Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.197
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12.197.1
कालमृत्युयमानां ते इक्ष्वाकोर्ब्राह्मणस्य च ।
विवादो व्याहृतः पूर्वं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥ १२.१९७.१ ॥
You are fit to tell of the dispute that was once spoken of between Time, Death and Yama, and between Ikṣvāku and a brahmin.
12.197.2
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
इक्ष्वाकोः सूर्यपुत्रस्य यद्वृत्तं ब्राह्मणस्य च ॥ १२.१९७.२ ॥
Here too they tell this ancient story of what happened between Ikṣvāku, son of the Sun, and a brahmin.
12.197.3
कालस्य मृत्योश्च तथा यद्वृत्तं तन्निबोध मे ।
यथा स तेषां संवादो यस्मिन्स्थानेऽपि चाभवत्।
येनैव कारणेनात्र धर्मवादसमन्वितः ॥ १२.१९७.३ ॥
Hear from me what befell Time and Death: how their dialogue came about, in what place it took place, and for what reason words of dharma were spoken here.
12.197.4
ब्राह्मणो जापकः कश्चिद्धर्मवृत्तो महायशाः ।
षडङ्गविन्महाप्राज्ञः पैप्पलादिः स कौशिकः ॥ १२.१९७.४ ॥
There was a brahmin, a reciter of mantras, steadfast in dharma and of great renown, who knew the six limbs of the Veda, of great wisdom, a Kauśika of the Paippalāda line.
12.197.5
तस्यापरोक्षं विज्ञानं षडङ्गेषु वभूव ह ।
वेदेषु चैव निष्णातो हिमवत्पादसंश्रयः ॥ १२.१९७.५ ॥
Direct knowledge arose in him in the six limbs; he was also expert in the Vedas, and he dwelt at the foot of the Himalayas.
12.197.6
सोयं ब्राह्मं पस्तेपे संहितां संयतो जपन् ।
तस्य वर्षसहस्रं तु नियमेन तथा गतम् ॥ १२.१९७.६ ॥
He, self-restrained, performed Brahman-austerity while reciting the Saṃhitā; thus, by discipline, a thousand years passed for him.
12.197.7
स देव्या दर्शितः साक्षात्प्रीतास्मीति तदा किल ।
जप्यमावर्तयंस्तूष्णीं न स तां किंचिदब्रवीत् ॥ १२.१९७.७ ॥
The goddess appeared to him directly and said, "I am pleased." Then he kept repeating the recitation in silence and said nothing to her.
12.197.8
तस्यानुकम्पया देवी प्रीता समभवत्तदा ।
वेदमाता ततस्तस्य तज्जप्यं समपूजयत् ॥ १२.१९७.८ ॥
Through compassion for him, the goddess then became pleased. Then Vedamātā honoured his recitation.
12.197.9
चतुर्भिरक्षरैर्युक्ता सोमपानेऽक्षराष्टका ।
जगद्बीजसमायुक्ता चनुर्विशाक्षरात्मिका ॥ १२.१९७.९ ॥
In the soma-drinking there was the eight-syllable verse joined with four syllables; it was united with the seed of the world and consisted of twenty-four syllables.
12.197.10
समाप्य जप्यं तूत्थाय शिरसा पादयोस्तदा ।
पपात देव्या धर्मात्मा वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥ १२.१९७.१० ॥
Having finished the recitation, he rose and fell with his head at the goddess's feet; then the righteous-souled one spoke these words.
12.197.11
दिष्ट्या देवि प्रसन्ना त्वं दर्शनं चागता मम ।
यदि चापि प्रसन्नासि जप्ये मे रमतां मनः ॥ १२.१९७.११ ॥
"O goddess, fortunately you are pleased and have come to give me your sight. And if you are indeed pleased, may my mind delight in the recitation."
12.197.12
किं प्रार्थयसि विप्रर्षे किं चेष्टं करवाणि ते ।
प्रब्रूहि जपतां श्रेष्ठ सर्वं तत्ते भविष्यति ॥ १२.१९७.१२ ॥
"O brahmin sage, what do you ask for? What desired thing shall I do for you? Tell me, best of reciters; all of that will come to be yours."
12.197.13
इत्युक्तः स तदा देव्या विप्रः प्रोवाच धर्मवित् ।
जप्यं प्रति ममेच्छेयं वर्धत्विति पुनः पुनः ॥ १२.१९७.१३ ॥
Thus addressed by the goddess, the brahmin, knower of dharma, said again and again: "May my desire for recitation grow."
12.197.14
मनसश्च समाधिर्मे वर्धेताहरहः शुभे ।
तत्तथेति ततो देवी मधुरं प्रत्यभाषत ॥ १२.१९७.१४ ॥
"O auspicious one, may the concentration of my mind grow day by day." Then the goddess answered sweetly: "So be it."
12.197.15
इदं चैवापरं प्राह देवी तत्प्रियकाम्यया ।
निरयं नैव याता त्वं यत्र याता द्विजर्षभाः ॥ १२.१९७.१५ ॥
Then the goddess, wishing him well, said this further: "You will not go to that hell to which the best of brahmins have gone."
12.197.16
यास्यसि ब्रह्मणः स्थानमनिमित्तमतन्द्रितः ।
साधु ते भविता चैतद्यत्त्वयाऽहमिहार्थिता ॥ १२.१९७.१६ ॥
Untiring, and without any cause, you will go to the abode of Brahmā. What you have asked of me here will be good for you.
12.197.17
नियतो जप चैकाग्रो धर्मस्त्वां समुपैष्यति ।
कालो मृत्युर्यमश्चैव समायास्यन्ति तेऽन्तिकम्।
भविता च विवादोऽत्र तव तेषां च धर्मतः ॥ १२.१९७.१७ ॥
Recite with self-control and single-mindedness, and dharma will come to you. Time, Death and Yama will draw near to you, and according to dharma there will be a dispute between you and them.
