Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.143
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13.143.1
अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
यद्वृत्तं तीर्थयात्रायां शपथं प्रति तच्छृणु ॥ १३.१४३.१ ॥
Here they recount this ancient tale of what happened concerning an oath during a pilgrimage to the holy places; listen to it.
13.143.2
पुष्करार्थं कृतं स्तैन्यं पुरा भरतसत्तम ।
राजर्षिभिर्महाराज तथैव च द्विजर्षिभिः ॥ १३.१४३.२ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, in former times theft was committed for the sake of Puṣkara, O great king, by royal sages and likewise by brahmin sages.
13.143.3
पुरा प्रभासे ऋषयः समग्राः ।
समेता वै मन्त्रममन्त्रयन्त।
चराम सर्वां पृथिवीं पुण्यतीर्थां ।
तन्नः कामं हन्त गच्छाम सर्वे ॥ १३.१४३.३ ॥
Formerly, at Prabhāsa, all the sages assembled together and took counsel: 'Let us all travel over this whole earth, holy with sacred bathing-places; that is our desire, so come, let us all go.'
13.143.4
शुक्रोऽङ्गिराश्चैव कविश्च विद्वां-
स्तथा ह्यगस्त्यो नारदपर्वतौ च।
भृगुर्वसिष्ठः कश्यपो गौतमश्च ।
विश्वामित्रो जमदग्निश्च राजन् ॥ १३.१४३.४ ॥
O king, Śukra, Aṅgiras, Kavi and the wise, likewise Agastya, Nārada and Parvata, Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, Gautama, Viśvāmitra and Jamadagni.
13.143.5
ऋषिस्तथा गालवोऽथाष्टकश्च ।
भरद्वाजोऽरुन्धती वालखिल्याः।
शिबिर्दिलीपो नहुषोऽम्बरीषो ।
राजा ययातिर्धुन्धुमारोऽथ पूरुः ॥ १३.१४३.५ ॥
The sage Gālava and Aṣṭaka, Bharadvāja, Arundhatī, the Vālakhilyas; Śibi, Dilīpa, Nahuṣa, Ambarīṣa, King Yayāti, Dhundhumāra and Pūru.
13.143.6
जग्मुः पुरस्कृत्य महानुभावं ।
शतक्रतुं वृत्रहणं नरेन्द्राः।
तीर्थानि सर्वाणि परिभ्रमन्तो ।
माघ्यां ययुः कौशिकीं पुण्यतीर्थाम् ॥ १३.१४३.६ ॥
Honouring the greatly powerful Śatakratu, slayer of Vṛtra, the kings wandered through all the sacred fords and in the month of Māgha went to the Kauśikī, the holy ford of merit.
13.143.7
सर्वेषु तीर्थेष्ववधूतपापा ।
जग्मुस्ततो ब्रह्मसरः सुपुण्यम्।
देवस्य तीर्थे जलमग्निकल्पा ।
विगाह्य ते भुक्तबिसप्रसूनाः ॥ १३.१४३.७ ॥
Having shed their sins in all the sacred fords, they then went to the very holy lake of Brahmā. Plunging into the fire-like water of the god's ford, they ate lotus-stalks and blossoms.
13.143.8
केचिद्बिसान्यखनंस्तत्र राजन्न-
न्ये मृणालान्यखनंस्तत्र विप्राः।
अथापश्यन्पुष्करं ते ह्रियन्तं ।
ह्रदादगस्त्येन समुद्धृतं तत् ॥ १३.१४३.८ ॥
O king, some dug up lotus-stalks there, and other brahmins dug up lotus-fibres there. Then they saw that lotus being lifted from the lake and carried off by Agastya.
13.143.9
नानाह सर्वानृषिमुख्यानगस्त्यः ।
केनाहृतं पुष्करं मे सुजातम्।
युष्माञ्शङ्के पुष्करं दीयतां मे ।
न वै भवन्तो हर्तुमर्हन्ति पद्मम् ॥ १३.१४३.९ ॥
Agastya spoke to all the chief sages: "Who has taken my fine lotus? I suspect it is you; let that lotus be given back to me. It is not fitting for you to carry off that lotus."
