Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.121
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13.121.1
कदाचित्कामरूपिण्यो गावः स्त्रीवेषमाश्रिताः ।
ह्रदे क्रीडन्ति संहृष्टा गायन्त्यः पुण्यलक्षणाः ॥ १३.१२१.१ ॥
Once, cows that could take whatever form they desired, marked with auspicious signs, took the appearance of women and, delighted, played and sang in a lake.
13.121.2
ददृशुस्तस्य गावो वै विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनाः ।
ऊचुश्च का यूयमिति स्त्रियो मानुषया गिरा ॥ १३.१२१.२ ॥
The cows, their eyes wide with wonder, saw them and asked in human speech, "Who are you, women?"
13.121.3
गाव एव वयं सर्वकर्मभिः शोभनैर्युताः ।
सर्वाः स्त्रीवेषधारिण्यो यथाकामं चरामेहे। ॥ १३.१२१.३ ॥
We are indeed cows, endowed with all auspicious deeds; all of us, bearing the appearance of women, roam as we desire.
13.121.4
गवां गावः परं दैवं गवां गावः परा गतिः ।
कथयध्वमिहास्माकं केन वः सुकृतां गतिः ॥ १३.१२१.४ ॥
For cows, cows are the supreme god; for cows, cows are the highest refuge. Tell us here: by what deed is your destination of good deeds attained?
13.121.5
अस्माकं हविषा देवा ब्राह्मणास्तर्पितास्तथा ।
कव्येन पितरश्चैव हव्येनाग्निश्च तर्पितः ॥ १३.१२१.५ ॥
By our oblation the gods and brahmins are satisfied; by the kavya offering the ancestors, and by the havya offering fire itself, are satisfied.
13.121.6
प्रजया च तथाऽस्माकं कृषिरभ्युद्धृता सदा ।
शकटैश्चापि संयुक्ता दशवाहशतेन वै ॥ १३.१२१.६ ॥
Likewise our tillage is always raised up by our progeny, and it is yoked to a hundred carts, each drawn by ten oxen.
13.121.7
तदेतैः सुकृतैः स्फीतैर्वयं याश्चैव नः प्रजाः ।
गोलोकमनुसम्प्राप्ता यः परं कामगोचरः ॥ १३.१२१.७ ॥
Therefore, by these abundant good deeds, we and our offspring have attained Go-loka, the supreme realm where desires are fulfilled.
13.121.8
यूयं तु सर्वा रोहिण्यः सप्रजाः सहपुङ्गवाः ।
अधोगामिन्य इत्येव पश्यामो दिव्यचक्षुषा ॥ १३.१२१.८ ॥
But we see by divine sight that all of you Rohiṇī cows, with your young and with the bulls, are going downward.
13.121.9
एवं गवां परं दैवं गाव एव परायणम् ।
स्वपक्ष्यास्तारणीया वः शरणाय गता वयम् ॥ १३.१२१.९ ॥
Thus the supreme divinity of cows is the cows themselves, and they are the final refuge. You of our own kind must rescue us; we have come seeking refuge.
13.121.10
किमस्माभिः करणीयं वर्तितव्यं कथञ्चन ।
प्राप्नुयाम च गोलोकं भवाम न च गर्हिताः ॥ १३.१२१.१० ॥
What should we do? We must conduct ourselves somehow, so that we may attain Go-loka and not become despised.
13.121.11
वर्तते रन्तिदेवस्य सत्रं वर्षसहस्रकम् ।
तत्र तस्य नृपस्याशु पशुत्वमुपगच्छतः ॥ १३.१२१.११ ॥
The sacrificial session of Rantideva has been going on for a thousand years; there that king is quickly passing into the state of an animal.
13.121.12
ततस्तस्योपयोगेन पशुत्वे यज्ञसंस्कृताः ।
गोलोकान्प्राप्स्यथ शुभांस्तेन पुण्येन संयुताः ॥ १३.१२१.१२ ॥
Then, through his use, consecrated by sacrifice in animal form, and endowed with that merit, you will attain the auspicious worlds of cows.
13.121.13
एतत्तासां वचः श्रुत्वा गवां संहृष्टमानसाः ।
गमनाय मनश्चक्रुरौत्सुक्यं चागमन्परम् ॥ १३.१२१.१३ ॥
Hearing these words of theirs, the cows with gladdened hearts resolved to go, and set out in great eagerness.
13.121.14
न हि नो भार्गवो दाता पशुत्वेनोपयोजनम् ।
यज्ञस्तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य वर्तते धर्मतस्तथा ॥ १३.१२१.१४ ॥
The Bhārgava will not give us up to be used as beasts; that king's sacrifice is proceeding in accordance with dharma.
13.121.15
वयं न चाननुज्ञाताः शक्ता गन्तुं कथञ्चन ।
अवोचन्नथ तत्रत्या भार्गवो वध्यतामयम् ॥ १३.१२१.१५ ॥
Without permission we were in no way able to go; then those present there said, "Let this Bhārgava be slain."
13.121.16
एतत्सर्वा रोचयत न हि शक्यमतोऽन्यथा ।
लोकान्प्राप्तुं सहास्माभिर्निश्चयः क्रियतामयम् ॥ १३.१२१.१६ ॥
Let all of you approve this, for otherwise it is not possible; let this resolve be made, that together with us you may attain the worlds.
13.121.17
न तु तासां समेतानां काचिद्धोरेण चक्षुषा ।
शक्नोति भार्गवं द्रष्टुं सत्कृतेनोपसंयुता ॥ १३.१२१.१७ ॥
But none of those gathered could look upon the Bhārgava with a fierce gaze; only those joined to him in reverence were able to see him.
13.121.18
अथ पद्मसवर्णाभा भास्करांशुसमप्रभाः ।
जपालोहितताम्राक्ष्यो निर्मांसकठिनाननाः ॥ १३.१२१.१८ ॥
Then they, with lotus-hued radiance, bright as the sun's rays, with eyes reddish like japā flowers and copper-hued, with fleshless and hard faces;
13.121.19
रोहिण्यः कपिलाः प्राहुः सर्वासां वै समक्षतः ।
मेघस्तनितनिर्घोषास्तेजोभिरभिरञ्चिताः ॥ १३.१२१.१९ ॥
The Rohiṇī cows and the tawny cows, in the presence of them all, spoke thus, their voices like the roar of thundering clouds, shining with splendor.
13.121.20
वयं हि तं वधिष्यामः सुमित्रं नात्रं संशयः ।
सुकृतं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा किं नः श्रेयो विधास्यथ ॥ १३.१२१.२० ॥
We shall surely kill him; there is no doubt of it. Having set aside the good deed done in the past, what welfare will you bring about for us?
13.121.21
कपिलाः सर्ववर्णेषु प्रधानत्वमवाप्स्यथ ।
गवां शतफला चैकां दत्त्वा फलमवाप्स्यति ॥ १३.१२१.२१ ॥
The tawny cows said: You shall attain preeminence among all the castes; by giving even one cow you will obtain a hundredfold reward.
13.121.22
एतद्गवां वचः श्रुत्वा कपिला हृष्टमानसाः ।
चक्रुः सर्वा भार्गवस्य सुमित्रस्य वधे मतिम् ॥ १३.१२१.२२ ॥
Hearing these words of the cows, the tawny cows, their minds gladdened, all resolved upon the killing of Sumitra, the descendant of Bhṛgu.