Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.252
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13.252.1
अथ व्योम्नि महाञ्शब्दः सविद्युत्स्तनयित्नुमान् ।
मेघैश्च गगनं नीलं संरुद्धमभवद्धनैः ॥ १३.२५२.१ ॥
Then a great sound arose in the sky, with lightning and thunder, and the dark blue heaven was covered with dense clouds.
13.252.2
प्रावृषीव च पर्जन्यो ववृषे निर्मलं पयः ।
तमश्वैवाभवद्धोरं दिशश्च न चकाशिरे ॥ १३.२५२.२ ॥
As in the rainy season the cloud poured down clear water; that darkness became terrible, and the directions did not shine.
13.252.3
ततो देवगिरौ तस्मिन्रम्ये पुण्ये सनातने ।
न शर्वं भूतसङ्घं वा ददृशुर्मनयस्तदा ॥ १३.२५२.३ ॥
Then on that lovely, sacred, eternal divine mountain, the sages did not see Śarva or the host of beings.
13.252.4
व्यभ्रं च गगनं सद्यः क्षणेन समपद्यत ।
तीर्थयात्रां ततो विप्रा जग्मुश्चान्ये यथागतम् ॥ १३.२५२.४ ॥
In a moment the sky at once became free of clouds. Then the brahmins went on a pilgrimage, and the others returned as they had come.
13.252.5
तदद्भुतमचिन्त्यं च दृष्ट्वा ते विस्मिताऽभवन् ।
शङ्करस्योमया सार्धं संवादं त्वत्कथाश्रयम् ॥ १३.२५२.५ ॥
Having seen that wondrous and inconceivable sight, they were amazed. That dialogue of Śaṅkara with Umā is based on your story.
13.252.6
स भवान्पुरुषव्याघ्र ब्रह्मभूतः सनातनः ।
यदर्थमनुशिष्टा स्मो गिरिपृष्ठे महात्मना ॥ १३.२५२.६ ॥
You, tiger among men, are the eternal one become Brahman, for whose sake we were instructed by the great soul on the mountain-top.
13.252.7
द्वितीयं त्वद्भुतमिदं त्वत्तेजःकृतमद्य वै ।
दृष्ट्वा च विस्मिताः कृष्ण सा च नः स्मृतिरागता ॥ १३.२५२.७ ॥
O Kṛṣṇa, today, this second wonder made by your splendour, having seen it we were astonished, and that memory has returned to us.
13.252.8
एतत्ते देवदेवस्य माहात्म्यं कथितं प्रभो ।
कपर्दिनो गिरीशस्य महाबाहो जनार्दन ॥ १३.२५२.८ ॥
O lord, this greatness of the god of gods has been told to you, of the matted-haired lord of mountains; O mighty-armed Janārdana.
13.252.9
इत्युक्ताः स तदा कृष्णस्तपोवननिवासिभिः ।
मानयामास तान्सर्वानृषीन्देवकिनन्दनः ॥ १३.२५२.९ ॥
Thus addressed by the dwellers of the penance-grove, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī, then honoured all those sages.
13.252.10
अथर्षयः सम्प्रहृष्टाः पुनस्ते कृष्ममब्रुवन् ।
पुनःपुनर्दर्शयास्मान्सदैव मधुसूदन ॥ १३.२५२.१० ॥
Then the sages, greatly delighted, said again to Kṛṣṇa: O Madhusūdana, show yourself to us again and again, always.
13.252.11
न हि नः सा रति स्वर्गे या च त्वद्दर्शने विभो ।
तदृतं च महाबाहो यदाह भगवान्भवः ॥ १३.२५२.११ ॥
O mighty one, we have no such delight even in heaven as in seeing you; and that is true, O mighty-armed one, what the blessed Bhava said.
13.252.12
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं रहस्यमरिकर्शन ।
त्वमेव ह्यर्ततत्त्वज्ञः पृष्टोऽस्मान्पृच्छसे यदा ॥ १३.२५२.१२ ॥
O subduer of foes, all this secret has been told to you; you yourself indeed know the truth of reality, yet you ask us when you are questioned.
13.252.13
तदस्माभिरिदं गुह्यं त्वत्प्रियार्थमुदाहृतम् ।
न च तेऽविदितं किञ्चित्त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते ॥ १३.२५२.१३ ॥
Therefore we have declared this secret for your pleasure. Nothing in the three worlds is unknown to you.
13.252.14
जन्म चैव प्रसूतिश्च यच्चान्यत्कारणं विभो ।
वयं तु बहुचापल्यादशक्ता गुह्यधारणे ॥ १३.२५२.१४ ॥
O mighty one, birth, origin, and whatever other cause there is have been told. But through great fickleness we are unable to keep the secret.