13.143.10
शृणोमि कालो हिंसते धर्मवीर्यं ।
सेयं प्राप्ता वर्तते धर्मपीडा।
पुराऽधर्मो वर्तते नेह याव-
त्तावद्गच्छामः सुरलोकं चिराय ॥ १३.१४३.१० ॥
I hear that time is harming the strength of dharma. This affliction of dharma has now arrived. As long as unrighteousness is not present here, let us go to the world of the gods for a long time.
13.143.11
पुरा वेदान्ब्राह्मणा ग्राममध्ये ।
घुष्टस्वरा वृषलान्श्रावयन्ति।
पुरा राजा व्यवहारानधर्मा-
न्पश्यत्यहं परलोकं व्रजामि ॥ १३.१४३.११ ॥
Formerly brahmins in the middle of the village recited the Vedas in loud voices, making even the low-born hear them. Formerly the king looks upon unrighteous proceedings; I go to the other world.
13.143.12
पुरा राजा प्रत्यवरान्गरीयसो ।
मंस्यत्यथैनमनुयास्यन्ति सर्वे।
धर्मोत्तरं यावदिदं न वर्तते ।
तावद्व्रजामि परलोकं चिराय ॥ १३.१४३.१२ ॥
Formerly the king will regard those of lower rank as more honored, and then all will follow him. As long as this condition, above dharma, does not exist, I go to the other world for a long time.
13.143.13
पुरा प्रपश्यामि परेण मर्त्या-
न्बलीयसा दुर्बलान्भुज्यमानान्।
तस्माद्यास्यामि परलोकं चिराय ।
न ह्युत्सहे द्रष्टुमीदृङ्नृलोके ॥ १३.१४३.१३ ॥
Formerly I see mortals, the weak, being devoured by the mightier. Therefore I will go to the other world for a long time; I have no courage to look upon such things in the human world.
13.143.14
तमाहुरार्ता ऋषयो महर्षिं ।
न ते वयं पुष्करं चोरयामः।
मिथ्याभिशंसा भवता न कार्या ।
शपाम तीक्ष्णैः शपथैर्महर्षे ॥ १३.१४३.१४ ॥
The afflicted sages said to that great sage: We do not steal your lotus. Do not make false accusations. We swear with fierce oaths, O great sage.
13.143.15
ते निश्चितास्तत्र महर्षयस्तु ।
सम्पश्यन्तो धर्ममेतं नरेन्द्राः।
ततोऽशपन्त शपथान्पर्ययेण ।
सहैव ते पार्थिव पुत्रपौत्रैः ॥ १३.१४३.१५ ॥
There those resolute great sages, clearly seeing this dharma, O lords of men, then took oaths of curse in turn. O king, they did so together with their sons and grandsons.
13.143.16
भृगुरुवाच ।
प्रत्याक्रोशेदिहाक्रुष्टस्ताडितः प्रतिताडयेत्।
खादेच्च पृष्ठमांसानि यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.१६ ॥
Bhṛgu said: Whoever is abused here should abuse in return; whoever is struck should strike back. Whoever carries off your puṣkara (lotus, or treasure), let him eat the flesh of his own back.
13.143.17
अस्वाध्यायपरो लोके श्वानं च परिकर्षतु ।
पुरे च भिक्षुर्भवतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.१७ ॥
Vasiṣṭha said: Whoever in the world is devoted to neglecting study, let him drag a dog about; and in the town let him become a beggar — whoever carries off your puṣkara.
13.143.18
सर्वत्र सर्वं पणतु न्यासे लोभं करोतु च ।
कूटसाक्षित्वमभ्येतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.१८ ॥
Kaśyapa said: Whoever sells everything everywhere, is greedy with what is entrusted to him, and comes to give false witness — whoever carries off your puṣkara.
13.143.19
जीवत्वहङ्कृतो बुद्ध्या विषमेणासमेन सः ।
कर्षको मत्सरी चास्तु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.१९ ॥
Gautama said: Let him live by proud, self-regarding wit, through unfair and unequal dealings; let him be a ploughman and an envious man — whoever carries off your puṣkara.
