Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.332
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12.332.1
स लब्ध्वा परमं देवाद्वरं सत्यवतीसुतः ।
अरणीं तु ततो गृह्य ममन्थाग्निचिकीर्षया ॥ १२.३३२.१ ॥
Having obtained a supreme boon from the god, the son of Satyavatī took the fire-stick and churned it, desiring to kindle fire.
12.332.2
अथ रूपं परं राजन्बिभ्रतीं स्वेन तेजसा ।
घृताचीं नामाप्सरसमपश्यद्भगवानृषिः ॥ १२.३३२.२ ॥
Then, O king, the blessed sage saw an apsaras named Ghṛtācī, bearing a supreme form radiant with her own splendour.
12.332.3
ऋषिरप्सरसं दृष्ट्वा सहसा काममोहितः ।
अभवद्भगवान्व्यासो वने तस्मिन्युधिष्ठिर ॥ १२.३३२.३ ॥
Seeing that apsaras, the sage Vyāsa, the blessed one, was suddenly bewildered by desire, O Yudhiṣṭhira, in that forest.
12.332.4
सा च दृष्ट्वा तदा व्यासं कामसंविग्नमानसम् ।
शुकी भूत्वा महाराज घृताची समुपागमत् ॥ १२.३३२.४ ॥
And seeing Vyāsa then, his mind agitated by desire, O great king, Ghṛtācī came near him, having become a female parrot.
12.332.5
स तामप्सरसं दृष्ट्वा रूपेणान्येन संवृताम् ।
शरीरजेनानुगतः सर्वगात्रातिगेन ह ॥ १२.३३२.५ ॥
Seeing that apsaras, veiled in another form, he was indeed overcome by desire born of the body, which had spread through every limb.
12.332.6
स तु धैर्येण महता निगृह्णन्हृच्छयं मुनिः ।
न शशाक नियन्तुं तद्व्यासः प्रविसृतं मनः।
भावित्वाच्चैव भावस्य घृताच्या वपुषा हृतः ॥ १२.३३२.६ ॥
But though he restrained with great firmness the desire lying in his heart, the sage Vyāsa could not control his spreading mind; and, moved by the emotion, he was carried off by the body of Ghṛtācī.
12.332.7
यत्नान्नियच्छतस्तस्य मुनेरग्निचिकीर्षया ।
अरण्यामेव सहसा तस्य शुक्रमवापतत् ॥ १२.३३२.७ ॥
As the sage was restraining himself with effort, from the desire to kindle fire, his semen suddenly fell into the fire-stick.
12.332.8
सोऽविशङ्केन मनसा तथैव द्विजसत्तमः ।
अरणीं ममन्थ ब्रह्मर्षिस्तस्यां जज्ञे शुको नृप ॥ १२.३३२.८ ॥
That best of the twice-born, with an unhesitating mind, churned the fire-stick; and O king, Śuka was born from it.
12.332.9
शुक्रे निर्मथ्यमाने स शुको जज्ञे महातपाः ।
परमर्षिर्महायोगी अरणीगर्भसंभवः ॥ १२.३३२.९ ॥
As the semen was churned out, Śuka was born — the great ascetic, supreme sage, great yogin, born from the womb of the fire-stick.
12.332.10
यथाऽध्वरे समिद्धोऽग्निर्भाति हव्यमुदावहन् ।
तथारूपः शुको जज्ञे प्रज्वलन्निव तेजसा ॥ १२.३३२.१० ॥
Just as the fire kindled at a sacrifice shines, carrying the oblation upward, so was Śuka born, as if blazing with radiance.
12.332.11
विभ्रत्पितुश्च कौरव्य रूपवर्णमनुत्तमम् ।
बभौ तदा भावितात्मा विधूमोऽग्निरिवज्वलन् ॥ १२.३३२.११ ॥
O descendant of the Kurus, bearing his father's unsurpassed form and complexion, the self-purified one then shone like a smokeless fire, blazing forth.
12.332.12
तं गङ्गा सरितां श्रेष्ठा मेरुपृष्ठे जनेश्वर ।
स्वरूपिणी तदाऽभ्येत्य स्नापयामास वारिणा ॥ १२.३३२.१२ ॥
O lord of men, the Ganges, foremost of rivers, then came to the back of Meru in her own form and bathed him with water.
12.332.13
अन्तरिक्षाच्च कौरव्य दण्डः कृष्णाजिनं च ह ।
पपात भुवि राजेन्द्र शुकस्थार्थे महात्मनः ॥ १२.३३२.१३ ॥
O descendant of Kuru, from the sky a staff and a black antelope skin also fell upon the earth, O lord of kings, for the place of the great-souled Śuka.
