Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.160
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13.160.1
दानं बहुविधाकारं शान्तिः सत्यमहिंसितम् ।
स्वदारतुष्टिश्चोक्ता ते फलं दानस्य वाऽपि यत् ॥ १३.१६०.१ ॥
Gifts of many kinds, peace, truth, non-injury, contentment with one's own wife — and also the fruit of giving: these you have declared.
13.160.2
पितामहस्य विदितं किमन्यत्तपसो बलात् ।
तपसो यत्परं तेऽद्य तन्नो व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥ १३.१६०.२ ॥
Grandsire, what is there beyond the might of asceticism that is unknown to you? What is higher than asceticism — today it is fitting that you explain that to us.
13.160.3
तपसः प्रक्षयो यावत्ताल्लोको युधिष्ठिर ।
मतं ममात्र कौन्तेय तपो नानशनात्परम् ॥ १३.१६०.३ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, the world lasts only as far as the exhaustion of asceticism reaches. In my view, son of Kuntī, there is no asceticism higher than fasting.
13.160.4
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
भगीरथस्य संवादं ब्रह्मणश्च महात्मनः ॥ १३.१६०.४ ॥
Here too people cite this ancient story — the dialogue of the great-souled Bhagīratha and Brahmā.
13.160.5
अतीत्य सुरलोकं च गवां लोकं च भारत ।
ऋषिलोकं च सोऽगच्छद्भगीरथ इति श्रुतम् ॥ १३.१६०.५ ॥
Passing beyond the world of the gods and the world of the cows, Bhagīratha went on to the world of the sages — so it is heard, O Bhārata.
13.160.6
तं तु दृष्ट्वा वचः प्राह ब्रह्मा राजन्भगीरथम् ।
कथं भगीरथाऽऽगास्त्वमिमं लोकं दुरासदम् ॥ १३.१६०.६ ॥
Seeing him, Brahmā spoke these words to King Bhagīratha: "Bhagīratha, how have you come to this world, so hard to reach?"
13.160.7
न हि देवा न गन्धर्वा न मनुष्या भगीरथ ।
आयान्त्यतप्ततपसः कथं वै त्वमिहागतः ॥ १३.१६०.७ ॥
O Bhagīratha, neither gods, nor gandharvas, nor men who have not performed austerity come here. How have you come here?
13.160.8
निश्शङ्कमन्नमददां ब्राह्मणोभ्यः ।
शतं सहस्राणि सदैवतानाम्।
ब्राह्मं व्रतं नित्यमास्थाय विद्व-
न्न त्वेवाहं तस्य फलादिहागाम् ॥ १३.१६०.८ ॥
Without hesitation I gave food to brahmins, a hundred thousand together with the gods. Constantly observing the vow of Brahman, O learned one, it was not by the fruit of that that I came here.
13.160.9
दशैकरात्रान्दशपञ्चरात्रा-
नेकादशैकादशकान्क्रतूंश्च।
ज्योतिष्टोमानां च शतं यदिष्टं ।
फलेन तेनापि च नागतोऽहम् ॥ १३.१६०.९ ॥
Ten one-night rites, fifteen five-night rites, sacrifices of eleven and eleven, and the hundred Jyotiṣṭoma rites that I performed—even by the fruit of those I have not come here.
13.160.10
यच्चावसं जाह्नवीतीरनित्यः ।
शतं समास्तप्यमानस्तपोऽहम्।
अदां च तत्राश्वतरीसहस्रं ।
नारीपुरं न च तेनाहमागाम् ॥ १३.१६०.१० ॥
And while dwelling constantly on the bank of the Jāhnavī, performing austerity for a hundred years, I gave there a thousand she-mules and a city of women, yet not even by that have I come here.
13.160.11
दशायुतानि चाश्वानां गोऽयुतानि च विंशतिम् ।
पुष्करेषु द्विजातिभ्यः प्रादां शतसहस्रशः ॥ १३.१६०.११ ॥
At Puṣkara I gave to the twice-born ten ayuta horses and twenty ayuta cows, by hundreds of thousands.
13.160.12
सुवर्णचन्द्रोत्तमधारिणीनां ।
कन्योत्तमानामददं सहस्रम्।
षष्टिं सहस्राणि विभूषितानां ।
जाम्बूनदैराभरणैर्न तेन ॥ १३.१६०.१२ ॥
I gave a thousand of the finest maidens wearing gold and crescent-moon ornaments, and sixty thousand adorned with ornaments of Jāmbūnada gold; yet not even by that have I come here.
