Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.90
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13.90.1
वरश्च गृह्यतां मत्तो यश्च ते संशयो हृदि ।
तं प्रब्रूदि नरश्रेष्ठ सर्वं सम्पादयामि ते ॥ १३.९०.१ ॥
Ask a boon of me, and tell me the doubt that is in your heart, best of men; I will fulfil everything for you.
13.90.2
यदि प्रीतोसि भगवंस्ततो मे वद भार्गव ।
कारणं श्रोतुमिच्छामि मद्गृहे वासकारितम् ॥ १३.९०.२ ॥
If you are pleased, blessed one, then tell me, Bhārgava; I wish to hear the reason for your stay in my house.
13.90.3
शयनं चैकपार्श्वेन दिवसानेकविंशतिम् ।
न किञ्चिदुक्त्वा गमनं बहिश्च मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥ १३.९०.३ ॥
For twenty-one days you lay on one side; then, saying nothing, you went outside, best of sages.
13.90.4
अन्तर्धानमकस्माच्च पुनरेव च दर्शनम् ।
पुनश्च शयनं विप्र दिवसानेकविंशतिम् ॥ १३.९०.४ ॥
You vanished suddenly, then appeared again, and then, brahmin, lay down once more for twenty-one days.
13.90.5
तैलाभ्यक्तस्य गमनं भोजनं च गृहे मम ।
समुपानीय विविधं यद्दग्धं जातवेदसा ॥ १३.९०.५ ॥
Going away after being anointed with oil, and the meal in my house: various dishes were brought near, and then burnt by the fire.
13.90.6
निर्याणां च रथेनाशु सहसा यत्कृतं त्वया ।
धनानां च विसर्गश्च वनस्यापि च दर्शनम् ॥ १३.९०.६ ॥
Your sudden, swift departure by chariot, the distribution of wealth, and your seeing of the forest — all of this you did.
13.90.7
प्रासादानां बहूनां च काञ्चनानां महामुने ।
मणिविद्रुमपादानां पर्यङ्काणां च दर्शनम् ॥ १३.९०.७ ॥
O great sage, the sight of many golden palaces and of couches with feet of gems and coral.
13.90.8
पुनश्चादर्शनं तस्य श्रोतुमिच्छामि कारणम् ।
अतीव ह्यत्र मुह्यामि चिन्तयानो भृगूद्वह ॥ १३.९०.८ ॥
I wish to hear the reason for its disappearance again; thinking on it, I am greatly bewildered, best of the Bhṛgus.
13.90.9
न चैवात्राधिगच्छामि सर्वस्यास्य विनिश्चयम् ।
एतदिच्छामि कार्त्स्न्येन सत्यं श्रोतुं तपोधन ॥ १३.९०.९ ॥
Here I do not grasp the certain resolution of all this; O ascetic-wealth one, I wish to hear the truth of it in full.
13.90.10
शृणु सर्वमशेषेणि यदिदं येन हेतुना ।
न हि शक्यमनाख्यातुमेवं पृष्टेन पार्थिव ॥ १३.९०.१० ॥
Listen to the whole of it, O king, the reason by which this came about; when asked thus, it cannot be left untold.
13.90.11
पितामहस्य वदतः पुरा देवसमागमे ।
श्रुतवानस्मि यद्राजंस्तन्मे निगदतः शृणु। ॥ १३.९०.११ ॥
O king, what I heard long ago at the assembly of the gods, as my grandfather spoke it — that I tell you as he told it to me; listen.
13.90.12
ब्रह्मक्षत्रविरोधेन भविता कुलसङ्करः ।
पौत्रस्ते भविता राजंस्तेजोवीर्यसमन्वितः ॥ १३.९०.१२ ॥
Through the conflict of Brahmins and warriors there will come a mingling of lineages; O king, a grandson of yours, endowed with splendour and valour, will be born.
13.90.13
ततः स्वकुलरक्षार्थमहं त्वां समुपागतः ।
चिकीर्षन्कुशिकोच्छेदं संदिधक्षुः कुलं तव ॥ १३.९०.१३ ॥
Then, to protect my own family, I came to you, desiring to destroy the Kuśikas and to burn your lineage.