12.197.18
एवमुक्त्वा भगवती जगाम भवनं स्वकम् ॥ १२.१९७.१८ ॥
Having spoken thus, the venerable goddess went to her own abode.
12.197.19
ब्राह्मणोऽपि जपन्नास्ते दिव्यं वर्षशतं तथा ।
सदा दान्तो जितक्रोधः सत्यसन्धोऽनसूयकः ॥ १२.१९७.१९ ॥
The brahmin too remained reciting thus for a hundred divine years, always self-controlled, having conquered anger, true to his vow, and free from envy.
12.197.20
समाप्ते नियमे तस्मिन्नथ विप्रस्य धीमतः ।
साक्षात्प्रीतस्तदा धर्मो दर्शयामास तं द्विजम् ॥ १२.१९७.२० ॥
When that vow was completed, Dharma himself, pleased, appeared before that wise brahmin and revealed himself to the twice-born man.
12.197.21
द्विजाते पश्य मां धर्ममहं त्वां द्रष्टुमागतः ।
जप्यस्यास्य फलं यत्तत्प्रंप्राप्तं तच्च मे शृणु ॥ १२.१९७.२१ ॥
O twice-born, behold me: I am Dharma, and I have come to see you. Listen from me to the fruit that this recitation has won for you.
12.197.22
जिता लोकास्त्वया सर्वे ये दिव्या ये च मानुषाः ।
देवानां निलयान्साधो सर्वानुत्क्रम्य यास्यसि ॥ १२.१९७.२२ ॥
You have won all the worlds, the divine and the human. O good one, passing beyond all the abodes of the gods, you shall go onward.
12.197.23
प्राणत्यागं कुरु मुने गच्छ लोकान्यथेप्सितान् ।
त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मनः शरीरं च ततो लोकानवाप्स्यसि ॥ १२.१९७.२३ ॥
O sage, give up your life. Go to whatever worlds you desire. Having abandoned your body, then you shall obtain the worlds.
12.197.24
कृतं लोकेन मे धर्म गच्छ त्वं च यथासुखम् ।
बहुदुःखमहं देहं नोत्सृजेयमहं विभो ॥ १२.१९७.२४ ॥
My duty to the world is done. O Dharma, go in happiness. O lord, this body, so full of sorrow, I would not give up.
12.197.25
अचलं ते मनः कृत्वा त्यज देहं महामते ।
अनेन किं ते संयोगः कथं मोहं गमिष्यसि ॥ १२.१९७.२५ ॥
Making your mind unmoving, O greatly wise one, abandon the body. What is your union with this? How will you fall into delusion?
12.197.26
अवश्यं भोः शरीरं ते त्यक्तव्यं मुनिपुङ्गव ।
स्वर्गमारोह भो विप्र किं वा वै रोचतेऽनघ ॥ १२.१९७.२६ ॥
O best of sages, your body must certainly be abandoned. Ascend to heaven, O brahmin; O sinless one, what pleases you?
12.197.27
किमुक्तं धर्म किं नेति कस्मान्मां प्रोक्तवानसि ।
त्यज देहं द्विजेति त्वं ससंबुध्यात्र मे यदि ॥ १२.१९७.२७ ॥
O Dharma, what was said, what was not said? Why did you speak to me thus? O twice-born, abandon the body — if you understand this rightly here for my sake.
12.197.28
न रोचये स्वर्गवासं विना देहमहं विभो ।
गच्छ धर्म न मे श्रद्धा स्वर्गं गन्तुं विनाऽऽत्मना ॥ १२.१९७.२८ ॥
O mighty one, I do not desire dwelling in heaven without the body. Go, O Dharma; I have no faith in going to heaven without myself.
12.197.29
अलं देहे मनः कृत्वा त्यक्त्वा देहं सुखी भव ।
गच्छ लोकानरजसो यत्र गत्वा न शोचसि ॥ १२.१९७.२९ ॥
Enough of setting your mind on the body; abandon the body and be happy. Go to those worlds free from passion, where having gone you will not grieve.
12.197.30
रमे जपन्महाभाग कृतं लोकैः सनातनैः ।
सशरीरेण गन्तव्यं मया स्वर्गं न चान्यथा ॥ १२.१९७.३० ॥
O greatly fortunate one, I delight in reciting, in the heaven made by the eternal worlds. I must go to heaven with the body, and not otherwise.
12.197.31
एवं ते कायसंप्रातिर्वर्तते मुनिसत्तम ।
यदि त्वं नेच्छसि त्यक्तुं शरीरं पश्य वै द्विज।
एष कालस्तथा मृत्युर्यमश्च त्वामुपागताः ॥ १२.१९७.३१ ॥
Thus is your bodily condition, best of sages. If you do not wish to give up the body, O twice-born, behold: Time, Death and Yama have come to you.
12.197.32
अथ वैवस्वतः कालो मृत्युश्च त्रितयं विभो ।
ब्राह्मणं तं महाभागमुपगम्येदमब्रवन् ॥ १२.१९७.३२ ॥
Then Vaivasvata Yama, Time and Death, these three, O mighty one, approaching that greatly fortunate Brahmin, spoke this.
12.197.33
तपसोऽस्य सुतप्तस्य तथा सुचरितस्य च ।
फलप्राप्तिस्तव श्रेष्ठा यमोऽहं त्वामुपब्रुवे ॥ १२.१९७.३३ ॥
The highest fruit of this well-performed austerity and good conduct has come to you. I am Yama, and I address you.
12.197.34
यथावदस्य जप्यस्य फलं प्राप्तस्त्वमुत्तमम् ।
कालस्ते स्वर्गमारोढुं कालोऽहं त्वामुपागतः ॥ १२.१९७.३४ ॥
You have attained the proper and supreme fruit of this recitation. The time for you to ascend to heaven has come; I, Time, have come to you.
