Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.228
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12.228.1
यदिदं तप इत्याहुः किं तपः संप्रकीर्तितम् ।
उपवासमथान्यत्तु वेदाचारमथो नु किम्।
शास्त्रं तपो महाप्राज्ञ तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ १२.२२८.१ ॥
What they call tapas, what is declared as austerity? Is it fasting, or something else, or conduct according to the Vedas? Or is it scripture? O greatly wise grandsire, tell me that.
12.228.2
पक्षमासोपवासादीन्मन्यन्ते वै तपोधनाः ।
वेदव्रतादीनि तप अपरे वेदपारगाः।
वेदपारायणं चान्ये चाहुस्तत्वमथापरे ॥ १२.२२८.२ ॥
Those whose wealth is austerity hold that fortnightly and monthly fasts and the like are tapas. Others call the Vedic vows and the like tapas; others, who have crossed the Vedas, call the complete recitation of the Veda tapas, and still others call the truth tapas.
12.228.3
यथाविहितमाचारस्तपः सर्वं व्रतं गताः ।
आत्मविद्याविधानं यत्तत्तपः परिकीर्तितम् ॥ १२.२२८.३ ॥
Conduct prescribed according to rule is the whole of the vow, and the austerity of those who have attained the vows. That rule of knowledge of the self is declared to be austerity.
12.228.4
त्यागस्तपस्तथा शान्तिस्तप इन्द्रियनिग्रहः ।
ब्रह्मचर्यं तपः प्रोक्तमाहुरेवं द्विजातयः ॥ १२.२२८.४ ॥
Renunciation is austerity, and so is tranquillity; restraint of the senses is austerity. Celibate discipline is declared austerity; so say the twice-born.
12.228.5
सदोपवासो यो विद्वान्ब्रह्मचारी सदा भवेत् ॥ १२.२२८.५ ॥
The learned man who is always fasting and always a celibate student.
12.228.6
यो मुनिश्च सदा धीमान्विघसाशी विमत्सरः ।
ततस्त्वनन्तमप्याहुर्यो नित्यमतिथिप्रियः ॥ १२.२२८.६ ॥
The sage who is always wise, a vighasāśin (one who eats the remnants of food), and free from envy; they call him endless too, who is constantly fond of guests.
12.228.7
नान्तराशीस्ततो नित्यमुपवासी महाव्रतः ।
ऋतुगामी तथा प्रोक्तो विघसाशी स्मृतो बुधैः ॥ १२.२२८.७ ॥
He who does not eat between meals, who is always fasting and holds great vows, who approaches only in season, is declared; and the wise hold him to be one who eats only the remnants.
12.228.8
भृत्यशेषं तु यो भुङ्क्ते यज्ञशेषं तथाऽमृतम् ।
एवं नानार्थसंयोगं तपः शश्वदुदाहृतम् ॥ १२.२२८.८ ॥
He who eats the remnant of the servants and the remnant of the sacrifice, which is nectar; thus austerity, the union of many purposes, has always been declared.
12.228.9
केषां लोका ह्यपर्यन्ताः सर्वे सत्यव्रते स्थिताः ।
येऽपि कर्ममयं प्राहुस्ते द्विजा ब्राह्मणाः स्मृताः।
रमन्ते दिव्यभोगैश्च पूजिता ह्यप्सरोगणैः ॥ १२.२२८.९ ॥
Those whose worlds are endless all abide in the vow of truth. Those who declare austerity to consist of action are also considered twice-born brahmins; they rejoice in divine enjoyments and are honored by companies of apsarās.
12.228.10
ज्ञानात्मकं तपश्शब्दं ये वदन्ति विनिश्चिताः ।
ते ह्यन्तराऽऽत्मसद्भावं प्रपन्ना नृपसत्तम ॥ १२.२२८.१० ॥
Those resolute ones who call the word tapas consisting of knowledge — they have indeed attained the true nature of the inner self, O best of kings.
12.228.11
एतत्ते नृपशार्दूल प्रोक्तं यत्पृष्ट्वानसि ।
यथा वस्तुनि संज्ञानि विविधानि भवन्त्युत ॥ १२.२२८.११ ॥
This has been told to you, O tiger among kings, as you have asked; just as things come to have many various names.