13.252.15
ततः स्थिते त्वयि विभो लघुत्वात्प्रलपामहे ।
न हि किञ्चित्तदाश्चर्यं यन्न वेत्ति भवानिह ॥ १३.२५२.१५ ॥
Then, O mighty one, while you remain here, we chatter out of lightness. There is no marvel here that you do not know.
13.252.16
दिवि वा भुवि वा देव सर्वं हि विदितं तव ।
साधयाम वयं कृष्ण बुद्धिं पुष्टिमवाप्नुहि ॥ १३.२५२.१६ ॥
Whether in heaven or on earth, O god, all is known to you. O Kṛṣṇa, let us accomplish our task; may you obtain wisdom and strength.
13.252.17
पुत्रस्ते सदृशस्तात विशिष्टो वा भविष्यति ।
महाप्रभावसंयुक्तो दीप्तिकीर्तिकरः प्रभुः ॥ १३.२५२.१७ ॥
O dear one, your son will be your equal or even more distinguished, endowed with great power, bringer of splendour and fame, a capable lord.
13.252.18
ततः प्रणम्य देवेशं यादवं पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य प्रजग्मुस्ते महर्षयः ॥ १३.२५२.१८ ॥
Then, having bowed to the lord of gods, the Yādava, the best of men, and circled him to the right, those great sages departed.
13.252.19
सोयं नारायणः श्रीमन्दीप्त्या परमया युतः ।
व्रतं यथावत्तच्चीर्त्वा द्वारकां पुनरागमत् ॥ १३.२५२.१९ ॥
That glorious Nārāyaṇa, endowed with supreme radiance, having duly completed that vow, returned again to Dvārakā.
13.252.20
पूर्णे च दशमे मासि पुत्रोऽस्य परमाद्भुतः ।
रुक्मिण्यां सम्मतो जज्ञे शूरो वंशधरः प्रभो ॥ १३.२५२.२० ॥
When the tenth month was complete, to Rukmiṇī was born his supremely wonderful, beloved, heroic son, the upholder of the line, O lord.
13.252.21
स कामः सर्वभूतानां सर्वभावगतो नृप ।
असुराणां सुराणां च चरत्यन्तर्गतः सदा ॥ १३.२५२.२१ ॥
That Kāma, O king, pervades all beings and all states of being; he always moves dwelling within the asuras and the gods.
13.252.22
सोयं पुरुषशार्दूलो मेघवर्णश्चतुर्भुजः ।
संश्रितः पाण्डवान्प्रेम्णा भवन्तश्चैनमाश्रिताः ॥ १३.२५२.२२ ॥
This tiger among men, cloud-hued and four-armed, has lovingly taken the Pāṇḍavas under his protection, and you too have taken refuge in him.
13.252.23
कीर्तिर्लक्ष्मीर्धृतिश्चैवक स्वर्गमार्गस्तथैव च ।
यत्रैष संस्थितस्तत्र देवो विष्णुस्त्रिविक्रमः ॥ १३.२५२.२३ ॥
Fame, fortune, steadfastness, and likewise the path to heaven, all are where he abides; there is the god Viṣṇu, the three-stepping one.
13.252.24
सेन्द्रा देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशदेष नात्र विचारणा ।
आदिदेवो महादेवः सर्वभूतप्रतिश्रयः ॥ १३.२५२.२४ ॥
Together with Indra, the thirty-three gods — there is no doubt in this; he is the primal god, the great god, the refuge of all beings.
13.252.25
अनादिनिधनोऽव्यक्तो महात्मा मधुसूदनः ।
अयं जातो महातेजाः सुराणामर्थसिद्धये ॥ १३.२५२.२५ ॥
Without beginning or end, unmanifest, the great-souled Madhusūdana—this one of great radiance has been born to accomplish the purpose of the gods.
13.252.26
सुदुस्तरार्थतत्त्वस्य वक्ता कर्ता च माधवः ।
तव पार्थ जयः कृत्स्नस्तव कीर्तिस्तथाऽतुला ॥ १३.२५२.२६ ॥
Mādhava is the speaker and the doer of the truth of the most difficult matters. O son of Pṛthā, complete victory is yours, and your fame is likewise incomparable.
13.252.27
तवेयं पृथिवी देवी कृत्स्ना नारायणाश्रयात् ।
अयं नाथस्तवाचिन्त्यो यस्य नारायणो गतिः ॥ १३.२५२.२७ ॥
Through taking refuge in Nārāyaṇa, the entire earth, the goddess, is yours. This inconceivable lord is yours, whose refuge is Nārāyaṇa.
