Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.17
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14.17.1
सभायां वसतोस्तत्र निहत्यारीन्महात्मनोः ।
केशवार्जुनयोः का नु कथा समभवद्द्विज ॥ १४.१७.१ ॥
O twice-born, what tale arose between the great-souled Keśava and Arjuna, who dwelt in the assembly hall there after slaying their enemies?
14.17.2
कृष्णेन सहितः पार्थः स्वं राज्यं प्राप्य केवलम् ।
तस्यां सभायां दिव्यायां विजहार मुदा युतः ॥ १४.१७.२ ॥
Pārtha, the son of Pṛthā, together with Kṛṣṇa, having obtained his own kingdom entirely, dwelt joyfully in that divine assembly hall.
14.17.3
तत्र कञ्चित्सभोद्देशं स्वर्गोद्देशसमं नृप ।
यदृच्छया तौ मुदितौ जग्मतुः स्वजनावृतौ ॥ १४.१७.३ ॥
There, O king, to some part of the assembly hall, equal to a part of heaven, the two of them went at will, delighted and surrounded by their kinsmen.
14.17.4
ततः प्रतीतः कृष्णेन सहितः पाण्डवोऽर्जुनः ।
निरीक्ष्य तां सभां रम्यामिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १४.१७.४ ॥
Then Arjuna, the Pāṇḍava, pleased and together with Kṛṣṇa, having looked upon that delightful assembly hall, spoke these words.
14.17.5
विदितं मे महाबाहो सङ्ग्रामे समुपस्थिते ।
महात्म्यं देवकीपुत्र तच्च ते रूपमैश्वरम् ॥ १४.१७.५ ॥
O mighty-armed one, when battle drew near, your greatness became known to me, O son of Devakī, and your lordly form as well.
14.17.6
यत्तु तद्भवता प्रोक्तं पुरा केशव सौहृदात् ।
तत्सर्वं पुरुषव्याघ्र नष्टं मे व्यग्रचेतसः ॥ १४.१७.६ ॥
O Keśava, all that you formerly spoke to me out of friendship, O tiger among men, has been lost to my distracted mind.
14.17.7
मम कौतूहलं त्वस्ति तेष्वर्थेषु पुनः पुनः ।
भवांस्तु द्वारकां गन्ता नचिरादिव माधव ॥ १४.१७.७ ॥
I am curious again and again about those matters. But you, Mādhava, will soon go to Dvārakā.
14.17.8
एवमुक्तस्तु तं कृष्णः फाल्गुनं प्रत्यभाषत ।
परिष्वज्य महातेजा वचनं वदतांवरः ॥ १४.१७.८ ॥
Thus addressed, Kṛṣṇa of great splendor, best of speakers, embraced Arjuna and replied.
14.17.9
श्रावितस्त्वं मया गुह्यं ज्ञापितश्च सनातनम् ।
धर्मं स्वरूपिणं पार्त सर्वलोकांश्च शाश्वतान् ॥ १४.१७.९ ॥
O Pārtha, I have caused you to hear the secret, and made you know the eternal dharma in its true form, and the everlasting worlds.
14.17.10
अबुद्ध्या यन्न गृह्णीतास्तन्मे सुमहदप्रियम् ।
न च साऽद्य पुनर्भूयः स्मृतिर्मे सम्भविष्यति ॥ १४.१७.१० ॥
What you did not grasp through lack of understanding is deeply displeasing to me; and that memory will not arise in me again today.
14.17.11
नूनमश्रद्दधानोऽसि दुर्मेधा ह्यसि पाण्डव ।
न च शक्यं पुनर्वक्तुमशेषेण धनंजय ॥ १४.१७.११ ॥
Surely you lack faith, O Pāṇḍava, and you are dull-witted. O Dhanañjaya, it cannot be told again in full.