13.160.13
दशार्बुदान्यददं गोसवेज्या-
स्वेकैकशो दश गा ओकनाथ।
समानवत्साः पयसा समन्विताः ।
सुवर्णकांस्योपदुहा न तेन ॥ १३.१६०.१३ ॥
In the go-sava and iṣṭi sacrifices I gave ten arbudas, ten cows each, O lord of the home; cows with equal calves, full of milk, with gold and bronze milking-vessels. By that merit I have not come here.
13.160.14
आप्तोर्यामेषु नियतमेकैकस्मिन्दशाददम् ।
गृष्टीनां क्षीरदोग्ध्रीणां रोहिणीनां शतानि च ॥ १३.१६०.१४ ॥
In the āptoryāma rites, regularly, I gave ten in each; and hundreds of milk-giving gṛṣṭi cows and reddish rohiṇī cows.
13.160.15
दोग्ध्रीणां वै गवां चापि प्रयुतानि दशैव ह ।
प्रादां दशगुणं ब्रह्मन्न तेनाहमिहागतः ॥ १३.१६०.१५ ॥
I gave also ten prayutas of milch cows, O Brahmā, tenfold. By that merit I have not come here.
13.160.16
वाजिनां बाह्लिजातानामयुतान्यददं दश ।
कर्काणां हेममालानां न च तेनाहमागतः ॥ १३.१६०.१६ ॥
I gave ten ayutas of horses born in Bāhlika, grey horses with gold garlands too. By that merit I have not come here.
13.160.17
कोटीश्च काञ्चनस्याष्टौ प्रादां ब्रह्मन्दशान्वहम् ।
एकैकस्मिन्क्रतौ तेन फलेनाहं न चागतः ॥ १३.१६०.१७ ॥
I gave also eight crores of gold, O Brahmā, ten each day in each sacrifice. By that fruit I have not come here.
13.160.18
वाजिनां श्यामकर्णानां हरितानां पितामह ।
प्रादां हेमस्रजां ब्रह्मन्कोटीर्दश च सप्त च ॥ १३.१६०.१८ ॥
O grandfather, of horses with dark ears and green-bay coats, I gave ten and seven crores of those with gold garlands, O Brahmā.
13.160.19
ईषादन्तान्महाकायान्काञ्चतस्रग्विभूषितान् ।
पद्मिनो वै सहस्राणि प्रादां दश च सप्त च ॥ १३.१६०.१९ ॥
I gave seven thousand and ten thousand great-bodied beasts with pole-tusks, adorned with golden garlands, lotus-marked.
13.160.20
अलङ्कृतानां देवेश दिव्यैः कनकभूषणैः ।
रथानां काञ्चनाङ्गानां सहस्राण्यददं दश ॥ १३.१६०.२० ॥
O lord of gods, I gave ten thousand chariots with golden limbs, adorned with divine golden ornaments.
13.160.21
सप्त चान्यानि युक्तानि वाजिभिः समलङ्कृतैः ।
दक्षिणावयवाः केचिद्वेदैर्ये सम्प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ १३.१६०.२१ ॥
And seven other sets, yoked with well-adorned horses, some of the limbs of the sacrificial fee that the Vedas have declared.
13.160.22
वाजपेयेषु दशसु प्रादां तेष्वपि चाप्यहम् ।
शक्रतुल्यप्रभावाणामिज्यया विक्रमेण ह ॥ १३.१६०.२२ ॥
In ten Vājapeya sacrifices I gave, and among those too, I, by sacrifice and valour, of those whose power equals Indra's.
13.160.23
सहस्रं निष्ककण्ठानामददं दक्षिणामहम् ।
विजित्य भूपतीन्सर्वानर्थैरिष्ट्वा पितामह।
अष्टभ्यो राजसूयेभ्यो न च तेनाहमागतः ॥ १३.१६०.२३ ॥
A thousand of those with gold-necklaces I gave as sacrificial fee, having conquered all the kings and sacrificed with wealth, grandfather; from the eight Rājasūya sacrifices I did not return by that.
13.160.24
स्रोतश्च यावद्गङ्गायाश्छन्नमासीज्जगत्पते ।
दक्षिणाभिः प्रवृत्ताभिर्मम नागां च तत्कृते ॥ १३.१६०.२४ ॥
O lord of the world, as far as the stream of the Ganges extended it was covered, by the sacrificial fees poured forth, and my elephants, for their sake.
