Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.264
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13.264.1
ब्रूहि ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिं त्वं मधुसूदन ।
वेत्ता त्वमस्य चार्थस्य वेद त्वां हि पितामहः ॥ १३.२६४.१ ॥
O Madhusūdana, tell me the fruit of worshipping brahmins. You are the knower of this matter, and the grandfather also knows you.
13.264.2
शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्द्विजानां भरतर्षभ ।
यथातत्त्वेन वदतो गुणान्वै कुरुसत्तम ॥ १३.२६४.२ ॥
Listen attentively, O king, bull of the Bharatas. I will truly tell you the virtues of the twice-born, O best of the Kurus.
13.264.3
द्वारवत्यां समासीनं पुरा मां कुरुनन्दन ।
प्रद्युम्नः परिपप्रच्छ ब्राह्मणैः परिकोपितः ॥ १३.२६४.३ ॥
O joy of the Kurus, once in Dvārakā, as I was seated, Pradyumna, angered by the brahmins, asked me.
13.264.4
किं फलं ब्राह्मणेष्वस्ति पूजायां मधुसूदन ।
ईश्वरत्वं कुतस्तेषामिहैव च परत्र च ॥ १३.२६४.४ ॥
O Madhusūdana, what is the fruit of worshipping brahmins? Whence comes their lordship, here and also in the hereafter?
13.264.5
सदा द्विजातीन्सम्पूज्य किं फलं तत्र मानद ।
एतद्ब्रूहि स्फुटं सर्वं सुमहान्संशयोऽत्र मे ॥ १३.२६४.५ ॥
O giver of honour, what is the fruit of always worshipping the twice-born? Tell me all of this clearly, for I have a great doubt about it.
13.264.6
इत्युक्ते वचने तस्मिन्प्रद्युम्नेन तथा त्वहम् ।
प्रत्यब्रवं महाराज यत्तच्छृणु समाहितः ॥ १३.२६४.६ ॥
Great king, when Pradyumna had spoken these words, I answered him thus. Listen with a composed mind to what I said.
13.264.7
व्युष्टिं ब्राह्मणपूजायां रौक्मिणेय निबोध मे ।
एते हि सोमराजान ईश्वराः सुखदुःखयोः ॥ १३.२६४.७ ॥
Son of Rukmiṇī, understand from me the fruit that comes from honouring brahmins. These are the lords of the moon, the rulers of happiness and sorrow.
13.264.8
अस्मिँल्लोके रौक्मिणेय तथाऽमुष्मिंश्च पुत्रक ।
ब्राह्मणप्रमुखं सौम्यं न मेऽत्रास्ति विचारणा ॥ १३.२६४.८ ॥
Son of Rukmiṇī, dear son, in this world and in the other too, the brahmins are foremost and auspicious. Of this I have no doubt.
13.264.9
ब्राह्मणप्रभवं सौख्यमायुः कीर्तिर्यशो बलम् ।
लोका लोकेश्वराश्चैव सर्वे ब्राह्मणपूजकाः ॥ १३.२६४.९ ॥
Happiness, long life, fame, glory and strength arise from brahmins; the worlds and the lords of the worlds all honour the brahmins.
13.264.10
त्रिवर्गे चापवर्गे च यशःश्रीरोगशान्तिषु ।
देवतापितृपूजासु सन्तोष्याश्चैव नो द्विजाः ॥ १३.२६४.१० ॥
In the threefold aim and in liberation, in glory and prosperity and the easing of disease, in the worship of gods and ancestors, it is the twice-born brahmins who must be pleased by us.
13.264.11
तान्कथं वै नाद्रियेयमीश्वरोस्मीति पुत्रक ।
मा ते मन्युर्महाबाहो भवत्वत्र द्विजान्प्रति ॥ १३.२६४.११ ॥
How should I not honour them, thinking 'I am the lord'? Dear son, mighty-armed one, let there be no anger in you towards the brahmins.
