Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.142
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13.142.1
अथात्रिप्रमुखा राजन्वने तस्मिन्महर्षयः ।
व्यचरन्भक्षयन्तो वै मूलानि च फलानि च ॥ १३.१४२.१ ॥
Then, O king, the great sages led by Atri wandered in that forest, eating roots and fruits.
13.142.2
अथापश्यन्सुपीनांसपाणिपादमुखोदरम् ।
परिव्रजन्तं स्थूलाङ्गं परिव्राजं शुनस्सखम् ॥ १३.१४२.२ ॥
Then they saw a wandering ascetic with full shoulders, hands, feet, face and belly, stout of limb, a friend of dogs.
13.142.3
अरुन्धती तु तं दृष्ट्वा सर्वाङ्गोपचितं शुभम् ।
भवितारो भवन्तो वै नैवमित्यब्रवीदृषीन् ॥ १३.१४२.३ ॥
But Arundhatī, seeing him well-nourished and auspicious in every limb, said to the sages, "You will not become like that."
13.142.4
नैतस्येह यथाऽस्माकमग्निहोत्रमनिर्हुतम् ।
सायं प्रातश्च होतव्यं तेन पीवाञ्शुनस्सखः ॥ १३.१४२.४ ॥
Here he has no Agnihotra like ours, which must be offered evening and morning without fail. That is why this friend of dogs is well-fed.
13.142.5
नैतस्येह यथाऽस्माकं क्षुधया वीर्यमाहतम् ।
कृच्छ्राधीतं प्रनष्टं च तेन पीवाञ्छुनस्सखः ॥ १३.१४२.५ ॥
Here his strength is not struck down by hunger as ours is, and his hard-won learning is not lost. That is why this friend of dogs is well-fed.
13.142.6
नैतस्येह यथाऽस्माकं शश्वच्छास्त्रकृतो ज्वरः ।
अलसः क्षुत्परो मूर्खस्तेन पीवाञ्शुनस्सखः ॥ १३.१४२.६ ॥
Here he has no constant fever brought on by study of the scriptures, as we do. He is lazy, a fool intent only on hunger. That is why this friend of dogs is well-fed.
13.142.7
नैतस्येह यथाऽस्माकं भक्तमिन्धनमेव च ।
सञ्चित्यं वार्षिकं चित्ते तेन पीवाञ्शुनस्सखः ॥ १३.१४२.७ ॥
Here he has no food or fuel like ours, nor any thought of saving for the year in his mind; therefore he is a friend of fat dogs.
13.142.8
नैतस्येह यथाऽस्माकं चत्वारश्च सहोदराः ।
देहिदेहीति भिक्षन्ति तेन पीवाञ्शुनस्सखः ॥ १३.१४२.८ ॥
Here he has no four brothers like ours who beg, saying 'Give, give'; therefore he is a friend of fat dogs.
13.142.9
नैतस्येह यथाऽस्माकं ब्रह्मबन्धोरचेतसः ।
शोको भार्यापवादेन तेन पीवाञ्शुनस्सखः ॥ १३.१४२.९ ॥
Here this foolish brahmin-in-name has no grief arising from slander against his wife, as we have; therefore he is a friend of fat dogs.
13.142.10
नैतस्येह यथाऽस्माकं त्रिकौशेयं च राङ्कवम् ।
एकैकं वै त्रिवर्षीयं तेन पीवाञ्शुनस्सखः ॥ १३.१४२.१० ॥
Here he has no three silk garments like ours, nor a rug of rurū deer-hide, each lasting three years; therefore he is a friend of fat dogs.
13.142.11
अथ दृष्ट्वा परिव्राट् स तान्महर्षीञ्शुनस्सखः ।
अभिवाद्य यथान्यायं पाणिस्पर्शमथाचरत् ॥ १३.१४२.११ ॥
Then that wandering ascetic, the friend of dogs, having seen those great sages, greeted them according to rule and then touched them with his hand.
13.142.12
परिचर्यां वने तां तु क्षुत्प्रतीकारकाङ्क्षिणः ।
अन्योन्येन निवेद्याथ प्रातिष्ठन्त सहैव ते ॥ १३.१४२.१२ ॥
Those who desired a remedy for hunger, having told one another of that service in the forest, then set out together.