13.143.20
अशुचिर्ब्रह्मकूटोस्तु श्वानं च परिकर्षतु ।
ब्रह्महाऽनिकृतिश्चास्तु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.२० ॥
Aṅgiras said: Let him be an impure brahma-kūṭa (a false brahmin) and drag about a dog; let him be a slayer of a brahmin and a cheat — whoever carries off your puṣkara.
13.143.21
अकृतज्ञस्तु मित्राणां शूद्रायां च प्रजायतु ।
एकः सम्पन्नमश्नातु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.२१ ॥
Let him be ungrateful to his friends, beget children with a śūdra woman, and eat a rich meal alone—such be he who steals your puṣkara.
13.143.22
चिकित्सायां प्रचरतु भार्यया चैव पुष्यतु ।
श्वशुरात्तस्य वृत्तिः स्याद्यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.२२ ॥
Let him practise healing, be sustained by his wife, and let his livelihood come from his father-in-law—such be he who steals your puṣkara.
13.143.23
उदपानप्लवे ग्रामे ब्राह्मणो वृषलीपतिः ।
तस्य लोकान्स व्रजतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.२३ ॥
In a village where a well overflows, let a brahmin become the husband of a śūdra woman; let him go to those worlds—such be he who steals your puṣkara.
13.143.24
वृथा मांसं समश्नातु दिवा गच्छतु मैथुनम् ।
प्रेष्यो भवतु राज्ञश्च यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.२४ ॥
Let him eat meat in vain, go to sexual union by day, and become a servant of the king—such be he who steals your puṣkara.
13.143.25
जमदग्निरुवाच ।
अनध्यायेष्वधीयीत मित्रं श्राद्धे च भोजयेत्।
श्राद्धे शूद्रस्य चाश्नीयाद्यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.२५ ॥
Jamadagni said: let him study on days when study is forbidden, feed a friend at the śrāddha rite, and eat with a śūdra at the śrāddha—such be he who steals your puṣkara.
13.143.26
शिबिरुवाच ।
अनाहिताग्निर्मियतां यज्ञे विघ्नं करोतु च।
तपस्विभिर्विरुध्येच्च यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.२६ ॥
Śibi said: let one who has not kindled the sacred fire die, let him create obstruction in the sacrifice, and let him oppose the ascetics—such be he who steals your puṣkara.
13.143.27
ययातिरुवाच ।
अनृतौ व्रतनियतायां भार्यायां स प्रजायतु।
निराकरोतु वेदांश्च यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.२७ ॥
Yayāti said: Let him who begets a child upon a vow-bound wife in an unseasonable time reject the Vedas; and let him who takes away your puṣkara.
13.143.28
नहुष उवाच ।
अतिथिर्गृहसंस्थोऽस्तु कामवृत्तस्तु दीक्षितः।
विद्यां प्रयच्छतु भृतो यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.२८ ॥
Nahuṣa said: Let the guest dwell in a house, let one who acts from desire be consecrated, let the hired man give knowledge; and let him who takes away your puṣkara.
13.143.29
नृशंसस्त्यक्तधर्मोऽस्तु स्त्रीषु ज्ञातिषु गोषु च ।
निहन्तु ब्राह्मणं चापि यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.२९ ॥
Ambarīṣa said: Let him be cruel and abandoned of dharma toward women, kinsmen and cows; let him even kill a brahmin; and let him who takes away your puṣkara.
13.143.30
गृहज्ञानी बहिःशास्त्रं पठतां विस्वरं पदम् ।
गरीयसोऽवजानातु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.३० ॥
Nārada said: Let the one who knows only household things despise the discordant word of those who recite outside the scriptures and despise his elders; and let him who takes away your puṣkara.
13.143.31
अनृतं भाषतु सदा सद्भिश्चैव विरुध्यतु ।
शुल्केन ददतु कन्यां यस्ते हरपि पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.३१ ॥
Nābhāga said: Let him always speak falsehood and oppose the good; let him give a maiden for a bride-price; and let him who takes away your puṣkara.