13.90.14
ततोऽहमागम्य पुरे त्वामवोचं महीपते ।
नियमं कञ्चिदारप्सये शुश्रूषा क्रियतामिति ॥ १३.९०.१४ ॥
Then I came to the city and said to you, 'O lord of the earth, I am about to undertake some vow; let service be rendered to me.'
13.90.15
न च ते दुष्कृतं किञ्चिदहमासादयं गृहे ।
तेन जीवसि राजर्षे न भवेथास्त्वमन्यथा ॥ १३.९०.१५ ॥
And I found in your house no wrongdoing of yours; therefore you live, O royal sage, otherwise you would not be as you are.
13.90.16
एवं बुद्धिं समास्थाय दिवसानेकविंशतिम् ।
सुप्तोस्मि यदि मां कश्चिद्बोधयेदिति पार्थिव ॥ १३.९०.१६ ॥
Having resolved thus, I shall sleep for twenty-one days; if anyone should wake me — so, O king.
13.90.17
यदा त्वया सभार्येण संसुप्तो न प्रबोधितः ।
अहं तदैव ते प्रीतो मनसा राजसत्तम ॥ १३.९०.१७ ॥
When you, with your wife, did not wake me while I lay deeply asleep, then indeed I was pleased with you in my mind, O best of kings.
13.90.18
उत्थाय चास्मि निष्क्रान्तो यदि मां त्वं महीपते ।
पृच्छेः क्व यास्यसीत्येवं शपेयं त्वामिति प्रभो ॥ १३.९०.१८ ॥
And if I rise and depart, you should ask me, 'Where are you going?' — so asking, I would curse you, O lord.
13.90.19
अन्तर्हितः पुनश्चास्मि पुनरेव च ते गृहे ।
योगमास्थाय संसुप्तो दिवसानेकविंशतिम् ॥ १३.९०.१९ ॥
I was hidden, and again I was in your house. Established in yoga, I lay in deep sleep for twenty-one days.
13.90.20
क्षुधितौ मामसूयेथां श्रमाद्वेति नराधिप ।
एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय कर्शितौ वां क्षुधा मया ॥ १३.९०.२० ॥
O lord of men, thinking that you two would be angry with me from hunger or weariness, I adopted this intention and, weakened by hunger, I tested you both.
13.90.21
न च तेऽभूत्सुसूक्ष्मोपि मन्युर्मनसि पार्थिव ।
सभार्यस्य नरश्रेष्ठ तेन ते प्रीतिमानहम् ॥ १३.९०.२१ ॥
O king, O best of men, not even the subtlest anger arose in your mind. Because of that, I am pleased with you, together with your wife.
13.90.22
भोजनं च समानाय्य यत्तदादीपितं मया ।
क्रुध्येथा यदि मात्सर्यादिति तन्मर्षितं च मे ॥ १३.९०.२२ ॥
And the food I had gathered and prepared, if you were angry out of envy, that too I bore patiently.
13.90.23
ततोऽहं रथमारुह्य त्वामवोचं नराधिप ।
सभार्यो मां वहस्वेति तच्च त्वं कृतवांस्तथा ॥ १३.९०.२३ ॥
Then I mounted a chariot and said to you, O lord of men, 'Carry me, together with your wife.' And you did just that.
13.90.24
अविशङ्को नरपते प्रीतोऽहं चापि तेन ह ।
धनोत्सर्गेऽपि च कृते न त्वां क्रोधोप्यधर्षयत् ॥ १३.९०.२४ ॥
O lord of men, without doubt I was pleased with that too. Even when wealth was given up, anger did not overcome you.
13.90.25
ततः प्रीतेन ते राजन्पुनरेतत्कृतं तव ।
सभार्यस्य वनं भूयस्तद्विद्धि मनुजाधिप ॥ १३.९०.२५ ॥
Then, pleased with you, O king, this was done for you again. Know this, O lord of men: the forest was given back to you once more, along with your wife.