12.332.14
जेगीयन्ते स्म गन्धर्वा ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः ।
देवदुन्दुभयश्चैव प्रावाद्यन्त सहस्रशः ॥ १२.३३२.१४ ॥
The Gandharvas sang, troops of Apsarases danced, and the divine drums were sounded by the thousand.
12.332.15
विश्वासुश्च गन्धर्वस्तथा तुम्बुरुनारदौ ।
हाहा हूहूश्च गन्धर्वौ तुष्टुवुः शुकसंभवम् ॥ १२.३३२.१५ ॥
The Gandharva Viśvāsu, Tumburu and Nārada, and the two Gandharvas Hāhā and Hūhū praised the one born of Śuka.
12.332.16
तत्र शक्रपुरोगाश्च लोकपालाः समागताः ।
देवा देवर्षयश्चैव तथा ब्रह्मर्षयोऽपि च ॥ १२.३३२.१६ ॥
There assembled the world-guardians led by Indra, and the gods, divine sages and brahmin sages as well.
12.332.17
दिव्यानि सर्वपुष्पाणि प्रववर्ष च मारुतः ।
जङ्गमं स्थावरं चैव प्रहृष्टमभवज्जगत् ॥ १२.३३२.१७ ॥
The wind rained down all kinds of divine flowers, and the whole world, moving and unmoving, became joyful.
12.332.18
तं महात्मा स्वयं प्रीत्या देव्या सह महाद्युतिः ।
जतामात्रं मुनेः पुत्रं विधिनोपानयत्तदा ॥ १२.३३२.१८ ॥
Then the great-souled, greatly radiant one himself, with love and together with the goddess, brought the newborn son of the sage near, according to rite.
12.332.19
तस्य देवेश्वरः शक्रो दिव्यमद्भुतदर्शनम् ।
ददौ कमण्डलुं प्रीत्या देववासांसि चाभिभो ॥ १२.३३२.१९ ॥
Indra, lord of the gods, out of affection gave him a divine water-pot of wondrous appearance and divine garments, O mighty one.
12.332.20
हंसाश्च शतपत्राश्च सारसाश्च सहस्रशः ।
प्रदक्षिणमवर्तन्त शुकाश्चाषाश्च भारत ॥ १२.३३२.२० ॥
Swans, hundred-petaled birds and cranes by the thousand, and parrots and partridges, circled to the right, O Bhārata.
12.332.21
आरणेयस्ततो दिव्यं प्राप्य जन्म महाद्युतिः ।
तत्रैवोवास मेधावी ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः ॥ १२.३३२.२१ ॥
Then Āraṇeya, of great brilliance, having obtained a divine birth, dwelt there, wise, a celibate student, and composed.
12.332.22
उत्पन्नमात्रं तं वेदाः सरहस्याः ससंग्रहाः ।
उपतस्थुर्महाराज यथाऽस्य पितरं तथा ॥ १२.३३२.२२ ॥
As soon as he was born, the Vedas, with their secrets and their compendia, approached him, O great king, just as they had approached his father.
12.332.23
बृहस्पतिं च वव्रे स वेदवेदाङ्गभाष्यवित् ।
उपाध्यायं महाराज धर्ममेवानुचिन्तयन् ॥ १२.३३२.२३ ॥
Knowing the Vedas, their limbs and commentaries, he chose Bṛhaspati as his teacher, O great king, reflecting on dharma alone.
12.332.24
सोऽधीत्य निखिलान्वेदान्सरहस्यान्ससंग्रहान् ।
इतिहासं च कार्त्स्न्येन धर्मशास्त्राणि चाभिभो ॥ १२.३३२.२४ ॥
Having studied all the Vedas with their secrets and compendia, and also the Itihāsa and the treatises on dharma in full, O mighty one.
12.332.25
गुरवे दक्षिणां दत्त्वा समावृत्तो महामुनिः ।
उग्रं तपः समारेभे ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः ॥ १२.३३२.२५ ॥
Having given the fee to his teacher and returned from his studentship, the great sage, a celibate student, composed and concentrated, began a fierce austerity.
12.332.26
देवतानामृषीणां च बाल्येऽपि स महातपाः ।
संमन्त्रणीयो मान्यश्च ज्ञानेन तपसा तथा ॥ १२.३३२.२६ ॥
Even in youth he was a man of great austerity, worthy of counsel and honour from the gods and the sages, by his knowledge and by his austerity alike.
12.332.27
न त्वस्य रमते बुद्धिराश्रमेषु नराधिप ।
त्रिषु गार्हस्थ्यमूलेषु मोक्षधर्मानुदर्शिनः ॥ १२.३३२.२७ ॥
But, O lord of men, his mind did not delight in the stages of life, for he was one who perceived the dharma of liberation, looking beyond the three roots of the householder's life.