13.143.32
कविरुवाच ।
पदा च गां संस्पृशतु सूर्यं च प्रति मेहतु।
शरणागतं संत्यजतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.३२ ॥
Kavi said: Let him touch a cow with his foot and urinate toward the sun, and let him abandon one who has taken refuge; and let him who takes away your puṣkara.
13.143.33
करोतु भृतकोऽवर्षां राज्ञश्चास्तु पुरोहितः ।
ऋत्विगस्तु ह्ययाज्यस्य यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.३३ ॥
Whoever steals your lotus, let him be a hired labourer who withholds rain, let him be the king's household priest, and let him be the officiating priest of one for whom no sacrifice should be performed.
13.143.34
ग्रामे चाधिकृतः सोऽस्तु खरयानेन गच्छतु ।
शुनः कर्षतु वृत्त्यर्थे यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.३४ ॥
Whoever steals your lotus, let him be the official of a village, let him travel by donkey-cart, and let him plough with dogs for his livelihood.
13.143.35
सर्वपापसमादानं नृशंसे चानृते च यत् ।
तत्तस्यास्तु सदा पापं यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.३५ ॥
Let that sin, which is the taking up of all sins in cruelty and falsehood, always be upon him who steals your lotus.
13.143.36
स राजास्त्वकृतप्रज्ञः कामवृत्तश्च पापकृत् ।
अधर्मेणाभिशास्तूर्वीं यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.३६ ॥
Whoever steals your lotus, let him be a king of undeveloped wisdom, acting from desire and an evildoer, and let him rule the earth by unrighteousness.
13.143.37
पापिष्ठेभ्यो ह्यनर्घार्हः स नरोऽस्तु स्वपापकृत् ।
दत्त्वा दानं कीर्तयतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.३७ ॥
Whoever steals your lotus, let him, worthy of no reward, receive gifts even from the most sinful, become the doer of his own sin, and proclaim his giving.
13.143.38
अरुन्धत्युवाच ।
श्वश्र्वाऽपवादं वदतु भर्तुर्भवतु दुर्मनाः।
एका स्वादु समश्नातु या ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.३८ ॥
Arundhatī said: Whoever steals your lotus, let her speak slander of her mother-in-law, become ill-minded toward her husband, and eat sweet food alone.
13.143.39
एकपादेन वृत्त्यर्थं ग्रामद्वारे स तिष्ठतु ।
धर्मज्ञस्त्यक्तधर्मास्तु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.३९ ॥
Though he knows dharma, let him who abandons dharma and steals your lotus stand at the village gate on one foot for the sake of his livelihood.
13.143.40
अग्निहोत्रमनादृत्य स सुखं स्वपतु द्विजः ।
परिव्राट् कामवृत्तोस्तु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.४० ॥
Let the twice-born who neglects the agnihotra and sleeps at ease, and who steals your lotus, become a wandering ascetic living by desire.
13.143.41
सुरभ्युवाच ।
वालजेन निदानेन कांस्यं भवतु दोहनम्।
दुह्येत परवत्सेन या ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.४१ ॥
Surabhi said: let the vessel for milking her, who steals your lotus, be made of bronze on account of this, and let her be milked by another's calf.
13.143.42
ततस्तु तैः शपथैः शप्यमानै-
र्नानाविधैर्बहुभिः कौरवेन्द्र।
सहस्राक्षो देवराट् सम्प्रहृष्टः ।
समीक्ष्य तं कोपनं विप्रमुख्यम् ॥ १३.१४३.४२ ॥
Then, as they were cursed by those many and various curses, O lord of the Kauravas, Indra, the thousand-eyed king of the gods, was greatly delighted, seeing that wrathful chief of the brahmins.
13.143.43
यथाब्रवीन्मघवा प्रत्ययं स्वं ।
स्वयं समागत्य तमृषिं जातरोषम्।
ब्रह्मर्षिदेवर्षिनृपर्षिमध्ये ।
यं तं निबोधेह ममाद्य राजन् ॥ १३.१४३.४३ ॥
As Maghavan himself said as his assurance, coming in person to that enraged sage, among the brahmarshis, devarshis and royal sages, O king, know him now from me here.
