Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.15
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13.15.1
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
मद्रराजस्य संवादं व्यासस्य च महात्मनः ॥ १३.१५.१ ॥
Here too they recount this ancient legend, the dialogue between the king of the Madras and the great-souled Vyāsa.
13.15.2
वैताने कर्मणि तते कुन्तीपुत्र यथा पुरा ।
उक्तः स भगवान्यज्ञे तथा तत्राशृणोद्भवान् ॥ १३.१५.२ ॥
Son of Kuntī, just as the Blessed Lord once spoke in the extended Vaitāna sacrificial rite, so you heard it there.
13.15.3
कानि तीर्थानि भगवन्फलार्थाश्चेह केऽऽश्रमाः ।
क इज्यते कश्च यज्ञः को यूपः क्रमते च कः ॥ १३.१५.३ ॥
Blessed one, which are the sacred fords, and which hermitages here aim at reward? Whom is worshipped, which is the sacrifice, what is the sacrificial post, and who crosses it?
13.15.4
कश्चाध्वरे शस्यते गीतिशब्दैः ।
कश्चाध्वरे गीयते वल्गुभाषैः।
को ब्रह्मशब्दैः स्तुतिभिः स्तूयते च ।
कस्येह वै हविरध्वर्यवः कल्पयन्ति ॥ १३.१५.४ ॥
In the sacrifice, by sounds of song, who is praised? In the sacrifice, with sweet speech, who is sung? With sacred word-sounds and hymns, who is extolled? And here, for whom do the adhvaryu priests prepare the oblation?
13.15.5
वर्णाश्रमे गोफले कश्च सोमे ।
कश्चोंकारः कश्च वेदार्थमार्गः।
पृष्टस्तन्मे ब्रूहि सर्वं महर्षे ।
लोकज्येष्ठं कस्य विज्ञानमाहुः ॥ १३.१५.५ ॥
In the social orders and stages of life, what is the fruit of the cows? What is in soma, what is Oṃ, and what is the path to the meaning of the Vedas? O great seer, tell me, who asked, all of it: whose knowledge is called the eldest of the worlds?
13.15.6
लोकज्येष्ठं यस्य विज्ञानमाहु ।
र्योनिज्येष्ठं यस्य वदन्ति जन्म।
पूतात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदमुख्या ।
अस्मिन्प्रश्नो दीयतां केशवाय ॥ १३.१५.६ ॥
Whose knowledge is said to be eldest among the worlds, and whose birth is said to be eldest by origin — so say the brahmins, pure in spirit and foremost in the Vedas. Let this question be put to Keśava.
13.15.7
बालो जात्या क्षत्रधर्मार्थशीलो ।
जातो देवक्यां शूरपुत्रेण वीर।
वेत्तुं वेदानर्हते क्षत्रियो वै ।
दाशार्हाणामुत्तमः पुष्कराक्षः ॥ १३.१५.७ ॥
This youth is by birth devoted to the duty and aims of the kṣatriya; this hero, born of Devakī to the son of Śūra, is not fit to know the Vedas, for he is a kṣatriya — the best of the Dāśārhas, lotus-eyed.
13.15.8
पाराशर्य ब्रूहि यद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यः ।
प्रीतात्मा वै ब्रह्मकल्पः सुमेधाः।
पृष्टो यज्ञार्थं पाण्डवस्यातितेजा ।
एतच्छ्रेयस्तस्य लोकस्य चैव ॥ १३.१५.८ ॥
O son of Parāśara, speak to the brahmins what is to be said. Gladdened in spirit, like Brahmā, of good understanding, you have been asked for the sake of the Pāṇḍava's sacrifice — this is the welfare of him and of the world.
13.15.9
उक्तं वाक्यं यद्भवान्मामवोच-
त्प्रश्नं चित्रं नाहमत्रोत्सहेऽद्य।
छेत्तुं विस्पष्टं तिष्ठति त्वद्विधे वै ।
लोकज्येष्ठे विश्वरूपे सुनाभे ॥ १३.१५.९ ॥
The question you have put to me is a wondrous one, and I do not presume today to resolve it. For one like you it stands clear. O eldest of the worlds, O universal form, O fair-navelled one!
13.15.10
तत्त्वं वाक्यं ब्रूहि यत्त्वं महर्षे ।
यस्मिन्कृष्णः प्रोच्यते वै यथावत्।
प्रीतस्तेऽहं ज्ञानशक्त्या यथाव-
त्तस्मान्निर्देशे कर्मणां ब्रूहि सिद्धिम् ॥ १३.१५.१० ॥
Great seer, speak that true word in which Kṛṣṇa is rightly declared. I am pleased by the power of your knowledge; therefore, in your instruction on rites, tell the accomplishment.
13.15.11
उक्तवाक्ये सत्तमे यादवानां ।
कृष्णो व्यासः प्राञ्जलिर्वासुदेवम्।
विप्रैः सार्धं पूजयन्देवदेवं ।
कृष्णं विष्णुं वासुदेवं बभाषे ॥ १३.१५.११ ॥
O best of the Yādavas, when that speech had been spoken, Kṛṣṇa Vyāsa, with folded hands, together with the brahmins, worshipping Vāsudeva, the god of gods, spoke to Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu, Vāsudeva.
13.15.12
आनन्त्यं ते विश्वकर्मंस्तवैवं ।
रूपं पौराणं शाश्वतं च ध्रुवं च।
कस्ते बुद्ध्येद्वेदवादेषु चैत-
ल्लोके ह्यस्मिञ्शासकस्त्वं पितेव ॥ १३.१५.१२ ॥
O creator of the universe, your form is thus infinite, ancient, eternal, and steadfast. Who could comprehend you in the Vedic doctrines? In this world you rule like a father.