Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.365
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12.365.1
उपदेशं तु ते विप्र करिष्येऽहं यथाक्रमम् ।
गुरुणा मे यथाख्यातमर्थतत्त्वं तु मे शृणु ॥ १२.३६५.१ ॥
O brahmin, I shall give you instruction in due order. Listen from me to the true meaning of the matter, as my teacher declared it.
12.365.2
यत्र पूर्वाभिसर्गे वै धर्मचक्रं प्रवर्तितम् ।
नैमिषे गोमतीतीरे तत्र नागह्रदो महान् ॥ १२.३६५.२ ॥
Where at the first creation the wheel of dharma was set in motion, there in Naimiṣa, on the bank of the Gomatī, is the great Serpent Lake.
12.365.3
समग्रैस्रिदशैस्तत्र इष्टमासीद्द्विजर्षभ ।
यत्रेन्द्रातिक्रमं चक्रे माधाता राजसत्तमः ॥ १२.३६५.३ ॥
O bull among brahmins, there all the gods together performed a sacrifice; and there the best of kings, Māndhātṛ, overstepped Indra.
12.365.4
कृताधिवासो धर्मात्मा तत्र चक्षुःश्रवा महान् ।
पद्मनाभो महानागः पद्म इत्येव विश्रुतः ॥ १२.३६५.४ ॥
There the righteous-souled great Cakṣuḥśravā took up residence; the great serpent Padmanābha is renowned indeed as Padma.
12.365.5
स वाचा कर्मणा चैव मनसा च द्विजर्षभः ।
प्रसादयति भूतानि त्रिविधे वर्त्मनि स्थितः ॥ १२.३६५.५ ॥
That bull among brahmins, standing on the threefold path of speech, action and mind, pleases all beings.
12.365.6
साम्ना भेदेन दानेन दणडेनेति चतुर्विधम् ।
पिपमस्थं समस्थं च चक्षुर्ध्यानेन रक्षति ॥ १२.३६५.६ ॥
Conciliation, division, gift and punishment: this is the fourfold means. Those standing on the ground and on level ground he guards with meditation as with his eye.
12.365.7
तमतिक्रम्य विधिना प्रष्टुमर्हसि काङ्क्षित्तम् ।
स ते परमकं धर्मं न मिथ्या दर्शयिष्यरति ॥ १२.३६५.७ ॥
Going to him in due order, you should ask the question you desire; he will show you the supreme dharma without falsehood.
12.365.8
स हि सर्वातिथिर्नाणो बुद्धिशास्त्रविशारदः ।
गुणैरनुपमैर्युक्तः समस्तैराभिकामिकैः ॥ १२.३६५.८ ॥
He is a guest to all, a sage skilled in understanding and in scripture, endowed with all the incomparable and desirable qualities.
12.365.9
प्रकृत्या नित्यसलिलो नित्यमध्ययने रतः ।
तपोदमाभ्यां संयुक्तो वृत्तेनानवरेण च ॥ १२.३६५.९ ॥
By nature he is always pure, always devoted to study, endowed with austerity and self-restraint and with unsurpassed conduct.
12.365.10
यज्वा दानपतिः क्षान्तो वृत्ते च परमे स्थितः ।
सत्यवागनसूयुश्च शीलवान्नियतेन्द्रियः ॥ १२.३६५.१० ॥
He is a sacrificer, lord of gifts, patient, established in supreme conduct; truthful, free from envy, of good character, with his senses restrained.
12.365.11
शेषान्नभोक्ता वचनानुकूलो ।
हितार्जवोत्कृष्टकृताकृतज्ञः।
अवैरकृद्भूतहिते नियुक्तो ।
गङ्गाह्रदाम्भोभिजनोपपन्नः ॥ १२.३६५.११ ॥
Eater of the leftover food, agreeable in speech, foremost in welfare and straightness, grateful and aware of what has been done and not done; who makes no enmity, engaged in the welfare of beings, born into the lineage of the waters of the Gaṅgā's pools.