14.17.12
स हि धर्मः सुपर्याप्तो ब्रह्मणः पदवेदने ।
न शक्यं तन्मया भूयस्तथा वक्तुमशेषतः ॥ १४.१७.१२ ॥
That dharma is fully sufficient for knowing the state of Brahman. It is not possible for me to speak it again in the same way, in full.
14.17.13
परं हि ब्रह्म कथितं योगयुक्तेन तन्मया ।
इतिहासं तु वक्ष्यामि तस्मिन्नर्थे पुरातनम् ॥ १४.१७.१३ ॥
Having been united in yoga, I have already declared the supreme Brahman. Now I shall tell an ancient legend concerning this matter.
14.17.14
यथा तां बुद्धिमास्थाय गतिमग्र्यां गमिष्यसि ।
शृणु धर्मभृतांश्रेष्ठ गदतः सर्वमेव मे ॥ १४.१७.१४ ॥
By adopting that understanding you will attain the highest course. Listen, best of those who uphold dharma, to all that I am telling you.
14.17.15
आगच्छद्ब्राह्मणः कश्चित्स्वर्गलोकादरिंदम ।
ब्रह्मलोकाच्च दुर्धर्षः सोस्माभिः पूजितोऽभवत् ॥ १४.१७.१५ ॥
O subduer of foes, a certain brahmin came from the heavenly world; he was unassailable even from the world of Brahmā, and we honoured him.
14.17.16
अस्माभिः परिपृष्ठश्च यदाह भरतर्षभ ।
दिव्येन विधिना पार्थ तच्छृणुष्वाविचारयन् ॥ १४.१७.१६ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, what he said when we questioned him, son of Pṛthā, listen to that in the divine manner, without doubting.
14.17.17
मोक्षधर्मं समाश्रित्य कृष्ण यन्माऽनुपृच्छसि ।
भूतानामनुकम्पार्थं मन्मोहच्छेदनं विभो ॥ १४.१७.१७ ॥
Kṛṣṇa, what you ask me, relying upon the dharma of liberation, O mighty one, is for the sake of compassion toward beings and for the cutting away of my delusion.
14.17.18
तत्तेऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि यथावन्मधुसूदन ।
शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा गदतो मम माधव ॥ १४.१७.१८ ॥
That I shall fully explain to you exactly as it is, Madhusūdana. Listen, Mādhava, attentively to what I am saying.
14.17.19
कश्चिद्विप्रस्तपोयुक्तः काश्यपो धर्मवित्तमः ।
आससाद द्विजं कंचिद्धर्माणामागतागमम् ॥ १४.१७.१९ ॥
A certain Kāśyapa, endowed with austerity and most learned in dharma, approached a twice-born man who knew the coming and going of the dharmas.
14.17.20
गतागमं सुबहुशो ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगम् ।
लोकतत्त्वार्थकुशलं ज्ञातरं सुखदुःखयोः ॥ १४.१७.२० ॥
Who had many times known coming and going, who had gone beyond knowledge and discernment, skilled in the true meaning of the nature of the worlds, and a knower of pleasure and pain.
14.17.21
जातिस्मरणतत्त्वज्ञं कोविदं पापपुण्ययोः ।
द्रष्टारमुच्चनीचानां कर्मभिर्देहिनां गतिम् ॥ १४.१७.२१ ॥
Who knew the truth of recollecting former births, expert in sin and merit, a beholder of the high and low destinations of embodied beings by their deeds.
14.17.22
चरन्तं मुक्तवत्सिद्धं प्रशान्तं संयतेन्द्रियम् ।
दीप्यमानं श्रिया ब्राह्मया क्रममाणं च सर्वशः ॥ १४.१७.२२ ॥
Wandering like one liberated, a perfected being, very tranquil, with senses restrained, shining with the splendour of Brahmā, and advancing everywhere.
14.17.23
अन्तर्धानगतिज्ञं च श्रुत्वा तत्त्वेन काश्यपः ।
तथैवान्तर्हितैः सिद्धैर्यान्तं चक्रधरैः सह ॥ १४.१७.२३ ॥
Kāśyapa had truly heard of him as one who knew the way of disappearance, and likewise going along with the unseen perfected beings and the wheel-bearers.