13.264.12
ब्राह्मणा हि महद्भूतमस्मिँल्लोके परत्र च ।
भस्म कुर्यर्जगदिदं क्रुद्धाः प्रत्यक्षदर्शिनः ॥ १३.२६४.१२ ॥
Brahmins are a great power in this world and in the next; enraged, these seers of what is directly before them could reduce this whole world to ashes.
13.264.13
हन्युस्तेऽपि सृजेयुस्च लोकान्लोकेश्वरांस्तथा ।
कथं तेषु न वर्तेरन्सम्यग्ज्ञानात्सुतेजसः ॥ १३.२६४.१३ ॥
They could slay them, and they could also create worlds and the lords of the worlds. How, then, having great radiance from right knowledge, would they not act toward them accordingly?
13.264.14
अवसन्मद्गृहे तात ब्राह्मणो हरिपिङ्गलः ।
चीरवासा बिल्वदण्डी दीर्घश्मश्रुः कृशो महान् ॥ १३.२६४.१४ ॥
Dear one, in my house there dwelt a brahmin of tawny-golden hue, clad in bark garments, carrying a bilva staff, long-bearded, lean, and of great stature.
13.264.15
दीर्घभ्यश्च मनुष्येभ्यः प्रमाणादधिको भुवि ।
स स्वैरं चरते लोकान्ये दिव्या ये च मानुषाः ॥ १३.२६४.१५ ॥
On earth he exceeded in height even the tallest of men. At will he wandered through the worlds, both those of the gods and those of men.
13.264.16
इमां गाथां गायमानश्चत्वरेषु सभासु च ।
दुर्वाससं वासयेत्को ब्राह्मणं सत्कृतं गृहे ॥ १३.२६४.१६ ॥
Singing this verse at crossroads and in assemblies, who would lodge Durvāsas, the brahmin, in his house with honor?
13.264.17
रोषणः सर्वभूतानां सूक्ष्मेऽप्यपकृते कृते ।
परिभाषां च मे श्रुत्वा को नु दद्यात्प्रतिश्रयम् ॥ १३.२६४.१७ ॥
He who is wrathful toward all beings, who flares up even at a slight offense, and who has heard my reproach — who then would give him shelter?
13.264.18
यो मां कश्चिद्वासयीत न स मां कोपयेदिति ।
यस्मान्नाद्रियते कश्चित्ततोऽहं समवासयम् ॥ १३.२६४.१८ ॥
Thinking, 'If anyone lodges me, he will not anger me'; and since no one honored him, I lodged him myself.
13.264.19
स सम्भुङ्क्ते सहस्राणां बहूनामन्नमेकदा ।
एकदा सोल्पकं भुङ्क्ते नचैवैति पुनर्गृहान् ॥ १३.२६४.१९ ॥
At one time he eats the food of many thousands; at another he eats only a little, and then does not come back home.
13.264.20
अकस्माच्च प्रहसति तथाऽकस्मात्प्ररोदिति ।
न चास्य वयसा तुल्यः पृथिव्यामभवत्तदा ॥ १३.२६४.२० ॥
Suddenly he laughs, and just as suddenly he weeps. At that time no one on earth was his equal in age.
13.264.21
अथ स्वावसथं गत्वा सशय्यास्तरणानि च ।
अदहत्स महातेजास्ततश्चाभ्यपतत्स्वयम् ॥ १३.२६४.२१ ॥
Then, going to his own dwelling, he burned his bed together with its coverings; and that man of great splendor then threw himself forward.
13.264.22
अथ मामब्रवीद्भूयः स मुनिः संशितव्रतः ।
कृष्ण पायसमिच्छामि भोक्तुमित्येव सत्वरः ॥ १३.२६४.२२ ॥
Then that sage of keen vows spoke to me again, hastily: "Kṛṣṇa, I wish to eat rice pudding."