13.252.28
स भवांस्त्वमुपाध्वर्यू रणाग्नौ हुतवान्नृपान् ।
कृष्णस्रुवेण महता युगान्ताग्निसमेन वै ॥ १३.२५२.२८ ॥
You yourself, as assistant priest, offered up the kings in the fire of battle, with the great dark ladle, equal to the fire that ends an age.
13.252.29
दुर्योधनश्च शोच्योसौ सपुत्रभ्रातृबान्धवः ।
कृतवान्योऽबुधः क्रोधाद्धरिगाण्डीविविग्रहम् ॥ १३.२५२.२९ ॥
And Duryodhana too is to be pitied, who with his sons, brothers and kinsmen, out of folly and anger, made war against Hari and the bearer of Gāṇḍīva.
13.252.30
दैतेया दानवेन्द्राश्च महाकाया महाबलाः ।
चक्राग्नौ क्षयमापन्ना दावाग्नौ शलभा इव ॥ १३.२५२.३० ॥
The sons of Diti and the lords of the Dānavas, of huge bodies and great strength, were destroyed in the fire of the discus, like moths in a forest fire.
13.252.31
प्रतियोद्धुं न शक्यो हि मानुषैरेव संयुगे ।
विहीनैः पुरुषव्याघ्र सत्त्वशक्तिबलादिभिः ॥ १३.२५२.३१ ॥
O tiger among men, indeed men cannot withstand them in battle, unless they are deprived of vitality, power, strength and the like.
13.252.32
जयो योगी युगान्ताभः सव्यसाची रणाग्रगः ।
तेजसा हतवान्सर्वं सुयोधनवलं नृप ॥ १३.२५२.३२ ॥
O king, Jaya, the yogin radiant like the end of an age, the ambidextrous archer, foremost in battle, has by his radiance struck down the entire army of Duryodhana.
13.252.33
यत्तु गोवृषभाङ्केन मुनिभ्यः समुदाहृतम् ।
पुराणं हिमवत्पृष्ठे तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥ १३.२५२.३३ ॥
Listen as I relate the ancient tale that he whose emblem is the bull narrated to the sages on the back of the Himālaya.
13.252.34
यावत्तस्य भवेत्पुष्टिस्तेजो जीप्तिः पराक्रमः ।
प्रभावः सन्नतिर्जन्म कृष्णे तत्त्रिगुणं विभो ॥ १३.२५२.३४ ॥
O mighty one, whatever nourishment, radiance, brilliance, valour, majesty, humility and birth he has, that is threefold in Kṛṣṇa.
13.252.35
कः शक्नोत्यन्यथा कर्तुं तद्यदि स्यात्तथा शृणु ।
यत्रः कृष्णो हि भगवांस्तत्र पुष्टिरनुत्तमा ॥ १३.२५२.३५ ॥
Who is able to make it otherwise? If it is so, listen: wherever the blessed Kṛṣṇa is, there is supreme nourishment.
13.252.36
वयं त्विहाल्पमतयः परतन्त्राः सुविक्लबाः ।
ज्ञानपूर्वं प्रपन्नाः स्मो मृत्योः पन्थानमव्ययम् ॥ १३.२५२.३६ ॥
We here are of little understanding, dependent on others, greatly distressed; with knowledge we have taken refuge in the imperishable path of death.
13.252.37
भवांश्चाप्यार्जवपरः पूर्वं कृत्वा प्रतिश्रयम् ।
राजवृत्तं न लभते प्रतिज्ञापालने रतः ॥ १३.२५२.३७ ॥
You too, intent on uprightness, having first made a pledge, do not attain the conduct of a king, being devoted to keeping your vow.
13.252.38
अत्येवात्मवधं लोके राजंस्त्वं बहु मन्यसे ।
न हि प्रतिज्ञा या दत्ता तां प्रहातुमरिंदम ॥ १३.२५२.३८ ॥
O king, you esteem even self-destruction too highly in the world. O subduer of foes, it is not right to abandon the vow that was given.
13.252.39
कालेनायं जनः सर्वो निहतो रणमूर्धनि ।
वयं च कालेन हताः कालो हि परमेश्वरः ॥ १३.२५२.३९ ॥
By time all these people were slain at the head of the battle, and we too have been struck down by time; time indeed is the supreme lord.