13.142.13
एकनिश्चयकार्याश्च व्यचरन्त वनानि ते ।
आददानाः समुद्धृत्य मूलानि च फलानि च ॥ १३.१४२.१३ ॥
Having one resolve and one purpose, they wandered through the forests, taking roots and fruits after digging them up.
13.142.14
कदाचिद्विचरन्तस्ते वृक्षैरविरलैर्वृताम् ।
शुचिपूर्णप्रसन्नोदां ददृशुः पद्मिनीं शुभाम् ॥ १३.१४२.१४ ॥
Once, while wandering, they saw a beautiful lotus pond, surrounded by dense trees, full of pure and clear water.
13.142.15
बालादित्यवपुःप्रख्यैः पुष्करैरुपशोभिताम् ।
वैडूर्यवर्णसदृशैः पद्मपत्रैरथावृताम् ॥ १३.१४२.१५ ॥
Adorned with lotuses bright as the body of the rising sun, and covered with lotus leaves like lapis lazuli in colour.
13.142.16
नानाविधैश्च विहगैर्जलप्रवरसेविभिः ।
एकद्वारामनादेयां सूपतीर्थामकर्दमाम् ॥ १३.१४२.१६ ॥
Frequented by birds of many kinds that drink the finest waters; with a single entrance, inaccessible to all, with fine bathing-places, and free of mud.
13.142.17
वृषादर्भिप्रयुक्ता तु कृत्या विकृतदर्शना ।
यातुधानीति विख्याता पद्मिनीं तामरक्षत ॥ १३.१४२.१७ ॥
Sent forth by the rites of Vṛṣa and Darbhi, a kṛtyā of distorted appearance, famed as the yātudhānī, guarded that lotus pond.
13.142.18
शुनस्सखसहायास्तु बिसार्थं ते महर्षयः ।
पद्मिनीमभिजग्मुस्ते सर्वे कृत्याभिरक्षिताम् ॥ १३.१४२.१८ ॥
Those great sages, with dogs as their companions and helpers, all went toward that lotus pond guarded by the kṛtyā, for the sake of lotus stalks.
13.142.19
ततस्ते यातुधानीं तां दृष्ट्वा विकृतदर्शनाम् ।
स्थितां कमलिनीतीरे कृत्यामूचुर्महर्षयः ॥ १३.१४२.१९ ॥
Then the great sages, seeing that demoness of hideous form standing on the bank of the lotus-pond, spoke to the kṛtyā.
13.142.20
एका तिष्ठसि का च त्वं कस्यार्थे किं प्रयोजनम् ।
पद्मिनीतीरमाश्रित्य ब्रूहि त्वं किं चिकीर्षसि ॥ १३.१४२.२० ॥
Why do you stand here alone? Who are you, for whose sake and with what purpose have you resorted to the bank of the lotus-pond? Tell us, what do you intend to do?
13.142.21
याऽस्मि काऽस्म्यनुयोगो मे न कर्तव्यः कथञ्चन ।
आरक्षिणीं मा पद्मिन्या वित्त सर्वे तपोधनाः ॥ १३.१४२.२१ ॥
Whatever I am, you must not inquire of me in any way. Know, you wealth of austerity, that I am the guardian of the lotus-pond.
13.142.22
सर्व एव क्षुधार्ताः स्म न चान्यत्किंचिदस्ति नः ।
भवत्याः सम्मते सर्वे गृह्णीयाम बिसान्युत ॥ १३.१४२.२२ ॥
We are all tormented by hunger, and we have nothing else. With your consent, let us all take the lotus-stalks.
13.142.23
समयेन बिसानीतो गृह्णीध्वं कामकारतः ।
एकैको नाम मे प्रोक्त्वा ततो गृह्णीत माचिरम् ॥ १३.१४२.२३ ॥
By our agreement, take the lotus-stalks from here as you wish. Each of you, having spoken my name, then take them; do not delay.
13.142.24
विज्ञाय यातुधानीं तां कृत्यमृषिवधैषिणीम् ।
अत्रिः क्षुधा परीतात्मा ततो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १३.१४२.२४ ॥
Knowing that demoness kṛtyā to be seeking the death of the sages, Atri, his mind afflicted by hunger, then spoke these words.
