Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.181
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13.181.1
क्षत्रधर्ममनुप्राप्तः स्मरन्नेव च वीर्यवान् ।
त्यक्त्वा हि कीटतां राजंश्चचार विपुलं तपः ॥ १३.१८१.१ ॥
Having attained the duty of the warrior, and remembering it, the valiant one, O king, abandoned the state of an insect and undertook great austerity.
13.181.2
तस्य धर्मार्थविदुषो दृष्ट्वा तद्विपुलं तपः ।
आजगाम द्विजश्रेष्ठः कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तदा ॥ १३.१८१.२ ॥
Seeing the great austerity of him who knew dharma and artha, then came Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, best of the twice-born.
13.181.3
क्षात्रादेव व्रतात्कीट भूतानां परिपालय ।
क्षात्रं देवव्रतं ध्यासंस्ततो विप्रत्वमेष्यसि ॥ १३.१८१.३ ॥
O insect, protect the creatures by the very vow of the warrior. Meditating on the warrior duty as the vow of the gods, then you shall attain the state of a Brahmin.
13.181.4
पाहि सर्वाः प्रजाः सम्यक् शुभाशुभविदात्मवान् ।
शुभैः संविभजन्कामैरशुभानां च भावनैः ॥ १३.१८१.४ ॥
Knowing good and evil, be self-controlled and protect all subjects rightly, distributing desired rewards to the good and punishing the evil.
13.181.5
आत्मवान्भव सुप्रीतः स्वधर्माचरणे रतः ।
क्षात्रीं तनुं समुत्सृज्य ततो विप्रत्वमेष्यसि ॥ १३.१८१.५ ॥
Be self-controlled, well pleased, and delighting in the practice of your own dharma; having fully abandoned the warrior body, then you shall attain the state of a Brahmin.
13.181.6
सोऽप्यरण्यादभिप्रेत्य पुनरेव युधिष्ठिर ।
महर्षेर्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन् ॥ १३.१८१.६ ॥
He too, O Yudhiṣṭhira, having gone again from the forest and heard the words of the great sage, protected his subjects by dharma.
13.181.7
अचिरेणैव कालेन कीटः पार्थिवसत्तम ।
प्रजापालनधर्मेणि प्रेत्य विप्रत्वमागतः ॥ १३.१८१.७ ॥
Best of kings, before long that worm, through the dharma of protecting its subjects, attained brahminhood after death.
13.181.8
ततस्तं ब्राह्मणं द्रष्टुं पुनरेव महायशाः ।
आजगाम महाप्राज्ञः कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तदा ॥ १३.१८१.८ ॥
Then the far-famed, greatly wise Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana came again to see that brahmin.
13.181.9
भोभो ब्रह्मर्षभ श्रीमन्मा व्यथिष्ठाः कथञ्चन ।
शुभकृच्छुभयोनीषु पापकृत्पापयोनिषु ॥ १३.१८१.९ ॥
O best of brahmarṣis, glorious one, do not be distressed in any way. Doers of good are born into good wombs, and doers of evil into evil wombs.
13.181.10
उपपद्यति धर्मज्ञ यथाधर्मं यथाव्रतम् ।
तस्मान्मृत्युभयात्कीट मा व्यथिष्ठाः कथञ्चन।
धर्मलाभात्परं न स्यात्तस्माद्धर्मं चरोत्तमम् ॥ १३.१८१.१० ॥
Knower of dharma, it comes about in accordance with dharma and vow. Therefore, worm, do not be distressed in any way out of fear of death. There is nothing higher than gaining dharma; therefore practise the highest dharma.
13.181.11
सुखात्सुखतरं प्राप्तो भगवंस्त्वत्कृते ह्यहम् ।
धर्ममूलं शुभं प्राप्य पाप्मा नष्ट इहाद्य मे ॥ १३.१८१.११ ॥
Blessed one, through you I have attained a happiness greater than happiness. Having obtained the auspicious root of dharma, today my sin has been destroyed here.
13.181.12
भगवद्वचनात्कीटो ब्राह्मण्यं प्राप्य दुर्लभम् ।
अकरोत्पृथिवीं राजन्यज्ञयूपशताङ्किताम्।
ततः सालोक्यमगमद्ब्रह्मणो ब्रह्मवित्तमः ॥ १३.१८१.१२ ॥
By the word of the blessed one, that worm obtained the rare state of brahminhood and, O king, made the earth marked with hundreds of sacrificial posts. Then, the best of those who know Brahman, he attained the state of dwelling in the world of Brahmā.
13.181.13
अथ पापहरं कीटः पार्त ब्रह्म सनातनम् ।
स्वकर्मफलनिर्वृत्तं व्यासस्य वचनात्तदा ॥ १३.१८१.१३ ॥
Then the worm, having reached the eternal brahman that removes sins, attained, through the word of Vyāsa, the state won by the fruit of its own deeds.
13.181.14
कुरुक्षेत्रे युद्धहताः पुण्ये क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः ।
सम्प्राप्तास्ते गतिं पुण्यां तन्मा त्वं शोच पुत्रक ॥ १३.१८१.१४ ॥
The best of kṣatriyas slain in battle at the sacred Kurukṣetra have attained a holy destination; therefore, my son, do not grieve for them.