13.252.40
न हि कालेन कालज्ञः स्पृष्टः शोचितुमर्हसि ।
कालो लोहितरक्ताक्षः कृष्णो दण्डी सनातनः ॥ १३.२५२.४० ॥
O knower of time, touched by time, you should not grieve. Time has blood-red eyes, is dark, wields the staff, and is eternal.
13.252.41
तस्मात्कुन्तीसुत ज्ञातीन्नेह शोचितुमर्हसि ।
व्यपेतमन्युर्नित्यं त्वं भव कौरवनन्दन ॥ १३.२५२.४१ ॥
Therefore, son of Kuntī, you should not grieve here for your kinsmen. O delight of the Kurus, always be free from sorrow and anger.
13.252.42
माधवस्यास्य महात्म्यं श्रुतं यत्कथितं मया ।
तदेव तावत्पर्याप्तं सज्जनस्य निदर्शनम् ॥ १३.२५२.४२ ॥
This greatness of Mādhava that I have told and you have heard is enough for now; it is the example of a good man.
13.252.43
व्यासस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदस्य च धीमतः ।
स्वयं चैव महाराज कृष्णस्यार्हतमस्य वै ॥ १३.२५२.४३ ॥
Having heard the words of Vyāsa and of the wise Nārada, and, O great king, having himself known the worthiness of Kṛṣṇa.
13.252.44
प्रभावश्चर्षिपूगस्य कथितः सुमहान्मया ।
महेश्वरस्य संवादं शैलपुत्र्याश्च भारत ॥ १३.२५२.४४ ॥
I have told of the great power of the host of sages, and, O Bhārata, the dialogue of Maheśvara and the mountain-born daughter.
13.252.45
धारयिष्यति यश्चैनं महापुरुषसम्भवम् ।
शृणुयात्कथयेद्वा यः स श्रेयो लभते परम् ॥ १३.२५२.४५ ॥
He who will hold this, born of the great Person, or who hears it or recites it, obtains the highest good.
13.252.46
भवितारश्च तस्याथ सर्वे कामा यथेप्सिताः ।
प्रेत्य स्वर्गं च लभते नरो नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥ १३.२५२.४६ ॥
For him all desired wishes will be fulfilled, and after death a man attains heaven; there is no doubt in this.
13.252.47
न्याय्यं श्रेयोभिकामेन प्रतिपत्तुं जनार्दनः ।
एष एवाक्षयो विप्रैः स्तुतो राजञ्जनार्दनः ॥ १३.२५२.४७ ॥
It is right for one who desires welfare to take up Janārdana; this imperishable Janārdana, O king, has been praised by the Brahmins.
13.252.48
महेश्वरमुखोत्सृष्टा ये च धर्मगुणाः स्मृताः ।
ते त्वया मनसा धार्याः कुरुराज दिवानिशम् ॥ १३.२५२.४८ ॥
The qualities of dharma that have been recalled as issuing from the mouth of Maheśvara—these you must hold in mind day and night, O king of the Kurus.
13.252.49
एवं ते वर्तमानस्य सम्यग्दण्डधरस्य च ।
प्रजापालनदक्षस्य स्वर्गलोको भविष्यति ॥ १३.२५२.४९ ॥
Thus, for you who conduct yourself so, who rightly bear the rod of punishment and are skilled in protecting your subjects, the world of heaven will be.
13.252.50
धर्मोणापि सदा राजन्प्रजा रक्षितुमर्हसि ।
यस्तस्य विपुलो दण्डः सम्यग्धर्मः स कीर्त्यते ॥ १३.२५२.५० ॥
O king, you should always protect your subjects with dharma. That great punishment is declared to be right dharma.
13.252.51
य एष कथितो राजन्मया सज्जनसन्निधौ ।
शङ्करस्योमया सार्धं संवादो धर्मसंहितः ॥ १३.२५२.५१ ॥
O king, this which I have told in the presence of good people is the dharma-laden dialogue of Śaṅkara with Umā.
13.252.52
श्रुत्वा वा श्रोतुकामो वाऽप्यर्चयेद्वृषभध्वजम् ।
विशुद्धेनेह भावेन य इच्छेद्भूतिमात्मनः ॥ १३.२५२.५२ ॥
Having heard it, or desiring to hear it, let one worship the bull-bannered one; whoever wishes prosperity for himself should do so here with a pure mind.
13.252.53
एष तस्यानवद्यस्य नारदस्य महात्मनः ।
संदेशो देवपूजार्थं तं तथा कुरु पाण्डव ॥ १३.२५२.५३ ॥
This is the message of that blameless great-souled Nārada, for the worship of the gods. O Pāṇḍava, do it just so.
