Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.171
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12.171.1
अथ तत्र महार्चिष्माननलो वातसारथिः ।
तस्याविदूरे रक्षार्थं खगेन्द्रेण कृतोऽभवत् ॥ १२.१७१.१ ॥
Then there, close by him, the blazing fire with the wind as charioteer had been placed as a guard by the lord of birds.
12.171.2
स चापि पार्श्वे सुष्वाप विश्वस्तो बकराट् तदा ।
कृतघ्नस्तु स दुष्टात्मा तं जिघांसुरजागरीत् ॥ १२.१७१.२ ॥
The king of herons, trusting, also slept soundly beside him then; but that ungrateful, wicked-minded one stayed awake, desiring to kill him.
12.171.3
ततोऽलातेन दीप्तेन स सुप्तं निजघान तम् ।
निहत्य च मुदा युक्तः सोऽनुबन्धं न दृष्टवान् ॥ १२.१७१.३ ॥
Then with a blazing firebrand he struck the sleeping one down; having killed him, filled with joy, he did not see the consequence.
12.171.4
स तं विपक्षरोमाणं कृत्वाऽग्नावपचत्तदा ।
तं गृहीत्वा सुवर्णं च ययौ द्रुततरं द्विजः ॥ १२.१७१.४ ॥
Having plucked its feathers, he cooked him over the fire; then taking him and the gold, the twice-born went off very swiftly.
12.171.5
ततो दाक्षायणीपुत्रं नागतं तं तु भारत ।
विरूपाक्षश्चिन्तयन्वै हृदयेन विदूयता ॥ १२.१७१.५ ॥
Then, O Bhārata, since Dākṣāyaṇī's son had not come back, Virūpākṣa, pondering, grieved in his heart.
12.171.6
ततोऽन्यस्मिन्गते चाह्नि विरूपाक्षोऽब्रवीत्सुतम् ।
न प्रेक्षे राजधर्माणमद्य पुत्र खगोत्तमम्। ॥ १२.१७१.६ ॥
Then, another day having passed, Virūpākṣa said to his son: 'Son, today I do not see the best of birds, the keeper of the kingly duty.'
12.171.7
स पूर्वसन्ध्यां ब्रह्माणं वन्दितुं याति सर्वदा ।
मां चादृष्ट्वा कदाचित्स न गच्छति गृहं खगः ॥ १२.१७१.७ ॥
He always goes at the morning twilight to worship Brahmā; but without having seen me, that bird never returns home.
12.171.8
द्विरात्रमुभयोः सन्ध्योर्नाभ्यगच्छन्ममालयम् ।
तस्मान्न शुद्ध्यते भावो मम स ज्ञायतां सुहृत् ॥ १२.१७१.८ ॥
For two nights, at both twilights, he has not come to my abode; therefore my mind is not purified. Let him be learned of, for he is my friend.
12.171.9
स्वाध्यायेन वियुक्तो हि ब्रह्मवर्चसवर्जितः ।
स गतस्तत्र मे शङ्का हन्यात्तं स द्विजाधमः ॥ १२.१७१.९ ॥
He is severed from Vedic study and lacks the radiance of Brahmins. He has gone there, and so I have doubt; may that lowest of twice-born men have slain him.
12.171.10
दुराचारः स दुर्बुद्धिरिङ्गितैर्लक्षितो मया ।
निष्कृपो दारुणाकारो दुष्टो दस्युरिवाधमः।
गौतमः स गतस्तत्र तेनोद्विग्नं मनो मम ॥ १२.१७१.१० ॥
He is of wicked conduct and evil mind; I have perceived it by his gestures. Merciless, of cruel appearance, wicked and lowest like a robber, that Gautama has gone there, and my mind is troubled by it.
12.171.11
पुत्र शीघ्रमितो गत्वा राजधर्मनिवेशनम् ।
ज्ञायतां स विशुद्धात्मा यदि जीवति वा चिरम् ॥ १२.१७१.११ ॥
Son, quickly going from here to the dwelling of royal duty, learn whether that pure-souled one is alive or has long been dead.
12.171.12
स एवमुक्तस्त्वरितो रक्षोभिः सहितो ययौ ।
न्यग्रोधे राजधर्माणमपश्यन्निहतं ततः ॥ १२.१७१.१२ ॥
So addressed, he went hastily with the rākṣasas; then, under the banyan tree, he saw the royal-duty-bearer slain.
12.171.13
रुदित्वा बहुशस्तस्मै विलप्य च स राक्षसः ।
गतो रोषसमाविष्टो गौतमग्रहणाय वै ॥ १२.१७१.१३ ॥
Having wept and lamented for him many times, that rākṣasa, filled with rage, went off to seize Gautama.