12.197.35
मृत्युं मां विद्धि धर्मज्ञ रूपिणं स्वयमागतम् ।
कालेन चोदितो विप्र त्वामितो नेतुमद्य वै ॥ १२.१९७.३५ ॥
Know me as Death, O knower of dharma, who have come here in bodily form. Impelled by Time, O Brahmin, I have come today to lead you away from here.
12.197.36
स्वागतं सूर्यपुत्राय कालाय च महात्मने ।
मृत्यवे चाथ धर्माय किं कार्यं करवाणि वः ॥ १२.१९७.३६ ॥
Welcome to you, son of the Sun, Yama; to you, great-souled Time; to Death; and to Dharma. What shall I do for you?
12.197.37
अर्ध्यं पाद्यं च दत्त्वा स तेभ्यस्तत्र समागम ।
अब्रवीत्परमप्रीतः स्वशक्त्या किं करोमि वः ॥ १२.१९७.३७ ॥
Having given them water for the feet and the offering of honour, he, greatly pleased at their meeting there, said: What shall I do for you, according to my power?
12.197.38
स्वकार्यनिर्भरा यूयं परोपद्रवहेतवः ।
भवन्तो लोकसामान्याः किमर्थं ब्रूत सत्तमाः ॥ १२.१९७.३८ ॥
You are absorbed in your own task, and yet you are causes of trouble to others. You are common to the world. Best of the good, tell me for what purpose you have come.
12.197.39
वयमप्येवमत्युग्रा धातुराज्ञापुरः सराः ।
चोदिता धावमाना वै कर्मभावमनुव्रताः ॥ १२.१९७.३९ ॥
We too are thus most fierce, going before by the command of the king Dhātṛ, impelled and running, following the nature of deeds.
12.197.40
तस्मिन्नेवाथ काले तु तीर्थयात्रामुपागतः ।
इक्ष्वाकुरगमत्तत्र समेता यत्र ते विभो ॥ १२.१९७.४० ॥
At that very time, Ikṣvāku, having come on a pilgrimage, went there where they were assembled, O mighty one.
12.197.41
सर्वानेव तु राजर्षिः संपूज्याथ प्रणम्य च ।
कुशलप्रश्नमकरोत्सर्वेषां राजसत्तमः ॥ १२.१९७.४१ ॥
And the royal sage, having honoured them all and bowed to them, asked after the well-being of all of them, that best of kings.
12.197.42
तस्मै सोऽथासनं दत्त्वा पाद्यमर्ध्यं तथैव च ।
अब्रवीद्ब्राह्मणो वाक्यं कृत्वा कुशलसंविदम् ॥ १२.१९७.४२ ॥
Having given him a seat, water for the feet and the offering of honour, that brahmin, after an exchange of greetings of well-being, spoke these words.
12.197.43
स्वागतं ते महाराज ब्रूहि यद्यदिहेच्छसि ।
स्वशक्त्या किं करोमीह तद्भवान्प्रब्रवीतु माम ॥ १२.१९७.४३ ॥
Welcome to you, great king. Say whatever you wish here. What can I do here by my own power? Tell me that yourself.
12.197.44
राजाऽहं ब्राह्मणश्च त्वं यदा षट्कर्मसंस्थितः ।
ददानि वसु किंचित्ते प्रार्थितं तद्वदस्व मे ॥ १२.१९७.४४ ॥
I am a king, and you are a brahmin established in the six duties. I shall give you some wealth; tell me what you have requested.
12.197.45
द्विविधो ब्राह्मणो राजन्धर्मश्च द्विविधः स्मृतः ।
प्रवृत्तश्च निवृत्तश्च निवृत्तोऽह प्रतिग्रहात् ॥ १२.१९७.४५ ॥
O king, brahmins are of two kinds, and dharma too is declared to be of two kinds: the active and the withdrawn. I am withdrawn from accepting gifts.
12.197.46
तेभ्यः प्रयच्छ दानानि ये प्रवृत्ता नराधिप ।
अहं न प्रतिगृह्णामि किमिष्टं किं ददामि ते।
ब्रूहि त्वं नृपतिश्रेष्ठ तपसा साधयामि किम् ॥ १२.१९७.४६ ॥
O lord of men, give gifts to those who are engaged in worldly life. I do not accept gifts. What is desired by you, and what shall I give you? Tell me yourself, best of kings: what shall I accomplish by austerity?
12.197.47
क्षत्रियोऽहं न जानामि देहीति वचनं क्वचित् ।
प्रयच्छ युद्धमित्येवंवादी चास्मि द्विजोत्तम ॥ १२.१९७.४७ ॥
I am a kshatriya; I know no word 'give' anywhere. I am one who says only, 'Give battle,' best of the twice-born.
12.197.48
तुष्यसि त्वं स्वधर्मेण तथा तुष्टा वयं नृप ।
अन्योन्यस्योत्तरं नास्ति यदिष्टं तत्समाचर ॥ १२.१९७.४८ ॥
You are content with your own dharma, and so are we, O king. There is no reply to one another. Do what is desired by you.
12.197.49
स्वशक्त्याऽहं ददानीति त्वया पूर्वमुदाहृतम् ।
याचे त्वां दीयतां मह्यं जप्यस्यास्य फलं द्विज ॥ १२.१९७.४९ ॥
'You said before that you would give according to your own ability. O twice-born, I ask you: let the fruit of this recitation be given to me.'
12.197.50
युद्धं मम सदा वाणी याचतीति विकत्थसे ।
न च युद्धं मया सार्धं किमर्थं याचसे पुनः ॥ १२.१९७.५० ॥
'You boast that my speech always asks for battle. But without fighting with me, why do you ask again?'
12.197.51
वाग्वज्राब्राह्मणाः प्रोक्ताः क्षत्रिया बाहुजीविनः ।
वाग्युद्धं तदिदं तीव्रं मम विप्र त्वया सह ॥ १२.१९७.५१ ॥
'Brahmins are said to be thunderbolts of speech, and kshatriyas those who live by their arms. O brahmin, this is my fierce battle of words with you.'
