥
As long as the sun has not set and the directions are clear, leave this corpse and perform the rites for the dead.
12.152.99
नदन्ति परुषं श्येनाः शिवाः क्रोशन्ति दारुणम् ।
मृगेन्द्राः प्रतिनर्दन्ति रविरस्तं च गच्छति ॥ १२.१५२.९९ ॥
The hawks cry out harshly, the jackals howl dreadfully, the lions roar in reply, and the sun is going down.
12.152.100
चिता धूमेन नीलेन संरज्यन्ते च पादपाः ।
श्मशाने च निराहाराः प्रतिनर्दन्ति देवताः ॥ १२.१५२.१०० ॥
The pyres dye the trees with their dark blue smoke, and in the cremation ground the fasting deities echo in reply.
12.152.101
सर्वे विकृतदेहाश्चाप्यस्मिन्देशे सुदारुणे ।
युष्मान्प्रधर्षयिष्यन्ति विकृता मांसभोजिनः ॥ १२.१५२.१०१ ॥
In this most dreadful place, all the flesh-eaters with deformed bodies will assail you.
12.152.102
क्रूरश्चायं वनोद्देशो भयमद्य भविष्यति ।
त्यज्यतां काष्ठभूतोऽयं मुच्यतां जाम्बुकं वचः ॥ १२.१५२.१०२ ॥
This forest region is cruel; now there will be danger. Abandon this stiff body, like wood, and drop the jackal's words.
12.152.103
यदि जम्बुकवाक्यानि निष्फलान्यनृतानि च ।
श्रोष्यथ भ्रष्टविज्ञानास्ततः सर्वे विनङ्क्ष्यथ ॥ १२.१५२.१०३ ॥
If you listen to the jackal's words, which are fruitless and false, and lose your understanding, then all of you will perish.
12.152.104
स्थीयतां वो न भेतव्यं यावत्तपति भास्करः ।
तावदस्मिन्सुते स्नेहादनिर्वेदेन वर्तत ॥ १२.१५२.१०४ ॥
Stay here, do not fear, as long as the sun shines; out of affection for this son, carry on here without weariness.
12.152.105
स्वैरं रुदन्तो विस्रब्धाश्चिरं स्नेहेन पश्यत ।
दारुणेऽस्मिन्वनोद्देशे भयं वो न भविष्यति ॥ १२.१५२.१०५ ॥
Weep freely, be at ease, and gaze with affection for a long time; in this terrible forest region no fear will come to you.
12.152.106
अयं सौम्यो वनोद्देशः पितृणां निधनाकरः ।
स्थीयतां यावदादित्यः किंवः क्रव्यादभाषितैः ॥ १२.१५२.१०६ ॥
This pleasant forest region is a place where the ancestors meet their end. Stay here as long as the sun shines; what have you to do with the words of flesh-eaters?
12.152.107
यदि गृध्रस्य वाक्यानि तीव्राणि रभसानि च ।
गृह्णीत मोहितात्मानः सुतो वो न भविष्यति ॥ १२.१५२.१०७ ॥
If, with deluded minds, you take up the harsh and hasty words of the vulture, your son will not survive.
12.152.108
गृध्रो नास्तमितेऽभ्येति तिष्ठेन्नक्तं च जम्बुकः ।
मृतस्य तं परिजनमूचतुस्तौ क्षुधान्वितौ ॥ १२.१५२.१०८ ॥
The vulture does not come after sunset, and the jackal remains at night; the two of them, hungry, spoke to that kinsman of the dead.
12.152.109
स्वकार्यबद्धकक्षौ तौ राजन्गृध्रोऽथ जम्बुकः ।
क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्तौ शास्त्रमालम्ब्य जल्पतः ॥ १२.१५२.१०९ ॥
O king, the vulture and the jackal, each bent on his own business and worn out by hunger and thirst, took up scripture and argued.
12.152.110
तयोर्विज्ञानविदुषोर्द्वयोर्मृगपतत्रिणोः ।
वाक्यैरमृतकल्पैस्तैः प्रतिष्ठन्ते व्रजन्ति च ॥ १२.१५२.११० ॥
By those words, like nectar, of the two who were learned in knowledge, the beast and the bird, they would stand still and then move on.
12.152.111
शोकदैन्यसमाविष्टा रुदन्तस्तस्थिरे तदा ।
स्वकार्यकुशलाभ्यां ते संभ्राम्यन्ते ह नैपुणात् ॥ १२.१५२.१११ ॥
Seized by grief and despair, weeping, they then stood still; through the skill of those two, each expert in his own business, they were bewildered.
