Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.4
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14.4.1
शुश्रूषे तस्य धर्मज्ञ राजर्षेः परिकीर्तनम् ।
द्वैपायन मरुत्तस्य कथां प्रब्रूहि मेऽनघ ॥ १४.४.१ ॥
O knower of dharma, I wish to hear the praise of that royal sage. O Dvaipāyana, O sinless one, tell me the story of Marutta.
14.4.2
आसीत्कृतयुगे तात मनुर्दण्डिधरः प्रभुः ।
तस्य पुत्रो महोष्वासः प्रजातिरभवन्नृपः ॥ १४.४.२ ॥
Dear one, in the Kṛta age there was Manu, the lord who bore the staff of punishment. His son, the great archer Prajāti, became king.
14.4.3
प्रजातेरभवत्पुत्रः क्षुत इत्यभिविश्रुतः ।
क्षुतस्य पुत्र इक्ष्वाकुर्महीपालोऽभवत्प्रभुः ॥ १४.४.३ ॥
The son of Prajāti became renowned as Kṣuta. The son of Kṣuta, Ikṣvāku, became a lord and protector of the earth.
14.4.4
तस्य पुत्रशतं राजन्नासीत्परमधार्मिकम् ।
तांस्तु सर्वान्महीपालानिक्ष्वाकुरकरोत्प्रभुः ॥ १४.४.४ ॥
O king, he had a hundred sons, most righteous. The lord Ikṣvāku made all of them kings and protectors of the earth.
14.4.5
तेषां ज्येष्ठस्तु विंशोऽभूत्प्रतिमानं धनुष्मताम् ।
विंशस्य पुत्रः कल्याणो विविंशो नाम भारत ॥ १४.४.५ ॥
Among them the eldest was Viṃśa, the measure of archers. O Bhārata, the son of Viṃśa was Kalyāṇa, named Viviṃśa.
14.4.6
विविंशस्य सुता राजन्बभूवुर्दश पञ्च च ।
सर्वे धनुषि विक्रान्ता ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः ॥ १४.४.६ ॥
O king, Viviṃśa had fifteen sons. All of them were valiant in archery, devoted to the Brahmins, and truthful.
14.4.7
दानधर्मरताः शान्ताः सततं प्रियवादिनः ।
तेषां ज्येष्ठः खनीनेत्रः स तान्सर्वानपीडयत् ॥ १४.४.७ ॥
They were devoted to the duty of giving, calm, and always speaking pleasantly. Khanīnetra, the eldest of them, oppressed them all.
14.4.8
खनीनेत्रस्तु विक्रान्तो जित्वा राज्यमकण्टकम् ।
नाशकद्रक्षितुं राज्यं नान्वरज्यन्त तं प्रजाः ॥ १४.४.८ ॥
Khanīnetra, valiant, conquered an unopposed kingdom, but he was unable to protect the kingdom; the subjects did not grow devoted to him.
14.4.9
तमपास्य च तद्राज्ये तस्य पुत्रं सुवर्चसम् ।
अभ्यषिञ्चन्त राजेन्द्र मुदिता ह्यभवंस्तदा ॥ १४.४.९ ॥
Having removed him from that kingdom, O lord of kings, they anointed his son Suvarcas, and then they were all delighted.
14.4.10
स पितुर्विक्रियां दृष्ट्वा राज्यान्निरसनं च तत् ।
नियतो वर्तयामास प्रजाहितचिकीर्षया ॥ १४.४.१० ॥
Seeing his father's wrongdoing and his expulsion from the kingdom, he, self-controlled, conducted himself with the wish to do good for the subjects.
14.4.11
ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यवादी च शुचिः शमदमान्वितः ।
प्रजास्तं चान्वरज्यन्त धर्मनित्यं मनस्विनम् ॥ १४.४.११ ॥
Devoted to Brahmins, truthful, pure, and endowed with calm and self-restraint, the subjects grew devoted to him, the high-minded one ever steadfast in dharma.
14.4.12
तस्य धर्मप्रवृत्तस्य व्यशीर्यत्कोशवाहनम् ।
तं क्षीणकोशं सामन्ताः समन्तात्पर्यपीडयन् ॥ १४.४.१२ ॥
The treasury and army of him who was devoted to dharma fell into ruin; when his treasury was depleted, the neighbouring vassal kings oppressed him on every side.
14.4.13
स पीड्यमानो बहुभिः क्षीणकोशाश्ववाहनः ।
आर्तिमार्च्छत्परां राजा सह भृत्यैः पुरेण च ॥ १४.४.१३ ॥
Harassed by many, his treasury, horses and vehicles depleted, the king fell into supreme distress, together with his servants and city.