12.197.52
सेयमद्य प्रतिज्ञा मे स्वशक्त्या किं प्रदीयताम् ।
ब्रूहि दास्यामि राजेन्द्र विभवे सति माचिरम् ॥ १२.१९७.५२ ॥
'This is my vow today: what shall be given according to my ability? Speak, O lord of kings, and I will give it without delay, if wealth is at hand.'
12.197.53
यत्तद्वर्षशतं पूर्णं जप्यं वै जपता त्वया ।
फलं प्राप्तं तत्प्रयच्छ मम दित्सुर्भवान्यदि ॥ १२.१९७.५३ ॥
'The fruit that you obtained by completing a hundred years of recitation, give that to me, if you are willing to give.'
12.197.54
परमं गृह्यतां तस्य फलं यज्जपितं मया ।
अर्धं त्वमविचारेण फलं तस्य ह्यवाप्नुहि ॥ १२.१९७.५४ ॥
'Take the supreme share of the fruit that I have recited. Half of the fruit, without hesitation, you shall obtain.'
12.197.55
अथवा सर्वमेवेह मामकं जापकं फलम् ।
राजन्प्राप्नुहि कामं त्वं यदि सर्वमिहेच्छसि ॥ १२.१९७.५५ ॥
Or, if you wish for the whole fruit of my recitation here, O king, then obtain it all as you desire.
12.197.56
कृतं सर्वेण भद्रं ते जप्यं यद्याचितं मया ।
स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामि किंच तस्य फलं वद ॥ १२.१९७.५६ ॥
May good fortune be yours. All the recitation I asked for has been done. May you be well; I am going. But tell me what the fruit of it is.
12.197.57
फलप्राप्तिं न जानामि दत्तं यज्जपितं मया ।
अयं धर्मश्च कालश्च यमो मृत्युश्च साक्षिणः ॥ १२.१९७.५७ ॥
I do not know the attainment of the fruit of the recitation that I have given and recited. Dharma, Time, Yama and Death are the witnesses.
12.197.58
अज्ञातमस्य धर्मस्य फलं किं मे करिष्यति ।
फलं ब्रवीषि धर्मस्य न चेज्जप्यकृतस्य माम्।
प्राप्नोतु तत्फलं विप्रो नाहमिच्छे ससंशयम् ॥ १२.१९७.५८ ॥
What will the fruit of this dharma, unknown to me, do for me? If you do not tell me the fruit of the dharma done by recitation, let that fruit go to the Brahmin; I do not wish for it with doubt.
12.197.59
नाददेऽपरदत्तं वै दत्तं वा चाफलं मया ।
वाक्यं प्रमाणं राजर्षे ममाद्य तव चैव हि ॥ १२.१९७.५९ ॥
I do not accept what another has given, and what I have given is not fruitless. O royal sage, today my word and your word alone are the proof.
12.197.60
सकृदंशो निपतति सकृत्कन्या प्रदीतये ।
सकृदेव ददानीति त्रीण्येतानि सकृत्सकृत् ॥ १२.१९७.६० ॥
A share falls only once, a maiden is given only once, and 'I give' is said only once. These three happen each just once.
12.197.61
नाभिसंधिर्मया जप्ये कृतपूर्वः कदाचन ।
जप्यस्य राजशार्दूल कथं वेत्स्याम्यहं फलम् ॥ १२.१९७.६१ ॥
Tiger among kings, I have never before harboured any purpose in japa; how then shall I know the fruit of japa?
12.197.62
ददस्वेति त्वया चोक्तं दत्तं वाचा फलं मया ।
न वाचं दूषयिष्यामि सत्यं रक्ष स्थिरो भव ॥ १२.१९७.६२ ॥
You said, 'Give it,' and I have given the fruit by my word. I shall not violate my word; guard the truth and stand firm.
12.197.63
अथैवं वदतो मेऽद्य वचनं न करिष्यसि ।
महानधर्मो भविता तव राजन्मृषा कृतः ॥ १२.१९७.६३ ॥
If, though I speak thus, you do not do my bidding today, O king, you will incur great unrighteousness for having made a falsehood.
12.197.64
न युक्ता तु मृषावाणी त्वया वक्तुमरिंदम ।
तथा मयाऽप्यभिहितं मिथ्या कर्तुं न शक्यते ॥ १२.१९७.६४ ॥
O subduer of foes, it is not fitting for you to speak falsehood; and likewise what I have said cannot be made false.
12.197.65
संश्रुतं च मया पूर्वं ददानीत्यविचारितम् ।
तद्गृह्णीष्वाविचारेण यदि सत्ये स्थितो भवान् ॥ १२.१९७.६५ ॥
I earlier promised, 'I shall give,' without deliberation; accept it without hesitation, if you stand in truth.
12.197.66
इहागम्य हि मां राजञ्जाप्यं फलमयाचथाः ।
तन्मे निसृष्टं गृह्णीष्व भव सत्येस्थितोपि च ॥ १२.१९७.६६ ॥
O king, you came to me here and asked for the fruit of japa; accept the fruit I have given you, and stand firm in truth.
12.197.67
नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न च पूर्वान्स तारयेत् ।
कुत एवापरान्राजन्मृषावादपरायणः ॥ १२.१९७.६७ ॥
O king, for one devoted to falsehood there is neither this world nor the next; he cannot deliver even his forefathers, so how could he deliver his descendants?
12.197.68
न यज्ञाध्ययने दानं नियमास्तारयन्ति हि ।
यथा सत्यं परे लोके तथेह पुरुषर्षभ ॥ १२.१९७.६८ ॥
O bull among men, sacrifice, study of the Veda, gifts and observances do not deliver as truth delivers in the other world; so too here.