13.160.25
वाजिनां च सहस्रे द्वे सुवर्णशतभूषिते ।
वरं ग्रामशतं चाहमेकैकस्यां तिथावदाम् ॥ १३.१६०.२५ ॥
On each lunar day I gave, as a boon, two thousand horses adorned with hundreds of gold ornaments, and a hundred villages.
13.160.26
तपस्वी नियताहारः शममास्थाय वाग्यतः ।
दीर्घकालं हिमवति गङ्गार्थमचरं तपः ॥ १३.१६०.२६ ॥
As an ascetic, with restrained diet, having taken up calm and controlled speech, I performed austerity for a long time on the Himālaya for the sake of the Gaṅgā.
13.160.27
मूर्ध्ना हरं महादेवं प्रणम्याभ्यर्चयन्नृपः ।
न तेनाप्यहमागच्छं फलेनेह पितामह ॥ १३.१६०.२७ ॥
The king, bowing his head to Hara, Mahādeva, worshipped him; yet, O grandfather, even by that fruit I did not come here.
13.160.28
शम्याक्षेपैरयजं यच्च देवा-
ञ्शतैः क्रतूनामयुतैश्चापि यच्च।
त्रयोदशद्वादशाहैश्च देव ।
सपौण्डरीकैर्न च तेषां फलेन ॥ १३.१६०.२८ ॥
By the śamyā-throwing rites I sacrificed to the gods, and by hundreds and tens of thousands of sacrifices, by rites of thirteen and twelve days, and, O god, with the pauṇḍarīka sacrifice; yet not even by the fruit of those.
13.160.29
अष्टौ सहस्राणि ककुद्मिनामहं ।
शुक्लर्षभाणामददं द्विजेभ्यः।
एकैकं वै काञ्चनं शृङ्गमेभ्यः ।
पत्नीश्चैषामददं निष्ककण्ठीः ॥ १३.१६०.२९ ॥
I gave to the twice-born eight thousand humped white bulls, each with a golden horn; and I gave their wives too, wearing golden necklaces.
13.160.30
हिरण्यरत्ननिचयानददं रत्नपर्वतान् ।
धनधान्यैः समृद्धांश्च ग्रामाञ्शतसहस्रशः ॥ १३.१६०.३० ॥
I gave heaps of gold and jewels, mountains of jewels, and villages by hundreds of thousands, prosperous with wealth and grain.
13.160.31
शतं शतानां गृष्टीनामददं चाप्यतन्द्रितः ।
इष्ट्वाऽनेकैर्महायज्ञैर्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो न तेन च ॥ १३.१६०.३१ ॥
Untiring, I gave hundreds upon hundreds of milch cows to the brahmins, having performed many great sacrifices; and by that…
13.160.32
एकादशाहैरयजं सदक्षिणै-
र्द्विर्द्वादशाहैरश्वमेधैश्च देव।
गवां धनैः षोडशभिश्च ब्रह्मं-
स्तेषां फलेनेह न चागतोऽस्मि ॥ १३.१६०.३२ ॥
O god, I performed eleven-day sacrifices with fees, twice twelve-day rites and horse sacrifices; O Brahman, I also performed sixteen sacrifices with cattle and wealth; yet it was not by their fruit that I came here.
13.160.33
निष्कैककण्ठमददं योजनायतं ।
तद्विस्तीर्णं काञ्चनपादपानाम्।
वनं चूतानां रत्नविभूषितानां ।
नचैव तेषामागतोऽहं फलेन ॥ १३.१६०.३३ ॥
I gave a gold coin for each throat, and a forest of jewel-adorned mango trees and golden trees a yojana long and as wide; yet it was not by their fruit that I came here.
13.160.34
तुरायणं हि व्रतमप्यधृष्य-
मक्रोधनोऽकरवं त्रिंशदब्दान्।
शतं गवामष्टशतानि चैव ।
दिनेदिने ह्यददं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः ॥ १३.१६०.३४ ॥
I also undertook the unassailable turāyaṇa vow, free from anger, for thirty years; and day by day I gave the brahmins a hundred and eight hundred cows.
13.160.35
पयस्विनीनामथ रोहिणीनां ।
तथैवान्याननडुहो लोकनाथ।
प्रादां नित्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सुरेश ।
नेहागतस्तेन फलेन चाहम् ॥ १३.१६०.३५ ॥
O lord of the worlds, I gave the brahmins daily the milch cows and red cows, and likewise other oxen; O lord of gods, not by that fruit either have I come here.