14.17.24
सम्भाषमाणमेकान्ते समासीनं च तैः सह ।
यदृच्छया च गच्छन्तमसक्तं पवनं यथा ॥ १४.१७.२४ ॥
Conversing in solitude and seated with them, going at will, unattached like the wind.
14.17.25
तं समासाद्य मेधावी स तदा द्विजसत्तमः ।
चरणौ धर्मकामो वै स तस्य सुसमाहितः।
प्रतिपदे यथान्यायं भक्त्या परमया युतः ॥ १४.१७.२५ ॥
Having approached him, that wise best of the twice-born, desiring dharma, attended upon his feet with a composed mind, duly and with supreme devotion.
14.17.26
विस्मितश्चाद्भुतं दृष्ट्वा काश्यपस्तं द्विजोत्तमम् ।
परिचारेण महता गुरुं तं पर्यतोषयत् ॥ १४.१७.२६ ॥
Astonished and seeing that wonder, Kāśyapa fully pleased that best of the twice-born teacher through great service.
14.17.27
उपपन्नं च तत्सर्वं श्रुतचारित्रसंयुतम् ।
भौमेनातोषयच्चैनं गुरुवृत्तिं समास्थितः ॥ १४.१७.२७ ॥
All that was fitting, united with learning and good conduct; adopting a teacher's conduct, he pleased the earth-born one and himself was pleased.
14.17.28
तस्मै तुष्टः स शिष्याय यत्प्रसन्नोऽब्रवीद्गुरुः ।
सिद्धिं परामभिप्रेक्ष्य शृणु मत्तो जनार्दन ॥ १४.१७.२८ ॥
Pleased with that disciple, the gratified teacher spoke: 'Keeping supreme perfection in view, listen to me, O Janārdana.'
14.17.29
विविधैः कर्मभिस्तात पुण्ययोगैश्च केवलैः ।
गच्छन्तीह गतिं मर्त्या देवलोके च वा स्थितिम् ॥ १४.१७.२९ ॥
Dear one, by various deeds and by meritorious conjunctions alone, mortals here attain a destination, or an abode in the world of the gods.
14.17.30
न क्वचित्सुखमत्यन्तं न क्वचिच्छाश्वती स्थितिः ।
स्थानाच्च महतो भ्रंशो दुःखलब्दात्पुनः पुनः ॥ १४.१७.३० ॥
Nowhere is there absolute happiness, nowhere a lasting abode. There is a fall from a great station, and again and again from a place won with suffering.
14.17.31
अशुभा गतयः प्राप्ताः कष्टा मे पापसेवनात् ।
काममन्युपरीतेन तृष्णया मोहितेन च ॥ १४.१७.३१ ॥
Because of practising wrongdoing, I attained inauspicious and painful destinies, seized by desire and anger, deluded by craving.
14.17.32
पुनः पुनश्च मरणं जन्म चैव पुनः पुनः ।
आहारा विविधा भुक्ताःपीता नानाविधाःस्तनाः ॥ १४.१७.३२ ॥
Again and again there was death, and again and again there was birth; I ate various foods, and drank the milk of many breasts.
14.17.33
मातरो विविधा दृष्टाः पितरश्च पृथग्विधाः ।
सुखानि च विचित्राणि दुःखानि च मयाऽनघ ॥ १४.१७.३३ ॥
I saw many kinds of mothers and fathers of different sorts; O sinless one, I experienced varied pleasures and sorrows.
14.17.34
प्रियैर्विवासो बहुशः संवासश्चाप्रियैः सह ।
धननाशश्च सम्प्राप्तो लब्ध्वा दुःखेन तद्धनम् ॥ १४.१७.३४ ॥
Again and again I was parted from my dear ones and lived with those I disliked; my wealth was lost, and that wealth I had obtained only with great hardship.