13.142.25
अरात्त्रिरत्त्रिः सा रात्रिर्यां नाधीते त्रिरद्य वै ।
अरात्रिरत्रिरित्येव नाम मे विद्धि शोभने ॥ १३.१४२.२५ ॥
Arātri, Atri: the night in which one does not recite three times today. O radiant one, know that my name is just this: Arātri, Atri.
13.142.26
यथोदाहृतमेतत्ते त्वया नाम महाद्युते ।
दुर्धार्यमेतन्मनसा गच्छाऽवतर पद्मिनीम् ॥ १३.१४२.२६ ॥
O greatly radiant one, this name you have spoken is hard to hold in mind. Go, descend into the lotus pond.
13.142.27
वसिष्ठोऽस्मि वरिष्ठोऽस्मि वसे वासगृहेष्वपि ।
वरिष्ठत्वाच्च वासाच्च वसिष्ठ इति विद्दि माम् ॥ १३.१४२.२७ ॥
I am Vasiṣṭha, the best; I also dwell in dwelling-houses. From being the best and from dwelling, know me as Vasiṣṭha.
13.142.28
नाम नैरुक्तमेतत्ते दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम् ।
नैतद्धारयितुं शक्यं गच्छाऽवतर पद्मिनीम् ॥ १३.१४२.२८ ॥
This name of yours, an etymological one whose syllables are spoken with difficulty, cannot be held. Go, descend into the lotus pond.
13.142.29
कुलंकुलं च कुवमः कुवमः कश्यपो द्विजः ।
काश्यः काशनिकाशत्वादेतन्मे नाम धारय ॥ १३.१४२.२९ ॥
Kulaṃkula, kuvamaḥ, kuvamaḥ — I am the twice-born Kaśyapa, of the Kāśya line, named so because I resemble kāśa grass. Hold this as my name.
13.142.30
यथोदाहृतमेतत्ते मयि नाम महाद्युते ।
दुर्धार्यमेतन्मनसा गच्छाऽवतर पद्मिनीम् ॥ १३.१४२.३० ॥
O greatly radiant one, this name you have spoken of me is hard to hold in mind. Go, descend into the lotus pond.
13.142.31
भरेऽसुतान्भरे पोष्यान्भरे देवान्भरे द्विजान् ।
भरे भार्यामहं व्याजाद्भरद्वाजोऽस्मि शोभने ॥ १३.१४२.३१ ॥
I support my sons, I support those who must be nourished, I support the gods, I support the twice-born, I support my wife; O radiant one, I am Bharadvāja.
13.142.32
नाम नैरुक्तमेतत्ते दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम् ।
नैतद्धारयितुं शक्यं गच्छाऽवतर पद्मिनीम् ॥ १३.१४२.३२ ॥
Your name is formed by derivation, each syllable spoken with grief; it cannot be borne. Go, descend into the lotus pool.
13.142.33
गोदमो दमतोऽधूमोऽदमस्ते समदर्शनात् ।
विद्धि मां गोतमं कृत्ये यातुधानि निबोध मां ॥ १३.१४२.३३ ॥
Godama, from taming, being smokeless, and seeing you alike; know me as Gautama. O sorceress, O rākṣasī, understand me.
13.142.34
यथोदाहृतमेतत्ते मयि नाम महामुने ।
नैतद्धारयितुं शक्यं गच्छाऽवतर पद्मिनीम् ॥ १३.१४२.३४ ॥
This name you have spoken of me, O great sage, cannot be borne. Go, descend into the lotus pool.
13.142.35
विश्वेदेवाश्च मे मित्रं मित्रमस्मि गवां तथा ।
विश्वामित्र इति ख्यातं यातुधानि निबोध मां ॥ १३.१४२.३५ ॥
The All-Gods are my friends, and I am a friend of the cows as well; know me, O rākṣasī, as the one known as Viśvāmitra.
13.142.36
नाम नैरुक्तमेतत्ते दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम् ।
नैतद्धारयितुं शक्यं गच्छाऽवतर पद्मिनीम् ॥ १३.१४२.३६ ॥
Your name is formed by derivation, each syllable spoken with grief; it cannot be borne. Go, descend into the lotus pool.