13.90.26
प्रीत्यर्थं तव चैतन्मे स्वर्गसंदर्शनं कृतम् ।
यत्ते वनेऽस्मिन्नृपते दृष्टं दिव्यं सुदर्शनम् ॥ १३.९०.२६ ॥
It was for the sake of pleasing you that I showed you this vision of heaven, O king. It is the divine and beautiful sight you saw in this forest.
13.90.27
स्वर्गोद्देशस्त्वया राजन्सशरीरेण पार्थिव ।
मुहूर्तमनुभूतोऽसौ सभार्येण नृपोत्तम ॥ १३.९०.२७ ॥
O king, O ruler, with your body and with your wife, you experienced for a moment the aim of heaven, O best of kings.
13.90.28
निदर्शनार्थं तपसो धर्मस्य च नराधिप ।
तत्र नासीत्स्पृहा राजंस्तच्चापि विदितं मया ॥ १३.९०.२८ ॥
This was done as an example of austerity and dharma, O lord of men. There was no desire in you there, O king, and I knew this as well.
13.90.29
ब्राह्मण्यं काङ्क्षसे हि त्वं तपश्च पृथिवीपते ।
अवमत्य नरेन्द्रत्वं देवेन्द्रत्वं च पार्थिव ॥ १३.९०.२९ ॥
O lord of the earth, you truly desire brahminhood and austerity, O ruler, having disregarded kingship over kings and lordship over the gods.
13.90.30
एवमेतद्यथातत्वं ब्राह्मण्यं तात दुर्लभम् ।
ब्राह्मण्ये सति चर्षित्वमृषित्वे च तपस्विता ॥ १३.९०.३० ॥
Thus it is, as it truly is: brahminhood, dear one, is hard to obtain. When there is brahminhood, there comes seership, and in seership comes austerity.
13.90.31
भविष्यत्येष ते कामः कुशिकात्कौशिको द्विजः ॥ १३.९०.३१ ॥
This will be your desire fulfilled: from Kuśika a twice-born brahmin named Kauśika will be born.
13.90.32
तृतीयं पुरुषं प्राप्य ब्राह्मणत्वं गमिष्यति ।
वंशस्ते पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ भृगूणामेव तेजसा ॥ १३.९०.३२ ॥
Having reached the third generation, your lineage will attain brahminhood, O best of kings, by the very splendour of the Bhṛgus.
13.90.33
पौत्रस्ते भविता विप्रस्तपस्वी पावकद्युतिः ।
जमदग्नौ महाभाग तपसा भावितात्मनि ॥ १३.९०.३३ ॥
Your grandson will be a brahmin ascetic, bright as fire, O greatly fortunate one, born to Jamadagni, whose self is refined by asceticism.
13.90.34
यः स देवमनुष्याणआं भयमुत्पादयिष्यति ।
त्रयाणामेव लोकानां सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥ १३.९०.३४ ॥
He will cause fear among gods and men. This is the truth for the three worlds, and this is what I tell you.
13.90.35
वरं गृहाण राजर्षे यस्ते मनसि वर्तते ।
तीर्थयात्रां गमिष्यामि पुरा कालोऽतिवर्तते ॥ १३.९०.३५ ॥
Take the boon that is in your mind, O royal sage. I shall go on pilgrimage, for time is slipping away.
13.90.36
एष एव वरो मेऽद्य यत्त्वं प्रीतो महामुने ।
भवत्वेतद्यथार्थत्वं भवेत्पौत्रो ममानघ ॥ १३.९०.३६ ॥
Today this is my boon: that you are pleased with me. O great sage, let it be so, let this come true; O sinless one, may my grandson be so.
13.90.37
ब्राह्मण्यं मे कुलस्यास्तु भगवन्नेष मे वरः ।
पुनश्चाख्यातुमिच्छामि भगवन्विस्तरेण वै ॥ १३.९०.३७ ॥
Revered sir, let brahminhood belong to my family; this is my boon. Revered sir, I wish to hear it again in detail.
13.90.38
कथमेष्यति विप्रत्वं कुलं मे भृगुनन्दन ।
कश्चासौ भविता बन्धुर्मम कश्चापि सम्मतः ॥ १३.९०.३८ ॥
Son of Bhṛgu, how will brahminhood come to my family? Who will be my kinsman, and who will be the one held in honour by me?