Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.91
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13.91.1
अवश्यं कथनीयं मे तवैतन्नरपुङ्गव ।
यदर्थं त्वाहमुच्छेत्तुं सम्प्राप्तो मनुजाधिप ॥ १३.९१.१ ॥
Best of men, lord of men, the reason for which I have come to destroy you must surely be told to you.
13.91.2
भूगूणां क्षत्रिया याज्या नित्यमेतज्जनाधिप ।
ते च भेदं गमिष्यन्ति दैवयुक्तेन हेतुना ॥ १३.९१.२ ॥
Lord of people, the Kṣatriyas are always to be served as sacrificers by the Bhṛgus; but by a cause united with fate they will come to a breach.
13.91.3
क्षत्रियाश्च भृगून्सर्वान्वधिष्यन्ति नराधिप ।
आगर्भादनुकृन्तन्तो दैतदण्डनिपीडिताः ॥ १३.९१.३ ॥
Lord of men, the Kṣatriyas will slay all the Bhṛgus, cutting them down even from the womb, oppressed by this punishment.
13.91.4
तत उत्पत्स्यतेऽस्माकं कुले गोत्रविवर्धनः ।
और्वो नाम महातेजा ज्वलितार्कसमद्युतिः ॥ १३.९१.४ ॥
Then in our family will be born Aurva by name, the increaser of our lineage, of great radiance, with brilliance like the blazing sun.
13.91.5
स त्रैलोक्यविनाशाय कोपाग्निं जनयिष्यति ।
महीं सपर्वतवनां यः करिष्यति भस्मसात्। ॥ १३.९१.५ ॥
For the destruction of the three worlds he will kindle the fire of wrath, which will reduce the earth with its mountains and forests to ashes.
13.91.6
कञ्चित्कालं तु वह्निं च स एव शमयिष्यति ।
समुद्रे वडवावक्त्रे प्रक्षिप्य मुनिसत्तमः। ॥ १३.९१.६ ॥
But after some time that very best of sages will pacify that fire by casting it into the ocean, into the mouth of the mare.
13.91.7
पुत्रं तस्य महाराज ऋचीकं भृगुनन्दनम् ।
साक्षात्कृत्स्नो धनुर्वेदः समुपस्थास्यतेऽनघ ॥ १३.९१.७ ॥
O great king, his son will be Ṛcīka, the son of Bhṛgu; O sinless one, the entire science of the bow will attend upon him directly.
13.91.8
क्षत्रियाणामभावाय दैवयुक्तेनु हेतुना ।
स तु तं प्रतिगृह्यैव पुत्रे संक्रामयिष्यति ॥ १३.९१.८ ॥
For the ending of the kṣatriyas, by a cause ordained by fate, he will receive it and transfer it to his son.
13.91.9
जमदग्नौ महाभागे तपसा भावितात्मनि ।
स चापि भृगुशार्दूलस्तं वेदं धारयिष्यति ॥ १३.९१.९ ॥
In the greatly fortunate Jamadagni, whose self is purified by austerity, that tiger among the Bhṛgus too will hold that knowledge.
13.91.10
कुलात्तु तव धर्मात्मन्कन्यां सोऽधिगमिष्यति ।
उद्भावनार्थं भवतो वंशस्य भरतर्षभ ॥ १३.९१.१० ॥
O righteous-souled one, from your family he will obtain a maiden, for the sake of continuing your lineage, O bull of the Bharatas.
13.91.11
क्षत्रहन्ता भवेद्धिंस्र इति दैवं सनातनम् ।
नारायणमुपास्यास्य वरात्तं पुत्रमृच्छति ॥ १३.९१.११ ॥
'He will be a slayer of kṣatriyas and fierce' — such is the eternal divine ordinance. Having worshipped Nārāyaṇa, by his boon he obtains that son.
13.91.12
गाधेर्दुहितरं प्राप्यि पौत्रीं तव महातपाः ।
ब्राह्मणं क्षत्रधर्माणं पुत्रमुत्पादयिष्यति ॥ १३.९१.१२ ॥
Having obtained the daughter of Gādhi, through your granddaughter that great ascetic will beget a son who, though a brahmin, follows the duty of the warrior.
13.91.13
क्षत्रियं विप्रधर्माणं बृहस्पतिमिवौजसा ।
विश्वामित्रं तव कुले गाधेः पुत्रं सुधार्मिकम्।
तपसा महता युक्तं प्रदास्यति महाद्युते ॥ १३.९१.१३ ॥
Though a kṣatriya by birth, he will bestow upon your family Viśvāmitra, son of Gādhi, who keeps the duties of a brahmin, equal to Bṛhaspati in splendour, most righteous and endowed with great austerity, O radiant one.
13.91.14
स्त्रियौ तु कारणं तत्र परिवर्ते भविष्यतः ।
पितामहनियोगाद्वै नान्यथैतद्भविष्यति ॥ १३.९१.१४ ॥
There, two women will be the cause of this exchange; it will come about only by the command of the grandfather, and not otherwise.
13.91.15
तृतीये पुरुषे तुभ्यं ब्राह्मणत्वमुपैष्यति ।
भविता त्वं च सम्बन्धी भृगूणां भावितात्मनाम् ॥ १३.९१.१५ ॥
In the third generation, brahminhood will come to you, and you will become a relative by marriage of the Bhṛgus, whose souls are pure.
13.91.16
कुशिकस्तु मुनेर्वाक्यं च्यवनस्य महात्मनः ।
श्रुत्वा हृष्टोऽभवद्राजा वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह।
एवमस्त्विति धर्मात्मा तदा भरतसत्तम ॥ १३.९१.१६ ॥
Hearing the words of the great-souled sage Cyavana, Kuśika was delighted, and then the righteous king spoke these words: 'So be it,' O best of the Bharatas.
13.91.17
च्यवनस्तु महातेजाः पुनरेव नराधिपम् ।
वरार्थं चोदयामास तमुवाच स पार्थिवः ॥ १३.९१.१७ ॥
Then the radiant Cyavana again urged the lord of men to ask a boon, and that king spoke to him.
13.91.18
बाढमेवं ग्रहीष्यामि कामांस्त्वत्तो महामुने ।
ब्रह्मभूतं कुलं मेऽस्तु धर्मे चास्य मनो भवेत् ॥ १३.९१.१८ ॥
'Very well, so be it; O great sage, from you I will accept my desires: may my family become brahmin, and may his mind be set on dharma.'
13.91.19
एवमुक्तस्तथेत्येवं प्रत्युक्त्वा च्यवनो मुनिः ।
अभ्यनुज्ञाय नृपतिं तीर्थयात्रां ययौ तदा ॥ १३.९१.१९ ॥
Thus addressed by the king, saying 'So be it' and replying, the sage Cyavana took his leave of the king and then set out on a pilgrimage.
13.91.20
एतत्ते कथितं सर्वमशेषेण मया नृप ।
भृगूणां कुशिकानां च अभिसम्बन्धकारणम् ॥ १३.९१.२० ॥
O king, I have told you all of this completely, the cause of the connection between the Bhṛgus and the Kuśikas.
13.91.21
यथोक्तमृषिणा चापि तदा तदभवन्नृप ।
जन्म रामस्य च मुनेर्विश्वामित्रस्य चैव हि ॥ १३.९१.२१ ॥
O king, just as the sage had said, so it came to be at that time; and the birth of Rāma and of the sage Viśvāmitra also came about in the same way.