13.142.37
जाजमद्यजजानेऽहं जिजाहीह जिजायिषि ।
जमदग्निरिति ख्यातं ततो मां विद्धि शोभने ॥ १३.१४२.३७ ॥
I am Jāja, Madyaja, Jājāne 'ham, Jijāhīha, Jijāyiṣi; I am known by the name Jamadagni, so know me, O radiant one.
13.142.38
यथोदाहृतमेतत्ते मयि नाम महामुने ।
नैतद्धारयितुं शक्यं गच्छाऽवतर पद्मिनीम् ॥ १३.१४२.३८ ॥
O great sage, just as you have named me thus, this cannot be borne. Go, descend into the lotus pool.
13.142.39
धरान्धरित्रीं वसुधां भर्तुस्तिष्ठाम्यनन्तरम् ।
मनोऽनुरुन्धती भर्तुरिति मां विद्ध्यरुन्धतीम् ॥ १३.१४२.३९ ॥
Upholder of the upholder of the earth, Vasudhā; I stand immediately behind my husband. Following closely the mind of my husband — thus know me as Arundhatī.
13.142.40
नामनैरुक्तमेतत्ते दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम् ।
नैतद्धारयितुं शक्यं गच्छाऽवतर पद्मिनीम् ॥ १३.१४२.४० ॥
This is your etymological name, with syllables spoken with pain. It cannot be borne. Go, descend into the lotus pool.
13.142.41
वक्त्रैकदेशे गण्डेति धातुमेतं प्रचक्षते ।
तेनोन्नतेन गण्डेति विद्धि माऽनलसम्भवे ॥ १३.१४२.४१ ॥
In one part of the mouth, they call this root 'gaṇḍa' (cheek). By that raised part, know me as 'Gaṇḍa', O one born of fire.
13.142.42
नामनैरुक्तमेतत्ते दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम् ।
नैतद्धारयितुं शक्यं गच्छावतर पद्मिनीम् ॥ १३.१४२.४२ ॥
This is your etymological name, with syllables spoken with pain. It cannot be borne. Go, go down into the lotus pool.
13.142.43
पशून्यञ्जामि दृष्ट्वाऽहं पशूनां च सदा सखा ।
गौणं पशुसखेत्येवं विद्धि मामग्निसम्भवे ॥ १३.१४२.४३ ॥
Seeing the beasts, I always perform sacrifice as their friend. Know me, born of fire, by the secondary name Paśusakhā, friend of animals.
13.142.44
नामनैरुक्तमेतत्ते दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम् ।
नैतद्धारयितुं शक्यं गच्छाऽवतर पद्मिनीम् ॥ १३.१४२.४४ ॥
This etymology of your name, made of syllables spoken in grief, cannot be borne. Go, descend into the lotus-pond.
13.142.45
एभिरुक्तं यथा नाम नाहं वक्तुमिहोत्सहे ।
शुनःसखसखायं मां यातुधान्युपधारय ॥ १३.१४२.४५ ॥
I dare not speak the name here as they have spoken it. Demoness, understand me as the friend of Śunaḥsakha's friend.
13.142.46
नाम न व्यक्तमुक्तं वै वाक्यं संदिग्धया गिरा ।
तस्मात्सकृदिदानीं त्वं ब्रूहि यन्नाम ते द्विज ॥ १३.१४२.४६ ॥
The name was not clearly spoken; the sentence was uttered in an ambiguous voice. Therefore, O twice-born, now tell once more what your name is.
13.142.47
सकृदुक्तं मया नाम न गृहीतं त्वया यदि ।
तस्मात्त्रिदण्डाभिहता गच्छ भस्मेति माचिरम् ॥ १३.१४२.४७ ॥
I spoke the name once; if you did not grasp it, then struck by the threefold staff, go to ashes; do not delay.
13.142.48
सा ब्रह्मदण्डकल्पेन तेन मूर्ध्नि हता तदा ।
कृत्या पपात मेदिन्यां भस्म साच जगाम ह ॥ १३.१४२.४८ ॥
Then she was struck on the head by that staff, like a Brahmin's rod; the artificial demoness fell upon the earth, and she too went to ashes.