13.252.54
एतदत्यद्भुतं वृत्तं पुण्ये हि भवति प्रभो ।
वासुदेवस्य कौन्तेय स्थाणोश्चैव स्वभावजम् ॥ १३.२५२.५४ ॥
O lord, this most wondrous event occurs in a holy place, O son of Kuntī, arising from the very nature of Vāsudeva and Sthāṇu (Śiva).
13.252.55
दशवर्शसहस्राणि बदर्यामेष शाश्वतः ।
तपश्चचार विपुलं सह गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥ १३.२५२.५५ ॥
For ten thousand years this eternal one, together with the bowman of the Gāṇḍīva, performed great austerity at Badarī.
13.252.56
त्रियुगौ पुण्डरीकाक्षौ वासुदेवधनंजयौ ।
विदितौ नारदादेतौ मम व्यासाच्च पार्थिव ॥ १३.२५२.५६ ॥
O king, these two are Vāsudeva and Dhanaṃjaya, the lotus-eyed ones of three ages; this I learned from Nārada and from Vyāsa.
13.252.57
बाल एव महाबाहुश्चकार कदनं महत् ।
कंसस्य पुण्डरीकाक्षो ज्ञातित्रामार्थकारणात् ॥ १३.२५२.५७ ॥
Even as a boy, the mighty-armed lotus-eyed one wrought great slaughter upon Kaṃsa, for the sake of protecting his kinsmen.
13.252.58
कर्मणामस्य कौन्तेय नान्तं सङ्ख्यातुमुत्सहे ।
शाश्वतस्य पुराणस्य पुरुषस्य युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.२५२.५८ ॥
O son of Kuntī, O Yudhiṣṭhira, I am not able to count the end of the deeds of this eternal, ancient Person.
13.252.59
ध्रुवं श्रेयः परं तात भविष्यति तवोत्तमम् ।
यस्य ते पुरुषव्याघ्रः सखा चायं जनार्दनः ॥ १३.२५२.५९ ॥
Dear son, supreme and highest welfare will surely be yours, for Janārdana, the tiger among men, is your friend.
13.252.60
दुर्योधनं तु शोचामि प्रेत्य लोकेऽपि दुर्मतिम् ।
यत्कृते पृथिवी सर्वा विनष्टा सहयद्विपा ॥ १३.२५२.६० ॥
But I grieve for Duryodhana, of evil mind, even in the next world, on whose account the whole earth was destroyed, together with elephants and horses.
13.252.61
दुर्योधनापराधेन कर्णस्य शकुनेस्तथा ।
दुःशासनवतुर्थानां कुरवो निधनं गताः ॥ १३.२५२.६१ ॥
Through the offence of Duryodhana, and of Karṇa and Śakuni, and through Duḥśāsana and the fourth one, the Kurus met destruction.
13.252.62
एवं सम्भाषमाणे तु गाङ्गेये पुरुषर्षभे ।
तूष्णीं बभूव कौरव्यो मध्ये तेषां महात्मनाम् ॥ १३.२५२.६२ ॥
As the son of Gaṅgā, the bull among men, was speaking thus, the Kaurava fell silent in the midst of those great-souled ones.
13.252.63
तच्छ्रुत्वा विस्मयं जग्मुर्धृतराष्ट्रादयो नृपाः ।
सम्पूज्य मनसा कृष्णं सर्वे प्राञ्जलयऽभवन् ॥ १३.२५२.६३ ॥
Hearing that, Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the other kings were filled with wonder; honouring Kṛṣṇa in their hearts, they all stood with joined palms.
13.252.64
ऋषयश्चापि ते सर्वे नारदप्रमुखास्तदा ।
प्रतिगृह्याभ्यनन्दन्त तद्वाक्यं प्रतिपूज्य च ॥ १३.२५२.६४ ॥
All those sages, led by Nārada, likewise received that speech, honoured it and rejoiced.
13.252.65
इत्येतदखिलं सर्वैः पाण्डवो भ्रातृभिः सह ।
श्रुतवान्सुमहाश्चर्यं पुण्यं भीष्मानुशासनम् ॥ १३.२५२.६५ ॥
Thus the Pāṇḍava, together with all his brothers, heard the whole of that most marvellous and sacred instruction of Bhīṣma.
13.252.66
युधिष्ठिरस्तु गाङ्गेयं विश्रान्तं भूरिदक्षिणम् ।
पुनरेव महाबुद्धिः पर्यपृच्छन्महीपतिः ॥ १३.२५२.६६ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, the great-minded lord of the earth, questioned again the son of Gaṅgā, who was resting, abounding in wisdom.