Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.144
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13.144.1
यदिदं श्राद्धकृत्येषु दीयते भरतर्षभ ।
छत्रं चोपानहौ चैव केनैतत्सम्प्रवर्तितम् ॥ १३.१४४.१ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, who instituted this practice of giving an umbrella and sandals in the ancestral rites?
13.144.2
कथं चैतत्समुत्पन्नं किमर्थं चैव दीयते ।
न केवलं श्राद्धकृत्ये पुण्यकेष्वपि दीयते ॥ १३.१४४.२ ॥
How did this arise, and for what purpose is it given? It is given not only in the ancestral rite but also on sacred occasions.
13.144.3
बहुष्वपि निमित्तेषु पुण्यमाश्रित्य दीयते ।
एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रह्मञ्श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥ १३.१४४.३ ॥
On many occasions too it is given, relying on merit. O brahmin, I wish to hear this in detail and in its true sense.
13.144.4
शृणु राजन्नवहितश्छत्रोपानहविस्तरम् ।
यथैतत्प्रथितं लोके यथा चैतत्प्रवर्तितम् ॥ १३.१४४.४ ॥
Listen attentively, O king, to the full account of the umbrella and the sandals: how this became known in the world and how it was instituted.
13.144.5
यथा चाक्षय्यतां प्राप्तं पुण्यतां च यथागतम् ।
सर्वमेतदशेषेण प्रवक्ष्यामि नराधिप ॥ १३.१४४.५ ॥
I will explain fully all of it: how this attained imperishability and merit, and how it came to be, O lord of men.
13.144.6
इतिहासं पुरावृत्तमिदं शृणु नराधिप ।
जमदग्नेश्च संवादं सूर्यस्य च महात्मनः ॥ १३.१४४.६ ॥
Listen, O lord of men, to this ancient history: the dialogue of the great-souled Jamadagni and the Sun.
13.144.7
पुरा स भगवान्साक्षाद्धनुषा क्रीडति प्रभो ।
सन्धायसन्धाय शरांश्चिक्षेप किल भार्गवः ॥ १३.१४४.७ ॥
Long ago that blessed lord himself played with the bow, O lord; again and again, fitting arrows to the string, the descendant of Bhṛgu shot them.
13.144.8
तान्क्षिप्तान्रेणुका सर्वांस्तस्येषून्दीप्ततेजसः ।
आनीय सा तदा तस्मै प्रादादसकृदच्युत ॥ १३.१४४.८ ॥
Reṇukā, bringing back all those arrows shot by him of blazing splendour, gave them to him again and again, O Acyuta.
13.144.9
अथ तेन स शब्देनि ज्यायाश्चैव शरस्य च ।
प्रहृष्टः सम्प्रचिक्षेप सा च प्रत्याजहार तान् ॥ १३.१४४.९ ॥
Then, delighted by that sound, the sound of the bowstring and of the arrow, he shot again; and she took them back.
13.144.10
ततो मध्याह्नमारूढे ज्येष्ठामूले दिवाकरे ।
स सायकान्द्विजो मुक्त्वा रेणुकामिदमब्रवीत् ॥ १३.१४४.१० ॥
Then, when midday had come and the sun stood in the Jyeṣṭhā-Mūla asterism, the twice-born one, having shot his arrows, spoke these words to Reṇukā.
13.144.11
गच्छानय विशालाक्षि शरानेतान्धनुश्च्युतान् ।
यावदेतान्पुनः सुभ्रु क्षिपामीति जनाधिप ॥ १३.१४४.११ ॥
Go and bring back these arrows shot from the bow, O wide-eyed one, until I shoot them again, O lord of men.
13.144.12
सा गच्छन्त्यन्तरा छायां वृक्षमाश्रित्य भामिनी ।
तस्थौ तस्या हि सन्तप्तं शिरः पादौ तथैव च ॥ १३.१४४.१२ ॥
That lovely woman, going on her way, stopped in between, taking shelter under a tree for shade; for her head and feet were indeed scorched.
13.144.13
स्थिता सा तु मूहूर्तं वै भर्तुः शापभयाच्छुभा ।
ययावानयितुं भूयः सायकानसितेक्षणा।
प्रत्याजगाम च शरांस्तानादाय यशस्विनी ॥ १३.१४४.१३ ॥
Standing for a moment out of fear of her husband's curse, the auspicious, dark-eyed woman went again to fetch the arrows, and the renowned one returned bringing those arrows.
13.144.14
सा वै प्रस्विन्नसर्वाङ्गी पद्भ्यां दुःखं नियच्छती ।
उपाजगाम भर्तारं भयाद्भर्तुः प्रवेपती ॥ १३.१४४.१४ ॥
Her whole body drenched in sweat, bearing the pain in her feet, trembling out of fear of her husband, she came to her husband.