13.142.49
शुनःसखश्च हत्वा तां यातुधानीं महाबलाम् ।
भुवि त्रिदण्डं विष्टभ्य शाद्वले समुपाविशत् ॥ १३.१४२.४९ ॥
Śunaḥsakha, too, having slain that mighty demoness, planted his triple staff in the ground and sat down on the grassy earth.
13.142.50
ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वेः पुष्कराणि बिसानि च ।
यथाकाममुपादाय समुत्तस्थुर्मुदाऽन्विताः ॥ १३.१४२.५० ॥
Then all those sages, taking lotuses and lotus stalks as they desired, rose up filled with joy.
13.142.51
श्रमेण महता युक्तास्ते बिसानि कलापशः ।
तीरे निक्षिप्य पद्मिन्यास्तर्पणं चक्रुरम्भसा ॥ १३.१४२.५१ ॥
Exhausted by great fatigue, they laid the bundles of lotus stalks on the pond's bank and performed libation with water.
13.142.52
अथोत्थाय जलात्तस्मात्सर्वे ते समुपागमन् ।
नापश्यंश्चापि ते तानि बिसानि पुरुषर्षभाः ॥ १३.१४२.५२ ॥
Then, when they had risen from the water and come near, O bull of men, they did not see those lotus stalks at all.
13.142.53
केन क्षुधाभिभूतानामस्माकं पापकर्मणाम् ।
नृशंसेनापनीतानि बिसान्याहारकाङ्क्षिणाम् ॥ १३.१४२.५३ ॥
By what cruel person have the lotus stalks been removed from us, who are sinners tormented by hunger and desiring food?
13.142.54
ते शङ्कमानास्त्वन्योन्यं पप्रच्छुर्द्विजसत्तमाः ।
त ऊचुः शपथं सर्वे कुर्म इत्यरिकर्शन ॥ १३.१४२.५४ ॥
Suspecting one another, those best of the twice-born asked each other; then they all said, "We will swear an oath," O tormentor of foes.
13.142.55
त उक्त्वा बाढमित्येव सर्व एव तदा समम् ।
क्षुधार्ताः सुपरिश्रान्ताः शपथायोपचक्रमुः ॥ १३.१४२.५५ ॥
Having said, "Very well," they all then together, afflicted by hunger and utterly exhausted, set about taking the oath.
13.142.56
स गां स्पृशतु पादेन सूर्यं च प्रतिमेहतु ।
अध्यायेष्वधीयीत बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.५६ ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks touch a cow with his foot, urinate toward the sun, and study during the appointed times of study.
13.142.57
अनध्याये पठेल्लोके शुनः स परिकर्षतु ।
परिव्राट् कामवृत्तिस्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.५७ ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks recite in the world on a day of non-study and drag a dog about; and let the wandering renunciant who lives by desire do likewise.
13.142.58
शरणागतं हन्तु मित्रं स्वसुतां चोपजीवतु ।
अर्थान्काङ्क्षतु कीनाशाद्बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.५८ ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks kill one who has come for refuge, kill a friend, live off his own daughter's earnings, and desire wealth from a miser.
13.142.59
विष्णुं ब्रह्मण्यदेवेशं देवदेवं जगद्गुरुम् ।
आधातारं विधातारं सन्धातारं जगद्गुरुम्।
विहाय स भजत्वन्यं बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.५९ ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks, having abandoned Viṣṇu, lord of the gods who favors brahmins, god of gods, teacher of the world, and the bearer, creator and uniter, teacher of the world, worship another.
13.142.60
सर्वत्र सर्वं लपतु न्यासलोपं करोतु च ।
कूटसाक्षित्वमभ्येतु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.६० ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks babble everything everywhere, commit a breach of trust, and resort to false witness.
13.142.61
वृथा मांसाशनश्चास्तु वृथा दानं करोतु च ।
यातु स्त्रियं दिवा चैव बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.६१ ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks eat meat in vain, give gifts in vain, and go to a woman by day.
13.142.62
नृशंसस्त्यक्तधर्माऽस्तु स्त्रीषु ज्ञातिषु गोषु च ।
ब्राह्मणं चापि जयतां बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.६२ ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks be cruel to women, kinsmen and cows, abandon dharma, and conquer even a brahmin.