12.197.69
तपांसि यानि चीर्णानि चरिष्यन्ति च यत्तपः ।
समाशतैः सहस्रैश्च तत्सत्यान्न विशिष्यते ॥ १२.१९७.६९ ॥
The austerities already performed, those yet to be performed, and those performed for hundreds and thousands of years, are not superior to truth.
12.197.70
सत्यमेकं परं ब्रह्म सत्यमेकं परं तपः ।
सत्यमेकं परो यज्ञः सत्यमेकं परं श्रुतम् ॥ १२.१९७.७० ॥
Truth alone is the supreme Brahman; truth alone is the supreme austerity; truth alone is the supreme sacrifice; truth alone is the supreme learning.
12.197.71
सत्यं वेदेषु जागर्ति फलं सत्ये परं स्मृतम् ।
तपो धर्मो दमश्चैव सर्वं सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १२.१९७.७१ ॥
Truth stays awake in the Vedas; the highest fruit is declared to lie in truth. Austerity, dharma and self-restraint are all established in truth.
12.197.72
सत्यं वेदास्तथाङ्गानि सत्यं यज्ञास्तथा विधिः ।
व्रतचर्या तथा सत्यमोंकारः सत्यमेव च ॥ १२.१९७.७२ ॥
Truth is the Vedas and their limbs; truth is the sacrifices and their rule; the practice of vows is truth, and the syllable Om is truth as well.
12.197.73
प्राणिनां जननं सत्यं सत्यं सन्ततिरेव च ।
सत्येन वायुरभ्येति सत्येन तपते रविः ॥ १२.१९७.७३ ॥
The birth of living beings is truth, and offspring too is truth. By truth the wind blows; by truth the sun burns.
12.197.74
सत्येन चाग्निर्दहति स्वर्गः सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितः ।
सत्यं यज्ञस्तपो वेदाः स्तोभा मन्त्राः सरस्वती ॥ १२.१९७.७४ ॥
By truth fire burns; heaven is established in truth. Truth is the sacrifice, austerity, the Vedas, the chanted refrains, the sacred formulas, and Sarasvatī.
12.197.75
तुलामारोपितो धर्मः सत्यं चैवेति नः श्रुतम् ।
समां कक्षां धारयतो यः सत्यं ततोऽधिकम् ॥ १२.१९७.७५ ॥
Dharma is placed on the scale, and truth as well — so we have heard. For one who holds the balance even, truth is greater than even that.
12.197.76
यतो धर्मस्ततः सत्यं सर्वं सत्येन वर्धते ।
किमर्थमनृतं कर्म कर्तुं राजंस्त्वमिच्छसि ॥ १२.१९७.७६ ॥
Where there is dharma, there is truth; all things grow through truth. O king, why do you wish to perform a deed of falsehood?
12.197.77
सत्ये कुरु स्थिरं भावं मा राजन्ननृतं कृथाः ।
कस्मात्त्वमनृतं वाक्यं देहीति कुरुषेऽशुभम् ॥ १२.१९७.७७ ॥
Keep your mind steady in truth, O king; do not do falsehood. Why do you say, 'Give,' with a false word, and perform this inauspicious deed?
12.197.78
यदि जप्यफलं दत्तं मया नेच्छसि वै नृप ।
स्वधर्मेभ्यः परिभ्रष्टो लोकाननुचरिष्यसि ॥ १२.१९७.७८ ॥
If you do not desire the fruit of recitation that I have given, O king, then, fallen from your own duties, you will wander among the worlds.
12.197.79
संश्रुत्य यो न दित्सेत याचित्वा यश्च नेच्छति ।
उभावानृतिकावेतो न मृपा कर्तुमर्हसि ॥ १२.१९७.७९ ॥
He who promises and does not give, and he who, when asked, does not wish to receive — both of these are liars. You should not act falsely.
12.197.80
योद्धव्यं रक्षितव्यं च क्षत्रधर्मः किल द्विज ।
दातारः क्षत्रियाः प्रोक्ता गृह्णीयां भवतः कथम् ॥ १२.१९७.८० ॥
O twice-born, fighting and protecting are indeed the duty of the warrior; kṣatriyas are called givers. How should I receive from you?
12.197.81
न च्छन्दयामि ते राजन्नापि ते गृहमाव्रजम् ।
इहागम्य तु याचित्वा न गृह्णीषे पुनः कथम् ॥ १२.१९७.८१ ॥
O king, I desire nothing from you, nor do I wish to come to your house. Having come here and asked, why do you not receive it again?
12.197.82
अविवादोऽस्तु युवयोर्वित्तं मां धर्ममागतम् ।
द्विजो दानफलैर्युक्तो राजा सत्यफलेन च ॥ १२.१९७.८२ ॥
Let there be no dispute between you two. Know that I, Dharma, have come in the form of wealth. The twice-born is endowed with the fruit of giving, and the king with the fruit of truth.
12.197.83
स्वर्गं मां विद्धि राजेन्द्र रूपिणं स्वयमागतम् ।
अविवादोऽस्तु युवयोरुमौ तुल्यफलौ युवाम् ॥ १२.१९७.८३ ॥
O lord of kings, know me to be Heaven, come here in visible form. Let there be no dispute between you two; you both have equal fruit.
12.197.84
कृतं स्वर्गेण मे कार्यं गच्छ स्वर्ग यथागतम् ।
विप्रो यदीच्छते दातुं चीर्णं गृह्णातु मे फलम् ॥ १२.१९७.८४ ॥
I have no need of heaven. Go back to heaven as you came. If the Brāhmaṇa wishes to give, let him take the fruit of my accumulated merit.
12.197.85
बाल्ये यदि स्मादज्ञानान्मया हस्तः प्रसारितः ।
निवृत्तलक्षणं धर्ममुपासे संहितां जपन् ॥ १२.१९७.८५ ॥
If in childhood, out of ignorance, I once stretched out my hand, I now keep the duty marked by renunciation, reciting the Saṃhitā.
