Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.362
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12.362.1
धर्माः पितामहेनोक्ता मोक्षधर्माश्रिताः शुभाः ।
धर्ममाश्रमिणां श्रेष्ठं वक्तुमर्हति मे भवान् ॥ १२.३६२.१ ॥
The grandsire has declared the auspicious duties resting on the teaching of liberation. You should tell me the highest duty of those in the life-stages.
12.362.2
सर्वत्र विहितो धर्मः सत्यः सत्यफलोदयः ।
बहुद्वारस्य धर्मस्य नेहास्ति विफला क्रिया ॥ १२.३६२.२ ॥
Dharma is prescribed everywhere; it is true, and its fruit arises from truth. In dharma of many gates, no action here is fruitless.
12.362.3
यस्मिन्यस्मिंश्च विषये यो यो याति विनिश्चयम् ।
स तमेवाभिजानाति नान्यं भरतसत्तम ॥ १२.३६२.३ ॥
In whatever matter whoever arrives at a conclusion, he knows just that and nothing else, best of the Bharatas.
12.362.4
इमां च त्वं नरव्याघ्र श्रोतुमर्हसि मे कथाम् ।
पुरा शक्रस्य कथितां नारदेन महर्षिणा ॥ १२.३६२.४ ॥
And you should hear this tale of mine, O tiger among men, which was told long ago to Śakra by the great seer Nārada.
12.362.5
महर्षिर्नारदो राजन्सिद्धस्त्रैलोक्यसंमतः ।
पर्येति क्रमशो लोकान्वायुरव्याहतो यथा ॥ १२.३६२.५ ॥
O king, the great seer Nārada is a perfected sage, honoured by the three worlds. He wanders through the worlds in turn, as the wind moves unobstructed.
12.362.6
स कदाचिन्महेष्वास देवराजालयं गतः ।
सत्कृतश्च महेन्द्रेण प्रत्यासन्नगतोऽभवत् ॥ १२.३६२.६ ॥
O great archer, once he went to the abode of the king of gods; honoured by Mahendra, he drew near to him.
12.362.7
तं कृतक्षणमासीनं पर्यपृच्छच्छत्तीपतिः ।
महर्षे किंचिदाश्चर्यमस्ति दृष्टं त्वयाऽनघ ॥ १२.३६२.७ ॥
As he sat having rested, the lord of the Śattīs asked him: "Great sage, sinless one, have you seen anything wonderful?"
12.362.8
दृष्टमेव हि विप्रर्षे त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ।
जातकौतूहलो नित्यं सिद्धश्चरसि साक्षिवत् ॥ १२.३६२.८ ॥
Indeed, O sage among brahmins, I have already seen the three worlds with all that moves and does not move. Accomplished and ever curious, you wander like a witness.
12.362.9
न ह्यस्त्यविदितं लोके देवर्षे तव किंचन ।
श्रुतं वाऽप्यनुभूतं वा दृष्टं वा कथयस्व मे ॥ १२.३६२.९ ॥
O divine sage, nothing in the world is unknown to you. Tell me whatever you have heard, experienced, or seen.
12.362.10
तस्मै राजन्सुरेन्द्राय नारदो वदतांवरः ।
आसीनायोपपन्नाय प्रोक्तवान्विपुलां कथाम् ॥ १२.३६२.१० ॥
To him, O king, the lord of the gods, Nārada, best of speakers, told a long tale while he sat there, having come to him.
12.362.11
यथा येन च कल्पेन स तस्मै द्विजसत्तमः ।
कथां कथितवान्पृष्टस्तथा त्वमपि मे शृणु ॥ १२.३६२.११ ॥
Just as, and in the manner in which, that best of twice-born sage told the tale to him when asked, so you too listen to it from me.