Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.49
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12.49.1
ततो रामस्य तत्कर्म श्रुत्वा राजा युधिष्ठिरः ।
विस्मयं परमं गत्वा प्रत्युवाच जनार्दनम् ॥ १२.४९.१ ॥
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira, having heard that deed of Rāma, filled with great wonder, replied to Janārdana.
12.49.2
अहो रामस्य वार्ष्णेय शक्रस्येव महात्मनः ।
विक्रमो वसुधा येन क्रोधान्निःक्षत्रिया कृता ॥ १२.४९.२ ॥
Oh descendant of Vṛṣṇi! The valour of the great-souled Rāma is like that of Indra, for in his anger he made the earth free of kṣatriyas.
12.49.3
गोभिः समुद्रेण तथा गोलाङ्गूलर्क्षवानरैः ।
गुप्ता रामभयोद्विग्नाः क्षत्रियाणां कुलोद्वहाः ॥ १२.४९.३ ॥
Protected by cows, by the ocean, and likewise by the Golāṅgūlas, bears and monkeys, they who were troubled by fear of Rāma—the bearers of the kṣatriya lineage.
12.49.4
अहो धन्यो नृलोकोऽयं समाग्याश्च नरा भुवि ।
यत्र कर्मेदृशं धर्म्यं द्विजाग्र्यैः कृतमच्युत ॥ १२.४९.४ ॥
Oh! Blessed is this human world, and fortunate are the men on earth where the foremost brahmins performed such a righteous deed, O Acyuta.
12.49.5
कथयन्तौ कथां तात तावच्युतयुधिष्ठिरौ ।
जग्मतुर्यत्र गाङ्गेयः शरतल्पगतः प्रभुः ॥ १२.४९.५ ॥
Dear one, the two of them, Acyuta and Yudhiṣṭhira, telling stories, went to where Gāṅgeya, the lord, lay on a bed of arrows.
12.49.6
ततस्ते ददृशुर्भीष्मं शरप्रस्तरशायिनम् ।
स्वरश्मिमालासंवीतं सायंसूर्यसमप्रभम् ॥ १२.४९.६ ॥
Then they saw Bhīṣma lying on a bed of arrows, enveloped in a garland of his own rays, radiant like the evening sun.
12.49.7
उपास्यमानं मुनिभिर्देवैरिव शतक्रतुम् ।
देशे परमधर्मिष्ठे नदीमोघवतीमनु ॥ १२.४९.७ ॥
Attended by sages as Indra is attended by the gods, in a most righteous land, along the river Oghavatī.
12.49.8
दूरादेव तमालोक्य कृष्णो राजा च धर्मजः ।
चत्वारः पाण्डवाश्चैव ते च शारद्वतादयः ॥ १२.४९.८ ॥
Seeing him from afar, Kṛṣṇa and the king born of Dharma, the four Pāṇḍavas, and Śāradvata and the others.
12.49.9
अवम्कन्द्याथ वाहेभ्यः संयम्य प्रचलं मनः ।
एकीकृत्येन्द्रियग्राममुपतम्थुर्महामुनीन् ॥ १२.४९.९ ॥
Having dismounted from their vehicles, restraining their restless minds and gathering the host of senses into one, they approached the great sages.
12.49.10
अभिवाद्य तु गोविन्दः सात्यकिस्ते च पार्थिवाः ।
व्यासादीस्तानृपीन्पश्चाद्गाङ्गेयमुपतस्थिरे ॥ १२.४९.१० ॥
Having paid respectful greeting to Vyāsa and the other sages, Govinda, Sātyaki and those kings afterwards approached Gāṅgeya.
12.49.11
तपोवृद्धि ततः पृष्ट्वा गाङ्गेयं यदुपुङ्गवः ।
परिवार्य ततः सर्वे निपेदुः पुरुषर्षभाः ॥ १२.४९.११ ॥
Then the best of the Yadus, having asked Gāṅgeya about the growth of his austerity, and then all those bulls among men, surrounding him, sat down.
12.49.12
ततो निशाम्य गाङ्गेयं शाम्यमानमिवानलम् ।
किंचिद्दीनमना भीष्ममितिहोवाच केशवः ॥ १२.४९.१२ ॥
Then, seeing Gāṅgeya like a fire being calmed, Keśava, somewhat downcast in mind, spoke thus to Bhīṣma.
12.49.13
कच्चिज्ज्ञानानि सर्वाणि प्रसन्नानि यथापुरम् ।
कच्चिन्न व्याकुला चैव बुद्धिस्ते वदतां वर ॥ १२.४९.१३ ॥
Are all your faculties of knowing clear, as they were before? And, best of speakers, is your intellect not disturbed?