13.143.44
अध्वर्यवे दुहितरं ददातु ।
छन्दोगे वाऽऽचरितब्रह्मचर्ये।
अथर्वणं वेदमधीत्य विप्रः ।
स्नायीत यः पुष्करमाददाति ॥ १३.१४३.४४ ॥
Let him give his daughter to an adhvaryu priest, or to a chandoga who has kept the vow of celibate study. Let the brahmin who has studied the Atharva Veda bathe in the Puṣkara; let him who takes it away obtain it.
13.143.45
सर्वान्वेदानधीयीत पुण्यशीलोऽस्तु धार्मिकः ।
ब्रह्मणः सदनं यातु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥ १३.१४३.४५ ॥
Let him study all the Vedas, and be of virtuous character and righteous. Let him who takes away your Puṣkara go to the abode of Brahmā.
13.143.46
आशीर्वादस्त्वया प्रोक्तः शपथो बलसूदन ।
दीयतां पुष्करं मह्यमेष धर्मः सनातनः ॥ १३.१४३.४६ ॥
O slayer of Bala, you have spoken a blessing and an oath. Let the Puṣkara be given to me; this is the eternal law.
13.143.47
न मया भगवँल्लोभाद्धृतं पुष्करमद्य वै ।
धर्मांस्तु श्रोतुकामेन हृतं न क्रोद्धुमर्हसि ॥ १३.१४३.४७ ॥
Revered sir, I did not take the Puṣkara today out of greed; it was taken by me from desire to hear the laws. You ought not to be angry.
13.143.48
धर्मश्रुतिसमुत्कर्षो धर्मसेतुरनामयः ।
आर्षो वै शाश्वतो नित्यमव्ययोऽयं मया श्रुतः ॥ १३.१४३.४८ ॥
The excellence of the scripture of dharma, the bridge of dharma, faultless, of the seers, perpetual, always, imperishable — this is what I have heard.
13.143.49
तदिदं गृह्यतां विद्वन्पुष्करं द्विजसत्तम ।
अतिक्रमं मे भगवन्क्षन्तुमर्हस्यनिन्दित ॥ १३.१४३.४९ ॥
Therefore, O learned one, best of the twice-born, accept this Puṣkara. Revered sir, blameless one, you ought to forgive my transgression.
13.143.50
इत्युक्तः स महेन्द्रेण तपस्वी कोपनो भृशम् ।
जग्राह पुष्करं धीमान्प्रसन्नश्चाभवन्मुनिः ॥ १३.१४३.५० ॥
Thus addressed by Mahendra, the ascetic, greatly angered, the wise one took the Puṣkara; and the sage became pleased.
13.143.51
प्रययुस्ते ततो भूयस्तीर्थानि वनगोचराः ।
पुण्येषु तीर्थेषु तथा गात्राण्याप्लावयन्त ते ॥ १३.१४३.५१ ॥
Then those forest-dwellers went again to the sacred fords, and in the holy fords they bathed their limbs.
13.143.52
आख्यानं य इदं युक्तः पठेत्वर्वणिपर्वणि ।
न मूर्खं जनयेत्पुत्रं न भवेच्च निराकृतिः ॥ १३.१४३.५२ ॥
He who, devoted, recites this narrative at the festival-time, shall not beget a foolish son, nor shall he become deformed.
13.143.53
न तमापत्स्पृशेत्काचिद्विज्वरो न जरावहः ।
विरजाः श्रेयसा युक्तः प्रेत्य स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.१४३.५३ ॥
No calamity touches him; he is free from fever, and old age does not bring him low. Stainless and endowed with blessing, after death he attains heaven.
13.143.54
यश्च शास्त्रमधीयीत ऋषिभिः परिपालितम् ।
स गच्छेद्ब्रह्मणो लोकमव्ययं च नरोत्तम ॥ १३.१४३.५४ ॥
And he who studies this scripture preserved by the sages, O best of men, shall go to the imperishable world of Brahmā.