Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.258
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13.258.1
शृणु मूढ गुणान्कांश्चिद्ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनाम् ।
ये त्वया कीर्तिता राजंस्तेभ्योऽथ ब्राह्मणो वरः ॥ १३.२५८.१ ॥
Listen, foolish one, to some of the qualities of the great-souled brahmins you have praised. O king, the brahmin is the best of them.
13.258.2
त्यक्त्वा महीत्वं भूमिस्तु स्पर्धया काश्यपस्य ह ।
नाशं जगाम तां विप्रो व्यस्तम्ययत कश्यपः ॥ १३.२५८.२ ॥
Out of rivalry with Kaśyapa, the earth gave up her sovereignty and went to ruin. Then the brahmin Kaśyapa restrained her, though she had been scattered.
13.258.3
अक्षया ब्राह्मणा राजन्दिवि चेह च नित्यदा ।
अपिबत्तेजसा ह्यापः स्वयमेवाङ्गिराः पुरा ॥ १३.२५८.३ ॥
O king, brahmins are imperishable always, both in heaven and here. In former times Aṅgiras himself drank up the waters by the power of his radiance.
13.258.4
स ताः पिबञ्शीरमिव नातृप्यत महातपाः ।
अपूरयन्महौघेन महीं सर्वां च पार्थिव ॥ १३.२५८.४ ॥
That great ascetic, drinking the waters as though they were milk, was not satisfied; and, O king, he filled the whole earth with a great flood.
13.258.5
तस्मिन्नहं च क्रुद्धे वै जगत्त्यक्त्वा ततो भयात् ।
व्यतिष्ठमग्निहोत्रे च चिरमङ्गिरसो भयात् ॥ १३.२५८.५ ॥
When he was angry with him, I, out of fear, abandoned the world and for a long time remained in the fire-offering, out of fear of Aṅgiras.
13.258.6
अथ शप्तश्च भगवान्गौतमेन पुरंदरः ।
अहल्यां कामयानो वै धर्मार्थं च न हिंसितः ॥ १३.२५८.६ ॥
Then the venerable Purandara (Indra), who desired Ahalyā, was cursed by Gautama; yet, for the sake of dharma, he was not harmed.
13.258.7
तथा समुद्रो नृपते पूर्णो दृष्टश्च वारिणा ।
ब्राह्मणैरभिशप्तश्च बभूव लवणोदकः ॥ १३.२५८.७ ॥
Likewise, O king, the ocean was seen full of water, and cursed by the brahmins it became salt-watered.
13.258.8
सुवर्णवर्णो निर्धूमः सङ्गतोर्ध्वशिखः कविः ।
क्रुद्धेनाङ्गिरसा शप्तो गुणैरेतैर्विवर्जितः ॥ १३.२५८.८ ॥
That golden-hued, smokeless, sage-like fire with flames rising upward, cursed by the angry Aṅgiras, was deprived of these qualities.
13.258.9
महतश्चूर्णितान्पश्य ये हासन्त महोदधिम् ।
सुवर्णिधारिणा नित्यमवशप्ता द्विजातिना ॥ १३.२५८.९ ॥
Behold those crushed remains of the great ocean, who were ever cursed by the twice-born wearer of gold.
13.258.10
सम्मतत्वं द्विजातिभ्यः श्रेष्ठं विद्धि नराधिप ।
गर्भस्थान्ब्राह्मणाञ्शश्वन्नमस्यति किल प्रभुः ॥ १३.२५८.१० ॥
Know, O lord of men, that honour is the highest for the twice-born; the Lord always pays homage even to brahmins residing in the womb.
13.258.11
दण्डकानां महद्राज्यं ब्राह्मणेन विनाशितम् ।
तालजङ्घं महाक्षत्रमौर्वेणैकेन नाशितम् ॥ १३.२५८.११ ॥
The great kingdom of the Daṇḍakas was destroyed by a single brahmin; the great warrior clan of the Tālajaṅghas was destroyed by one Aurva.
13.258.12
त्वया च विपुलं राज्यं बलं धर्मं श्रुतं तथा ।
दत्तात्रेयप्रसादेन प्रप्तं परमदुर्लभम् ॥ १३.२५८.१२ ॥
By the grace of Dattātreya you have obtained a vast kingdom, strength, dharma and learning as well, which are most difficult to attain.
13.258.13
अग्निं त्वं यजसे नित्यं कस्माद्ब्राह्मणमर्जन ।
स हि सर्वस्य लोकस्य हव्यवाट् किं न वेत्सि तम् ॥ १३.२५८.१३ ॥
You worship fire every day, Arjuna; why do you not worship the brahmin? Is he not the bearer of oblations for the whole world? Do you not know him?
13.258.14
अथवा ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठमनुभूतानुपालकम् ।
कर्तारं जवलोकस्य कस्माज्जानन्विमुह्यसे ॥ १३.२५८.१४ ॥
Or, knowing him, the best of brahmins, the protector of what has come into being, the maker of the world, why are you deluded?
13.258.15
तथा प्रजापतिर्ब्राह्मा अव्यक्तप्रभवोऽव्ययः ।
येनेदं विपुलं विश्वं जनितं स्थावरं चरम् ॥ १३.२५८.१५ ॥
Likewise Prajāpati Brahmā, whose origin is the unmanifest, the imperishable one, by whom this vast universe, the immovable and the moving, was brought into being.
13.258.16
अण्डजातं तु ब्रह्माणं केचिदिच्छिन्त्यपण्डिताः ।
अण्डाद्भिन्नाद्बभुः शैला दिशोंऽभः पृथिवी दिवम् ॥ १३.२५८.१६ ॥
Some unlearned people hold that Brahmā was born from an egg; from the split egg arose the mountains, the directions, the waters, the earth and the heavens.
13.258.17
दृष्टवानेतदेवं हि कथं जायेदजो हि सः ।
स्थानमाकाशमण्डं तु यस्माज्जातः पितामहः ॥ १३.२५८.१७ ॥
If this is seen to be so, how could the unborn one be born? His place is the sphere of space; then how was the grandfather born?
13.258.18
तिष्ठेत्कथमिति ब्रूयान्न किञ्चिद्धि तदा भवेत् ।
अहङ्कार इति प्रोक्तः सर्वतेजोगतः प्रभुः ॥ १३.२५८.१८ ॥
One might say, 'How could he stand?' Then nothing at all would exist. He is declared to be the ego-principle, the lord who has entered into all splendour.
13.258.19
नास्त्यन्तमस्ति तु ब्रह्मा स राजा लोकभावनः ।
इत्युक्तः स तदा तूष्णीमभूद्वायुस्तमब्रवीत् ॥ १३.२५८.१९ ॥
"Brahman has no end, yet he is the king who sustains the worlds." Thus addressed, he then fell silent, and Vāyu spoke to him.