12.152.112
तथा तयोर्विवदतोर्विज्ञानविदुषोर्द्वयोः ।
बान्धवानां स्थितानां चाप्युपातिष्ठत शंकरः ॥ १२.१५२.११२ ॥
Thus, while those two learned disputants argued, and before the kinsmen who stood there, Śaṅkara appeared.
12.152.113
देव्या प्रणोदितो देवः कारुण्यार्द्रीकृतेक्षणः ।
ततस्तानाह मनुजान्वरदोऽस्मीति शंकरः ॥ १२.१५२.११३ ॥
Urged on by the Goddess, the god Śaṅkara, his eyes moistened with compassion, then spoke to those men: "I am the giver of boons."
12.152.114
ते प्रत्यूचुरिदं वाक्य दुःखिताः प्रणताः स्थिताः ।
एकपुत्रविहीनानां सर्वेष्नां जीवितार्थिनाम्।
पुत्रस्य नो जीवदानाज्जीवितं दातुमर्हसि ॥ १२.१५२.११४ ॥
Grieved and bowed low, they stood and answered these words: "We who have all lost our only sons desire life; by giving life to our son, you are worthy to give life to us too."
12.152.115
एवमुक्तः स भगवान्वारिपूर्णेन पाणिना ।
जीवं तस्मै कुमाराय प्रादाद्वर्षशतानि वै ॥ १२.१५२.११५ ॥
Thus addressed, the blessed lord, with his hand full of water, gave that boy life and hundreds of years.
12.152.116
तथा गोमायुगृध्राभ्यां प्राददत्क्षुद्विनाशनम् ।
वरं पिनाकी भगवान्सर्वभूतहिते रतः ॥ १२.१५२.११६ ॥
Likewise the blessed Pinākin, delighting in the welfare of all beings, granted the jackal and the vulture a boon that destroys hunger.
12.152.117
ततः प्रणम्य ते देवं श्रेयोहर्षसमन्विताः ।
कृतकृत्याः सुसंहृष्टाः प्रातिष्ठन्त तदा विभो ॥ १२.१५२.११७ ॥
Then, bowing to that god, filled with good fortune and joy, having accomplished their aim and greatly delighted, they departed, O mighty one.
12.152.118
अनिर्वेदेन दीर्घेण निश्चयेन ध्रुवेण च ।
देवदेवप्रसादाच्च क्षिप्रं फलमवाप्यते ॥ १२.१५२.११८ ॥
By not despairing, through long perseverance, firm resolve, and the grace of the god of gods, the fruit is quickly obtained.
12.152.119
पश्य दैवस्य संयोगं बान्धवाना च निश्चयम् ।
कृपणानां तु रुदतां कृतमश्रुप्रमार्जनम् ॥ १२.१५२.११९ ॥
Behold the conjunction of fate and the resolve of kinsmen; the tears of the wretched who were weeping have been wiped away.
12.152.120
पश्य चाल्पेन कालेन निश्चयाध्वेषणेन च ।
प्रसादं शंकरात्प्राप्य दुःखिताः सुखमाप्नुवन् ॥ १२.१५२.१२० ॥
Behold: in a short time, through the search of resolve and by obtaining the grace of Śaṅkara, the afflicted attained happiness.
12.152.121
ते विस्मिताः प्रहृष्टाश्च पुत्रसंजीवनात्पुनः ।
बभूवुर्भरतश्रेष्ठ प्रसादाच्छंकरस्य वै ॥ १२.१५२.१२१ ॥
Best of the Bharatas, amazed and greatly delighted again at the revival of their son, by the grace of Śaṅkara, indeed they became.
12.152.122
ततस्ते त्वरिता राजंस्त्यक्त्वा शोकं शिशूद्भवम् ।
विविशुः पुत्रमादाय नगरं हृष्टमानसाः ॥ १२.१५२.१२२ ॥
Then, O king, quickly abandoning the grief arising from the child, taking the son, with glad minds they entered the city.
12.152.123
एषा बुद्धिः समस्तानां चातुर्वर्ण्येन दर्शिता ॥ १२.१५२.१२३ ॥
This wisdom (instruction) has been shown to all, for the four social orders.
12.152.124
धर्मार्थमोक्षसंयुक्तमितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
श्रुत्वा मनुष्यः सततमिहामुत्र प्रमोदते ॥ १२.१५२.१२४ ॥
Having heard this ancient legend, joined with dharma, wealth and liberation, a person rejoices constantly here and in the hereafter.