12.197.86
निवृत्तं मां चिराद्राजन्विप्रलोभयसे कथम् ।
स्वेन कार्यं करिष्यामि त्वत्तो नेच्छे फलं नृप।
तपःस्वाध्यायशीलोऽहं निवृत्तश्च प्रतिग्रहात् ॥ १२.१९७.८६ ॥
O king, I have long since renounced; how do you tempt a brahmin? I will perform my own duty; O king, I do not desire any reward from you. I am devoted to austerity and study, and I have withdrawn from accepting gifts.
12.197.87
यदि विप्र विसृष्टं ते जप्यस्य फलमुत्तमम् ।
आवयोर्यत्फलं किंचित्सहितं नौ तदस्त्विह ॥ १२.१९७.८७ ॥
O brahmin, if the supreme fruit of your recitation has been bestowed upon you, then whatever fruit there is of us two, let it be shared between us two here.
12.197.88
द्विजाः प्रतिग्रहे युक्ता दातारो राजवंशजाः ।
यदि धर्मः क्षुतो विप्र सहैव फलमस्तु नौ ॥ १२.१९७.८८ ॥
Brahmins are engaged in accepting gifts, and the givers are born of royal lineage. O brahmin, if duty has been harmed, let the fruit be shared by us two together.
12.197.89
मा वा भूत्सह भोज्यं नौ मदीयं फलमाप्नुहि ।
प्रतीच्छ मत्कृतं धर्मं यदि ते मय्यनुग्रहः ॥ १२.१९७.८९ ॥
Or let our food not be shared; obtain my fruit. Accept the duty I have performed, if you have favor toward me.
12.197.90
ततो विकृतवैषौ द्वौ पुरुषौ समुपस्थितौ ।
गृहीत्वाऽन्योन्यमावेष्ठ्य कुचेलावूचतुर्वचः ॥ १२.१९७.९० ॥
Then two men with distorted forms appeared. Seizing and enfolding one another, the two ragged ones spoke these words.
12.197.91
न मे धारयसीत्येको धारयामीति चापरः ।
इहास्ति नौ विवादोऽयमयं राजाऽनुशासकः ॥ १२.१९७.९१ ॥
One said, "You do not repay my debt"; the other said, "I do repay it." Here between us is this dispute; this king is the judge.
12.197.92
सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहमिदं न मे धारयते भवान् ।
अनृतं वदसीह त्वमृणं ते धारयाम्यहम्। ॥ १२.१९७.९२ ॥
"I speak the truth: you do not repay my debt. Here you speak falsely; I repay your debt."
12.197.93
तावुभौ सुभृशं तप्तौ राजानमिदमृचतुः ।
परीक्ष्यौ तु यथा स्याव नावामिह विगर्हितौ ॥ १२.१९७.९३ ॥
Both, greatly distressed, spoke to the king: "Test us, so that we may not be blamed here."
12.197.94
घारयामि नरव्याघ्र विकृतस्येह गोः फलम् ।
ददतश्च न गृह्णाति विकृतो मे महीपते ॥ १२.१९७.९४ ॥
"O tiger among men, I repay here the due of Vikṛta's cow. O lord of the earth, I give, yet Vikṛta does not take it from me."
12.197.95
न मे धारयते किंचिद्विरूपोऽयं नराधिप ।
मिथ्या ब्रवीत्ययं हि त्वां सत्याभासं नराधिप ॥ १२.१९७.९५ ॥
"O lord of men, this Virūpa repays me nothing. He speaks falsely to you, O lord of men, a lie that appears as truth."
12.197.96
विरूप किं धारयते भवानस्य ब्रवीतु मे ।
श्रुत्वा तथा करिष्येऽहमिति मे धीयते मनः ॥ १२.१९७.९६ ॥
"Virūpa, what do you owe him? Tell me. Having heard, I will act accordingly, my mind is resolved."
12.197.97
शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्यथैतद्धारयाम्यहम् ।
विकृतस्यास्य राजर्षे निखिलेन नराधिप ॥ १२.१९७.९७ ॥
Listen attentively, O king, as I hold this in mind. O royal sage, O lord of men, I will tell you all about this deformed one.
12.197.98
अनेन धर्मप्राप्त्यर्थं शुभा दत्ता पुराऽनघ ।
धेनुर्विप्राय राजर्षे तपःस्वाध्यायशीलिने ॥ १२.१९७.९८ ॥
O sinless one, formerly he gave an auspicious cow to a brahmin, in order to attain merit, O royal sage, a brahmin devoted to austerity and study of the Veda.
12.197.99
तस्याश्चायं मया राजन्फलमभ्येत्य याचितः ।
विकृतेन च मे दत्तं विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना ॥ १२.१९७.९९ ॥
O king, the fruit of that cow was requested of me, and the deformed one gave it to me with a pure inner self.
12.197.100
ततो मे सुकृतं कर्म कृतमात्मविशुद्धये ।
गावौ च कपिले क्रीत्वा वत्सले बहुदोहने ॥ १२.१९७.१०० ॥
Then I performed a meritorious deed for the purification of my self: I bought two tawny cows, with calves, yielding much milk.
12.197.101
ते चोञ्छवृत्तये राजन्मया समुपवर्जिते ।
यथाविधि यथाश्रद्धं तदस्याहं पुनः प्रभो ॥ १२.१९७.१०१ ॥
O king, those two cows I had handed over to him, who lives by gleaning; O lord, according to rule and faith I now give them back to him again.
12.197.102
इहाद्यैव प्रयच्छामि गृहीत्वा द्विगुणां फलम् ।
एवं स्यात्पुरुषव्याघ्र कःशुद्धः कोऽत्र दोषवान् ॥ १२.१९७.१०२ ॥
Today, right here, taking twice the fruit, I give it to him. So let it be, O tiger among men. Who here is pure, and who is at fault?
