Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.6
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13.6.1
ब्राह्मण्यं यदि दुष्प्राप्यं त्रिभिर्वर्णैर्नराधिप ।
कथं प्राप्तं महाराज क्षत्रियेण महात्मना ॥ १३.६.१ ॥
O lord of men, if brahminhood is hard to attain for the three classes, how, O great king, did the great-souled kṣatriya attain it?
13.6.2
विश्वामित्रेण धर्मात्मन्ब्राह्मणत्वं नरर्षभ ।
श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वेन तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ १३.६.२ ॥
O righteous-souled one, best of men, I wish to hear truly how brahminhood was attained by Viśvāmitra; tell me that, O grandsire.
13.6.3
तेन ह्यमितवीर्येण वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ।
हतं पुत्रशतं सद्यस्तपसाऽपि पितामह ॥ १३.६.३ ॥
O grandsire, by him of immeasurable might, a hundred sons of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha were at once slain, even by asceticism.
13.6.4
यातुधानाश्च बहवो राक्षसास्तिग्मतेजसः ।
मन्युनाऽऽविष्टदेहेन सृष्टाः कालान्तकोपमाः ॥ १३.६.४ ॥
Many sorcerer-demons and rākṣasas of fierce splendor, created by him whose body was possessed by anger, were like Time and Death, the ender of time.
13.6.5
महान्कुशिकवंशश्च ब्रह्मर्षिशतसंकुलः ।
स्थापितो नरलोकेऽस्मिन्विद्वद्ब्राह्मणसंकुलः ॥ १३.६.५ ॥
In this world of men the great lineage of Kuśika was established, crowded with hundreds of brahmarṣis and learned brahmins.
13.6.6
ऋतीकस्यात्मजश्चैव शुनःशेपो महातपाः ।
विमोक्षितो महासत्रात्पशुतामप्युपागतः ॥ १३.६.६ ॥
And Śunaḥśepa, son of Ṛtīka, of great asceticism, was released from the great sacrifice, though he had even come to the state of a beast.
13.6.7
हरिश्चन्द्रक्रतौ देवांस्तोषयित्वाऽऽत्मतेजसा ।
पुत्रतामनुसंप्राप्तो विश्वामित्रस्य धीमतः ॥ १३.६.७ ॥
At the sacrifice of Hariścandra, having pleased the gods by the power of his own spirit, he attained the status of a son of the wise Viśvāmitra.
13.6.8
नाभिवादयते ज्येष्ठं देवरातं नराधिप ।
पुत्राः पञ्चशतं चापि शप्ताः श्वपचतां गताः ॥ १३.६.८ ॥
O lord of men, he did not greet the eldest, Devarāta; and his five hundred sons, too, were cursed and became outcastes.
13.6.9
त्रिशङ्कुर्बन्धुभिर्मुक्त ऐक्ष्वाकः प्रीतिपूर्वकम् ।
अवाक्शिरादिवं नीतो दक्षिणामाश्रितोदिशम् ॥ १३.६.९ ॥
Triśaṅku of the Ikṣvāku line was released by his kinsmen out of affection, and, head downward, he was taken to heaven, having turned to the southern quarter.
13.6.10
विश्वामित्रस्य भगिनी नदी देवर्षिसेविता ।
कौशिकीति कृता पुण्या ब्रह्मर्षिसुरसेविता ॥ १३.६.१० ॥
The river, Viśvāmitra's sister, attended by divine sages, was made sacred and named Kauśikī; she is attended by the brahmarṣis and the gods.
13.6.11
तपोविघ्नकरी चैव पञ्चचूडा सुसंमता ।
रम्भा नामाप्सराः शापाद्यस्य शैलत्वमागता ॥ १३.६.११ ॥
Pañcacūḍā, who caused obstruction to austerity and was highly esteemed; and the apsaras named Rambhā, who by a curse came to the state of a rock.
13.6.12
तथैवास्य भयाद्बद्ध्वा वसिष्ठः सलिले पुरा ।
आत्मानं मञ्जयञ्श्रीमान्विपाशः पुनरुत्थितः ॥ १३.६.१२ ॥
In the same way, long ago, the glorious Vasiṣṭha, out of fear, bound himself and sank himself in the water; freed from his bonds, he rose again.
13.6.13
तदाप्रभृति पुण्या हि विपाशाऽभून्महानदी ।
विख्याता कर्मणा तेन वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ॥ १३.६.१३ ॥
From that time on, the Vipāśā became a sacred great river, renowned through the deed of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha.
13.6.14
वश्यश्च भगवान्येन देवसेनाग्रगः प्रभुः ।
स्तुतः प्रीतमनाश्चासीच्छापाच्चैनममुञ्चत ॥ १३.६.१४ ॥
By whom the blessed lord, foremost leader of the gods' army, was subdued; pleased in mind by the praise, he released him from the curse.
13.6.15
ध्रुवस्यौत्तानपादस्य ब्रह्मर्षीणां तथैव च ।
मध्ये ज्वलति यो नित्यमुदीचीमाश्रितो दिशम् ॥ १३.६.१५ ॥
Dhruva, son of Uttānapāda, which always shines in the midst of the brahmin sages, resting upon the northern direction.
13.6.16
तस्यैतानि च कर्माणि तथाऽन्यानि च कौरव ।
क्षत्रियस्येत्यतो जातमिदं कौहतूलं मम ॥ १३.६.१६ ॥
Kaurava, these deeds of his, and others too, belong to a kṣatriya; from this arose this curiosity in me.
13.6.17
किमेतदिति तत्त्वेन प्रब्रूहि भरतर्षभ ।
देहान्तरमनासाद्य कथं स ब्राह्मणोऽभवत् ॥ १३.६.१७ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, tell me truly what this is: how did he become a brahmin without obtaining another body?
13.6.18
एतत्तत्वेन मे तात सर्वमाख्यातुमर्हसि ।
मतङ्गस्य यथातत्त्वं तथैवैतद्वदस्व मे ॥ १३.६.१८ ॥
Dear one, it is fitting that you tell me all this truly; and tell me likewise the true story of Mataṅga.
13.6.19
स्थाने मतङ्गो ब्राह्मण्यं नालभद्भरतर्षभ ।
चण्डालयोनौजातो हि कथं ब्राह्मण्यमाप्तवान् ॥ १३.६.१९ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, Mataṅga did not in truth attain brahminhood. Born in an outcaste womb, how did he come to attain brahminhood?