Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.331
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12.331.1
कथं व्यासस्य धर्मात्मा शुको जज्ञे महातपाः ।
सिद्धिं च परमां प्राप्तस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ १२.३३१.१ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said: How was Śuka, the righteous-souled son of Vyāsa, the great ascetic, born? And how did he attain supreme perfection? Tell me that, O grandsire.
12.331.2
कस्यां चोत्पादयामास शुकं व्यासस्तपोधनः ।
न ह्यस्य जननीं विद्मो जन्म चाग्र्यं महात्मनः ॥ १२.३३१.२ ॥
And from which woman did Vyāsa, the wealth of austerity, father Śuka? We do not know the mother of that great-souled one, nor his foremost birth.
12.331.3
कथं च बालस्य सतः सूक्ष्मज्ञाने रता मतिः ।
यथा नान्यस्य लोकेऽस्मिन्द्वितीयस्येह कस्यचित् ॥ १२.३३१.३ ॥
And how, though still a child, did his mind delight in subtle knowledge, as no other mind in this world has delighted in it?
12.331.4
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण महामते ।
न हि मे तृप्तिरस्तीह शृण्वतोऽमृतमुत्तमम् ॥ १२.३३१.४ ॥
O great-minded one, I wish to hear this in full. Even as I listen, I am not satisfied, for this is the supreme nectar.
12.331.5
माहात्म्यमात्मयोगं च विज्ञानं च शुकस्य ह ।
यथावदानुपूर्व्येण तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ १२.३३१.५ ॥
Tell me in order and as it truly is, O grandsire, the greatness of Śuka, his self-yoga, and his realized knowledge.
12.331.6
न हायनैर्न पलितैर्न वित्तैर्न च बन्धुभिः ।
ऋषयश्चक्रिरे धर्मं योऽनूचानः स नो महान् ॥ १२.३३१.६ ॥
The sages did not fix dharma by years, nor by grey hair, nor by wealth, nor by kinsmen; he who is learned in scripture, he is great for us.
12.331.7
तपोमूलमिदं सर्वं यन्मां पृच्छसि पाण्डव ।
तदिन्द्रियाणि संयम्य तपो भवति नान्यथा ॥ १२.३३१.७ ॥
O son of Pāṇḍu, all that you ask me rests on the root of austerity. Austerity comes only from restraining the senses; there is no other way.
12.331.8
इन्द्रियाणां प्रसङ्गेन दोषमृच्छत्यसंशयम् ।
संनियम्य तु तान्येव सिद्धिमाप्नोति मानवः ॥ १२.३३१.८ ॥
Through attachment to the senses a person surely incurs fault; but by fully restraining those very senses, a person attains perfection.
12.331.9
अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य वाजपेयशतस्य च ।
योगस्य कलया तात न तुल्यं विद्यते फलम् ॥ १२.३३१.९ ॥
Dear one, the fruit of even a fraction of yoga is not equal to that of a thousand horse sacrifices or a hundred vājapeya rites.
12.331.10
अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि जन्मयोगफलं तथा ।
शुकस्याग्र्यां गतिं चैव दुर्विदामकृतात्मभिः ॥ १२.३३१.१० ॥
Here I will describe to you the fruit of yoga and birth, and the supreme path of Śuka, which is hard to know for those without self-control.
12.331.11
मेरुशृङ्गे किल पुरा कर्णिकारवनायुते ।
विजहार महादेवो भीमैर्भूतगणैर्वृतः ॥ १२.३३१.११ ॥
It is said that long ago, on the peak of Meru, abounding in karṇikāra groves, Mahādeva dwelt in sport, surrounded by terrible hosts of spirits.
12.331.12
शैलराजसुता चैव देवी तत्राभवत्पुरा ।
तत्र दिव्यं तपस्तेषे कृष्णद्वैपायनः प्रभुः ॥ १२.३३१.१२ ॥
There, long ago, was also the goddess, daughter of the king of mountains; and there the lord Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana performed divine austerity.
12.331.13
योगेनात्मानमाविश्य योगधर्मपरायणः ।
धारयन्स तपस्तेपे पुत्रार्थं कुरुसत्तम ॥ १२.३३१.१३ ॥
Entering himself by yoga, intent on the duty of yoga, sustaining himself, he performed austerities for the sake of a son, best of the Kurus.
12.331.14
अग्नेर्भूमेरपां वायोरन्तरिक्षस्य वा विभो ।
वीर्येण संमितः पुत्रो मम भूयादिति स्म ह ॥ १२.३३१.१४ ॥
May a son equal in potency to fire, earth, water, wind, or space be mine, O mighty one — thus he indeed declared.
12.331.15
संकल्पेनाथ मौनेन दुष्प्रापमकृतात्मभिः ।
वरयामास देवेशमास्थितस्तप उत्तमम् ॥ १२.३३१.१५ ॥
By resolve and by silence, hard to attain for those without self-control, having taken up supreme austerity, he sought a boon from the lord of gods.