12.197.103
एवं विवदमानौ स्वस्त्यामिहाभ्यागतौ नृप ।
कुरु धर्ममधर्मं वा विनये नौ समादध ॥ १२.१९७.१०३ ॥
Thus disputing, the two of us have come here, O king. Decide between us in judgment, whether it is righteousness or unrighteousness.
12.197.104
यदि नेच्छति मे दानं यथा दत्तमनेन वै ।
भवानत्र स्थिरो भूत्वा मार्गे स्थापयिताऽद्य नौ ॥ १२.१९७.१०४ ॥
If he does not wish my gift, as he himself gave it, then you, standing firm here, shall today establish us both on the right path.
12.197.105
दीयमानं न गृह्णासि ऋणं कस्मात्त्वमद्य वै ।
यथैव तेऽभ्यनुज्ञातं यथा गृह्णीष्व माचिरम् ॥ १२.१९७.१०५ ॥
Why do you not accept what is being offered? Take this debt today, as it has been permitted to you; do not delay.
12.197.106
दीयतामित्यनेनोक्तं ददानीति तथा मया ।
नायं मे धारयत्यत्र गच्छतां यत्र वाञ्छति ॥ १२.१९७.१०६ ॥
He said, 'Let it be given,' and I said, 'I will give it'; yet he does not keep what is mine. Let him go wherever he wishes.
12.197.107
ददतोऽस्य न गृह्णासि विषमं प्रतिभाति मे ।
दणड्यो हि त्वं मम मतो नास्त्यत्र खलु संशयः ॥ १२.१९७.१०७ ॥
Though he gives, you do not accept it; this seems unjust to me. In my judgment you deserve punishment; there is surely no doubt of it.
12.197.108
मयाऽस्य दत्तं राजर्षे गृह्णीयां तत्कथं पुनः ।
को ममात्रापराधो मे दण्डमाज्ञापय प्रभो ॥ १२.१९७.१०८ ॥
How, O royal sage, could I take back again what I have given to him? What is my offence here? Lord, order a punishment for me.
12.197.109
दीयमानं यदि मया न गृह्णासि कथंचन ।
नियच्छति त्वां नृपतिरयं धर्मानुशासकः ॥ १२.१९७.१०९ ॥
If you refuse in any way to accept what I am giving, this king, the instructor in dharma, will restrain you.
12.197.110
स्वयं मया याचितेन दत्तं कथमिहाद्य तत् ।
गृह्णीयां गच्छतु भवानभ्यनुज्ञां ददानि ते ॥ १२.१९७.११० ॥
How could I accept here today what I myself asked for and you gave? Go, I give you permission.
12.197.111
श्रुतमेतत्त्वया राजन्ननयोः कथितं द्वयोः ।
प्रतिज्ञातं मया यत्ते तद्गृहाणाविचारितम् ॥ १२.१९७.१११ ॥
O king, you have heard what these two have said. Accept without hesitation what I promised you.
12.197.112
प्रस्तुतं सुमहत्कार्यमनयोर्गह्वरं यथा ।
जापकस्य दृढीकारः कथमेतद्भविष्यति ॥ १२.१९७.११२ ॥
This very great matter of these two has been brought forward, intricate as a cave. How will this become the firm confirmation of the one who recites?
12.197.113
यदि तावन्न गृह्णामि जापकेनापवर्जितम् ।
कथं न लिप्येयमहं पापेन महताऽद्य वै ॥ १२.१९७.११३ ॥
If I do not accept this, rejected by the reciter, how could I not today be stained by this great sin?
12.197.114
तौ चोवाच स राजर्षिः कृतकार्यौ गमिष्यथः ।
नेदानीं मामिहासाद्य राजधर्मो भवेन्मृषा ॥ १२.१९७.११४ ॥
And that royal sage said to the two of them: 'You two shall go, your task accomplished. If you approach me here now, the duty of kings would become false.'
12.197.115
स्वधर्मः परिपाल्यस्तु राज्ञामिति विनिश्चयः ।
विप्रधर्मश्च गहनो मामनात्मानमाविशत् ॥ १२.१९७.११५ ॥
Kings must guard their own duty; this is the firm conclusion. The duty of a brahmin is subtle, and it has entered me, who was not master of myself.
12.197.116
गृहाण धारयेऽहं च याचितं संश्रुतं मया ।
न चेद्भहीष्यसे राजञ्शपिष्ये त्वां न संशयः ॥ १२.१९७.११६ ॥
Take it; I too will keep what I asked for and what was promised to me. O king, if you do not accept it, I will surely curse you, there is no doubt.
12.197.117
धिग्राजधर्मं यस्यायं कार्यस्येह विनिश्चयः ।
इत्यर्थं मे ग्रहीतव्यं कथं तुल्यं भवेदिति ॥ १२.१९७.११७ ॥
Shame on the duty of kingship, in whose matter this is the decision here. For this purpose I must accept it; but how could this be equal?
12.197.118
एष पाणिरपूर्वं मे निक्षेपार्थं प्रसारितः ।
यन्मे धारयसे विप्र तदिदानीं प्रदीयताम् ॥ १२.१९७.११८ ॥
This is my hand, unprecedentedly extended for a deposit. O brahmin, what you hold as mine, let it now be given.
12.197.119
संहितां जपता यावान्गुणः कश्चित्कृतो मया ।
तत्सर्वं प्रतिगृह्णीष्व यदि किंचिदिहास्ति मे ॥ १२.१९७.११९ ॥
Whatever merit I have earned by reciting the Saṃhitā, receive all of it, if there is anything here that is mine.
12.197.120
जलमेतन्निपतितं मम पाणौ द्विजोत्तम ।
सममस्तु सहैवास्तु प्रतिगृह्णातु वै भवान् ॥ १२.१९७.१२० ॥
O best of brahmins, this water has fallen upon my palm. Let it be equal, let it be together; indeed, let you receive it.