14.17.35
अवमानाः सुकष्टाश्च परतः स्वजनात्तथा ।
शारीरा मानसा वाऽपि वेदना भृशदारुणाः ॥ १४.१७.३५ ॥
The humiliations I suffered from strangers and from my own kin were very painful; the pains, bodily or mental, were extremely dreadful.
14.17.36
प्राप्ता विमाननाश्चोग्रा वधबन्धाश्च दारुणाः ।
पतनं निरये चैव यातनाश्च यमक्षये ॥ १४.१७.३६ ॥
I suffered fierce dishonours, terrible slaughter and bonds; I fell into hell and endured the torments in the realm of Yama.
14.17.37
जरारोगाश्च सततं व्यसनानि च भूरिशः ।
लोकेऽस्मिन्ननुभूतानि द्वन्द्वजानि भृशं मया ॥ १४.१७.३७ ॥
Old age and disease, and calamities in great number, constantly, have been greatly experienced by me in this world, born of the pairs of opposites.
14.17.38
ततः कदाचिन्निर्वेदान्निकारान्निकृतेन च ।
लोकतन्त्रं परित्यक्तं दुःखार्तेन भृशं मया ॥ १४.१७.३८ ॥
Then, at some time, out of disgust, from humiliation and being wounded, greatly afflicted by sorrow, I renounced the order of the world.
14.17.39
लोकेऽस्मिन्ननुभूयाहमिमं मार्गमनुष्ठितः ।
ततः सिद्धिरियं प्राप्ता प्रसादादात्मनो मया।
नाहं पुनरिहागन्ता लोकानालोकयाम्यहम् ॥ १४.१७.३९ ॥
Having experienced this in the world, I followed this path; then this perfection was attained by me through the grace of my own self. I shall not come back here again; I behold the worlds.
14.17.40
आसिद्धेराप्रजासर्गादात्मनोपि गतीः शुभाः ।
उपलब्धा द्विजश्रेष्ठ तथेयं सिद्धिरुत्तमा ॥ १४.१७.४० ॥
Up to perfection and up to the creation of offspring, by my own self I too attained auspicious paths; thus, O best of the twice-born, this supreme perfection too has been attained.
14.17.41
इतः परं गमिष्यामि ततः परतरं पुनः ।
ब्रह्मणः पदमव्यक्तं मा तेऽभूतत्र संशयः ॥ १४.१७.४१ ॥
From here I shall go onward, and then further still, to the unmanifest station of Brahman; let there be no doubt in you about it.
14.17.42
नाहं पुनरिहागन्ता मर्त्यलोकं परन्तप ।
प्रीतोस्मि ते महाप्राज्ञ ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥ १४.१७.४२ ॥
O tormentor of foes, I shall not come again to this mortal world. O great-minded one, I am pleased with you; tell me, what may I do for you?
14.17.43
यदीप्सुरुपपन्नस्त्वं तस्य कालोऽयमागतः ।
अभिजाने च तदहं यदर्थं मामुपागतः ॥ १४.१७.४३ ॥
If you have come desiring it, then the time for it has arrived. I know the purpose for which you have approached me.
14.17.44
अचिरात्तु गमिष्यामि येनाहं त्वामचूचुदम् ।
भृशं प्रीतोस्मि भवतश्चारित्रेण विचक्षण ॥ १४.१७.४४ ॥
Soon I shall depart, having instructed you. O wise one, I am greatly pleased with your conduct.
14.17.45
परिपृच्छ यावद्भवतो भाषे यद्यत्तवेप्सितम् ॥ १४.१७.४५ ॥
Ask as much as you wish; I will speak of whatever you desire.
14.17.46
बहुमन्ये च ते बुद्धिं भृशं सम्पूजयामि च ।
येनाहं भवता बुद्धो मेधावी ह्यसि काश्यप ॥ १४.१७.४६ ॥
I hold your intellect in high esteem and honour it greatly, for by you, O Kāśyapa, I have been awakened; indeed you are intelligent.