12.171.14
गृहीतो गौतमः पापो रक्षोभिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितैः ।
राजधर्मशरीरस्य कङ्कालश्चाप्यथो धृतः ॥ १२.१७१.१४ ॥
The wicked Gautama was seized by the rākṣasas, faint with rage, and the skeleton of the body of kingly duty was also held there.
12.171.15
मनुव्रजं तु नगरं यातुधानास्ततो गताः ।
क्रोधरक्तेक्षणा घोरा गौतमस्य वधे धृताः ॥ १२.१७१.१५ ॥
Then the fearsome yātudhānas went to the city of Manuvraja, their eyes red with rage, resolved upon Gautama's killing.
12.171.16
पार्थिवस्वाग्रतो न्यस्तः कङ्कालो राजधर्मणः ।
तं दृष्ट्वा विमना राजा सामात्यः सगणोऽभवत् ॥ १२.१७१.१६ ॥
The skeleton of kingly duty was placed right before the king; seeing it, the king grew downcast, along with his ministers and retinue.
12.171.17
आर्तरावो महानासीद्गृहे तस्य महात्मनः ।
समुत्थितः स्रीसङ्घस्य निहते काश्यपात्मजे ॥ १२.१७१.१७ ॥
A great cry of anguish arose in the house of that great-souled one; when the son of Kāśyapa was slain, the company of women rose up in lamentation.
12.171.18
राजा चैवाब्रवीत्पुत्रं पापोऽयं वध्यतामिति ॥ १२.१७१.१८ ॥
And the king said to his son, "This wicked one must be slain."
12.171.19
अस्य मांसं वयं सर्वे खादिष्यामः समागताः ।
पापकृत्पापकर्मा च पापात्मा पापमास्थितः।
हन्तव्य एव पापात्मा कृतघ्नो नात्र संशयः ॥ १२.१७१.१९ ॥
We have all gathered here and will eat this one's flesh. This sinful, evil-doing, wicked-minded one who abides in sin and is ungrateful must surely be slain; there is no doubt of it.
12.171.20
कृतघ्नं पापकर्माणां न भक्षयितुमुत्सहे ।
दासेभ्यो दीयतामेप मित्रध्रुक्पुरुपाधमः ॥ १२.१७१.२० ॥
I am not willing to eat this ungrateful evil-doer. Let this betrayer of friends, lowest of men, be given to the servants.
12.171.21
दासाः सर्वे समाहूता यातुधानास्तथा परे ।
नेच्छन्ति स्म कृतघ्नं तं खादितुं पुरुषोत्तम ॥ १२.१७१.२१ ॥
All the summoned servants and the other rakshasas did not wish to eat that ungrateful one, O best of men.
12.171.22
शिरोभिश्चागता भूमिं महाराज ततो बलात् ।
मानार्थं जातु निर्बन्धं किल्विषं दातुमर्हसि ॥ १२.१७१.२२ ॥
O great king, then they came with heads bowed to the ground and spoke by force. You should not, out of insistence for honour, ever give this fault.
12.171.23
यातुधाना नृपेणोक्ताः पापकर्मा विशस्यताम् ।
दह्यतां त्यज्यतां वाऽयं दर्शनादपनीयताम् ॥ १२.१७१.२३ ॥
The king told the rakshasas: 'Let this sinful evil-doer be slain, or burnt, or abandoned, or removed from sight.'
12.171.24
ततस्ते रुपिता दासाः शूलपट्टसपाणयः ।
खण्डशो विकृतं हत्वा क्रव्याद्भ्यो ह्यददुस्तदा ॥ १२.१७१.२४ ॥
Then the angry servants, with spears and swords in hand, slew that disfigured one piece by piece and gave him to the flesh-eaters.
12.171.25
क्रव्यादास्त्वपि राजेन्द्र नेच्छन्ति पिशिताशनाः ।
मृतानपि हि क्रव्यादाः कृतघ्नान्नोपभुञ्जते ॥ १२.१७१.२५ ॥
O lord of kings, even flesh-eating creatures do not desire flesh. Flesh-eaters do not consume even the dead who are ungrateful.
12.171.26
ब्रह्मस्वहरणे चोरे ब्रह्मघ्ने गुरुतल्पगे ।
निष्कृतिर्विहिता सद्भिः कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः ॥ १२.१७१.२६ ॥
For the thief who seizes a brahmin's wealth, for the slayer of a brahmin, and for one who defiles his teacher's bed, the good have prescribed expiation; but for the ungrateful there is no expiation.
12.171.27
मित्रद्रुहं कृतघ्नं च नृशंसं च नराधमम् ।
क्रव्यादाः किमयश्चैव नोपभुञ्जन्ति वै सदा ॥ १२.१७१.२७ ॥
The betrayer of a friend, the ungrateful, the cruel, and the lowest of men — flesh-eaters and even iron (the weapon) never consume them.