12.197.121
कामक्रोधौ विद्धि नौ त्वमावाभ्यां कारितो भवान् ।
जिज्ञासमानौ युवयोर्मनोत्थं तु द्विजोत्तम ॥ १२.१९७.१२१ ॥
O best of the twice-born, know that desire and anger are we two. By us two you were set in motion. This inquiry, born of your two minds, is indeed yours.
12.197.122
सहेति च यदुक्तं ते समा लोकास्तवास्य च ।
नायं धारयते किंचिज्जिज्ञासा त्वत्कृते कृता ॥ १२.१९७.१२२ ॥
As for what you said, 'together', and that your worlds and this one's be equal, this inquiry was made for your sake; it holds nothing back.
12.197.123
कालो धर्मस्तथा मृत्युः कामक्रोधौ तथा युवाम् ।
सर्वमन्योन्यनिष्कर्षे निकृष्टं पश्यतस्तव ॥ १२.१९७.१२३ ॥
Time, dharma, likewise death, desire and anger, and you two as well — all of these, in drawing one another out, are base, as you watch.
12.197.124
सर्वेषामुपरिस्थानं ब्रह्मणो व्यक्तजन्मनः ।
युवयोः स्थानमूलं निर्द्वन्द्वममलात्मकम् ॥ १२.१९७.१२४ ॥
Above all is the abode of Brahmā, whose birth is manifest; the root of your two abodes is that which is beyond the pairs of opposites and of stainless nature.
12.197.125
सर्वे गच्छाम यत्र स्वान्स्वाँल्लोकांश्च तथा वयम् ।
गच्छ लोकाञ्जितान्स्वेन कर्मणा यत्र वाञ्छसि ॥ १२.१९७.१२५ ॥
Let us all go where our own worlds are, and so we too. Go to the worlds won by your own deed, wherever you desire.
12.197.126
ततो धर्मयमाद्यास्ते वाक्यमूचुर्नपर्द्विजौ ।
अस्माकं यः स्मृतो मूर्धा ब्रह्मलोकमिति स्मृतं ॥ १२.१९७.१२६ ॥
Then Dharma, Yama and the others spoke these words, O king: we two are the twice-born; that which is remembered among us as the head is remembered as the world of Brahmā.
12.197.127
तत्रस्थौ हि भवन्तौ हि युवाभ्यां निर्जिता वयम् ।
युवयोः काम आपन्नस्तत्काम्यमविशङ्कया ॥ १२.१९७.१२७ ॥
You two, standing there, have defeated us. A desire has arisen in you both; speak that desired thing without hesitation.
12.197.128
जापकानां फलावाप्तिर्मया ते संप्रदर्शिता ।
गतिः स्थानं च लोकाश्च जापकेन यथा जिताः ॥ १२.१९७.१२८ ॥
I have shown you the attainment of the fruit of those who recite japa—their destinations, places and worlds, and how the reciter conquers them.
12.197.129
प्रयाति संहिताध्यायी ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् ।
अथवाऽग्निं समायाति सूर्यमाविशतेऽपि वा ॥ १२.१९७.१२९ ॥
The one who studies the saṃhitā goes to Brahmā, the supreme one; or he comes to Agni, or enters the sun.
12.197.130
स तैजसेन भावेन यदि तत्र रमत्युत ।
गुणांस्तेषां समाधत्ते रागेण प्रतिमोहितः ॥ १२.१९७.१३० ॥
If he delights there in a luminous state, then, deeply deluded by attachment, he takes on their qualities.
12.197.131
एवं सोमे तथा वायौ भूम्याकाशशरीरगः ।
सरागस्तत्र वसति गुणांस्तेषां समाचरन् ॥ १२.१९७.१३१ ॥
Likewise, in the moon, in the wind, with a body of earth and ether, he dwells there with attachment, practising their qualities.
12.197.132
अथ तत्र विरागी स परं गच्छत्यसंशयम् ।
परमव्ययमिच्छन्स तमेवाविशते पुनः ॥ १२.१९७.१३२ ॥
Then, if he is dispassionate there, he goes without doubt to the highest; desiring the highest, imperishable one, he enters that very one again.
12.197.133
अमृताच्चामृतं प्राप्तः शान्तीभूतो निरात्मवान् ।
ब्रह्मभूतः स निर्द्वन्द्वः सुखी शान्तो निरामयः ॥ १२.१९७.१३३ ॥
Having attained immortality from immortality, become tranquil and free from self-regard, become Brahman, he is free from the pairs of opposites, happy, peaceful and without affliction.
12.197.134
ब्रह्मस्थानमनावर्तमेकमक्षरसंज्ञकम् ।
अदुःखमजरं शान्तं स्थानं तत्प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १२.१९७.१३४ ॥
He attains that state of Brahman, which is without return, one, called the imperishable, free from suffering, free from decay, and peaceful.
12.197.135
चतुर्भिर्लक्षणैर्हीनं तथा पड्भिः सषोडशैः ।
पुरुषं तमतिक्रम्य आकाशं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १२.१९७.१३५ ॥
Having passed beyond that person, devoid of the four, the six, and the sixteen marks, he attains space.
12.197.136
अथ नेच्छति रागात्मा सर्वं तदधितिष्ठति ।
यच्च प्रार्थयते तच्च मनसा प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १२.१९७.१३६ ॥
Even if the one whose self is passion does not desire, all things abide in him; and whatever he longs for in his mind, that too he obtains.
12.197.137
अथवा चेक्षते लोकान्सर्वान्निरयसंज्ञितान् ।
निस्पृहः सर्वतो मुक्तस्तत्र वै रमते सुखम् ॥ १२.१९७.१३७ ॥
Or he looks upon all the worlds called hells; yet, free from longing and liberated in every way, he delights in happiness right there.
12.197.138
एवमेषा महाराज जापकस्य गतिर्यथा ।
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं किं भूयः श्रोतुमर्हसि ॥ १२.१९७.१३८ ॥
Thus, great king, is the course of the one who recites. All of this has been told to you; what else do you wish to hear?