13.142.63
उपाध्यायमधः कृत्वा ऋचोऽध्येतु यजूंषि च ।
जुहोतु च स कक्षाग्नौ बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.६३ ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks put his teacher beneath him, recite the verses of the Ṛg and the Yajus, and offer oblations in a fire of grass.
13.142.64
पुरीषमुत्सृजत्वप्सु हन्तु गां चैव द्रुह्यत् ।
अनृतौ मैथुनं यातु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.६४ ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks defecate in water, kill a cow or harm one, and go to union out of season.
13.142.65
द्वेष्यो भार्योपजीवी स्याद्दुरबन्धुश्च वैरवान् ।
अन्योन्यस्यातिथिश्चास्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.६५ ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks be hateful, live off his wife's earnings, be a bad kinsman and an enemy, and be a guest of one another.
13.142.66
अधीत्य वेदांस्त्यजतु त्रीनग्नीनपविध्यतु ।
विक्रीणातु तथा सोमं बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.६६ ॥
Let him who steals lotus stalks, after studying the Vedas, abandon them, cast off the three sacred fires, and sell soma.
13.142.67
उदपानोदके ग्रामे ब्राह्मणो वृषलीपतिः ।
तस्य सालोक्यतां यातु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.६७ ॥
In a village with a well and water, let the brahmin who is the husband of a low-caste woman attain the same world as one who steals lotus-stalks.
13.142.68
जीवतो वै गुरून्भृत्यान्भरन्त्वस्य परे जनाः ।
दरिद्रो बहुपुत्रः स्याद्बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.६८ ॥
While he is alive, let others support his elders and servants; let the one who steals lotus-stalks be poor and have many sons.
13.142.69
अशुचिर्ब्रह्मकूटोऽस्तु मिथ्या चैवाप्यहङ्कृतः ।
कर्षको मत्सरी चास्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.६९ ॥
Let the one who steals lotus-stalks be impure, a false brahmin, falsely proud, a farmer, and envious.
13.142.70
हर्षं करोतु भृतको राज्ञश्वास्तु पुरोहितः ।
अयाज्यस्य भवेदृत्विक् बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.७० ॥
Let the one who steals lotus-stalks bring joy as a hired servant, be the priest of a king, and officiate for one for whom sacrifice should not be performed.
13.142.71
नित्यं परिभवेच्छ्वश्रूं भर्तुर्भवतु दुर्मनाः ।
एका स्वादु समश्नातु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या ॥ १३.१४२.७१ ॥
Let the woman who steals lotus-stalks always scorn her mother-in-law, be ill-minded toward her husband, and eat sweet food alone.
13.142.72
ज्ञातीनां गृहमध्यस्था सक्तूनत्तु दिनक्षये ।
अभोग्या वीरसूरस्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या ॥ १३.१४२.७२ ॥
Let the woman who steals lotus-stalks, living in the midst of her relatives' household, eat only barley-meal at the end of the day; let her be unfit for enjoyment and bear no heroic sons.
13.142.73
अनृतं भाषतु सदा बन्धुभिश्च विरुध्यतु ।
ददातु कन्यां शुल्केन बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या ॥ १३.१४२.७३ ॥
A woman who always speaks falsehood, quarrels with her kin, gives away her daughter for a bride-price, and steals lotus-fibres.
13.142.74
साधयित्वा स्वयं प्राशेद्दास्ये जीर्यतु चैव ह ।
विकर्मणा प्रमीयेत बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या ॥ १३.१४२.७४ ॥
A woman who cooks and eats alone, grows old in servitude, dies through wrongdoing, and steals lotus-fibres.
13.142.75
दास एव प्रजायेतामप्रसूतिरकिञ्चन ।
दैवतेष्वनमस्कारो बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥ १३.१४२.७५ ॥
One who is born a slave, barren and destitute, who does not bow to the gods, and who steals lotus-fibres.
13.142.76
अध्वर्यवे दुहितरं वा ददातु ।
च्छन्दोगे वाऽऽचरितब्रह्मचर्ये।
आथर्वणं वेदमधीत्य विप्रः ।
स्नायीत वा यो हरते बिसानि ॥ १३.१४२.७६ ॥
Let him give his daughter to the Adhvaryu priest, or to a Chandogya, or to a brahmin who has completed celibate study and learned the Atharva Veda; and whoever takes away lotus-fibres, let him bathe.