12.228.12
पितामह महाप्राज्ञ राजाधीना नृपाः पुनः ।
अन्यानि च सहस्राणि नामानि विविधानि च ॥ १२.२२८.१२ ॥
Grandsire, O greatly wise one — the kings who are subject to rulers, again, and thousands of other various names.
12.228.13
प्रतियोगीनि वै तेषां छन्नान्यस्तमितानि च ।
दृढं सर्वं प्राकृतकभिदं सर्वत्र पश्य वै ॥ १२.२२८.१३ ॥
Their opposing states too are hidden and set. This whole natural order is firm; see it everywhere.
12.228.14
तस्माद्यथागतं राजन्यथारुचि नृणां भवेत् ।
अस्मिन्नर्थे पुरावृत्तं शृणु राजन्युधिष्ठिर ॥ १२.२२८.१४ ॥
Therefore, O king, let it be as it has come, as it pleases men. Hear the ancient account concerning this matter, O king Yudhiṣṭhira.
12.228.15
ब्राह्मणानां समूहे तु यदुवाच सुवर्चला ।
देवलस्य सुता विद्वन्सर्वलक्षणशोभिता ॥ १२.२२८.१५ ॥
What Suvarcalā spoke in the assembly of brahmins — the daughter of Devala, O learned one, adorned with all auspicious marks.
12.228.16
कन्या सुवर्चला नाम योगभावितचेतना ।
हेतुना केन जाता सा निर्द्वन्द्वा नष्टसंशया ॥ १२.२२८.१६ ॥
The maiden named Suvarcalā, whose mind was cultivated by yoga — by what cause was she born? She was free from dualities, with her doubts destroyed.
12.228.17
साऽब्रवीत्पितरं विप्रं वरान्वेषणतत्परा ॥ १२.२२८.१७ ॥
Intent on seeking a boon, she spoke to her father, that brahmin.
12.228.18
अन्धाय मां महाप्राज्ञ देहि वीक्ष्य सुलोचनम् ।
एवं स्म च पितः शश्वन्मयेदं…मुने ॥ १२.२२८.१८ ॥
"O very wise one, give me to a blind man, having seen fair-eyed... Thus indeed, O father, always by me this... O sage."
12.228.19
न शक्यं प्रार्थितुं वत्से त्वयाऽद्य प्रतिभाति मे ।
अन्धताऽनन्धता चेति विचारो मम जायते।
उन्मत्तेव सुते वाक्यं भाषसे पृथुलोचने ॥ १२.२२८.१९ ॥
Daughter, it does not seem possible for me to ask this of you. Today your words do not make sense to me. Doubt arises in my mind about blindness and non-blindness. Broad-eyed one, you speak like one out of her mind.
12.228.20
नाहमुन्मत्तभूताऽऽद्य बुद्धिपूर्वं ब्रवीमि ते ।
विद्धि वैतादृशं लोके स मां भजति वेदवित् ॥ १२.२२८.२० ॥
I have not become mad today; I speak to you deliberately. Know that it is so in the world. He who knows the Vedas chooses me.
12.228.21
यान्यांस्त्वं मन्यसे दातुं मां द्विजोत्तम तानिह ।
आनयान्यान्महाभाग ह्यहं द्रक्ष्यामि तेषु तम् ॥ १२.२२८.२१ ॥
O best of brahmins, bring here whatever you intend to give me. O greatly fortunate one, bring other things as well. Among them I shall see him.
12.228.22
तथेति चोक्त्वा तां विप्रः प्रेषयामास शिष्यकान् ।
ऋषेः प्रभावं दृष्ट्वा ते कन्यायाश्च द्विजोत्तमाः।
अनेकमुनयो राजन्संप्राप्ता देवलाश्रमम् ॥ १२.२२८.२२ ॥
Saying 'So be it,' the brahmin sent his disciples to her. Seeing the power of the sage and the radiance of the maiden, O king, those best of twice-born and many sages arrived at the hermitage of Devala.
12.228.23
तानागतानथाभ्यर्च्यं कन्यामाह पिता महान् ।
यदीच्छसि वरं भद्रे तं विप्रं वरय स्वयम् ॥ १२.२२८.२३ ॥
Having honoured those who had come, the great father then said to the maiden: 'O auspicious one, if you wish for a husband, choose that brahmin yourself.'