13.264.23
तदैव तु मया तस्य चित्तज्ञेन गृहे जनः ।
सर्वाण्यन्नानि पानानि भक्ष्याश्चोच्चावचास्तथा ॥ १३.२६४.२३ ॥
At that very moment I, knowing his mind, had the people of the house prepare all kinds of food and drink, and edibles of high and low sorts.
13.264.24
भवन्तु सत्कृतानीह पूर्वमेव प्रयोचितः ।
ततोऽहं ज्वलमानं वै पायसं प्रत्यवेदयम् ॥ १३.२६४.२४ ॥
I had instructed beforehand, "Let everything be prepared here with honor"; then I announced to him the blazing rice pudding.
13.264.25
तं भुक्त्वैव स तु क्षिप्रं ततो वचनमब्रवीत् ।
क्षिप्रमङ्गानि लिम्पस्व पायसेनेति स स्म ह ॥ १३.२६४.२५ ॥
Having eaten it, he quickly said: "Quickly smear your limbs with the milk-rice."
13.264.26
अविमृश्यैव च ततः कृतवानस्मि तत्तथा ।
तेनोच्छिष्टेन गात्राणि शरीरं च समालिपम् ॥ १३.२६४.२६ ॥
Without reflecting, I then did just so, and smeared my limbs and body entirely with that leftover.
13.264.27
स ददर्श तदाऽभ्याशे मातरं ते शुभाननाम् ।
तामपि स्मयमानां स पायसेनाभ्यलेपयत् ॥ १३.२६४.२७ ॥
Then he saw your mother of fair face nearby, and smeared her, too, as she smiled, with the milk-rice.
13.264.28
मुनिः पायसदिग्धाङ्गीं रथे तूर्णमयोजयत् ।
तमारुद्य रथं चैव निर्ययौ स गृहान्मम ॥ १३.२६४.२८ ॥
The sage swiftly yoked her, her limbs smeared with milk-rice, onto the chariot; mounting that chariot, he went out from my house.
13.264.29
अग्निवर्णो ज्वलन्धीमान्स द्विजो रथधुर्यवत् ।
प्रतोदेनातुदद्बालां रुक्मिणीं मम पश्यतः ॥ १३.२६४.२९ ॥
That twice-born man, fire-coloured, blazing and wise, became like a chariot-horse and, as I watched, struck the young Rukmiṇī with a goad.
13.264.30
न च मे स्तोकमप्यासीद्दुः खमीर्ष्याकृतं तदा ।
तथा स राजमार्गेणि महता निर्ययौ बहिः ॥ १३.२६४.३० ॥
Yet I felt not even a little grief born of jealousy then; and he went out beyond the city by the great royal road.
13.264.31
तद्दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यं दाशार्हा जातमन्यवः ।
तत्राजल्पन्मिथः केचित्समाभाष्य परस्परम् ॥ १३.२६४.३१ ॥
Seeing that great marvel, the Dāśārhas grew angry. There some of them, speaking with one another, said to each other:
13.264.32
ब्राह्मणा एव जायेरन्नान्यो वर्णः कथञ्चन ।
को ह्येनां रथमास्थाय जीवेदन्य पुमानिह ॥ १३.२६४.३२ ॥
Let only brahmins be born; no other class at all. For who else here, mounting this chariot, could live?
13.264.33
आशीविषविषं तीक्ष्णं ततस्तीक्ष्णतरो द्विजः ।
ब्रह्माहिविषदिग्धस्य नास्ति कश्चिच्चिकित्सकः ॥ १३.२६४.३३ ॥
The venom of a snake is sharp; but a twice-born is sharper still. For one smeared with the venom of a brahmin-serpent there is no healer.
13.264.34
तस्मिन्व्रजति दुर्धर्षे प्रास्खलद्रुक्मिणी पथि ।
अमर्षयंस्तथा श्रीमान्स्मितपूर्वमचोदयम् ॥ १३.२६४.३४ ॥
As that unassailable one was going, Rukmiṇī stumbled on the road; and the glorious one, unable to bear his indignation, first smiling, urged him on.
