Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.122
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13.122.1
यास्तु गोमातरस्तस्य कामचारिण्य आगताः ।
समीपं हि सुमित्रस्य कृतज्ञाः समुपस्थिताः ॥ १३.१२२.१ ॥
The cow-mothers that moved at his will came near Sumitra, grateful, and stood before him.
13.122.2
अभिप्रशस्य चैवाहुस्तमृषिं पुण्यदर्शनाः ।
गोलोकादागता वेद वृषगोमातरो वयम् ॥ १३.१२२.२ ॥
Having greatly praised that sage, the cow-mothers of auspicious sight said: "Know that we are the bull-cow mothers, who have come from the world of cows."
13.122.3
सुप्रीताः स्म वरं गृह्ण यमिच्छसि महामुने ।
यद्भि गोषु परां बुद्धिं कृतवानसि नित्यदा ॥ १३.१२२.३ ॥
We are very pleased. Great sage, take whatever boon you desire, for you have always held the highest devotion toward cows.
13.122.4
प्रीतोस्म्यनुगृहीतोस्मि यन्मां गोमातरः शुभाः ।
सुप्रीतमनसः सर्वास्तिष्ठन्ते च वरप्रदाः ॥ १३.१२२.४ ॥
I am pleased and blessed, that these auspicious cow-mothers, their minds greatly delighted and giving boons, all stand here.
13.122.5
भवेद्गोष्वेव मे भक्तिर्यथैवाद्य तथा सदा ।
गोघ्नाश्चैवावसीदन्तु नरा ब्रह्मद्विषश्च ये ॥ १३.१२२.५ ॥
May my devotion to cows always be just as it is today; and may men who slay cows, and who are hostile to the Brahmins, perish.
13.122.6
एवमेतदृषिश्रेष्ठ हितं वदसि नः प्रियम् ।
एहि गच्छ सहाऽस्माभिर्गोलोकमृषिसत्तम ॥ १३.१२२.६ ॥
Thus it is, best of sages—you speak what is beneficial and dear to us. Come, go with us to the world of cows, best of sages.
13.122.7
यूयमिष्टां गतिं यान्तु न ह्यहं गन्तुमुत्सहे ।
इमा गावः समुत्सृज्य तपस्विन्यो मम प्रियाः ॥ १३.१२२.७ ॥
Go, you all, to the desired destination; I am not willing to go. Leaving these ascetic cows, dear to me, I cannot go.
13.122.8
तास्तु तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कपिलानां सुदारुणम् ।
नित्युस्तमृषिमुत्क्षिप्य भार्गवं नभ उद्वहन् ॥ १३.१२२.८ ॥
Hearing those most dreadful words of the Kapilā cows, they lifted that sage, the Bhārgava, and bore him up into the sky.
13.122.9
कलेवरं तु तत्रैव तस्य संन्यस्य मातरः ।
निष्कृष्य करणं योगादानयन्भार्गवस्य वै ॥ १३.१२२.९ ॥
Laying down his body there, those mothers, by yoga, drew forth the sense-faculties of the Bhārgava and brought them back.
13.122.10
सर्वं चास्य तदाचख्युः कपिलानां विचेष्टितम् ।
यदर्थं हरणं गोभिर्गोलोकं लोकमातरः ॥ १३.१२२.१० ॥
The mothers of the worlds told him all the conduct of the Kapilā cows, and the purpose for which the cows had carried him off to Go-loka.
13.122.11
ततस्तु कपिलास्तत्र तस्य दृष्ट्वा कलेवरम् ।
तथाप्रतिज्ञं शृङ्गैश्च खुरैश्चाप्यवचूर्णयन् ॥ १३.१२२.११ ॥
Then the Kapilā cows, seeing his body there, as they had vowed, crushed it with their horns and hooves.
13.122.12
ततः संछिद्य बहुधा भार्गवं नृपसत्तम ।
युयुर्यत्रेतरा गावस्तच्च सर्वं न्यवेदयन् ॥ १३.१२२.१२ ॥
Then, O best of kings, having cut the Bhārgava's body into many pieces, they went to where the other cows were and reported all of it.
13.122.13
अथ गोमातृभिः शप्तास्ता गावः पृथिवीचराः ।
अमेध्यवदनाः क्षिप्रं भवध्वं ब्रह्मघातकाः ॥ १३.१२२.१३ ॥
Then, cursed by the mothers of the cows, you cows who roam the earth, quickly become those with impure faces and slayers of brahmins.
13.122.14
एवं कृतज्ञा गावो हि यता गोमातरो नृप ।
ऋषिश्च प्राप्तवाँल्लोकं गावश्च परिमोक्षिताः ॥ १३.१२२.१४ ॥
Thus the grateful cows, restrained by the mothers of the cows, O king; and the sage attained that world, and the cows were fully released.