12.228.24
तथेचि चोक्त्वा कल्याणी तप्तहेमनिभानना ।
करसंमितमध्याङ्गी वाक्यमाह तपोधनाः ॥ १२.२२८.२४ ॥
Saying 'So be it,' the auspicious maiden, her face like molten gold and her waist no wider than a hand's span, spoke these words, O wealthy in asceticism.
12.228.25
यद्यस्ति संमतो विप्रो ह्यन्धोऽनन्धः स मे वरः ।
नोचुर्विप्रा महाभागां प्रतिवाक्यं ययुश्च ते ॥ १२.२२८.२५ ॥
If there is a brahmin who is agreeable to me, whether blind or not blind, he is my bridegroom. But the brahmins gave the great-fortuned one no answer, and they went away.
12.228.26
कन्या च तिष्ठतामत्र पितुर्वेश्मनि भारत ॥ १२.२२८.२६ ॥
And let the maiden remain here, in her father's house, O Bhārata.
12.228.27
श्वेतकेतुः कहालस्य श्यालः परमधर्मवित् ।
श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा तदागम्य कन्यामाह महीपते ॥ १२.२२८.२७ ॥
Śvetaketu, brother-in-law of Kahāla, knower of supreme dharma, having heard this, came there and spoke to the maiden, O lord of the earth.
12.228.28
सोहं भद्रे समावृत्तस्त्वयोक्तो यः पुरा द्विजः ।
विशालनयनं विद्धि मामन्धोऽहं वृणीष्व माम् ॥ १२.२२८.२८ ॥
O good lady, I am that twice-born man you spoke to before. Know me as wide-eyed, though I am blind. Choose me.
12.228.29
कथं विशालनेत्रोऽसि कथं वा त्वमलोचनः ।
ब्रूहि पश्चादहं विद्वन्परीक्षे त्वां द्विजोत्तम ॥ १२.२२८.२९ ॥
How are you wide-eyed, or how are you eyeless? Tell me, O learned one; afterwards I will test you, best of the twice-born.
12.228.30
शब्दे स्पर्शे तथा रूपे रसे गन्धे सहेतुकम् ।
न मे प्रवर्तते चेतो न प्रत्यक्षं हि तेषु मे।
अलोचनोऽहं तस्माद्धि न गतिर्विद्यते यतः ॥ १२.२२८.३० ॥
My mind does not turn, with cause, to sound, touch, form, taste or smell; I have no direct perception of them. Therefore I am eyeless, since I have no way.
12.228.31
येन पश्यति सुश्रोणि भाषते स्पृशते पुनः ।
भुज्यते घ्रायते नित्यं शृणोति मनुते तथा ॥ १२.२२८.३१ ॥
By which, O fair-hipped one, a man sees, speaks, touches again, always eats, smells, hears and perceives, likewise.
12.228.32
तच्चक्षुर्विद्यते मह्यं येन पश्यति वै स्फुटम् ।
सुलोचनोऽहं भद्रे वै पृच्छ वा किं वदामि ते।
सर्वमस्मिन्न मे विद्या विद्वान्हि परमार्थतः ॥ १२.२२८.३२ ॥
I have that eye by which I see clearly. O gentle lady, I am fair-eyed. Ask, or what shall I tell you? In this matter not all knowledge is mine, yet in the highest sense I am learned.
12.228.33
सा विशुद्धा ततो भूत्वा श्वेतकेतुं महामुनिम् ।
प्रणम्य पूजयामास तां भार्यां स च लब्धवान् ॥ १२.२२८.३३ ॥
Then she, having become purified, bowed to the great sage Śvetaketu and honoured him; and he obtained her as his wife.
12.228.34
वैराग्यसंयुता कन्या तादृशं परिमुत्तमम् ।
प्राप्ता राजन्महाप्राज्ञ तस्मादर्थः पृथक्पृथक् ॥ १२.२२८.३४ ॥
The maiden endowed with detachment obtained such a supreme and excellent state. Therefore, O king, O greatly wise one, understand the meaning one by one.
12.228.35
एतत्ते कथितं राजन्किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥ १२.२२८.३५ ॥
This has been told to you, O king. What more do you wish to hear?