13.264.35
ततः परमसंक्रुद्धो रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य स द्विजः ।
पदातिरुत्पथेनैव प्राद्रवद्दक्षिणामुखः ॥ १३.२६४.३५ ॥
Then the brahmin, greatly enraged, leapt down from the chariot and, on foot, ran off the road, facing south.
13.264.36
तमुत्पथेन धावन्तमन्वधावं द्विजोत्तमम् ।
तथैव पायसादिग्धः प्रसीद भगवन्निति ॥ १३.२६४.३६ ॥
I ran after that best of brahmins as he fled off the road; and, smeared with milk-pudding as I was, I cried out, 'O venerable one, be pleased!'
13.264.37
ततो विलोक्य तेजस्वी ब्राह्मणो मामुवाच ह ।
जितः क्रोधस्त्वया कृष्ण प्रकृत्यैव महाभुज ॥ १३.२६४.३७ ॥
Then the radiant brahmin, seeing me, said: Kṛṣṇa, you have conquered anger by your very nature, great-armed one.
13.264.38
न तेऽपराधमिह वै दृष्टवानस्मि सुव्रत ।
प्रीतोस्मि तव गोविन्द वृणु कामान्यथेप्सितान् ॥ १३.२६४.३८ ॥
O steadfast one, I have seen no offense of yours here. Govinda, I am pleased with you; choose the desires you wish for.
13.264.39
प्रसन्नस्य च मे तात पश्य व्युष्टिं यथाविधाम् ॥ १३.२६४.३९ ॥
And, dear one, behold the fitting prosperity that comes from me, who am pleased.
13.264.40
यावदेव मनुष्याणामन्ने भावो भविष्यति ।
यथैवान्ने तथा तेषां त्वयि भावो भविष्यति ॥ १३.२६४.४० ॥
As long as men feel regard for food, so will they feel regard for you, just as they do for food.
13.264.41
यावच्च पुण्या लोकेषु त्वयि कीर्तिर्भविष्यति ।
त्रिषु लोकेषु तावच्च वैशिष्ट्यं प्रतिपत्स्यसे।
सुप्रियः सर्वलोकस्य भविष्यसि जनार्दन ॥ १३.२६४.४१ ॥
As long as your sacred fame endures among the worlds, so long will you attain distinction in the three worlds. You will be dearly loved by all the worlds, O Janārdana.
13.264.42
यत्ते भिन्नं च दग्धं च यच्च किञ्चिद्विनाशितम् ।
सर्वं तथैव द्रष्टासि विशिष्टं जनार्दन ॥ १३.२६४.४२ ॥
Whatever of yours has been broken, burnt, or in any way destroyed, you will see it all restored in the same way, made excellent, O Janārdana.
13.264.43
यावदेतत्प्रलिप्तं ते गात्रेषु मधुसूदन ।
अतो मृत्युभयं नास्ति यावदिच्छसि चाच्युत ॥ १३.२६४.४३ ॥
O Madhusūdana, as long as this ointment is on your limbs there is no fear of death, for as long as you wish, O Acyuta.
13.264.44
न तु पादतले लिप्ते तस्मात्ते मृत्युरत्र वै ।
नैतन्मे प्रियमित्येवं स मां प्रीतोऽब्रवीत्तदा ॥ १३.२६४.४४ ॥
But if the soles of the feet are not smeared, then death will come to you right there. 'This is not dear to me,' he said to me then, pleased.
13.264.45
इत्युक्तोऽहं शरीरं स्वं ददर्श श्रीसमायुतम्। ॥ १३.२६४.४५ ॥
Thus addressed, I saw my own body endowed with splendour.
13.264.46
रुक्मिणीं चाब्रवीत्प्रीतः सर्वस्त्रीणां वरं यशः ।
कीर्तिं चानुत्तमां लोके समवाप्स्यसि शोभने ॥ १३.२६४.४६ ॥
And pleased, he said to Rukmiṇī: 'O radiant one, you will obtain the foremost fame among all women and unsurpassed renown in the world.'