13.144.15
स तामृषिस्तदा क्रुद्धो वाक्यमाह शुभाननाम् ।
रेणुके किं चिरेण त्वमागतेति पुनःपुनः ॥ १३.१४४.१५ ॥
Then the sage, angry, spoke these words again and again to that fair-faced woman: "Reṇukā, why have you come so late?"
13.144.16
शिरस्तप्तं प्रदीप्तौ मे पादौ चैव तपोधन ।
सूर्यतेजोनिरुद्धाऽहं वृक्षच्छायां समाश्रिता ॥ १३.१४४.१६ ॥
O wealth of austerity, my head is scorched and both my feet are burning. Held back by the sun's blaze, I had taken refuge in the shade of a tree.
13.144.17
एतस्मात्कारणाद्ब्रह्मंश्चिरायैतत्कृतं मया ।
एतच्छ्रुत्वा मम विभो मा क्रुधस्त्वं पतोधन ॥ १३.१४४.१७ ॥
For this reason, O brahmin, I have been long in coming. O mighty one, hearing this, do not be angry with me, O wealth of austerity.
13.144.18
अद्यैनं दीप्तकिरणं रेणुके तव दुःखदम् ।
शरैर्निपातयिष्यामि सूर्यमस्त्राग्नितेजसा ॥ १३.१४४.१८ ॥
Today I will bring down with arrows this blazing-rayed sun, O Reṇukā, that gives you pain, with the splendour of the weapon-fire.
13.144.19
स विष्फार्य धनुर्दिव्यं गृहीत्वा च शरान्बहूंन् ।
अतिष्ठत्सूर्यमभितो यतो याति ततोमुखः ॥ १३.१४४.१९ ॥
Having drawn his divine bow and taken up many arrows, he stood all around the sun, turning his face wherever it went.
13.144.20
अथ तं प्रेक्ष्य सन्नद्धं सूर्योऽभ्येत्य वचोऽब्रवीत् ।
द्विजरूपेण कौन्तेय किं ते सूर्योऽपराध्यति ॥ १३.१४४.२० ॥
Seeing him armed and ready, the Sun came near and spoke: "Son of Kuntī, in the form of a twice-born, what wrong has the Sun done to you?"
13.144.21
आदत्ते रश्मिभिः सूर्यो दिवि तिष्ठंस्ततस्ततः ।
रसं हृतं वै वर्षासु प्रवर्षति दिवाकरः ॥ १३.१४४.२१ ॥
Standing in the sky, the Sun draws up moisture from here and there with his rays; and in the rainy seasons the day-maker sends it back down as rain.
13.144.22
ततोऽन्नं जायते विप्र मनुष्याणां सुखावहम् ।
अन्नं प्राणा इति यथा वेदेषु परिपठ्यते ॥ १३.१४४.२२ ॥
Then, O brahmin, food is produced that brings happiness to humankind; as it is recited in the Vedas, "food is life."
13.144.23
अथाऽभ्रेषु निगूढश्च रश्मिभिः परिवारितः ।
सप्तद्वीपानिमान्ब्रह्मन्वर्षेणाभिप्रवर्षति ॥ १३.१४४.२३ ॥
Then, hidden in the clouds and surrounded by his rays, O brahmin, he sends rain down upon these seven continents.
13.144.24
ततस्तदौषधीनां च वीरुधां पुष्पपत्रजम् ।
सर्वं वर्षाभिनिर्वृत्तमन्नं सम्भवति प्रभो ॥ १३.१४४.२४ ॥
Then, O lord, from the flowers and leaves of the herbs and creepers produced by the rain, all food comes into being.
13.144.25
जातकर्माणि सर्वाणि व्रतोपनयनानि च ।
गोदानानि विवाहाश्च तथा यज्ञसमृद्धयः ॥ १३.१४४.२५ ॥
All the birth rites, the vows and initiations, the gifts of cows and marriages, and likewise the prosperity of sacrifices.
13.144.26
सत्राणि दानानि तथा संयोगा वित्तसञ्चयाः ।
अन्नतः सम्प्रवर्तन्ते यथा त्वं वेत्थ भार्गव ॥ १३.१४४.२६ ॥
Sacrificial sessions, gifts, likewise unions and the accumulation of wealth: all of these proceed from food, as you know, O Bhārgava.
13.144.27
रमणीयानि यावन्ति यावदारम्भिकाणि च ।
सर्वमन्नात्प्रभवति विदितं कीर्तयामि ते ॥ १३.१४४.२७ ॥
Whatever delightful things there are, and whatever initial undertakings, all arises from food; this known truth I declare to you.
13.144.28
सर्वं हि वेत्थ विप्र त्वं यदेतत्कीर्तितं मया ।
प्रसादये त्वां विप्रर्षे किं ते सूर्यो निपात्यते ॥ १३.१४४.२८ ॥
You already know all that I have declared, O brahmin. I appease you, O brahmin-sage: why should the sun be made to fall for your sake?