Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.4
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13.4.1
एवमुक्तो मतङ्गस्तु संशितात्मा यतव्रतः ।
अतिष्ठदेकपादेन वर्षाणां शतमच्युतः ॥ १३.४.१ ॥
Thus addressed, Mataṅga, his self disciplined and his vow firm, stood unwavering on one foot for a hundred years.
13.4.2
तमुवाच ततः शक्रः पुनरेव महायशाः ।
ब्राह्मण्यं दुर्लभं तात प्रार्थयानो न लप्स्यसे ॥ १३.४.२ ॥
Then the far-famed Śakra spoke to him again: 'Dear child, brahminhood is hard to attain; though you seek it, you will not obtain it.'
13.4.3
मतङ्ग परमं स्थानं प्रार्थयन्विनशिष्यसि ।
मा कृथाः साहसं पुत्र नैष धर्मपथस्तव ॥ १३.४.३ ॥
Mataṅga, seeking the supreme station you will perish. Son, do not commit this rashness; this is not your path of dharma.
13.4.4
विमार्गतो मार्गमाणः सर्वथा नभविष्यसि ।
न हि शक्यं त्वया प्राप्तुं ब्राह्मण्यमिह दुर्मते।
अप्राप्यं प्रार्थयानो हि नचिराद्विनशिष्यसि ॥ १३.४.४ ॥
Seeking the path by a wrong way, you will not succeed in any way. O fool, brahminhood cannot be obtained by you here; seeking what cannot be attained, you will soon perish.
13.4.5
मतङ्ग परमं स्थानं वार्यमाणोऽसकृन्मया ।
चिकीर्षस्येव तपसा सर्वथा नभविष्यसि ॥ १३.४.५ ॥
Mataṅga, though I have repeatedly restrained you from the supreme station, you wish to achieve it through austerity; but you will not succeed in any way.
13.4.6
तिर्यग्योनिगतः सर्वो मानुष्यं यदि गच्छति ।
स जायते पुल्कसो वा चण्डालो वाऽप्यसंशयः ॥ १३.४.६ ॥
Anyone born in an animal womb who then attains human birth is, without doubt, born as a pulkasa or a caṇḍāla.
13.4.7
पुल्कसः पापयोनिर्वा यः कश्चिदिह लक्ष्यते ।
स तस्यामेव सुचिरं मतङ्ग परिवर्तते ॥ १३.४.७ ॥
Whoever is seen here in a sinful birth or as a pulkasa keeps revolving in that very state for a long time.
13.4.8
ततो दशशते काले लभते शूद्रतामपि ।
शूद्रयोनावपि ततो बहुशः परिवर्तते ॥ १३.४.८ ॥
Then, after a long span of time, he attains even the state of a śūdra, and in a śūdra birth he revolves many times.
13.4.9
ततस्त्रिंशद्गणे काले लभते वैश्यतामपि ।
वैश्यतायां चिरं कालं तत्रैव परिवर्तते।
ततः षष्टिगुणे काले राजन्यो नाम जायते ॥ १३.४.९ ॥
Then, after thirty times that span of time, he attains even the state of a vaiśya, and in the vaiśya state he revolves there for a long time. Then, after sixty times that span, he is born by the name of a rājanya.
13.4.10
ततः षष्टिगुणे काले लभते ब्रह्मबन्धुताम् ।
ब्रह्मबन्धुश्चिरं कालं ततस्तु परिवर्तते ॥ १३.४.१० ॥
Then, after sixty times that span, he attains the state of a brahmabandhu, a brahmin in name only, and remains so for a long time before revolving again.
13.4.11
ततस्तु द्विशते काले लभते काण्डपृष्ठताम् ।
काण्डपृष्ठश्चिरं कालं तत्रैव परिवर्तते ॥ १३.४.११ ॥
Then, after two hundred times that span, he attains the state of a kāṇḍapṛṣṭha, and as one so called he revolves there for a long time.
13.4.12
ततस्तु त्रिशते काले लभते जपतामपि ।
तं च प्राप्य चिरं कालं तत्रैव परिवर्तते ॥ १३.४.१२ ॥
Then, after three hundred times that span, he attains even the state of those who murmur prayers, and having attained it he revolves there for a long time.
13.4.13
ततश्चतुःशते काले श्रोत्रियो नाम जायते ।
श्रोत्रियत्वे चिरं कालं तत्रैव परिवर्तते ॥ १३.४.१३ ॥
Then, after four hundred ages, a brahmin named Śrotriya is born. Having the state of a scripture-learned brahmin, he remains there for a long time.
13.4.14
तदेवं शोकहर्षौ तु कामद्वेषौ च पुत्रक ।
अतिमानातिवादौ च प्रविशेते द्विजाधमम् ॥ १३.४.१४ ॥
Thus, my son, grief and joy, desire and aversion, excessive pride and excessive talk, both of these enter that lowest of brahmins.
13.4.15
तांश्चेज्जयति शत्रून्स तदा प्राप्नोति सद्गतिम् ।
अथ ते वै जयन्त्येनं तालं पक्वमिवापतेत् ॥ १३.४.१५ ॥
If he conquers those enemies, then he attains a good destiny. But if they conquer him, he falls like a ripe palm fruit.
13.4.16
मतङ्ग सम्प्रधार्यैवं यदहं त्वामचूचुदम् ।
वृणीष्व काममन्यं त्वं ब्राह्मण्यं हि सुदुर्लभम् ॥ १३.४.१६ ॥
Mataṅga, having considered thus, I admonished you. Now choose another boon as you wish, for brahminhood is very hard to obtain.