14.4.14
न चैनमभिहन्तुं ते शक्नुवन्ति बलक्षये ।
सम्यग्वृत्तो हि राजा स धर्मनित्यो युधिष्ठिर ॥ १४.४.१४ ॥
Even with their strength spent, they could not strike him down, for that king was of proper conduct and constant in dharma, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
14.4.15
यदा तु परमामार्तिं गतोऽसौ सपुरो नृपः ।
ततः प्रदध्मौ स करं प्रादुरासीत्ततो बलम् ॥ १४.४.१५ ॥
When that king, with his city, had fallen into supreme distress, then he blew his conch named Kara, and then strength appeared to him.
14.4.16
ततस्तानजयत्सर्वान्प्रातिसीमान्नराधिपान् ।
एतस्मात्कारणाद्राजन्विश्रुतः स करंधमः ॥ १४.४.१६ ॥
Then he conquered all those neighbouring kings; for this reason, O king, he became renowned as Kaṃdhama.
14.4.17
आवीक्षित्तस्य पुत्रोऽभूत्त्रेतायुगमुखे पुरा ।
इन्द्रादनवरः श्रीमान्देवैरपि सुदुर्जयः ॥ १४.४.१७ ॥
Long ago, at the dawn of the Tretā age, a son was born to Āvīkṣit; he was not inferior to Indra, glorious, and very hard to conquer even for the gods.
14.4.18
कारंधम इति ख्यातो बभूव जगतीपतिः ।
तस्य सर्वे महीपाला वर्तन्ते स्म वशे तदा।
स हि सम्राडभूत्तेषां वृत्तेन च बलेन च ॥ १४.४.१८ ॥
That lord of the earth became known as Kaṃdhama; then all the kings were under his sway. He became their sovereign emperor, by his conduct and by his strength.
14.4.19
अविक्षिन्नाम धर्मात्मा शौर्येणेन्द्रसमोऽभवत् ।
यज्ञशीलो धर्मरतिर्धृतिमान्संयतेन्द्रियः ॥ १४.४.१९ ॥
Avikṣit, a righteous man, became equal to Indra in valour. He was devoted to sacrifice, delighted in dharma, was steadfast, and kept his senses restrained.
14.4.20
तेजसाऽऽदित्यसदृशः क्षमया पृथिवीसमः ।
बृहस्पतिसमो बुद्ध्या हिमवानिव सुस्थिरः ॥ १४.४.२० ॥
In splendour he was like the sun, in patience like the earth, in wisdom like Bṛhaspati, and very steadfast like the Himālaya.
14.4.21
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा दमेन प्रशमेन च ।
मनांस्याराधयामास प्रजानां स महीपतिः ॥ १४.४.२१ ॥
By deed, mind and speech, by self-restraint and tranquillity, that lord of the earth pleased the hearts of his subjects.
14.4.22
य ईजे हयमेधानां शतेन विधिवत्प्रभुः ।
याजयामास यं विद्वान्स्वयमेवाङ्गिराः प्रभुः ॥ १४.४.२२ ॥
He who duly performed a hundred horse-sacrifices, and for whom the sacrifice was conducted by the learned lord Āṅgiras himself.
14.4.23
तस्य पुत्रोऽतिचक्राम पितरं गुणवत्तया ।
मरुत्तो नाम धर्मज्ञश्चक्रवर्ती महायशाः।
नागायुतसमप्राणः साक्षाद्विष्णुरिवापरः ॥ १४.४.२३ ॥
His son Marutta, who surpassed his father in excellence, was a knower of dharma, a universal emperor of great fame, with the vitality of ten thousand elephants, like another Viṣṇu himself.
14.4.24
स यक्ष्यमाणो धर्मात्मा शातकुम्भमयान्युत ।
कारयामास शुभ्राणि भाजनानि सहस्रशः ॥ १४.४.२४ ॥
That righteous man, about to perform a sacrifice, had bright vessels made of gold by the thousand.
14.4.25
मेरुं पर्वतमासाद्य हिमवत्पार्श्व उत्तरे ।
काञ्चनः सुमहान्पादस्तत्र कर्म चकार सः ॥ १४.४.२५ ॥
Having reached Mount Meru, on the northern slope of the Himālaya, there he had a very great golden foundation made.
14.4.26
ततः कुण्डानि पात्रीश्च पिठराण्यासंनानि च ।
चक्रुः सुवर्णकर्तारो येषां सङ्ख्या न विद्यते ॥ १४.४.२६ ॥
Then goldsmiths made basins, vessels, cooking pots and seats, whose number cannot be counted.
14.4.27
तस्यैव च समीपे तु यज्ञवाटो बभूव ह ।
ईजे तत्र स धर्मात्मा विदिवत्पृथिवीपतिः।
मरुत्तः सहितैः सर्वैः प्रजापालैर्नराधिपः ॥ १४.४.२७ ॥
Near it a sacrificial enclosure came to be. There the righteous-souled lord of the earth, Marutta, together with all the protectors of the people, duly performed the sacrifice.