12.49.14
शराभिघातदुःखार्तं कच्चिद्गात्रं न दूयते ।
मानसादपि दुःखाद्धि शारीरं बलवत्तरम् ॥ १२.४९.१४ ॥
Is your body, afflicted by the pain of arrow-wounds, not tormented? For bodily suffering is indeed far stronger than mental suffering.
12.49.15
वरदानात्पितुः कामं छन्दमृत्युरसि प्रभो ।
शन्तनोर्धर्मनित्यस्य न त्वेतदिह कारणम् ॥ १२.४९.१५ ॥
O lord, by the boon granted by your father Śantanu, ever devoted to dharma, you have death at will; but this is not the cause here.
12.49.16
सुमूक्ष्मोऽपि तु देहे वै शल्यो जनयते रुजम् ।
किंपुनः शरसंघातैश्चितस्य तव पार्थिव ॥ १२.४९.१६ ॥
Even the most minute thorn in the body produces pain; how much more, then, O king, your body pierced by masses of arrows!
12.49.17
कामं नैतत्तवाख्येयं प्राणिनां प्रभवाप्ययौ ।
भवानुपदिशेच्छ्रेयो देवानामपि भारत ॥ १२.४९.१७ ॥
Though you need not tell of the origin and dissolution of living beings, O Bhārata, yet may you instruct even the gods in what is good.
12.49.18
यच्च भूतं भविष्यं च भवच्च पुरुषर्षभ ।
सर्वं तज्ज्ञानवृद्धस्य तव पाणाविवाहितम् ॥ १२.४९.१८ ॥
O bull among men, whatever is past, whatever is future, and whatever is present—all of it lies, as it were, placed in the palm of your hand, you who are aged in knowledge.
12.49.19
संसारस्येह भूतानां धर्मस्य च फलोदयः ।
विदितस्ते महाप्राज्ञ त्वं हि धर्ममयो निधिः ॥ १२.४९.१९ ॥
The rise of the fruits of dharma for beings in this saṃsāra is known to you, O greatly wise one; you are indeed a treasury made of dharma.
12.49.20
त्व हि राज्ये स्थितं स्फीते समग्राङ्गमरोगिणम् ।
स्त्रीसहस्रैः परिवृतं पश्यामीवोर्ध्वरेतसम् ॥ १२.४९.२० ॥
For you, established in a flourishing kingdom, whole in all your limbs and free from illness, surrounded by thousands of women, I see you as one with upward-flowing seed.
12.49.21
ऋते शान्तनवाद्भीष्मात्रिषु लोकेषु पार्थिवम् ।
सत्यधर्मान्महावीर्याच्छूराद्धर्मैकतत्परात् ॥ १२.४९.२१ ॥
Apart from Bhīṣma, son of Śantanu, there is no other king in the three worlds who is true in dharma, of great valour, heroic, and wholly intent on dharma alone.
12.49.22
मृत्युमावार्य तपसा शरसंस्तरशायिनः ।
त्रिवर्गप्रभवं कंचिन्न च तातानुशुश्रुम ॥ १२.४९.२२ ॥
Having held off death by austerity, lying on a bed of arrows, from him, dear one, we have heard nothing that is the source of the threefold aims of life.
12.49.23
सत्ये तपसि दाने च यज्ञाधिकरणे तथा ।
धनुर्वेदे च वेदे च नित्यं चैवान्ववेक्षणे ॥ १२.४९.२३ ॥
In truth, in austerity and in giving, likewise in matters of sacrifice, in the science of the bow and in the Veda, and constantly in reflection as well.
12.49.24
अनृशंसं शुचिं दान्तं सर्वभूतहिते रतम् ।
महारथं त्वत्सदृशं न कंचिदनुशुश्रुम ॥ १२.४९.२४ ॥
A gentle, pure, self-controlled man, delighting in the welfare of all beings, a great charioteer like you — we have heard of no one at all.
12.49.25
त्वं हि देवान्सगन्धर्वानसुरान्यक्षराक्षसान् ।
शक्तस्त्वेकरथेनैव विजेतुं नात्र संशयः ॥ १२.४९.२५ ॥
Indeed, you alone, with a single chariot, are able to conquer gods together with gandharvas, asuras, yakṣas and rākṣasas; there is no doubt of this.
12.49.26
स त्वं भीष्म महाबाहो वसूनां वासवोपमः ।
नित्यं विप्रैः समाख्यातो नवमोऽनवमो गुणैः ॥ १२.४९.२६ ॥
O mighty-armed Bhīṣma, you are like Indra among the Vasus; the learned brahmins always proclaim you the ninth Vasu, not inferior to any in virtues.