12.331.16
अतिष्ठन्मारुताहारः शतं किल समाः प्रभुः ।
आराधयन्महादेवं बहुरूपमुमापतिम् ॥ १२.३३१.१६ ॥
Feeding only on wind, the lord stood for a hundred years indeed, worshipping Mahādeva, the many-formed lord of Umā.
12.331.17
तत्र ब्रह्मर्षयश्चैव सर्वे देवर्षयस्तथा ।
लोकपालाश्च लोकेशं साध्याश्च वसुभिः सह ॥ १२.३३१.१७ ॥
There assembled all the brahmin sages and divine sages alike, the world-guardians, the lord of the worlds, the Sādhyas together with the Vasus.
12.331.18
आदित्याश्चैव रुद्राश्च दिवाकरनिशाकरौ ।
मारुतो मरुतश्चैव सागराः सरितस्तथा ॥ १२.३३१.१८ ॥
The Ādityas and the Rudras, the sun and the moon, the Wind and the Maruts, the oceans and the rivers likewise.
12.331.19
अश्विनौ देवगन्धर्वास्तथा नारदपर्वतौ ।
विश्वावसुश्च गन्धर्वः सिद्धाश्चाप्सरसां गणाः ॥ १२.३३१.१९ ॥
The two Aśvins, gods and gandharvas, Nārada and Parvata, the gandharva Viśvāvasu, the siddhas, and the hosts of apsarases were there.
12.331.20
तत्र रुद्रो महादेवः कर्णिकारमयीं शुभाम् ।
धारयाणः स्रजं भाति ज्योत्स्नामिव निशाकरः ॥ १२.३३१.२० ॥
There the great god Rudra, wearing a fair garland of karṇikāra flowers, shone like the moon with its moonlight.
12.331.21
तस्मिन्दिव्ये वने रम्ये देवदेवर्षिसंकुले ।
आस्थितः परमं योगमृषिः पुत्रार्थमच्युतः ॥ १२.३३१.२१ ॥
In that divine, delightful forest thronged with gods and sages, the unfallen sage had taken up the supreme yoga for the sake of a son.
12.331.22
न चास्य हीयते प्राणो न ग्लानिरुपजायते ।
त्रयाणामपि लोकानां तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ १२.३३१.२२ ॥
His breath of life did not diminish, and no weariness arose in him; that was as if wonderful to all three worlds.
12.331.23
जटाश्च तेजसा तस्य वैश्वानरशिखोपमाः ।
प्रज्वलन्त्यः स्म दृश्यन्ते युक्तस्यामिततेजसः ॥ १२.३३१.२३ ॥
His matted locks, blazing with his radiance like the flames of the cosmic fire, were seen of him who was absorbed in yoga, of immeasurable splendour.
12.331.24
मार्कण्डेयो हि भगवानेतदाख्यातवान्मम ।
स देवचरितानीह कथयामास मे तदा ॥ १२.३३१.२४ ॥
The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya himself told me this; he then recounted to me here the deeds of the gods.
12.331.25
एता अद्यापि कृष्णस्य तपसा तेन दीपिताः ।
अग्निवर्णा जटास्तात प्रकाशन्ते महात्मनः ॥ १२.३३१.२५ ॥
Dear son, even today the fire-colored matted locks of that great-souled Kṛṣṇa, kindled by his austerity, shine forth.
12.331.26
एवंविधेन तपसा तस्य भक्त्या च भारत ।
महेश्वरः प्रसन्नात्मा चकार मनसा मतिम् ॥ १२.३३१.२६ ॥
By such austerity and by his devotion, O Bhārata, Maheśvara with a gracious mind made a resolve in his heart.
12.331.27
ततस्तस्य महादेवो दर्शयामास साम्बिकः ।
उवाच चैवं भगवांख्यम्बकः प्रहसन्निव।
एवंविधस्ते तनयो द्वैपायन भविष्यति ॥ १२.३३१.२७ ॥
Then the great god, together with Ambikā, revealed himself to him. The blessed Ambaka spoke, as if smiling: "O Dvaipāyana, your son will be just such a one."
12.331.28
यथा ह्यग्निर्यथा वायुर्यथा भूमिर्यथा जलम् ।
यथाऽऽकारास्तथा शुद्धो भविता ते सुतो महान् ॥ १२.३३१.२८ ॥
Just as fire, as wind, as earth, as water are, so pure will your great son be in his nature.
12.331.29
तद्भावभावी तद्बुद्धिस्तदाऽऽत्मा तदपाश्रयः ।
तेजसाऽऽवृत्य लोकांस्त्रीन्यशः प्राप्स्यति ते सुतः ॥ १२.३३१.२९ ॥
Abiding in that very nature, with that very intellect and self, taking refuge in that alone, your son by his splendor will cover the three worlds and obtain fame.