13.264.47
न त्वां जरा वा रोगो वा वैवर्ण्यं चापि भामिनि ।
स्प्रक्ष्यन्ति पुण्यगन्धा च कृष्णमाराधयिष्यसि ॥ १३.२६४.४७ ॥
Neither old age, nor disease, nor loss of complexion shall touch you, O lovely one; fragrant with merit, you will worship Kṛṣṇa.
13.264.48
षोडशानां सहस्राणां बधूनां केशवस्य ह ।
वरिष्ठा च सलोक्या च केशवस्य भविष्यसि ॥ १३.२६४.४८ ॥
Among Keśava's sixteen thousand wives you will be the foremost, and in Keśava's world you will dwell with him.
13.264.49
तव मातरमित्युक्त्वा ततो मां पुनरब्रवीत् ।
प्रस्थितः सुमहातेजा दुर्वासाऽग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥ १३.२६४.४९ ॥
Having said this to your mother, he spoke to me again. Durvāsas of great splendor departed, blazing like fire.
13.264.50
एषैव ते बुद्धिरस्तु ब्राह्मणान्प्रति केशव ।
इत्युक्त्वा स तदा पुत्र तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ १३.२६४.५० ॥
"Let this be your resolve toward the brahmins, Keśava," he said, and having spoken thus, son, he vanished right there.
13.264.51
तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते चाहमुपांशु व्रतमाचरम् ।
यत्किञ्चिद्ब्राह्मणो ब्रूयात्सर्वं कुर्यामिति प्रभो ॥ १३.२६४.५१ ॥
When he had vanished, I secretly undertook a vow: whatever a brahmin might say, I would do it all, my lord.
13.264.52
एतद्व्रतमहं कृत्वा मात्रा ते सह पुत्रक ।
ततः परमहृष्टात्मा प्राविशं गृहमेव च ॥ १३.२६४.५२ ॥
Having undertaken this vow, my son, together with your mother, with my heart supremely delighted, I entered the house.
13.264.53
प्रविष्टमात्रश्च गृहे सर्वं पश्यामि तन्नवम् ।
यद्भिन्नं यच्च वै दग्धं तेन विप्रेण पुत्रक ॥ १३.२६४.५३ ॥
As soon as I entered the house, I saw everything new — what had been broken and what had been burnt, all of it, by that brahmin's power, my son.
13.264.54
ततोऽहं विस्मयं प्राप्तः सर्वं दृष्ट्वा नवं दृढम् ।
अपूजयं च मनसा रौक्मिणेय सदा द्विजान् ॥ १३.२६४.५४ ॥
Then I was struck with wonder, seeing everything new and firm. Son of Rukmiṇī, I always honored the twice-born brahmins in my mind.
13.264.55
इत्यहं रौक्मिणेयस्य पृच्छतो भरतर्षभ ।
माहात्म्यं द्विजमुख्यस्य सर्वमाख्यातवांस्तदा ॥ १३.२६४.५५ ॥
Thus, O bull of the Bharatas, when Rukmiṇī's son asked me, I then recounted the whole greatness of that foremost of the twice-born.
13.264.56
तथा त्वमपि कौन्तेय ब्राह्मणान्सततं प्रभो ।
पूजयस्व महाभागान्वाग्भिर्दानैश्च नित्यदा ॥ १३.२६४.५६ ॥
Likewise you too, O son of Kuntī, O lord, should always honour those greatly fortunate brahmins with words and gifts, every day.
13.264.57
एवं व्युष्टिमहं प्राप्तो ब्राह्मणस्य प्रसादजाम् ।
यच्च मामाह भीष्मोऽयं तत्सत्यं भरतर्षभ ॥ १३.२६४.५७ ॥
Thus I obtained the fruit born of the brahmin's grace; and what Bhīṣma told me is true, O bull of the Bharatas.