13.142.77
इष्टमेतद्द्विजातीनां योऽयं ते शपथः कृतः ।
त्वया कृतं बिसस्तैन्यं सर्वेषां नः शुनःसख ॥ १३.१४२.७७ ॥
This is desired by the twice-born, this oath you made; O friend of Śunaḥśepa, you have committed the theft of lotus-fibres before all of us.
13.142.78
न्यस्तमद्यं न पश्यद्भिर्यदुक्तं कृतकर्मभिः ।
सत्यमेतन्न मिथ्यैतद्बिसस्तैन्यं कृतं मया ॥ १३.१४२.७८ ॥
What was said by the men of action, who did not see the thing deposited today, is true and not false: I committed the theft of lotus-fibres.
13.142.79
मया ह्यन्तर्हितानीह बिसानीमानि पश्यत ।
परीक्षार्थं भगवतां कृतमेवं मयाऽनघाः ॥ १३.१४२.७९ ॥
I have hidden these lotus-stalks here; behold them. O sinless ones, I have done this to test you venerable men.
13.142.80
रक्षणार्थं च सर्वेषां भवतामहमागतः ।
यातुधानी ह्यतिक्रूरा कृत्यैषा वो वधैषिणी ॥ १३.१४२.८० ॥
I have come to protect all of you. This very cruel demoness, a magic creature, seeks your destruction.
13.142.81
वृषादर्भिप्रयुक्तैषा निहता मे तपोधनाः ।
दुष्टा हिंस्यादियं पापा युष्मान्प्रत्यग्निसम्भवा ॥ १३.१४२.८१ ॥
Sent by Vṛṣadarbhi, this wicked sinful woman, born of fire, was about to harm you; she has been slain by me, O wealthy-in-asceticism ones.
13.142.82
तस्मादस्म्यागतो विप्रा वासवं मां निबोधत ।
अलोभादक्षया लोकाः प्राप्ता वः सार्वकामिकाः।
उत्तिष्ठध्वमितः क्षिप्रं तानवाप्नुत वै द्विजाः ॥ १३.१४२.८२ ॥
Therefore I have come here. O brahmins, know me as Vāsava, Indra. Through your freedom from greed you have attained the imperishable worlds that grant all desires. Rise quickly from here, O twice-born ones, and indeed obtain them.
13.142.83
ततो महर्षयः प्रीतास्तथेत्युक्त्वा पुरन्दरम् ।
सहैव त्रिदशेन्द्रेण सर्वे जग्मुस्त्रिविष्टपम् ॥ १३.१४२.८३ ॥
Then the great sages, pleased, said 'so be it' to Purandara, and together with the lord of the thirty gods they all went to heaven.
13.142.84
एवमेते महात्मानो योगैर्बहुविधैरपि ।
क्षुधा परमया युक्ताश्छन्द्यमाना महात्मभिः।
नैव लोभं तदा यक्रुस्ततः स्वर्गमवाप्नुवन् ॥ १३.१४२.८४ ॥
Thus these great-souled ones, though afflicted by extreme hunger and tested by many kinds of devices, did not indeed give way to greed at that time; therefore they attained heaven.
13.142.85
तस्मात्सर्वास्ववस्थासु नरो लोभं विवर्जयेत् ।
एष धर्मः परो राजंस्तस्माल्लोभं विवर्जयेत् ॥ १३.१४२.८५ ॥
Therefore a man should abandon greed in all conditions. O king, this is the supreme duty; therefore greed should be abandoned.
13.142.86
इदं नरः सुचरितं समवायेषु कीर्तयन् ।
अर्थभागी च भवति न च दुर्गाण्यवाप्नुते ॥ १३.१४२.८६ ॥
A man who proclaims this good conduct in assemblies becomes a sharer in benefit and does not meet with hardships.
13.142.87
प्रीयन्ते पितरश्चास्य ऋषयो देवतास्तथा ।
यशोधर्मार्थभागी च भवति प्रेत्य मानवः ॥ १३.१४२.८७ ॥
His ancestors, the sages, and the gods are likewise pleased; and after death a man becomes a sharer in fame, duty, and wealth.