12.49.27
अहं च त्वाऽभिजानामि स्वयं पुरुषसत्तम ।
त्रिदशेष्वपि विख्यातस्त्वं शक्त्या पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ १२.४९.२७ ॥
O best of men, I myself know you; you are renowned even among the gods, and in might you are the supreme man.
12.49.28
मनुष्येषु मनुष्येन्द्र न दृष्टो न च मे श्रुतः ।
भवतो हि गुणैस्तुल्यः पृथिव्यां पुरुषः क्वचित् ॥ १२.४९.२८ ॥
O lord of men, among mankind I have neither seen nor heard of anyone; for in virtues there is no man on earth equal to you anywhere.
12.49.29
त्वं हि सर्वगुणै राजन्देवानप्यतिरिच्यसे ॥ १२.४९.२९ ॥
Indeed, O king, in all virtues you even surpass the gods.
12.49.30
तपसा हि भवाञ्शक्तः स्रष्टुं लोकांश्चराचरान् ।
किंपुनश्चात्मनो लोकानुत्तमानुत्तमैर्गुणैः ॥ १२.४९.३० ॥
By austerity alone you are able to create the worlds, both moving and unmoving; how much more, then, by your supreme virtues, your own supreme worlds.
12.49.31
तदस्य तप्यमानस्य ज्ञातीनां संक्षयेन वै ।
ज्येष्ठस्य पाण्डुपुत्रस्य शोकं भीष्म व्यपानुद ॥ १२.४९.३१ ॥
Then, as the eldest son of Pāṇḍu was tormented by the destruction of his kinsmen, O Bhīṣma, you dispelled his grief.
12.49.32
ये हि धर्माः समाख्याताश्चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य भारत ।
चातुराश्रम्यसंयुक्ताः सर्वे ते विदितास्तव ॥ १२.४९.३२ ॥
O Bhārata, all the duties that have been declared for the fourfold order and linked to the four life-stages are known to you.
12.49.33
चातुर्विद्ये च ये प्रोक्ताश्चातुर्होत्रे च भारत ।
योगे साङ्ख्ये च नियता ये च धर्माः सनातनाः ॥ १२.४९.३३ ॥
O Bhārata, those taught in the fourfold knowledge and in the sacrifice of the four hotṛs, and the eternal duties fixed in yoga and sāṅkhya.
12.49.34
चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य यश्चोक्तो धर्मो न स्म विरुध्यते ।
सेव्यमानः सवैयाख्यो गाङ्गेय विदितस्तव ॥ १२.४९.३४ ॥
The duty declared for the fourfold order does not contradict itself; when it is practised, together with its explanation, O son of Gaṅgā, it is known to you.
12.49.35
प्रतिलोमप्रसूतानां म्लेच्छानां चैव यः स्मृतः ।
देशजातिकुलानां च जानीषे धर्मलक्षणम्। ॥ १२.४९.३५ ॥
The marks of dharma remembered for those born of inverted unions, for the barbarians, and for regions, castes and families, you know.
12.49.36
वेदोक्तो यश्च शिष्टोक्तः सदैव विदितस्तव ।
प्रवृत्तश्च निवृत्तश्च स चापि विदितस्तव ॥ १२.४९.३६ ॥
What is taught in the Veda and what the wise have taught, you always know; the active and the withdrawn, that too is known to you.
12.49.37
इतिहासपुराणार्थाः कार्त्स्न्येन विदितास्तव ।
धर्मशास्त्रं च सकलं नित्यं मनसि ते स्थितम् ॥ १२.४९.३७ ॥
The meanings of the Itihāsas and Purāṇas are fully known to you, and the entire Dharmaśāstra always abides in your mind.
12.49.38
ये च केचन लोकेऽस्मिन्नर्थाः संशयकारकाः ।
तेषां छेत्ता नास्ति लोके त्वदन्यः पुरुषर्षभः ॥ १२.४९.३८ ॥
In this world there is no one other than you who can resolve whatever matters cause doubt, O best of men.
12.49.39
स पाण्डवेयस्य मनःसमुत्थितं ।
नरेन्द्र शोकं व्यपकर्ष मेधया।
भवद्विधा ह्युत्तमबुद्धिर्विस्तरा ।
विमुह्यमानस्य जनस्य शान्तये ॥ १२.४९.३९ ॥
O lord of men, dispel by your wisdom the grief that has arisen in the mind of the son of Pāṇḍu; men of supreme intellect like you exist for the peace of people who are bewildered.