13.160.36
शम्याक्षेपेण पृथिवीं त्रिधा पर्यचरं यजन् ।
त्रिंशदग्नीनहं ब्रह्मन्नयजं यच्च नित्यदा।
अष्टाभिः सर्वमेधैश्च नरमेधैश्च सप्तभिः ॥ १३.१६०.३६ ॥
Dividing the earth into three by casting the śamyā, I wandered sacrificing. O Brahmin, I sacrificed constantly in thirty fires, with eight sarvamedhas and with seven naramedhas.
13.160.37
दशभिर्विश्वजिद्भिश्च शतैरष्टादशोत्तरैः ।
न चैव तेषां देवेश फलेनाहमिहागमम् ॥ १३.१६०.३७ ॥
With ten viśvajit rites and with eighteen hundred more, O lord of gods; yet by their fruit I did not come here.
13.160.38
सरय्वां बाहुदायां च गङ्गायामथ नैमिषे ।
गवां शतानामयुतमददं न च तेन वै ॥ १३.१६०.३८ ॥
On the Sarayū, on the Bāhudā, on the Gaṅgā, and then at Naimiṣa, I gave ten thousand cows by the hundred; yet not by that did I come here.
13.160.39
इन्द्रेण गुह्यं निहितं वै गुहायां ।
यद्भार्गवस्तपसेहाभ्यविन्दत्।
जाज्वल्यमानमुशनस्तेजसेह ।
तत्साधयामासमहं वरेण्य ॥ १३.१६०.३९ ॥
The secret that Indra had placed in the cave, which the Bhārgava Uśanas obtained here by austerity, blazing with brilliance — that, O excellent one, I accomplished.
13.160.40
ब्राह्मणार्थाय कर्माणि रणं चैव करोमि यत् ।
ततो मे ब्राह्मणास्तुष्टास्तस्मिन्कर्मणि साधिते।
पूजितैर्ब्राह्मणैर्नित्यं न च तेनाहमागतः ॥ १३.१६०.४० ॥
The rites and battles I perform for the sake of Brahmins; then, when that rite was accomplished, the Brahmins were pleased. Though constantly honored by the Brahmins, not by that did I come here.
13.160.41
सहस्रमृषयश्चासन्ये वै तत्र समागताः ।
उक्तस्तैरस्मि गच्छ त्वं ब्रह्मलोकमिति प्रभो ॥ १३.१६०.४१ ॥
The thousand sages who were gathered there told me: "Go, O lord, to the world of Brahmā."
13.160.42
प्रीतेनोक्तः सहस्रेण ब्राह्मणानामहं प्रभो ।
इमं लोकमनुप्राप्तो मा भूत्तेऽत्र विचारणा ॥ १३.१६०.४२ ॥
Pleased, the thousand brahmins told me: O lord, I have come to this world; let there be no doubt in you about it.
13.160.43
कामं यथावद्विहितं विधात्रा ।
पृष्टेन वाच्यं तु मया यथावत्।
तपो हि नान्यच्चानशनान्मतं मे ।
नमोस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद ॥ १३.१६०.४३ ॥
As the Creator has prescribed, I will speak it duly since I am asked. In my view austerity alone is it, nothing other than fasting. Homage to you, best of gods; be gracious.
13.160.44
इत्युक्तवन्तं ब्रह्मि तु राजानं स भगीरथम् ।
पूजयामास पूजार्हं विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥ १३.१६०.४४ ॥
Having thus spoken, the worthy one honored King Bhagīratha, who was worthy of honor, through the rite seen according to prescription.
13.160.45
तस्मादनशनैर्युक्तो विप्रान्पूज्य नित्यदा ।
विप्राणां वचनात्सर्वं परत्रेहं च सिध्यति ॥ १३.१६०.४५ ॥
Therefore one devoted to fasting should always honor the brahmins; by the word of brahmins, all is accomplished both here and in the hereafter.
13.160.46
वासोभिरन्नैर्गोभिस्च शुभैर्नैवेशिकैरपि ।
शुभैः सुरक्षणैश्चापि स्तोष्या एव द्विजास्तथा।
एतदेव परं गुह्यमलोभेन समाचर ॥ १३.१६०.४६ ॥
With garments, food, cows, auspicious gifts of dwelling, and good protection, the twice-born must indeed be praised and honored. This indeed is the supreme secret; practice it without greed.